Point taken. There are other fuels. Frozen methane, ammonia come to mind. There are rocket scientists, chemists, and propulsion engineers who make their living on this stuff.
I recall the common-carrier and public utility arguments going on in the Seventies; forty years on and still no resolution. (Finding common talking points is difficult enough and often... pointless.)
An electric company sells you juice with defined characteristics and charges you for how much you use. A cable company sells you an "information pipe" of flowing bits using just enough standards such that things mostly work and charges ever more for only slightly bigger/faster pipes while doing their damnedest to avoid competition or Public Service Commission openness, regulation and oversight.
Complicating matters is that cable companies [make and] sell content through the same pipe. They don't want you to have access to a more open market for either information capacity or alternative content providers; your potential ability to choose threatens their profits' stranglehold. Further, they're being asked and required to act as a hall monitor, censor, and Gestapo collaborator (not that they've not these things on their own.)
Metered unrestricted Internet as a public utility? Worth a continuing look and I think likely a Good Thing for the commonweal, but don't hope for it any time soon.
When I was a lad, only vaccinations generally available were smallpox, tetanus, diphtheria, typhus, and later, polio. Had just about all the "childhood" diseases, damn near died (and for a while, wanted to) from whooping cough.
I've known people who've had smallpox, polio, and scarlet fever, and they continue to suffer attendant effects.
Vaccinate away; heck, it used to be compulsory, didn't it?
Given my understanding that it's the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood that signals the body to breathe, I have to wonder if more CO2 in the atmosphere increases the amount in the blood. If so, we breathe more often now than, say, in the Fifties. If that's so, since we know that breathing more often than needed - from whatever cause - over time increases an unhelpful level of stress... and perhaps a rise in stress-related illnesses. Does anyone know if this happens?
(a half-hour of amateur searching found only one paper relating to increased CO2 in the body and not, apparently, directly related to the amount in the air; the bulk of research papers are on plants and small organisms)
Thank you. Classy post. (I remember PaperClip. And Dave Small, Dave Allen, the Codeheads, a whole bunch of fine people.)
Read the thread, I appreciate all who had actual, factual, memories of Mr. Tramiel, the tech and the times. Never met him, but exchanged a few emails after a RTC on GEnie. Found him to be no-nonsense and gracious.
A 520STfm was my first very own machine; had been involved with friends' stuff going back to Altair, Compucolor, Atari 800. Later bought a 1040, Atari gave me one (1040STe) and a friend years later gave me his old Mega. Wonderful learning, doing, playing - great memories.
I never use a browser to store passwords with or without master password; use your own (keepass, etc.) with local backups, or Lastpass or similar with local backups. After trying various password utilities I've used Lastpass since it came out and have been well pleased.
Just FYI, it's TANSTAAFL from Heinlein, "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."
Sure, I remember Delphi and I'm surprised that it wasn't mentioned in the article.
In '89 I had accounts on Delphi, CompuServe and GEnie. Spent little time on Delphi, some on Cserve, most on GEnie since that's where the Atari ST Roundtable was along with a great sci-fi and writers' area, Jerry Pournelle, games and devs from most of the major studios. Aladdin ST was a great app for managing mail, messages and libraries on GEnie.
First time online was via friend's acoustic coupler and Atari 800 in '81 with several BBSs.
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/commerciallength.htm for a piece on pop-ups, logos, and increasing time given to standard commercials. When I was a lad a half-hour TV show was about 26 minutes; last I looked, more like 17 1/2. Haven't owned a TV in five years and didn't use it for two years before that. I now watch a half-dozen shows from Hulu and some of the networks' sites.
Seems like every time I look at the local cable company, everything's fifty bucks: digital cable, telephone, "high-speed" Internet. I got a "deal" from Time-Warner for Internet for $35, 7 down, 1 up. Real-world mileage varies.
1) Yes, people who want to reinforce their interests and prejudices can do so more easily now. I hardly think it's the Internet's fault, though. Nothing new; some want to learn about the world around them and do so, while others apparently willingly or unwittingly don blinders.
2) Yes. BitTorrent might could help; if I recall a-rightly, Bram and others were working on modified torrent protocol specifically to address this.
Also, although the term being used is strip search it is, in practice, a cavity search. And, since many county lockups keep arrestees in single or group holding cells for a day or so at most (where they are often subject already to strip/shower search) they'll be sent to one of the general-population pods. In my county, anyone sent from city holding to county jail, even before a preliminary hearing, is subject to cavity search even for a holding cell. Fun and games for all - nobody likes it, it just gets done. Btw, my county's jail is rated as a maximum facility, especially as it houses federal prisoners awaiting circuit hearings or transshipment.
One can, and I think should, examine precisely the need for a particular degree of invasive search. I didn't like it, but then I knew some guys who by their own admission would otherwise bring in stuff that might could be nasty - if they already didn't have arrangements for some CO to get it for him, although I didn't know of any.
Don't get arrested. Of course with as many laws now on the books...who's not a criminal not yet caught?
Great stuff, thanks. Turns out I had it bookmarked from two years ago and had forgotten about it. Some of the engine designs are amazing, and the commentary is definitely worth reading.
Thanks for the good link. At one time or another I've been most of these questions; a few application forms or interviewers asked them all. Some applications asked so much I ended up leaving half the spaces blank, or filling in "race: not any more" or "sex: sure" for example. Finding anyone in the intake chain with a sense of humor is rare, however.
Which works fine until you are searched, by which time you're already arrested. In my jurisdiction the police do not need to state that you're under arrest before or after you're handcuffed according to the cops, a local judge, an assistant DA, and a public defender; they do not have to Mirandize you until you're in jail at which time it appears to be optional. Same goes for the county sheriffs. Fun system.
I think the wording of the article could stand improvement; meanwhile, without facts and figures upon which to do the necessary calculations, I think any definite statement about ROI (I prefer payback period) is premature. In the interim it seems like some interesting engineering research in its own right and I'll be interested in any follow up.
I'd think chances are you'll be "interviewed" by a cop at the exit. "Did you forget something? Or is there something on you you don't want to be seen with?"
Gotcha. I was being a tad facetious, above. I've long been aware of the argument that, among other things, a tax on corporations' income or profits amounts to a tax on their customers, their workers, and their investors. My impression of what little of the tax code I've looked at is that it's largely a mess. Seems to me current tax code is, and makes for, a mess.
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Point taken. There are other fuels. Frozen methane, ammonia come to mind. There are rocket scientists, chemists, and propulsion engineers who make their living on this stuff.
I recall the common-carrier and public utility arguments going on in the Seventies; forty years on and still no resolution. (Finding common talking points is difficult enough and often... pointless.)
An electric company sells you juice with defined characteristics and charges you for how much you use. A cable company sells you an "information pipe" of flowing bits using just enough standards such that things mostly work and charges ever more for only slightly bigger/faster pipes while doing their damnedest to avoid competition or Public Service Commission openness, regulation and oversight.
Complicating matters is that cable companies [make and] sell content through the same pipe. They don't want you to have access to a more open market for either information capacity or alternative content providers; your potential ability to choose threatens their profits' stranglehold. Further, they're being asked and required to act as a hall monitor, censor, and Gestapo collaborator (not that they've not these things on their own.)
Metered unrestricted Internet as a public utility? Worth a continuing look and I think likely a Good Thing for the commonweal, but don't hope for it any time soon.
I saw, I read, I swooned.
Yes! The universal juke box.
Fired up FF and installed it. Helps with not a few sites. Thanks!
Tardigrades (water bears) might have a chance. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/04/tardigrade-eggs-space/
IIRC, some spores might also do so.
Spot on.
When I was a lad, only vaccinations generally available were smallpox, tetanus, diphtheria, typhus, and later, polio. Had just about all the "childhood" diseases, damn near died (and for a while, wanted to) from whooping cough.
I've known people who've had smallpox, polio, and scarlet fever, and they continue to suffer attendant effects.
Vaccinate away; heck, it used to be compulsory, didn't it?
Given my understanding that it's the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood that signals the body to breathe, I have to wonder if more CO2 in the atmosphere increases the amount in the blood. If so, we breathe more often now than, say, in the Fifties. If that's so, since we know that breathing more often than needed - from whatever cause - over time increases an unhelpful level of stress... and perhaps a rise in stress-related illnesses. Does anyone know if this happens?
(a half-hour of amateur searching found only one paper relating to increased CO2 in the body and not, apparently, directly related to the amount in the air; the bulk of research papers are on plants and small organisms)
...the GUI at PARK.
um, that's the Palo Alto Research Kaffeeklatsch, yes?
Thank you. Classy post. (I remember PaperClip. And Dave Small, Dave Allen, the Codeheads, a whole bunch of fine people.)
Read the thread, I appreciate all who had actual, factual, memories of Mr. Tramiel, the tech and the times. Never met him, but exchanged a few emails after a RTC on GEnie. Found him to be no-nonsense and gracious.
A 520STfm was my first very own machine; had been involved with friends' stuff going back to Altair, Compucolor, Atari 800. Later bought a 1040, Atari gave me one (1040STe) and a friend years later gave me his old Mega. Wonderful learning, doing, playing - great memories.
RIP, Sam. Thanks, again.
Interesting bug, didn't know of it.
I never use a browser to store passwords with or without master password; use your own (keepass, etc.) with local backups, or Lastpass or similar with local backups. After trying various password utilities I've used Lastpass since it came out and have been well pleased.
Just FYI, it's TANSTAAFL from Heinlein, "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch."
Sure, I remember Delphi and I'm surprised that it wasn't mentioned in the article.
In '89 I had accounts on Delphi, CompuServe and GEnie. Spent little time on Delphi, some on Cserve, most on GEnie since that's where the Atari ST Roundtable was along with a great sci-fi and writers' area, Jerry Pournelle, games and devs from most of the major studios. Aladdin ST was a great app for managing mail, messages and libraries on GEnie.
First time online was via friend's acoustic coupler and Atari 800 in '81 with several BBSs.
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/commerciallength.htm for a piece on pop-ups, logos, and increasing time given to standard commercials. When I was a lad a half-hour TV show was about 26 minutes; last I looked, more like 17 1/2. Haven't owned a TV in five years and didn't use it for two years before that. I now watch a half-dozen shows from Hulu and some of the networks' sites.
Seems like every time I look at the local cable company, everything's fifty bucks: digital cable, telephone, "high-speed" Internet. I got a "deal" from Time-Warner for Internet for $35, 7 down, 1 up. Real-world mileage varies.
1) Yes, people who want to reinforce their interests and prejudices can do so more easily now. I hardly think it's the Internet's fault, though. Nothing new; some want to learn about the world around them and do so, while others apparently willingly or unwittingly don blinders.
2) Yes. BitTorrent might could help; if I recall a-rightly, Bram and others were working on modified torrent protocol specifically to address this.
Also, although the term being used is strip search it is, in practice, a cavity search. And, since many county lockups keep arrestees in single or group holding cells for a day or so at most (where they are often subject already to strip/shower search) they'll be sent to one of the general-population pods. In my county, anyone sent from city holding to county jail, even before a preliminary hearing, is subject to cavity search even for a holding cell. Fun and games for all - nobody likes it, it just gets done. Btw, my county's jail is rated as a maximum facility, especially as it houses federal prisoners awaiting circuit hearings or transshipment.
One can, and I think should, examine precisely the need for a particular degree of invasive search. I didn't like it, but then I knew some guys who by their own admission would otherwise bring in stuff that might could be nasty - if they already didn't have arrangements for some CO to get it for him, although I didn't know of any.
Don't get arrested. Of course with as many laws now on the books...who's not a criminal not yet caught?
Great stuff, thanks. Turns out I had it bookmarked from two years ago and had forgotten about it. Some of the engine designs are amazing, and the commentary is definitely worth reading.
Last time I looked or bought some, military underwear came in various sizes.
Thanks for the good link. At one time or another I've been most of these questions; a few application forms or interviewers asked them all. Some applications asked so much I ended up leaving half the spaces blank, or filling in "race: not any more" or "sex: sure" for example. Finding anyone in the intake chain with a sense of humor is rare, however.
"which party did what back in 1920"
to correct perspective, Ike was first elected prez in 1952 (I guess "1920-era roads" threw you")
on oil subsidies, last I looked big oil is still benefiting from WWII stimulus measures
Which works fine until you are searched, by which time you're already arrested. In my jurisdiction the police do not need to state that you're under arrest before or after you're handcuffed according to the cops, a local judge, an assistant DA, and a public defender; they do not have to Mirandize you until you're in jail at which time it appears to be optional. Same goes for the county sheriffs. Fun system.
I think the wording of the article could stand improvement; meanwhile, without facts and figures upon which to do the necessary calculations, I think any definite statement about ROI (I prefer payback period) is premature. In the interim it seems like some interesting engineering research in its own right and I'll be interested in any follow up.
"Prior to 1970 all airline pilots were armed..."
Huh? Where'd you get that from?
...turn around and walk back out...
I'd think chances are you'll be "interviewed" by a cop at the exit. "Did you forget something? Or is there something on you you don't want to be seen with?"
Gotcha. I was being a tad facetious, above. I've long been aware of the argument that, among other things, a tax on corporations' income or profits amounts to a tax on their customers, their workers, and their investors. My impression of what little of the tax code I've looked at is that it's largely a mess. Seems to me current tax code is, and makes for, a mess.
Your last two sentences put it well, thanks.
Huh? Seems to me to one of the better places for them to be.