Except it wasn't the lead piping that did the Romans in, it was boiling wine in lead vessels. The piping also provided baths and public water works which helped slow the spread of many diseases and allowed for cities to get bigger. Thus the lead pipes were a net gain for the Romans. Also there is little direct evidence that lead poisoning played a role in Rome's downfall. It was far more a political and economic matter after all they lasted centuries with the poisoning.
Bull. That is just making up a statement with absolutely no evidence or proof. Where-as much of the previous assertion does indeed have scientific evidence to back it up.
1. There is a prodigious amount of energy flowing around our planet produced by the Sun. 2. If this radiation was not diverted it would indeed be more than enough to kill off most if not all life on Earth. 3. The make up of the atmosphere plays a large role in radiation absorption and deflection. 4. The make up of the atmosphere changes over time as evidenced both through findings in the geological record and through modern recordings. 5. The magnetosphere of the Earth does indeed change as well, again as evidenced both through findings in the geological record and modern recordings. 6. Man may or may not be able to affect the magnetosphere to any relevant but we certainly are able to produce gases in sufficient quantities to change the atmospheric makeup to affect the atmosphere to a very relevant and perhaps dire degree.
If on the other-hand you mean this purely in a philosophical sense you are only arguing the meaning of the verb "to be" and existence, again with no evidence and probably not taking into account all available options, as I doubt any human mind can take all options into account in the purely philosophical sense.
Yeah that might work in lower grades but what about higher grades and colleges where you have 20 to 30 students in a classroom and a single teacher with a lesson plan to get through?
Yeah...200+ students on a single (small) campus. Lets see how much does it cost for a system to send screen shots over to a single office with someone hired to "stand behind" the students and watch them?
Or do you mean physically? YOu want to have the teacher stand behind their students watching them or teach the class? Yes these two things are often mutually exclusive.
Indeed these are all good reasons why the E-book readers are competitive, for now.
The thing is the nook and kindle are almost certainly transition technologies. They fill a niche that will be taken up by more capable devices. Sure they'll probably always be some around in specialized roles (people still use pagers, which are a good example of transitional technology).
There are already several functions that can fairly easily be built into an E-book reader, such as mp3 player, web-browser, and soon E-ink color screen. An Ipad isn't far from a beefed up E-Book reader w/o the E-ink or similar display.
The important technology take-away of these things is their E-ink and similar display technologies, and the lessons learned with the new interface requirements.
Pace makers were not mentioned in the article. It's computers and electronics that we're worried about here and those if they go will cost many more lives than any pace maker.
Not just emergency, police, fire and health services. Those are only the small bits. The real worry is the financial and grocery distribution. In other words it could possably take down parts of the internet and disrupt shipping and payment services vital to the everyday, feed people, economy.
If the test used is like, or was the test given through the link in the article I don't think this study holds much as far as real measurements. Most of the questions are ambiguous and the changes might reflect more on the changes of how the students go about answering questions rather than their empathy.
Yeah but for that you need exact coordinates. It makes getting into a window where we know someone is easier but still wouldn't lead to what you're talking about. Might as well go off on satellite and laser technology for fear of the US deploying "Orbital Death Lasers."
While true government investment in research is vital for our growth and continued economic performance it is not solely responsible for it. The government did start the first internet, but it was business investment that also largely pushed the further development and refinement of the microcomputer.
The solitary inventor is largely pushed out of state of the art engineering. Like it or not much of science and cutting-edge research is a large, time-consuming and labor intensive practice that requires more work than a single man or woman can provide these days. Though it is still possible for a single person to "invent" something truly revolutionary it is exceedingly difficult and far more revolutions will come from organized large-scale efforts.
There also is the myth of the "Great Inventor" just coming up with an idea that revolutionizes the world and without whom that revolution would never have come. If you look at history, this is rarely the case as often many scientists are working on similar lines and the credited inventor is just the first to succeed. If they hadn't someone else would have; it might have taken longer and been slightly different but it would have come.
Oh no this indeed does have a pricetag, many of them in fact and they are big. The US pays a lot of money for its armed forces, too much in my opinion. If we can criticize and cut into education for fiscal responsibility the military should be fair game too.
Satilite - blocked by these things called trees and buildings in many areas also many places such as apartments have no were to install the dish. Wireless - See trees and buildings and clogging up the radio spectrum Neighborhood Internet Co-Op...soon to be illegal and "unfair competition" in a state near you! Also it has to exist in your neighborhood. Leased Line - Ha Ha ha ha ha good joke. VPN - Yeah that can be blocked too. Don't think they won't charge extra for it.
Finally all of these mean jack and shit with jack on a holiday when you are trying to use the internet for most business purposes and are trying to sell something online. Selling things means you have to be able to get people to come to your site and if the big players are squeezing your site out of their regular customers' view then it doesn't matter how YOU personally can get around the ISPs.
Or more likely it will join AT&T and ComCast into one and leave you with a single "choice" to pay them x for y service that they dictate including their preferences on what you do online.
Still new developers are REQUIRED to keep the projects going.
Also it would be nice to know if the number of linux developers in total is staying the same, shrinking or growing? In other words are older developers attracted to Linux or is Linux just keeping its current developers who are aging?
Another bit of data I'd like to see if anyone out there has it is where the young developers are going?
Knowing information about where developers are developing and why would be very useful to many many people.
Indeed it is a "luxury" that largely doesn't help big labels like EA because they can go off of brand-name and star-power to sell their games, actually showing off game-play before someone buys the game means that the consumer might be forewarned on crap-ware titles. Smaller game companies with less reputation and ability to hire big names of course will still need demos.
Of course that doesn't say anything about there being smaller companies. EA and their ilk can make sure of that as a separate matter.
It is better than getting cut. Unfortunately many people just don't see the purpose and reason for NASA and why it is vital that we keep our LEO ability. Until the private sector INSIDE the US can do LEO it has to remain in NASA's portfolio.
The longer we remain solely on this planet the higher probability that we will no longer remain.
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Except it wasn't the lead piping that did the Romans in, it was boiling wine in lead vessels. The piping also provided baths and public water works which helped slow the spread of many diseases and allowed for cities to get bigger. Thus the lead pipes were a net gain for the Romans. Also there is little direct evidence that lead poisoning played a role in Rome's downfall. It was far more a political and economic matter after all they lasted centuries with the poisoning.
Bull. That is just making up a statement with absolutely no evidence or proof. Where-as much of the previous assertion does indeed have scientific evidence to back it up.
1. There is a prodigious amount of energy flowing around our planet produced by the Sun.
2. If this radiation was not diverted it would indeed be more than enough to kill off most if not all life on Earth.
3. The make up of the atmosphere plays a large role in radiation absorption and deflection.
4. The make up of the atmosphere changes over time as evidenced both through findings in the geological record and through modern recordings.
5. The magnetosphere of the Earth does indeed change as well, again as evidenced both through findings in the geological record and modern recordings.
6. Man may or may not be able to affect the magnetosphere to any relevant but we certainly are able to produce gases in sufficient quantities to change the atmospheric makeup to affect the atmosphere to a very relevant and perhaps dire degree.
If on the other-hand you mean this purely in a philosophical sense you are only arguing the meaning of the verb "to be" and existence, again with no evidence and probably not taking into account all available options, as I doubt any human mind can take all options into account in the purely philosophical sense.
Yeah but nature taking care of it may very well not include life going on.
Yeah that might work in lower grades but what about higher grades and colleges where you have 20 to 30 students in a classroom and a single teacher with a lesson plan to get through?
Yeah...200+ students on a single (small) campus. Lets see how much does it cost for a system to send screen shots over to a single office with someone hired to "stand behind" the students and watch them?
Or do you mean physically? YOu want to have the teacher stand behind their students watching them or teach the class? Yes these two things are often mutually exclusive.
Indeed these are all good reasons why the E-book readers are competitive, for now.
The thing is the nook and kindle are almost certainly transition technologies. They fill a niche that will be taken up by more capable devices. Sure they'll probably always be some around in specialized roles (people still use pagers, which are a good example of transitional technology).
There are already several functions that can fairly easily be built into an E-book reader, such as mp3 player, web-browser, and soon E-ink color screen. An Ipad isn't far from a beefed up E-Book reader w/o the E-ink or similar display.
The important technology take-away of these things is their E-ink and similar display technologies, and the lessons learned with the new interface requirements.
Pace makers were not mentioned in the article. It's computers and electronics that we're worried about here and those if they go will cost many more lives than any pace maker.
Not just emergency, police, fire and health services. Those are only the small bits. The real worry is the financial and grocery distribution. In other words it could possably take down parts of the internet and disrupt shipping and payment services vital to the everyday, feed people, economy.
If the test used is like, or was the test given through the link in the article I don't think this study holds much as far as real measurements. Most of the questions are ambiguous and the changes might reflect more on the changes of how the students go about answering questions rather than their empathy.
Yeah but for that you need exact coordinates. It makes getting into a window where we know someone is easier but still wouldn't lead to what you're talking about. Might as well go off on satellite and laser technology for fear of the US deploying "Orbital Death Lasers."
While true government investment in research is vital for our growth and continued economic performance it is not solely responsible for it. The government did start the first internet, but it was business investment that also largely pushed the further development and refinement of the microcomputer.
The solitary inventor is largely pushed out of state of the art engineering. Like it or not much of science and cutting-edge research is a large, time-consuming and labor intensive practice that requires more work than a single man or woman can provide these days. Though it is still possible for a single person to "invent" something truly revolutionary it is exceedingly difficult and far more revolutions will come from organized large-scale efforts.
There also is the myth of the "Great Inventor" just coming up with an idea that revolutionizes the world and without whom that revolution would never have come. If you look at history, this is rarely the case as often many scientists are working on similar lines and the credited inventor is just the first to succeed. If they hadn't someone else would have; it might have taken longer and been slightly different but it would have come.
Priceless?
Oh no this indeed does have a pricetag, many of them in fact and they are big. The US pays a lot of money for its armed forces, too much in my opinion. If we can criticize and cut into education for fiscal responsibility the military should be fair game too.
No you fool!
It is due to the fact that when you get an Iphone, Ipad, or Ipod love and happiness spills forth from the interface into the user.
Now, WHERE do you think they get that love and happiness?
They are draining it from their workers!
Indeed. I think this is a great fucking job on their part.
It means basic FPS with pretty graphics but no actual story-line or game-play that hasn't been seen before.
I wish I had mod points, by far the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Great joke!
How long has it been since you looked at the plugins available for chrome?
Your open mike is with several call in shows that NPR hosts.
Satilite - blocked by these things called trees and buildings in many areas also many places such as apartments have no were to install the dish. ...soon to be illegal and "unfair competition" in a state near you! Also it has to exist in your neighborhood.
Wireless - See trees and buildings and clogging up the radio spectrum
Neighborhood Internet Co-Op
Leased Line - Ha Ha ha ha ha good joke.
VPN - Yeah that can be blocked too. Don't think they won't charge extra for it.
Finally all of these mean jack and shit with jack on a holiday when you are trying to use the internet for most business purposes and are trying to sell something online. Selling things means you have to be able to get people to come to your site and if the big players are squeezing your site out of their regular customers' view then it doesn't matter how YOU personally can get around the ISPs.
Or more likely it will join AT&T and ComCast into one and leave you with a single "choice" to pay them x for y service that they dictate including their preferences on what you do online.
No he does not and probably feels it rude of you to point it out for him.
Still new developers are REQUIRED to keep the projects going.
Also it would be nice to know if the number of linux developers in total is staying the same, shrinking or growing? In other words are older developers attracted to Linux or is Linux just keeping its current developers who are aging?
Another bit of data I'd like to see if anyone out there has it is where the young developers are going?
Knowing information about where developers are developing and why would be very useful to many many people.
Indeed it is a "luxury" that largely doesn't help big labels like EA because they can go off of brand-name and star-power to sell their games, actually showing off game-play before someone buys the game means that the consumer might be forewarned on crap-ware titles. Smaller game companies with less reputation and ability to hire big names of course will still need demos.
Of course that doesn't say anything about there being smaller companies. EA and their ilk can make sure of that as a separate matter.
He'd be "soft and the terrorists" and "elitist" no matter WHAT he did. Those are talking points that are applied without regard to any facts.
It is better than getting cut. Unfortunately many people just don't see the purpose and reason for NASA and why it is vital that we keep our LEO ability. Until the private sector INSIDE the US can do LEO it has to remain in NASA's portfolio.
The longer we remain solely on this planet the higher probability that we will no longer remain.
So how ugly and unarousing are you?
Her problem is that she is aroused too much not that she is having trouble getting aroused.