There will always be transactions that people want to hide from governments.
And that is where blockchain currencies completely fail. Yes, your blockchain can be anonymous - but if it is tied to you, then EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION in that blockchain is also tied to you. With cash,...
That's why I said that "ONLINE" they are the "CLOSEST THING". Online crypto currency is still more anonymous and less trackable than any other form of payment even if not completely secure.
A "currencies" with no physical embodiment and are "supported" entirely by people thinking happy thoughts? What could possibly go wrong?
You just described the dollar and many other state issued currencies. The only thing that makes the dollar worth anything is that people are willing to exchange it for other things.
sell while they are worth anything at all children...
Whereas they could fall in value to be a lot less than they currently are, I don't think they will be as completely worthless as the tulip bulbs. That's not a fair comparison. There will always be transactions that people want to hide from governments. Online, the closest thing to that you have are crypto-currencies. Bit coin will have value to some for the foreseeable future. It may drop a few thousand in value, but it's not going to crash completely. It's used too much for that to happen now.
The article said "electronic" television, which definitely was invented by Farnsworth. Baird was mechanically-scanned and effectively a dead-end. It's a bigger difference than between spark-gap radio and continuous-wave radio.
Even the electronic television predates Farnsworth. Several people had invented electronic televisons before Farnsworth. The significance behind Farnsworth is that he gave the first demonstration to the American press of a electronic television. Farnsworth wasn't the inventor of the TV or even the electronic TV.
I wouldn't say it's necessarily "obvious" that happy music makes you happy.
I remember as a teenage being depressed over the break up with a girl friend, flipping through radio stations and temporarily stopping on an oldies station. The Cascades "Listen to the Rhythm of The Falling Rain" came on, arguably, a sad song.
I sang along, and like a light switch, started feeling better. Over the years I've found certain sad songs actually cheer me up and make me happy when I'm sad. When I'm sad, happy songs irritate me.
I HAAAAATE live albums. On the rare occasion when I bought a live album by mistake I've been royally pissed off.
Might I ask what you don't like about them?
Is it that they don't sound exactly like the studio versions?
Do you not like when they improv on stage (Zeppelin was notorious for this in their old 3+ hour concerns in their heyday)....
Just curious....and do take in mind, I only really know of the bands of old, I dunno much of what comes out today....
#1 peeve is all the background noise. All the clapping or cheering and whistling over tracks. #2 is they are a lot more flawed. It frequently takes many cuts to produce a perfect track. Things with prominent vocals with many musicians are especially bad. It annoys me when the singer is flat (as many are live). Many singers aren't really that good when they don't have the ability to re-record a section a dozen times. #3 the quality of the recording is usually lower in general. Cracks, pops, feeback whistles. #4 yeah, I hate the long improvs too. #5 often they use a smaller variety of instruments. The pieces become much less complex, often simplified down to guitar and drum. #6 Musicians talking before, after, or during the tracks. Get's tiring after the first time you listen to the track.
I feel like I've been cheated if I buy an album start it up and then I hear cracks, pops, and people cheering.
I'm now curious to know whether Canada's aboriginal peoples came from somewhere else or whether knowledge of geography in the US has declined to the point that you no longer know where even Canada is.
Canada doesn't really exist. It's just a ongoing joke created by Hollywood. As if people would really live that far North surrounded by snow, Polar Bears and Elves making toys for Santa.
I have 20 presents on my radio. I just next-channel when an ad appears.
That's great if there are 20 radio stations in your area you enjoy. Around here it's all rap, hip hop, or modern country. None of which I can stand. I'd be lucky if I found 3 stations worthy of a preset.
And then there is the fact that all stations tend to go to adverts at about the same time.
The problem is the internet can do anything that radio can. Radio has only a few advantages:
1)
But of course, the big disadvantage to Radio: ads.
The article talks about Gen Z turning their back on radio. I'm the tail end of Gen X and I havn't listened to tradition AM/FM radio in almost a decade. I can't get past ads. They're awful. I just can't do it.
A few years ago I tried watching over-the-air TV as well, couldn't do it. I can't tolerate the ads. Once you get used to no ads, either from Netflix, or Sirius, there's no going back.
The beauty of live music is the variance you get when bands decide to cover others, try songs they've never played.
I don't think many bands will just start playing songs live that they've never played before, I'm sure there's a fair bit of rehearsal goes into every performance.
Can't say I enjoy it, all the background noise, etc. What makes live music in person enjoyable is the experience of the shared emotion, and enthusiasm of people in the room etc,
Live music on a radio always comes across as cheesy to me.
In fact if I were a celebrity I'd probably have several, to limit my exposure to any one breach.
If you were a celebrity you probably wouldn't be technically versed and probably wouldn't think like that. People that "think" or "do" rarely become celebrities.
Surely NASA has a backup in case of a disaster like this? What if there was a fire in the building? Can they not move mission control to Florida as a backup?
You'd think they would have to in case of war. It may just be a few people up in space with an expensive space station NASA really don't have much interest in maintaining any more... but the loss off the space station at any time with American (or allied) astronauts on board would be a huge loss to the morale of the nation.
The "Mediterranean people don't eat meat" thing started when an American researcher decided to prove vegetarianism is better for you than eating meat. So he went there to do a health study, since they were known at the time to have long, healthy lives.
Completely different study. This has nothing to do with Mediterranean people as a whole- and more to do with specific regions that have longer lifespans and doing long term studies on what they ate.
On a similar note, the actual Okinawan diet (that people live a long time on) is very meat-heavy, and the trendy "Okinawan diet" doesn't have much to do with it other than the way they cook things. The actual Okinawan diet "starts with pig and ends with pig."
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There will always be transactions that people want to hide from governments.
And that is where blockchain currencies completely fail. Yes, your blockchain can be anonymous - but if it is tied to you, then EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION in that blockchain is also tied to you. With cash,...
That's why I said that "ONLINE" they are the "CLOSEST THING". Online crypto currency is still more anonymous and less trackable than any other form of payment even if not completely secure.
You can't pay with cash online.
A "currencies" with no physical embodiment and are "supported" entirely by people thinking happy thoughts? What could possibly go wrong?
You just described the dollar and many other state issued currencies. The only thing that makes the dollar worth anything is that people are willing to exchange it for other things.
sell while they are worth anything at all children...
Whereas they could fall in value to be a lot less than they currently are, I don't think they will be as completely worthless as the tulip bulbs. That's not a fair comparison. There will always be transactions that people want to hide from governments. Online, the closest thing to that you have are crypto-currencies. Bit coin will have value to some for the foreseeable future. It may drop a few thousand in value, but it's not going to crash completely. It's used too much for that to happen now.
Or are the safeguards working against the product?
According to the summary they work.
The article said "electronic" television, which definitely was invented by Farnsworth. Baird was mechanically-scanned and effectively a dead-end. It's a bigger difference than between spark-gap radio and continuous-wave radio.
Even the electronic television predates Farnsworth. Several people had invented electronic televisons before Farnsworth. The significance behind Farnsworth is that he gave the first demonstration to the American press of a electronic television. Farnsworth wasn't the inventor of the TV or even the electronic TV.
I wouldn't say it's necessarily "obvious" that happy music makes you happy.
I remember as a teenage being depressed over the break up with a girl friend, flipping through radio stations and temporarily stopping on an oldies station. The Cascades "Listen to the Rhythm of The Falling Rain" came on, arguably, a sad song.
I sang along, and like a light switch, started feeling better. Over the years I've found certain sad songs actually cheer me up and make me happy when I'm sad. When I'm sad, happy songs irritate me.
True techies listen to Linus Torvald's biography played in morse code.
Might I ask what you don't like about them?
Is it that they don't sound exactly like the studio versions?
Do you not like when they improv on stage (Zeppelin was notorious for this in their old 3+ hour concerns in their heyday)....
Just curious....and do take in mind, I only really know of the bands of old, I dunno much of what comes out today....
#1 peeve is all the background noise. All the clapping or cheering and whistling over tracks.
#2 is they are a lot more flawed. It frequently takes many cuts to produce a perfect track. Things with prominent vocals with many musicians are especially bad. It annoys me when the singer is flat (as many are live). Many singers aren't really that good when they don't have the ability to re-record a section a dozen times.
#3 the quality of the recording is usually lower in general. Cracks, pops, feeback whistles.
#4 yeah, I hate the long improvs too.
#5 often they use a smaller variety of instruments. The pieces become much less complex, often simplified down to guitar and drum.
#6 Musicians talking before, after, or during the tracks. Get's tiring after the first time you listen to the track.
I feel like I've been cheated if I buy an album start it up and then I hear cracks, pops, and people cheering.
Now now, let's not all panic. Perhaps Facebook intends to do only good things with all this information!
Unlikely, only Google does no evil.
I'm now curious to know whether Canada's aboriginal peoples came from somewhere else or whether knowledge of geography in the US has declined to the point that you no longer know where even Canada is.
Canada doesn't really exist. It's just a ongoing joke created by Hollywood. As if people would really live that far North surrounded by snow, Polar Bears and Elves making toys for Santa.
So...the original Mexican food was.......Chinese???
Sweet and Sour Tacos with a Jalapeños egg roll.
Do you not buy live albums? Same thing, no?
I HAAAAATE live albums. On the rare occasion when I bought a live album by mistake I've been royally pissed off.
I have 20 presents on my radio. I just next-channel when an ad appears.
That's great if there are 20 radio stations in your area you enjoy. Around here it's all rap, hip hop, or modern country. None of which I can stand. I'd be lucky if I found 3 stations worthy of a preset.
And then there is the fact that all stations tend to go to adverts at about the same time.
The problem is the internet can do anything that radio can. Radio has only a few advantages:
1)
But of course, the big disadvantage to Radio: ads.
The article talks about Gen Z turning their back on radio. I'm the tail end of Gen X and I havn't listened to tradition AM/FM radio in almost a decade. I can't get past ads. They're awful. I just can't do it.
A few years ago I tried watching over-the-air TV as well, couldn't do it. I can't tolerate the ads. Once you get used to no ads, either from Netflix, or Sirius, there's no going back.
The beauty of live music is the variance you get when bands decide to cover others, try songs they've never played.
I don't think many bands will just start playing songs live that they've never played before, I'm sure there's a fair bit of rehearsal goes into every performance.
Live music on the radio is a pleasant surprise.
Can't say I enjoy it, all the background noise, etc. What makes live music in person enjoyable is the experience of the shared emotion, and enthusiasm of people in the room etc,
Live music on a radio always comes across as cheesy to me.
Never heard of her and don't know anything about her so that would be impossible to answer (I could google if I were arsed).
Assuming she's some PhD holding actress, she would be the exception not the rule.
boy am I glad for 3 things.
That I am off the grid
Me too... I haven't touched a computer/internet device, or logged on to a website in years either.
In fact if I were a celebrity I'd probably have several, to limit my exposure to any one breach.
If you were a celebrity you probably wouldn't be technically versed and probably wouldn't think like that. People that "think" or "do" rarely become celebrities.
Let's give NASA credit for doing nothing.
Sometimes doing nothing is more productive than doing something.
Surely NASA has a backup in case of a disaster like this? What if there was a fire in the building? Can they not move mission control to Florida as a backup?
You'd think they would have to in case of war. It may just be a few people up in space with an expensive space station NASA really don't have much interest in maintaining any more... but the loss off the space station at any time with American (or allied) astronauts on board would be a huge loss to the morale of the nation.
I'd much rather live in the woods and still have a robot wipe my ass.
I can do it myself, but, that actually sounds rather fun.
What is a semi truck? Half truck, half... what?
It's a lorry that is only half aroused.
Sorry, but not really true.
The "Mediterranean people don't eat meat" thing started when an American researcher decided to prove vegetarianism is better for you than eating meat. So he went there to do a health study, since they were known at the time to have long, healthy lives.
Completely different study. This has nothing to do with Mediterranean people as a whole- and more to do with specific regions that have longer lifespans and doing long term studies on what they ate.
On a similar note, the actual Okinawan diet (that people live a long time on) is very meat-heavy, and the trendy "Okinawan diet" doesn't have much to do with it other than the way they cook things. The actual Okinawan diet "starts with pig and ends with pig."
Interesting "alternate fact".
3 times as many people in Okinawa live to be over 100 years old than in the rest of Japan.