But consider economies of scale. Biodiesel is a very young product (comparatively), and all young products are expensive. If and when E85 and/or biodiesel ramp up, the cost will drop dramatically.
Not necessarily. An article for my large financial institution in a mid-sized city in Canada quoted the per square foot price of space, after taxes and whatnot, at $23 per. That's in a city with quite decent rents, and the gross looks something like $12-15 per.
Looking at a big city, like Toronto, and downtown, the per square foot charge after taxes and whatnot could easily surpass $40 per square foot. Still, on 100sqft office that's only $4000 per year.
For instance, from officesearchtoronto.com, I obtained this:
477 Richmond Street West, Toronto 2nd floor - 1,390 sf - $3,450 per month 4th floor - 1,922 sf - $4,770 per month
Which turns out to be about $30 per square foot gross (add taxes, etc...). I'm sure you could get it cheaper, but the bigger the building, the bigger the costs.
It's more than that. Melinda is a good influence, but I think it was when he first became friends and bridge partners with Warren Buffett is when he changed to more of a world-aware person.
Buffett has a very similar attitude in that he thinks he is a better accumulator of money while he is alive, but near death most of it will be sent back out into the world.
Oh come on. Polls this early in the game mean nothing. And I think you're wrong, it will be closer to 50 years before they even start on anything like a moonbase.
Although, your stories about the US Army are quite interesting.....
There is nothing in the TOE that says you need to kill things to survive. Any herbivore could tell you that. All you need to be able to do is to RUN or HIDE. Preferrably both.
Think of a race of sentient deer with opposable thumbs.
Yes, I know that when you get down to living in one place you become easier to find, but who says you need to live in one place to become an advanced species.
That's a fairly... simple, and incorrect, view of creationism and ID. All ID says is that the starting point of the universe is so complicated, that it could not happen from chance. ID usually says nothing about the science between then and now, and doesn't ask the observer to stop asking questions.
There is a very vocal minority that does think the way you are suggesting, but most people who believe in Creation also believe in science, and most religious people don't believe their respective holy books are literal on every, or even most, topic(s).
In fact, I disagree with most of what you said. Humanity followed theories (as this is also a theory, not proven) that were wildly incorrect, or correct for the wrong reasons, for centuries until new theories replaced them. The sun and the earth, for example.
I'm not saying that this theory is wrong, and I actually agree with most of the evolution principles, but let's not think science in infallible. Where we diverge is that I believe that it was set at the beginning, where you believe it was random chance. The rest is doctrinal garbage.
I'm not sure how simple the rules are has anything to do with the chance that a particular thing arises. A simple rule could be "A standard earth protein must have 37 XYZ chains" - short, sweet, and simple. But how does now knowing that there must be 37 XYZ chains to get a standard protein now mean that before it was known it was simple? Especially when there are more potential combinations than there are atoms in the universe.
I stick by my earlier assertion that simple rules are only simple after they are discovered, not before when the future is unknown, and there are an incredible number of possibilities.
I think you might be using backwards logic here. TFA states that by examinig 100 proteins they were able to notice some standard common things about the proteins they were looking at. When they made rules around those common things they could make new proteins.
It's like having 100 pieces of example code to look at before trying to create your own, not generating the code from nothing.
I say Cord, schmord! If you're plugging it in at some point, it could have batteries, and if it has batteries, it could have the need for wires removed! That way, no wires, a software-configurable handedness, and you still have the cool snap-n-go(tm) functionality!
You really shouldn't try to overthink this sort of thing. Remember, they're TV shows, meant for masses, who all have different opinions, and (at least at the beginning) all all in the US (or at least North America)
To your questions, try something as innocent as 1. It was written in the US, 2. It was targeted at a US audience, and 3. If everyone didn't speak English, it would be a lot harder to film on a really nothing budget (for the first series) Of course, TNG could have changed that, but imagine how many trekkers would have been completely pissed that they changed something important like that and stopped watching TNG altogether?
Ah, but you're not talking about religion, you're talking about belief. Easy thing for people to miss when they attack.
Of course, if all they're doing is attacking your belief, then all they're trying to do is supplant your belief with their own. For instance, if a Christian's belief is attacked by someone claiming that God does not exist, and science is the only way, because of something they heard or read, then they are placing what they heard or read against what you heard or read. And of course, Science is based on one conjecture after another, which appears to have some basis in the world around us.
Have to disagree with you here. It is not illegal to do so (until this bill is law), it is only actionable. Before now, no jail time, only a lawsuit. After now, jail time.
The thing that amuses me are the number of people who are saying "Never Accept DRM!!!!" yet have been playing games like NWN or WOW for years. I know this isn't everyone who dissents to DRM (and notice I said _like_) and I actually admire those folks who state a strong opinion and stick to it in every way.
The biggest battle is always "want" over unhappiness about the methods of the company
True Story: My NWN:HOTU disc got really banged up due to a faulty CD/RW drive, so I called Atari to get the media replaced. Atari's response: We don't replace media, and if you want to keep using your game, buy another copy. You don't actually own the game, just the copy you licensed from us, and your EULA says so! I was then told I should try to get it from eBay as it would probably be cheaper that way.
My options: grab a crack, or buy a new disc. While I did the first for a while, I had serious issues playing the way I wanted to play, so had to be the b*tch and get another copy. The only reason I did is that I didn't want to stop playing that particular game. It did, however, make me vow never to get hooked on another Atari game, and to never actually buy another Atari game. Who knows, I might even admire myself one day and stick to that.
Yes, indeed, and for everyone with unregulated internet access, the Internet Archive is a great source. However, archive.org is considered a "proxy avoidance device" by many enterprise web content management (such as WebSense) applications, and that is blocked to us shmoes behind a corporate "Shield". Google cache, on the other hand, is not.
I'm not saying I know the particulars of the situation, but if I submitted it, this would be my method too.
You can use any decent recycled PC for the * server. I'm running a Duron 850 with 256MB RAM, but I understand even slower will work.
There are actually a couple of ways of doing it. You can use something like Voicepulse Connect and for $8 per month for an incoming number (48 states) and/or about $.03 a minute get calling anywhere in the USA or Canada. Even outbound local numbers cost this way, though.
The other option is to buy a digium fxs/fxo card and plug into the regular PSTN. The card can run as little as $150, I believe. Check out Digium for more info there.
A good way to get cheap long distance (at less than $.03 a minute) is to go with * and use the PSTN and Voicepulse connect (it is only a setting or two to make * do the differentiation). You route the local calls through the PSTN, and the long distance ones through Voicepulse connect. It depends, of course, on how much calling you do.
One caveat - VOIP and 911 emergency do not go well together.
* is awesome, and for anyone who hasn't given it a shot, I definitely recommend it. Digium even sells some FXS/FXO cards if you want it to replace your traditional in-house system.
Hmmm... I can't agree with you about the IT union, basically because of your earlier points. However, a non-mandatory professional organization might not be such a bad thing. This would allow for lobbying (to counter the less savoury elements of corporate society) while leaving each person to negotiate their own employment.
I'm not convinced that offshoring is a bad idea. There is some short term pain, but that goes along with any economic cycle. I'm sure we'll see results that show that the U.S. economy is actually doing better than expected due to the offshoring. A better economy produces more jobs, and since the skilled workforce is now available, more rapid expansion. In fact, I think the U.S. economy will start to more closely resemble the Canadian economy in that there will be a large portion of the economy made up of small to medium enterprises.
Then again, I'm a pure Keynesian, and a pretty strong capitalist to boot. I favour government non-intervention (outside the judicial arm) in most cases.
Ah - my mistake, I did not know you were speaking about Australian unions. I was considering North American unions, where either the entire designated group is in a union (i.e. All techs) or none of the designated group is in a union.
To represent any group, 50% (or 66%, I can't exactly remember) of the employees from the defined group need to vote in favour of a union. So, if you and I and another co-worker are the only 3 IT workers (the defined group) and you want a union and the two of us don't, then a union can not represent us (by law)
(but then , of course, IANAL) -s
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But consider economies of scale. Biodiesel is a very young product (comparatively), and all young products are expensive. If and when E85 and/or biodiesel ramp up, the cost will drop dramatically.
-s
I'm simply amazed that this thing keeps moving. What was the original life expectancy? 3 months? How longs has it been going now? 2 years?
Unbelievable.
Yay engineers! Yay Science! Yay School!
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Not necessarily. An article for my large financial institution in a mid-sized city in Canada quoted the per square foot price of space, after taxes and whatnot, at $23 per. That's in a city with quite decent rents, and the gross looks something like $12-15 per.
Looking at a big city, like Toronto, and downtown, the per square foot charge after taxes and whatnot could easily surpass $40 per square foot. Still, on 100sqft office that's only $4000 per year.
For instance, from officesearchtoronto.com, I obtained this:
477 Richmond Street West, Toronto
2nd floor - 1,390 sf - $3,450 per month
4th floor - 1,922 sf - $4,770 per month
Which turns out to be about $30 per square foot gross (add taxes, etc...). I'm sure you could get it cheaper, but the bigger the building, the bigger the costs.
s
It's more than that. Melinda is a good influence, but I think it was when he first became friends and bridge partners with Warren Buffett is when he changed to more of a world-aware person.
Buffett has a very similar attitude in that he thinks he is a better accumulator of money while he is alive, but near death most of it will be sent back out into the world.
s
Oh come on. Polls this early in the game mean nothing. And I think you're wrong, it will be closer to 50 years before they even start on anything like a moonbase.
Although, your stories about the US Army are quite interesting.....
s
Nonsense.
There is nothing in the TOE that says you need to kill things to survive. Any herbivore could tell you that. All you need to be able to do is to RUN or HIDE. Preferrably both.
Think of a race of sentient deer with opposable thumbs.
Yes, I know that when you get down to living in one place you become easier to find, but who says you need to live in one place to become an advanced species.
s
By Jove, I think you've got it! Marriage is entirely about the time you spend together making your life better, and not subsuming each other!
That's a fairly... simple, and incorrect, view of creationism and ID. All ID says is that the starting point of the universe is so complicated, that it could not happen from chance. ID usually says nothing about the science between then and now, and doesn't ask the observer to stop asking questions.
There is a very vocal minority that does think the way you are suggesting, but most people who believe in Creation also believe in science, and most religious people don't believe their respective holy books are literal on every, or even most, topic(s).
In fact, I disagree with most of what you said. Humanity followed theories (as this is also a theory, not proven) that were wildly incorrect, or correct for the wrong reasons, for centuries until new theories replaced them. The sun and the earth, for example.
I'm not saying that this theory is wrong, and I actually agree with most of the evolution principles, but let's not think science in infallible. Where we diverge is that I believe that it was set at the beginning, where you believe it was random chance. The rest is doctrinal garbage.
-s
I'm not sure how simple the rules are has anything to do with the chance that a particular thing arises. A simple rule could be "A standard earth protein must have 37 XYZ chains" - short, sweet, and simple. But how does now knowing that there must be 37 XYZ chains to get a standard protein now mean that before it was known it was simple? Especially when there are more potential combinations than there are atoms in the universe.
I stick by my earlier assertion that simple rules are only simple after they are discovered, not before when the future is unknown, and there are an incredible number of possibilities.
I think you might be using backwards logic here. TFA states that by examinig 100 proteins they were able to notice some standard common things about the proteins they were looking at. When they made rules around those common things they could make new proteins.
It's like having 100 pieces of example code to look at before trying to create your own, not generating the code from nothing.
s
You're right, they can't pretend they own the letter G, but I'm thinking this small company can't either.
My prediction: No monies change hands
I say Cord, schmord! If you're plugging it in at some point, it could have batteries, and if it has batteries, it could have the need for wires removed! That way, no wires, a software-configurable handedness, and you still have the cool snap-n-go(tm) functionality!
-s
You really shouldn't try to overthink this sort of thing. Remember, they're TV shows, meant for masses, who all have different opinions, and (at least at the beginning) all all in the US (or at least North America)
To your questions, try something as innocent as 1. It was written in the US, 2. It was targeted at a US audience, and 3. If everyone didn't speak English, it would be a lot harder to film on a really nothing budget (for the first series) Of course, TNG could have changed that, but imagine how many trekkers would have been completely pissed that they changed something important like that and stopped watching TNG altogether?
Ah, but you're not talking about religion, you're talking about belief. Easy thing for people to miss when they attack.
Of course, if all they're doing is attacking your belief, then all they're trying to do is supplant your belief with their own. For instance, if a Christian's belief is attacked by someone claiming that God does not exist, and science is the only way, because of something they heard or read, then they are placing what they heard or read against what you heard or read. And of course, Science is based on one conjecture after another, which appears to have some basis in the world around us.
Peace out
-s.
Oh Please. If you don't know to sit down by the time you hit level 12, there may be no hope for you!
s
Hah - very well put. It's interesting to see people lash out blindly at one concept, while believing blindly in another.
Have to disagree with you here. It is not illegal to do so (until this bill is law), it is only actionable. Before now, no jail time, only a lawsuit. After now, jail time.
s
The thing that amuses me are the number of people who are saying "Never Accept DRM!!!!" yet have been playing games like NWN or WOW for years. I know this isn't everyone who dissents to DRM (and notice I said _like_) and I actually admire those folks who state a strong opinion and stick to it in every way.
The biggest battle is always "want" over unhappiness about the methods of the company
True Story: My NWN:HOTU disc got really banged up due to a faulty CD/RW drive, so I called Atari to get the media replaced. Atari's response: We don't replace media, and if you want to keep using your game, buy another copy. You don't actually own the game, just the copy you licensed from us, and your EULA says so! I was then told I should try to get it from eBay as it would probably be cheaper that way.
My options: grab a crack, or buy a new disc. While I did the first for a while, I had serious issues playing the way I wanted to play, so had to be the b*tch and get another copy. The only reason I did is that I didn't want to stop playing that particular game. It did, however, make me vow never to get hooked on another Atari game, and to never actually buy another Atari game. Who knows, I might even admire myself one day and stick to that.
Yes, indeed, and for everyone with unregulated internet access, the Internet Archive is a great source. However, archive.org is considered a "proxy avoidance device" by many enterprise web content management (such as WebSense) applications, and that is blocked to us shmoes behind a corporate "Shield". Google cache, on the other hand, is not.
I'm not saying I know the particulars of the situation, but if I submitted it, this would be my method too.
Cheers,
-s.
You can use any decent recycled PC for the * server. I'm running a Duron 850 with 256MB RAM, but I understand even slower will work.
There are actually a couple of ways of doing it. You can use something like Voicepulse Connect and for $8 per month for an incoming number (48 states) and/or about $.03 a minute get calling anywhere in the USA or Canada. Even outbound local numbers cost this way, though.
The other option is to buy a digium fxs/fxo card and plug into the regular PSTN. The card can run as little as $150, I believe. Check out Digium for more info there.
A good way to get cheap long distance (at less than $.03 a minute) is to go with * and use the PSTN and Voicepulse connect (it is only a setting or two to make * do the differentiation). You route the local calls through the PSTN, and the long distance ones through Voicepulse connect. It depends, of course, on how much calling you do.
One caveat - VOIP and 911 emergency do not go well together.
Cheers,
s.
* is awesome, and for anyone who hasn't given it a shot, I definitely recommend it. Digium even sells some FXS/FXO cards if you want it to replace your traditional in-house system.
Something neat for every geek!
s.
You know, I think we've all heard rumours of an intel conspiracy to make us buy the same product again and again for years now...
However, one must at least consider that they have a valid reason for this. Long-term stability maybe?
Oooohh... is that machine stability, or cashflow stability....
-s
Hmmm... I can't agree with you about the IT union, basically because of your earlier points. However, a non-mandatory professional organization might not be such a bad thing. This would allow for lobbying (to counter the less savoury elements of corporate society) while leaving each person to negotiate their own employment.
I'm not convinced that offshoring is a bad idea. There is some short term pain, but that goes along with any economic cycle. I'm sure we'll see results that show that the U.S. economy is actually doing better than expected due to the offshoring. A better economy produces more jobs, and since the skilled workforce is now available, more rapid expansion. In fact, I think the U.S. economy will start to more closely resemble the Canadian economy in that there will be a large portion of the economy made up of small to medium enterprises.
Then again, I'm a pure Keynesian, and a pretty strong capitalist to boot. I favour government non-intervention (outside the judicial arm) in most cases.
Nice chatting with you
-s
Ah - my mistake, I did not know you were speaking about Australian unions. I was considering North American unions, where either the entire designated group is in a union (i.e. All techs) or none of the designated group is in a union.
-s
To represent any group, 50% (or 66%, I can't exactly remember) of the employees from the defined group need to vote in favour of a union. So, if you and I and another co-worker are the only 3 IT workers (the defined group) and you want a union and the two of us don't, then a union can not represent us (by law)
(but then , of course, IANAL)
-s