If the liberals that are ruining the USA are fighting the conservatives that are ruining the USA then the rest of us can have some peace and quiet for a while.
All this talk of "Unmanned missions are just as good!" is pretty unconvincing when reports come back that the latest rover mission may be failing because it's stuck on a 3 inch rock and can't wiggle it's way off . ..
I agree, if we're going to spend the money it should be on science education so that average folks can understand that the rover thats stuck on a rock had to be built, launched, travel a few hundred thousand miles, land safely, deploy, and it operated beyond its expected lifespan THEN got stuck on a rock is roughly equivalent to complaining about a 95 year-old Marine needing a walker to get his morning paper.
Given the spills location in the Gulf of Mexico, we're fine. Whatever those of us in the American South can't find lying around in our sheds the Mexican drug lords will have for sale on the black market. Really its an ideal part of the world to be for blowing shit up.
I don't think you can dump enough conventional explosives to get the necessary yield. The difference between obscenely large conventional bombs and nukes is three orders of magnitude. The yield on conventional weapons is close to 1:1 between their mass and an equivalent mass of TNT while nukes offer at least 1:100. You just can't get enough power out of conventional weapons without using a LOT of them.
Having said that, I'd still pay to take a cruise down there and watch the boom. I'll even sponsor Greenpeace and SeaSheperd to get too close to the blast zone shortly before detonation.:D
MOAB - 11 tons of TNT Little Boy - 15.000 tons of TNT The cold war arms race averaged around 25.000 tons of TNT, though there were some weapons made that did 50k and some with a theoretical limit at 100k tons.
Yes, but think of the people in the following situations:
So serious investors with considerable amounts of money in the market that should know better?
I think of them often, I aspire to someday have to worry about losing $1,000,000 in a day fucking around in the stock market instead of merely working hard to pay my mortgage off a little early.
I own P&G stock, bought it and its grown in value over the last 15 years. Thats through the dot-bomb, through at least one major recesssion, etc. etc. Today's hit might affect my dividends next quarter, but it'll hardly affect my ability to use that stock when I retire in 40 years.
Fair point. I cited some wide ranging categories or vendors that could collaborate and bring things together.
I think its wise to target places like *nix forums, StackOverflow (already does OpenID), and other large admin/developer/power user venues for a consolidated login FIRST. You want to get the power users using it, providing feedback to the developers and getting the admins comfortable with it.
Once they embrace it, they'll be prepared to deploy it and MAKE the normal users start using OpenID instead of separate logins.
To be fair your argument doesn't hold water if you regularly visit official Microsoft sites or even have a Hotmail account. If you do you already have a Live Passport (I think thats what its called) that should work. Microsoft is big enough that it is actually a convenience to have a single login to all of their services and resources.
I'll even go so far as to say that the big *nix distros should get together and support OpenID universally across all their sites for a similar effect.
Most all of the real problems with Internet companies that can hurt users are already covered under fraud laws - no new powers are required. So, ask yourself why it is they want these new powers.
Because when the only tool you have is more regulation every problem appears to be solvable by more regulation.
It is cheaper to keep this trash closer to the middle, where they work, but are neither on the dole or in jail. The latter case costs us too much per year.
What is this poorly-thought-out bit of speculation doing on the front page of Slashdot?
Getting tested on a wide swath of browsers, DNS servers, networks, firewalls, from all over the world by geeks who can generally provide decent feedback on its effecitveness.
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Why the hell are you browsing porn on a laptop that has PCI information on it!
If the liberals that are ruining the USA are fighting the conservatives that are ruining the USA then the rest of us can have some peace and quiet for a while.
All due respect but I must jest: Tell us a story grandpa!
What did you do for NASA? ./ is curious!
All this talk of "Unmanned missions are just as good!" is pretty unconvincing when reports come back that the latest rover mission may be failing because it's stuck on a 3 inch rock and can't wiggle it's way off . . .
I agree, if we're going to spend the money it should be on science education so that average folks can understand that the rover thats stuck on a rock had to be built, launched, travel a few hundred thousand miles, land safely, deploy, and it operated beyond its expected lifespan THEN got stuck on a rock is roughly equivalent to complaining about a 95 year-old Marine needing a walker to get his morning paper.
Given the spills location in the Gulf of Mexico, we're fine. Whatever those of us in the American South can't find lying around in our sheds the Mexican drug lords will have for sale on the black market. Really its an ideal part of the world to be for blowing shit up.
Egads you're right.
I don't think you can dump enough conventional explosives to get the necessary yield. The difference between obscenely large conventional bombs and nukes is three orders of magnitude. The yield on conventional weapons is close to 1:1 between their mass and an equivalent mass of TNT while nukes offer at least 1:100. You just can't get enough power out of conventional weapons without using a LOT of them.
Having said that, I'd still pay to take a cruise down there and watch the boom. I'll even sponsor Greenpeace and SeaSheperd to get too close to the blast zone shortly before detonation. :D
MOAB - 11 tons of TNT
Little Boy - 15.000 tons of TNT
The cold war arms race averaged around 25.000 tons of TNT, though there were some weapons made that did 50k and some with a theoretical limit at 100k tons.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent
Much like the story of people complaining about elevators taking too long to arrive, and the installation of mirrors stopped the complaints
I'd like to read more about this, can you point me at a source?
I cannae stop the vibrations cap'n. The flux cores are fissioning at 150% beyond their rated nebular rate!
Yes, but think of the people in the following situations:
So serious investors with considerable amounts of money in the market that should know better?
I think of them often, I aspire to someday have to worry about losing $1,000,000 in a day fucking around in the stock market instead of merely working hard to pay my mortgage off a little early.
It's not radically damaged. It slumped for a day.
I own P&G stock, bought it and its grown in value over the last 15 years. Thats through the dot-bomb, through at least one major recesssion, etc. etc. Today's hit might affect my dividends next quarter, but it'll hardly affect my ability to use that stock when I retire in 40 years.
If daily market fluctuations are affecting your long-term retirement savings its time to just dig your own grave and have a nap.
I've got an older car that drips a bit of oil, where can I buy one of these things to clean up my garage?
Oh if some of the profits go to make more of these to give away thats fine with me.
They realize that putting porn behind a TLD makes it easier for our children to know when it is filtered and get around the filter to find it.
FTFY
Fair point. I cited some wide ranging categories or vendors that could collaborate and bring things together.
I think its wise to target places like *nix forums, StackOverflow (already does OpenID), and other large admin/developer/power user venues for a consolidated login FIRST. You want to get the power users using it, providing feedback to the developers and getting the admins comfortable with it.
Once they embrace it, they'll be prepared to deploy it and MAKE the normal users start using OpenID instead of separate logins.
To be fair your argument doesn't hold water if you regularly visit official Microsoft sites or even have a Hotmail account. If you do you already have a Live Passport (I think thats what its called) that should work. Microsoft is big enough that it is actually a convenience to have a single login to all of their services and resources.
I'll even go so far as to say that the big *nix distros should get together and support OpenID universally across all their sites for a similar effect.
+1, the EFF is a lobby.
...with a small shell script.
No no no no. You've got it all wrong.
They need to CD ALT the VRQ's to NHL the HSN.
THEN you can WOW CSN the VD through the HD DVR.
Most all of the real problems with Internet companies that can hurt users are already covered under fraud laws - no new powers are required. So, ask yourself why it is they want these new powers.
Because when the only tool you have is more regulation every problem appears to be solvable by more regulation.
It raises prices and hurts the end user. Why are we still seeing this behavior?
It raises prices and helps Intel.
Can we just please let this one slide and go pick on Apple?
I like my Microsoft mice and keyboards. They're actually pretty decent, don't make me hate them too.
I doubt that the measurement of forces will go that many more orders of magnitude beyond where they're already measuring things.
Turn your card in at the doo....oh 7 digit UID.
Saying "${THING} will be {big|small} enough to do something forever" is pretty much a guarantee that it will last as a limit for a very brief time.
It is cheaper to keep this trash closer to the middle, where they work, but are neither on the dole or in jail. The latter case costs us too much per year.
What is this poorly-thought-out bit of speculation doing on the front page of Slashdot?
Getting tested on a wide swath of browsers, DNS servers, networks, firewalls, from all over the world by geeks who can generally provide decent feedback on its effecitveness.