This is Monty Python level science. Lonely depressed people have more cats. Lonely depressed people commit suicide more often than others. Cats have a parasite that affects behavior in rats. It's obviously the parasite causing the suicides. Lazy fringe science. There's zero evidence of this parasite affecting human behavior so they try to use a correlation between cat owners and suicide to prove a theory. You ignore the obvious cause and embrace the obscure? This is on the level of saying crop circles are made by bored aliens instead of British rednecks with boards and strings.
Oddly enough the shadow resembled a cat's paw. A relieved cat insisted he wasn't responsible for changing the results of the experiment and was unconcerned about the gun pointed towards his head throughout the test.
He has some good ideas, then there's of coarse the rest that are completely insane. Getting rid of the Federal Reserve is near the top of the list. Classic Republican lunacy. Deregulate and dismantle all safeguards because corporations always know best. Look at the history of deregulating. The SNL bailout was from deregulation as was the bank bailout. Net freedom is a good thing up to a point. Leave it in the hands of the corporations and the internet bad guys and the net will be a disaster. Sales taxing the internet is no solution and anything that is legal should be allowed. People can say it's hard to decide which laws should apply to the internet but most people would agree on the obvious ones. Banning kiddie porn, identity thief and scams should be obvious. Letting Congress decide is nuts because most of them are internet illiterate. Better to get together a group that represent all sides to try to find common ground. Either you compromise or one side lords over the rest and the rule making body is Congress so do you really want them deciding?
Just more proof how out of touch he is which is a major reason Microsoft has been in a decade plus rut. He thinks he's being visonary and cluing people into the future of tablets when everyone else seems to be aware of their limitations which will keep them a nitche product. It's like declaring game boxes dead until the next gen ones are released then shock of shocks they get popular again. Nothing is going away there are just more options. This is exactly like declaring broadcast TV dead when cable got popular yet it's showing no sign of going away. PCs are flexible which tablets never will be.
Cartridge cost is the one thing that would hold me back. If you have a serious need then it's a great thing but you have to be realistic because for a $50 cartridge you can probably make a handful of items that would cost a few bucks each. We're a long way from kids making their own toys to save money. Any part you make will be expensive. I've checked into some more industrial units that run off bulk stock and then you're talking something that costs the price of the plastic and electricity. It's a very high buy in but if you are using them a lot for practical purposes then they make sense.
This is why I find fracking so disturbing. The amount of safe drinking water that's available has been in decline for decades and it'll only get worse. I've checked into condensation based systems but the drawbacks are you need humid air for them to work and they are both expensive and have huge power requirements. One that produces 52 gallons a day will use as much power as a large house. Fine for emergencies but not practical for everyday unless you have free power and take sponge baths.
It's hard to blame Mac when you open an infected file. People have been unwittingly installing Malware and other infecting programs onto Macs for years. This is very different from one that propagates without the help of the user. It's a non story.
I was expecting a few minutes at best so storing enough to run LED lights for 6 hours was impressive. The number of charge discharge cycles is a major question. What intrigues me is pairing this with spray on solar cells so you end up with a coating that collects and stores power. Imagine light poles that collect and store power then discharge it at night with no visible wires or solar cells. Also roofing tiles that collect and store energy. The real trick would be getting the life cycle to match solar cells which is actually quite long. Traditional cells wouldn't come close but pairing this with nano technology might make the cells more durable. Either way it's interesting technology. Ultimately though what it's likely to do is create devices that are completely disposable since the batteries are fully intergrated.
Obama is a flat-out Liar. He smiles in your face while lying.
And Romney tells the truth? He's changed his opinion so many times it's a wonder he hasn't spun himself into the ground. The most interesting thing about the Obama Presidency is seeing how much racism there still is in this country. Even among his supposed supporters. All the ones that voted for him the last time and now are proudly saying they can't vote for him again I believe are closet racists. They voted the first time to prove they weren't racists but now they feel they have an excuse to vote against him and still keep up the illusion of not being racists.
I disagree. Romney demanding to see their long form birth certificates would have the aliens on the run. Also by taking both sides on every issue Romney shows the flexibility needed when facing am alien invasion. I mean really, can you imagine Obama saying "I for one welcome our alien overlords!" Romney can say it with a Presidential conviction that Obama could never muster. Obama would merely send in the marines to shoot them in the face. Just imagine if the aliens demanded health care! Obama would give it to them if they kept up their grades and did a hitch in the military while Romney would stand definant and insist they didn't qualify for health care unless they resided in Massachusetts. On the bright side the aliens would likely leave in disgust after a few weeks of the squabbling.
People must be blind if they can't see how much current intellectual property regulations are stifling innovation.
I'm missing the innovation? They rushed out an iPad clone. They made it close enough that the average person would be fooled into believing it's essentially the same thing. If it was innovative then there wouldn't be an issue. Even the OS looks like the iOS at first glance. I'm all for competition but they are trying to piggyback on Apple's success. It can be harmful to consumers since some are thick enough that they'll buy one then get home and find out they don't connect to iTunes and intergrate with their Macs the way they expect. Trust me it's not ridiculous I've seen it happen and a healthy percentage of the Galaxy sales are from people that either think it's the same or simply think it's an iPad from another maker. That's exactly what Samsung intended. Why not release one in colors unless the intent was to confuse? If the OS looked different and it came in colors I doubt they would have even gone to court. The shady companies used to do this like releasing a product under the name "Samsong" that looks suspiciously like a Samsung product. Now the majors are doing. Knock off products have now gone mainstream that's all that's changed.
I'm a mid 50's white guy. I always keep my passport with me when I travel through Arizona. One never knows. From a distance, at night, I may be suspected of being a Canadian.
Worse yet you could be mistaken for a northern liberal. Canadians they deport, liberals they burn. Just keep Rush Limbaugh on the radio in case you get pulled over.
How many viruses are there for Windows? "Apple quietly switched out a statement "? What are they supposed to do have a press release? Would any company on the planet do that? Just because they got nailed by a virus doesn't make them worse than a PC. So many people are desperate for a chink in Apple's armor that they overreact to things like this. Put it into perspective. They are still very resistant to viruses. I have more legitimate issues like searching for files on a Mac is a joke and they aren't as stable as they used to be, especially since Lion came out.
China wants Taiwan back. If they chose to invade Taiwan what exactly could we do about it? Iran type embargo? It'd collapse our economy worse than the great depression. We are totally dependent on China for not just tech products but everything from food and clothing to furniture. It'd be hard for them to make a grab for all of southeast Asia because they need us as well but they are in a position to make certain grabs and we'd have to keep our mouths shut or at the most symbolically rattle some sabers.
The reason we run out all but completely by something like 2055, it may be 2060 now because of drop in demand, is we use too much and waste too much. If we cut usage by 50% we'd still have nearly a 100 year supply. Sound outrageous? Hardly. When you factor in older gas guzzlers like older SUVs, we are only managing 25 or 30 miles per gallon. Doubling that is 50 to 60 miles per gallon which some cars already do. Come up with sensible hybrids and we can probably make the average 60 to 80. By sensible I mean limited or no battery storage. Most of the waste is from constantly changing engine speed. Make the engine run at optimal speed then add in a limited battery storage just to buffer excess and cars wouldn't need to cost much more. The reason is the gas engine would be radically smaller since the car would be run by electric motors which are more efficient. There's extra hardware so the buy in would be a little higher but cutting your gas bill would save you money. Also with regenerative braking in city would be only a little lower mileage than highway since the engine is running at the same speed. You'd have unlimited range as well. Make the cars smaller and lighter and you save even more. It's why I always say conservation is the only real solution in the short term. Everyone says to build more nuclear plants which are very expensive. Switch to efficient appliances and bulbs as well as improve insulation and you save a bundle and we can shut down some coal plants instead of opening new nuclear plants as a stop gap. I used to live a half hour from my mother. She just redid her house with new windows and insulation and she had to replace her AC unit anyway. Her power bills are under a $100, usually $80. My bills for a similar sized house were $150 to $250. FYI why didn't I do the upgrades, I was renting. Most people would save the most for the cost of investment just by replacing their fridge which is the biggest energy pit. I'm against fracking but the up side of poisoned well water is cheap gas. Forget coal and nuclear build gas fired plants. Less pollution and you can build one in a quarter the time you can a nuclear plant. Decommissioning one is radically cheaper and they have a longer service life. There are fixes to get us through the next century and lessen environmental impact we just need the will to do it.
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This is Monty Python level science. Lonely depressed people have more cats. Lonely depressed people commit suicide more often than others. Cats have a parasite that affects behavior in rats. It's obviously the parasite causing the suicides. Lazy fringe science. There's zero evidence of this parasite affecting human behavior so they try to use a correlation between cat owners and suicide to prove a theory. You ignore the obvious cause and embrace the obscure? This is on the level of saying crop circles are made by bored aliens instead of British rednecks with boards and strings.
As they found out much to their pain and horror that it doesn't work as a penis enlarging technique.
Oddly enough the shadow resembled a cat's paw. A relieved cat insisted he wasn't responsible for changing the results of the experiment and was unconcerned about the gun pointed towards his head throughout the test.
He has some good ideas, then there's of coarse the rest that are completely insane. Getting rid of the Federal Reserve is near the top of the list. Classic Republican lunacy. Deregulate and dismantle all safeguards because corporations always know best. Look at the history of deregulating. The SNL bailout was from deregulation as was the bank bailout. Net freedom is a good thing up to a point. Leave it in the hands of the corporations and the internet bad guys and the net will be a disaster. Sales taxing the internet is no solution and anything that is legal should be allowed. People can say it's hard to decide which laws should apply to the internet but most people would agree on the obvious ones. Banning kiddie porn, identity thief and scams should be obvious. Letting Congress decide is nuts because most of them are internet illiterate. Better to get together a group that represent all sides to try to find common ground. Either you compromise or one side lords over the rest and the rule making body is Congress so do you really want them deciding?
The other problem is the counter weight for the iMac attached to the visor.
How much does it cost? I'll buy anything for $.99
Just more proof how out of touch he is which is a major reason Microsoft has been in a decade plus rut. He thinks he's being visonary and cluing people into the future of tablets when everyone else seems to be aware of their limitations which will keep them a nitche product. It's like declaring game boxes dead until the next gen ones are released then shock of shocks they get popular again. Nothing is going away there are just more options. This is exactly like declaring broadcast TV dead when cable got popular yet it's showing no sign of going away. PCs are flexible which tablets never will be.
Everyone laughed when I bought beach front property in Riverside California!
Cartridge cost is the one thing that would hold me back. If you have a serious need then it's a great thing but you have to be realistic because for a $50 cartridge you can probably make a handful of items that would cost a few bucks each. We're a long way from kids making their own toys to save money. Any part you make will be expensive. I've checked into some more industrial units that run off bulk stock and then you're talking something that costs the price of the plastic and electricity. It's a very high buy in but if you are using them a lot for practical purposes then they make sense.
This is why I find fracking so disturbing. The amount of safe drinking water that's available has been in decline for decades and it'll only get worse. I've checked into condensation based systems but the drawbacks are you need humid air for them to work and they are both expensive and have huge power requirements. One that produces 52 gallons a day will use as much power as a large house. Fine for emergencies but not practical for everyday unless you have free power and take sponge baths.
It's hard to blame Mac when you open an infected file. People have been unwittingly installing Malware and other infecting programs onto Macs for years. This is very different from one that propagates without the help of the user. It's a non story.
I was expecting a few minutes at best so storing enough to run LED lights for 6 hours was impressive. The number of charge discharge cycles is a major question. What intrigues me is pairing this with spray on solar cells so you end up with a coating that collects and stores power. Imagine light poles that collect and store power then discharge it at night with no visible wires or solar cells. Also roofing tiles that collect and store energy. The real trick would be getting the life cycle to match solar cells which is actually quite long. Traditional cells wouldn't come close but pairing this with nano technology might make the cells more durable. Either way it's interesting technology. Ultimately though what it's likely to do is create devices that are completely disposable since the batteries are fully intergrated.
A bony skeletal hand reaches out from a grave and chokes the life out of Flash.
So, I'll start seeing porn commercials?
Worse yet you'll be watching TV with your new girlfriend and every other commercial is for boner and enlargement pills.
Obama is a flat-out Liar. He smiles in your face while lying.
And Romney tells the truth? He's changed his opinion so many times it's a wonder he hasn't spun himself into the ground. The most interesting thing about the Obama Presidency is seeing how much racism there still is in this country. Even among his supposed supporters. All the ones that voted for him the last time and now are proudly saying they can't vote for him again I believe are closet racists. They voted the first time to prove they weren't racists but now they feel they have an excuse to vote against him and still keep up the illusion of not being racists.
I can see this as a major help in organ transplants like lung and heart. Also there's a potential for cystic fibrosis since it bypasses the lungs.
I disagree. Romney demanding to see their long form birth certificates would have the aliens on the run. Also by taking both sides on every issue Romney shows the flexibility needed when facing am alien invasion. I mean really, can you imagine Obama saying "I for one welcome our alien overlords!" Romney can say it with a Presidential conviction that Obama could never muster. Obama would merely send in the marines to shoot them in the face. Just imagine if the aliens demanded health care! Obama would give it to them if they kept up their grades and did a hitch in the military while Romney would stand definant and insist they didn't qualify for health care unless they resided in Massachusetts. On the bright side the aliens would likely leave in disgust after a few weeks of the squabbling.
Call me stupid, but I don't get it. Software developers earn $90... per what?
You should see what overweight balding right wing pundits get paid.
People must be blind if they can't see how much current intellectual property regulations are stifling innovation.
I'm missing the innovation? They rushed out an iPad clone. They made it close enough that the average person would be fooled into believing it's essentially the same thing. If it was innovative then there wouldn't be an issue. Even the OS looks like the iOS at first glance. I'm all for competition but they are trying to piggyback on Apple's success. It can be harmful to consumers since some are thick enough that they'll buy one then get home and find out they don't connect to iTunes and intergrate with their Macs the way they expect. Trust me it's not ridiculous I've seen it happen and a healthy percentage of the Galaxy sales are from people that either think it's the same or simply think it's an iPad from another maker. That's exactly what Samsung intended. Why not release one in colors unless the intent was to confuse? If the OS looked different and it came in colors I doubt they would have even gone to court. The shady companies used to do this like releasing a product under the name "Samsong" that looks suspiciously like a Samsung product. Now the majors are doing. Knock off products have now gone mainstream that's all that's changed.
I'm a mid 50's white guy. I always keep my passport with me when I travel through Arizona. One never knows. From a distance, at night, I may be suspected of being a Canadian.
Worse yet you could be mistaken for a northern liberal. Canadians they deport, liberals they burn. Just keep Rush Limbaugh on the radio in case you get pulled over.
How many viruses are there for Windows? "Apple quietly switched out a statement "? What are they supposed to do have a press release? Would any company on the planet do that? Just because they got nailed by a virus doesn't make them worse than a PC. So many people are desperate for a chink in Apple's armor that they overreact to things like this. Put it into perspective. They are still very resistant to viruses. I have more legitimate issues like searching for files on a Mac is a joke and they aren't as stable as they used to be, especially since Lion came out.
China wants Taiwan back. If they chose to invade Taiwan what exactly could we do about it? Iran type embargo? It'd collapse our economy worse than the great depression. We are totally dependent on China for not just tech products but everything from food and clothing to furniture. It'd be hard for them to make a grab for all of southeast Asia because they need us as well but they are in a position to make certain grabs and we'd have to keep our mouths shut or at the most symbolically rattle some sabers.
The reason we run out all but completely by something like 2055, it may be 2060 now because of drop in demand, is we use too much and waste too much. If we cut usage by 50% we'd still have nearly a 100 year supply. Sound outrageous? Hardly. When you factor in older gas guzzlers like older SUVs, we are only managing 25 or 30 miles per gallon. Doubling that is 50 to 60 miles per gallon which some cars already do. Come up with sensible hybrids and we can probably make the average 60 to 80. By sensible I mean limited or no battery storage. Most of the waste is from constantly changing engine speed. Make the engine run at optimal speed then add in a limited battery storage just to buffer excess and cars wouldn't need to cost much more. The reason is the gas engine would be radically smaller since the car would be run by electric motors which are more efficient. There's extra hardware so the buy in would be a little higher but cutting your gas bill would save you money. Also with regenerative braking in city would be only a little lower mileage than highway since the engine is running at the same speed. You'd have unlimited range as well. Make the cars smaller and lighter and you save even more. It's why I always say conservation is the only real solution in the short term. Everyone says to build more nuclear plants which are very expensive. Switch to efficient appliances and bulbs as well as improve insulation and you save a bundle and we can shut down some coal plants instead of opening new nuclear plants as a stop gap. I used to live a half hour from my mother. She just redid her house with new windows and insulation and she had to replace her AC unit anyway. Her power bills are under a $100, usually $80. My bills for a similar sized house were $150 to $250. FYI why didn't I do the upgrades, I was renting. Most people would save the most for the cost of investment just by replacing their fridge which is the biggest energy pit. I'm against fracking but the up side of poisoned well water is cheap gas. Forget coal and nuclear build gas fired plants. Less pollution and you can build one in a quarter the time you can a nuclear plant. Decommissioning one is radically cheaper and they have a longer service life. There are fixes to get us through the next century and lessen environmental impact we just need the will to do it.
If a patent stopped or delayed an Earth saving project then Darwin would agree we deserve extinction.