Couldn't you set a series of charges around the opening? Put them in a ring on the sea floor, when they detonate they compress the hole closed with the displaced mass. The trick, of course, is that you have to have a really good idea of the composition of the ocean floor and good knowledge of underwater demolitions or you risk making the hole bigger (which I'm sure BP has, seeing as they drilled through it in the first place).
Looking at the forecasts, I'm surprised they aren't being more aggressive at containing the spill to the Gulf of Mexico. Once it gets past Cuba it's going all over the Atlantic. It feels like they're stalling until things get to a point where there really is nothing that can be done.
Like the region needed another reason for people to leave.
And my music library just sounds better than your mp3 library.
My FLAC library just sounds better than your AAC library. Oh, but Apple won't let you play FLACs on their locked-down players. So sad. My $20 Sansa Clip can play FLACs, doesn't require any special software, and even has a built-in FM radio (that I can record!).
A single asteroid has more metals than we can mine here.
That assumes they want our heavy metals. I wouldn't make that assumption. The #1 source of water in the solar system is our planet. Probably the #1 source in this neck of the universe.
If you were looking for fuel for your fancy interplanetary fusion reactor, where would you look? What's a good source of deuterium? Besides the giant raging inferno of an active star. Yeah, there's probably plenty of free molecules floating in the void, but here it's concentrated in one spot.
Kind of like all that oil sitting under the Middle East. And how that's been working out for the people living there?
The simplest method by which to judge species and what measures may be required to control threats implied by them, is the way in which they interact with less advanced species.
Sorry, that's your own morality creeping into the argument. I would personally like to think this as well, but there's plenty of evidence that species can be relentlessly homogeneous, to the point of killing outliers merely for the sake of being different. And their strength derives from this; take bees or ants as an example.
Besides planets in reality are pretty crappy resources for any interstellar species, nebula and dust clouds have stupendously huge quantities of material available
Depends. The thing about planets is you have the benefit of billions of years of gravitational attraction. That kinda' speeds up the process of aquisition. It's a lot harder to scrape billions of light-years of interplanetary distance with some kind of imaginary "stuff scooper" than it would be to just go to a planet where everything's all in one place.
In my not so humble opinion, both business and governments need to learn this lesson, and I have absolutely nothing against sending a business to the wall if it collects personal information but fails to secure it properly.
I think the GP's problem, and mine as well, is that the type of information that they're demanding be secured is simply stupid. Yes, encrypt account numbers. Yes, encrypt passwords. No (reasonable) person is disagreeing with that.
But names? Addresses? This is all publicly accessible information. Do telephone books have to encrypt names and addresses? Of course not, it would make them unusable. Does the TO/FROM area on your mail have to be encrypted? Because, OH NOES someone could actually READ your name and address! It's absurd.
I have a 22" CRT that I do all my photo editing on because:
It supports 2048x1536 @86 Hz
I can scale it down to 1600x1200 for games without abysmal scaling issues
It has built-in color calibration
It has better viewing angles than nearly every LCD on the planet
It has REAL BLACK
It will outlast any LCD by 10 years
I can use it as a weapon.
LCD technology is a fucking joke. The original poster is absolutely correct: the purchasing practices (BIG! THIN! SHINY!) of the unwashed, ignorant masses have utterly fucked innovation in display devices. LCDs are a giant step backwards but the ignorati couldn't care less.
Whoever is responsible for this state of affairs is the 'jerk'.
Blame the idiot web designer that specified a hard-pixel width/height for the flash object instead of percentages. Flash scales beautifully in the browser if you let it.
Uh, you do know that Flash scales, right? I've seen way more examples of fixed-width CSS shit (like this crap) than Flash. 99.9% of the time you're working with vector graphics in Flash, which means it natively supports clean scaling.
Unlike CSS/HTML, where most web designers are still using pixels for sizes.
They do this all the time in the states bordering New Hampshire. Buy a car in NH and try and register it in Maine or MA... they'll stick you with the sales tax New Hampshire didn't require you to pay. That's in addition to the normal registration fees, tax & title fees, and excise tax.
It's bald-faced protectionism, and you're right, it should be illegal.
I called someone an idiot for believing Apple wouldn't be the source of leaks, when it's their admitted behavior. Just because they've never leaked hardware specifically before doesn't change anything.
Adverse possession != "Possession is 90% of the law."
Adverse possession, from the very wikipedia article you link to: "...exists to cure potential or actual defects in real estate titles by putting a statute of limitations on possible litigation over ownership and possession."
If I steal something from you, I don't get to own it simply because I have it. But I would have a limited amount of time to legally get it back.
"Martellaro talks about Apple’s use of “controlled leaks,” a process by which it is able to release information without hurting its reputation for never discussing pre-release products. Martellaro is in a very good position to know about what goes on, because he was himself told to do the same thing on multiple occasions."
Apple confirms they are the source for leaks. Just because they haven't "accidentally" left physical hardware before doesn't change the fact that this fits with Apple's previous admission.
You'd have to remember it, since the phrase has absolutely no legal basis and would subsequently be absent from any published legal rulings. Like, ever.
I'd like a 3d online space where my avatar can stand in the rustling grass of a windy prairie. In this environment, are a variety of nearby locations: A Desk...
And on that desk, a computer. I virtually sit down in the virtual chair in front of my three-dimensional virtual desk, press the virtual power button, look at the virtual monitor (300 feet wide!) and am confronted with... ad infinitum.
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That's 50 days worth at the rate of the current incident.
The problem, of course, is if it takes more than 50 days to fix the leak. Are there estimates as to the potential size of the chamber holding the oil?
Couldn't you set a series of charges around the opening? Put them in a ring on the sea floor, when they detonate they compress the hole closed with the displaced mass. The trick, of course, is that you have to have a really good idea of the composition of the ocean floor and good knowledge of underwater demolitions or you risk making the hole bigger (which I'm sure BP has, seeing as they drilled through it in the first place).
Looking at the forecasts, I'm surprised they aren't being more aggressive at containing the spill to the Gulf of Mexico. Once it gets past Cuba it's going all over the Atlantic. It feels like they're stalling until things get to a point where there really is nothing that can be done.
Like the region needed another reason for people to leave.
And my music library just sounds better than your mp3 library.
My FLAC library just sounds better than your AAC library. Oh, but Apple won't let you play FLACs on their locked-down players. So sad. My $20 Sansa Clip can play FLACs, doesn't require any special software, and even has a built-in FM radio (that I can record!).
Twenty bucks.
Apple hasn't sold DRMd music for a couple of years now.
They don't have to. Ever try sharing an MP3 with someone that owns an iPhone without installing iTunes? You can't.
NONE of them can process an AAC file
Fanboy response: "No problem! Just buy an iPod!"
All the cool kids were MaxiDisking their floppies to 1.6Mb.
A single asteroid has more metals than we can mine here.
That assumes they want our heavy metals. I wouldn't make that assumption. The #1 source of water in the solar system is our planet. Probably the #1 source in this neck of the universe.
If you were looking for fuel for your fancy interplanetary fusion reactor, where would you look? What's a good source of deuterium? Besides the giant raging inferno of an active star. Yeah, there's probably plenty of free molecules floating in the void, but here it's concentrated in one spot.
Kind of like all that oil sitting under the Middle East. And how that's been working out for the people living there?
The simplest method by which to judge species and what measures may be required to control threats implied by them, is the way in which they interact with less advanced species.
Sorry, that's your own morality creeping into the argument. I would personally like to think this as well, but there's plenty of evidence that species can be relentlessly homogeneous, to the point of killing outliers merely for the sake of being different. And their strength derives from this; take bees or ants as an example.
Besides planets in reality are pretty crappy resources for any interstellar species, nebula and dust clouds have stupendously huge quantities of material available
Depends. The thing about planets is you have the benefit of billions of years of gravitational attraction. That kinda' speeds up the process of aquisition. It's a lot harder to scrape billions of light-years of interplanetary distance with some kind of imaginary "stuff scooper" than it would be to just go to a planet where everything's all in one place.
In my not so humble opinion, both business and governments need to learn this lesson, and I have absolutely nothing against sending a business to the wall if it collects personal information but fails to secure it properly.
I think the GP's problem, and mine as well, is that the type of information that they're demanding be secured is simply stupid. Yes, encrypt account numbers. Yes, encrypt passwords. No (reasonable) person is disagreeing with that.
But names? Addresses? This is all publicly accessible information. Do telephone books have to encrypt names and addresses? Of course not, it would make them unusable. Does the TO/FROM area on your mail have to be encrypted? Because, OH NOES someone could actually READ your name and address! It's absurd.
I have a 22" CRT that I do all my photo editing on because:
LCD technology is a fucking joke. The original poster is absolutely correct: the purchasing practices (BIG! THIN! SHINY!) of the unwashed, ignorant masses have utterly fucked innovation in display devices. LCDs are a giant step backwards but the ignorati couldn't care less.
For example, fonts - you cannot guarantee the presence of any particular font on the user's machine
Unless you're using Flash, which allows you to embed fonts.
Cue frothing Adobe haters.
Whoever is responsible for this state of affairs is the 'jerk'.
Blame the idiot web designer that specified a hard-pixel width/height for the flash object instead of percentages. Flash scales beautifully in the browser if you let it.
Uh, you do know that Flash scales, right? I've seen way more examples of fixed-width CSS shit (like this crap) than Flash. 99.9% of the time you're working with vector graphics in Flash, which means it natively supports clean scaling.
Unlike CSS/HTML, where most web designers are still using pixels for sizes.
They do this all the time in the states bordering New Hampshire. Buy a car in NH and try and register it in Maine or MA... they'll stick you with the sales tax New Hampshire didn't require you to pay. That's in addition to the normal registration fees, tax & title fees, and excise tax.
It's bald-faced protectionism, and you're right, it should be illegal.
Well, he did say their school systems were crap.
I called someone an idiot for believing Apple wouldn't be the source of leaks, when it's their admitted behavior. Just because they've never leaked hardware specifically before doesn't change anything.
Oh, wait a minute. Looks like they do leak hardware.
No problem. Sorry to have pull those blinders off so hard. I'm sure it stings a little, but I'm sure you'll get over that soon.
Read it and weep, fan boys.
The only thing different is the manner of the leak, which I hardly consider "dramatically" different.
Adverse possession != "Possession is 90% of the law."
Adverse possession, from the very wikipedia article you link to: "...exists to cure potential or actual defects in real estate titles by putting a statute of limitations on possible litigation over ownership and possession."
If I steal something from you, I don't get to own it simply because I have it. But I would have a limited amount of time to legally get it back.
"Martellaro talks about Apple’s use of “controlled leaks,” a process by which it is able to release information without hurting its reputation for never discussing pre-release products. Martellaro is in a very good position to know about what goes on, because he was himself told to do the same thing on multiple occasions."
Apple confirms they are the source for leaks. Just because they haven't "accidentally" left physical hardware before doesn't change the fact that this fits with Apple's previous admission.
Apple never leaks hardware.
You, sir, are an idiot.
Ever.
A monumental idiot.
You'd have to remember it, since the phrase has absolutely no legal basis and would subsequently be absent from any published legal rulings. Like, ever.
I'd like a 3d online space where my avatar can stand in the rustling grass of a windy prairie. In this environment, are a variety of nearby locations: A Desk...
And on that desk, a computer. I virtually sit down in the virtual chair in front of my three-dimensional virtual desk, press the virtual power button, look at the virtual monitor (300 feet wide!) and am confronted with... ad infinitum.