The problem I have is that they can write/develop anything they want, and they can even sell it for any price they want, they just can't do it through Apple's store.
So who the hell cares? Just because you write a great book doesn't oblige Dymocks to sell it. You may have trouble getting anyone to sell it. You might - gasp - have to resort to selling it on the Internet.
Just like the guys in the article are doing. Big deal, grow up, and stop waiting for the world to solve you problems for you.
I understand your frustration, but the two things aren't even remotely similar. When Apple makes you pay for your apps at the Ap store with Apple dollars issued by the Apple bank, you might have a case.
Your math ignores a lot of factors, such as the areas that have been burnt by controlled burns or bushfires in the past years (a LOT of area).
It also ignores the sad fact that a lot of forest that in the past (including before European settlement) has been immune to bushfires because of damp under-stories has become intensely dry in the past 5 years.
It also occurs to me that people who want to make excuses in the argument most definitely haven't read the CSIRO reports or data.
1) All the areas that have been burnt by bushfires in the pst 5 year; 2) All the areas with sufficient rainfall that they were not considered high risk.
Back burning is targeted, because usually you can predict where the worst case will be. However, when we've been through an unprecedented dry period, there's simply only so much you can do. Were you sending across fire crews to help backburn every acre of Victoria?
The points moot though. This fire was of such proportions that it went through everything. I'm sure you're imagining a few trees burning. Now imagine a 500km fire front moving at 120km/hour, with such intense radiant heat that it causes gum trees to exploding fireballs, and storms of embers that blast in sheets through the most minute gap between your door and the wall.
Back in the day it was common to give really funny comments an underrated/informative/interesting mod because the 'funny' mod didn't give you karma. There are still one or two guys from that era around...
If it talks like a Nihilist, smells like a Nihilist and quacks like a Nihilist then it IS a Nihilist.
You're not the first or the last to feel this way. However let's put it like this: estimates are that the changes we are making are so drastic, that YOU, not your children will begin to feel the impacts.
Case in point: current bushfires in Melbourne, Australia. Record heat and drought, predicted by climate models, due to weather pattern changes (man-made or not is irrelevant), has created the worst fire conditions ever recorded, and led to the most destructive fires ever experienced in the country.
Outcome: If you lack empathy so much that you struggle with the idea of global and future obligations, then just think of yourself because the future is already here!
Trains don't really pass by every farm gate unfortunately. There used to be some networks of 'cane trains' and the like, but these small gauge rolling stocks aren't even as efficient as trucks.
Can you confirm your figures? I though that photosynthesis was about 95% efficient (ie: out of every 100 photons hitting the receptor approximately 95 are converted into energy). I imagine this would have a different result at a macro scale - like when considering a field of plants.
Not true at all - you're wrong because you look at the problem in isolation.
Check out Cuba for example, where fuel is at an absolute premium due to embargo's. A huge proportion of Cuba's food is grown _in_ the cities. They simply don't have the fuel capacity to waste it on trucking food around.
Look to see this happening more and more - due to fuel or water restrictions.
1_ This is pretty obviously a student project, no one's seriously proposing this. Student projects need to be ugly-as-sin for some special reason.
2_ There are a number of buildings designed to take soil dead loads - yes it's a bit more expensive, but other than that it's no big deal really. (the problem's not the soil so much, but the moisture content).
3_ Cities are the best source of water through recycling processes.
4_ Havesting of hydroponic crops is more than feasible in buildings (but I agree, probably not this one).
It's good that people are thinking about these things, because it's becoming increasingly unreliable growing crops in traditional farms. Farming as we know it has damaged the soils beyond comprehension - in some places there's literally no top-soil left due to wind and rain erosion.
My god, if you are for real here's what I suggest. Go and live in any other country in the world for a few years - it doesn't really matter where. Move to New Zealand, Japan, Finland or Sri Lanka, but for God's sake just get away from where ever the hell you live, and get some perspective in your life.
I'm not trying to flame, I'm being honest. For your sake I hope that your post is simply a beautifully crafted troll. I truly pity the people who modded you informative.
THis is why Apple patents everything now - Apple lost basically because they didn't rely on 'look and feel' patents, which has lead to the deluge of shitty patents since then.
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And the new iPhone works with any service provider, right?
It does in almost every other country than the US. I'd say that's more a reflection of the USA telecom industry than Apple's ambitions.
A strong possibility, eh?
But according to you, Correlation does not imply Causation!!!
The problem I have is that they can write/develop anything they want, and they can even sell it for any price they want, they just can't do it through Apple's store.
So who the hell cares? Just because you write a great book doesn't oblige Dymocks to sell it. You may have trouble getting anyone to sell it. You might - gasp - have to resort to selling it on the Internet.
Just like the guys in the article are doing. Big deal, grow up, and stop waiting for the world to solve you problems for you.
I understand your frustration, but the two things aren't even remotely similar. When Apple makes you pay for your apps at the Ap store with Apple dollars issued by the Apple bank, you might have a case.
Your math ignores a lot of factors, such as the areas that have been burnt by controlled burns or bushfires in the past years (a LOT of area).
It also ignores the sad fact that a lot of forest that in the past (including before European settlement) has been immune to bushfires because of damp under-stories has become intensely dry in the past 5 years.
It also occurs to me that people who want to make excuses in the argument most definitely haven't read the CSIRO reports or data.
Now, add in to the calculation:
1) All the areas that have been burnt by bushfires in the pst 5 year;
2) All the areas with sufficient rainfall that they were not considered high risk.
Back burning is targeted, because usually you can predict where the worst case will be. However, when we've been through an unprecedented dry period, there's simply only so much you can do. Were you sending across fire crews to help backburn every acre of Victoria?
The points moot though. This fire was of such proportions that it went through everything. I'm sure you're imagining a few trees burning. Now imagine a 500km fire front moving at 120km/hour, with such intense radiant heat that it causes gum trees to exploding fireballs, and storms of embers that blast in sheets through the most minute gap between your door and the wall.
Oh god - don't tell me you were in the colour channel or something!
Gopher space man - it was the bomb. Archie server!
Back in the day it was common to give really funny comments an underrated/informative/interesting mod because the 'funny' mod didn't give you karma. There are still one or two guys from that era around...
Thank god someone intelligent is still here. Kids today, they just don't get it.
Every other post here misses the point.
If it talks like a Nihilist, smells like a Nihilist and quacks like a Nihilist then it IS a Nihilist.
You're not the first or the last to feel this way. However let's put it like this: estimates are that the changes we are making are so drastic, that YOU, not your children will begin to feel the impacts.
Case in point: current bushfires in Melbourne, Australia. Record heat and drought, predicted by climate models, due to weather pattern changes (man-made or not is irrelevant), has created the worst fire conditions ever recorded, and led to the most destructive fires ever experienced in the country.
Outcome: If you lack empathy so much that you struggle with the idea of global and future obligations, then just think of yourself because the future is already here!
Fantastic - thanks.
Trains don't really pass by every farm gate unfortunately. There used to be some networks of 'cane trains' and the like, but these small gauge rolling stocks aren't even as efficient as trucks.
Can you confirm your figures? I though that photosynthesis was about 95% efficient (ie: out of every 100 photons hitting the receptor approximately 95 are converted into energy). I imagine this would have a different result at a macro scale - like when considering a field of plants.
Let me know when you invent a combine harvester for strawberries, lettuce or eggplant to name a few.
You might want to tell this to the Brit's, all that fresh food they're eating must just be a figment of their imaginations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1025689/Welcome-Thanet-Earth-The-biggest-greenhouse-Britain-unveiled.html
Not true at all - you're wrong because you look at the problem in isolation.
Check out Cuba for example, where fuel is at an absolute premium due to embargo's. A huge proportion of Cuba's food is grown _in_ the cities. They simply don't have the fuel capacity to waste it on trucking food around.
Look to see this happening more and more - due to fuel or water restrictions.
All fair enough, but here's a few points.
1_ This is pretty obviously a student project, no one's seriously proposing this. Student projects need to be ugly-as-sin for some special reason.
2_ There are a number of buildings designed to take soil dead loads - yes it's a bit more expensive, but other than that it's no big deal really. (the problem's not the soil so much, but the moisture content).
3_ Cities are the best source of water through recycling processes.
4_ Havesting of hydroponic crops is more than feasible in buildings (but I agree, probably not this one).
It's good that people are thinking about these things, because it's becoming increasingly unreliable growing crops in traditional farms. Farming as we know it has damaged the soils beyond comprehension - in some places there's literally no top-soil left due to wind and rain erosion.
This is a planning issue, not a population issue. There are better models - even in America - than where ever the hell it is that you live.
Again, get out a bit more in the world. You might be surprised at how much you enjoy what else it has to offer, other than endless suburbia.
My god, if you are for real here's what I suggest. Go and live in any other country in the world for a few years - it doesn't really matter where. Move to New Zealand, Japan, Finland or Sri Lanka, but for God's sake just get away from where ever the hell you live, and get some perspective in your life.
I'm not trying to flame, I'm being honest. For your sake I hope that your post is simply a beautifully crafted troll. I truly pity the people who modded you informative.
You don't think that Japan had dialup ISP's back then too?
The king's displeasure with the previous prime minister lead to a coup. His displeasure seemed to be quite valid give the corruption at the time.
THis is why Apple patents everything now - Apple lost basically because they didn't rely on 'look and feel' patents, which has lead to the deluge of shitty patents since then.
Are you still enjoying living in the 90's? Read much news there?
Try Command-Delete to delete a file. The return to rename files is kind of annoying, that is until you need to rename a load of files....