Well, they aren't the usual solar panels, just mirrors, so toxic byproducts from their production should be minimal if they exist at all. And they're going in a desert, so no worries there.
Sounds pretty cool! Except... do we really want something like Archimedes left in Moroccan hands? I wouldn't even want the Brotherhood in sole control of it!
Good point. Plus, it gets to the heart of what trademarks are for - unique and reliable identification of a business or brand. Had the article not been how I learned about Pintrips, then based on the name I would have assumed Pinterest expanded their business. Especially if the sites looked similar.
Live in cities. I live in the suburbs, and it would be much harder to survive without transportation than portable communication. And forget about rural areas.
I can't imagine it would take very long for the cost of having to get all your meals delivered, or having someone else drive you around, to exceed the cost of a car outside urban centers.
Well, you've hit on the obvious problem in testing macro-economic theory, but fortunately for the field that isn't all there is. Numerous experiments have been performed on small scale economic behavior, studying individual decision making, loss aversion, fairness and so on. Did you know that the old aphorism "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" has been experimentally verified by economists? Losses are "felt" twice as strongly as gains - people will treat the potential loss of one bird the same as they would the potential gain of two.
Neuroeconomics has made things even more interesting. For example, the use of fMRIs to observe the decision making process as it unfolds in the human brain.
And of course, much of economics is applied mathematics. Game Theory is a well-known example, and investigations into the sub-field of finance led to the discovery of e.
It's also important to note that just because a method for the experimental testing of certain hypotheses has yet to be worked out does not mean a field of study is not a science. If it were, how many other fields would cease to be sciences? Certainly many branches of physics, geology, meteorology, ecology, etc.
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Human behavior is part of the universe. tf., Economics is a science.
Well... That's something of a relief. Not sure I'm comfortable with how rude your reply unexpectedly wasn't though. Didn't call me an a-hole or nuthin!
I don't know about y'all, but I manage twenty-some office networks at a real-estate company. If LTE-U was rolled out, I'm pretty sure it would make my life hell. I have enough wifi issues to deal with as-is.
Riding in a car as a passenger might be a good time to talk to your friends and "share experiences", but when you're behind the wheel it's time to drive and NOTHING ELSE.
Who are the bigger idiots here, Nissan or "young people"?
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Really? It's rock-salt I'm thinking about...
Which I'm all for btw.
More like 50 meters. Past that, they're just BB's. Could put an eye out I suppose, but they don't have enough energy to do much else.
Well, they aren't the usual solar panels, just mirrors, so toxic byproducts from their production should be minimal if they exist at all. And they're going in a desert, so no worries there.
Sounds pretty cool! Except... do we really want something like Archimedes left in Moroccan hands? I wouldn't even want the Brotherhood in sole control of it!
I hadn't noticed, but now that you point it out the OP is clearly threatening to rape us both!
Good point. Plus, it gets to the heart of what trademarks are for - unique and reliable identification of a business or brand. Had the article not been how I learned about Pintrips, then based on the name I would have assumed Pinterest expanded their business. Especially if the sites looked similar.
I'm pretty sure it's a verb...
Someone's gonna get fired.
I can't imagine it would take very long for the cost of having to get all your meals delivered, or having someone else drive you around, to exceed the cost of a car outside urban centers.
Neuroeconomics has made things even more interesting. For example, the use of fMRIs to observe the decision making process as it unfolds in the human brain.
And of course, much of economics is applied mathematics. Game Theory is a well-known example, and investigations into the sub-field of finance led to the discovery of e.
It's also important to note that just because a method for the experimental testing of certain hypotheses has yet to be worked out does not mean a field of study is not a science. If it were, how many other fields would cease to be sciences? Certainly many branches of physics, geology, meteorology, ecology, etc.
The difference between social and "hard" sciences really just boils down to the difficulty in performing experiments.
Really? In no other field do scientists ever skew their results for financial gain?
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Human behavior is part of the universe. tf., Economics is a science.
Doesn't mean it isn't a science, just that it's hard to perform experiments.
+1 for funny!
"Does this mean we're fired?"
It's almost like they're actively seeking things about which they can infer non-existent but offensive meanings. Madness.
Well, that pretty much sums it up, right? Perhaps Apple should rename the app to... what's Mandarin for Pravda?
What the hell am I wasting my time typing this for?
So, thanks.
I don't know about y'all, but I manage twenty-some office networks at a real-estate company. If LTE-U was rolled out, I'm pretty sure it would make my life hell. I have enough wifi issues to deal with as-is.
I don't know, but studies have shown it's worse. Maybe because you have to put more effort into hearing/talking over background noise?
Who are the bigger idiots here, Nissan or "young people"?
I rewired a clock radio and a spare spring reverb box to run into instruments that I ran into a guitar amp for use at a noise show. Does that count?