NHC has it as a one when it hits. The east coast is for the most part unprepared for this type of event and NYC can flood with only a 5 foot surge. I wouldn't diminish this storm. But it is funny when you think of all the people that said that people shouldn't live in Florida or New Orleans. Time to move NYC.
This is just scary" I asked Chris how he plans to simulate zero gravity, for example, in Kampala. "Easy" he said. "I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space.""
And come out well done . Hey if they where trying to launch a satilltite that would be one thing. Build a manned spacecraft like Mercury, maybe. A shuttle? They are out of their minds.
1. Get back on the meds, really. 2. If they did get ride of the "organs of state secrecy" how would you know? They are secret after all.
Really if you got rid of the CIA, NSA, and NRO they would still be there. No nation can survive with out intelligence gathering organisations. So what would happen is they would be hidden and secret. Being pubic means that there is oversite. So really get back on the meds and the voices will stop.
Well the article got it wrong. They moved it to an old water tank. It was not a tower. Those tanks are all concrete 8" thick actually and are ground level. They never fail and yes I am in Florida and been there and done that. I fear that New York is going to be an epic disaster since they have NO clue how to deal with this.
Thing is that the two of the three examples given where not good products. The Kin was just dumb. It was late and didn't fit in with Microsoft's current line up. Wave was just odd at best.
I think a better article would be about what happens when a company looses it's identity and passion. I think both HP and Nokia are good examples of this. HP isn't HP anymore the latest CEO is trying to turn it into SAP. Nokia is becoming Microsoft's phone company. That is why HP didn't have the stomach to go head to head with Apple and Android because the CEO isn't really an HP kind of guy so making HP into his kind of company. Same thing with Elop. And that is why Apple's stock has gone up over 11,000% since Steve Jobs came back. Passion! Jobs didn't come from another company and isn't going to another company. You can see the same thing happening to the Car companies in the past. Do you want make money making a great product or do you just want to make money? If you make it by making a great product and keep making great products you can thrive long term. If you just want to make money... Well you can do that but it will never be great.
The card UI is more than nice. Lets' face it as far has hardware goes a tablet leaves little to no room for innovation. Every one knows the specs that must be in a tablet. 1. An ARM CPU. 2. Mulitouch with a touch screen. 3. Some flash and some ram. 4. a battery. 5. Wifi. 6. A front facing camera.
If you are going to add mobile support it will add a cell radio+gps. About the only option will be microSD and or a camera on back. As I said the HP failure with Palm was caused by a lack of any vision or passion for the market by the new CEO. After owning Palm for a year all HP did was release products that where in the pipeline and did that late.
Example of products that where not smash hits and are still moving forward. 1. Bing. It is still has a small market share but Microsoft keeps putting resources into it and it is growing. 2. XBox. The first XBox didn't make a profit but the 360 looks like it finally has. 3. Windows Phone 7 "I don't think this is ever going to be more than a poor 3rd place myself but they are till pushing it". 4. Android. Remember the G1. It didn't sell that well and was only on TMobile in the US. 5. PS3 After the mad launch rush it sales just slowed. The Wii was the big hit and the 360 was out first and sold well. Sales of the PS3 are still improving even now.
Of the other products mentioned well let's take a look at them The Kin. It wasn't WP7 it had no real apps, it was tied to an expensive data plan. Yes it stank out of the box. Microsoft really did a good job killing Danger after they spend a pile of money to buy them. Google Wave. I tried to find a use for the tech but I just couldn't It was kind of neat but didn't have a good use case for a lot of people. Touchpad. This one was murdered in it's crib. HP bought Palm and then the CEO was kicked out in a scandal. His replacement had no interest in the consumer market. Palm had three products in the works and those where the Pre III, the TouchPad, and the Veer. HP dragged their feet on those and took a year to get them out the door! What??? WebOS is actually are really good OS but HP again shipped it on old hardware! Of course the new CEO is also going to spin of the PC division as well. Of course you have to love HP not wanting to risk the long term investment in Palm so instead they took a 12 billon dollar stock hit.
It took me a while to actually decide to get a password so I was their when the ucSimm story started that meme. As of late Slashdot I have not been two happy with the stories submitted and the spin on them. Even saying that Slashdot is still the best news site with the best community I have dealt with on the internet. We will miss you CmdrTaco and some day I really want to know why you are leaving.
Tiny minority? Have you taken a poll? Yes I feel that in a democratic country rule of law must always be upheld. The "Damn the law and do what is right" will most often end up terribly wrong. Why not go to congress and get their approval or at least try. There is a reason why we have such laws. Every villain is the hero of their own story. I use my moral compass just fine to guide my own actions. The thing is that the president of the US is not a king and is bound by laws. He must always use a legal compass.
Simple there is too much software that runs only on windows that people need and or want. For the enterprise VB was a brillant lock in. It because fast and easy to write applications that ran on Windows and no where else. People talk about Office but the real lock in was VB and now it looks like C# is trying to take it's place. You can make an effort to make it portable or just go the easy way and make it only run on Windows.
Guess what? It will depend on which one you ask? Do you really think that every Libyan is hates the current government and wants revolution?
Every statement you made could have and was said about Iraq as well. I actually do think that intervention in Libya is a good thing but I am more concerned about the spin and they abuse of US law by the current administration. 1. The current administration REFUSES to follow US law in the form of the War Powers Act of 1973. He is making the claim that the US is not involved in "Hostilities" in Libya. That is flat out not true. 2. Calling this a "No Fly Zone for the protection of civilians" is also a lie. You do not fly Close Air Support (CAS) as part of a no fly zone. You also do not use drones as part of a no fly zone enforcement because the current drones are about useless in air to air. 3. The "Peace Movement" has shown that they are nothing but a bunch of partisan tools and have lost all legitimacy by remaining silent on this. Of course they pretty much lost any credibility when they protested at the home of the FORMER vice president.
"UN could authorize other countries to intervene." No it actually can not. The UN can only act on external threats aka a war between nations it can not authorize intervention in a purely civil war. Now if the Rebels where getting help from another nation then the UN can intervene on the dictators side or if the dictator attacked safe havens in other countries then those countries could as for help.
If you read that post that I was originally responding to he the poster said "Yes, minor action in Libya with no ground forces is exactly the same as making up lies, invading a country, and then torturing people." I just pointed out that yes there was IMHO making up lies, invading a country and while no reported torture there was a huge abuse of US law. Of course the argument keeps coming back to "Well BUSH DID X" verses is what the administration is doing now right? That is a terrible ethical and moral stance to take an one that lacks integrity.
The question isn't would it be right or wrong. The question is wouldn't that be an act of war. AKA in invasion. Not an occupation but an invasion of that nation. Suppose the party requesting the help in the Civil war was the Klan? Would that make it easier for your?
"unlike Iraq, this is a war in which the people will thank us for our help." Some do in Iraq, some will not in Libya that is if they live. Just what makes you so sure that one brutal government will not be replaced by new one? May I suggest that you read the book A Tale of Two Cities.
Yes if you partake in a civil war on the side that is trying to overthrow a government you violating that nation. How could it be anything else. If the some group in the US asked for the overthrow of the the government and say China started firing cruise missiles at a base in the US would you not consider that an act of war? I mean really? Think about what you are saying? Yes it is taking a military action? Or if the US started to attack UK military bases because the IRA asked them too?
As I asked do you feel that the US and NATO are "enforcing a no fly zone to protect civilians" and nothing more? Do you feel that attacking another nation is okay? Do you feel that not obeying the laws of the US involving military action is okay? I have no problem with taking action in Libya. I have a big problem with not obeying US laws while doing it.
And calling this a "No fly zone to protect civillans" isn't a lie? Bombing a country and killing it's citizens isn't an invasion? You are sending military forces into their territory. It isn't an occupation but it is still a violation of a nation by military forces. I will give you that no torture has happened yet by US forces.
I said dangerous. Not to mention that Iraq did have a nuclear weapons program before the first gulf war and also had massive amounts of chemical weapons. If you want to go on and claim that they where no longer a threat because of the first gulf war I would say that Libya was also no long a threat because the US air strikes and the 20+ years of no terrorist attacks on the US and Gaddafi's dismantling of his nuclear program, promising no more terrorist actions, and dismantling his chemical weapons. As I said I really have no problem taking him out with military action. He was a dangerous nut case. The problem I have is with not following the law. And I question the integrity of the "anti-war" movement as anything but partisan at this point.
You do not need to take out troops with handheld missiles for a no fly zone. Just keep your aircraft over 5000m and they are not a threat. Think about it, most man portable missiles have a range of only 5km or so and that isn't straight up! If you want make it 6000m just for giggles and you have no worries. Modern air to air missiles will have no problem taking out anything flying below you. You make those strikes only if you are going to do CAS or if you are going to use combat helicopters. Both of which are not part of a no fly zone.
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NHC has it as a one when it hits. The east coast is for the most part unprepared for this type of event and NYC can flood with only a 5 foot surge. I wouldn't diminish this storm. But it is funny when you think of all the people that said that people shouldn't live in Florida or New Orleans. Time to move NYC.
Jobs founded Apple just incase you didn't know.
This is just scary" I asked Chris how he plans to simulate zero gravity, for example, in Kampala.
"Easy" he said. "I've got a jet engine on order so I'm planning to build a tunnel, put the engine at one end and when I throw a guy in he'll float in a similar way to how he would in space.""
And come out well done .
Hey if they where trying to launch a satilltite that would be one thing. Build a manned spacecraft like Mercury, maybe. A shuttle? They are out of their minds.
1. Get back on the meds, really.
2. If they did get ride of the "organs of state secrecy" how would you know? They are secret after all.
Really if you got rid of the CIA, NSA, and NRO they would still be there. No nation can survive with out intelligence gathering organisations. So what would happen is they would be hidden and secret. Being pubic means that there is oversite.
So really get back on the meds and the voices will stop.
Yes but I have seen what happens in NY with no power for a day. Imagine a week or two. Not to mention a foot of water. Of course that is worst case.
Well the article got it wrong.
They moved it to an old water tank. It was not a tower.
Those tanks are all concrete 8" thick actually and are ground level.
They never fail and yes I am in Florida and been there and done that. I fear that New York is going to be an epic disaster since they have NO clue how to deal with this.
Thing is that the two of the three examples given where not good products.
The Kin was just dumb. It was late and didn't fit in with Microsoft's current line up.
Wave was just odd at best.
I think a better article would be about what happens when a company looses it's identity and passion.
I think both HP and Nokia are good examples of this.
HP isn't HP anymore the latest CEO is trying to turn it into SAP. Nokia is becoming Microsoft's phone company.
That is why HP didn't have the stomach to go head to head with Apple and Android because the CEO isn't really an HP kind of guy so making HP into his kind of company. Same thing with Elop. And that is why Apple's stock has gone up over 11,000% since Steve Jobs came back. Passion! Jobs didn't come from another company and isn't going to another company.
You can see the same thing happening to the Car companies in the past.
Do you want make money making a great product or do you just want to make money?
If you make it by making a great product and keep making great products you can thrive long term. If you just want to make money... Well you can do that but it will never be great.
And the three examples that they give of killing product where?
Kin which had the same support as 1,2,3
Wave "Google"
Touchpad "HP"
The card UI is more than nice.
Lets' face it as far has hardware goes a tablet leaves little to no room for innovation. Every one knows the specs that must be in a tablet.
1. An ARM CPU.
2. Mulitouch with a touch screen.
3. Some flash and some ram.
4. a battery.
5. Wifi.
6. A front facing camera.
If you are going to add mobile support it will add a cell radio+gps.
About the only option will be microSD and or a camera on back. As I said the HP failure with Palm was caused by a lack of any vision or passion for the market by the new CEO.
After owning Palm for a year all HP did was release products that where in the pipeline and did that late.
Example of products that where not smash hits and are still moving forward.
1. Bing. It is still has a small market share but Microsoft keeps putting resources into it and it is growing.
2. XBox. The first XBox didn't make a profit but the 360 looks like it finally has.
3. Windows Phone 7 "I don't think this is ever going to be more than a poor 3rd place myself but they are till pushing it".
4. Android. Remember the G1. It didn't sell that well and was only on TMobile in the US.
5. PS3 After the mad launch rush it sales just slowed. The Wii was the big hit and the 360 was out first and sold well. Sales of the PS3 are still improving even now.
Of the other products mentioned well let's take a look at them
The Kin. It wasn't WP7 it had no real apps, it was tied to an expensive data plan. Yes it stank out of the box. Microsoft really did a good job killing Danger after they spend a pile of money to buy them.
Google Wave. I tried to find a use for the tech but I just couldn't It was kind of neat but didn't have a good use case for a lot of people.
Touchpad. This one was murdered in it's crib. HP bought Palm and then the CEO was kicked out in a scandal. His replacement had no interest in the consumer market. Palm had three products in the works and those where the Pre III, the TouchPad, and the Veer. HP dragged their feet on those and took a year to get them out the door! What??? WebOS is actually are really good OS but HP again shipped it on old hardware! Of course the new CEO is also going to spin of the PC division as well. Of course you have to love HP not wanting to risk the long term investment in Palm so instead they took a 12 billon dollar stock hit.
It took me a while to actually decide to get a password so I was their when the ucSimm story started that meme. As of late Slashdot I have not been two happy with the stories submitted and the spin on them. Even saying that Slashdot is still the best news site with the best community I have dealt with on the internet.
We will miss you CmdrTaco and some day I really want to know why you are leaving.
Tiny minority? Have you taken a poll? Yes I feel that in a democratic country rule of law must always be upheld. The "Damn the law and do what is right" will most often end up terribly wrong. Why not go to congress and get their approval or at least try.
There is a reason why we have such laws. Every villain is the hero of their own story. I use my moral compass just fine to guide my own actions. The thing is that the president of the US is not a king and is bound by laws. He must always use a legal compass.
Simple there is too much software that runs only on windows that people need and or want. For the enterprise VB was a brillant lock in. It because fast and easy to write applications that ran on Windows and no where else.
People talk about Office but the real lock in was VB and now it looks like C# is trying to take it's place. You can make an effort to make it portable or just go the easy way and make it only run on Windows.
"ask a libyan
the point is aggression is wrong, right?"
Guess what? It will depend on which one you ask? Do you really think that every Libyan is hates the current government and wants revolution?
Every statement you made could have and was said about Iraq as well.
I actually do think that intervention in Libya is a good thing but I am more concerned about the spin and they abuse of US law by the current administration.
1. The current administration REFUSES to follow US law in the form of the War Powers Act of 1973. He is making the claim that the US is not involved in "Hostilities" in Libya. That is flat out not true.
2. Calling this a "No Fly Zone for the protection of civilians" is also a lie. You do not fly Close Air Support (CAS) as part of a no fly zone. You also do not use drones as part of a no fly zone enforcement because the current drones are about useless in air to air.
3. The "Peace Movement" has shown that they are nothing but a bunch of partisan tools and have lost all legitimacy by remaining silent on this. Of course they pretty much lost any credibility when they protested at the home of the FORMER vice president.
"UN could authorize other countries to intervene."
No it actually can not. The UN can only act on external threats aka a war between nations it can not authorize intervention in a purely civil war. Now if the Rebels where getting help from another nation then the UN can intervene on the dictators side or if the dictator attacked safe havens in other countries then those countries could as for help.
If you read that post that I was originally responding to he the poster said "Yes, minor action in Libya with no ground forces is exactly the same as making up lies, invading a country, and then torturing people."
I just pointed out that yes there was IMHO making up lies, invading a country and while no reported torture there was a huge abuse of US law. Of course the argument keeps coming back to "Well BUSH DID X" verses is what the administration is doing now right? That is a terrible ethical and moral stance to take an one that lacks integrity.
Then you support the Iraqi war. Remember the Kurds and others wanted Sadam out and he was a known-bad government.
The question isn't would it be right or wrong. The question is wouldn't that be an act of war. AKA in invasion. Not an occupation but an invasion of that nation. Suppose the party requesting the help in the Civil war was the Klan? Would that make it easier for your?
And are you saying that would not be an act of war? It is not is this the morally correct thing to do but is it an act of war or not.
"unlike Iraq, this is a war in which the people will thank us for our help."
Some do in Iraq, some will not in Libya that is if they live. Just what makes you so sure that one brutal government will not be replaced by new one? May I suggest that you read the book A Tale of Two Cities.
Yes if you partake in a civil war on the side that is trying to overthrow a government you violating that nation. How could it be anything else. If the some group in the US asked for the overthrow of the the government and say China started firing cruise missiles at a base in the US would you not consider that an act of war?
I mean really?
Think about what you are saying?
Yes it is taking a military action? Or if the US started to attack UK military bases because the IRA asked them too?
As I asked do you feel that the US and NATO are "enforcing a no fly zone to protect civilians" and nothing more? Do you feel that attacking another nation is okay? Do you feel that not obeying the laws of the US involving military action is okay?
I have no problem with taking action in Libya. I have a big problem with not obeying US laws while doing it.
And did that happen?
And calling this a "No fly zone to protect civillans" isn't a lie? Bombing a country and killing it's citizens isn't an invasion? You are sending military forces into their territory. It isn't an occupation but it is still a violation of a nation by military forces. I will give you that no torture has happened yet by US forces.
So as long as it is cheap it is okay?
And the protests started before any of those things happened during the first Gulf war.
My main problem is with the not obeying the war powers act.
I said dangerous. Not to mention that Iraq did have a nuclear weapons program before the first gulf war and also had massive amounts of chemical weapons. If you want to go on and claim that they where no longer a threat because of the first gulf war I would say that Libya was also no long a threat because the US air strikes and the 20+ years of no terrorist attacks on the US and Gaddafi's dismantling of his nuclear program, promising no more terrorist actions, and dismantling his chemical weapons.
As I said I really have no problem taking him out with military action. He was a dangerous nut case. The problem I have is with not following the law. And I question the integrity of the "anti-war" movement as anything but partisan at this point.
You do not need to take out troops with handheld missiles for a no fly zone. Just keep your aircraft over 5000m and they are not a threat. Think about it, most man portable missiles have a range of only 5km or so and that isn't straight up! If you want make it 6000m just for giggles and you have no worries. Modern air to air missiles will have no problem taking out anything flying below you. You make those strikes only if you are going to do CAS or if you are going to use combat helicopters. Both of which are not part of a no fly zone.