Yep, a lot of these "journals" are the academic journal equivalent of diploma mills. They accept any piece of garbage you submit to them, then you get to add said piece of garbage to your resume/c.v., postdoc/grant/tenure application, etc.
Here is a relevant portion FTA on what the helium actually DOES (unfortunately not mentioned in the summary):
At one-seventh the density of air, helium produces less drag on the moving components of a drive - the spinning disk platters and actuator arms -- which translates into less friction and lower operating temperatures.
The helium-drives run at four to five degrees cooler than today's 7200rpm drives, HGST stated.
I saw it mentioned this morning on CNN. Of course, being the good government lick-boots they are, they were mocking it and parading out politician after politician to deride it.
Only if it's truth that embarrasses the government and corporations that rule this country. You're free to tell all the benign truth you wish, citizen. You may also debate the merits of which of the two allowed parties is more worthy of your vote, that of Kang or that of Kodos.
And note that it says *UP TO* $30,000 annually. Looks like this particular security theater pays their actors about the same as the night shift at my local McDonalds. Probably explains why they look like the same crowd.
if what he was, was a whistle-blower—to pick up the phone and call the House Intelligence Committee
I think this is what you were referencing. And, yes, the idea that the House Intelligence Committee was going to do something to stop the Unconstitutional programs that THEY THEMSELVES HAD KNOWN OF AND APPROVED, is laughable. If Snowden had called them, he would have been immediately fired, his security clearance revoked--and to this day none of us would have ever known that the NSA is vacuuming up the phone calls, emails, and web histories of EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN (yes, YOU TOO), not to mention pretty much everyone else in the world (including supposed allies).
the console will require activation via the internet or a special disk before it will play Blu-ray or DVDs
Try as I might, I can't figure that one out. It's not like Sony doesn't sell off-the-shelf blu-ray players every day that don't require this (including the PS3). So why require it for the PS4??
Maybe they didn't have the software finished on time and it requires a downloaded patch?
Are there even any TV movie critics left now? It sucks because I have to root around online to learn about quality indies now. It used to be I just had to watch Siskel and Ebert once a week.
It still fails to answer a fundamental question of why a country that can't even pay its own bills, and sinks deeper in debt every day should be spending ANY money on foreign aid. Do you really think anyone is going to be giving the U.S. foreign aid when *they* go bankrupt?
Yeah, I hear cooking crystal meth will make you money too--and would probably be a lot safer and easier than extracting gold out of a PC. Just ask those poor bastards in India.
I'm pretty sure they don't want to encourage us to dump all our old computer garbage off at Goodwill. While some of this stuff may have some historical value, I seriously doubt they would appreciate me dumping about 30 old 486's and Pentiums (and associated old videocards) in the nearest Goodwill box.
I would be more curious as to WHEN he predicted this stuff. There is a BIG difference between sitting in 1970 and saying "The Soviet Union will collapse at some point in the future" and saying "The Soviet Union will collapse in the late 1980's or early 1990's." The former is pretty much useless information. The latter could be very useful.
I would also want to know how much he got wrong. If the signal of what little he got right was drowned out by the noise of much more stuff that he got wrong, his information would also basically be useless.
As I've never met a "futurist" yet whose predictions were worth much of a damn at the end of the day, I would be very skeptical of the usefulness of his office.
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Yep, a lot of these "journals" are the academic journal equivalent of diploma mills. They accept any piece of garbage you submit to them, then you get to add said piece of garbage to your resume/c.v., postdoc/grant/tenure application, etc.
Here is a relevant portion FTA on what the helium actually DOES (unfortunately not mentioned in the summary):
At one-seventh the density of air, helium produces less drag on the moving components of a drive - the spinning disk platters and actuator arms -- which translates into less friction and lower operating temperatures.
The helium-drives run at four to five degrees cooler than today's 7200rpm drives, HGST stated.
I knew everything he was saying before he said it.
A lot of people did. But he offered the first undeniable PROOF.
I saw it mentioned this morning on CNN. Of course, being the good government lick-boots they are, they were mocking it and parading out politician after politician to deride it.
truth actually a crime, actually
Only if it's truth that embarrasses the government and corporations that rule this country. You're free to tell all the benign truth you wish, citizen. You may also debate the merits of which of the two allowed parties is more worthy of your vote, that of Kang or that of Kodos.
He's going to be portrayed as a complete nutjob by the American corporations/government and their press lackeys no matter WTF he calls it.
"Yeah, well here's our manifesto of everyone STFU, IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!!"
For $30k/year glorified rental cops?
The scary thing is that it says *UP TO* $30K a year.
The screeners, who earn up to $30,000 annually
And note that it says *UP TO* $30,000 annually. Looks like this particular security theater pays their actors about the same as the night shift at my local McDonalds. Probably explains why they look like the same crowd.
if what he was, was a whistle-blower—to pick up the phone and call the House Intelligence Committee
I think this is what you were referencing. And, yes, the idea that the House Intelligence Committee was going to do something to stop the Unconstitutional programs that THEY THEMSELVES HAD KNOWN OF AND APPROVED, is laughable. If Snowden had called them, he would have been immediately fired, his security clearance revoked--and to this day none of us would have ever known that the NSA is vacuuming up the phone calls, emails, and web histories of EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN (yes, YOU TOO), not to mention pretty much everyone else in the world (including supposed allies).
Isn't it bad enough that we get so many of these bogus stories on April 1st?
Yeah, but they don't have any problem licensing it for the PS3 and their stand-alone players. It couldn't be enough to effect the price THAT much.
the console will require activation via the internet or a special disk before it will play Blu-ray or DVDs
Try as I might, I can't figure that one out. It's not like Sony doesn't sell off-the-shelf blu-ray players every day that don't require this (including the PS3). So why require it for the PS4??
Maybe they didn't have the software finished on time and it requires a downloaded patch?
Are there even any TV movie critics left now? It sucks because I have to root around online to learn about quality indies now. It used to be I just had to watch Siskel and Ebert once a week.
This is because its debts are in a currency it controls.
And how much longer do you think that's going to last? One good market crisis, and everyone will be switching over to the Euro or Yuan in a heartbeat.
Really, they're screwed either way.
No, they're not. Taiwan is a small, relatively stagnant market. China is a huge, rich, powerful, and growing market.
Apple knows damn well which to kneel before.
It matters very much if you're in Taiwan.
Maybe if the Chinese weren't buying all the U.S. Megacorps (and everything else in the U.S.), this wouldn't be happening.
FTFY
It still fails to answer a fundamental question of why a country that can't even pay its own bills, and sinks deeper in debt every day should be spending ANY money on foreign aid. Do you really think anyone is going to be giving the U.S. foreign aid when *they* go bankrupt?
"No, poor countries should just use their vast wealth and educated populace to build solar panel factories," says my dumbass hippie brother.
Why would the U.S. want to finance potential competitors?
Yeah, I hear cooking crystal meth will make you money too--and would probably be a lot safer and easier than extracting gold out of a PC. Just ask those poor bastards in India.
What punishment could the court possibly inflict that would compare to the shame of wearing them in the first place?
I'm pretty sure they don't want to encourage us to dump all our old computer garbage off at Goodwill. While some of this stuff may have some historical value, I seriously doubt they would appreciate me dumping about 30 old 486's and Pentiums (and associated old videocards) in the nearest Goodwill box.
I would be more curious as to WHEN he predicted this stuff. There is a BIG difference between sitting in 1970 and saying "The Soviet Union will collapse at some point in the future" and saying "The Soviet Union will collapse in the late 1980's or early 1990's." The former is pretty much useless information. The latter could be very useful.
I would also want to know how much he got wrong. If the signal of what little he got right was drowned out by the noise of much more stuff that he got wrong, his information would also basically be useless.
As I've never met a "futurist" yet whose predictions were worth much of a damn at the end of the day, I would be very skeptical of the usefulness of his office.