"So, not only did I lose my vacation pictures, but I was also without my cell phone for the rest of vacation. I've had an iPhone 4s for 3-4 years now, and I've never had something like that happen. "
All smartphones are subject to total data loss under worst-case conditions, but there probably wasn't a Dropbox version you could have had running on your Blackberry to save your pictures as they were shot.
That's why we use pre-arranged insurance schemes, public and private, as a health system interface to pre-arrange what happens when we are found unconscious on the street. More competition would allow these agents to save money by buying in bulk (the much-vaunted "single payer") and by shopping on the world market.
Wrong on both counts. The wing leading edge damage on Columbia was caused by a chunk if icy insulation falling off the frozen external tank, which was full of LOX. And nobody suggested changing the re=-entry path because nobody suspected there was a hole. Because the mission did not go to the ISS there was no visual inspection of the Shuttle before re-entry. Retrospective analysis of the flight data did show a small rise in temperature inside the damaged wing after launch as the craft exited the atmosphere, but it did not catch anyone's attention at the time.
The EPA benefits us to the extent that its rulemaking is based on real science. A requirement that the agency's science be made public keeps it honest.
"And furthermore, not all research is reproducible. "Hey, I just detected the highest energy cosmic ray collision ever in my detector, here's my paper showing proof of the detection!" "Sorry, unless some other team can reproduce the same cosmic ray event in their own detector.... " "
Of course this is reproducible. If the paper describes a real phenomenon, other high-energy cosmic rays will be caught and documented. If the onservations then lead to detector improvements that result in more such events being caught, that nails it.
Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, no change in the mix of governments, charities, and individuals-through-negotiating-insurance-companies that pay for US healthcare now, all of these payers would benefit from competition on the supply side. Republicans rejected their own party's replacement for Obamacare because it did nothing to break the monopoly culture of medicine to make real savings in costs.
It's as though we had to buy every necessity of life from a company store in a nineteenth-century mining camp.
Bet your ass that rocket was gone over with a fine-toothed comb, at great expense.They won't have proven the economy of re-launching rockets until it's routine with zero to very few accidents and the finance numbers are in.
Be happy that Elon made those goalposts out of fiberglas so you can move them all by yourself.
Distributed copies of any state code are obsolete the next day the legislature is in session. When you want to know if you can legally do X, there has to be an official site where the current code is available.
Does any other state do this, and if so what legal standing does GA have to copyright the laws it passes?
Corollary question (and no, this is not a begged question): given that ignorance of the law is no excuse, is it constitutional to enforce laws that require a $1000 purchase to read?
A National Internet Backbone could reserve a certain fraction of tap points to give away to local volunteer organizations willing to lay their own connecting fiber. This would bring service in to small communities that the major cable providers don't care about and neglected poor areas.
The biggest barrier to the spread of private broadband is the cost of acquiring right-of-way. But I can envision a government approach (not a "solution" but a major addition of network capacity) that costs ZERO for right-of-way.
Bury fat broadband along the Interstate Highway System, starting with segments that connect major markets. Let there be taps at exits, access to which would be leased to local ISPs willing to lay connecting fiber. Such a National Internet Backbone could pay for itself the way Hoover Dam did.
If you're going to spend public funds on Technology X, infrastructure always bets a subsidy.
What killed Flash was not only having to update it every time you used it, just like Adobe Reader on PCs, but never knowing whether today's update was going to sneak in some useless browser toolbar you didn't want.
Christianity was horrible and oppressive and militarily adventurous just like Wahhabism once, in a time we now call the Dark Ages for exactly that reason. Since then we have evolved democratic institutions and a secular civilization that includes religion as an element, rather than a dominant force which lusts for global takeover.
Someday the Ummah will have to learn the same lesson..
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"Time didn't exist until the Big Bang. "
Of course it did. What preceded Big Bang was Seinfeld.
"So, not only did I lose my vacation pictures, but I was also without my cell phone for the rest of vacation. I've had an iPhone 4s for 3-4 years now, and I've never had something like that happen. "
All smartphones are subject to total data loss under worst-case conditions, but there probably wasn't a Dropbox version you could have had running on your Blackberry to save your pictures as they were shot.
is coming out soon.
But how readily will Grandma take to apt-getting her apps? I see a lot of family IT desperate phone calls in our future.
If you say "states' rights" in 2017, on the other hand, you're a pot grower defending your farm.
That's why we use pre-arranged insurance schemes, public and private, as a health system interface to pre-arrange what happens when we are found unconscious on the street. More competition would allow these agents to save money by buying in bulk (the much-vaunted "single payer") and by shopping on the world market.
Wrong on both counts. The wing leading edge damage on Columbia was caused by a chunk if icy insulation falling off the frozen external tank, which was full of LOX. And nobody suggested changing the re=-entry path because nobody suspected there was a hole. Because the mission did not go to the ISS there was no visual inspection of the Shuttle before re-entry. Retrospective analysis of the flight data did show a small rise in temperature inside the damaged wing after launch as the craft exited the atmosphere, but it did not catch anyone's attention at the time.
The EPA benefits us to the extent that its rulemaking is based on real science. A requirement that the agency's science be made public keeps it honest.
"And furthermore, not all research is reproducible. "Hey, I just detected the highest energy cosmic ray collision ever in my detector, here's my paper showing proof of the detection!" "Sorry, unless some other team can reproduce the same cosmic ray event in their own detector.... " "
Of course this is reproducible. If the paper describes a real phenomenon, other high-energy cosmic rays will be caught and documented. If the onservations then lead to detector improvements that result in more such events being caught, that nails it.
"A lot of datasets are owned by corporations that are very protective of their copyrights. Elsevyr , the various satellite owners and the like. "
And if we can bust even just the Elsevier monopoly, this initiative will have done great good.
Let Darwin do his work... ;-)
Just as wind turbines are selecting for smarter birds.
Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, no change in the mix of governments, charities, and individuals-through-negotiating-insurance-companies that pay for US healthcare now, all of these payers would benefit from competition on the supply side. Republicans rejected their own party's replacement for Obamacare because it did nothing to break the monopoly culture of medicine to make real savings in costs.
It's as though we had to buy every necessity of life from a company store in a nineteenth-century mining camp.
If only we could get this kind of competitive pressure to occur in the healthcare market!
"Okay, but what's the argument in favor of keeping lawyers?"
Their physiology is closer to human than the standard lab rat, and researchers are less likely to feel remorse during Stage I trials of anything.
Bet your ass that rocket was gone over with a fine-toothed comb, at great expense.They won't have proven the economy of re-launching rockets until it's routine with zero to very few accidents and the finance numbers are in.
Be happy that Elon made those goalposts out of fiberglas so you can move them all by yourself.
"But they skimped on the maintenance, allowing tiles to get loose. Over time they loosened and fell off, resulting in major catastrophe."
Neither crash was caused by tiles falling off the Shuttle.
And so is this story. I posted it earlier:
https://slashdot.org/submissio...
Distributed copies of any state code are obsolete the next day the legislature is in session. When you want to know if you can legally do X, there has to be an official site where the current code is available.
Does any other state do this, and if so what legal standing does GA have to copyright the laws it passes?
Corollary question (and no, this is not a begged question): given that ignorance of the law is no excuse, is it constitutional to enforce laws that require a $1000 purchase to read?
For high-density backbones, fiber always beats microwave. This requires right-of-way, even if strung on poles.
A National Internet Backbone could reserve a certain fraction of tap points to give away to local volunteer organizations willing to lay their own connecting fiber. This would bring service in to small communities that the major cable providers don't care about and neglected poor areas.
Are laws are rooted in Christian morality not secularism.
Today, Christian moral code(s) are an element in a secular civilization, not enforced by a dominant theocracy.
EDIT: "...beats a subsidy."
The biggest barrier to the spread of private broadband is the cost of acquiring right-of-way. But I can envision a government approach (not a "solution" but a major addition of network capacity) that costs ZERO for right-of-way.
Bury fat broadband along the Interstate Highway System, starting with segments that connect major markets. Let there be taps at exits, access to which would be leased to local ISPs willing to lay connecting fiber. Such a National Internet Backbone could pay for itself the way Hoover Dam did.
If you're going to spend public funds on Technology X, infrastructure always bets a subsidy.
What killed Flash was not only having to update it every time you used it, just like Adobe Reader on PCs, but never knowing whether today's update was going to sneak in some useless browser toolbar you didn't want.
Christianity was horrible and oppressive and militarily adventurous just like Wahhabism once, in a time we now call the Dark Ages for exactly that reason. Since then we have evolved democratic institutions and a secular civilization that includes religion as an element, rather than a dominant force which lusts for global takeover.
Someday the Ummah will have to learn the same lesson..