But cheap electricity combined with energy conservation regulation, means that people and businesses will merely find ways around the regulation rather than conserve energy.
That's why we have to go directly to a tax on the problem: carbon. That's why a revenue neutral carbon tax is the way to go.
Where do you get these high efficiency devices if government can neither mandate higher efficiency nor impose taxes on carbon emissions that would drive people to seek more efficient devices? Replacing a 15 year old refrigerator can pay for itself in 5 years, but that doesn't get people to do it.
How do you feel about mandates for efficient light bulbs that can only be achieved with compact fluorescents or LEDs?
I'm no scientists, but I dare say invoking "for the children" is not a part of the scientific method. Now he's no different the Babs Streisand or Meyl Streep.
You're damn right. You're no scientist. Scientists aren't allowed to have political opinions that are influenced by their work? The instant politics is involved the scientists must stay away? Or is that just the scientists on the side of protecting the planet must stay apolitical? The scientists on the opposing side can say whatever the hell they want.
Suppose I discover that a comet is going to hit the Earth. Congress and the president make a political decision to nuke it. I do some work that shows that nuking it will make the impact worse, and its best just to let it hit. Congress and the president want to look like they're doing something even if it will result in several hundred million more deaths. So now I'm supposed to shut up and go home because the action being taken was a political decision?
And before you tell me that global warming isn't as bad as a comet hitting, let's discuss that in 150 years.
How is Java at producing code SIMD code, or code that runs on GPUs? Java can outperform poorly written C code, which does form the bulk of scientific code bases. Outperforming well optimized processor specific code? Not really.
Yeah, SETI@home found 114 sources of pulsed emission, possibly a new form of pulsar. But you don't wanna hear about that. You want to hear about the what the telescope that doesn't exist yet might find.
Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first weekend we were in operation. As someone close to the SETI@home team, please stop bitching about a bug that's been fixed for 11 goddamn years!
BTW, we'd love to make use of the SKA, but it doesn't exists yet.
Depending upon how high it was, that might have been several decades or even a millennium. You can be pretty sure that its batteries will be defunct and it's solar panels will be degraded to the point that its receiver and computer won't function.
That's pretty dang high if you ask me. Especially for something that could have easily been prevented with a little foresight.
A little foresight and a big pile of tax money. You can be that the same people who are worried about a 1 in 3000 chance that someone somewhere will be hit are the some ones who think a 12 percent effective tax rate is too high. How much are you willing to spend to get rid of a 1 in 3000 chance that one of 7 billion people will get hit? Why wouldn't you be willing to use that money to buy and destroy guns?
It about a billion times more likely that some moron who either doesn't know how to turn of their iPhone (or worse is unwilling to) will screw up a Cat-III landing procedure and take out a couple hundred people at some point this year. (That's still only one in a few hundred, but that doesn't stop the guy next to me from leaving his phone on despite the flight attendant explaining to morons how to turn off an iPhone. Have you ever seen someone pull an iPad out of storage to turn it off? Of course not.)
Last package I sent by USPS never arrived... it simply vanished. They had no idea where it went. Which how that happens in this day and age I don't know.
The ways that happens are.... 1) Improperly secured address label. It's hard to deliver a package with no label. Always write the address and return address on the package in addition to affixing the label. 2) Delivered to the wrong address without signature. It happens, and if the person who got the package doesn't give it to the carrier, it'll never get delivered. 3) And the most common reason is.... The package was left on the porch, and a porch scavenger (i.e. thief) took it. To avoid #2 and #3 require a signature.
Why should USPS expect that taxpayers should continue to foot the bill for services that have become obsolete.
If the services really were obsolete, and if the requirement for the US to have a postal service wasn't written into the constitution, I might agree with you. But the Postal Service still is quite necessary for a lot of things..
Why should USPS expect that taxpayers should continue to foot the bill for services that have become obsolete.
The taxpayers shouldn't be footing any bills for USPS services. The reason that they often do is because Congress forces the USPS to keep postal rates below what is necessary to cover the USPS operating costs. Congress needs to let got of the rate controls, but maintain audit authority. But, as usual, congress people get big donations from companies that do a lot of bulk mailing. Do you think Land's End is going to pay it's share of Paul Ryan's campaign if he allows bulk mailing rates go up?
How about they just increase rates for junk mail. I still get plenty of that. And how about making future stamp prices be multiples of 10 cents? Is a bump to $0.50 or even $0.60 going to kill anyone? UPS and Fedex charge $20 for the same service, because they are more efficient private enterprise operations.
Really? I haven't had a problem with the Droid USB connector. Maybe you're supposed to remove the connector from the phone before you put it in your pocket.
It takes time. And if you know any detective rank cops,you know that the one thing that kills an investigation is time. If it takes more than a few days, forget about it. There are other crimes to work. The boss will tell you that it's a numbers game.... The DA wants convictions. That's all. Work the easy cases.
Boeing doesn't get to control who flies a 767, or what passengers are allowed on board. Boeing doesn't get to prevent non-Boeing parts from being used in repairs (so long as they meet FAA approval or specifications). Boeing was even required to use standard parts and interfaces in its design and provide enough documentation to allow repairs and operation by people not "blessed" by Boeing.
They don't need an OS upgrade. They need a replacement for the "Gallery" app through the Marketplace. Of course, they can't really force users to take the upgrade.
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But cheap electricity combined with energy conservation regulation, means that people and businesses will merely find ways around the regulation rather than conserve energy.
That's why we have to go directly to a tax on the problem: carbon. That's why a revenue neutral carbon tax is the way to go.
Where do you get these high efficiency devices if government can neither mandate higher efficiency nor impose taxes on carbon emissions that would drive people to seek more efficient devices? Replacing a 15 year old refrigerator can pay for itself in 5 years, but that doesn't get people to do it.
How do you feel about mandates for efficient light bulbs that can only be achieved with compact fluorescents or LEDs?
I'm no scientists, but I dare say invoking "for the children" is not a part of the scientific method. Now he's no different the Babs Streisand or Meyl Streep.
You're damn right. You're no scientist. Scientists aren't allowed to have political opinions that are influenced by their work? The instant politics is involved the scientists must stay away? Or is that just the scientists on the side of protecting the planet must stay apolitical? The scientists on the opposing side can say whatever the hell they want.
Suppose I discover that a comet is going to hit the Earth. Congress and the president make a political decision to nuke it. I do some work that shows that nuking it will make the impact worse, and its best just to let it hit. Congress and the president want to look like they're doing something even if it will result in several hundred million more deaths. So now I'm supposed to shut up and go home because the action being taken was a political decision?
And before you tell me that global warming isn't as bad as a comet hitting, let's discuss that in 150 years.
How is Java at producing code SIMD code, or code that runs on GPUs? Java can outperform poorly written C code, which does form the bulk of scientific code bases. Outperforming well optimized processor specific code? Not really.
Sorry, I thought Nereus had been spun off into a company. It appears that it's still university research software.
Nereus? Why would they use Nereus? Someone on the board own stock?
Yeah, SETI@home found 114 sources of pulsed emission, possibly a new form of pulsar. But you don't wanna hear about that. You want to hear about the what the telescope that doesn't exist yet might find.
Yeah, people keep bitching about that first weekend where a software glitch caused the same work to be sent for the first weekend we were in operation. As someone close to the SETI@home team, please stop bitching about a bug that's been fixed for 11 goddamn years!
BTW, we'd love to make use of the SKA, but it doesn't exists yet.
If 36.7% of humans who flunked the test work, how does that make you feel?
What is it about you not me that troubles you?
Depending upon how high it was, that might have been several decades or even a millennium. You can be pretty sure that its batteries will be defunct and it's solar panels will be degraded to the point that its receiver and computer won't function.
If they use the rest of the fuel to lower the orbit, it's quite possible they didn't have enough fuel for a full deorbit.
That's pretty dang high if you ask me. Especially for something that could have easily been prevented with a little foresight.
A little foresight and a big pile of tax money. You can be that the same people who are worried about a 1 in 3000 chance that someone somewhere will be hit are the some ones who think a 12 percent effective tax rate is too high. How much are you willing to spend to get rid of a 1 in 3000 chance that one of 7 billion people will get hit? Why wouldn't you be willing to use that money to buy and destroy guns?
It about a billion times more likely that some moron who either doesn't know how to turn of their iPhone (or worse is unwilling to) will screw up a Cat-III landing procedure and take out a couple hundred people at some point this year. (That's still only one in a few hundred, but that doesn't stop the guy next to me from leaving his phone on despite the flight attendant explaining to morons how to turn off an iPhone. Have you ever seen someone pull an iPad out of storage to turn it off? Of course not.)
If you can tell the difference, that is evidence that you don't suffer from the syndrome known as "being an artist".
Last package I sent by USPS never arrived... it simply vanished. They had no idea where it went. Which how that happens in this day and age I don't know.
The ways that happens are.... 1) Improperly secured address label. It's hard to deliver a package with no label. Always write the address and return address on the package in addition to affixing the label. 2) Delivered to the wrong address without signature. It happens, and if the person who got the package doesn't give it to the carrier, it'll never get delivered. 3) And the most common reason is.... The package was left on the porch, and a porch scavenger (i.e. thief) took it. To avoid #2 and #3 require a signature.
Why should USPS expect that taxpayers should continue to foot the bill for services that have become obsolete.
If the services really were obsolete, and if the requirement for the US to have a postal service wasn't written into the constitution, I might agree with you. But the Postal Service still is quite necessary for a lot of things..
Why should USPS expect that taxpayers should continue to foot the bill for services that have become obsolete.
The taxpayers shouldn't be footing any bills for USPS services. The reason that they often do is because Congress forces the USPS to keep postal rates below what is necessary to cover the USPS operating costs. Congress needs to let got of the rate controls, but maintain audit authority. But, as usual, congress people get big donations from companies that do a lot of bulk mailing. Do you think Land's End is going to pay it's share of Paul Ryan's campaign if he allows bulk mailing rates go up?
The stupidest thing Congress has ever done is to make the USPS ask them every time they need to change rates.
How about they just increase rates for junk mail. I still get plenty of that. And how about making future stamp prices be multiples of 10 cents? Is a bump to $0.50 or even $0.60 going to kill anyone? UPS and Fedex charge $20 for the same service, because they are more efficient private enterprise operations.
Really? I haven't had a problem with the Droid USB connector. Maybe you're supposed to remove the connector from the phone before you put it in your pocket.
Why do you have to pay the $50/month for 1GB on a "laptop" plan when your smartphone gets 5GB for $20?
That's pretty obvious. The average smartphone on a 5GB plan uses 0.2GB. The average laptop on a 1GB plan uses 1GB.
It takes time. And if you know any detective rank cops,you know that the one thing that kills an investigation is time. If it takes more than a few days, forget about it. There are other crimes to work. The boss will tell you that it's a numbers game.... The DA wants convictions. That's all. Work the easy cases.
Boeing doesn't get to control who flies a 767, or what passengers are allowed on board. Boeing doesn't get to prevent non-Boeing parts from being used in repairs (so long as they meet FAA approval or specifications). Boeing was even required to use standard parts and interfaces in its design and provide enough documentation to allow repairs and operation by people not "blessed" by Boeing.
So you're right, it's not at all like Apple.
They don't need an OS upgrade. They need a replacement for the "Gallery" app through the Marketplace. Of course, they can't really force users to take the upgrade.
For Apple, you can call it a minor victory. For Europe, it's a major loss.
Of course, right wing organizations overthrow governments from within, the way they have done in the US.