That sounds like a legal agreement even a 1st year law student can vacate. If I was an employee I would include my consulting rate as part of the acceptance documentation for the sign-off. Then I would hope they ran into problems and I could collect on my $250/hr consulting gig.
Just that it's the wrong language for most modern programming tasks. Virtualized runtime environments w/ dynamic garbage collection and scores of other great features like Java,.NET, Python, Ruby make C++ totally obsolete for *most* programming tasks. Still there are many areas where C++ is the right tool such as drivers, os internals, network development, debugging tools, etc. Saying that languages that execute in a virtual runtime environment are much better is like saying that C++ is a much better language than ASM86 or IBM 360 BAL.
Tastes like a regular Cuban cigar, but the smoke forms a screen to project a 4K image. Like Google Glass for cigar smokers. Eric never stops forging ahead.
That's impossible, those studies were conducted by the finest educational institutions with Federal research grant funding! There's no way that such work could be flawed in any way to help continue funding Al Gore's private 777.
Thanks for this well written and very factual account of the "global warming/climate change" science and research. I am in complete agreement with your position on all of these issues. The most significant disagreement I have with many of the "climate change" alarmists is primarily with (7). Up until the last point I have some belief that there is reasonable evidence, although item (6) is a highly speculative and subjective claim that can be very valid for a percentage of the population (in particular those with coastal based real estate or livelihoods that can be greatly impacted).
As you state the politics surrounding the government actions that will be taken to address the largely undisputed points (1-3) as well as the others (with varying degrees of scientific data to support them) is where the real dispute exists. Even if everyone in both political parties and from the most liberal to conservative ideologies is in complete agreement on point 1-6, what the government should or can do is an issue that should also be openly and widely debated in the scientific and public policy communities. The current arguments for reduction of CO2 emissions largely attributable to fossil fuel consumption are certainly worthy of consideration but as we have seen by studies on the ethanol production based on renewable (mostly corn) sources the solutions are sometimes worse than the original problem after final analysis. The skeptical scientist in me (2 electrical engineering degrees) has me convinced that both political parties are far more interested in the economic ramifications of the legislative agenda (thus the ramifications of economic benefits/detriments to their party's coffers) than the real consequences to life on planet earth.
Before we go off theorizing about life on a faintly visible planet 500 light years away, it seems like we might learn something by exploring our own solar system and say, explore mars with a manned mission. We are certainly not candidates to ponder overcoming interstellar space travel if we can't even take the smallest baby step by visiting our nearest planetary neighbors.
Modern instrument manufacturing is capable of making incredibly high quality instruments at very
reasonable production costs. Higher end instruments require a lot more human hands-on
intervention in the manufacturing process but the high precision manufacturing equipment means
instruments can be built to exacting specifications and done repeatably. The human finishing and
fine tuning process completes the process for high end instrument builds.
I play guitar and love to play many of the Paganini pieces from Opus #1 and therefore I listen to violin virtuosos like Perlman, Heifetz, Midori, Mintz, etc. I think they deserve to own the classic instruments with incredible provenance. Much of the tremendous sound they produce though is also a product of having master luthiers perform expert restoration and maintenance to these older but very finely built instruments.
As a guitar player I am constantly amazed by what guitar collectors will pay for "classic" guitars. I grew up in the 60's and I love classic Strats, Teles and Les Pauls too but the idea that the sound is worthy of 6 figure prices is rediculous. Many fine instruments are built in the far east, starting with great Japanese guitars built in the 70's and growing from there (South Korea, China, Indonesia).
In general I believe today's high end violins are certainly comparable with the finest classic violin masterpieces from the Italian luthiers of the 18th century. But that does not mean that those instruments are not to be admired and sought out by the finest virtuoso violinists who relate to the importance and provenance of these instruments in addition to appreciating their stellar tone.
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That sounds like a legal agreement even a 1st year law student can vacate. If I was an employee I would include my consulting rate as part of the acceptance documentation for the sign-off. Then I would hope they ran into problems and I could collect on my $250/hr consulting gig.
Still love this one. Bar tender looks up and says "Hey we don't serve faster than light neutrinos here!" A neutrino walks into a bar.
Wow I really like Chess boxing. I would love to see that gain popularity!
They were simply trying to modify the Chinese genes to allow the proper English pronunciation of 'R' and 'L'.
Just that it's the wrong language for most modern programming tasks. Virtualized runtime environments w/ dynamic garbage collection and scores of other great features like Java, .NET, Python, Ruby make C++ totally obsolete for *most* programming tasks. Still there are many areas where C++ is the right tool such as drivers, os internals, network development, debugging tools, etc. Saying that languages that execute in a virtual runtime environment are much better is like saying that C++ is a much better language than ASM86 or IBM 360 BAL.
Mars, like Australia but bigger and further away from civilization ðY
Lots of enforcement issues on that one, LOL!
Simple extrapolation of super string theory.
Tastes like a regular Cuban cigar, but the smoke forms a screen to project a 4K image. Like Google Glass for cigar smokers. Eric never stops forging ahead.
That's impossible, those studies were conducted by the finest educational institutions with Federal research grant funding! There's no way that such work could be flawed in any way to help continue funding Al Gore's private 777.
Thanks for this well written and very factual account of the "global warming/climate change" science and research. I am in complete agreement with your position on all of these issues. The most significant disagreement I have with many of the "climate change" alarmists is primarily with (7). Up until the last point I have some belief that there is reasonable evidence, although item (6) is a highly speculative and subjective claim that can be very valid for a percentage of the population (in particular those with coastal based real estate or livelihoods that can be greatly impacted). As you state the politics surrounding the government actions that will be taken to address the largely undisputed points (1-3) as well as the others (with varying degrees of scientific data to support them) is where the real dispute exists. Even if everyone in both political parties and from the most liberal to conservative ideologies is in complete agreement on point 1-6, what the government should or can do is an issue that should also be openly and widely debated in the scientific and public policy communities. The current arguments for reduction of CO2 emissions largely attributable to fossil fuel consumption are certainly worthy of consideration but as we have seen by studies on the ethanol production based on renewable (mostly corn) sources the solutions are sometimes worse than the original problem after final analysis. The skeptical scientist in me (2 electrical engineering degrees) has me convinced that both political parties are far more interested in the economic ramifications of the legislative agenda (thus the ramifications of economic benefits/detriments to their party's coffers) than the real consequences to life on planet earth.
Before we go off theorizing about life on a faintly visible planet 500 light years away, it seems like we might learn something by exploring our own solar system and say, explore mars with a manned mission. We are certainly not candidates to ponder overcoming interstellar space travel if we can't even take the smallest baby step by visiting our nearest planetary neighbors.
Modern instrument manufacturing is capable of making incredibly high quality instruments at very reasonable production costs. Higher end instruments require a lot more human hands-on intervention in the manufacturing process but the high precision manufacturing equipment means instruments can be built to exacting specifications and done repeatably. The human finishing and fine tuning process completes the process for high end instrument builds. I play guitar and love to play many of the Paganini pieces from Opus #1 and therefore I listen to violin virtuosos like Perlman, Heifetz, Midori, Mintz, etc. I think they deserve to own the classic instruments with incredible provenance. Much of the tremendous sound they produce though is also a product of having master luthiers perform expert restoration and maintenance to these older but very finely built instruments. As a guitar player I am constantly amazed by what guitar collectors will pay for "classic" guitars. I grew up in the 60's and I love classic Strats, Teles and Les Pauls too but the idea that the sound is worthy of 6 figure prices is rediculous. Many fine instruments are built in the far east, starting with great Japanese guitars built in the 70's and growing from there (South Korea, China, Indonesia). In general I believe today's high end violins are certainly comparable with the finest classic violin masterpieces from the Italian luthiers of the 18th century. But that does not mean that those instruments are not to be admired and sought out by the finest virtuoso violinists who relate to the importance and provenance of these instruments in addition to appreciating their stellar tone.