Only to the extent that they become national laws. In many jurisdictions treaties do not have any effect inside the country until the government enacts enabling legislation.
It doesn't guarantee you a court hearing before they disconnect you: just a "procedure". That could be a brief review by a bureaucrat who has already made up his mind. You get to appeal to a court, but only after you lose at the "procedure" level.
No. He's worried that that the government is going to make their data inaccessible to anyone who doesn't install a useless piece if junk that would make their computer insecure.
> I'm always very leery of that sort of assurance...
It isn't an assurance. It is a statement of fact based on observation of the behavior of said agency over a period of decades[1]. They will investigate the hell out of this. It's what they do.
>...because I've heard very similar things from my own MP (I'm in the UK)...
Perhaps you should consider replacing your MP.
> "I have so much blind faith...
"Faith" is a mental disease.
>..."in the system that I'm not even going to take your query seriously > enough to forward it on to the relevant people."
What do you expect from a politician? An "issue" only matters to him if it affects his chances of getting reelected. Facts and logic are irrelevant.
I am a radical libertarian with anarchistic tendencies (as a European you are not expected to understand that). As such, I am philosophically opposed to the existance of most government agencies[2]. However, unlike most radicals, I do not allow wishful thinking to cloud my vision. The fact is, the FDA actually does a fairly decent job of studying things such as this (they overdo it). They just should not have the power to use violence to enforce their decisions.
[1] Some of the questions they will ask will be ones you haven't thought of because they are too ridiculous. In fact, the idea that this process requires prior approval at all is ridiculous.
[2] I would, on the other hand, support the existence of non-government agency that did the FDA's job of investigating and reporting on the safety and efficacy of drugs.
> They could get more than 400W from a mirror, easy...
Even if it wasn't too heavy to lift itself such a system would require that the cable be much, much larger and therefor much, much, much more expensive. It makes much more sense to minimize the weight of the car and put as much of the big, heavy stuff on the ground as possible.
There appears to be something out there that interacts gravitationally with normal matter but does not glow or reflect light. Doesn't glow:-> dark. Has gravity: -> matter. Therefor we call it "dark matter", for now.
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> Don't treaties like ACTA trump national laws?
Only to the extent that they become national laws. In many jurisdictions treaties do not have any effect inside the country until the government enacts enabling legislation.
It doesn't guarantee you a court hearing before they disconnect you: just a "procedure". That could be a brief review by a bureaucrat who has already made up his mind. You get to appeal to a court, but only after you lose at the "procedure" level.
> How else are we going to implement these languages?
Via interpreters.
So? It's still ridiculous to use it on such a site.
> OK, then how do we attach a new end to the cable?
You lower more cable down from above.
> who thinks it would be easier to design the system like we design all of our
> mass transit which uses electricity?
No one who has looked at all closely at the problem.
> Is he worried the gov will abuse this hole?
No. He's worried that that the government is going to make their data inaccessible to anyone who doesn't install a useless piece if junk that would make their computer insecure.
> I'm always very leery of that sort of assurance...
It isn't an assurance. It is a statement of fact based on observation of the behavior of said agency over a period of decades[1]. They will investigate the hell out of this. It's what they do.
> ...because I've heard very similar things from my own MP (I'm in the UK)...
Perhaps you should consider replacing your MP.
> "I have so much blind faith...
"Faith" is a mental disease.
> ..."in the system that I'm not even going to take your query seriously
> enough to forward it on to the relevant people."
What do you expect from a politician? An "issue" only matters to him if it affects his chances of getting reelected. Facts and logic are irrelevant.
I am a radical libertarian with anarchistic tendencies (as a European you are not expected to understand that). As such, I am philosophically opposed to the existance of most government agencies[2]. However, unlike most radicals, I do not allow wishful thinking to cloud my vision. The fact is, the FDA actually does a fairly decent job of studying things such as this (they overdo it). They just should not have the power to use violence to enforce their decisions.
[1] Some of the questions they will ask will be ones you haven't thought of because they are too ridiculous. In fact, the idea that this process requires prior approval at all is ridiculous.
[2] I would, on the other hand, support the existence of non-government agency that did the FDA's job of investigating and reporting on the safety and efficacy of drugs.
The warnings work well enough to cost you more than than price of the certificate.
Weather is hardly an issue when less that .04% of it will be in the atmosphere.
Even if there was enough "static" to supply power less than .04% of the elevator will be in the atmosphere.
> half way between the Earth and the Moon!?
No. Only about a tenth of the way.
> I'm wondering what would happen if the cable somehow snapped when the
> elavator was in space?
It would either go up or down.
> Is there an obvious plan for the crawler failing half way up the cable?
Yes. The passengers rappel down.
They just keep coming. Is the Web fundamentally, unfixably, insecure?
(That's the Web, not the Net)
> They could get more than 400W from a mirror, easy...
Even if it wasn't too heavy to lift itself such a system would require that the cable be much, much larger and therefor much, much, much more expensive. It makes much more sense to minimize the weight of the car and put as much of the big, heavy stuff on the ground as possible.
> In a nutshell, it's the difference between catching a lofted cricket ball or
> baseball, and catching a fly.
Some of these people have already built laser systems that can shoot a fly out of the air.
You pay money to certificate providers so that your customers won't be frightened away by scary browser warnings.
> The second situation occurs ALL THE TIME in web services that require
> different levels of trust for different content within the same site.
Don't do that.
The process must be approved by the FDA. You can be sure they will ask all those questions and some you haven't thought of.
Here is the abstract.
> Evolution is the answer to everything and the answer to nothing at the same
> time.
What is your answer?
Because it isn't.
There appears to be something out there that interacts gravitationally with normal matter but does not glow or reflect light. Doesn't glow:-> dark. Has gravity: -> matter. Therefor we call it "dark matter", for now.
How many do you know of?
> Presumably, there is some kind of downside that balances that selective
> advantage.
Higher energy requirements would be a good bet.