Fortunately, it's getting much easier to find a hosting provider that offers PostgreSQL. Of course, if you just rent a bare machine and install your own image, you've always been able to install PostgreSQL.
Bubble it through algae farms? Sell it to people who make fire extinguishers? Use it in industrial chemical processes that would otherwise pay to get CO2 from another source?
CO2 has lots of industrial applications. If these machines can economically compete with other sources of industrial CO2, then we have a winner.
No, you use the trees to make synthetic natural gas and then bury the resulting charcoal. All the C in the charcoal is essentially permanently removed from the eco system unless it's heated enough to combust with oxygen.
The real question is how expensive does natural gas need to be to make this a sustainable business model?
The real question now is are these people going to be willing to put their necks through noose long enough to truly weaken Khamenei's position, or will they wait, hoping that once more of the old guard is dead, their chances of success will be greater?
They will do both. Some will be idealistic (or stupid...take your pick) enough to continue now. Others will be more careful, but still act opportunistically.
The majority won't know what's going on until it's too late to make a rational decision.
I will not admit that I cannot prove that God doesn't exist...because someone probably already has. The logical arguments against God have existed for centuries and have never been successfully dealt with by Theists).
If you tell me the defining characteristics of your god, then I probably can prove he doesn't exist. It's been demonstrated that most concepts of God are inconsistent with themselves or with reality, so if you understand how logic works and believe that reality is real, then you can disprove just about any concept of God that people bring you.
If you're seriously interested in this, I recommend reading "God: the failed hypothesis" by Victor Stenger.
But you're probably not interested, you just think you're being cute.
Why would an athiests need to prove that god doesn't exist? Their position is the null hypothesis. It is the default position consistent with all the available evidence.
It's the theists that are making the extraordinary claims.
It's only a slippery slope if making the current decision makes all the rest of those things inevitable. I don't think that applies here. It's possible to select offspring traits without any of those other consequences happening.
Please try to avoid using obvious logical fallacies.
Redheads are picked on because they're a minority on the playground. If people start selecting for redheads, then whatever hair color becomes the minority will get picked on.
I'd love to see more redheads. The most beautiful women I know are redheads.
Folding@home works fine on Linux and Mac and, as far as i know, it's always been that way. Where did you get the idea that it didn't support those platforms?
Really? Depending on the system, we used to go through characters so fast that we'd bring multiple pre-made characters to every gaming session just so we wouldn't have to waste time in-session making new characters. I started writing up my characters on notecards (why bother with detailed history or equipment when the average life expectancy is a couple hours?).
They're also giving back by submitting bug reports and helping devs find problems in the software. They might also help others solve problems in mailing lists and forums.
Most users that give back give back in the same way. Why should we hold small companies to a higher standard?
If a woman doesn't want to have a baby, she has the options to make 100% sure that she doesn't have a baby.
Standard birth control, properly used, is better than 99% effective (meaning there's less than 1% change of getting pregnant in a year while being sexually active). If combined with condome use (very likely if worried about STDs), it's even more effective. Women who don't want children can pursue abortions or, for the more proactive, have their tubes tied.
Lots of options that weren't available to previous generations.
Wow, that's the first rational explanation I've ever heard for why prostitution is illegal. Of course, it is no longer valid since effective birth control does exist.
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Fortunately, it's getting much easier to find a hosting provider that offers PostgreSQL. Of course, if you just rent a bare machine and install your own image, you've always been able to install PostgreSQL.
What lines does Sauron have?
I don't remember any...
Bubble it through algae farms?
Sell it to people who make fire extinguishers?
Use it in industrial chemical processes that would otherwise pay to get CO2 from another source?
CO2 has lots of industrial applications. If these machines can economically compete with other sources of industrial CO2, then we have a winner.
No, you use the trees to make synthetic natural gas and then bury the resulting charcoal. All the C in the charcoal is essentially permanently removed from the eco system unless it's heated enough to combust with oxygen.
The real question is how expensive does natural gas need to be to make this a sustainable business model?
The real question now is are these people going to be willing to put their necks through noose long enough to truly weaken Khamenei's position, or will they wait, hoping that once more of the old guard is dead, their chances of success will be greater?
They will do both. Some will be idealistic (or stupid...take your pick) enough to continue now. Others will be more careful, but still act opportunistically.
The majority won't know what's going on until it's too late to make a rational decision.
I claim that God does not exist.
I also claim that there is no defensible evidence known to man that is inconsistent with my claim that God does not exist.
Ball's in your court.
I will not admit that I cannot prove that God doesn't exist...because someone probably already has. The logical arguments against God have existed for centuries and have never been successfully dealt with by Theists).
If you tell me the defining characteristics of your god, then I probably can prove he doesn't exist. It's been demonstrated that most concepts of God are inconsistent with themselves or with reality, so if you understand how logic works and believe that reality is real, then you can disprove just about any concept of God that people bring you.
If you're seriously interested in this, I recommend reading "God: the failed hypothesis" by Victor Stenger.
But you're probably not interested, you just think you're being cute.
Why would an athiests need to prove that god doesn't exist? Their position is the null hypothesis. It is the default position consistent with all the available evidence.
It's the theists that are making the extraordinary claims.
It's only a slippery slope if making the current decision makes all the rest of those things inevitable. I don't think that applies here. It's possible to select offspring traits without any of those other consequences happening.
Please try to avoid using obvious logical fallacies.
Redheads are picked on because they're a minority on the playground. If people start selecting for redheads, then whatever hair color becomes the minority will get picked on.
I'd love to see more redheads. The most beautiful women I know are redheads.
So when my wife and I decided to have a critter, we were being hypocrites for not first attempting to adopt someone else's child?
I don't follow.
I also don't get how you got modded +5 insightful.
Folding@home works fine on Linux and Mac and, as far as i know, it's always been that way. Where did you get the idea that it didn't support those platforms?
What, exactly, is Microsoft going to do with this information?
is there a college radio station in that area?
Really? Depending on the system, we used to go through characters so fast that we'd bring multiple pre-made characters to every gaming session just so we wouldn't have to waste time in-session making new characters. I started writing up my characters on notecards (why bother with detailed history or equipment when the average life expectancy is a couple hours?).
No, distribution within an organization does not constitute distribution in regards to the GPL.
They're also giving back by submitting bug reports and helping devs find problems in the software. They might also help others solve problems in mailing lists and forums.
Most users that give back give back in the same way. Why should we hold small companies to a higher standard?
Before you decide to boycott ASUS, wait for the slashdot story that explains if this is a fake or genuine.
The article mentioned that the dice get beat up pretty bad at the bottom of the machine. I have three questions:
1. how long do the dice last before needing to be pulled out of the machine and replaced?
2. how are damaged dice identified to be removed?
3. does the software recognize when damaged dice are causing errors (for example, when the paint from a pip has been completely chipped off)?
It's my understanding that the cost of corn has followed the costs of fuel (read: transportation costs dominate the equation).
In the past, people have posted web hosting companies that do allow you to use PostgreSQL.
Perhaps some nice karma seeker will find one of those posts and repost that information.
Are they happy with the switch to PostgreSQL?
Any unforeseen gotchas?
Spot on analysis. I wish I had mod points.
If a woman doesn't want to have a baby, she has the options to make 100% sure that she doesn't have a baby.
Standard birth control, properly used, is better than 99% effective (meaning there's less than 1% change of getting pregnant in a year while being sexually active). If combined with condome use (very likely if worried about STDs), it's even more effective. Women who don't want children can pursue abortions or, for the more proactive, have their tubes tied.
Lots of options that weren't available to previous generations.
Wow, that's the first rational explanation I've ever heard for why prostitution is illegal. Of course, it is no longer valid since effective birth control does exist.