North, Central and South America are the same continent; America.
If continents were defined by plate tectonics, then America would be split in 6. And the crossing would be from Mexico to Guatemala.
Approximately: - North American Plate (Canada, most of USA, Mexico, and Belize) - Pacific Plate (part of California, USA and Baja California, Mexico; and possibly a few Alaskan islands) - Caribbean Plate (Caribbean island countries and Central America) - Nazca Plate (Peruvian and Ecuadorian islands) - South American Plate (almost all South America) - Scotia Plate (south of Terra del Fuego, smallish parts of Chile and Argentina)
There is a clear difference between hiding if people know who you are and getting away with murder if the police does not know you're the one they're looking for.
Microsoft is going to kill Google the way they killed Netscape.
Hmmm. I'm not so sure. Especially as Google's major business is ads, not search. Taking out any company that dominates advertising in any media is pretty difficult and takes a lot of time. Google search has ads, Gmail has ads, and almost every single f%*ing page has Google ads. I really don't see Google loosing the war anytime soon.
But I agree, it's going to be very interesting to see what Ms tries to beat Google. In any arena.
Then they tried to beat the PS3, which they succeeded in doing but now they're getting trounced by the Wii. Maybe with the Xbox 3 they'll finally beat both Sony and Nintendo.
Well, in the console area I think their money can more easily pay in the medium to long run. The Xbox 360 is way more "competitive" than the original one, and I'd even say it's a quite good console. However, besides really being beaten by the Wii, I wouldn't claim they beat the PS3.
In the beginning, maybe. Especially because of price and Sony delays. But the PS3 has been growing fast. It was only a matter of time before developers started getting to know the system and really using its capabilities.
The PS3 has been closing the gap on the Xbox quite fast. IIRC, in September in the US it even outsold both the Wii and the Xbox. And MS never got a foothold in Japan.
Maybe Xbox 4th gen will beat Sony. Let's see. The competition will be very good (for gamers).
Also, Microsoft is diversifying too much and getting to big. This also slows it down and makes certain parts of the company have to "drag" the others.
I also think that TFA is exaggerated and that most devices will still exist.
But, specifically about pay phones, many poorer countries have stands where you can rent a cell phone to make a call and then pay for the minute. So the phone booth will just change its form.
And regarding games, in my opinion people will not play on their phones. But their DSs and PSPs will make phone calls. With bluetooth headsets, VOIP, and everything becoming a IP network, it's already here.
By "glitch" they mean "totally offline delaying and canceling flights".
I'm pretty sure they had lots of other bugs and "regular glitches" in this time.
On the other hand, I'm also pretty sure that this kind of software does indeed go through a much better development and verification process than most commercial software around.
The tax exemption in the case of religious entities being discussed here is the one on the church side. They are exempt from taxes on the money they make (from donations or other means). A regular company or person would usually pay some sort of taxes on income. This happens as an incentive for the entity to do the charitable work and keep investing everything in its goals (as a non-profit).
You're talking about tax exemption like in donating your money to something like a charitable entity. Then, yes, for certain charities you are exempt of taxes. And this reduced burden works as an incentive for you to donate; exactly as you said.
As from the news I've read, Itaipu's output was first reduced in about 10% because of the start of the blackout, and later temporarily shutdown as there was nobody consuming power and no need to keep it running at full capacity.
Well, first of all, the 60 minutes episode about blackouts in 2005 and 2007 provides absolutely no proof or other data about those blackouts being caused by hackers, except for two anonymous sources that suspect it was.
Second, there was no breach in the grid network, at least not know so far. What happened was that the ONS (the Brazilian electric grid operator) website was hacked.
ONS, the operator of the electric system, whose website was hacked, is not a state-run company. It is a private non-profit regulated by Brazil's National Electrical Energy Agency.
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Yep, I know. But the character usually called just Bizarro is Superman Bizarro.
North, Central and South America are the same continent; America.
If continents were defined by plate tectonics, then America would be split in 6. And the crossing would be from Mexico to Guatemala.
Approximately:
- North American Plate (Canada, most of USA, Mexico, and Belize)
- Pacific Plate (part of California, USA and Baja California, Mexico; and possibly a few Alaskan islands)
- Caribbean Plate (Caribbean island countries and Central America)
- Nazca Plate (Peruvian and Ecuadorian islands)
- South American Plate (almost all South America)
- Scotia Plate (south of Terra del Fuego, smallish parts of Chile and Argentina)
Actually, the continent is still America. North, Central and South. It is one continent.
Otherwise, he could just jump from Mexico to Belize (N.A. to C.A.) or something like that.
Bizarro is Bizzaro Superman. Well, at least in Brazil. :)
There is a clear difference between hiding if people know who you are
and getting away with murder if the police does not know you're the one they're looking for.
Microsoft is going to kill Google the way they killed Netscape.
Hmmm. I'm not so sure. Especially as Google's major business is ads, not search. Taking out any company that dominates advertising in any media is pretty difficult and takes a lot of time. Google search has ads, Gmail has ads, and almost every single f%*ing page has Google ads. I really don't see Google loosing the war anytime soon.
But I agree, it's going to be very interesting to see what Ms tries to beat Google. In any arena.
Then they tried to beat the PS3, which they succeeded in doing but now they're getting trounced by the Wii. Maybe with the Xbox 3 they'll finally beat both Sony and Nintendo.
Well, in the console area I think their money can more easily pay in the medium to long run. The Xbox 360 is way more "competitive" than the original one, and I'd even say it's a quite good console. However, besides really being beaten by the Wii, I wouldn't claim they beat the PS3.
In the beginning, maybe. Especially because of price and Sony delays. But the PS3 has been growing fast. It was only a matter of time before developers started getting to know the system and really using its capabilities.
The PS3 has been closing the gap on the Xbox quite fast. IIRC, in September in the US it even outsold both the Wii and the Xbox. And MS never got a foothold in Japan.
Maybe Xbox 4th gen will beat Sony. Let's see. The competition will be very good (for gamers).
Also, Microsoft is diversifying too much and getting to big. This also slows it down and makes certain parts of the company have to "drag" the others.
I agree.
Why can't people just walk straight, not stop or change direction suddenly, and just plain simply look where they're going?
And I'm not even talking about those absent minded with their cell phones and the like.
I also think that TFA is exaggerated and that most devices will still exist.
But, specifically about pay phones, many poorer countries have stands where you can rent a cell phone to make a call and then pay for the minute. So the phone booth will just change its form.
And regarding games, in my opinion people will not play on their phones. But their DSs and PSPs will make phone calls. With bluetooth headsets, VOIP, and everything becoming a IP network, it's already here.
Hmmmm....
So the clear answer to go ahead is... steampunk!
OK, agreed. But that's not what the GP said.
The one addon I really cannot survive anymore without it is Chinese Perakun. It's absolutely awesome!
Of course, AdBlock is also big on my list.
By "glitch" they mean "totally offline delaying and canceling flights".
I'm pretty sure they had lots of other bugs and "regular glitches" in this time.
On the other hand, I'm also pretty sure that this kind of software does indeed go through a much better development and verification process than most commercial software around.
Common sense != Science.
Also, it doesn't explain why or how atrophy happens or how to prevent it.
Sure, because police can go to any cybercafe or university and take all their computers anytime they want, right?
"You try to create an idiot proof system, mother nature just creates a 'better' idiot." :)
The tax exemption in the case of religious entities being discussed here is the one on the church side. They are exempt from taxes on the money they make (from donations or other means). A regular company or person would usually pay some sort of taxes on income. This happens as an incentive for the entity to do the charitable work and keep investing everything in its goals (as a non-profit).
You're talking about tax exemption like in donating your money to something like a charitable entity. Then, yes, for certain charities you are exempt of taxes. And this reduced burden works as an incentive for you to donate; exactly as you said.
So in both cases Reduced burden = Incentive.
As from the news I've read, Itaipu's output was first reduced in about 10% because of the start of the blackout, and later temporarily shutdown as there was nobody consuming power and no need to keep it running at full capacity.
Reduced burden = incentive.
Just look at any form of subsidy.
Well, first of all, the 60 minutes episode about blackouts in 2005 and 2007 provides absolutely no proof or other data about those blackouts being caused by hackers, except for two anonymous sources that suspect it was.
Second, there was no breach in the grid network, at least not know so far. What happened was that the ONS (the Brazilian electric grid operator) website was hacked.
Original xkcd reference. http://xkcd.com/327/
There was no issue with Itaipu. It remained working. For now it seems it was a problem with distribution lines.
ONS, the operator of the electric system, whose website was hacked, is not a state-run company. It is a private non-profit regulated by Brazil's National Electrical Energy Agency.
What was broken into was the website of the organization that runs the system.
Have you tried zooming in as much as possible in Google Maps Moon?!
Yeah! When we get to ASIMO 5 we're doomed!