Risks: Billions of these birds all over, i.e. nothing that hasn't happened before.
Yeah, but the environment is different than it was when those pigeons were alive. For one thing, with the automobile everywhere, there are vastly more targets than there were in their day. The thought of hundreds of million of cars covered in pigeon poop should scare anyone! Don't do it!!
I once saw a nature show where two male dolphins were holding a female prisoner. When she tried to head for the open sea, one of the males would intercept her. They did that so she would mate with one of them, which means they were rapists! And dolphins are supposed to be nice!
Which works if you're consistent. The problem is, if you don't use the question for awhile, you might forget, and tell them your mother's maiden name is Rhubarb.
However, if your tiny local business had a virus infecting their coffee the way some web advertisers install malware, I guarantee that you would never return. If they are blasting obnoxious noises inside their business the way audio ads hit your browser, you would likely not return either.
People will support you, if they like you. But, if you are obnoxious, you will not be liked.
In fact, awhile ago, my GF and I ate at a small pizza place. The food was very good, but they played background music very loudly. We didn't return.
My boss knows that I surf the web, read stupid sites (aka Slashdot), and do other non-work stuff. She also knows that I get all my work done, and that when she emails me for a question or to give me more work, I'm quick to respond.
On the other extreme I really like Rand Paul, and though I am not thrilled by people like Pelosi or Reid, I would support them 100% if they would speak out against drone strikes on US citizens.
There needs to be less "Us vs. Them" in American politics. There needs to be more "Right vs. Wrong".
Sadly, you'll have to wait until there's a Republican in the White House before Reid or Pelosi speak against the drone strikes.
Until you can build a chip that can emulate x86 and support a different architecture and do so more cost effectively than just an x86 chip x86 will live. You can't kill it, Intel can't kill it, AMD can't kill it, Microsoft can't kill it and you sure as hell can't nuke it from orbit. It's embedded in billions of computers and software programs worldwide, and that is a zombie army that you just can't fight.
That, in fact is how Apple switched processors. Twice. The PowerPC Macs were so much faster than the old 68K that they could emulate the old stuff as fast as the 68K machines, and the native PPC software blew the older machines away. When they switched to (ugh) Intel, the PPC had fallen behind and there was a similar performance gap.
IIRC, early versions of Windows NT could run emulated x86 software at decent speed on the DEC Alpha, but that machine was too pricey for the mass market.
So, to kill the x86, we need a machine that is enough faster than the x86 to run legacy software at comparable speed, native software that's faster than anything on X86, and a price low enough for the average consumer.
When I talk to one of the machines over the phone, they usually give me a list of options, none of which relate to my problem. I have no problem starting with a machine, but PLEASE, give me a way to get to a human when the machine doesn't cut it.
Depends on the day. When I'm driving around with my GF, going to several widely spread casinos, restaurants, and other places, I easily exceed 100 miles.
11. No protection against physical burglary 12. No protection against devaluation 13. No protection against overnight invalidation of your currency (which can happen under martial law) 14. Paper burns 15. Family replace mattresses without you knowing it, throwing everything 16. Family inside job / theft
12. An interest rate of 00000.7 percent isn't much more protection than my mattress, and maybe better, with the lack of fees. 13. Can't that happen with bank funds too? 16. My brother has a decent chance of getting into my bank account too. After all, he knows my mom's maiden name, my favorite color, and my first pet.
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Risks: Billions of these birds all over, i.e. nothing that hasn't happened before.
Yeah, but the environment is different than it was when those pigeons were alive. For one thing, with the automobile everywhere, there are vastly more targets than there were in their day. The thought of hundreds of million of cars covered in pigeon poop should scare anyone! Don't do it!!
And even that assumes you have a working compiler for your machine.
I pray not!
LOL! I found it interesting that any organization, in 2013, still communicates by smoke signals.
Well, there have been a lot of peter problems in the church.
I once saw a nature show where two male dolphins were holding a female prisoner. When she tried to head for the open sea, one of the males would intercept her. They did that so she would mate with one of them, which means they were rapists! And dolphins are supposed to be nice!
But, if it's not viable, they can patch it with frog DNA.
Bitcoins are used to buy drugs and illegal pornography. That is their primary application.
Let's not have Slashdot cater two of the most worthless communities to ever exist.
Slashdot caters to nerds. Some of whom buy drugs and illegal porn. Sometimes with bitcoins! I can see the relevance of these stories.
Which works if you're consistent. The problem is, if you don't use the question for awhile, you might forget, and tell them your mother's maiden name is Rhubarb.
However, if your tiny local business had a virus infecting their coffee the way some web advertisers install malware, I guarantee that you would never return. If they are blasting obnoxious noises inside their business the way audio ads hit your browser, you would likely not return either.
People will support you, if they like you. But, if you are obnoxious, you will not be liked.
In fact, awhile ago, my GF and I ate at a small pizza place. The food was very good, but they played background music very loudly. We didn't return.
If I get my task done in 2 hours, I let my boss know that it's done. If she has more work for me, she has my email.
My boss knows that I surf the web, read stupid sites (aka Slashdot), and do other non-work stuff. She also knows that I get all my work done, and that when she emails me for a question or to give me more work, I'm quick to respond.
The talent will get POd and quit. The slackers will get fired. The bosses will scratch their heads and ask where everyone is.
On the other extreme I really like Rand Paul, and though I am not thrilled by people like Pelosi or Reid, I would support them 100% if they would speak out against drone strikes on US citizens.
There needs to be less "Us vs. Them" in American politics. There needs to be more "Right vs. Wrong".
Sadly, you'll have to wait until there's a Republican in the White House before Reid or Pelosi speak against the drone strikes.
How do you get by without giving money to assholes (Microsoft/Google/Facebook/Walmart/any business I know of)?
I can't think of cases where the Laws were totally broken, but quite a few where they didn't work as expected.
Until you can build a chip that can emulate x86 and support a different architecture and do so more cost effectively than just an x86 chip x86 will live. You can't kill it, Intel can't kill it, AMD can't kill it, Microsoft can't kill it and you sure as hell can't nuke it from orbit. It's embedded in billions of computers and software programs worldwide, and that is a zombie army that you just can't fight.
That, in fact is how Apple switched processors. Twice. The PowerPC Macs were so much faster than the old 68K that they could emulate the old stuff as fast as the 68K machines, and the native PPC software blew the older machines away. When they switched to (ugh) Intel, the PPC had fallen behind and there was a similar performance gap.
IIRC, early versions of Windows NT could run emulated x86 software at decent speed on the DEC Alpha, but that machine was too pricey for the mass market.
So, to kill the x86, we need a machine that is enough faster than the x86 to run legacy software at comparable speed, native software that's faster than anything on X86, and a price low enough for the average consumer.
When I talk to one of the machines over the phone, they usually give me a list of options, none of which relate to my problem. I have no problem starting with a machine, but PLEASE, give me a way to get to a human when the machine doesn't cut it.
Also, the average politician emits far more greenhouse gas than the average cow. And the politician emits them from the opposite end!
But I thought it was just because I was too fat.
You meant he WASN'T talking about intense dolphins?!
Same here. It would probably stop the car with no engine on a flat surface, but I'm not even sure of that!
Depends on the day. When I'm driving around with my GF, going to several widely spread casinos, restaurants, and other places, I easily exceed 100 miles.
When did the definition of tyranny become "Government doing something I don't like"?
Whenever Democrats are in charge, Republicans suddenly start screaming about tyranny.
And vice-versa.
11. No protection against physical burglary
12. No protection against devaluation
13. No protection against overnight invalidation of your currency (which can happen under martial law)
14. Paper burns
15. Family replace mattresses without you knowing it, throwing everything
16. Family inside job / theft
12. An interest rate of 00000.7 percent isn't much more protection than my mattress, and maybe better, with the lack of fees.
13. Can't that happen with bank funds too?
16. My brother has a decent chance of getting into my bank account too. After all, he knows my mom's maiden name, my favorite color, and my first pet.