I downloaded a separate browser 9 (Opera in my case) which I use exclusively for Facebook. That way FB can't track my browsing with like buttons as I do my browsing on Firefox.
Whether we read it on paper on on the screen does not matter. What does matter: "How are we going to support journalism?" . Especially local journalism. Who will cover the zoning board. Who will ferret out corruption? The meetings of the Virginia legislature used to be covered by eight reporters, now it is covered by one. ( From memory, I cannot find the story ).
New Orleans may give us a preview, since there is no shortage of corruption. While the cat's away.....
The purpose of the behavioral change in rats is to get the rat gobbled up by a cat so that the parasite could reproduce. I wonder if toxoplasmosis in humans promotes reckless and suicidal behavior. This would give the parasite another opportunity to reproduce. Just imagine 50,000 years ago a suicidal or reckless person decided to taunt a hungry tiger. One strike by the annoyed tiger, and the toxoplasmosis would have access to a warm cat gut to reproduce. Isn't nature wonderful
The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was used for the first time in the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812. The word was created in reaction to a redrawing of Massachusetts state senate election districts under the then-governor Elbridge Gerry (pronounced/ri/; 1744–1814).
Most credit cards will double the manufactures warranty. That is a one year warranty becomes a two year warranty. They cover the second year. It is a free feature.
I do not mean that you don't use these technologies, just be honest that they are not perfectly safe and plan for their failure, such as lifeboats on modern ships do,
There were not effective response plans for the BP spill, or the Exxon Valdez. At the very least, have a legal framework. The lawsuits from the Valdez dragged on for decades.
There might be a level at which radiation is beneficial. This is called hormesis
From Wikipedia
Hormesis (from Greek hórmsis...) is the term for generally favorable biological responses to low exposures to toxins and other stressors. A pollutant or toxin showing hormesis thus has the opposite effect in small doses as in large doses
The concept is vigorously debated, but has been shown to work in some animal experiments. In humans, small doses of alcohol, a toxin, seems to improve heart health.
Humans, as all life, have evolved under low level background radiation. We may be adapted to it.
I think many people are in willful denial. Deep down they think it's true, but they don't want to accept the consequential changes in their lifestyle that we need to do anything about it. The easiest way to square the two contradictory positions is to deny that climate change is a problem.
In the latter half of the last century Russia and East Germany had extensive spy networks, probably the biggest in the world. Look what happened to them.
The first ever transmission of information using a beam of neutrinos has be achieved by physicists in the US. The demonstration is highly preliminary – it operates at less than 1 bit/s – and will require a lot of development before it can have any useful application. Nevertheless, the work proves a concept that physicists have been contemplating for years and that could ultimately be used in situations where other means of communications are not feasible.
At a town hall meeting hosted by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), I stood up and complained that the patent system, which is supposed to help software developers, is instead a sword over our heads. I then gave two examples of recent ridiculous patents.
He replied that he is ( or was ) on the Commerce Committee and is aware of the problem. After the obligatory talk on the need to protect intellectual property he showed an awareness and sympathy to the issue. His last line was that when you want to use "1+ 1 = 2" you should not have to worry about someone having a patent on the plus sign.
Non techie solution, do your searches on Bing. Also, use a separate dedicated browser for Facebook ( I use Opera ). Of course assume that anything you put on the net is public.
I read The WIndup Girl about two years ago. Part of the backround is is that the "expansion" , the 250 year run of expanding economies, has come to a horrible end, with famine, wars, genocide and ethnic cleansing. In spite of the technical holes in the book, it rings true to me and I have been reading science fictiion since 1954.
Every time I walk into a supermarket and observe the incredible plenty around me I think "The Expansion". I hope my worries do not come true.
The Automatic Telephone Exchange was patented in the 1890s and was available in the 1900s. The relays could have been rewired as an electromechanical computer, as was done in 1943 on the Z3 computer .
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I downloaded a separate browser 9 (Opera in my case) which I use exclusively for Facebook. That way FB can't track my browsing with like buttons as I do my browsing on Firefox.
Whether we read it on paper on on the screen does not matter. What does matter: "How are we going to support journalism?" . Especially local journalism. Who will cover the zoning board. Who will ferret out corruption? The meetings of the Virginia legislature used to be covered by eight reporters, now it is covered by one. ( From memory, I cannot find the story ).
New Orleans may give us a preview, since there is no shortage of corruption. While the cat's away.....
The purpose of the behavioral change in rats is to get the rat gobbled up by a cat so that the parasite could reproduce. I wonder if toxoplasmosis in humans promotes reckless and suicidal behavior. This would give the parasite another opportunity to reproduce. Just imagine 50,000 years ago a suicidal or reckless person decided to taunt a hungry tiger. One strike by the annoyed tiger, and the toxoplasmosis would have access to a warm cat gut to reproduce. Isn't nature wonderful
From Wikipedia.
Most credit cards will double the manufactures warranty. That is a one year warranty becomes a two year warranty. They cover the second year. It is a free feature.
It is both trivial and profound to note that our educational problems will be solved when the math team has the same prestige as the football team.
I lurk to follow postings from my extended family. It keeps me in closer touch than I was previously. If I reply, I do it off Facebook.
"Facebook tracks every web page you visit that has a Facebook button"
Download a separate browser, such as Opera, and devote it exclusively to Facebook.
I do not mean that you don't use these technologies, just be honest that they are not perfectly safe and plan for their failure, such as lifeboats on modern ships do,
There were not effective response plans for the BP spill, or the Exxon Valdez. At the very least, have a legal framework. The lawsuits from the Valdez dragged on for decades.
You Can't Repeal Murphy's Law
Fukashima
BP oil spill\
Costa Concordia Cruise Ship
Exxon Valdeze
Titanic
We were all allsured that they were foolproof. Wrong -- we found the fools.
There might be a level at which radiation is beneficial. This is called hormesis
From Wikipedia
The concept is vigorously debated, but has been shown to work in some animal experiments. In humans, small doses of alcohol, a toxin, seems to improve heart health.
Humans, as all life, have evolved under low level background radiation. We may be adapted to it.
I think many people are in willful denial. Deep down they think it's true, but they don't want to accept the consequential changes in their lifestyle that we need to do anything about it. The easiest way to square the two contradictory positions is to deny that climate change is a problem.
It is an all too normal human reaction.
In the latter half of the last century Russia and East Germany had extensive spy networks, probably the biggest in the world. Look what happened to them.
"retain stuff for a VERY long time'
What is a VERY long time. Unless tape has improved in the last 20 years, it has has an archival life of a decade or two.
It's already been done.
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When I worked at the Office of Fusion Energy, US Department of Energy in the early 90's, we referred to ITER as "money ITER".
If unions are such a problem, why do students in unionized states (e.g. Massachusetts ) outscore those in non-union states (e.g. South Carolina )
Could we stop the comments on abstract issues and just stick to the concrete one.
The BP oil spill and Fukashima again prove that you can't repeal Murphy's Law. Nothing about these small reactors changes this.
At a town hall meeting hosted by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md), I stood up and complained that the patent system, which is supposed to help software developers, is instead a sword over our heads. I then gave two examples of recent ridiculous patents.
He replied that he is ( or was ) on the Commerce Committee and is aware of the problem. After the obligatory talk on the need to protect intellectual property he showed an awareness and sympathy to the issue. His last line was that when you want to use "1+ 1 = 2" you should not have to worry about someone having a patent on the plus sign.
"and as someone essentially locked into gmail"
Non techie solution, do your searches on Bing. Also, use a separate dedicated browser for Facebook ( I use Opera ). Of course assume that anything you put on the net is public.
I read The WIndup Girl about two years ago. Part of the backround is is that the "expansion" , the 250 year run of expanding economies, has come to a horrible end, with famine, wars, genocide and ethnic cleansing. In spite of the technical holes in the book, it rings true to me and I have been reading science fictiion since 1954.
Every time I walk into a supermarket and observe the incredible plenty around me I think "The Expansion". I hope my worries do not come true.
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The Automatic Telephone Exchange was patented in the 1890s and was available in the 1900s. The relays could have been rewired as an electromechanical computer, as was done in 1943 on the Z3 computer .
No one thought of it.
Even fine cremation ashes at orbital velocity can damage satellites.