If a kid grows up with concerned active parents who spend signifcant time interacting with her, the screen time will probably not hurt too much. If TV and tech are used as a constant babysitter, then the kid will probably have stunted intellect and social skills.
Russel Bank's latest novel "Lost Memory of Skin" (11 reviews here) concerns a guy who grew up with no emotional support, fell in internet porn, and found himself in real trouble.
"Jonas Pfeil, a student from the Technical University of Berlin, has created a rugged, grapefruit-sized ball that has 36 fixed-focus, 2-megapixel digital camera sensors built in
All particles with positive mass go slower than the speed of light.
Particles with zero mass go at the speed of light. Neutrinos, going faster than c like tachyons have imaginary mass. Imaginary mass, plugged into gravitational formula which uses mass squared will give repulsion rather than attraction. If the universe is filled with these neutrinos, it would explain the repulsive force we label as dark energy.
All particles with positive mass go slower than the speed of light.
Particles with zero mass go at the speed of light. Therefore these neutrinos, going faster than c, have negative mass. Negative mass, plugged into gravitational formula will give repulsion rather than attraction. If the universe is filled with these neutrinos, it would explain the repulsive force we label as dark energy.
Would someone explain what is wrong with this reasoning?
To the extent that it's adding more bandwidth it counts. The extra cost, due to the different route, is not adding anything and is the equivalent of a "bridge to nowhere." The excess construction cost added money to the economy but it produces no extra productivity afterwards.
As a side comment, I suspect most of the money will be spent offshore as the cable industry is global.
Good point, but the cost of the extra bandwidth is more than if the cable took the usual, longer but less expensive route. This extra cost is paid by the trading firms who skim money off productive parts of the economy.
I just read an article in Popular Science that almost made me sick to the stomach. The headline says it all "Pricey Transatlantic Cable Could Save Milliseconds, Millions by Speeding Data to Stock Traders".
Here is $400M being spent just to give flash traders a 5 ms advantage in trans-atlantic trading. It adds nothing to the economy, just lets the Wall Street Casino operators skim more money from the economy. I addition, it diverts talent from productive projects.
Never has Matt Taibbi's description of Goldman Sachs, and by extension, all the big banks, as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money" seem even more apt.
Blaming greed on the collapse of a system is like blaming gravity on the collapse of a bridge. In both cases they are permanent conditions they have to be factored into the design of the system.
We are all heirs to the industrial revolution and grateful for its advances, such as better living conditions and a longer healthier life, but the revolution was pure hell for the working class that lived through it.
Before the tsunami, the CEO of Exelon ( a leading nuclear power plant operator in the United States) stated that nuclear power was not competitive with natural gas, let alone coal.
Exelon CEO John Rowe recently told the press that natural gas would have to cost more than $9 per million BTUs before nuclear power plants could compete — about double its current price and far north of the $5.3 per million BTU price over the next 5 to 10 years that forecasters predict for the future.
Investors are reluctant to finance nuclear power, it is not only only-competitive but one accident can totally destroy the value of the generating plant.
All of us are glad to that we can reap the benefits of the industrial revolution. We all in the advanced countries live greatly better lives than those of 300 years ago. Even the poor of the world have benefited from public health advances.
Still we have to recognize the the industrial revolution was pure hell for the artisans and farmers who lost their livelihoods at the time.
We may be in the same situation with the information revolution, with a great long term outcome but a large amount of short term pain. I realize, as Keynes said, "In the long term we will all be dead".
Every time I travel between Washington DC and NYC, I can choose a subsidized train for about $100 one way or an unsubsidized bus for less than $25. I usually choose the bus.
We would be much better off to upgrade the freight railroads to take the trucks of the roads. Along the I-95 corridor on the East Coast there are a few choke points, such as the pre-Civil War tunnel under Baltimore, which are too small to allow truck-on-flatcar traffic through . The railroad paralleling I-81 needs upgrading too.
Taking trucks off these roads would clear the roads for buses and cars, reduce wear on the roads, and save great amount of oil. If we electrified the railroads ( another project ) we would use no oil for transport.
In 1789 mobs on the streets of Paris overthrew the monarchy without the Internet, without television, without radio, without telephones and without the telegraph.
There is no question the Net has played a large role, and perhaps triggered the uprising earlier than would have happened without it, but it is not absolutely needed.
My daughter went to a top high school, worked at NIH during the summer, and won an Intel semi-finalist for her NIH project. After noting the job insecurity of the post-docs at NIH she crossed science off her list.
She is now a successful lawyer.
Also -- note that the most famous engineer in the US is Dilbert.
Every time a new gee-whiz technology is created, it is soon used to solve social problems. In Great Britain millions of surveillance camera have failed to dent crime rates, in spite of a few high-profile successes.
In education, which is even more fad-driven than crime fighting, deployment of educational tv, audio tapes, laptop computer and other gizmos have failed to engage turned-off students. iPads are the latest gadget.. I expect they will be another expensive fiasco.
There is no substitute for engaged teachers and parents.
How much longer can they keep investors interested in holding their stock?
Not too much longer. Goldman has downgraded Microsoft's stock to neutral. From the article
Goldman said it now expected Redmond’s core business to be affected by a longer PC refresh cycle. The sting in the tail being that Microsoft, as Ballmer has recently – finally – acknowledged, can no longer rely on those products alone. Diversify or die is, perhaps, the simplistic message.
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If a kid grows up with concerned active parents who spend signifcant time interacting with her, the screen time will probably not hurt too much. If TV and tech are used as a constant babysitter, then the kid will probably have stunted intellect and social skills.
Russel Bank's latest novel "Lost Memory of Skin" (11 reviews here) concerns a guy who grew up with no emotional support, fell in internet porn, and found himself in real trouble.
Someone just did exactly that.
We complain that politicians lie, but refuse to elect any of them that tell the truth. Go figure!
Devote it exclusively to Facebook. I downloaded Opera.
All particles with positive mass go slower than the speed of light.
Particles with zero mass go at the speed of light.
Neutrinos, going faster than c like tachyons have imaginary mass.
Imaginary mass, plugged into gravitational formula which uses mass squared will give repulsion rather than attraction.
If the universe is filled with these neutrinos, it would explain the repulsive force we label as dark energy.
This is derived from a previous comment I made, corrected by a reply.
All particles with positive mass go slower than the speed of light.
Particles with zero mass go at the speed of light.
Therefore these neutrinos, going faster than c, have negative mass.
Negative mass, plugged into gravitational formula will give repulsion rather than attraction.
If the universe is filled with these neutrinos, it would explain the repulsive force we label as dark energy.
Would someone explain what is wrong with this reasoning?
I did
To the extent that it's adding more bandwidth it counts. The extra cost, due to the different route, is not adding anything and is the equivalent of a "bridge to nowhere." The excess construction cost added money to the economy but it produces no extra productivity afterwards.
As a side comment, I suspect most of the money will be spent offshore as the cable industry is global.
Good point, but the cost of the extra bandwidth is more than if the cable took the usual, longer but less expensive route. This extra cost is paid by the trading firms who skim money off productive parts of the economy.
by yours truly, here .
I just read an article in Popular Science that almost made me sick to the stomach. The headline says it all "Pricey Transatlantic Cable Could Save Milliseconds, Millions by Speeding Data to Stock Traders".
Here is $400M being spent just to give flash traders a 5 ms advantage in trans-atlantic trading. It adds nothing to the economy, just lets the Wall Street Casino operators skim more money from the economy. I addition, it diverts talent from productive projects.
Never has Matt Taibbi's description of Goldman Sachs, and by extension, all the big banks, as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money" seem even more apt.
by yours truly in 'DailyKos
Blaming greed on the collapse of a system is like blaming gravity on the collapse of a bridge. In both cases they are permanent conditions they have to be factored into the design of the system.
We are all heirs to the industrial revolution and grateful for its advances, such as better living conditions and a longer healthier life, but the revolution was pure hell for the working class that lived through it.
Before the tsunami, the CEO of Exelon ( a leading nuclear power plant operator in the United States)
stated that nuclear power was not competitive with natural gas, let alone coal.
Investors are reluctant to finance nuclear power, it is not only only-competitive but one accident can totally destroy the value of the generating plant.
All of us are glad to that we can reap the benefits of the industrial revolution. We all in the advanced countries live greatly better lives than those of 300 years ago. Even the poor of the world have benefited from public health advances.
Still we have to recognize the the industrial revolution was pure hell for the artisans and farmers who lost their livelihoods at the time.
We may be in the same situation with the information revolution, with a great long term outcome but a large amount of short term pain. I realize, as Keynes said, "In the long term we will all be dead".
Blaming an economic collapses on greed is like blaming a bridge collapse on gravity. Both are always there, you design your system around them.
Every time I travel between Washington DC and NYC, I can choose a subsidized train for about $100 one way or an unsubsidized bus for less than $25. I usually choose the bus.
We would be much better off to upgrade the freight railroads to take the trucks of the roads. Along the I-95 corridor on the East Coast there are a few choke points, such as the pre-Civil War tunnel under Baltimore, which are too small to allow truck-on-flatcar traffic through . The railroad paralleling I-81 needs upgrading too.
Taking trucks off these roads would clear the roads for buses and cars, reduce wear on the roads, and save great amount of oil. If we electrified the railroads ( another project ) we would use no oil for transport.
In 1789 mobs on the streets of Paris overthrew the monarchy without the Internet, without television, without radio, without telephones and without the telegraph.
There is no question the Net has played a large role, and perhaps triggered the uprising earlier than would have happened without it, but it is not absolutely needed.
They follow the jobs.
My daughter went to a top high school, worked at NIH during the summer, and won an Intel semi-finalist for her NIH project. After noting the job insecurity of the post-docs at NIH she crossed science off her list.
She is now a successful lawyer.
Also -- note that the most famous engineer in the US is Dilbert.
Every time a new gee-whiz technology is created, it is soon used to solve social problems. In Great Britain millions of surveillance camera have failed to dent crime rates, in spite of a few high-profile successes.
In education, which is even more fad-driven than crime fighting, deployment of educational tv, audio tapes, laptop computer and other gizmos have failed to engage turned-off students. iPads are the latest gadget.. I expect they will be another expensive fiasco.
There is no substitute for engaged teachers and parents.
Those frequencies at that high of voltage (480 volts typical) has a very high switching rate that requires exotic transistor designs
How did they do this in 1944? Couldn't Iran use the same technology.
How much longer can they keep investors interested in holding their stock?
Not too much longer. Goldman has downgraded Microsoft's stock to neutral. From the article
Goldman said it now expected Redmond’s core business to be affected by a longer PC refresh cycle. The sting in the tail being that Microsoft, as Ballmer has recently – finally – acknowledged, can no longer rely on those products alone. Diversify or die is, perhaps, the simplistic message.
Since Unions are such a big problem, I assume that than non-union Mississippi has better schools than unionized Massachusetts.
The artiicle is The Early Catastrophe