It's still the same topic - meddling in U.S. Affairs...
Except that this article is about Russia's meddling, not meddling in general.
... the main slant of the supposed meddling is Russia having some kind of ties to Trump...
If you say so, however the article is about UK and 2014.
...but in fact as I said if you want to look for meddling... you should consider China...
That is not what you said, you said that people talking about Russia's meddling are "delusional" and that meddling has "hardly anything to do with Russia"
Look at both if you want,...
Not only will but am. Will you?
... Russia is in fact the one meant to drive discussion away from the topic...
How twisted reality we're living? Kindly asking to read the article being discussed first.
China's espionage is being discussed in detail... when the article being discussed is about it!
The unfortunate thing is, with all of the Kabuki theater going on about Russia, everyone is totally ignoring China pretty much...
Diverting discussion away from the topic? We're not talking about China but about Russia's meddling here. Will there be any other leak, we'll discuss it.
... stuff on China,... hardly anything to do with Russia...
OK, still diverting, kind of start to have suspicions about the source of this post.
The people that think they are stoking anything are delusional.
Quite to contrary, the people claiming Russia' meddling have evidence of this happening, seems like not only during 2016 elections, but also during UK brexit referendum.
Well, at present they're the only ones who can launch a rocket capable of putting substantially more than a ton of payload into low Earth orbit without using Russian engines.
I assume you're talking about the US only, in which case there's Delta launchers family (all US engines, Delta IV Heavy ~29mT).
Other countries have their own launchers as well, e.g. Europe has Ariane 5 (~20mT to LEO), and Vega (little more then 1mT) without Russian technology (as far as I can tell).
I didn't mention this one, because it is said that it would not produce more energy than needed to run it, however it definitely works and its simplicity is marvelous.
Good point, one more hope.
It's a great achievement, not doubts, however the problem with fusion is to control plasma long enough to have sustained reaction, thus getting netto energy surplus.
At the moment the biggest problem is that plasma leaks through magnetic confinement dropping temperature and shutting down fusion, and short bursts of fusion require more energy for heating plasma than one gets back.
The ITER (international tokamak project) aims at breaking even, there are also other approaches, for which major players are:
- stellarator (W7-X), a very promising way undergoing tests in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- laser fusion, most notably National Ignition Facility in US (some time ago they had a breakthrough with their laser): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- compact fusion, some specialists say it's a viable method, however so far no-one has achieved fusion this way (AFAIK): https://www.lockheedmartin.com... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There are also other ways, but they're unlikely to have positive energy balance (aka produce more than require).
Personally I am looking forward for the German stellarator (which seems the most promising) and this compact fusion if shown to work (is small, kind of portable but it requires HE3, which might be produced by other, bigger fusion reactors to complement each other). However, at the moment, people should pursue all viable ways.
If you knew what was involved in the manufacture of solar panels, wind turbines, and suchlike (let alone the horrendous amounts of energy and toxic chemistry involved in creating the devices), you wouldn't be so quick to draw such a conclusion.
So, what is involved, and how does it compare with what is replaced?
... because if we switch to renewable energy and (maybe) electric cars, we will have cleaner air, less cancer, fewer asthma cases, less massive extinction of other Earth organisms, our electric grids will be more resilient due to being more spread around, fewer earthquakes from fracking?
or maybe because a few oil or coal multi-billionaires will not have another billion on their account?
or maybe you honestly believe that butterflies and honey come out of the tailpipe?
It's an article about simulations built on a model behaving in a way consistent with the model.
I suppose the news here is that the software performed as designed.
Did you know, that one can test these computer models against historical data, aka one feeds lets say 30 years old measurements and verifies with nowadays observations. One can do it on various historical periods and this way one can know if the model is good enough for future predictions, of course it does not guarantee the future, but it's the best we have, and (putting aside politics) it might be very useful.
And (behold), this is exactly how these models are being tested before making any climate prognosis based on them.
Don't spread misinformation, studies showed that electric cars even when powered by fossil fuels generated electricity are cleaner then gasoline - and this is the starting point, which can only get better with more renewable energy, not to mention direct health benefits for all the urban dwellers and commuters.
https://greentransportation.in...
From the article: "... Repeatedly studies have shown even if the electricity comes from coal, electric cars are cleaner than gasoline..."
Him smoking dope has been investigated and debunked - he was offered on the radio, tested and said he doesn't like it, all people remember now is his photo with a dope - he is however a relaxed man (well mostly).
So why would you use anything other than Nitrogen?
Also deep submersibles, which keep high pressure atmosphere have N2 replaced with He because of human physiology (someone more knowledgeable may provide some details).
You seem to nicely divert discussion, which was about legitimacy of public services not differences between rural and urban areas. So I asked a question about sewers in particular (public sanitation in general).
Not to keep this discussion going forever I will lay out my opinion. Public services are important for society to provide vital services for those who cannot afford them, and regardless of moral/political believes there is utilitarian aspect of it, which is well described by the issue with sewers, where society benefits from this public service by preventing outbreaks of diseases (please don't mention septic tanks, it would just indicate you're missing the point). Another aspect of public services is the solution to the so called "commons" problem. There are more, like disaster recovery, access to clean water, and in the current industrial society access to phone/internet. Society (in the meaning: everybody) benefits from people having access to clean water and sanitation - it's cheaper then fighting outbreaks, the same with other mentioned resources, like internet, where it might be easier for people to get out of their poverty and contribute financially instead of needing financial assistance.
Finally, I do not expect you changed your mind, benefits of public services are just economical regardless of personal believes, one just need to see a bigger picture. The beauty of democracy is that we all have what we collectively deserve in the meaning that we shape our own future.
Just do it, seriously. As long as you don't post a torrent somewhere, nobody's gonna bother you.
Wasn't there a case in the US that someone was convicted of making personal copies (no selling, no publicly available) of something (sorry do not remember the details)?
Asking being honestly curious.
Not necessarily, web is OS agnostic, and all indicates that this is where the jobs will be. Already JAVA and JAVA related development in many cases surpasses other technologies (https://www.statista.com/statistics/495026/programming-language-breakdown-by-industry/).
My experience taught me that schools should focus on universal concepts - which are long lasting instead of specific tools details - which change constantly, especially lower level schools (even word processing concepts are universal and knowledge about them will let one use any editor, getting proficient with just a good manual).
Most of the school use of computers is via web based teaching services (math, reading, etc.), an inexpensive, reliable and low maintenance system suits this purpose well.
Slashdot Mirror
Then why is it dark?
Perhaps because it only faces the sun at night.
Technically it's not "dark side" but "far side", just people's habits are hard to change and it's not like the only language imprecision out there.
It's still the same topic - meddling in U.S. Affairs ...
Except that this article is about Russia's meddling, not meddling in general.
... the main slant of the supposed meddling is Russia having some kind of ties to Trump ...
If you say so, however the article is about UK and 2014.
...but in fact as I said if you want to look for meddling ... you should consider China ...
That is not what you said, you said that people talking about Russia's meddling are "delusional" and that meddling has "hardly anything to do with Russia"
Look at both if you want, ...
Not only will but am. Will you?
How twisted reality we're living? Kindly asking to read the article being discussed first. ... when the article being discussed is about it!
China's espionage is being discussed in detail
This Red Scare 2.0 is lit!
The unfortunate thing is, with all of the Kabuki theater going on about Russia, everyone is totally ignoring China pretty much...
Diverting discussion away from the topic? We're not talking about China but about Russia's meddling here. Will there be any other leak, we'll discuss it.
... stuff on China, ... hardly anything to do with Russia ...
OK, still diverting, kind of start to have suspicions about the source of this post.
The people that think they are stoking anything are delusional.
Quite to contrary, the people claiming Russia' meddling have evidence of this happening, seems like not only during 2016 elections, but also during UK brexit referendum.
Well, at present they're the only ones who can launch a rocket capable of putting substantially more than a ton of payload into low Earth orbit without using Russian engines.
I assume you're talking about the US only, in which case there's Delta launchers family (all US engines, Delta IV Heavy ~29mT).
Other countries have their own launchers as well, e.g. Europe has Ariane 5 (~20mT to LEO), and Vega (little more then 1mT) without Russian technology (as far as I can tell).
I didn't mention this one, because it is said that it would not produce more energy than needed to run it, however it definitely works and its simplicity is marvelous.
Good point, one more hope.
And it still doesn't amount to either empirical data or actual "evidence". Model all you like. Have great fun. It still isn't evidence.
Anything regarding the future is a prognosis, how can you even demand evidence regarding predictions?
It's a great achievement, not doubts, however the problem with fusion is to control plasma long enough to have sustained reaction, thus getting netto energy surplus.
At the moment the biggest problem is that plasma leaks through magnetic confinement dropping temperature and shutting down fusion, and short bursts of fusion require more energy for heating plasma than one gets back.
The ITER (international tokamak project) aims at breaking even, there are also other approaches, for which major players are:
- stellarator (W7-X), a very promising way undergoing tests in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- laser fusion, most notably National Ignition Facility in US (some time ago they had a breakthrough with their laser): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- compact fusion, some specialists say it's a viable method, however so far no-one has achieved fusion this way (AFAIK): https://www.lockheedmartin.com... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
There are also other ways, but they're unlikely to have positive energy balance (aka produce more than require).
Personally I am looking forward for the German stellarator (which seems the most promising) and this compact fusion if shown to work (is small, kind of portable but it requires HE3, which might be produced by other, bigger fusion reactors to complement each other). However, at the moment, people should pursue all viable ways.
If you knew what was involved in the manufacture of solar panels, wind turbines, and suchlike (let alone the horrendous amounts of energy and toxic chemistry involved in creating the devices), you wouldn't be so quick to draw such a conclusion.
So, what is involved, and how does it compare with what is replaced?
The enemies of humanity keep promoting this hoax.
... because if we switch to renewable energy and (maybe) electric cars, we will have cleaner air, less cancer, fewer asthma cases, less massive extinction of other Earth organisms, our electric grids will be more resilient due to being more spread around, fewer earthquakes from fracking?
or maybe because a few oil or coal multi-billionaires will not have another billion on their account?
or maybe you honestly believe that butterflies and honey come out of the tailpipe?
It's an article about simulations built on a model behaving in a way consistent with the model.
I suppose the news here is that the software performed as designed.
Did you know, that one can test these computer models against historical data, aka one feeds lets say 30 years old measurements and verifies with nowadays observations. One can do it on various historical periods and this way one can know if the model is good enough for future predictions, of course it does not guarantee the future, but it's the best we have, and (putting aside politics) it might be very useful.
And (behold), this is exactly how these models are being tested before making any climate prognosis based on them.
Don't spread misinformation, studies showed that electric cars even when powered by fossil fuels generated electricity are cleaner then gasoline - and this is the starting point, which can only get better with more renewable energy, not to mention direct health benefits for all the urban dwellers and commuters.
https://greentransportation.in... From the article: "... Repeatedly studies have shown even if the electricity comes from coal, electric cars are cleaner than gasoline ..."
I'm sure you'd get similar results from Democrats
Still waiting (do not accept photoshopped ones) ...
MAGA!
Just curious, where you the same happy when in 2012 Titan, Sequoia and Mira topped Chinese supercomputer?
Now the hard truth: in 2015 US had 199 vs China's 109 supercomputers on top500, today: US has 124 vs China 206: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Lastly, honestly, do you know what the phrase "the cult of a supreme leader" means and where it usually leads?
... to hate democracy and welcome communism ... If you don't believe it, you're a moron.
Like these ones: https://www.dailykos.com/stori...
Not to mention statistically significant heart attacks increase during spring time change.
https://www.livescience.com/50...
80% of the first 1/3 of the articles contain numbers, three-quarters of which are off by 65%, plus or minus 3 standard deviation radishes.
By definition it should include your post as well. Does it?
Some source would make it more trustworthy.
and swigging down a bottle of scotch. ...
Him smoking dope has been investigated and debunked - he was offered on the radio, tested and said he doesn't like it, all people remember now is his photo with a dope - he is however a relaxed man (well mostly).
Don't you mean Putin/Trump?
;-)
3...2...1...
... a public execution.
Do you mean "releasing to elsewhere"?
So why would you use anything other than Nitrogen?
Also deep submersibles, which keep high pressure atmosphere have N2 replaced with He because of human physiology (someone more knowledgeable may provide some details).
You seem to nicely divert discussion, which was about legitimacy of public services not differences between rural and urban areas. So I asked a question about sewers in particular (public sanitation in general).
Not to keep this discussion going forever I will lay out my opinion. Public services are important for society to provide vital services for those who cannot afford them, and regardless of moral/political believes there is utilitarian aspect of it, which is well described by the issue with sewers, where society benefits from this public service by preventing outbreaks of diseases (please don't mention septic tanks, it would just indicate you're missing the point). Another aspect of public services is the solution to the so called "commons" problem. There are more, like disaster recovery, access to clean water, and in the current industrial society access to phone/internet. Society (in the meaning: everybody) benefits from people having access to clean water and sanitation - it's cheaper then fighting outbreaks, the same with other mentioned resources, like internet, where it might be easier for people to get out of their poverty and contribute financially instead of needing financial assistance.
Finally, I do not expect you changed your mind, benefits of public services are just economical regardless of personal believes, one just need to see a bigger picture. The beauty of democracy is that we all have what we collectively deserve in the meaning that we shape our own future.
OK, specifics: sewers, septic tanks or any form of public sanitation ... yes|no?
Just do it, seriously. As long as you don't post a torrent somewhere, nobody's gonna bother you.
Wasn't there a case in the US that someone was convicted of making personal copies (no selling, no publicly available) of something (sorry do not remember the details)?
Asking being honestly curious.
sewers?
Not necessarily, web is OS agnostic, and all indicates that this is where the jobs will be. Already JAVA and JAVA related development in many cases surpasses other technologies (https://www.statista.com/statistics/495026/programming-language-breakdown-by-industry/).
My experience taught me that schools should focus on universal concepts - which are long lasting instead of specific tools details - which change constantly, especially lower level schools (even word processing concepts are universal and knowledge about them will let one use any editor, getting proficient with just a good manual).
Most of the school use of computers is via web based teaching services (math, reading, etc.), an inexpensive, reliable and low maintenance system suits this purpose well.
Exactly, how is it with making archive copies of owned DVDs now - honestly asking?