On Star and cell phones have been used by law enforcement to listen in on people. Both have the computational power to record and do voice recognition for keywords.
Really? My phone comically confuses the most basic of voice commands, but I should be afraid it is scraping my calls for keywords?
Look, this is a small patch of ocean with a thin layer of plastic scum floating on it (small relative to something as huge as an ocean).
Considering that the bottom of the food chain resides in said "thin layer" (and much of the top of the food chain feeds there) the potential impact is magnified well beyond its volumetric measure.
PS - Her Virtual environment might not even have a writeable virtual disk, and thus any nasties that get on-board are cleared each time she power cycles.
If that were the case she would have no need to roll-it-back every week or so.
How can you defend free-will without believing in God? Either causality exists and your brain is a machine with a determined output to its inputs - or you have a magical soul which can move matter.
The weakness in the WWI example is that it was one-way movement. The more virulent a pandemic the more reliant upon reintroduction of the disease into a population base it is. We have today a constant mixing, as opposed to the one-time mix post WWI.
While we do understand the spread of diseases better today than we did then, outside vaccines we have little better in the way to combat viruses than we did in 1918.
World population was 1.8 billion in 1918. If all 60 million who served in WWI lived to return home at once that would be a one-time movement of 3 percent of the population. Of course 10 million of those soldiers died and few served the entire length of the war. But let's stick with the 3% number. That would be equivalent to 200 million people today.
US carriers carried around 66 million people last year, domestic and international. I can't find worldwide numbers, but still believe it would be well over the 200 million equiv. WWI potential.
Wordwide? Sure. In the USA? Nope. (Not that such a simplistic comparison means anything, but at least let us talk about honest facts.) http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
So picking one of the worst 12 year stock market runs post great depression shows an even break, exactly as the best-case scenario in the original article? This proves my point.
Oh, of course. I live in the middle of Ohio, but was just equally shocked by the size of the bills in question. My post had almost no redeeming scientific value.;)
and the historic performance of the stock market over the timespan being talked about has been the best ROI for investors.
All of those things are very unlikely or mitigated by insurance.
A - Don't know how you can call most of the risks "unlikely" as this is a new type of investment with no established precedent. B - Insurance raises the cost and lengthens the (already long) ROI.
This is guaranteed money, that always pays less than risky money.
Not it isn't. The risks are different, but this is not without risks. Panels could prematurely fail, and the provider go out of business leaving him with no warranty. Price of electricity could fall, greatly extending his ROI. Interest rates could climb, increasing the opportunity cost of his investment. Far superior panels could be released next year. Poor installation could lead to water damage to his house.
The possible risks are numerous, far from a guaranteed ROI.
Nobody uses the doppler effect on GPS signals (do you realize how fast the birds are moving?) to determine direction and speed. You simply solve your position twice and calc the delta.
Gravel roads have an increased stopping distance over asphalt or concrete ones. They also contribute much more to vehicle wear and tear - not only as far as nicks and dings, but also tires and shocks. (though the later part is just as true of badly potholed roads) They are significantly dirtier than asphalt or concrete roads, both for the vehicle (small concern) but also for the surrounding homes and businesses. When I lived on Middle Bass Island, it was quite common for neighbors to band together to pave their section of road just to cut down on the fine dust which accumulated inside their homes.
1 - I would put a personalized "virtual advent calendar" (ha! the hard part is answering what that means) on them. and 2 - I would decorate them as a Christmas ornament (if not put them inside an actual glass ornament with only the plug exposed) so they have a use beyond the first year.
FWIW, I've never seen even 5mm of difference between the precise ephemerids and the ultra-rapid ones.
One of the major advantages of GPS vs GLONASS is that GPS has six ground tracking stations, a satellite is never out of ground view. GLONASS, on the other hand, only uses one ground tracking station and therefore the vehicles are "out of sight" most of the time. This means any orbital deviation is likely unnoticed, and makes it hard to defend the use of GLONASS in court.
FWIW, I've never seen even 5mm of difference between the precise ephemerids and the ultra-rapid ones.
One of the major advantages of GPS vs GLONASS is that GPS has six ground tracking stations, a satellite is never out of ground view. GLONASS, on the other hand, only uses one ground tracking station and therefore the vehicles are "out of sight" most of the time. This means any orbital deviation is likely unnoticed.
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Really?
My phone comically confuses the most basic of voice commands, but I should be afraid it is scraping my calls for keywords?
Considering that the bottom of the food chain resides in said "thin layer" (and much of the top of the food chain feeds there) the potential impact is magnified well beyond its volumetric measure.
FWIW, this Anon is not me.
You're only using a subset of the window at a time. It is a single object which acts as many many one-time pads.
If that were the case she would have no need to roll-it-back every week or so.
if only the shocks being talked about in this story were so mild, and so harmlessly administered.
I'll chalk this one up to western ignorance over how much the Chinese public actually knows, not blatant bias.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal#Chinese_public
Ahh, but quantum mechanics inserts a belief in randomness, not a strict break in causality.
How can you defend free-will without believing in God?
Either causality exists and your brain is a machine with a determined output to its inputs - or you have a magical soul which can move matter.
Just a curious atheist here...
The weakness in the WWI example is that it was one-way movement. The more virulent a pandemic the more reliant upon reintroduction of the disease into a population base it is. We have today a constant mixing, as opposed to the one-time mix post WWI.
While we do understand the spread of diseases better today than we did then, outside vaccines we have little better in the way to combat viruses than we did in 1918.
World population was 1.8 billion in 1918. If all 60 million who served in WWI lived to return home at once that would be a one-time movement of 3 percent of the population. Of course 10 million of those soldiers died and few served the entire length of the war. But let's stick with the 3% number. That would be equivalent to 200 million people today.
US carriers carried around 66 million people last year, domestic and international. I can't find worldwide numbers, but still believe it would be well over the 200 million equiv. WWI potential.
We're also a much more mobile culture - with much much deeper financial dependencies on said movement.
We're also much more densely populated.
Wordwide? Sure.
In the USA? Nope. (Not that such a simplistic comparison means anything, but at least let us talk about honest facts.)
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
Both of the last two mean that his money, had it been placed in more liquid assets, could have been moved into higher-yielding investments.
So picking one of the worst 12 year stock market runs post great depression shows an even break, exactly as the best-case scenario in the original article?
This proves my point.
Oh, of course. ;)
I live in the middle of Ohio, but was just equally shocked by the size of the bills in question. My post had almost no redeeming scientific value.
and the historic performance of the stock market over the timespan being talked about has been the best ROI for investors.
A - Don't know how you can call most of the risks "unlikely" as this is a new type of investment with no established precedent.
B - Insurance raises the cost and lengthens the (already long) ROI.
Not it isn't.
The risks are different, but this is not without risks.
Panels could prematurely fail, and the provider go out of business leaving him with no warranty.
Price of electricity could fall, greatly extending his ROI.
Interest rates could climb, increasing the opportunity cost of his investment.
Far superior panels could be released next year.
Poor installation could lead to water damage to his house.
The possible risks are numerous, far from a guaranteed ROI.
Aye.
I have a wife who won't turn off lights, use window ACs, and still only spend $900 a year on power. $1200 a year on natural gas. 1300 sq feet.
Nobody uses the doppler effect on GPS signals (do you realize how fast the birds are moving?) to determine direction and speed. You simply solve your position twice and calc the delta.
Gravel roads have an increased stopping distance over asphalt or concrete ones. They also contribute much more to vehicle wear and tear - not only as far as nicks and dings, but also tires and shocks. (though the later part is just as true of badly potholed roads) They are significantly dirtier than asphalt or concrete roads, both for the vehicle (small concern) but also for the surrounding homes and businesses. When I lived on Middle Bass Island, it was quite common for neighbors to band together to pave their section of road just to cut down on the fine dust which accumulated inside their homes.
1 - I would put a personalized "virtual advent calendar" (ha! the hard part is answering what that means) on them.
and
2 - I would decorate them as a Christmas ornament (if not put them inside an actual glass ornament with only the plug exposed) so they have a use beyond the first year.
FWIW, I've never seen even 5mm of difference between the precise ephemerids and the ultra-rapid ones.
One of the major advantages of GPS vs GLONASS is that GPS has six ground tracking stations, a satellite is never out of ground view. GLONASS, on the other hand, only uses one ground tracking station and therefore the vehicles are "out of sight" most of the time. This means any orbital deviation is likely unnoticed, and makes it hard to defend the use of GLONASS in court.
FWIW, I've never seen even 5mm of difference between the precise ephemerids and the ultra-rapid ones.
One of the major advantages of GPS vs GLONASS is that GPS has six ground tracking stations, a satellite is never out of ground view. GLONASS, on the other hand, only uses one ground tracking station and therefore the vehicles are "out of sight" most of the time. This means any orbital deviation is likely unnoticed.
You can fit that many UV diodes in a single drive enclosure?
From said website:
Peace On Earth?
Preservation Of Essence?
I knew it! Bacterial colonies in my body are a dirty commie plot!