And the facts are:
Japan - 90.91 years
France - 87.81
Canada - 85.26
UK - 83.79
Germany - 83.12
US - 82.91
Yes, the brits outlive the US!
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/791298.stm
Don't worry - the originator of this "You do realize..." thread is stirring up some dirt because he thinks that socialism is feared on the left bank of the Atlantic.
This is a bit harsh, isn't it? For goodness sake, not everything is cut and dried and we all put a positive spin on things. What's the problem with PR?
This sounds like the right thing for telemetry and control systems. Perhaps they will fit them in the wing flaps and engines on airliners, so they don't need to go to the expense of laying wires or fibre. Or maybe they should fit them in the reactor core of nuclear power stations, so that the reaction can be moderated if it gets to hot. Again, they wouldn't need to go to the expense of laying wires or pneumatic lines. These would be good tests of thier reliability.
Another application would be for the brakes on our cars - no need for a cable, just transmit a signal with a mote. Are there any downsides to this technology?
I can think of a couple of reasons why NASA might be interested in this research area. First, the ocean and the rest of our planet is orbiting the sun in, well, space. Second, few organisations have the infrastructure to engage large-scale science programs like this one. If the 'Gulf Stream Conveyor' theory is true and the next ice age is due to start in 20 years time due to global warming, this research could be the rather more important than, say, finding out if germs exist on mars.
As a copy operation followed by a delete operation is logically equivalent to a replace operation, maybe it is legal as long as you delete the original.
Really? An application could churn out a binary file type usually, but it may be so very small that it (by chance) does contain only the printable characters. Next time you edit the file, it may end up with binary characters. How would CVS know when you first checked in the file that it was meant to be binary? What about an application that sometime writes out a binary file, but sometime it is zero bytes long, and it grows later? It looks like text when it is zero bytes long.
Last time I checked, the CVS gurus were opposed to automatic detection on the grounds that is is not fool proof. Has this changed?
What is weird is visiting the web site of someone who has died. Often, their ISP leaves their sites up for years later. It seems strange and sad to learn about their family, pets, sporting activities and plans when you know how things turned out in the end. I believe people often think they will live longer than they do. And I think of the time wasted putting these sites together when they could have been spending the time enjoying themselves in the pub! Nobody ever said on there death bed 'gosh, I wish I'd used a different background for my personal web site'.
I am concerned as well. I suppose you could develop a device that is writable once only, such as paper tape. Certain types of CDROM might work. The results of the voting would be written in real-time onto a serial log file on the write-once media.
The results would also be written simultaneously to a standard RDBM system. This would be the operational system used to record the votes. If there were any dispute, a procedure would exist to allow the write-once media to be copied and supplied to a third party to recount the votes. Any discrepancy would show up at this point. They would not have access to the original write-once media, nor the standard RDBM system data, so it would not be possible for them to re-make the changes. Even if they did make changes, the copy would not tally with the original write-once media anyway!
Of course, at some point, you have to trust the system. But isn't that true with paper-based technology also?
Thanks for your reply. This report (by Nick Shultz of techcentralstation.com) directs us to read a new study in Energy & Environment, which he believes refutes certain data related to global warming. Whatever the facts of this case, I have adjusted my FUD detectors to 'extra sensitive' and I use large pinches of salt with respect to both sides of this discussion.
On the other hand, though, when uncertainty exists about important things (like the end of the world), I prefer to play it safe and err on the side of caution - but that's just me.
This invention might save energy and lower carbon emissions. This is a good thing if it helps delay the next ice age, which is due in a couple of decades when the gulf stream conveyor collapses due to global warming. No use making very long-term plans, but anything that can delay the freeze until I move on to the next world must be tried!
It doesn't really matter about whether MS products are good. They only have to be good-enough and standard.
I think this comes about because software products can be copied easily. Special measures are needed to protect them. One measure is to keep what goes on inside secret by only releasing the binary. Stolen copies cannot be modified easily if you do that. This makes it more difficult for crooks to make money by exploiting the asset. It has other effects, as well. For one thing, it is difficult for disparate vendors to create products that interoperate if they don't know how the other products work. This effect influences how systems are put together, and creates the trend whereby computer platforms develop vertically. If influential user communities follow this trend, others will be locked into following them for safety's sake, and vendors will climb on the band wagon too. This is all obvious.
This has happened to Microsoft, partially because of this general effect that happens in the computer industry from time to time, and partially because of their own efforts. In any case, these influences are consistent with Microsoft's goals, and can't really be separated out. In the recent past, IBM was pre-eminent in the industry. Yet however strong their position was, eventually other forces combined to displace them. Right now, the only other contender I can see is open source software. Disparate vendors have created products that interoperate. I hope that this allows computer platforms to develop horizontally, giving more development vendors a chance to compete and increasing the transparency of the products. Hopefully, over time, users will see that record-keeping and communication systems are commodities, and we can all move on from this particular era of post-industrial history and bring on the next big thing, which surely must be vast underground intercontinental physical transportation systems, based on vacuum driven human capsule payload delivery using packet routing technology.
Jokes often backfire. Jo Moore, who worked for the UK Minister of Transport, said in an email on September 12th 2001, that 'today would be a good day to bury bad news', meaning that her subordinates should issue all their bad news reports on that day because they would be drowned out by the 9/11 news of the twin towers collapsing. Talk about bad taste.
She said it was a joke. It ultimately led to the resignations of both Jo Moore and Stephen Byers, the Minister. In-house email jokes have a habit of reaching the national news. Perhaps this Diebold 'joke' will as well before this has run it's course.
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And the facts are: Japan - 90.91 years France - 87.81 Canada - 85.26 UK - 83.79 Germany - 83.12 US - 82.91 Yes, the brits outlive the US! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/791298.stm
Don't worry - the originator of this "You do realize..." thread is stirring up some dirt because he thinks that socialism is feared on the left bank of the Atlantic.
This is a bit harsh, isn't it? For goodness sake, not everything is cut and dried and we all put a positive spin on things. What's the problem with PR?
This sounds like the right thing for telemetry and control systems. Perhaps they will fit them in the wing flaps and engines on airliners, so they don't need to go to the expense of laying wires or fibre. Or maybe they should fit them in the reactor core of nuclear power stations, so that the reaction can be moderated if it gets to hot. Again, they wouldn't need to go to the expense of laying wires or pneumatic lines. These would be good tests of thier reliability. Another application would be for the brakes on our cars - no need for a cable, just transmit a signal with a mote. Are there any downsides to this technology?
Reminds me of the Brit newspaper headline - Storm Stops Ferries, Continent Cut Off!
... and why they are confined to tiny cubicles...
I can think of a couple of reasons why NASA might be interested in this research area. First, the ocean and the rest of our planet is orbiting the sun in, well, space. Second, few organisations have the infrastructure to engage large-scale science programs like this one. If the 'Gulf Stream Conveyor' theory is true and the next ice age is due to start in 20 years time due to global warming, this research could be the rather more important than, say, finding out if germs exist on mars.
As a copy operation followed by a delete operation is logically equivalent to a replace operation, maybe it is legal as long as you delete the original.
Really? An application could churn out a binary file type usually, but it may be so very small that it (by chance) does contain only the printable characters. Next time you edit the file, it may end up with binary characters. How would CVS know when you first checked in the file that it was meant to be binary? What about an application that sometime writes out a binary file, but sometime it is zero bytes long, and it grows later? It looks like text when it is zero bytes long. Last time I checked, the CVS gurus were opposed to automatic detection on the grounds that is is not fool proof. Has this changed?
What is weird is visiting the web site of someone who has died. Often, their ISP leaves their sites up for years later. It seems strange and sad to learn about their family, pets, sporting activities and plans when you know how things turned out in the end. I believe people often think they will live longer than they do. And I think of the time wasted putting these sites together when they could have been spending the time enjoying themselves in the pub! Nobody ever said on there death bed 'gosh, I wish I'd used a different background for my personal web site'.
That is why they are "aimed at the 18 to 45 age group" (from their web site). They don't expect users to survive longer than that.
I am concerned as well. I suppose you could develop a device that is writable once only, such as paper tape. Certain types of CDROM might work. The results of the voting would be written in real-time onto a serial log file on the write-once media. The results would also be written simultaneously to a standard RDBM system. This would be the operational system used to record the votes. If there were any dispute, a procedure would exist to allow the write-once media to be copied and supplied to a third party to recount the votes. Any discrepancy would show up at this point. They would not have access to the original write-once media, nor the standard RDBM system data, so it would not be possible for them to re-make the changes. Even if they did make changes, the copy would not tally with the original write-once media anyway! Of course, at some point, you have to trust the system. But isn't that true with paper-based technology also?
Thanks for your reply. This report (by Nick Shultz of techcentralstation.com) directs us to read a new study in Energy & Environment, which he believes refutes certain data related to global warming. Whatever the facts of this case, I have adjusted my FUD detectors to 'extra sensitive' and I use large pinches of salt with respect to both sides of this discussion. On the other hand, though, when uncertainty exists about important things (like the end of the world), I prefer to play it safe and err on the side of caution - but that's just me.
Oh, that's all right then.
This invention might save energy and lower carbon emissions. This is a good thing if it helps delay the next ice age, which is due in a couple of decades when the gulf stream conveyor collapses due to global warming. No use making very long-term plans, but anything that can delay the freeze until I move on to the next world must be tried!
It doesn't really matter about whether MS products are good. They only have to be good-enough and standard. I think this comes about because software products can be copied easily. Special measures are needed to protect them. One measure is to keep what goes on inside secret by only releasing the binary. Stolen copies cannot be modified easily if you do that. This makes it more difficult for crooks to make money by exploiting the asset. It has other effects, as well. For one thing, it is difficult for disparate vendors to create products that interoperate if they don't know how the other products work. This effect influences how systems are put together, and creates the trend whereby computer platforms develop vertically. If influential user communities follow this trend, others will be locked into following them for safety's sake, and vendors will climb on the band wagon too. This is all obvious. This has happened to Microsoft, partially because of this general effect that happens in the computer industry from time to time, and partially because of their own efforts. In any case, these influences are consistent with Microsoft's goals, and can't really be separated out. In the recent past, IBM was pre-eminent in the industry. Yet however strong their position was, eventually other forces combined to displace them. Right now, the only other contender I can see is open source software. Disparate vendors have created products that interoperate. I hope that this allows computer platforms to develop horizontally, giving more development vendors a chance to compete and increasing the transparency of the products. Hopefully, over time, users will see that record-keeping and communication systems are commodities, and we can all move on from this particular era of post-industrial history and bring on the next big thing, which surely must be vast underground intercontinental physical transportation systems, based on vacuum driven human capsule payload delivery using packet routing technology.
evil [reference.com] adrian needs several.
the grammer nazi strikes again...
Spot on - I can't score you up, but someone should.
Jokes often backfire. Jo Moore, who worked for the UK Minister of Transport, said in an email on September 12th 2001, that 'today would be a good day to bury bad news', meaning that her subordinates should issue all their bad news reports on that day because they would be drowned out by the 9/11 news of the twin towers collapsing. Talk about bad taste. She said it was a joke. It ultimately led to the resignations of both Jo Moore and Stephen Byers, the Minister. In-house email jokes have a habit of reaching the national news. Perhaps this Diebold 'joke' will as well before this has run it's course.
Here some true irony for you. The Stupid Sig inferred that voting changes nothing, but the bloke makes voting machines!
Neither are votes, unless you are using a Diebold machine.
So YOU are the grammer nazi!
I expect your angry because you're called Adrian, but that's your mother's fault, not mine.