What would the punishment be if they were caught selling bootleg T-shirts from the bands? In America it has been a common sight at concert halls to encounter shady characters selling T-shirts of lesser quality outside of the concert. How are these people punished?
"The satellite signal remains strong as long as the antenna is within the line of sight of the orbiting satellites, which are in the southern part of the sky. As with any satellite signal, tall buildings, mountains, trees or even luggage on the roof rack can block that signal and disrupt the video."
Once the revolution was over the british military was not only gone but on the other side of an ocean (I suspect no practical chance to retake the colonies given that eras naval technology)
The British had one of the most powerful navies in the world. In the War of 1812 they invaded and burned the White House.
Actually some of those cloth-covered biplanes did a lot of damage to modern battleships during WWII. Read up on Taranto and, for that matter, the sinking of BISMARCK.
"In that case, the government has no right to hide information from the public, except in the interest of public safety. (For instance, the deployment of US nuclear submarines might not be good public knowledge.) There is no other good reason for the government to hide information from its people."
There are good reasons to keep relatively mundane information from the public.
Known locations of native american burial sites are no longer marked on official public maps because the ones that are marked get disturbed and looted. The tribes have asked the Dept of Interior to remove the notations, and Interior complied.
Also, when scientific agencies produce reports (studies, investigations, or whatever you want to call them) they are often subject to a form of colleague review process. The US Supreme Court has ruled that colleague review comments are not subject to FOIA release, because the threat of public questioning over review comments prevents the review process from working. Without a functioning review process, the agencies publish poor science littered with inaccuracies, and the people are not served by this circumstance.
Yes, science must be questioned for it to be worthwhile, and it needs to be able to stand up to questions -- that's how we advance. But some comments need to be made without them being published, such as "cut this section, you really haven't proved it", and then the section is cut. If reviews are made public, much ado is made of the hypothesis that has been proven "therefore it must be false and cannot be proven!" instead of the 14 that have been proven. Perhaps a better example would be a reviewer asking "Can you prove this?" This will get misread as indicating shoddy proof. Review comments need to be protected in order for them to work.
Earthquakes. Wind. River flows. Forest fires. Floods. Water Quality.
Oh, sorry, that just what we're doing with it now. The article pretty much describes a lot of what the agencies in the Department of the Interior already do, except the article wants to a)tie everything together, b) use some form of "hi-tech" communications system instead of the satellite radios (GOES) and telephones currently in use, c) make it work through the web rather than just put the information on display there, and d) replace all sensors with something smaller and cheaper.
here's some to see: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Here you can find 1.5 million sensor locations: http://water.usgs.gov/
Autonomous sensors? I already have those. Regular communications? I already have those. Emergency trasmissions? I already have those. On Demand tranmissions? i already have those.
This isn't some amazing far-future concept, we've been doing it for quite some time.
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Well, here's 7,000 realtime data points for you. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Those are mostly streamflow sites, but you can also find precipitation, wind data, solar radiation, soil moisture, humidity, pH, and other water quality indicators.
Their interest in employment does not override my right to control who uses my property. If they can use my telephone for their marketing, why can't they shine ads on my windows?
Many people are rude to them. Many people waste their time. What we need is some way to actually hurt their business, without relying on the government to impose fines on them.
People have been trying this for a while. We need something that works, something that makes it unprofitable to be a telemarketing company. Bypass the government, and just hurt them financially.
I'm imagining some system whereby we sign up for a list, and then if they call us, we all write to them and ask for some mandatory information that they are required to provide, like their papers of incorporation.
The problem with the spraypaint argument is that spraypaint is seen as clearly causing damage, and then the discussion gets sidetracked into the value of one's personal time or if it's loss is real damage.
My prefered example is that if telemarketing isn't restrictable because they're using my property (telephone) for their business, then why can't they use a laser to project ads on my house and windows? No damage done, but it'd be just as annoying, and I've yet to meet someone who'd want ads on their house.
Here in the US, we're (the USGS) already providing water temperature data, along with a few other things, on the internet. Here, go see for yourself. http://solon.er.usgs.gov/nwis-w/IL/data .components/rt.cgi?statnum=05531500
I think that if the home insurance industry wants landslide predictions, they'll find a way to get them funded, much like the flood insurance studies that were done.
The guided anti-ship weapon (Fritx-X) was commanded by radio waves, not by wire. It worked quite well (sank ROMA among others). They did develop a wire-guided anti-aircraft missile (ground-to-air) and a guided anti-tank missile.
I don't think it was the same technology, but ISTR that the USGS did a pretty good job predicting the eruption in the Phillipines that destroyed Clark Field a few (less than 10) years back.
I don't think you'd just get a blanket warning, I think you'd get a statement such as "Fifty percent of the time that the sensors showed conditions such as these an earthquake in this magnitude occurred in this time period." You'd be making a technically accurate statement, backed up by past performance. I don't think I'd mind being that guy.
If the warning period was on the order of days, there'd be a web page for Emergency Services/Disaster Assistance coordinators to check, and it'd be their responsibility to decide what to do. The USGS doesn't force action, it reports scientific information to decision makers so they can act.
Other than "The West Wing," what else is there? Okay, I've got Bablylon 5 on disk...
Seriously, once you've seen how much the dubbers cut & change stories, why would you watch dubs? Come on, they'd change Star Wars so Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father, that's the scale of alteration they perform.
It really doesn't bother me if they keep Mickey Mouse, or how they go about making their next derivative movie. I just want them to release Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso, and the other films from Studio Ghibli.
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"They shouldn't have done the crime if they can't do the time - as they say."
Doing time in prison is generally considered punishment.
If someone has bought a large hard drive to store music, how can they claim that they aren't willing to pay for their music?
What would the punishment be if they were caught selling bootleg T-shirts from the bands? In America it has been a common sight at concert halls to encounter shady characters selling T-shirts of lesser quality outside of the concert. How are these people punished?
Well. the article said,
"The satellite signal remains strong as long as the antenna is within the line of sight of the orbiting satellites, which are in the southern part of the sky. As with any satellite signal, tall buildings, mountains, trees or even luggage on the roof rack can block that signal and disrupt the video."
It went on describe an occurrence or two.
The British had one of the most powerful navies in the world. In the War of 1812 they invaded and burned the White House.
Actually some of those cloth-covered biplanes did a lot of damage to modern battleships during WWII. Read up on Taranto and, for that matter, the sinking of BISMARCK.
"In that case, the government has no right to hide information from the public, except in the interest of public safety. (For instance, the deployment of US nuclear submarines might not be good public knowledge.) There is no other good reason for the government to hide information from its people."
There are good reasons to keep relatively mundane information from the public.
Known locations of native american burial sites are no longer marked on official public maps because the ones that are marked get disturbed and looted. The tribes have asked the Dept of Interior to remove the notations, and Interior complied.
Also, when scientific agencies produce reports (studies, investigations, or whatever you want to call them) they are often subject to a form of colleague review process. The US Supreme Court has ruled that colleague review comments are not subject to FOIA release, because the threat of public questioning over review comments prevents the review process from working. Without a functioning review process, the agencies publish poor science littered with inaccuracies, and the people are not served by this circumstance.
Yes, science must be questioned for it to be worthwhile, and it needs to be able to stand up to questions -- that's how we advance. But some comments need to be made without them being published, such as "cut this section, you really haven't proved it", and then the section is cut. If reviews are made public, much ado is made of the hypothesis that has been proven "therefore it must be false and cannot be proven!" instead of the 14 that have been proven. Perhaps a better example would be a reviewer asking "Can you prove this?" This will get misread as indicating shoddy proof. Review comments need to be protected in order for them to work.
Yes.
Earthquakes. Wind. River flows. Forest fires. Floods. Water Quality.
Oh, sorry, that just what we're doing with it now. The article pretty much describes a lot of what the agencies in the Department of the Interior already do, except the article wants to a)tie everything together, b) use some form of "hi-tech" communications system instead of the satellite radios (GOES) and telephones currently in use, c) make it work through the web rather than just put the information on display there, and d) replace all sensors with something smaller and cheaper.
here's some to see: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Here you can find 1.5 million sensor locations:
http://water.usgs.gov/
Autonomous sensors? I already have those.
Regular communications? I already have those.
Emergency trasmissions? I already have those.
On Demand tranmissions? i already have those.
This isn't some amazing far-future concept, we've been doing it for quite some time.
Well, here's 7,000 realtime data points for you.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Those are mostly streamflow sites, but you can also find precipitation, wind data, solar radiation, soil moisture, humidity, pH, and other water quality indicators.
Do you mean black hole as in hypermass, or black hole as in "Black Hole of Calcutta"?
This was in a federal court, located in Oklahoma. They aren't all in Washington DC.
Their interest in employment does not override my right to control who uses my property. If they can use my telephone for their marketing, why can't they shine ads on my windows?
Many people are rude to them. Many people waste their time. What we need is some way to actually hurt their business, without relying on the government to impose fines on them.
People have been trying this for a while. We need something that works, something that makes it unprofitable to be a telemarketing company. Bypass the government, and just hurt them financially.
I'm imagining some system whereby we sign up for a list, and then if they call us, we all write to them and ask for some mandatory information that they are required to provide, like their papers of incorporation.
In my experience at my workplace, they don't understand what "solicitor" means. And we're not allowed to use that sign anyway.
Imagine, if you will, that someone starts using a laser to project ads on the windows on your house
The problem with the spraypaint argument is that spraypaint is seen as clearly causing damage, and then the discussion gets sidetracked into the value of one's personal time or if it's loss is real damage.
My prefered example is that if telemarketing isn't restrictable because they're using my property (telephone) for their business, then why can't they use a laser to project ads on my house and windows? No damage done, but it'd be just as annoying, and I've yet to meet someone who'd want ads on their house.
Here in the US, we're (the USGS) already providing water temperature data, along with a few other things, on the internet. Here, go see for yourself.a .components /rt.cgi?statnum=05531500
http://solon.er.usgs.gov/nwis-w/IL/dat
I think that if the home insurance industry wants landslide predictions, they'll find a way to get them funded, much like the flood insurance studies that were done.
The guided anti-ship weapon (Fritx-X) was commanded by radio waves, not by wire. It worked quite well (sank ROMA among others). They did develop a wire-guided anti-aircraft missile (ground-to-air) and a guided anti-tank missile.
I don't think it was the same technology, but ISTR that the USGS did a pretty good job predicting the eruption in the Phillipines that destroyed Clark Field a few (less than 10) years back.
I don't think you'd just get a blanket warning, I think you'd get a statement such as "Fifty percent of the time that the sensors showed conditions such as these an earthquake in this magnitude occurred in this time period." You'd be making a technically accurate statement, backed up by past performance. I don't think I'd mind being that guy.
If the warning period was on the order of days, there'd be a web page for Emergency Services/Disaster Assistance coordinators to check, and it'd be their responsibility to decide what to do. The USGS doesn't force action, it reports scientific information to decision makers so they can act.
I think that there's a few WOWOW anime satellite channels, the number 269 comes to mind.
I think the introductory material to the original Car Wars game (Steve Jackson Games) covered this quite well.
Other than "The West Wing," what else is there? Okay, I've got Bablylon 5 on disk...
Seriously, once you've seen how much the dubbers cut & change stories, why would you watch dubs? Come on, they'd change Star Wars so Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father, that's the scale of alteration they perform.
Smithore is for the servant class. Those of us who mine Crystite will retire to live in palatial estates.
It really doesn't bother me if they keep Mickey Mouse, or how they go about making their next derivative movie. I just want them to release Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso, and the other films from Studio Ghibli.