Whenever a defence contractor goes to Capital Hill and uses words like "Cyber", "China", "Threat", "Hacker", "Attack", "War" --- you know fair well that they are after one thing
Oh, no, they don't care if America's infrastructure collapse because of the Chinese hackers
All they care is money
Oh yea, $$$$, aka moolah, greenbacks
That's the thing they are after
The more fear they spread, the more they can smear "China" the more the congresscritters are willing to shell out gazillion $$$ in the name of "protecting America"
This is a radio telescope, something you want in someplace remote. You pick a square kilometer out in the middle of the outback, there's going to be like NO local interference. South Africa has approximately 40 times the population density, and they seem to be spread around the country a little more evenly than Australia
This is exactly what intriques me
I do not know what criteria that so-called "Science Panel" use - but for a radio telescope, the more remote the place, the less man-made radio signal there is, the better the location is
That is why I suspect PC --- as is Political Correctness --- forms a ***BIG*** part of the criteria
For Sa is mostly Blacks and Au is mostly Whites
Race does matter after all - in this 21st century science project
My first thought was that it could be great for video; no need to bother with precise focus while shooting if you can refocus when you edit. However, I'm guessing that it would require a huge data rate
My thought as well
I am curious to know if there is a site that can tell us how big the data rate we are looking at
This may be a coincidence, but I find it curious that the first CTO of USA, Mr. Aneesh Chopra, an Indian American, and the second CTO of USA, Todd Park, a Korean American
Is the position of CTO of America a Political Correct appointment or is this - appointing minorities to the post - a sign that the minorities are somehow doing something right that the majority (ie the Whites) are under performing?
TFA is another example of what is known as Frugal Innovation - that is, to tap into devices that have already been invented and find new usage for them
Bravo to the Hong Kong dentist and to all the inventors out there !
But back to your point, in the long run it might be the opposite, that people tend to remember more good things while mind works to forget the crappy stuff
I am very sorry, but I need to point out one very important thing ---
Contrary to your assertion, the human mind remembers bad events that create bad vibes much more than good feeling events
Here's one experiment that you can carry out yourself ---
Go do 100 good things to one person --- open door for the person, pour drink for the person, say "Hello", sweep the yard, clean the car... and so on
After you do all that, do one bad thing to that same person --- just one will do
You can slap that person, or punch him/her, or kick the cat or whatever
See how that person will react
Will that person forgive your one bad act because you have done 100 good things for him/her?
Or will that person remember you forever for that one bad thing that you did to him/her --- and forgot all about the other 100 good things that you have done?
I find Google Wallet a little bit more "friendly" to the user. PayPal, which I've used for years and years, has become more and more, how should I say - arrogant
Yes--arrogant in exactly the same way as Google is being right now
First of all, let me state it here that I do not work for Google
In the case that we are talking about, Google is basically telling the devs that if they want to remain listed on Google Play they should at least accept Google Wallet as one of the payment options
While I do find it kinda arrogant, I do understand where Google is coming from - after all, Google, being the host, ought to have a chance to get something out of hosting all those apps
In other words, Google's arrogance is still within the acceptable range
On the other hand, PayPal has, on more than one occasion, being extremely arrogant, to the extent to being, shall I say, rude
There have been cases where PayPal shuts down accounts of entities that they do not agree with
If those entities engaged in illegal activities, such as supporting terrorist organizations, or selling cocaine to the minor, then I would have no qualm for PayPal shutting down their accounts
But there are other cases where PayPal shutting down the accounts belong to groups which do not see eye to eye with the government of America - such as WikiLeaks
I am not saying that WikiLeaks is an angle or something - but PayPal's shut down of WikiLeaks account mean that they are not allowing PayPal users like me to contribute ***OUR OWN MONEY*** to organizations that we think are doing a good job
I find Google Wallet a little bit more "friendly" to the user. PayPal, which I've used for years and years, has become more and more, how should I say - arrogant
Yes, we think Ahmadinejad and the ayatollahs are that stupid. Plainly
Next question
The guys run a country, even if it is run in a way you disagree with, and that makes them smarter than you already
So by that definition you are admitting you are dumber than G. W. Bush? Since when did the idea of serfdom, that our leaders are our betters and we should follow them blindly, come back into style?
When people getting paranoid about how bias the news has become, how untrustworthy the news organizations are, those same people switched alliance and turn to Hollywood
Suddenly the "Muslims are friendly" themes from Hollywood movies become their new "Gospel Truth"
According to TFA, the LED outputs 230% of the input energy by "stealing energy (in the form of heat) from its environment" - in other words, that LED device has a side effect of cooling things down
Will LED become next generation of cooling appliance?
BTW, I remember, about 10 years ago,/. had a post about a certain chip that can cool things down using "quantum effect" or something, that a British firm had a patent on it
I can't find that article right now, but I suspect what happened there and what is happening to the MIT experiment on LED may be similar
Perhaps my dislike of the Mideast didn't quite come through clearly by citing the region as "the degenerate cease-pool of Humanity since the Arab scientific revolution ended - several thousand years ago" - why on Earth does it need to be peaceful? Fight fire with fire, nuke the bastards until all the "holy land" is a glass parking lot and sleep easy at night knowing the Human race improved significantly
I read it quite loud and clear, actually
But I do reckon one thing that you may have missed --- America and the West still need the OIL from the Middle East
If you successful turning the entire region into vast area of glass parking lots, you ain't gonna get any oil there either
The Japanese killed my grandfather 2 weeks after they have signed the "surrender letter" on board an American warship
And - this is important --- my grandfather was not the only one who was murdered by the Japanese occupation force after they supposed to have surrendered
Your assertion that "Actually the Japanese were trying desperately to negotiate a surrender even before the FIRST use of WMD against them" is nothing but hogwash to those who suffered under the Japanese
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Thomas Jefferson would not allow Franklin to work on the Declaration of Independence because he feared Franklin would put too many jokes in it
Awwww... what a spoilsport that Thomas Jefferson was
Wait till you get your fair share of "Pong" ... then you can call yourself "Old" or "Classic"
for me this looked like something we learned even before we wrote our first program in school at a computer.. debugging on paper..
Before you even started debugging on paper, remember to draw out the flow chart
Hackers nowadays don't even know the rules of hacking
First rule of hacking - Don't leave any trail behind
Second rule of hacking - Leave false leads
New research suggests the daylight saving time change will lead to lower productivity tomorrow as the lost sleep makes workers more likely to slack
Slackers will use any excuse available to slack off
If they can't blame it on daylight saving time, they will blame it on something else
On the other hand, those who work hard will always work hard, come what may
It's nice to key in on a buzz word for judgement.
Whenever a defence contractor goes to Capital Hill and uses words like "Cyber", "China", "Threat", "Hacker", "Attack", "War" --- you know fair well that they are after one thing
Oh, no, they don't care if America's infrastructure collapse because of the Chinese hackers
All they care is money
Oh yea, $$$$, aka moolah, greenbacks
That's the thing they are after
The more fear they spread, the more they can smear "China" the more the congresscritters are willing to shell out gazillion $$$ in the name of "protecting America"
Bring it on. We have "Anonymous"!
Or Russia
Or Cuba
Or Venezuela
Or the Taliban
This is a radio telescope, something you want in someplace remote. You pick a square kilometer out in the middle of the outback, there's going to be like NO local interference. South Africa has approximately 40 times the population density, and they seem to be spread around the country a little more evenly than Australia
This is exactly what intriques me
I do not know what criteria that so-called "Science Panel" use - but for a radio telescope, the more remote the place, the less man-made radio signal there is, the better the location is
That is why I suspect PC --- as is Political Correctness --- forms a ***BIG*** part of the criteria
For Sa is mostly Blacks and Au is mostly Whites
Race does matter after all - in this 21st century science project
I don't have time to read TFA, so please tell us what SA has over Au?
We are talking about a project that worth BILLIONS, and that the structures (radar and all) must be kept in a place
I don't mean to be patronizing - but I just can't see how Sa can win over Au in term of safety
Or is PC --- as in Political Correctness --- an important criteria in choosing Sa over Au?
My first thought was that it could be great for video; no need to bother with precise focus while shooting if you can refocus when you edit. However, I'm guessing that it would require a huge data rate
My thought as well
I am curious to know if there is a site that can tell us how big the data rate we are looking at
Anyone ?
Just a curious question:
This may be a coincidence, but I find it curious that the first CTO of USA, Mr. Aneesh Chopra, an Indian American, and the second CTO of USA, Todd Park, a Korean American
Is the position of CTO of America a Political Correct appointment or is this - appointing minorities to the post - a sign that the minorities are somehow doing something right that the majority (ie the Whites) are under performing?
TFA is another example of what is known as Frugal Innovation - that is, to tap into devices that have already been invented and find new usage for them
Bravo to the Hong Kong dentist and to all the inventors out there !
But back to your point, in the long run it might be the opposite, that people tend to remember more good things while mind works to forget the crappy stuff
I am very sorry, but I need to point out one very important thing ---
Contrary to your assertion, the human mind remembers bad events that create bad vibes much more than good feeling events
Here's one experiment that you can carry out yourself ---
Go do 100 good things to one person --- open door for the person, pour drink for the person, say "Hello", sweep the yard, clean the car ... and so on
After you do all that, do one bad thing to that same person --- just one will do
You can slap that person, or punch him/her, or kick the cat or whatever
See how that person will react
Will that person forgive your one bad act because you have done 100 good things for him/her?
Or will that person remember you forever for that one bad thing that you did to him/her --- and forgot all about the other 100 good things that you have done?
Go try that out yourself, and see the result
I find Google Wallet a little bit more "friendly" to the user. PayPal, which I've used for years and years, has become more and more, how should I say - arrogant
Yes--arrogant in exactly the same way as Google is being right now
First of all, let me state it here that I do not work for Google
In the case that we are talking about, Google is basically telling the devs that if they want to remain listed on Google Play they should at least accept Google Wallet as one of the payment options
While I do find it kinda arrogant, I do understand where Google is coming from - after all, Google, being the host, ought to have a chance to get something out of hosting all those apps
In other words, Google's arrogance is still within the acceptable range
On the other hand, PayPal has, on more than one occasion, being extremely arrogant, to the extent to being, shall I say, rude
There have been cases where PayPal shuts down accounts of entities that they do not agree with
If those entities engaged in illegal activities, such as supporting terrorist organizations, or selling cocaine to the minor, then I would have no qualm for PayPal shutting down their accounts
But there are other cases where PayPal shutting down the accounts belong to groups which do not see eye to eye with the government of America - such as WikiLeaks
I am not saying that WikiLeaks is an angle or something - but PayPal's shut down of WikiLeaks account mean that they are not allowing PayPal users like me to contribute ***OUR OWN MONEY*** to organizations that we think are doing a good job
That, my friend, is TRUE arrogance
I always know that Human Beings are basically nice
Take for instance -
I am a human being
and
I am a nice guy
Have a nice day :)
I've used both Google Wallet and I've used PayPal
And I've used other online payment services
I find Google Wallet a little bit more "friendly" to the user. PayPal, which I've used for years and years, has become more and more, how should I say - arrogant
But I'd bet the Chinese are considering mining operations off planet
I find the above quote a little bit too ironic
The first one who talk about space mining wasn't the Chinese, it was the Americans
Yes, we think Ahmadinejad and the ayatollahs are that stupid. Plainly
Next question
The guys run a country, even if it is run in a way you disagree with, and that makes them smarter than you already
So by that definition you are admitting you are dumber than G. W. Bush? Since when did the idea of serfdom, that our leaders are our betters and we should follow them blindly, come back into style?
Dayum ! How I wish I can mod you up !
There is a funny thing going on
When people getting paranoid about how bias the news has become, how untrustworthy the news organizations are, those same people switched alliance and turn to Hollywood
Suddenly the "Muslims are friendly" themes from Hollywood movies become their new "Gospel Truth"
Nor the Viet Cong with their suicide bombers
Would you mind showing us the proof of "Viet Cong Suicide Bombers" ?
According to TFA, the LED outputs 230% of the input energy by "stealing energy (in the form of heat) from its environment" - in other words, that LED device has a side effect of cooling things down
Will LED become next generation of cooling appliance?
BTW, I remember, about 10 years ago, /. had a post about a certain chip that can cool things down using "quantum effect" or something, that a British firm had a patent on it
I can't find that article right now, but I suspect what happened there and what is happening to the MIT experiment on LED may be similar
Perhaps my dislike of the Mideast didn't quite come through clearly by citing the region as "the degenerate cease-pool of Humanity since the Arab scientific revolution ended - several thousand years ago" - why on Earth does it need to be peaceful? Fight fire with fire, nuke the bastards until all the "holy land" is a glass parking lot and sleep easy at night knowing the Human race improved significantly
I read it quite loud and clear, actually
But I do reckon one thing that you may have missed --- America and the West still need the OIL from the Middle East
If you successful turning the entire region into vast area of glass parking lots, you ain't gonna get any oil there either
Leaders who promote suicide bombings rarely wear the vest themselves
To be more precise --- it is the old geezers who were behind the suicide bombing, but it is the young ones who end up blowing themselves to bits
Blackmail the world into... ...not invading them? ...letting them build nuclear bombs? ...letting their politicians be dicks and say outrageous things?
Oh, I am sure the Iranians have given it a lot of thought
They could blackmail the world to give them other high-tech stuffs that they do not currently enjoy - such as space technology
They could blackmail the world to give them the veto power on the UN security council
They could do much much more than what you and I can ever imagine, if they were to own nukes
Disclaimer:
My grandfather was killed by the Japanese
He suffered severe torture before he was beheaded
The Japanese killed my grandfather 2 weeks after they have signed the "surrender letter" on board an American warship
And - this is important --- my grandfather was not the only one who was murdered by the Japanese occupation force after they supposed to have surrendered
Your assertion that "Actually the Japanese were trying desperately to negotiate a surrender even before the FIRST use of WMD against them" is nothing but hogwash to those who suffered under the Japanese