We tried that with GM and it didn't work very well
That is because you voted in the WRONG PEOPLE and sent them to Capital Hill.
It would have worked if nobody on the Capital Hill decided to help GM - and that would set an extremely alarming precedence to all other corporations out there
The recent shooting death of two unarmed police women only serves to deepen the image of Britain as a nation of good for nothing pussies
While the House of Lords (they still have the gumption to continue call themselves "lords") debates on, the victims continue to be victimized, while the bullies... there's no justice left in UK
I suppose later reconciling could catch someone doing this, but I have to imagine it'd be really hard to enforce effectively.
Actually it's not that hard to catch those who use card with bogus amount
In a lot of cities, cctv cameras have been set up in mass transit system, in buses, trams and subway trains.
If the authority really wants to find out who are using bogus cards, they could compare the time stamp on the "embarking scan" with the time stamp on the CCTV to identify which person is using bogus cards.
Of course, catching the person only once is in itself not enough to convict the person. But, if the authority is able to proof that the same person has been using bogus card to get multiple free-rides mass transit system, they should have no difficulty to haul in that individual to the court.
Do not forget that we are living in the age of BIG BROTHER.
If you always suspect racism in everything that happened, in everything other people do or say, I sincerely suggest that you pay your local friendly psychologist a visit.
We wince when we learn of what Russia is doing to the girl punk band Pussy Riot
They way Russia heaping charges after ridiculous charges on those 3 girls causes many of us boiling mad, and our main stream media condemn what Russia is doing... on the other hand...
When the American government heap charges after ridiculous charges on a guy - where are the main stream media ?
The silent treatment from New York Time or Washington Post or Newsweek or Times Magazine is especially deafening.
The fate of the 3 girls of Pussy Riot is ruined by a dictatorship.
The fate of a guy in US is equally ruined - but by a so-called "democratically elected government".
Why the double standards?
Isn't the personal liberty of a guy in USA as important as the liberty of the 3 girls of Pussy Riot?
TFA's warcry "Hardware Is Dead" is itself braindead.
Just because the price-point of hardware falls does not mean the mechanics of dealings in hardware is dead.
There are many more items in our daily lives carry price-point well below of $45.
Are people dealing in porcelain cup dying of hunger?
Are businesses dealing in cheap plastic toys closing up shop?
No, of course not !
As long as there is a demand, there will be a supply, and as long as there is a price-point difference between the supply side and the amount demand side is willing to pay, there is profit to be made.
The author doesn't even know shit about doing business. He acts as if he's the re-incarnation of Chicken Little and keep yelling "The Sky Is Falling ! The Sky Is Falling !!"
Just imagine the country today if we instrad got the reputation, "Come to the USA and you can live free without working." versus, "Come to the USA and help make humanity space faring."
But it's happening !!
The most recent wave of immigrants into the United States of America (from mid 1980's onwards) are not talented individuals. They are DEPENDANTS (like parents, siblings, extended families) of those who have greencards or citizenships of the US of A.
The reason the most recent wave of immigrants move to America is precisely because of the welfare system.
Even back in their home countries they already heard how much they can get from welfare check, medicare, whatever, without having to work.
And THAT lies a BIG PROBLEM for America - you can't stop them coming, but you know that they just don't have anything to help make America better, stronger, more innovative.
Imagine how many more benefits could the US have received if that kind of money was not used up for a stupid political competition.
Look at it this way ---- The US would have received a total of nada, zilch, zero, if the money that was spent on the Apollo program (or any other space program, manned or unmanned) was spent on welfare checks
The one spinoff that you guys have failed to take account of --- the brand value of the "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
It is precisely because of Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon, it is precisely because of the WHOLE WORLD get to witness that particular landing, and it is precisely because of the combined AWESTRUCK of the human population from the entire planet, watching the black and white image of a guy in a very fat suit, bouncing up and down on a rocky / sandy surface, that the BRAND VALUE of the United States of America shot up !
The effect is tremendous.
Ever since the moon landing (back in the 60's) millions of very bright people emigrated from their homeland to America.
It is precisely because of those bright minded people that America leads the world in term of technology, economy and might.
America gets to be so strong not because of Americans alone.
Without new ideas from those who moved into America, based on their perception that America being the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, America wouldn't be able to churn out so many wonderful inventions, from electronics to bio-tech to many other fields, and it is precisely those inventions and the value of those IPs (intellectual properties) that have propped up the living standard of America.
So there just wasn't any other way to get this stimulative effect besides the Apollo program?
Well...
Let's compared the stimulative effects of space programs (manned or unmanned) to welfare program, shall we ?
I'll take one from each category - For space program, let's take the Hubble Space Telescope
Including all the delays and all the budget over-runs of the Hubble Space Telescope, the total cost for the entire program (some 20+ years) came to about a whopping U$ 6 Billions.
Since its independence, the United States of America has been replenished with bright brains from abroad.
The fresh minds were either fresh from the boats (Example: Albert Einstein, Leon Chua ) or sons and daughters of those stepping down from the boats (Example: Thomas Edison).
In human society, it has always been the ones with brightest brains travel greater distance.
America has been the "land of choice" for those with bright ideas simply because they (those with brain ideas) are not appreciated, while on the other hand, in America they get more opportunities to try out their ideas.
If you go to any top research lab in America you will find 40% to 70% of the researchers were either fresh immigrants or sons and daughters of those who immigrated from foreign countries.
Without those imported brains, I am afraid the United States of America would fair no better than England, or Korea, or Italy, or Japan, or Spain, or China, or Poland, or India, or Russia.
At the conference the duo stated that the world operates 'on an inferior monetary system'.
We live in an imperfect world, and the human civilization, too, is imperfect.
Same as the monetary system that the world is using, it is imperfect
But to say that the world is using an "INFERIOR monetary system" is to infer that there exists something much more "SUPERIOR" than the one we are using.
If that's the case, I would like to know what is it.
While I applaud those who have created the Bitcoins (and I do have a few of them myself) and their ideology to offer the world an alternative choice - I simply can't say that the bitcoin ecology is "superior" to the one the world is using, and has been using, for a long time.
I do reckon that the world needs a better monetary system, but until I (and many others) can find one, we will stick to the broken one that we are using, thank you very much !
I'm not very clear on the jurisdiction of the Dutch court - but if hyperlinking equals infringement ruling only applies on sites which are hosted on Dutch servers, this will effectively make Dutch servers sort of the "untouchable"
Why would anyone want to host their sites on a Dutch server where court ruling such as puts on insane and unnecessarily limit?
Slashdot Mirror
The patent system was set up to encourage more people to invent new stuffs - by protecting the interest of the inventor.
It was never intended for the restriction of the rights of others to protect themselves.
The use of patent in the solutions as outlined by TFA is another clear cut example of the abuse of the patent system.
I do not know how much more the world must suffer before the power that be wakes up to the fact that the patent system is hopelessly broken.
Overhaul the patent system now !
Sure there is: don't buy their products.
We tried that with GM and it didn't work very well
That is because you voted in the WRONG PEOPLE and sent them to Capital Hill.
It would have worked if nobody on the Capital Hill decided to help GM - and that would set an extremely alarming precedence to all other corporations out there
All limits are political.
Can't be more true than that.
Hemp is band in many many countries just because some species of hemp happen to be marijuana.
But the use of the hemp plant is much more than marijuana.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp
http://www.informationdistillery.com/hemp.htm
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/perfect-plant-7-great-uses-for-industrial-hemp.html
And most importantly, hemp grows very fast, and it can be grown in many soil types and also under various climate (from damp to arid) condition.
If that researcher took into account on the cultivation of hemp his conclusion would have been different.
I still have my complete collection of Whole Earth Catalog and hopefully they will start publishing new edition of this most useful books.
Samzenpus accidentally misspelled rich as lucky...
You wanna change this :
"One lucky space-lover with some extra cash ..."
to this :
"One rich space-lover with some extra luck ..." ?
The recent shooting death of two unarmed police women only serves to deepen the image of Britain as a nation of good for nothing pussies
While the House of Lords (they still have the gumption to continue call themselves "lords") debates on, the victims continue to be victimized, while the bullies ... there's no justice left in UK
I suppose later reconciling could catch someone doing this, but I have to imagine it'd be really hard to enforce effectively.
Actually it's not that hard to catch those who use card with bogus amount
In a lot of cities, cctv cameras have been set up in mass transit system, in buses, trams and subway trains.
If the authority really wants to find out who are using bogus cards, they could compare the time stamp on the "embarking scan" with the time stamp on the CCTV to identify which person is using bogus cards.
Of course, catching the person only once is in itself not enough to convict the person. But, if the authority is able to proof that the same person has been using bogus card to get multiple free-rides mass transit system, they should have no difficulty to haul in that individual to the court.
Do not forget that we are living in the age of BIG BROTHER.
Even a poor snapshot is better than a blank white square
You forgot one thing -
A book filled with poor snapshots will not make Slashdot
A book filled with blank white squares ... will
How many of the canned foods you eat are as acidic as soda?
You forgot one thing - People do not heat up their can of soda, but many people do place their canned food over fire to heat it up
Heating up canned food while it's still in the can will mean one thing - the PLASTIC LINING will melt into the food.
Sir Richard Branson has a son, Sam.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158511/Richard-Bransons-boy-marry-girl-Bella-just-months-family-wedding.html
If Richard Branson is so gung-ho in establishing a human colony in Mars - will he send his own son, on a one-way-trip to that red planet?
It is easy to want to do something - it is not-that-easy when that something requires some personal sacrifices.
http://website.lineone.net/~mwarhurst/bisphenol.html
Click the above link and see for yourself where the BPA-compound (resins, epoxy) has been used
And one of those is "WATER PIPE"
Yes, the water pipe that you got your tap water from
You do not need to drink can soda
You do not need to eat canned food
All you need is to turn on the tap and there you go, you get BPA.
One thing about this article submit is that it only tells part of the story.
BPA lining is not only present in the soda can.
BPA lining is also present in CANNED FOOD - yes, inside the cans that are used for CANNED FOOD
http://www.thedailygreen.com/going-green/tips/bpa-in-canned-foods
The irony is that the "1984" theme became one of the most successful ad campaign for Apple back then ...
I always suspect racism.
If you always suspect racism in everything that happened, in everything other people do or say, I sincerely suggest that you pay your local friendly psychologist a visit.
It's better if the students can learn how to write, and spell, and using correct grammar, before learning how to type
We wince when we learn of what Russia is doing to the girl punk band Pussy Riot
They way Russia heaping charges after ridiculous charges on those 3 girls causes many of us boiling mad, and our main stream media condemn what Russia is doing ... on the other hand ...
When the American government heap charges after ridiculous charges on a guy - where are the main stream media ?
The silent treatment from New York Time or Washington Post or Newsweek or Times Magazine is especially deafening.
The fate of the 3 girls of Pussy Riot is ruined by a dictatorship.
The fate of a guy in US is equally ruined - but by a so-called "democratically elected government".
Why the double standards?
Isn't the personal liberty of a guy in USA as important as the liberty of the 3 girls of Pussy Riot?
TFA's warcry "Hardware Is Dead" is itself braindead.
Just because the price-point of hardware falls does not mean the mechanics of dealings in hardware is dead.
There are many more items in our daily lives carry price-point well below of $45.
Are people dealing in porcelain cup dying of hunger?
Are businesses dealing in cheap plastic toys closing up shop?
No, of course not !
As long as there is a demand, there will be a supply, and as long as there is a price-point difference between the supply side and the amount demand side is willing to pay, there is profit to be made.
The author doesn't even know shit about doing business. He acts as if he's the re-incarnation of Chicken Little and keep yelling "The Sky Is Falling ! The Sky Is Falling !!"
Just imagine the country today if we instrad got the reputation, "Come to the USA and you can live free without working." versus, "Come to the USA and help make humanity space faring."
But it's happening !!
The most recent wave of immigrants into the United States of America (from mid 1980's onwards) are not talented individuals. They are DEPENDANTS (like parents, siblings, extended families) of those who have greencards or citizenships of the US of A.
The reason the most recent wave of immigrants move to America is precisely because of the welfare system.
Even back in their home countries they already heard how much they can get from welfare check, medicare, whatever, without having to work.
And THAT lies a BIG PROBLEM for America - you can't stop them coming, but you know that they just don't have anything to help make America better, stronger, more innovative.
Imagine how many more benefits could the US have received if that kind of money was not used up for a stupid political competition.
Look at it this way ---- The US would have received a total of nada, zilch, zero, if the money that was spent on the Apollo program (or any other space program, manned or unmanned) was spent on welfare checks
The one spinoff that you guys have failed to take account of --- the brand value of the "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
It is precisely because of Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon, it is precisely because of the WHOLE WORLD get to witness that particular landing, and it is precisely because of the combined AWESTRUCK of the human population from the entire planet, watching the black and white image of a guy in a very fat suit, bouncing up and down on a rocky / sandy surface, that the BRAND VALUE of the United States of America shot up !
The effect is tremendous.
Ever since the moon landing (back in the 60's) millions of very bright people emigrated from their homeland to America.
It is precisely because of those bright minded people that America leads the world in term of technology, economy and might.
America gets to be so strong not because of Americans alone.
Without new ideas from those who moved into America, based on their perception that America being the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, America wouldn't be able to churn out so many wonderful inventions, from electronics to bio-tech to many other fields, and it is precisely those inventions and the value of those IPs (intellectual properties) that have propped up the living standard of America.
So there just wasn't any other way to get this stimulative effect besides the Apollo program?
Well ...
Let's compared the stimulative effects of space programs (manned or unmanned) to welfare program, shall we ?
I'll take one from each category - For space program, let's take the Hubble Space Telescope
Including all the delays and all the budget over-runs of the Hubble Space Telescope, the total cost for the entire program (some 20+ years) came to about a whopping U$ 6 Billions.
http://www.astrophys-assist.com/educate/hubble/hubble.htm
On the other hand, on the welfare side of the equation --
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/04/20/welfare-tackling-the-fastest-growing-part-of-government-spending/
In fiscal year 2011, total welfare costs equaled $927 billion ($717 billion from the federal government and $210 billion from states).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2011/04/22/americas-ever-expanding-welfare-empire/
Just one program, Medicaid, cost the federal government $275 billion in 2010, which is slated to rise to $451 billion by 2018.
Do I need to say more ?
America is a country of immigrants
Since its independence, the United States of America has been replenished with bright brains from abroad.
The fresh minds were either fresh from the boats (Example: Albert Einstein, Leon Chua ) or sons and daughters of those stepping down from the boats (Example: Thomas Edison).
In human society, it has always been the ones with brightest brains travel greater distance.
America has been the "land of choice" for those with bright ideas simply because they (those with brain ideas) are not appreciated, while on the other hand, in America they get more opportunities to try out their ideas.
If you go to any top research lab in America you will find 40% to 70% of the researchers were either fresh immigrants or sons and daughters of those who immigrated from foreign countries.
Without those imported brains, I am afraid the United States of America would fair no better than England, or Korea, or Italy, or Japan, or Spain, or China, or Poland, or India, or Russia.
At the conference the duo stated that the world operates 'on an inferior monetary system'.
We live in an imperfect world, and the human civilization, too, is imperfect.
Same as the monetary system that the world is using, it is imperfect
But to say that the world is using an "INFERIOR monetary system" is to infer that there exists something much more "SUPERIOR" than the one we are using.
If that's the case, I would like to know what is it.
While I applaud those who have created the Bitcoins (and I do have a few of them myself) and their ideology to offer the world an alternative choice - I simply can't say that the bitcoin ecology is "superior" to the one the world is using, and has been using, for a long time.
I do reckon that the world needs a better monetary system, but until I (and many others) can find one, we will stick to the broken one that we are using, thank you very much !
If no one has patented this idea yet, I am going to file a "Kick the damn smartphone to silence it" patent !
It's mine, and Microsoft better don't try to grab that from me !!!
I'm not very clear on the jurisdiction of the Dutch court - but if hyperlinking equals infringement ruling only applies on sites which are hosted on Dutch servers, this will effectively make Dutch servers sort of the "untouchable"
Why would anyone want to host their sites on a Dutch server where court ruling such as puts on insane and unnecessarily limit?
Anyone who talks about re-inventing the wheel as something bad should immediately replace his modern re-invented car wheels with wooden ones.
Just in case you do not have a dictionary, here's the definition of "Invent" --
"Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of."
Replacing wood as the material in making wheels with metal (or ceramics, or polymer) is not counted as 'invention'
It's "enhancement", not "invention"
Better luck trolling next time, buckwheat !