Those that sign up, will be at the mercy of the UN (useless nations), bank on it.
Which is to say they will face no restrictions what so ever, and will be free to use the nuclear material for any purpose they want with no fear of anything but a stern "talking to".
Or to put it another way, this "low enrich Uranium fuel bank" idea is to ensure a permanent divide of two classes of nations -
First Class Nations which are allowed to do whatever they like with Nuclear Science - including producing super-enriched-grade Uranium (and all other radioactive materials) and to make all types of nuclear bombs),
... and...
Beggar Class Nations which have to rely on the First Class Nations to supply them with the low-grade Uranium, to power their nuclear power plants
Right now, there's already a divide, but the line between them is not clear cut. With this, the line is fixed, and the beggar class nations will forever sign away their right to become self-dependent
You mentioned the Apple stock and the hot-potato nature of it --- but stock market itself is a little bit different from Ponzi Scheme
The rise of Apple stocks is not totally due to the perception of Apple Inc is worth what and what billions, but rather ---- The world we live in, right now, is being flooded with too much liquidity, and those excess cash is looking for each and every way to stay ahead of the curve, and Apple Inc just so happened to become the "safe haven" for the time being, until...
... as you mentioned, when people starting to realize that Apple Inc ain't worth that much in the first place, and a crash will commence
The problem is that whatever you might think of, someone has already a patent on it or a patent that's broad enough to cover what you do. Not because they ever thought of using the phone like you, but because they sought to cover as broad base as possible with their patent.
That's very, very true !!
I've independently come up with a lot of new ideas, but my lawyers tell me they found existing patent coverages that are so broad, that even when the existing patents themselves are not similar with my new inventions, they effectively rendered my new inventions "invalid"
And I suspect that I am the only one who is frustrated and hamstrung by the broken patent system
One of the arguments for pro circumcision camp, male with circumcised penis are less likely to contact AIDS
Well...
I am a male, and, thanks to my parents, I get to keep my foreskin
I do not f*ck around - and when I did, I made sure I took all the precautions, like using condom, like wash my private part clean after sex (when possible) and, most importantly, not having any same-sex intercourse
Till now, and knock on wood, I haven't been infected by HIV
Seriously, I think the "less AIDS" argument does not hold much water, scientifically
If one practices hygienic lifestyle - that is, takes the effort to keep private part, including the inside of the foreskin, clean after sexual intercourse
One the other hand, a male who no longer has any foreskin due to circumcision, if he engages in unsafe sex, the man would probably ending up contacting AIDS, even without his foreskin
I find it very ludicrous for a medical association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, to issue such claim
indicates that the Kremlin does not think of such activities to be in any way illegal or unethical
I have to confess that I did feel a little bit queasy reading what Timothy has posted
This world that we live in today, where "paid reviews", "forum astroturfing", "blog spamming" and "rabid fanboyism" are been actively encouraged and sponsored by for profit corporations such as Microsoft, Adobe, Apple Inc., - mainly from the Western democracies - any effort in linking Russia to similar "illegal" and/or "unethical" activities is futile
It was the West who have fine-tuned activities such as being described in TFA to an art-form, in the first place
Review for hire is far from being a new phenomenon
I can't remember how many times I had fallen victim to that scam, often ended up purchasing crappy software that did nothing close to the raving reviews I had read in computer magazines
Because once mankind masters being able to breathe nothing and piss ice-cubes? There's no stopping how far we can leave a trail of litter, across the galaxy!:-)
If that's what it takes, we'll figure out how to do it through genetic engineering and/or artificial organs.
If generations upon generations of human species are put through genetic engineering, the result will be something that might be able to live on methane but they can no longer be known as "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" anymore, can they?
You are, Sir, in the same situation as your Chinese friend
We all know that China actively censor the Net, and most importantly, China isn't denying that they censor the Internet
But on the other hand, how about the so-called "democratic West" ?
How sure are you that there isn't any censorship?
The level of Net censorship could be way lower than that of China, but I assure you, there _ARE_ censorship being carried out
Rightly or wrongly, closing down a website for "violation of laws" - be it piracy or hatespeech or child pornography or terrorism or whatever - is censorship
Do not feel sorry for your Chinese friend, Sir
Feel sorry for yourself, instead
At the very least, your Chinese friend does understand that her government practices censorship and with that knowledge, she can (if she wants to) learn techniques to break the state imposed censorship
On the other hand, you, Sir, because of your attitude of "The West Is Perfect, We Never Censor Anything", is already losing out on A LOT OF STUFFS (good and bad) that your government has decided that its better that you do not know about
I know TFA is asking what VPN service is best suited for ppl living in Australia
I happen to travel frequently, from the Americas to Europe to Asia (including Australia/NZ) to Africa, for business, and there are times I desperately need VPN that just works
I do not need a lot of GBs, but I do need security - which means, VPN which do NOT keep any log of my online activity
Can anyone recommend VPN services that can work in _any_ country in this world?
If they can make the USB connector detachable from this keyboard, then we do not need to worry about wetting the USB connector and ruin the whole thing
Not to mention the fuel emissions from going out and doing the collection
There might be a more fuel efficient way to collect those jetsam and floatsam -
Setting up garbage traps where sea currents flow, and collecting the jetsam / floatsam as they are flowing nearby
While this method is far from perfect - the set up for such device is a no-brainer
But there is one very important thing TFA has not mentioned - many of the plastic garbage that end up in the sea do NOT float - they sunk, and end up littering pristine ocean floor, even the Mariana Trench has been polluted
While I dunno what's the level of risk of talking on cellphone while driving while compared to those who drive drunk, but I know one thing for sure...
I've been in couple of my friends' vehicles and they really scare the shit out of me
Inside their car are new added distractions - from GPS map finder LCD screen to mini LCD/MP3 movie player, surrounding the driver seat
The already cluttered atmosphere of where the driver does the driving, because of these added gadgets, become even more cluttered
Please do not tell me that the combined effect from the LCD screens (GPS map finder, movie/MP3 player, cellphone, and so on, surrounding the vehicle driver, does not represent added distractions
The Vietnamese who were victimized in the Vietnam war didn't have to go through the de-PTSD regime of therapy and still doing ok
On the other hand, those American veterans who fought Vietnam war came back "damaged", suffering from - as the psychologist have claimed - PTSD
So the vets had to go through uncounted sessions of PTSD therapy and then ? They still suffer PTSD, waking up cold sweat at night, floored immediately whenever a car nearby has a tire punctured, and so on
The Jews who had survived holocaust, how many of them had PTSD ?
Many of the holocaust survivor not only didn't suffer from PTSD, they went on to do great stuffs in their chosen field, be it Science, Art or even become great warriors
The creation of the state of Israel was aided by many people who survived holocaust
Instead of going into their own cocoon, the Jews got on to greatness because in the Jewish culture, stuffs like PTSD only indicates weakness, and weakness is looked down upon
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Those that sign up, will be at the mercy of the UN (useless nations), bank on it.
Which is to say they will face no restrictions what so ever, and will be free to use the nuclear material for any purpose they want with no fear of anything but a stern "talking to".
Or to put it another way, this "low enrich Uranium fuel bank" idea is to ensure a permanent divide of two classes of nations -
First Class Nations which are allowed to do whatever they like with Nuclear Science - including producing super-enriched-grade Uranium (and all other radioactive materials) and to make all types of nuclear bombs),
... and
Beggar Class Nations which have to rely on the First Class Nations to supply them with the low-grade Uranium, to power their nuclear power plants
Right now, there's already a divide, but the line between them is not clear cut. With this, the line is fixed, and the beggar class nations will forever sign away their right to become self-dependent
You mentioned the Apple stock and the hot-potato nature of it --- but stock market itself is a little bit different from Ponzi Scheme
...
The rise of Apple stocks is not totally due to the perception of Apple Inc is worth what and what billions, but rather ---- The world we live in, right now, is being flooded with too much liquidity, and those excess cash is looking for each and every way to stay ahead of the curve, and Apple Inc just so happened to become the "safe haven" for the time being, until
... as you mentioned, when people starting to realize that Apple Inc ain't worth that much in the first place, and a crash will commence
I know the title is ridiculous, but everything about this scam henge on it
Normal paper-based cash are almost un-traceable, that is why petty criminals often get to spend the cash that they robbed from old ladies
If Bitcoin is untraceable, then the masterminds behind this ponzi-scheme get to "spend" their ill-gotten loot as well, without being identified
I use Bitcoin, but I am not well verse with all the details
If I were to scam someone and got his Bitcoin, could I spend them, without being identified?
The problem is that whatever you might think of, someone has already a patent on it or a patent that's broad enough to cover what you do. Not because they ever thought of using the phone like you, but because they sought to cover as broad base as possible with their patent.
That's very, very true !!
I've independently come up with a lot of new ideas, but my lawyers tell me they found existing patent coverages that are so broad, that even when the existing patents themselves are not similar with my new inventions, they effectively rendered my new inventions "invalid"
And I suspect that I am the only one who is frustrated and hamstrung by the broken patent system
On my desktop, I put the mouse on the left side of the keyboard and I move the mouse with my left hand
And I don't know why 99.9% of the time I see others put their mice on the right side of their keyboard
I find it cumbersome to have to juggle my right hand from keyboard to mouse and then back again, while the left hand remains idle 75% of the time
One of the arguments for pro circumcision camp, male with circumcised penis are less likely to contact AIDS
Well ...
I am a male, and, thanks to my parents, I get to keep my foreskin
I do not f*ck around - and when I did, I made sure I took all the precautions, like using condom, like wash my private part clean after sex (when possible) and, most importantly, not having any same-sex intercourse
Till now, and knock on wood, I haven't been infected by HIV
Seriously, I think the "less AIDS" argument does not hold much water, scientifically
If one practices hygienic lifestyle - that is, takes the effort to keep private part, including the inside of the foreskin, clean after sexual intercourse
One the other hand, a male who no longer has any foreskin due to circumcision, if he engages in unsafe sex, the man would probably ending up contacting AIDS, even without his foreskin
I find it very ludicrous for a medical association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, to issue such claim
If the rocket blurbs out H2 and the backends, and as I understand, water is made of 2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen (H2O), where has the Oxygen gone to?
indicates that the Kremlin does not think of such activities to be in any way illegal or unethical
I have to confess that I did feel a little bit queasy reading what Timothy has posted
This world that we live in today, where "paid reviews", "forum astroturfing", "blog spamming" and "rabid fanboyism" are been actively encouraged and sponsored by for profit corporations such as Microsoft, Adobe, Apple Inc., - mainly from the Western democracies - any effort in linking Russia to similar "illegal" and/or "unethical" activities is futile
It was the West who have fine-tuned activities such as being described in TFA to an art-form, in the first place
Review for hire is far from being a new phenomenon
I can't remember how many times I had fallen victim to that scam, often ended up purchasing crappy software that did nothing close to the raving reviews I had read in computer magazines
I blame it on Mr. Linus Benedict Torvalds.
I was doing just fine with DOS and Windows
I was happy with the BSOD when Mr. Torvalds message, the one he posted on the comp.os.minix newsgroup appeared on my screen
Since then, I am hooked, addicted, and couldn't shake it off, no matter how I tried
I even had gone cold turkey, only to end up phailing miserably
Because once mankind masters being able to breathe nothing and piss ice-cubes? There's no stopping how far we can leave a trail of litter, across the galaxy! :-)
If that's what it takes, we'll figure out how to do it through genetic engineering and/or artificial organs.
If generations upon generations of human species are put through genetic engineering, the result will be something that might be able to live on methane but they can no longer be known as "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" anymore, can they?
Went to the site, looked at the pics and holy cow !
If you go to wet markets in sea-side towns on the Borneo Islands you can see they sell this type of fish there !
No matter how you slice it, the 1 Billion Dollar Reward has much to do with how judge Lucy Koh conducted the trial
It was a kangaroo court, to put it mildly
I won't be surprised if inside the 1 Billion Dollar Reward there's a cut somewhere reserved for the good judge
Maybe I'm asking too much, but will Manjaro offer a version that integrates with Enlightenment, instead of the current Xfce integration ?
Yes, I read that
The mission for today is scrubbed and will try to launch tomorrow at the same time
What I'm surprised is that the launch window lasts only for 20 minutes
Why so short the time frame of the launch window?
What we truly need is a comparison chart of some kind, to show us what Google's offering is different from the others
... they've been told lies all their life
I find your description of the Chinese interesting, especially the above quoted part
The Chinese might have been lied to all their lives, but how about you guys, in your so-called "Western democracy"?
Are you sure you aren't been lied to, all your life?
Before pointing your finger at others, try take a good look at thyself first
I mean, who are you to "feel sorry for her" ?
You are, Sir, in the same situation as your Chinese friend
We all know that China actively censor the Net, and most importantly, China isn't denying that they censor the Internet
But on the other hand, how about the so-called "democratic West" ?
How sure are you that there isn't any censorship?
The level of Net censorship could be way lower than that of China, but I assure you, there _ARE_ censorship being carried out
Rightly or wrongly, closing down a website for "violation of laws" - be it piracy or hatespeech or child pornography or terrorism or whatever - is censorship
Do not feel sorry for your Chinese friend, Sir
Feel sorry for yourself, instead
At the very least, your Chinese friend does understand that her government practices censorship and with that knowledge, she can (if she wants to) learn techniques to break the state imposed censorship
On the other hand, you, Sir, because of your attitude of "The West Is Perfect, We Never Censor Anything", is already losing out on A LOT OF STUFFS (good and bad) that your government has decided that its better that you do not know about
I know TFA is asking what VPN service is best suited for ppl living in Australia
I happen to travel frequently, from the Americas to Europe to Asia (including Australia/NZ) to Africa, for business, and there are times I desperately need VPN that just works
I do not need a lot of GBs, but I do need security - which means, VPN which do NOT keep any log of my online activity
Can anyone recommend VPN services that can work in _any_ country in this world?
If they can make the USB connector detachable from this keyboard, then we do not need to worry about wetting the USB connector and ruin the whole thing
Not to mention the fuel emissions from going out and doing the collection
There might be a more fuel efficient way to collect those jetsam and floatsam -
Setting up garbage traps where sea currents flow, and collecting the jetsam / floatsam as they are flowing nearby
While this method is far from perfect - the set up for such device is a no-brainer
But there is one very important thing TFA has not mentioned - many of the plastic garbage that end up in the sea do NOT float - they sunk, and end up littering pristine ocean floor, even the Mariana Trench has been polluted
While I dunno what's the level of risk of talking on cellphone while driving while compared to those who drive drunk, but I know one thing for sure ...
I've been in couple of my friends' vehicles and they really scare the shit out of me
Inside their car are new added distractions - from GPS map finder LCD screen to mini LCD/MP3 movie player, surrounding the driver seat
The already cluttered atmosphere of where the driver does the driving, because of these added gadgets, become even more cluttered
Please do not tell me that the combined effect from the LCD screens (GPS map finder, movie/MP3 player, cellphone, and so on, surrounding the vehicle driver, does not represent added distractions
PTSD is a Western invention
The Vietnamese who were victimized in the Vietnam war didn't have to go through the de-PTSD regime of therapy and still doing ok
On the other hand, those American veterans who fought Vietnam war came back "damaged", suffering from - as the psychologist have claimed - PTSD
So the vets had to go through uncounted sessions of PTSD therapy and then ? They still suffer PTSD, waking up cold sweat at night, floored immediately whenever a car nearby has a tire punctured, and so on
The Jews who had survived holocaust, how many of them had PTSD ?
Many of the holocaust survivor not only didn't suffer from PTSD, they went on to do great stuffs in their chosen field, be it Science, Art or even become great warriors
The creation of the state of Israel was aided by many people who survived holocaust
Instead of going into their own cocoon, the Jews got on to greatness because in the Jewish culture, stuffs like PTSD only indicates weakness, and weakness is looked down upon
A lack of planet on a nearby star does not mean there is nothing around the star
There might still be fragments of ice / rocks / whatever that humankind can use to construct an artificial planet of some kind
Plus, the lack of existing planet means we get to create one, with our own design
Even if the source is not credible does not mean that types of crime as outlined in TFA does not take place in Apple shop (or any other store)