And humans have shown very clearly that we get quite susceptible to god-talk as we age and face our own mortality. The idea that when we die, that's it. Nada. That's something many people can't face. Ever.
Whether it's religion-god or tech-god is influenced by the point in time at which the fear sets in. He's a scientist and so maybe the tech-god worldview has sway.
I'm not slamming him - I'm suggesting that this thought process has as much to do with emotion as it does science.
Let's see; 500 dates in, say, 1200 days comes out to another date every 2.4 days. Assuming that a date often consists of dinner and maybe a movie, we'll say it occupies about 4 hours per date. If the average person sleeps 7 hours per day, during those 1200 days, she was awake 20,400 hours. Of those waking hours, we'll estimate that she worked approx 8500 hours, leaving 11,900 hours for everything not sleep or work related. Take away at least 2 hours per day for various daily, unavoidable activities like showers, breakfast, dressing, cleaning... So that's another 2400 hours. That makes 9500 hours that might fit into the category of discretionary time. The dates occupied 2000 hours, or roughly 21% of all her discretionary time. I'd call that throwing yourself into your work...
I work in this (general) field and we run into this all the time.
First, there is no financial incentive for any provider to pre-qualify all buildings. It would cost so much to do all those surveys and assess all that data, without any revenue from it, that no one does it.
What you saw Comcast use was; looking at the financial model for coax delivery of service, they can't justify the build. But looking at the financial model for fiber delivery of service, you can justify it. Why? Their fiber-based service is 5X the price of coax.
I have seen 'business-class' Comcast coax installed by a technician just feeding cable thru an open window. I've seen it where the tech drilled a hole in an openable wooden window frame and pushed it thru. They will puncture any external wall and just shoot a little caulk at it later. In fairness, they generally do a better job of the physical install of fiber than coax. For fiber installs, they generally use the same methods as a LEC or other major provider would use (conduit, weatherheads, etc.)
I am still mystified as to why business people order Comcast coax service, get crappy performance and outages, then can't understand how Comcast can do that. They can do that because people keep buying their products/services. I know they are usually the cheapest game in town - I guess you get what you pay for.
So many business people say that their business is fully dependent on having Internet access, but they don't want to pay much more than residential rates for it. The nature of all residential service is based on consumers being pain-tolerant but not price-tolerant. So you make compromises on residential service to keep the cost as low as possible. With business-class service, there is a much lower tolerance of pain (outages, slow speeds), so you make fewer compromises (to maintain quality), which drives the costs for delivering services up.
I work for a carrier and it's not the joke you might think, for some people. I argue on a regular basis with customers who don't understand why I can't set up BGP for their/28 or/29. And then there's the 'you have millions of IP addresses - you can spare a couple of/24's for me, right. What's the problem?'
Too many people (who knew better) have waited til the last minute and stubbornly refused to embrace IPv6. They don't understand why I can't reach into my back pocket and pull out those/16's I'd been hiding for a rainy day.
It is the general agreement among providers that they will only provide BGP (broadcasting routes) between providers if you have;
Your own ASN number (go to ARIN for that) At least a/24 of IP space (good luck with that)
Providers don't do BGP for CIDR blocks smaller than/24 because the router tables on the net would balloon in size. (OTOH, you can get iBGP within a single provider's network with a block smaller than a/24, but then you aren't getting cross-provider alternate paths)
... No, they mean cement. You add aggregate to provide structural properties and reduce the cost of the mix when used for construction. This is for waste disposal.
FTA: "...the plan for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) where highly radioactive waste, immobilised in cement, would be interred deep underground"
I'm pretty sure they mean concrete. Cement is a dry powder (think of those bags at the home improvement store - "Portland Cement") - it would be tough to immobilise anything in a loose powder for 100,000 years.
It is quite common for people to use the words cement and concrete interchangeably, though they are two different things.
Cement (in this context) is a dry, loose powder. It is one component of concrete.
Concrete is a hard 'finished product' that they make (some) roads and buildings out of. Concrete is a mixture of ingredients that, after going thru a chemical transformation, "sets" or hardens into something with tremendous compressive strength.
I believe what they mean is "concrete" rather than "cement".
Cement is a powder that is one component of concrete;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement
Together with sand, water, and aggregate (rock) they undergo a chemical reaction (when mixed) to form concrete. Changing the quality, component ratio and admixtures of concrete can dramatically change various characteristics like strength, set time, resistance to water pressure, etc. I can remember seeing concrete that was very dark (almost black-ish) in color. I was told it contained a lot of lead for use in radioactivity shielding.
I have a relative who is an engineer at an automotive manufacturer. One job he held was to analyze why certain parts failed more often than others. All parts were designed in the US and the alloys were carefully spelled out.
They flew him to various outsourced shops around the world to try to understand why, even when every detail was carefully spec'd, some parts (often cast) failed too often.
One thing he noticed was that, in some parts of the world, it is not uncommon to have some shop floors made of just dirt, rather than concrete. When you (as a manufacturer) have reduced costs associated with your choice of alloy to the bare minimum, there is little room for error 'in the mix'. Turns out that a dirty work environment can kick up a lot of dirt and dust and some of that finds its way into your alloy. And it surprised me how little it took to reduce the strength of the metal significantly.
There are subtle details that you and I might take for granted (like a clean work environment) that others have found as ways to shave their daily operating costs (locate in a primitive, less-expensive setting). You have to spec EVERYTHING.
Powell's City of Books in downtown Portland. A full city block, multiple floors, of new and used books (and maps and book-related kitsch). So big (and popular) that they had to expand their technical books to another storefront nearby.
On many days, the place is backed with shoppers - and it's a huge store. They even have a map of the store, so that you don't get lost. The store is divided into general subject sections: Reference, Mystery, SciFi, Art, Languages, Magazines, etc.
It's such a trip to browse, and find, practically any book you can think of. And, if it's not on the shelf, go to their website and see if they have it in their warehouse. (You can check their website from any of the many terminals set up throughout the store) If they do, you can buy it and have it appear in Will Call at the main store.
You can sell them your old books at their buying counter. (I've sold a couple hundred there myself...)
If you're into books (the kind that are made of paper), you should visit this place at least once.
(I'm not associated with the place - just a customer for the last 20+ years)
Do you have your firewall set to discard unwanted packets silently? In other words, unless someone from the outside is hitting an IP and a port that you want open to the outside, there should be *no response* to outside queries (including port scans). If the firewall acknowledges the ping of the port *in any way* with a return packet, then the outside party knows there's something attached to that IP/port.
It's always best to give the appearance that there's nothing residing at that IP/port....
There are undoubtedly small, local, homeless shelters that need clothing, toiletries, various consumables. Those things will go directly to those who need them.
Is there a local group who recycles/reuses electronics? (maybe turning old PC's into Linux boxen, to be given to low-income families) Donate a couple items and drop off $20.
There are very small, not well known women's/family shelters that are always desperate for anything from socks, underwear, blankets, toys, to dishes, cleaning supplies, etc. Sometimes not easy to find these - they tend to keep a low profile, but their services are vital for people who find themselves in a very difficult situation.
Check the websites of local charities - they usually list the specific things they are most in need of.
I donate stuff to Goodwill... after I have offered it to groups like the ones listed above, but they don't have an immediate need.
I had a T1 to my house for several years, because I was running a business out of the house. My business *required* dependable, 24x7 Internet access, so, even though it was expensive *compared to residential service*, it met my business needs and could be paid for via revenues.
I migrated away from NetSol years ago when they became a marketing machine.
EasyDNS has great support and is very easy to use. You have the option of an email address with them that appears in the official public record, but only works from within easyDNS.
Stupid name, but I have been using the mouse for a couple of years and like it a lot. I find that my hand rests more comfortably on this mouse than any other I've used.
In trying to decide which mouse to get, I relaxed my hands and kind of hung them in the air over my desk, without twisting them in anticipation of a mouse. Tried to imagine being weightless. That position was probably 80 degrees off from what I would have to do to use an 'ordinary' mouse. So I thought, 'Hey, if the mouse is oriented the same as my hand would be in a relaxed state, maybe they're onto something'.
Anyway, it has several buttons, though I only use the three large ones. And the scrollwheel.
Another possible explanation for our rapid development of language was put forth by Elaine Morgan in books like The Descent of Woman and The Aquatic Ape.
The suggestion was that there is lots of physiological evidence (subcutaneous fat layer, distribution of hair, infants seemingly instant ability to swim, even upright posture) that we as a species spent time (a million years?) as semi-aquatic. (in the sense that we wallowed around in the shallow water near shore most of the day) This had some advantages (kept us safe from predators, etc), but had the disadvantage that body language was lost.
So how do you communicate without body language (which is extremely common and important among mammals)?
Sound - it's the one thing you can pass across the surface of the water quickly over long-ish distances. We would need to pass along some level of detail, so we found ways to modulate our voices to incorporate additional meaning. (insert rising modem speeds analogy here)
Just as difficult to prove, but very interesting to speculate about.
>>>Poles, conduits, rights-of-way should belong to the local authority, managed and maintained by the lowest bidding contractor.
That's kind of funny, in a sad sort of way. Have you never read the stories about techs who drill through walls into electrical wires and start fires? Or fall asleep at the customer's home? These are low-paid workers - you don't get great service with rock-bottom prices.
If you go for the lowest bidder, I can guarantee you that maintenance will become a worse and worse issue, with the argument eventually sounding like 'well, at this rate of return, we just can't afford to keep you in service with less than a 72 hour call-back window. Now if you let us double your rates, your service will improve immensely!'
No company is out there to do you a favor. Much of the responsiveness that exists today is the result of threats of gov't action against companies if they fail to resolve consumer complaints within a reasonable amount of time. Why do you think Public Utility Commissions came to exist?
I am reminded of the note, tacked up on the walls of many companies; "Speed, Quality, Price: Choose Any Two".
I've lived in the same house for almost 30 years and it was over 90 years old when we bought it.
You learn to do almost everything: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, paint, roofing (ugh!). You learn on a basic, visceral level how things work, fit together, fall apart. You 'feel' aging. You learn to predict.
In that time I've probably been through 25+ computers (many were servers), who knows how many peripherals, software, etc. Many are just a blur now.
And in the basement is a darkroom for, wait for it,.... film development and printing.
So, I can wake up in the morning, walk across 120 year old floors, and partake of a hobby that goes back over 150 years, essentially unchanged.
I assume a shower because most homes built in the last 40 years have them. It is, essentially, a standard build now. (My house is much older, and one bathroom has only a tub)
I have owned a few (formerly-high-end) film cameras and they were built like tanks.
My Nikon F4 is 25 years old (?), has lots of scuffs and dings, but just keeps on working accurately and consistently. They were built for hard, daily professional use. I seem to recall that it was recommended that you get them CLA'd (Clean, Lubricate, Adjust) every 150,000 frames. They are complex cameras, with lots of adjustments and accessories. (Have you ever seen a cut-away of the insides of a high-end film camera? Amazing how they fit so much stuff in there.) You can pick these up for a few hundred dollars. (An interesting side-note: the F4 will take Nikon lenses made from 1960 to the present. Talk about backward-compatibility!)
Look at the way the bodies of the old 500-series Hasselblads were made. Take a solid ingot of aluminum alloy and mill out all the metal you *don't* need for the body. No seams, no rivets, no screws. Very rigid. (Of course, if you smack it so hard that it deforms, toss the body - it can't be repaired. But that takes a serious fall.)
(I have not had to install a fresh OS of 10.x in years - knock on wood)
Firefox - lots of control thru add-ons GraphicConverter - I shoot lots of digital pix and this piece of shareware does most of what I need to manipulate the bulk of them BBEdit - just the best test editor JAlbum - easy way to make web albums of hundreds of pix at a time Transmit - most refined ftp client I've ever run into LIttle Snitch - nice to know what's coming and going on your box
He has a portfolio of assets of significant value (as-yet-unrevealed secrets) that can be traded for options/assets that the guv'ment possesses (jail-time, amnesty, for example). Not revealing ABC is worth taking XYZ off the table. Two columns/sides - come to an agreement and be sure to make it very public. Use a third-party to draw up papers (Switzerland?).
Or, go the clandestine route: Snowden agrees to drop from public view for so many years and not reveal anything further and the US agrees (in writing) to leave him alone wherever he goes (except maybe the US).
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Let's face it, Tyson is not getting any younger.
And humans have shown very clearly that we get quite susceptible to god-talk as we age and face our own mortality. The idea that when we die, that's it. Nada. That's something many people can't face. Ever.
Whether it's religion-god or tech-god is influenced by the point in time at which the fear sets in. He's a scientist and so maybe the tech-god worldview has sway.
I'm not slamming him - I'm suggesting that this thought process has as much to do with emotion as it does science.
Let's see; 500 dates in, say, 1200 days comes out to another date every 2.4 days.
Assuming that a date often consists of dinner and maybe a movie, we'll say it occupies about 4 hours per date.
If the average person sleeps 7 hours per day, during those 1200 days, she was awake 20,400 hours.
Of those waking hours, we'll estimate that she worked approx 8500 hours, leaving 11,900 hours for everything not sleep or work related.
Take away at least 2 hours per day for various daily, unavoidable activities like showers, breakfast, dressing, cleaning... So that's another 2400 hours.
That makes 9500 hours that might fit into the category of discretionary time.
The dates occupied 2000 hours, or roughly 21% of all her discretionary time.
I'd call that throwing yourself into your work...
I work in this (general) field and we run into this all the time.
First, there is no financial incentive for any provider to pre-qualify all buildings. It would cost so much to do all those surveys and assess all that data, without any revenue from it, that no one does it.
What you saw Comcast use was; looking at the financial model for coax delivery of service, they can't justify the build. But looking at the financial model for fiber delivery of service, you can justify it. Why? Their fiber-based service is 5X the price of coax.
I have seen 'business-class' Comcast coax installed by a technician just feeding cable thru an open window. I've seen it where the tech drilled a hole in an openable wooden window frame and pushed it thru. They will puncture any external wall and just shoot a little caulk at it later. In fairness, they generally do a better job of the physical install of fiber than coax. For fiber installs, they generally use the same methods as a LEC or other major provider would use (conduit, weatherheads, etc.)
I am still mystified as to why business people order Comcast coax service, get crappy performance and outages, then can't understand how Comcast can do that. They can do that because people keep buying their products/services. I know they are usually the cheapest game in town - I guess you get what you pay for.
So many business people say that their business is fully dependent on having Internet access, but they don't want to pay much more than residential rates for it. The nature of all residential service is based on consumers being pain-tolerant but not price-tolerant. So you make compromises on residential service to keep the cost as low as possible. With business-class service, there is a much lower tolerance of pain (outages, slow speeds), so you make fewer compromises (to maintain quality), which drives the costs for delivering services up.
Understood - didn't realize that.
I work for a carrier and it's not the joke you might think, for some people. I argue on a regular basis with customers who don't understand why I can't set up BGP for their /28 or /29. And then there's the 'you have millions of IP addresses - you can spare a couple of /24's for me, right. What's the problem?'
Too many people (who knew better) have waited til the last minute and stubbornly refused to embrace IPv6. They don't understand why I can't reach into my back pocket and pull out those /16's I'd been hiding for a rainy day.
It is the general agreement among providers that they will only provide BGP (broadcasting routes) between providers if you have;
Your own ASN number (go to ARIN for that) /24 of IP space (good luck with that)
At least a
Providers don't do BGP for CIDR blocks smaller than /24 because the router tables on the net would balloon in size. (OTOH, you can get iBGP within a single provider's network with a block smaller than a /24, but then you aren't getting cross-provider alternate paths)
FTA: "...the plan for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) where highly radioactive waste, immobilised in cement, would be interred deep underground"
I'm pretty sure they mean concrete. Cement is a dry powder (think of those bags at the home improvement store - "Portland Cement") - it would be tough to immobilise anything in a loose powder for 100,000 years.
It is quite common for people to use the words cement and concrete interchangeably, though they are two different things.
Cement (in this context) is a dry, loose powder. It is one component of concrete.
Concrete is a hard 'finished product' that they make (some) roads and buildings out of. Concrete is a mixture of ingredients that, after going thru a chemical transformation, "sets" or hardens into something with tremendous compressive strength.
I believe what they mean is "concrete" rather than "cement".
Cement is a powder that is one component of concrete;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement
Together with sand, water, and aggregate (rock) they undergo a chemical reaction (when mixed) to form concrete. Changing the quality, component ratio and admixtures of concrete can dramatically change various characteristics like strength, set time, resistance to water pressure, etc. I can remember seeing concrete that was very dark (almost black-ish) in color. I was told it contained a lot of lead for use in radioactivity shielding.
Just sayin'
I have a relative who is an engineer at an automotive manufacturer. One job he held was to analyze why certain parts failed more often than others. All parts were designed in the US and the alloys were carefully spelled out.
They flew him to various outsourced shops around the world to try to understand why, even when every detail was carefully spec'd, some parts (often cast) failed too often.
One thing he noticed was that, in some parts of the world, it is not uncommon to have some shop floors made of just dirt, rather than concrete. When you (as a manufacturer) have reduced costs associated with your choice of alloy to the bare minimum, there is little room for error 'in the mix'. Turns out that a dirty work environment can kick up a lot of dirt and dust and some of that finds its way into your alloy. And it surprised me how little it took to reduce the strength of the metal significantly.
There are subtle details that you and I might take for granted (like a clean work environment) that others have found as ways to shave their daily operating costs (locate in a primitive, less-expensive setting). You have to spec EVERYTHING.
Powell's City of Books in downtown Portland. A full city block, multiple floors, of new and used books (and maps and book-related kitsch). So big (and popular) that they had to expand their technical books to another storefront nearby.
On many days, the place is backed with shoppers - and it's a huge store. They even have a map of the store, so that you don't get lost. The store is divided into general subject sections: Reference, Mystery, SciFi, Art, Languages, Magazines, etc.
It's such a trip to browse, and find, practically any book you can think of. And, if it's not on the shelf, go to their website and see if they have it in their warehouse. (You can check their website from any of the many terminals set up throughout the store) If they do, you can buy it and have it appear in Will Call at the main store.
You can sell them your old books at their buying counter. (I've sold a couple hundred there myself...)
If you're into books (the kind that are made of paper), you should visit this place at least once.
(I'm not associated with the place - just a customer for the last 20+ years)
Maybe a silly question on my part, but...
Do you have your firewall set to discard unwanted packets silently? In other words, unless someone from the outside is hitting an IP and a port that you want open to the outside, there should be *no response* to outside queries (including port scans). If the firewall acknowledges the ping of the port *in any way* with a return packet, then the outside party knows there's something attached to that IP/port.
It's always best to give the appearance that there's nothing residing at that IP/port....
You mean the giant sign on my roof pointing up that says "I'm ready to be probed" isn't likely to attract any aliens?
There are undoubtedly small, local, homeless shelters that need clothing, toiletries, various consumables. Those things will go directly to those who need them.
Is there a local group who recycles/reuses electronics? (maybe turning old PC's into Linux boxen, to be given to low-income families) Donate a couple items and drop off $20.
There are very small, not well known women's/family shelters that are always desperate for anything from socks, underwear, blankets, toys, to dishes, cleaning supplies, etc. Sometimes not easy to find these - they tend to keep a low profile, but their services are vital for people who find themselves in a very difficult situation.
Check the websites of local charities - they usually list the specific things they are most in need of.
I donate stuff to Goodwill... after I have offered it to groups like the ones listed above, but they don't have an immediate need.
Seriously?
I had a T1 to my house for several years, because I was running a business out of the house. My business *required* dependable, 24x7 Internet access, so, even though it was expensive *compared to residential service*, it met my business needs and could be paid for via revenues.
Expensive is a relative, not absolute, term.
I migrated away from NetSol years ago when they became a marketing machine.
EasyDNS has great support and is very easy to use. You have the option of an email address with them that appears in the official public record, but only works from within easyDNS.
I have a couple dozen domains with them.
Stupid name, but I have been using the mouse for a couple of years and like it a lot. I find that my hand rests more comfortably on this mouse than any other I've used.
In trying to decide which mouse to get, I relaxed my hands and kind of hung them in the air over my desk, without twisting them in anticipation of a mouse. Tried to imagine being weightless. That position was probably 80 degrees off from what I would have to do to use an 'ordinary' mouse. So I thought, 'Hey, if the mouse is oriented the same as my hand would be in a relaxed state, maybe they're onto something'.
Anyway, it has several buttons, though I only use the three large ones. And the scrollwheel.
Another possible explanation for our rapid development of language was put forth by Elaine Morgan in books like The Descent of Woman and The Aquatic Ape.
The suggestion was that there is lots of physiological evidence (subcutaneous fat layer, distribution of hair, infants seemingly instant ability to swim, even upright posture) that we as a species spent time (a million years?) as semi-aquatic. (in the sense that we wallowed around in the shallow water near shore most of the day) This had some advantages (kept us safe from predators, etc), but had the disadvantage that body language was lost.
So how do you communicate without body language (which is extremely common and important among mammals)?
Sound - it's the one thing you can pass across the surface of the water quickly over long-ish distances. We would need to pass along some level of detail, so we found ways to modulate our voices to incorporate additional meaning. (insert rising modem speeds analogy here)
Just as difficult to prove, but very interesting to speculate about.
Now where did I put my seaweed sandwich....
>>>Poles, conduits, rights-of-way should belong to the local authority, managed and maintained by the lowest bidding contractor.
That's kind of funny, in a sad sort of way. Have you never read the stories about techs who drill through walls into electrical wires and start fires? Or fall asleep at the customer's home? These are low-paid workers - you don't get great service with rock-bottom prices.
If you go for the lowest bidder, I can guarantee you that maintenance will become a worse and worse issue, with the argument eventually sounding like 'well, at this rate of return, we just can't afford to keep you in service with less than a 72 hour call-back window. Now if you let us double your rates, your service will improve immensely!'
No company is out there to do you a favor. Much of the responsiveness that exists today is the result of threats of gov't action against companies if they fail to resolve consumer complaints within a reasonable amount of time. Why do you think Public Utility Commissions came to exist?
I am reminded of the note, tacked up on the walls of many companies; "Speed, Quality, Price: Choose Any Two".
I've lived in the same house for almost 30 years and it was over 90 years old when we bought it.
You learn to do almost everything: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, paint, roofing (ugh!). You learn on a basic, visceral level how things work, fit together, fall apart. You 'feel' aging. You learn to predict.
In that time I've probably been through 25+ computers (many were servers), who knows how many peripherals, software, etc. Many are just a blur now.
And in the basement is a darkroom for, wait for it,.... film development and printing.
So, I can wake up in the morning, walk across 120 year old floors, and partake of a hobby that goes back over 150 years, essentially unchanged.
Ah, you young whipper-snappers...
I assume a shower because most homes built in the last 40 years have them. It is, essentially, a standard build now. (My house is much older, and one bathroom has only a tub)
I suspect there are slashdot readers who, uh, know someone who takes long spells between showers...
And just for the record, Widmer and Fullsail are tiny compared to actual big breweries like Anheuser Busch.
I recently toured the Widmer brewery and it takes up less than one city block.
I have owned a few (formerly-high-end) film cameras and they were built like tanks.
My Nikon F4 is 25 years old (?), has lots of scuffs and dings, but just keeps on working accurately and consistently. They were built for hard, daily professional use. I seem to recall that it was recommended that you get them CLA'd (Clean, Lubricate, Adjust) every 150,000 frames. They are complex cameras, with lots of adjustments and accessories. (Have you ever seen a cut-away of the insides of a high-end film camera? Amazing how they fit so much stuff in there.) You can pick these up for a few hundred dollars. (An interesting side-note: the F4 will take Nikon lenses made from 1960 to the present. Talk about backward-compatibility!)
Look at the way the bodies of the old 500-series Hasselblads were made. Take a solid ingot of aluminum alloy and mill out all the metal you *don't* need for the body. No seams, no rivets, no screws. Very rigid. (Of course, if you smack it so hard that it deforms, toss the body - it can't be repaired. But that takes a serious fall.)
(I have not had to install a fresh OS of 10.x in years - knock on wood)
Firefox - lots of control thru add-ons
GraphicConverter - I shoot lots of digital pix and this piece of shareware does most of what I need to manipulate the bulk of them
BBEdit - just the best test editor
JAlbum - easy way to make web albums of hundreds of pix at a time
Transmit - most refined ftp client I've ever run into
LIttle Snitch - nice to know what's coming and going on your box
So he should negotiate on those terms.
He has a portfolio of assets of significant value (as-yet-unrevealed secrets) that can be traded for options/assets that the guv'ment possesses (jail-time, amnesty, for example). Not revealing ABC is worth taking XYZ off the table. Two columns/sides - come to an agreement and be sure to make it very public. Use a third-party to draw up papers (Switzerland?).
Or, go the clandestine route: Snowden agrees to drop from public view for so many years and not reveal anything further and the US agrees (in writing) to leave him alone wherever he goes (except maybe the US).
"If it tastes good, you should sequence it"
Fast forward 100 years and all livestock is cloned into 'taste-families': you can define the general palette of tastes you enjoy, and they produce it.
OK, maybe only 30 years...