If he's right, and the proposed technique could end the worldwide radioactive-waste problem that has been building up for the past fifty years, why has almost nobody in this country heard about it? The answer to this question -- along with the roots of many of the problems plaguing current U.S. nuclear-waste-disposal efforts -- can be traced to a 1986 decision by the Department of Energy which cut off research funds for sub-seabed and other disposal alternatives, so that the agency could focus exclusively on developing a land-based geologic repository for high-level wastes; a year later it settled on Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The timing was unfortunate: ongoing sub-seabed experiments were canceled in spite of encouraging results and after much experimental apparatus had already been built.
Hmm, the DoE _is_ a known Greenpeace collaborator. Let's keep reading...
Clifton Curtis, a political adviser to Greenpeace International, has fought against sub-seabed disposal since 1978
Aha, the smoking gun! Let's take a look at this commie's CV so we may revel in his complicity.
...Senior Political Advisor and strategist on oceans for Greenpeace International (1991-1998)...
Yeah, the wikipedia pages on race and biology are home to a lot of axe grinding right now. There have been a few (relatively) recent papers published that essentially say "maybe some genetic clustering re: geography" and this has led to unwarranted proclamations from people who should really know better. If you're hoping (ok that's probably not the kindest work I could pick) that the science will reverse itself you'll need to wait a while. It could happen, nothing's carved in stone except archaeology. But it hasn't yet.
This is why black couples tend to have black kids and white couples tend to have white kids. When you mix the two the usual genetic dominance rules apply.
But you still end up with a black kid now, don't you.
I just... I don't know, man. I started with my first reply assuming that the guy never graduated from high school. Nothing "wrong" with that, but it was clear that he'd missed out on some basic education.
Then I see post after post saying "oh yeah totally race is like that", and I have to wonder what the hell is going on. Did none of you graduate from high school? I mean, this isn't new information.
Let me make one simple statement, and I hope that it's both perfectly clear and easy to do a bit of googling on:
"The bottom line," Nolle says, "is Internet2 a science project? If it doesn't have any relevance to the issues of the [commercial] Internet as it is now, then what good is it really going to do? My view is that the success or failure of any publicly-funded project is whether it benefits the public, and I suspect that most everyone in the general population would say that if Internet2 isn't going to fix problems with the [commercial] Internet, it's not helping them."
I think that most everyone in the general population would think that Nolle is a dickhead, and that his attitude typifies the point of view that's pulling America down into technological irrelevance.
I'm not sure if you're being serious. If you are, blacks are more likely to have sickle cell anemia, and Asians are more likely to be lactose intolerant.
Americans are more likely to have heart disease and diabetes. Nobody (aside from the GOP) would consider American to be a 'race'.
Everything can be done in a GUI. I don't see why not. We just haven't made that happen yet.
I'd agree with this in theory, but in practice we've all seen how horrible people are at coming up with new and intuitive interfaces. In order to make a GUI work as well or better than a CLI you'd need to entirely change the metaphor that the CLI is built around, and this probably won't happen and see wide adoption in our lifetimes.
That's not a whole lot, considering all of the data that has to be collected, checked, massaged into the right format, made compliant with accessibility rules, press dealings, server support, IT support for staff, and so on.
I think you've hit the nail on the head here. What this project sought to do was a colossal undertaking, and it's not clear that the right people were found for the job.
I could see the framework for a project like this easily taking a decade to set up, and that wouldn't (and probably shouldn't IMO) include a frontend. For example, we don't need a brand new organization to massage data, we need to pass laws requiring the originators to conform to a set format.
(...I wonder at what point the devs started thinking that it would be easier to rebuild our political machine than sort through centuries of spaghetti law.)
It's clearly a problem, but it's not like the radiation travels through the water and up into the air.
Look, I'm pro-nuke too but you're just making us all look bad at this point.
1) This is a catastrophic failure of the first order, and claiming that it's not that bad because the reactor didn't go "BLOOEY!" makes people think that could be a possibility. It's not reassuring.
2) Attempting to put a best-case spin on every aspect of the situation is entirely unhelpful. Nobody prepares for the best, they prepare (or should) for the worst. This isn't something people should be calm about, this is something people should be rational about. There's a difference.
You need a Taoist magician to capture it properly. It can be interesting to watch them perform their rituals, but the economy of scale will always mean that it's cheaper to just buy a new CPU from asia.
People often complain that American children show a lack of interest in engineering, but you rarely hear about our serious metaphysical deficit.
For the first time since WWII, the USAF no longer has a new fighter plane in development. If and when it becomes necessary to design one, who will know how? Nobody will have the practical experience to get it right.
That's kind of a weird statement. As systems become more complex the need for specialists increases. Sure, you won't find a Rutan involved in total design, but that's because it's becoming impossible to actually know this much about modern aeronautics.
To bring it back home, would you expect Dennis Ritchie to be able to fabricate a modern GPU in his garage?
It's a lot easier, faster, and probably cheaper to just hire the people who wrote it to make changes you want. If the people behind it are trying to make money on it, why on earth wouldn't they make the improvements you want, since you're offering to pay them for it?
I'd like to mention that the option you bring up here is woefully overlooked in its various forms. I've had clients bemoan the fact that they can't use an otherwise perfect piece of software in their project because the license is too restrictive.
The simple solution is to get ahold of the author and ask them to sell you a license that will work with what you are trying to do! They can do this! It's theirs to license!
His point of view is entirely consistent. He's worked his whole life for a modest paycheck, and his wife sounds like she genuinely needs medicare. He's also been told that there are many, many people out there abusing the system and guidelines that he's worked within his whole life.
The sad part is that he seems completely willing to accept a narrative that would prove false if he'd simply spend a few hours on google.
HMO's cannot drop people who develop or are diagnosed with an illness, simply for being ill.
However, they are under no obligation to accept applicants with preexisting conditions, and it is entirely possible in the US to find yourself unable to purchase health insurance as a private individual.
Your primary option, if you find yourself in this situation, is to spend all your savings on emergency room visits until you declare bankruptcy. At this point the visits become free to you and the burden shifts to the taxpayer, since by law no one may be turned away. This is our national health care system as it currently stands.
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Holy crap, I forgot that I had i76 on my shelf. Awesome!
don't buy i76 if you are on a multicore, it runs like ass
God dammit.
From TFA:
...Senior Political Advisor and strategist on oceans for Greenpeace International (1991-1998)...
If he's right, and the proposed technique could end the worldwide radioactive-waste problem that has been building up for the past fifty years, why has almost nobody in this country heard about it? The answer to this question -- along with the roots of many of the problems plaguing current U.S. nuclear-waste-disposal efforts -- can be traced to a 1986 decision by the Department of Energy which cut off research funds for sub-seabed and other disposal alternatives, so that the agency could focus exclusively on developing a land-based geologic repository for high-level wastes; a year later it settled on Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The timing was unfortunate: ongoing sub-seabed experiments were canceled in spite of encouraging results and after much experimental apparatus had already been built.
Hmm, the DoE _is_ a known Greenpeace collaborator. Let's keep reading...
Clifton Curtis, a political adviser to Greenpeace International, has fought against sub-seabed disposal since 1978
Aha, the smoking gun! Let's take a look at this commie's CV so we may revel in his complicity.
Wait, what?
Yeah, the wikipedia pages on race and biology are home to a lot of axe grinding right now. There have been a few (relatively) recent papers published that essentially say "maybe some genetic clustering re: geography" and this has led to unwarranted proclamations from people who should really know better. If you're hoping (ok that's probably not the kindest work I could pick) that the science will reverse itself you'll need to wait a while. It could happen, nothing's carved in stone except archaeology. But it hasn't yet.
This is why black couples tend to have black kids and white couples tend to have white kids. When you mix the two the usual genetic dominance rules apply.
But you still end up with a black kid now, don't you.
I just... I don't know, man. I started with my first reply assuming that the guy never graduated from high school. Nothing "wrong" with that, but it was clear that he'd missed out on some basic education.
Then I see post after post saying "oh yeah totally race is like that", and I have to wonder what the hell is going on. Did none of you graduate from high school? I mean, this isn't new information.
Let me make one simple statement, and I hope that it's both perfectly clear and easy to do a bit of googling on:
There is no genetic basis to race.
From what I can tell, Nuremberg is the only instance where this defense didn't work.
(only very slightly sarcastic here)
From TFA:
"The bottom line," Nolle says, "is Internet2 a science project? If it doesn't have any relevance to the issues of the [commercial] Internet as it is now, then what good is it really going to do? My view is that the success or failure of any publicly-funded project is whether it benefits the public, and I suspect that most everyone in the general population would say that if Internet2 isn't going to fix problems with the [commercial] Internet, it's not helping them."
I think that most everyone in the general population would think that Nolle is a dickhead, and that his attitude typifies the point of view that's pulling America down into technological irrelevance.
Are you honestly suggesting that he killed his wife over open vs. closed source?
I think you need to realize that the very concept of "planned parenthood" is anathema to a significant portion of the right wing.
You are not supposed to be in control of your reproduction, and any attempt to modify or circumvent the natural order of things is an affront to god.
This is the mindset you're dealing with. There's no room for debate.
I'm not sure if you're being serious. If you are, blacks are more likely to have sickle cell anemia, and Asians are more likely to be lactose intolerant.
Americans are more likely to have heart disease and diabetes. Nobody (aside from the GOP) would consider American to be a 'race'.
What are the various differences between races, speculations on why they exist and how they came about
Race is a social construct. This is junior high school level stuff. Should have stayed in school, man.
Everything can be done in a GUI. I don't see why not. We just haven't made that happen yet.
I'd agree with this in theory, but in practice we've all seen how horrible people are at coming up with new and intuitive interfaces. In order to make a GUI work as well or better than a CLI you'd need to entirely change the metaphor that the CLI is built around, and this probably won't happen and see wide adoption in our lifetimes.
That site is run by a trade association. I'd be curious to hear more about its editorial policies.
That's not a whole lot, considering all of the data that has to be collected, checked, massaged into the right format, made compliant with accessibility rules, press dealings, server support, IT support for staff, and so on.
I think you've hit the nail on the head here. What this project sought to do was a colossal undertaking, and it's not clear that the right people were found for the job.
I could see the framework for a project like this easily taking a decade to set up, and that wouldn't (and probably shouldn't IMO) include a frontend. For example, we don't need a brand new organization to massage data, we need to pass laws requiring the originators to conform to a set format.
(...I wonder at what point the devs started thinking that it would be easier to rebuild our political machine than sort through centuries of spaghetti law.)
It's clearly a problem, but it's not like the radiation travels through the water and up into the air.
Look, I'm pro-nuke too but you're just making us all look bad at this point.
1) This is a catastrophic failure of the first order, and claiming that it's not that bad because the reactor didn't go "BLOOEY!" makes people think that could be a possibility. It's not reassuring.
2) Attempting to put a best-case spin on every aspect of the situation is entirely unhelpful. Nobody prepares for the best, they prepare (or should) for the worst. This isn't something people should be calm about, this is something people should be rational about. There's a difference.
3) Your grade school science teacher is shedding a single tear.
You need a Taoist magician to capture it properly. It can be interesting to watch them perform their rituals, but the economy of scale will always mean that it's cheaper to just buy a new CPU from asia.
People often complain that American children show a lack of interest in engineering, but you rarely hear about our serious metaphysical deficit.
For the first time since WWII, the USAF no longer has a new fighter plane in development. If and when it becomes necessary to design one, who will know how? Nobody will have the practical experience to get it right.
That's kind of a weird statement. As systems become more complex the need for specialists increases. Sure, you won't find a Rutan involved in total design, but that's because it's becoming impossible to actually know this much about modern aeronautics.
To bring it back home, would you expect Dennis Ritchie to be able to fabricate a modern GPU in his garage?
At least let me cause my own death, or be in control of avoiding getting hit by a drunk driver so it's at least my own fault!
Are you the guy who apologized to Dick Cheney after he shot you in the face? Man, you have some serious self esteem issues.
We had a local minister burning the Koran. That does not imply that he hates anyone at all.
Just literacy.
It's a lot easier, faster, and probably cheaper to just hire the people who wrote it to make changes you want. If the people behind it are trying to make money on it, why on earth wouldn't they make the improvements you want, since you're offering to pay them for it?
I'd like to mention that the option you bring up here is woefully overlooked in its various forms. I've had clients bemoan the fact that they can't use an otherwise perfect piece of software in their project because the license is too restrictive.
The simple solution is to get ahold of the author and ask them to sell you a license that will work with what you are trying to do! They can do this! It's theirs to license!
I'm guess the server records GameBoyRMH visited site xyz.com, but no cookie was set.
If you're concerned about being tracked by a site you probably shouldn't be logging into it.
His point of view is entirely consistent. He's worked his whole life for a modest paycheck, and his wife sounds like she genuinely needs medicare. He's also been told that there are many, many people out there abusing the system and guidelines that he's worked within his whole life.
The sad part is that he seems completely willing to accept a narrative that would prove false if he'd simply spend a few hours on google.
a non credentialed individual can have just as much credibility and experience and knowledge as someone with an institutional education.
And yet they usually don't.
You own the iPod hardware. You do not own Amazon's cloud storage.
/.) rent a car, would we be having a discussion about not owning the CD player therein?
I certainly don't, as Apple takes great pains to point out, own the iPod software.
If I (here it comes,
HMO's cannot drop people who develop or are diagnosed with an illness, simply for being ill.
However, they are under no obligation to accept applicants with preexisting conditions, and it is entirely possible in the US to find yourself unable to purchase health insurance as a private individual.
Your primary option, if you find yourself in this situation, is to spend all your savings on emergency room visits until you declare bankruptcy. At this point the visits become free to you and the burden shifts to the taxpayer, since by law no one may be turned away. This is our national health care system as it currently stands.
I'm not kidding.
It's not even a pun. That's what "on the fly" means. While flying. My sig is finally apropos.