Of course current structures in orbit aren't designed for artificial gravity.
It doesn't follow that mass is the important limiting factor for structures designed to spin in space.
What's really needed is a combination of tensile and compressive strength, enough for 1 earth gravity (if that's the target). Kind of like a typical rope can support a man's weight even though it is much lighter than the man himself.
I'd imagine a ring structure built out of a network of thin wires (eg like a suspension bridge or a spider web) would do it. You could surround it by a balloon to keep the air in, etc.
Why should we compare Chinese companies exclusively? Ultimately, the
purpose of such articles in the Western press is to criticize and
discuss the West, not China, to gauge social progress and point out
when there is regression in the West. What makes Foxconn relevant to
the West in this context is that it does the dirty work of successful
Western companies. It's a loophole that bypasses the social gains (in
the West) that shaped our current civilizations.
It makes no
sense, for *us*, to focus on what goes on in China alone, *without* a Western connection. The
social progress of China is an internal matter for the Chinese to
decide in their own country. But the behaviour and choices of Apple is
*our* business, because Apple is an American company. If Apple chooses
to use slave labor, then we have to ask is it right for an American
company to use slave labor, even indirectly? If it's not acceptable
on American soil, is it acceptable anywhere on Earth? Ultimately, those questions are shaping the future social landscape of the West (and may shape China too, but, again, that is not their purpose).
Also, "The Road To Wigan Pier" by George Orwell, which describes the
cumulative effect of the industrial revolution in the UK, around
1937. He was a journalist before he wrote 1984.
It doesn't have to be some kind of brain malfunction. Russia in communist times had different values. People who grew up with these values were thrown into a new system with completely different values after the fall of the USSR. It's perfectly reasonable for these people to feel that life is worse now, because the new values aren't compatible with the old and they are adapted to the old. At the same time, those who grew up after the fall of the USSR have adapted to the new values only, and may not see anything wrong with them.
It's like if you grew up a slave owner in the South, and then half way through your life the rules are changed and you're not allowed to own slaves anymore. Your quality of life would be ruined and you would feel cheated, even if in the grand scheme of things it's progress.
Did I misunderstand your original point? I thought you were arguing that once Busybox is replaced, then Sony could distribute modified Linux code without showing source, just by *claiming* that it's all BSD, and thus having no obligation to actually back that claim up.
What's your point? If the space station is assembled in space, then the final structure will only have to be as strong as the equivalent structure on Earth would be (assuming the aim is 1 earth gravity, obviously). Are you worried about other things like pressure differential, radiation etc?
You do know the difference between centripetal and centrifugal force,
right? There's only a centripetal force acting on the astronaut's
feet, but there's a centrifugal force acting on his whole body.
Centrifugal is the correct force for discussing gravity simulation.
Don't do that! In Australia, the Caine Toads are sacred.
Australians believe that when you die, you get reborn as an Amphibian.
If you look at some of the Google Street View photos, you can see Aussie kids picking up toads like a phone and licking them. It's actually a pretty handy way to ask your great-grandmother for her special Pavlova cake recipe, just before the guests arrive for the BBQ.
I don't quite see how that article supports your idea. What it does make clear is that Apple had no realistic alternative options.
They certainly didn't have the expertise inhouse to build a satisfactory OS, as Copland showed, and neither SunOS nor NT were realistic alternatives, as this would have made the company completely dependent on direct competitors, especially Microsoft *shudder*. Finally, they found BeOS too expensive, which is no technical indictment, but really is another way of saying it also wasn't a good business choice.
Jobs was of course the right guy (in hindsight), but he's no programmer, and the heavy lifting which produced OSX was due to BSD:
It had both the right licensing and the right amount of existing working functionality which Apple's engineers could extend and make pretty for the masses.
If he did as he admitted to doing, he did commit a crime in the US. It
doesn't matter where you were sitting when you did it.
It very much does. The fact that the US considers the *consequences* of his
UK computations a crime on US soil is not relevant, as he was under UK jurisdiction during the entire period when it occurred.
I don't believe that it is a good idea to think along the lines you suggest. It means plain and simply that a person sitting in one country becomes subject to the laws of all countries.
For example, the US has a fairly strong tradition of free speech laws, but Iran doesn't. If a person in Ohio posts some negative comments about the prophet Mohammed, this person is (by your reasoning) committing a crime in Iran as soon as the comment passes through one of their local servers. So according to this reasoning, he/she should be handed over to be tried there on suspicion, forthwith.
There is a correct way out, and it involves trial in the UK. The US prosecutor should simply travel to the UK, and drag McKinnon through the British court system. If there is any relevant evidence, it should be brought along, and handed over as evidence to the Crown. If McKinnon is found guilty, he can be sentenced in the UK under UK law, and serve his time.
That is the only way to prevent the pathological (and in fact, highly contradictory) situation where an internet user is subject to the laws of every single country in the world simultaneously.
It's not clear though that McKinnon
committed a crime in the US rather than committed a crime in the UK, (which is the point that I find concerning, particularly).
If the situation was reversed, you'd be screaming for American blood.
BZZT. Wrong. If the situation was reversed, the US
would show the UK the finger and refuse to extradite one of its
citizens. And there wouldn't be regular slashdot articles on it.
A handmade purse or jacket might be something that you really
want to see in person but if one online store halfway around the world
carries it at 10% less, then the brick and mortar store must eventually lose
out and you will not be able to see that stuff before you buy it.
That's a slight oversimplification. The cost of the jacket imported from around the world also includes the transport cost (and possibly import duty), and a (lack of) sales taxes (maybe).
The brick and mortar store should be able to compete with transport costs on low volume (impulse) purchases, but sales taxes (or lack thereof) are a political issue.
Isn't this what websites do all the time with ads, and Facebook and Google+ buttons? It's not like I personally agree to send my traffic to Facebook when the button shows up on a random webpage, and visiting all those ad servers incidentally just slows down my web browsing for no good reason.
Bjork also recommends taking notes just after class, rather than during
That's nice in theory, and totally useless in practice. In reality, full time students have many lectures during the day, and they often follow each other with just enough time to walk from one room into another. So there's no time to actually write up notes from memory until lunch (when you're tired and hungry) or after the day is over (when you're also tired and hungry, and have assignments to think about). And if you wait until the day is over, you'll have to write notes for 4 or 5 subjects all at once.
It's a neat idea for professors and grad students, though, who have a lot of free time after a seminar, which is the only occasion where this kind of strategy would be generally practical. Of course, the speakers at seminars usually have a paper or some book references that the talk is based on, and there's no need to write your own notes up as a result.
I'm pretty sure it's because the generation that first adopted texting did so because it was cheaper than phone calls. Now they're so used to it, they prefer it.
Habit is a powerful thing. I grew up with email, and I never do texting. I didn't need to, when it became popular I was connected already with constant email access everywhere I went. And since I touch type on real keyboards, I'm very uncomfortable punching telephone/smartphone keys with my thumbs.
Their
point is that any problem caused by increased CO2 in the atmosphere could be more
cheaply solved in other ways
Look at the signatures. How would physicists,
chemists and meterologists, but not a single economist, know what the
cheapest economic solution to reducing effects of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be?
Regardless of one's personal beliefs about the warming issue, there's always a danger in accepting claims unconditionally when they agree with one's opinions, and rejecting them otherwise.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd imagine a ring structure built out of a network of thin wires (eg like a suspension bridge or a spider web) would do it. You could surround it by a balloon to keep the air in, etc.
It makes no sense, for *us*, to focus on what goes on in China alone, *without* a Western connection. The social progress of China is an internal matter for the Chinese to decide in their own country. But the behaviour and choices of Apple is *our* business, because Apple is an American company. If Apple chooses to use slave labor, then we have to ask is it right for an American company to use slave labor, even indirectly? If it's not acceptable on American soil, is it acceptable anywhere on Earth? Ultimately, those questions are shaping the future social landscape of the West (and may shape China too, but, again, that is not their purpose).
Also, "The Road To Wigan Pier" by George Orwell, which describes the cumulative effect of the industrial revolution in the UK, around 1937. He was a journalist before he wrote 1984.
It's like if you grew up a slave owner in the South, and then half way through your life the rules are changed and you're not allowed to own slaves anymore. Your quality of life would be ruined and you would feel cheated, even if in the grand scheme of things it's progress.
Did I misunderstand your original point? I thought you were arguing that once Busybox is replaced, then Sony could distribute modified Linux code without showing source, just by *claiming* that it's all BSD, and thus having no obligation to actually back that claim up.
What's your point? If the space station is assembled in space, then the final structure will only have to be as strong as the equivalent structure on Earth would be (assuming the aim is 1 earth gravity, obviously). Are you worried about other things like pressure differential, radiation etc?
Centrifugal is the correct force for discussing gravity simulation.
Good point, but wouldn't the kernel binary still show enough similarities with a compiled Linux kernel for probable cause?
If you look at some of the Google Street View photos, you can see Aussie kids picking up toads like a phone and licking them. It's actually a pretty handy way to ask your great-grandmother for her special Pavlova cake recipe, just before the guests arrive for the BBQ.
Damn. So this is not the 'droid I'm looking for?
They certainly didn't have the expertise inhouse to build a satisfactory OS, as Copland showed, and neither SunOS nor NT were realistic alternatives, as this would have made the company completely dependent on direct competitors, especially Microsoft *shudder*. Finally, they found BeOS too expensive, which is no technical indictment, but really is another way of saying it also wasn't a good business choice.
Jobs was of course the right guy (in hindsight), but he's no programmer, and the heavy lifting which produced OSX was due to BSD: It had both the right licensing and the right amount of existing working functionality which Apple's engineers could extend and make pretty for the masses.
As long as there's a KABOOM it's ok. But there's got to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
And BSD. Without BSD, Apple would not have made it out of MacOS9 land or into app stores.
Hmm. Weird... yet sciency! Let me put a bra on my head, and pray on it.
Facts are facts. I agree that the US would give some consideration to a comparable UK request.
It very much does. The fact that the US considers the *consequences* of his UK computations a crime on US soil is not relevant, as he was under UK jurisdiction during the entire period when it occurred.
I don't believe that it is a good idea to think along the lines you suggest. It means plain and simply that a person sitting in one country becomes subject to the laws of all countries.
For example, the US has a fairly strong tradition of free speech laws, but Iran doesn't. If a person in Ohio posts some negative comments about the prophet Mohammed, this person is (by your reasoning) committing a crime in Iran as soon as the comment passes through one of their local servers. So according to this reasoning, he/she should be handed over to be tried there on suspicion, forthwith.
There is a correct way out, and it involves trial in the UK. The US prosecutor should simply travel to the UK, and drag McKinnon through the British court system. If there is any relevant evidence, it should be brought along, and handed over as evidence to the Crown. If McKinnon is found guilty, he can be sentenced in the UK under UK law, and serve his time.
That is the only way to prevent the pathological (and in fact, highly contradictory) situation where an internet user is subject to the laws of every single country in the world simultaneously.
It's not clear though that McKinnon committed a crime in the US rather than committed a crime in the UK, (which is the point that I find concerning, particularly).
BZZT. Wrong. If the situation was reversed, the US would show the UK the finger and refuse to extradite one of its citizens. And there wouldn't be regular slashdot articles on it.
That's a slight oversimplification. The cost of the jacket imported from around the world also includes the transport cost (and possibly import duty), and a (lack of) sales taxes (maybe).
The brick and mortar store should be able to compete with transport costs on low volume (impulse) purchases, but sales taxes (or lack thereof) are a political issue.
I for one welcome our new ironic overloads...
Isn't this what websites do all the time with ads, and Facebook and Google+ buttons? It's not like I personally agree to send my traffic to Facebook when the button shows up on a random webpage, and visiting all those ad servers incidentally just slows down my web browsing for no good reason.
That's nice in theory, and totally useless in practice. In reality, full time students have many lectures during the day, and they often follow each other with just enough time to walk from one room into another. So there's no time to actually write up notes from memory until lunch (when you're tired and hungry) or after the day is over (when you're also tired and hungry, and have assignments to think about). And if you wait until the day is over, you'll have to write notes for 4 or 5 subjects all at once.
It's a neat idea for professors and grad students, though, who have a lot of free time after a seminar, which is the only occasion where this kind of strategy would be generally practical. Of course, the speakers at seminars usually have a paper or some book references that the talk is based on, and there's no need to write your own notes up as a result.
But it's a neat idea...
Habit is a powerful thing. I grew up with email, and I never do texting. I didn't need to, when it became popular I was connected already with constant email access everywhere I went. And since I touch type on real keyboards, I'm very uncomfortable punching telephone/smartphone keys with my thumbs.
Look at the signatures. How would physicists, chemists and meterologists, but not a single economist, know what the cheapest economic solution to reducing effects of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be?
Regardless of one's personal beliefs about the warming issue, there's always a danger in accepting claims unconditionally when they agree with one's opinions, and rejecting them otherwise.