So where does the water vapor come from before it's compressed in the car's tank? Yes, from the atmosphere. So you're removing water vapor from the atmosphere then releasing it, there's no net increase.
When you burn oil or coal, you're releasing carbon that has been sequestered underground for eons, thereby increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
...why hasn't the government been giving us free TVs all along? And how about ponying up for my cable bill while you're at it? I'm sorry, but this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of by our government. Ooops, sorry, I forgot about the last few years. But aside from Iraq, Katrina, etc, this is pretty dumb.
The machine shouldn't put the ballot in a sequentially sorted hopper, it should spit it out the front, like, I don't know, an ATM maybe? The voter checks it to make sure it's right, then on the way out drops it in a ballot box. Wouldn't be hard to work out a system with RFID or barcodes to ensure that voters don't leave the poll with their ballots.
I was curious about that claim, so I read the speech that's from. He doesn't back that figure up (imagine that!), but presumably he's referring to the 1972 ban on DDT and subsequent deaths from malaria in developing nations. This ignores the fact that DDT was only banned in the US and that it's efficacy had been diminishing since the 50's as mosquitoes became more resistant. Some good info here: http://info-pollution.com/ddtban.htm
You can preach to people all you want, hitting them in the wallet is a much better way to get their attention. I do agree this particular law is a waste of time, from my casual obseration the supply of CFLs has gone way up and prices have dropped dramatically. New advances in LEDs will probably have them overtaking CFLs within a few years. The incandescent bulb won't disappear but economics will dictate that it become much less prevalent.
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Pretty simple...you compare the paper printouts from a polling station with the numbers reported by the voting machine. Since the voters could actually see the print outs you can assume they're accurate. If the numbers reported by the machine don't match the paper tally...you've been hacked!
For those of you who don't speak Microsoft fluently, here's some of the highlights:
1. Would you like to make available IE on other operating systems?
I don't see a good reason to make IE available on other operating systems at this time....
other than the fact that many websites only work in IE. Not a problem since everyone should be running Windows anyway
2. Why did IE7 take so long to release?
We're pretty much a mom-and-pop operation, we can't really afford to dedicate a team to developing one product.
3. Is there a new feature you would have liked to include in IE7?
Yes, but I can't tell you. And you just wasted one of only 10 questions that I'll answer. Next?
5. What do you consider the greatest weakness of Firefox?
I can't tell you. And you just wasted one of only 10 questions that I'll answer. Next?
6. We are secure, but those damn hackers are sure innovative.
7. Would you expect IE to become as dominant as it is now if users had to specifically choose it over another?
Some people do prefer IE, and having professional technical support to contact makes all the difference in their browser choice. Honest. Don't ask me to back that up, you're running out of questions.
8. Allowing developers to test for compatibility
We are not going to give Windows licenses away for free. Next?
So to get on Slashdot these days you just have to write some moronic IT-related column? Who's running this site? Honestly, the guy might have a point, but there's no insight as to what the alternative to the data center might be, just "Computers are ubiquitous, so data centers are dinosaurs." And the Slashdot editors lap it up. I took the bait, so I guess they know what they're doing.
"I'm talking about the control thats been used in Outlook 2003, MSIMN/Outlook Express etc, I assume the interviewee is too.
If they're talking about the controls in Outlook, God help us all. No telling how many hours I wasted trying to repair formatting in emails before I decided not only was it not worth the effort, it was probably impossible.
"Products and services should be able to speak for themselves without the CEO having to go on a media tour to tell how great they are"
Which is why you'll never see Steve Jobs demoing crap in front of thousands of people at Macworld. Oh wait...
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So where does the water vapor come from before it's compressed in the car's tank? Yes, from the atmosphere. So you're removing water vapor from the atmosphere then releasing it, there's no net increase.
When you burn oil or coal, you're releasing carbon that has been sequestered underground for eons, thereby increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
...why hasn't the government been giving us free TVs all along? And how about ponying up for my cable bill while you're at it? I'm sorry, but this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of by our government. Ooops, sorry, I forgot about the last few years. But aside from Iraq, Katrina, etc, this is pretty dumb.
...the oxy."
Brilliant! And accurate!
The machine shouldn't put the ballot in a sequentially sorted hopper, it should spit it out the front, like, I don't know, an ATM maybe? The voter checks it to make sure it's right, then on the way out drops it in a ballot box. Wouldn't be hard to work out a system with RFID or barcodes to ensure that voters don't leave the poll with their ballots.
I was curious about that claim, so I read the speech that's from. He doesn't back that figure up (imagine that!), but presumably he's referring to the 1972 ban on DDT and subsequent deaths from malaria in developing nations. This ignores the fact that DDT was only banned in the US and that it's efficacy had been diminishing since the 50's as mosquitoes became more resistant. Some good info here:
http://info-pollution.com/ddtban.htm
...considering that almost 20 percent of COLLEGE students think MLK's dream speech was about abolishing slavery: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2007/01/14/AR2007011401026.html
You can preach to people all you want, hitting them in the wallet is a much better way to get their attention. I do agree this particular law is a waste of time, from my casual obseration the supply of CFLs has gone way up and prices have dropped dramatically. New advances in LEDs will probably have them overtaking CFLs within a few years. The incandescent bulb won't disappear but economics will dictate that it become much less prevalent.
Pretty simple...you compare the paper printouts from a polling station with the numbers reported by the voting machine. Since the voters could actually see the print outs you can assume they're accurate. If the numbers reported by the machine don't match the paper tally...you've been hacked!
...obviously. Sheesh, pay attention!
For those of you who don't speak Microsoft fluently, here's some of the highlights:
1. Would you like to make available IE on other operating systems?
I don't see a good reason to make IE available on other operating systems at this time.... other than the fact that many websites only work in IE. Not a problem since everyone should be running Windows anyway
2. Why did IE7 take so long to release?
We're pretty much a mom-and-pop operation, we can't really afford to dedicate a team to developing one product.
3. Is there a new feature you would have liked to include in IE7?
Yes, but I can't tell you. And you just wasted one of only 10 questions that I'll answer. Next?
5. What do you consider the greatest weakness of Firefox?
I can't tell you. And you just wasted one of only 10 questions that I'll answer. Next?
6. We are secure, but those damn hackers are sure innovative.
7. Would you expect IE to become as dominant as it is now if users had to specifically choose it over another?
Some people do prefer IE, and having professional technical support to contact makes all the difference in their browser choice. Honest. Don't ask me to back that up, you're running out of questions.
8. Allowing developers to test for compatibility
We are not going to give Windows licenses away for free. Next?
Too funny! Ventura High, Class of '80 here. My buddy was elected class president too, but no fancy electronic machines back then.
So to get on Slashdot these days you just have to write some moronic IT-related column? Who's running this site? Honestly, the guy might have a point, but there's no insight as to what the alternative to the data center might be, just "Computers are ubiquitous, so data centers are dinosaurs." And the Slashdot editors lap it up. I took the bait, so I guess they know what they're doing.
Some Toyota R&D happens in the good ol' USA:t es/index.html#rd
http://www.toyota.com/about/operations/na-affilia
who named the previous iterations of Firefox?
"I'm talking about the control thats been used in Outlook 2003, MSIMN/Outlook Express etc, I assume the interviewee is too.
If they're talking about the controls in Outlook, God help us all. No telling how many hours I wasted trying to repair formatting in emails before I decided not only was it not worth the effort, it was probably impossible.
You said better than I could.
Now I can sleep at night.
True...but there was an episode where he jumped something on his motorcycle. Now I'm going nuts trying to remember what the hell it was. Thanks a lot.
That rocks!
"Products and services should be able to speak for themselves without the CEO having to go on a media tour to tell how great they are"
Which is why you'll never see Steve Jobs demoing crap in front of thousands of people at Macworld. Oh wait...
In over 200K miles I've replaced one clutch, one timing belt, one alternator, and one starter. Paint looks like hell, but the thing will not die!
Congresswoman Geda Clue proposes outlawing walking down the street in an effort to eradicate mugging.
God, don't these people have anything important to do?
Very cool, never saw that scene, and I saw Star Wars about a month after it was released.
No kidding, it kills me to see slashdot supporting this guy.
Nice Billy Madison quote BTW!
So are we going to see commercials now featuring hip and annoying users who are so happy now that they've switched there Macs to Windows boxes?
My best friend had an Atari 2600, and his parents drove a Porsche and a Jaguar. We had a Pinto and Pong.