It only takes a cursory review of the chinese economy to understand that government there definitely does not own "all the business". Having spent time in china, I can tell you that it is probably one of the most hyper-capitalistic societies that I have ever seen.
What it doesn't have, that exists in the west, is a robust regulatory regime to prevent false advertising, dangerous products, etc.
The intent is not to actually make anything accessible, or to change the leadership at FSB. The intent is to create a regime by which anyone actually using the internet to do much of anything is vulnerable to persecution or arrest.
You cannot go back in time and fix the broken election. But you CAN prevent future broken elections, by exposing to the wider public the fundamental flaws in electronic voting systems.
As anyone who has spent night hours in a room will lots of windows will tell you, lighting the interior of an all-transparent plane is going to be difficult. This is because most interior lighting is indirect and diffuse. Recessed ceiling fixtures light the floor, up-lights light the ceiling, and wall-washers keep the walls bright. Current planes are mostly lit by indirect ceiling lights and wall washers. Only the reading lights provide direct illumination - which is very inefficient, and straining on the eyes. If walls and ceiling are transparent, indirect lighting of this sort of lighting becomes impossible. In the absence of opaque, light reflective walls [or shades of some kind], the photons just stream out of the room [plane] after only one chance of striking something needing illumination. This is why many establishments with large window walls close shades at sunset -- so that the shades reflect light back into the room.
And while in a terrestrial environment this might only be an efficiency / comfort issue, in a plane it is a safety issue. Efficient and effective lighting will be key when flight staff need to take action in the event of a cabin emergency.
Agreed -- but I would hardly call Temple Grandin an "animal welfare advocate" - given that she principally uses her intuitive understanding of animal behavior to make a living designing cattle handling systems for feed lots and slaughterhouses...
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Thank the maker!
Lou Diamond Phillips has to be one of the worst actors ever.
Seeing that he was cast was definitely a downer for me. The fact that he is unlikely to appear in any further episodes is definitely a plus.
Let's see from how many other movies or shows they have stolen ideas:
1) The Last Starfighter [video game prowess leads to gig as savior of the universe]. 2) Voyager [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home]. 3) Wagon Train [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home]. 4) Sliders [time limit on stay in any one location] [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home]. 5) Battlestar Galactica [Rush ~= Baltar] [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home]. 6) Lost In Space [scientist with sometimes questionable ethics at odds with military command]. 7) Red Dwarf [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
It is also not viable for time-critical applications.
We lose customers when latency goes higher than 10 milliseconds! Waiting seconds for more capacity to come online is totally a non-starter for us.
Uh, excuse me, by why waste time and effort on this hack?
Why not just man-rate Atlas V or Delta IV -- both of which lately have a better operational record than Shuttle?
Orbital mechanics are such that is is very unlikely that this would be possible. Shuttle cannot go beyond low earth orbit, and orbital plane changes are VERY expensive with respect to fuel.
The one thing I can imagine this really being usefull for is in solving the recurring argument in our household over who took that beautiful shot...
Spidey!!!
While the participants in this stunt definitely seem reckless, in my opinion this is a wonderful example of civil disobediance.
The fact is that most speeding regulations are just a form of crypto-taxation, in which artificially low speed limits are used as tools to enrich local governments (through assessed fines) and pad the profits of insurance companies (through point-triggered increases in premiums).
The prudent action would be to remove rural speed limits in most cases, and set speed limits at the 85th percentile speed in other highway cases. Urban and residential speed limits, however, should remain in force.
Beware of the Blob!
It creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor,
Right through the door and all around the wall,
A splotch, a blotch,
Be careful of the Blob!
I cannot imagine that this will be usefull in any way.
I am sure that it will have some terribly obfuscated interface, be heavily redacted, and affected by the well known propensity of the current administration for prevarication...
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Maybe Elon can send up a Dragon on one of the recovered Falcon 9's to try to dock and bring it down gracefully...
It only takes a cursory review of the chinese economy to understand that government there definitely does not own "all the business". Having spent time in china, I can tell you that it is probably one of the most hyper-capitalistic societies that I have ever seen.
What it doesn't have, that exists in the west, is a robust regulatory regime to prevent false advertising, dangerous products, etc.
The intent is not to actually make anything accessible, or to change the leadership at FSB.
The intent is to create a regime by which anyone actually using the internet to do much of anything is vulnerable to persecution or arrest.
...you can't go back in time.
You cannot go back in time and fix the broken election.
But you CAN prevent future broken elections, by exposing to the wider public the fundamental flaws in electronic voting systems.
Yes -- and I wonder about the energy used producing that bourbon. I'm willing to be that this baby is not carbon-neutral...
I take the silence in response as testament to the prevalence of women on /.
As anyone who has spent night hours in a room will lots of windows will tell you, lighting the interior of an all-transparent plane is going to be difficult. This is because most interior lighting is indirect and diffuse. Recessed ceiling fixtures light the floor, up-lights light the ceiling, and wall-washers keep the walls bright. Current planes are mostly lit by indirect ceiling lights and wall washers. Only the reading lights provide direct illumination - which is very inefficient, and straining on the eyes. If walls and ceiling are transparent, indirect lighting of this sort of lighting becomes impossible. In the absence of opaque, light reflective walls [or shades of some kind], the photons just stream out of the room [plane] after only one chance of striking something needing illumination. This is why many establishments with large window walls close shades at sunset -- so that the shades reflect light back into the room.
And while in a terrestrial environment this might only be an efficiency / comfort issue, in a plane it is a safety issue. Efficient and effective lighting will be key when flight staff need to take action in the event of a cabin emergency.
Spidey!!!
Yet more evidence that there are a lot of damn fool gun owners who need to be regulated (NRA be damned).
Very loosely...
Agreed -- but I would hardly call Temple Grandin an "animal welfare advocate" - given that she principally uses her intuitive understanding of animal behavior to make a living designing cattle handling systems for feed lots and slaughterhouses...
Thank the maker!
Lou Diamond Phillips has to be one of the worst actors ever.
Seeing that he was cast was definitely a downer for me. The fact that he is unlikely to appear in any further episodes is definitely a plus.
Let's see from how many other movies or shows they have stolen ideas:
1) The Last Starfighter [video game prowess leads to gig as savior of the universe].
2) Voyager [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
3) Wagon Train [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
4) Sliders [time limit on stay in any one location] [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
5) Battlestar Galactica [Rush ~= Baltar] [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
6) Lost In Space [scientist with sometimes questionable ethics at odds with military command].
7) Red Dwarf [stuck in the middle of nowhere, limited supplies, trying to get home].
It is also not viable for time-critical applications. We lose customers when latency goes higher than 10 milliseconds! Waiting seconds for more capacity to come online is totally a non-starter for us.
My power strip is longer than yours!
Uh, excuse me, by why waste time and effort on this hack? Why not just man-rate Atlas V or Delta IV -- both of which lately have a better operational record than Shuttle?
Which traitors would that be?
People using their telephone to call their relatives in the middle east?
Or the ones in the White House who have violated their sworn oath to "...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." ?
Spidey!!!
Orbital mechanics are such that is is very unlikely that this would be possible. Shuttle cannot go beyond low earth orbit, and orbital plane changes are VERY expensive with respect to fuel.
The one thing I can imagine this really being usefull for is in solving the recurring argument in our household over who took that beautiful shot... Spidey!!!
It is exactly this sort of tirade which causes us to lose respect for members of the military.
While the participants in this stunt definitely seem reckless, in my opinion this is a wonderful example of civil disobediance.
The fact is that most speeding regulations are just a form of crypto-taxation, in which artificially low speed limits are used as tools to enrich local governments (through assessed fines) and pad the profits of insurance companies (through point-triggered increases in premiums).
Further, there is plenty of evidence out there which shows that lowered speed limits do NOT actually reduce road-related fatalities. See http://www.motorists.org/speedlimits or http://www.ibiblio.org/rdu/home2.html for references.
The prudent action would be to remove rural speed limits in most cases, and set speed limits at the 85th percentile speed in other highway cases. Urban and residential speed limits, however, should remain in force.
Beware of the Blob!
It creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor,
Right through the door and all around the wall,
A splotch, a blotch,
Be careful of the Blob!
...this has already happened. [missing you, Douglas]
Giving root access to some intern has to be one of the most bone-headed ideas I have ever heard. root has to be earned.
Perhaps the technology incorporated in the Segway could be expanded for this use?
I cannot imagine that this will be usefull in any way. I am sure that it will have some terribly obfuscated interface, be heavily redacted, and affected by the well known propensity of the current administration for prevarication...