I know it's too much to ask you to actually read the article but this method does not convert spinach to fuel. It uses a spinach protein as a catalyst to produce hydrogen. If you recall, catalysts are not consumed, they facilitate reactions. In fact, TFA says that the spinach protein membrane is self healing.
It is already against the rules for prison guards and staff to supply cell phones to prisoners. Penalty is dismissal or other sanctions. Legislation will do nothing.
Note the article said that most of the cell phones are used by inmates to communicate with loved-ones. This is actually a good thing since it helps in keeping up their ties to society and will help with rehabilitation. Why do inmates use cell phones when the prison provides pay phones? Prisons and telecoms companies make big bucks off of the prisoners by grossly overcharging for pay phone calls ($$ per minute). Cell phones are, of course, much cheaper and cut into the prison revenue. As usual, the is an economic problem and the "stop the terrorists" argument is just a smoke screen.
I've lived in the Sierras for the past 30 years and every winter we get more than 20 ft of snow. This year we had 18' in Nov and Dec (but January has been dry and sunny). I currently have about 3' in the yard and piles over 6' near the driveway and road.
How do we deal with snow that is regularly more than the "snowpocalypse" currently in rest of the country? We have "snow plows" and "snow blowers". You may have heard of them. They push the snow out of the way and pile it up out of the way. It all melts in the spring. No panic. Stop whinging. Go skiing.
Canon makes nice cameras but the OP was looking for an inexpensive fish-eye lens and these Canons are merely wide angle (28mm)... no where near fish-eye (10mm). (It also apparently lacks image stabilization.) The GoPro has a 170 degree field of view.
Also, the price for the A1200 is $229 which is not much less than the GoPro at $259.
I once hired a "network technician" to install Ethernet (coax... it was a long time ago) in a doctors office. He said he was "experienced". I got a complaint from the office after he left. They had an empty office between the router and a workstation. This fool punched a hole in the middle of the wall on each side of the room and ran the wire at about neck height across the middle of the room.
It seems that the problem here, then, is Verizon. Other carriers charge less if you don't get a "free" phone. Verizon could also establish a fair retail price for the phone by selling it without a contract but they don't. Verizon marketing only wants to sell lock in contracts with a "free" phone that they want you to believe is a really expensive phone.
Verizon could fix this problem by selling the phone at a fair retail price without a contract and allowing you to buy "service only" and not "service plus subsidized phone contracts" but they don't because that is not their marketing model. I'd get a different service provider. I have lower priced "service only" from T-Mobile and also ATT which I use with my non-subsidized phones.
I have two Android phones (Nexus One). Paid "full price" for both. I get service on ATT for one and T-Mobile for the other. Cost is less than $50 per month. This us much less than the "free" phones. You can do this in the US but most people can't figure it out.
Yeah, it is theoretically possible to run a botnet in userspace in Linux and there was even an actual botnet that attacked some Linux based modems a few years ago using their default passwords. However, perhaps because it requires exceptional stupidity on the part of users (and their lack of access to root), there aren't any actual botnets in the wild running on Linux. Just happy the I run Linux and Mac and don't have to worry about malware. I'm happy to leave the malware battles to the Windows users.
Just last week I was diving and shared some photos with another diver. He was running Windows and my memory card came back with a virus. Of course it wouldn't run on Linux and I just deleted it but it's any ugly world of Windows out there.
And unfortunately, the range of attachments which can be considered "executable" (on Windows) is very large. I recently encountered a company that would not accept a PDF file email attachment because of the perceived danger. No doubt the danger is real on Windows but this should prompt some more intelligent countermeasures (such as better pdf readers, virus detection, or getting rid of Windows).
Blackberry is great except if you live in a country where the government has been granted access to your device or a country where the government has access but has not disclosed it... oh wait... I guess it isn't that secure after all.
"The US is not fighting a war in Iraq. The US is fighting an occupation."
The US is not fighting an occupation, the US IS an occupying force in Iraq (and Afghanistan). As such, they are fighting the locals for control of the country. As they are learning (slowly and not very well), this is a difficult task. People take it very seriously when they are invaded by a foreign army and will go to extremes to try to drive out the occupiers.
I explained this in my original post but apparently you didn't read it carefully. California does NOT charge sales tax on the monthly service plan since it is a "service". It does charge sales tax on merchandise. Therefore, when companies attempt to avoid paying tax on merchandise (the phone) by hiding the cost of the phone (merchandise-taxable) in the service plan (non taxable) then they charge tax on the phone when you buy it. The phone company is deceiving you by telling you it is a "free" phone but California is smart enough to figure out that you are paying for the phone through your service contract. Apparently most consumers can't figure this out though.
If Verizon was honest with you (and the State of California) about the cost of the phone, then the tax would be calculated on a more realistic number. Because Verizon wants to sell you a "free" $700 phone, you are stuck paying tax on $700. If Verizon sold the phone without a service plan for $400, then they would only charge tax on $400.
It is true that my anecdotal "evidence" for "no memory problem" is not worth much but this issue was addressed literally years ago and has been tested rigorously. It is truly an old meme that should be put to rest.
As for your problem with Windows... if you are still using Windows I just don't know what to say... it always has been a malware ridden pile of bull_ and I pity you.
I now have 17 tabs open in Firefox and it has been running for a few weeks (I forget the last time I rebooted my laptop or closed Firefox... Linux). Memory use is 287 Meg. That seems reasonable. I think you need to come up with a new meme for Firefox... the memory hog meme is really out of date. However, so is Windows XP and that is probably your problem.
This is only for cell phones. Since your "free" phone is not really free but is subsidized by your 2 year contract. I'm still amazed at how many people fall for the "free phone" scam.
You are paying for your "free" phone over the course of your service contract. The reason you have sales tax is that the service contract does not have state sales tax (since it's a "service") so California wants to make sure you pay tax on the phone (merchandise). California has figured out the scam... why can't you?
I had a Ford "Exploder" that had this exact "problem". Five keys on the keypad. Only three of them used for my combo became visibly worn within a few years. Four digit combo. Not too hard to figure out how to get into my car for a determined mathematically literate thief. (Dumber thief would just break the window.)
Good analysis of the problems. We just passed an initiative to pass the budget by 50% . This should help. Gov Brown will set a ballot to pass tax hikes.
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Popeye was really on to something.
Note the article said that most of the cell phones are used by inmates to communicate with loved-ones. This is actually a good thing since it helps in keeping up their ties to society and will help with rehabilitation. Why do inmates use cell phones when the prison provides pay phones? Prisons and telecoms companies make big bucks off of the prisoners by grossly overcharging for pay phone calls ($$ per minute). Cell phones are, of course, much cheaper and cut into the prison revenue. As usual, the is an economic problem and the "stop the terrorists" argument is just a smoke screen.
I picked this up from my Brit friends and like it better than "whining"
How do we deal with snow that is regularly more than the "snowpocalypse" currently in rest of the country? We have "snow plows" and "snow blowers". You may have heard of them. They push the snow out of the way and pile it up out of the way. It all melts in the spring. No panic. Stop whinging. Go skiing.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_66610683000P
If you're looking for cheap... try this:
http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=867
Also, the price for the A1200 is $229 which is not much less than the GoPro at $259.
The GoPro cameras (www.gopro.com) have up to 170 degree field of view and are affordable. Would be good for this kind of project.
I once hired a "network technician" to install Ethernet (coax... it was a long time ago) in a doctors office. He said he was "experienced". I got a complaint from the office after he left. They had an empty office between the router and a workstation. This fool punched a hole in the middle of the wall on each side of the room and ran the wire at about neck height across the middle of the room.
We're only interested in the sharks (and their lasers).
I think that Linux is left out again.
Verizon could fix this problem by selling the phone at a fair retail price without a contract and allowing you to buy "service only" and not "service plus subsidized phone contracts" but they don't because that is not their marketing model. I'd get a different service provider. I have lower priced "service only" from T-Mobile and also ATT which I use with my non-subsidized phones.
I have two Android phones (Nexus One). Paid "full price" for both. I get service on ATT for one and T-Mobile for the other. Cost is less than $50 per month. This us much less than the "free" phones. You can do this in the US but most people can't figure it out.
Just last week I was diving and shared some photos with another diver. He was running Windows and my memory card came back with a virus. Of course it wouldn't run on Linux and I just deleted it but it's any ugly world of Windows out there.
And unfortunately, the range of attachments which can be considered "executable" (on Windows) is very large. I recently encountered a company that would not accept a PDF file email attachment because of the perceived danger. No doubt the danger is real on Windows but this should prompt some more intelligent countermeasures (such as better pdf readers, virus detection, or getting rid of Windows).
Blackberry is great except if you live in a country where the government has been granted access to your device or a country where the government has access but has not disclosed it... oh wait... I guess it isn't that secure after all.
The US is not fighting an occupation, the US IS an occupying force in Iraq (and Afghanistan). As such, they are fighting the locals for control of the country. As they are learning (slowly and not very well), this is a difficult task. People take it very seriously when they are invaded by a foreign army and will go to extremes to try to drive out the occupiers.
I explained this in my original post but apparently you didn't read it carefully. California does NOT charge sales tax on the monthly service plan since it is a "service". It does charge sales tax on merchandise. Therefore, when companies attempt to avoid paying tax on merchandise (the phone) by hiding the cost of the phone (merchandise-taxable) in the service plan (non taxable) then they charge tax on the phone when you buy it. The phone company is deceiving you by telling you it is a "free" phone but California is smart enough to figure out that you are paying for the phone through your service contract. Apparently most consumers can't figure this out though.
If Verizon was honest with you (and the State of California) about the cost of the phone, then the tax would be calculated on a more realistic number. Because Verizon wants to sell you a "free" $700 phone, you are stuck paying tax on $700. If Verizon sold the phone without a service plan for $400, then they would only charge tax on $400.
As for your problem with Windows... if you are still using Windows I just don't know what to say... it always has been a malware ridden pile of bull_ and I pity you.
I now have 17 tabs open in Firefox and it has been running for a few weeks (I forget the last time I rebooted my laptop or closed Firefox... Linux). Memory use is 287 Meg. That seems reasonable. I think you need to come up with a new meme for Firefox... the memory hog meme is really out of date. However, so is Windows XP and that is probably your problem.
You are paying for your "free" phone over the course of your service contract. The reason you have sales tax is that the service contract does not have state sales tax (since it's a "service") so California wants to make sure you pay tax on the phone (merchandise). California has figured out the scam... why can't you?
I had a Ford "Exploder" that had this exact "problem". Five keys on the keypad. Only three of them used for my combo became visibly worn within a few years. Four digit combo. Not too hard to figure out how to get into my car for a determined mathematically literate thief. (Dumber thief would just break the window.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/17/anonymous-wikileaks-protest-amazon-mastercard
I can log in but the calls don't go through. They just ring twice then silence... so I think they have problems in addition to authentication.
Good analysis of the problems. We just passed an initiative to pass the budget by 50% . This should help. Gov Brown will set a ballot to pass tax hikes.