Yes... climate includes the cold weather in the Eastern US and the record warm temperatures and lack of snow they are currently enjoying for the Olympics... all of this averaged over years equals climate... and it is changing... slowly... warming... slowly... and we will wake up one day and discover we are toast.
What is a "fixture list"? It sounds like a list of hardware used to hold the ball or the sinks and toilets in the mens room (WC). Sorry, I'm not British.
I tried the MS Office Suite a few years ago and found it lacking since it had trouble reading different versions of older MS files, couldn't make PDF files, and seemed to do odd things to my formatting. It also was missing a bunch of other features that I liked in OpenOffice
I switched back to OpenOffice since it doesn't have these problems. I still occasionally use MS Office when it is the only thing installed on the computer provided but it doesn't seem to be improved (and don't even get me started on that that silly ribbon thingy).
Your basic error of not knowing that Haiti is French (Creole) speaking is indicative of the simplicity of the rest of your argument.
One big point... you state that "Haiti destroyed their natural resources (forests)". This shows a basic lack of knowledge of history. Haiti was a Spanish then a French colony (hence the French language). Like all colonies it was exploited... natural resources were plundered. Even after they had a revolution, they were forced to pay reparations to the French leading to the destruction of the remainder of their forests, among other things.
This was followed by a series of interventions by other colonial powers (primarily the US but also including the British, French, and Germans) which prevented them from forming effective government. Every time an effective independent government was formed which threatened to be too independent from world economic powers, foreign governments sent in the marines or engineered a coup by more "business friendly" (and exploitative) leaders. This pattern continues to the current day.
Haiti is a good example of the evils of colonialism that continues to this day.
I just received a document yesterday from a co-worker in MS Word.doc format (big organization with a homogeneous MS Office deployment). This is a 5 page file with tables and graphs. Something is screwed up with MS Office and I don't see the graphs when I open it with MS Office. However, OpenOffice.org opens and displays the document perfectly.
I only mention this because it happens to me all of the time. Usually with different versions of MS Word but in this case it can't even read its own file from the same version.
People seem to have this odd idea that once we have trashed earth, we can all just get in our spaceships and travel to so some virgin planet (and most likely start trashing it).
This is unrealistic escapism at its apex. There is no realistic escape for most of us and it would be best for everyone to concentrate on making life on earth sustainable.
You may recall (or not) that when the iPhone was originally released, there was no dev kit, no app store, and no provision to add apps. Only after a great uproar was the current (wildly successful) dev kit and app store released. However, you have to understand that this is still the mindset... it's all about control of the customer and the platform. You will never have a 'libre' iPhone.
Interesting logic on Intuit's part. It shows the extent to which corporations will go to justify their existence.
Our current system relies on the taxpayer to disclose income and deductions. Isn't it a conflict of interest to have the person paying the taxes decide what to tell the government? In the current case, only the people who know what information the government collects (W-2, 1099 i.e. people who don't get paid in cash) disclose everything.
Current advice suggests what I do (cycle to work, sit a lot, cycle home) is sufficient exercise. If the sitting a lot is itself harmful then I'd like to know.
I think this article IS saying that sitting a lot is itself harmful. Even if you are otherwise in good shape, just sitting for a long time (7 hours a day) is bad for you. Get up every hour and climb a flight of stairs.
Furthermore, relative to those watching less television (2 h/d),
there was a 46% increased risk of all-cause and an 80%
increased risk of CVD mortality in those watching 4 hours of
television per day, which were independent of traditional risk
factors such as smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diet, as
well as leisure-time exercise and waist circumference.
Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor[1]), entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, is the principle that "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity" and the conclusion thereof, that the simplest explanation or strategy tends to be the best one.
Rough translation: "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
In this case there is no shared code base. There is no commons. Every phone manufacturer is keeping their modifications to themselves. They are afraid that if they create a commons that it will hurt them.
You could argue that they should create a commons and then benefit from sharing code fixes but they are not doing that.
I don't think this is a variant on "the tragedy of the commons". There is no "commons" here, just a bunch of walled gardens. If there were a commons of code for these modems, then everyone would have access to the code. There is a "fear of the commons" here that others will profit from the first mover improvements to the commons. It should be the responsibility of the modem manufacturer to provide solid software and they should compensate the phone manufacturers for their work fixing bugs if that is necessary. I don't think any phone manufacturer would intentionally pick a buggy modem set so they could fix it and have a competitive advantage. I think they would much rather buy a modem set that "just works" and compete somewhere else like phone features.
So you seem to be saying that the older style Xenon flash is better than LED flash. I couldn't find any references that back up that assertion. The articles I did find described pros and cons for each and the final picture quality seemed to be subjective as to which is best.
LED can also be used with video and Xenon can't.
You also seem to be saying that a 3MP sensor is better than a 5MP without knowing the size of the sensors. Do you know the size of the sensor?
Also, do you know that the video can't zoom digitally on the Nexus? It's certainly possible technically (the still camera has a digital zoom).
According to the specs it has a flash and digital zoom plus 5MP sensor so should take fairly good pictures (even in the dark). Also has 720 x 480 video which is a step up from most video cameras.
I did wish to point out one of the interesting things about the concept of infinity that some people may not understand... and from your reply it seems that you many not understand, either...
Yes, a set of things that doesn't contain themselves does look a little funny but that is what makes the concept of infinity interesting... (to me, at least... apparently it's just irritating to you).
BTW, found this fun story about infinity that you might enjoy.
My experience (having raised children in California) is that parents put their kids in charter schools or do home schooling because they are afraid their kids will be contaminated with strange ideas from other religions (or no religion) and cultures. The kids really do miss out on the diversity of ideas and end up with a rather narrow world view and experience.
You really have to trust yourself and your parenting skills. We raised our kids to expose them to as wide a diversity of ideas and cultures as possible. We weren't afraid that they would be corrupted by strange ideas. It really taught them to be better thinkers and more resilient adults. The real world out there is full of lots of strange people and ideas and it is much better to have the skills to deal with these ideas than to be protected from exposure to them. You can't protect your kid forever so you need to give them the critical thinking skills to deal with life.
I really don't understand the irrational fear of 'government school brainwashing'. All public school education in the US is governed by local school boards who are elected by popular vote and if you don't like the curriculum, run for the school board. School boards are often some of the most hotly contested elections where your voice can make a difference. Now, if you are a fearful religious whackjob, you won't get elected and will home school your kid but that is your right. I think the kid would be much better served by attending a diverse public school than the narrow education you will give him or her but you do have that right.
They have hundreds of tanker trucks which haul the sewage out of town. Of course, since this is all 'free enterprise', many of the drivers take a short cut and just dump the sewage in town where it flows to the ocean and ends up on the beaches. You have these luxury hotels with 'beachfront' which is actually more of a cesspool. Yes, you do not want to go there.
In general, we can usually manage to get laws passed limiting the extent to which corporations can abuse our private information, but apparently there's no real way to get the government to pass a law that limits themselves....
Actually, I think it is the other way around. Corporations pretty much run the government and they prevent laws that would restrict their access to information. Corporations collect lots more personal information and use it with limited disclosure for all kinds of reasons that the government is prohibited from doing.
Indeed, the whole point of this article is that corporations have information that the government is prohibited from collecting so the government is trying to do an end run around these laws to get at the information that corporations have but it is currently prevented from collecting.
We would be much better off with stronger laws that prevent corporations from collecting this information. I personally am offended that corporations can collect financial and medical information on me and sell it to anyone who is willing to pay the price.
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Yes... climate includes the cold weather in the Eastern US and the record warm temperatures and lack of snow they are currently enjoying for the Olympics... all of this averaged over years equals climate... and it is changing... slowly... warming... slowly... and we will wake up one day and discover we are toast.
What is this "language dood" that I should study? Google just says "Did you mean "Language Door"?
What is a "fixture list"? It sounds like a list of hardware used to hold the ball or the sinks and toilets in the mens room (WC). Sorry, I'm not British.
Weather is not climate.
I switched back to OpenOffice since it doesn't have these problems. I still occasionally use MS Office when it is the only thing installed on the computer provided but it doesn't seem to be improved (and don't even get me started on that that silly ribbon thingy).
You could take this route which is more permanent...
http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm
One clue... check for the label that says "Hecho in China"
One big point... you state that "Haiti destroyed their natural resources (forests)". This shows a basic lack of knowledge of history. Haiti was a Spanish then a French colony (hence the French language). Like all colonies it was exploited... natural resources were plundered. Even after they had a revolution, they were forced to pay reparations to the French leading to the destruction of the remainder of their forests, among other things.
This was followed by a series of interventions by other colonial powers (primarily the US but also including the British, French, and Germans) which prevented them from forming effective government. Every time an effective independent government was formed which threatened to be too independent from world economic powers, foreign governments sent in the marines or engineered a coup by more "business friendly" (and exploitative) leaders. This pattern continues to the current day.
Haiti is a good example of the evils of colonialism that continues to this day.
I only mention this because it happens to me all of the time. Usually with different versions of MS Word but in this case it can't even read its own file from the same version.
This is unrealistic escapism at its apex. There is no realistic escape for most of us and it would be best for everyone to concentrate on making life on earth sustainable.
You may recall (or not) that when the iPhone was originally released, there was no dev kit, no app store, and no provision to add apps. Only after a great uproar was the current (wildly successful) dev kit and app store released. However, you have to understand that this is still the mindset... it's all about control of the customer and the platform. You will never have a 'libre' iPhone.
Our current system relies on the taxpayer to disclose income and deductions. Isn't it a conflict of interest to have the person paying the taxes decide what to tell the government? In the current case, only the people who know what information the government collects (W-2, 1099 i.e. people who don't get paid in cash) disclose everything.
I think this article IS saying that sitting a lot is itself harmful. Even if you are otherwise in good shape, just sitting for a long time (7 hours a day) is bad for you. Get up every hour and climb a flight of stairs.
Rough translation: "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
You could argue that they should create a commons and then benefit from sharing code fixes but they are not doing that.
I don't think this is a variant on "the tragedy of the commons". There is no "commons" here, just a bunch of walled gardens. If there were a commons of code for these modems, then everyone would have access to the code. There is a "fear of the commons" here that others will profit from the first mover improvements to the commons. It should be the responsibility of the modem manufacturer to provide solid software and they should compensate the phone manufacturers for their work fixing bugs if that is necessary. I don't think any phone manufacturer would intentionally pick a buggy modem set so they could fix it and have a competitive advantage. I think they would much rather buy a modem set that "just works" and compete somewhere else like phone features.
We know that but it's much more fun to imagine glowing green globs of ginormous grilled gunk.
LED can also be used with video and Xenon can't.
You also seem to be saying that a 3MP sensor is better than a 5MP without knowing the size of the sensors. Do you know the size of the sensor?
Also, do you know that the video can't zoom digitally on the Nexus? It's certainly possible technically (the still camera has a digital zoom).
According to the specs it has a flash and digital zoom plus 5MP sensor so should take fairly good pictures (even in the dark). Also has 720 x 480 video which is a step up from most video cameras.
I did wish to point out one of the interesting things about the concept of infinity that some people may not understand... and from your reply it seems that you many not understand, either...
Yes, a set of things that doesn't contain themselves does look a little funny but that is what makes the concept of infinity interesting... (to me, at least... apparently it's just irritating to you).
BTW, found this fun story about infinity that you might enjoy.
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/infinity/inhotel.html
In fact, infinity minus any number equals infinity.
You really have to trust yourself and your parenting skills. We raised our kids to expose them to as wide a diversity of ideas and cultures as possible. We weren't afraid that they would be corrupted by strange ideas. It really taught them to be better thinkers and more resilient adults. The real world out there is full of lots of strange people and ideas and it is much better to have the skills to deal with these ideas than to be protected from exposure to them. You can't protect your kid forever so you need to give them the critical thinking skills to deal with life.
I really don't understand the irrational fear of 'government school brainwashing'. All public school education in the US is governed by local school boards who are elected by popular vote and if you don't like the curriculum, run for the school board. School boards are often some of the most hotly contested elections where your voice can make a difference. Now, if you are a fearful religious whackjob, you won't get elected and will home school your kid but that is your right. I think the kid would be much better served by attending a diverse public school than the narrow education you will give him or her but you do have that right.
They have hundreds of tanker trucks which haul the sewage out of town. Of course, since this is all 'free enterprise', many of the drivers take a short cut and just dump the sewage in town where it flows to the ocean and ends up on the beaches. You have these luxury hotels with 'beachfront' which is actually more of a cesspool. Yes, you do not want to go there.
People run Microsoft software on EFTPOS / ATM machines?
Actually, I think it is the other way around. Corporations pretty much run the government and they prevent laws that would restrict their access to information. Corporations collect lots more personal information and use it with limited disclosure for all kinds of reasons that the government is prohibited from doing.
Indeed, the whole point of this article is that corporations have information that the government is prohibited from collecting so the government is trying to do an end run around these laws to get at the information that corporations have but it is currently prevented from collecting.
We would be much better off with stronger laws that prevent corporations from collecting this information. I personally am offended that corporations can collect financial and medical information on me and sell it to anyone who is willing to pay the price.