I don't expect breaking news from Slashdot but I do expect to get a more in-depth discussion than mainstream media (hopefully from a technical perspective). Unfortunately, this discussion (like most others here) has focused on political name calling. It's worthless. I don't know why I bother to read this drivel.
Telecoms has become a commodity service. No money in that. Get over it. It's a race to the bottom. You can try to screw your customers out of more money but they'll just go to your competitor.
People didn't stop flying because terrorists blew up airplanes. Terrorists won't even try to blow up the Hyperloop. There are much easier, better targets. Get your shorts all twisted up worrying about something else.
Universities don't get any money from publications. Publication profits go to private corporations. Universities get money from government research grants.
Universities don't gain royalties from these publications. There are few large private corporations which earn the money. Universities have to pay these corporations for access to the journals. If they had free access, they could spend more money on research.
Except we don't have a democracy in the US. We have a corporate state similar to fascism. Corporations have captured the government and run it for their benefit. Actual voters are irrelevant.
There is very little "pure" open source hardware. Patents and software copyrights (and proprietary software bits) make this difficult. If you want to tinker, a good option is the BBC Microbit (http://microbit.org/). It's a simple ARM processor with inputs, Bluetooth, sensors (acceleration, compass, etc.), LED display, light sensor and robust programming environments (GUI, Python, C++, etc.) The Bluetooth give lots of interesting options for communicating with other nearby Microbits
Hinckley C will receive a subsidy to 92.50 pounds/MWh. (Plus increases for inflation... no power expected for another 8 years) New unsubsidized wind power in the UK comes in at 47 pounds/MWh... available today. Do the math
I'm sure the panel will absolve everyone. I think the people on the panel will mostly be interested in figuring out why they didn't get in on this scam.
I installed an Ikea kitchen (8' long), dining table, sofa, chairs, bathroom vanity, and bookcase in a 500 sq. ft. apartment. Lots of room. Never at a loss for space. I don't know what your problem is.
I read an article in The Guardian where a security expert recommended that uses (in the UK) put a "Notice of Correction" on their Experian(UK) file (and others): Jamieson sent a notice of correction to the three main credit reference agencies. It states: “I, Jamie Jamieson, of [his address], do hereby declare that when my signature is required for any financial product or service, I will authenticate it with my thumbprint. Failure by me to comply with this direction should result in the service or product being withheld. Any application without a thumbprint should be considered fraudulent. I will inform you in writing, signed and thumbprinted, of any changes to this notice of correction.”
This would seem to be a good solution. A fraudster would not necessarily know about the thumbprint requirement and when asked for a thumbprint would be reluctant to put his own thumbprint on a document. If they did, they could be traced by the thumbprint. It wouldn't require the creditor to check the thumbprint unless there was a problem.
Would this work in the US? (The US credit bureaus allow you to add a "Statement" to your account.) (I know that fingerprints can be copied and faked but this would probably stop a lot of opportunistic fraud.)
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/universal... (US has signed this) Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
The problem is that Nestle doesn't follow the law: http://www.latimes.com/busines... "Environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, alleging that the agency has allowed Nestle Waters to draw water from a creek in the San Bernardino Mountains under a permit that expired more than 25 years ago.
The company, owner of the Arrowhead bottled water brand, has drawn millions of gallons from the west fork of Strawberry Creek under a permit it apparently acquired in 2002.
At a time when residents have been asked to cut back water use during the record-setting drought, the diversion for commercial bottling to consumers once again has put Nestle in the cross hairs of the state's water squabbles. The company faces scrutiny over its water withdrawal activities elsewhere in the state."
I find him to be harmless entertainment and I appreciate that he "thinks different" He seems to be irritating you, however. Can't you just ignore him... Or does he threaten you?
It can't. They measured METS (activity) but there is no correlation between METS and position. Sitting, standing, lying down all are low activity (low METS) so they had no idea if a person was standing at a desk or lying down on the sofa. Activity is good for you. Soda is bad for you.
I'm getting older and I'm hoping that autonomous vehicles will improve rapidly enough so that I can still get around as my faculties deteriorate. (Although my mom is 93 and still drives so there is hope.)
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I don't expect breaking news from Slashdot but I do expect to get a more in-depth discussion than mainstream media (hopefully from a technical perspective).
Unfortunately, this discussion (like most others here) has focused on political name calling. It's worthless.
I don't know why I bother to read this drivel.
Telecoms has become a commodity service. No money in that. Get over it. It's a race to the bottom. You can try to screw your customers out of more money but they'll just go to your competitor.
People didn't stop flying because terrorists blew up airplanes.
Terrorists won't even try to blow up the Hyperloop. There are much easier, better targets.
Get your shorts all twisted up worrying about something else.
Just patch the hole and start it up again.
Hyperloop capsules only hold 10 or 20 people... fewer than a city bus. Not a very attractive target.
Universities don't get any money from publications. Publication profits go to private corporations.
Universities get money from government research grants.
Universities don't gain royalties from these publications. There are few large private corporations which earn the money. Universities have to pay these corporations for access to the journals. If they had free access, they could spend more money on research.
Except we don't have a democracy in the US. We have a corporate state similar to fascism. Corporations have captured the government and run it for their benefit. Actual voters are irrelevant.
There is very little "pure" open source hardware. Patents and software copyrights (and proprietary software bits) make this difficult.
If you want to tinker, a good option is the BBC Microbit (http://microbit.org/). It's a simple ARM processor with inputs, Bluetooth, sensors (acceleration, compass, etc.), LED display, light sensor and robust programming environments (GUI, Python, C++, etc.)
The Bluetooth give lots of interesting options for communicating with other nearby Microbits
Hinckley C will receive a subsidy to 92.50 pounds/MWh. (Plus increases for inflation... no power expected for another 8 years)
New unsubsidized wind power in the UK comes in at 47 pounds/MWh... available today.
Do the math
China cancels 103 coal power plants
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...
https://www.sciencealert.com/t...
I'm sure the panel will absolve everyone.
I think the people on the panel will mostly be interested in figuring out why they didn't get in on this scam.
I installed an Ikea kitchen (8' long), dining table, sofa, chairs, bathroom vanity, and bookcase in a 500 sq. ft. apartment. Lots of room. Never at a loss for space. I don't know what your problem is.
I read an article in The Guardian where a security expert recommended that uses (in the UK) put a "Notice of Correction" on their Experian(UK) file (and others):
Jamieson sent a notice of correction to the three main credit reference agencies. It states: “I, Jamie Jamieson, of [his address], do hereby declare that when my signature is required for any financial product or service, I will authenticate it with my thumbprint. Failure by me to comply with this direction should result in the service or product being withheld. Any application without a thumbprint should be considered fraudulent. I will inform you in writing, signed and thumbprinted, of any changes to this notice of correction.”
https://www.theguardian.com/mo...
This would seem to be a good solution. A fraudster would not necessarily know about the thumbprint requirement and when asked for a thumbprint would be reluctant to put his own thumbprint on a document. If they did, they could be traced by the thumbprint. It wouldn't require the creditor to check the thumbprint unless there was a problem.
Would this work in the US?
(The US credit bureaus allow you to add a "Statement" to your account.)
(I know that fingerprints can be copied and faked but this would probably stop a lot of opportunistic fraud.)
But, is it an inherent right to not be a slave?
Our founding fathers decided that slaves didn't have a right to freedom.
Is it correct to say that there is no inherent right to freedom?
You are a clever fellow. Are you a lawyer?
Water is implied in food and housing
Lynsey Barber
I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, (who can't get basic facts and language right)
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/universal...
(US has signed this)
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
The problem is that Nestle doesn't follow the law:
http://www.latimes.com/busines...
"Environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, alleging that the agency has allowed Nestle Waters to draw water from a creek in the San Bernardino Mountains under a permit that expired more than 25 years ago.
The company, owner of the Arrowhead bottled water brand, has drawn millions of gallons from the west fork of Strawberry Creek under a permit it apparently acquired in 2002.
At a time when residents have been asked to cut back water use during the record-setting drought, the diversion for commercial bottling to consumers once again has put Nestle in the cross hairs of the state's water squabbles. The company faces scrutiny over its water withdrawal activities elsewhere in the state."
I find him to be harmless entertainment and I appreciate that he "thinks different" ... Or does he threaten you?
He seems to be irritating you, however. Can't you just ignore him
I think you should relax and enjoy the show
It can't.
They measured METS (activity) but there is no correlation between METS and position. Sitting, standing, lying down all are low activity (low METS) so they had no idea if a person was standing at a desk or lying down on the sofa.
Activity is good for you.
Soda is bad for you.
I'm getting older and I'm hoping that autonomous vehicles will improve rapidly enough so that I can still get around as my faculties deteriorate. (Although my mom is 93 and still drives so there is hope.)
Ever heard of liquid cooling?