I think the point of a HUD is that you don't have to take your eyes off the road to gather information from the dashboard, GPS, etc. The fact that these were first developed for military and civilian pilots would seem to indicate that these are very safe displays... much safer than any other option. After all, they wouldn't be approved for aircraft use if they were distracting or unsafe.
Apple and Microsoft (and most other corporations) pick manufacturing locations based on price and quality. They choose China because it offers the lowest cost and good quality. They aren't going to pick up and move (even if they could find another capable manufacturer) for political reasons. China is taking this step not to isolate themselves from the world but to isolate themselves from the NSA.
Anecdotal reports are worthless. A more thorough review of this issue is in the latest book by Jared Diamond "The World Until Yesterday" where he systematically studies the different stages in the evolution of society and shows a progression to less violence and more cooperation.
I'm sure Amazon has the data to back up their economic argument of the relative sales at 9.99 vs 14.99 for most books. They want to sell more books and generate more revenue. This helps them, the publishers and authors. I don't see anything evil here.
I thought the rant was a very creative use of language. I'd give him an A+ in creative writing. If I was the target of the rant, I might be a bit upset but would probably admit that I deserved it. He could have said something like, "Nice code, Johnny, but that part in the middle will need some adjustment (but you're really a fine person deep inside)."
I am trying to understand your logic here and it just isn't happening. I appears that you are postulating that companies spend money on advertising only to reduce their income and not to increase sales. I would think that companies would rather have the extra profit than waste money on pointless advertising. Besides, there is a lot of research showing that advertising works which is why companies advertise.
I agree that we should all strive for more freedom and that, of course, some societies are more free than others. The more egalitarian a society, the less "authority" is needed. My comment was more about the futility of getting into a war and being manipulated to support wars. Post WWII, I can't think of a war that was started by the US or joined by the US that benefited its citizens. There have certainly been great costs in lives, morbidity and dollars as well as loss of freedom. The war on terror has exacted a great toll on our freedoms. Politicians and corporations have largely profited from the wars.
Israel is currently using these fine US weapons to kill as many civilians as possible. I don't think they care very much about the health and welfare of the people in the concentration camp they have established in Gaza. The US (at least the politicians) don't seem to mind this carnage.
Most wars are started when one group of greedy bastards wants to take over from another group of greedy bastards. These greedy bastards (generally politicians and their corporate sponsors) are the "elite" of societies. Since they control the wealth, they have the most to gain (or lose) by war. Everyone else is just cannon fodder and will end up worse off after the war regardless of who wins. There are a few interesting probes of this rule. I just finished reading George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" which is an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Apparently, the faction Orwell was fighting for (apparently by chance), POUM, did try to establish an egalitarian workers society. However, they were sold out by the Russian Communists and other factions. I think it's really difficult (?impossible) to establish a truly egalitarian society anywhere which would actually improve the condition of the peons. The usual result in just about every political system is that you end up with a few greedy bastards in charge fighting the greedy bastards next door. I'm not sure it would make much difference to be speaking German or Russian or Japanese or Chinese or have to profess belief in a different god. If you survived the war, you will still have the same shitty job living hand to mouth... just a different master.
You have to remember that corporations spend good money bribing politicians to buy these laws. This is pure free enterprise. I'm sure that the Supreme court will uphold the right of corporations to buy our politicians... after all, they are the defenders of corporations.
Nice troll but, of course, completely wrong. You could have spent a minute and actually read the Green Party platform but then you wouldn't have been able to post your rant. For instance, your assertion that they support big government and corporations controlling everything is directly contradicted by this statement in their platform: "Since governments too often have an interest in controlling the flow of information, we must constantly guard against official censorship. In our society however, large corporations are a far more common source of censorship than governments. Media outlets kill stories because they undermine corporate interests; advertisers use their financial clout to squelch negative reports; powerful businesses employ the threat of expensive lawsuits to discourage legitimate investigations. The most frequent form of censorship is self-censorship: journalists deciding not to pursue certain stories that they know will be unpopular with the advertisers." You should actually read their platform. There's a lot in there you might agree with (if you're willing to open your mind). http://www.gp.org/what-we-beli...
It took a few years longer but it does appear that we have finally reached the dystopia of George Orwell's 1984 with omnipresent surveillance, government manipulation, thought crimes, Newspeak, constant war (on terror), and an elite class in control.
If you had actually read the article you reference, you would see that the delay in malaria vaccine is to to the fact that the many trials have been failures and even this latest version is not very effective for not very much time. The "paperwork" delay in this case is due to the fact that it doesn't work.
Can't really avoid it since you can get it from touching surfaces contaminated with the virus. Think of an airplane seat or a public shop or any public place. You can wall yourself up at home but what happens when you run out of food?
The problem is that people move around... a lot. Ebola has an incubation period of up to 21 days so that gives an infected person lots of symptom free time to travel to visit his neighboring village or go to the city or get on a plane to visit relatives anywhere in the world.
Actually, it does transmit fairly easily. From the WHO: "Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. "
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I think the point of a HUD is that you don't have to take your eyes off the road to gather information from the dashboard, GPS, etc.
The fact that these were first developed for military and civilian pilots would seem to indicate that these are very safe displays... much safer than any other option. After all, they wouldn't be approved for aircraft use if they were distracting or unsafe.
Apple and Microsoft (and most other corporations) pick manufacturing locations based on price and quality. They choose China because it offers the lowest cost and good quality. They aren't going to pick up and move (even if they could find another capable manufacturer) for political reasons.
China is taking this step not to isolate themselves from the world but to isolate themselves from the NSA.
When your testosterone levels settle down, you might want to discuss your anxiety about women with a therapist.
Anecdotal reports are worthless.
A more thorough review of this issue is in the latest book by Jared Diamond "The World Until Yesterday" where he systematically studies the different stages in the evolution of society and shows a progression to less violence and more cooperation.
Interesting assertion which is contrary to my reading of the literature as well as the study in question.
Citation needed.
“Ed is the standard text editor.”
Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
My Tesla runs on solar power.
Probably could combine a HEPA filter with a charcoal filter to get both particles and volatile chemicals.
Like this:
http://www.instructables.com/i...
Or:
http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-A...
Lots more here:
http://www.grainger.com/catego...
I'm sure Amazon has the data to back up their economic argument of the relative sales at 9.99 vs 14.99 for most books.
They want to sell more books and generate more revenue. This helps them, the publishers and authors.
I don't see anything evil here.
I thought the rant was a very creative use of language.
I'd give him an A+ in creative writing.
If I was the target of the rant, I might be a bit upset but would probably admit that I deserved it.
He could have said something like, "Nice code, Johnny, but that part in the middle will need some adjustment (but you're really a fine person deep inside)."
They're too slow for that...
I am trying to understand your logic here and it just isn't happening.
I appears that you are postulating that companies spend money on advertising only to reduce their income and not to increase sales.
I would think that companies would rather have the extra profit than waste money on pointless advertising.
Besides, there is a lot of research showing that advertising works which is why companies advertise.
I agree that we should all strive for more freedom and that, of course, some societies are more free than others. The more egalitarian a society, the less "authority" is needed.
My comment was more about the futility of getting into a war and being manipulated to support wars. Post WWII, I can't think of a war that was started by the US or joined by the US that benefited its citizens. There have certainly been great costs in lives, morbidity and dollars as well as loss of freedom. The war on terror has exacted a great toll on our freedoms. Politicians and corporations have largely profited from the wars.
Israel is currently using these fine US weapons to kill as many civilians as possible. I don't think they care very much about the health and welfare of the people in the concentration camp they have established in Gaza. The US (at least the politicians) don't seem to mind this carnage.
Most wars are started when one group of greedy bastards wants to take over from another group of greedy bastards. These greedy bastards (generally politicians and their corporate sponsors) are the "elite" of societies. Since they control the wealth, they have the most to gain (or lose) by war. Everyone else is just cannon fodder and will end up worse off after the war regardless of who wins. There are a few interesting probes of this rule. I just finished reading George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" which is an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Apparently, the faction Orwell was fighting for (apparently by chance), POUM, did try to establish an egalitarian workers society. However, they were sold out by the Russian Communists and other factions.
I think it's really difficult (?impossible) to establish a truly egalitarian society anywhere which would actually improve the condition of the peons. The usual result in just about every political system is that you end up with a few greedy bastards in charge fighting the greedy bastards next door.
I'm not sure it would make much difference to be speaking German or Russian or Japanese or Chinese or have to profess belief in a different god. If you survived the war, you will still have the same shitty job living hand to mouth... just a different master.
How about ones that don't explode?
Cheap is a better offer but it's hard to compete with free.
You have to remember that corporations spend good money bribing politicians to buy these laws. This is pure free enterprise. I'm sure that the Supreme court will uphold the right of corporations to buy our politicians... after all, they are the defenders of corporations.
Nice troll but, of course, completely wrong.
You could have spent a minute and actually read the Green Party platform but then you wouldn't have been able to post your rant.
For instance, your assertion that they support big government and corporations controlling everything is directly contradicted by this statement in their platform:
"Since governments too often have an interest in controlling the flow of information, we must constantly guard against official censorship. In our society however, large corporations are a far more common source of censorship than governments. Media outlets kill stories because they undermine corporate interests; advertisers use their financial clout to squelch negative reports; powerful businesses employ the threat of expensive lawsuits to discourage legitimate investigations. The most frequent form of censorship is self-censorship: journalists deciding not to pursue certain stories that they know will be unpopular with the advertisers."
You should actually read their platform. There's a lot in there you might agree with (if you're willing to open your mind).
http://www.gp.org/what-we-beli...
It took a few years longer but it does appear that we have finally reached the dystopia of George Orwell's 1984 with omnipresent surveillance, government manipulation, thought crimes, Newspeak, constant war (on terror), and an elite class in control.
If you had actually read the article you reference, you would see that the delay in malaria vaccine is to to the fact that the many trials have been failures and even this latest version is not very effective for not very much time. The "paperwork" delay in this case is due to the fact that it doesn't work.
Ebola has an incubation period of 21 days which is plenty of time for symptom free people to travel anywhere in the world.
Can't really avoid it since you can get it from touching surfaces contaminated with the virus. Think of an airplane seat or a public shop or any public place. You can wall yourself up at home but what happens when you run out of food?
The problem is that people move around... a lot. Ebola has an incubation period of up to 21 days so that gives an infected person lots of symptom free time to travel to visit his neighboring village or go to the city or get on a plane to visit relatives anywhere in the world.
Actually, it does transmit fairly easily.
From the WHO:
"Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids. "