I live in one of the areas affected and I will guarantee you that disruption of 911 service means more to me than any of you. Therefore I refuse to use VoIP at home (for a variety of reasons), my cordless phone base has it's own UPS, and I have corded phones stationed throughout the house. I have a generator for when the power goes out longer than the batteries on my life support equipment.
When I was still working and installed VoIP at my locations across the country each one remained capable of basic independent operation and each site maintained at least one POTS system for emergency services.
That said, central communication infrastructure will NEVER have the redundancies necessary to provide 100 percent proof against terror-by-backhoe. To expect such is folly.
Professor Hawking uses a more sophisticated system with word-prediction and a micro-switch activated by a slight motion of his shoulder. he can do much better than 8 cpm. I use a similar system but use eye gaze on a virtual keyboard rather than a sectoring keyboard.
Perhaps he's more accustomed to the sectoring keyboard or no longer has the ocular control for the eye gaze system.
I used to use Dasher before ALS took my hands completely. It flies by way too fast and the letter choice way too "random" to be useful in the current application.
Perhaps if the sensing algorithm gets an order of magnitude faster and more precise, but in the average lifetime of a person diagnosed today with ALS or locked-in syndrome it will not happen.
One actually can speak normally after a tracheostomy with the use of a Passy-Muir valve (a one way valve permitting inspiration but forcing expiration up around the trach through the vocal cords). I use one as I still have some remaining strength in my diaphragm. Professor Hawking phrenic nerve is totally wasted at this point.
Stephen Hawking is a major reason that I am alive today. When I was diagnosed in 2005, my first thought was "if Professor Hawking can do it so can I". It's the only ground where we are equal so I'm going for it (although I've pulled into a 12' barrel over a reef in Fiji and I don't think the Professor ever imagined doing that ).
Good point. Justifying based on $/VM where the unit cost of VMs is lower would make it more attractive to the CFO. Toss in lower watt-hours pER NxVMs and it's a slam dunk depending where you are in your upgrade cycle.
And a comic book proves that guys in spandex costumes can fly. Global warming means climate change, including localized "ice ages", not that the whole world turns to desert. You haven't a clue, hence your reliance on true junk science.
Since you are one of the precious few who claim no correlation between fossil fuel use and global warming, please post your CV so we can compare your qualifications against the multitudes of recognized experts who DO assert correlation.
The data showing that, since the inception of the large-scale use of fossil fuels the rate of increase of airborne carbon has exceeded any in the historical record, with the beginnings of the predicted result.
For God's sake, educate yourself. Use Google or pick up a book.
It is far wiser to rely upon acknowledged experts in a subject (which is what VP Gore has done) than non-experts with a financial or purely ideological stake. Your "concept" is fundamentally flawed in that it intentionally ignores critical information and is therefore non-scientific.
1. Where do you think that water came from in the first place? -gasp!- The atmosphere! It is merely returning, completing a cycle.
2. For the current climate upon which our agriculture (food) depends, which the global population requires, absolutely. We're not all doomed, just a large number of us.
3. The methods by which those observations are proven are well-founded in basic science. I will leave it as an educational exercise to you to discover what those are.
4. The proof you seek is presented every evening on your local newscast. That you would utter such a statement bespeaks your ignorance and astounding failure to embrace simple logic.
5. Because your statements prove you can't be bothered to even use Google before repeating nonsense.
1. Water vapor levels aren't being artificially increased.
2. The CO2 absorbed by that organic material has been sequestered for millions of years. The climate required for our lovely little civilisation began a few thousand years ago and depends upon that sequestration.
3. Global temperatures are easily tracked back via examination of ice cores and other scientific methods, back long before thermometers and writing with which to record any observations made.
4. Global warming begets climate change, so functionally they are one and the same. Close observation of past events allows prediction of future events.
5. You have no clue and blindly parrot propaganda without consideration of facts or logic.
The reason the Moon landing was so captivating to the world was because nothing remotely like it had ever been done before. There was also the culmination of a technological leap unprecedented in history (Wright Brothers to Luna in 60 years).
The world was also watching two superpowers play "Our Nazis Are Better Than Your Nazis" and we won. IIRC, von Braun had plans for a "mega-Saturn" intended for Mars.
That site is authored by an anti-ESC group. The information is incomplete and misleading. For instance, hESC are immunoprivileged meaning host-graft rejection is unlikely.
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I live in one of the areas affected and I will guarantee you that disruption of 911 service means more to me than any of you. Therefore I refuse to use VoIP at home (for a variety of reasons), my cordless phone base has it's own UPS, and I have corded phones stationed throughout the house. I have a generator for when the power goes out longer than the batteries on my life support equipment.
When I was still working and installed VoIP at my locations across the country each one remained capable of basic independent operation and each site maintained at least one POTS system for emergency services.
That said, central communication infrastructure will NEVER have the redundancies necessary to provide 100 percent proof against terror-by-backhoe. To expect such is folly.
Professor Hawking uses a more sophisticated system with word-prediction and a micro-switch activated by a slight motion of his shoulder. he can do much better than 8 cpm. I use a similar system but use eye gaze on a virtual keyboard rather than a sectoring keyboard.
Perhaps he's more accustomed to the sectoring keyboard or no longer has the ocular control for the eye gaze system.
I used to use Dasher before ALS took my hands completely. It flies by way too fast and the letter choice way too "random" to be useful in the current application.
Perhaps if the sensing algorithm gets an order of magnitude faster and more precise, but in the average lifetime of a person diagnosed today with ALS or locked-in syndrome it will not happen.
It's only an awesome band if you're a 40 year old virgin...
One actually can speak normally after a tracheostomy with the use of a Passy-Muir valve (a one way valve permitting inspiration but forcing expiration up around the trach through the vocal cords). I use one as I still have some remaining strength in my diaphragm. Professor Hawking phrenic nerve is totally wasted at this point.
Stephen Hawking is a major reason that I am alive today. When I was diagnosed in 2005, my first thought was "if Professor Hawking can do it so can I". It's the only ground where we are equal so I'm going for it (although I've pulled into a 12' barrel over a reef in Fiji and I don't think the Professor ever imagined doing that ).
...if biomarkers for ALS can be found.
Giggety!
The Scilons worship a Kiwi warrior princess?
No, that's WEST Virginia...
APCP sales just skyrocketed!
Good point. Justifying based on $/VM where the unit cost of VMs is lower would make it more attractive to the CFO. Toss in lower watt-hours pER NxVMs and it's a slam dunk depending where you are in your upgrade cycle.
According to your calculations the Earth is 6000 years old...
That's FRANCIS Bacon, you insensitive clod!
It's the ultimate numbers station!
Two words: "three way".
And a comic book proves that guys in spandex costumes can fly. Global warming means climate change, including localized "ice ages", not that the whole world turns to desert. You haven't a clue, hence your reliance on true junk science.
Since you are one of the precious few who claim no correlation between fossil fuel use and global warming, please post your CV so we can compare your qualifications against the multitudes of recognized experts who DO assert correlation.
Your move.
They will just claim it's The Rapture...
The data showing that, since the inception of the large-scale use of fossil fuels the rate of increase of airborne carbon has exceeded any in the historical record, with the beginnings of the predicted result.
For God's sake, educate yourself. Use Google or pick up a book.
It is far wiser to rely upon acknowledged experts in a subject (which is what VP Gore has done) than non-experts with a financial or purely ideological stake. Your "concept" is fundamentally flawed in that it intentionally ignores critical information and is therefore non-scientific.
1. Where do you think that water came from in the first place? -gasp!- The atmosphere! It is merely returning, completing a cycle.
2. For the current climate upon which our agriculture (food) depends, which the global population requires, absolutely. We're not all doomed, just a large number of us.
3. The methods by which those observations are proven are well-founded in basic science. I will leave it as an educational exercise to you to discover what those are.
4. The proof you seek is presented every evening on your local newscast. That you would utter such a statement bespeaks your ignorance and astounding failure to embrace simple logic.
5. Because your statements prove you can't be bothered to even use Google before repeating nonsense.
1. Water vapor levels aren't being artificially increased.
2. The CO2 absorbed by that organic material has been sequestered for millions of years. The climate required for our lovely little civilisation began a few thousand years ago and depends upon that sequestration.
3. Global temperatures are easily tracked back via examination of ice cores and other scientific methods, back long before thermometers and writing with which to record any observations made.
4. Global warming begets climate change, so functionally they are one and the same. Close observation of past events allows prediction of future events.
5. You have no clue and blindly parrot propaganda without consideration of facts or logic.
The reason the Moon landing was so captivating to the world was because nothing remotely like it had ever been done before. There was also the culmination of a technological leap unprecedented in history (Wright Brothers to Luna in 60 years).
The world was also watching two superpowers play "Our Nazis Are Better Than Your Nazis" and we won. IIRC, von Braun had plans for a "mega-Saturn" intended for Mars.
That site is authored by an anti-ESC group. The information is incomplete and misleading. For instance, hESC are immunoprivileged meaning host-graft rejection is unlikely.