Power failure *generally* is common, meaning you don't have to wait long for the power to go out *somewhere*. Power failure in one particular spot isn't, at least everywhere I've ever lived. Usually I go several years between power failures, and I suspect most places in the US that don't get frequent ice storms or tornados are the same way.
They didn't say it would have the same effect as 1 WNW, they said it would carry the same amount of energy. But yes, further study is definitely required.;-)
Something that big is not going to burn up or bounce off, and as the other poster said it's a global catastrophe no matter where it hits. Yes, perhaps fewer people would die if it hit Australia, but it's probably a matter of not-as-many-hundreds-of-millions-dead, not "whew, that was almost a problem".
If the credit dies due to oil price fluctuations, they die.
Yes, and did you RTFA? The bill would sever the tie to oil prices, thus making the credit immortal (well, it expires next year but oil prices couldn't kill it).
Actually, as the sibling post mentions, usually it's option (iii), deficit spending. Because that seems to politicians and probably most Americans like free money.
Yes, we'd be better off living in a place where everybody* voluntarily gave the government money for its programs such as defense, police, and courts.
* OK, maybe not everybody, but surely there would be at least.001% who would do it, right?
No net emissions, assuming all vehicles used to produce and move the biodiesel also burn biodiesel. The same way that electric cars have no emissions from the car, but if there's a coal-fired power plant that's ultimately charging the battery, then that should be taken into account.
So astronomers should stop being astronomers and instead fight growing air travel and global warming? Or should they maybe work around their external limitations and find ways to keep being astronomers? I don't think the article implied that nothing should be done about any of the problems mentioned.
You said "The reason is that Dell and others won't receive the kickbacks, oops, marketing funds provided by Microsoft if they advertise Linux or provide other non-Microsoft software on a Windows desktop." Perhaps what you mean to say is "The reason is that Dell and others won't receive kickbacks, oops, marketing funds provided by Microsoft for advertising Linux or providing other non-Microsoft software on a Windows desktop"? Those are substantially different statements. Your clarification, "If you (as an OEM) advertise a system as Linux and XP compatible, you will not qualify for reimbursement from Microsofts marketing fund", is also not stating the same thing as your original statement.
No, I didn't read the links because I assumed your quotes from them were accurate.
You don't even need a lock to keep out honest people. They won't even try to open your door. Most locks are for dishonest casual people, ie they're willing to break in but not interested in using a ram, chainsaw, etc.
I'm sure there's going to be "manufacturer" or "dealership" master keys for this system, for those "emergencies".
No reason there should be. From TFA (which seems to be even more underread than usual on this one): "all 'KnocKeys' are the same". So losing your key is a non-event; it's losing your PIN that would cause a problem.
Alarm pads use DTMF tones? Why? I thought they just made an indistinguishable "beep" when you push a button. At least, that's how the one at my office is.
TFA says "the knock code itself is encrypted and has billions of different combinations," so wouldn't cycling through all of them take potentially years? I could be missing something though.
They're battery operated, so you just have to worry about battery failure. Which is of course much more likely than power grid failure in the US. Also, how would you bash the reader? Isn't it inside the door? If you can get inside the door to break the reader, then you can just keep going all the way through the door anyway, so who cares?
RTFA. I mean, HSFK (have some...). My 5-year-old clearly remembers stuff he did more than a year ago, so I suspect you have never had children around that age and therefore don't know what you're talking about. Whether he would actually care enough is another question, but yeah he might remember the day he started playing a really cool computer game. Right now he's into this great educational game called Starcraft. He learns about, uh, diplomacy and... uh... teamwork, and... OK, he likes to blow things up!
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Power failure *generally* is common, meaning you don't have to wait long for the power to go out *somewhere*. Power failure in one particular spot isn't, at least everywhere I've ever lived. Usually I go several years between power failures, and I suspect most places in the US that don't get frequent ice storms or tornados are the same way.
They didn't say it would have the same effect as 1 WNW, they said it would carry the same amount of energy. But yes, further study is definitely required. ;-)
Something that big is not going to burn up or bounce off, and as the other poster said it's a global catastrophe no matter where it hits. Yes, perhaps fewer people would die if it hit Australia, but it's probably a matter of not-as-many-hundreds-of-millions-dead, not "whew, that was almost a problem".
Yes, and did you RTFA? The bill would sever the tie to oil prices, thus making the credit immortal (well, it expires next year but oil prices couldn't kill it).
Actually, as the sibling post mentions, usually it's option (iii), deficit spending. Because that seems to politicians and probably most Americans like free money.
Yes, we'd be better off living in a place where everybody* voluntarily gave the government money for its programs such as defense, police, and courts. * OK, maybe not everybody, but surely there would be at least .001% who would do it, right?
IIUC, many restaurants will happily give you their used oil, rather than paying to have it taken away.
No net emissions, assuming all vehicles used to produce and move the biodiesel also burn biodiesel. The same way that electric cars have no emissions from the car, but if there's a coal-fired power plant that's ultimately charging the battery, then that should be taken into account.
Because... there's no other way we could ever produce energy? Are you trolling, or do you really think we'll go back to an agrarian society?
You know that parts of the planet could get warmer while other parts get cooler, right? You're just intentionally setting up a straw man?
So astronomers should stop being astronomers and instead fight growing air travel and global warming? Or should they maybe work around their external limitations and find ways to keep being astronomers? I don't think the article implied that nothing should be done about any of the problems mentioned.
He didn't say they've never made mistakes, he said they didn't get rich by being stupid. Are you saying that MS DID get rich by being stupid?
Thanks for the link, that looks amazing.
You said "The reason is that Dell and others won't receive the kickbacks, oops, marketing funds provided by Microsoft if they advertise Linux or provide other non-Microsoft software on a Windows desktop." Perhaps what you mean to say is "The reason is that Dell and others won't receive kickbacks, oops, marketing funds provided by Microsoft for advertising Linux or providing other non-Microsoft software on a Windows desktop"? Those are substantially different statements. Your clarification, "If you (as an OEM) advertise a system as Linux and XP compatible, you will not qualify for reimbursement from Microsofts marketing fund", is also not stating the same thing as your original statement.
No, I didn't read the links because I assumed your quotes from them were accurate.
You don't even need a lock to keep out honest people. They won't even try to open your door. Most locks are for dishonest casual people, ie they're willing to break in but not interested in using a ram, chainsaw, etc.
Three codes (or even a few dozen) out of billions of possibilities is not significantly less secure than one.
No reason there should be. From TFA (which seems to be even more underread than usual on this one): "all 'KnocKeys' are the same". So losing your key is a non-event; it's losing your PIN that would cause a problem.
Alarm pads use DTMF tones? Why? I thought they just made an indistinguishable "beep" when you push a button. At least, that's how the one at my office is.
TFA says "the knock code itself is encrypted and has billions of different combinations," so wouldn't cycling through all of them take potentially years? I could be missing something though.
You apparently didn't RTFA.
They're battery operated, so you just have to worry about battery failure. Which is of course much more likely than power grid failure in the US. Also, how would you bash the reader? Isn't it inside the door? If you can get inside the door to break the reader, then you can just keep going all the way through the door anyway, so who cares?
RTFA. I mean, HSFK (have some...). My 5-year-old clearly remembers stuff he did more than a year ago, so I suspect you have never had children around that age and therefore don't know what you're talking about. Whether he would actually care enough is another question, but yeah he might remember the day he started playing a really cool computer game. Right now he's into this great educational game called Starcraft. He learns about, uh, diplomacy and... uh... teamwork, and... OK, he likes to blow things up!
Advertising MS software != not advertising non-MS software. Your references don't back up your claim.
It doesn't. And in fact it mentions Linux as an available OS on the Precision workstation page. Underneath Windows of course. ;-)
Not according to this experiment. I found it following some links from TFA.