You must find a viable replacement for fossil fuels before eliminating them or taxing them to death. Solar and wind alone are not a viable replacement at that scale.
But how are they going to be developed?
We need to create economic incentives to encourage investment in the development of alternatives, and the only efficient way to do that is through higher taxes on carbon emissions.
The people who think fusion is going to save us are mostly the same ones who don't want the government to distort markets, yet somehow expect the government to magically produce viable. It's laughable.
1) Because the handwriting recognition is in a different league altogether
2) Because mind-mapping is just not possible on a handheld.
3) Because you twist the screen and you get a real computer you can do real work on.
Nice to see that the police in Norway have so many resources at hand for this kind of thing.
I went to an ATM (in London) recently and discovered a similar protrusion on the card slot. I fiddled with it an it came off in my hand - and I was promptly surrounded by three guys claiming it was theirs and generally being quite aggressive.
I chucked the reader in the street and walked off (busy place fortunately). When I called the police they didn't seem to care, *unless* I had been physically assaulted (which I had not).
Every ATM in my area has little sticky patches around card slot where you can see that such a device has at some time been attached. The criminals generally hang around, waiting for their victims to use the machine.
The police are generally not interested in responding to such incidences - I guess it is a case of prioritisation.
The state subsidises businesses by charging them less tax, and runs up a massive deficit fighting wars to prop up the arms industry, whilst at the same time forcing a significant proportion of the population to live below the poverty line.
Seriously, why not just take the cash and line your own pockets and cut out the dead people in the middle ?
Sorry, but I don't see anything in any of the links that suggests to me they are going to get any sort of decent bandwidth - 4-6 GSM lines ? You're kidding, right ?
You will experience approximately the same kind of quality as with a DSL connection...
I'd be interested to know how the expect to get DSL-level bandwith from GSM technology, especially when more than one person will be using the line.
Also, in my experience public WIFI providers tend to charge an arm and a leg for the service. I'm sure the trial is free, but I can't see it remaining that way when the role the service out to "standard class". 1 per email, anyone ?
That's a bad thing. People either want a Tablet or a Laptop or a Tablet and a seperate laptop, a mixture of the two just means missing out on the convenience of both.
Speaking as someone who actually bought the Toshiba Portege exactly because it did fulfill both roles I can safely say that the above statement is incorrect in at least two ways:
1) You don't miss out on any convenience - it is a great little laptop, fully functional and all that, plus lighter than most. And it is also a great tablet (largest screen on the market. What functions do you miss ?
2) Given 1), the proposal that people don't want both is incorrect, because it assumes that you can't have 'all of' both.
Generally, it is great news about the linux distro for the Portege. I have been meaning to get round to installing Linux, and so far I thought it would be a nightmare of getting all the drivers etc together.
It is very similar in idea to the cube but, as the article says, the cube was too expensive to really atract home users - and we can only hope that this box isn't.
Although whether a home user really wants this kind of thing is another question
More importantly what are the implications for our society as we move out of an age of scarcity to an age of plenty ?
Since when ? Natural resources are becoming depleted, and our consumerist age is causing all sorts of problems for the environment...sounds to me like this would be just another way of enabling us to get things that we don't really need, although I guess it would at least save the petrol that would otherwise be required when we order things from amazon:)
Interopability would be great - the benefits in terms of acceptance and ease of use are enormous.
But MS have a great advantage - as a one-stop-shop, they don't have to wait for standards to appear or discuss the best way forward with anyone else.
How do we get these systems to interoperate without slowing progess, and what happens when someone wants to use this cool new feature that just hasn't been introduced into the interoperability protocol yet ?
It's a good goal in the long term, but it shouldn't hold back progress and new ideas in the short term.
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You must find a viable replacement for fossil fuels before eliminating them or taxing them to death. Solar and wind alone are not a viable replacement at that scale.
But how are they going to be developed?
We need to create economic incentives to encourage investment in the development of alternatives, and the only efficient way to do that is through higher taxes on carbon emissions. The people who think fusion is going to save us are mostly the same ones who don't want the government to distort markets, yet somehow expect the government to magically produce viable. It's laughable.
1) Because the handwriting recognition is in a different league altogether 2) Because mind-mapping is just not possible on a handheld. 3) Because you twist the screen and you get a real computer you can do real work on.
Since the German police (I hope) is not into forcing such admissions, it would seem fair to assume that he is indeed the author
By the way, the article claims he is also responsible for the Netsky.ca worm which was released into the wild recently.
What are they going to do ? Send Bruce Willis up to save us ?
Nice to see that the police in Norway have so many resources at hand for this kind of thing. I went to an ATM (in London) recently and discovered a similar protrusion on the card slot. I fiddled with it an it came off in my hand - and I was promptly surrounded by three guys claiming it was theirs and generally being quite aggressive. I chucked the reader in the street and walked off (busy place fortunately). When I called the police they didn't seem to care, *unless* I had been physically assaulted (which I had not). Every ATM in my area has little sticky patches around card slot where you can see that such a device has at some time been attached. The criminals generally hang around, waiting for their victims to use the machine. The police are generally not interested in responding to such incidences - I guess it is a case of prioritisation.
Seriously, why not just take the cash and line your own pockets and cut out the dead people in the middle ?
It's all a big conspiracy, you know !
I bet those guys at http://www.expee.com are really wetting their pants !
I stand corrected (I confess to paying more attention to the image than the text), but still await to be convinced :)
Sorry, but I don't see anything in any of the links that suggests to me they are going to get any sort of decent bandwidth - 4-6 GSM lines ? You're kidding, right ?
I'd be interested to know how the expect to get DSL-level bandwith from GSM technology, especially when more than one person will be using the line.
Also, in my experience public WIFI providers tend to charge an arm and a leg for the service. I'm sure the trial is free, but I can't see it remaining that way when the role the service out to "standard class". 1 per email, anyone ?
Speaking as someone who actually bought the Toshiba Portege exactly because it did fulfill both roles I can safely say that the above statement is incorrect in at least two ways:
1) You don't miss out on any convenience - it is a great little laptop, fully functional and all that, plus lighter than most. And it is also a great tablet (largest screen on the market. What functions do you miss ?
2) Given 1), the proposal that people don't want both is incorrect, because it assumes that you can't have 'all of' both. Generally, it is great news about the linux distro for the Portege. I have been meaning to get round to installing Linux, and so far I thought it would be a nightmare of getting all the drivers etc together.
Where fo I buy shares ?
It is very similar in idea to the cube but, as the article says, the cube was too expensive to really atract home users - and we can only hope that this box isn't. Although whether a home user really wants this kind of thing is another question
Even if it weren't different from Apple, when Apple started doing it they did not have a (disclaimer - guess) 90% marketshare.
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I was working on the basis of 'equal and opposite action'. Although you're right - it might just be easier to eradicate all butterflies.
Can It predict where to put the butterfly to stop them ?
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The age of WinTel ends, and the age of LinAMD begins
Since when ? Natural resources are becoming depleted, and our consumerist age is causing all sorts of problems for the environment...sounds to me like this would be just another way of enabling us to get things that we don't really need, although I guess it would at least save the petrol that would otherwise be required when we order things from amazon :)
Interopability would be great - the benefits in terms of acceptance and ease of use are enormous. But MS have a great advantage - as a one-stop-shop, they don't have to wait for standards to appear or discuss the best way forward with anyone else. How do we get these systems to interoperate without slowing progess, and what happens when someone wants to use this cool new feature that just hasn't been introduced into the interoperability protocol yet ? It's a good goal in the long term, but it shouldn't hold back progress and new ideas in the short term.