Fortunately lots of light is being shone on climate research, data, and researchers right now. If the previous science was flawed (and clearly some was), I think that will be corrected soon.
I expect climate science over the next 10 years to be quite good.
My big problem with Facebook is that it seems very difficult to lock down. Even if you have your privacy settings cranked up, can't your data be "leaked" by friends who aren't so locked down? I'm specifically thinking about apps. Isn't it true that the default Facebook settings let app developers see everything the person running the app can see? So, even if you don't grant access to third parties, your friends may.
Some privacy group had a Facebook app that you could run and see just what information was being divulged and at the time, I thought it was pretty atrocious. Since then, it seems like Facebook has relaxed privacy even more.
Ok, so Scientology may be a bit inflammatory. Take that one out of the mix.
My point is just that there are lots and lots of creation myths. There is nothing special about the Bible's story of Genesis. If you are going to say a story created 50 years ago is less reliable than something written 2000 or 3000 years ago, then I guess you have to give the 5000 or 10000 year old stories even more weight.
I have no problem with students learning about religion. Just don't teach it in science class.
Why does studying climate change or evolution require faith? Faith in what? They are theories that make predictions and allow you to craft experiments or look for supporting evidence. Seems scientific to me.
It isn't so obvious to me. I say, if you want to teach non-scientific viewpoints, then teach them all equally. Wikipedia has a good rundown of a bunch of them.
Since they are all based on faith, you can't laugh at Scientology but take Christianity seriously. If you demand I respect one of those myths, then you should demand I respect them all.
Well, the government can pretty much just flush away any debts by printing money. As someone who owns a house, a little bit of hyperinflation wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. They could instantly flush away 90 percent of everybody's debts by just printing 10x as much money.
It would wreak havoc in the short term, but it isn't so clear what the longer term effects would be.
How about a bad analogy? Compare it to the superbowl. Why speculate on how the game will go or even bother watching it? It will be over soon and you can just find out the score.
Read the parent again. Other countries aren't selling what they produce on credit to the US. Chinese firms are selling goods they produce to US firms (and sometimes to the government). Often on short term credit terms, but that's pretty normal.
China-the-country is buying securities (IOU's) from the US. They are investing here because, like the parent said, the US has never defaulted. Using history as a guide, it's about the safest bet out there.
I think you might be thinking of trade deficits and balance of trade issues.
I use Ubuntu on my server. I switched to Windows on my work machine just over a year ago. For the 4 years prior to that, I was 100% Fedora and Ubuntu.
I had to start running Windows because I'm doing Windows development now and run some Windows-only software. Truthfully, I don't really have a preferred OS. They all pretty much do what I want them to do. The only reason I would pick one over another is software and driver availability.
Yeah, you could buy it just about anywhere. Unfortunately they sold out which is a ridiculous statement when you consider all that they are really selling is the right to use the software.
I wish the would bring back the 3-license family pack. I have 2 xp machines and 1 vista machine and if I could upgrade the three for $150, I would. Right now, 3 upgrade licenses would be over $300. So, I'm not upgrading.
It all depends on what efficiencies you are seeking. Many organization value developer time over cpu/memory usage and so never bother profiling their software (the only way to do it) to look for more efficient machine use. "Worse is better" applies to source code as well.
I have no problem with carriers offering bundled phones. But I would like to see fair prices for those of us who would prefer to buy an unlocked phone elsewhere. They need to break apart the service cost and the phone cost in their plans. AFAIK, only T-Mobile has reasonable service only plans.
That's not a very interesting answer to the question though. Assume one is already doing that stuff. That's the baseline. So, what's next? What can you ingest to tweak your brain function to move to the next level.
Sure, your suggestions are good ones that I think most people interested in increased cognitive function are already doing. I'm interested in what can be done beyond that.
According to Wikipedia, Adderall increases alertness, concentration, and cognitive capabilities. It helps you stay awake and focus for long periods of time. But is this above and beyond what you can accomplish through puritanical living?
So what does improve memory or cognitive skills? I've heard of rampant use of things like Adderall at universities, any personal stories? What about things like Piracetam? I remember reading about that in Mondo 2000 and always wondered if it was bunk.
My wife has an iPhone and if I were inclined to buy a phone right now, I would probably get one. Mostly because of the apps (including iTunes) and the industrial design of the phone itself.
I live in Texas and we haven't had any problems with AT&T's service. I understand if you live in San Francisco or New York your experience would be different, but out here, it works well enough.
I especially like how Apple chose to not write "Apple" or "AT&T" on the front of the phone. There are lots of other phones out there that look nice, but for some reason everybody wants to stencil the manufacturers name and network name on the front. This might seem trivial, but things that look better, work better (c.f. Donald Norman).
And I'll toss AT&T's UVerse. We have fiber to the house and the HD tv signal looks pretty bad on our 42" 1080p set. Sports are especially bad. Lots of blocking whenever there is any motion / pans.
There's some odd psychology at play when it comes to trash and littering. I used to live in Portland, OR and while I was there, I read that the city had removed trash cans from the city-owned parking garages. They found that actually reduced the amount of litter in and around the parking structures.
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Until you walk by an e-billboard and a loud commercial for some herpes treatment starts up.
Fortunately lots of light is being shone on climate research, data, and researchers right now. If the previous science was flawed (and clearly some was), I think that will be corrected soon.
I expect climate science over the next 10 years to be quite good.
private feed (facebook+privacy settings w/ friend groups)
My big problem with Facebook is that it seems very difficult to lock down. Even if you have your privacy settings cranked up, can't your data be "leaked" by friends who aren't so locked down? I'm specifically thinking about apps. Isn't it true that the default Facebook settings let app developers see everything the person running the app can see? So, even if you don't grant access to third parties, your friends may.
Some privacy group had a Facebook app that you could run and see just what information was being divulged and at the time, I thought it was pretty atrocious. Since then, it seems like Facebook has relaxed privacy even more.
Ok, so Scientology may be a bit inflammatory. Take that one out of the mix.
My point is just that there are lots and lots of creation myths. There is nothing special about the Bible's story of Genesis. If you are going to say a story created 50 years ago is less reliable than something written 2000 or 3000 years ago, then I guess you have to give the 5000 or 10000 year old stories even more weight.
I have no problem with students learning about religion. Just don't teach it in science class.
Why does studying climate change or evolution require faith? Faith in what? They are theories that make predictions and allow you to craft experiments or look for supporting evidence. Seems scientific to me.
We don't respect Scientology for obvious reasons
It isn't so obvious to me. I say, if you want to teach non-scientific viewpoints, then teach them all equally. Wikipedia has a good rundown of a bunch of them.
Since they are all based on faith, you can't laugh at Scientology but take Christianity seriously. If you demand I respect one of those myths, then you should demand I respect them all.
Well, the government can pretty much just flush away any debts by printing money. As someone who owns a house, a little bit of hyperinflation wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. They could instantly flush away 90 percent of everybody's debts by just printing 10x as much money.
It would wreak havoc in the short term, but it isn't so clear what the longer term effects would be.
If you already have 3g, why would you want another wireless contract? Just tether it to the one you already have.
Why hurry? For some people, it's fun.
How about a bad analogy? Compare it to the superbowl. Why speculate on how the game will go or even bother watching it? It will be over soon and you can just find out the score.
Read the parent again. Other countries aren't selling what they produce on credit to the US. Chinese firms are selling goods they produce to US firms (and sometimes to the government). Often on short term credit terms, but that's pretty normal.
China-the-country is buying securities (IOU's) from the US. They are investing here because, like the parent said, the US has never defaulted. Using history as a guide, it's about the safest bet out there.
I think you might be thinking of trade deficits and balance of trade issues.
I use Ubuntu on my server. I switched to Windows on my work machine just over a year ago. For the 4 years prior to that, I was 100% Fedora and Ubuntu.
I had to start running Windows because I'm doing Windows development now and run some Windows-only software. Truthfully, I don't really have a preferred OS. They all pretty much do what I want them to do. The only reason I would pick one over another is software and driver availability.
The BizSpark idea is interesting though. Thanks.
Yeah, you could buy it just about anywhere. Unfortunately they sold out which is a ridiculous statement when you consider all that they are really selling is the right to use the software.
I wish the would bring back the 3-license family pack. I have 2 xp machines and 1 vista machine and if I could upgrade the three for $150, I would. Right now, 3 upgrade licenses would be over $300. So, I'm not upgrading.
No. I think they stopped calling it unlimited two or three years ago.
You must not have an ATI video card. Their OpenGL drivers have never been very good.
Actually, the more I think about your statement, it's just wrong.
You are assuming lots of memory used implies memory is wasted. I wouldn't assume that. There is usually a time/space trade off in algorithms.
This assumes that carriers offer equivalent service quality in most markets. They don't.
Free market solutions only work in markets where there are enough competitors that collusion isn't likely.
It all depends on what efficiencies you are seeking. Many organization value developer time over cpu/memory usage and so never bother profiling their software (the only way to do it) to look for more efficient machine use. "Worse is better" applies to source code as well.
I have no problem with carriers offering bundled phones. But I would like to see fair prices for those of us who would prefer to buy an unlocked phone elsewhere. They need to break apart the service cost and the phone cost in their plans. AFAIK, only T-Mobile has reasonable service only plans.
That's not a very interesting answer to the question though. Assume one is already doing that stuff. That's the baseline. So, what's next? What can you ingest to tweak your brain function to move to the next level.
Sure, your suggestions are good ones that I think most people interested in increased cognitive function are already doing. I'm interested in what can be done beyond that.
According to Wikipedia, Adderall increases alertness, concentration, and cognitive capabilities. It helps you stay awake and focus for long periods of time. But is this above and beyond what you can accomplish through puritanical living?
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So what does improve memory or cognitive skills? I've heard of rampant use of things like Adderall at universities, any personal stories? What about things like Piracetam? I remember reading about that in Mondo 2000 and always wondered if it was bunk.
My wife has an iPhone and if I were inclined to buy a phone right now, I would probably get one. Mostly because of the apps (including iTunes) and the industrial design of the phone itself.
I live in Texas and we haven't had any problems with AT&T's service. I understand if you live in San Francisco or New York your experience would be different, but out here, it works well enough.
I especially like how Apple chose to not write "Apple" or "AT&T" on the front of the phone. There are lots of other phones out there that look nice, but for some reason everybody wants to stencil the manufacturers name and network name on the front. This might seem trivial, but things that look better, work better (c.f. Donald Norman).
FWIW, my phone is a Palm Centro :).
And I'll toss AT&T's UVerse. We have fiber to the house and the HD tv signal looks pretty bad on our 42" 1080p set. Sports are especially bad. Lots of blocking whenever there is any motion / pans.
There's some odd psychology at play when it comes to trash and littering. I used to live in Portland, OR and while I was there, I read that the city had removed trash cans from the city-owned parking garages. They found that actually reduced the amount of litter in and around the parking structures.
Their stock seems pretty flat to me. Especially when you compare it to Amazon's.