Faithful treatments of stories by, amongst others, Robert Heinlein, or James P. Hogan etc., written for a teen audience, would go a long way towards reaching this goal.
Top 10 includes the US at 28.5%. No EU country is in the top ten list.
"during the first three weeks of May, approximately 26% of daily new zombies originated in the European Union, including 6%, 5% and 3% of new zombies originated in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, respectively."
That's NEW zombies. The EU share of zombies is increasing, but it isn't the major source (yet).
For the 1.6 billion (or more) dollars that a repair mission would cost, with a good chance of failure, would it not be better to throw together two or three replacement Hubbles?
The development work is already done, the mistakes recognized, and the bugs ironed out. So putting together a couple of replacements should be relatively cheap (say, about $600 million each, including launch.)
That would open up all sorts of possibilities such as interferometry, at the same cost, and a lower risk.
Under Kyoto, the developed countries can buy pollution credits from undeveloped nations. Pollution from developed countries continues unabated, and the undeveloped countries get some money.
With hard targets, the pollution is reduced or stops. CFCs are an example where this works. They are actually being phased out.
If we do the same with fossil fuels (eg., switching to hydrogen power), then the pollution is reduced, rather than merely being paid for by the rich countries.
Allowing countries to purchase pollution credits to offset greenhouse emissions is nothing more than a scam to redistribute wealth to the poorer countries. It has nothing to do with real pollution control.
A real environmental treaty would have real targets, applied to all countries, with no room to weasel out.
If a treaty doesn't get rid of the pollution, what's the point?
Read the article. It is just a test bed for the software and other sensors. The scientists developing software and other sensors won't have to also develop the components to move the sensors around. The sensors and software can later be added to other, more capable, mobility platforms.
For example, there is no reason the software and sensors couldn't be added to a truck, to either deliver cargo between point A and B automatically, or to follow one lead vehicle in a convoy.
>Even a soldier on patrol is useless, he needs his hands on his weapon not on the controls of this thing, at least with a truck you got 1 driver and 2-3 passengers.
Yes, but if the robot could be programmed to follow the soldier automatically, carrying his ruck or additional cargo (weapons, ammo, sensors, commo gear), then the soldier is better able to shoot, move, and communicate.
The soldier could also have the option of making a relatively inexpensive robot travel in front, tripping mines or other booby traps, serving as point man. (Which the packbot already does.)
1. Leave the lights on, Don't depend on a motion detector activated light. Thieves and vandals prefer working in the dark. A brightly lit yard will prevent them from getting close in the first place. Lights don't cost that much to run.
2. Trim any shrubs and bushes. No where to hide.
3. Get a dog. Smaller ones are yappier, but still effective.
Geeky stuff...
4. Camera and motion detection software. Catch them in the act.
5. Hook up the motion detector to a sprinkler system. Nothing like wet crooks. They'll leave wet footprints showing which direction they went too, if they cross the road.
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From another Wired article:
"At our current rate of consumption, Cliffside will likely be empty in 10 to 25 years, and the Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century."
Tables can be pretty involved, if you a just using notepad as an editor.
However, the point of learning HTML first is that it teaches you a few concepts that will be helpful in programming, namely the importance of structure and correct spelling and grammar in order to generate the desired results.
It is also simple to teach, and gives results quickly, and most people have the tools already on their computer, namely a browser and a text editor.
For a company that is in some difficulty (or raised salaries beyond what it reasonable in order to get employees in a tight market), but has some extra cash, a bonus makes a lot more sense than a raise.
If you give a bonus, that is a one-time payout. If you give a raise, the company has to pay that out year after year.
The company, by giving a bonus, lets the employees know that they haven't been forgotten.
No privacy violation -- it doesn't track where you've been, since these things only record a few seconds of data, it doesn't transmit to anyone, and it isn't easily accessable.
Further, the box has an equal ability to prove that someone is not at fault. It is there as a neutral observer.
I agree.
This device seems excessively complicated, and given the current poor documentation that most products provide, I wouldn't have any idea what it was doing at any given time. (Logging me on everytime I walk by a computer, for example, or allowing other machines to log on to the device and read my files.)
Currently, I use a thumb drive, which is really nothing more than a large floppy. I control which machines it gets plugged into, and don't have to worry about it doing anything without my knowledge.
My thumb drive is a personal server for my files, but I control what it does, not (potentially) every machine that I walk by.
I don't think it is a big deal.
For starters, the software isn't finished yet.
And wasn't it the F-18 that would invert when the aircraft crossed the Equator? (Software bug.)
Bugs get found and quashed, and systems get integrated. That's how it works. No big deal.
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Already been done. (The writing, that is.)
Faithful treatments of stories by, amongst others, Robert Heinlein, or James P. Hogan etc., written for a teen audience, would go a long way towards reaching this goal.
Oh, never mind -- I just read the bottom set of charts.
Top 10 includes the US at 28.5%. No EU country is in the top ten list. "during the first three weeks of May, approximately 26% of daily new zombies originated in the European Union, including 6%, 5% and 3% of new zombies originated in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, respectively." That's NEW zombies. The EU share of zombies is increasing, but it isn't the major source (yet).
So that's why I keep running out of yellow ink!
Launch with a disposable booster this time.
No manned certification required.
Why not take the 1.6 billion dollars that a risky repair mission would require, and build two or three replacement Hubbles?
The research is already done, the bugs discovered and quashed, and the support infrastructure is already in place.
So it should be possible to launch two or three new Hubbles at a cost of $600 million apiece. Instead of one repaired Hubble, why not three new ones?
For the 1.6 billion (or more) dollars that a repair mission would cost, with a good chance of failure, would it not be better to throw together two or three replacement Hubbles? The development work is already done, the mistakes recognized, and the bugs ironed out. So putting together a couple of replacements should be relatively cheap (say, about $600 million each, including launch.) That would open up all sorts of possibilities such as interferometry, at the same cost, and a lower risk.
OK, look at it this way:
Under Kyoto, the developed countries can buy pollution credits from undeveloped nations. Pollution from developed countries continues unabated, and the undeveloped countries get some money.
With hard targets, the pollution is reduced or stops. CFCs are an example where this works. They are actually being phased out.
If we do the same with fossil fuels (eg., switching to hydrogen power), then the pollution is reduced, rather than merely being paid for by the rich countries.
Agreed.
Allowing countries to purchase pollution credits to offset greenhouse emissions is nothing more than a scam to redistribute wealth to the poorer countries. It has nothing to do with real pollution control.
A real environmental treaty would have real targets, applied to all countries, with no room to weasel out.
If a treaty doesn't get rid of the pollution, what's the point?
Read the article. It is just a test bed for the software and other sensors. The scientists developing software and other sensors won't have to also develop the components to move the sensors around. The sensors and software can later be added to other, more capable, mobility platforms.
For example, there is no reason the software and sensors couldn't be added to a truck, to either deliver cargo between point A and B automatically, or to follow one lead vehicle in a convoy.
>Even a soldier on patrol is useless, he needs his hands on his weapon not on the controls of this thing, at least with a truck you got 1 driver and 2-3 passengers.
Yes, but if the robot could be programmed to follow the soldier automatically, carrying his ruck or additional cargo (weapons, ammo, sensors, commo gear), then the soldier is better able to shoot, move, and communicate.
The soldier could also have the option of making a relatively inexpensive robot travel in front, tripping mines or other booby traps, serving as point man. (Which the packbot already does.)
So now all we need is a client for hotmail, and various other mail services.
Basic steps...
1. Leave the lights on, Don't depend on a motion detector activated light. Thieves and vandals prefer working in the dark. A brightly lit yard will prevent them from getting close in the first place. Lights don't cost that much to run.
2. Trim any shrubs and bushes. No where to hide.
3. Get a dog. Smaller ones are yappier, but still effective.
Geeky stuff...
4. Camera and motion detection software. Catch them in the act.
5. Hook up the motion detector to a sprinkler system. Nothing like wet crooks. They'll leave wet footprints showing which direction they went too, if they cross the road.
From another Wired article:
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"At our current rate of consumption, Cliffside will likely be empty in 10 to 25 years, and the Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.08/helium.ht
So I can sound really cool at parties by saying that I don't own a TV, while secretly watching six Friends reruns a day!
Tables can be pretty involved, if you a just using notepad as an editor.
However, the point of learning HTML first is that it teaches you a few concepts that will be helpful in programming, namely the importance of structure and correct spelling and grammar in order to generate the desired results.
It is also simple to teach, and gives results quickly, and most people have the tools already on their computer, namely a browser and a text editor.
I second this suggestion.
HTML basics are pretty simple, you get results quickly, and the tools are readily available.
1. Major streets, not residential. 2. Copyright by the Queen's Printers
> LUH-3417 was hot (I forget the actress who played her)
Maggie McOmie. Her only appearance, according to IMDB.
www.geocaching.com Running around in the big room looking for hidden treasures.
Sounds a little like Tom Swift's Paraplane (which used an external gasbag) from Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope, Grossett & Dunlap, 1959.
For a company that is in some difficulty (or raised salaries beyond what it reasonable in order to get employees in a tight market), but has some extra cash, a bonus makes a lot more sense than a raise. If you give a bonus, that is a one-time payout. If you give a raise, the company has to pay that out year after year. The company, by giving a bonus, lets the employees know that they haven't been forgotten.
No privacy violation -- it doesn't track where you've been, since these things only record a few seconds of data, it doesn't transmit to anyone, and it isn't easily accessable.
Further, the box has an equal ability to prove that someone is not at fault. It is there as a neutral observer.
I have to wonder -- are people now spending the money on DVDs that they used to spend on CDs? I know I am.
I agree. This device seems excessively complicated, and given the current poor documentation that most products provide, I wouldn't have any idea what it was doing at any given time. (Logging me on everytime I walk by a computer, for example, or allowing other machines to log on to the device and read my files.) Currently, I use a thumb drive, which is really nothing more than a large floppy. I control which machines it gets plugged into, and don't have to worry about it doing anything without my knowledge. My thumb drive is a personal server for my files, but I control what it does, not (potentially) every machine that I walk by.
I don't think it is a big deal. For starters, the software isn't finished yet. And wasn't it the F-18 that would invert when the aircraft crossed the Equator? (Software bug.) Bugs get found and quashed, and systems get integrated. That's how it works. No big deal.