Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced.
Under the First Click Free programme, publishers can now prevent unrestricted access to subscription websites.
Users who click on more than five articles in a day may be routed to payment or registration pages.
Seems unlikely that a lot of users end up on one news site via Google > 5 times daily. If it happens a lot, perhaps it will lead to users bookmarking those sites and visiting them regularly via bookmark instead of Google News./speculation
Some interesting thoughts posted about nature of the "rain" - dust, pebbles, sand, liquid-filled crusty balls.
I had the thought that if the precipitate isn't able to redistribute itself back to the hot side some how... Well, it *must*, eventually.
So, what might happen - would the pebbles build a pile so high that it covered the entire cold side of the planet, with new debris sliding down the slopes back to the hot side?
If the precipitate were liquid, it would flow down 'til cooling or reaching the hot side.
If the debris precipitating from the sky were "sticky" enough to not flow, even as aggregate, and the pile on the cold side grew large enough, wouldn't gravity eventually cause the planet to "flip over", exposing the formerly cold side to the nearby star, beginning another round of rock vapourization?
Quick question: Is anyone else buying up physical, in-your-possession gold?
Yes.
Given all that's been going on, it seems like it's virtually impossible for major currencies *not* to get severely devalued. The massive underfunded pension tidal waves, medicare programs, new spending, banks that will be unable to pay back loans...
Agreed 100%.
Unfortunately, it's dropped since I bought, but I'll be patient.
Even the circadian pattern is expected since the top alternate explanation (peroxides reacting with the medium used) depends on UV radiation from the Sun. My understanding is that the samples on the Viking landers were incubated inside the landers - no UV exposure; no circadian explanation.
Also, peroxides do not account for one sample giving circadian matching off-gasing while the sterilized one didn't.
Once again, life wasn't discovered even if life was responsible for the observations. How would life not have been discovered if it were responsible?
You can't rule out nonliving explanations for the observation. I haven't heard an explanation as convincing as a source of life. It's simple; it covers the observations.
Quite convincing now, but apparently circadian rhythms weren't much recognised / understood then.
As for this statement: "...it was so salty that life would have a very hard time gaining a foothold., tell that to the fish, or the many extremophiles found here on earth.
I still think that life was discovered on Mars, in 1976. See link for further, fascinating, details.
more and more appears that the goal of the present administration is to produce a kingly executive.
I think this statement cuts to the heart of the matter quite nicely.
I don't know why the Mad King George moniker hasn't been applied before: perfect for the "kingly executive" and harkens back to the Revolution with a nice bit of foreshadowing.
I do take the caps lock key off though. It's annoying to HIT IT INSTEAD OF TAB.
I find using ToggleKeys in the Windows' Accessibility Options to give me an "up-beep" when caps/num/scroll lock keys engaged, and a "down-beep" when those keys are turned off again.
I still think Mars may still have microbial life--but you have to dig under the surface at least about 1,000 mm to find them. They're living off water trapped in the deeper Martian soil.
Seems like they've already found it with Viking landers in 1976 according to discussions here on/. or the claims in the link posted below.
We'll find out more when the Mars Science Laboratory rover arrives in 2010.
Agreed - it will be an exciting time.
See http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401EFD7133DF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/U/University%20of%20California:
Then consider that engine efficiency doesn't scale linearly with fuel consumption, and that propellers on large ships are fixed, not constant speed. This means that a ship moving at 17 knots HAS to make, say, 83 RPMs (for a big Sulzer).
Interesting post, but I'm confused by the part emboldened above: shouldn't it be "fixed, not variable" (or "variable, not constant")?
Please (continue to) enlighten.
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People aren't sheep, people are autonomous individuals. Their willingness to spend their free time on your pet projects instead of their families is pretty limited. I don't see you offering free babysitting services or transportation for their kids to after school events to free up time for people to do what you want. I don't hear that you're donating money, you just want other people to do so.
My pet projects? I see. So you're the kind of person who leeches clean air and water off of the ones who actually care about the long-term future, not just next week or next quarter. Environmentalism isn't about what I want, it isn't even about you want - it's about what you might want in 20 years or what your kids might want after you're done composting. Everything else is just you complaining that you don't want to be bothered to make a sacrifice where the payoff isn't immediately visible.
I'm sure it does all sorts of things, but when you watch it rendered impotent because a Security Council member is good friends with a pack of murderous military rulers, it's hard not to be just a tad cynical about its abilities.
It's ironic that the "UN is useless" meme is strongest in USA, which stops the UN (Security Council) from doing anything that would interfere with US economic interests when those interests involve murderous rulers friendly to those US economic interests.
Or ignores the UN when USA wants to take part in an illegal invasion. Then whines that the UN isn't doing enough to clean up the mess that USA has made of Iraq.
Kinda like USA sitting out years of WWI and also sitting on its collective hands for > 2 years of WWII. Hitler not a murderous enough bastard for Americans?
Excuse me whilst I gag on "Yer with us our yer with the terrrrrrrsts" as I think back on that.
Drawing on my telco knowledge, he's talking about what will amount to a regular phone line, but with higher quality for non-voice signals. Read the wikipedia article above for reference to the 4 wire part. The "unloaded" part means the line will have no loading coil (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_coil).
Thanks autocracy, I learned something from that (and thanks Wikipedia of course).
Off topic, but I just googled "4 wire unloaded circuit" again, and the first two hits wire to the parent post.
There were several more links than last time, but none to that Wikipedia entry you directed me to.
If you're in Canada look at a "4 wire unloaded circuit" - it's about half the price of a regular phone line. Bell might say they don't have it, but it's a tarrifed item. They do, and must sell it by CRTC regulations.
I'm in Canada and googled that: the only hit was right back to your post.
1 - If you drive a liquid H2 car, you're driving A BOMB! One that can never be turned off, unplugged, get in a bad crash, or run out of fuel or it will explode!
I hadn't thought of that.
You're right though, I feel much safer driving a vehicle with a tank of gasoline strapped under it than that H2 stuff.
I've never heard of any problems with good ol' gasoline, no-siree.
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Seems unlikely that a lot of users end up on one news site via Google > 5 times daily. If it happens a lot, perhaps it will lead to users bookmarking those sites and visiting them regularly via bookmark instead of Google News. /speculation
Hi Frans,
I saw your post the other day and had to respond.
First of all, this bit:
That's quite witty and insightful. And sad.
I've tried to come up with something to say to extend my condolences / best wishes, but have nothing but cliches and poor attempts at humour.
Also don't have a deity to summon on your behalf.
So simply want to say, hang in there and my best wishes are with you.
rb
Some interesting thoughts posted about nature of the "rain" - dust, pebbles, sand, liquid-filled crusty balls.
I had the thought that if the precipitate isn't able to redistribute itself back to the hot side some how... Well, it *must*, eventually.
So, what might happen - would the pebbles build a pile so high that it covered the entire cold side of the planet, with new debris sliding down the slopes back to the hot side?
If the precipitate were liquid, it would flow down 'til cooling or reaching the hot side.
If the debris precipitating from the sky were "sticky" enough to not flow, even as aggregate, and the pile on the cold side grew large enough, wouldn't gravity eventually cause the planet to "flip over", exposing the formerly cold side to the nearby star, beginning another round of rock vapourization?
Anyone have thoughts on this?
Cheers,
rb
As someone experimenting with investing, and having bought some gold, I'm not libertarian.
Just seems like the only place left to put money right now (local real estate market hasn't deflated much - I anticipate more forthcoming).
US dollar just doesn't seem to have a bright future right now.
My 2 cents...
Yes.
Agreed 100%.
Unfortunately, it's dropped since I bought, but I'll be patient.
It didn't crash at the rollover time, GMT or PST, but sometime between 3am and 11am new year's day.
When I turned on the monitor this morning, a black screen with cursor flashing at top left position.
First time I've ever seen this crash, a B[lack]ScreenOfDeath on Linux.
You're certainly not entirely alone. I expect more reports to appear.
We're using it (apparently) through MetroBridge in Vancouver (no affiliation other than a client).
We like it.
Don't know if they service your area (don't think so), but check here: http://metrobridge.net/.
Also, peroxides do not account for one sample giving circadian matching off-gasing while the sterilized one didn't.
Once again, life wasn't discovered even if life was responsible for the observations. How would life not have been discovered if it were responsible?
You can't rule out nonliving explanations for the observation. I haven't heard an explanation as convincing as a source of life. It's simple; it covers the observations.
The Viking data seemed to show a *Martian* circadian pattern to gaseous emissions in incubated soil samples not present in sterilized soil samples (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/23/1951245).
Quite convincing now, but apparently circadian rhythms weren't much recognised / understood then.
As for this statement: "...it was so salty that life would have a very hard time gaining a foothold., tell that to the fish, or the many extremophiles found here on earth.
I still think that life was discovered on Mars, in 1976. See link for further, fascinating, details.
Indeed.
Make no mistake, I fully agree with your post (+5 Insightful), but this evening I somehow just can't help myself.
I'm not normally a grammar nazi or anything, it's just so ironic that now I think of it, "missteak" was probably intentional there...
Sorry.
I propose another reason: (c), you abuse your connection by crap-flooding the net with spam.
I think this statement cuts to the heart of the matter quite nicely.
I don't know why the Mad King George moniker hasn't been applied before: perfect for the "kingly executive" and harkens back to the Revolution with a nice bit of foreshadowing.
But that's just me thinking out loud...
rb
I find using ToggleKeys in the Windows' Accessibility Options to give me an "up-beep" when caps/num/scroll lock keys engaged, and a "down-beep" when those keys are turned off again.
Hugely convenient!
YMMV.
Seems like they've already found it with Viking landers in 1976 according to discussions here on
Agreed - it will be an exciting time.
See http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401EFD7133DF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/U/University%20of%20California:
I understand where you're coming from, but he's right. USA has "jumped the shark" and it ain't gonna get better.
Go down with the ship or escape the insanity, but governing the USA is akin to herding a litter of retarded cats.
Interesting post, but I'm confused by the part emboldened above: shouldn't it be "fixed, not variable" (or "variable, not constant")?
Please (continue to) enlighten.
Thank you - very well put.
It's ironic that the "UN is useless" meme is strongest in USA, which stops the UN (Security Council) from doing anything that would interfere with US economic interests when those interests involve murderous rulers friendly to those US economic interests.
Or ignores the UN when USA wants to take part in an illegal invasion. Then whines that the UN isn't doing enough to clean up the mess that USA has made of Iraq.
Kinda like USA sitting out years of WWI and also sitting on its collective hands for > 2 years of WWII. Hitler not a murderous enough bastard for Americans?
Excuse me whilst I gag on "Yer with us our yer with the terrrrrrrsts" as I think back on that.
Thanks autocracy, I learned something from that (and thanks Wikipedia of course).
Off topic, but I just googled "4 wire unloaded circuit" again, and the first two hits wire to the parent post.
There were several more links than last time, but none to that Wikipedia entry you directed me to.
I'm in Canada and googled that: the only hit was right back to your post.
And you posted less than an hour ago. Amazing.
Anyway, what is a 4 wire unloaded circuit?
This post by Mycroft 514 is lacking in much insight and its humour is likely derived from extensive attendance at Balloon-U Skool of Zoology.
Do not purchase this posting unless you have too much money and time.
There's not a lot more than a smile there folks.
So.... sue me! ;-)
I hadn't thought of that.
You're right though, I feel much safer driving a vehicle with a tank of gasoline strapped under it than that H2 stuff.
I've never heard of any problems with good ol' gasoline, no-siree.
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Sounds exactly like The American Way.
+5 Funny.
Good point.
But what's the penalty for sharing shareware in Germany?
40 years?
Didn't think so...