It's probably Cesium, and that's 30 years. It is apparently in the foundation, and is much higher on the first floor. Technically I think Cesium is water-soluble but it's probably not an issue when encased in concrete. It's probably a tear-down, but maybe they can use methods similar to radon remediation to reduce the effect.
Take a look at their drug laws, and how they sentence about a third of non-violent drug offenders to hard labor. I don't think you picked the right country to make a statement about enlightened treatment of prisoners. They may not have the sheer volume that the US does, but then again, who does?
If you follow the links in that line, you will be relieved of your innocent impression.
But I don't think it is "racist" - it's an old joke popularized by Chris Rock, and the fact is that many MLK-named roads are in bad parts of town. Pointing out that we have racial problems in this country is not in of itself "racist".
LOL, are you sure you are talking about "most people"? I only know students and fellow geeks that do that! (Actually, I haven't carried one around since I started using DropBox.)
Robots, making war easier for the public to swallow.
Not just that - making it more cost effective.
Mankind has been making wars as long as we have written or oral history, and logistics has almost always been the decisive factor. The more effective your logistics, the more effective your front-line fighters. In this case, the most obvious benefit is that you don't need to risk/waste helicopter pilots on supply missions. Then you can either save a ton of money on training helicopter pilots or you can train more of them to be fighters - either way it is a win.
Windows can't read ZFS, and neither can any other popular desktop OS.
Apple gets away with selling a phone that needs a software install (iTunes) in order to talk to the computer. Not sure why LG or Samsung couldn't do the same.
If you just want a desktop, the path of least resistance is the FreeBSD-based PC-BSD.
I don't use it for that... I use it as a server in my basement. It currently has a 4-disk ZFS setup on it. I run a Windows VM on it for serving my iTunes library, Netatalk for acting as a Time Machine destination, CrashPlan for my PC backup and as remote backup for family and friends, SabNZB for usenet, Apache for sharing my photos. I'm planning on sticking miniDLNA on it, but I don't have any DLNA devices yet.
Most of my prior unix experience was Solaris and Linux (not counting Mac), and I have to say that this was easier for me... perhaps because of the similarity with Mac, but I'm not really sure why. I like ports a lot - if you've ever used apt-get it is kind of similar. Stability has been fantastic. I've only had to reboot it once for performance reasons, and that was because I filled up the little RAM disks I made for the log files. After that the system got kind of flaky so I rebooted it.
Not that I disagree with what you said, but the same advice doesn't work for everyone's body. Humans are not immune from evolution, and depending on your ancestry you might be predisposed to a different kind of diet. Your body also responds to food and exercise differently as you age. I'm lucky because I can just reduce the quantity of what I eat and the pounds go away (the reverse is also true...). Other people don't have the same reaction. When I don't alter diet but just exercise, I don't get any weight loss but I feel much better. Probably this is because whatever muscle I gain offsets the fat weight reduction, but I don't really know. As you point out, it is very hard to alter diet AND exercise at the same time - exercise makes you hungry. If I try this route, I usually drink a ton of water or tea to keep my stomach full - but you need to be prepared to visit a bathroom every 30 minutes!
Well, that's certainly true - though even type 1 patients aren't trapped in some endless spiral where they all end up obese. Then again, type 2 patients tend to be obese to start with when their diabetes begins.
Can we just agree that diabetes sucks, so try not to get it by avoiding too much in and not enough out?
I just don't think untreated or untreatable type 2 diabetes is that common. The only way you will have elevated glucose that is unusable is if you aren't treating your diabetes or if you have some form that is untreatable. In general, a diabetic that is gaining weight is either not treating his condition properly or is eating more calories than he is burning (though it is more likely to be a she).
That's the edge case I was talking about. Most type-2 diabetes is itself a result of obesity (and a genetic predisposition), irreversible though it may be. Most type-2 diabetics who actually try it see their condition improve as a result of exercise, and to a lesser extent perhaps diet - though that area is quite contentious. There are also drugs, of course - and insulin.
Considering that the first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes is exercise and diet management, I think you might have something mixed up about its mechanism.
Think about it friends, the way to know a thing is to understand it, now why do people buy Windows machines?
I'd answer: because that is what is installed on a $300 Dell.
The days of bringing home the office suite from work are over for most people, thanks to DRM.
I don't think ARM windows will be much of a hit with corporations, but I don't think people in general will even know the difference - they will just buy whatever is on the app store. Plus, some enterprising company will come out with an emulator. Since most of the UI won't need emulation, it might even have a chance at not sucking performance-wise.
Let's say your body's metabolism degrades such that you can only convert to useful energy 20% of the food you eat,
Your body has to convert it to "energy" before it can build fat cells. If you are only processing 20% of the calories that you eat, you will have to eat more or lose weight.
Technically, it's still true that they are absorbing more calories than they are burning through, but it's also true that they cannot avoid that without actual starvation.
I'm not familiar with this condition, but I think it is safe to say it is an edge case.
That's not pedantic - it's a simple fact that seems to be lost on people. Sure, there are factors like diabetes and glandular issues that can make it easier to put weight on... but you still have to eat more than you use!
So not only search, but they're using Android and every other product to tie the user to Google+. They're going to get hit hard by antitrust issues.
They probably have a monopoly that is similar to MS's in the OS and Office markets. So the rule is that they cannot leverage their monopoly in search to push out competitors in other areas.
They do not have a monopoly in smart phones, so they can push competitors off of their phones entirely if they think it would sell. They can try to use Google+ to encourage people to use other Google products, but it won't help them at all because no one uses Google+. If they start using search to crowd out Facebook in favor of Google+, then they will probably get themselves in trouble.
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It's probably Cesium, and that's 30 years. It is apparently in the foundation, and is much higher on the first floor. Technically I think Cesium is water-soluble but it's probably not an issue when encased in concrete. It's probably a tear-down, but maybe they can use methods similar to radon remediation to reduce the effect.
Take a look at their drug laws, and how they sentence about a third of non-violent drug offenders to hard labor. I don't think you picked the right country to make a statement about enlightened treatment of prisoners. They may not have the sheer volume that the US does, but then again, who does?
If you follow the links in that line, you will be relieved of your innocent impression.
But I don't think it is "racist" - it's an old joke popularized by Chris Rock, and the fact is that many MLK-named roads are in bad parts of town. Pointing out that we have racial problems in this country is not in of itself "racist".
LOL, are you sure you are talking about "most people"? I only know students and fellow geeks that do that! (Actually, I haven't carried one around since I started using DropBox.)
Yeah, actually "most people" seem to not want to ever connect the two devices at all!
I meant that they seem to be doing well in the market despite this extra step, not that every person would be happy with it.
I'm not criticizing LG or Samsung's business and marketing decisions - just pointing out that using an alternative filesystem isn't completely absurd.
Robots, making war easier for the public to swallow.
Not just that - making it more cost effective.
Mankind has been making wars as long as we have written or oral history, and logistics has almost always been the decisive factor. The more effective your logistics, the more effective your front-line fighters. In this case, the most obvious benefit is that you don't need to risk/waste helicopter pilots on supply missions. Then you can either save a ton of money on training helicopter pilots or you can train more of them to be fighters - either way it is a win.
Windows can't read ZFS, and neither can any other popular desktop OS.
Apple gets away with selling a phone that needs a software install (iTunes) in order to talk to the computer. Not sure why LG or Samsung couldn't do the same.
Sadists become dentists, programming is for the masochists.
If you just want a desktop, the path of least resistance is the FreeBSD-based PC-BSD.
I don't use it for that... I use it as a server in my basement. It currently has a 4-disk ZFS setup on it. I run a Windows VM on it for serving my iTunes library, Netatalk for acting as a Time Machine destination, CrashPlan for my PC backup and as remote backup for family and friends, SabNZB for usenet, Apache for sharing my photos. I'm planning on sticking miniDLNA on it, but I don't have any DLNA devices yet.
Most of my prior unix experience was Solaris and Linux (not counting Mac), and I have to say that this was easier for me... perhaps because of the similarity with Mac, but I'm not really sure why. I like ports a lot - if you've ever used apt-get it is kind of similar. Stability has been fantastic. I've only had to reboot it once for performance reasons, and that was because I filled up the little RAM disks I made for the log files. After that the system got kind of flaky so I rebooted it.
Every time I post on Slashdot, my home server gets a request from Slashdot checking for an open proxy.
than we had access to Russian cars.
Does the Yugo count?
Not that I disagree with what you said, but the same advice doesn't work for everyone's body. Humans are not immune from evolution, and depending on your ancestry you might be predisposed to a different kind of diet. Your body also responds to food and exercise differently as you age. I'm lucky because I can just reduce the quantity of what I eat and the pounds go away (the reverse is also true...). Other people don't have the same reaction. When I don't alter diet but just exercise, I don't get any weight loss but I feel much better. Probably this is because whatever muscle I gain offsets the fat weight reduction, but I don't really know. As you point out, it is very hard to alter diet AND exercise at the same time - exercise makes you hungry. If I try this route, I usually drink a ton of water or tea to keep my stomach full - but you need to be prepared to visit a bathroom every 30 minutes!
Well, that's certainly true - though even type 1 patients aren't trapped in some endless spiral where they all end up obese. Then again, type 2 patients tend to be obese to start with when their diabetes begins.
Can we just agree that diabetes sucks, so try not to get it by avoiding too much in and not enough out?
I just don't think untreated or untreatable type 2 diabetes is that common. The only way you will have elevated glucose that is unusable is if you aren't treating your diabetes or if you have some form that is untreatable. In general, a diabetic that is gaining weight is either not treating his condition properly or is eating more calories than he is burning (though it is more likely to be a she).
Many diabetics
That's the edge case I was talking about. Most type-2 diabetes is itself a result of obesity (and a genetic predisposition), irreversible though it may be. Most type-2 diabetics who actually try it see their condition improve as a result of exercise, and to a lesser extent perhaps diet - though that area is quite contentious. There are also drugs, of course - and insulin.
Adult-onset diabetes? Type 2?
Considering that the first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes is exercise and diet management, I think you might have something mixed up about its mechanism.
Think about it friends, the way to know a thing is to understand it, now why do people buy Windows machines?
I'd answer: because that is what is installed on a $300 Dell.
The days of bringing home the office suite from work are over for most people, thanks to DRM.
I don't think ARM windows will be much of a hit with corporations, but I don't think people in general will even know the difference - they will just buy whatever is on the app store. Plus, some enterprising company will come out with an emulator. Since most of the UI won't need emulation, it might even have a chance at not sucking performance-wise.
It's not perfect, but it's also not a free energy source. The energy to build fat cells has to come from somewhere - and that somewhere is food.
Let's say your body's metabolism degrades such that you can only convert to useful energy 20% of the food you eat,
Your body has to convert it to "energy" before it can build fat cells. If you are only processing 20% of the calories that you eat, you will have to eat more or lose weight.
Technically, it's still true that they are absorbing more calories than they are burning through, but it's also true that they cannot avoid that without actual starvation.
I'm not familiar with this condition, but I think it is safe to say it is an edge case.
I disagree. It may be more correct to say "you still have to eat more than your body uses",
Now THAT is pedantic!
That's not pedantic - it's a simple fact that seems to be lost on people. Sure, there are factors like diabetes and glandular issues that can make it easier to put weight on... but you still have to eat more than you use!
So not only search, but they're using Android and every other product to tie the user to Google+. They're going to get hit hard by antitrust issues.
They probably have a monopoly that is similar to MS's in the OS and Office markets. So the rule is that they cannot leverage their monopoly in search to push out competitors in other areas.
They do not have a monopoly in smart phones, so they can push competitors off of their phones entirely if they think it would sell. They can try to use Google+ to encourage people to use other Google products, but it won't help them at all because no one uses Google+. If they start using search to crowd out Facebook in favor of Google+, then they will probably get themselves in trouble.