There is a lot of debate over weather or not its such a great thing to just give food away to poor countries. It lowers the price of domestic farmed goods, depressing the local economy. Its often argued that its a better idea to support the local farmers as much as possible and only giving away food in famine situations.
The price of the raw materials is really just a fraction of the cost that goes into producing most foods. When corn prices dramatically shot up, there wasn't a corresponding spike in food either.
Yeah, good luck with that argument. Won't be long before you have a ton of crazy people claiming the $9 represents an extreme hardship on their eCommerce site.
I can't say that I've ever actually seen that happen. I have heard many clueless people state it as fact, however. Which really kills me as someone who generally doesn't like the current administration's policies. Its a case of a bunch of idiots sitting around saying " I don't like this policy, therefore it must be causing people harm because I don't like it!" Then they find something that kinda sort of seems like harm on some kind of level, and declare it to be true without doing any kind or real analysis. It makes anyone who disagrees with the policy look like jackasses. Thanks man.
Huh, that's not a bad idea at all, just bribe your way into controlling bitcoin mining. A long con, but quite possible for a movie plot. You set up a bunch of seemingly unrelated mining pools that pays out more than the value of the mined bitcoins. Then when you get to the appropriate threshold of control, combine forces and take judicious control over the block chain. No, wait actually that sounds like a terrible movie plot that would take forever to explain to the audience. Luckily there are terrible movies made all the time, and are in fact the majority of movies made today. So there is a chance... Screw bitcoins, I'm writing a script!
"In part, that’s because in past efforts, the Air Force required a pilot to be able to blast through the cockpit canopy as a last-ditch means of bailing out."
“Combining efficient bird strike protection and TTC [Through-The-Canopy] ejection are novel and contradictory requirements,” a 1990 Air Force study noted, “since the tough materials which resist bird penetrations also resist ‘punch through’ ejection.”
I'm only knowledgable because I read articles on strange subjects.
Seriously, building a glass strong enough to withstand bird strikes is not a n issue and hasn't been.
The issue is that the glass has to be weak enough to allow the pilot to break through when he's ejecting. So strong enough for a bird at 800 mph, but weak enough for a human ejecting at maybe 10 mph.
First of all, American poverty doesn't compare to Indian poverty. Anyone would give an important body part to be upgraded from Indian poverty to American Poverty.
Second of All, consumers usually act in their own immediate self interest when making a purchasing decision. Where a product was made does not usually factor into that.
Beleive it or not, its not a zero sum game. There are winners and losers, and the profits of the winners seem to be rather concentrated.
What on earth does compiler benchmarking have to do with the BI section of slashdot?
Furthermore, why on earth are you idiots creating a blurb on the main screen that just links to a different slashdot article? Its such terrible self promotion. Just freaking write the main article as the main article. No need to make it seem as if the Buisness Intellegence section is actually worth reading, its not.
Well, it was a terrible piece of writing that will not convince anyone of anything. He completely ignored the justifications that the government is giving for the surveillance programs, didn't even seek to address the concerns of those that believe that some espionage is appropriate under some circumstances. He's done this amazing revelation of these programs, and he has a global audience for his message... and he has nothing noteworthy to say...
"when was the last time Siskel and Ebert reviewed an Anime that wasn't produced by Studio Ghibli?"
Well, seeing as how they are both dead, I'd say : Not recently.
But more to the point, Anime doesn't really speak to enough people to matter. It doesn't get distribution in the US, where they were based. Its pretty much a sub genere of SiFI/Fantasy, and those films aren't critical favories either.
I don; think its that off of a comparision. They make simular comparisions in the world of sports all the time. You take the two individuals one a successful one with a long career and compare them to an up and comming youngster. Not equating the two, but comparing the carrer trajectory to a certain age. That's clearly what is going on here.
Despite some of the roles he has played, he's not an idiot. He's still probably more of a publicity hire than anything else, but I wouldn't rush to judge him before you see any actual work of his.
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There is a lot of debate over weather or not its such a great thing to just give food away to poor countries. It lowers the price of domestic farmed goods, depressing the local economy. Its often argued that its a better idea to support the local farmers as much as possible and only giving away food in famine situations.
The price of the raw materials is really just a fraction of the cost that goes into producing most foods.
When corn prices dramatically shot up, there wasn't a corresponding spike in food either.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130921775
That's just for binary crap drivers. Most people don't need them, and just use the open source ones. 0 time spent dealing with them with any upgrade.
Exactly. Its scummy, gives a bad taste to sourceforge. It will only drive people to github.
Well, come to think of it, I've never met a panda that didn't lust for human flesh.
Yeah, good luck with that argument. Won't be long before you have a ton of crazy people claiming the $9 represents an extreme hardship on their eCommerce site.
Well, except when the escape :
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2041628,00.html
Panda's tend to not eat people.
I don't know about dirt it seems to easy for zombies and action heros. Beter use cement.
So... Not only are you losing weight, you're saving money. If you keep this up ... You'll be thin and rich?
If I can only get Micheal bay involved to screw it up the complicated plot and get virtual currencies to explode on screen...
I can't say that I've ever actually seen that happen. I have heard many clueless people state it as fact, however. Which really kills me as someone who generally doesn't like the current administration's policies. Its a case of a bunch of idiots sitting around saying " I don't like this policy, therefore it must be causing people harm because I don't like it!" Then they find something that kinda sort of seems like harm on some kind of level, and declare it to be true without doing any kind or real analysis. It makes anyone who disagrees with the policy look like jackasses. Thanks man.
Right but some of them put out more particulate matter than others. Like on the website he mentioned the big "EPA APPROVED" banner.
Over here, there is a list of EPA approved stoves:
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/monitoring/caa/woodstoves/certifiedwood.pdf
Assuming it meets the new regulations on coal fired plants, then yes it is.
Huh, that's not a bad idea at all, just bribe your way into controlling bitcoin mining. A long con, but quite possible for a movie plot. You set up a bunch of seemingly unrelated mining pools that pays out more than the value of the mined bitcoins. Then when you get to the appropriate threshold of control, combine forces and take judicious control over the block chain. No, wait actually that sounds like a terrible movie plot that would take forever to explain to the audience. Luckily there are terrible movies made all the time, and are in fact the majority of movies made today. So there is a chance... Screw bitcoins, I'm writing a script!
Everything except the laptop and the tape recorder, yes. Yes I did.
Why do you feel that the artifacts in museums aren't useful? That's a strange attitude, reminiscent of 7th graders on a field trip.
http://swampland.time.com/2013/11/04/a-persistent-feathered-threat-to-u-s-air-superiority/
"In part, that’s because in past efforts, the Air Force required a pilot to be able to blast through the cockpit canopy as a last-ditch means of bailing out."
“Combining efficient bird strike protection and TTC [Through-The-Canopy] ejection are novel and contradictory requirements,” a 1990 Air Force study noted, “since the tough materials which resist bird penetrations also resist ‘punch through’ ejection.”
I'm only knowledgable because I read articles on strange subjects.
Seriously, building a glass strong enough to withstand bird strikes is not a n issue and hasn't been.
The issue is that the glass has to be weak enough to allow the pilot to break through when he's ejecting. So strong enough for a bird at 800 mph, but weak enough for a human ejecting at maybe 10 mph.
First of all, American poverty doesn't compare to Indian poverty. Anyone would give an important body part to be upgraded from Indian poverty to American Poverty.
Second of All, consumers usually act in their own immediate self interest when making a purchasing decision. Where a product was made does not usually factor into that.
Beleive it or not, its not a zero sum game. There are winners and losers, and the profits of the winners seem to be rather concentrated.
SELinux can do that.
What on earth does compiler benchmarking have to do with the BI section of slashdot?
Furthermore, why on earth are you idiots creating a blurb on the main screen that just links to a different slashdot article? Its such terrible self promotion. Just freaking write the main article as the main article. No need to make it seem as if the Buisness Intellegence section is actually worth reading, its not.
Well, it was a terrible piece of writing that will not convince anyone of anything. He completely ignored the justifications that the government is giving for the surveillance programs, didn't even seek to address the concerns of those that believe that some espionage is appropriate under some circumstances. He's done this amazing revelation of these programs, and he has a global audience for his message... and he has nothing noteworthy to say...
"when was the last time Siskel and Ebert reviewed an Anime that wasn't produced by Studio Ghibli?"
Well, seeing as how they are both dead, I'd say : Not recently.
But more to the point, Anime doesn't really speak to enough people to matter. It doesn't get distribution in the US, where they were based. Its pretty much a sub genere of SiFI/Fantasy, and those films aren't critical favories either.
I don; think its that off of a comparision. They make simular comparisions in the world of sports all the time. You take the two individuals one a successful one with a long career and compare them to an up and comming youngster. Not equating the two, but comparing the carrer trajectory to a certain age. That's clearly what is going on here.
Despite some of the roles he has played, he's not an idiot. He's still probably more of a publicity hire than anything else, but I wouldn't rush to judge him before you see any actual work of his.