The ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION is that our evil CO2-emitting ways are completely 100% responsible
No, that is YOUR only possible explanation. Thank God that Science works logically, rather than succumbs to politicians like yourself.
Everybody wants America (as well as most of the west) to do major cutbacks. The simple fact is, that ALL countries need to cut back. Obama appears certain to join the cap-trade idiots. So far, all the countries that are participating in it, are cheating their ass off. Now, ppl are talking wild ideas. Totally insane.
The best approach is to instead have the west put in a VAT on ALL GOODS based on amount of Pollution created in its production. It should be PHASED in, rather than just hit the economy. By taking that approach, ALL countries/states will be penalized that have lots of fossil fuel usage esp. if not cleaning them up. By taking this approach, it would give time to companies to adjust by cleaning up as well as changing their medium and long-term plans. By taking the approach of saying that the "rich" nations, they are really saying western nations. Even now, China is the number one polluter in the world AND oddly, one of the richest. Yet, they will be overlooked with many of these approaches.
when ppl speak of women putting out so little. Back in my 20s and 30s, most of the women that I dated wanted sex every night (a couple pushed for sex 2-3x a day) and gripped that the guys that they used to date were horrible in bed. They said that they quit putting out because THEY were not getting satisfaction. It was even more so with divorced women. I suspect that more guys need to change.
Yeah, Google sure did not figure it out yet. Papers like westword have been making money for years. All that is required is good management with good ideas.
the press companies have not learned how to make money in this new age. The problem is that few have figured out that they need to encourage new readership and learn about them, rather than drive them away. Sadly, that has more to do with the horrible management in place in near monopolies, than it has to do with the net "stealing" content.
The problem is that you have a PRIVATE MONOPOLY that was granted it, and they pretty much keep their costs low, and the prices high. OTH, if said monopoly is ONLY granted on greenbox to the house, and that LITTLE PIECE IS REGULATED (as in $30/month for the states), then allow other companies to compete for carrying capacity and content to a greenbox, it will lower the overall price. More importantly, it will allow new tech to come in frequently. For example, imagine had this been in place back in the 60s. It would have been twisted pair. But then cable TV would have come along, and the monopoly could then upgrade that one piece to the house (as in laying a cable from greenbox to the house). Then in the 90s or 00s, they would have replaced that with Fiber.
Our problems come in when we grant monopolies, we grant LARGE monopolies. That is the mistake. The hard expensive part is where it should be granted monopolies. In addition, that company should be separate for the others. Look at AU with Telstra. That is ran by Sol Trujillo who came from USWest (a company that I worked at). That guy is NOT there to improve the conditions. He is there to preserve the entire situation. That is why AU is so far behind. BUT, if the gov creates just that little piece (house to greenbox), then allow 50 companies to hook up, competition will drive prices way down.
They have the opportunity to do things right. The smart answer on this is for the feds to build a MINIMAL monopoly. Basically build out a fiber (or wireless) from a block-level, or even subdivision level green box to the end point. After that, allow the private enterprise to connect to the boxes and then provide various services. If they do that, they would see prices drop QUICKLY.
Obviously, this, or something like it, is one of your main concerns (though you might not be American). I have thought some time ago that ktalkd was interesting because it was NOT designed to be large enterprise wide. It was a simple easy to used talk protocol, with a secured option. The client was ktalk, but it was for 1.0 and 2.0. It seems to me that something like this is really what you want, with an enforced port (code it in), combined with a firewall on that port. that approach would take care of the mistakes. Obviously, crackers could get by, but then again.....
Live with it, because any IM server worth using is going to have _some_ public servers. Actually, the whole point is that they CAN NOT. Hippa mandates that they do not do that. It would be possible for somebody to copy/paste into the wrong window. For that, it would certainly lead to a firing, and possible jailing. I have consider doing a talk for kopete with an enforced port (via code). It sounds like that is exactly what is needed, though a secured jabberd would cut it.
The fact that they talk about it SHOWS that they are not independent. And that was for a pretty minor item. You can imagine how much power Murdoch has over the regular reporting.
I never said otherwise. In fact, I have little doubt that Dems are corrupt. The fact that they have not ungagged Sibel Edmunds speaks loudly. But starting with Nixon, it has been mostly republicans that have been blocking attempts to get to that data. The rest (dems, indies, and most other parties) have worked to open gov to give up data. For example, post Nixon, presidents informations was to be released 20 years after office. In 2000, W changed it to allow either past president OR the family to review and decide what would be withheld. And they could withhold for any reason. Likewise, W's whitehouse went to lengths to hide information getting saved.
I am far more concerned about getting access to that data, then in which party is corrupt (it will always be the one in power).
Republicans are going to be upset with that Sunlight Foundation. Cast light on how corporations, lobbyists, and individuals interact with Gov. That could cause some chaos. As a Libertarian, I look forward to that.
What amazes me, is that it would make changing the battery type and size much easier. For example, right now, everybody wants li-ion that last several hours. BUT, with the advant of the new fast charge li-ion battery, you could just change the power supply/battery, rather than the entire laptop. Or assume that eestor comes about with something. trivial to change the system.
Dawned on me the other day how little innovation occurs in our industry EXCEPT by hungry companies. For example, Desktops and Laptops have not really changed, while both have a piss poor design. ABout 4 years ago, it dawned on me that a much better way to design these is to merge them. Basically, different cases where the laptop has keyboard and a monitor hookup while the desktop is sans the prior. The smart move is to move the battery OUT of the case and into the power supply. Right now, you do not get to buy variable amounts of batteries. But a company would do well to sell an external power supply with varying storage capacities, but with a simple 12V line. In this fashion, ppl can pick the parts for a laptop similar to a desktop, while the desktop gets to take advantage of the drop in prices of the laptop linage.
given the choice of Serenity or Colbert, I take Colbert. Serenity was from a good show/movie, but it still does not have anywhere NEAR the popularity that Colbert does.
he would say that he was going to name one of HIS modules after Colbert. That way he could get ppl to thinking about his work. Right now, Bigelow is dying a slow death.
BTW, sorry, If that last post came off sounding like a d**k on my part (the lazy part). I was dealing with my ex over my daughter's school, and realized last night that I had gotten aggressive (with a driving ticket in hand for speeding and other things).
First, NSLs have been around since at least IKE, and I think even before that. The difference is that all prior admins showed restraint and only used them MOSTLY for real issues (a few, were known to be total BS).
As to those that supported the GD neo-cons and this behavior, I say let them swing along side of the top neo-cons. Every last one of these kind of ppls should be swinging for the traitors to the Constitution that they are.
Can spread other diseases. Yes, and so? ???? You kidding??? As a one-time MicroBiologists from ages ago (worked at CDC on arthropod-borne disease back in 1980-81; grant ended), I can tell you that science routinely discovers new viruses. Exchanging blood DOES create a risk, just one that is considered acceptable (vs. immediate death).
Could you please be a little more clear as to the point you are speaking to, and the evidence it is based on?
Are you just bringing up that sometimes diseases can be spread through transfusion?
Notice the above of where I worked at. Back then, we figured out that AIDs was viral, and even suspected it was a retrovirus (All of the arthropod-borne virus that we worked with were retrovirus, which is why we were brought in to look a bit at AIDs). There was a bunch of early information that NEVER made "the band played on". But, even back in 1981, CDC was calling for "homosexuals" to not give blood because it was thought that it was transferred via blood/sex/etc. Simply put, new viruses come about and then are carried around to be transferred in different fashions. One approach is via air-borne (a sneeze), another is via touch (foods/water/western style toilets/etc), some via fluid exchange (breast milk, urine, sex, and blood). HIV was likely started when a hunter killed an infected monkey and while skinning the monkey, cut himself. That was the original exchange of blood. Now, in humans, HIV can be transmitted via blood exchanges such as needles (druggies or health officials not using cleaned needles) OR wait for it...... BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. Here in the west, we test for HIV. In fact, MOST parts of the world test for it. But for some, they do not have the money to pay for the whole battery of tests. It costs money for that. In addition, new diseases come along all the time. This is more because we are one of the more dominant species on this planet (in fact, we are the ONLY LARGE SPECIES with any real number save for our domesticated animals). Roughly, we are a target for virus and bacteria. Keep in mind that Genetic Algorithms apply to life. More and more virus and bacteria will target us just due to percentage. And even without that, there are many virus that we have not discovered. Heck, Tagamet was one time the world's most used drug and it was thought that stomach ulcers were genetic. In late 80's, it was "discovered" to be a simple bacteria that had spread via contaminated ppl touching your food.
Look, if an artificial blood could be developed AND made cheaply, it would solve our transmissions of unknown virus. Keep in mind that a virus can be passed on to your children. Personally, I would rather not. In addition, if a blood agent can be made to last for a time ESP without refrigeration, this would allow rural or undeveloped areas to stock this. That is very important.
IANARE, but with that said, nearly all of our rockets use stages. It has always seemed to me that the first stage WOULD be useful as an aircraft. What is needed is to get altitude (80K feet) AND speed (mach 3-5). At that point, the 2'nd stage is pretty darn small, while the aircraft has high re-usability. With that said, our rockets are now pretty solid.
Blood transfusions are safe from what we know. There are MANY virus left to be discovered and figured out. Heck, diseases that we thought were minor are turning out to be wicked. For example, Oral Herpes (cold sores) were considered a nusance while Genital herpes were considered horrible. During the time of reagan, he harped about it, while ignoring the up and coming AIDs. It was only later, than herpes was considered a none issue. Now, both types of herpes has a strong associations with long-term dementia.
In the end, Transfusions HAVE saved lives, but it comes at a costs. And yes, it DOES spread other diseases.
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The ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION is that our evil CO2-emitting ways are completely 100% responsible
No, that is YOUR only possible explanation. Thank God that Science works logically, rather than succumbs to politicians like yourself.
Everybody wants America (as well as most of the west) to do major cutbacks. The simple fact is, that ALL countries need to cut back. Obama appears certain to join the cap-trade idiots. So far, all the countries that are participating in it, are cheating their ass off. Now, ppl are talking wild ideas. Totally insane.
The best approach is to instead have the west put in a VAT on ALL GOODS based on amount of Pollution created in its production. It should be PHASED in, rather than just hit the economy. By taking that approach, ALL countries/states will be penalized that have lots of fossil fuel usage esp. if not cleaning them up. By taking this approach, it would give time to companies to adjust by cleaning up as well as changing their medium and long-term plans. By taking the approach of saying that the "rich" nations, they are really saying western nations. Even now, China is the number one polluter in the world AND oddly, one of the richest. Yet, they will be overlooked with many of these approaches.
when ppl speak of women putting out so little. Back in my 20s and 30s, most of the women that I dated wanted sex every night (a couple pushed for sex 2-3x a day) and gripped that the guys that they used to date were horrible in bed. They said that they quit putting out because THEY were not getting satisfaction. It was even more so with divorced women. I suspect that more guys need to change.
Yeah, Google sure did not figure it out yet. Papers like westword have been making money for years. All that is required is good management with good ideas.
that you went in as Anonymous Coward. Who says that you are anonymous?
the press companies have not learned how to make money in this new age. The problem is that few have figured out that they need to encourage new readership and learn about them, rather than drive them away. Sadly, that has more to do with the horrible management in place in near monopolies, than it has to do with the net "stealing" content.
The problem is that you have a PRIVATE MONOPOLY that was granted it, and they pretty much keep their costs low, and the prices high. OTH, if said monopoly is ONLY granted on greenbox to the house, and that LITTLE PIECE IS REGULATED (as in $30/month for the states), then allow other companies to compete for carrying capacity and content to a greenbox, it will lower the overall price. More importantly, it will allow new tech to come in frequently. For example, imagine had this been in place back in the 60s. It would have been twisted pair. But then cable TV would have come along, and the monopoly could then upgrade that one piece to the house (as in laying a cable from greenbox to the house). Then in the 90s or 00s, they would have replaced that with Fiber.
Our problems come in when we grant monopolies, we grant LARGE monopolies. That is the mistake. The hard expensive part is where it should be granted monopolies. In addition, that company should be separate for the others. Look at AU with Telstra. That is ran by Sol Trujillo who came from USWest (a company that I worked at). That guy is NOT there to improve the conditions. He is there to preserve the entire situation. That is why AU is so far behind. BUT, if the gov creates just that little piece (house to greenbox), then allow 50 companies to hook up, competition will drive prices way down.
They have the opportunity to do things right. The smart answer on this is for the feds to build a MINIMAL monopoly. Basically build out a fiber (or wireless) from a block-level, or even subdivision level green box to the end point. After that, allow the private enterprise to connect to the boxes and then provide various services. If they do that, they would see prices drop QUICKLY.
Obviously, this, or something like it, is one of your main concerns (though you might not be American). I have thought some time ago that ktalkd was interesting because it was NOT designed to be large enterprise wide. It was a simple easy to used talk protocol, with a secured option. The client was ktalk, but it was for 1.0 and 2.0. It seems to me that something like this is really what you want, with an enforced port (code it in), combined with a firewall on that port. that approach would take care of the mistakes. Obviously, crackers could get by, but then again.....
Live with it, because any IM server worth using is going to have _some_ public servers.
Actually, the whole point is that they CAN NOT. Hippa mandates that they do not do that. It would be possible for somebody to copy/paste into the wrong window. For that, it would certainly lead to a firing, and possible jailing. I have consider doing a talk for kopete with an enforced port (via code). It sounds like that is exactly what is needed, though a secured jabberd would cut it.
The fact that they talk about it SHOWS that they are not independent. And that was for a pretty minor item. You can imagine how much power Murdoch has over the regular reporting.
I never said otherwise. In fact, I have little doubt that Dems are corrupt. The fact that they have not ungagged Sibel Edmunds speaks loudly. But starting with Nixon, it has been mostly republicans that have been blocking attempts to get to that data. The rest (dems, indies, and most other parties) have worked to open gov to give up data. For example, post Nixon, presidents informations was to be released 20 years after office. In 2000, W changed it to allow either past president OR the family to review and decide what would be withheld. And they could withhold for any reason. Likewise, W's whitehouse went to lengths to hide information getting saved.
I am far more concerned about getting access to that data, then in which party is corrupt (it will always be the one in power).
Republicans are going to be upset with that Sunlight Foundation. Cast light on how corporations, lobbyists, and individuals interact with Gov. That could cause some chaos. As a Libertarian, I look forward to that.
You mentioned it, and apparently with that 0 mod, it appears that the fan-bois are attracted to you.
What amazes me, is that it would make changing the battery type and size much easier. For example, right now, everybody wants li-ion that last several hours. BUT, with the advant of the new fast charge li-ion battery, you could just change the power supply/battery, rather than the entire laptop. Or assume that eestor comes about with something. trivial to change the system.
Dawned on me the other day how little innovation occurs in our industry EXCEPT by hungry companies. For example, Desktops and Laptops have not really changed, while both have a piss poor design. ABout 4 years ago, it dawned on me that a much better way to design these is to merge them. Basically, different cases where the laptop has keyboard and a monitor hookup while the desktop is sans the prior. The smart move is to move the battery OUT of the case and into the power supply. Right now, you do not get to buy variable amounts of batteries. But a company would do well to sell an external power supply with varying storage capacities, but with a simple 12V line. In this fashion, ppl can pick the parts for a laptop similar to a desktop, while the desktop gets to take advantage of the drop in prices of the laptop linage.
given the choice of Serenity or Colbert, I take Colbert. Serenity was from a good show/movie, but it still does not have anywhere NEAR the popularity that Colbert does.
he would say that he was going to name one of HIS modules after Colbert. That way he could get ppl to thinking about his work. Right now, Bigelow is dying a slow death.
BTW, sorry, If that last post came off sounding like a d**k on my part (the lazy part). I was dealing with my ex over my daughter's school, and realized last night that I had gotten aggressive (with a driving ticket in hand for speeding and other things).
Of course, the same motions are done with lino and wood flooring, and the same chems are used on lino, but there was no correlation with these.
First, NSLs have been around since at least IKE, and I think even before that. The difference is that all prior admins showed restraint and only used them MOSTLY for real issues (a few, were known to be total BS).
As to those that supported the GD neo-cons and this behavior, I say let them swing along side of the top neo-cons. Every last one of these kind of ppls should be swinging for the traitors to the Constitution that they are.
Can spread other diseases. Yes, and so?
???? You kidding??? As a one-time MicroBiologists from ages ago (worked at CDC on arthropod-borne disease back in 1980-81; grant ended), I can tell you that science routinely discovers new viruses. Exchanging blood DOES create a risk, just one that is considered acceptable (vs. immediate death).
"both types of herpes has a strong associations with long-term dementia." Link?
Are you serious? In this day of Google, you really could not even type in TWO FUCKING WORDS? Are you really that GD lazy????? I am guessing that you would never have done science back in the 70's/80's, when we really did go to the library for whole days. What are we coming to. To be honest, it makes TOTAL sense. Herpes hides in neurons. Once it starts shedding, it kills off the neuron.
Could you please be a little more clear as to the point you are speaking to, and the evidence it is based on?
Are you just bringing up that sometimes diseases can be spread through transfusion?
Notice the above of where I worked at. Back then, we figured out that AIDs was viral, and even suspected it was a retrovirus (All of the arthropod-borne virus that we worked with were retrovirus, which is why we were brought in to look a bit at AIDs). There was a bunch of early information that NEVER made "the band played on". But, even back in 1981, CDC was calling for "homosexuals" to not give blood because it was thought that it was transferred via blood/sex/etc. Simply put, new viruses come about and then are carried around to be transferred in different fashions. One approach is via air-borne (a sneeze), another is via touch (foods/water/western style toilets/etc), some via fluid exchange (breast milk, urine, sex, and blood). HIV was likely started when a hunter killed an infected monkey and while skinning the monkey, cut himself. That was the original exchange of blood. Now, in humans, HIV can be transmitted via blood exchanges such as needles (druggies or health officials not using cleaned needles) OR wait for it...... BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. Here in the west, we test for HIV. In fact, MOST parts of the world test for it. But for some, they do not have the money to pay for the whole battery of tests. It costs money for that. In addition, new diseases come along all the time. This is more because we are one of the more dominant species on this planet (in fact, we are the ONLY LARGE SPECIES with any real number save for our domesticated animals). Roughly, we are a target for virus and bacteria. Keep in mind that Genetic Algorithms apply to life. More and more virus and bacteria will target us just due to percentage. And even without that, there are many virus that we have not discovered. Heck, Tagamet was one time the world's most used drug and it was thought that stomach ulcers were genetic. In late 80's, it was "discovered" to be a simple bacteria that had spread via contaminated ppl touching your food.
Look, if an artificial blood could be developed AND made cheaply, it would solve our transmissions of unknown virus. Keep in mind that a virus can be passed on to your children. Personally, I would rather not. In addition, if a blood agent can be made to last for a time ESP without refrigeration, this would allow rural or undeveloped areas to stock this. That is very important.
IANARE, but with that said, nearly all of our rockets use stages. It has always seemed to me that the first stage WOULD be useful as an aircraft. What is needed is to get altitude (80K feet) AND speed (mach 3-5). At that point, the 2'nd stage is pretty darn small, while the aircraft has high re-usability. With that said, our rockets are now pretty solid.
Same place as all westerners; In the john. My guess is that the ground crew says NOT to share, but in space, they quietly do so.
Blood transfusions are safe from what we know. There are MANY virus left to be discovered and figured out. Heck, diseases that we thought were minor are turning out to be wicked. For example, Oral Herpes (cold sores) were considered a nusance while Genital herpes were considered horrible. During the time of reagan, he harped about it, while ignoring the up and coming AIDs. It was only later, than herpes was considered a none issue. Now, both types of herpes has a strong associations with long-term dementia.
In the end, Transfusions HAVE saved lives, but it comes at a costs. And yes, it DOES spread other diseases.