Why "stamp it with a device that uses a laser to etch it with your name and a unique identifying pattern". All it's doing is creating a mailing label, you can do that already.
The idea of auto-forwarding to the address in the post office's database is kind of different; but I'm not sure what that adds to filling out a change of address form and sending it to your post office.
There were many other things going on during the '80s. The country was in the middle of a deep and prolonged recession. Women were given hiring preference in most technical fields. Comp Sci programs became more competitive. Maybe 0.1% of coeds ended up in other fields for various reasons.
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia... is situated 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat
Those Aussies do like to give their stuff cool sounding names.
I've been to events where they take an order for a hamburger, take your money, cook that hamburger, serve it, and then take the next order. It's painful to watch.
But from what I've read about Burning Man it wouldn't surprise me that this kind of thing goes on there.
Yes. That's one of the beauties of high level languages, libraries are available that do what you want so you don't need to write it yourself. Do you consider that a problem?
I've been expecting a touch-screen Apple laptop for a few years now, and keep being wrong.
That's because a touch-screen laptop is a terrible idea. Today's phones are powerful enough with a docking station that includes a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Ebola is a virus, if a person survives the disease they are apparently immune to at least the same strain. Training those people to provide care seems like a more viable option.
competition inherently means there must be losers, lots and lots of losers
Competition rewards hard work and innovation. The "losers" learn from the "winners" and everyone ends up better off. In your idealized model of "cooperation" there is no way to know what works best and what is worst: you have nothing to compare against and no motivation to become better.
I'm pretty sure they know where their ground stations are located so they can adjust as needed. Plus the orbit calculations would already take the influence of the other planets into consideration.
That seems like the best part. If you have no internet connection, all you need to do is contact one person (who might need to contact another person) who can mark you safe. That would cut down a lot of phone traffic on a system that will be congested or downgraded.
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That's not how supply and demand works.
no private company would want to work with government, because the government would want to get the maximum benefit for the least price
That is no different from selling to any other customer
They'll attack where ever and when ever they can.
the FCC found that an entirely preventable software error was responsible for causing 911 service to drop
As opposed to what? An entirely unpreventable software error? Sounds more like a configuration issue than a software error anyway.
Yea, it's much more convenient to carry a shark with a laser on its head.
Why "stamp it with a device that uses a laser to etch it with your name and a unique identifying pattern". All it's doing is creating a mailing label, you can do that already.
The idea of auto-forwarding to the address in the post office's database is kind of different; but I'm not sure what that adds to filling out a change of address form and sending it to your post office.
What does this provide that a postage meter doesn't? He also seems to think the USPS should spend billions retooling how they sort mail.
There were many other things going on during the '80s. The country was in the middle of a deep and prolonged recession. Women were given hiring preference in most technical fields. Comp Sci programs became more competitive. Maybe 0.1% of coeds ended up in other fields for various reasons.
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia... is situated 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat
Those Aussies do like to give their stuff cool sounding names.
make the car company responsible for every single repair of every single recalled vehicle
Car manufacturers in the US are responsible for repairs.
Comets are named after whoever spots it first. Siding Spring is an observatory in Australia.
I've been to events where they take an order for a hamburger, take your money, cook that hamburger, serve it, and then take the next order. It's painful to watch.
But from what I've read about Burning Man it wouldn't surprise me that this kind of thing goes on there.
Yes and yuck. Thanks for the correction.
"pay off big" means they'll need to sell it to someone. So far they've just given impressively staged marketing demos.
I doubt this ship uses the same fuel as the ones emitting all that sulfur. This appears to be diesel powered rather than steam with bunker crude.
regular version of Windows into a 2" display with a tiny cursor controlled by a Kinect camera you wear on your head
Imaging a Beowulf cluster of those.
RTFA. Rangers aren't there to fight another army. They use the rifle for protection from large animals like bears and moose, plus meat hunting.
Yes. That's one of the beauties of high level languages, libraries are available that do what you want so you don't need to write it yourself. Do you consider that a problem?
I've been expecting a touch-screen Apple laptop for a few years now, and keep being wrong.
That's because a touch-screen laptop is a terrible idea. Today's phones are powerful enough with a docking station that includes a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Ebola is a virus, if a person survives the disease they are apparently immune to at least the same strain. Training those people to provide care seems like a more viable option.
competition inherently means there must be losers, lots and lots of losers
Competition rewards hard work and innovation. The "losers" learn from the "winners" and everyone ends up better off. In your idealized model of "cooperation" there is no way to know what works best and what is worst: you have nothing to compare against and no motivation to become better.
Dang. Didn't take them long to liquidate that guy...
I'm pretty sure they know where their ground stations are located so they can adjust as needed. Plus the orbit calculations would already take the influence of the other planets into consideration.
That seems like the best part. If you have no internet connection, all you need to do is contact one person (who might need to contact another person) who can mark you safe. That would cut down a lot of phone traffic on a system that will be congested or downgraded.
This sounds like a fanboy cheerleading
True, but why should this energy related article be any different from all the other ones?