Anarchy doesn't really mean the elimination of rules or social order
The elimination of rules and social order is precisely the definition of anarchy. Everyone takes care of him or herself, with no government or authority over them.
Most confuse the trivia of solving problems (knowing many rules) and how to apply them with understanding of basic mathematical principles.
I wish I had mod points for you. IMHO, the biggest problem students face when learning mathematics is teachers who don't really understand the basic principles (or don't know how to teach them), so instead they spend weeks and months teaching and testing boring trivia.
It's premature to say what the net effect will be. There are time when Germany has a net surplus and exports to France (because Russian natural gas is more expensive than surplus German electricity). There are also times when Germany imports French power because French nukes keep cranking out the power around the clock and their economy is in the tank compared to Germany's.
As I understand it, Germany's Feed In Tariff on green energy is almost the retail price of power (they buy energy produced by solar panels at hugely subsidized prices and charge consumers the tariff to cover it).
Oh, and combine this with other generation systems? Good luck with that; taking half your generating capacity offline for an hour or two (but not every day, and not always half) is a major problem.
Vietnam got its ass kicked. True, the US eventually pulled out because the cost was no longer worth trying to stop the communists, but the cost to Vietnam was very, very high.
Or just give it away like USAToday; about 2/3 of their circulation is handed out to hotels and schools. To paraphrase Mark Twain: "They charge nothing for their paper, and it's worth it".
Enterprise global Wi-Fi network provider iPass surveyed 1,700 mobile employees at 1,100 enterprises worldwide...The survey also found that 88 percent of these wireless heads thought cable-free access was "as important to their lives, or almost, as running water and electricity". Another 95 percent reported significant reductions in their job productivity without wireless access.
It's not clear to me that "mobile worker" means the same as "telecommuter". But the article seems to be saying that companies need to run out and buy more Enterprise Global Wi-Fi Networks (tm) so they can get employees happily working 60 hours per week and being more productive at the same time. Sure, we'll get right on that.
Nope, the article said the *system* was damaged. That would cover more than physical damage to the hardware. I assume it would include denying the use of the system by attacking it with a botnet.
Researchers believe this haphazard use of the internet is a result of students having difficulty concentrating, which is a common trait associated with depression.
Non-depressed people use those things too, but they tend to complete one task before moving on to the next rather than randomly jumping between them. They're finding a correlation between ADD and depression, which is well known.
Eventually, it may be possible to conjure swarms of microscopic bubble robots out of nothing, set them to work building microstructures with an array of thermal lasers, and then when they're finished, give each one a little pop to wipe it completely out of existence without any mess or fuss.
Take that you little SOBs. Kind of an interesting opportunity to use massively parallel processing though.
Shallow aquifers won't make much difference, because if the water isn't pumped out of wells it eventually runs out of surface springs anyway. Many major US cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago, etc. use surface (lake or reservoir) water anyway. There are a few deep aquifers in arid regions that apparently hold water captured during earlier climate cycles like the Ogallala Aquifer. The article doesn't convince me that this is a significant contributor to ocean levels rising, it seems to base too much on unproven speculation.
This bill isn't about efficient energy use, that's another subject which is addressed elsewhere. This is about setting a realistic policy for clean and reliable energy production.
It's called Post-Glacial Rebound, the land was pushed down by the glaciers, it's still rising now that the ice is gone. And since water runs down hill the Great Lakes (among others) are draining.
"Testimony of his peers revealed that Mr. Jaczko is prone to 'continued outbursts of abusive rage,' 'ranting at the staff,' 'raging verbal assault' and inspiring panic attacks in subordinates, particularly women. This was on top of an inspector general's report that mentioned staff complaints about Mr. Jaczko creating 'an intimidating work environment.' In the face of such evidence, Mr. Jaczko's defense that he's just 'passionate about safety' is pretty weak tea."
What you say might be true, but all evidence points to the guy being a total jerk. The NRC's place is to make the nuclear industry safe and productive; he didn't seem to be working toward that goal.
It's a civil penalty for damages. You can argue whether the copyright holders were actually damaged that much, but until you win that argument you can't argue that the award was excessive.
Though I don't disagree with you that things haven't really changed for the better, given JPM's recent (unrelated) losses
There was a lot of publicity related to the $2B loss, but the bank can write a check for that amount from the profits they made off other investments that weren't news. Win some, lose some.
Today it appears they dumped the stock that they bought back last week; I suppose there was a big enough incentive for them to keep the price propped up at the close on Friday to make up for it.
There are two costs: the cost of "computing power unavailable to the organization",
This is by far the larger of the two, the other is negligible. People's time is valuable, if you slow down computers on a network you're stealing hours, possibly hundreds of hours or more per week, depending on the size of the employer and how much it's slowed down. That adds up very quickly. Sure, the company can upgrade the network and clients - but that's very expensive too.
This would be illegal in the US, because the Kinect hasn't been certified as a medical device by the FDA. And the first time one conked out during a surgery that had a bad outcome Microsoft would be sued for $$$
If the USPS is charging enough for media/junk mail (aka "flats"). They probably don't want to price themselves out of the market but I find it hard to believe they can deliver junk mail for what they charge.
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Anarchy doesn't really mean the elimination of rules or social order
The elimination of rules and social order is precisely the definition of anarchy. Everyone takes care of him or herself, with no government or authority over them.
Most confuse the trivia of solving problems (knowing many rules) and how to apply them with understanding of basic mathematical principles.
I wish I had mod points for you. IMHO, the biggest problem students face when learning mathematics is teachers who don't really understand the basic principles (or don't know how to teach them), so instead they spend weeks and months teaching and testing boring trivia.
In the US students are being told that they can be arrested for criticizing Obama. So yea, who cares.
It's premature to say what the net effect will be. There are time when Germany has a net surplus and exports to France (because Russian natural gas is more expensive than surplus German electricity). There are also times when Germany imports French power because French nukes keep cranking out the power around the clock and their economy is in the tank compared to Germany's.
As I understand it, Germany's Feed In Tariff on green energy is almost the retail price of power (they buy energy produced by solar panels at hugely subsidized prices and charge consumers the tariff to cover it).
Oh, and combine this with other generation systems? Good luck with that; taking half your generating capacity offline for an hour or two (but not every day, and not always half) is a major problem.
Vietnam got its ass kicked. True, the US eventually pulled out because the cost was no longer worth trying to stop the communists, but the cost to Vietnam was very, very high.
What makes you think "the staff" would be any better at managing a game company? They're free to start one if they want, but don't hold your breath.
Or just give it away like USAToday; about 2/3 of their circulation is handed out to hotels and schools. To paraphrase Mark Twain: "They charge nothing for their paper, and it's worth it".
Enterprise global Wi-Fi network provider iPass surveyed 1,700 mobile employees at 1,100 enterprises worldwide...The survey also found that 88 percent of these wireless heads thought cable-free access was "as important to their lives, or almost, as running water and electricity". Another 95 percent reported significant reductions in their job productivity without wireless access.
It's not clear to me that "mobile worker" means the same as "telecommuter". But the article seems to be saying that companies need to run out and buy more Enterprise Global Wi-Fi Networks (tm) so they can get employees happily working 60 hours per week and being more productive at the same time. Sure, we'll get right on that.
No, but the article said equipment was "damaged"
Nope, the article said the *system* was damaged. That would cover more than physical damage to the hardware. I assume it would include denying the use of the system by attacking it with a botnet.
yea, a person can spend hours on this stuff
Researchers believe this haphazard use of the internet is a result of students having difficulty concentrating, which is a common trait associated with depression.
Non-depressed people use those things too, but they tend to complete one task before moving on to the next rather than randomly jumping between them. They're finding a correlation between ADD and depression, which is well known.
Eventually, it may be possible to conjure swarms of microscopic bubble robots out of nothing, set them to work building microstructures with an array of thermal lasers, and then when they're finished, give each one a little pop to wipe it completely out of existence without any mess or fuss.
Take that you little SOBs. Kind of an interesting opportunity to use massively parallel processing though.
Shallow aquifers won't make much difference, because if the water isn't pumped out of wells it eventually runs out of surface springs anyway. Many major US cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago, etc. use surface (lake or reservoir) water anyway. There are a few deep aquifers in arid regions that apparently hold water captured during earlier climate cycles like the Ogallala Aquifer. The article doesn't convince me that this is a significant contributor to ocean levels rising, it seems to base too much on unproven speculation.
This bill isn't about efficient energy use, that's another subject which is addressed elsewhere. This is about setting a realistic policy for clean and reliable energy production.
It's called Post-Glacial Rebound, the land was pushed down by the glaciers, it's still rising now that the ice is gone. And since water runs down hill the Great Lakes (among others) are draining.
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"Testimony of his peers revealed that Mr. Jaczko is prone to 'continued outbursts of abusive rage,' 'ranting at the staff,' 'raging verbal assault' and inspiring panic attacks in subordinates, particularly women. This was on top of an inspector general's report that mentioned staff complaints about Mr. Jaczko creating 'an intimidating work environment.' In the face of such evidence, Mr. Jaczko's defense that he's just 'passionate about safety' is pretty weak tea."
What you say might be true, but all evidence points to the guy being a total jerk. The NRC's place is to make the nuclear industry safe and productive; he didn't seem to be working toward that goal.
It's a civil penalty for damages. You can argue whether the copyright holders were actually damaged that much, but until you win that argument you can't argue that the award was excessive.
Though I don't disagree with you that things haven't really changed for the better, given JPM's recent (unrelated) losses
There was a lot of publicity related to the $2B loss, but the bank can write a check for that amount from the profits they made off other investments that weren't news. Win some, lose some.
Today it appears they dumped the stock that they bought back last week; I suppose there was a big enough incentive for them to keep the price propped up at the close on Friday to make up for it.
There are two costs: the cost of "computing power unavailable to the organization",
This is by far the larger of the two, the other is negligible. People's time is valuable, if you slow down computers on a network you're stealing hours, possibly hundreds of hours or more per week, depending on the size of the employer and how much it's slowed down. That adds up very quickly. Sure, the company can upgrade the network and clients - but that's very expensive too.
Because they'd never lie about his chances
I'd love to see internal memos revealing that leaked to the press.
This would be illegal in the US, because the Kinect hasn't been certified as a medical device by the FDA. And the first time one conked out during a surgery that had a bad outcome Microsoft would be sued for $$$
If the USPS is charging enough for media/junk mail (aka "flats"). They probably don't want to price themselves out of the market but I find it hard to believe they can deliver junk mail for what they charge.
Oh, and Flashblock too, so your flash-drawn buttons are pretty obvious.
Not likely. We use Firefox and Adblock, so pretty much anything that looks like an ad is suspect. Only fools click on them.