When you have two other known Democrats on record (Rep. Jack Hennessy and Rep. barbara Lambert) caught playing solitaire during a legislative session, I don't have much faith in any Democrat who plays games. But then again, games is all they've ever known to play in the first place. Par for the course.
As some markets mature (some, not all) with few players remaining leaving an oligopoly, the agreed upon consensus is that there's bountiful profit in scarcity. So you artificially restrict a resource to improve profit. It's a win win for the providers. They sell less, and make even more profit because now you have competition for those resources and thus will pay more. More so if you're a monopoly for your area.
I've read about Dyson Sphere's being equipped with stellar engines. Basically, it's now a giant starship (in the true meaning of the word) built around a core source of power. A star.
If you though taking an international flight from halfway around the world was a bitch, imagine taking a trip from one side of the starship to the other. Perhaps they will have the whole teleportation thing figured out by then.
1988 Iraq, Project Babylon. Objective: to build a supergun and eventually shoot stuff into orbit starting with 'Big Babylon'.
Basically, it was a wacky idea. So the idea of using 4k PS2s (another wacky idea) shouldn't be scoffed at too. We are talking about Saddam Hussein. He wasn't a level headed kind of guy. He was a dangerous guy with delusions of grandeur. Good riddance.
You end up with revolts shortly followed by a revolution. When you end up with a society predominantly made up of "haves" and have nots" (no middle class), that's when it gets ugly.
People need to be busy working and producing. But more importantly, they must not be under societal stress that pushes them to a breaking point based on desperation.
I wouldn't trust the government of the hosting 3rd-world country (extortion and corruption runs rampant) for one, 2nd, I wouldn't be trusting their banking system. And 3rd, I wouldn't be trusting of the women and/or her extended family and friends. What you suggest is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. To Hell with that idea!
Thank God for that too. Now everyone will realize just how profitable space can be. And SpaceX is right there to court the wealthy elite. What better way than to fund your R&D than from the rich which in turn pays for the engineers, scientists, all the other employees paychecks. Oh, and now you can grow the business too with an official spin-off of an entertainment division. It's sort of like the private sector taxing the rich, isn't it? **wink wink nod nod**
Do not use one of these things while driving please. It's a little know issue of "looking but not seeing". That is to say, you may be aware of the red light in front of you, but your attention is not focused on comprehending its meaning. Big problem!
Granted. Apple failed to account for the various usage permutations that should be expected in the real world. So while the new iPhone5 lens works perfectly fine when clean, it would seem their testing failed to account for real-world usage that includes lots of oily fingerprints. I suppose that's what you get when you have a select few iPhone5 testers that treat it like some holy object and not what it truly is; a phone!
And this ultra-mega-super-computer will run on...what exactly? Once the real Universe cools down, so will this computer that requires a constant feed of energy.
Except that China's own worst enemy is itself. It will be interesting to see how much longer their government can continue its reign before corruption pulls it under in revolution. I'm a firm believer that all social groups such as family, tribes, corporations, all the way to entire systems of governance falls to corruption. The end result is inevitable. It's only a matter of time. The real question to ask is which form of government can withstand the corruption, fall, and cleansing process?
Fair enough. But my question was based on a more broader focus group. For example, grabbing random people off the street and into a Microsoft mobile party van and start having them use and comment on the thing. Obviously it doesn't work that way. But my point is to get average random people involved in the experience and document. Having professional opinions on the matter is important. But it's also just as important to get an outside perspective too.
From the look and feel of it, "Metro" was driven by a bullet list of objectives, some artsy fartsy group, and pushed hard by marketing. Damn everything else in between that matters and all that.
Well, if they find some seashells that pretty much answers that question. Anything conical or based on the golden ratio would mean that life is highly likely to be ubiquitous on planets that are wet with water and have a proper climate. Again, that's a big fat IF.
I still have high hopes that something fossilized might be found (bacteria would still be fantastic). My gut feeling is that planet is too big to be completely sterile throughout its existence.
That assumption is most likely based on a false premise. Why would you think the motivation of his post is to "trick" anyone? Perhaps it's nothing more complicated than one person's opinion based entirely on a truthful observation.
Here is the million dollar question. Just in in the hell was the focus group in testing Metro UI?!! I really want to know how they conducted research as to the market viability of this design. Did Windows 8 just skip Microsoft's R&D division all together and get fast-tracked to just development and marketing? This is an epic failure; and a sad one at that. I never thought in a million years to say it, but I will.
Bill Gates, get your ass back to Microsoft! They need you.
Because the USA is that low hanging fruit that does a horrible job at hiding skeletons in the closet. That's why Wikileaks targets it extensively. It's the other nations you're not getting much information from that should concern you. That, or perhaps information from Europe, Middle East, and Asia isn't much of interest to the reading audience of Wikileaks in the first place.
For all intents and purposes, the only person deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize these says would be if that same person declined it. It's just in name only where assholes are nominated the prize by other like-minded assholes of the world.
Sort of, but a bit of a stretch to phrase it that way. While yes, Mao kickstarted China toward modernization through forced solidarity, it sputtered along with tragic results until 1978. It was then that Deng Xiaoping kicked out the Maoist faction and began economic reform. The rate in growth was night and day from then on. When you chart the progress per year starting with 1992, you end up with "hockey stick" graph. Although momentum really starts moving from about 1980 onward.
1. Been to China several time for over 7 years. My wife is full blooded Chinese born in Shanghai. And you sir are a troll. When we travel, we go together by train deep into the country side. Our "trip" is not a trip by American vacation standards.
2. Individual freedom is *not* the same as political freedom. The latter will always supersede the former. It's why the society is the way it is. To the Chinese, the current government in power is nothing more than another dynasty in a long running streak of them. So enjoy your shitty beer as you crack open an icy cold one walking down a public road. In the long run, it's not worth it. Don't delude yourself by thinking otherwise!
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When you have two other known Democrats on record (Rep. Jack Hennessy and Rep. barbara Lambert) caught playing solitaire during a legislative session, I don't have much faith in any Democrat who plays games. But then again, games is all they've ever known to play in the first place. Par for the course.
As some markets mature (some, not all) with few players remaining leaving an oligopoly, the agreed upon consensus is that there's bountiful profit in scarcity. So you artificially restrict a resource to improve profit. It's a win win for the providers. They sell less, and make even more profit because now you have competition for those resources and thus will pay more. More so if you're a monopoly for your area.
I've read about Dyson Sphere's being equipped with stellar engines. Basically, it's now a giant starship (in the true meaning of the word) built around a core source of power. A star.
If you though taking an international flight from halfway around the world was a bitch, imagine taking a trip from one side of the starship to the other. Perhaps they will have the whole teleportation thing figured out by then.
We need adults, not children running the nation.
1988 Iraq, Project Babylon. Objective: to build a supergun and eventually shoot stuff into orbit starting with 'Big Babylon'.
Basically, it was a wacky idea. So the idea of using 4k PS2s (another wacky idea) shouldn't be scoffed at too. We are talking about Saddam Hussein. He wasn't a level headed kind of guy. He was a dangerous guy with delusions of grandeur. Good riddance.
Truth hurts. Thank you for making me hate myself.
You end up with revolts shortly followed by a revolution. When you end up with a society predominantly made up of "haves" and have nots" (no middle class), that's when it gets ugly.
People need to be busy working and producing. But more importantly, they must not be under societal stress that pushes them to a breaking point based on desperation.
Your idea is stupid.
I wouldn't trust the government of the hosting 3rd-world country (extortion and corruption runs rampant) for one, 2nd, I wouldn't be trusting their banking system. And 3rd, I wouldn't be trusting of the women and/or her extended family and friends. What you suggest is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. To Hell with that idea!
Thank God for that too. Now everyone will realize just how profitable space can be. And SpaceX is right there to court the wealthy elite. What better way than to fund your R&D than from the rich which in turn pays for the engineers, scientists, all the other employees paychecks. Oh, and now you can grow the business too with an official spin-off of an entertainment division. It's sort of like the private sector taxing the rich, isn't it? **wink wink nod nod**
Do not use one of these things while driving please. It's a little know issue of "looking but not seeing". That is to say, you may be aware of the red light in front of you, but your attention is not focused on comprehending its meaning. Big problem!
Granted. Apple failed to account for the various usage permutations that should be expected in the real world. So while the new iPhone5 lens works perfectly fine when clean, it would seem their testing failed to account for real-world usage that includes lots of oily fingerprints. I suppose that's what you get when you have a select few iPhone5 testers that treat it like some holy object and not what it truly is; a phone!
And this ultra-mega-super-computer will run on...what exactly? Once the real Universe cools down, so will this computer that requires a constant feed of energy.
Except that China's own worst enemy is itself. It will be interesting to see how much longer their government can continue its reign before corruption pulls it under in revolution. I'm a firm believer that all social groups such as family, tribes, corporations, all the way to entire systems of governance falls to corruption. The end result is inevitable. It's only a matter of time. The real question to ask is which form of government can withstand the corruption, fall, and cleansing process?
Fair enough. But my question was based on a more broader focus group. For example, grabbing random people off the street and into a Microsoft mobile party van and start having them use and comment on the thing. Obviously it doesn't work that way. But my point is to get average random people involved in the experience and document. Having professional opinions on the matter is important. But it's also just as important to get an outside perspective too.
From the look and feel of it, "Metro" was driven by a bullet list of objectives, some artsy fartsy group, and pushed hard by marketing. Damn everything else in between that matters and all that.
Well, if they find some seashells that pretty much answers that question. Anything conical or based on the golden ratio would mean that life is highly likely to be ubiquitous on planets that are wet with water and have a proper climate. Again, that's a big fat IF.
I still have high hopes that something fossilized might be found (bacteria would still be fantastic). My gut feeling is that planet is too big to be completely sterile throughout its existence.
That assumption is most likely based on a false premise. Why would you think the motivation of his post is to "trick" anyone? Perhaps it's nothing more complicated than one person's opinion based entirely on a truthful observation.
Here is the million dollar question. Just in in the hell was the focus group in testing Metro UI?!! I really want to know how they conducted research as to the market viability of this design. Did Windows 8 just skip Microsoft's R&D division all together and get fast-tracked to just development and marketing? This is an epic failure; and a sad one at that. I never thought in a million years to say it, but I will.
Bill Gates, get your ass back to Microsoft! They need you.
And what exactly is he doing over ethernet that needs that much speed?
Nothing! Currently he's limited by a v3.0 @ 16 lane PCIe slot which maxes out at 128Gb/s (16GB/s).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
See? It's so confusing and all! Rawwwrrrrrrr!!! *slaps mouse on table in frustration*
Breadboard, a soldering iron, and a bag of transistors?
Because the USA is that low hanging fruit that does a horrible job at hiding skeletons in the closet. That's why Wikileaks targets it extensively. It's the other nations you're not getting much information from that should concern you. That, or perhaps information from Europe, Middle East, and Asia isn't much of interest to the reading audience of Wikileaks in the first place.
For all intents and purposes, the only person deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize these says would be if that same person declined it. It's just in name only where assholes are nominated the prize by other like-minded assholes of the world.
Sort of, but a bit of a stretch to phrase it that way. While yes, Mao kickstarted China toward modernization through forced solidarity, it sputtered along with tragic results until 1978. It was then that Deng Xiaoping kicked out the Maoist faction and began economic reform. The rate in growth was night and day from then on. When you chart the progress per year starting with 1992, you end up with "hockey stick" graph. Although momentum really starts moving from about 1980 onward.
Title says it all.
1. Been to China several time for over 7 years. My wife is full blooded Chinese born in Shanghai. And you sir are a troll. When we travel, we go together by train deep into the country side. Our "trip" is not a trip by American vacation standards.
2. Individual freedom is *not* the same as political freedom. The latter will always supersede the former. It's why the society is the way it is. To the Chinese, the current government in power is nothing more than another dynasty in a long running streak of them. So enjoy your shitty beer as you crack open an icy cold one walking down a public road. In the long run, it's not worth it. Don't delude yourself by thinking otherwise!