While that is true, this whole discussion has been muddied by the use of the imprecise term "intellectual property" in the blurb. I think this is more about patents than copyright, which makes the GPL issues here moot.
If this does make it onto the battlefield, I expect the soldiers will wear goggles (yes, they do something) to efficiently block the wavelength used by this laser. There better not be any civilians around, though.
The ice sheet in Antarctica is growing larger. It's well documented. Yet the main stream media and science in general has kept this hush-hush. I suspect that it's because evidence in Antarctica contradicts much of what is happening in the arctic regions. There are other parts of the world that are faced with increased cold.
The edges of the antarctic ice cap are thinning, and the center is getting thicker. I'm not sure if the net effect is more or less ice, but this overall trend is what is expected by the climate models, so it is a confirmation, not a contradiction.
I still find it amazing that global cooling was the predominant theory until 1989. How could we change from global cooling to global warming in 15 years?
It still is the predominant theory, in the sense that the current inter-glacial period is not expected to last much more than another 20,000 years. While the estimate of the duration of the current warm period was smaller in the 1980s, it was primarily the press, and not the scientists, who were talking about imminent cooling.
History will show that short bursts of solar activity are more likely to cause periodic global warming than any "green house gas" effect that Al Gore and his politico-scientists.
Increased solar activity is not ignored by the IPCC, but not only does it appear to be too small to cause the observed warming, but to the extent it does exist it is a reason to further reduce our output of greenhouse gases.
Another issue that is rarely discussed and COMPLETELY misunderstood is the magnetic polar shift....
As far as pole wanderings are concerned, you are right: There is much misunderstanding, most obviously by you. The idea that this is an important issue with regards to climate change is downright silly. The magnetic strength of the Earth hasn't yet been affected much, and we don't know that it will be. Past pole reversals don't seem to have had a large effect on the climate anyhow.
Nuclear power is quite affordable; France has been getting most of its electricity this way for quite some time now. In the USA, if you ignore environmental consequences, coal is a little cheaper. Ignoring coal's external costs is a very bad idea, though.
Not just any fusion, He-3 fusion is much more difficult to achieve that D-T fusion. In addition, it will probably be easier to manufacture He-3 on Earth. Tritium decays to He-3, and tritium availability isn't considered a major stumbling block to D-T fusion.
The only reason to even consider mining He-3 on the moon is an irrational fear of having any fission plants at all on Earth, and I have to think that by the time we actually need He-3 that won't be such a problem.
That is a very bad color blindness test image. After converting it to grey scale, the 'S' is still clearly visible. The first 'E' is only a little harder to make out, and the final 'E' can be seen if you know to look for it.
AFAIK, the GPLv3 is backwards compatible with GPLv2, so you can move part of the files to GPLv3 and leave the rest under GPLv2.
GPLv3 will almost certainly not be compatible with v2 since its whole purpose is to add new restrictions, which is not allowed by v2. Of course, any v2 software licensed with the "or later" clause is effectively already licensed under v3, so in that case there will be no problem.
Most programs run at about the same speed, but some programs gain a lot from running in 64 bit mode.
One example is that bit-board chess engines, including the current top engine Rybka, are much faster. Non bit-board engines gain little or are slower (The extra registers! They do nothing! Or at least not enough to do more than make up for the code bloat).
Large number arithmetic (e.g. encryption) gains even more because one 64 bit multiply does more that twice the work of a 32 bit multiply.
As it happens I just went to see this at the local last gasp movie theater yesterday. I came away wishing I had checked the reviews first so I could have avoided that stinker, but when I later checked IMDB the overall rating was pretty good.
I was glad to read your comment since I was beginning to wonder if I was just in a bad mood or something.
First off, saying some other countries are worse that the USA in defending certain rights (or privileges, depending on where you are), is a pretty poor argument that our government it living up to its obligations.
...says something about the 1st, 2nd or 14th amendments to our constitution...
It doesn't help that the federal government regularly violates the clear language of these amendments, as well as other parts of the constitution. In most cases, this has the effect of expanding federal powers beyond what the constitution is supposed to allow, and I don't think that is surprising considering the Supreme Court, which is the authority that decides what is allowable, is nominated and confirmed by branches of the same federal government that it is supposed to restrict.
I think it may have been a fundamental error by the framers not to have the supreme court justices determined directly by the states, even though the logistics of doing that, particularly back then, would have been difficult.
You think without the penny all those $3.99 items will become $4.00? I think $3.95 is more likely. Of course, unit prices on items not sold commonly in bulk should not be allowed to be priced in unavailable currency.
Now is the time to define...What a 'well regulated' militia is.
I don't see what that has to do with anything: The second amendment doesn't state that it only applies to militias but simply mentions them as a reason why the amendment is necessary. When it was passed, however, the Bill of Rights only restricted the Federal government. There was nothing stopping the state or local governments from restricting any of the rights enumerated there, and in the case of the second amendment that was probably pretty common.
The problem is that the fourteenth amendment extended all those rights to individuals, which for the right to bear arms was IMHO a terrible idea (I don't want my neighbor to have a cannon, much less WMDs). I wish we'd bite the bullet and amend the constitution to revert the second amendment to only restricting the Feds from curtailing our rights, and making sure the commerce clause can't be applied to get around it.
Right now, a for a long time, we've been in a situation where we ignore the plain language of the constitution because few people like what it says. This undermines the strength of all our protections.
yes. you hook it all up, then go watch the electric meter run in reverse. you then end up with a negitive power bill.
It depends on the meter you have. If my electric company finds out you're running your meter backwards they will replace it with one that doesn't, but they will be willing to measure the energy you are putting into the grid and pay you the wholesale value of your electricity.
I'm in California and I had 43 ballot issues, including state, federal and local. I'm not saying that is too many for paper though; the punch cards we used to use never caused me any problems.
The counter suit isn't just expected, it is part of the ongoing litigation. SCO would probably have to offer IBM a settlement and a full admission of guilt to get out now. Continuing to fight isn't costing SCO all that much either since their lawyer fees are capped, so all they pay out of pocket are expenses.
I would have thought so myself, but since I don't know everything I checked. He appears to be right, according to this Jet-A does contain lead to raise its flash point: http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/index.php/Jet_fu el
I'm not quite as negative as that for all ethanol production - at current consumption levels, and with the current cheap manual labor so they don't need to fuel tractors for harvesting, Brazil seems to be able to produce enough ethanol for itself without too much damage. As their consumption rises, and in particular if their export business takes off, it could lead to massive destruction of rain forest. This lack of scalability is why I feel it is a distraction.
...So a bunch of nations finally get together and decide to do something that could, someday, potentially give us an alternative to carbon-emitting energy sources, and they pan it as distracting? What gives. Talk about not being happy with anything.
I understand this to a certain degree since I feel the same way about ethanol. If fusion never leads to commercial power production then it will have been a distraction. I don't expect that to be the outcome but it's too soon to be sure.
I find Bujold ok, but a little boring. Probably too much characterization, of which Heinlein had plenty for me. If fact I'd love to find some more science fiction authors like Doc Smith and Keith Laumer: No time wasted in character development by them at all.
While I don't disagree with your main point that the dangers of nuclear waste are greatly overstated:
What about burial in subduction zones? What about launching it into space?
Launching into space (the most rational destination is Luna) is both incredibly expensive and unnecessarily risky. I don't understand why people keep mentioning this as an option.
Nuclear waste is extremely dangerous for only a few centuries. This is even more true if the (not all that dangerous) plutonium is removed by reprocessing before storage. Subduction is too slow to do much while the waste is still highly radioactive.
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While that is true, this whole discussion has been muddied by the use of the imprecise term "intellectual property" in the blurb. I think this is more about patents than copyright, which makes the GPL issues here moot.
If this does make it onto the battlefield, I expect the soldiers will wear goggles (yes, they do something) to efficiently block the wavelength used by this laser. There better not be any civilians around, though.
Three thousand articles qualifies for the second definition quite nicely, I think.
Nuclear power is quite affordable; France has been getting most of its electricity this way for quite some time now. In the USA, if you ignore environmental consequences, coal is a little cheaper. Ignoring coal's external costs is a very bad idea, though.
Greece sounds pretty nice though.
Not just any fusion, He-3 fusion is much more difficult to achieve that D-T fusion. In addition, it will probably be easier to manufacture He-3 on Earth. Tritium decays to He-3, and tritium availability isn't considered a major stumbling block to D-T fusion.
The only reason to even consider mining He-3 on the moon is an irrational fear of having any fission plants at all on Earth, and I have to think that by the time we actually need He-3 that won't be such a problem.
Once the licensees started to become successful, Apple cut the rug out from under them.
That is a very bad color blindness test image. After converting it to grey scale, the 'S' is still clearly visible. The first 'E' is only a little harder to make out, and the final 'E' can be seen if you know to look for it.
GPLv3 will almost certainly not be compatible with v2 since its whole purpose is to add new restrictions, which is not allowed by v2. Of course, any v2 software licensed with the "or later" clause is effectively already licensed under v3, so in that case there will be no problem.
Unfortunately, according to the first link in the summary, websites can turn it back on without your permission.
And a veto by Dubya.
Most programs run at about the same speed, but some programs gain a lot from running in 64 bit mode.
One example is that bit-board chess engines, including the current top engine Rybka, are much faster. Non bit-board engines gain little or are slower (The extra registers! They do nothing! Or at least not enough to do more than make up for the code bloat).
Large number arithmetic (e.g. encryption) gains even more because one 64 bit multiply does more that twice the work of a 32 bit multiply.
As it happens I just went to see this at the local last gasp movie theater yesterday. I came away wishing I had checked the reviews first so I could have avoided that stinker, but when I later checked IMDB the overall rating was pretty good.
I was glad to read your comment since I was beginning to wonder if I was just in a bad mood or something.
It doesn't help that the federal government regularly violates the clear language of these amendments, as well as other parts of the constitution. In most cases, this has the effect of expanding federal powers beyond what the constitution is supposed to allow, and I don't think that is surprising considering the Supreme Court, which is the authority that decides what is allowable, is nominated and confirmed by branches of the same federal government that it is supposed to restrict.
I think it may have been a fundamental error by the framers not to have the supreme court justices determined directly by the states, even though the logistics of doing that, particularly back then, would have been difficult.
You think without the penny all those $3.99 items will become $4.00? I think $3.95 is more likely. Of course, unit prices on items not sold commonly in bulk should not be allowed to be priced in unavailable currency.
I don't see what that has to do with anything: The second amendment doesn't state that it only applies to militias but simply mentions them as a reason why the amendment is necessary. When it was passed, however, the Bill of Rights only restricted the Federal government. There was nothing stopping the state or local governments from restricting any of the rights enumerated there, and in the case of the second amendment that was probably pretty common.
The problem is that the fourteenth amendment extended all those rights to individuals, which for the right to bear arms was IMHO a terrible idea (I don't want my neighbor to have a cannon, much less WMDs). I wish we'd bite the bullet and amend the constitution to revert the second amendment to only restricting the Feds from curtailing our rights, and making sure the commerce clause can't be applied to get around it.
Right now, a for a long time, we've been in a situation where we ignore the plain language of the constitution because few people like what it says. This undermines the strength of all our protections.
It depends on the meter you have. If my electric company finds out you're running your meter backwards they will replace it with one that doesn't, but they will be willing to measure the energy you are putting into the grid and pay you the wholesale value of your electricity.
I'm in California and I had 43 ballot issues, including state, federal and local. I'm not saying that is too many for paper though; the punch cards we used to use never caused me any problems.
The counter suit isn't just expected, it is part of the ongoing litigation. SCO would probably have to offer IBM a settlement and a full admission of guilt to get out now. Continuing to fight isn't costing SCO all that much either since their lawyer fees are capped, so all they pay out of pocket are expenses.
I would have thought so myself, but since I don't know everything I checked. He appears to be right, according to this Jet-A does contain lead to raise its flash point:
http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/index.php/Jet_f
I'm not quite as negative as that for all ethanol production - at current consumption levels, and with the current cheap manual labor so they don't need to fuel tractors for harvesting, Brazil seems to be able to produce enough ethanol for itself without too much damage. As their consumption rises, and in particular if their export business takes off, it could lead to massive destruction of rain forest. This lack of scalability is why I feel it is a distraction.
Corn base ethanol production in the USA is much worse. Here's an article: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13646
I understand this to a certain degree since I feel the same way about ethanol. If fusion never leads to commercial power production then it will have been a distraction. I don't expect that to be the outcome but it's too soon to be sure.
I find Bujold ok, but a little boring. Probably too much characterization, of which Heinlein had plenty for me. If fact I'd love to find some more science fiction authors like Doc Smith and Keith Laumer: No time wasted in character development by them at all.
Launching into space (the most rational destination is Luna) is both incredibly expensive and unnecessarily risky. I don't understand why people keep mentioning this as an option.
Nuclear waste is extremely dangerous for only a few centuries. This is even more true if the (not all that dangerous) plutonium is removed by reprocessing before storage. Subduction is too slow to do much while the waste is still highly radioactive.