Its because that RFID can be read remotely. So it opens up possibility that immigration guys could just wave the open passport over a reader instead of having to mess around with plug.
Plus, using a smart card reader will drastically reduce the lifespan of the reader itself (plug it in, pull it out, mulitply by about a hundred thousand times a day, 356 days a year, it wears out pretty fast).
Reality check. Nowaday patent held by individuals is rarely upheld in court (unless you have a ridiculously solid patent, which rarely happens). Large corporations just need to crush you by prolonging the lawsuit and wait for your funding to dry out. Plus lawyers, especially patent lawyers, will know how to stall the lawsuit by raising some dubious points regarding your patent that many judges will gobble right up.
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But if you are 1. Willing to crack open the keyboard to install a mic. 2. Install not one, but two high end mic.
Won't it be much more easier just stick a bucket-brigade style monitor in the keyboard that actually read the data from keyboard to computer.
um... I think he's referring to Chernobyl? But that's just stupid design.
Reason from dumb design.
Reactors generates heat, which heats the water, which cools the reactor and turns into steam, which drives the turbine, whilc powers the pump, which pump the water through the reactor, which generates heat...
If one link fails... BOOM!
Modern design is much safer. If meltdown is imminent, drop the entire reactor into a huge pool of heavy water, which stops any fission very well.
When garbages are burn in steam-turbine power plant, its burned at such a high temperature such that a majority of harmful chemicals are decomposed into less harmful one.
Simply setting a dump on fire will create various toxic chemical because there wasn't enough heat to decompose the properly.
Or a series a solar collection satellites orbiting in a polar orbit (perpendicular to the equator) that beams their power down in form of microwave.
Hydrogen powered fuel cell car. HYdrogen can be refined from methane, which can be obtained from decomposing biomass. There are places around the world where human excretion are store in tank, which generates methane, which is used to cook/heat houses.
Um... we'll have to be oil free in the next 200 years.
Forgot the source, but a year ago an estimate would make that in the BEST case scenerio (except for a complete halt in oil production), our current petroleum supply won't last for another fifty years (or was it seventy... forgot).
Nuclear reactor is clean while in operation. But the main problem is what to do with the waste (which will take 100+ years to degrade to safe level) and the clean-up required when the plant got decommissioned (100+ years to degrade radiation). That still doesn't include a chance of a catastrophe (Chernobyl, forgot the spelling).
But for all intent and purposes, as of now nuclear power plants are, as you say, cheap and green.
Hm... if it produce methane, lt's harness it and burn it like fossil fuels. Sure it still create greenhouse gasses, but we got some use out of them at least.
Its "He who must not be named". Please do not traumatize the kids.
Although I seriously doubt those in the magic community will resort to such primative and ineffective form of communication we muggles called the "internet".
Um... its a link to an article detailing a gamer's experience against a fucktard. I think the phrase pretty much sums up the attitude of said fucktard.
I don't think that could be a problem. Just like modding half-life (example, counter strike), modding the software portion does not destroy the brand. Heck, a lot of people buys half-life just to play counter-strike. Apple should be happy that now people will buy their product more and mod it.
Plus, since the mod is software based, there shouldn't be any warranty issue.
Okay, now I've read the article from http://www.buildingequality.us/ifas/fw/9109/theocr acy.html I'm a bit terrified...
Colonel V. Doner is basically advocating to have a Christian equivalent of the Al Quaeda. And to turn US into the Christian equivalent of the Middle Easter nations. They're hoping to accomplish to what Adolf Hitler has done in Germany, exploiting Democracy and turn it into a dictatorship.
Sadly, I was kind of expecting things like this to happen. Religion has and will always be used and abused by people who believe, wrongly, that they have "god-given" power to dictate what others can or cannot do.
I'm human, I can be judgmental sometimes and I admit to that. But sometimes I fear what will happen to our society if this trend continue. They say it is the way to a Christian utopia. What I see is a future of corruption, oppression, and discrimination.
I'm Christian, but I'm against having a Theocracy.
Trying to form a Theocracy in the name of God is a blasphemy against him. If God wants a Theocracy, he won't have given us the freedom to choose. Any attempt to for a theocracy is an attempt to judge at others, an act frowned upon in bible. A true Christian Fundamentalist won't attempt to subvert democracy, won't attempt to forcefully convert others, won't judge others for their actions, and won't retaliate when being attacked.
Yes, I would like everyone to believe in Jesus. But in the end, it's your choice and your decision, and it is in my belief and obligation to respect your choice/decision.
Technically you could argue that PTC wishes to shout down (with their massive amount of complaints) contrary viewpoints (the TV shows), and wishes to forcefully remove them. Yes, in an utopial , democracy is where debate is tolerated. But in reality, said debates merely degenerate into "HEY! SHUT UP!".
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Its because that RFID can be read remotely. So it opens up possibility that immigration guys could just wave the open passport over a reader instead of having to mess around with plug.
Plus, using a smart card reader will drastically reduce the lifespan of the reader itself (plug it in, pull it out, mulitply by about a hundred thousand times a day, 356 days a year, it wears out pretty fast).
I remember that Futurama show.
The first thought I have when I heard that it "Someone really need to beat the crap out of him."
Well, being pounded by a massive steel fist count.
Reality check. Nowaday patent held by individuals is rarely upheld in court (unless you have a ridiculously solid patent, which rarely happens). Large corporations just need to crush you by prolonging the lawsuit and wait for your funding to dry out. Plus lawyers, especially patent lawyers, will know how to stall the lawsuit by raising some dubious points regarding your patent that many judges will gobble right up.
But if you are
1. Willing to crack open the keyboard to install a mic.
2. Install not one, but two high end mic.
Won't it be much more easier just stick a bucket-brigade style monitor in the keyboard that actually read the data from keyboard to computer.
Land mines aren't communism. They are anarchist. They'll happily blow up anything that they can get their trigger on.
Won't it be much easier just to produce methane from human excretion? Those generate a lot of methane.
Hm...
"Powered by fart"
I think they might be doing that...
Hm... need to look up on how much power does nuclear waste generate.
200W of power from 10W... DANG! They can solve the world's energy crisis!
um... I think he's referring to Chernobyl? But that's just stupid design.
Reason from dumb design.
Reactors generates heat, which heats the water, which cools the reactor and turns into steam, which drives the turbine, whilc powers the pump, which pump the water through the reactor, which generates heat...
If one link fails... BOOM!
Modern design is much safer. If meltdown is imminent, drop the entire reactor into a huge pool of heavy water, which stops any fission very well.
there are currently methods of making plastic that have identical property with petroleum based plastic from organic materials.
Not sure where the source is, need to look it up.
When garbages are burn in steam-turbine power plant, its burned at such a high temperature such that a majority of harmful chemicals are decomposed into less harmful one.
Simply setting a dump on fire will create various toxic chemical because there wasn't enough heat to decompose the properly.
Hm... a place where politician and lawyers unite... lots of hot air alright.
Or a series a solar collection satellites orbiting in a polar orbit (perpendicular to the equator) that beams their power down in form of microwave.
Hydrogen powered fuel cell car. HYdrogen can be refined from methane, which can be obtained from decomposing biomass. There are places around the world where human excretion are store in tank, which generates methane, which is used to cook/heat houses.
Um... we'll have to be oil free in the next 200 years.
Forgot the source, but a year ago an estimate would make that in the BEST case scenerio (except for a complete halt in oil production), our current petroleum supply won't last for another fifty years (or was it seventy... forgot).
Nuclear reactor is clean while in operation. But the main problem is what to do with the waste (which will take 100+ years to degrade to safe level) and the clean-up required when the plant got decommissioned (100+ years to degrade radiation). That still doesn't include a chance of a catastrophe (Chernobyl, forgot the spelling).
But for all intent and purposes, as of now nuclear power plants are, as you say, cheap and green.
Hm... if it produce methane, lt's harness it and burn it like fossil fuels. Sure it still create greenhouse gasses, but we got some use out of them at least.
Its "He who must not be named". Please do not traumatize the kids.
Although I seriously doubt those in the magic community will resort to such primative and ineffective form of communication we muggles called the "internet".
Um... its a link to an article detailing a gamer's experience against a fucktard. I think the phrase pretty much sums up the attitude of said fucktard.
Um... the gamespy thingy is rated as an Adware, not a malware.
There's a large difference.
Adware's only purpose is to deliver ad. It might be classified as Spyware if it tries to record your online surfing habit and deliver targetted ads.
Malware, on the other hand, have malicious attempt to compromise your machine, steal your password and various other.
I don't think that could be a problem. Just like modding half-life (example, counter strike), modding the software portion does not destroy the brand. Heck, a lot of people buys half-life just to play counter-strike. Apple should be happy that now people will buy their product more and mod it.
Plus, since the mod is software based, there shouldn't be any warranty issue.
Thanks man_ls for your kind comment.
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Okay, now I've read the article from http://www.buildingequality.us/ifas/fw/9109/theoc
I'm a bit terrified...
Colonel V. Doner is basically advocating to have a Christian equivalent of the Al Quaeda. And to turn US into the Christian equivalent of the Middle Easter nations. They're hoping to accomplish to what Adolf Hitler has done in Germany, exploiting Democracy and turn it into a dictatorship.
Sadly, I was kind of expecting things like this to happen. Religion has and will always be used and abused by people who believe, wrongly, that they have "god-given" power to dictate what others can or cannot do.
I'm human, I can be judgmental sometimes and I admit to that. But sometimes I fear what will happen to our society if this trend continue. They say it is the way to a Christian utopia. What I see is a future of corruption, oppression, and discrimination.
Here's the cold hard truth I learn from my US Government professor.
"Democracy isn't ruled by the majority, it's ruled by minorities with the biggest mouth."
Bigger wallet = bigger mouth.
Here's my 2 cents.
I'm Christian, but I'm against having a Theocracy.
Trying to form a Theocracy in the name of God is a blasphemy against him. If God wants a Theocracy, he won't have given us the freedom to choose. Any attempt to for a theocracy is an attempt to judge at others, an act frowned upon in bible. A true Christian Fundamentalist won't attempt to subvert democracy, won't attempt to forcefully convert others, won't judge others for their actions, and won't retaliate when being attacked.
Yes, I would like everyone to believe in Jesus. But in the end, it's your choice and your decision, and it is in my belief and obligation to respect your choice/decision.
Technically you could argue that PTC wishes to shout down (with their massive amount of complaints) contrary viewpoints (the TV shows), and wishes to forcefully remove them. Yes, in an utopial , democracy is where debate is tolerated. But in reality, said debates merely degenerate into "HEY! SHUT UP!".
I'm in a somewhat pessimistic mood.
I thought its quite funny :-)
Could make any industrialized nations drool...
Of course, US would have to develope a sort of space combat fleet to "protect" said asset.