A limiting factor on that evolution at work is that many of those deaths are to post-reproducing members of society. Though the other bulk of those deaths are to late teens, early 20s, which might be evolution at work, reducing the reproducing members of society removing their genetics from the pool. Don't know that these results would apply to other countries however.
My laptop at college was an Etch-a-Sketch. Getting pornography on it took forever though. Not only that, accidental reformats would cause a total or near total loss of data.
Jam is a pretty clear term (active). Block is not (passive technique). If such paint prevented someone outside the building from communicating with someone on the other side, you'd might have a case. But remember, the actual building itself blocks wireless transmissions (just enter a large building far from cell phone towers sometimes-have to go outside to get reasonable reception). Are building materials now illegal? No. Now if that blocking extended some considerable distance from the building, much stronger case. If you use this paint in a private building, a good lawyer could probably get this tossed (assuming it functioned internally only). Public site like a theater, ask a lawyer.
No doubt though that there could easily be some confusion and the FCC could apply the rule any number of ways.
The launch log you reference only goes up to May 31 of last year. Don't forget Pluto New Horizons that just launched. NASA truly launches nothing. Contractors do all the launching, USA (United Space Alliance, a Boeing and Lockheed Martin combined effort) preparesthe Shuttle, and their joint efforts with NASA put the Shuttle into orbit. Also NASA places a lot of science satellites on Boeing and Lockheed rockets (Delta and Atlas) and occasionally Pegasus (Orbital Sciences) Likewise, the US military doesn't launch satellites, they contract it out. The military does launch test rockets, but those don't deliver payloads to orbit.
In general I agree with your viewpoint, but not with the blanket statement. For one, a person who uses the all NO isn't giving the issues any thought, and I can't stand when people refuse to think. But, unless there is a damn good reason, don't vote for any party candidate, vote the judges out and vote against referenda. (1) Your vote against party candidates is worth more than your vote for one. See information theory. Yourself, a spouse, a relative, whoever works. (2) Judges shouldn't be permanent positions, so take every opportunity to vote them out. (3) Last election there were a few referenda on my ballot worth voting in favor, especially one that cancelled a previously supported, poorly thought out referenda. Those are definitely worth voting YES.
The Shuttle is expensive to launch. When we lost the Titan IV in 1998, the rocket itself was valued at 400 million (by far the most expensive expendable rocket) and the satellite was estimated at around 800 million. Shuttle costs probably would exceed 1 billion per ignoring all the return to flight issues.
This is why whenever I hear space advocates and astronomers whining about trying to get the Hubble fixed using the shuttle, I want to grab them by the throat and throttle them. It would be much cheaper and would stop diverting valuable resources to focus their energies on getting the next generation Hubble replacement into space on an expendable rocket. With the savings they could get ITS replacement into space. An expendable launch on an Atlas V or Delta IV would run less than 200 million, possibly less than 100. Plus, now they would have a presumably better satellite in space. Also, the satellite would not have to be designed so that an astronaut could fix it.
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I love the Over the Hedge comic. The comic at least shows some originality. That doesn't mean that it can't be ruined by a movie producer trying to make a buck. So I agree that the golden age of CG movies is probably over. But then we're long past a golden age of regular movies too.
Poor white kid here who lived in poverty. Mother divorced father (an out of work alcoholic) when I was 8, oldest of 4. Mother went to college and finished, worked two and 3 jobs to keep us fed and clothed, which she did. I went to college at 16, because, being poor, I had a crappy education and college was the best way to improve it. That includes one school year on the Navajo reservation, which if it were a state of its own, would qualify as dead last in education. Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Master's degree in Space Operations. Being poor definitely hurt, but it's no impediment to getting an education--self teaching is ALWAYS an option. In fact, it is probably easier today with the internet than it was in my day.
So it is important to remember that CORRELATION DOES NOT INDICATE CAUSALITY. Blacks are less likely to end up programmers or engineers because they CHOOSE to enter those fields at a lower rate, not because of a correlation with economic class.
The key to excelling educationally is your abilities and your drive to do so, not your economic level or your race, just as it is with athletics endeavours. Also, just because someone has chosen to be a programmer or engineer does not mean they are able to think logically or are academically superior. It is unfortunate, but true.
Well if his intent was to crash the school's server, the easiest way is to post a story about the school's server on slashdot and watch it melt under the pressure. So effectively he's done it twice now.
Also, from http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protec tion/cell-phones-and-driver-distraction-202/overvi ew.htm
"It's conversation that drives this effect. When you're talking, you're impaired...There was no discernible difference between talking while holding a cell phone and using a hands-free phone." Note: the article implies a comparison to 'light' passenger conversation, that cell phone use is more distracting. The largest distractions in cell phone use is dialing.
End of the story? my ass. While it may be true in the majority of cases on a conversation by conversation basis, that does not make it true for every case. Also, unless you spend the entire drive on a cell phone, the duration of distraction is much greater for passengers (see first two links above). Being distracted and wrecking your car is not a new phenomena that began with cell phones.
Mass transit and/or better planning so that bicycles are also a viable solution. Closest affordable home I could get relative to work was 25 miles away. Mass transit was not available.
I've missed my exit doing both. A distraction is a distraction.
Agreed. My point is that cell phones are vilified whereas passengers are often ignored as a source of distraction
Because you aren't expected to look at the other person and they don't have to look at you
But in all other conversations, you are expected to look at the other person. It can be a hard habit to break. Not that everyone does it.
Duck tape. Not only can you secure their mouths, but those troublesome hands too.
I agree that for traversing unfamiliar roads that having a navigator is extremely helpful. But they can still be a distraction, particularly if they are not very good at the job (my wife is horrible at it--navigation that is, she can be quite good at the distracting)
The point here is that passengers can be both the distraction that a cell phone can be (conversation) plus the visual distraction. Not only that, it is easier to hang up or turn off a cell phone than it is to get passengers (particularly young ones) to stop being a distraction.
As always, the actual effects vary from person to person. You'll probably find folks who are less distracted by cell phones than by passengers, but in general my belief is that passengers are a greater distraction.
My own belief is that if you are a sound, safe driver, the cell phone is not a huge distraction. Then again, I don't believe that half of US drivers would qualify as sound or safe.
Then we should make all cars single passenger vehicles, because I for one am more distracted by passengers talking in the car than by a conversation on a cell phone. For one, the social interaction habits tend to make the driver want to look at the other speaker. A cell phone does not. Likewise, instead of a child seat, maybe a muzzle would provide them better protection. I do have two children, and those two are much greater distractions than any cell phone will ever be.
Sounds like \. already is a technical journal then, just with the addition of review the reviewers and humor, both good and bad, mostly bad, because all the good and bad you mention also occurs on \.
Hostile reviewers, check
No evidence or logic to back up their claims, often: check
Reviewers resorting to rhetoric, sarcasm, illogical arguments, inaccurate facts, and the nitpicking of typos: check, check and check.
Anonymous reviewers: check, though many are not
Good reviewers: Check, though they are often the minority.
So \. does appear to be very similar, and in some ways better
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Are you sure they're using 'standard' dice? Perhaps the odds ARE different from 1 in 36. 200 trials is not enough to prove a significant deviation, unless the reason there were no snake eyes is no 1s on either dice coming up. But then you wouldn't be 'due', you'd be safer than previously estimated from getting snake eyes.
US Space program (NASA) should be concerned with two things: Science missions (other planets, astronomy, Earth observation) which no one will or can make a buck on. How many and priority should be based on national desire (first is a function of budget, determined by Congress--second is function of NASA director, which is determined by President). The other is manned exploration. To be honest, this one is of limited value compared to the science missions. The new NASA direction may fix some of the negatives of the Shuttle, but the overlap period (fly out of shuttle and development of replacement) is critical and will probably be royally messed up.
You are absolutely correct. The solution may be to require the patent clerk to present justification for approval at the start of any patent lawsuit. This would then open up the patent office employees to all sorts of negative effects any time they approve a questionable patent. It doesn't necessary solve anything. The question really becomes one on the government: Is it better to have all these corporations spending money on lawyers and the subsequent loss of productivity, or develop a system where patents are smartly granted, courts are not overly encumbered, and those corporation dollars can go straight to congressman pockets.
The overlap may be the correct time to call a telecon, but you don't seem to live in the real world where whoever is in charge calls the meetings and you need to be there. It's one of the biggest problems of being a worldwide organization, or even just nationwide.
If the West Coast finds an urgent problem and needs to solve it before the end of their day, and the East Coast has to be involved, it usually doesn't matter that it will keep the East Coast workers late. West coast already knew exactly when the East Coast was working.
We have both regular and Zulu clocks around. We don't need to adopt a universal time, we already have one--UTC or Zulu. Those who need to use it do so. Those who don't, use local time. Problem solved. Besides, for those not aware, the current system keeps a common reference. If you call someone and they tell you "it's 2am!" then you know you picked a bad time to call. Under a single system, it's 5pm in both locationa--"it's 5pm!" just doesn't have the same impact across the world in that system.
Well that's key isn't it? To recognize when it doesn't interest the cats. Then you have to throw in the right catnip to get the job done. Management that throws in dogs is going to scatter the cats to the hills (send them looking for new employment)
Your parents really do understand user/group permissions. Remember, they are the ones who told you that you had to be 16 to drive (vary by state) 18/21 to drink (depends on state/time in history) while they used to drink and drive. They are also the ones who told you that while you lived in their house you lived by their rules. They also had to live with these rules (probably tougher) when they were kids. It was always for your protection. Therefore, they should easily understand that it is just for their protection. That is, of course, if they didn't leave home at the first opportunity to get away from all those rules. They may be the type to say "I make the decisions on safety now, I'll do what I want." Those people won't understand at all. But then they don't wear seatbelts and drive 100 mph, it's just the way they are.
Maybe those religions were part of the "Make love, not war" crowd. And since human history has been dominated by the war crowd, they likely were caught unawares on a temple floor with a young 'priestess' when the next 'religion' was formed.
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A limiting factor on that evolution at work is that many of those deaths are to post-reproducing members of society. Though the other bulk of those deaths are to late teens, early 20s, which might be evolution at work, reducing the reproducing members of society removing their genetics from the pool. Don't know that these results would apply to other countries however.
Is Hanlon's Axiom related to Hanson's Axiom?: Never attribute to musical talent that which can be adequately explained by stupidity (of the audience).
My laptop at college was an Etch-a-Sketch. Getting pornography on it took forever though. Not only that, accidental reformats would cause a total or near total loss of data.
Jam is a pretty clear term (active). Block is not (passive technique). If such paint prevented someone outside the building from communicating with someone on the other side, you'd might have a case. But remember, the actual building itself blocks wireless transmissions (just enter a large building far from cell phone towers sometimes-have to go outside to get reasonable reception). Are building materials now illegal? No. Now if that blocking extended some considerable distance from the building, much stronger case. If you use this paint in a private building, a good lawyer could probably get this tossed (assuming it functioned internally only). Public site like a theater, ask a lawyer.
No doubt though that there could easily be some confusion and the FCC could apply the rule any number of ways.
Also saves learning how to sort through everything by yourself. Now if only those that do it to avoid learning would follow lemmings.
The launch log you reference only goes up to May 31 of last year. Don't forget Pluto New Horizons that just launched. NASA truly launches nothing. Contractors do all the launching, USA (United Space Alliance, a Boeing and Lockheed Martin combined effort) preparesthe Shuttle, and their joint efforts with NASA put the Shuttle into orbit. Also NASA places a lot of science satellites on Boeing and Lockheed rockets (Delta and Atlas) and occasionally Pegasus (Orbital Sciences) Likewise, the US military doesn't launch satellites, they contract it out. The military does launch test rockets, but those don't deliver payloads to orbit.
In general I agree with your viewpoint, but not with the blanket statement. For one, a person who uses the all NO isn't giving the issues any thought, and I can't stand when people refuse to think. But, unless there is a damn good reason, don't vote for any party candidate, vote the judges out and vote against referenda. (1) Your vote against party candidates is worth more than your vote for one. See information theory. Yourself, a spouse, a relative, whoever works. (2) Judges shouldn't be permanent positions, so take every opportunity to vote them out. (3) Last election there were a few referenda on my ballot worth voting in favor, especially one that cancelled a previously supported, poorly thought out referenda. Those are definitely worth voting YES.
The Shuttle is expensive to launch. When we lost the Titan IV in 1998, the rocket itself was valued at 400 million (by far the most expensive expendable rocket) and the satellite was estimated at around 800 million. Shuttle costs probably would exceed 1 billion per ignoring all the return to flight issues.
This is why whenever I hear space advocates and astronomers whining about trying to get the Hubble fixed using the shuttle, I want to grab them by the throat and throttle them. It would be much cheaper and would stop diverting valuable resources to focus their energies on getting the next generation Hubble replacement into space on an expendable rocket. With the savings they could get ITS replacement into space. An expendable launch on an Atlas V or Delta IV would run less than 200 million, possibly less than 100. Plus, now they would have a presumably better satellite in space. Also, the satellite would not have to be designed so that an astronaut could fix it.
I love the Over the Hedge comic. The comic at least shows some originality. That doesn't mean that it can't be ruined by a movie producer trying to make a buck. So I agree that the golden age of CG movies is probably over. But then we're long past a golden age of regular movies too.
Poor white kid here who lived in poverty. Mother divorced father (an out of work alcoholic) when I was 8, oldest of 4. Mother went to college and finished, worked two and 3 jobs to keep us fed and clothed, which she did. I went to college at 16, because, being poor, I had a crappy education and college was the best way to improve it. That includes one school year on the Navajo reservation, which if it were a state of its own, would qualify as dead last in education. Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Master's degree in Space Operations. Being poor definitely hurt, but it's no impediment to getting an education--self teaching is ALWAYS an option. In fact, it is probably easier today with the internet than it was in my day.
So it is important to remember that CORRELATION DOES NOT INDICATE CAUSALITY. Blacks are less likely to end up programmers or engineers because they CHOOSE to enter those fields at a lower rate, not because of a correlation with economic class.
The key to excelling educationally is your abilities and your drive to do so, not your economic level or your race, just as it is with athletics endeavours. Also, just because someone has chosen to be a programmer or engineer does not mean they are able to think logically or are academically superior. It is unfortunate, but true.
Well if his intent was to crash the school's server, the easiest way is to post a story about the school's server on slashdot and watch it melt under the pressure. So effectively he's done it twice now.
It's no wonder you wrote your comment anonymously. http://www.aaafoundation.org/multimedia/index.cfm? button=disdrv and http://www.aaafoundation.org/multimedia/index.cfm? button=distractII
Also, from http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protec tion/cell-phones-and-driver-distraction-202/overvi ew.htm
"It's conversation that drives this effect. When you're talking, you're impaired. ..There was no discernible difference between talking while holding a cell phone and using a hands-free phone." Note: the article implies a comparison to 'light' passenger conversation, that cell phone use is more distracting. The largest distractions in cell phone use is dialing.
End of the story? my ass. While it may be true in the majority of cases on a conversation by conversation basis, that does not make it true for every case. Also, unless you spend the entire drive on a cell phone, the duration of distraction is much greater for passengers (see first two links above). Being distracted and wrecking your car is not a new phenomena that began with cell phones.
Mass transit and/or better planning so that bicycles are also a viable solution. Closest affordable home I could get relative to work was 25 miles away. Mass transit was not available.
Agreed. My point is that cell phones are vilified whereas passengers are often ignored as a source of distraction
But in all other conversations, you are expected to look at the other person. It can be a hard habit to break. Not that everyone does it.
It has definitely been considered in the past.
I agree that for traversing unfamiliar roads that having a navigator is extremely helpful. But they can still be a distraction, particularly if they are not very good at the job (my wife is horrible at it--navigation that is, she can be quite good at the distracting)
The point here is that passengers can be both the distraction that a cell phone can be (conversation) plus the visual distraction. Not only that, it is easier to hang up or turn off a cell phone than it is to get passengers (particularly young ones) to stop being a distraction.
As always, the actual effects vary from person to person. You'll probably find folks who are less distracted by cell phones than by passengers, but in general my belief is that passengers are a greater distraction.
One example: Illinois has taken measures in addition to cell phone bans to limit passengers for novice teen age drivers. http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/cellban.html
My own belief is that if you are a sound, safe driver, the cell phone is not a huge distraction. Then again, I don't believe that half of US drivers would qualify as sound or safe.
Then we should make all cars single passenger vehicles, because I for one am more distracted by passengers talking in the car than by a conversation on a cell phone. For one, the social interaction habits tend to make the driver want to look at the other speaker. A cell phone does not. Likewise, instead of a child seat, maybe a muzzle would provide them better protection. I do have two children, and those two are much greater distractions than any cell phone will ever be.
Sounds like \. already is a technical journal then, just with the addition of review the reviewers and humor, both good and bad, mostly bad, because all the good and bad you mention also occurs on \.
Hostile reviewers, check
No evidence or logic to back up their claims, often: check
Reviewers resorting to rhetoric, sarcasm, illogical arguments, inaccurate facts, and the nitpicking of typos: check, check and check.
Anonymous reviewers: check, though many are not
Good reviewers: Check, though they are often the minority.
So \. does appear to be very similar, and in some ways better
Are you sure they're using 'standard' dice? Perhaps the odds ARE different from 1 in 36. 200 trials is not enough to prove a significant deviation, unless the reason there were no snake eyes is no 1s on either dice coming up. But then you wouldn't be 'due', you'd be safer than previously estimated from getting snake eyes.
US Space program (NASA) should be concerned with two things: Science missions (other planets, astronomy, Earth observation) which no one will or can make a buck on. How many and priority should be based on national desire (first is a function of budget, determined by Congress--second is function of NASA director, which is determined by President). The other is manned exploration. To be honest, this one is of limited value compared to the science missions. The new NASA direction may fix some of the negatives of the Shuttle, but the overlap period (fly out of shuttle and development of replacement) is critical and will probably be royally messed up.
You are absolutely correct. The solution may be to require the patent clerk to present justification for approval at the start of any patent lawsuit. This would then open up the patent office employees to all sorts of negative effects any time they approve a questionable patent. It doesn't necessary solve anything. The question really becomes one on the government: Is it better to have all these corporations spending money on lawyers and the subsequent loss of productivity, or develop a system where patents are smartly granted, courts are not overly encumbered, and those corporation dollars can go straight to congressman pockets.
The overlap may be the correct time to call a telecon, but you don't seem to live in the real world where whoever is in charge calls the meetings and you need to be there. It's one of the biggest problems of being a worldwide organization, or even just nationwide.
If the West Coast finds an urgent problem and needs to solve it before the end of their day, and the East Coast has to be involved, it usually doesn't matter that it will keep the East Coast workers late. West coast already knew exactly when the East Coast was working.
We have both regular and Zulu clocks around. We don't need to adopt a universal time, we already have one--UTC or Zulu. Those who need to use it do so. Those who don't, use local time. Problem solved. Besides, for those not aware, the current system keeps a common reference. If you call someone and they tell you "it's 2am!" then you know you picked a bad time to call. Under a single system, it's 5pm in both locationa--"it's 5pm!" just doesn't have the same impact across the world in that system.
Well that's key isn't it? To recognize when it doesn't interest the cats. Then you have to throw in the right catnip to get the job done. Management that throws in dogs is going to scatter the cats to the hills (send them looking for new employment)
Your parents really do understand user/group permissions. Remember, they are the ones who told you that you had to be 16 to drive (vary by state) 18/21 to drink (depends on state/time in history) while they used to drink and drive. They are also the ones who told you that while you lived in their house you lived by their rules. They also had to live with these rules (probably tougher) when they were kids. It was always for your protection. Therefore, they should easily understand that it is just for their protection. That is, of course, if they didn't leave home at the first opportunity to get away from all those rules. They may be the type to say "I make the decisions on safety now, I'll do what I want." Those people won't understand at all. But then they don't wear seatbelts and drive 100 mph, it's just the way they are.
Well green is always associated with Irish, so they are color-coded. You just don't see it in their skin.
Maybe those religions were part of the "Make love, not war" crowd. And since human history has been dominated by the war crowd, they likely were caught unawares on a temple floor with a young 'priestess' when the next 'religion' was formed.