The wonderful cleverly named "Community Reinvestment Act" was passed by Congress in the early 70s and banks nationwide were virtually told they must lend to poor credit risks in undesirable areas or face losing their banking charters.
So if you were a banker back then, what would you do, sell out, find a way around the coming bad loans or look for a method (read Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) to offload the low quality loans.
Electronic posts can't take the place of physical contacts and personal emotions, yet this isn't discussed, but most people recognize the need for social contacts.
B.S. Every single thing our elected government leaders have done is the result of people and the groups of people who are called corporations paying taxes to the government to carry out collective tasks, hopefully as efficiently as possible.
The government is just an extension of people who want to have a level playing field including the roads and bridges and such created and maintained so society can continue their daily business.
It is not a trivial request to ask how to make things survive a 25 year isolated containment, even if you solder or weld the outer container shut and it stays sealed.
Batteries, capacitors, wood, paint, plastics, bugs in the wood, polymer coatings can all outgas. Some plastics naturally keep changing very slowly as their molecular cross linking changes and plasticizers move to the surface.
Those outgassing chemicals can wind up interacting, or corroding if you wish, the other item's materials and you don't get what you think you will in 25 years.
If you actually put a battery in their you can get other reactions occurring very slowly as the battery discharges. Don't forget that many electronics use a milliamp or so to keep some functions ON all the time, even though the devices is supposed to be turned off. Batteries are notorious for having their liquids eventually leaking out.
When you handle all the items, getting ready to load the time capsule, there are going to be all sorts of finger oils and millions of bacteria that are on each piece you put in the container, plus what is on the inside of the container and its seal materials. Some bacteria are anaerobic, so just because there is no Oxygen (if you load the capsule with Nitrogen), doesn't mean there won't be live bacteria in there.
Lastly, if your container is totally sealed and outgassing raised the internal pressure, then chemical reactions can occur more rapidly.
When citizens start learning that they can't expect the DNS system to just allow them to continue to be a part of a BOT because they don't care because they are thrown off the Internet, the sooner they will learn to take responsibility for their own equipment one way or another.
In the last 2.5 million years we have had about 2 dozen ice ages that virtually covered most of the landmass north of 50 degrees latitude throughout the world. Each time, the orbital variations of the earth changed and the climate warmed & the ice sheets melted away. Species of plants and animals came and went and mankind had nothing to do with it. Early hominids did live through these cycles, however, and who knows if the cycles resulted in furthering the emergence of modern man?
These changes were accomplished without the input of mankind and look like they will happen again, regardless of what man does.
The last time a multi-decade abrupt climate change occurred was the Maunder Minimum which we think was caused by a long term solar cycle where sun spots mostly ceased for a period of decades. Again, the Sun caused the problem and not mankind. As of yet solar scientists do not know how often that cycle repeats or why, though they are certainly trying to figure it out.
There will NEVER be an end to climate cycles on the Earth, just as they have existed in the past. The Sun and Earth's orbital changes will cause most changes and man can not stop these even if he tries. There also is the law of unintended consequences. Suppose you actually lower the temperature of the earth by 2 degrees by some man directed activity and you induce a little ice age. Who is liable for the people who die and countries who suffer the most?
No objection to MS making a tablet. That is within their prerogative.
Long Term Effect: MS may just present enough competition within the tablet market to cause other MS licensees to demand a lower price for the MS tablet OS. Hence, I can't guess whether MS will win or lose on this. If MS becomes totally vertically integrated, maybe it wins, but if not, maybe Linux variants win ultimately.
Only time will tell. May the best OS's flourish. That way we users gain big time.
You don't have to be much of a chess player to figure out options in play to see that DirectTV doesn't have all the pieces:...Hardware, data pipe, storage, backup, device integration outside of video/audio, content and that nebulous thing called Ease of Use.
Slashdot Mirror
It has been done before...or
Google starts its own selective market of high volume products.
More than one way to beat a competitor.
The wonderful cleverly named "Community Reinvestment Act" was passed by Congress in the early 70s and banks nationwide were virtually told they must lend to poor credit risks in undesirable areas or face losing their banking charters.
So if you were a banker back then, what would you do, sell out, find a way around the coming bad loans or look for a method (read Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) to offload the low quality loans.
Electronic posts can't take the place of physical contacts and personal emotions, yet this isn't discussed, but most people recognize the need for social contacts.
I need some cheese once in awhile on my veggie burrito.
And you are getting...?
Win Zebra. Because it looks like it was designed by a committee.
To catch outgoing calls.
B.S. Every single thing our elected government leaders have done is the result of people and the groups of people who are called corporations paying taxes to the government to carry out collective tasks, hopefully as efficiently as possible.
The government is just an extension of people who want to have a level playing field including the roads and bridges and such created and maintained so society can continue their daily business.
Happened to me when they ran out of people to do the work.
It is not a trivial request to ask how to make things survive a 25 year isolated containment, even if you solder or weld the outer container shut and it stays sealed.
Batteries, capacitors, wood, paint, plastics, bugs in the wood, polymer coatings can all outgas. Some plastics naturally keep changing very slowly as their molecular cross linking changes and plasticizers move to the surface.
Those outgassing chemicals can wind up interacting, or corroding if you wish, the other item's materials and you don't get what you think you will in 25 years.
If you actually put a battery in their you can get other reactions occurring very slowly as the battery discharges. Don't forget that many electronics use a milliamp or so to keep some functions ON all the time, even though the devices is supposed to be turned off. Batteries are notorious for having their liquids eventually leaking out.
When you handle all the items, getting ready to load the time capsule, there are going to be all sorts of finger oils and millions of bacteria that are on each piece you put in the container, plus what is on the inside of the container and its seal materials. Some bacteria are anaerobic, so just because there is no Oxygen (if you load the capsule with Nitrogen), doesn't mean there won't be live bacteria in there.
Lastly, if your container is totally sealed and outgassing raised the internal pressure, then chemical reactions can occur more rapidly.
When citizens start learning that they can't expect the DNS system to just allow them to continue to be a part of a BOT because they don't care because they are thrown off the Internet, the sooner they will learn to take responsibility for their own equipment one way or another.
RIM had it once.
Then Apple opened up truly mobile computing and RIM didn't respond.
End of story.
Well , I did look.
In the last 2.5 million years we have had about 2 dozen ice ages that virtually covered most of the landmass north of 50 degrees latitude throughout the world. Each time, the orbital variations of the earth changed and the climate warmed & the ice sheets melted away. Species of plants and animals came and went and mankind had nothing to do with it. Early hominids did live through these cycles, however, and who knows if the cycles resulted in furthering the emergence of modern man?
These changes were accomplished without the input of mankind and look like they will happen again, regardless of what man does.
The last time a multi-decade abrupt climate change occurred was the Maunder Minimum which we think was caused by a long term solar cycle where sun spots mostly ceased for a period of decades. Again, the Sun caused the problem and not mankind. As of yet solar scientists do not know how often that cycle repeats or why, though they are certainly trying to figure it out.
There will NEVER be an end to climate cycles on the Earth, just as they have existed in the past. The Sun and Earth's orbital changes will cause most changes and man can not stop these even if he tries. There also is the law of unintended consequences. Suppose you actually lower the temperature of the earth by 2 degrees by some man directed activity and you induce a little ice age. Who is liable for the people who die and countries who suffer the most?
No objection to MS making a tablet. That is within their prerogative.
Long Term Effect: MS may just present enough competition within the tablet market to cause other MS licensees to demand a lower price for the MS tablet OS. Hence, I can't guess whether MS will win or lose on this. If MS becomes totally vertically integrated, maybe it wins, but if not, maybe Linux variants win ultimately.
Only time will tell. May the best OS's flourish. That way we users gain big time.
Protecting yourself against malicious use of your computers will become mandatory...or else you can get framed.
If you know the territory, you have an excellent ability to judge what to do and who to do it and whether they are doing it right.
Those types of administrator skills are very valuable in keeping things "on track".
Get yourself a head hunter and confirm your value.
Sounds like the Canadians finally read the book.
as we all came from a single cell organism.
You don't have to be much of a chess player to figure out options in play to see that DirectTV doesn't have all the pieces: ...Hardware, data pipe, storage, backup, device integration outside of video/audio, content and that nebulous thing called Ease of Use.
Small LCDs in a variety of types and sizes with driver boards.
http://store.earthlcd.com/
Sci-Fi at its best...& quicker than actual mining.
Not good if YOU are the target in a product liability suit!
Byte my a--. if this won't create war. This steps on everyone's toes.
If you keep someone visually disoriented, they can't keep track of their facts and lies and the paths between them.
Ever try to think of details while viewing a fast moving screen in front of you or when on a moving ride at the county fair. It is very difficult.
Hence, I would provide a visually disorienting "questioning center".
Unless you don't think of it as something to learn from, which is all too common.
Innovators always try to understand why something did not work.