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Global warming is just a bunch of fodder for the voting public. It is a political tool created to distract voters from their real problems.
But the average voter is not completely stupid, there obviously needs to be enough information to confirm that the threat is possibly maybe tangible. You can not claim that 'the sky is falling' without some kind of proof.
In the case of 'Global Warming' you just need to have them reminisce back to their youth. When the winters had more snow and the summers we not as hot as they are now. The last few hundred years of data is indisputable, it is warmer now than it has been in the last 300 years or so. And since you can not go back much further without some scientific assumptions, the politicians will use it to their advantage.
The real 'inconvenient truth' is that this planet sized greenhouse we call Earth is unpredictable. And I will only believe claims of 'Global Warming' after science no longer has to 'predict' the earthquakes, lightning, rain, tornado's, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and all the other things this big blue-green marble has been doing before humans (were created : evolved : landed) on this planet.
Maybe Apple shouldn't support their software on vista.
Then when it comes time for over 42 million iPod owners buy a new PC, maybe they will all buy macs.
Your case seems too severe for this solution, and I DO NOT recommend you use it. Seek professional services and equipment.
You could create a dead-man's switch using a computer with a voice modem and a GPS enabled cell phone. First, determine the longest amount of time the child could survive on her own. For my example I will use 18 hours.
On the computer, you set a 12 hour countdown. At any time, you can reset the countdown. If you are going to jump in the shower, just reset it. Whenever the countdown reaches zero, the computer would produce an audible alarm.
If the audible alarm is not acknowledged in something like 15 minutes, the computer sends a SMS or e-mail message to the cell phone. To acknowledge the message, just reply to the sender. That would reset the countdown.
If the message to the cell phone is not acknowledged in an hour, the computer can lookup the GPS information on-line, determine if the phone was moving, call friends, neighbors, family, or even 911. You can use the voice modem to convert text to speech to broadcast a message and even the GPS coordinates to whoever the computer called.
Note: If the computer is used to dial 911, make sure the emergency response center knows that you have automated a message and will be providing GPS information.
Let me rephrase! Of course there is an obvious and detectable difference between standard and high definition. But it does not make a difference to the viewer UNLESS you are actively trying to determine the resolution of the screen.
All the marketing hype behind HDTV has duped the general public into believing that a higher definition actually makes a difference. Unless you sit eighteen inch's away from your sixty inch screen, there is no difference between a traditional television and an HDTV.
Let me break it down into some examples most people can understand:
Remember French painter Georges Seurat and his dots? Offset printing used in print media today still uses his technique. You do not notice that the pictures in your newspapers and magazines are made up of tiny little dots, unless you pull out the magnifying glass.
The 35mm film projector typically displays at 24 frames-per-second. This is because the human eye can not detect a difference at higher speeds.
Would you buy a projector that can display at 96 frames-per-second because it is 'supposed' to provide higher detail? Don't forget it would take four times the amount of film to show a movie.
So what does HDTV really give you? Six times the number of dots and twice the number of frames-per-second. At an optimum viewing distance, your brain can not detect a difference.
Yes, a higher resolution does make a difference when you are sitting within two feet of a computer screen. But not when you are comfortably across the room on your couch watching [adult swim].
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Hasn't this technology been explained over and over again in big-screen depictions of the NSA's technical capabilities?
/. community should just patent 'patent trolling' and put an end to all this FUD.
Maybe someone from the
Are you afraid of the world getting warmer? Are you afraid of illegal immigrants taking away your low paying job? Are you afraid of terrorism? Are you afraid of the crime that drugs bring into your neighborhood? If you call in the next ten minutes, you'll also receive this free gift!
Global warming is just a bunch of fodder for the voting public.
It is a political tool created to distract voters from their real problems.
But the average voter is not completely stupid, there obviously needs to be enough information to confirm that the threat is possibly maybe tangible. You can not claim that 'the sky is falling' without some kind of proof.
In the case of 'Global Warming' you just need to have them reminisce back to their youth. When the winters had more snow and the summers we not as hot as they are now. The last few hundred years of data is indisputable, it is warmer now than it has been in the last 300 years or so. And since you can not go back much further without some scientific assumptions, the politicians will use it to their advantage.
The real 'inconvenient truth' is that this planet sized greenhouse we call Earth is unpredictable. And I will only believe claims of 'Global Warming' after science no longer has to 'predict' the earthquakes, lightning, rain, tornado's, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and all the other things this big blue-green marble has been doing before humans (were created : evolved : landed) on this planet.
So what is the affect of meetings centered around PowerPoint presentations?
Maybe Apple shouldn't support their software on vista.
Then when it comes time for over 42 million iPod owners buy a new PC, maybe they will all buy macs.
Your case seems too severe for this solution, and I DO NOT recommend you use it. Seek professional services and equipment.
You could create a dead-man's switch using a computer with a voice modem and a GPS enabled cell phone. First, determine the longest amount of time the child could survive on her own. For my example I will use 18 hours.
On the computer, you set a 12 hour countdown. At any time, you can reset the countdown. If you are going to jump in the shower, just reset it. Whenever the countdown reaches zero, the computer would produce an audible alarm.
If the audible alarm is not acknowledged in something like 15 minutes, the computer sends a SMS or e-mail message to the cell phone. To acknowledge the message, just reply to the sender. That would reset the countdown.
If the message to the cell phone is not acknowledged in an hour, the computer can lookup the GPS information on-line, determine if the phone was moving, call friends, neighbors, family, or even 911. You can use the voice modem to convert text to speech to broadcast a message and even the GPS coordinates to whoever the computer called.
Note: If the computer is used to dial 911, make sure the emergency response center knows that you have automated a message and will be providing GPS information.
Perhaps it is the key used to decode a message that uses more sophisticated ways of hiding the secret information.
Could it be:
212 = NY Times, Post, or The Village Voice
617 = Boston Globe, Herald, or Metro
Craigslist Date = Print Date??
Find a house and you can break a window to get inside! Find a key and may never find the door it unlocks!
Let me rephrase! Of course there is an obvious and detectable difference between standard and high definition. But it does not make a difference to the viewer UNLESS you are actively trying to determine the resolution of the screen.
Let me break it down into some examples most people can understand:
Remember French painter Georges Seurat and his dots? Offset printing used in print media today still uses his technique. You do not notice that the pictures in your newspapers and magazines are made up of tiny little dots, unless you pull out the magnifying glass. The 35mm film projector typically displays at 24 frames-per-second. This is because the human eye can not detect a difference at higher speeds.
Would you buy a projector that can display at 96 frames-per-second because it is 'supposed' to provide higher detail? Don't forget it would take four times the amount of film to show a movie.
So what does HDTV really give you? Six times the number of dots and twice the number of frames-per-second. At an optimum viewing distance, your brain can not detect a difference.
Yes, a higher resolution does make a difference when you are sitting within two feet of a computer screen. But not when you are comfortably across the room on your couch watching [adult swim].
So the FCC plans on imposing regulations on the unregulated frequencies.