So what happens when the utility system operator has a block of cheap power switched onto the system and says, "We don't need all this solar right now. Switch it off." Conspiracy theories will spring up all over about how the utility is trying to 'do in' solar. Not that some of these won't be legitimate. Power companies like to buy the cheapest blocks of power first and put the expensive stuff on standby. Smart grids and technology aside, I don't think many solar system owners are going to like their generating plug pulled when it suits the utilities interests. So most of these systems are designed to push max power onto the grid and only disconnect due to a fault condition.
I don't know about the EU and UK, but in the USA, the market for HD Radio has been crippled by IP and licensing issues. The hardware is (or could be) cheap. Particularly if China gets into the manufacturing business.
You have to have social skills that help you convince others you are more intelligent than them.
Maybe. But you need social skills to not make the 'average' people think you are shitting on them. There are a lot of not outstandingly brilliant but hardworking and productive people that you will meet. And you will be better off working with them, even if that means keeping a lid on your genius, than trying to convince them that you possess it (even if you do).
I recall an article a few years back about one of those Amazonian tribes that wanted nothing to do with western civilization. There was a photo of a couple of tribesmen wearing New York Knicks tee shirts and a few Tupperware containers visible near the cooking fire.
That would be Boeing's role (as the general contractor). Boeing is really good about managing things that they understand, like building airplanes. Because there's usually some geezer on the payroll that remembers how they did things 'back in the old days'. But not so good at doing the one-off type projects. They basically broker services and talent between the various subcontractors that actually know how to do the work.
Although the null result tends to dominate in studies of academic preformance (no preference for single-sex or coeducational settings), single sex does show advantages in the accumulated studies in the social/emotional areas.
But that's out of 171 who took it. So 41%. Not great, but then considering that these are people who are thinking about a career where they are likely going to be replaced by cheap offshore labor, they probably aren't the brightest bulbs in the marquee anyway.
excluding boys from something they sorely love to do.
As opposed to something they have the aptitude for?
Perhaps the point is that if we can eliminate the societally imposed gender biases, more women who have the skills will excel in STEM fields. While all the boys who have delusions of being great coders will just have to live with a career paving parking lots.
Maybe. Some educators believe that women only groups are not nearly as destructively competitive as when the opposite sex is present. Anecdotally, I know some women who have been raised to compete for a goal rather than against each other in sports or academics. They tend to do much better in their careers than the average female. The question is: Can this behavior be taught (perhaps at an early age) or are these few outliers genetic anomalies?
Maybe. But this doesn't explain the difference in STEM hiring. Only the numbers of each gender that excel in their fields. There are plenty of male morons in CS, engineering and science. And we (hiring organizations) seem not to filter them out effectively. So why should the population of women in these fields depend on how many make it to the upper tail of the bell curve when we hire men who are on the back side of the hump?
Because it prevents the religious organizations from proselytizing on behalf of political candidates.
Not so much of a problem. Religious organization proselytizes on behalf of a candidate and sudenly contributions to them become non tax deductible. Same rules for secular political campaign fundraising. And along with this comes some intrusive auditing to determine which funds are being spent for what. I'm really OK with this. The ability to look inside a church and find out where the funds go is far more valuable thn keeping them out of politics. Which they get into anyway with no supervision.
The minute we allow government to dictate what is or isn't a religion is the instant we lose all religious freedom.
So why is there a tax exempt catagory for religious organizations? That puts the government squarely in the middle of the business of determining what is/is not a legitimate religion.
I say we treat them all as non profit organizations if they can meet the qualifications and leave it at that. If you want to wear a collander on your head, that's not the government's business.
I read through that and didn't see anything about "We're all idiots".
Their reasons involve context switching and interprocess communications. Context switching has got to happen (unless they run IE in kernel space) so just get it over with. Interproces communication has always been a weakness in Microsoft systems. Since day one. Multitasking OSs are here, folks. Get over DOS.
oh, if it were up to me, I'd just leave them right where they put themselves.
More often then not, its right in the middle of someone's commute. By making themselves a PITA for everyone, the protesters get attention (often not the right kind).
The hologram is an interesting way of making a point about the 'no public assembly' law. But since it doesn't slow people down on their way to do business in the government facilities, it won't have much impact in future uses. Besides, it appears to only work at night, when not many people are coming and going.
The only trustworthy solution is one based on end to end encryption. The tech companies have nothing but encrypted content to move around. They have nothing to give the NSA that they could use.
If Dark Energy turns out to be a placeholder for a revision to the model for gravity, it could be explained by some smart physicist sitting in his office tweaking the model to fit observations.
If Dark Energy is an acutal force, there may very well be a particle associated with it. And we can discover this particle given a large enough collider (and by implication the funds to build and operate it). If I were an physicist, I know which argument I'd support in order to ensure job security.
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communication mechanism to control power output.
So what happens when the utility system operator has a block of cheap power switched onto the system and says, "We don't need all this solar right now. Switch it off." Conspiracy theories will spring up all over about how the utility is trying to 'do in' solar. Not that some of these won't be legitimate. Power companies like to buy the cheapest blocks of power first and put the expensive stuff on standby. Smart grids and technology aside, I don't think many solar system owners are going to like their generating plug pulled when it suits the utilities interests. So most of these systems are designed to push max power onto the grid and only disconnect due to a fault condition.
I don't know about the EU and UK, but in the USA, the market for HD Radio has been crippled by IP and licensing issues. The hardware is (or could be) cheap. Particularly if China gets into the manufacturing business.
You have to have social skills that help you convince others you are more intelligent than them.
Maybe. But you need social skills to not make the 'average' people think you are shitting on them. There are a lot of not outstandingly brilliant but hardworking and productive people that you will meet. And you will be better off working with them, even if that means keeping a lid on your genius, than trying to convince them that you possess it (even if you do).
Only if you have a low tolerance for stupidity,
The stupid are fun to watch.
I recall an article a few years back about one of those Amazonian tribes that wanted nothing to do with western civilization. There was a photo of a couple of tribesmen wearing New York Knicks tee shirts and a few Tupperware containers visible near the cooking fire.
Had there been an "architect" or "main designer"
That would be Boeing's role (as the general contractor). Boeing is really good about managing things that they understand, like building airplanes. Because there's usually some geezer on the payroll that remembers how they did things 'back in the old days'. But not so good at doing the one-off type projects. They basically broker services and talent between the various subcontractors that actually know how to do the work.
The materials aren't worth the labor to extract them
Thousands of meth addicts will disagree.
Self-esteem is a part of social/emotional development. You can't think well of others (and stop undermining them) until you think well of yourself.
if they cannot point to any evidence.
Here's some: http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/ev...
Although the null result tends to dominate in studies of academic preformance (no preference for single-sex or coeducational settings), single sex does show advantages in the accumulated studies in the social/emotional areas.
But that's out of 171 who took it. So 41%. Not great, but then considering that these are people who are thinking about a career where they are likely going to be replaced by cheap offshore labor, they probably aren't the brightest bulbs in the marquee anyway.
excluding boys from something they sorely love to do.
As opposed to something they have the aptitude for?
Perhaps the point is that if we can eliminate the societally imposed gender biases, more women who have the skills will excel in STEM fields. While all the boys who have delusions of being great coders will just have to live with a career paving parking lots.
Maybe. Some educators believe that women only groups are not nearly as destructively competitive as when the opposite sex is present. Anecdotally, I know some women who have been raised to compete for a goal rather than against each other in sports or academics. They tend to do much better in their careers than the average female. The question is: Can this behavior be taught (perhaps at an early age) or are these few outliers genetic anomalies?
Maybe. But this doesn't explain the difference in STEM hiring. Only the numbers of each gender that excel in their fields. There are plenty of male morons in CS, engineering and science. And we (hiring organizations) seem not to filter them out effectively. So why should the population of women in these fields depend on how many make it to the upper tail of the bell curve when we hire men who are on the back side of the hump?
Because it prevents the religious organizations from proselytizing on behalf of political candidates.
Not so much of a problem. Religious organization proselytizes on behalf of a candidate and sudenly contributions to them become non tax deductible. Same rules for secular political campaign fundraising. And along with this comes some intrusive auditing to determine which funds are being spent for what. I'm really OK with this. The ability to look inside a church and find out where the funds go is far more valuable thn keeping them out of politics. Which they get into anyway with no supervision.
The minute we allow government to dictate what is or isn't a religion is the instant we lose all religious freedom.
So why is there a tax exempt catagory for religious organizations? That puts the government squarely in the middle of the business of determining what is/is not a legitimate religion.
I say we treat them all as non profit organizations if they can meet the qualifications and leave it at that. If you want to wear a collander on your head, that's not the government's business.
The reasons are clearly described here
I read through that and didn't see anything about "We're all idiots".
Their reasons involve context switching and interprocess communications. Context switching has got to happen (unless they run IE in kernel space) so just get it over with. Interproces communication has always been a weakness in Microsoft systems. Since day one. Multitasking OSs are here, folks. Get over DOS.
xkcd
With floppies.
Yo dawg!
A persistant "Whoosh"ing noise seems to be getting worse accompanying Slashdot comments. I wonder what it is?
oh, if it were up to me, I'd just leave them right where they put themselves.
More often then not, its right in the middle of someone's commute. By making themselves a PITA for everyone, the protesters get attention (often not the right kind).
The hologram is an interesting way of making a point about the 'no public assembly' law. But since it doesn't slow people down on their way to do business in the government facilities, it won't have much impact in future uses. Besides, it appears to only work at night, when not many people are coming and going.
The only trustworthy solution is one based on end to end encryption. The tech companies have nothing but encrypted content to move around. They have nothing to give the NSA that they could use.
If Dark Energy turns out to be a placeholder for a revision to the model for gravity, it could be explained by some smart physicist sitting in his office tweaking the model to fit observations.
If Dark Energy is an acutal force, there may very well be a particle associated with it. And we can discover this particle given a large enough collider (and by implication the funds to build and operate it). If I were an physicist, I know which argument I'd support in order to ensure job security.
who spends significant amounts of time underground?
Slashdotters.
These jokes just write themselves.