Actually, there were a few explosions. Not nuclear, but accumulated Hydrogen gas. They did distribute radio isotopes into the atmosphere, which was deposited in the local environment. That is what fallout is.
Except that Hitler (and other white supremacists) are consciously pushing back against the demise of the white race. Its this white race that is gradually being eroded by superior genetics.
You can't have evolution unless you are willing to kill off all the neanderthals
Except that there's no evidence that Neanderthals were pushed out in some sort of race or species war. In fact, recent evidence shows that there was some mixing of Neanderthals with the homo sapiens that came out of Africa later. Side by side, the stronger species won out. What white supremacists and the religious right wing are doing (which the Neanderthals failed to perceive) is to fight back against the inevitable by wiping out potential challengers before they get out-competed.
intercept the hardware in transit, and take it to a secret workshop where it could be discretely fitted with espionage software before being sent on its way.
One of the major issues here has been the problem of intellectual property. Post plans online, download and print and bypass the licensed manufacturers and distribution network. So the press grabbed the plastic guns issue and ran with it, trying to demonize the hobby.
Its all about open source vs securitized and privatized models for knowledge. You figure out how to make something yourself and you put a dent in corporate shareholders' property.
do you really think the PRC is going to disrupt something like that?
Of course not. That would offend our Western sensitivity to foreign cultures. Just like the Elgin marbles and all the other SWAG our forefathers hauled back from journeys of exploration. Or carving the heads of four white guys on to the side of a sacred mountain (just so I'm not pointing the finger at one country).
I live in a country where the painting is done in each village by their respective mayor and painters. And every citizen of my country is free to own multiple houses, some in different villages. Upon needing my fishing cabin, ski chalet or vacation home painted, I simply submit the request to the local mayor.
Some mayors are unhappy with this arrangement, as it tends to undermine their tax base and political power. Were it that there was only one Compositor mayor available to the citizens of each town capable of painting only in that town, eventually residents could be lulled into remaining there for their entire lives, never traveling afar. And that would increase the power of the Compositors at the expense of the citizens.
How much is it worth to those tech companies to know exactly what their customers are doing?
And to the Chinese? Or Russians?
Snowden may have a guest pass in any one of these countries just to keep information surrounding these capabilities quiet. Russia did say he could stay so long as he quit spilling secrets.
It might be a mistake to think in terms of a 'them vs us' race. If the NSA says, "Backdoor the chips" to US companies and then shares that information with our 'enemies' in return for their backdoor exploits, that is worth more to all then trying to keep the capabilities to ourselves. They know we do it, we know they do it. But its still useful technology for keeping our respective populations under control. And that's what each of these governments fears more than an attack from the outside. The FBI/CIA/NSA might miss the occasional 9/11 or Boston bombing. But get on Twitter and try to amass public support for a "throw the bums out" movement and see how long that lasts.
Yes. The size of the structures may be smaller then the wavelength of interest. But they must be assembled in an array of a size on the order of the wavefront you want to divert. So you can redirect a seismic wave away from a town with an array of holes. Each hole might be of manageable size. But the array would be on the order of the same size as the town. That's a lot of holes and a lot of property you are going to be perforating.
My wife was in a state of panic over the possible mercury inhaled by our 2-year old.
I'd say the probability of neurological damage is significant. Your kid will probably become one of those nanny state enviro-wackos who get their panties in a bunch if they can't find something to ban.
There aren't many people in a position to fire a CEO. More or less the same is true for a tenured professor. So lets conduct this survey in some Fortune 500 companies and see if this phenomenon holds true.
I'd also like to see this study conducted across a number of companies with differing reputations of competence in their field. I'm guessing that the acceptance of deviance is probably related to the reputation of the organization as much as that of the individuals.
But keep in mind, the bus protest isn't as much about gentrification as it is about the class separation being created. There's a ideology being promoted in the "social justice/inequality" activists that we can't be creating distinctions between people of different income levels by allowing the wealthy to purchase higher levels of service. That would leave a stigma on the poor folks who have to ride the smelly buses while the rich ride the clean ones.
The bus issue has been pushed in the progressive media for a couple of months now as a class thing. Only recently, it seems that the activists in and around SF have rewritten the scripts to be about gentrification prior to going to the streets.
But if you think strategically important IP is going to be put into a patent, you're nuts. That just gives the competition a head start on working around the technology or business method. If I have a better way of doing business, I'm going to do my best to keep that to myself. Perhaps plant a few false leads and use some misdirection to keep my competitors guessing as to why we are so successful.
So, when asked, I'm going to say, "No. No special IP here. Just lots of hard work, blood, sweat and tears."
This is also one reason so many people are nervous about the NSA. You think Snowden was the only person making off with intelligence? It has been standard practice among various businesses (particularly those doing work in the military/intelligence area) to have a few buddies in intelligence agencies who can slip you some info. on what the competition is up to.
Think about the 'closed model' of the universe. The one that says space-time is closed on itself like the surface of a balloon and if you shot a beam of light into space, eventually it would loop around and hit you in the ass (sorry for the overly technical terminology).
Gravity would work around this curve as well. The force that would decelerate two galaxies moving apart would be counteracted by a (much smaller) force of the two galaxies attracting each other around the longer route of the closed curve.
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Actually, there were a few explosions. Not nuclear, but accumulated Hydrogen gas. They did distribute radio isotopes into the atmosphere, which was deposited in the local environment. That is what fallout is.
Except that Hitler (and other white supremacists) are consciously pushing back against the demise of the white race. Its this white race that is gradually being eroded by superior genetics.
You can't have evolution unless you are willing to kill off all the neanderthals
Except that there's no evidence that Neanderthals were pushed out in some sort of race or species war. In fact, recent evidence shows that there was some mixing of Neanderthals with the homo sapiens that came out of Africa later. Side by side, the stronger species won out. What white supremacists and the religious right wing are doing (which the Neanderthals failed to perceive) is to fight back against the inevitable by wiping out potential challengers before they get out-competed.
From TFA:
intercept the hardware in transit, and take it to a secret workshop where it could be discretely fitted with espionage software before being sent on its way.
I blame it all on bad elves.
... another 787.
One of the major issues here has been the problem of intellectual property. Post plans online, download and print and bypass the licensed manufacturers and distribution network. So the press grabbed the plastic guns issue and ran with it, trying to demonize the hobby.
Its all about open source vs securitized and privatized models for knowledge. You figure out how to make something yourself and you put a dent in corporate shareholders' property.
So my reading list would be:
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Prince
Soon I will be Invincible
The Call of Cthulhu
Richard III
The Chinese will spend billions to go get a stupid trinket?
Western museums are stuffed with crap that we hauled back from distant lands at similar costs relative to the GDP at the time.
do you really think the PRC is going to disrupt something like that?
Of course not. That would offend our Western sensitivity to foreign cultures. Just like the Elgin marbles and all the other SWAG our forefathers hauled back from journeys of exploration. Or carving the heads of four white guys on to the side of a sacred mountain (just so I'm not pointing the finger at one country).
A strange tale from a strange land.
I live in a country where the painting is done in each village by their respective mayor and painters. And every citizen of my country is free to own multiple houses, some in different villages. Upon needing my fishing cabin, ski chalet or vacation home painted, I simply submit the request to the local mayor.
Some mayors are unhappy with this arrangement, as it tends to undermine their tax base and political power. Were it that there was only one Compositor mayor available to the citizens of each town capable of painting only in that town, eventually residents could be lulled into remaining there for their entire lives, never traveling afar. And that would increase the power of the Compositors at the expense of the citizens.
How much is it worth to those tech companies to know exactly what their customers are doing?
And to the Chinese? Or Russians?
Snowden may have a guest pass in any one of these countries just to keep information surrounding these capabilities quiet. Russia did say he could stay so long as he quit spilling secrets.
It might be a mistake to think in terms of a 'them vs us' race. If the NSA says, "Backdoor the chips" to US companies and then shares that information with our 'enemies' in return for their backdoor exploits, that is worth more to all then trying to keep the capabilities to ourselves. They know we do it, we know they do it. But its still useful technology for keeping our respective populations under control. And that's what each of these governments fears more than an attack from the outside. The FBI/CIA/NSA might miss the occasional 9/11 or Boston bombing. But get on Twitter and try to amass public support for a "throw the bums out" movement and see how long that lasts.
The Chinese will recover it and put it on display in a Beijing museum. Plastic replicas on sale in the lobby gift shop.
Yes. The size of the structures may be smaller then the wavelength of interest. But they must be assembled in an array of a size on the order of the wavefront you want to divert. So you can redirect a seismic wave away from a town with an array of holes. Each hole might be of manageable size. But the array would be on the order of the same size as the town. That's a lot of holes and a lot of property you are going to be perforating.
But now, thanks to metamaterials, we don't have to listen to your screams.
a giant alien LP record
This might explain Louie Louie and why Washington State nearly voted to make it the state song.
My wife was in a state of panic over the possible mercury inhaled by our 2-year old.
I'd say the probability of neurological damage is significant. Your kid will probably become one of those nanny state enviro-wackos who get their panties in a bunch if they can't find something to ban.
Possibly a case of restraint of trade. The actual details would be in various countries anti-competition statutes.
There aren't many people in a position to fire a CEO. More or less the same is true for a tenured professor. So lets conduct this survey in some Fortune 500 companies and see if this phenomenon holds true.
I'd also like to see this study conducted across a number of companies with differing reputations of competence in their field. I'm guessing that the acceptance of deviance is probably related to the reputation of the organization as much as that of the individuals.
IT staff needs GPUs to play Crysis. Your DBMS gets a lower priority.
If there was a way that you could transfer that Windows 7 copy and license to some disgruntled Windows 8 user, you could probably turn a tidy profit.
This is a good point.
But keep in mind, the bus protest isn't as much about gentrification as it is about the class separation being created. There's a ideology being promoted in the "social justice/inequality" activists that we can't be creating distinctions between people of different income levels by allowing the wealthy to purchase higher levels of service. That would leave a stigma on the poor folks who have to ride the smelly buses while the rich ride the clean ones.
The bus issue has been pushed in the progressive media for a couple of months now as a class thing. Only recently, it seems that the activists in and around SF have rewritten the scripts to be about gentrification prior to going to the streets.
But if you think strategically important IP is going to be put into a patent, you're nuts. That just gives the competition a head start on working around the technology or business method. If I have a better way of doing business, I'm going to do my best to keep that to myself. Perhaps plant a few false leads and use some misdirection to keep my competitors guessing as to why we are so successful.
So, when asked, I'm going to say, "No. No special IP here. Just lots of hard work, blood, sweat and tears."
This is also one reason so many people are nervous about the NSA. You think Snowden was the only person making off with intelligence? It has been standard practice among various businesses (particularly those doing work in the military/intelligence area) to have a few buddies in intelligence agencies who can slip you some info. on what the competition is up to.
As everyone knows, all projects involve several trips to Home Depot for the odd tool or bolt that was overlooked in the initial planning stage.
We could start by returning Texas to Mexico. One down, two to go.
Think about the 'closed model' of the universe. The one that says space-time is closed on itself like the surface of a balloon and if you shot a beam of light into space, eventually it would loop around and hit you in the ass (sorry for the overly technical terminology).
Gravity would work around this curve as well. The force that would decelerate two galaxies moving apart would be counteracted by a (much smaller) force of the two galaxies attracting each other around the longer route of the closed curve.