After the missile had been launched and hit the target range, but before our satellites passed over again, they'd move the target closer to the impact point.
Pay what? We can't even get a climate model to work yet. Never mind attaching a dollars per 0.1 degree C figure to the resulting temp rise. So it all comes down to how much various parties whine and stamp their feet.
There are some proposals to create a carbon emissions marketplace. Just let the free market pick the dollars per ton number. But then we run into the 'magic trees' problem, where one pound of carbon credit sequestered by a rain forest tree in some third world tribal country (owned by Al Gore Inc.) is worth more than a pound of carbon sequestered by fast growing Monsanto genetic engineered super trees. In the final analysis, its all politics. What's the ROI on a political contribution and how much can we hire a group of professional protesters for.
Imagine a world full of solar tax subsidies. If you ask in a political context, you get a political answer.
Today, the price point of solar depends on those subsidies. take them away and one of two things will happen: Solar will fall flat on its face. Or the supply-demand curve will shift to a point where non-subsidized solar will make sense. Until that happens, the cost will stay high enough (and the payback low enough) that the only place solar will pay is in the magic fairy land of subsidy. And that is subject to manipulation in our present government system.
It takes time to reposition a satellite. Even after changing orbits, enemy forces can make reasonable estimates about when there will be coverage gaps and plan operations accordingly.
I mean, besides supplying training, logistical and intelligence support, safe refuge, and munitions to jihadists
Remember Iran-Contra? Oh those evil Iranians, arming rebels and fomenting insurrection abroad.
But really, that's all ancient history.
Love picking at that scab, don't you? How were we getting along with Germany 32 years after our little kerfuffle with the Nazis? Did we stay this pissed off with them? Or is it a racial/religious thing?
That at the very least will cause Saudi Arabia and any others that possibly can to acquire nukes,
Muslim forces already have nukes. In fact, the same people who gave shelter to bin Laden. And I haven't heard a peep out of them. So perhaps the 'nutcase Imams' are a bit more level headed than you give them credit.
Terrorist want to cause widespread fear and panic in the US population. So why the Iranian military uniform? I'd be wearing an NFL fan sweatshirt (different cities team for every broadcast) and use a nondescript Starbucks as a background. So the assumption is that he's in country already and Homeland Security goes to code red.
The Iranian uniform and Iranian IP indicates that he's still at home and just stirring the pot. But both the uniform and the IP are easy to spoof. And an Iranian officer would be risking career (and maybe literal) suicide by screwing up ongoing international nuclear negotiations. So I'd consider this as a false flag operation, aimed at making Iranians appear to be unstable. I'd be looking inside Israel for the source.
The jury is still out on the utility of Higgs' research. And that's what the public uses as a metric. His work and that at the LHC may turn out to be nothing more than pure research. Or we may develop antigravity and finally get our flying cars. The problem is that the public will only use the latter result as a sign of success. And there is no way to predict a 'useful' outcome a priori of some research.
We do it because it will expand our collective knowledge and, if we are lucky, provide the occasional payoff.
In some cases, yes. Where it is a physiological problem (thyroid problems, etc.) these 'diet drugs' are inappropriate as a treatment. These drugs target the lifestyle choice obesity. And that's what gets people upset.
And I bet Microsoft will just hand over the encryption keys / passwords to the NSA.
Why does Microsoft even need my private key? Take e-mail, for example. I have a private key locally and a public key that I share with those needing to correspond with me. Someone needs to send me a message, they look up my pubkey, encrypt their message and send it through the tubes. I decrypt it upon reciept using my privkey. Why is Microsoft not in the business of managing public keys for its users and forwarding messages? That's basically all we need. Its the founding principle of the Internet. Push all the intelligence out to the end nodes built around a dumb packet routing system.
Is it easier to plant a backdoor into an open-source project than a closed-source one â" and keep it there for a useful period of time?
That's a good question. The methods used would necessarily be different. Keeping it there would depend on delaying its discovery and inhibiting its repair, once found. Leaving the discovery issue aside for the moment (number of eyes on the code, etc.), it is much easier to prevent the removal of a back door when the code base is owned by a private organization with identifiable representatives. Should the NSA lean on both the Microsoft and Linux communities to maintain an exploit, Microsoft can be pressured to comply*. In the Linux community, being international, such pressure would be more difficult to apply.
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is aware of various government sanctioned exploits from their inception. Not just those created by the NSA, but by each government where Microsoft wishes to do business.
*Its interesting to note that Microsoft's anti trust settlement was negotiated and overseen by a member of the FISA court. The mandate to open APIs and source probably stopped short of revealing all the built-in back doors.
We are currently developing bacteria that are capable of consuming plastics. Upon release into the environment, this will remediate the plastic pollution problem in no time. Whatcouldpossiblygowrong.
Accept a world where you will no longer create content, only consume it. We tried with proprietary O/Ss and APIs. We tried with walled gardens. Now we will take your input capability away.
Does the GT have a fuel cell* or a tank? Specs I've found online only mention 'tank' (24.3 US gal, 92 L). The ensuing fire may very well have been due to the tank (located mid-chassis, behind the seats) rupturing. I would be shocked and surprised to see such a car intended for racing, equipped with a standard fuel tank.
*Not the electrochemical battery type. The safety bladder, foam filled tanks required by many racing organizations.
And look for existing tray products. In spite of some of the ideas proposed for custom made trays keep this in mind: the electrical/fire code in your jurisdiction probably will insist on the trays being "listed" for the intended purpose. Anything else may require some sort of engineering sign off and UL certification. You don't even want to know what that will cost.
Sure, it seems like a pretty trivial issue. But if your inspector throws a fit, you are screwed.
Every time I've been forced to not pick up poop, it was because I didn't have a bag, not because I wanted to
I wonder how the movement of various municipalities to ban plastic shopping bags will affect the doggie poop issue. This is possibly the #1 recycling use for these bags.
the solution is fairly simple but has to be implemented world wide (or at least in all of the western world to work)
And therein lies the flaw in your plan. If anyone refuses to follow it, they end up attracting capital (and the means of production) to their jurisdiction. Something like this was tried (a global economic/political system under one authority). But the Soviet Union and its Communist Party effectively shut down in 1991.
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After the missile had been launched and hit the target range, but before our satellites passed over again, they'd move the target closer to the impact point.
In Soviet Russia, target hits you!
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
"you pollute, you pay"
Pay what? We can't even get a climate model to work yet. Never mind attaching a dollars per 0.1 degree C figure to the resulting temp rise. So it all comes down to how much various parties whine and stamp their feet.
There are some proposals to create a carbon emissions marketplace. Just let the free market pick the dollars per ton number. But then we run into the 'magic trees' problem, where one pound of carbon credit sequestered by a rain forest tree in some third world tribal country (owned by Al Gore Inc.) is worth more than a pound of carbon sequestered by fast growing Monsanto genetic engineered super trees. In the final analysis, its all politics. What's the ROI on a political contribution and how much can we hire a group of professional protesters for.
Imagine a world full of solar tax subsidies. If you ask in a political context, you get a political answer.
Today, the price point of solar depends on those subsidies. take them away and one of two things will happen: Solar will fall flat on its face. Or the supply-demand curve will shift to a point where non-subsidized solar will make sense. Until that happens, the cost will stay high enough (and the payback low enough) that the only place solar will pay is in the magic fairy land of subsidy. And that is subject to manipulation in our present government system.
It takes time to reposition a satellite. Even after changing orbits, enemy forces can make reasonable estimates about when there will be coverage gaps and plan operations accordingly.
Point taken? What about Viet Nam?
I mean, besides supplying training, logistical and intelligence support, safe refuge, and munitions to jihadists
Remember Iran-Contra? Oh those evil Iranians, arming rebels and fomenting insurrection abroad.
But really, that's all ancient history.
Love picking at that scab, don't you? How were we getting along with Germany 32 years after our little kerfuffle with the Nazis? Did we stay this pissed off with them? Or is it a racial/religious thing?
That at the very least will cause Saudi Arabia and any others that possibly can to acquire nukes,
Muslim forces already have nukes. In fact, the same people who gave shelter to bin Laden. And I haven't heard a peep out of them. So perhaps the 'nutcase Imams' are a bit more level headed than you give them credit.
Terrorist want to cause widespread fear and panic in the US population. So why the Iranian military uniform? I'd be wearing an NFL fan sweatshirt (different cities team for every broadcast) and use a nondescript Starbucks as a background. So the assumption is that he's in country already and Homeland Security goes to code red.
The Iranian uniform and Iranian IP indicates that he's still at home and just stirring the pot. But both the uniform and the IP are easy to spoof. And an Iranian officer would be risking career (and maybe literal) suicide by screwing up ongoing international nuclear negotiations. So I'd consider this as a false flag operation, aimed at making Iranians appear to be unstable. I'd be looking inside Israel for the source.
The jury is still out on the utility of Higgs' research. And that's what the public uses as a metric. His work and that at the LHC may turn out to be nothing more than pure research. Or we may develop antigravity and finally get our flying cars. The problem is that the public will only use the latter result as a sign of success. And there is no way to predict a 'useful' outcome a priori of some research.
We do it because it will expand our collective knowledge and, if we are lucky, provide the occasional payoff.
1) Obesity is not a disease, it is a choice
In some cases, yes. Where it is a physiological problem (thyroid problems, etc.) these 'diet drugs' are inappropriate as a treatment. These drugs target the lifestyle choice obesity. And that's what gets people upset.
We have a drug for that.
INB4 an analogy between using Microsoft products and eating junk food as a lifestyle choice.
And I bet Microsoft will just hand over the encryption keys / passwords to the NSA.
Why does Microsoft even need my private key? Take e-mail, for example. I have a private key locally and a public key that I share with those needing to correspond with me. Someone needs to send me a message, they look up my pubkey, encrypt their message and send it through the tubes. I decrypt it upon reciept using my privkey. Why is Microsoft not in the business of managing public keys for its users and forwarding messages? That's basically all we need. Its the founding principle of the Internet. Push all the intelligence out to the end nodes built around a dumb packet routing system.
Is it easier to plant a backdoor into an open-source project than a closed-source one â" and keep it there for a useful period of time?
That's a good question. The methods used would necessarily be different. Keeping it there would depend on delaying its discovery and inhibiting its repair, once found. Leaving the discovery issue aside for the moment (number of eyes on the code, etc.), it is much easier to prevent the removal of a back door when the code base is owned by a private organization with identifiable representatives. Should the NSA lean on both the Microsoft and Linux communities to maintain an exploit, Microsoft can be pressured to comply*. In the Linux community, being international, such pressure would be more difficult to apply.
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is aware of various government sanctioned exploits from their inception. Not just those created by the NSA, but by each government where Microsoft wishes to do business.
*Its interesting to note that Microsoft's anti trust settlement was negotiated and overseen by a member of the FISA court. The mandate to open APIs and source probably stopped short of revealing all the built-in back doors.
Just find out how the NSA does it. I'm sure the Chinese have a few people planted inside that organization who can tell them.
We are currently developing bacteria that are capable of consuming plastics. Upon release into the environment, this will remediate the plastic pollution problem in no time. Whatcouldpossiblygowrong.
Sorry about your iPhone.
Accept a world where you will no longer create content, only consume it. We tried with proprietary O/Ss and APIs. We tried with walled gardens. Now we will take your input capability away.
Resistance is futile.
Let the British design the next standard. I have yet to see anyone pick up a BS 1363 and not figure out which way to insert it.
Apple: With rounded corners.
Does the GT have a fuel cell* or a tank? Specs I've found online only mention 'tank' (24.3 US gal, 92 L). The ensuing fire may very well have been due to the tank (located mid-chassis, behind the seats) rupturing. I would be shocked and surprised to see such a car intended for racing, equipped with a standard fuel tank.
*Not the electrochemical battery type. The safety bladder, foam filled tanks required by many racing organizations.
And look for existing tray products. In spite of some of the ideas proposed for custom made trays keep this in mind: the electrical/fire code in your jurisdiction probably will insist on the trays being "listed" for the intended purpose. Anything else may require some sort of engineering sign off and UL certification. You don't even want to know what that will cost.
Sure, it seems like a pretty trivial issue. But if your inspector throws a fit, you are screwed.
And cats aren't as tasty.
Well, that's YOUR opinion. -- Alf
Every time I've been forced to not pick up poop, it was because I didn't have a bag, not because I wanted to
I wonder how the movement of various municipalities to ban plastic shopping bags will affect the doggie poop issue. This is possibly the #1 recycling use for these bags.
red-haired women tend to choose the best ...... and men with bushy beards or unkempt hair, the worst. .....women prefer length and men diversity.
I was beginning to wonder where this summary was going after the first few sentences.
the solution is fairly simple but has to be implemented world wide (or at least in all of the western world to work)
And therein lies the flaw in your plan. If anyone refuses to follow it, they end up attracting capital (and the means of production) to their jurisdiction. Something like this was tried (a global economic/political system under one authority). But the Soviet Union and its Communist Party effectively shut down in 1991.