Forget "oblong", how about "massive"? Massive has to do with, well, mass. Seems that Aricebo might have the best claim for that (using the Earth itself as part of the structure).
Simple: it's not thermal convection driven. The sodium will be nearly isothermal and won't have a density gradient to drive convection.
But there will be fluid flow that looks like thermal convection. The inner sphere is solid and rotates at a different rate than the outer spherical shell. This will pump fluid from the equator of the inner sphere (like a disk spinning in water, viscous drag will cause it to "throw" fluid outward).
Then there are the nifty magneto-hydrodynamic stuff they are researching.
No, not if it is publicly known. Prior art is prior art. It may get overlooked, misrepresented or just flat out ignored. Assuming your knowledge of pirate-networks comes from some public source, it is prior art.
But note my caveats: "publicly known" and "public source." If the method (illicit or not) is kept private and not available to the public, it is a trade secret. Not prior art.
Here's a quick test: to learn of a method, do you have to go through a security check first? If you can't learn of it anywhere on earth without passing through security (electronic or physical), it's probably not public.
Funny thing though... the original statement was that iPads cost hundreds more. In defense of iPads, you listed a bunch of activities that make iPads worth getting. Things that Nooks and Kindle Fires do quite well by all accounts and for hundreds less.
I think you just demonstrated why Apple may have reason to worry.
BTW, I've done 2/3 the stuff you listed with a $114 Kindle (email, books, games, plus web surfing and some encryption key calculations). I'm looking to upgrade to the $99 version soon.
It sounds like you understood my reasoning perfectly, but got things a bit backwards. My whole intent is to for people to choose "legal, cheap and pure vs illicit, expensive, and unknown" and choose the former.
Legalized means that anyone can buy and sell as much as they want. No such thing as illicit/expensive/unknown. That would all be driven out of the market by cheap and plentiful. So you end up with informal "dealers." Sort of what happens with alcohol and cigarettes. People hanging out and sharing. It becomes trivial for anyone to try and become hooked. And since there is no such thing as smuggling or illicit dealing, you get brands of drugs. Marlborough or Captain Morgan ring any bells? There is still a profit motivation to encourage people to try and use.
But if you punish distribution (while keeping usage relatively cheap but in check) you minimize how often people will become informal dealers. Heck, even if you just fine $50 for distribution, it'll at least slow things down. And it'll make informal sources "illicit, expensive, and unknown."
My thinking isn't to eliminate drug usage, but to make it less destructive while still creating at least a modest barrier for becoming a user. Then let Darwin have his way.
This is why I tend to support decriminalization rather than legalization. Make drugs cheap (the cheaper, the better) and easily available from government approved sources (pharmacies, liquor stores, I don't really care). All you need is a doctor issued card and you can buy a personal supply.
But enforce the hell out of smuggling and illicit dealing. Kind of like they do now. Dealers will be forced to continue high prices.
Addicts will continue to be addicts, but maybe have a chance to become productive and/or not waste as much money on feeding their addiction. The vast majority of dealers will quickly go out of business. As a bonus, dealers will have very little incentive to encourage new users. The population of addicts might shrink significantly over time.
Many of the benefits of legalization without as many of the down sides.
Girls are pretty, and nice to touch.. Yippie! Hormones saved the day!
Your story supports the theory that a lot of terrorism stems from, for lack of a better term, no girl friend. 15 years old and living in a country where women are taboo? Heck, explosives and a couple dozen virgins in heaven sounds great. 30 years old and not getting any while those immoral heathens are flaunting their debauchery? Let's make some bombs and strap them to some teenagers!
Ok, it's not a great theory. But the chicks vs explosives decision has saved more lives than people give it credit. Me? I married a woman who blows stuff up! Science chicks rule!
You don't have to give up on paper. If you are also thinking of getting a printer as part of going back to school, try getting a combination printer/scanner with an auto document feeder. I'm happy with our Canon Pixma 420 (around $100). It's pretty quick to scan 50 pages to PDF.
If her handwriting is decent, it'll even OCR it for her.
If she likes 4x8 notepads, those will scan and display decently on even a Kindle.
If this cheap alternative doesn't work, you still have a decent printer and can still get something digital.
I'd suggest using the best software available: the human brain.
Version 1 Aim a camera at the finish line. Aimed to capture the racer's number and any other identifying information. Set the camera to be triggered by the interruption of an IR beam. Place a clock in the picture field. During / after the race, find each racer's picture and record the time.
Version 2 Aim a video camera at the finish line. Use a laser pointer as a finish line. Aim it at something white and make sure it is visible as a racer crosses Put a clock in the field. After the race, fast forward and write down the time each racer crossed.
As a bonus, you have photo evidence in case there is any dispute.
In terms of history, Mexico had chile peppers several thousand years before India. India's use of chile peppers is a relatively recent import from that region of the world.
Slashdot has probably of the best comment systems on Earth. But it certainly is subject to orthodoxy. Unpopular opinions are modded down, turning some comment threads into echo chambers. I'd rather hear stuff I don't agree with than only one side.
WTO rules would probably bite you if you impose rules on imports that aren't required of local products. Same goes for exports. Which is why I figure the tax should be due at final sale. Calculation for the tax can be done at every step of a product (raw materials, components, assembly, distribution, point of sale) with the option of escrow. Then there are 3 scenarios:
Made here, sold here: taxes collected at final sale Made there, sold here: taxes collected at final sale Made here, sold there: taxes not collected. Or maybe they are?
Any company or country selling in the US gets treated equally: taxed on carbon used. Any products exported from the US get treated the same as where they are sent.
Minimum wage might be able to be handled as easily. Using the word "easily loosely.
Ah, but I didn't assume anything about their real motives. In fact, I believe they are just trying to create a situation where they can sue and make some cash. Regardless, my suggestion makes them look like fools, avoids the type of conflict they crave, and might peel off a few true believers.
I wondered about the implementation part too. The best method has to minimize inspection. But I can't figure out how to avoid it entirely. And any system has to apply equally to domestic and foreign producers.
This is what I've come up with so far:
CO2 tax calculated like VAT. Call it a CAT? CO2 tax can be collected incrementally or upon import. If collected incrementally, the increments must be certified (inspections) If not, a statistical method for contry of origin used
Not a bad start, but if you really want to get them, time to use their language against them. Not in a humorous way, but in a way that makes their protests self defeating.
i.e. Show up at their protests with signs such as "Westboro protests are why people are turning from God."
Ok, a bit long. But the point is use the concepts of Judo. Directly trying to counter them does no good. They enjoy conflict. Co-opting their energy and using it against them gives them little to push against and sends them spinning.
"God kills babies because Phelps misuses his name." as opposed to "God likes..."
Almost the only one. Googled "Phobia of Saturn" and only got 2 hits. One suggesting you avoid the phobia. The other is someone claiming to have the phobia. So unless that's you, you're not alone.
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Forget "oblong", how about "massive"? Massive has to do with, well, mass. Seems that Aricebo might have the best claim for that (using the Earth itself as part of the structure).
Simple: it's not thermal convection driven. The sodium will be nearly isothermal and won't have a density gradient to drive convection.
But there will be fluid flow that looks like thermal convection. The inner sphere is solid and rotates at a different rate than the outer spherical shell. This will pump fluid from the equator of the inner sphere (like a disk spinning in water, viscous drag will cause it to "throw" fluid outward).
Then there are the nifty magneto-hydrodynamic stuff they are researching.
The Azerbaijanis and Kurds in northern Iran would beg to disagree. Same for a dozen other non-Persian Iranian groups.
The 30 million Persians outside Iran will also be surprised to learn they are actually Iranian.
Seems the typical ignorant American is far smarter than you.
No, not if it is publicly known. Prior art is prior art. It may get overlooked, misrepresented or just flat out ignored. Assuming your knowledge of pirate-networks comes from some public source, it is prior art.
But note my caveats: "publicly known" and "public source." If the method (illicit or not) is kept private and not available to the public, it is a trade secret. Not prior art.
Here's a quick test: to learn of a method, do you have to go through a security check first? If you can't learn of it anywhere on earth without passing through security (electronic or physical), it's probably not public.
It depends.
Rule of thumb is that elevated railway costs 3 times as much per km. Tunnels 10 times as much per km.
Funny thing though ... the original statement was that iPads cost hundreds more. In defense of iPads, you listed a bunch of activities that make iPads worth getting. Things that Nooks and Kindle Fires do quite well by all accounts and for hundreds less.
I think you just demonstrated why Apple may have reason to worry.
BTW, I've done 2/3 the stuff you listed with a $114 Kindle (email, books, games, plus web surfing and some encryption key calculations). I'm looking to upgrade to the $99 version soon.
good question (and I thought I addressed it).
It sounds like you understood my reasoning perfectly, but got things a bit backwards. My whole intent is to for people to choose "legal, cheap and pure vs illicit, expensive, and unknown" and choose the former.
Legalized means that anyone can buy and sell as much as they want. No such thing as illicit/expensive/unknown. That would all be driven out of the market by cheap and plentiful. So you end up with informal "dealers." Sort of what happens with alcohol and cigarettes. People hanging out and sharing. It becomes trivial for anyone to try and become hooked. And since there is no such thing as smuggling or illicit dealing, you get brands of drugs. Marlborough or Captain Morgan ring any bells? There is still a profit motivation to encourage people to try and use.
But if you punish distribution (while keeping usage relatively cheap but in check) you minimize how often people will become informal dealers. Heck, even if you just fine $50 for distribution, it'll at least slow things down. And it'll make informal sources "illicit, expensive, and unknown."
My thinking isn't to eliminate drug usage, but to make it less destructive while still creating at least a modest barrier for becoming a user. Then let Darwin have his way.
This is why I tend to support decriminalization rather than legalization. Make drugs cheap (the cheaper, the better) and easily available from government approved sources (pharmacies, liquor stores, I don't really care). All you need is a doctor issued card and you can buy a personal supply.
But enforce the hell out of smuggling and illicit dealing. Kind of like they do now. Dealers will be forced to continue high prices.
Addicts will continue to be addicts, but maybe have a chance to become productive and/or not waste as much money on feeding their addiction. The vast majority of dealers will quickly go out of business. As a bonus, dealers will have very little incentive to encourage new users. The population of addicts might shrink significantly over time.
Many of the benefits of legalization without as many of the down sides.
No, I'm pretty sure it was the higher subscription cost.
Your story supports the theory that a lot of terrorism stems from, for lack of a better term, no girl friend. 15 years old and living in a country where women are taboo? Heck, explosives and a couple dozen virgins in heaven sounds great. 30 years old and not getting any while those immoral heathens are flaunting their debauchery? Let's make some bombs and strap them to some teenagers!
Ok, it's not a great theory. But the chicks vs explosives decision has saved more lives than people give it credit. Me? I married a woman who blows stuff up! Science chicks rule!
You don't have to give up on paper. If you are also thinking of getting a printer as part of going back to school, try getting a combination printer/scanner with an auto document feeder. I'm happy with our Canon Pixma 420 (around $100). It's pretty quick to scan 50 pages to PDF.
If her handwriting is decent, it'll even OCR it for her.
If she likes 4x8 notepads, those will scan and display decently on even a Kindle.
If this cheap alternative doesn't work, you still have a decent printer and can still get something digital.
A good one.
I'd suggest using the best software available: the human brain.
Version 1
Aim a camera at the finish line. Aimed to capture the racer's number and any other identifying information. Set the camera to be triggered by the interruption of an IR beam. Place a clock in the picture field.
During / after the race, find each racer's picture and record the time.
Version 2
Aim a video camera at the finish line.
Use a laser pointer as a finish line. Aim it at something white and make sure it is visible as a racer crosses
Put a clock in the field.
After the race, fast forward and write down the time each racer crossed.
As a bonus, you have photo evidence in case there is any dispute.
No, you're being a parent. If you told someone else's kid, then you'd just be meddling. If you told that to an adult, you'd be a jerk.
In terms of history, Mexico had chile peppers several thousand years before India. India's use of chile peppers is a relatively recent import from that region of the world.
Slashdot has probably of the best comment systems on Earth. But it certainly is subject to orthodoxy. Unpopular opinions are modded down, turning some comment threads into echo chambers. I'd rather hear stuff I don't agree with than only one side.
WTO rules would probably bite you if you impose rules on imports that aren't required of local products. Same goes for exports. Which is why I figure the tax should be due at final sale. Calculation for the tax can be done at every step of a product (raw materials, components, assembly, distribution, point of sale) with the option of escrow.
Then there are 3 scenarios:
Made here, sold here: taxes collected at final sale
Made there, sold here: taxes collected at final sale
Made here, sold there: taxes not collected. Or maybe they are?
Any company or country selling in the US gets treated equally: taxed on carbon used. Any products exported from the US get treated the same as where they are sent.
Minimum wage might be able to be handled as easily. Using the word "easily loosely.
Ah, but I didn't assume anything about their real motives. In fact, I believe they are just trying to create a situation where they can sue and make some cash. Regardless, my suggestion makes them look like fools, avoids the type of conflict they crave, and might peel off a few true believers.
I wondered about the implementation part too. The best method has to minimize inspection. But I can't figure out how to avoid it entirely. And any system has to apply equally to domestic and foreign producers.
This is what I've come up with so far:
CO2 tax calculated like VAT. Call it a CAT?
CO2 tax can be collected incrementally or upon import.
If collected incrementally, the increments must be certified (inspections)
If not, a statistical method for contry of origin used
Not a bad start, but if you really want to get them, time to use their language against them. Not in a humorous way, but in a way that makes their protests self defeating.
i.e. Show up at their protests with signs such as "Westboro protests are why people are turning from God."
Ok, a bit long. But the point is use the concepts of Judo. Directly trying to counter them does no good. They enjoy conflict. Co-opting their energy and using it against them gives them little to push against and sends them spinning.
"God kills babies because Phelps misuses his name." as opposed to "God likes ..."
Can I pay in Bitcoins?
How about if said carbon tax was calculated at point of sale based on CO2 produced to manufacture and transport, regardless of where?
Almost the only one. Googled "Phobia of Saturn" and only got 2 hits. One suggesting you avoid the phobia. The other is someone claiming to have the phobia. So unless that's you, you're not alone.
Heck, I've been using FF8 for a couple days now on the home pc. FF10 on the laptop (64 bittyness). This article was obsolete before it was written.