If you have a good idea, put it to work -- there's plenty to do. If you think that all of the ideas are gone, and that it's the evil corporations fault...well, it's not their fault -- it's just your lack of imagination.
Bravo. I could not have said it better myself.
My only resentment? All the low-hanging fruits seem to be gone:)
Sorry, distillation alone doesn't remove organics. Reverse-osmosis water is so good at being a solvent, it will rip soluables (including volatile organic chemicals, CO2, etc.) right from water. You leave it standing long enough, and it will gain so much CO2 that its pH will drop to 4 or 5.
When making vodka or any other distilled spirits, the idea is to *recapture* *good* aromatics and leave the bad aromatics behind.
Even two years ago that was only part of their reasoning for keeping Office.
Their biggest reason for keeping Office is because they need to be able to read and write Office files to communicate with their customers and clients.
You are a dumbshit. Ever hear of wireless networks? You can get satellite internet access for $100 a month. Even if there was no such thing as wireless magic data genie it would be impossible to cut off North Korea from the internet. Its not exactly rocket science to just bury miles and miles of cable all over the place. Incidentally, rocket science is a field which North Korea has been getting much better at lately. And no, we could not get China to cut North Korea's physical internet connections. You also do not know anything about international affairs.
Since you're rambling a bit much, I'll summarize your points, and reply from there.
Wireless network access can be had via satellites
Even if North Korea cannot get satellite internet access, they will be able to lay cables
China will not cut those cables
Am I correct so far?
Your first point, that wireless internet access can be had for $100/month, is a bit of a fallacy; communication satellites servicing North American households are well below the horizon in North Korea. I know of no Asian efforts to maintain a satellite-based internet venture; most countries in Asia have population densities that would enable them to retain their ground-based infrastructure. Because of the respective countries' laws regarding trade with North Korea, no vendor in Japan or South Korea will sell them a pipe to North Korean government.
Your second and third points seem to go together; that they can lay cables, and presumably, they can lay their cables to China, where they will be protected from Western prying hands. The Chinese are more willing to cut North Korea off. The North Korea have lately been annoying Beijing with their incessant threats to the area's stability. Yes, Beijing has more things to worry about right now, like soft-landing their economy, but if Pyongyang thinks they can live off of Peoples' Republic of China's largesse, they would be seriously mistaken.
The Internet started as a military program. Do you actually doubt that North Korea's million man military has not built a world class network? Do you doubt that this incredibally expensive and vital network is not capable of carrying tcp/ip traffic?
Considering how outdated even Soviet command and control systems were with regards to networking them, yes, I do seriously doubt North Korean Army to have anything remotely like what the American government has given their soldiers. Infrastructure-grade routers and such are surprisingly expensive, and given that they cannot afford to buy latest jets or keep their populace fed without outside aid, I doubt their capability to maintain a large infrastructure-grade network connection.
Just who do you think provides the jobs to the rest of us? Am I on my 40k a year job going to hire anyone other than a kid to mow my lawn? These people get TRILLIONS back because A. They pay the MOST tax already. B. They are the ones who create jobs.
2 families with $40k/yr disposable income going up to $45k/yr disposable income will spend more (and thus have a greater impact upon the economy) than one family going from $80k/yr to $90k/yr. What happens when the family with larger amount of money receives a tax cut (and thus a bump in their disposable income) is often an indirect bump to the economy; a stock price going up will not directly increase jobs, especially when one of the biggest problems in the financial markets today is too much money circulating there, not too little. However, when a middle-class income family receives a tax cut, they often end up paying outstanding bills with it or they outright spend it on luxury goods, directly pumping moneys into the economy. The ratio of people earning $60k/yr to $110k/yr (yes, $110k/yr -- we're talking disposable income) is about 2:1 to 3:1. From these economic theories, it is clear that cutting personal taxes for the greater masses provide a bigger economic impact than the wealthiest.
As for your rhetoric that these wealthiest few create jobs, where do you think they received their money? They are often in the upper eschelon of companies who sell to the masses. The largest companies in the world, whether they are retail sector like Wal-Mart or financial services company like Citicorp, cater to the middle class.
They make a *fabulous* CCD used in Olympus E-1, and possibly the new E-300. Supurb colour, and all that. It's not Kodak's fault Olympus can't write software:)
Which is why the point of CS studies back then wasn't to learn how to program a PDP-11, nor is learning the Win32 API the point of CS studies today.
Still isn't, at least not where I went to school:)
Seriously, I was taught algorithms analysis, computability theory, and how hardware operates (at a rather high level). I suppose I "use" most of it but I rarely do a formal analysis. Most of that is really back-of-brain stuff now.
Yes, but the difference is that you know about *your* skin/autoimmune issues, but you don't know how to diagnose it from other, similar looking skin issues. Therein lies the difference; presumably, a trained dermatologist or an immunologist should.
My condolences on your skin/autoimmune issues. I suffer from a class of them myself, and it's not pleasant.
On a practical level, all you need to do is pull out the ROM with the camera's private key, attach it to a custom circiut-board and query it directly. That's for a well-designed system.
Then you'd need access to my camera, or one with an identical key (not bloody likely; keyspace is cheap). I'd notice if my camera went missing, won't I?
until you look at PDF. I just hope they don't try and put some tagging / watermarking / superflous junk into it.
Why is that superfluous? I bet you law enforcement would JUMP at a digital file format where they have an encapsulated proof within an image that the image has not been adultrated, as would insurance companies and such, and many other uses I can think of. Heck, as a photographer, I'd like it for protecting my own copyright.
Yes. Currently, CCDs and CMOSs support 12-16bits/channel. That can be encompassed in PNG's 48bits/pixel. However, newer generation gear already samples at 18-24bits/channel of RGB, which superscedes what PNG can do.
Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't PNG assume all pixels have RGB information? Oftentimes this isn't the case in digital cameras (unless you're using a Foveon sensor). Google "Bayer Pattern" if you're interested.
The article is light on details, but I don't think Adobe is aiming this solely towards digital cameras (even expensive digital backs for medium-format cameras), but also towards medical imaging and what not. There is a reason why ImageMagick can be built with 24bits/channel and up.
Except that Felica system also implements smart-cash capabilities, where you precharge your card with money, and when that's done, you either recharge with your own money or you stop using it (actually, in Japan, there're two competing methods that use the same Felica cards, Edy by Bit Wallet (which I think is a Sony subsidiary) and Suica Electronic Money (done by JR East, and it started as a refillable train ticket).
Now, Edy has the capability to be externally linked with your credit card (which certainly makes charging the card easier), so when you find your card is missing, you sever that link ASAP, but other than that, since you're only able to charge these cards with a few $100's at a time (the idea is you put as much into these thigns as you're comfortable carrying as cash), so in theory, losing it isn't like getting into credit card fraud.
See, these things are designed for you to quickly purchase gum and magazines, not complete a multi-hundred-dollar transactions. I think JCB's kind of missing the point with their Offica (which seems to be linked to their credit system).
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Bravo. I could not have said it better myself.
My only resentment? All the low-hanging fruits seem to be gone :)
Sorry, distillation alone doesn't remove organics. Reverse-osmosis water is so good at being a solvent, it will rip soluables (including volatile organic chemicals, CO2, etc.) right from water. You leave it standing long enough, and it will gain so much CO2 that its pH will drop to 4 or 5.
When making vodka or any other distilled spirits, the idea is to *recapture* *good* aromatics and leave the bad aromatics behind.
Or grandparent's testors were already sloshed :)
Yes, W-CDMA (DoCoMo and Vodafone's 3G standard) is an isolationist protocol.
I bet you it's Sanyo's wet dream to have everything require rechargeable batteries :)
As long as there wasn't a musically perceptible lag.
Even two years ago that was only part of their reasoning for keeping Office.
Their biggest reason for keeping Office is because they need to be able to read and write Office files to communicate with their customers and clients.
Since you're rambling a bit much, I'll summarize your points, and reply from there.
- Wireless network access can be had via satellites
- Even if North Korea cannot get satellite internet access, they will be able to lay cables
- China will not cut those cables
Am I correct so far?Your first point, that wireless internet access can be had for $100/month, is a bit of a fallacy; communication satellites servicing North American households are well below the horizon in North Korea. I know of no Asian efforts to maintain a satellite-based internet venture; most countries in Asia have population densities that would enable them to retain their ground-based infrastructure. Because of the respective countries' laws regarding trade with North Korea, no vendor in Japan or South Korea will sell them a pipe to North Korean government.
Your second and third points seem to go together; that they can lay cables, and presumably, they can lay their cables to China, where they will be protected from Western prying hands. The Chinese are more willing to cut North Korea off. The North Korea have lately been annoying Beijing with their incessant threats to the area's stability. Yes, Beijing has more things to worry about right now, like soft-landing their economy, but if Pyongyang thinks they can live off of Peoples' Republic of China's largesse, they would be seriously mistaken.
Considering how outdated even Soviet command and control systems were with regards to networking them, yes, I do seriously doubt North Korean Army to have anything remotely like what the American government has given their soldiers. Infrastructure-grade routers and such are surprisingly expensive, and given that they cannot afford to buy latest jets or keep their populace fed without outside aid, I doubt their capability to maintain a large infrastructure-grade network connection.
No, Solaris 7, Solaris 8. Last of the Solaris 2's was Solaris 2.6 :)
Gods. I'm replying to this.
2 families with $40k/yr disposable income going up to $45k/yr disposable income will spend more (and thus have a greater impact upon the economy) than one family going from $80k/yr to $90k/yr. What happens when the family with larger amount of money receives a tax cut (and thus a bump in their disposable income) is often an indirect bump to the economy; a stock price going up will not directly increase jobs, especially when one of the biggest problems in the financial markets today is too much money circulating there, not too little. However, when a middle-class income family receives a tax cut, they often end up paying outstanding bills with it or they outright spend it on luxury goods, directly pumping moneys into the economy. The ratio of people earning $60k/yr to $110k/yr (yes, $110k/yr -- we're talking disposable income) is about 2:1 to 3:1. From these economic theories, it is clear that cutting personal taxes for the greater masses provide a bigger economic impact than the wealthiest.
As for your rhetoric that these wealthiest few create jobs, where do you think they received their money? They are often in the upper eschelon of companies who sell to the masses. The largest companies in the world, whether they are retail sector like Wal-Mart or financial services company like Citicorp, cater to the middle class.
Yes, but how will they start their car back up again without the key? :)
It's harder to bundle hardware items with pirated copies of Windows.
They make a *fabulous* CCD used in Olympus E-1, and possibly the new E-300. Supurb colour, and all that. It's not Kodak's fault Olympus can't write software :)
Still isn't, at least not where I went to school :)
Seriously, I was taught algorithms analysis, computability theory, and how hardware operates (at a rather high level). I suppose I "use" most of it but I rarely do a formal analysis. Most of that is really back-of-brain stuff now.
Yes, but the difference is that you know about *your* skin/autoimmune issues, but you don't know how to diagnose it from other, similar looking skin issues. Therein lies the difference; presumably, a trained dermatologist or an immunologist should.
My condolences on your skin/autoimmune issues. I suffer from a class of them myself, and it's not pleasant.
Then you'd need access to my camera, or one with an identical key (not bloody likely; keyspace is cheap). I'd notice if my camera went missing, won't I?
Why is that superfluous? I bet you law enforcement would JUMP at a digital file format where they have an encapsulated proof within an image that the image has not been adultrated, as would insurance companies and such, and many other uses I can think of. Heck, as a photographer, I'd like it for protecting my own copyright.
Yes. Currently, CCDs and CMOSs support 12-16bits/channel. That can be encompassed in PNG's 48bits/pixel. However, newer generation gear already samples at 18-24bits/channel of RGB, which superscedes what PNG can do.
Plus, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't PNG assume all pixels have RGB information? Oftentimes this isn't the case in digital cameras (unless you're using a Foveon sensor). Google "Bayer Pattern" if you're interested.
The article is light on details, but I don't think Adobe is aiming this solely towards digital cameras (even expensive digital backs for medium-format cameras), but also towards medical imaging and what not. There is a reason why ImageMagick can be built with 24bits/channel and up.
Near zero? During some periods, there was an actual deflation.
Since 1945. That's closer to 60 years.
It's Nihon Keizai Shinbun. Gods, we need the Japanese equivalent of Engrish.com :P
There's no radio because Apple wants to sell the same box internationally.
Personally, I don't listen to radio, so it's not a big loss to me.
noooo. It does 386 real and protected modes too.
Except that Felica system also implements smart-cash capabilities, where you precharge your card with money, and when that's done, you either recharge with your own money or you stop using it (actually, in Japan, there're two competing methods that use the same Felica cards, Edy by Bit Wallet (which I think is a Sony subsidiary) and Suica Electronic Money (done by JR East, and it started as a refillable train ticket).
Now, Edy has the capability to be externally linked with your credit card (which certainly makes charging the card easier), so when you find your card is missing, you sever that link ASAP, but other than that, since you're only able to charge these cards with a few $100's at a time (the idea is you put as much into these thigns as you're comfortable carrying as cash), so in theory, losing it isn't like getting into credit card fraud.
See, these things are designed for you to quickly purchase gum and magazines, not complete a multi-hundred-dollar transactions. I think JCB's kind of missing the point with their Offica (which seems to be linked to their credit system).
I mean, I swear to god this has happened to a person I know!! Or something :)