How is this wealth distribution? The poor don't get any wealthier with this. It's a distribution of burden. The stronger you are, the more you can carry.
That's the one that loses most people, even those willing to assume that current warming is anthropogenic. How can we assume these changes will be bad for mankind
--so bad, in fact, that possibly destroying all industrialized civilizations and dragging them back into stagnation through oppressive resource taxes is preferable to using technology to adapt?
Uhm, what? We are adapting our technology already (fossil fuel to regenerative fuel), just not fast enough. That's what the resource taxes are for.
Global warming and cooling is a natural cycle that our planet goes through; study after study shows that. The problem for us, is that our species evolved at this, roughly, current level. If it goes too far in either direction, we have two choices... Adapt or die! Every other animal or plant on this planet has to do this so why do we think we are special?
Well, that's what these climate scientists are trying to tell you. Either we adapt (cutting emissions of greenhouse gases) or we die.
You think that putting a date 30 years out to curb our countries carbon emissions is drastic?
Yes. Artificially increasing the price of energy will harm the poorest of the poor, and increase poverty and misery throughout the world.
Just don't make it pricier for the poor. It's artificial, after all.
Here's the only place I'd like to get to: agreeing that 1) climate is warming to a point of unnatural irreversible damage and 2) man made factors are contributing to it
#2 might be a reasonable assertion, but #1 is falsified by the historical record. A warmer planet is a better planet for life, period. We've had warmer periods in the past that were not "irreversible", and humanity has flourished during warm periods.
If there is no faster then light method of travelling possible, then there are unlikely to be any visitors ever. End of story.
Unless they are after our home because they fucked up theirs. So if FTL travelling is not possible, we actually should prepare to defend ourselves if there are ever any visitors from other star systems incoming. Which in turn is a pretty good reason to not contact species that haven't yet achieved FTL travelling if it's possible.
Don't these surveys usually measure the radius of a planets orbit as well? If it's orbit puts it in the habitable zone and it has a size comparable to earth, why not call it earth-like?
You know those tasks that you can use a netbook or a laptop for, but that can sometimes be a little annoying, that's where the iPad excels. It is clearly a niche product - it does not replace a standard computer, but it fills the gap for people who want portable computing on a screen bigger than an iPhone but who don't a netbook.
Todays netbooks can easily be used as "standard computer". An iPad can't.
I liken it to owning two cars - a big family car with a huge luggage space and 7 seats, and a smaller Smart Car with only 2 seats, very limited storage space but the benefit of getting 70mpg and the ability to park perpendicular to the kerb; the ideal errand vehicle for short trips and little jobs, but no the car you would take on a 300 mile journey.
Lots of families in rural areas own 2 cars in that setup you described because it's simply a necessity for them. It's not like owning an iPad at all.
When you boil down any modern convenience you are left with "what can you do that you couldn't do before" and the only real answer is "a new choice in how to do something". You could cook food before the microwave, you could check your email before the netbook, you could make a cup of tea before the electric kettle, you could make a phone call before the cellphone.
The point is, normaly you don't own these old devices/use these old ways anymore because they are superseded by new ones. My only phone is a cellphone, my standard computer is a netbook and my microwave is also the only oven i have. When preparing tea, I solely use my electric kettle for heating water.
It's near impossible to find a 100+dpi display with a matte finish
The screen of the netbook here on my desk has a matte finish, a horizontal resolution of 1024 pixels and a width of ~22cm. 1024/(22/2.54) dpi ~= 118 dpi (vertical: 600/(13/2.54) dpi ~= 117 dpi)
You say that "have" to - but as far as the grid companies are concerned, the obvious profits go to the windmill companies, who are a minority of their customers.
I don't quite understand why windmill companies are customers and why the profits go to these windmill companies. From my point of view they clearly are suppliers. Consumers buy electric power from grid companies which in turn buy electric power from suppliers like windmill companies.
Dunno how this works where you live, but I know it like this: power companies sell electricity to consumers and buy it from owners of power plants (like windmills). So it's obvious that these power companies have to upgrade the grid as their means of distribution.
A lot of netbooks (like mine) come with 1GB of RAM. I tried to use Chrome on that machine but it would always start swapping after a few hours of continous usage. Number of open tabs didn't matter - Chrome would happily eat 400MB and more of RAM with only ~5 tabs open. So I went back to FF and never had an issue since then. I would really like to use Chrome, but I can't.
A decade ago i went online with a used PC that cost me about $300. No flatrate, though. Today I'm online with a PC that cost me about $350 (new) and internet for a good $20 flat. So how is $30 for internet access on a $300 phone or $600 tablet cheap?
Yeah, but "75mT"? It's nice to see US Senators trying to get to grips with this new fangled metric system when they specify their pork, but 75 milli-Tonnes would be 75KG.
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How is this wealth distribution? The poor don't get any wealthier with this. It's a distribution of burden. The stronger you are, the more you can carry.
That's the one that loses most people, even those willing to assume that current warming is anthropogenic. How can we assume these changes will be bad for mankind
Figure 1-3.
--so bad, in fact, that possibly destroying all industrialized civilizations and dragging them back into stagnation through oppressive resource taxes is preferable to using technology to adapt?
Uhm, what? We are adapting our technology already (fossil fuel to regenerative fuel), just not fast enough. That's what the resource taxes are for.
Global warming and cooling is a natural cycle that our planet goes through; study after study shows that. The problem for us, is that our species evolved at this, roughly, current level. If it goes too far in either direction, we have two choices... Adapt or die! Every other animal or plant on this planet has to do this so why do we think we are special?
Well, that's what these climate scientists are trying to tell you. Either we adapt (cutting emissions of greenhouse gases) or we die.
Yes. Artificially increasing the price of energy will harm the poorest of the poor, and increase poverty and misery throughout the world.
Just don't make it pricier for the poor. It's artificial, after all.
#2 might be a reasonable assertion, but #1 is falsified by the historical record. A warmer planet is a better planet for life, period. We've had warmer periods in the past that were not "irreversible", and humanity has flourished during warm periods.
Sure, we had. But not 2 K or more were humanity has flourished. Have a look at these nice figures (figure 1-3 and 1-2) from Chapter 1 of Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes
As if Hoth would only be covered in snow or Tattoine fully covered with desert. A good 70% is IMHO good enough to characterize a planet with it.
If there is no faster then light method of travelling possible, then there are unlikely to be any visitors ever. End of story.
Unless they are after our home because they fucked up theirs. So if FTL travelling is not possible, we actually should prepare to defend ourselves if there are ever any visitors from other star systems incoming. Which in turn is a pretty good reason to not contact species that haven't yet achieved FTL travelling if it's possible.
Don't these surveys usually measure the radius of a planets orbit as well? If it's orbit puts it in the habitable zone and it has a size comparable to earth, why not call it earth-like?
Actually it's more than just a letter. They are called Minshara Class. At least by Vulcans.
Earth, the ocean planet.
You know those tasks that you can use a netbook or a laptop for, but that can sometimes be a little annoying, that's where the iPad excels. It is clearly a niche product - it does not replace a standard computer, but it fills the gap for people who want portable computing on a screen bigger than an iPhone but who don't a netbook.
Todays netbooks can easily be used as "standard computer". An iPad can't.
I liken it to owning two cars - a big family car with a huge luggage space and 7 seats, and a smaller Smart Car with only 2 seats, very limited storage space but the benefit of getting 70mpg and the ability to park perpendicular to the kerb; the ideal errand vehicle for short trips and little jobs, but no the car you would take on a 300 mile journey.
Lots of families in rural areas own 2 cars in that setup you described because it's simply a necessity for them. It's not like owning an iPad at all.
When you boil down any modern convenience you are left with "what can you do that you couldn't do before" and the only real answer is "a new choice in how to do something". You could cook food before the microwave, you could check your email before the netbook, you could make a cup of tea before the electric kettle, you could make a phone call before the cellphone.
The point is, normaly you don't own these old devices/use these old ways anymore because they are superseded by new ones. My only phone is a cellphone, my standard computer is a netbook and my microwave is also the only oven i have. When preparing tea, I solely use my electric kettle for heating water.
and then stick around trying to make sure a genocide doesn't break out between the squabbling factions.
Funny that you mention this. Because AFAIR that what happened the first time the USA invaded Iraq and then pulled out short of taking Baghdad.
There are more causes for a BSOD than "bad job from MS". Like faulty hardware.
...is it secure?
You must be new here.
And are adjusted to the right wavelength? These mirrors usually have a small bandwidth.
It's near impossible to find a 100+dpi display with a matte finish
The screen of the netbook here on my desk has a matte finish, a horizontal resolution of 1024 pixels and a width of ~22cm. 1024/(22/2.54) dpi ~= 118 dpi (vertical: 600/(13/2.54) dpi ~= 117 dpi)
It's an Asus 1005PE, not really rare IMO.
You say that "have" to - but as far as the grid companies are concerned, the obvious profits go to the windmill companies, who are a minority of their customers.
I don't quite understand why windmill companies are customers and why the profits go to these windmill companies. From my point of view they clearly are suppliers. Consumers buy electric power from grid companies which in turn buy electric power from suppliers like windmill companies.
Dunno how this works where you live, but I know it like this: power companies sell electricity to consumers and buy it from owners of power plants (like windmills). So it's obvious that these power companies have to upgrade the grid as their means of distribution.
Sorry, but that's exactly the behaviour I've never seen with FF but with Chrome. Maybe it's depended on architecture, I'm on 32-bit.
A lot of netbooks (like mine) come with 1GB of RAM. I tried to use Chrome on that machine but it would always start swapping after a few hours of continous usage. Number of open tabs didn't matter - Chrome would happily eat 400MB and more of RAM with only ~5 tabs open. So I went back to FF and never had an issue since then. I would really like to use Chrome, but I can't.
Yeah, except CDDL doesn't allow forking.
I guess that's why the CDDL is better than the GPL?
A decade ago i went online with a used PC that cost me about $300. No flatrate, though. Today I'm online with a PC that cost me about $350 (new) and internet for a good $20 flat. So how is $30 for internet access on a $300 phone or $600 tablet cheap?
Yeah, but "75mT"? It's nice to see US Senators trying to get to grips with this new fangled metric system when they specify their pork, but 75 milli-Tonnes would be 75KG.
More like 75 milli Tesla.
But globally, you're right. Unfortunately. I guess most of us want to go "North Korea" on IE: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-KP-monthly-200906-201007 (Kim Jong-il must have stopped using the web in septembre 2009 :)
The fact that so many of my fellow geeks are getting so revved up about this makes me wonder what they are thinking.
Basics first.