The ultimatum may prove to be a powerful bargaining chip, Even if you can't win, you may be able to extract concessions from a more powerful party by making them lose as well. Therefore, it's totally rational and sane to make your opponents think you are insane. Iran is totally playing the western media in this regard.
I'm not sure if you are talking about black holes or cosmic rays, but "Studies by IBM in the 1990s suggest that computers typically experience about one cosmic-ray-induced error per 256 megabytes of RAM per month." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray#Effect_on_electronics
It's not about compiling close to the metal. It's about thinking close to the metal. With c, I can usually follow what the computer is doing by scanning through the lines of code. With c++, I can't. More things happen at instantiating an object or at the closing brace of a function than in the body of the function, and I have no idea what order things are being done in. With more abstraction, it's easier to see what the programmer intended a program to do, but it's harder to see what the program really does.
The thing is, lawmakers can't just make a law which suddenly renders huge existing corporations unnecessary. There's too much pressure from moneyed interests. I don't have any love for the giant insurance corporations, but I agree that it would be impossible for the government to just mandate them away. I mean, if they tried, they'd be swamped by lawsuits from insurance companies. The courts would probably side with the insurance companies. It's legally so much easier to privatize something than to nationalize it, regardless of which is better for the public.
Talk about false dichotomy. There is always another option. The system that had existed up till now is one such option. It is sort of a "pay what you can/want to" system, which has the effect of healthcare to the very poor being essentially a charity, paid by increased costs to everyone else. It's not a true "pay what you want" system because creditors will hound you, but they can't make you pay. Yes, there will be freeloaders. But simply allowing freeloaders to exist can be a viable option, even the best option, if there aren't too many of them.
That's the crux of it. Anytime anyone makes the argument that the Indians are taking all the American jobs, I just think, fuck borders. Why should I care about the pursuit of prosperity of my fellow American over the pursuit of the Indian? Yet, the current H1B program gives companies a huge coercive power over the foreign workers, and this is what needs to be resolved.
For some perspective, a light-nanosecond is about 30 centimeters. Since Wall Street is quite a bit larger than this, it's not possible to trade at nano-second time scales.
If what you want them to do is survive, then I don't think you need to worry about them doing (or trying to do) what you want them to. Well, until they go insane.
A one way trip may even be safer than a two way trip, depending on how you look at things. While a one way trip is certain death, it's possible to live for some length of time off supplies with mass comparable to the mass of fuel you save. The complexities involved in a two way trip leave a lot more room for catastropic failure. Although there's some chance of getting home, it's probably better to think of any trip to Mars as one way, regardless of the mission specifications.
It may be hard for most people to understand, but the people who volunteer for this probably WANT to have every part of their lives observed. Moreover, being totally deprived of physical contact with society will drive people to do their best to ensure that the communication link stays in top condition. What else do you have to look forward to if you are living on Mars, in a sealed box, eating condensed food bars, day after day?
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You think Israel doesn't have nukes?
The ultimatum may prove to be a powerful bargaining chip, Even if you can't win, you may be able to extract concessions from a more powerful party by making them lose as well. Therefore, it's totally rational and sane to make your opponents think you are insane. Iran is totally playing the western media in this regard.
The irony is that the best way to get the Iranian people to rise up is to export our culture and technology to them.
What about when the pills are $1000/month (not so unusual)?
But, _so many things_ are TOO IMPORTANT to be left to capitalists. Banks, prisons, utilities, schools. Where do you draw the line?
Please don't confuse wasteful business practice with wasteful societal practice.
Actually, you need to flip it 25 times. 20 trials isn't enough to get 5 sigma certainty that the coin is not fair.
For theoretical physicists, c=1, so it's the same.
I'm not sure if you are talking about black holes or cosmic rays, but
"Studies by IBM in the 1990s suggest that computers typically experience about one cosmic-ray-induced error per 256 megabytes of RAM per month."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray#Effect_on_electronics
Ah, but this is an advantage of c. Things are left undefined because defining them would impose a performance penalty in hardware implementation.
It's not about compiling close to the metal. It's about thinking close to the metal. With c, I can usually follow what the computer is doing by scanning through the lines of code. With c++, I can't. More things happen at instantiating an object or at the closing brace of a function than in the body of the function, and I have no idea what order things are being done in. With more abstraction, it's easier to see what the programmer intended a program to do, but it's harder to see what the program really does.
What do you mean by "contrary"?
The thing is, lawmakers can't just make a law which suddenly renders huge existing corporations unnecessary. There's too much pressure from moneyed interests. I don't have any love for the giant insurance corporations, but I agree that it would be impossible for the government to just mandate them away. I mean, if they tried, they'd be swamped by lawsuits from insurance companies. The courts would probably side with the insurance companies. It's legally so much easier to privatize something than to nationalize it, regardless of which is better for the public.
Talk about false dichotomy. There is always another option. The system that had existed up till now is one such option. It is sort of a "pay what you can/want to" system, which has the effect of healthcare to the very poor being essentially a charity, paid by increased costs to everyone else. It's not a true "pay what you want" system because creditors will hound you, but they can't make you pay. Yes, there will be freeloaders. But simply allowing freeloaders to exist can be a viable option, even the best option, if there aren't too many of them.
That's the crux of it. Anytime anyone makes the argument that the Indians are taking all the American jobs, I just think, fuck borders. Why should I care about the pursuit of prosperity of my fellow American over the pursuit of the Indian? Yet, the current H1B program gives companies a huge coercive power over the foreign workers, and this is what needs to be resolved.
You only need to beat 50-50 to make it profitable to trade as frequently as possible
For some perspective, a light-nanosecond is about 30 centimeters. Since Wall Street is quite a bit larger than this, it's not possible to trade at nano-second time scales.
That's peanuts compared to the cost of filming the movie, though.
Then do it.
Simple solution. Send people who already have cancer.
If what you want them to do is survive, then I don't think you need to worry about them doing (or trying to do) what you want them to. Well, until they go insane.
so what stops those who go from just disconnecting the camera?
Loneliness.
A one way trip may even be safer than a two way trip, depending on how you look at things. While a one way trip is certain death, it's possible to live for some length of time off supplies with mass comparable to the mass of fuel you save. The complexities involved in a two way trip leave a lot more room for catastropic failure. Although there's some chance of getting home, it's probably better to think of any trip to Mars as one way, regardless of the mission specifications.
It may be hard for most people to understand, but the people who volunteer for this probably WANT to have every part of their lives observed. Moreover, being totally deprived of physical contact with society will drive people to do their best to ensure that the communication link stays in top condition. What else do you have to look forward to if you are living on Mars, in a sealed box, eating condensed food bars, day after day?
I can see some sane people willing to do this. Terminally ill sane people, but sane people nonetheless.