You can also obtain the contents (and ISOs if you like) of the CDs off Joe Buckley's (If you read much from Baen, you're probably familiar with the name) site.
Deliberately researching how to spread lethal bird flu to humans and make it more infectious? What the hell were they thinking? How could this possibly be a good idea?
Because the probability of said mutation sequence happening in nature is non-trivial and this research allows us to have information to be prepared for if/when it does happen on its own.
yet even independently researched theses that describe the implementation of an A-bomb cave been classified.
Yes, and it was pretty damn conclusively proven back in 1967 (Nth country experiment) that was pretty much completely pointless and it's hardly any less true today.
Because it's a US trial. The vaccine was developed in Canada, but they're doing the trial in the US, presumably as people meeting the trial criteria (HIV negative people at high risk of infection) are easier to come by, if only due to having 10x as many people.
Have a look at David Weber's works. I quite enjoyed the Honorverse, and there's enough of a back catalog (20 books so far (12 main novels, 4 side novels written with Eric Flint (of 1632 fame, among others), and 4 short story anthologies)), all of which are freely (no cost and drm-free in several formats) available from the Baen Free Library) to keep you busy for some time.
Also on the subject of Eric Flint, 1632 is next on my reading list.
Another series I've read recently is the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, which is urban fantasy.
"Economically disastrous" seems like a good description of any unification of North and South Korea. East and West Germany were much closer to on par economically than North and South Korea are.
East Germany had about 2/3rds the GDP and 1/4 the population of West Germany. Averaged out, the unification cut their GDP, compared to West Germany, by about 7.4%. Even 20 years later, Germany still has to pour about $150 billion per year into the eastern states for infrastructure projects, in addition to massive tax breaks on investments.
North Korea has about 1/20th the GDP and 1/2 the population of South Korea. Averaged out, a unification would cut their GDP, compared to South Korea, by about 45%. That would kick their economy from being a little below the average of the EU down to about Russia.
Unless someone in North Korea can pull off some crazy economic revitalization or the entire damn world puts their back into it and throws container ships full of money at them, I really doubt we'll be seeing unification happen anytime soon.
Last I heard, the Chinese government's public opinion is that they wouldn't mind a peaceful unification. They don't seem overly amused by NK's antics over the past few years and they can probably think of something else they'd rather do with the money they're spending to prop up NK.
They're the makers of Covergirl and Max Factor cosmetics.
They're also Braun, Duracell, Tide, Gain, Cheer, Downy, Ivory, Iams, Oral-B, Old Spice, Mr. Clean, Gucci, Hugo, and Lacoste colognes, Vicks, and Gillette , among many others.
They are a very diversified company. They pretty much invented the term soap opera.
Must be a provincial thing. I've never needed to show ID to get pseudoephedrine, even the extended release 120mg stuff, though it is kept behind the counter. The only thing I've ever needed to show ID for is ACC (aka Tylenol #1).
Right, because they passed a law, the rates should go down immediately, regardless of enforcement, or lack thereof, of said law, because obviously people would never ignore an unenforced law.
The animation is out of copyright, but the audio was created by a different guy who lived longer and that part is still under copyright for another 20 years or so.
1/2. Link time Profile Guided Optimization. Eats memory like crazy, but nets you a big performance boost on the resulting code. 3. Dunno. 4. Problem is that the 64-bit linker won't output a 32-bit executable.
Why not just run the 64-bit tools on a 64-bit platform and have them output 32-bit code, the same as can be done by virtually any cross-platform compiler system.
Because thanks to Microsoft's brilliance, the 64-bit tools won't output a 32-bit executable.
And unfortunately, Microsoft's compiler's optimization methods outclass everyone else.
That's one that stacks up well for the Canadians. On many models the grain belts move from the USA and Europe to Canada, the Norse countries and Siberia.
We already have a grain belt. We've got huge fairly flat prairies. Roughly 49-53 degrees latitude. Go north of that and it's forests and lakes, then shield rock and permafrost.
I don't care how warm it gets, you're not growing anything on bare rock and melting permafrost will just turn into an unplantable marsh from hell. Though I guess you could always clearcut the forests.
Yeah, that's the area in yellow on the map. The yellow area ends around Prince Albert at about 53 degrees north. Keep going up and there's practically nothing but forest and lakes until you hit the shield rock or the permafrost.
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Who would? I'd much rather be caught alive in one.
You can also obtain the contents (and ISOs if you like) of the CDs off Joe Buckley's (If you read much from Baen, you're probably familiar with the name) site.
http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/
Deliberately researching how to spread lethal bird flu to humans and make it more infectious? What the hell were they thinking? How could this possibly be a good idea?
Because the probability of said mutation sequence happening in nature is non-trivial and this research allows us to have information to be prepared for if/when it does happen on its own.
yet even independently researched theses that describe the implementation of an A-bomb cave been classified.
Yes, and it was pretty damn conclusively proven back in 1967 (Nth country experiment) that was pretty much completely pointless and it's hardly any less true today.
Because it's a US trial. The vaccine was developed in Canada, but they're doing the trial in the US, presumably as people meeting the trial criteria (HIV negative people at high risk of infection) are easier to come by, if only due to having 10x as many people.
Have a look at David Weber's works. I quite enjoyed the Honorverse, and there's enough of a back catalog (20 books so far (12 main novels, 4 side novels written with Eric Flint (of 1632 fame, among others), and 4 short story anthologies)), all of which are freely (no cost and drm-free in several formats) available from the Baen Free Library) to keep you busy for some time.
Also on the subject of Eric Flint, 1632 is next on my reading list.
Another series I've read recently is the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, which is urban fantasy.
I said unification is unlikely, not that allowing (controlled) movement across the border is.
"Economically disastrous" seems like a good description of any unification of North and South Korea. East and West Germany were much closer to on par economically than North and South Korea are.
East Germany had about 2/3rds the GDP and 1/4 the population of West Germany. Averaged out, the unification cut their GDP, compared to West Germany, by about 7.4%. Even 20 years later, Germany still has to pour about $150 billion per year into the eastern states for infrastructure projects, in addition to massive tax breaks on investments.
North Korea has about 1/20th the GDP and 1/2 the population of South Korea. Averaged out, a unification would cut their GDP, compared to South Korea, by about 45%. That would kick their economy from being a little below the average of the EU down to about Russia.
Unless someone in North Korea can pull off some crazy economic revitalization or the entire damn world puts their back into it and throws container ships full of money at them, I really doubt we'll be seeing unification happen anytime soon.
Last I heard, the Chinese government's public opinion is that they wouldn't mind a peaceful unification. They don't seem overly amused by NK's antics over the past few years and they can probably think of something else they'd rather do with the money they're spending to prop up NK.
Right, because it's simply not possible that their replacement will be as ignorant.
They're the makers of Covergirl and Max Factor cosmetics.
They're also Braun, Duracell, Tide, Gain, Cheer, Downy, Ivory, Iams, Oral-B, Old Spice, Mr. Clean, Gucci, Hugo, and Lacoste colognes, Vicks, and Gillette , among many others.
They are a very diversified company. They pretty much invented the term soap opera.
All this proves is there is still a sucker born every minute.
I think that number is low. That would imply that only 1 in 250 people are suckers.
I presume you're counting hair dye and shaving related products, as otherwise I have no idea what you're talking about.
Vimeo is no better as they also took down said video
Must be a provincial thing. I've never needed to show ID to get pseudoephedrine, even the extended release 120mg stuff, though it is kept behind the counter. The only thing I've ever needed to show ID for is ACC (aka Tylenol #1).
Right, because they passed a law, the rates should go down immediately, regardless of enforcement, or lack thereof, of said law, because obviously people would never ignore an unenforced law.
The animation is out of copyright, but the audio was created by a different guy who lived longer and that part is still under copyright for another 20 years or so.
Isn't copyright fun?
AFAICT, Mozilla has found that Microsoft's compiler's optimization techniques give better results than the alternatives.
1/2. Link time Profile Guided Optimization. Eats memory like crazy, but nets you a big performance boost on the resulting code.
3. Dunno.
4. Problem is that the 64-bit linker won't output a 32-bit executable.
Why not just run the 64-bit tools on a 64-bit platform and have them output 32-bit code, the same as can be done by virtually any cross-platform compiler system.
Because thanks to Microsoft's brilliance, the 64-bit tools won't output a 32-bit executable.
And unfortunately, Microsoft's compiler's optimization methods outclass everyone else.
Atom processors are 32-bit... and they are netbooks, mostly.
Netbook Atoms have been 64-bit since late 2008. Everything except the original diamondville single core does 64-bit.
The only current atoms that don't do 64-bit are the ultra-low-power Z series, which are for UMPCs and tablets.
Rise over what time frame? NOK's stock has lost a little over half its value this year.
That's one that stacks up well for the Canadians. On many models the grain belts move from the USA and Europe to Canada, the Norse countries and Siberia.
We already have a grain belt. We've got huge fairly flat prairies. Roughly 49-53 degrees latitude. Go north of that and it's forests and lakes, then shield rock and permafrost.
I don't care how warm it gets, you're not growing anything on bare rock and melting permafrost will just turn into an unplantable marsh from hell. Though I guess you could always clearcut the forests.
Yeah, that's the area in yellow on the map. The yellow area ends around Prince Albert at about 53 degrees north. Keep going up and there's practically nothing but forest and lakes until you hit the shield rock or the permafrost.
Which naturally is a red-link on Wikipedia, because no doubt the first computers that were used to build the internet weren't "notable".
It appears that no one has ever bothered to make said article. There's nothing in the deletion log.