Interestingly, the east coast land is sinking around 20 times faster than the sea level is rising. Maybe the sinking land is displacing seawater that is causing the sea to rise? Just a thought. In any case sea level itself is kind of an academic concept when the entire surface of the planet is in continuous motion, the planet itself is not quite spherical, and gravity itself is unevenly distributed. (Interesting articles: http://articles.chicagotribune..., and https://www.newscientist.com/a...)
In my opinion, Miami's perceived problems are likely due to overdevelopment, land subsidence, groundwater depletion, and perhaps climate hysteria -- not unlike Venice. The one thing I am pretty sure of is that the 1/4 inch of sea level rise is not a significant factor. The gizmodo article is misleading, and sadly the comments indicate that people are eating it up.
I feel that way about nuclear. But windmills have been around hundreds of years, and have been generating power for decades. They are a blight on the landscape. The Columbia River Gorge used to be beautiful, now it all looks like this: https://carrgroup.files.wordpr... You can hardly find an unspoiled view anymore. At night the landscape for a hundred miles looks like a giant blinking Christmas Tree, the lame kind where all the lights flash on and off in unison.
You better hope we still have mice and keyboards, 'cause if we don't we'll probably be forced into using some kind of horrendous touch interface. (shudder) Or even worse: voice! Can you imagine the typical steno-pool sea of developer cubicles with everyone jabbering code at their computer? I doubt neural I/O will ever be practical in my lifetime, or at least not as efficient as keyboard/mouse.
I am thinking the engineer just has to sign off on the the results, not what tools he used in his analysis. So he can use crap software or good software or none at all, the important thing is that he is personally satisfied and takes responsibility. If it were me I think I'd demand software that was itself approved/signed by other engineers, rather than stake my livelihood on the typical "use at your own risk" license.
Sort of like airlines. Who cares if first class is more money as long as everyone else is on the same footing?
What people really worry about is coach class being *downgraded* so it is cramped and miserable. Surely this two-tier structure harms no one and produces extra services people enjoy.
(That analogy may be a stretch, but it is interesting food for thought.)
Turkey drippings cause pregnancy? Damn, I should have paid more attention in Health class! I was sure that a man was involved in the process somewhere.
Stop using the web. Seriously, there are plenty of pages that (if I can't block the ads) just aren't worth visiting. There are sites I have blocked to avoid accidentally clicking a link and ending up there. Not because I'll get infected, but because I don't want to have to see the obnoxious ads. Really, I can find other things to do than surf the web. I have more hobbies that I have time for, and there are always errands and chores if I get tired of slacking. (har har)
Poop in my brownies and I'll just stop eating them. Who watches TV with ads anymore? Who buys magazines that are 90% ads and 10% content? About the only place the advertisers still have a captive audience is radio, because drivers have little alternative and playing the same CD over and over again during an hour long commute gets stale. But even here, now I can stream Pandora to my stereo through Bluetooth so my life is almost 100% ad free!
You know, this is what happened with music. The RIAA morons tried to lock down their distribution, tried to sue their customers. MPAA? They copy protect their disks and make me sit through previews and ads. Too many hassles, too many dick moves, too much annoyance. So no more buying CDs, no more buying movie DVDs. And you know what? I don't miss them! As it turns out there are lots of creative entrepreneurial folks who still offer me music and movies in a more pleasant form, tailored to my needs instead of theirs. But even if there weren't, I can get along without them. My life is not so shallow, dull, and meaningless that I have to suck on a sewer pipe for entertainment.
So go ahead and pass laws. Dig your own grave, pound the nails into your own coffin. The more you grasp, the more success will elude you, and the harder I'll laugh.
Slashdot Mirror
Because it is such a winning strategy to ignore one's opponent and pretend he doesn't exist.
Sweet! I can selectively blank out pages I disagree with by posting Trump comments on them?
Oops, I misread 'mm' as 'cm' so was off by an order of magnitude. Too bad I can't edit my post. Ah well let the flames commence.
Interestingly, the east coast land is sinking around 20 times faster than the sea level is rising. Maybe the sinking land is displacing seawater that is causing the sea to rise? Just a thought. In any case sea level itself is kind of an academic concept when the entire surface of the planet is in continuous motion, the planet itself is not quite spherical, and gravity itself is unevenly distributed. (Interesting articles: http://articles.chicagotribune..., and https://www.newscientist.com/a...)
In my opinion, Miami's perceived problems are likely due to overdevelopment, land subsidence, groundwater depletion, and perhaps climate hysteria -- not unlike Venice. The one thing I am pretty sure of is that the 1/4 inch of sea level rise is not a significant factor. The gizmodo article is misleading, and sadly the comments indicate that people are eating it up.
Surely you meant:
Does Slashdot even give out mod points anymore? I haven't seen one in ages.
I feel that way about nuclear. But windmills have been around hundreds of years, and have been generating power for decades. They are a blight on the landscape. The Columbia River Gorge used to be beautiful, now it all looks like this: https://carrgroup.files.wordpr...
You can hardly find an unspoiled view anymore. At night the landscape for a hundred miles looks like a giant blinking Christmas Tree, the lame kind where all the lights flash on and off in unison.
Moronic? Yes.
Childish? Yes.
Deserving of death? Um, no.
No need to worry about that anymore, thanks to Slashdot.
You better hope we still have mice and keyboards, 'cause if we don't we'll probably be forced into using some kind of horrendous touch interface. (shudder) Or even worse: voice! Can you imagine the typical steno-pool sea of developer cubicles with everyone jabbering code at their computer? I doubt neural I/O will ever be practical in my lifetime, or at least not as efficient as keyboard/mouse.
Wait, but they are known to be benevolent. Why would they wish to stop us?
Insightful and succint
Who could forget that? It lives forever in an obscure wrinkle of my neocortex.
Yay, more meat and gas for us!
They don't read the bills they are passing into law, why would they read this?
Can engineers pass the blame faulty software?
I am thinking the engineer just has to sign off on the the results, not what tools he used in his analysis. So he can use crap software or good software or none at all, the important thing is that he is personally satisfied and takes responsibility. If it were me I think I'd demand software that was itself approved/signed by other engineers, rather than stake my livelihood on the typical "use at your own risk" license.
Anonymous Coward Engineer... that's a special kind that doesn't take any responsibility
...but I don't believe it.
Sort of like airlines. Who cares if first class is more money as long as everyone else is on the same footing?
What people really worry about is coach class being *downgraded* so it is cramped and miserable. Surely this two-tier structure harms no one and produces extra services people enjoy.
(That analogy may be a stretch, but it is interesting food for thought.)
Is your metro area population also 50% H1B foreigners?
Turkey drippings cause pregnancy? Damn, I should have paid more attention in Health class! I was sure that a man was involved in the process somewhere.
Stop using the web. Seriously, there are plenty of pages that (if I can't block the ads) just aren't worth visiting. There are sites I have blocked to avoid accidentally clicking a link and ending up there. Not because I'll get infected, but because I don't want to have to see the obnoxious ads. Really, I can find other things to do than surf the web. I have more hobbies that I have time for, and there are always errands and chores if I get tired of slacking. (har har)
Poop in my brownies and I'll just stop eating them. Who watches TV with ads anymore? Who buys magazines that are 90% ads and 10% content? About the only place the advertisers still have a captive audience is radio, because drivers have little alternative and playing the same CD over and over again during an hour long commute gets stale. But even here, now I can stream Pandora to my stereo through Bluetooth so my life is almost 100% ad free!
You know, this is what happened with music. The RIAA morons tried to lock down their distribution, tried to sue their customers. MPAA? They copy protect their disks and make me sit through previews and ads. Too many hassles, too many dick moves, too much annoyance. So no more buying CDs, no more buying movie DVDs. And you know what? I don't miss them! As it turns out there are lots of creative entrepreneurial folks who still offer me music and movies in a more pleasant form, tailored to my needs instead of theirs. But even if there weren't, I can get along without them. My life is not so shallow, dull, and meaningless that I have to suck on a sewer pipe for entertainment.
So go ahead and pass laws. Dig your own grave, pound the nails into your own coffin. The more you grasp, the more success will elude you, and the harder I'll laugh.
They disrupt the... um, let's just say ain't nothing flowing out of a plugged orifice!
Obviously you should just hold the gun sideways, or over your shoulder. So yeah, bad gun user.
Nicely done