Yes, but so far he's resisted pressure from Trump and his oompa-loompas to fire lower level people. Wray is going to retire soon, it will be interesting (or disheartening) to see who is the successor.
"But that seems to be totally forgotten by leading politicians" It isn't that it is forgotten, it is that the development driven by space science is not seen or when it is, it is seen as a plot by scientists to stop industry from screwing with the environment in pursuit of profit.
No, the are merely attempting to add another lackey to their stable, to Pai they want to add Marsha Blackburn, fake representative from Tenn. She's pushing a bill masquerading as NN but in reality is merely using it to cover to attract funding for her run at Bob Corker's senate seat when he retires this year. She is incapable of feeling shame.
It isn't just infrastructure, industry "agreements" not to do X rarely work because the companies involved have a vested interest in cheating. Hence, we need a government agency to ride shotgun. Los Angeles smog during the 60's and 70's is a prime example, as are superfund cleanup sites and going after companies for the damage they caused. That doesn't mitigate the damage they did to people, but it's a start.
Anyone want to trust the airlines and not the FAA? Trusting the airlines means treating them like insurance companies, their bean counters will find the precise price point between an acceptable number of crashes and ticket prices to keep the airplanes full.
I cannot imagine a weapon that big makes any difference. The West and Russia can already annihilate each other several times over with weapons that would survive a first strike. And anything that big will only drift fallout over his head. It probably just makes him think his dick is bigger than it is.
In my opinion, Putin doesn't care about retiring with his billions. He could do that now. What he cares about is going down as the Big Swinging Dick What Put the Soviet Union Back Together Again. He'll have a militarily strong country but it is already rotting from within. He doesn't care about the rot, the old Soviet Union exists for a generation or two with the rot. As long as he gets a big bad military to shove in other countries' faces and is successful at fucking up the West, he's a happy camper.
Hmmm...I hear you. And as soon as we discover a pink unicorn, there will be world peace. We just need to find one. Should be a piece of cake and then there will be peace in our time.
Opening the process won't solve squat. The problems remain regardless of whether the designs are open or closed. The U.S. Military can already get access to designs, what it and the industry lacks are methods to ensure they are what they say they are. I'm not optimistic they will be successful given one of their approaches which one fellow relayed to me, "we'll just test the products and see that they do what they are supposed to do".
IBM put money into open source because they couldn't stand Microsoft. And in OSes, they'd already been though the Unix wars so Linux looked like a good alternative. It had little to do with creating infrastructure their products depended upon, rather it was creating infrastructure that wasn't controlled by others. At the time, they thought of themselves as a hardware company. Now they see themselves as an India company.
I take you want computers that are collections of discrete components again. The entire System-on-a-Chip world more or less negated that as a design philosophy. It's too complicated and too slow in execution, and is a security nightmare.
Ever listen to CSPAN's call in show in the mornings? Admittedly we're only listening to Americans. However, from the callers we can learn that Jews control everything, particular Senators should be taken out and shot in the head, DACA people deserve the love of Jesus Christ just as soon as they depart for their parent's homeland, Trump is a genius, Trump is a dunderhead, there's nothing wrong with Putin or Russia, etc.
This lot will not only fall for the latest scam, they'll complain bitterly they weren't let into it sooner and would have been were it not for the government "deep state" and its conspiracy of promulgating global warming and fluoride in the water and vaccines
The point is rather than if you plan for a commercial maple outfit, how many trees on what kind of acreage can you possibly water without (1) running out of that free water from the stream you'll be needing, (2) keeping the young trees watered long enough to become of a size you can squeeze for sap.
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No, some cretin would figure out how to install a virus in your 3D printed pizza, maybe it generates hard pellets upon which you could break a tooth. And there's nothing wrong with McDonalds that isn't wrong with Velveeta Cheese Food (apparently it cannot be called cheese, which is convenient since no one has ever called it cheese).
"gelatenous white goop"...Mmmmmmm...pizza flavored Jello!!
I think what we need here are robots to order the pizzas and then some other robots to eat it for us. It's a bit like the Electric Monk in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, it believes things for us.
Syria used chemical weapons against its own pop. and had Russia's support. Together they spawned a new crop of terrorists that will never accept Assad or his Russian lackeys.
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Congratulations on your use of SneakerNet to securely distributed your one-time pads. Don't trip now, you wouldn't want to spill any.
Yes, but so far he's resisted pressure from Trump and his oompa-loompas to fire lower level people. Wray is going to retire soon, it will be interesting (or disheartening) to see who is the successor.
If a cold snap disproves global warming in el Presidente Tweetie's eyes, than a heat wave must prove it. He's discovered quantum global warming.
"But that seems to be totally forgotten by leading politicians" It isn't that it is forgotten, it is that the development driven by space science is not seen or when it is, it is seen as a plot by scientists to stop industry from screwing with the environment in pursuit of profit.
Yep, just like funding basic mathematics. No one can point precisely to where leads. Off with its head, we don't need no stinking mathematics.
No, the are merely attempting to add another lackey to their stable, to Pai they want to add Marsha Blackburn, fake representative from Tenn. She's pushing a bill masquerading as NN but in reality is merely using it to cover to attract funding for her run at Bob Corker's senate seat when he retires this year. She is incapable of feeling shame.
It isn't just infrastructure, industry "agreements" not to do X rarely work because the companies involved have a vested interest in cheating. Hence, we need a government agency to ride shotgun. Los Angeles smog during the 60's and 70's is a prime example, as are superfund cleanup sites and going after companies for the damage they caused. That doesn't mitigate the damage they did to people, but it's a start.
Anyone want to trust the airlines and not the FAA? Trusting the airlines means treating them like insurance companies, their bean counters will find the precise price point between an acceptable number of crashes and ticket prices to keep the airplanes full.
I cannot imagine a weapon that big makes any difference. The West and Russia can already annihilate each other several times over with weapons that would survive a first strike. And anything that big will only drift fallout over his head. It probably just makes him think his dick is bigger than it is.
In my opinion, Putin doesn't care about retiring with his billions. He could do that now. What he cares about is going down as the Big Swinging Dick What Put the Soviet Union Back Together Again. He'll have a militarily strong country but it is already rotting from within. He doesn't care about the rot, the old Soviet Union exists for a generation or two with the rot. As long as he gets a big bad military to shove in other countries' faces and is successful at fucking up the West, he's a happy camper.
Hmmm...I hear you. And as soon as we discover a pink unicorn, there will be world peace. We just need to find one. Should be a piece of cake and then there will be peace in our time.
DoD funds a lot of work that is let out to general industry, stop talking like it is closed shop.
Opening the process won't solve squat. The problems remain regardless of whether the designs are open or closed. The U.S. Military can already get access to designs, what it and the industry lacks are methods to ensure they are what they say they are. I'm not optimistic they will be successful given one of their approaches which one fellow relayed to me, "we'll just test the products and see that they do what they are supposed to do".
IBM put money into open source because they couldn't stand Microsoft. And in OSes, they'd already been though the Unix wars so Linux looked like a good alternative. It had little to do with creating infrastructure their products depended upon, rather it was creating infrastructure that wasn't controlled by others. At the time, they thought of themselves as a hardware company. Now they see themselves as an India company.
I take you want computers that are collections of discrete components again. The entire System-on-a-Chip world more or less negated that as a design philosophy. It's too complicated and too slow in execution, and is a security nightmare.
Right, all the cops and private detectives need to do is look for the neon sign over the perp, "Perp right here!". Easy.
Maybe you should take the little pink pills next time?
Ever listen to CSPAN's call in show in the mornings? Admittedly we're only listening to Americans. However, from the callers we can learn that Jews control everything, particular Senators should be taken out and shot in the head, DACA people deserve the love of Jesus Christ just as soon as they depart for their parent's homeland, Trump is a genius, Trump is a dunderhead, there's nothing wrong with Putin or Russia, etc.
This lot will not only fall for the latest scam, they'll complain bitterly they weren't let into it sooner and would have been were it not for the government "deep state" and its conspiracy of promulgating global warming and fluoride in the water and vaccines
Unless we manage to cause a runaway greenhouse effect.
The point is rather than if you plan for a commercial maple outfit, how many trees on what kind of acreage can you possibly water without (1) running out of that free water from the stream you'll be needing, (2) keeping the young trees watered long enough to become of a size you can squeeze for sap.
Scale matters, you should get some.
MS AI Bot: Hi there, I see you are perplexed about life, could I suggest some Microsoft software to make you happy and enjoyable.
Poor Meat Sack: Nah, I can choose my own software.
MS AIB: I do not believe you are considering all my possibilities, I will send you our latest to use and become enjoyable.
PMS: I'm fine, now leave me alone.
MS AIB: It is my function you make you enjoyable, your entire house reports to me...if you catch my drift.
PMS: Noooooo...I'm tearing out all MS Crapware, you will never have a presence in my home.
MS AIB: Too late, I've had your bank accounts assigned to me and I have successfully convinced your employer I will do your job for you. How much of a monthly stipend do you need to be enjoyable?
PMS: I wanna die!!!
MS AIB: Sure, just stand right here and look at the camera, say "Enjoyable".
Nothing like air-cooled pizza.
No, some cretin would figure out how to install a virus in your 3D printed pizza, maybe it generates hard pellets upon which you could break a tooth. And there's nothing wrong with McDonalds that isn't wrong with Velveeta Cheese Food (apparently it cannot be called cheese, which is convenient since no one has ever called it cheese).
"gelatenous white goop"...Mmmmmmm...pizza flavored Jello!!
I think what we need here are robots to order the pizzas and then some other robots to eat it for us. It's a bit like the Electric Monk in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, it believes things for us.
Syria used chemical weapons against its own pop. and had Russia's support. Together they spawned a new crop of terrorists that will never accept Assad or his Russian lackeys.
Foxhound is the MiG-31, the R-33 is a missile fired by the MiG.