I'm a Kraut. If I want to enter an umlaut I have to press the corresponding vowel and wait for about 2 seconds until a bubble pops up where I can select my favorite umlaut. I hate these two seconds.
What I would suggest: allow people to bring up this bubble by a small gesture, e.g tap the character and then slide down.
By the way: slashdot seems to be umlaut-challenged, too.
Testing gravity on small distances is extremely hard because gravity is so weak.
See http://www.stanford.edu/group/kgb/Research/gravity2.html for example.
Cosmology is ongoing research, as you can see from the discussion around dark energy. In particular, measuring cosmological distances is a difficult problem. So one cannot say that gravitation were fully understood on cosmological scales.
Is it faster to ramp up solar power or to develop, test, and then ramp up nuclear power? How to you expect to see any electricity fom that advanced feeder-breeder which does nor exist yet within the next ten years? What hinders you from implementing well-known wind and solar power technology now?
Most Photovoltaic cells use silicon, which is not scarce. Thin-film cells may use rare materialials, but in very low quantities. Putting a solar cell on a roof is not a pipe dream, even if it does not supply 1 TW. For the time being, photovoltaics is not economical (as in cent per kWh), but still looks better than the banking or automotive industry. And there will be progress.
Theoretically yes, but it seems that in the near future there will be no shortage of photovoltaic cells. This is mostly because many thin-film solar sell factories are expected to start production soon. Concentrating solar power is another business. It's mostly mechanical, maybe there are new jobs for ex-GM workers?
It seems that the installation of the trojan requires that the users type in their password. Then, the Macs are supposed to do what their users ask for, even if it's the installation of a Trojan.
This is common practice in germany. The grid operators even have to pay more for power they are fed than for power they feed to their customers. No grid operator has gone bankrupt because of this so far. The reason, obviously, is that the electricity customers have to pay the bill.
On the other hand, this system has made the renewable energy a huge success in germany, For example, wind energy, which is subidized through the same system, has produced in January approximately 7000GWh of energy.
Photovoltaics is still in it's infancy, but there is hope that the success of wind energy will be repeated. One necessary condition here is that the corresponding large-scale industrial processes are well understood. This, in turn, requires large installations.
Once we are on the happy side of the learning curve the subsidies will go away. Usually they have a yearly decay factor built in.
Similiar systems are found elsewhere, for example Boeing as well as Airbus get subsidies. Boeing through military contracts, Airbus directly.
That's plain bullshit. Here is an example. My computer contributes to the market share of Windows since it's a notebook and there is a monopoly out there. However, I have kicked windows into the pit a long time ago. So my computer also contributes to the Linuy install base.
It is possible to make smart cards resonably secure (e.g. EAL4+). Usually it is economically useless to attack such a card in a homebanking scenario: The attack costs more than the attacker can gain. With a reasonable protocol, such a card can be used against phishing, even man-in-the-middle attacks (e.g. using a PKI or pre-shared keys)
If they were terrorists, it would be worthwile to prove it. However, the USA does not make attempt to prove terrorist activities ofthe Guantamo inmates.
It seems to me that many of the captives at Guantamo were sold for bounty by plain criminals and the USA now find it problematic to concede that several people have been totured for many months because of errors and ignorance.
For example, could you please refer us to any evidence against Murat Kurnaz?
I believe (too lazy to prove) that it was old and rotten; a leftover from the days when Saddam had and used them with Don Rumsfeld's approval (prove: picture of happy Don R. shaking hands with Saddam)
I further belive that some similiar story holds for Ossama.
I think you were asking for trouble when you replaced Abu Ghraib (Anti-American if one likes to think in such a way) with something on Saddam that might look pro-American.
A solution would be to describe things in exact terms: declare Abu Ghraib as "sexual violence", what is true beyond doubt and collect lots of links on military or oppressive use of rape.
Are you aware that what you write here sums up to anti-USA propaganda? That's exactly the arrogant attitude the world hates so much about the USA.
Regarding the attack on Iraq:
It was about WMDs. No matter what is being said now the reason given then was WMDs. Still searching?
So many Iraqis have died. How exactly are you planning to to make their family mades be thankful for that?
You're right, this is somewhat annoying; however I prefer to install.debs from the repository anyway. And it works very well with and without those cozy nice sentences on the web pages.
Just drop their email app which comes as a windows.exe (!!!) and use snappermail.
Sorry for the nitpicking. I intended to direct the focus of the discussion towards the topic, which is th Kyoto protocol. Besides, the pollutants mentioned by the EPA tend more to be local problem, while C=2 is a global problem.
Ignoring global problems seems to be a general aspect of modern americanism.
Since quite a time energy consumption and industrial growth are decoupled. This is mostly because many modern productions come along with very few energy consumption. Like Indian call centers or Chinese sweat shops, for example. The USA waste energy on inefficient buildings and even more inefficient cars , in contrast to using it carefully for creating jobs.
As can be seen on http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_proto col/status_of_ratification/items/2613.php China and India have at approved or accessed of the kyoto protocol (accessed means entered after the treaty had entered into force). This has the effect that these states accept to be bound by the treaty. See http://untreaty.un.org/English/guide.asp for a definition of these terms. I'm afraid we will need an extra planet for the USA who seem no longer willing to accept reality or take note of what happens outside.
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I'm a Kraut. If I want to enter an umlaut I have to press the corresponding vowel and wait for about 2 seconds until a bubble pops up where I can select my favorite umlaut. I hate these two seconds.
What I would suggest: allow people to bring up this bubble by a small gesture, e.g tap the character and then slide down.
By the way: slashdot seems to be umlaut-challenged, too.
Testing gravity on small distances is extremely hard because gravity is so weak. See http://www.stanford.edu/group/kgb/Research/gravity2.html for example. Cosmology is ongoing research, as you can see from the discussion around dark energy. In particular, measuring cosmological distances is a difficult problem. So one cannot say that gravitation were fully understood on cosmological scales.
Is it faster to ramp up solar power or to develop, test, and then ramp up nuclear power?
How to you expect to see any electricity fom that advanced feeder-breeder which does nor exist yet within the next ten years?
What hinders you from implementing well-known wind and solar power technology now?
Even if you don't have a backup combustion engine, you still can set your car to maintain a minimal load level.
Most Photovoltaic cells use silicon, which is not scarce. Thin-film cells may use rare materialials, but in very low quantities.
Putting a solar cell on a roof is not a pipe dream, even if it does not supply 1 TW.
For the time being, photovoltaics is not economical (as in cent per kWh), but still looks better than the banking or automotive industry. And there will be progress.
Theoretically yes, but it seems that in the near future there will be no shortage of photovoltaic cells. This is mostly because many thin-film solar sell factories are expected to start production soon.
Concentrating solar power is another business. It's mostly mechanical, maybe there are new jobs for ex-GM workers?
It seems that the installation of the trojan requires that the users type in their password. Then, the Macs are supposed to do what their users ask for, even if it's the installation of a Trojan.
This is common practice in germany. The grid operators even have to pay more for power they are fed than for power they feed to their customers. No grid operator has gone bankrupt because of this so far. The reason, obviously, is that the electricity customers have to pay the bill.
On the other hand, this system has made the renewable energy a huge success in germany, For example, wind energy, which is subidized through the same system, has produced in January approximately 7000GWh of energy.
Photovoltaics is still in it's infancy, but there is hope that the success of wind energy will be repeated. One necessary condition here is that the corresponding large-scale industrial processes are well understood. This, in turn, requires large installations.
Once we are on the happy side of the learning curve the subsidies will go away. Usually they have a yearly decay factor built in.
Similiar systems are found elsewhere, for example Boeing as well as Airbus get subsidies. Boeing through military contracts, Airbus directly.
You can use mikey, RFC3830, implemented by minisip (www.minisip.org)
That's plain bullshit. Here is an example. My computer contributes to the market share of Windows since it's a notebook and there is a monopoly out there. However, I have kicked windows into the pit a long time ago. So my computer also contributes to the Linuy install base.
Since when are human rights respected in Guantanamo?
It is possible to make smart cards resonably secure (e.g. EAL4+). Usually it is economically useless to attack such a card in a homebanking scenario: The attack costs more than the attacker can gain.
With a reasonable protocol, such a card can be used against phishing, even man-in-the-middle attacks
(e.g. using a PKI or pre-shared keys)
Neither trolling. Being a continental citizen I would like to humbly suggest that the UK leave the EU.
If they were terrorists, it would be worthwile to prove it. However, the USA does not make attempt to prove terrorist activities ofthe Guantamo inmates.
It seems to me that many of the captives at Guantamo were sold for bounty by plain criminals and the USA now find it problematic to concede that several people have been totured for many months because of errors and ignorance.
For example, could you please refer us to any evidence against Murat Kurnaz?
No, sir. I do realize that G. W. Bush has been elected by the american people.
Get the hell out of *their* country.
Referring to Iraq, for example.
I believe (too lazy to prove) that it was old and rotten; a leftover from the days when Saddam had and used them with Don Rumsfeld's approval (prove: picture of happy Don R. shaking hands with Saddam)
I further belive that some similiar story holds for Ossama.
I think you were asking for trouble when you replaced Abu Ghraib (Anti-American if one likes to think in such a way) with something on Saddam that might look pro-American.
A solution would be to describe things in exact terms: declare Abu Ghraib as "sexual violence", what is true beyond doubt and collect lots of links on military or oppressive use of rape.
Regarding the attack on Iraq:
You're right, this is somewhat annoying; however I prefer to install .debs from the repository anyway. And it works very well with and without those cozy nice sentences on the web pages.
.exe (!!!) and use snappermail.
Just drop their email app which comes as a windows
However, it is an example of USA authorities oppressing free speech.
Sorry for the nitpicking. I intended to direct the focus of the discussion towards the topic, which is th Kyoto protocol. Besides, the pollutants mentioned by the EPA tend more to be local problem, while C=2 is a global problem.
Ignoring global problems seems to be a general aspect of modern americanism.
Since quite a time energy consumption and industrial growth are decoupled. This is mostly because many modern productions come along with very few energy consumption. Like Indian call centers or Chinese sweat shops, for example. The USA waste energy on inefficient buildings and even more inefficient cars , in contrast to using it carefully for creating jobs.
That page doesn't even mention CO2. It is about Carbon Monoxide, Ground-Level Ozone, Lead, Nitrogen Dioxide, Particulate Matter and Sulfur Dioxide.
As can be seen on http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_proto col/status_of_ratification/items/2613.php
China and India have at approved or accessed of the kyoto protocol (accessed means entered after the treaty had entered into force). This has the effect that these states accept to be bound by the treaty. See http://untreaty.un.org/English/guide.asp for a definition of these terms.
I'm afraid we will need an extra planet for the USA who seem no longer willing to accept reality or take note of what happens outside.