> The only way this isn't true is if the tree was going to burn anyway.
Well what do you think is going to eventually happen to the tree you didn't burn? It's going to decompose, which as far as the carbon cycle is concerned amounts to the same.
The only way your use of a "tree-worth' of coal leaves the amount of carbon in the cycle unchanged is if you then immediately go bury a tree for a few million years.
In reality a hosted cloud is more expensive and less secure in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that cloud was created not to provide any particular service that can't be provided locally, but is just a way to turn something you used to pay for once into a monthly forever and ever payment. Cloud is cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
In reality a motorised carriage is more expensive and less safe in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that engines were created not to provide transport that can't be provided by horse, but is just a way to turn something you used to feed with hay into a machine that guzzles oil. Motorised carriages are cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
The relevant question is what is being "preserved"? Nothing of any relevance to the deceased. Just a tiny amount of ground up carbon and calcium that could have come from anywhere.
This won't happen because unenforceable and ridiculous laws naturally fall into disrepute, and either become ignored or removed. As long as photograph and video technology continues on its path of being common place, recording-by-default, undetectable and unintrusive, these laws have no chance.
You can't stop someone photography/videoing/recording when you can't tell if they're doing it, and everyone is doing it all the time anyway.
Me too. Worst yet, they're usually websites that are so shit that they ignore their own "unsubscribe" processes.
I had this problem just last week. This bunch of clowns ignored my request to unsubscribe. So I went in, reset the password, and logged in. No option to delete account or opt out, so I changed my email address to the website's own enquiries inbox. Made no difference, still got a daily spam. So clearly their email spam-me list is separate from their account list and don't sync. Sigh. Just another address to add to my spam filter for the next 50 years.
Too many morons designing email subscription services.
Well it's a good question. How can they possibly account for this and get meaningful figures? What if the google car just happens to be driving behind a particularly smoky truck on an otherwise pristine clear-aired road ? How will they know to adjust their figures accordingly?
It such an obvious flaw in the plan that you'd think they'd mention how they'll handle it.
Lol, this is a snafu, isn't it? We do have nimbies like yourself to put a stop to this kind of thing, but perhaps a quango should be set up to enforce it? People who insist in turning acronyms into words should be tasered and their zip code published online, so we can be sure they're on everyone's radar.
I shall get a faq written up on this dangerous problem.
The difference is that the BBC, as a publicly funded enterprise, should uphold the highest of values and everyone has some kind of say in how it is run.
You can be a total dick on Amazon Prime if you like. People who don't like you simply will not pay for you and won't watch you. There will be very little outcry and no-one will be demanding your job, your boss' job, and the downfall of your company.
Bottom line; people care about the BBC (for better or worse), no one cares about Amazon Prime.
Entirely different situation. The question posed is more like "I'm a NASA engineer and I think we should be building a rocket to Venus, not Space Shuttles. So I'm just going to do that instead."
So the developers think they know better than the management what the company should be doing? OK. Four points.
1/ Welcome to the working life. Whatever the industry, the staff always think they know better than the clueless bosses.
2/ If the developers really know better than the management, then the company is doomed whatever they do.
3/ If the developers are wrong, then ignoring management and doing their own thing is a sure way to either get fired, or sink the company in a pit of missed deadlines, squandered budgets and undeliverable product no-one wants.
4/ Who do you suppose might have the greater amount of experience in the company's market?
When you're a kid/teen you don't know what may be an embarrassing photo or video. That's what being a kid/teen is about. The video you put online, discussing international politics with your impeccable 12 year-old wisdom, may have been the proudest day of your life.... 10 years later and it's a cringe-fest that makes you appear to be an idiot who's a little bit racist.
You get older, you learn something of life, you realise that aged 12 you knew nothing, and you'd rather no-one was watching that video. It does not represent who you are now. What's wrong with wanting it gone?
Absolutely. Nothing better than sightseeing through a swarm of drones, relaxing in the peaceful atmosphere of buzzing electric motors, marvelling in the sight of your fellow tourists getting smashed in the head.
That's just what people go to NZ for, isn't it? It would be terrible if selfish dickheads were prevented from ruining it for everyone else.
Pre-production versions of anything are notoriously clunky because they often still have test/debug code. You can't gauge their speed as an indication of anything.
I think you have a very naive idea about the finances of a 76 year old. The money doesn't need to have been 'spare'. That woman could have just lost every penny she has, and has no prospect of earning any more. How is she to support herself for the rest of her life? That could easily be another 20+ years.
Why then do we have to have laws to protect against speculation by idiots?
Same reason we have laws for all kinds of fraud. Being an idiot is not illegal. Being an idiot does not mean it is open season on you by criminals, and the law doesn't care.
They're just ALIENS portrayed by humans, scripted by humans and watched by humans. But ZERO in common with humans. Yup. And the fact they resemble lazy, clichéd stereotypes used by Hollywood for decades is pure co-incidence.
You clearly have no idea what sci-fi is, particularly space opera, which is what Star Wars is essentially.
First, because there is nothing to physically prevent pedestrians from crossing the road at any time, even when it is inadvisable to do so or when signs even directly instruct the pedestrians not to cross.
Well you could say the same for the cars, but most heed the lights for their own good.
The difference is that a green light to the pedestrian should be a sign to them that it is safe to cross. Instead it appears to be a sign to say; it's safe to cross, except if a driver hasn't seen you. Will they yield, will they not? Feeling lucky?. That's not really a definition of "safe" I'd be happy with and I'd treat that green light as worthless. For all the additional assistance and assurance it offers, I may as well cross the road at any point and time, under my own reconnaissance.
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Homeopathy is medicine based on rumors and gut feelings, not by actual full science.
Or just "science", as it's more properly known.
What a well-crafted and convincing counter argument.
> The only way this isn't true is if the tree was going to burn anyway.
Well what do you think is going to eventually happen to the tree you didn't burn? It's going to decompose, which as far as the carbon cycle is concerned amounts to the same.
The only way your use of a "tree-worth' of coal leaves the amount of carbon in the cycle unchanged is if you then immediately go bury a tree for a few million years.
In reality a hosted cloud is more expensive and less secure in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that cloud was created not to provide any particular service that can't be provided locally, but is just a way to turn something you used to pay for once into a monthly forever and ever payment. Cloud is cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
In reality a motorised carriage is more expensive and less safe in almost all cases. When will people wake up and realize that engines were created not to provide transport that can't be provided by horse, but is just a way to turn something you used to feed with hay into a machine that guzzles oil. Motorised carriages are cheaper up front, but almost always more expensive in duration.
What religion was the idiot teacher? I can't see the relevance myself, but you seem to think it plays an important part of the story.
If a drone is explosive, it's because the pilot is a terrorist.
I suffer from hyper-sensitivity to delusional stupidity. I'm living on the same planet as this woman and it's crippling me.
By 2040 we should have all that crap sorted out. If there are any shortages, it's because some corrupt bastard is mucking up the works.
One thing we're never likely to suffer any shortage of is corrupt bastards mucking up the works.
The relevant question is what is being "preserved"? Nothing of any relevance to the deceased. Just a tiny amount of ground up carbon and calcium that could have come from anywhere.
What a pointless, stupid, vanity project.
Does that mean anyone in the FBI was crazy enough that a 3rd world war could actually be "won" in some kind?
Yes.
This won't happen because unenforceable and ridiculous laws naturally fall into disrepute, and either become ignored or removed. As long as photograph and video technology continues on its path of being common place, recording-by-default, undetectable and unintrusive, these laws have no chance.
You can't stop someone photography/videoing/recording when you can't tell if they're doing it, and everyone is doing it all the time anyway.
Me too. Worst yet, they're usually websites that are so shit that they ignore their own "unsubscribe" processes.
I had this problem just last week. This bunch of clowns ignored my request to unsubscribe. So I went in, reset the password, and logged in. No option to delete account or opt out, so I changed my email address to the website's own enquiries inbox. Made no difference, still got a daily spam. So clearly their email spam-me list is separate from their account list and don't sync. Sigh. Just another address to add to my spam filter for the next 50 years.
Too many morons designing email subscription services.
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Have some capital letters on me. You seem to have run out.
Don't know much about Scots history or legal system, do you?
Well it's a good question. How can they possibly account for this and get meaningful figures? What if the google car just happens to be driving behind a particularly smoky truck on an otherwise pristine clear-aired road ? How will they know to adjust their figures accordingly?
It such an obvious flaw in the plan that you'd think they'd mention how they'll handle it.
Lol, this is a snafu, isn't it? We do have nimbies like yourself to put a stop to this kind of thing, but perhaps a quango should be set up to enforce it? People who insist in turning acronyms into words should be tasered and their zip code published online, so we can be sure they're on everyone's radar.
I shall get a faq written up on this dangerous problem.
The difference is that the BBC, as a publicly funded enterprise, should uphold the highest of values and everyone has some kind of say in how it is run.
You can be a total dick on Amazon Prime if you like. People who don't like you simply will not pay for you and won't watch you. There will be very little outcry and no-one will be demanding your job, your boss' job, and the downfall of your company.
Bottom line; people care about the BBC (for better or worse), no one cares about Amazon Prime.
Entirely different situation. The question posed is more like "I'm a NASA engineer and I think we should be building a rocket to Venus, not Space Shuttles. So I'm just going to do that instead."
So the developers think they know better than the management what the company should be doing? OK. Four points.
1/ Welcome to the working life. Whatever the industry, the staff always think they know better than the clueless bosses.
2/ If the developers really know better than the management, then the company is doomed whatever they do.
3/ If the developers are wrong, then ignoring management and doing their own thing is a sure way to either get fired, or sink the company in a pit of missed deadlines, squandered budgets and undeliverable product no-one wants.
4/ Who do you suppose might have the greater amount of experience in the company's market?
When you're a kid/teen you don't know what may be an embarrassing photo or video. That's what being a kid/teen is about. The video you put online, discussing international politics with your impeccable 12 year-old wisdom, may have been the proudest day of your life. ... 10 years later and it's a cringe-fest that makes you appear to be an idiot who's a little bit racist.
You get older, you learn something of life, you realise that aged 12 you knew nothing, and you'd rather no-one was watching that video. It does not represent who you are now. What's wrong with wanting it gone?
Absolutely. Nothing better than sightseeing through a swarm of drones, relaxing in the peaceful atmosphere of buzzing electric motors, marvelling in the sight of your fellow tourists getting smashed in the head.
That's just what people go to NZ for, isn't it? It would be terrible if selfish dickheads were prevented from ruining it for everyone else.
Pre-production versions of anything are notoriously clunky because they often still have test/debug code. You can't gauge their speed as an indication of anything.
I think you have a very naive idea about the finances of a 76 year old. The money doesn't need to have been 'spare'. That woman could have just lost every penny she has, and has no prospect of earning any more. How is she to support herself for the rest of her life? That could easily be another 20+ years.
Why then do we have to have laws to protect against speculation by idiots?
Same reason we have laws for all kinds of fraud. Being an idiot is not illegal. Being an idiot does not mean it is open season on you by criminals, and the law doesn't care.
They're just ALIENS portrayed by humans, scripted by humans and watched by humans. But ZERO in common with humans. Yup. And the fact they resemble lazy, clichéd stereotypes used by Hollywood for decades is pure co-incidence.
You clearly have no idea what sci-fi is, particularly space opera, which is what Star Wars is essentially.
First, because there is nothing to physically prevent pedestrians from crossing the road at any time, even when it is inadvisable to do so or when signs even directly instruct the pedestrians not to cross.
Well you could say the same for the cars, but most heed the lights for their own good.
The difference is that a green light to the pedestrian should be a sign to them that it is safe to cross. Instead it appears to be a sign to say; it's safe to cross, except if a driver hasn't seen you. Will they yield, will they not? Feeling lucky?. That's not really a definition of "safe" I'd be happy with and I'd treat that green light as worthless. For all the additional assistance and assurance it offers, I may as well cross the road at any point and time, under my own reconnaissance.