North Austin - poll workers were competent and the systems were working well. My polling location had 8 E-slate machines running. I was in and out in about 30 minutes, with the line consistently about 15 people deep.
Voting in-precinct: there's a lot more to vote on than just the Presidency.
That makes some sense. My recollection of the interviews had the recyclers shredding the crushed cars, but since they're the ones who strip the cars for the intact valuables before they're shredded, it would seem that working on a crushed car would make that job more difficult.
The government screws-up everything it touches. Look at the Cash-for-Clunkers program - many dealers voluntarily decided "we're done" because they're not getting paid their ~$4000 per car allowance. And also the clunker-cars were *destroyed*. Why? Why weren't they recycled for their parts? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And not environmentally-friendly.
The clunker cars were recycled for parts. There were interviews on CNN, NPR, and surely plenty of other news organizations with the heads of automotive recyclers who suddenly became celebrities-for-a-minute when people started wondering about the crushed cars.
They can't be re-sold, but that was part of the point. The will be re-used.
Any decent class scheduling program should give you unexpected results; it's part of teaching you to deal with the real world, and not necessarily Prolog's (or your Prolog's) fault:)
So we have an unsubstantiated sentence by "Dan Kaminsky"? Who doesn't happen to be one of the researchers, so how does he know what he knows? That's usually the standard in "journalism", quote sources otherwise I can write a lot of stuff that's just talking out of my ass.
I actually worked with the researchers on this. (This is Dan.)
While I don't specifically doubt the veracity of your post, the irony of it (in context with the GP) greatly amuses me:)
They've still got plenty of blocks. They just don't have any 4x2 plates in gray (they need 2 to hold the next level in place correctly, and no, black won't work).
Forgive me, but I completely fail to see how Google could be considered a monopoly. They offer services that are supported by their advertising revenue.
They collect information about you, yes - we all know this may be evil.
But anti-competitive? AFAIK, their only source of revenue is their advertising business. Are they under-selling ad pricing? My gut feeling is that their services exposure is such that people would probably pay some premium to advertise with Google versus other sites.
Unless my understanding is completely off-base, it almost sounds like you can become a monopoly to this person simply by being better at what you do.
Aerodynamics is definitely one factor, but these are designed to be much closer to a break-even car than something that could be mass-produced. They cost a huge amount of money, because the companies are looking for money to get to the next level of research for the batteries. The technology currently won't allow them to make a $25k car (even at 200HP; the motors are a very small part of the cost) at any volume which would provide positive returns.
It's very much an early-adopter market right now; once these companies get the battery tech worked out to be mass-produced cost-effectively (or when someone makes a spectacular breakthrough in a related area, like capacitors), you'll see your Corollas and Camrys coming out of the woodwork.
The nice thing about hardware like these is you can call up newegg, order one, play with it for 15 days, and wipe and return it if it doesn't fit your needs. I don't know exactly what your timeline is (from the question it doesn't sounds particularly time-sensitive), but unless you need the last word today, just buy the different ones you're thinking about and try them out.
A lot of what makes you "unfit" for service can be rectified through training, etc. If they decide they need very healthy people for this talent pool, they don't necessarily have to start out with very healthy people. What I'm more interested in is whether the restriction on joining the USAF after you turn 27 will be waived for this corps.
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North Austin - poll workers were competent and the systems were working well. My polling location had 8 E-slate machines running. I was in and out in about 30 minutes, with the line consistently about 15 people deep. Voting in-precinct: there's a lot more to vote on than just the Presidency.
I wondered whether this guy sent himself an e-mail.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/dan-oleary-keller-city-manager-fired_n_1373087.html
Well played!
Seeing as the point is you wouldn't know it's there, how could you welcome it?
What does the other half of your job consist of?
isn't long enough for what they're typing?
That makes some sense. My recollection of the interviews had the recyclers shredding the crushed cars, but since they're the ones who strip the cars for the intact valuables before they're shredded, it would seem that working on a crushed car would make that job more difficult.
The government screws-up everything it touches. Look at the Cash-for-Clunkers program - many dealers voluntarily decided "we're done" because they're not getting paid their ~$4000 per car allowance. And also the clunker-cars were *destroyed*. Why? Why weren't they recycled for their parts? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And not environmentally-friendly.
The clunker cars were recycled for parts. There were interviews on CNN, NPR, and surely plenty of other news organizations with the heads of automotive recyclers who suddenly became celebrities-for-a-minute when people started wondering about the crushed cars.
They can't be re-sold, but that was part of the point. The will be re-used.
Any decent class scheduling program should give you unexpected results; it's part of teaching you to deal with the real world, and not necessarily Prolog's (or your Prolog's) fault :)
So, about 7 years after the general public gets their hands on it?
So you're saying the universe is fundamentally 2-dimensional?
So we have an unsubstantiated sentence by "Dan Kaminsky"? Who doesn't happen to be one of the researchers, so how does he know what he knows? That's usually the standard in "journalism", quote sources otherwise I can write a lot of stuff that's just talking out of my ass.
I actually worked with the researchers on this. (This is Dan.)
While I don't specifically doubt the veracity of your post, the irony of it (in context with the GP) greatly amuses me :)
E-mail them to me!
They've still got plenty of blocks. They just don't have any 4x2 plates in gray (they need 2 to hold the next level in place correctly, and no, black won't work).
I'm aware of all of the legalities you raise; they were glossed over very succinctly by the blog post's representation of what she has said!
Why is it so hard to conceive that a nominee for anti-trust chief would also understand this, and use her terminology appropriately?
I guess I should have chewed up my requisite teaspoon of salt :)
Forgive me, but I completely fail to see how Google could be considered a monopoly. They offer services that are supported by their advertising revenue.
They collect information about you, yes - we all know this may be evil.
But anti-competitive? AFAIK, their only source of revenue is their advertising business. Are they under-selling ad pricing? My gut feeling is that their services exposure is such that people would probably pay some premium to advertise with Google versus other sites.
Unless my understanding is completely off-base, it almost sounds like you can become a monopoly to this person simply by being better at what you do.
Aerodynamics is definitely one factor, but these are designed to be much closer to a break-even car than something that could be mass-produced. They cost a huge amount of money, because the companies are looking for money to get to the next level of research for the batteries. The technology currently won't allow them to make a $25k car (even at 200HP; the motors are a very small part of the cost) at any volume which would provide positive returns.
It's very much an early-adopter market right now; once these companies get the battery tech worked out to be mass-produced cost-effectively (or when someone makes a spectacular breakthrough in a related area, like capacitors), you'll see your Corollas and Camrys coming out of the woodwork.
The nice thing about hardware like these is you can call up newegg, order one, play with it for 15 days, and wipe and return it if it doesn't fit your needs. I don't know exactly what your timeline is (from the question it doesn't sounds particularly time-sensitive), but unless you need the last word today, just buy the different ones you're thinking about and try them out.
It's easier to get someone to open a .wri or .doc file than a .exe file.
Gesundheit!
to get liquids to the moon?
A lot of what makes you "unfit" for service can be rectified through training, etc. If they decide they need very healthy people for this talent pool, they don't necessarily have to start out with very healthy people. What I'm more interested in is whether the restriction on joining the USAF after you turn 27 will be waived for this corps.
Only if they patented it! Haven't you been keeping up with slashdot?