To add my speculation to the mix: The idea that Denmark, Sweden, etc are leading "technical innovation" seems a farce. I have not seen much Swedish innovation other than crappy furniture from IKEA. Perhaps they are leading in "technical INTEGRATION," where they are building more effective infrastructure than in the US. Not a very scientific study. Subjectivity is impossible to get around, but I noticed that Singapore, a city, is in the list. How can such a small area compare to one of the largest countries in the world? Perhaps the United States should just choose one of its cities to be ranked instead of the whole country?
Everyone hates Flash, but couldn't Flash be used to make an easily transportable web app. Perhaps a lot of server time, but that is negligible on an intranet.
China has massive class division between rich and poor. Rural dwellers are treated as second class citizens and mandated to have a city residence permit (which usually cost several times their annual income and can take months to get) to live in the city and earn a decent wage. There is currently a crackdown because of the Beijing Olympics and this may be part of it as another way to move the illegal rural people (the floating population) out of the cities. An ID card would make it easy to crosscheck with a database and then simply kick the person out.
At my work, a retiree telecommutes from his Florida condo to our Michigan based business. The deal works great because he is allowed to work whatever hours he wants and the company is happy because he is a great financial analyst. Telecommute is alive and well. Microsoft exchange server and remote desktop work flawlessly.
Also, there are a lot of places where there is an effective broadband monopoly already; in those cases would you prefer a for-profit monopoly or a non-profit one? Broadband internet is relatively new. The monopoly exists for potentially two reasons: integration and elimination of competitors OR the broadband company was the first to test the market in the area. The post office is a great example of a poorly run municipal system. They do not make enough money in stamps to cover all their costs. Are stamps the only way the post office is funded, or do consumers pay on both ends? I would rather pay on the more efficient end.
Also, where competition does not exist, corruption does. This includes price fixing and competitors that are not competing i.e. cooperation. Laws should stop corruption, not competition.
Municipal and government networks do not have the advantage of competition, and therefore disparage innovation, not vice versa. Businesses compete and in order to gain an advantage, one business must innovate. I don't know why this article is claiming the opposite. Yes, I see the advantage of having standards, disparaging monopoly, and the like, but net-neutrality will only lead to a network that never gets better (think power lines). Yes, it is difficult for a business to get enough clout to own a network and there are problems with certain networks working together (problems between different cell networks). However if true innovation is encouraged, we will see a system that uses very few wires and increasingly uses wireless broadband. The integration of the cell phone and cell networks with broadband has already happened. Putting further restraints on the system will only cause unforeseeable problems in the future. Fairness and neutrality is not necessarily the best thing for the country.
It is definitely not that he feels that it would not do well commercially, because regardless of whether I, II, and III were decent films, we all went to see them. Lots of people went to see them. No doubt any movie with Harrison Ford would do just as well.
Correlation does not prove causation. Yes, this is skeptical, and I am for environmental protection, but I must add that even 118,000 years of data does not even begin to understand the climate of an Earth that is millions of years old. There is no way to truly test global warming as variables cannot be isolated.
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What would a longitudinal study to test global warming entail?
The GM car has a GENERATOR ONBOARD. This means that it can run as long as it has fuel for the generator. The generator spins at optimum efficiency. Fully electric cars would be great, but the GM car would use the existing infrastructure and increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles. One step at a time. For a nice graphic of how it would work go to the detroit free press website. http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site= C4&Date=20070107&Category=BUSINESS03&ArtNo=7010706 29&Ref=AR&Profile=1014
Its not a bad thing to broadcast that software needs to be updated, but it might be harmful to broadcast exactly what the problem is. Also, perhaps Opera just wanted to make sure that the problem was fixed before telling the world about it.
I live in Michigan and am currently enjoying a beautiful MILD WINTER. No snow, no shoveling, and life is good. Global warming is our friend. Instead of fighting these ugly conclusions, lets all embrace them for the gems they are.
This technology would be amazing when working with photo software to add metadata. I would in fact pay a lot for something that would search through my 40,000 photos and tag people as appropriate. It would make life a lot easier.
It will probably cut down on underage drinking. If this ID card is required instead of a drivers license, then a standard format would be useful. Right now there is a problem because most bar owners don't know what every state's drivers licenses are supposed to look like. A standard ID would go a long ways towards that issue.
I must say that the US Mint needs some competition. Why does it cost so much to make a penny? If we just imported pennies from China, the mint would be able to actually make money.
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Where did Blane Stroustrup develop C++? Perhaps Bell Labs in the United States?
To add my speculation to the mix:
The idea that Denmark, Sweden, etc are leading "technical innovation" seems a farce. I have not seen much Swedish innovation other than crappy furniture from IKEA. Perhaps they are leading in "technical INTEGRATION," where they are building more effective infrastructure than in the US. Not a very scientific study. Subjectivity is impossible to get around, but I noticed that Singapore, a city, is in the list. How can such a small area compare to one of the largest countries in the world? Perhaps the United States should just choose one of its cities to be ranked instead of the whole country?
The study reeks of politics too...
Everyone hates Flash, but couldn't Flash be used to make an easily transportable web app. Perhaps a lot of server time, but that is negligible on an intranet.
China has massive class division between rich and poor. Rural dwellers are treated as second class citizens and mandated to have a city residence permit (which usually cost several times their annual income and can take months to get) to live in the city and earn a decent wage. There is currently a crackdown because of the Beijing Olympics and this may be part of it as another way to move the illegal rural people (the floating population) out of the cities. An ID card would make it easy to crosscheck with a database and then simply kick the person out.
the webmaster is far from dead... but if i found him he would be: http://www.hvysl.org/
Where does the Titanium land? Iraq?
At my work, a retiree telecommutes from his Florida condo to our Michigan based business. The deal works great because he is allowed to work whatever hours he wants and the company is happy because he is a great financial analyst. Telecommute is alive and well. Microsoft exchange server and remote desktop work flawlessly.
Municipal and government networks do not have the advantage of competition, and therefore disparage innovation, not vice versa. Businesses compete and in order to gain an advantage, one business must innovate. I don't know why this article is claiming the opposite. Yes, I see the advantage of having standards, disparaging monopoly, and the like, but net-neutrality will only lead to a network that never gets better (think power lines). Yes, it is difficult for a business to get enough clout to own a network and there are problems with certain networks working together (problems between different cell networks). However if true innovation is encouraged, we will see a system that uses very few wires and increasingly uses wireless broadband. The integration of the cell phone and cell networks with broadband has already happened. Putting further restraints on the system will only cause unforeseeable problems in the future. Fairness and neutrality is not necessarily the best thing for the country.
It is definitely not that he feels that it would not do well commercially, because regardless of whether I, II, and III were decent films, we all went to see them. Lots of people went to see them. No doubt any movie with Harrison Ford would do just as well.
Correlation does not prove causation. Yes, this is skeptical, and I am for environmental protection, but I must add that even 118,000 years of data does not even begin to understand the climate of an Earth that is millions of years old. There is no way to truly test global warming as variables cannot be isolated. ------------- What would a longitudinal study to test global warming entail?
either that or no serious scientist agreed with ol' Al
with records that go back barely more than a hundred years...
The GM car has a GENERATOR ONBOARD. This means that it can run as long as it has fuel for the generator. The generator spins at optimum efficiency. Fully electric cars would be great, but the GM car would use the existing infrastructure and increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles. One step at a time. For a nice graphic of how it would work go to the detroit free press website. http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site= C4&Date=20070107&Category=BUSINESS03&ArtNo=7010706 29&Ref=AR&Profile=1014
Why don't cameras have GPS built in? How great would it be to be able to have all pictures geotagged automatically?
Its not a bad thing to broadcast that software needs to be updated, but it might be harmful to broadcast exactly what the problem is. Also, perhaps Opera just wanted to make sure that the problem was fixed before telling the world about it.
Why is a secret security patch a problem? Why broadcast security problems(which only invites people to try to exploit the problems)?
I live in Michigan and am currently enjoying a beautiful MILD WINTER. No snow, no shoveling, and life is good. Global warming is our friend. Instead of fighting these ugly conclusions, lets all embrace them for the gems they are.
especially if they are using expensive mac hardware sheesh... can't afford too much of that
Our secret blood clot weapon has been slowly invading other countries. A few years back they just opened one in China. I'm lovin it
This technology would be amazing when working with photo software to add metadata. I would in fact pay a lot for something that would search through my 40,000 photos and tag people as appropriate. It would make life a lot easier.
What I was saying was that every state does it differently...
It will probably cut down on underage drinking. If this ID card is required instead of a drivers license, then a standard format would be useful. Right now there is a problem because most bar owners don't know what every state's drivers licenses are supposed to look like. A standard ID would go a long ways towards that issue.
I must say that the US Mint needs some competition. Why does it cost so much to make a penny? If we just imported pennies from China, the mint would be able to actually make money.
Somewhat of a WikiFacebook where instead of you writing you personal profile, other people get to?