Take a small town in the coal region of Pennsylvania. The only industry has gone, and the town is becoming poorer, older, and more depressed. Anyone who wants a high-tech job is moving somewhere closer to a major city. The schools are underfunded, and kids move away as soon as they graduate. There's no broadband because Verizon or Comcast have determined it's not profitable for them to supply the town.
Now put in a FTTH system, where people can get 10Mb fiber connections with a static IP for $15/month per residence or $40/month per business connection.
Businesses move in because land is cheap, and they can do business just as effectively as if they were in New York or Philadelphia. People move in because housing is cheap and they can telecommute to their jobs three days a week. The schools benefit from all kids and parents able to be online, allowing them to check progress through a school portal.
Sound far fetched? It's not. It happened in Lock Haven, PA.
90 days there
~300 days on the surface
90 days back.
So, no sleeping for two years.
Besides, I think this is a stupid idea. What if something goes wrong? What if life support fails and ground control can't get it started again or wake the crew up?
And what if we include instruments that can be used in flight. Things that can collect solar wind or monitor the earth's magnetosphere? Give them some experiments to perform, that usually keeps scientists going for a while.
Don't think of it as VR, think of it as enhanced reality, or IR. Imagine a system that records your experiences, so that when you run into someone and you don't remember their name, it's overlayed on the scene so you can say "Hi Joe" instead of "Hi."
Or virtual tours that overlay pictures of old buildings onto the current landscape, so you can see how it's changed.
Or a system that shows what configuration two parts should be in or a manual for repairs.
Or even a lighted path back home overlayed on the street, for people with alzheimers.
I'm sure there are a few crazy people out there who want to hurt Americans no matter what we do, but the vast majority of Muslims are like you and me, just trying to live their lives. They see us interfering and get angry. That's where terrorist support comes from.
If we talked with the people of the Muslim world and addressed their concerns with the same priority we give to the Israelis or Europeans, the base of support for nuts like bin Laden would fall away, making them much less powerful and well-funded.
Also, but declaring 'war' on al Qaeda we have validated them as a political group. They're not. They're common thugs. Murders, thieves and drug dealers, the lot of them. Deal with them using law enforcement tactics, not military tactics. Arrest them and throw them in jail. It's not the 19th century anymore; frontier justice ("tall tree and a short rope") is something I had hoped we outgrew. Unfortunately, our president and about 45% of the population is still having too much fun playing cowboys to realize what they're doing wrong.
Bin Laden has more to fear in any American prison than from the US military.
I found a sweet job programming PHP when all that was listed in the want ads was ASP (which I have zero experience with). Just look up every company in your area that possibly has a web development department, and send them your resume.
I got hired two weeks after I sent mine in, and I've loved my job ever since.
Web pages, even big ones, load in under 2 seconds over my 3meg cable connection.
So you're saying that they'll load in 1/500th of a second in 15 years. Which, since we can't 'see' anything shorter than 1/30th of a second or so, will be instantaneous.
Install a recording device in your car and/or on your person. Someone I know was able to keep most of his stuff because he recorded the crazy stuff his ex-wife said.
And if she's really crazy, have your friend bring a video camera to any meetings. You never know...
So if you have a dream about the movie, or you repeat a line from the movie, or visualize a scene in the movie, or tell a friend about a scene, are you stealing? Maybe you should buy the movie again since you want to see it again.
Whenever a forest is levelled, an oil tanker spilled, or a patient diagnosed with cancer, the GDP goes up, which is a sign of a healthy economy.
Economists and economies don't do what's in the best interest for people, so of course they wouldn't like to end off-shore tax loopholes. Because economies grow when money is moved around and exchanged, not when people are happy and stop buying things.
Or, ya know, we could, like negotiate environmental and human rights protections into our trade agreements.
In other words: We shouldn't trade with Cuba because they're evil Communists, but it's okay that we trade with evil Communist China because the majority of chinese people aren't in a swing state. Oh, and there are a lot more people in China, which makes for cheaper labor.
The moral of the story is that all of those trade agreements that enjoyed huge bipartisan support in the 80s and 90s were probably not a good idea.
No, they *could be* good ideas. If they were used to ensure human rights and environmental protections matched what's in the US, then costs would be similar and people in foreign countries would have better lives.
So demand higher pay!!! You could be paid five times as much and still the company would make a profit. Your family and American workers will thank you.
A progressive business tax for all businesses that have US operations would be great. Huge multinationals could be taxed heavily, while small businesses in key sectors might get away without taxation. If it's done the right way (with few loopholes), we could even *eliminate* personal income tax.
They're not playing fair. I don't have the money to rent an apartment in Bermuda so I don't have to pay as much in taxes. And if a corporation is a person (which they are, according to the law), then there isn't a level playing field between us; they get my money when I buy things, but I don't have any way to control them, and they don't provide any benefit to society.
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Hell, I can even use KDE instead of Aqua if I wanted to.
Now put in a FTTH system, where people can get 10Mb fiber connections with a static IP for $15/month per residence or $40/month per business connection.
Businesses move in because land is cheap, and they can do business just as effectively as if they were in New York or Philadelphia. People move in because housing is cheap and they can telecommute to their jobs three days a week. The schools benefit from all kids and parents able to be online, allowing them to check progress through a school portal.
Sound far fetched? It's not. It happened in Lock Haven, PA.
~300 days on the surface
90 days back.
So, no sleeping for two years.
Besides, I think this is a stupid idea. What if something goes wrong? What if life support fails and ground control can't get it started again or wake the crew up?
And what if we include instruments that can be used in flight. Things that can collect solar wind or monitor the earth's magnetosphere? Give them some experiments to perform, that usually keeps scientists going for a while.
What's it written in? I tried the demo and it ran sluggishly, even on the peecee they chain me to at work.
function hello(){ print "Hello, World!"; }
Though most frosh comp sci majors still seem to screw it up.
Or virtual tours that overlay pictures of old buildings onto the current landscape, so you can see how it's changed.
Or a system that shows what configuration two parts should be in or a manual for repairs.
Or even a lighted path back home overlayed on the street, for people with alzheimers.
I'm looking for a good PHP IDE as well. Bonus points if it runs on Mac OS X.
If we talked with the people of the Muslim world and addressed their concerns with the same priority we give to the Israelis or Europeans, the base of support for nuts like bin Laden would fall away, making them much less powerful and well-funded.
Also, but declaring 'war' on al Qaeda we have validated them as a political group. They're not. They're common thugs. Murders, thieves and drug dealers, the lot of them. Deal with them using law enforcement tactics, not military tactics. Arrest them and throw them in jail. It's not the 19th century anymore; frontier justice ("tall tree and a short rope") is something I had hoped we outgrew. Unfortunately, our president and about 45% of the population is still having too much fun playing cowboys to realize what they're doing wrong.
Bin Laden has more to fear in any American prison than from the US military.
So blah.
I got hired two weeks after I sent mine in, and I've loved my job ever since.
/me dons flameproof suit.
Luckily my polling place is across the street from my house.
Why? Because companies will outsource crappy web-page making jobs to India who will then turn around and outsource those jobs to China.
You'll need to manage these people, so you need management skills and how to speak their language.
Besides, at the rate they're expanding the Chinese will own 80% of America by 2020, with the Saudis owning the remaining 20%.
So you're saying that they'll load in 1/500th of a second in 15 years. Which, since we can't 'see' anything shorter than 1/30th of a second or so, will be instantaneous.
And I bet Realplayer will still buffer.
I'd give the recipe, but it's more of a feel thing for me.
Which reminds me, I've got to get some lamb bones for stock...
And if she's really crazy, have your friend bring a video camera to any meetings. You never know...
So if you have a dream about the movie, or you repeat a line from the movie, or visualize a scene in the movie, or tell a friend about a scene, are you stealing? Maybe you should buy the movie again since you want to see it again.
Economists and economies don't do what's in the best interest for people, so of course they wouldn't like to end off-shore tax loopholes. Because economies grow when money is moved around and exchanged, not when people are happy and stop buying things.
In other words: We shouldn't trade with Cuba because they're evil Communists, but it's okay that we trade with evil Communist China because the majority of chinese people aren't in a swing state. Oh, and there are a lot more people in China, which makes for cheaper labor.
No, they *could be* good ideas. If they were used to ensure human rights and environmental protections matched what's in the US, then costs would be similar and people in foreign countries would have better lives.
So demand higher pay!!! You could be paid five times as much and still the company would make a profit. Your family and American workers will thank you.
A progressive business tax for all businesses that have US operations would be great. Huge multinationals could be taxed heavily, while small businesses in key sectors might get away without taxation. If it's done the right way (with few loopholes), we could even *eliminate* personal income tax.
They're not playing fair. I don't have the money to rent an apartment in Bermuda so I don't have to pay as much in taxes. And if a corporation is a person (which they are, according to the law), then there isn't a level playing field between us; they get my money when I buy things, but I don't have any way to control them, and they don't provide any benefit to society.
Who in $DEITY's name would carve a pumpkin with a santoku???
I want a TDI, but I couldn't find one in my price range, and my wife won't drive one. And she especially won't let me put a greasel system in it.