Very likely the Romans did not invent this technique. Their written language was bought from the Etruscans and much of their science and philosophy was forcibly taken from the Greeks. Much of their religion was bought or stolen from other cultures. Original, they were not.
I often wonder what happened to all those cops who protected the govt during the eastern Europe revolutions, do
they regret not helping the people and shooting at them or bashing them in the head?
I'm sure that they fell into several categories:
Hard core believers in the government that didn't object to shooting traitors
Moderate cops that felt some regret, but believed in protecting their comrades and following orders
Cops that didn't want to shoot, but felt compelled to (else they would be shot).
Cops that joined the revolution (and probably got shot afterwards).
What would be interesting is to see what would happen with the building of the first replicator. It would be worth quite a lot, because of the R&D work that went into creating it. However, if the replicator itself could be replicated, its value would quickly drop, thus giving the designers little incentive to create the replicator in the first place (unless they were motivated by motives other than money).
Something tells me it'll be the red and blue lights that will bother him more than the red and green kind.
Only if the red and blue lights can catch up. Another likely problem is the slow driver that likes to drive in the fastlane. At the speeds that he's talking about, he won't be able to switch lanes in time. Or trucks passing - they're a plague sometimes while driving on the I-5.
I have been using such a service for about 3 years. Works great. One caveat though: the actual limit on the virtual card may be 10% higher than the one that you request. My bank adds it because it thinks that I will forget to add the shipping charge and the number will "bounce". Just something to keep in mind. I am not sure if all banks do it.
I found out the hard way that my bank doesn't do that - I was off by one cent (typo), so I had to update the amount again and resubmit the order.
Some banks allow users to generate virtual credit card numbers (that can have dollar limits and specific expiration dates) for use with online purchases. Probably not a bad idea to buy things online with one of these generated online numbers (using the purchase amount as the limit).
SETI is still going to be done, it will just take longer because you are not participating.
The statement that SETI will take longer if there are fewer participants is true only if SETI can be considered "done." It's possible that with our current tech and the galactic distances involved that SETI will not find anything worth analyzing.
If Apple bought Adobe, then they'd effectively be pursuing a strategy similar to Microsoft's - trying to control all major app vendors for the respective OS. It'd be costly for one thing, and might discourage other vendors from building on the platform. Not a great idea, in my opinion. Apple probably wants all the developer mindshare that they can get, but doing this is more Borg-like than anything else.
Actually, it's the Japanese who (sterotypically) have a hard time pronouncing L's. Look at all of the Chinese last names that start with L: Lee, Li, Lu, etc.
Anything that can provide decent solar generation more cheaply would be good. Sounds like their process improvements in the 2nd gen panels might meet the $1.50/watt figure mentioned in the article. In any case, costs of any solar tech will need to go down quite a bit to support more widespread use, especially in developing countries.
First they made two versions of the XBox 360 (one with hard drive and one without), and now they're making versions of Vista (with and without Aero). Why would they want to fragment their market like that? As other posters have noted, in the short term, they might make more money, but in the long term, if more people choose to save money and not buy the extra drive or Aero, wouldn't the companies making the software for MS systems delay implementation of features that require Aero or the XBox hard drive? Kind of penny-wise, pound foolish in my opinion.
So why not concentrate a few plain-clothes cops in the same areas and tip the balance the other way?
Police budgets being what they are, the cops aren't likely to be hanging out at coffee joints - there's always people screaming about how the cops have the wrong priorities. The police won't be spending much time on these "yuppie" property-type crimes unless someone dies, and then only due to the publicity.
Another good example of NASA's success in the unmanned exploration program, which contrasts nicely with the current issues with the Space Shuttle program and its potential successors. Wonder if any of the administrators in charge of the space probe programs can help implement changes in the manned space program.
I'd be astonished if the employees ultimately benefit from these automated systems. The only thing that they'd get would be online access to their health records. The employers will say the employees benefit from getting health care in the first place. However, I'm a bit skeptical in this age of cost cutting that these tools won't be used to lump "problem" employees that use lots of coverage and force them into programs that would help the company save a bit of money. Is that legal? And how would the company get the information about the employee interactions with health providers - the insurance company, I'm guessing? It'd be an nightmare to get every doctor and pharmacy to plug into the system.
The only things might possibly end up being a "carrier killer" are space-based weapons (assuming the carrier's compliment of fighters can't be equipped with air-launched ASAT weapons), or battleship design that incorporates:
some sort of light gas rifle, gauss rifle or railgun design that can hit targets from the extreme range of a carrier's air complement, and/or
an unprecedented breakthrough in metallurgy/defense technology that allows a battleship to muscle its way through all the aircraft to get close enough to use more conventional guns.
Pretty good list of threats. A few more items that could be added are:
Submarines - especially diesel subs that are running on their electric motors. If the carrier group has poor anti-sub operators (or is just unlucky), a good sub commander with a decent sub can be pretty bad news for the carrier. The sub might not survive afterwards, but most navies would be pretty happy to trade a single sub for a carrier
Stealth bombers with supersonic cruise missles. The best time to stop a missle attack is to kill the platform before launch. If a large group of stealthy bombers is able to launch a huge wave of anti-surface missles, large enough to overwhelm the air defenses of the carrier group, then it's very possible that a large number of ships in the group would be damaged or sunk.
Mines - if the carrier group is forced to go through a restricted region for tactical reasons, mines could damage and possible incapacitate ships in the carrier task force
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Not only are these packages hard to open, many are difficult to recycle. What a waste of petroleum!
What would be interesting is to see what would happen with the building of the first replicator. It would be worth quite a lot, because of the R&D work that went into creating it. However, if the replicator itself could be replicated, its value would quickly drop, thus giving the designers little incentive to create the replicator in the first place (unless they were motivated by motives other than money).
Some banks allow users to generate virtual credit card numbers (that can have dollar limits and specific expiration dates) for use with online purchases. Probably not a bad idea to buy things online with one of these generated online numbers (using the purchase amount as the limit).
It's only good advice if your students actually believe you can kill them.
Not if you provide an object lesson!If Apple bought Adobe, then they'd effectively be pursuing a strategy similar to Microsoft's - trying to control all major app vendors for the respective OS. It'd be costly for one thing, and might discourage other vendors from building on the platform. Not a great idea, in my opinion. Apple probably wants all the developer mindshare that they can get, but doing this is more Borg-like than anything else.
Actually, it's the Japanese who (sterotypically) have a hard time pronouncing L's. Look at all of the Chinese last names that start with L: Lee, Li, Lu, etc.
This might've been funny for an April Fool's joke, but it's still kind of hard to believe that Nintendo could screw up the name this badly.
Anything that can provide decent solar generation more cheaply would be good. Sounds like their process improvements in the 2nd gen panels might meet the $1.50/watt figure mentioned in the article. In any case, costs of any solar tech will need to go down quite a bit to support more widespread use, especially in developing countries.
First they made two versions of the XBox 360 (one with hard drive and one without), and now they're making versions of Vista (with and without Aero). Why would they want to fragment their market like that? As other posters have noted, in the short term, they might make more money, but in the long term, if more people choose to save money and not buy the extra drive or Aero, wouldn't the companies making the software for MS systems delay implementation of features that require Aero or the XBox hard drive? Kind of penny-wise, pound foolish in my opinion.
Not surprising - any orthodoxy, consciously or not, tends to have an accepted view, and dissenters can make their opinions known at their own peril.
So why not concentrate a few plain-clothes cops in the same areas and tip the balance the other way?
Police budgets being what they are, the cops aren't likely to be hanging out at coffee joints - there's always people screaming about how the cops have the wrong priorities. The police won't be spending much time on these "yuppie" property-type crimes unless someone dies, and then only due to the publicity.Another good example of NASA's success in the unmanned exploration program, which contrasts nicely with the current issues with the Space Shuttle program and its potential successors. Wonder if any of the administrators in charge of the space probe programs can help implement changes in the manned space program.
I'd be astonished if the employees ultimately benefit from these automated systems. The only thing that they'd get would be online access to their health records. The employers will say the employees benefit from getting health care in the first place. However, I'm a bit skeptical in this age of cost cutting that these tools won't be used to lump "problem" employees that use lots of coverage and force them into programs that would help the company save a bit of money. Is that legal? And how would the company get the information about the employee interactions with health providers - the insurance company, I'm guessing? It'd be an nightmare to get every doctor and pharmacy to plug into the system.
The only things might possibly end up being a "carrier killer" are space-based weapons (assuming the carrier's compliment of fighters can't be equipped with air-launched ASAT weapons), or battleship design that incorporates:
Pretty good list of threats. A few more items that could be added are:
It's generally safe, but I'd hate to be downstream if there's a major earthquake that's stronger than what the dam was designed for.
There's also the terrorist angle, and the war time target angle. A German dam was the target of Allied operations during WWII.Are you sure you didn't miss the GP's reference? :)