I think we need another term to describe DDoS attack other than massive. Every DDoS attack is massive, that's kind of how they work. How about megalithic, prodigious, elephantine or gargantuan? Other suggestions?
Except if batteries improve as described in the article you will want to charge at home or charge quickly at any station with access to the electrical grid. Instead you will have a $40,000 investment in a company with a proprietary battery and charging system who you have to pay a monthly service fee to... Brilliant.
The US provided a loan guarantee to Solyndra. This does NOT encourage dumping because it does not allow you make panels at below market costs. The effect of a US loan guarantee is to encourage investment in industries which the private sector has determined are not yet sufficiently developed to justify the risk of investment; however, our government has determined is strategically desirable for some reason not directly related to profitability.
There is a third order effect that a loan guarantee drives down borrowing costs thereby slightly decreasing production costs but this is very far and away from the direct subsidy actions being undertaken by China.
Did anyone else think of Fallout 3 immediately upon reading the summary? I for one would love a nuclear powered 1950 Buick Roadmaster! Inconvenient radioactive explosive behavior aside....
Try reading your water or electric bill sometime. If you are a typical residential user about 70% of your water bill is fixed costs for access to the tubes (and yes we are talking about tubes here). You pay only a marginal amount for increased volume of water. With internet traffic the costs are even more imbalanced because there is no tangible good such as water or electricity. The costs for increasing volume are negligible in comparison to the costs for installing and maintaining the base connection. The problem here is the aging local internet infrastructure in the same way that cities are incurring skyrocketing costs for maintenance of failing sewers, water lines and power lines. It is not "Bandwidth Hogs" (thank you for falling prey to industry propaganda) it is the failure of local ISPs to invest and maintain their own infrastructure as they saw demand changing.
You are talking about taxes and the original poster is discussing subsidies. They are two sides of the equation. Furthermore, the article you cite is discussing how companies such as Exxon have structured their finances in such a way as to avoid the payment of taxes in the US. This would seem to run counter to the thrust of your argument. Tax shelters allowed by the US tax code are just one form of subsidy...
Getting a trustworthy citation on this issue is almost impossible. Climate groups put the number in the trillions by claiming unpaid environmental damages due to greenhouse gas emissions as a subsidy. I don't believe you should include data you can't quantify.http://www.progress.org/2003/energy22.htm [progress.org]
The proposed budget by the president attempts to cut subsidies by 36.5 billion. Since it is unlikely that this is an attempt to end all petroleum subsidies (every industry from aircraft manufacture to rice farming receives some subsidies) the number is probably somewhere between 40 and 100 billion per year. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6103RM20100201 [reuters.com]
As an alternative to a pernicious media attempting to mislead you, perhaps the problem can be explained by your lack of attention to detail.
"Humans do possess some enzymes that can undo damage with less efficiency. But we become sunburned when our DNA is too damaged for those enzymes to repair, and our skin cells die. Scientists have linked chronic sun damage to DNA mutations that lead to diseases such as skin cancer."
The article is not about those other enzymes it is about discovering the mechanism by which photolysase works....
I was momentarily excited when I heard that the iPhone 4 would have a retinal display and then not exactly surprised when it was just hype about the screen resolution. To me, a retinal display implies a device using either LED or Lasers to paint an image on the back of the retina bypassing the lens of your eyes. I have heard that companies are developing the technology for use in cell phones but this... not so impressive.
That is an incorrect argument made by somebody who knows nothing about statistics.
First, if the time taken to crack a password is two months, and you change your passwords every two months, then there's a 50% chance of cracking the password in the first attempt, and a 100% chance of cracking the password the second attempt. So your example doesn't work.
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The fact that you complain about the previous poster's understanding of statistics is laughable. Statistical probability is not additive and the mythical hacker above will have the same chance to break the password in the second month as the first.
Before we talk about nailing the company to the wall perhaps we should look into the reporting requirements a little closer. The linked article itself states, "The NRC is investigating why it took Entergy five years to report the leak, but for it to have been reportable, it has to meet certain off site dose limits. It is also investigating how Entergy responded to the problem." So we don't even know if the leak met reporting requirements.
Also, there is much hay made over Entergy lying about the existence of the pipes. The company apparently did not deny the existence of underground pipes but some company representative stated before a public service commission that he/she was unaware of any underground pipes carrying radioactive particles. I don't know the context of the original statement but a close reading would seem to imply the steam pipe in question was not intended to carry radioactive particles and only the failure of several check valves allowed the particles to get into the pipe. I would guess that the steam leak was found because of the trace radiation.
I you already have motion (for example the motion of the Earth around the Sun) would it be possible to use this type of device to extract energy from that momentum?
The contact lenses designed for athletes are not designed to reduce the brightness but filter our UV rays and increase contrast unlike the polarizing sunglasses you most likely had. The goal is to reduce retinal damage but maintain the tone of the muscles which control the iris.
After reading the article the only logical conclusion I can reach is that all e-tailers should move their corporate headquarters and distribution outside of the United States. They should then move all of their research and development outside of the United States in case some state government construes that as a presence sufficient to justify taxation. That sounds like a wonderful tax policy there which drives business out of the country.
E-tailers are DIFFERENT than typical brick and mortal retailers. The entities they use to distribute their goods and services pay taxes, except for the US Post Office of course. Moreover, there has never been perfect rationality between benefits received and taxes paid.
I can't disagree with the assertion that it is a usability nightmare more. I have a small, portable, foldaway keyboard for use with my Ipaq 2215. The keyboard has tray to hold the PDA and it is not difficult to read when sitting on a desk. I used the device for taking notes all the way through law school and it was far more portable and convenient to have on your desk at the same time as a textbook as compared to a laptop.
While the FTC may be a good place to start you are likely to get a more valuable remedy from your local Attorney General's office. AGs have shown a remarkable willingness to take on companies engaged in false advertising and most states have consumer protection laws to provide statutory remedies and even attorney's fees when they prevail.
Of course, this doesn't really save you any money since AT&T will just tack any fines or settlement costs onto the back of your bill. In Missouri, I get charged an additional $7 in regulatory fees on top of my monthly charges. These are NOT taxes or regulatory fees but costs AT&T incurred due to lawsuits from municipalities.
There seems to be a consensus that the MS exclusivity deal precludes imbedding the software into the PS3 for now, which is why they are doing the workaround with the disc. Frankly, this appears to be a "novel" interpretation of the contract signed with Microsoft but since Hastings is on the Microsoft BoD I don't imagine there will be any litigation as a result.
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/netflix-finally-confirmed-for-ps3/
If you would like to coast any distance (like enough to get off the road and out of traffic) and you're not pointed downhill I suggest you disengage your transmission. Or is your engine tied into a 5,000 lb flywheel you have rigged into your trunk in your spare time?
There is no evidence the employee was an illegal immigrant, the AG just failed to file the proper paperwork to prove the citizenship status of the employed party. More laziness than malfeasance. However, if we started sacking government employees for laziness can you imagine what it would do to the unemployment rate???
Have you used Hulu Desktop? The video quality is superior to my analog cable connection, it controls easily with my Hauppauge Remote and the seek capabilities are fairly tolerable for something which is streaming as opposed to local.
On a separate note, Hulu has me watching commercials again! For the last 3 years my Media Center has let me skip all of the commercials but with Hulu I am trapped watching stupid car commercials again. If there is one thing that Nielsen should be counting it is this type of online viewing.
Hulu looks pretty good on my 47" when I set the stream to high quality and as a bonus most things are in widescreen. I have noticed that the majority of commercials on Hulu do not appear to be paid for advertisements. My concern is that if Hulu achieves more success the number of ads will increase to the point where it is essentially identical to watching television except I do not have the capacity to record and skip the ads.
Would you also agree with the consequences of this logical chain? Would you start throwing babies and then young children off a sinking boat based on the theory that society does not have as much invested in their productivity? The decisions we make about protecting lives are based upon societal morals that are not rooted in logic. That creates some devastating consequences but the alternative purely rational approach is also quite dangerous.
The mistake in my opinion was not in selling a drive which could scratch discs if moved but in requiring the drive to run at full speed at all times whenever you are playing a game. This adds a great deal of stress to the system, disc and substantial amounts of noise. Most of the time when people complain about the noise of the 360 they are not complaining about fan noise but rather the noise from the drive.
Fortunately, this was a mistake the corrected in the last update. Removing both the problem of scratched discs and wear on the disc drive. Microsoft may be slow but they do seem to get themselves oriented eventually.
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I think we need another term to describe DDoS attack other than massive. Every DDoS attack is massive, that's kind of how they work. How about megalithic, prodigious, elephantine or gargantuan? Other suggestions?
You mean the CIA has been actively trying to halt the nuclear weapons program of a nation who is opposed to the United States? Surely you jest!
Except if batteries improve as described in the article you will want to charge at home or charge quickly at any station with access to the electrical grid. Instead you will have a $40,000 investment in a company with a proprietary battery and charging system who you have to pay a monthly service fee to... Brilliant.
The US provided a loan guarantee to Solyndra. This does NOT encourage dumping because it does not allow you make panels at below market costs. The effect of a US loan guarantee is to encourage investment in industries which the private sector has determined are not yet sufficiently developed to justify the risk of investment; however, our government has determined is strategically desirable for some reason not directly related to profitability.
There is a third order effect that a loan guarantee drives down borrowing costs thereby slightly decreasing production costs but this is very far and away from the direct subsidy actions being undertaken by China.
"receives sunlight 24 hours a day" - are you suggesting an orbital platform for your hypothetical off-grid mansion?
Did anyone else think of Fallout 3 immediately upon reading the summary? I for one would love a nuclear powered 1950 Buick Roadmaster! Inconvenient radioactive explosive behavior aside....
Try reading your water or electric bill sometime. If you are a typical residential user about 70% of your water bill is fixed costs for access to the tubes (and yes we are talking about tubes here). You pay only a marginal amount for increased volume of water. With internet traffic the costs are even more imbalanced because there is no tangible good such as water or electricity. The costs for increasing volume are negligible in comparison to the costs for installing and maintaining the base connection. The problem here is the aging local internet infrastructure in the same way that cities are incurring skyrocketing costs for maintenance of failing sewers, water lines and power lines. It is not "Bandwidth Hogs" (thank you for falling prey to industry propaganda) it is the failure of local ISPs to invest and maintain their own infrastructure as they saw demand changing.
The engadget article below would indicate that Apple does not use Gorilla glass in the iPhones at least.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/18/white-iphone-4-delay-the-challenges-faced-by-apples-glass-supp/
You are talking about taxes and the original poster is discussing subsidies. They are two sides of the equation. Furthermore, the article you cite is discussing how companies such as Exxon have structured their finances in such a way as to avoid the payment of taxes in the US. This would seem to run counter to the thrust of your argument. Tax shelters allowed by the US tax code are just one form of subsidy...
Getting a trustworthy citation on this issue is almost impossible. Climate groups put the number in the trillions by claiming unpaid environmental damages due to greenhouse gas emissions as a subsidy. I don't believe you should include data you can't quantify.http://www.progress.org/2003/energy22.htm [progress.org]
Conservative groups claim that the amount is only a couple of billion per year. http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/26559.html [taxfoundation.org]
The proposed budget by the president attempts to cut subsidies by 36.5 billion. Since it is unlikely that this is an attempt to end all petroleum subsidies (every industry from aircraft manufacture to rice farming receives some subsidies) the number is probably somewhere between 40 and 100 billion per year. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6103RM20100201 [reuters.com]
As an alternative to a pernicious media attempting to mislead you, perhaps the problem can be explained by your lack of attention to detail. "Humans do possess some enzymes that can undo damage with less efficiency. But we become sunburned when our DNA is too damaged for those enzymes to repair, and our skin cells die. Scientists have linked chronic sun damage to DNA mutations that lead to diseases such as skin cancer." The article is not about those other enzymes it is about discovering the mechanism by which photolysase works....
I was momentarily excited when I heard that the iPhone 4 would have a retinal display and then not exactly surprised when it was just hype about the screen resolution. To me, a retinal display implies a device using either LED or Lasers to paint an image on the back of the retina bypassing the lens of your eyes. I have heard that companies are developing the technology for use in cell phones but this... not so impressive.
That is an incorrect argument made by somebody who knows nothing about statistics.
First, if the time taken to crack a password is two months, and you change your passwords every two months, then there's a 50% chance of cracking the password in the first attempt, and a 100% chance of cracking the password the second attempt. So your example doesn't work.
.
The fact that you complain about the previous poster's understanding of statistics is laughable. Statistical probability is not additive and the mythical hacker above will have the same chance to break the password in the second month as the first.
Before we talk about nailing the company to the wall perhaps we should look into the reporting requirements a little closer. The linked article itself states, "The NRC is investigating why it took Entergy five years to report the leak, but for it to have been reportable, it has to meet certain off site dose limits. It is also investigating how Entergy responded to the problem." So we don't even know if the leak met reporting requirements. Also, there is much hay made over Entergy lying about the existence of the pipes. The company apparently did not deny the existence of underground pipes but some company representative stated before a public service commission that he/she was unaware of any underground pipes carrying radioactive particles. I don't know the context of the original statement but a close reading would seem to imply the steam pipe in question was not intended to carry radioactive particles and only the failure of several check valves allowed the particles to get into the pipe. I would guess that the steam leak was found because of the trace radiation.
I you already have motion (for example the motion of the Earth around the Sun) would it be possible to use this type of device to extract energy from that momentum?
The contact lenses designed for athletes are not designed to reduce the brightness but filter our UV rays and increase contrast unlike the polarizing sunglasses you most likely had. The goal is to reduce retinal damage but maintain the tone of the muscles which control the iris.
After reading the article the only logical conclusion I can reach is that all e-tailers should move their corporate headquarters and distribution outside of the United States. They should then move all of their research and development outside of the United States in case some state government construes that as a presence sufficient to justify taxation. That sounds like a wonderful tax policy there which drives business out of the country. E-tailers are DIFFERENT than typical brick and mortal retailers. The entities they use to distribute their goods and services pay taxes, except for the US Post Office of course. Moreover, there has never been perfect rationality between benefits received and taxes paid.
I can't disagree with the assertion that it is a usability nightmare more. I have a small, portable, foldaway keyboard for use with my Ipaq 2215. The keyboard has tray to hold the PDA and it is not difficult to read when sitting on a desk. I used the device for taking notes all the way through law school and it was far more portable and convenient to have on your desk at the same time as a textbook as compared to a laptop.
While the FTC may be a good place to start you are likely to get a more valuable remedy from your local Attorney General's office. AGs have shown a remarkable willingness to take on companies engaged in false advertising and most states have consumer protection laws to provide statutory remedies and even attorney's fees when they prevail. Of course, this doesn't really save you any money since AT&T will just tack any fines or settlement costs onto the back of your bill. In Missouri, I get charged an additional $7 in regulatory fees on top of my monthly charges. These are NOT taxes or regulatory fees but costs AT&T incurred due to lawsuits from municipalities.
There seems to be a consensus that the MS exclusivity deal precludes imbedding the software into the PS3 for now, which is why they are doing the workaround with the disc. Frankly, this appears to be a "novel" interpretation of the contract signed with Microsoft but since Hastings is on the Microsoft BoD I don't imagine there will be any litigation as a result. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/netflix-finally-confirmed-for-ps3/
If you would like to coast any distance (like enough to get off the road and out of traffic) and you're not pointed downhill I suggest you disengage your transmission. Or is your engine tied into a 5,000 lb flywheel you have rigged into your trunk in your spare time?
There is no evidence the employee was an illegal immigrant, the AG just failed to file the proper paperwork to prove the citizenship status of the employed party. More laziness than malfeasance. However, if we started sacking government employees for laziness can you imagine what it would do to the unemployment rate???
Have you used Hulu Desktop? The video quality is superior to my analog cable connection, it controls easily with my Hauppauge Remote and the seek capabilities are fairly tolerable for something which is streaming as opposed to local. On a separate note, Hulu has me watching commercials again! For the last 3 years my Media Center has let me skip all of the commercials but with Hulu I am trapped watching stupid car commercials again. If there is one thing that Nielsen should be counting it is this type of online viewing.
Hulu looks pretty good on my 47" when I set the stream to high quality and as a bonus most things are in widescreen. I have noticed that the majority of commercials on Hulu do not appear to be paid for advertisements. My concern is that if Hulu achieves more success the number of ads will increase to the point where it is essentially identical to watching television except I do not have the capacity to record and skip the ads.
Would you also agree with the consequences of this logical chain? Would you start throwing babies and then young children off a sinking boat based on the theory that society does not have as much invested in their productivity? The decisions we make about protecting lives are based upon societal morals that are not rooted in logic. That creates some devastating consequences but the alternative purely rational approach is also quite dangerous.
The mistake in my opinion was not in selling a drive which could scratch discs if moved but in requiring the drive to run at full speed at all times whenever you are playing a game. This adds a great deal of stress to the system, disc and substantial amounts of noise. Most of the time when people complain about the noise of the 360 they are not complaining about fan noise but rather the noise from the drive. Fortunately, this was a mistake the corrected in the last update. Removing both the problem of scratched discs and wear on the disc drive. Microsoft may be slow but they do seem to get themselves oriented eventually.