So long as the multiple references don't all hark back to one primary source. There is a myriad of regurgitated "research" floating around the 'net. You probably could find ten "primary sources" on any topic which are really reworked reports of the same research results.
Take any topic, and do some real seaching on the web, and you'll soon get a deja-vu sense while reading though the "research papers".
Of course, another activity could be for students to take a snapshot of an article, and proceed with research (web or otherwise) to review and validate all the claims/statements. It would be a good exercise in citing sources and tuning their bullshit/propaganda detectors.
That's not surprising. A good way of consolidating any learning (or at least confirming what you've learned), is to attempt to explain/pass-it-on to another individual. If they don't/can't understand what you're communicating, (or in the case of Wikipedia - if it get's edited to shreds), then chances are, you didn't know what you were talking about...
Very little effort would be expended on cracking DRM if the content was priced at what the natural market would bear. Apart from people wanting to watch the content on portable devices (iPods et al) most people will be quite ok with throwing the disk in their machine, sitting back and enjoying the show (maybe).
The attempts by MPAA and others to distort and manipulate free market forces results, as with every such attempt, in development of a black market. The problem with black markets, is that the legitimate producer of the goods has no way of knowing the real market volume of their content, and hence the potential market of their legitimate media. The only practical way to find out is to lower the price of legitimate media and observe the effect on overall revenue/profit.
play the turn-around-and-stare-at-me-for-2-hours game and I'll pay the 10% premium. If you're apt to throw money about, I'd suggest you offer the 10% to the parent as an incentive to control their kid...
I think the individual initiating this action should be found, put on a podestal on NY Times Square and publicly shamed for 12 hours! Unfortunately, that's unconstitutional...
You probably are correct. Only thing is that the website (last I looked) had some discussion about selecting/changing some particular chips (can't remember what function - possibly the WiFi module).
I check the site every now and then, as I'd like to purchase a GTA-02. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way of even pre-ordering one. I reckon if they put up a pre-order website which took a small deposits for each pre-order, then they'd get a pretty good picture of the purchasing demographics of the real thing. It might even give them a kick in the pants to speed along the development (or at least set a realistic release date).
Governments don't have such authority just by virtue of being governments I think you need to take some history lessons, and see things from a global perspective, rather than a 20th century US viewpoint.
Governments are allowed to censor and suppress their populations. The thing that isn't allowed, is for general populations to have free access to encryption, anonymising and other clandestine enabling technologies that prevent governments from suppressing populations.
I don't see what the legal or moral issue is here...
Many things are duplex chrome plated, which involves a layer of nickel plating followed by a chrome layer. This produces a bright chrome finish, which has much better corrosion properties.
A foolish argument though. You wouldn't consider drivng your car the sort of distances that you fly. You should consider the average consumption per passenger trip.
Even the most optimistic estimates for Peak Oil are within our expected lifetimes (and I'm in my late 30's), so you are correct. Add to that the declining reserves of _sweet_ crude, and you can surely expect the cost of conventional jet fuels to escalate, just from a refining veiwpoint.
Yes, you are mistaken. Jet fuel is usually straight-run kero (an unadulterated, distilled fraction of a sweet crude oil), with controls for particulates and water, plus a some additives (in ppm concentrations). Sour crudes SRK fraction obviously have to be cleaned up (by catalytic hydrotreating), but the end result is pretty much the same.
The other point is that airplane travel is usually selected for huge travel distances, of the sort that you would avoid using your car. Quoting passenger miles per gallon or whatever (A380 is about 2.9 litres/100 passenger kilometres) and making comparisons to automobile fuel consumption (10-20 litres/100 kilometres) is a nonsense - you don't jump in your car and fly to the other side of the world quite like you do in a plane. It is quite possible to exceed your annual auto mileage with one international plane trip.
CO2 injection is a useful tool for oil engineers for maintaining the flow of oil within a reservoir. It is not really about keeping reservoir pressure up, but more about enhancing flow by lowering the effective crude viscosity. Having said that, what CO2 you pump into the reservior will also come up with the crude, resulting in additional CO2 handling costs.
So don't expect CO2 sequestration to be the climate change saviour. The use in oil production is still limited to certain field geologies and crude types. Straight sequestration of CO2 in old gas reservoirs will be very expensive. The current use of CO2 injection is to enhance oil production, not purely for the purpose of sequestration - i.e. there's currently a net economic benefit. It's not a technique that's used willy-nilly, just for the heck of it.
There will have to be huge penalties for CO2 emissions before any companies will bother with commercial geosequestration.
Since they won't be signing any contracts with record labels, there won't be any need for attorneys. Since they might earn a shitload, they might not need bother with an accountant either.
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So long as the multiple references don't all hark back to one primary source. There is a myriad of regurgitated "research" floating around the 'net. You probably could find ten "primary sources" on any topic which are really reworked reports of the same research results.
Take any topic, and do some real seaching on the web, and you'll soon get a deja-vu sense while reading though the "research papers".
At least people with poor drawing skills won't be so keen to use a sticky note on their monitor to display their talents.
Of course, another activity could be for students to take a snapshot of an article, and proceed with research (web or otherwise) to review and validate all the claims/statements. It would be a good exercise in citing sources and tuning their bullshit/propaganda detectors.
That's not surprising. A good way of consolidating any learning (or at least confirming what you've learned), is to attempt to explain/pass-it-on to another individual. If they don't/can't understand what you're communicating, (or in the case of Wikipedia - if it get's edited to shreds), then chances are, you didn't know what you were talking about...
I guess they'd get it right eventually
Yeah. Think of all those forests laid waste to accommodate your bloody writing implement.
You wanna see when I get swinging my sword tho'
And I haven't seen any Natalie Portman references yet.
Very little effort would be expended on cracking DRM if the content was priced at what the natural market would bear. Apart from people wanting to watch the content on portable devices (iPods et al) most people will be quite ok with throwing the disk in their machine, sitting back and enjoying the show (maybe).
The attempts by MPAA and others to distort and manipulate free market forces results, as with every such attempt, in development of a black market. The problem with black markets, is that the legitimate producer of the goods has no way of knowing the real market volume of their content, and hence the potential market of their legitimate media. The only practical way to find out is to lower the price of legitimate media and observe the effect on overall revenue/profit.
You probably are correct. Only thing is that the website (last I looked) had some discussion about selecting/changing some particular chips (can't remember what function - possibly the WiFi module).
I check the site every now and then, as I'd like to purchase a GTA-02. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way of even pre-ordering one. I reckon if they put up a pre-order website which took a small deposits for each pre-order, then they'd get a pretty good picture of the purchasing demographics of the real thing. It might even give them a kick in the pants to speed along the development (or at least set a realistic release date).
Except that the GTA02 doesn't exist yet. Even the hardware specs aren't set in concrete.
According to this graph the annualised rate of increase is hovering around 10%
Governments are allowed to censor and suppress their populations. The thing that isn't allowed, is for general populations to have free access to encryption, anonymising and other clandestine enabling technologies that prevent governments from suppressing populations.
I don't see what the legal or moral issue is here...
Many things are duplex chrome plated, which involves a layer of nickel plating followed by a chrome layer. This produces a bright chrome finish, which has much better corrosion properties.
It would be much more cost effective to pay somebody else to haul your groceries up the stairs.
A foolish argument though. You wouldn't consider drivng your car the sort of distances that you fly. You should consider the average consumption per passenger trip.
Even the most optimistic estimates for Peak Oil are within our expected lifetimes (and I'm in my late 30's), so you are correct. Add to that the declining reserves of _sweet_ crude, and you can surely expect the cost of conventional jet fuels to escalate, just from a refining veiwpoint.
Yes, you are mistaken. Jet fuel is usually straight-run kero (an unadulterated, distilled fraction of a sweet crude oil), with controls for particulates and water, plus a some additives (in ppm concentrations). Sour crudes SRK fraction obviously have to be cleaned up (by catalytic hydrotreating), but the end result is pretty much the same.
The other point is that airplane travel is usually selected for huge travel distances, of the sort that you would avoid using your car. Quoting passenger miles per gallon or whatever (A380 is about 2.9 litres/100 passenger kilometres) and making comparisons to automobile fuel consumption (10-20 litres/100 kilometres) is a nonsense - you don't jump in your car and fly to the other side of the world quite like you do in a plane. It is quite possible to exceed your annual auto mileage with one international plane trip.
CO2 injection is a useful tool for oil engineers for maintaining the flow of oil within a reservoir. It is not really about keeping reservoir pressure up, but more about enhancing flow by lowering the effective crude viscosity. Having said that, what CO2 you pump into the reservior will also come up with the crude, resulting in additional CO2 handling costs.
So don't expect CO2 sequestration to be the climate change saviour. The use in oil production is still limited to certain field geologies and crude types. Straight sequestration of CO2 in old gas reservoirs will be very expensive. The current use of CO2 injection is to enhance oil production, not purely for the purpose of sequestration - i.e. there's currently a net economic benefit. It's not a technique that's used willy-nilly, just for the heck of it.
There will have to be huge penalties for CO2 emissions before any companies will bother with commercial geosequestration.
Since they won't be signing any contracts with record labels, there won't be any need for attorneys. Since they might earn a shitload, they might not need bother with an accountant either.