I should point out that citizens of Washington State have a State Constitution which specifically gives us stronger privacy rights than most Americans.
You can't even use GPS trackers on our cars without a specific court order, even though you can do this in most states.
Same goes for our cell phone data.
Same goes for our front yards.
Now turn off your cop cam you're recording my lawn illegally, copper!
Such automatic shrink wrap electronic contracts are illegal if used by dual citizens of the EU and/or Canada resident in the US, under the terms of the Data Treaties the US Senate signed.
Just saying. I mean, they have offices here, we know them well, it's part of why the pipeline deals are falling apart, since the internal energy firm documents show they intend to outsource all the factory and tech jobs to overseas temporary workers.
Energy firms should be more like Seattle City Light (public utility) which realized that many renters and home owners have houses that aren't suitable for installing solar or wind - e.g. in cities, part of a townhouse complex or condo or apartment where the bill payer can't easily install their own solar or wind power, but is willing to buy shares in City Light owned solar installations (in city) or wind farms (outside city).
Adapt or die.
Capitalism cares nothing for your heavily taxpayers subsidized fossil fuel lifestyle. Solar and wind are currently cheaper than oil and coal, for example. Remove the tax subsidies and cheap mining leases and fossil fuels would be even less optimal for consumers.
> 1. There needs to be a planet at an exact distance away from a star so things don't vaporize nor freeze
Which presumes life is based on this temperature range, and not silica or some other process.
> 2. There needs to be water
Again, not mandatory for life. Water-based life, sure. But we have no way of knowing if most life is based on water.
> 3. Atmosphere Oxygen-rich
Again, not mandatory for life. For all we know, oxygen is regarded as a poison by most life.
> 3.5. Atmosphere that isn't toxic
What's toxic for you may not be toxic for most life. Life on gas giants may be quite different, or life in the moons of a gas giant. Oxygen is a fairly toxic gas.
> 4.The Star needs to emit the right amount of energy so not to fry everything.
True. But different life may have different energy ranges. Water has a limited range.
> 5. Planet can't be too close to other stars.
This is most likely the biggest one. Being too close to more than one star means higher range of fluctuation.
> 6. Planet needs to have a core preferably iron to deflect electromagnetic radiation.
Or life exists in gas giants which have thick atmospheres, or beneath the crust.
> 7. Core also keeps ground warm which helps with supporting plant life.
For all we know, perhaps most intelligent life are avian in nature. Birdlike aliens who regard us as crippled freaks.
Eh we have psychology even when we really haven't found a biological basis for consciousness.
Well, to be frank, consciousness is phasic, so this bizarre fixation on a single steady state of consciousness might be what's in question, not the mind map projection itself.
Could someone (who is preferably a frequent contributor) explain what this article is about in no less than 20,000 words?
Thanks.
In the time it took a US consumer to download one word of the 20,000 word article real First World Nations can read, a real country would have given you the entire 20,000 word article.
What is sad is that America thinks it's a First World Nation, when it's broadband is barely Second World tier.
Even sadder is there are 100 GB/s and 40 GB/s ports at all major US research universities that make the paltry 1 to 20 MB/s speeds consumers get look like a turtle that has been frozen.
Yes, 50,000 to 10,000 times FASTER than you get thanks to the lack of competition in the US.
For example, a majority of US whites think certain cops are innocent, but a vast majority of US black think the cops are murderers.
Which side is right?
Even when there's video of the cops actively killing unarmed people, nobody gets charged.
But if we use your system, someone saying the cops are murderers will be reported and sustained as "abusive", given that Twitter is mostly used by white people.
Same thing goes with global warming. 87 percent of Americans think it's happening now. But the 17 percent that don't are very vocal and have large corporations that make fake twitter (and FB etc) accounts.
I'd like to tell you it's a simple thing, but it's not.
Slashdot Mirror
But remember that I see a lot of B.Sc. grads with Computing Science degrees and zero experience in IT.
Get into an intern position in IT, and get a GPA of 3.8 or more.
Masters degrees cost a lot more.
Doctorates cost even more.
At least you can write and RTFM.
I should point out that citizens of Washington State have a State Constitution which specifically gives us stronger privacy rights than most Americans.
You can't even use GPS trackers on our cars without a specific court order, even though you can do this in most states.
Same goes for our cell phone data.
Same goes for our front yards.
Now turn off your cop cam you're recording my lawn illegally, copper!
The first rule is that nobody talks about Bird Fight Club
A map by territory shows places that are pretty empty but have a common language.
A map by population has problems handling multiple languages in use in one location.
A map by language density using vertical bars or color shading to imply pop density might work, if dithered properly.
From the most common hacked password (password) to the second most common password (death)
Or using their cat's name, found in all their FB pics, instead of their dog's name (same thing).
Yeah, that will do it.
Not.
It's black sheep, in an interstellar coal mine, with dark matter flashlights.
Time to remove all tax exemptions and all tax deductions for all adults in household that don't immunize.
All of them.
(waits for panic as kids suddenly get immunized)
Yeah, I thought so.
Such automatic shrink wrap electronic contracts are illegal if used by dual citizens of the EU and/or Canada resident in the US, under the terms of the Data Treaties the US Senate signed.
Just saying.
Just saying. I mean, they have offices here, we know them well, it's part of why the pipeline deals are falling apart, since the internal energy firm documents show they intend to outsource all the factory and tech jobs to overseas temporary workers.
Energy firms should be more like Seattle City Light (public utility) which realized that many renters and home owners have houses that aren't suitable for installing solar or wind - e.g. in cities, part of a townhouse complex or condo or apartment where the bill payer can't easily install their own solar or wind power, but is willing to buy shares in City Light owned solar installations (in city) or wind farms (outside city).
Adapt or die.
Capitalism cares nothing for your heavily taxpayers subsidized fossil fuel lifestyle. Solar and wind are currently cheaper than oil and coal, for example. Remove the tax subsidies and cheap mining leases and fossil fuels would be even less optimal for consumers.
part of the problem with fracking and pipelines for natural gas is they've increased methane releases a LOT.
the methane we're talking about is far more than that.
A. We just set a record for global temperature this year.
B. Seattle set a record for temperature this year (and we're the least affected region due to Global Warming, so that's very bad for the rest of you)
C. The amount of methane release will be similar to what it was BEFORE HUMANS EXISTED. As in dinosaurs.
Now, keep up with your excuses for why you're so lazy.
(Clippy pops up)
Hi, I see you're trying to write in English!
Can I help?
Did you mean to say "I'm trying to sell Samsung tech and want you not to realize this is a PR puff piece"?
Um, not actually. Some of the volcanic vents in the pacific have life that doesn't operate the way you describe.
> 1. There needs to be a planet at an exact distance away from a star so things don't vaporize nor freeze
Which presumes life is based on this temperature range, and not silica or some other process.
> 2. There needs to be water
Again, not mandatory for life. Water-based life, sure. But we have no way of knowing if most life is based on water.
> 3. Atmosphere Oxygen-rich
Again, not mandatory for life. For all we know, oxygen is regarded as a poison by most life.
> 3.5. Atmosphere that isn't toxic
What's toxic for you may not be toxic for most life. Life on gas giants may be quite different, or life in the moons of a gas giant. Oxygen is a fairly toxic gas.
> 4.The Star needs to emit the right amount of energy so not to fry everything.
True. But different life may have different energy ranges. Water has a limited range.
> 5. Planet can't be too close to other stars.
This is most likely the biggest one. Being too close to more than one star means higher range of fluctuation.
> 6. Planet needs to have a core preferably iron to deflect electromagnetic radiation.
Or life exists in gas giants which have thick atmospheres, or beneath the crust.
> 7. Core also keeps ground warm which helps with supporting plant life.
For all we know, perhaps most intelligent life are avian in nature. Birdlike aliens who regard us as crippled freaks.
For all we know, most intelligent life exists on gas giants and in oceans.
We're probably just freaks.
Eh we have psychology even when we really haven't found a biological basis for consciousness.
Well, to be frank, consciousness is phasic, so this bizarre fixation on a single steady state of consciousness might be what's in question, not the mind map projection itself.
Plus, we have really bad manners, and they really don't want to hang out with us.
Well, at least in Canada, that is.
I think you meant to say "will continue to".
Oh, and don't trust your burner phones.
Could someone (who is preferably a frequent contributor) explain what this article is about in no less than 20,000 words?
Thanks.
In the time it took a US consumer to download one word of the 20,000 word article real First World Nations can read, a real country would have given you the entire 20,000 word article.
Capiche?
This is correct.
What is sad is that America thinks it's a First World Nation, when it's broadband is barely Second World tier.
Even sadder is there are 100 GB/s and 40 GB/s ports at all major US research universities that make the paltry 1 to 20 MB/s speeds consumers get look like a turtle that has been frozen.
Yes, 50,000 to 10,000 times FASTER than you get thanks to the lack of competition in the US.
A lot of that is the Security Clearance and nature of the work you do with Ada. Not the language per se, but what you're doing code for.
You can make a mint on certain embedded assembler coding for highly classified projects.
Everyone knows that.
Note, I did take a COBOL class once, but I don't code in it, even if I have done code audits of it.
For example, a majority of US whites think certain cops are innocent, but a vast majority of US black think the cops are murderers.
Which side is right?
Even when there's video of the cops actively killing unarmed people, nobody gets charged.
But if we use your system, someone saying the cops are murderers will be reported and sustained as "abusive", given that Twitter is mostly used by white people.
Same thing goes with global warming. 87 percent of Americans think it's happening now. But the 17 percent that don't are very vocal and have large corporations that make fake twitter (and FB etc) accounts.
I'd like to tell you it's a simple thing, but it's not.
Also, not that it matters, but Iraq is pretty much Iranian in leadership after Bush gave it to them.
Consequences.