This just seems like someone making a claim to (successfully) steal a headline. This is just like those that say that mobile phone games are the future of the gaming industry. As far as I am concerned, this is utter bullsh*t and is only a projection based on a short-term analysis of the data. Sure, mobile phones are the fastest growing market for games at the moment, but only because the PC market has reached saturation; this will happen with other platforms too (growth always tops out). Some operations can move off the PC platform (think email), while other operations would be horribly difficult or tedious after moving onto a new device (think extensive word processing, video editing, 3d rendering, or scientific calculation on something like a smart phone or a tablet.. *cringe*)
I also see that there is a lot more people than it was 100 years ago, but there is still plenty of food that is thrown away, just to not over-saturate market; or limits in how much you can produce, fined if you fail to comply. At least here in EU.
But you have to appreciate that you have a distorted world view due to where you are and were raised. Not saying that distorted is bad, it's just not the whole picture; it's like saying that the whole Earth is only land because you've never seen an ocean
Just because you say something is true does not make it so. You're going to need some heavy references if you're going to be making claims like "no resources we use are scarce." Just because it's there doesn't mean we can get at it, and just because we can get at it doesn't mean that it makes sense to do so. Most of the time, it's a matter of energy; the more you spend the more you can get at. The more places you use extra energy, the more the demand goes up; if supply stays the same (energy that is economically attainable, not some pie-in-the-sky, "it's there so we can get at it" mentality), then our market causes the price to blow up. The problem is that increasing the cost of energy increases the cost of everything due to some massive ripple effect. "Not enough fresh water? Oh we can make some from the ocean water, all we need is energy. Those crops there could put out more if we used more energy."
There is nothing wrong with anticipating problems and acting accordingly; it's ridiculous to charge into problems with closed eyes under some massive case of denial and figuring there are no problems if you just don't acknowledge them.
I'm gonna slowly cure a bunch of life, chop it up and roll it into laser-perforated paper, light it up and breathe that sh*t right into my lungs where it can do its worst.
Also, there's the whole issue that the lungs are delicate tissue. There's something that makes me a bit concerned when thinking about breathing in alpha emitters into one of the only real region where they pose a significant threat (in terms of effective dose and alpha emitters). Your skin is meant to take a pretty good pummelling, and it's quite easy to cut out whatever shouldn't be there; not with lungs, and lungs are kind of important to the whole living thing.
If you point a telescope into deeper space you can effectively look further back in time. Maybe not the same thing as watching a single star get older, but it's better than sitting around for 6 billion years and watching paint dry. Hell, you might even be able to measure rotational period accurately enough to verify a theory.
And by copying I don't mean "copy/paste" but rather referencing some digital medium to do the things you are doing (should have used "referencing" instead).
Having two monitors is a huge deal if you're copying something from one program into another. One thing that comes to mind (perhaps not particularly common of a developer) is writing up a project report from spreadsheet data, email reports, paraphrasing a contractor's report, copying a lost file that has only been printed and scanned (not common, but it does happen), etc. In this case, having multiple desktops on one monitor would be not much more than an annoyance in these cases; it's a little like saying "why do I need desk space for one fully open book when I can just look at one at a time, half-open each book to look at, or just put it on the desk behind me?"
Agreed. Except for the stupid button grouping idea (which everyone seems to be jumping on-board with, and the first thing I disable). "Too many taskbar entries clutter up the taskbar." Then close some windows or get a good tabbed browser!
Yeah, and in XP the first thing I did was disable taskbar grouping, disable custom menus in the start menu, disable, disable, disable. Same old garbage in windows 7.. disable button grouping, etc. The bottom line is that it sounds like ubuntu 11.10 will spell the death of the ability to disable the unity interface. Super annoying for break-away tab browsers like chrome.
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In Soviet Canada, internet searches you?
This just seems like someone making a claim to (successfully) steal a headline. This is just like those that say that mobile phone games are the future of the gaming industry. As far as I am concerned, this is utter bullsh*t and is only a projection based on a short-term analysis of the data. Sure, mobile phones are the fastest growing market for games at the moment, but only because the PC market has reached saturation; this will happen with other platforms too (growth always tops out). Some operations can move off the PC platform (think email), while other operations would be horribly difficult or tedious after moving onto a new device (think extensive word processing, video editing, 3d rendering, or scientific calculation on something like a smart phone or a tablet.. *cringe*)
Most in the US for example don't ever critically need to use penicillin for much of their lives.
And the sad thing is how often antibiotics get prescribed for whatever...
(the root of overpopulation problem)
To reiterate a point that needs reiterating - we spend on average 9 J worth of oil on 1 J worth of food produced. That is where it really gets ugly.
So what you're saying is we need to figure out how to eat oil directly...
I also see that there is a lot more people than it was 100 years ago, but there is still plenty of food that is thrown away, just to not over-saturate market; or limits in how much you can produce, fined if you fail to comply. At least here in EU.
But you have to appreciate that you have a distorted world view due to where you are and were raised. Not saying that distorted is bad, it's just not the whole picture; it's like saying that the whole Earth is only land because you've never seen an ocean
(actual facts)
you better slow down or you might make my day
Humans aren't dumb animals.
Bad assumption ;)
(unsubstantiated claims)
Just because you say something is true does not make it so. You're going to need some heavy references if you're going to be making claims like "no resources we use are scarce." Just because it's there doesn't mean we can get at it, and just because we can get at it doesn't mean that it makes sense to do so. Most of the time, it's a matter of energy; the more you spend the more you can get at. The more places you use extra energy, the more the demand goes up; if supply stays the same (energy that is economically attainable, not some pie-in-the-sky, "it's there so we can get at it" mentality), then our market causes the price to blow up. The problem is that increasing the cost of energy increases the cost of everything due to some massive ripple effect. "Not enough fresh water? Oh we can make some from the ocean water, all we need is energy. Those crops there could put out more if we used more energy."
There is nothing wrong with anticipating problems and acting accordingly; it's ridiculous to charge into problems with closed eyes under some massive case of denial and figuring there are no problems if you just don't acknowledge them.
Unicorns were hunted to extinction in Canada, anyway.
Yeah, so? Their horns are required in the construction of the CANDU control rods. I would say this is a good trade-off.
Not to mention the fact that the UK has 15.25 times the population of Norway.
And 0.63 times the land area!
h4x0r5 on teh yu0r PC?
The tumors burn more calories, adding to the total weight loss effect.
You shouldn't have sold your rights, without them there is no chance to survive make your time!
I'm gonna slowly cure a bunch of life, chop it up and roll it into laser-perforated paper, light it up and breathe that sh*t right into my lungs where it can do its worst.
Also, there's the whole issue that the lungs are delicate tissue. There's something that makes me a bit concerned when thinking about breathing in alpha emitters into one of the only real region where they pose a significant threat (in terms of effective dose and alpha emitters). Your skin is meant to take a pretty good pummelling, and it's quite easy to cut out whatever shouldn't be there; not with lungs, and lungs are kind of important to the whole living thing.
I imagine it as a rather large herd of female deer that have a damaged set of morals
Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_rotation#Measurement
you forgot the "checkmate"
If you point a telescope into deeper space you can effectively look further back in time. Maybe not the same thing as watching a single star get older, but it's better than sitting around for 6 billion years and watching paint dry. Hell, you might even be able to measure rotational period accurately enough to verify a theory.
And by copying I don't mean "copy/paste" but rather referencing some digital medium to do the things you are doing (should have used "referencing" instead).
Having two monitors is a huge deal if you're copying something from one program into another. One thing that comes to mind (perhaps not particularly common of a developer) is writing up a project report from spreadsheet data, email reports, paraphrasing a contractor's report, copying a lost file that has only been printed and scanned (not common, but it does happen), etc. In this case, having multiple desktops on one monitor would be not much more than an annoyance in these cases; it's a little like saying "why do I need desk space for one fully open book when I can just look at one at a time, half-open each book to look at, or just put it on the desk behind me?"
there should be no "degrees" before "kelvin"
http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/6430.jpg
Agreed. Except for the stupid button grouping idea (which everyone seems to be jumping on-board with, and the first thing I disable). "Too many taskbar entries clutter up the taskbar." Then close some windows or get a good tabbed browser!
Yeah, and in XP the first thing I did was disable taskbar grouping, disable custom menus in the start menu, disable, disable, disable. Same old garbage in windows 7.. disable button grouping, etc. The bottom line is that it sounds like ubuntu 11.10 will spell the death of the ability to disable the unity interface. Super annoying for break-away tab browsers like chrome.