I'm interested to see what slashdotters have to say about this report, which says wind energy makes coal plants have to run intermittently rather than at steady state, which causes more pollution than just getting all the power from coal in the first place.
The trouble is that apathy is convenient. Fighting for your beliefs is just too much like hard work.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. - Bertrand Russell
It is a sad day when one decides to value the dollar worth of a human life.
We routinely do things that reduce our life expectancy by marginal amounts in return for rather minor conveniences and pleasures. We often stay up too late, eat and drink too much, fail to get enough exercise, and drive too fast. When we do so, we are putting a price on our lives, and a pretty low price. Just how much is it worth to eat that extra cream puff or drink that extra beer? You would probably forgo the cream puff for $10, but not to avoid reducing your life expectancy by a marginal amount. If so, the implication is clear--the marginal value, or price, you place on your life is no more than $10.
Tivo's monthly fee of about $10 is NOT saved by re-purposing an old computer into a DVR, because the old computer eats almost that much power every month (assuming 40 watts for a tivo and 200 watts for a computer, running 24/7).
Some people are saying "vs $15 for cable" and confusing people... they may mean $15 per month for a cable company DVR. OR, depending on context, they may also mean BASIC cable, which is sometimes given a different name by the cable company so the cable company can name their $50/month package "Basic," and thus sell it to callers who assume "Basic" means "cheapest." Cable companies are regulated and have to offer a service (they don't have to call it "basic") that is just the broadcast stations and local access for a regulated rate, about $15.
"I realized that I was now regularly espousing opinions and viewpoints that had almost nothing to do with what I truly believed. Rather, they were simply extensions of the RCK persona. I became the "Microsoft basher" when, at heart, I held the company in the highest regard. I became the "Vista basher" and the "Windows 7 basher" when, in truth, I used both every day and found them to be excellent products (yes, even Vista). "
You compare the business of striving for productivity in manufacturing to that of the business of getting an audience. Also, sports that involve only cooperation are watched all the time, only they are called other names, like performances, ballets, the circus, exhibitions, the outdoor channel, etc.
Taxpayer bears the risk of default, Tesla execs get to keep any windfalls of development, all the while drawing their salary against the loan. Doesn't sound like the best deal for the taxpayer to me.
For those interested, Comcast business has 14/2 for 89.99 a month. I might get that and split it with other tenants in my condo via the Cat-5 run in all the units.
I know from someone who worked in the DOD these cons can come across a single desk more than once a week, with, interestingly, professional presentations totally at odds with the quality of the science. If it were your job to sort through these, and if you had to sort through HUNDREDS in your career, then the one con who got lucky guesses (law of averages and all) during your testing of him would end your career. Remember a 99% accurate test is wrong 1% of the time. Also consider it can be just as bad (or worse) if you turn someone away who did have something novel, especially if it costs lives.
Introduce a lot of chaotic violence and war into a society though and the sick , elderly and handicapped sure are at a disadvantage.
Looking at evolution as people-centric instead of gene-centric is looking at it the wrong way. Two good books are The Selfish Gene (Dawkins), and Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond). The second book won a Pulitzer BTW. Here's what they will teach you:
First, the "sick" can kick ass in a conflict. Europeans came to the new world with germs which killed 95% of the indigenous people without swinging a sword. The physical fighting was just mopping up survivors. So we ought to be real careful about assumptions regarding "handicaps" and "sickness."
Second, soldiers (and peoples) benefit from generals (and leaders) who are wise. Those wise folk just might be the elderly. The elderly, who share more genes with their soldiers (and people) than with their enemies (and neighbors), assist their own genes by engaging in warfare (and diplomacy) wisely, to the detriment of their foolish young enemies (and neighbors). The book The Selfish Gene presents this idea much more clearly than I can in a concise post. Diamond's recent book "Collapse" also does a great job.
If cancer killed people before they reproduced then the genetic causes of cancer would be eliminated pretty quickly.
Doesn't the presence of childhood diseases that have genetic causes, like cystic fibrosis (to name ONLY ONE), falsify this logic? Heck, doesn't childhood CHOKING have a genetic cause (genes place that windpipe where it is, after all, sure is good for speech though). Doesn't the same genetic trait that causes sickle cell help defend against malaria? Maybe life-form design involves trade-offs, some of which we know of, and some are yet-to-be-discovered.
Secondly, this logic fails a whole different way by assuming grandparents don't help survival of their young.
I think it's odd Google lists as the only pronunciation of Gigabyte a hard "G", like in giggle, when that pronunciation is only a result of mispronunciation started in the 1990's (the root is the same as gigantic, soft "g"), AND YET they don't list the common mispronunciation of "nuclear." Is Google dictionary what they want the language to be instead of what researchers have found it is? Did the CRU researchers find new jobs at google or something?
I know what you intended to say is "pay my wife more for the teaching she does." What I heard was "Offer teachers more and you can find a better teacher to replace my wife."
The barbed wire at Gold Base is on the inside of the fence not on the outside.
It's common for barbed wire fences to be installed wrong, just look around businesses in your neighborhood. I don't know if it's plain ignorance, or a desire to put the fence at the limit of the property and remain in one's airspace, or both. A look at the nature of the businesses doing this makes it clear it's not always a nefarious desire to keep people in.
It's common for barbed wire fences to be installed wrong, just look around businesses in your neighborhood. I don't know if it's plain ignorance, or a desire to put the fence at the limit of the property and remain in one's airspace, or both. A look at the nature of the businesses doing this makes it clear it's not always a nefarious desire to keep people in.
"republicans/rightists" have defending the personal freedom to own/carry a gun, and have been rolling back the restrictions passed in 1993-1994 by the other party.
It is true that the current administration is failing to live up to a lot of campaign promises, however.
Imagine for a moment someone spent thirty years recording data in any field then compiled a report based on their interpretation of the data only to delete all of the raw data.
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Not to mention the day we talked about sarcasm.
I'm interested to see what slashdotters have to say about this report, which says wind energy makes coal plants have to run intermittently rather than at steady state, which causes more pollution than just getting all the power from coal in the first place.
We routinely do things that reduce our life expectancy by marginal amounts in return for rather minor conveniences and pleasures. We often stay up too late, eat and drink too much, fail to get enough exercise, and drive too fast. When we do so, we are putting a price on our lives, and a pretty low price. Just how much is it worth to eat that extra cream puff or drink that extra beer? You would probably forgo the cream puff for $10, but not to avoid reducing your life expectancy by a marginal amount. If so, the implication is clear--the marginal value, or price, you place on your life is no more than $10.
"there are no atheists in foxholes," except sort of the reverse of that, which really makes you think.
Tivo's monthly fee of about $10 is NOT saved by re-purposing an old computer into a DVR, because the old computer eats almost that much power every month (assuming 40 watts for a tivo and 200 watts for a computer, running 24/7).
Some people are saying "vs $15 for cable" and confusing people... they may mean $15 per month for a cable company DVR. OR, depending on context, they may also mean BASIC cable, which is sometimes given a different name by the cable company so the cable company can name their $50/month package "Basic," and thus sell it to callers who assume "Basic" means "cheapest." Cable companies are regulated and have to offer a service (they don't have to call it "basic") that is just the broadcast stations and local access for a regulated rate, about $15.
"I realized that I was now regularly espousing opinions and viewpoints that had almost nothing to do with what I truly believed. Rather, they were simply extensions of the RCK persona. I became the "Microsoft basher" when, at heart, I held the company in the highest regard. I became the "Vista basher" and the "Windows 7 basher" when, in truth, I used both every day and found them to be excellent products (yes, even Vista). "
I heard "nucleus" pronounced nu-kyu-lus the other day.
You compare the business of striving for productivity in manufacturing to that of the business of getting an audience. Also, sports that involve only cooperation are watched all the time, only they are called other names, like performances, ballets, the circus, exhibitions, the outdoor channel, etc.
Sleep is for the mind, not the body.
Taxpayer bears the risk of default, Tesla execs get to keep any windfalls of development, all the while drawing their salary against the loan. Doesn't sound like the best deal for the taxpayer to me.
How would you handle one guy using 99% of it?
I know from someone who worked in the DOD these cons can come across a single desk more than once a week, with, interestingly, professional presentations totally at odds with the quality of the science. If it were your job to sort through these, and if you had to sort through HUNDREDS in your career, then the one con who got lucky guesses (law of averages and all) during your testing of him would end your career. Remember a 99% accurate test is wrong 1% of the time. Also consider it can be just as bad (or worse) if you turn someone away who did have something novel, especially if it costs lives.
Looking at evolution as people-centric instead of gene-centric is looking at it the wrong way. Two good books are The Selfish Gene (Dawkins), and Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond). The second book won a Pulitzer BTW. Here's what they will teach you:
First, the "sick" can kick ass in a conflict. Europeans came to the new world with germs which killed 95% of the indigenous people without swinging a sword. The physical fighting was just mopping up survivors. So we ought to be real careful about assumptions regarding "handicaps" and "sickness."
Second, soldiers (and peoples) benefit from generals (and leaders) who are wise. Those wise folk just might be the elderly. The elderly, who share more genes with their soldiers (and people) than with their enemies (and neighbors), assist their own genes by engaging in warfare (and diplomacy) wisely, to the detriment of their foolish young enemies (and neighbors). The book The Selfish Gene presents this idea much more clearly than I can in a concise post. Diamond's recent book "Collapse" also does a great job.
Doesn't the presence of childhood diseases that have genetic causes, like cystic fibrosis (to name ONLY ONE), falsify this logic? Heck, doesn't childhood CHOKING have a genetic cause (genes place that windpipe where it is, after all, sure is good for speech though). Doesn't the same genetic trait that causes sickle cell help defend against malaria? Maybe life-form design involves trade-offs, some of which we know of, and some are yet-to-be-discovered.
Secondly, this logic fails a whole different way by assuming grandparents don't help survival of their young.
Watts has already made a statement on his blog that can be used against him.
More suggestions:
*fastrack patents that "help the poor"
*fastrack patents that will "create jobs"
This is just to broaden options for repaying campaign contributions.
I think it's odd Google lists as the only pronunciation of Gigabyte a hard "G", like in giggle, when that pronunciation is only a result of mispronunciation started in the 1990's (the root is the same as gigantic, soft "g"), AND YET they don't list the common mispronunciation of "nuclear." Is Google dictionary what they want the language to be instead of what researchers have found it is? Did the CRU researchers find new jobs at google or something?
I know what you intended to say is "pay my wife more for the teaching she does." What I heard was "Offer teachers more and you can find a better teacher to replace my wife."
It's common for barbed wire fences to be installed wrong, just look around businesses in your neighborhood. I don't know if it's plain ignorance, or a desire to put the fence at the limit of the property and remain in one's airspace, or both. A look at the nature of the businesses doing this makes it clear it's not always a nefarious desire to keep people in.
It's common for barbed wire fences to be installed wrong, just look around businesses in your neighborhood. I don't know if it's plain ignorance, or a desire to put the fence at the limit of the property and remain in one's airspace, or both. A look at the nature of the businesses doing this makes it clear it's not always a nefarious desire to keep people in.
"republicans/rightists" have defending the personal freedom to own/carry a gun, and have been rolling back the restrictions passed in 1993-1994 by the other party.
It is true that the current administration is failing to live up to a lot of campaign promises, however.
reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Bellesiles
Perhaps you read too quickly. "Secrecy," not "security." There are plenty of responses explaining the importance of secret ballots.
before signing a form admitting one's xbox was modded in the first place.