Israel and Saudi Arabia have no water. They haven't had water for the past couple thousand years. Therefore, they need desalination plants.
Is this drought going to be the new norm for California? Or are we in a cycle?
So we build desalination plants. And then it rains. Then what? Do you pay to keep those plants running--remember that those plants cost money to run. They also cost money to be maintained so that they can be used when a drought comes. Are you willing to pay money for the land, pay money to build them, and pay money for the maintenance for when we don't need them? Or will you begin whining about all this useless infrastructure at that point?
In my opinion, what's being missed is the opportunity to have a "teachable moment."
30 years ago, some kid wrote this. I'll bet you could find a few kids at each school who would be interested in this from the software side. So figure out and install the hardware, sure, but how about having a contest to come up with the software? Let any school that is interested come up with software to handle it. Let professionals QA the software to make sure it works. Anything that doesn't work loses. If they all lose, send it all back with a list of found bugs and let everybody try again. Establish appropriate criteria in the event that there's more than one that does the job correctly.
The school might save a little money, but they've actually educated some kids in the process. Sounds win-win to me,
Holy Grail is an absolute requirement. I'll ask about that in interviews. If you can't come up with at least one line from the film, you're definitely not getting the job. I'm not sure Ministry of Silly Walks is necessary, though. It's more of a sight gag and actually requires skill to perform, so it might be a bit much to expect from someone. I might add in "Cheese Shop" and "Bruce"--especially The Philosophers Song.
Keep in mind that the FTC may define a "market" differently than you do.
For example, Microsoft attempted to use market-share of Apple computers to claim that they did not have a monopoly in the personal computer market. However, they did have a monopoly in personal computers run by Intel CPUs (at the time, Apple computers used PowerPC CPUs). In other words, the FTC had a different market in mind.
Compared to steam catapults, EMALS can control the launch performance with greater precision, allowing it to launch more kinds of aircraft, from heavy fighter jets to light unmanned aircraft.
Yahoo is [...] reducing the availability of Yahoo TV and Yahoo Music. The company has decided instead to focus on three major parts of its business: search, communications, and digital content.
Okay, TV and Music seem to be "digital content." So they're reducing what they're focusing on?
And if they're reducing, why are they spending what I assume is a ludicrous amount of money on this?
I know he's a troll/humorist, but I maybe some denialist will answer.
I've always wondered about this. Were all the Apollo missions faked? Because, beforehand, there were the Ranger and Surveyor missions. Were those faked, too? What about the Apollo missions that didn't land on the Moon? Was Apollo 7, which just hung out in Earth orbit, faked? How about Apollo 8, which orbited the Moon? Apollo 9 stayed in Earth orbit with a LEM and Apollo 10 went to the Moon but didn't land. Were those faked, too?
Of course, when you're talking half the world's population, a few hundredths of a percentage point can make a really big difference in actual numbers...
While this is true, frankly I would argue that "Mother Nature" does more damage to the road than semis. And we can't really tax her.
Roads are a community resource that we all use in one way or another. The guy on the bike who says, "I don't damage the road so I shouldn't have to pay" neglects to consider the fact that his fancy super-light carbon-fiber bike showed up at his local bike shop on the back of semi. He whines about how crappy the road is along the right-hand side due to frost heaves but isn't willing to pony-up any money to actually get it fixed because, why should he have to pay? He didn't do the damage.
Way back when in my old mainframe days, I remember one of the most popular things was "chat programs." The people at the computer center thought this was a complete waste of resources. My argument was that it got people to use the computer as a tool to chat with other people. Once you got them thinking in that direction, it was easier to turn them on to other capabilities.
I remember my old girlfriend being surprised that she could use this computer thing to write papers far more conveniently than using the typewriter.
So to me, the answer is "tools." I'm not into the whole "Computer Aided Education" thing--I'm not sure it's any better than a book or film-strip or anything like that. So the idea would be to teach people the tools--it really doesn't matter which ones--that they can use to be more efficient students. Back in the olden days, that would be things like text-processors (anyone else remember RUNOFF?). Today, it would be things like word-processors, maybe some simple spreadsheets and graphics programs, and techniques for searching the web.
For example, the space plane is carrying a type of ion engine called a Hall thruster on OTV-4, Air Force officials said. [...] “A more efficient on-orbit thruster capability is huge,” Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio, said in a statement. “Less fuel burn lowers the cost to get up there, plus it enhances spacecraft operational flexibility, survivability and longevity.”
I gotta admit, I'm curious why the NASA mission flying on there couldn't have been done on ISS...
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Here's sort of the problem with that...
Israel and Saudi Arabia have no water. They haven't had water for the past couple thousand years. Therefore, they need desalination plants.
Is this drought going to be the new norm for California? Or are we in a cycle?
So we build desalination plants. And then it rains. Then what? Do you pay to keep those plants running--remember that those plants cost money to run. They also cost money to be maintained so that they can be used when a drought comes. Are you willing to pay money for the land, pay money to build them, and pay money for the maintenance for when we don't need them? Or will you begin whining about all this useless infrastructure at that point?
In my opinion, what's being missed is the opportunity to have a "teachable moment."
30 years ago, some kid wrote this. I'll bet you could find a few kids at each school who would be interested in this from the software side. So figure out and install the hardware, sure, but how about having a contest to come up with the software? Let any school that is interested come up with software to handle it. Let professionals QA the software to make sure it works. Anything that doesn't work loses. If they all lose, send it all back with a list of found bugs and let everybody try again. Establish appropriate criteria in the event that there's more than one that does the job correctly.
The school might save a little money, but they've actually educated some kids in the process. Sounds win-win to me,
Holy Grail is an absolute requirement. I'll ask about that in interviews. If you can't come up with at least one line from the film, you're definitely not getting the job. I'm not sure Ministry of Silly Walks is necessary, though. It's more of a sight gag and actually requires skill to perform, so it might be a bit much to expect from someone. I might add in "Cheese Shop" and "Bruce"--especially The Philosophers Song.
That's obviously not true...
Funny...I thought it was a rock station in Washington, DC.
Keep in mind that the FTC may define a "market" differently than you do.
For example, Microsoft attempted to use market-share of Apple computers to claim that they did not have a monopoly in the personal computer market. However, they did have a monopoly in personal computers run by Intel CPUs (at the time, Apple computers used PowerPC CPUs). In other words, the FTC had a different market in mind.
Compared to steam catapults, EMALS can control the launch performance with greater precision, allowing it to launch more kinds of aircraft, from heavy fighter jets to light unmanned aircraft.
Do light unmanned aircraft need a catapult?
Just sayin'...
Yahoo is [...] reducing the availability of Yahoo TV and Yahoo Music. The company has decided instead to focus on three major parts of its business: search, communications, and digital content.
Okay, TV and Music seem to be "digital content." So they're reducing what they're focusing on?
And if they're reducing, why are they spending what I assume is a ludicrous amount of money on this?
Well, sure, VPN, but how many school kids posting on Facebook are using VPNs, faking the geo coding in photos, etc?
Once the first one gets busted? All of them.
If the company you work for pays $36/SF per year, would you take an office if it meant you were paid $2,000 less per year?
Yes. And the company would probably easily get it's $2000 back in a more productive work environment for me.
You could put them in that bottle that you attach to your bike...
Hedy Lamar solved this problem.
That's HEDLEY!
(Yes, I know Hedy Lamar came up with frequency hopping during World War II. I just couldn't resist...)
I know he's a troll/humorist, but I maybe some denialist will answer.
I've always wondered about this. Were all the Apollo missions faked? Because, beforehand, there were the Ranger and Surveyor missions. Were those faked, too? What about the Apollo missions that didn't land on the Moon? Was Apollo 7, which just hung out in Earth orbit, faked? How about Apollo 8, which orbited the Moon? Apollo 9 stayed in Earth orbit with a LEM and Apollo 10 went to the Moon but didn't land. Were those faked, too?
[...] controlled by companies that change/drop their old "standards" at the drop of a hat.
Yeah, but Apple makes the coolest adapters....
Well, perhaps compiler writers shouldn't be so harsh in their error messages. Maybe something a bit more fun...
She was standing in a boat.
Well, considering that they also have Google's voice search on iOS, they'd have a hard time claiming that Microsoft's wasn't allowed.
Of course, when you're talking half the world's population, a few hundredths of a percentage point can make a really big difference in actual numbers...
Your Mom isn't much of a "Cyber Criminal" then. I guess she should stick with baking cookies.
Of course, the obvious solution to this is to ban open-source software.
Agreed. After all, why try to display advertising when you can just make the person walk into the store?
While this is true, frankly I would argue that "Mother Nature" does more damage to the road than semis. And we can't really tax her.
Roads are a community resource that we all use in one way or another. The guy on the bike who says, "I don't damage the road so I shouldn't have to pay" neglects to consider the fact that his fancy super-light carbon-fiber bike showed up at his local bike shop on the back of semi. He whines about how crappy the road is along the right-hand side due to frost heaves but isn't willing to pony-up any money to actually get it fixed because, why should he have to pay? He didn't do the damage.
...and what if the cyclist was really fat and out of shape, thus breathing more heavily and expelling more CO2? What then?! Huh?!?
it is not just a "shared platform", but the same car, build in the same factory... NOTHING different, except for the brand!
The Porsche has leather seats?
I gotta agree.
Way back when in my old mainframe days, I remember one of the most popular things was "chat programs." The people at the computer center thought this was a complete waste of resources. My argument was that it got people to use the computer as a tool to chat with other people. Once you got them thinking in that direction, it was easier to turn them on to other capabilities.
I remember my old girlfriend being surprised that she could use this computer thing to write papers far more conveniently than using the typewriter.
So to me, the answer is "tools." I'm not into the whole "Computer Aided Education" thing--I'm not sure it's any better than a book or film-strip or anything like that. So the idea would be to teach people the tools--it really doesn't matter which ones--that they can use to be more efficient students. Back in the olden days, that would be things like text-processors (anyone else remember RUNOFF?). Today, it would be things like word-processors, maybe some simple spreadsheets and graphics programs, and techniques for searching the web.
Well, close...
FTFA:
For example, the space plane is carrying a type of ion engine called a Hall thruster on OTV-4, Air Force officials said. [...] “A more efficient on-orbit thruster capability is huge,” Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio, said in a statement. “Less fuel burn lowers the cost to get up there, plus it enhances spacecraft operational flexibility, survivability and longevity.”
I gotta admit, I'm curious why the NASA mission flying on there couldn't have been done on ISS...