It's all starting to remind me of "Max Headroom"--that circa 1980s TV show that featured a gigitize floating head in a world that was basically run by major corporations. The corporations had control of everything, including the media.
One interesting point of trivia regarding the show, which ran on ABC: the primary antagonist, Network 23, was a direct slam against one of ABC's primary rivals. Take the first letter of "Network" (N), and then the "23" actually represented the second and third letters of the alphabet (BC). Put it together and you see the alleged future villian: Network 23 == NBC!
I agree that the molecule was able to replicate, and that is significant in and of itself, but it is not a concrete proof of spontaneous evolution. The researchers simply figured out how to switch the mechanism on.
IANAL, but do have some entrepreneurial experience.
If you have some extra cash to burn during the transition, I strongly advise you to consider incorporating your business from day one. Form a chapter-S (closely held) corporation, and name yourself (and you spouse, if applicable) as officers of the corporation. Then, have the corporation pay all of your health insurance costs. Those costs are then deductable for the corporation. The cost to incporporate will vary from state to state, but you should be able to do it for less than $1,500. You won't necessarily get any better rates. It simply allows your premiums to be deductable. Once incorporated, most States have limited requirements regarding your operation, typically requiring an annual business meeting and the filing of an annual report with the appropriate State department.
Of course, since IANAL, I strongly recommend that you check into the specific laws of your State or Province, to make sure this would be a good move for you. If allowed, and if you can afford it, it is the best way to decrease the pain of needing to pay for your own health insurance. It comes with the added plus side of helping to shield your personal assets in case of any liability claims against the business. Of course, when just getting started, many companies with which you do business may require a personal guarantee since the business will have no credit history.
I don't argue the point that these molecules can now replicate and change. It doesn't negate the fact that the scientists who staged the experiments applied their intellect to devlise the molecules that now exhibit characteristics already visible in other molecules. They were manipulating structures that already held the potential for this behavior, so it should be no surprise that they got a combination that "works". I did rtfa btw.
Since the scientists involved synthesized the original molecules through their manipulations, I don't see how this can be viewed as evidence of any sort of spontaneous evolution. Throw together the random ingredients that should have been in the primordial soup and let them cook. If they then start evolving, it will be something to write home about. Until then, it's just like a mechanic taking parts from a bunch of different cars, slapping them together, getting something that turns over, and then expressing surprise that a car was able to arise from all of the jumbled parts.
Actually, that's the second site. The original was http://www.chorewars.com/. The folks at ChoreWars created WorldOfChoreCraft so that people who had it set up at home could use it at work (and vice versa).
If I were one with a little extra cash (or a lot of available credit), I might just buy up a lot of the desirable components now, and then make a modest margin by reselling them on Amazon or eBay after remaining stocks dwindle.
We seem to forget that, in much of the world and during earlier periods of American history, young people transitioned to adulthood much earlier than they do today. Thus, in many cultures, children take on adult responsibilities at age sixteen or even earlier. Besides, the only students who might seem out of place as a result of this plan are those who move on during the first few years of the program. Once it is well established, seeing 16-year old "kids" in college will be the norm.
To me, moving to board exams is a great idea. It lets those who are able to move ahead do so, and it takes pressure off some of those who might need a little extra time to master a subject before moving on. I'm all for it (even if my own kids despise the idea)!
If Googles refuses its advertising services to those domain typo ad park owners, it will only affect Googls's bottom line. The site owners will get some other ad service to serve up ads, and they will keep making money. The only way something like that will work is is every major online advertising service agrees not to serve ads to blacklisted ad sites (blad sites). If the typo squatters had to put in more effort to secure ads from multiple sources, it would make the sites less profitable.
That's one angle I was shocked did not appear in the original, although "promoted" may not be the best word choice. IT people, if they have the right soft skills (e.g., the ability to communicate at any level of the organization), often transition into key business leadership positions. Their hybrid knowledge--of IT and the business side of the company (or business administration in general)--makes them uniquely qualified for numerous positions across many industries.
Billions and billions of dollars of influence will make any politician paint on a smile, disrobe, bend over, keep smiling, and say "Is there anything else I can do for y'all?"
Such a change would also cripple emergency response services, however. Getting an emergency approval to enable to geo-location features might take more time than available in an emergency. Privacy is a mixed bag.
The concept of "too big to fail" pertains only to those financial concerns that have been allowed to get so large that their failure would have catastrophic affects on the economy. While we saw many financial giants fail this year, the "too big to fail" aspects came into play in the way regulators and the Federal Government worked out deals to stem total collapse of our financial system. With Google, that will never happen because the nature of the business is completely different.
Google is not critical to the financial markets in the way the big banks and insurance companies were. When big financial companies fail, they can create a cascade effect that can take out little financial companies with them. When a company like Google fails, there are dozens if not hundreds of companies (large and small) in the free market that are waiting in the wings and ready to pounce for a piece of the pie.
In an urban environment, 500m may not be enough to pinpoint a location. In a rural environment (or some suburban environments), however, it may well be enough to give away your location. The larger the lot and less densely developed/populated the area, the more likely 500m will make a difference.
The problem appears to be that the cost of investigating and planning the most to OSS will cost more than the OSS itself. Any self-respecting bureaucrat knows that you can't spend more to assess something than you would on the thing you are assessing. They don't care how much M$ software costs in the long run, all they know is that they can't appear to be fiscally irresponsible by spending money assessing something that is supposed to be free.
Even if I send this around to all of the officers and executives, one of them will still buy one and then insist that we support it in the enterprise. It will soon be mandated that I find a way to make things work that were never meant to work on the device (like Exchange support on first-generation Android phones), and I'll end up getting a poor performance review for failing to adequately support management's IT needs.
Apple is always secretive before they announce a product. When they are still secretive after the announced loss, it typically means that the product won't do as much as many hope.
In other words, secrecy after the product announcement suggests that the iPad will be something like Kamen's "Ginger" or "It"--definately an innovative new product, but one likely that has a limited niche and won't be the game changer that the creator envisioned.
I was part of a small singing group (a quartet) back in my early college days. The quartet would do four-part singing Valentines as a fundraiser for the music program. I was engaged at the time, and decided to pull one over on my wife to be. While delivering some of the singing valentines in the campus commons area, we sang one after another after another, while the director just shuffled us from table to table. Sometimes we would ask for the target first and deliver a Valentines note or card from our customer. Other times, we would sing first and had over the card afterwards.
We approached the table where my fiancee and her friends were sitting, and then broke into our rendition of "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me." At the conclusion of the song, our director announced "To [my fiancee's first name], from Robert," at which time I made myself look shocked and loudly proclaimed, "Who's Robert?!?! ".
When the look of panic set in on her face and she started insisting that she didn't know any Robert, I ended the gag and said, "I know. That was from me." I'm not sure if she really wanted to kill me over the next few minutes, but she was laughing about it shortly thereafter. To this day, 17 years later, she loves telling that story to friends old and new, and we all laugh and laugh and laugh.
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It's all starting to remind me of "Max Headroom"--that circa 1980s TV show that featured a gigitize floating head in a world that was basically run by major corporations. The corporations had control of everything, including the media.
One interesting point of trivia regarding the show, which ran on ABC: the primary antagonist, Network 23, was a direct slam against one of ABC's primary rivals. Take the first letter of "Network" (N), and then the "23" actually represented the second and third letters of the alphabet (BC). Put it together and you see the alleged future villian: Network 23 == NBC!
I agree that the molecule was able to replicate, and that is significant in and of itself, but it is not a concrete proof of spontaneous evolution. The researchers simply figured out how to switch the mechanism on.
IANAL, but do have some entrepreneurial experience.
If you have some extra cash to burn during the transition, I strongly advise you to consider incorporating your business from day one. Form a chapter-S (closely held) corporation, and name yourself (and you spouse, if applicable) as officers of the corporation. Then, have the corporation pay all of your health insurance costs. Those costs are then deductable for the corporation. The cost to incporporate will vary from state to state, but you should be able to do it for less than $1,500. You won't necessarily get any better rates. It simply allows your premiums to be deductable. Once incorporated, most States have limited requirements regarding your operation, typically requiring an annual business meeting and the filing of an annual report with the appropriate State department.
Of course, since IANAL, I strongly recommend that you check into the specific laws of your State or Province, to make sure this would be a good move for you. If allowed, and if you can afford it, it is the best way to decrease the pain of needing to pay for your own health insurance. It comes with the added plus side of helping to shield your personal assets in case of any liability claims against the business. Of course, when just getting started, many companies with which you do business may require a personal guarantee since the business will have no credit history.
Do think about it.
I don't argue the point that these molecules can now replicate and change. It doesn't negate the fact that the scientists who staged the experiments applied their intellect to devlise the molecules that now exhibit characteristics already visible in other molecules. They were manipulating structures that already held the potential for this behavior, so it should be no surprise that they got a combination that "works". I did rtfa btw.
Since the scientists involved synthesized the original molecules through their manipulations, I don't see how this can be viewed as evidence of any sort of spontaneous evolution. Throw together the random ingredients that should have been in the primordial soup and let them cook. If they then start evolving, it will be something to write home about. Until then, it's just like a mechanic taking parts from a bunch of different cars, slapping them together, getting something that turns over, and then expressing surprise that a car was able to arise from all of the jumbled parts.
Take a look at the other geeks in your inner circle. They're dragging you down.
And people thought sexting was bad with just those cell phone LCDs.
Actually, that's the second site. The original was http://www.chorewars.com/. The folks at ChoreWars created WorldOfChoreCraft so that people who had it set up at home could use it at work (and vice versa).
If I were one with a little extra cash (or a lot of available credit), I might just buy up a lot of the desirable components now, and then make a modest margin by reselling them on Amazon or eBay after remaining stocks dwindle.
We seem to forget that, in much of the world and during earlier periods of American history, young people transitioned to adulthood much earlier than they do today. Thus, in many cultures, children take on adult responsibilities at age sixteen or even earlier. Besides, the only students who might seem out of place as a result of this plan are those who move on during the first few years of the program. Once it is well established, seeing 16-year old "kids" in college will be the norm.
To me, moving to board exams is a great idea. It lets those who are able to move ahead do so, and it takes pressure off some of those who might need a little extra time to master a subject before moving on. I'm all for it (even if my own kids despise the idea)!
If Googles refuses its advertising services to those domain typo ad park owners, it will only affect Googls's bottom line. The site owners will get some other ad service to serve up ads, and they will keep making money. The only way something like that will work is is every major online advertising service agrees not to serve ads to blacklisted ad sites (blad sites). If the typo squatters had to put in more effort to secure ads from multiple sources, it would make the sites less profitable.
That's one angle I was shocked did not appear in the original, although "promoted" may not be the best word choice. IT people, if they have the right soft skills (e.g., the ability to communicate at any level of the organization), often transition into key business leadership positions. Their hybrid knowledge--of IT and the business side of the company (or business administration in general)--makes them uniquely qualified for numerous positions across many industries.
Except I expect that first explosion is going to be stronger than a cherry bomb, and it will undoubtedly stun (possibly kill) some fish initially.
Finally
Another
Industrial
Leap!
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Big money translates to big power.
Billions and billions of dollars of influence will make any politician paint on a smile, disrobe, bend over, keep smiling, and say "Is there anything else I can do for y'all?"
Such a change would also cripple emergency response services, however. Getting an emergency approval to enable to geo-location features might take more time than available in an emergency. Privacy is a mixed bag.
The concept of "too big to fail" pertains only to those financial concerns that have been allowed to get so large that their failure would have catastrophic affects on the economy. While we saw many financial giants fail this year, the "too big to fail" aspects came into play in the way regulators and the Federal Government worked out deals to stem total collapse of our financial system. With Google, that will never happen because the nature of the business is completely different.
Google is not critical to the financial markets in the way the big banks and insurance companies were. When big financial companies fail, they can create a cascade effect that can take out little financial companies with them. When a company like Google fails, there are dozens if not hundreds of companies (large and small) in the free market that are waiting in the wings and ready to pounce for a piece of the pie.
Perhaps OO could introduce its own animated characters-- starting with an animated wire cutter!
In an urban environment, 500m may not be enough to pinpoint a location. In a rural environment (or some suburban environments), however, it may well be enough to give away your location. The larger the lot and less densely developed/populated the area, the more likely 500m will make a difference.
The problem appears to be that the cost of investigating and planning the most to OSS will cost more than the OSS itself. Any self-respecting bureaucrat knows that you can't spend more to assess something than you would on the thing you are assessing. They don't care how much M$ software costs in the long run, all they know is that they can't appear to be fiscally irresponsible by spending money assessing something that is supposed to be free.
Even if I send this around to all of the officers and executives, one of them will still buy one and then insist that we support it in the enterprise. It will soon be mandated that I find a way to make things work that were never meant to work on the device (like Exchange support on first-generation Android phones), and I'll end up getting a poor performance review for failing to adequately support management's IT needs.
I believe the thrust of the article is this:
Apple is always secretive before they announce a product. When they are still secretive after the announced loss, it typically means that the product won't do as much as many hope.
In other words, secrecy after the product announcement suggests that the iPad will be something like Kamen's "Ginger" or "It"--definately an innovative new product, but one likely that has a limited niche and won't be the game changer that the creator envisioned.
What? You mean women dream of the two female roommates with one guy like in Three's Company? Oh, wait...you said romantic comedies...
I was part of a small singing group (a quartet) back in my early college days. The quartet would do four-part singing Valentines as a fundraiser for the music program. I was engaged at the time, and decided to pull one over on my wife to be. While delivering some of the singing valentines in the campus commons area, we sang one after another after another, while the director just shuffled us from table to table. Sometimes we would ask for the target first and deliver a Valentines note or card from our customer. Other times, we would sing first and had over the card afterwards.
We approached the table where my fiancee and her friends were sitting, and then broke into our rendition of "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me." At the conclusion of the song, our director announced "To [my fiancee's first name], from Robert," at which time I made myself look shocked and loudly proclaimed, " Who's Robert?!?! ".
When the look of panic set in on her face and she started insisting that she didn't know any Robert, I ended the gag and said, "I know. That was from me." I'm not sure if she really wanted to kill me over the next few minutes, but she was laughing about it shortly thereafter. To this day, 17 years later, she loves telling that story to friends old and new, and we all laugh and laugh and laugh.
~Robert