Seriously? The CFLs I bought at Walmart (6 for $3.99) get to full brightness outside in under 15 seconds, and that's in the Chicago suburbs during winter. You're buying the wrong bulbs.
Viagra was initially researched by Pfizer as a treatment for angina, and just happened to fix erectile dysfunction *really well*. That doesn't make Pfizer sleazy, just like plastic surgeons aren't sleazy for giving a chick bigger tits if she wants them. Don't lie to yourself, you're judged on your physical appearance (or, in this case, "proportions"). Who cares if guys buying bigger dicks fund the R&D for regenerative medicine? Money is money.
Did you just suggest locally "precompiling" javascript with idle client cpu cycles? (not sarcasm. I think it's a great idea if that is the case). Can you event "precompile" Javascript currently, and if not, why not?/disclaimer: I have a very light understanding of Javascript, more of a infrastructure/networking guy. Go easy.
Exactly. When we recycle computer gear (several tons a year), we wipe the drives first but then I go to the recycling/smelting facility and watch them shred the drives (we have an agreement with the vendor). Trust but verify.
Yes, interactions online aren't the same as social interactions. Online interactions are more valuable because it's easier and more convenient for me to interact with those at my intelligence level and with the same goals than those I might find in my own geographic area. In-person interactions are limited by geography, time constraints, etc. Online interactions have no such issues.
I don't disagree that teaching makes professors stronger. But at the same time, we could lower the cost of education while educating far more people if we had more holograms like Alfred Lanning from I, Robot.
Yes, I'm saying pumping diesel fuel into the ground with no restriction on its dispersal is a huge environmental threat.
When oil companies are pumping crude from the ground, the well has a casing surrounding it. This prevents any leaks into aquifers, rockbed, etc between the deep well and the surface. With fracking, there is no such thing. The whole point is to use proprietary fluid combinations to fracture the rock in order to get to the natural gas deposits. By definition, there is very little control over where these liquids go.
Drilling service companies have injected at least 32 million gallons of diesel fuel underground as part of a controversial drilling technique, a Democratic congressional investigation has found.
Injecting diesel as part of "hydraulic fracturing" is supposed to be regulated by U.S. EPA. But an agency official told congressional investigators that EPA had assumed that the use of diesel had stopped seven years ago.
"The industry has been saying they stopped injecting toxic diesel fuel into wells," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who led the inquiry. "But our investigation showed this practice has been continuing in secret and in apparent violation of the [Safe Drinking Water Act]."
But heh, don't let oil/gas companies poisoning US citizens for profit keep you awake at night.
Very true. But once the avionics and autonomous flight systems are tuned, building and flying fighter and bomber UAVs is going to be cake. Kids going through the pilot pipeline now are probably some of the last armed forces pilots who will do so.
Now, before you huff and say, "No way will software and electronic kit replace people wholesale in military aircraft!", I'd think about it a bit. I was able to watch a UAV dock, refuel, and detach from a KC-130 tanker ~7 months ago, with no human intervention. Refueling? Check. Carrier takeoffs/landings? Almost here. You can have some pretty amazing flight characteristics when you don't have to support the human body in flight.
Microsoft may have made a deal to negate the need for the fee on the Windows phone platform. Capitalism 101. Personally, I'll stick to Android, but some people may see it as a perk.
There is less value to advertisers when you don't see the ads. Computer screen? Xbox? $$$ is higher per impression. Note why Hulu requires a subscription for your iPad, PS3, etc while it doesn't on the web. Different platforms effect the value of the ad displayed.
Yesterday while I was in the car, I heard an auto insurance commercial where the entire premise was on the customer service being outsourced to a gentleman in India named "Hank". Clearly, it's becoming a visibile issue, and if you're an intelligent person on the business side, you'll realize that the gains in goodwill you'll see by not offshoring support is much greater than the additional margin you may see by offshoring.
I thought about doing a kickstarter project to collect $50-100K to do billboard adds in Chicago, LA, and NY with various high-profile scientists, their name, and a small snip next to their name regarding what they do (think Intel's "Our rockstars aren't your rockstars" commerical). Haven't gotten around to it though.
I don't have a problem with athletes. I have a problem with (and find it disgusting) how much they're paid and praised to entertain compared to those who are working for peanuts saving lives/the world.
Very true. College isn't trade school. Can you provide any evidence that college prepares you any better for a career in a field than real experience in that field? I'm not sure what value it brings besides putting the books in front of you and the professors who used to be in the field in front of you.
You're either bitter because a) you have a degree or b) you're in the education field.
Also, with regards to:
Fact: You don't know what it means to be educated. (Here's a hint: it doesn't mean "memorized some facts")
That's my whole point you fool! You don't need to go to school to get an education! School is where you memorize facts! In the real world, you learn on your feet or you fail.
Fact: The knowledge you'll learn in college is not real world knowledge. It's information that has been distilled to be presented to you from an instructor and to be tested on.
Fact: There is no possible way that the curriculum in a 4 year institution can keep up with the real world, unless faculty is working full time outside of the classroom to integrate that material into their lesson plans. And they're not.
You want to go get your education in the joke that is higher education? Go for it. But don't for a moment try to say it's a "proper education." It's soaking up info from books with your professors/TAs babysitting you along the way.
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Seriously? The CFLs I bought at Walmart (6 for $3.99) get to full brightness outside in under 15 seconds, and that's in the Chicago suburbs during winter. You're buying the wrong bulbs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk
"It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 square kilometers) of terrain a day."
Performance
Maximum speed: 497.1 mph (800.0 km/h; 432.0 kn)
Cruise speed: 404 mph (351 kn; 650 km/h)
Range: 15,525 mi (13,491 nmi; 24,985 km)
Endurance: 36 hours
Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,812 m)
Faster than a helicopter, and with these new algorithms, better at finding people. I say we send the drones.
Viagra was initially researched by Pfizer as a treatment for angina, and just happened to fix erectile dysfunction *really well*. That doesn't make Pfizer sleazy, just like plastic surgeons aren't sleazy for giving a chick bigger tits if she wants them. Don't lie to yourself, you're judged on your physical appearance (or, in this case, "proportions"). Who cares if guys buying bigger dicks fund the R&D for regenerative medicine? Money is money.
Don't forget the US DoD, The US Navy Submarine Fleet, the FAA, and Cisco:
http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect/
I don't see IBM running Watson on Windows 2008 Server because, well, you know....they want it to work.
Did you just suggest locally "precompiling" javascript with idle client cpu cycles? (not sarcasm. I think it's a great idea if that is the case). Can you event "precompile" Javascript currently, and if not, why not? /disclaimer: I have a very light understanding of Javascript, more of a infrastructure/networking guy. Go easy.
Exactly. When we recycle computer gear (several tons a year), we wipe the drives first but then I go to the recycling/smelting facility and watch them shred the drives (we have an agreement with the vendor). Trust but verify.
Actually, for an SSD, I'd suggest incineration as a secure wipe method.
Yes, interactions online aren't the same as social interactions. Online interactions are more valuable because it's easier and more convenient for me to interact with those at my intelligence level and with the same goals than those I might find in my own geographic area. In-person interactions are limited by geography, time constraints, etc. Online interactions have no such issues.
I don't disagree that teaching makes professors stronger. But at the same time, we could lower the cost of education while educating far more people if we had more holograms like Alfred Lanning from I, Robot.
Yes, I'm saying pumping diesel fuel into the ground with no restriction on its dispersal is a huge environmental threat.
When oil companies are pumping crude from the ground, the well has a casing surrounding it. This prevents any leaks into aquifers, rockbed, etc between the deep well and the surface. With fracking, there is no such thing. The whole point is to use proprietary fluid combinations to fracture the rock in order to get to the natural gas deposits. By definition, there is very little control over where these liquids go.
Drilling service companies have injected at least 32 million gallons of diesel fuel underground as part of a controversial drilling technique, a Democratic congressional investigation has found.
Injecting diesel as part of "hydraulic fracturing" is supposed to be regulated by U.S. EPA. But an agency official told congressional investigators that EPA had assumed that the use of diesel had stopped seven years ago.
"The industry has been saying they stopped injecting toxic diesel fuel into wells," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who led the inquiry. "But our investigation showed this practice has been continuing in secret and in apparent violation of the [Safe Drinking Water Act]."
But heh, don't let oil/gas companies poisoning US citizens for profit keep you awake at night.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/31/31greenwire-fracking-companies-injected-32m-gallons-of-die-24135.html
Your newsletter, cut of your jib, and so forth.
Very true. But once the avionics and autonomous flight systems are tuned, building and flying fighter and bomber UAVs is going to be cake. Kids going through the pilot pipeline now are probably some of the last armed forces pilots who will do so.
Now, before you huff and say, "No way will software and electronic kit replace people wholesale in military aircraft!", I'd think about it a bit. I was able to watch a UAV dock, refuel, and detach from a KC-130 tanker ~7 months ago, with no human intervention. Refueling? Check. Carrier takeoffs/landings? Almost here. You can have some pretty amazing flight characteristics when you don't have to support the human body in flight.
Ahh! You mean like the Boeing X-37B:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37
Hell of a craft. All the pros of the shuttle, with none of the cons.
Microsoft may have made a deal to negate the need for the fee on the Windows phone platform. Capitalism 101. Personally, I'll stick to Android, but some people may see it as a perk.
There is less value to advertisers when you don't see the ads. Computer screen? Xbox? $$$ is higher per impression. Note why Hulu requires a subscription for your iPad, PS3, etc while it doesn't on the web. Different platforms effect the value of the ad displayed.
Yesterday while I was in the car, I heard an auto insurance commercial where the entire premise was on the customer service being outsourced to a gentleman in India named "Hank". Clearly, it's becoming a visibile issue, and if you're an intelligent person on the business side, you'll realize that the gains in goodwill you'll see by not offshoring support is much greater than the additional margin you may see by offshoring.
Exactly. My point to GPP was, "You have no farking idea what you're talking about."
And this is different from how your current insurance provider treats you now? "You smoke? Extra fee. You ever have cancer? Extra fee".
The only people I've ever run into who have a problem with "ObamaCare" are ignorant assholes (and republicans, but they're in the same group).
Maybe stick to generic definitions? "Curing Cancer", "Solving energy problems", and so forth. I am, indeed, very open to ideas before pursuing this.
I thought about doing a kickstarter project to collect $50-100K to do billboard adds in Chicago, LA, and NY with various high-profile scientists, their name, and a small snip next to their name regarding what they do (think Intel's "Our rockstars aren't your rockstars" commerical). Haven't gotten around to it though.
I don't have a problem with athletes. I have a problem with (and find it disgusting) how much they're paid and praised to entertain compared to those who are working for peanuts saving lives/the world.
To quote XKCD, "Science, it works bitches."
THIS. As soon as the Motorola Xoom is available (within the next 2-3 weeks), my iPad is going on Ebay. Fark Apple.
That I'd love to have something like this to help learn skills and languages faster and to remember things better.
It's not quite the Matrix's "I know jujitsu.", but we're getting there. Baby steps.
Very true. College isn't trade school. Can you provide any evidence that college prepares you any better for a career in a field than real experience in that field? I'm not sure what value it brings besides putting the books in front of you and the professors who used to be in the field in front of you.
You're either bitter because a) you have a degree or b) you're in the education field.
Also, with regards to:
Fact: You don't know what it means to be educated. (Here's a hint: it doesn't mean "memorized some facts")
That's my whole point you fool! You don't need to go to school to get an education! School is where you memorize facts! In the real world, you learn on your feet or you fail.
Fact: The knowledge you'll learn in college is not real world knowledge. It's information that has been distilled to be presented to you from an instructor and to be tested on.
Fact: There is no possible way that the curriculum in a 4 year institution can keep up with the real world, unless faculty is working full time outside of the classroom to integrate that material into their lesson plans. And they're not.
You want to go get your education in the joke that is higher education? Go for it. But don't for a moment try to say it's a "proper education." It's soaking up info from books with your professors/TAs babysitting you along the way.