The thing that will prevent tyranny is an educated populace, and the political faction most associated with the NRA is the same faction that is trying to gut education in this country.
They want everyone ignorant and afraid, so they can sell more guns.
The problem with the LEGO products for girls is that they are steriotypically feminized, and the themes of the sets reinforce the idea that girls and women can't do anything significant with their lives except shop and perform domestic chores. The Donkey Kong hack on the other hand, communicates the message that girls and women can perform the same feats as boys and men.
I see your 85mm f/1.2, and raise you a 600mm f/4. To get an idea of the scale, that SLR attached to the lens in the picture is a medium format camera and it is huge, about double the size of a 35mm SLR in every dimension.
Burlington Telecom is offering 1Gb symmetrical service in Burlington,VT for $150/month; which is quite a bit more expensive than the Google Fiber in Kansas City, but Burlington is a much smaller town.
Wow, you have such insight. You should use your vast physics knowledge to build a time machine and go back in time to tell Ben and Jerry that making experimental ice cream for fun is a useless endeavor.
I'm sure the physics will be interesting, but it is much more fun to study ice cream making empirically. I've had the best luck by simplifying as much as possible. That and a teaspoon of vodka per quart of ice cream keeps it soft and scoopable no matter how long it stays in the freezer.
Here, the cross walks are 3 feet away from the roundabout and priority is given to pedestrians.
That's nothing. There is a Roundabout in Winooski, VT that has push button operated traffic lights at several points in the middle of it so that pedestrians can cross. It is highly dangerous and unpredictable, but actually an improvement in safety to the previous intersection design, which, while closer to what people are used to, was one of the most dangerous intersections in the state.
From spooky to downright disturbing, because if that is true, then the passengers of the very first viable colony expedition to another star will look back and see a super flare roast the Earth to a cinder just as soon as they are out of range.
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Just to play devil's advocate, "exclusive Right" here can be taken to mean that the recipient of the granted right (the author or inventor) also could have the right to transfer their right to some other party.
Do you seriously think the original Linux kernal, that is without any subsequent updates with more recent copyright dates, would be all that useful on a computer from 2010? Oracle's "trifles" would have comprise all of the functionality added by the twenty years of modification that has been made to the original work, or it would have no chance competing against modern offerings.
Public pensions and "regulation" are not infrastructure. Roads, power lines, schools, public transportation and such things are infrastructure, and businesses of the kind that we are talking about could not exist without it.
Not if you've never seen a spreadsheet program before. It takes longer than that to learn to use a mouse. What's more you don't progress to advanced use of a spreadsheet in under an hour. In fact effective use of a calculator or spreadsheet software takes years to master. I learn new things on Excel quite regularly. You're quite simply being disingenuous.
I beg to differ. I would be shocked if it took the average ten year old more than five minutes to learn how to use a mouse. Basic functionality in Excel is *super* simple and for most Excel users, it is all the functionality that is required. If you are expecting kids to come out of high school knowing Excel VBA then that's just crazy. That being said, I'm not arguing that there shouldn't be computer based classes in school, but rather that computers should be used as tools only in the limited domains where there is evidence that they improve the learning process. These are probably programming, typing, graphic design, drafting, perhaps a few other things. There is likely no useful roll for computers in K-12 math, english, history/social studies, or physical sciences. The money spent to outfit every student with laptops is wasted if the only times they will benefit from having them is in a few specific classes. Better off spending that money on other things, like lab equipment and supplies for basic scineces, art supplies, books, and, yes, pencils and paper. Then you just need to fill one classroom with the most basic possible computers, for the few classes where they are useful.
If you understand math, it takes about a half hour to learn how to use a spreadsheet program. It is not necessarily a bad idea to teach programing in school, but besides that (and a few other specific domains where computers have a logical role) students in K-12 should be using pencil and paper. If you think kids today are anything like older people in how they relate to technology, you haven't been around kids much lately, there is no danger of producing a generation of "Almish".
My phone service is fiber to the home, and they installed a box inside that has a UPS battery to supply power to the legacy phone hardware, and to keep it running through power outages. My guess is that the alarm hardware will have to include a bigger UPS because they probably draw more power than an ordinary telephone headset.
Kiln-drying involves scorching salt at high heat to remove moisture. This refining process creates a product that is unnatural and hard on the body.
And I suppose that this phantom product is undetectable because it hides in the tenth dimension whenever anyone emitting high levels of skepticicism in their aura goes looking for it with their foolish scientific instrements?
It is quite unlikely that, if extraterrestrial civilizations are common, they would all be like you describe. You could simple add another term to the Drake Equation for the proportion of civilizations that become "enlightened" and thus isolated, and you would still expect, given reasonable assumptions, for the galaxy to be overrun by civilizations that are more like us by now.
Indeed, it gives the music industry enormous leverage. The next time they go to an ISP or University, and say: "Give us the names behind these IP addresses" and the ISP or University balks, they can just say: "In that case, we will just issue a strike against your entire address space, since from our point of view any of your customers/students may be infringing and you are not cooperating with us." Two more times, they are out of business. It's an atom bomb. Of course, they will just buckle and give them the names, because the ISP would be bankrupt if they had to shut off all of their customers, and the University would be crippled.
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The thing that will prevent tyranny is an educated populace, and the political faction most associated with the NRA is the same faction that is trying to gut education in this country.
They want everyone ignorant and afraid, so they can sell more guns.
That is one awesome robot dog he's got there!
I'm in the US and I just got a bunch of LED bulbs from Costco for $5 each. Not the color changing ones though.
Um, no.
The problem with the LEGO products for girls is that they are steriotypically feminized, and the themes of the sets reinforce the idea that girls and women can't do anything significant with their lives except shop and perform domestic chores. The Donkey Kong hack on the other hand, communicates the message that girls and women can perform the same feats as boys and men.
I see your 85mm f/1.2, and raise you a 600mm f/4. To get an idea of the scale, that SLR attached to the lens in the picture is a medium format camera and it is huge, about double the size of a 35mm SLR in every dimension.
Really? what was the form factor precedent for an original Mac?
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Burlington Telecom is offering 1Gb symmetrical service in Burlington,VT for $150/month; which is quite a bit more expensive than the Google Fiber in Kansas City, but Burlington is a much smaller town.
It goes back at least as far as ancient Greece with Talos from the Jason and the Argonauts myth.
Wow, you have such insight. You should use your vast physics knowledge to build a time machine and go back in time to tell Ben and Jerry that making experimental ice cream for fun is a useless endeavor.
I'm sure the physics will be interesting, but it is much more fun to study ice cream making empirically. I've had the best luck by simplifying as much as possible. That and a teaspoon of vodka per quart of ice cream keeps it soft and scoopable no matter how long it stays in the freezer.
Here, the cross walks are 3 feet away from the roundabout and priority is given to pedestrians.
That's nothing. There is a Roundabout in Winooski, VT that has push button operated traffic lights at several points in the middle of it so that pedestrians can cross. It is highly dangerous and unpredictable, but actually an improvement in safety to the previous intersection design, which, while closer to what people are used to, was one of the most dangerous intersections in the state.
From spooky to downright disturbing, because if that is true, then the passengers of the very first viable colony expedition to another star will look back and see a super flare roast the Earth to a cinder just as soon as they are out of range.
The money collected would have to count as income, so it would be a wash at best.
If you think that is a winning strategy, then you go start a video streaming business and then try that.
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Just to play devil's advocate, "exclusive Right" here can be taken to mean that the recipient of the granted right (the author or inventor) also could have the right to transfer their right to some other party.
Do you seriously think the original Linux kernal, that is without any subsequent updates with more recent copyright dates, would be all that useful on a computer from 2010? Oracle's "trifles" would have comprise all of the functionality added by the twenty years of modification that has been made to the original work, or it would have no chance competing against modern offerings.
Seriously, IMO, everyone should just fire their bank and join a credit union. This shit would never happen with a credit union.
Public pensions and "regulation" are not infrastructure. Roads, power lines, schools, public transportation and such things are infrastructure, and businesses of the kind that we are talking about could not exist without it.
Not if you've never seen a spreadsheet program before. It takes longer than that to learn to use a mouse. What's more you don't progress to advanced use of a spreadsheet in under an hour. In fact effective use of a calculator or spreadsheet software takes years to master. I learn new things on Excel quite regularly. You're quite simply being disingenuous.
I beg to differ. I would be shocked if it took the average ten year old more than five minutes to learn how to use a mouse. Basic functionality in Excel is *super* simple and for most Excel users, it is all the functionality that is required. If you are expecting kids to come out of high school knowing Excel VBA then that's just crazy. That being said, I'm not arguing that there shouldn't be computer based classes in school, but rather that computers should be used as tools only in the limited domains where there is evidence that they improve the learning process. These are probably programming, typing, graphic design, drafting, perhaps a few other things. There is likely no useful roll for computers in K-12 math, english, history/social studies, or physical sciences. The money spent to outfit every student with laptops is wasted if the only times they will benefit from having them is in a few specific classes. Better off spending that money on other things, like lab equipment and supplies for basic scineces, art supplies, books, and, yes, pencils and paper. Then you just need to fill one classroom with the most basic possible computers, for the few classes where they are useful.
If you understand math, it takes about a half hour to learn how to use a spreadsheet program. It is not necessarily a bad idea to teach programing in school, but besides that (and a few other specific domains where computers have a logical role) students in K-12 should be using pencil and paper. If you think kids today are anything like older people in how they relate to technology, you haven't been around kids much lately, there is no danger of producing a generation of "Almish".
My phone service is fiber to the home, and they installed a box inside that has a UPS battery to supply power to the legacy phone hardware, and to keep it running through power outages. My guess is that the alarm hardware will have to include a bigger UPS because they probably draw more power than an ordinary telephone headset.
It depends on the font. If it is monospaced (such as on a typewriter) it should be two spaces. If you are using a proportional font, use one space.
Kiln-drying involves scorching salt at high heat to remove moisture. This refining process creates a product that is unnatural and hard on the body.
And I suppose that this phantom product is undetectable because it hides in the tenth dimension whenever anyone emitting high levels of skepticicism in their aura goes looking for it with their foolish scientific instrements?
It is quite unlikely that, if extraterrestrial civilizations are common, they would all be like you describe. You could simple add another term to the Drake Equation for the proportion of civilizations that become "enlightened" and thus isolated, and you would still expect, given reasonable assumptions, for the galaxy to be overrun by civilizations that are more like us by now.
Indeed, it gives the music industry enormous leverage. The next time they go to an ISP or University, and say: "Give us the names behind these IP addresses" and the ISP or University balks, they can just say: "In that case, we will just issue a strike against your entire address space, since from our point of view any of your customers/students may be infringing and you are not cooperating with us." Two more times, they are out of business. It's an atom bomb. Of course, they will just buckle and give them the names, because the ISP would be bankrupt if they had to shut off all of their customers, and the University would be crippled.