Am I the only one who saw the "electrichum" tag and thought "electri-chum"? Think electrified chum would work pretty well for fishing. The scent would bring the fish in and the electricity zaps them/dolphins/penguins/scuba divers.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce the Mk 38 25mm chain gun system with an effective range of 2000 yards. Plus the Nimitz class' formidible torpedo defenses (SSTDS and AN/SLQ-25 Nixie,) aforementioned carrier strike group, aircraft on board and the odd SEAL sniper. So, yeah, think I'll be taking my chances on the carrier.
While you make some valid points, your post seems to follow the general, saddening trend of finding reasons why something can't be accomplished. I mean, this site is primarily populated by technologically oriented people. Isn't one of the main satisfactions of programming, engineering or any mentally challenging work finding a solution, especially elegant, to a particularly difficult task? Some random thoughts in response:
The water needed to keep the panels and mirrors clean and operating efficiently would consume our entire water supply
Who says water is needed? Maybe the surface could be coated with a polymer to shed dust easily or have a mechanical means of clearing it.
Millions of tech school education level electricians will be needed to run around installing and repairing these things
Great! Job creation is one of the central themes of this year's presidential election.
*Maintaining the equipment
We've seen that this is a problem with current energy sources. Remember the gas line explosions in California? How about all the leaking gas station storage tanks needing to be replaced?
Anyway, just my $0.02 left over from a long day at work.
The fact that something needs to be subsidized shows that it makes no economic sense. You can steal your way to a profit, but that doesn't mean you're a good businessman.
You mean like the oil corporations' tax breaks and subsidies (not to mention taxpayer subsidized cleanup of pollution)?
Just point them to this YouTube video which seems to a decent job of explaining the intricacies of what consists/consisted of The Crown, British Isles, Commonwealth, et al.
And the bus stop people can even watch it on their smarmy^Wsmartypants phones.
The US has been unfortunately moving towards fascism ever since the 80's. It certainly seems to have accelerated recently, though.
Tear gas is typically less than lethal. Of course I suppose that there is a remote risk of death, like with rubber bullets, but they are intended to be less than lethal, unlike grenades.
Scott Olsen, the former Marine shot in the face with a tear gas canister, probably would have something to say about those less than lethal effects.
The police are going through the same pains as the average worker around the globe. Under pressure from reduced budgets, they are forced to do more with less staff. This reduces community involvement and increases stress for an already incredibly stressful profession, leading to increased confrontation and the possibility of deadly conflict with the populace they are supposed to protect and serve. Combined with the increased militarization of the police, I dread that we will see another Kent State before this is over.
The prior art is "already there", why should one be granted a patent for something is already public?
How about because you're a giant corporation with an army of lawyers larger than the population of a small town sitting on a large reserve of cash you want to make even larger?
You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes-
Oh, sorry, there I go, bringing class into it again.
(ob. Monty Python for the day)
They are not a U.S. Bank but, they are a U.S. patriot!
Interesting use of capital B for Bank and lowercase p for patriot in this message.
I also have a mental image of the Paypal employees combining to form one gigantic, Voltron-like red, white and blue banking entity to reconcile the subject-verb-predicate structure of that sentence.
...our growth is almost entirely based on the use of oil for transportation, new materials, pesticides, fertilizers, construction equipment, etc, etc, etc. It's going to be messy when it starts to run dry.
I beg to differ; if the surface of the Earth is covered with trinitite it's probably going to be remarkably tidy.
That's assuming everyone on your local net is trustworthy, which pretty much leaves out any network with more than one user on it. For internal transfers you don't really care about securing, though, it's probably fine with appropriate chroot, iptables, etc.
If he lives in a wonderful "right to work" state here in the US like I do, you can be fired for just about any or no reason whatsoever. Racism and sexism potentially excluded of course, although can be difficult to prove. Outcome would probably depend on whether paying the legal fees to fight your case would cost more than just settling.
Second the quartz idea. Wonder if looking for microdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite would be worth anything, or if the (potential) impact would not have been energetic enough.
It boils down to risk vs. reward (or profit and loss if you prefer,) and unfortunately for the people, flora and fauna in and around the Gulf of Mexico we ended up on the wrong side of the equation. And if nothing can be truly done to prevent accidents of this scale, is it worth uncorking the genie from the bottle given the amount of destruction it unleashes?
Wow, and I thought that horse was dead, beaten, cremated and recycled into cinder blocks already. Hell, even Newt Gingrich admitted Gore's role in advancing the technology: http://mediamatters.org/items/200705230008
No joke! 99.7% isn't that great either for that matter. What ever happened to five or six 9s? Especially for something as critical as health care I would think even four 9s would be the least they'd aim for. Nobody's seriously injured if homestarrunner.com has 8 hours of downtime with four 9s (99.99% uptime), but say you can't get antibiotics for a day to treat an infection due to system downtime. That could be the difference between keeping and losing a limb.
Yes, "going along" seems to happen all too often. Look at the RIAA and MPAA suits. The average person on the street doesn't have the time or money to put up a defense, and are afraid that by not settling they risk an even larger settlement. And cuntersuing is not a guarantee even if you do win. By the time the case drags through the appeals process the billable hours have piled up while at the same time you still need to eat, pay rent/mortgage, etc.
Apologies for the manhandling of English grammar. It's late and I'm out of caffeine.
All it means is that someone decided removing the video was the easiest way to handle a potential problem. And there's the problem. Similar situation with tort law; you club someone with a lawsuit and it would cost more for them to comply or settle than fight it, regardless of how frivolous the claim is.
Something is broken somewhere.
Actually, let me put it another way: if you aren't in a CS program because you like learning about computers for the sake of learning about computers, you're in the wrong place. Get out of that degree and apply yourself. Right here I think you may have hit the nail on the head as to the declining interest in CompSci. That is exactly what people are doing, they're getting out of that degree and applying themselves to something they enjoy or feel would serve them well in life. Why would someone stay in CS if all they hear about is being overworked, the possibility of your job being outsourced at any moment and the constant din about DRM, software patents, shady corporate policies, ad inf.?
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I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.
Sorry, someone had to say it.
Am I the only one who saw the "electrichum" tag and thought "electri-chum"? Think electrified chum would work pretty well for fishing. The scent would bring the fish in and the electricity zaps them/dolphins/penguins/scuba divers.
Emacs and vim? Android and iOS? I was hoping we could keep religion out of this debate.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce the Mk 38 25mm chain gun system with an effective range of 2000 yards. Plus the Nimitz class' formidible torpedo defenses (SSTDS and AN/SLQ-25 Nixie,) aforementioned carrier strike group, aircraft on board and the odd SEAL sniper. So, yeah, think I'll be taking my chances on the carrier.
The water needed to keep the panels and mirrors clean and operating efficiently would consume our entire water supply
Who says water is needed? Maybe the surface could be coated with a polymer to shed dust easily or have a mechanical means of clearing it.
Millions of tech school education level electricians will be needed to run around installing and repairing these things
Great! Job creation is one of the central themes of this year's presidential election.
*Maintaining the equipment
We've seen that this is a problem with current energy sources. Remember the gas line explosions in California? How about all the leaking gas station storage tanks needing to be replaced?
Anyway, just my $0.02 left over from a long day at work.
The fact that something needs to be subsidized shows that it makes no economic sense. You can steal your way to a profit, but that doesn't mean you're a good businessman.
You mean like the oil corporations' tax breaks and subsidies (not to mention taxpayer subsidized cleanup of pollution)?
Just point them to this YouTube video which seems to a decent job of explaining the intricacies of what consists/consisted of The Crown, British Isles, Commonwealth, et al. And the bus stop people can even watch it on their smarmy^Wsmartypants phones.
Hopefully it says "security through obscurity does not work" in big block letters on the first page.
Can someone explain to me how this isn't a violation of the copyleft GPL Koha is distributed under?
Tear gas is typically less than lethal. Of course I suppose that there is a remote risk of death, like with rubber bullets, but they are intended to be less than lethal, unlike grenades.
Scott Olsen, the former Marine shot in the face with a tear gas canister, probably would have something to say about those less than lethal effects.
The police are going through the same pains as the average worker around the globe. Under pressure from reduced budgets, they are forced to do more with less staff. This reduces community involvement and increases stress for an already incredibly stressful profession, leading to increased confrontation and the possibility of deadly conflict with the populace they are supposed to protect and serve. Combined with the increased militarization of the police, I dread that we will see another Kent State before this is over.
Maybe the Monarch is taking over for Steve Jobs?
The prior art is "already there", why should one be granted a patent for something is already public?
How about because you're a giant corporation with an army of lawyers larger than the population of a small town sitting on a large reserve of cash you want to make even larger?
You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes- Oh, sorry, there I go, bringing class into it again.
(ob. Monty Python for the day)
They are not a U.S. Bank but, they are a U.S. patriot!
Interesting use of capital B for Bank and lowercase p for patriot in this message.
I also have a mental image of the Paypal employees combining to form one gigantic, Voltron-like red, white and blue banking entity to reconcile the subject-verb-predicate structure of that sentence.
...our growth is almost entirely based on the use of oil for transportation, new materials, pesticides, fertilizers, construction equipment, etc, etc, etc. It's going to be messy when it starts to run dry.
I beg to differ; if the surface of the Earth is covered with trinitite it's probably going to be remarkably tidy.
That's assuming everyone on your local net is trustworthy, which pretty much leaves out any network with more than one user on it. For internal transfers you don't really care about securing, though, it's probably fine with appropriate chroot, iptables, etc.
If he lives in a wonderful "right to work" state here in the US like I do, you can be fired for just about any or no reason whatsoever. Racism and sexism potentially excluded of course, although can be difficult to prove. Outcome would probably depend on whether paying the legal fees to fight your case would cost more than just settling.
Second the quartz idea. Wonder if looking for microdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite would be worth anything, or if the (potential) impact would not have been energetic enough.
BTW, in case it's not obvious, I meant to say "random and unpreventable"
I agreed more with your first version. "Black Swan Events" are random and unpredictable, but not unpreventable or unmitigable. BP's overly optimistic and/or delusional views about the risks involved and their abilities to respond to a massive spill created unnecessary exposure to a calamitous event. Cf. BP's own exploration plan. or download the entire PDF direct from the Minerals Management Service. Note sections 2.7, 7.1 and 7.2 in particular.
It boils down to risk vs. reward (or profit and loss if you prefer,) and unfortunately for the people, flora and fauna in and around the Gulf of Mexico we ended up on the wrong side of the equation. And if nothing can be truly done to prevent accidents of this scale, is it worth uncorking the genie from the bottle given the amount of destruction it unleashes?
Wow, and I thought that horse was dead, beaten, cremated and recycled into cinder blocks already. Hell, even Newt Gingrich admitted Gore's role in advancing the technology: http://mediamatters.org/items/200705230008
No joke! 99.7% isn't that great either for that matter. What ever happened to five or six 9s? Especially for something as critical as health care I would think even four 9s would be the least they'd aim for. Nobody's seriously injured if homestarrunner.com has 8 hours of downtime with four 9s (99.99% uptime), but say you can't get antibiotics for a day to treat an infection due to system downtime. That could be the difference between keeping and losing a limb.
I guess what CAVG mean by the "magic being gone" is no one has shot anyone recently over a Wii.
Yes, "going along" seems to happen all too often. Look at the RIAA and MPAA suits. The average person on the street doesn't have the time or money to put up a defense, and are afraid that by not settling they risk an even larger settlement. And cuntersuing is not a guarantee even if you do win. By the time the case drags through the appeals process the billable hours have piled up while at the same time you still need to eat, pay rent/mortgage, etc.
Apologies for the manhandling of English grammar. It's late and I'm out of caffeine.