In Australia at least, and specifically in Sydney, there has been a push towards speed cameras in front of school zones.
The other half of that is that school zones have a 40km/h speed limit between the hours of 8:00-9:30am and 2:30-4:00pm to help reduce infant/schoolchild fatalities (which is a great idea).
Its pretty much accepted as truth that the speed cameras (fixed ones) will give you 10% leeway here, so doing 45km/h in a school zone is a fine, points from your license and a big inconvenience.
It certainly makes you slow down in front of the schools, but as the traffic is 90% local on those roads, its a shame we need incentive to save our children's, and our childrens friend's lives.
Now now, the CSIRO are actually a respectable scientific body that research and develop countless products, dont believe me? Have a look at 802.11n (for example)
From the Article: "This plastic will help solve problems of small molecule separation, whether related to clean coal technology, separating greenhouse gases, increasing the energy efficiency of water purification, or producing and delivering energy from hydrogen," Dr Anita Hill of CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering said. "The ability of the new plastic to separate small molecules surpasses the limits of any conventional plastics." "It can separate carbon dioxide from natural gas a few hundred times faster than current plastic membranes and its performance is four times better in terms of purity of the separated gas."
All wishy washyness about the abilities of the substance is the editorialising of slashdot and the writer of the article
For a well measured and written comment, that certainly harbours alot of fear and mistrust. Do you have a basis for those fears or are they more of a phobia? Im wondering because when a country is destroyed and then left to moulder I can see why it would harbour resentment, but I was under the impression the US helped with Japan's rebuilding efforts.
With that welcoming attitude its a wonder they ever turn up at all!
haha, now I have an image in my head of those people on the roofs of skyscrapers in Independance Day, except they are all japanese and asking for their moon-probe-robotic-overlord back
For the trifling sum of 1.5 million dollars you too can be lairing it up in style...
"The Missile Base consists of 57 acres of real estate. The center secured portion of the property is protected by the original barbed-wire-topped chainlink fence. There is a paved road leading into the property with dual entry gates.
Above ground is the original 40 X 100 shop building, two concrete targeting structures, two manufactured homes, two 8 X 8 X 40 storage containers, and the silo tops of the three missile silos, two antenna silos, one entry portal and a few other misc structures.
Below ground is a huge complex consisting of 16 buildings and thousands of feet of connecting tunnels. The major underground structures are:
Three - 160' Tall Missile Silos Three - 4 story Equipment Terminal Buildings Three - Fuel Terminal Buildings Two - 6 story Antenna Silos One Air Intake/Filtration Building One 100' diameter Control Dome Building One 125' diameter Power Dome Building One - 6 story Entry Portal Building and a few other misc buildings and areas." - http://www.themissilebase.com/
If only I had the money and the crazy and the US citizenship necessary:-p
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-"Police spokeswoman Tammy Ewin initially said no pepper spray was used on protesters, but Sgt. Clint Winkler, a supervisor on duty, told The Associated Press he tried to use pepper spray on one woman who would not leave, but it hit her glasses. She was then subdued with a Taser, Winkler said."
- "Winkler said campus police tried to quell the march, and at one point protesters grabbed the camera of a freelance media photographer and broke it. City police tried to help and said some protesters fought the effort to break up the march.
- "That's when they were told, due to the violence, that this was no longer a lawful protest," Winkler said. "They were told to disperse, peacefully disperse, and failed to do so we started down the sidewalk _ officers in front, K-9's behind us, and started pushing the crowd down the sidewalk.""
- ""The response was way over the top," Meieran said. "Why in the (expletive) were they using Tasers on these nonviolent protesters in the first place? I heard no dispersal order. What they're saying is total (expletive).""
- "I was taken to the ground by a police officer during that time
I was pepper sprayed the officer picked up my glasses sprayed my face
with the pepper spray. Once I got to the ground I was then tasered in
the thigh for what felt like an eternity. It was the most excruciating
pain I have ever felt. I felt like I was burning. My hand reached
down to feel what was on my leg and I felt an electrical shock running
through my entire body. I could not stop myself from screaming. It was
horrifying. I could not believe that after I had already been sprayed
and on the ground they would then proceed to taser me."
"McNeilly said the officers' use of pepper spray and Tasers at the protest was justified because protestors had turned from peaceful conduct to active resistance that became an assault on officers.
Hmmm, I'm not saying I support the use of a TASER in this case, but it's not exactly a clear cut case of police brutality. A peaceful protest turned violent and she was at the front of the line, wrong place and wrong time?
Hmm, a little more digging gets this: "And a breakdown of events (from a local man posting on Digg, corroborated by the news):
1. A man, Edris Robinson, strikes a cameraman covering the event (later charged with assault) 2. The cameraman runs to get police 3. Robinson runs to the crowd 4. Police find Robinson, try to apprehend him 5. His girlfriend, Deanna Caliguiri, tries to pull him away (later plead guilty to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest) 6. The cops use pepper spray on Deanna, she continues to resist 7. The cops warn Deanna a few times that they will taser her 8. The cops taser her"
You can tack, yes as in the usage "I tacked to take advantage of the wind conditions" or "we should tack now", but you can "adopt a tack", or "try a different tack". Both in the nautical sense and in other metaphorical senses. In this case he was stating a particular artistic direction taken by someone, which lends itself to the direction metaphor.
The complete lack of evidence, even circumstantial (which is what the youtube video would be) that police are using tasers un-reasonably, even when you are calling for it does two things.
-Makes me wonder whether people are being tased for pointing a camera at a man with a taser
-Makes me wonder whether people are being tased by cops
Come on slashdot, show us a video or three of a cop using a taser on someone who was complying with their requests, provide that circumstantial evidence that tasers have lowered the barrier to a forceful response.
Currently its all he said/she said arguments, but the burden of proof is on those who say cops are using tasers inappropriately. So show us...
His example was just as valid as any other could be:
"Another device from the novel is the "Penfield Mood Organ," named for neurologist Wilder Penfield, which induces emotions in its users. The user can dial a setting to obtain a mood. Examples include "awareness of the manifold possibilities of the future," "desire to watch television, no matter what's on it," "pleased acknowledgement of husband's superior wisdom in all matters," and "desire to dial." Many users have a daily schedule of moods. The Mood Organ also has a setting for depression states, which contradict its original purpose to cheer up its user." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F
A device which can make you see god also sounds like the mercerism box in DADOES?
Its not the rarest meme in sci fi but YGBM (you gotta believe me) technology is well explored in a book I picked up called Rainbow's End, Vernor Vinge was the author I think.
1. The sense of touch; feeling. 2. The stroke in beating time. 3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances. ( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tact )
Tack
1. small nail with a flat head 2. loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth 3. (nautical) part of a sail (Wikipedia) specifically the lower corner on the leading edge of the sail relative to the direction of the wind. 4. (nautical) direction, hence approach try a different tack. Specifically a course or direction that enables the vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe. 5. part of the harnessing for a draft animal or riding animal, e.g. a horse pulling a wagon, or a riding horse. Includes bit, bridle and reins. ( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tack )
Tack No. 4
People miss this one all the time, you adopt a tack, tact is what I lack:-)
This is one of the big problems with most people. Don't take this as offensive it is not your fault at all, it is the fault of the media conglomerates and the capitalist ethic worldwide.
Your situation, in which you have a "real job", is probably more complicated than just that, even those people with real jobs can just up and walk away provided they have certain other obligations they haven't undertaken. Let us take a look at two potential life paths.
One: High-School, University and a part time job, "real job" to pay off student loans, car loan (because you need a nice new car to go with your job), credit card, credit card bills after you have bought that plasma TV (on special!!!), house loan with payments that you will have for the next 50 years.
With this particular plan you are never out from under debt or other long term commitments, you can't take 6 months off because that would mean missing credit card payments, car payments and house payments. This is the average Joe choice; this is the bane of smart people everywhere who haven't got a grasp on money. They start this job out of University (55k a year! wow, that's so much money!) then they start spending, they earn a little more, they spend a little more, they never clear their debts. This person, these people in fact, are everywhere
Two: High-School, University, 6 Months overseas on a working holiday, real job, paying off student loans and credit card from trip overseas, rent a property, don't buy too much junk, travel once a year till you are ready to give up your real job for a few months to do some real travelling or just settle down and get that new car (no one really cares if you have been driving that rust bucket since you were 17) the house and settle into the life everyone else is already stuck in if you want to.
Those student loans alone will be ok for you to travel with hanging over your head so long as you don't add a credit card and the rest to them. I am in the "Real job" stage of this plan, I spent 6 months working in Canada, I am about to go on a few weeks backpacking trip through SE Asia. When I get tired of this job, I will drive my rust bucket home to the place I rent and pack all my stuff up, drive it to my parents house and leave it under a tarp till I get back from wherever I end up.
These are choices you can make, they aren't the only choice, but they are always a choice. Buying a home ties you to it for a long time, a credit card debt is something you can't escape. I'm not preaching that my way is the only way, or that it is the way for you. I am just making the point that a "real job" isn't what is stopping you from jetting off for 6 months, it's your personal life-cruft that is doing it.
(I live in Australia where tertiary education debt is all government based and repayable on a "when you earn enough" basis, ymmv in US. Also, my real job is as a C# Developer)
If you can put some money into it, far and away the best way to do it, you can make it so that certain sections are editable, but upon reboot everything else is back how it was (EVERYTHING)
It seems like the magic bullet you are looking for. Combine it with your preferred flavour of Web Browser and voila: instant idiot proofing
I know I know, every time you build something idiot proof they build a better idiot. But it will be 60 years before those new idiots get to the retirement homes:-)
A serf is an indentured labourer who works on the land of the lord (not lord god, lord farthingsworth etc), I cant remember the term but you probably meant freeholder or something like that
Then start to realise that the purpose of this Consensus statement isnt to jack your profits or make your hard work all for nought or any of that rubbish you seem to be touting.
Imagine this:
A company has obtained the rights to produce and distribute a particular drug from a university. They are intending to distribute it to America and maybe England or Australia and maybe even parts of Europe. Its a new drug that costs maybe 200 bucks a course of pills. The pharmacy(drug store) might get 50 bucks out of that 200, the pharmaceutical company gets 150, of which alot has been spent on manufacturing and transport. They also pay royalites to the University. Leaving them with enough money to profit, finance some r&d of their own and so on.
They dont send this drug to the developing countries, its too expensive for the comapny to even consider, especially when you take into account the transport costs, and the low chance of anyone even being able to afford the damn things.
So there is an unequitable distribution of the drugs, the company has no intentions of distributing to the poorer countries, and the countries cant afford it.
The consensus doesnt want to mess with the profit of the areas above, it is suggesting that local pharmaceutical companies in poor countries be licensed to create the drug on a no-royalty basis, for distribution only within the country considered to be 'poor'
Its not the horrible profit eater you describe.
You also mention the black market, and you are correct in stating that the drug company in the developing country might try and sell the drug for cheap, you will get more spam offering 'cheap folagron' or whatever, but no actual harm is being done to anyone's profits. Its nigh on impossible to ship drugs into coutnries without some form of question being asked, and 5 bucks a pop isnt exactly profit central for drug smugglers, they are better off risking their lives (death sentence for drug smuggling in many 3rd world countries) for a more profitable and less legal drug.
"Sending them cheap drugs puts more strain on existing resources... new miracle drugs is greatly reduced."
See now this is a legitimate point. They need the education more than they need the drugs, but sadly they arent really ready for the education we can give them. Many attempts to educate 3rd world communities end up causing the educated to leave the communities, leaving behind the elders stuck in the old ways. Its sad, and its not working well, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt be trying.
Ultimately we need a better plan for 3rd world health, this is certainly an improvement over the existing situation, and does need to be considered.
I have skimmed over the NEGLECTED DISEASES and MEASURE RESEARCH SUCCESS ACCORDING TO IMPACT ON HUMAN WELFARE sections of the consensus, as have pretty much all the other posts when I started writing this. They are important because they represent a drive to reward research into diseases that affect third world countires more than the US, meaning that research into diseases caused by unpotable water, badly cooked food or exposure can be undertaken. It also calls for a re-alignment of the metrics of Research Success, stating that net benefit to the human race should be our main metric, not patents and royalties. Both of these are noble goals that will aid thrid world countries as much if not more than cheap drugs.
A QUOTE IN THE ARTICLE: 'Since Zune is a separate offering that is not part of the Plays For Sure ecosystem, Zune content is not supported on Plays For Sure devices.'
Indicating that in fact PLAYS FOR SURE DEVICES can't play ZUNE CONTENT Got that?
It does not indicate, as the title suggests, that ZUNE DEVICES can't play PLAYS FOR SURE CONTENT
It also fails to indicate anywhere else that this claim of incompatibility between plays for sure content and zune devices is warranted. Other incompatibilies are shown to exist, that is all.
"Electronic files containing personal data of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers may have been compromised by an ex-employee's unauthorized use of a computer, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday."
Lets read that again
Electronic files containing personal data of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers may have been compromised by an ex-employee's unauthorized use of a computer, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday.
EX-EMPLOYEEE! What the hell was an ex employee doing on site, surfing porn. Forget computational security, what about physical security.
In the words of Napoleon Dynamite "Freakin Idiot!"
Slashdot Mirror
Runaway, a Road Adventure: Nice call! I enjoyed that game alot, though the relationships seemes a little weird at times
Is a pixel bigger or smaller than an atom?
In Australia at least, and specifically in Sydney, there has been a push towards speed cameras in front of school zones.
The other half of that is that school zones have a 40km/h speed limit between the hours of 8:00-9:30am and 2:30-4:00pm to help reduce infant/schoolchild fatalities (which is a great idea).
Its pretty much accepted as truth that the speed cameras (fixed ones) will give you 10% leeway here, so doing 45km/h in a school zone is a fine, points from your license and a big inconvenience.
It certainly makes you slow down in front of the schools, but as the traffic is 90% local on those roads, its a shame we need incentive to save our children's, and our childrens friend's lives.
Now now, the CSIRO are actually a respectable scientific body that research and develop countless products, dont believe me? Have a look at 802.11n (for example)
From the Article:
"This plastic will help solve problems of small molecule separation, whether related to clean coal technology, separating greenhouse gases, increasing the energy efficiency of water purification, or producing and delivering energy from hydrogen," Dr Anita Hill of CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering said.
"The ability of the new plastic to separate small molecules surpasses the limits of any conventional plastics."
"It can separate carbon dioxide from natural gas a few hundred times faster than current plastic membranes and its performance is four times better in terms of purity of the separated gas."
All wishy washyness about the abilities of the substance is the editorialising of slashdot and the writer of the article
(802.11n link with a fairly complete look at the picture: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070924-dark-australian-patent-cloud-looms-over-802-11n-spec.html though it does kind of skirt around the fact that the CSIRO were ripped off in the past by the worldwide adoption clause and they are attempting to avoid the same again )
For a well measured and written comment, that certainly harbours alot of fear and mistrust. Do you have a basis for those fears or are they more of a phobia? Im wondering because when a country is destroyed and then left to moulder I can see why it would harbour resentment, but I was under the impression the US helped with Japan's rebuilding efforts.
With that welcoming attitude its a wonder they ever turn up at all!
haha, now I have an image in my head of those people on the roofs of skyscrapers in Independance Day, except they are all japanese and asking for their moon-probe-robotic-overlord back
More user friendly version here: http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm
For the trifling sum of 1.5 million dollars you too can be lairing it up in style...
:-p
"The Missile Base consists of 57 acres of real estate. The center secured portion of the property is protected by the original barbed-wire-topped chainlink fence. There is a paved road leading into the property with dual entry gates.
Above ground is the original 40 X 100 shop building, two concrete targeting structures, two manufactured homes, two 8 X 8 X 40 storage containers, and the silo tops of the three missile silos, two antenna silos, one entry portal and a few other misc structures.
Below ground is a huge complex consisting of 16 buildings and thousands of feet of connecting tunnels. The major underground structures are:
Three - 160' Tall Missile Silos
Three - 4 story Equipment Terminal Buildings
Three - Fuel Terminal Buildings
Two - 6 story Antenna Silos
One Air Intake/Filtration Building
One 100' diameter Control Dome Building
One 125' diameter Power Dome Building
One - 6 story Entry Portal Building
and a few other misc buildings and areas."
- http://www.themissilebase.com/
http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ1607QQihZ009QQitemZ190132455924QQrdZ1
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/10
If only I had the money and the crazy and the US citizenship necessary
-"Police spokeswoman Tammy Ewin initially said no pepper spray was used on protesters, but Sgt. Clint Winkler, a supervisor on duty, told The Associated Press he tried to use pepper spray on one woman who would not leave, but it hit her glasses. She was then subdued with a Taser, Winkler said."
- "Winkler said campus police tried to quell the march, and at one point protesters grabbed the camera of a freelance media photographer and broke it. City police tried to help and said some protesters fought the effort to break up the march.
- "That's when they were told, due to the violence, that this was no longer a lawful protest," Winkler said. "They were told to disperse, peacefully disperse, and failed to do so we started down the sidewalk _ officers in front, K-9's behind us, and started pushing the crowd down the sidewalk.""
- ""The response was way over the top," Meieran said. "Why in the (expletive) were they using Tasers on these nonviolent protesters in the first place? I heard no dispersal order. What they're saying is total (expletive).""
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0821-01.htm
- "I was taken to the ground by a police officer during that time
I was pepper sprayed the officer picked up my glasses sprayed my face
with the pepper spray. Once I got to the ground I was then tasered in
the thigh for what felt like an eternity. It was the most excruciating
pain I have ever felt. I felt like I was burning. My hand reached
down to feel what was on my leg and I felt an electrical shock running
through my entire body. I could not stop myself from screaming. It was
horrifying. I could not believe that after I had already been sprayed
and on the ground they would then proceed to taser me."
http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/20117.php
"McNeilly said the officers' use of pepper spray and Tasers
at the protest was justified because protestors had turned
from peaceful conduct to active resistance that became an assault on officers.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_374322.html
Hmmm, I'm not saying I support the use of a TASER in this case, but it's not exactly a clear cut case of police brutality. A peaceful protest turned violent and she was at the front of the line, wrong place and wrong time?
Hmm, a little more digging gets this:
"And a breakdown of events (from a local man posting on Digg, corroborated by the news):
1. A man, Edris Robinson, strikes a cameraman covering the event (later charged with assault)
2. The cameraman runs to get police
3. Robinson runs to the crowd
4. Police find Robinson, try to apprehend him
5. His girlfriend, Deanna Caliguiri, tries to pull him away (later plead guilty to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest)
6. The cops use pepper spray on Deanna, she continues to resist
7. The cops warn Deanna a few times that they will taser her
8. The cops taser her"
That site also states some of the action happens offscreen on the youtube video
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/342/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3559981
Make your own conclusions I suppose
Oh wait, another oped piece here with a longer youtube video tha pushes "tasers are bad":
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/19/14057/0584
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdH1G0KQt4 (again whatever happens that makes the cops taser the girl happens offscreen, but the video goes for 10 minutes)
You can tack, yes as in the usage "I tacked to take advantage of the wind conditions" or "we should tack now", but you can "adopt a tack", or "try a different tack". Both in the nautical sense and in other metaphorical senses. In this case he was stating a particular artistic direction taken by someone, which lends itself to the direction metaphor.
The complete lack of evidence, even circumstantial (which is what the youtube video would be) that police are using tasers un-reasonably, even when you are calling for it does two things.
-Makes me wonder whether people are being tased for pointing a camera at a man with a taser
-Makes me wonder whether people are being tased by cops
Come on slashdot, show us a video or three of a cop using a taser on someone who was complying with their requests, provide that circumstantial evidence that tasers have lowered the barrier to a forceful response.
Currently its all he said/she said arguments, but the burden of proof is on those who say cops are using tasers inappropriately. So show us...
His example was just as valid as any other could be:
"Another device from the novel is the "Penfield Mood Organ," named for neurologist Wilder Penfield, which induces emotions in its users. The user can dial a setting to obtain a mood. Examples include "awareness of the manifold possibilities of the future," "desire to watch television, no matter what's on it," "pleased acknowledgement of husband's superior wisdom in all matters," and "desire to dial." Many users have a daily schedule of moods. The Mood Organ also has a setting for depression states, which contradict its original purpose to cheer up its user." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F
A device which can make you see god also sounds like the mercerism box in DADOES?
Its not the rarest meme in sci fi but YGBM (you gotta believe me) technology is well explored in a book I picked up called Rainbow's End, Vernor Vinge was the author I think.
Tact
:-)
1. The sense of touch; feeling.
2. The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tact )
Tack
1. small nail with a flat head
2. loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth
3. (nautical) part of a sail (Wikipedia) specifically the lower corner on the leading edge of the sail relative to the direction of the wind.
4. (nautical) direction, hence approach try a different tack. Specifically a course or direction that enables the vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
5. part of the harnessing for a draft animal or riding animal, e.g. a horse pulling a wagon, or a riding horse. Includes bit, bridle and reins.
( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tack )
Tack No. 4
People miss this one all the time, you adopt a tack, tact is what I lack
http://www.michaelcrichton.net/books-next-history.html
Michael Crichton's Next: An interesting look at the problems with law and genetics. Worth a read if you are interested in the topic area
This is one of the big problems with most people. Don't take this as offensive it is not your fault at all, it is the fault of the media conglomerates and the capitalist ethic worldwide.
Your situation, in which you have a "real job", is probably more complicated than just that, even those people with real jobs can just up and walk away provided they have certain other obligations they haven't undertaken. Let us take a look at two potential life paths.
One:
High-School, University and a part time job, "real job" to pay off student loans, car loan (because you need a nice new car to go with your job), credit card, credit card bills after you have bought that plasma TV (on special!!!), house loan with payments that you will have for the next 50 years.
With this particular plan you are never out from under debt or other long term commitments, you can't take 6 months off because that would mean missing credit card payments, car payments and house payments. This is the average Joe choice; this is the bane of smart people everywhere who haven't got a grasp on money. They start this job out of University (55k a year! wow, that's so much money!) then they start spending, they earn a little more, they spend a little more, they never clear their debts. This person, these people in fact, are everywhere
Two:
High-School, University, 6 Months overseas on a working holiday, real job, paying off student loans and credit card from trip overseas, rent a property, don't buy too much junk, travel once a year till you are ready to give up your real job for a few months to do some real travelling or just settle down and get that new car (no one really cares if you have been driving that rust bucket since you were 17) the house and settle into the life everyone else is already stuck in if you want to.
Those student loans alone will be ok for you to travel with hanging over your head so long as you don't add a credit card and the rest to them. I am in the "Real job" stage of this plan, I spent 6 months working in Canada, I am about to go on a few weeks backpacking trip through SE Asia. When I get tired of this job, I will drive my rust bucket home to the place I rent and pack all my stuff up, drive it to my parents house and leave it under a tarp till I get back from wherever I end up.
These are choices you can make, they aren't the only choice, but they are always a choice. Buying a home ties you to it for a long time, a credit card debt is something you can't escape. I'm not preaching that my way is the only way, or that it is the way for you. I am just making the point that a "real job" isn't what is stopping you from jetting off for 6 months, it's your personal life-cruft that is doing it.
(I live in Australia where tertiary education debt is all government based and repayable on a "when you earn enough" basis, ymmv in US. Also, my real job is as a C# Developer)
If you can put some money into it, far and away the best way to do it, you can make it so that certain sections are editable, but upon reboot everything else is back how it was (EVERYTHING)
:-)
e )
It seems like the magic bullet you are looking for. Combine it with your preferred flavour of Web Browser and voila: instant idiot proofing
I know I know, every time you build something idiot proof they build a better idiot. But it will be 60 years before those new idiots get to the retirement homes
http://www.faronics.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_(softwar
A serf is an indentured labourer who works on the land of the lord (not lord god, lord farthingsworth etc), I cant remember the term but you probably meant freeholder or something like that
Im picking on you here, but there are others whose responses are equally off-target.
... new miracle drugs is greatly reduced."
Read the Consensus Statement again. Closely.
Then start to realise that the purpose of this Consensus statement isnt to jack your profits or make your hard work all for nought or any of that rubbish you seem to be touting.
Imagine this:
A company has obtained the rights to produce and distribute a particular drug from a university. They are intending to distribute it to America and maybe England or Australia and maybe even parts of Europe. Its a new drug that costs maybe 200 bucks a course of pills. The pharmacy(drug store) might get 50 bucks out of that 200, the pharmaceutical company gets 150, of which alot has been spent on manufacturing and transport. They also pay royalites to the University. Leaving them with enough money to profit, finance some r&d of their own and so on.
They dont send this drug to the developing countries, its too expensive for the comapny to even consider, especially when you take into account the transport costs, and the low chance of anyone even being able to afford the damn things.
So there is an unequitable distribution of the drugs, the company has no intentions of distributing to the poorer countries, and the countries cant afford it.
The consensus doesnt want to mess with the profit of the areas above, it is suggesting that local pharmaceutical companies in poor countries be licensed to create the drug on a no-royalty basis, for distribution only within the country considered to be 'poor'
Its not the horrible profit eater you describe.
You also mention the black market, and you are correct in stating that the drug company in the developing country might try and sell the drug for cheap, you will get more spam offering 'cheap folagron' or whatever, but no actual harm is being done to anyone's profits. Its nigh on impossible to ship drugs into coutnries without some form of question being asked, and 5 bucks a pop isnt exactly profit central for drug smugglers, they are better off risking their lives (death sentence for drug smuggling in many 3rd world countries) for a more profitable and less legal drug.
"Sending them cheap drugs puts more strain on existing resources
See now this is a legitimate point. They need the education more than they need the drugs, but sadly they arent really ready for the education we can give them. Many attempts to educate 3rd world communities end up causing the educated to leave the communities, leaving behind the elders stuck in the old ways. Its sad, and its not working well, but that doesnt mean we shouldnt be trying.
Ultimately we need a better plan for 3rd world health, this is certainly an improvement over the existing situation, and does need to be considered.
I have skimmed over the NEGLECTED DISEASES and MEASURE RESEARCH SUCCESS ACCORDING TO IMPACT ON HUMAN WELFARE sections of the consensus, as have pretty much all the other posts when I started writing this. They are important because they represent a drive to reward research into diseases that affect third world countires more than the US, meaning that research into diseases caused by unpotable water, badly cooked food or exposure can be undertaken. It also calls for a re-alignment of the metrics of Research Success, stating that net benefit to the human race should be our main metric, not patents and royalties. Both of these are noble goals that will aid thrid world countries as much if not more than cheap drugs.
A QUOTE IN THE ARTICLE: 'Since Zune is a separate offering that is not part of the Plays For Sure ecosystem, Zune content is not supported on Plays For Sure devices.'
Indicating that in fact PLAYS FOR SURE DEVICES can't play ZUNE CONTENT
Got that?
It does not indicate, as the title suggests, that ZUNE DEVICES can't play PLAYS FOR SURE CONTENT
It also fails to indicate anywhere else that this claim of incompatibility between plays for sure content and zune devices is warranted. Other incompatibilies are shown to exist, that is all.
Im not familiar with this concept of "ex-D&D'ers"
Once you have partaken of the fruit, the taint never leaves you
I was going to make some sort of joke along the lines of:
"What happened to you privacy, you used to be cool"
"Privacy is still cool..."
And then I realised the next line was "...you pay later, later"
And it struck me that we will. Privacy is no longer cool, and we will pay, later.
In america: A Lawsuit
What is it in something useful like, say...
rods per hogshead?
(for all those about to find out for me: google tells me that 3 145 miles per gallon = 63 403 200 rods per hogshead)
Heres an important point you gloss over
Small Full Game = Small Full Game
even if it is old
FTA:
"Electronic files containing personal data of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers may have been compromised by an ex-employee's unauthorized use of a computer, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday."
Lets read that again
Electronic files containing personal data of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers may have been compromised by an ex-employee's unauthorized use of a computer, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday.
EX-EMPLOYEEE!
What the hell was an ex employee doing on site, surfing porn. Forget computational security, what about physical security.
In the words of Napoleon Dynamite "Freakin Idiot!"