If at some point in the future sea levels rise by a meter or so, flooding might become a common event in Boston
Dont disagree with any of your post. But (maybe OT) the Boston Globe ran a front-page story a few years ago with a map of Boston showing it mostly under water. The article and caption said the map was a projection of the effects of sea level rise due to global warming (over 50 years IIRC). There was no other explanation of the map in the article. I finally found the source of the map in a research article that explained it better... yes it assumed worst-case sea level rise from GW, but coupled with a category 5 hurricane storm surge at peak high tide. A projection not taking GW into account showed little difference. It's an example of terrible reporting and fear-mongering, even though it was factual and possibly not even intentionally misleading. It's a good example of the need to be skeptical over any claims from either camp, and that skepticism isnt always 'mocking'.
I went to debunk your Venice claims but far as I can tell its not wrong. Venice is sinking faster, or slower, or not at all, due to aquifer depletion, water composition, foundation decomposition, or tectonics. All depending on which study you read last. But sea level rise does seem to be the significant factor far as I can tell. However I took the comment about "geologically stable tide gauges" as a reasonable caveat to avoid cherry picking data from differing inputs, something both pro- and anti-GW camps have been known to do.
True, but summary says one (Alec Loorz) is 18. And since they are referred to as 'plaintiffs' I assume the rest are 18+ (old enough to sue but not old enough to drink!). But legal guardians or not we probably agree they're being used by they parents/teachers/lawyer/etc.
I think I'll ask my eldest... to file a "Friend of the Court" brief.
Awesome! I can have *my* eldest file a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, since if they use *any* electricity, fossil fuels, or manufactured products, they are as culpable as anyone else. If they can prove damages against them the same evidence proves they have damaged everyone else. This way we can expedite turning this into the circus side show it's predestined to become. And, if these kids are looking for a 'learning experience' then they can learn how screwed up the legal system is and how much it sucks to have it turned against them.
I'll have to read it a few more times but I think I get it. Interesting idea but Im not convinced it cant be gamed against the little guys. Im also not sure it allows for a fair hearing on merits if the dispute is genuine, both for the small company and big company (giving small companies unfair advantage would be even worse than what we have now). But I do like you're line of thinking.
Another approach might be to adopt some form of SLAPP legislation (see wikipedia) which can be invoked if a plaintiff or defendant can make a reasonable case that the other party is abusing the legal process with the primary intent to harass or outspend. I havent done a lot of research but I've heard cases that SLAPP has been very successful in protecting litigants from incurring obscene legal costs. The problem, as always, is getting a legislature to act against the interests of the legal and megacorp lobbies.
Its worse. Microsoft steals your work, you sue them, they spend 1M to crush you, and under Submitter's plan you would pay treble damages.
No, the only plan I can come up with is to sell your patent to a troll with cash reserves in exchange for something like 10% of their winnings if they successfully sue MS. Lunacy like that is where we are headed, the blood sucking lawyers will make sure of it.
Am I the only one that read that at first as "photo of my wife in wet concrete"? You had me thinking about stopping at Lowes on the way home for a bag of Quikrete and a few bottles of wine...
Sure, but according to your link "He got back his seat in the academy, remarried, and lived apparently happily for another 21 years." I can think of quite a few people that would call that an enviable "win"!
Ive had maybe a dozen fail in the last 5 years. I'd say that most of them were 100W-equivalent lamps in open sockets or ceiling flood fixtures, both places where heat shouldnt be a problem (both heat buildup and ambient temperature). The failed ones all seem to have been subjected to high heat with lots of discoloration around where the glass bonded to the shell. I always assumed, correctly or not, that the internal switching supplies just turned to junk after a few years of use due to cheap components. Other bulbs on the same circuits in similar fixtures havent died, so while it could still be dirty power that wouldnt be my first guess. Occam's Razor says cheap components and cheap manufacturing processes... wouldnt be the first time cheap solder flux absorbed water or corroded a connection, or that a manufacturer skipped a PCB wash step knowing a failure was at least two years out.
I wonder how you would go about dating the rocks on Mars.
Oh, same as here. Treat it with respect, bring some flowers, take it to see a movie, compliment it on its geological features, and dont try to bang two rocks together right away.
This is lost on most of the right-wing assholes who worship the thugs-in-blue, however.
I dont know any right-wing assholes that worship the thugs in blue, and Im a right wing asshole. Seriously, why does this always end up being a left/right issue? Maybe left-wing assholes think its OK to abuse right-wing assholes and vice versa, but I'd hazard to say "this is lost on people whose party affiliation is more important than their objectivity' which seems to be just about everyone these days. I was 100% with you until that last sentence sand-bagged any credibility you built up to that point.
I dont remember them ever malfunctioning. The officer just explained that gosh, he'd love to show me the data but seeing as he told me to stay in the car then looking at the radar would be Disobeying A Police Officer, Interfering With An Investigation, Resisting Arrest, and possibly Accidentally Falling On A Nightstick In A Public Place. Not to mention that He Never Said That, and if I could prove he did it would be a Violation Of Federal Wiretap Laws (speaking in leading caps is a cool skill they teach in cop school).
Variation on the Jedi Mind Trick: "You dont need to see the radar. I gave you a break so you should thank me for this ticket. These are not the droids you're looking for. Move along."
Yes he was, and he would have fought. But Apple shareholders didnt seem to have the same enthusiasm for him using 'every last penny' to fight Android. With his leadership personality and winning track record the shareholders probably stayed quiet, but with Steve gone I doubt the shareholders will sit by and watch their money and resources being spent on a vendetta. A settlement is the right move, everyone wins. Except the money grubbing lawyers of course.
+1 Agree. Im worried that the most obvious next step is a new 'feature' for search that would let me specify "Show Dick Cheney's Results". Dont get me wrong, that could be Fun & Useful, but presumably Dick Cheney would be clicking on "Show RenderSeven's Results". Or "Show Everyone That Clicked On This Result". Its not hard to imagine the FBI and DHS automating a lot of enemy lists based on mining this data. "Do No Evil" doesnt enter into it: its as simple as that if someone collects that data then its a given someone will use it, and not necessarily for its intended purpose.
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If at some point in the future sea levels rise by a meter or so, flooding might become a common event in Boston
Dont disagree with any of your post. But (maybe OT) the Boston Globe ran a front-page story a few years ago with a map of Boston showing it mostly under water. The article and caption said the map was a projection of the effects of sea level rise due to global warming (over 50 years IIRC). There was no other explanation of the map in the article. I finally found the source of the map in a research article that explained it better... yes it assumed worst-case sea level rise from GW, but coupled with a category 5 hurricane storm surge at peak high tide. A projection not taking GW into account showed little difference. It's an example of terrible reporting and fear-mongering, even though it was factual and possibly not even intentionally misleading. It's a good example of the need to be skeptical over any claims from either camp, and that skepticism isnt always 'mocking'.
I went to debunk your Venice claims but far as I can tell its not wrong. Venice is sinking faster, or slower, or not at all, due to aquifer depletion, water composition, foundation decomposition, or tectonics. All depending on which study you read last. But sea level rise does seem to be the significant factor far as I can tell. However I took the comment about "geologically stable tide gauges" as a reasonable caveat to avoid cherry picking data from differing inputs, something both pro- and anti-GW camps have been known to do.
Since when was TV News anything other than gutter-level TV?
FTFY
True, but summary says one (Alec Loorz) is 18. And since they are referred to as 'plaintiffs' I assume the rest are 18+ (old enough to sue but not old enough to drink!). But legal guardians or not we probably agree they're being used by they parents/teachers/lawyer/etc.
I think I'll ask my eldest... to file a "Friend of the Court" brief.
Awesome! I can have *my* eldest file a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, since if they use *any* electricity, fossil fuels, or manufactured products, they are as culpable as anyone else. If they can prove damages against them the same evidence proves they have damaged everyone else. This way we can expedite turning this into the circus side show it's predestined to become. And, if these kids are looking for a 'learning experience' then they can learn how screwed up the legal system is and how much it sucks to have it turned against them.
Maybe it overheated?
... people probably would have some sort of terminal illness...
Like a murder conviction in Texas?
I'll have to read it a few more times but I think I get it. Interesting idea but Im not convinced it cant be gamed against the little guys. Im also not sure it allows for a fair hearing on merits if the dispute is genuine, both for the small company and big company (giving small companies unfair advantage would be even worse than what we have now). But I do like you're line of thinking.
Another approach might be to adopt some form of SLAPP legislation (see wikipedia) which can be invoked if a plaintiff or defendant can make a reasonable case that the other party is abusing the legal process with the primary intent to harass or outspend. I havent done a lot of research but I've heard cases that SLAPP has been very successful in protecting litigants from incurring obscene legal costs. The problem, as always, is getting a legislature to act against the interests of the legal and megacorp lobbies.
Its worse. Microsoft steals your work, you sue them, they spend 1M to crush you, and under Submitter's plan you would pay treble damages.
No, the only plan I can come up with is to sell your patent to a troll with cash reserves in exchange for something like 10% of their winnings if they successfully sue MS. Lunacy like that is where we are headed, the blood sucking lawyers will make sure of it.
Am I the only one that read that at first as "photo of my wife in wet concrete"? You had me thinking about stopping at Lowes on the way home for a bag of Quikrete and a few bottles of wine...
Overhearing in the kitchen whats going in the master bedroom is usually the bigger problem ;)
Sure, but according to your link "He got back his seat in the academy, remarried, and lived apparently happily for another 21 years." I can think of quite a few people that would call that an enviable "win"!
Ive had maybe a dozen fail in the last 5 years. I'd say that most of them were 100W-equivalent lamps in open sockets or ceiling flood fixtures, both places where heat shouldnt be a problem (both heat buildup and ambient temperature). The failed ones all seem to have been subjected to high heat with lots of discoloration around where the glass bonded to the shell. I always assumed, correctly or not, that the internal switching supplies just turned to junk after a few years of use due to cheap components. Other bulbs on the same circuits in similar fixtures havent died, so while it could still be dirty power that wouldnt be my first guess. Occam's Razor says cheap components and cheap manufacturing processes... wouldnt be the first time cheap solder flux absorbed water or corroded a connection, or that a manufacturer skipped a PCB wash step knowing a failure was at least two years out.
Whats driving the inverter? I assume you're off-grid more or less, and I'm always interested in success stories.
I wonder how you would go about dating the rocks on Mars.
Oh, same as here. Treat it with respect, bring some flowers, take it to see a movie, compliment it on its geological features, and dont try to bang two rocks together right away.
This is lost on most of the right-wing assholes who worship the thugs-in-blue, however.
I dont know any right-wing assholes that worship the thugs in blue, and Im a right wing asshole. Seriously, why does this always end up being a left/right issue? Maybe left-wing assholes think its OK to abuse right-wing assholes and vice versa, but I'd hazard to say "this is lost on people whose party affiliation is more important than their objectivity' which seems to be just about everyone these days. I was 100% with you until that last sentence sand-bagged any credibility you built up to that point.
Which is why we should have installed speakers in Congress years ago. Screaming politicians could generate scads of Green Energy!
Most people think that 'petabytes' is somehow related to child pornography, 'exabytes' is a skin disease, and 'zettabytes' is a video game character.
I dont remember them ever malfunctioning. The officer just explained that gosh, he'd love to show me the data but seeing as he told me to stay in the car then looking at the radar would be Disobeying A Police Officer, Interfering With An Investigation, Resisting Arrest, and possibly Accidentally Falling On A Nightstick In A Public Place. Not to mention that He Never Said That, and if I could prove he did it would be a Violation Of Federal Wiretap Laws (speaking in leading caps is a cool skill they teach in cop school).
Variation on the Jedi Mind Trick: "You dont need to see the radar. I gave you a break so you should thank me for this ticket. These are not the droids you're looking for. Move along."
Yes he was, and he would have fought. But Apple shareholders didnt seem to have the same enthusiasm for him using 'every last penny' to fight Android. With his leadership personality and winning track record the shareholders probably stayed quiet, but with Steve gone I doubt the shareholders will sit by and watch their money and resources being spent on a vendetta. A settlement is the right move, everyone wins. Except the money grubbing lawyers of course.
Thats about the most level-headed and insightful thing Ive read today. Too bad youre an AC and no one will read it.
Thats perversely brilliant! No one stupid enough to do that knows how to change their SSID!
(And I always wondered why my neighbor's WiFi was named 'password'...)
Oh, I dont know... I'd say the last few wars have been an education of sorts...
COMPUTER SCIENCE: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.
- Stan Kelly-Bootle
All the hand-wringing is because certain politicians are upset that we're not stealing all of it from the haves.
FTFY
+1 Agree. Im worried that the most obvious next step is a new 'feature' for search that would let me specify "Show Dick Cheney's Results". Dont get me wrong, that could be Fun & Useful, but presumably Dick Cheney would be clicking on "Show RenderSeven's Results". Or "Show Everyone That Clicked On This Result". Its not hard to imagine the FBI and DHS automating a lot of enemy lists based on mining this data. "Do No Evil" doesnt enter into it: its as simple as that if someone collects that data then its a given someone will use it, and not necessarily for its intended purpose.