If they're uncontacted, then how do we know they're uncontacted? I mean, unless you ask them whether they've interacted with a modern person before, how can you be absolutely sure they haven't?
Besides, one of the guys in the picture looks like he's wearing chucks.
The only problem I see with this solution is that the 500 meters between the user and his cable-connected neighbor may run across the property of others, who may not appreciate having a trench dug through their land.
I seem to recall other people building their own low-cost, directional, wireless bridges using things like soda cans and the like. This might be a less obtrusive and easier-to-install solution.
Exactly right. Though I would not go so far as to say that it is "unfortunate" that oil companies are making huge profits. All that's happening is that they are selling more of their product than they've ever sold before. If you sell more milk, or hamburgers, or pruning shears, or WHATEVER you sell, you make more money. It's that simple. And the demand for oil-based products in China, India and other parts of the developing world is driving up the price.
I tell people, "If you want to stick it to the oil companies, get a car with better gas mileage." If you get rid of your 15mpg SUV and get a 30mpg compact you've just cut your need for gas in half, and you'll be paying the oil company half of what you used to pay.
The only reason people are upset is because they want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to drive 8000lb SUV's and not pay a premium to do it.
First of all tornados only affect a small area at a time. A storm might take out one or two turbines on a wind farm, but not all of them. That's no reason not to build them.
Secondly, there was no tornado in Alice In Wonderland. You are perhaps thinking of The Wizard Of Oz.
I read TFA and was perplexed by the question of "ugliness" of the wind turbines. I've been by the wind farm in Weatherford, Oklahoma and I don't think the towers look ugly at all. I would be happy to have them on my land, especially if they were generating income. They are certainly better looking than oil grasshoppers and their associated storage tanks.
I am a deeply religious person. I fervently believe in a personal, Christian God. Yet I cringe when I see other theists quote Einstein in an effort to support the possibility of God, or to indicate that Einstein believed in God.
I think Einstein, like many of us, had a deeply ingrained desire to "understand it all", and much of what he said in a philosophical context was an expression of his humility at not being able to fully comprehend the universe.
Religiosity seems to be built into us. Some even theorize that it's in our genetic makeup, and explains how we modern humans have flourished as a species these last 10,000 years since we arrived on the evolutionary scene. Belief is what makes us human, or as Terry Pratchett put it in Hogfather, "Take the universe, grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice; one molecule of mercy. And yet you act as if there were some sort of rightness in the universe by which it might be judged." Indeed, even the staunchest atheist can have the most fervent ardor for justice and mercy and compassion and sacrifice.
There is nothing wrong with belief in something that is greater than yourself, and I think if Einstein were here, he would shake his head in shame at the rantings of theists and atheists alike.
I'm not sure what the point here is. It's sort of like those posters that used hang in Sherwin Williams stores informing us that paint is actually cheap when compared to the cost of an equal amount of nail polish.
It's impossible to give someone good advice without knowing them well, but I will offer what little wisdom I've discovered.
I have been through a similar phase. What I discovered is that focusing on my career as a way of defining my life was the problem. In my case the problem was more of a spiritual void which needed to be filled. Once I began satisfying that need, things improved considerably, even with my career.
I'm not saying you have to "get religion" necessarily, I'm just suggesting that perhaps a career change is not what you really need.
If you have physical access to a computer, you can read the hard disk of any computer now -- Windows or otherwise -- without some special gizmo. All you need is a Linux live CD, or something like that.
Frankly, I don't understand the need for this gizmo in the first place.
I don't know if everything he says is correct, but I think many of his observations are right on the money.
Personally, I find television impossible to watch these days. Not only are there too many ads, but there is too much "chatter" -- spots the networks put in to hype up their own shows. At every break one is treated to the same 30 second spot promoting "shark week", or something. All of the repetition becomes too irritating.
For a couple of years, I watched almost no TV at all. Then I got a Tivo, and that helped. But since the writer's strike, I have found that even with the Tivo, I'm deleting about as many shows as I watch. During the strike, I didn't watch reruns, so I found other things to do. It would appear that there are better things to do with my time, and not all of them involve the internet.
I'm 45, and even I am looking for the mouse behind the screen.
All of us who are programmers have accidentally deleted important information at least once or twice. This kind of error can be forgiven, since we all make mistakes. But there is NO excuse for Charter to not have had a backup of those email accounts before erasing them. Even the most novice programmer, NA or DBA knows that when there is the potential for fiddling with important data, you make sure there is a backup of that data somewhere. I'd be shocked if there were not a class action lawsuit in the works. I know the loss of all my email would be worth a lot more than $50 to me.
P.J. O'Rourke explored global economics in his book Eat The Rich. What he discovered in his travels is that it doesn't matter what fundamental system a nation chooses to run on (capitalism, socialism, etc.) there are two basic ideas which must be in place in order for people to thrive economically: 1)rule of law. 2)personal property rights. Why does socialism work in Sweden, but not in Cuba? Why does rampant capitalism work in Hong Kong, but not in Albania? The differences are rule of law and private property rights. These are the building blocks of any successful economic system. "Market forces" are meaningless in and of themselves.
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Taking into consideration computer security issues, I think I'll pass.
t's a pretty silly idea, but everyone has their own vision of nirvana.
Or, perhaps in this case, nerdvana.
The trouble with Chinese OpenOffice: thirty minutes after I'm done writing a document, I want to write it again.
Wow, imagine having a banana named after you. I bet Michel was popular with the ladies...
If they're uncontacted, then how do we know they're uncontacted? I mean, unless you ask them whether they've interacted with a modern person before, how can you be absolutely sure they haven't?
Besides, one of the guys in the picture looks like he's wearing chucks.
Deep down Bill Gates knows that he's about as innovative as duckweed.
Damn! It wouldn't calculate driving directions!
You know, I looked at that picture and thought, "that makes a good work of abstract art. That would look nice hanging on my wall."
The only problem I see with this solution is that the 500 meters between the user and his cable-connected neighbor may run across the property of others, who may not appreciate having a trench dug through their land.
I seem to recall other people building their own low-cost, directional, wireless bridges using things like soda cans and the like. This might be a less obtrusive and easier-to-install solution.
Exactly right. Though I would not go so far as to say that it is "unfortunate" that oil companies are making huge profits. All that's happening is that they are selling more of their product than they've ever sold before. If you sell more milk, or hamburgers, or pruning shears, or WHATEVER you sell, you make more money. It's that simple. And the demand for oil-based products in China, India and other parts of the developing world is driving up the price.
I tell people, "If you want to stick it to the oil companies, get a car with better gas mileage." If you get rid of your 15mpg SUV and get a 30mpg compact you've just cut your need for gas in half, and you'll be paying the oil company half of what you used to pay.
The only reason people are upset is because they want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to drive 8000lb SUV's and not pay a premium to do it.
First of all tornados only affect a small area at a time. A storm might take out one or two turbines on a wind farm, but not all of them. That's no reason not to build them.
Secondly, there was no tornado in Alice In Wonderland. You are perhaps thinking of The Wizard Of Oz.
I read TFA and was perplexed by the question of "ugliness" of the wind turbines. I've been by the wind farm in Weatherford, Oklahoma and I don't think the towers look ugly at all. I would be happy to have them on my land, especially if they were generating income. They are certainly better looking than oil grasshoppers and their associated storage tanks.
I am a deeply religious person. I fervently believe in a personal, Christian God. Yet I cringe when I see other theists quote Einstein in an effort to support the possibility of God, or to indicate that Einstein believed in God.
I think Einstein, like many of us, had a deeply ingrained desire to "understand it all", and much of what he said in a philosophical context was an expression of his humility at not being able to fully comprehend the universe.
Religiosity seems to be built into us. Some even theorize that it's in our genetic makeup, and explains how we modern humans have flourished as a species these last 10,000 years since we arrived on the evolutionary scene. Belief is what makes us human, or as Terry Pratchett put it in Hogfather, "Take the universe, grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice; one molecule of mercy. And yet you act as if there were some sort of rightness in the universe by which it might be judged." Indeed, even the staunchest atheist can have the most fervent ardor for justice and mercy and compassion and sacrifice.
There is nothing wrong with belief in something that is greater than yourself, and I think if Einstein were here, he would shake his head in shame at the rantings of theists and atheists alike.
I'm not sure what the point here is. It's sort of like those posters that used hang in Sherwin Williams stores informing us that paint is actually cheap when compared to the cost of an equal amount of nail polish.
It's impossible to give someone good advice without knowing them well, but I will offer what little wisdom I've discovered.
I have been through a similar phase. What I discovered is that focusing on my career as a way of defining my life was the problem. In my case the problem was more of a spiritual void which needed to be filled. Once I began satisfying that need, things improved considerably, even with my career.
I'm not saying you have to "get religion" necessarily, I'm just suggesting that perhaps a career change is not what you really need.
If you have physical access to a computer, you can read the hard disk of any computer now -- Windows or otherwise -- without some special gizmo. All you need is a Linux live CD, or something like that.
Frankly, I don't understand the need for this gizmo in the first place.
I don't know if everything he says is correct, but I think many of his observations are right on the money.
Personally, I find television impossible to watch these days. Not only are there too many ads, but there is too much "chatter" -- spots the networks put in to hype up their own shows. At every break one is treated to the same 30 second spot promoting "shark week", or something. All of the repetition becomes too irritating.
For a couple of years, I watched almost no TV at all. Then I got a Tivo, and that helped. But since the writer's strike, I have found that even with the Tivo, I'm deleting about as many shows as I watch. During the strike, I didn't watch reruns, so I found other things to do. It would appear that there are better things to do with my time, and not all of them involve the internet.
I'm 45, and even I am looking for the mouse behind the screen.
Autum isn't a word, but Autumn is the same as Fall.
I read TFA and I have only a vague idea what the author is talking about.
I can't wait to get my jet pack. Hobnobbing with Howard Hughes, fighting Nazis, and best of all, dating Jennifer Connelly. That's the life for me!
All of us who are programmers have accidentally deleted important information at least once or twice. This kind of error can be forgiven, since we all make mistakes. But there is NO excuse for Charter to not have had a backup of those email accounts before erasing them. Even the most novice programmer, NA or DBA knows that when there is the potential for fiddling with important data, you make sure there is a backup of that data somewhere. I'd be shocked if there were not a class action lawsuit in the works. I know the loss of all my email would be worth a lot more than $50 to me.
P.J. O'Rourke explored global economics in his book Eat The Rich. What he discovered in his travels is that it doesn't matter what fundamental system a nation chooses to run on (capitalism, socialism, etc.) there are two basic ideas which must be in place in order for people to thrive economically: 1)rule of law. 2)personal property rights. Why does socialism work in Sweden, but not in Cuba? Why does rampant capitalism work in Hong Kong, but not in Albania? The differences are rule of law and private property rights. These are the building blocks of any successful economic system. "Market forces" are meaningless in and of themselves.
I'd have to agree with that idea. My company uses YIM, for example.
Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Conversion...60% efficient...
Heck, everyone knows you get more from a big Johnson.
"Insecure?". Yeah, nobody wants a clingy Wi-Fi.