Actually, if it were not for the printing press, the Reformation might not have occurred at all (and not for the reasons one might think).
It was the printing press which made it possible for the Roman Catholic Church to print out screeds of indulgences. And it was this practice of selling indulgences which (largely) led to Martin Luther's revolt.
Considering that there are only a few hundred plants like this in the U.S. (if that many), I think we're going to be many thousands of plants short.
And I don't want to be too much of a wet blanket, but is the environmental benefit really what it appears to be? That is to say, whereas we may be doing something about the pollution inherent in animal processing, aren't we just creating another pollutant? Namely, oil?
Not trying to be a troll. It's a serious question.
"If an employee has at least one Hour of Service during a Plan year commencing on or after October 1, 1989 and has received credit for five (5) or more Credited Years of Service, or has not received credit for five (5) or more Credited Years of Service but his aggregate Credited Years of Service completed before his Break in Service exceed the number of his consecutive Break in Service Years, has a Break in Service, then such Employee's Credited Years of Service completed prior to his Break in Service shall be aggregated with Credited Years of Service completed after his Break in Service for all Purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credited Years of Service shall be considered which were to be disregarded as of September 30, 1989 under the plan provisions then in effect."
It had to be written in RPGII on a System 36, no less.
All right then. Scratch "nuclear winter." Pencil-in "large volcanic eruption." The explosion of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia in 1815 comes to mind. It shot huge amounts of soot and ash in the air. It has been blamed for "the year without a summer" (1816).
So, it seems that at some point, more "stuff" in the air equates to a cooling effect. My question is, if pollution does not provide a cooling effect, at what point does it start doing so?
BTW, thanks for posting the link to the Crichton speech. It's very good.
Let me preface my comment to say that I may not understand your point.
What I'm trying to say is that IP is just too easy to replicate to be considered very valuable. We've seen too many companies who jealously guard their source code go under. It is just too easy for someone else to create something that works the same or better.
Let's take a tangible asset like gold, for example: It becomes valuable because of the work that goes into digging it up out of the ground and refining it. For any individual gold nugget, that work cannot be duplicated.
Now look at "intellectual property." All it represents is an idea. The work that went into creating it can be quite easily duplicated. If Shakespeare wants to depend on the uniqueness of Romeo And Juliet to support himself, he's a fool, because lots of people can churn out what is essentially the same story and make a living out of it (and they have).
I could just see myself explaining to my insurance agent:
"My computer got struck by lightning. I had lots of source code on it which represented hours of my effort. I estimate it was worth $100,000."
After he finished laughing he would probably throw me out of the office.
IP is a house of cards.
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...to play Zaphod.
Maybe Alec Baldwin?
No, wait. Sorry. He's two-faced.
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OK. But I have a question. At what point does more "stuff" in the air have a cooling, rather than warming effect? We've talked for years about a "nuclear winter" wherein the dust, soot and smoke kicked up by a nuclear war would block out the sun and cause the Earth to cool.
IOW, at some point, less light does equal less heat.
From the article:...Why are workers abroad able to produce our technology at all? The reason is because they know how to -- because they have our intellectual property...
Or, maybe it is because that "intellectual property" is an illusion. Cooking code is similar to cooking food. Recipes are copied, modified, and otherwise replicated, but no one considers them "intellectual property" because, well, it's stupid. It's easy to taste a dish and, with some experimentation, come up with a dish that is almost identical (and sometimes better). Programming is really no different.
The fault is with the companies who have built themselves upon the "sand" of IP, rather than the "bedrock" of tangible assets.
Yes, I see where you're going, but you're wrong. There is a difference between appearance (black) and behavior (gay). It is wrong to persecute someone on appearance. To discriminate based on behavior is not only correct, it is sometimes necessary.
Hate to pop your bubble, but I can answer the question: Dinosaurs DID NOT build cities, space programs, etc. How do I know? They didn't have opposable thumbs.
Can't build much without being able to grasp something securely.
For many years now I have thought that environmentalists; in fact, every urbanite who has had to deal with traffic jams and sprawl, have been somewhat misguided in their attempts to solve traffic, fuel, and pollution problems, by suggesting expensive solutions involving light-rail, busing, or other forms of mass transit.
Instead, they should be focusing on how businesses can be encouraged to get employees to telecommute. It's not for everybody, but I'll wager that 20% or more of the nation's work force could probably work just as well out of their homes.
Telecommuters don't pollute, don't waste gas, don't cause traffic jams, don't have traffic accidents. The savings to local governments and individuals could be enormous. Businesses save too because they need less office space and therefore expend less energy heating, cooling, and maintaining that space.
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Actually, if it were not for the printing press, the Reformation might not have occurred at all (and not for the reasons one might think).
It was the printing press which made it possible for the Roman Catholic Church to print out screeds of indulgences. And it was this practice of selling indulgences which (largely) led to Martin Luther's revolt.
Er, there might be the potential for a few hundred such plants at the most. We're going to be several thousand plants short.
Of couse, I'm just thinking about animal processing here. Perhaps the process could be applied to garbage as well. I'll admit I might be wrong.
Considering that there are only a few hundred plants like this in the U.S. (if that many), I think we're going to be many thousands of plants short.
And I don't want to be too much of a wet blanket, but is the environmental benefit really what it appears to be? That is to say, whereas we may be doing something about the pollution inherent in animal processing, aren't we just creating another pollutant? Namely, oil?
Not trying to be a troll. It's a serious question.
Surely they won't be punished or rewarded in the same manner in real life.
True. The less-talented one will be promoted to management.
From the website: "It is important to remember that e-rater is an embedded real-time application; it is not software."
Huh? How can it NOT be software? I smell snake oil.
I just hope it's better than Microsoft Word's grammar checker. It's worse than no grammar checker at all.
"If an employee has at least one Hour of Service during a Plan year commencing on or after October 1, 1989 and has received credit for five (5) or more Credited Years of Service, or has not received credit for five (5) or more Credited Years of Service but his aggregate Credited Years of Service completed before his Break in Service exceed the number of his consecutive Break in Service Years, has a Break in Service, then such Employee's Credited Years of Service completed prior to his Break in Service shall be aggregated with Credited Years of Service completed after his Break in Service for all Purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Credited Years of Service shall be considered which were to be disregarded as of September 30, 1989 under the plan provisions then in effect."
It had to be written in RPGII on a System 36, no less.
I was pretty sure I had this problem solved once. But the company wouldn't let me install the shock collars.
I know this because my wife is constantly changing places with her parallel self.
I don't know how she does it, but I can find no other explanation for such incredible personality swings.
All right then. Scratch "nuclear winter." Pencil-in "large volcanic eruption." The explosion of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia in 1815 comes to mind. It shot huge amounts of soot and ash in the air. It has been blamed for "the year without a summer" (1816).
So, it seems that at some point, more "stuff" in the air equates to a cooling effect. My question is, if pollution does not provide a cooling effect, at what point does it start doing so?
BTW, thanks for posting the link to the Crichton speech. It's very good.
Let me preface my comment to say that I may not understand your point.
What I'm trying to say is that IP is just too easy to replicate to be considered very valuable. We've seen too many companies who jealously guard their source code go under. It is just too easy for someone else to create something that works the same or better.
Let's take a tangible asset like gold, for example: It becomes valuable because of the work that goes into digging it up out of the ground and refining it. For any individual gold nugget, that work cannot be duplicated.
Now look at "intellectual property." All it represents is an idea. The work that went into creating it can be quite easily duplicated. If Shakespeare wants to depend on the uniqueness of Romeo And Juliet to support himself, he's a fool, because lots of people can churn out what is essentially the same story and make a living out of it (and they have).
I could just see myself explaining to my insurance agent:
"My computer got struck by lightning. I had lots of source code on it which represented hours of my effort. I estimate it was worth $100,000."
After he finished laughing he would probably throw me out of the office.
IP is a house of cards.
...to play Zaphod.
Maybe Alec Baldwin?
No, wait. Sorry. He's two-faced.
OK. But I have a question. At what point does more "stuff" in the air have a cooling, rather than warming effect? We've talked for years about a "nuclear winter" wherein the dust, soot and smoke kicked up by a nuclear war would block out the sun and cause the Earth to cool.
IOW, at some point, less light does equal less heat.
From the article: ...Why are workers abroad able to produce our technology at all? The reason is because they know how to -- because they have our intellectual property...
Or, maybe it is because that "intellectual property" is an illusion. Cooking code is similar to cooking food. Recipes are copied, modified, and otherwise replicated, but no one considers them "intellectual property" because, well, it's stupid. It's easy to taste a dish and, with some experimentation, come up with a dish that is almost identical (and sometimes better). Programming is really no different.
The fault is with the companies who have built themselves upon the "sand" of IP, rather than the "bedrock" of tangible assets.
Yes, I see where you're going, but you're wrong. There is a difference between appearance (black) and behavior (gay). It is wrong to persecute someone on appearance. To discriminate based on behavior is not only correct, it is sometimes necessary.
Ugh! I would have preferred NOT knowing that he was gay. It's like finding out that Albert Einstein liked to eat his own boogers.
I'm surprised that Al Gore isn't on the list.
He invented the Internet, you know.
Anyone who goes to a flea market and expects the same kind of guarantees as a retailer is being unrealistic.
Hate to pop your bubble, but I can answer the question: Dinosaurs DID NOT build cities, space programs, etc. How do I know? They didn't have opposable thumbs.
Can't build much without being able to grasp something securely.
But they're not extinct.
There are dozens of them chirping outside my window each morning.
For many years now I have thought that environmentalists; in fact, every urbanite who has had to deal with traffic jams and sprawl, have been somewhat misguided in their attempts to solve traffic, fuel, and pollution problems, by suggesting expensive solutions involving light-rail, busing, or other forms of mass transit.
Instead, they should be focusing on how businesses can be encouraged to get employees to telecommute.
It's not for everybody, but I'll wager that 20% or more of the nation's work force could probably work just as well out of their homes.
Telecommuters don't pollute, don't waste gas, don't cause traffic jams, don't have traffic accidents. The savings to local governments and individuals could be enormous. Businesses save too because they need less office space and therefore expend less energy heating, cooling, and maintaining that space.
Maybe not. Have you seen his girlfriend?
I apologize for being such a crab.
Oh man! I hope you're kidding. I wish I had gone to school in Britain instead of the U.S.
Hey, if you think that's great wait 'til you get your first Wal-Mart.