There's a solution to that though: Structure political discourse, and especially campaigning, such that BS is sanctioned. 1. No private sponsorship of campaign financing. Public financing only. 2. Provable facts only. Organizations that fact check are well published. Make it illegal to lie in print or broadcast media. Politicians who lie are called out by media immediately. 3. Organizations that lie more than allowed are sanctioned, e.g. by revoking their broadcast license.
Back then, there was plenty of surplus energy and the will (pressure?) to do it. We'll have to see how/if the Chinese plans take off. My prediction is that they can't pull it off because there isn't enough spare energy (=available cash.)
I agree that world production is higher than ever before, but that's the characteristic of a peak. It's pretty clear that several natural resources are at or nearing their peaks, especially around energy, so I don't see big tech like space travel coming [back]. Society will have to develop in a more sustainable, efficient and leaner direction.
The causation probably is: More educated or intelligent people have learned about Chrome and have switched. The default browser on the most widespread system is always the one that will have the least sophisticated users.
I see several trends of going backwards in the world. That makes sense given that the energy supply cannot sustain societal complexity any more. Can't cross the Atlantic at supersonic speed, can't go to the moon any more... I think we've already seen Peak Civilization.
Agree but choose Xubuntu. Unity is teh suck unless you're on a seriously cramped display and Gnome3 isn't mature enough to use yet. At least it wasn't two months ago when I was forced to upgrade my Debian systems. I tried for a week but it didn't work.
I hate to be the party pooper, but: All the energy for those high energy particles has to come from somewhere, which means that it'll take ridiculous amounts of energy to create an Alcubierre drive, it it's possible at all.
It's now almost impossible to transfer good workers from abroad into the US. The criteria have changed so much that our company has basically stopped doing that except for higher level managers. It used to cost about $70k-$100k to get an Engineer into the US on a work visa but the cost and time involved has ballooned so much that it's no longer considered cost efficient by my employer. I saw a memo to that extent a few years ago.
It only depresses growth if the taxes are increased too quickly so the economy can't adapt or if the taxes are not revenue neutral. OTOH, rising oil prices at a point when the economy isn't prepared most definitely depress everything.
And even when you can get a turbo diesel the model selection is severely constrained. I've been asking the local VW dealer for an EOS with TDI. Nope, can't have that in the US.
Europeans pay much higher gas prices. As a result, they say 'so what?' You can bitch and moan, but higher gas taxes would decouple the price at the pump from the crude oil price in the US too. As a result, the economy would adapt and become more efficient, use less and be less vulnerable.
Only based on inflation. Inflation corrected it can not go that high because the economy will contract, destroying demand and reducing the price. That's what happened in 2008 and it will happen again. It's the infamous 'undulating plateau' of peak oil. Long term, it's John Michael Greer's 'catabolic collapse'.
I live in the sprawl in Southern California and there's three bus stops within a half mile. It's only a matter of priorities -- and not cutting taxes to the bone so you can actually build and sustain something like an infrastructure.
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There's a solution to that though: Structure political discourse, and especially campaigning, such that BS is sanctioned.
1. No private sponsorship of campaign financing. Public financing only.
2. Provable facts only. Organizations that fact check are well published. Make it illegal to lie in print or broadcast media. Politicians who lie are called out by media immediately.
3. Organizations that lie more than allowed are sanctioned, e.g. by revoking their broadcast license.
That's how it works in more civilized countries.
You're right. I must have confused it with another distro, or I was confused by the new-ish Gnome2 look that looks a bit like Gnome3.
Back then, there was plenty of surplus energy and the will (pressure?) to do it.
We'll have to see how/if the Chinese plans take off. My prediction is that they can't pull it off because there isn't enough spare energy (=available cash.)
Sounds good.
I've been following The Automatic Earth, The Oil Drum and ASPO for quite some time. 'Nuff said.
I agree that world production is higher than ever before, but that's the characteristic of a peak. It's pretty clear that several natural resources are at or nearing their peaks, especially around energy, so I don't see big tech like space travel coming [back]. Society will have to develop in a more sustainable, efficient and leaner direction.
That's a fairly typical response from people whose cognitive dissonance is threatened.
More precisely, we can't afford to. Of course we could but the cost would be more than society can bear.
The causation probably is: More educated or intelligent people have learned about Chrome and have switched.
The default browser on the most widespread system is always the one that will have the least sophisticated users.
I see several trends of going backwards in the world. That makes sense given that the energy supply cannot sustain societal complexity any more. Can't cross the Atlantic at supersonic speed, can't go to the moon any more... I think we've already seen Peak Civilization.
Then why not use a coat hanger?
By not watching TV and using ad blockers in my browser I see hardly any advertising.
So how do you explain that the changes we're seeing are happening within a century or two while glaciation happens on the order of millennia?
Its packages are generally pretty downrev and limited but rock solid.
However CentOS 6 comes with Gnome3. That's a deal breaker for me.
Agree but choose Xubuntu. Unity is teh suck unless you're on a seriously cramped display and Gnome3 isn't mature enough to use yet. At least it wasn't two months ago when I was forced to upgrade my Debian systems. I tried for a week but it didn't work.
When you think about the math required to understand the science behind climate change, or the time spans involved in evolution...
Maybe the negative and positive energy required would cancel each other out ;)
I hate to be the party pooper, but:
All the energy for those high energy particles has to come from somewhere, which means that it'll take ridiculous amounts of energy to create an Alcubierre drive, it it's possible at all.
It's now almost impossible to transfer good workers from abroad into the US. The criteria have changed so much that our company has basically stopped doing that except for higher level managers. It used to cost about $70k-$100k to get an Engineer into the US on a work visa but the cost and time involved has ballooned so much that it's no longer considered cost efficient by my employer. I saw a memo to that extent a few years ago.
Which part of "revenue neutral" did you not understand?
It only depresses growth if the taxes are increased too quickly so the economy can't adapt or if the taxes are not revenue neutral.
OTOH, rising oil prices at a point when the economy isn't prepared most definitely depress everything.
And even when you can get a turbo diesel the model selection is severely constrained. I've been asking the local VW dealer for an EOS with TDI. Nope, can't have that in the US.
Europeans pay much higher gas prices. As a result, they say 'so what?'
You can bitch and moan, but higher gas taxes would decouple the price at the pump from the crude oil price in the US too. As a result, the economy would adapt and become more efficient, use less and be less vulnerable.
Only based on inflation. Inflation corrected it can not go that high because the economy will contract, destroying demand and reducing the price. That's what happened in 2008 and it will happen again. It's the infamous 'undulating plateau' of peak oil. Long term, it's John Michael Greer's 'catabolic collapse'.
I live in the sprawl in Southern California and there's three bus stops within a half mile. It's only a matter of priorities -- and not cutting taxes to the bone so you can actually build and sustain something like an infrastructure.