Or perhaps they simply see a risk of disadvantages and no significant advantages to doing it and make a rational decision./. readers who want technical specs and actually care about getting them are a very tiny group of customers who will probably buy their product anyway. Personally I think it would be nice if they did release them, but I can't really blame them for not. I have no problem giving them the benefit of the doubt.
If you wire USD 10M, they recieve USD 10M. Their bank might be nice and to a currency conversion for them, in which case the bank now owns 10 million dollars (and 82 million fewer yuan that just got put in that guys account). Since Dollars don't do a chinese bank much good in china, the bank will likely sell the USD 10M on the currency market (or in China's case, to the government) and recieve 82M Yuan. The market (or government) will eventually use those dollars to do an exchange going in the other direction back to the US.
"you don't need a high percentage of "being right" to be very successful"
Very true. You simply need to have greater success from the times you're right and it'll all average out to your advantage. And when Gates is right, he's damn good at being successful at it.
I'm a huge fan of OTP tokens.. they're portable and you don't have to worry about drivers or any other operating system support. They can be used on any machine with a web browser. To me, that seems simpler for a customer and having to type in a short code from something like that would instill confidence in the security system, I would think.
Probably not, because nobody would have used them.
The iPod is doing well because it DOES play a standard format: mp3. Too bad that it's not one that's as convenient for everyone, but if there's enough demand for a player that plays more convenient formats, somebody will surely make one.
They probably didn't want to shoot it down because a plane that crashes because it runs out of fuel is left much more intact than a plane with fuel that is shot down. The US would have wanted as much of the plane intact as possible in order to study its capabilities.
Idiot: most of the chips in your computer use CMOS technology, including your CPU- which is where the problem is developing. We're nearing the limit for size in CMOS, so it's time to look for something else.
Especially the part where it says "The chemical and radiological toxicity of plutonium should be distinguished from each other"
Radium is a common heavy element found in topsoil. Indeed, in high concentrations it is extremely dangerous. Radium is not plutonium, however. I refer you to the Periodic Table. Look for Ra (number 88) and look for Pu (number 94). Notice how they're not the same. In fact the degree of differences between the two elements is comparable to that of Calcium and Iron.
I'd argue that Moore does more damage than good. Rather than present facts as such and allow for them to be discussed, he presents bits of facts here and there and packages them as propoganda. This serves only to inflame a small group of fellow nuts while inticing the vast majority to discount the entire topic as senseless rhetoric even when there might be some truth to it.
While Moore may have become rich from his productions, his lack of credibility has damaged the legitimate story that could be told from the facts he uses. It's a shame, really.
let me add that I think it was stupid of the legislative branch to vote in favor of providing an option for the executive branch to make war....
The President has the power to make war without congress' approval. He would run out of money for it after about a month, but he can order whatever actions he wants. He asks for congress' approval to be nice. Everyone in congress knows that voting for such a resolution is voting to go to war.
A declaration of war is a bit different, there are constitutional implications that take effect and thus its not done very often. WW2 was the most recent case.
The beauty of offering a prize like this is that there will be LOTS of groups of very intelligent and educated people thinking about the idea. One of them just might figure it out. The answer is that right now we don't have it figured out.. if we did, what would be the point of a contest? But, just because we don't have it figured out now doesn't mean there isn't a solution to be found.
The primary problem with government-funded programs is that they rarely do anything cheaply. There is virtually no incentive for those in charge of such programs to figure out cheaper ways.
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Or perhaps they simply see a risk of disadvantages and no significant advantages to doing it and make a rational decision. /. readers who want technical specs and actually care about getting them are a very tiny group of customers who will probably buy their product anyway. Personally I think it would be nice if they did release them, but I can't really blame them for not. I have no problem giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Damn, read a book once in a while.
If you wire USD 10M, they recieve USD 10M. Their bank might be nice and to a currency conversion for them, in which case the bank now owns 10 million dollars (and 82 million fewer yuan that just got put in that guys account). Since Dollars don't do a chinese bank much good in china, the bank will likely sell the USD 10M on the currency market (or in China's case, to the government) and recieve 82M Yuan. The market (or government) will eventually use those dollars to do an exchange going in the other direction back to the US.
They might have a crappy weapon made out of subpar materials.
If they're using "subpar materials" they don't have a weapon. The uranium is either pure enough to go critical or it isn't.
"you don't need a high percentage of "being right" to be very successful"
Very true. You simply need to have greater success from the times you're right and it'll all average out to your advantage. And when Gates is right, he's damn good at being successful at it.
I'm a huge fan of OTP tokens.. they're portable and you don't have to worry about drivers or any other operating system support. They can be used on any machine with a web browser. To me, that seems simpler for a customer and having to type in a short code from something like that would instill confidence in the security system, I would think.
Just my $0.02.
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That's pretty much the case in Russia, so I'd say they're safe.
When all of mankind's problems could be fixed with either a nuclear bomb or a nuclear reactor. If only things had stayed so simple.
Probably not, because nobody would have used them.
The iPod is doing well because it DOES play a standard format: mp3. Too bad that it's not one that's as convenient for everyone, but if there's enough demand for a player that plays more convenient formats, somebody will surely make one.
When can I buy one?
It hasn't changed enough to matter.
Because the work day is 8-5, regardless of what the sun is doing.
It happened in 1989.
They probably didn't want to shoot it down because a plane that crashes because it runs out of fuel is left much more intact than a plane with fuel that is shot down. The US would have wanted as much of the plane intact as possible in order to study its capabilities.
Idiot: most of the chips in your computer use CMOS technology, including your CPU- which is where the problem is developing. We're nearing the limit for size in CMOS, so it's time to look for something else.
Especially the part where it says "The chemical and radiological toxicity of plutonium should be distinguished from each other"
Radium is a common heavy element found in topsoil. Indeed, in high concentrations it is extremely dangerous. Radium is not plutonium, however. I refer you to the Periodic Table. Look for Ra (number 88) and look for Pu (number 94). Notice how they're not the same. In fact the degree of differences between the two elements is comparable to that of Calcium and Iron.
You can put it in mine.. it's just the looney greens that don't understand the technology that get upset.
Considering that the origional source was Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, I think that it's probably trustworthy.
I doubt plutoniam particles in the lungs will be ejected quickly.
As quickly as particles of any other of the heavier metals. You should be more worried about the Radium in the dirt that kids eat.
I'd argue that Moore does more damage than good. Rather than present facts as such and allow for them to be discussed, he presents bits of facts here and there and packages them as propoganda. This serves only to inflame a small group of fellow nuts while inticing the vast majority to discount the entire topic as senseless rhetoric even when there might be some truth to it.
While Moore may have become rich from his productions, his lack of credibility has damaged the legitimate story that could be told from the facts he uses. It's a shame, really.
let me add that I think it was stupid of the legislative branch to vote in favor of providing an option for the executive branch to make war....
The President has the power to make war without congress' approval. He would run out of money for it after about a month, but he can order whatever actions he wants. He asks for congress' approval to be nice. Everyone in congress knows that voting for such a resolution is voting to go to war.
A declaration of war is a bit different, there are constitutional implications that take effect and thus its not done very often. WW2 was the most recent case.
But mirrors only take up 0W per Lm of redirected light. :)
Pr0n is garbage to you? Now, granted, the stories are usually pretty lame, but... are you male?
Because you only see it for things that you're familiar with.
The beauty of offering a prize like this is that there will be LOTS of groups of very intelligent and educated people thinking about the idea. One of them just might figure it out. The answer is that right now we don't have it figured out.. if we did, what would be the point of a contest? But, just because we don't have it figured out now doesn't mean there isn't a solution to be found.
The primary problem with government-funded programs is that they rarely do anything cheaply. There is virtually no incentive for those in charge of such programs to figure out cheaper ways.