Come on. I shouldn't have to tell people in "the land of the free" that banning things like this merely because criminals could abuse them is disgusting. Even if the safety is real, it's not something any truly free country would do, just like we shouldn't have the TSA, the NSA mass surveillance, or any of the other nonsense that's happening right now.
What's with all these people who claim to want a free country, and yet support policies that take us in the opposite direction? It's just an eyesore.
I live in a cold climate (winters have 20 below temps and often -40 below). I need the mask to shield my face from the wind.
Wouldn't a 'pure' Firefox also do away with the default search provider - which is effectively whoever bids highest for the position anyway?
I do think the 'new tab promotion' bit would have been bad, but mostly from a "what's next?" perspective. Otherwise, it would still be a page you can customize - including just deleting the promotional bits - that essentially has the promoted bits replaced as you browse, and if you really wanted to, never have to see more than once after installation as it is; and if you do, at least there will be some content there instead of vast emptiness. If it means Mozilla gets a bit more money, or at least money from a more diverse pool, I would have been fine with it.
I suppose that Firefox could keep several extra tabs dynamically created, and they would serve as follows: As you browse a website, the adverts would be directed to those tabs. You would have very few advertisements on the page you are browsing. The would also move the commercial stuff that Google presents in front of your search to a back tab. One tab for advertisements, and one for commercials. (Commercials are dynamic and fleeting, adverts are there for a much longer (until you clear them) time My goodness, that is what our local community paper does for us. "Want ads on the back pages, aslong with categorically alphabeticed advertisements.
It has been tested and retested and liked. If the experts (Linux support and Developers) have no objections, I would go with the flow.
I guess it is like going from a standard shift vehicle, to an automatic transmission vehicle. More convenience but less control. And with sealed motors, no need for feeler guages either.
Apparently "Dead" means "still close to half the phones being sold", aka "doesn't want to go in the cart!" Sure, they aren't gettin' better, but they're not dead yet.
"Feature Phone" is a standard industry term - it means phones that do more than basic calling, and often have installable applications, but aren't based on the iPhone/Android touchscreen designs that have taken over the market and usually don't run general-purpose operating systems (except maybe Symbian.) Most of them either don't have web browsing, or have some crippled-HTML-substitute like WAP. They're usually smaller (remember when being the smallest phone you could get meant it was the fanciest and most expensive?), often have clamshell designs, sometimes keyboards, and actually fit in your pocket.
Here is how I handle my personal needs. I bought a $30.00 phone and took a basic North American calling, unlimited talk, and texting, for $25/mo. The phone is small, and fits in my shirt pocket, sharing the space with my eyeglass space. When I need something special, I ask the man on the street if I can use his phone. What is special? Skype or high resolution camera. I don't eat and text at the same time. And if I lose the phone or it drops and breaks, I can buy another. Do I need audio memos, tango, web browser and data plan? Nope. I have a tablet for those things and I can do what I need to do at the local coffee shop or fast food or mall food court. And my phone has real buttons, not the touch keypad. Life without the Galaxy 5 that I gave away is great, because I have gained freedom.
Cheap labor seems to be the thing that stands out the most. I would think that labor is only cheap in Montana because land is cheap, and therefore people can live for less money. When even a modest house is , you don't have to wonder why they have to pay people so much to work there. Even if you pay the workers the same amount, you can attract a lot of talent because they'll be able to live that much more comfortably.
There are many factors to consider for a data hub site. I would consider the following a) Low summer heat to cut A/C costs. Winter cold where surplus heat would be absorbed to maintain the building temperature. b) Reliable and low cost electricity supply (24/7) plus 4cents per kwh. c) Multilingual labor (English, Spanish, French, Arab ) speaking d) Talent for operations and enhancements for mostly unmanned operation e) Cost of employee benefits. f) Great universities around the Data Hub Site g) State of the art high speed secure telecommunications. h) Government handouts if full time jobs are created.
If I put the above points into a general requirement, Would you choose an American Site? I live in Quebec Canada, and I would build that kind of hub in my backyard.
The title was about openssl having a lack of resources. Two people only to support OpenSSL --wow. The comments were how bad it was to only have two support people for OpenSSL.
Here is how I think that support dropped down to only two people.
a) In the beginning of the project there were many many eyes on the sources, and it evolved over time to be very bug free.
b) As the reported bugs began to diminish, one did not need 50 people to solve 10 bugs. Ergo, many of the active developers and analysts moved on.
c) Bugs finally started to not be reported, ergo, why should a legacy product, if it is working and it does not break need support, even if it does something useful.
d) Those who put the most into the development have an attachment to the product. They will continue support and provide enhancements.
e) PANIC A security flaw was detected. Does it take a cast of '00s to repair? No. Does it take a large cast of '00s to fix? No!
f) Now, lets do a postmortem and see what there is to see. Wow, old code that was commented out, left in the source just in case....
g) Cleanup completed, old unused code removed, its back to legacy status. How many people now required for support?
Second idea Large software house, 1000 programmers. Team of 3 to 4 support product xyz. Major bug reported for xyz, Can company redeploy and retrain 25 programmers overnight to work to repair xyz? What about the ongoing projects.
Third Idea Consider any product xyz (say Linux). Linux has it's detractors, but has a very very strong developer team for various subcomponents. If a particular subcomponent becomes legacy stable (no reported bugs in a 90 day window), how many individuals will remain to provide support for that component.
Conclusion The article takes a jaundiced view of open source projects and support. Be it open source or commercial, the people rules are the same.
There is very little in common between software development and company development.
Yup, and "age" has nothing to do with either, experience does. If you work as a programmer, then as you age you should get better. But not because you are older, but because you are more experienced. I am an old guy (mid-fifties) and on my fifth startup. One was a clear success, the current one has been partially successful, and the other three were complete failures. I learned much more from the failures. The first was when I was when I was thirty, and I have worked at startups ever since. My situation is different in a number of ways: I was on the founding team every time, and my wife is more of a workaholic than me, so I am under no pressure on that. The biggest risk with a startup is usually financial, but if this company already has 300 employees, they either have plenty of funding or solid revenues. Your gray hair can be a significant asset to a startup. Investors like to see some adult supervision, so you should try to take on the role of the wise old veteran when you meet with them. Don't worry about the "social activities". If you pull your weight at work, the twenty-somethings aren't going to care if you go snowboarding with them.
Somewhere, someone gave start-up money. They did this for business reasons. Assuming you get an offer, examine your risk-taking abilities together with your wife, look at where you will be if they don't succeed, and consider what it would be like if you decline the opportunity. Just make sure that you can handle stress. Here is a plus+ your resume update will make you a more interesting candidate if the opportunity falls through. I was 62 and took my decision, I wont say what I did then. Every situation is different.
Yes, police have all that stuff. On the other hand, they don't give a shit about your iphone being stolen, and will likely never investigate.
The crime $ is not trivial, but the number of thefts per day is more than a half dozen officers can handle. I would spray the thief with permanent red die, the way banks protected $$$ And have witnesses along
When does the USA expect a civil war, in which the population will have to arm themselves against a band of other states. America is the last country in the world to move forward from the days of the wild wild west. Americans are no better than anyone else for anger management, and if, in the hight of anger, the person loses his cool and uses the gun, what happens is death on one side, and life or injection on the other. American minorities who are wacko, have easy access to guns. Sellers don't care about wacos doing the purchasing, it is the buck that counts.
Imagine what the USA would be like if for every death, the arms dealer was made an accomplice. Perhaps we should include the NRA in that accomplice role.
It's insanity, we are watching real life crazy people.
I don't think she is bought and paid, I think she is dumb and naîve. I bid xx to xx+y for a stock and immediately the price was xx+y, particulary when I gave that leeway. And they can prove it was bought at xx and resold to me at xx+y.
I mean, just look at how great things are now that the FCC regulates the internet. Can't wait to have more business-owned politicians to mingle in the foundations of the internet.
So now the money is moving from the producers to the deliverers. And the deliverers are billing users for byes downloaded, and rebilling producers for bytes downloaded. A competition to the postal service. Wanna bet you will be forced to pay for each email sent. I can see it coming.
what about fruit and vegetable rights. you can just hear them scream as you rip the fruit from tree's. and the sound is soul-curdling as you put potatoes in boiling water.
All I remember is "Bigger it up for 89" And all the POP you can drink for a buck, and.... sports drinks and...
My watch is a Seiko, powered with a silver oxide battery. I have it 20+ years. Once every seven years I replace the battery. And perhaps I was lucky in the purchase, but the accuracy is around one second per month. It is a gear train watch, with day and date.
If I were to replace it, I would buy the newer model which includes photocells and a lithium ion battery. Ordinary room lighting is sufficient to charge the battery. Even if the watch is put in a dark closed drawer, and removed a few months later, it continued to work. How do I know? My brother-in-law went on a 180 day winter visit to Israel. He forgot the watch and was pleased when he returned to see the time correct within 10 seconds. Yes, the watch was 3 days off, as the calendar does not know about February or Months with 30 days.
Seems like it is only a matter of time until coal power goes away. It will be a long time, granted, but in the next decade or two solar will get so cheap that the impact on traditional centralized generation will be quite severe. I guess they are watching what is happening in Germany with horror and realizing that is their future too.
I believe that Solar will not be as inexpensive as wind power. Solar panels require lots of surface area, and if you measure the watts per square foot, vs wind turbines, guess which will a) be more durable b) require more maintenance c) can work on cloudy days.
The Kochs are in a losing battle. Solar will reduce electricity rates. My rate in Montreal Quebec is around $0.075 cents (seven and a half cent per kilowatt hour). We rely on dams, wind and solar.
Black people are generally less intelligent than others and it's our fault.
It could be partly our fault. A generation ago, the difference in IQ scores between protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland was almost as wide as that between blacks and whites in America. But today, that gap has completely disappeared. Social conditions have some impact.
The IQ score gap between different races in America is why it is illegal to use any test of general intelligence for hiring or promotion. It is not enough for the inputs to the hiring/promotion process to be "race neutral", the output/result must be as well.
Shame on you. Blacks have the same intelligence as any other human. They may not have the same education, because of discrimination, but whites have no exclusivity on intelligence whatsoever.
tl;dr Marx was right that an over-production would leave the majority in poverty, and the only economically sustainable solution is sharing. It's not "desperation", but an inevitable and rational necessity.
Ask any student of capitalism. The rule of Capitalism is that the rich get richer, at the expense of the poorer. Extreme capitalism eliminates the middle class. Check your status as a middle class American. Now, Canadians, who so far have a more equitable tax system have on average, a higher standard of living than do Americans. Ditto for Australia, New Zealand, and many non-English speaking countries.
You do realize that farm animals are bred and raised on... duh, farms and that this is done in response to a "market" where people demand food from these animals. Basic "market" principles apply here. If there is less demand then the farmers won't breed and raise more animals. So... if the market goes away there won't be a lot of homeless animals. Also, all of the breeding and natural and artificial selection of animals has only served to produce odd monocultures of animals and nothing would be lost. I'm sure that some people will keep some demand for these animals. It would be good for the environment (and the animals) for people to switch to eating fewer of them.
Monsanto must be rubbing their hands with glee. Here come a bunch of products that we can pollute with our genes, and within two generations of production, become the world's biggest, if not only producer of licensed food.
When the President does not control congress, progress is slower and that is because of intense lobbying.
Look at the use of diplomacy. How many americans would have been killed if the president thought like John McLean? Look at the accomplishments. A step to bring Americans out of the dark ages wrt healthcare. A large reduction in unnecessary military expenses, a sharp drop in the deficit. Recall, deficits mean the counry spends more than it's revenues. The interest on the debt is phenomenally high. It will take more waste projects that are no longer r4equired, and it will require tax increases.
From an outsider view of the USA, it is no longer a country for all. It is a country for the wealthy. The wealthy pay lobbyists to pass legislation to increase the wealth of the rich disproportionately. In part, that is what the president and any future presidents will face.
It isn't education, it's the lack of experience. We've outsourced so many of the entry level jobs, where are the young people supposed to learn? That's the real cost of outsourcing...without an entry-level position and ability to learn how to troubleshoot, there's no place for kids to learn how to do their jobs.
Most of the really good systems engineers I know started on the help desk, worked desk-side support and then did infrastructure support (servers/network/storage/security). They understand that their jobs still come down to delivery of solutions to the end-user. They understand that the end-user doesn't care what backend BS broke, it's just that they can't do their job. We're missing that at the mid-level...and most of the really great infrastructure people are in their 40's now.
I've seen some tremendous talent go to waste. Many (technical) people are reactive in nature. They post a resume and wait for a phone call. These individuals are talented young graduates who ends up packing groceries at the super-market.
But, I have also seen proactive individuals who take on projects from the web, post their experience in their resume (CV) and express an interest in a specific technological area, these junior programmers are the ones that get the opportunities.
So I would summarize by saying, it is personality (reactive, passive or proactive) that decides who gets the opportunities.
WIth Google proposing to come out with a phone, is there any one realizing that one next step could be the Google Bank. Google may create a bitcoin type of operation or a virutal bank in the cloud, (line ING).
My friend lives in Houston, TX. He has to daily one way drive of 100miles to work. An electric car with potential to be charged during an 8 hr shift and with spare power for A/C and for listening to e-books, headlights on, and a stop at a Grocery for bread and milk would be nice. Of the two vehicles mentioned, which is the one that can do that?
Good it passed appeals; the administration will likely appeal the decision and this is the kind of thing the SCOTUS will take. Frankly it's about time some of the "war on terror" policies were seriously and heavily scrutinized for their legality.
How many Americans were casual damage, or killed because of some stupid mistake. (looked like the guy, or had a similar name, or I liked his wife) could be valid drone killing reasons.
I agree that the Israelis would only use the bomb as a last resort - just don't see how they could do that and still keep their strip of land. Besides, if the issue is preventing Israel's enemies from getting their own nukes, and one of the primary reasons those enemies can cite for pursuing them is "Israel has them, so why can't we", then the best way to end the middle east arms race would be for israel to give up its nukes in exchange for a US promise to retaliate against any nuclear strike against them.
Perhaps Israel didn't trust the US as an ally in the 60's, but they have no other reliable friends now - so they better start trusting us.
If I was the Israelis, I would not trust the USA, even to the extent of pausing a meeting to go for a bathroom break. All too often the USA has let down its partners, and screwed them left, right and center.
Suppose Israel had the weapons (which so far, they have never claimed to have) and they gave them up. As Israel is a small country, comparable to Rode Island in size, would Israel exist by the time the USA reacted? I can just imagine the haggling in Congress as the months go by to decide if they should help Israel, and then under what conditions.
If Israel is going to disappear, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iran, all of these ideologies will disappear, with their lands not habitable for generations. Masada on a larger scale. Israel's message -- Leave me in peace, I leave you in peace. Hit me, I hit you back. Make money, not war, lets do business together.
Why should anyone care about this "Potential Tragedy"? It takes 9 cans of American beer to equal the effects of 6 cans of any foreign beer. There was even tests of beer, and it was found that even the 4% beer was diluted to 3% beer. So all this time, you have been overpaying, and overpaying and overpaying. So, if the breweries add the cost, at least insist that they put back the missing percent that they did not provide. As an aside, I noted that my recent cans of beer from the 12 and 24 packs had no percentage numbers on each can, nor was it inscribed on the external packaging. Bottom line, you are paying for 9 cans but getting the worth of 6.
Yes by all objective measures it's an inferior way to distribute and access data, but much like watching television vs streaming/on demand, it has it's charms and nuances that haven't been reproduced digitally.
Linux Voice specifically doesn't sound like my cup of tea based on reading the snippets on their site, but I can see where they might find an audience.
My local (provincial government) library carries two Linux magazines. One from the UK (A4 paper size) and the second from France( in French and also A4 size) I look forward to reading both. The one from France has a very large readership and produces "specials", which are add-on publications that can be described as books. For example, a special about python. We are not looking at 9 pages, but 90. we are not looking at overviews, but indepth use and examples. the library maintains the back issues. The England Linux magazine uses very high quality paper, lots of colour, and above average quality printing. The French magazine prints on very good paper, and mainly in black and white. Photos etc, are shades of gray,. however, links are provided to see the color images.
Both are great mazines, but would arrive in Canada at a newstand price of $15.00 per copy. I believe the yearly subscription (10 issues) is around 120/yr for each.
Occasionally a DVD is included with either publication.
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California has had a mask law on the books long before photo recognition, CCTV, etc.
When the laws were created is irrelevant to the reality that protecting your privacy is made impossible in many places by government thugs.
reasonably IMHO
Again?
Come on. I shouldn't have to tell people in "the land of the free" that banning things like this merely because criminals could abuse them is disgusting. Even if the safety is real, it's not something any truly free country would do, just like we shouldn't have the TSA, the NSA mass surveillance, or any of the other nonsense that's happening right now.
What's with all these people who claim to want a free country, and yet support policies that take us in the opposite direction? It's just an eyesore.
I live in a cold climate (winters have 20 below temps and often -40 below). I need the mask to shield my face from the wind.
Wouldn't a 'pure' Firefox also do away with the default search provider - which is effectively whoever bids highest for the position anyway?
I do think the 'new tab promotion' bit would have been bad, but mostly from a "what's next?" perspective. Otherwise, it would still be a page you can customize - including just deleting the promotional bits - that essentially has the promoted bits replaced as you browse, and if you really wanted to, never have to see more than once after installation as it is; and if you do, at least there will be some content there instead of vast emptiness. If it means Mozilla gets a bit more money, or at least money from a more diverse pool, I would have been fine with it.
I suppose that Firefox could keep several extra tabs dynamically created, and they would serve as follows:
As you browse a website, the adverts would be directed to those tabs. You would have very few advertisements on the page you are browsing. The would also move the commercial stuff that Google presents in front of your search to a back tab. One tab for advertisements, and one for commercials. (Commercials are dynamic and fleeting, adverts are there for a much longer (until you clear them) time
My goodness, that is what our local community paper does for us. "Want ads on the back pages, aslong with categorically alphabeticed advertisements.
It has been tested and retested and liked. If the experts (Linux support and Developers) have no objections, I would go with the flow.
I guess it is like going from a standard shift vehicle, to an automatic transmission vehicle. More convenience but less control. And with sealed motors, no need for feeler guages either.
Apparently "Dead" means "still close to half the phones being sold", aka "doesn't want to go in the cart!" Sure, they aren't gettin' better, but they're not dead yet.
"Feature Phone" is a standard industry term - it means phones that do more than basic calling, and often have installable applications, but aren't based on the iPhone/Android touchscreen designs that have taken over the market and usually don't run general-purpose operating systems (except maybe Symbian.) Most of them either don't have web browsing, or have some crippled-HTML-substitute like WAP. They're usually smaller (remember when being the smallest phone you could get meant it was the fanciest and most expensive?), often have clamshell designs, sometimes keyboards, and actually fit in your pocket.
Here is how I handle my personal needs. I bought a $30.00 phone and took a basic North American calling, unlimited talk, and texting, for $25/mo. The phone is small, and fits in my shirt pocket, sharing the space with my eyeglass space.
When I need something special, I ask the man on the street if I can use his phone. What is special? Skype or high resolution camera. I don't eat and text at the same time. And if I lose the phone or it drops and breaks, I can buy another.
Do I need audio memos, tango, web browser and data plan? Nope. I have a tablet for those things and I can do what I need to do at the local coffee shop or fast food or mall food court.
And my phone has real buttons, not the touch keypad. Life without the Galaxy 5 that I gave away is great, because I have gained freedom.
Cheap labor seems to be the thing that stands out the most. I would think that labor is only cheap in Montana because land is cheap, and therefore people can live for less money. When even a modest house is , you don't have to wonder why they have to pay people so much to work there. Even if you pay the workers the same amount, you can attract a lot of talent because they'll be able to live that much more comfortably.
There are many factors to consider for a data hub site. I would consider the following
a) Low summer heat to cut A/C costs. Winter cold where surplus heat would be absorbed to maintain the building temperature.
b) Reliable and low cost electricity supply (24/7) plus 4cents per kwh.
c) Multilingual labor (English, Spanish, French, Arab ) speaking
d) Talent for operations and enhancements for mostly unmanned operation
e) Cost of employee benefits.
f) Great universities around the Data Hub Site
g) State of the art high speed secure telecommunications.
h) Government handouts if full time jobs are created.
If I put the above points into a general requirement, Would you choose an American Site?
I live in Quebec Canada, and I would build that kind of hub in my backyard.
The title was about openssl having a lack of resources. Two people only to support OpenSSL --wow.
The comments were how bad it was to only have two support people for OpenSSL.
Here is how I think that support dropped down to only two people.
a) In the beginning of the project there were many many eyes on the sources, and it evolved over time to be very bug free.
b) As the reported bugs began to diminish, one did not need 50 people to solve 10 bugs. Ergo, many of the active developers and analysts moved on.
c) Bugs finally started to not be reported, ergo, why should a legacy product, if it is working and it does not break need support, even if it does something useful.
d) Those who put the most into the development have an attachment to the product. They will continue support and provide enhancements.
e) PANIC A security flaw was detected. Does it take a cast of '00s to repair? No. Does it take a large cast of '00s to fix? No!
f) Now, lets do a postmortem and see what there is to see. Wow, old code that was commented out, left in the source just in case....
g) Cleanup completed, old unused code removed, its back to legacy status. How many people now required for support?
Second idea
Large software house, 1000 programmers. Team of 3 to 4 support product xyz. Major bug reported for xyz, Can company redeploy and retrain 25 programmers overnight to work to repair xyz? What about the ongoing projects.
Third Idea
Consider any product xyz (say Linux). Linux has it's detractors, but has a very very strong developer team for various subcomponents. If a particular subcomponent becomes legacy stable (no reported bugs in a 90 day window), how many individuals will remain to provide support for that component.
Conclusion
The article takes a jaundiced view of open source projects and support. Be it open source or commercial, the people rules are the same.
There is very little in common between software development and company development.
Yup, and "age" has nothing to do with either, experience does. If you work as a programmer, then as you age you should get better. But not because you are older, but because you are more experienced. I am an old guy (mid-fifties) and on my fifth startup. One was a clear success, the current one has been partially successful, and the other three were complete failures. I learned much more from the failures. The first was when I was when I was thirty, and I have worked at startups ever since. My situation is different in a number of ways: I was on the founding team every time, and my wife is more of a workaholic than me, so I am under no pressure on that. The biggest risk with a startup is usually financial, but if this company already has 300 employees, they either have plenty of funding or solid revenues. Your gray hair can be a significant asset to a startup. Investors like to see some adult supervision, so you should try to take on the role of the wise old veteran when you meet with them. Don't worry about the "social activities". If you pull your weight at work, the twenty-somethings aren't going to care if you go snowboarding with them.
Somewhere, someone gave start-up money. They did this for business reasons. Assuming you get an offer, examine your risk-taking abilities together with your wife, look at where you will be if they don't succeed, and consider what it would be like if you decline the opportunity. Just make sure that you can handle stress. Here is a plus+ your resume update will make you a more interesting candidate if the opportunity falls through. I was 62 and took my decision, I wont say what I did then.
Every situation is different.
Yes, police have all that stuff. On the other hand, they don't give a shit about your iphone being stolen, and will likely never investigate.
The crime $ is not trivial, but the number of thefts per day is more than a half dozen officers can handle. I would spray the thief with permanent red die, the way banks protected $$$
And have witnesses along
When does the USA expect a civil war, in which the population will have to arm themselves against a band of other states.
America is the last country in the world to move forward from the days of the wild wild west.
Americans are no better than anyone else for anger management, and if, in the hight of anger, the person loses his cool and uses the gun, what happens is death on one side, and life or injection on the other.
American minorities who are wacko, have easy access to guns. Sellers don't care about wacos doing the purchasing, it is the buck that counts.
Imagine what the USA would be like if for every death, the arms dealer was made an accomplice. Perhaps we should include the NRA in that accomplice role.
Looks like she's bought and paid for.
It's insanity, we are watching real life crazy people.
I don't think she is bought and paid, I think she is dumb and naîve. I bid xx to xx+y for a stock and immediately the price was xx+y, particulary when I gave that leeway. And they can prove it was bought at xx and resold to me at xx+y.
I mean, just look at how great things are now that the FCC regulates the internet. Can't wait to have more business-owned politicians to mingle in the foundations of the internet.
So now the money is moving from the producers to the deliverers. And the deliverers are billing users for byes downloaded, and rebilling producers for bytes downloaded. A competition to the postal service. Wanna bet you will be forced to pay for each email sent. I can see it coming.
Time to bring back satellite TV/Internet
what about fruit and vegetable rights. you can just hear them scream as you rip the fruit from tree's. and the sound is soul-curdling as you put potatoes in boiling water.
All I remember is "Bigger it up for 89" And all the POP you can drink for a buck, and.... sports drinks and...
My watch is a Seiko, powered with a silver oxide battery. I have it 20+ years. Once every seven years I replace the battery. And perhaps I was lucky in the purchase, but the accuracy is around one second per month. It is a gear train watch, with day and date.
If I were to replace it, I would buy the newer model which includes photocells and a lithium ion battery. Ordinary room lighting is sufficient to charge the battery. Even if the watch is put in a dark closed drawer, and removed a few months later, it continued to work. How do I know? My brother-in-law went on a 180 day winter visit to Israel. He forgot the watch and was pleased when he returned to see the time correct within 10 seconds. Yes, the watch was 3 days off, as the calendar does not know about February or Months with 30 days.
Seems like it is only a matter of time until coal power goes away. It will be a long time, granted, but in the next decade or two solar will get so cheap that the impact on traditional centralized generation will be quite severe. I guess they are watching what is happening in Germany with horror and realizing that is their future too.
I believe that Solar will not be as inexpensive as wind power. Solar panels require lots of surface area, and if you measure the watts per square foot, vs wind turbines, guess which will a) be more durable b) require more maintenance c) can work on cloudy days.
The Kochs are in a losing battle. Solar will reduce electricity rates. My rate in Montreal Quebec is around $0.075 cents (seven and a half cent per kilowatt hour). We rely on dams, wind and solar.
Black people are generally less intelligent than others and it's our fault.
It could be partly our fault. A generation ago, the difference in IQ scores between protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland was almost as wide as that between blacks and whites in America. But today, that gap has completely disappeared. Social conditions have some impact.
The IQ score gap between different races in America is why it is illegal to use any test of general intelligence for hiring or promotion. It is not enough for the inputs to the hiring/promotion process to be "race neutral", the output/result must be as well.
Shame on you. Blacks have the same intelligence as any other human. They may not have the same education, because of discrimination, but whites have no exclusivity on intelligence whatsoever.
tl;dr Marx was right that an over-production would leave the majority in poverty, and the only economically sustainable solution is sharing. It's not "desperation", but an inevitable and rational necessity.
Ask any student of capitalism. The rule of Capitalism is that the rich get richer, at the expense of the poorer. Extreme capitalism eliminates the middle class.
Check your status as a middle class American. Now, Canadians, who so far have a more equitable tax system have on average, a higher standard of living than do Americans. Ditto for Australia, New Zealand, and many non-English speaking countries.
You do realize that farm animals are bred and raised on... duh, farms and that this is done in response to a "market" where people demand food from these animals. Basic "market" principles apply here. If there is less demand then the farmers won't breed and raise more animals.
So... if the market goes away there won't be a lot of homeless animals.
Also, all of the breeding and natural and artificial selection of animals has only served to produce odd monocultures of animals and nothing would be lost. I'm sure that some people will keep some demand for these animals.
It would be good for the environment (and the animals) for people to switch to eating fewer of them.
Monsanto must be rubbing their hands with glee. Here come a bunch of products that we can pollute with our genes, and within two generations of production, become the world's biggest, if not only producer of licensed food.
When the President does not control congress, progress is slower and that is because of intense lobbying.
Look at the use of diplomacy. How many americans would have been killed if the president thought like John McLean? Look at the accomplishments. A step to bring Americans out of the dark ages wrt healthcare. A large reduction in unnecessary military expenses, a sharp drop in the deficit. Recall, deficits mean the counry spends more than it's revenues. The interest on the debt is phenomenally high. It will take more waste projects that are no longer r4equired, and it will require tax increases.
From an outsider view of the USA, it is no longer a country for all. It is a country for the wealthy. The wealthy pay lobbyists to pass legislation to increase the wealth of the rich disproportionately. In part, that is what the president and any future presidents will face.
It isn't education, it's the lack of experience. We've outsourced so many of the entry level jobs, where are the young people supposed to learn? That's the real cost of outsourcing...without an entry-level position and ability to learn how to troubleshoot, there's no place for kids to learn how to do their jobs.
Most of the really good systems engineers I know started on the help desk, worked desk-side support and then did infrastructure support (servers/network/storage/security). They understand that their jobs still come down to delivery of solutions to the end-user. They understand that the end-user doesn't care what backend BS broke, it's just that they can't do their job. We're missing that at the mid-level...and most of the really great infrastructure people are in their 40's now.
I've seen some tremendous talent go to waste. Many (technical) people are reactive in nature. They post a resume and wait for a phone call. These individuals are talented young graduates who ends up packing groceries at the super-market.
But, I have also seen proactive individuals who take on projects from the web, post their experience in their resume (CV) and express an interest in a specific technological area, these junior programmers are the ones that get the opportunities.
So I would summarize by saying, it is personality (reactive, passive or proactive) that decides who gets the opportunities.
WIth Google proposing to come out with a phone, is there any one realizing that one next step could be the Google Bank. Google may create a bitcoin type of operation or a virutal bank in the cloud, (line ING).
My friend lives in Houston, TX. He has to daily one way drive of 100miles to work. An electric car with potential to be charged during an 8 hr shift and with spare power for A/C and for listening to e-books, headlights on, and a stop at a Grocery for bread and milk would be nice.
Of the two vehicles mentioned, which is the one that can do that?
Good it passed appeals; the administration will likely appeal the decision and this is the kind of thing the SCOTUS will take. Frankly it's about time some of the "war on terror" policies were seriously and heavily scrutinized for their legality.
How many Americans were casual damage, or killed because of some stupid mistake. (looked like the guy, or had a similar name, or I liked his wife) could be valid drone killing reasons.
I agree that the Israelis would only use the bomb as a last resort - just don't see how they could do that and still keep their strip of land. Besides, if the issue is preventing Israel's enemies from getting their own nukes, and one of the primary reasons those enemies can cite for pursuing them is "Israel has them, so why can't we", then the best way to end the middle east arms race would be for israel to give up its nukes in exchange for a US promise to retaliate against any nuclear strike against them.
Perhaps Israel didn't trust the US as an ally in the 60's, but they have no other reliable friends now - so they better start trusting us.
If I was the Israelis, I would not trust the USA, even to the extent of pausing a meeting to go for a bathroom break. All too often the USA has let down its partners, and screwed them left, right and center.
Suppose Israel had the weapons (which so far, they have never claimed to have) and they gave them up. As Israel is a small country, comparable to Rode Island in size, would Israel exist by the time the USA reacted? I can just imagine the haggling in Congress as the months go by to decide if they should help Israel, and then under what conditions.
If Israel is going to disappear, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iran, all of these ideologies will disappear, with their lands not habitable for generations. Masada on a larger scale.
Israel's message -- Leave me in peace, I leave you in peace. Hit me, I hit you back. Make money, not war, lets do business together.
Why should anyone care about this "Potential Tragedy"? It takes 9 cans of American beer to equal the effects of 6 cans of any foreign beer. There was even tests of beer, and it was found that even the 4% beer was diluted to 3% beer. So all this time, you have been overpaying, and overpaying and overpaying. So, if the breweries add the cost, at least insist that they put back the missing percent that they did not provide. As an aside, I noted that my recent cans of beer from the 12 and 24 packs had no percentage numbers on each can, nor was it inscribed on the external packaging. Bottom line, you are paying for 9 cans but getting the worth of 6.
Honestly I miss the paper magazine thing.
Yes by all objective measures it's an inferior way to distribute and access data, but much like watching television vs streaming/on demand, it has it's charms and nuances that haven't been reproduced digitally.
Linux Voice specifically doesn't sound like my cup of tea based on reading the snippets on their site, but I can see where they might find an audience.
My local (provincial government) library carries two Linux magazines. One from the UK (A4 paper size) and the second from France( in French and also A4 size) I look forward to reading both. The one from France has a very large readership and produces "specials", which are add-on publications that can be described as books. For example, a special about python. We are not looking at 9 pages, but 90. we are not looking at overviews, but indepth use and examples.
the library maintains the back issues.
The England Linux magazine uses very high quality paper, lots of colour, and above average quality printing. The French magazine prints on very good paper, and mainly in black and white. Photos etc, are shades of gray,. however, links are provided to see the color images.
Both are great mazines, but would arrive in Canada at a newstand price of $15.00 per copy. I believe the yearly subscription (10 issues) is around 120/yr for each.
Occasionally a DVD is included with either publication.