I get what you are saying, but the Chinese society has had a duality in their thought for quite a while. Yes there is the Confucian style of thought, primarily of use in government and procedure where you shouldn't think for yourself but merely follow the rules all the time. And there is the more Taoist style of thought where you can be free to think for yourself and innovate as you see fit. As for this: Isn't it possible that those 'creative-thinkers' might have been "bred-out" of the population? I would be a little more concerned about when they killed everyone with a college education (or sent them for "re-education through labor") than them having been "bred-out" of the population.
I suspect that when as much energy as was released in that particular quake gets released, it was gonna get out one way or another. But building the dam where they did couldn't have helped.
But this is wireless! Its a totally new invention - the wireless string.
On a more serious note, How good is the flight control on this thing? Also, where can I get the schematics and a bunch of Rhinoceros Beatles?
It is vague. I find stupid fucking bills about profanity both lewd and lascivious, but not particularly indecent. Would publishing the bill be illegal under itself?
It takes a good while just to spin the HDD up (~ 8 seconds if you have a big 4 platter desktop drive). If we move to a hybrid solution (an HDD with a couple Gigs of Flash on it), we could really improve boot times.
Single point of failure. At least last time I proposed a this idea on slashdot the prevailing mods seemed to think this was the case. On a related note, what do you have at your desk that actually requires more than 12V? If we are able to make this switch in a data center, why not in an office? If we got LED lighting (obviously florescent lighting requires higher voltages, but who's really gonna miss florescent light anyway) I can't think of anything on my desk that actually runs on AC, rather than converting it to 12V, 5V and or 3.3. CRT's would have to go, but they have already been replaced with LCD's for the most part anyway. Thoughts?
Then again, perhaps this won't get the best testers.
The copy which is available has a built-in 30 day time limit and, unlike previous editions of Windows 7, 'enthusiasts' don't seem to have found a way around this yet. While this is pretty normal practice for test editions, it would make it possible for Microsoft to leak the software without it affecting the final product.
Anyone tried to reset the clock yet? On another note, since virtually all of the market for MS Vista is folks who buy a new computer (that isn't a Mac), what good is it to MS to offer something like this up? Is it in the hope that developers will bite? Is this some attrition for Vista?
"It does seem like evaporating water outside the tropics would be more effective," Caldeira said.
Some complications related to releasing huge amounts of water into the air are not well understood, however.
Among the side-effects:
It absorbs latent heat near the earth's surface and transports it to higher altitudes, for a cooling effect.
When it condenses at higher altitudes, it releases the latent heat, which then can radiate into space, producing more cooling. It's a greenhouse gas, trapping heat and causing warming. It can form low clouds that reflect solar energy, a cooling effect. It can form more high clouds, which block some sunlight but mostly prevent the release of infrared radiation from below, another warming effect.
yup. It really isn't just that simple, even in this cursory analysis. So, it could backfire horribly, and isn't a terribly well conceived idea in the first place. Perhaps instead of harebrained schemes to combat this problem, we could just quit abusing the planet?
A disbelief in anthropogenic planetary warming is not an implied argument for the destruction of the environment.
So, what policy changes would you recommend? How does your disbelief in a specific cause change the way you view how we should implement / change environmental policy? I would suspect that it would significantly change the way you view things like caps on carbon emissions. Am I right? What about things like mercury emissions from coal fired power plants? Are you for or against stricter standards? What about in other countries? Should China adapt stricter standards? The pollution their coal plants creates ends up in California, so that is our problem too no? How can we take a global leadership role in solving these problems when we are so hypocritical as to deny the very existence of a significant portion of climate research in a quest to appease the coal/oil and gas industries?
Not really. HDD's can compete (they aren't totally blown out of the water) on most of the metrics though. And seeing as cost is usually the #1 consideration when purchasing, I wouldn't look for these to take over any significant market share until they can compete on cost with HDD's (right now they are generally an order of magnitude more expensive for the same space).
Proper use of feeder-breeder reactors can effectively eliminate nuclear waste from uranium reactors and provide power for the entire world for many hundreds of years (all on its own)
I agree completely. However, I don't think we should look at nuclear as a long term solution, I think it is should be viewed as a stop gap until we can develop something better. It is important, we are going to need to use it, but we also need to devise a long term solution which doesn't require nuclear fuel.
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I get what you are saying, but the Chinese society has had a duality in their thought for quite a while. Yes there is the Confucian style of thought, primarily of use in government and procedure where you shouldn't think for yourself but merely follow the rules all the time. And there is the more Taoist style of thought where you can be free to think for yourself and innovate as you see fit.
As for this:
Isn't it possible that those 'creative-thinkers' might have been "bred-out" of the population?
I would be a little more concerned about when they killed everyone with a college education (or sent them for "re-education through labor") than them having been "bred-out" of the population.
I suspect that when as much energy as was released in that particular quake gets released, it was gonna get out one way or another. But building the dam where they did couldn't have helped.
but wont read/write times be longer because you'll need to deal with translations between quaternary and binary?
No, in fact an advancement such as this would halve the read/write times since twice as much information is read/write in each operation.
But this is wireless! Its a totally new invention - the wireless string.
On a more serious note, How good is the flight control on this thing? Also, where can I get the schematics and a bunch of Rhinoceros Beatles?
Seriously, I've found them to be the best method of issue tracking.
Damnit they stole my kidney!
more than triple the number of patents earned by rival Hewlett-Packard
It is vague. I find stupid fucking bills about profanity both lewd and lascivious, but not particularly indecent. Would publishing the bill be illegal under itself?
I'ts not even very funny.
It takes a good while just to spin the HDD up (~ 8 seconds if you have a big 4 platter desktop drive). If we move to a hybrid solution (an HDD with a couple Gigs of Flash on it), we could really improve boot times.
Single point of failure. At least last time I proposed a this idea on slashdot the prevailing mods seemed to think this was the case.
On a related note, what do you have at your desk that actually requires more than 12V? If we are able to make this switch in a data center, why not in an office? If we got LED lighting (obviously florescent lighting requires higher voltages, but who's really gonna miss florescent light anyway) I can't think of anything on my desk that actually runs on AC, rather than converting it to 12V, 5V and or 3.3. CRT's would have to go, but they have already been replaced with LCD's for the most part anyway. Thoughts?
Is it just me, or does 10% seem like a huge loss rate?
I work for a HDD company, and 10% is astronomical.
that old world business models become completely untenable?
As long as you are just selling bandwidth and storage, your business model would seem to be primed for success.
DRV's that spin down the HD when they are off and have no planed shows coming up.
Your DVR doesn't know if your TV is on. How useful is a DVR which doesn't offer rewind, but only records scheduled programs?
The copy which is available has a built-in 30 day time limit and, unlike previous editions of Windows 7, 'enthusiasts' don't seem to have found a way around this yet. While this is pretty normal practice for test editions, it would make it possible for Microsoft to leak the software without it affecting the final product.
Anyone tried to reset the clock yet?
On another note, since virtually all of the market for MS Vista is folks who buy a new computer (that isn't a Mac), what good is it to MS to offer something like this up? Is it in the hope that developers will bite? Is this some attrition for Vista?
We're at the beginning of the Second Great Depression.
I don't really like that name though. Suggestions for what to call this debacle? Mine would be: Securitization Shenanigans 08'
"It does seem like evaporating water outside the tropics would be more effective," Caldeira said. Some complications related to releasing huge amounts of water into the air are not well understood, however. Among the side-effects: It absorbs latent heat near the earth's surface and transports it to higher altitudes, for a cooling effect. When it condenses at higher altitudes, it releases the latent heat, which then can radiate into space, producing more cooling. It's a greenhouse gas, trapping heat and causing warming. It can form low clouds that reflect solar energy, a cooling effect. It can form more high clouds, which block some sunlight but mostly prevent the release of infrared radiation from below, another warming effect.
yup. It really isn't just that simple, even in this cursory analysis. So, it could backfire horribly, and isn't a terribly well conceived idea in the first place. Perhaps instead of harebrained schemes to combat this problem, we could just quit abusing the planet?
When a loner who suggests altering the weather in a massive unpredictable manner would be a mad scientist from a crappy b-flick.
Close, you left out that Bigfoot is the mastermind behind it all.
Global Warming has become the socialists latest grab for power, but the tide is slowly turning.
How is global warming going to give the means of production to the workers?
A disbelief in anthropogenic planetary warming is not an implied argument for the destruction of the environment.
So, what policy changes would you recommend? How does your disbelief in a specific cause change the way you view how we should implement / change environmental policy? I would suspect that it would significantly change the way you view things like caps on carbon emissions. Am I right? What about things like mercury emissions from coal fired power plants? Are you for or against stricter standards? What about in other countries? Should China adapt stricter standards? The pollution their coal plants creates ends up in California, so that is our problem too no? How can we take a global leadership role in solving these problems when we are so hypocritical as to deny the very existence of a significant portion of climate research in a quest to appease the coal/oil and gas industries?
Yes, it does.
aside from cost?
Not really. HDD's can compete (they aren't totally blown out of the water) on most of the metrics though. And seeing as cost is usually the #1 consideration when purchasing, I wouldn't look for these to take over any significant market share until they can compete on cost with HDD's (right now they are generally an order of magnitude more expensive for the same space).
Pretty close - newegg has one for ~ 129.99
Proper use of feeder-breeder reactors can effectively eliminate nuclear waste from uranium reactors and provide power for the entire world for many hundreds of years (all on its own)
I agree completely. However, I don't think we should look at nuclear as a long term solution, I think it is should be viewed as a stop gap until we can develop something better. It is important, we are going to need to use it, but we also need to devise a long term solution which doesn't require nuclear fuel.