I used to work for an energy conglomerate that was investing heavily in solar.
The way it works is that smaller compnies develop and refine until the big ones choose the better ones, buy them and dump money into them. This model has proven successful time and time again.
look at the cost of an automobile against average household income over the years. Not only can the average household aford more and better, those cars are required to meet more and stricter requirements. Thr 1940's beetle would get you from pt A to pt B just fine. I would bet the farm that the 1952 Beetle would be much cheeper to produce today than the 2006 model.
you also minimize the effectiveness of that anti-biotic for you in the future.
so.... go ahead tke them all. Evolution will eventually take care of this kind of behavior. Unfortunately evolution is too slow to take care of the examples of this idiocy currently infesting the planet.
from personl experience, I would say the Autobahn is only better in spots.
Construction sights are much worse since there is so little room. Access is sparse so it is better for speed and worse for commerce. The Autobahn goes past cities instead of through them. Suspension requirements are higher in Germany so a direct comparison of the highway is difficult. The Interstate system is impressive on many levels and, my opinion is that it is a greater engineering achievement.
...Putting pedestrians closer to and making them less visible to drivers does not make things safer....
... but it IS safer for the drivers, passengers AND the cars. It may also result in more entry level jobs at the car washes..
It may also be easier on Universal Health Care since person v car results in fatality more often, where car v grassy ditch probably yields injuries more often.
*Disclaimer - I did not spend 4 years and hours to figure this out so it may just be my own speculation.
Whoooo there nelly... people on/. have kids?!?!?!?! That is scarier than climate change.
My 2 cents:
First penny:When did Homo Sapiens bow out of nature? Are we not a part of the puzzle? Don't we get a say on who eats who and who gets eaten?
Second penny: Last time the Earth went through a warm period there was more species and diversity. I thought that was a good thing, but I am just a guy with an inoperable brain tumor partially living off thd sytem. (I collect both SSDI and disability insurance, As I feel it should be.)
We implemented a project management office and methodology which more or less forced our coders to slow down. Their quality , productivity and ability to hit scheduled (their own generated ones) targets went WAY UP. Everything costs less now.
US citizens and companies are easily the most cheirtable in the world. We give away more money than anyone
Well, except maybe sometimes Bill Clinton who generously donated used underwear. Not sure I want that, but I bet ML's undies would pull a heft ticket... but(t) not on e-bay of course.
Just kidding, I am sure the Clinton's donate generously, aside from the underwear (boxers or briefs?).
My serious point is that American's have lower taxes than Europeans, for instance, and we give away some of that extra which we get to keep for ourselves. I am not the least surprised that a company like Google would do something like this, for no other reason than tax avoidance and PR. I think it is a great move and they may end up with profit from it on the side. That would only be a side benefit though. The real world benefits are tangible without any actual windfall from the idea itself.
Certainly the ROI for this will be better than that of the corporate site cafeteria. I imagine they have a business case for that, but I imagine the ROI is below 1.0.
I think the point is that you should be able to survive your early years without all the "conveniences" of a computer, not that the old modes of communication had similar pitfalls of the electronic pseudo equivalents.
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I used to work for an energy conglomerate that was investing heavily in solar. The way it works is that smaller compnies develop and refine until the big ones choose the better ones, buy them and dump money into them. This model has proven successful time and time again. look at the cost of an automobile against average household income over the years. Not only can the average household aford more and better, those cars are required to meet more and stricter requirements. Thr 1940's beetle would get you from pt A to pt B just fine. I would bet the farm that the 1952 Beetle would be much cheeper to produce today than the 2006 model.
This would ensure we could all see our gold glittering across the night sky. Puts a new meaning to stars wearing jewelry.
I worked for a state supreme court in 1997. They wanted to archive all their docs for forever so... the converted everything to Word Perfect. UGH!
you also minimize the effectiveness of that anti-biotic for you in the future. so.... go ahead tke them all. Evolution will eventually take care of this kind of behavior. Unfortunately evolution is too slow to take care of the examples of this idiocy currently infesting the planet.
Doctors are sworn to preserve life. Ask a plummer to do it. (nothing against plummers, just an example)
I am 24 months ito a 12 month prognosis! "You're dying. Six weeks to live." - YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!!!
from personl experience, I would say the Autobahn is only better in spots. Construction sights are much worse since there is so little room. Access is sparse so it is better for speed and worse for commerce. The Autobahn goes past cities instead of through them. Suspension requirements are higher in Germany so a direct comparison of the highway is difficult. The Interstate system is impressive on many levels and, my opinion is that it is a greater engineering achievement.
...Putting pedestrians closer to and making them less visible to drivers does not make things safer....
... but it IS safer for the drivers, passengers AND the cars. It may also result in more entry level jobs at the car washes.. It may also be easier on Universal Health Care since person v car results in fatality more often, where car v grassy ditch probably yields injuries more often. *Disclaimer - I did not spend 4 years and hours to figure this out so it may just be my own speculation.
"Render unto Cesar THAT WHICH IS CEASARS." Not all of it.
Oops, now I see their sewewrs. I C U in the Loo.
And flees (do birds have flees or some equivalent?) jumping off would be going off half-cock.
I thought it was ALF all along ALien Fumes.
Has anyone tried to compare human emissions to volcanic emissions. I do not have any idea if our species is pissing in the ocean, a pool or a puddle.
How do we compare to solar heating (compensating for observable atmospheric and other depletion)?
Whoooo there nelly... people on /. have kids?!?!?!?! That is scarier than climate change.
My 2 cents:
First penny:When did Homo Sapiens bow out of nature? Are we not a part of the puzzle? Don't we get a say on who eats who and who gets eaten?
Second penny: Last time the Earth went through a warm period there was more species and diversity. I thought that was a good thing, but I am just a guy with an inoperable brain tumor partially living off thd sytem. (I collect both SSDI and disability insurance, As I feel it should be.)
We implemented a project management office and methodology which more or less forced our coders to slow down. Their quality , productivity and ability to hit scheduled (their own generated ones) targets went WAY UP. Everything costs less now.
Skype worked for me over hughesnet from the middle of missouri. That network has serious latency issues.
I bought it, liked it and then bought the expansion.
Other than having trouble with my disk, It was a good model for me and stardocks.
Spore has been very frustrating for me as well.
not worthless, it just wont sell.
It doesn't even have the word "Hybrid" in its name...
NOT VIABLE ON THE OPEN MARKET.
Someone line these guys up with an unemployed marketing person.
Hopefully that computer will not get buldozed just before revealing the question.
We already know the answer is 42.
the local.live.com images are nice and clear. ;)
Especially the birds eye view from the satelites with wings
http://maps.live.com/#JnE9eXAucnllJTJjK25ldyt5b3JrJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTU2Ljc1MjcyMj g3MjA1NzQlN2UtMzkuODE0NDUzMTI1JTdlLTguNjY3OTE4MDAyMzYzMTIlN2UtMTIzLjA0Njg3NQ==
Amen!
US citizens and companies are easily the most cheirtable in the world. We give away more money than anyone
Well, except maybe sometimes Bill Clinton who generously donated used underwear. Not sure I want that, but I bet ML's undies would pull a heft ticket... but(t) not on e-bay of course.
Just kidding, I am sure the Clinton's donate generously, aside from the underwear (boxers or briefs?).
My serious point is that American's have lower taxes than Europeans, for instance, and we give away some of that extra which we get to keep for ourselves. I am not the least surprised that a company like Google would do something like this, for no other reason than tax avoidance and PR. I think it is a great move and they may end up with profit from it on the side. That would only be a side benefit though. The real world benefits are tangible without any actual windfall from the idea itself.
Certainly the ROI for this will be better than that of the corporate site cafeteria. I imagine they have a business case for that, but I imagine the ROI is below 1.0.
I think the point is that you should be able to survive your early years without all the "conveniences" of a computer, not that the old modes of communication had similar pitfalls of the electronic pseudo equivalents.
Just fly the shuttle till they are all gone, then you know you got the most out of them.
If God did create the universe he must exist beyond that universe and thus even bigger than the universe.
Religion would thus make you feel even smaller.
WOW, I am quite spiritual, I feel even smaller than you.