Technology is improving dramatically. Fast forward about 5-6 decades and it's feasible that virtually every roof will have been replaced with solar shingles, every sidewalk, every road... all huge surface area and all potential places where heat/light can be trapped and converted to electricity. It's not cost efficient today, but with improved technology and more efficient solar cells this type of system would produce huge amounts of power. Wind and geothermal can take care of quite a bit more. Unlike some others, I don't feel it's necessary to get rid of nuclear power to help out with the baseline and/or seasonal issues where wind/solar do not provide enough local energy and the various large scale storage systems simply aren't pragmatic.
I'd start off with the fourth amendment. I would argue the interstate commerce clause should make it difficult to justify these types of screenings before travelling across state lines in any transportation method. Saying you can choose to walk/drive/ride a bike is not justification for limiting inter-state travel. Of course, IANAL and I actually care more about being left alone than fake security... but whatever.
Hopefully the "circle" concept will make it easier to make it so you don't have to hear social network spam from your friends with no lives. I don't have a g+ account, and I'm not particularly interested in signing up but it does seem like it could make some headway wrt what you're talking about.
Manufactured scarcity is one of the many marketing tactics used to increase demand. It's used in everything from cellphones and Nintendos to even Facebook, which started out as an "exclusive" service to members of certain colleges.
Saying we need another Gates is like saying America needs Bush back as President. The fact of the matter is the company, and country, were already sinking by the time the torch was handed off to the new guy. Whether or not the new guy is better/worse than the last guy is up to your individual preferences I guess.
Don't put words into my mouth. I have no problem with what GeoHot or whatever his name is did. I thought that was made clear by me referring to the law in question as unjust. Don't let that stop you from flaming on though.
The quote provided of Matthew 5:18 was spoken by none other than Jesus himself. Later in the book, Mark 7:9-13 Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their children according to the teachings in Leviticus. Christians are explicitly told by Jesus to kill their children for cursing them. So, essentially none of your points are backed up by the Bible.
Your first sentence made it clear that the product will be a flop. If it can't be described in 1-2 sentences what it is and what it does then it's a waste and too complicated for most users.
He arguably violated the DMCA. Breaking unjust laws does not stop you from being called a criminal. Not having ever been convicted also does not make you any less of a criminal.
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IMHO this would be terrible. I like Gmail as much as the next guy.. it's my primary e-mail "client" but the most common feature I use in Outlook that is missing is sort by column. I use it constantly. The excellent search feature in gmail is a poor substitute. Also turning the "from" e-mail address on an e-mail you read into a meaningful contact is quite difficult in Gmail in comparison to outlook.
Is this a joke post? Putting the nuclear reactor atop a set of stilts makes an easy security target. Take out the stilts... I doubt the safety mechanisms in place will withstand an irreverent 20ft drop.
Zero is not the "first" digit available on pinpads. It's generally the last as most readers would view the pin-pad as reading from top-left to bottom-right. I would guess zero is among the least used digits based on Benford's law. It does raise the interesting question of whether or not cultures that read right-to-left would see 3 as being the most common digit... assuming the pin-pad is not updated to have 1 be the top-right key.
That's not true. If 10 people are asked to select a number from 1-10 then the chances of a duplicate are quite high even if the numbers are chosen completely randomly. Since people are really bad at being random there will be an increased likelihood of duplication. The pigeon and hole example only works because there's already a pigeon in the first hole when the second arrives. In the "pick a number" example the numbers don't disappear for the next user.
Not all profiling is based on skin color. The Israelis, for example, deal with a LOT more terrorism than we do and they profile based on where you have traveled previously. So, for example, if a country like Jordan is flagged as a "terrorist training" country then you will be more highly scrutinized if you've traveled to Jordan recently. While I agree with you that color-based profiling would ultimately be fruitless, I do think there's a place in "the system" for some types of effective profiling.
A friend of mine works for a defense contractor. In the early days of Blu-Ray they bought a hand full of PS3s because it was the best, cheapest, hi-def platform available at the time for them to run their demo videos on at conferences and such. It would not surprise me in the least if those PS3s were in fact owned by the government and are on this list...
I think the model we'll move to is electric only for the daily commute and rent something for long trips. If total electric cars can come into line with the price point of a standard fuel car and handle 99.9% of days then this will be a huge financial advantage for most users.
It's not that the public education system doesn't teach these things. It's that it's incredibly boring to most people so they don't remember it. I'm sure there's plenty of things you learned in school that bored you that you don't remember. A trivial example for me is that I cannot confidently name all the states and capitals in the U.S. even though I memorized that for tests in school. That's just a piece of trivia that I found boring and useless so it's not something I can recall easily.
By "perfect form" I assume you mean "so evil by design that you deserve to burn in hell for eternity." Well, unless you complete a very specific set of steps to complete the salvation process.
I think you hit on the cruxt of the issue here. The barrier to entry in both time and money is incredibly low for cloud services. If I were running a small company I can't imagine a good reason to NOT use a cloud service. It's likely going to be better than anything I could muster with my meager budget.
I don't have anything against DVCS but I personally haven't switched from SVN. SVN doesn't cause me (personally) any headaches that might be solved by DVCS. For some, I can see how it's quite useful and beneficial but I suppose you could count me in the group that doesn't prefer it.
Yeah, there's jobs out there with that kind of salary for top notch web development (html, css, javascript). They're usually leading teams of other developers for high profile companies like Google, Yahoo, etc. You probably have to be willing to move, but the money is out there if you're good enough to pontificate on end about the different implementations of each of those technologies between browsers and the versions of each of those browsers.
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How many 50 year old houses still have their original roofs?
Technology is improving dramatically. Fast forward about 5-6 decades and it's feasible that virtually every roof will have been replaced with solar shingles, every sidewalk, every road... all huge surface area and all potential places where heat/light can be trapped and converted to electricity. It's not cost efficient today, but with improved technology and more efficient solar cells this type of system would produce huge amounts of power. Wind and geothermal can take care of quite a bit more. Unlike some others, I don't feel it's necessary to get rid of nuclear power to help out with the baseline and/or seasonal issues where wind/solar do not provide enough local energy and the various large scale storage systems simply aren't pragmatic.
I'd start off with the fourth amendment. I would argue the interstate commerce clause should make it difficult to justify these types of screenings before travelling across state lines in any transportation method. Saying you can choose to walk/drive/ride a bike is not justification for limiting inter-state travel. Of course, IANAL and I actually care more about being left alone than fake security... but whatever.
This new screening qualifies as a doctor's visit under Obamacare. Why yes, there will be a copay.
Not computer illiterate. Just lazy.
Hopefully the "circle" concept will make it easier to make it so you don't have to hear social network spam from your friends with no lives. I don't have a g+ account, and I'm not particularly interested in signing up but it does seem like it could make some headway wrt what you're talking about.
Manufactured scarcity is one of the many marketing tactics used to increase demand. It's used in everything from cellphones and Nintendos to even Facebook, which started out as an "exclusive" service to members of certain colleges.
Saying we need another Gates is like saying America needs Bush back as President. The fact of the matter is the company, and country, were already sinking by the time the torch was handed off to the new guy. Whether or not the new guy is better/worse than the last guy is up to your individual preferences I guess.
...and we certainly shouldn't respect them.
Don't put words into my mouth. I have no problem with what GeoHot or whatever his name is did. I thought that was made clear by me referring to the law in question as unjust. Don't let that stop you from flaming on though.
The quote provided of Matthew 5:18 was spoken by none other than Jesus himself. Later in the book, Mark 7:9-13 Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their children according to the teachings in Leviticus. Christians are explicitly told by Jesus to kill their children for cursing them. So, essentially none of your points are backed up by the Bible.
Your first sentence made it clear that the product will be a flop. If it can't be described in 1-2 sentences what it is and what it does then it's a waste and too complicated for most users.
He arguably violated the DMCA. Breaking unjust laws does not stop you from being called a criminal. Not having ever been convicted also does not make you any less of a criminal.
IMHO this would be terrible. I like Gmail as much as the next guy.. it's my primary e-mail "client" but the most common feature I use in Outlook that is missing is sort by column. I use it constantly. The excellent search feature in gmail is a poor substitute. Also turning the "from" e-mail address on an e-mail you read into a meaningful contact is quite difficult in Gmail in comparison to outlook.
Is this a joke post? Putting the nuclear reactor atop a set of stilts makes an easy security target. Take out the stilts... I doubt the safety mechanisms in place will withstand an irreverent 20ft drop.
Zero is not the "first" digit available on pinpads. It's generally the last as most readers would view the pin-pad as reading from top-left to bottom-right. I would guess zero is among the least used digits based on Benford's law. It does raise the interesting question of whether or not cultures that read right-to-left would see 3 as being the most common digit... assuming the pin-pad is not updated to have 1 be the top-right key.
That's not true. If 10 people are asked to select a number from 1-10 then the chances of a duplicate are quite high even if the numbers are chosen completely randomly. Since people are really bad at being random there will be an increased likelihood of duplication. The pigeon and hole example only works because there's already a pigeon in the first hole when the second arrives. In the "pick a number" example the numbers don't disappear for the next user.
Not all profiling is based on skin color. The Israelis, for example, deal with a LOT more terrorism than we do and they profile based on where you have traveled previously. So, for example, if a country like Jordan is flagged as a "terrorist training" country then you will be more highly scrutinized if you've traveled to Jordan recently. While I agree with you that color-based profiling would ultimately be fruitless, I do think there's a place in "the system" for some types of effective profiling.
Agreed. Guys in the military get paid like $0.05/hr for their work. Give them all the access to PS3s and XBoxes they want.
A friend of mine works for a defense contractor. In the early days of Blu-Ray they bought a hand full of PS3s because it was the best, cheapest, hi-def platform available at the time for them to run their demo videos on at conferences and such. It would not surprise me in the least if those PS3s were in fact owned by the government and are on this list...
I think the model we'll move to is electric only for the daily commute and rent something for long trips. If total electric cars can come into line with the price point of a standard fuel car and handle 99.9% of days then this will be a huge financial advantage for most users.
It's not that the public education system doesn't teach these things. It's that it's incredibly boring to most people so they don't remember it. I'm sure there's plenty of things you learned in school that bored you that you don't remember. A trivial example for me is that I cannot confidently name all the states and capitals in the U.S. even though I memorized that for tests in school. That's just a piece of trivia that I found boring and useless so it's not something I can recall easily.
By "perfect form" I assume you mean "so evil by design that you deserve to burn in hell for eternity." Well, unless you complete a very specific set of steps to complete the salvation process.
I think you hit on the cruxt of the issue here. The barrier to entry in both time and money is incredibly low for cloud services. If I were running a small company I can't imagine a good reason to NOT use a cloud service. It's likely going to be better than anything I could muster with my meager budget.
I don't have anything against DVCS but I personally haven't switched from SVN. SVN doesn't cause me (personally) any headaches that might be solved by DVCS. For some, I can see how it's quite useful and beneficial but I suppose you could count me in the group that doesn't prefer it.
Yeah, there's jobs out there with that kind of salary for top notch web development (html, css, javascript). They're usually leading teams of other developers for high profile companies like Google, Yahoo, etc. You probably have to be willing to move, but the money is out there if you're good enough to pontificate on end about the different implementations of each of those technologies between browsers and the versions of each of those browsers.