what prevents a kid from fashioning a mask (aka: buying cigs 'halloween style') that resembles an older person and then buying the cigs from the machine?
So what happens when the Administration is wrong (again) and China loses to a bunch of no-on-has-ever-heard-ofs...?
"The Google Lunar X PRIZE calls on entrepreneurs, engineers and visionaries from around the world to return us to the lunar surface and explore this environment for the benefit of all humanity,"....
The $30 million prize purse is segmented into a $20 million Grand Prize, a $5 million Second Prize and $5 million in bonus prizes. To win the Grand Prize, a team must successfully soft land a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon, rove on the lunar surface for a minimum of 500 meters, and transmit a specific set of video, images and data back to the Earth. The Grand Prize is $20 million until December 31st 2012;
> Solar's big advantage is that it supplies the most > electricity midday, when demand peaks.
huh?
I live in Arizona and was taking with an APS rep about green technologies a few years ago. Turns out that peak demand is about 4-5PM during workdays. That is because all of Industrial, Retail, and Home are all actively eating lots of energy between 4 and 5 pm.
Unfortunately, Solar doesn't do as well at 4-5PM as we would all like.
> When will we be allowed to build a sufficient number of nuclear reactors to
> power these vehicles? I enjoy the feel of my internal combustion engine,
> but for the efficiency of nuclear power for electricity, I'm ready to switch.
As for the comment about nuclear power.... yes, generating nuclear power itself is "cleaner" than some alternatives like coal, but... did you ever think how much pollution and destruction comes about and is emitted from the mining all of that uranium?
On the bright side, a lot of the power needed for everyone to have electric, recharging cars is already in our electric system-- just have your car charge up at night while you (like most of us) sleep...
The last time I was in that situation I simply decided to go with it -- and began reading my book aloud.
The nearby passengers looked at me, and I responded with: "well, you are forcing me to listen to your inane conversation; so you are going to get to listen to my book!"
They ended their inane conversations after a short bit thereafter. Of course, the rest of the plane kept chatting (while we waited for a takeoff slot that never appeared)...
I'm still trying to figure out how one addresses 4GB+ of RAM on a 32-bit machine....
Maybe it is because I work on 64-bit unix boxes at work (with ungody high amounts of RAM) and my souped up Mac at home, but it seems as if Microsoft is about the only platform left that hasn't wholesale jumped on a 64 bit platform (and even then, it seems to me that Microsoft is driven more towards 64 bit processing by gaming constraints)...
From then on all we had to do was forward the email to the robot and wait for a readable version to bounce back. As I used Microsoft's own Word Viewer there were no problems whenever a new version of Word came out, I just downloaded the latest viewer:-)
That seems like the hard way to solve the problem...
...you can do largely the same thing with the unix "strings" command. You'll lose formatting, but you're interested mostly in content, right?
Watch my example: computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ ls Op* Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006 Operation Restore Hope.pdf computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ file "Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006" Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006: Microsoft Office Document computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ strings "Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006" | more jbjbd Operation Restore Hope* Join me for a night of celebration as we watch our favorite shows make us laugh and then watch our favorite candidates make us cheer! Tuesday, November 7, 7PM (soft drinks and snacks will be provided) * Alternate names considered: Operation Dumbo-Drop Operation Its-About-Time! Operation Investigation Operation We-Actually-Won-This-Time!
...etc
you lose some of the formatting, but it is dead simple and gets the contextual points across, I think...
> Move to Arizona, Hawaii, or anywhere outside the US.
Absolutley not!
Yes, as an Arizonan, we know that we live in a great place, and yes, we know that we're now the US's fastest growing state, and yes, we know that we have over 330 days of sunshine a year, and yes, we know that lots of folks have now figured out that there's a lot more to do out here in the nation's 5th biggest city (Phoenix) than play "catch rattlesnakes". Yes, there may even be a relic dueling law still technically on the books (not sure of that, but I heard a rumor the other day...).
Yes, we further know that not observing DST makes our lives easier and better and more practical. For starters, we in the arid desert do not need to conserve daylight; we have plenty as is. Secondly, not observing DST gives us more usable hours during the day. You see, it is coolest just before sunrise (the Earth radiates heat all night), so not delaying sunrise means that the sun comes up an hour early. Sometimes as early as 450AM. This means you can be out and about at 5AM _doing_stuff_, when it is still cool out during the summertime. Likewise, the fact that the sun rises an hour earlier means that it sets an hour earlier, which means that the desert starts cooling an hour earlier, which means that you can go out and enjoy the nice temps right before bedtime as well....
But please, we know all that. There is, in-fact, method to our (sun-induced) madness. Don't flock here, though. You'll clog up traffic.;-)
> Standards are what the market demands, not what developers do
I think it is clear what standard means. But, since there is apparently some doubt about it, here's a dictionary reference:
Main Entry: 1standard Pronunciation: 'stan-d&rd Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estandard banner, standard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English standan to stand and probably to Old High German hart hard... 3 : something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example : CRITERION 4 : something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality...
versus:
Main Entry: suggestion Pronunciation: s&g-'jes-ch&n, s&-'jes-, -'jesh- Function: noun 1 a : the act or process of suggesting b : something suggested 2 a : the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea b : the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas 3 : a slight indication
Quote: I'm no environmental scientist, but surely there would need to be many such events measured before we could really start saying what caused it.
I believe that you are not a scientist. A scientist does not need "many such events measured before.. saying what caused it". Scientists create a guess at how they think things work. This may or may not be based off of observation. This is called a hypothesis. They then attempt to prove it or disprove it via experimentation. Those theories which are disproved disappear. Some theories simply cannot be proven correct, and then you must simply accept that they: a] accurately describe the system (as we know it) b] have not been shown to be incorrect in any experiment or simulation c] are theoretically and mathematically consistent
Global warming is one of these. If you wait to prove it correct beyond all nay-sayers belief, then it will be too late. We only get one planet - we don't have another one to experiment upon or to fall back upon if this one gets screwed up. The theory suggests that certain things are more likely to occur, which have been coming true, and at a faster pace over recent years. The future predictions are even more alarming.
As a registered Green, I think that it would be reasonable to state that the planet will do just fine with unchecked global warming. Remember: There are lots of hot, planet-sized rocks in this universe of ours. The _life_ living on our planet, however....
There is almost no debate about global warming in the scientific community.
Quote: Is this a natural cycle? I am concerned about global warming, but I am also concerned about political motivations determining hypothesis, or special interest groups... Such things do not good science make.
Go get yourself a copy of "An Inconvienant Truth" on DVD. It will answer the above questions, as well as other questions you did not think to ask. If you don't have Netflix or a friend who has it, then go and check out your local public library. I bet they have a copy or two out for people to check out (mine does).
My Toyota Echo, over the last few years, consistently gets around the following:
Winter time (ie: not- the second half of June; July, and August): 44 mpg 2nd half of June, July and August: 37 mpg
Given the climate of Phoenix, this makes sense. The A/C causes gas mileage to go down. Having your windows open in Phoenix in July and August is not a good option.;-)
Keep in mind that the amount of mercury in CFLs is _much_ less than would have been thrown into the environment by _not_ using those energy efficient CFLs. Mmmmm... give me some of that yummy clean coal emissions. Oh wait: don't.
I switched my whole house over to CFLs a while ago. Every month since then, my electricity usage has been less than the corresponding usage the same month the year before the conversion. It's especially helpful in those Phoenix summers, when the AC is trying to get your house down from 122 degrees to 84 degress. In trying to keep the house as cool as possible, you put the sunscreens on all the windows and close the blinds. Of course, then you turn the lights on. Not having a boiling hot light bulb means that the AC works a lot less.
the other response is that you were joking, and I failed to initially catch it (no smiley and all).
Remember all the Republicans who think that deficits are bad (unless they are the ones making them?) In fact, Bush with a Republican Congress has added more to the debt in 5 years than all 43 prior Presidents _combined_.
Remember the Republicans who thought that a war [Kosovo] was bad, but that the Iraq war is good?
Or how about the Arizona Republicans who a couple of years ago tried to blast our Democratic governor for using tricks (selling off and releasing a gov't building, etc) to balance the state budget, on the grounds that it wasn't really "balanced" without these tricks --- but who have no issue at all with the national budget being _hugely_ in the red?
So yes, "strongly committed to their beliefs on the core issues" -- yes-- you are funny.;-)
I guess I am just an optimist in thinking that folks want to be moderate and actually solve problems (like Energy Dependency, for one) rather than be partisan gunslingers who cannot for the life of them see any merit in the opposing argument...
From my analysis of his table "mean" column...
What I found interesting from the table is that the 55 Republicans are more beholden to their side (on avg, 10.47 away from 100% on all issues) than the 44 Democrats are to their side (on avg, 13.56 away from 100% on all issues).
Since that data is taken from all the same bills/amendments/etc, it is a meaningful difference.
Of course, as a registered Green, I knew this already: the Democratic party became "Republicans lite" and left me a long time ago...
I got a 20" iMac a few months ago and absolutely love it.
My old PC, on the other hand, was not at all happy about being replaced by a younger, thinner model.
I tried to explain to her all the benefits I got from this newer, younger, thinner model - things it could do that she couldn't or wouldn't do for me, but no... all she complained about was the 7 years we had together... all those memories stored on the (Windows95) hard disk, and didn't that mean anything to me...
it's a flaw in how email was designed and evolved....you should think about telling (more aptly, "strongly recommending") to both Subscriber Subset A and Subscriber Subset B that they get your information from your newly setup and friendly RSS feed...
I see the basic problem with bundling being that it does not work, because you end up buying more than you want to. (Like those sales in the grocery store where you can get each yogurt for 40 cents if you agree to buy 20 of them at a time...)
For me (all taxes, fees, etc included - none are 'introductory' level prices): Monthly Dish network- all digital "Top 60" with HD pack on 2 TVs: $50 Monthly House phone service and DSL high speed internet thru Qwest: $48 Monthly Wireless phone (for emergencies) thru Virgin: $5/mo (really, one $15 "top up" every 90 days)
Apples to apples- None of the bundling packages with Cox or Qwest/DirectTV out by me come anywhere close to what I can make separately...
I dunno about you, but I have never had an issue with my Intel Mac.
I love it. I've converted my entire family to Macs. It's amazing: Macs just kinda work. I don't know why anyone buys a PC anymore. Maybe gaming, but 64 bit consoles are better than 32 bit PCs for that anyway...
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what prevents a kid from fashioning a mask (aka: buying cigs 'halloween style') that resembles an older person and then buying the cigs from the machine?
So what happens when the Administration is wrong (again) and China loses to a bunch of no-on-has-ever-heard-ofs...?
....
"The Google Lunar X PRIZE calls on entrepreneurs, engineers and visionaries from around the world to return us to the lunar surface and explore this environment for the benefit of all humanity,"
The $30 million prize purse is segmented into a $20 million Grand Prize, a $5 million Second Prize and $5 million in bonus prizes. To win the Grand Prize, a team must successfully soft land a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon, rove on the lunar surface for a minimum of 500 meters, and transmit a specific set of video, images and data back to the Earth. The Grand Prize is $20 million until December 31st 2012;
reference:
http://www.googlelunarxprize.com/lunar/press-release/google-sponsors-lunar-x-prize-to-create-a-space-race-for-a-new-generation
> Solar's big advantage is that it supplies the most
> electricity midday, when demand peaks.
huh?
I live in Arizona and was taking with an APS rep about green technologies a few years ago. Turns out that peak demand is about 4-5PM during workdays. That is because all of Industrial, Retail, and Home are all actively eating lots of energy between 4 and 5 pm.
Unfortunately, Solar doesn't do as well at 4-5PM as we would all like.
I file this as an example under the category of:
"Never make it hard for someone to give you money."
> power these vehicles? I enjoy the feel of my internal combustion engine,
> but for the efficiency of nuclear power for electricity, I'm ready to switch.
I'm pleased to hear that you are ready to switch.
What's needed is for you (and others) to contact car manufacturers and _ask_ for this capability. I have. Here's a link to enable you do just that:t ion.cfm
http://pluginpartners.com/whatYouCanDo/onlinePeti
As for the comment about nuclear power.... yes, generating nuclear power itself is "cleaner" than some alternatives like coal, but... did you ever think how much pollution and destruction comes about and is emitted from the mining all of that uranium?
On the bright side, a lot of the power needed for everyone to have electric, recharging cars is already in our electric system-- just have your car charge up at night while you (like most of us) sleep...
The last time I was in that situation I simply decided to go with it -- and began reading my book aloud.
The nearby passengers looked at me, and I responded with: "well, you are forcing me to listen to your inane conversation; so you are going to get to listen to my book!"
They ended their inane conversations after a short bit thereafter. Of course, the rest of the plane kept chatting (while we waited for a takeoff slot that never appeared)...
/etc == "Everything That Configures"
At least, that is how I remember it.
I'm still trying to figure out how one addresses 4GB+ of RAM on a 32-bit machine....
Maybe it is because I work on 64-bit unix boxes at work (with ungody high amounts of RAM) and my souped up Mac at home, but it seems as if Microsoft is about the only platform left that hasn't wholesale jumped on a 64 bit platform (and even then, it seems to me that Microsoft is driven more towards 64 bit processing by gaming constraints)...
That seems like the hard way to solve the problem...
Watch my example:
computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ ls Op*
Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006
Operation Restore Hope.pdf
computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ file "Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006"
Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006: Microsoft Office Document
computer:~/Documents wonkobeeblebrox$ strings "Operation Restore Hope Election Night 2006" | more
jbjbd
Operation Restore Hope*
Join me for a night of celebration as we
watch our favorite shows make us laugh and then
watch our favorite candidates make us cheer!
Tuesday, November 7, 7PM
(soft drinks and snacks will be provided)
* Alternate names considered:
Operation Dumbo-Drop
Operation Its-About-Time!
Operation Investigation
Operation We-Actually-Won-This-Time!
you lose some of the formatting, but it is dead simple and gets the contextual points across, I think...
Oh come on now...
Billy G said:
640k Should Be Enough for Anybody
> Move to Arizona, Hawaii, or anywhere outside the US.
;-)
Absolutley not!
Yes, as an Arizonan, we know that we live in a great place, and yes, we know that we're now the US's fastest growing state, and yes, we know that we have over 330 days of sunshine a year, and yes, we know that lots of folks have now figured out that there's a lot more to do out here in the nation's 5th biggest city (Phoenix) than play "catch rattlesnakes". Yes, there may even be a relic dueling law still technically on the books (not sure of that, but I heard a rumor the other day...).
Yes, we further know that not observing DST makes our lives easier and better and more practical. For starters, we in the arid desert do not need to conserve daylight; we have plenty as is. Secondly, not observing DST gives us more usable hours during the day. You see, it is coolest just before sunrise (the Earth radiates heat all night), so not delaying sunrise means that the sun comes up an hour early. Sometimes as early as 450AM. This means you can be out and about at 5AM _doing_stuff_, when it is still cool out during the summertime. Likewise, the fact that the sun rises an hour earlier means that it sets an hour earlier, which means that the desert starts cooling an hour earlier, which means that you can go out and enjoy the nice temps right before bedtime as well....
But please, we know all that. There is, in-fact, method to our (sun-induced) madness. Don't flock here, though. You'll clog up traffic.
> Standards are what the market demands, not what developers do
... ...
I think it is clear what standard means. But, since there is apparently some doubt about it, here's a dictionary reference:
Main Entry: 1standard
Pronunciation: 'stan-d&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estandard banner, standard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English standan to stand and probably to Old High German hart hard
3 : something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example : CRITERION
4 : something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality
versus:
Main Entry: suggestion
Pronunciation: s&g-'jes-ch&n, s&-'jes-, -'jesh-
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of suggesting b : something suggested
2 a : the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea b : the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas
3 : a slight indication
Quote:
I'm no environmental scientist, but surely there would need to be many such events measured before we could really start saying what caused it.
I believe that you are not a scientist. A scientist does not need "many such events measured before.. saying what caused it". Scientists create a guess at how they think things work. This may or may not be based off of observation. This is called a hypothesis. They then attempt to prove it or disprove it via experimentation. Those theories which are disproved disappear. Some theories simply cannot be proven correct, and then you must simply accept that they:
a] accurately describe the system (as we know it)
b] have not been shown to be incorrect in any experiment or simulation
c] are theoretically and mathematically consistent
Global warming is one of these. If you wait to prove it correct beyond all nay-sayers belief, then it will be too late. We only get one planet - we don't have another one to experiment upon or to fall back upon if this one gets screwed up. The theory suggests that certain things are more likely to occur, which have been coming true, and at a faster pace over recent years. The future predictions are even more alarming.
As a registered Green, I think that it would be reasonable to state that the planet will do just fine with unchecked global warming. Remember: There are lots of hot, planet-sized rocks in this universe of ours. The _life_ living on our planet, however....
There is almost no debate about global warming in the scientific community.
Quote:
Is this a natural cycle? I am concerned about global warming, but I am also concerned about political motivations determining hypothesis, or special interest groups... Such things do not good science make.
Go get yourself a copy of "An Inconvienant Truth" on DVD. It will answer the above questions, as well as other questions you did not think to ask. If you don't have Netflix or a friend who has it, then go and check out your local public library. I bet they have a copy or two out for people to check out (mine does).
My Toyota Echo, over the last few years, consistently gets around the following:
;-)
Winter time (ie: not- the second half of June; July, and August): 44 mpg
2nd half of June, July and August: 37 mpg
Given the climate of Phoenix, this makes sense. The A/C causes gas mileage to go down. Having your windows open in Phoenix in July and August is not a good option.
Keep in mind that the amount of mercury in CFLs is _much_ less than would have been thrown into the environment by _not_ using those energy efficient CFLs. Mmmmm... give me some of that yummy clean coal emissions. Oh wait: don't.
I switched my whole house over to CFLs a while ago. Every month since then, my electricity usage has been less than the corresponding usage the same month the year before the conversion. It's especially helpful in those Phoenix summers, when the AC is trying to get your house down from 122 degrees to 84 degress. In trying to keep the house as cool as possible, you put the sunscreens on all the windows and close the blinds. Of course, then you turn the lights on. Not having a boiling hot light bulb means that the AC works a lot less.
"KDE Celebrates 10 Years of Existence"
...don't we call that sort of event a birthday? Original wording seems, kinda... well... wordy....
...we could be pithier and simply state:
"KDE turns 10"
of course...
;-)
the other response is that you were joking, and I failed to initially catch it (no smiley and all).
Remember all the Republicans who think that deficits are bad (unless they are the ones making them?) In fact, Bush with a Republican Congress has added more to the debt in 5 years than all 43 prior Presidents _combined_.
Remember the Republicans who thought that a war [Kosovo] was bad, but that the Iraq war is good?
Or how about the Arizona Republicans who a couple of years ago tried to blast our Democratic governor for using tricks (selling off and releasing a gov't building, etc) to balance the state budget, on the grounds that it wasn't really "balanced" without these tricks --- but who have no issue at all with the national budget being _hugely_ in the red?
So yes, "strongly committed to their beliefs on the core issues" -- yes-- you are funny.
I guess I am just an optimist in thinking that folks want to be moderate and actually solve problems (like Energy Dependency, for one) rather than be partisan gunslingers who cannot for the life of them see any merit in the opposing argument...
In case you missed it, the PBS weekly newsmagazine, NOW, had a great story on electronic voting last night...
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/index.html
you can get the free podcast of the show as well...
He has an interesting page at: http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2006/Info/senator -ratings.html
discussing that there really aren't any senators in the middle anymore.
From my analysis of his table "mean" column...
What I found interesting from the table is that the 55 Republicans are more beholden to their side (on avg, 10.47 away from 100% on all issues) than the 44 Democrats are to their side (on avg, 13.56 away from 100% on all issues).
Since that data is taken from all the same bills/amendments/etc, it is a meaningful difference.
Of course, as a registered Green, I knew this already: the Democratic party became "Republicans lite" and left me a long time ago...
I got a 20" iMac a few months ago and absolutely love it.
My old PC, on the other hand, was not at all happy about being replaced by a younger, thinner model.
I tried to explain to her all the benefits I got from this newer, younger, thinner model - things it could do that she couldn't or wouldn't do for me, but no... all she complained about was the 7 years we had together... all those memories stored on the (Windows95) hard disk, and didn't that mean anything to me...
it's a flaw in how email was designed and evolved. ...you should think about telling (more aptly, "strongly recommending") to both Subscriber Subset A and Subscriber Subset B that they get your information from your newly setup and friendly RSS feed...
I see the basic problem with bundling being that it does not work, because you end up buying more than you want to. (Like those sales in the grocery store where you can get each yogurt for 40 cents if you agree to buy 20 of them at a time...)
For me (all taxes, fees, etc included - none are 'introductory' level prices):
Monthly Dish network- all digital "Top 60" with HD pack on 2 TVs: $50
Monthly House phone service and DSL high speed internet thru Qwest: $48
Monthly Wireless phone (for emergencies) thru Virgin: $5/mo (really, one $15 "top up" every 90 days)
Apples to apples- None of the bundling packages with Cox or Qwest/DirectTV out by me come anywhere close to what I can make separately...
I dunno about you, but I have never had an issue with my Intel Mac.
I love it. I've converted my entire family to Macs. It's amazing: Macs just kinda work. I don't know why anyone buys a PC anymore. Maybe gaming, but 64 bit consoles are better than 32 bit PCs for that anyway...
> The Navy prepared a floating White House aboard the communications cruiser USS Northampton
So _that's_ where Cheney's "undisclosed location" is...