Unfortunately this seems pretty typical of this government.
Which government? The stimulus stuff came from the executive branch of the government. This apparently comes from AGIMO. I assume the people who run this are not members of/affiliated with the Labor or Liberal party. I assume that they make their decisions mostly independent of whatever party is in control of the government.
Do you really think the same person(s) who thought of the stimulus also decided something as insignificant and mundane as what standard documents are stored as? Or that these two things are somehow (even remotely) related and a symptom of an inept 'government'?
We don't even have a moon base. And building a moon base, purely to mine on the moon, is stupid. There is enough minerals down here (currently). The only way it would be worthwhile, is if we worked out fusion power and if helium-3 was far (far far) superior to anything on Earth for fusion.
Yes. The blog has a link to the WA government website, which has latest criminal code (as of 18/10/10).
Yes most internet connections you authenticate, but you don't need a password to access the internet. And would you define the entire internet as a 'computer system'?
It also states the 'computer system' must be restricted to authorised person(s). The internet isn't a restricted system.
restricted-access computer system means a computer system in
respect of which —
(a) the use of a password is necessary in order to obtain
access to information stored in the system or to operate
the system in some other way; and
(b) the person who is entitled to control the use of the
system —
(i) has withheld knowledge of the password, or the
means of producing it, from all other persons; or
(ii) has taken steps to restrict knowledge of the
password, or the means of producing it, to a
particular authorised person or class of
authorised person;
The definition of 'restricted-access computer system'. My interpretation of this, is that a police database would fall under this, but an internet connection would not. But the law isn't worded very well. It seems it was added in 1990, and written by someone with little understanding of computers.
It's also false to bring out the claim that landlines are more expensive, because if you are a state employee with a desk and you sit behind it most of the time, you already have a landline, and it's not going away.
.
And is the claim even true? Are they basing it on a landline at a private residence compared to their private mobile? Because I'm sure the costs would be different, especially at an office that has 30 lines.
Besides, when dictatorial, murdering thugs like Hugo Chavez are the primary people taking your side, that ought to be a not-so-subtle hint that you're not quite on the right side.
Seriously? Guilt by association? You're going there? So what if Chavez takes his "side"?
How does a McCarthyist post like this get modded interesting?
but the responsibility for safety rests squarely on those that are conducting the drilling and reaping the profits..
The government profits from companies exploiting resources in your country. Or at least it should be, I don't know US tax laws. But in pretty much every country, if you mine metals or drill for gas/oil, you pay the government money for the right to do so. (Separate from corporate tax, payroll tax, tariffs, goods and services tax, etc.)
Yeah one had a figure, I just used 'most' to simplify. That was Wikipedia. Another internet encyclopaedia said different. I wouldn't trust either. But I did read these estimates are unreliable and could be up to 50% in error, which makes sense since accurately estimating the concentration of radioactive elements for the entire Earth is impossible.
To correct/or add to my previous point, most of the heat generated would be from the mantle and core, not the crust. Even though uranium etc are more concentrated in the crust, the much higher volume of the mantle/core negates this. Also, other elements provide heat through radioactivity, such as thorium and potassium-40.
Finally, we can't mine all the uranium. It's only profitable to mine highly concentrated uranium, close to the surface. How concentrated or deep will change in the future as demand increases, but the amount mined relative to everything else will still be insignificant.
Incorrect. Elements segregate in the Earth (and Moon) based on chemical affinities, not on weight. And this is just relative abundance (relative to composition of the solar system). You get all elements in all parts of the Earth, but there is relatively more lithophile elements in the crust, and relatively more siderophile elements in the core.
And uranium is a lithophile, so it is more concentrated in the crust. It still keeps the core warm though. The crust is like an electric blanket, it insulates and provides heat (through radioactivity) to the core (and mantle).
That time and effort should have been put into more important things.
Lack of time and effort is not the reason why congress is not passing laws that will fix America's problems. It's because the politicians do what's best for their lobbiers, instead of what's best for their voters.
In Latin, the word is variously written sulpur, sulphur, and sulfur (the Oxford Latin Dictionary lists the spellings in this order).
Just going by this, 'sulfur' was not the universally accepted way to spell it in Latin. Either way, how it was spelt in latin (or greek) has no relevance of what is 'correct'.
However, IUPAC adopted the spelling sulfur in 1990, as did the Royal Society of Chemistry Nomenclature Committee in 1992.
But the international and British standards bodies recommend using sulfur anyway.
The BSG 'style' that was used in SGU is lame. Dark lighting, shaky cameras, overly melodramatic, unrealistic pointless interpersonal dilemmas, etc. I only saw the pilot of SGU and it was like an episode of Days of Our Lives in space.
to the loss of hosting, DNS services and, now, the possibility to gain funding. That's how easy it was to get the job done.
I wouldn't worry about Wikileaks. They purposely used US based services to test if they would get banned/shut down. The companies fell for the trap, now everyone knows how these companies will respond when under pressure.
Which actually backs up my statement that they Iraq succeed in tricking the US.
Riiiiight. It is completely plausible that a backwater dictatorship tricked the largest, most technologically advanced intelligence agencies in the world, even after having the country searched by inspectors. How naive the US intelligence agencies and government must be for falling for Saddan's trickery.
You are completely ignoring points that contradict your false opinion, while cherry picking anything that apparently backs it up.
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Get (even more) really really rich once the oil price sky rockets?
Unfortunately this seems pretty typical of this government.
Which government? The stimulus stuff came from the executive branch of the government. This apparently comes from AGIMO. I assume the people who run this are not members of/affiliated with the Labor or Liberal party. I assume that they make their decisions mostly independent of whatever party is in control of the government.
Do you really think the same person(s) who thought of the stimulus also decided something as insignificant and mundane as what standard documents are stored as? Or that these two things are somehow (even remotely) related and a symptom of an inept 'government'?
We don't even have a moon base. And building a moon base, purely to mine on the moon, is stupid. There is enough minerals down here (currently). The only way it would be worthwhile, is if we worked out fusion power and if helium-3 was far (far far) superior to anything on Earth for fusion.
Yes. The blog has a link to the WA government website, which has latest criminal code (as of 18/10/10).
Yes most internet connections you authenticate, but you don't need a password to access the internet. And would you define the entire internet as a 'computer system'?
It also states the 'computer system' must be restricted to authorised person(s). The internet isn't a restricted system.
restricted-access computer system means a computer system in respect of which —
(a) the use of a password is necessary in order to obtain access to information stored in the system or to operate the system in some other way; and
(b) the person who is entitled to control the use of the system —
(i) has withheld knowledge of the password, or the means of producing it, from all other persons; or
(ii) has taken steps to restrict knowledge of the password, or the means of producing it, to a particular authorised person or class of authorised person;
The definition of 'restricted-access computer system'. My interpretation of this, is that a police database would fall under this, but an internet connection would not. But the law isn't worded very well. It seems it was added in 1990, and written by someone with little understanding of computers.
It's also false to bring out the claim that landlines are more expensive, because if you are a state employee with a desk and you sit behind it most of the time, you already have a landline, and it's not going away.
.
And is the claim even true? Are they basing it on a landline at a private residence compared to their private mobile? Because I'm sure the costs would be different, especially at an office that has 30 lines.
Besides, when dictatorial, murdering thugs like Hugo Chavez are the primary people taking your side, that ought to be a not-so-subtle hint that you're not quite on the right side.
Seriously? Guilt by association? You're going there? So what if Chavez takes his "side"?
How does a McCarthyist post like this get modded interesting?
but the responsibility for safety rests squarely on those that are conducting the drilling and reaping the profits..
The government profits from companies exploiting resources in your country. Or at least it should be, I don't know US tax laws. But in pretty much every country, if you mine metals or drill for gas/oil, you pay the government money for the right to do so. (Separate from corporate tax, payroll tax, tariffs, goods and services tax, etc.)
Yeah one had a figure, I just used 'most' to simplify. That was Wikipedia. Another internet encyclopaedia said different. I wouldn't trust either. But I did read these estimates are unreliable and could be up to 50% in error, which makes sense since accurately estimating the concentration of radioactive elements for the entire Earth is impossible.
(Since all the long lasting radioactive isotopes are dense metals).
The decay of potassium-40 is the major contributor of heat within the Earth. Potassium isn't a dense metal. Also, there is a theory that a significant amount potassium could exist in the Earth's core.
Maybe potassium-40 is the reason why the moon does have a liquid outer core?
Actually, I was reading up on it, and some sources say half of the heat comes from the crust, while others say most comes from the mantle/core.
To correct/or add to my previous point, most of the heat generated would be from the mantle and core, not the crust. Even though uranium etc are more concentrated in the crust, the much higher volume of the mantle/core negates this. Also, other elements provide heat through radioactivity, such as thorium and potassium-40.
Finally, we can't mine all the uranium. It's only profitable to mine highly concentrated uranium, close to the surface. How concentrated or deep will change in the future as demand increases, but the amount mined relative to everything else will still be insignificant.
Incorrect. Elements segregate in the Earth (and Moon) based on chemical affinities, not on weight. And this is just relative abundance (relative to composition of the solar system). You get all elements in all parts of the Earth, but there is relatively more lithophile elements in the crust, and relatively more siderophile elements in the core.
And uranium is a lithophile, so it is more concentrated in the crust. It still keeps the core warm though. The crust is like an electric blanket, it insulates and provides heat (through radioactivity) to the core (and mantle).
But generalising is so much easier!
It seems like you are suggesting
He is not suggesting that at all. Seriously.... you are reading what you want to read, not what is actually written.
That time and effort should have been put into more important things.
Lack of time and effort is not the reason why congress is not passing laws that will fix America's problems. It's because the politicians do what's best for their lobbiers, instead of what's best for their voters.
Then I won't view this debate as an utter waste of congress' time.
This comment is utterly absurd. I bet congress has petty insignificant bills pass through it all the time. Why are you singling out this one?
In Latin, the word is variously written sulpur, sulphur, and sulfur (the Oxford Latin Dictionary lists the spellings in this order).
Just going by this, 'sulfur' was not the universally accepted way to spell it in Latin. Either way, how it was spelt in latin (or greek) has no relevance of what is 'correct'.
However, IUPAC adopted the spelling sulfur in 1990, as did the Royal Society of Chemistry Nomenclature Committee in 1992.
But the international and British standards bodies recommend using sulfur anyway.
From Wikipedia article.
Can't believe you guys haven't fixed this yet.
A flawed system getting fixed in America? What fantasy land do you live in?
The BSG 'style' that was used in SGU is lame. Dark lighting, shaky cameras, overly melodramatic, unrealistic pointless interpersonal dilemmas, etc. I only saw the pilot of SGU and it was like an episode of Days of Our Lives in space.
Or is it okay because sometimes secrecy is necessary?
It's ok because he is a private citizen. Do you understand the difference between a government and the citizens it governs?
to the loss of hosting, DNS services and, now, the possibility to gain funding. That's how easy it was to get the job done.
I wouldn't worry about Wikileaks. They purposely used US based services to test if they would get banned/shut down. The companies fell for the trap, now everyone knows how these companies will respond when under pressure.
Which actually backs up my statement that they Iraq succeed in tricking the US.
Riiiiight. It is completely plausible that a backwater dictatorship tricked the largest, most technologically advanced intelligence agencies in the world, even after having the country searched by inspectors. How naive the US intelligence agencies and government must be for falling for Saddan's trickery.
You are completely ignoring points that contradict your false opinion, while cherry picking anything that apparently backs it up.
Powell WMD speech 'lowest point in my life'
Government 'sexed up' WMD report
His refusal to wear a condom despite his sexual partners begging that he do precisely that
[citation needed]