My personal problem with the theory that this flux is going to cause global cooling is that, at least according to the actual temperature measurements, global cooling has preceeded the flux by a couple of years.
If the data is an indicator, something else is affecting the climate and that something has already been in effect for some time.
But of course, this messes up all the other theories on global warming I've heard of as well. I guess it never pays to muddy up a perfectly good theory by comparing it with data, does it?
Actually, Solar flares correlate with solar activity and, at least in theory, increased solar activity shields Earth from Cosmic Rays.
i.e: more solar flares implies more solar activity
which implies less cosmic rays reaching earth
which implies fewer clouds
which implies more sunlight
which implies hotter temperatures on the planet
which implies global warming.
oops. I should have read further.
I still think that it's more difficult than you suggest, it would be harder to hide from the user and it would still be limited to what the original user did on the computer - not what everyone who used the computer did, but you might be able to get something like that to run.
Except you need root access to run anything that installs an executable on the system. And when you install an app, you type a password even WITH root access.
Um, that would mean that smart, beautiful successful people (you know - those with preferable genetic traits) are more likely to have kids than stupid ugly failures.
Have you ever been to New York?
If anything, the "have children" part would lead to the human race DEVOLVING for the last 50 years. The rich and successful are averaging fewer children than replace their numbers. This lack is just about made up for by welfare recipients.
* The fungus is an invasive species and hence, the bees have no/little natural defense against it
technically, bees are an invasive species - they were brought over from Europe, are not actually native to the U.S., have established themselves in the wild and actually push out other species that pollinated native plants. You'll find bees native to Europe, Africa and asia, but NOT America.
At least if these guys are solving captchas, they're NOT answering customer service calls for cell phone companies...
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The article has two points to make:
1. If you work hard for a long time, you will get better (this is where the capablanca quote is going).
2. If you piddle around at something for a long time without actually putting real effort into it, you will not necessarily get better (this is where your first quote is going).
I have to say it seems like pretty sound reasoning to me.
So what do you want, a missing limb and eventually have your identity 'stolen', or having your identity stolen some time earlier, but you keeping your limb.
So embedding the chip in my forehead would probably be a bad idea, huh?
Probably gonna get creamed for this suggestion, but:
store all your passwords on it - make them all 128 bits or better randomly generated, then embed the chip in a fingertip. Include handshake verification of authenticity and a pin for added security and that should greatly reduce identity theft
You're absolutely right about this. It's a pain trying to figure out which software does what. I think I read in the article that this site will include a profile of each project with a synopsis of what the software does. If so, I'll be spreading the word:)
I still have to see it to confirm that much though.
I have a few friends on macs. That's why I said what I did. They get macs because they aren't looking for problems. They just want it to work. This kind of attitude makes sense in many ways, but it and experimentation with open source just seems mutually exclusive.
I'm not knocking Macs - they work. They just have a LONG history of trying to lock everything possible up. Remember, Apple's OS could have been Windows - Bill Gates pitched licensing it to other cpu's before he went independent and did it on his own.
Besides, mac users are typically more interested in simply having a running computer than anything else - most wouldn't know what to do with virtualization software to begin with.
That's a problem with South Africa, not Home Education. In South Africa, you will search those two years whether you are publicly educated or not. However, if you are homeschooled and have been given the opportunity to explore more than just a classroom, you may have the advantage of skills and talents developed while living IN the real world. Remember, contrary to what you seem to believe, school is not the real world. everything about it is artificially created and unrealistic.
You know your situation was completely different than the homeschooled "norm." Today's homeschoolers have plenty of opportunity to interact with other people - both children AND adults.
Homeschooled children get the added benefit of having the majority of their social interactions in environments where positive, cooperative and affirming interactions are encouraged - clubs, theatre, homeschooled support groups and even field trips (very common in the homeschool group I participate in).
This is in part why studies show that homeschoolers are at least as well socialized as their peers.
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I believe tmosley was referring to what the woman would spray back, not what others should spray on her.
My personal problem with the theory that this flux is going to cause global cooling is that, at least according to the actual temperature measurements, global cooling has preceeded the flux by a couple of years.
If the data is an indicator, something else is affecting the climate and that something has already been in effect for some time.
But of course, this messes up all the other theories on global warming I've heard of as well. I guess it never pays to muddy up a perfectly good theory by comparing it with data, does it?
Actually, Solar flares correlate with solar activity and, at least in theory, increased solar activity shields Earth from Cosmic Rays. i.e: more solar flares implies more solar activity which implies less cosmic rays reaching earth which implies fewer clouds which implies more sunlight which implies hotter temperatures on the planet which implies global warming.
oops. I should have read further. I still think that it's more difficult than you suggest, it would be harder to hide from the user and it would still be limited to what the original user did on the computer - not what everyone who used the computer did, but you might be able to get something like that to run.
Except you need root access to run anything that installs an executable on the system. And when you install an app, you type a password even WITH root access.
Um, that would mean that smart, beautiful successful people (you know - those with preferable genetic traits) are more likely to have kids than stupid ugly failures. Have you ever been to New York? If anything, the "have children" part would lead to the human race DEVOLVING for the last 50 years. The rich and successful are averaging fewer children than replace their numbers. This lack is just about made up for by welfare recipients.
Evolution requires TWO steps.
The first step is to diversify the genome, which your statement points out correctly is happening at an increasing rate.
However, the second step is culling. That's where the "Survival of the Fittest" part comes in.
You need BOTH to evolve.
technically, bees are an invasive species - they were brought over from Europe, are not actually native to the U.S., have established themselves in the wild and actually push out other species that pollinated native plants. You'll find bees native to Europe, Africa and asia, but NOT America.
I know Austria and the U.S. are different, but do they seriously put dead guys on trial there?
At least if these guys are solving captchas, they're NOT answering customer service calls for cell phone companies...
The article has two points to make:
1. If you work hard for a long time, you will get better (this is where the capablanca quote is going).
2. If you piddle around at something for a long time without actually putting real effort into it, you will not necessarily get better (this is where your first quote is going).
I have to say it seems like pretty sound reasoning to me.
So what do you want, a missing limb and eventually have your identity 'stolen', or having your identity stolen some time earlier, but you keeping your limb.
So embedding the chip in my forehead would probably be a bad idea, huh?
The chip could then be used as a regular key too - for automobiles, your house, office etc...
Probably gonna get creamed for this suggestion, but:
store all your passwords on it - make them all 128 bits or better randomly generated, then embed the chip in a fingertip. Include handshake verification of authenticity and a pin for added security and that should greatly reduce identity theft
until someone starts harvesting fingers...
I don't know, sometimes you just have to try a few new things. Every once in a while you get lucky!
You're absolutely right about this. It's a pain trying to figure out which software does what. I think I read in the article that this site will include a profile of each project with a synopsis of what the software does. If so, I'll be spreading the word :)
I still have to see it to confirm that much though.
I have a few friends on macs. That's why I said what I did. They get macs because they aren't looking for problems. They just want it to work. This kind of attitude makes sense in many ways, but it and experimentation with open source just seems mutually exclusive.
Looks like I put my foot in my mouth. I was wrong. Sorry.
I should take back my previous comment. I honestly didn't know about those websites. Sorry.
So where's the virtualization software?
So now you have a $2000.00 computer with windows xp reliability? I'm guessing you run windows because so much other software runs on it.
Any idea why so many software vendors write for Windows?
I'm not knocking Macs - they work. They just have a LONG history of trying to lock everything possible up. Remember, Apple's OS could have been Windows - Bill Gates pitched licensing it to other cpu's before he went independent and did it on his own.
Mac is too proprietary to do ANYTHING for free.
Besides, mac users are typically more interested in simply having a running computer than anything else - most wouldn't know what to do with virtualization software to begin with.
That's a problem with South Africa, not Home Education. In South Africa, you will search those two years whether you are publicly educated or not. However, if you are homeschooled and have been given the opportunity to explore more than just a classroom, you may have the advantage of skills and talents developed while living IN the real world. Remember, contrary to what you seem to believe, school is not the real world. everything about it is artificially created and unrealistic.
You know your situation was completely different than the homeschooled "norm." Today's homeschoolers have plenty of opportunity to interact with other people - both children AND adults.
Homeschooled children get the added benefit of having the majority of their social interactions in environments where positive, cooperative and affirming interactions are encouraged - clubs, theatre, homeschooled support groups and even field trips (very common in the homeschool group I participate in).
This is in part why studies show that homeschoolers are at least as well socialized as their peers.