Sales tax is 9.9% here and the gas tax that pays for the roads is going to go up nationwide shortly. (yes roads are important)
We have eliminated many many diseases to the point that we are now seeing some of them again only because some idiots won't vaccinate their children because they have never heard of polio.
On that note do you think we should teach about the current vaccines and the diseases they prevent? The only one I am aware of that they teach you about in school is the smallpox vaccine. It was so successful that people aren't even vaccinated for it anymore. But for some reason we have never been able to repeat that success.
Crime varies a lot based on where you live.
War? I live in the USA we are in at least 2 wars right now. That's up from 0 pre 9/11 but I assume you are saying that since we are down from 3 wars we are doing better.
Pollution the epa is actually doing a lot of good things overall even though they have broken a lot of things on the way (cfl's,diesel exhaust fluid, low flow toilets, low flow sinks, low flow showers and some how managing to making screwdrivers illegal) most what they broke has been fixed overtime with better designs new equip does not require diesel exhaust fluid, toilets can be low flow and still flush now, sinks and showers need to be built closer to the hot water source for the delay to be reasonable. Cfl bulbs are awful but the new led bulbs will match them in price soon and work so much better although the led's currently still have wattage limitations I expect them to fully replace flourescent bulbs within the next 10 years.
If the government had not mandated the changes would be made we would still be buying the cheap up front incandescent bulbs not realising the long term energy cost cfl and led bulbs would not be as far along because the gov't artificially created a market and demand for them. low flow appliances would still be a niche product.
So you're saying we shouldn't try new things? Drones and balloons both should be faster to implement. (after they get the first one to work)
Satellite works pretty much everywhere now it just doesn't have capacity or low latency, and it isn't economical to users compared to any other solution.
Drones and balloons (weather permitting) both have promise of low latency, better capacity and should be economical for the users when implemented over a large area.
Hardwired connections are great for low latency, high capacity and reliability.
But hardwired connections aren't economical over large sparsely populated areas unless easily accessible electrical infrastructure is already in place.
I think that anything other than a hardline is a poor long term solution.
Otherwise I am interested in seeing if balloons or drones can be made to work better than stationary wireless towers.
Part of the problem is politically, you can't fight safety. So far it has brought us;
The TSA. Gasoline jugs that don't work. Lighters that don't work. Schools that look more like prisons. (missing only the razor wire) Warning peanuts may contain nuts. And many others I can't think of off hand.
Where safety is really needed its effing hard to get.
Out where I live stop signs cost lives.
For every stop sign you see at least 4 people had to die at that intersection for it to be put there.
The state of oklahoma says YES. A few years ago it was policy that in the event of an emergency all the cellphones would be taken from the students as the possibility that one of them might use one to detonate a bomb outweighed the safety benefits of them being able to call for help. I understand that now they require all students to register their phones with the office at the beginning of the year.
At the nearest school to me; Fences were built around the walkways between the buildings and a magnetic door lock with buzz in were added to the main entry ways alternate entries stay locked now.
No metal detectors yet...however the school in town has had them for a few years now.
Its a good thing no one there ever heard of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory or they might have had to add emergency exits in case of fire.
But fire is an imaginary danger the real threat is terrorists.
I think this could be reasonably handled with geofences.
Easiest ways to do this would be to give each drone its own satellite radio receiver and get the nofly maps continuously through something like xm's datacasting service.
Next best option would be to give every drone its own gsm radio to pull nofly maps every 10 minutes or so.
You shouldn't be allowed to enter or take off in a no fly zone however you should still be able to leave the area under your own control if a nofly zone is declared while you are in flight.
Does this mean I won't have to change my password from password01 to password02, password03 ect?
You require people to change it every 90 days and expect them to remember it what do you think people are going to do? It is going to be S!mp1e as can be.
Simple1! fulfills most companys password requirements.
If you insist on my password looking like: 6B=1X8Vg+Bxqfs=2oPEy
It will have to stop changing on a arbitrary basis.
Lets say you manufacture a universal translator and you want to sell it in another country they already have a local manufacturer that produces a local version that happens to only support chinese simplified to chinese traditional and back.
Now to sell your product in their country they require you to cripple your translator that works with any language to only make fart noises unless its chinese simplified to chinese traditional or vice versa.
On one hand it opens you up to a large underserved market. On the other hand manufacturing the inferior product would greatly damage your brand.
Personally I felt they were better off using any one of the many ways to access the uncensored google from china. Which they had to do if they wanted to use google.
Now they will have the choice between Crippled engine A and Govt run index B.
They are probably going to use the crippled engine now even if they had a way around before just because its easier.
But really how do we get to "scientists could develop treatments that slow or stop disease progression by designing molecules that block prion propagation."
from "Another Neurodegenerative Disease Linked To a Prion"
Does having more than one disease use the same vulnerability make it easier to fix somehow?
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That is really him in the video isn't it? OMG.
Sales tax is 9.9% here and the gas tax that pays for the roads is going to go up nationwide shortly. (yes roads are important)
We have eliminated many many diseases to the point that we are now seeing some of them again only because some idiots won't vaccinate their children because they have never heard of polio.
On that note do you think we should teach about the current vaccines and the diseases they prevent? The only one I am aware of that they teach you about in school is the smallpox vaccine. It was so successful that people aren't even vaccinated for it anymore. But for some reason we have never been able to repeat that success.
Crime varies a lot based on where you live.
War? I live in the USA we are in at least 2 wars right now. That's up from 0 pre 9/11 but I assume you are saying that since we are down from 3 wars we are doing better.
Pollution the epa is actually doing a lot of good things overall even though they have broken a lot of things on the way (cfl's,diesel exhaust fluid, low flow toilets, low flow sinks, low flow showers and some how managing to making screwdrivers illegal) most what they broke has been fixed overtime with better designs new equip does not require diesel exhaust fluid, toilets can be low flow and still flush now, sinks and showers need to be built closer to the hot water source for the delay to be reasonable. Cfl bulbs are awful but the new led bulbs will match them in price soon and work so much better although the led's currently still have wattage limitations I expect them to fully replace flourescent bulbs within the next 10 years.
If the government had not mandated the changes would be made we would still be buying the cheap up front incandescent bulbs not realising the long term energy cost
cfl and led bulbs would not be as far along because the gov't artificially created a market and demand for them. low flow appliances would still be a niche product.
We could always ban computers since crime is worse if its done with a computer than in person.
That would help right?
https://torrentfreak.com/is-ru...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
Them computers be evil!
How do I uninstall McAfee antivirus?
It really bogs down the 10 year old electronic voting machines and the trial expired years ago.
So you're saying we shouldn't try new things? Drones and balloons both should be faster to implement. (after they get the first one to work)
Satellite works pretty much everywhere now it just doesn't have capacity or low latency, and it isn't economical to users compared to any other solution.
Drones and balloons (weather permitting) both have promise of low latency, better capacity and should be economical for the users when implemented over a large area.
Hardwired connections are great for low latency, high capacity and reliability.
But hardwired connections aren't economical over large sparsely populated areas unless easily accessible electrical infrastructure is already in place.
I think that anything other than a hardline is a poor long term solution.
Otherwise I am interested in seeing if balloons or drones can be made to work better than stationary wireless towers.
Part of the problem is politically, you can't fight safety.
So far it has brought us;
The TSA.
Gasoline jugs that don't work.
Lighters that don't work.
Schools that look more like prisons. (missing only the razor wire)
Warning peanuts may contain nuts.
And many others I can't think of off hand.
Where safety is really needed its effing hard to get.
Out where I live stop signs cost lives.
For every stop sign you see at least 4 people had to die at that intersection for it to be put there.
The state of oklahoma says YES.
A few years ago it was policy that in the event of an emergency all the cellphones would be taken from the students as the possibility that one of them might use one to detonate a bomb outweighed the safety benefits of them being able to call for help. I understand that now they require all students to register their phones with the office at the beginning of the year.
At the nearest school to me;
Fences were built around the walkways between the buildings and a magnetic door lock with buzz in were added to the main entry ways alternate entries stay locked now.
No metal detectors yet...however the school in town has had them for a few years now.
Its a good thing no one there ever heard of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory or they might have had to add emergency exits in case of fire.
But fire is an imaginary danger the real threat is terrorists.
I would be interested to see how much online voting affected voter turnout. As of now non voters are still the majority.
Elvis's private jet had 24K gold belt buckles on the bed because of FAA flight safety.
I think this could be reasonably handled with geofences.
Easiest ways to do this would be to give each drone its own satellite radio receiver and get the nofly maps continuously through something like xm's datacasting service.
Next best option would be to give every drone its own gsm radio to pull nofly maps every 10 minutes or so.
You shouldn't be allowed to enter or take off in a no fly zone however you should still be able to leave the area under your own control if a nofly zone is declared while you are in flight.
Really? I have never noticed that anywhere.
What it normally does is break website menus.
My reasons? I like being able to use the net.
Many websites preemptively ban tor exit node ip's
If you have a extra ip you can dedicate to it its not a problem otherwise its a serious pita.
They are already working on that: FCC May Stop 911 Access For NSI Phones http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
Just because you can stab someone with a pencil doesn't mean that's its only use.
Did you know they let you have pencils on planes?!
US highways are used to commit crimes every day would closing all the off ramps fix that?
Does this mean I won't have to change my password from password01 to password02, password03 ect?
You require people to change it every 90 days and expect them to remember it what do you think people are going to do? It is going to be S!mp1e as can be.
Simple1! fulfills most companys password requirements.
If you insist on my password looking like: 6B=1X8Vg+Bxqfs=2oPEy
It will have to stop changing on a arbitrary basis.
Hobby Lobby.
Lets say you manufacture a universal translator and you want to sell it in another country they already have a local manufacturer that produces a local version that happens to only support chinese simplified to chinese traditional and back.
Now to sell your product in their country they require you to cripple your translator that works with any language to only make fart noises unless its chinese simplified to chinese traditional or vice versa.
On one hand it opens you up to a large underserved market.
On the other hand manufacturing the inferior product would greatly damage your brand.
What would you choose?
Yeah I worried about that when it happened.
I am actually really surprised they still have a search engine.
Personally I felt they were better off using any one of the many ways to access the uncensored google from china. Which they had to do if they wanted to use google.
Now they will have the choice between Crippled engine A and Govt run index B.
They are probably going to use the crippled engine now even if they had a way around before just because its easier.
So I guess we can say google is Folding@Home?
Seriously though the blockade should stand.
Then we go back to smoke signals?
I'm not sure that you can buy a phone that isn't at least partly from china.
Sorry someone had to say it.
But really how do we get to "scientists could develop treatments that slow or stop disease progression by designing molecules that block prion propagation."
from "Another Neurodegenerative Disease Linked To a Prion"
Does having more than one disease use the same vulnerability make it easier to fix somehow?
That's a internet only business connection.
So is the city price I quoted.
Att uverse business gives $5 discount if you have phone service so standard buisness is rate $50/mo for 12/1.
The cable company here (suddenlink) charges $135 8/1.
city charges $55 for 10/10.
At&t charges $45 for 12/1 when bundled with phone.
I don't think the cable co is competing.
No mention on if the 10Gbps plan is capped.
Also business plan pricing is not public information and I feel that's dishonest.