Comment Re:Dumbass (Score 2) 168
How can there be a Russian conversation about domestic surveillance when they have trouble having political opposition, let alone a free press!
Very one sidedly.
How can there be a Russian conversation about domestic surveillance when they have trouble having political opposition, let alone a free press!
Very one sidedly.
Seriously, wtf is up with people thinking that they should get everything they want all the time?
I agree with you, only the rich people should be allowed not to choose between starving and freezing to death. Shelter AND food? Do they think we can just print more money!?
Well, you also have to remember that the 20th century was a time when many people knew a shovel was used for more then cleaning crap up from your dog and wasn't afraid to use it for those other purposes. That is widely missing in today's society I think.
Sure, there are some who can and will pick up a shovel, but I think they will be in short supply.
You hang around the wrong circle of people if that is your perception of what people are willing to do when faced with prospect of starvation or death if you dont work to survive.
>And who exactly is in the best position to figure out a way to produre more [electricity] when that happens?
Not computer scientists or programmers. They wouldn't have the faintest clue how to produce regulated 120 VAC @ 60Hz.
Next asinine rhetorical question, please.
That depends whetever youre starting from collecting metals from earth to produce the tools that produce the tools for producing the generator or working with already existing cache of technology capable producing exactly the thing you want.
>So running a conductor through a changing magnetic field will no longer produce a charge?
Sure, if you want to light a flashlight bulb. Rather a far cry from generating 10A at a regulated 120 VAC @ 60Hz, sport.
Mind you weve had water powered wheel for millenias and widespread electrification of western world took place on the early half of the 20th century. Not a insurmountable task for modern professionals especially if their and the lives of their loved ones depend on it.
>There is a massive cache of existing technology which can be repurposed to rebuild society.
None of which works when the electricity dies.
... And who exactly is in the best position to figure out a way to produre more when that happens? There wont be a need to run a whole datacenter but only the required equiptment at a time which should be doable even with salvaged solar panels and batteries. And besides nuclear plants dont need refueling any time soon, heck, you could even use nuclear power to grow food indoors if we are in a nuclear winter scenario.
The bad news for Slashdotters is that decades without computers would render computer science and related professions useless.
Says who? Are we talking about a magical scenario where all technology just stops working?
There is a massive cache of existing technology which can be repurposed to rebuild society. Whos gonna do it if not Slasdotters?
We can individually maintain libraries billions of times larger than that of ancient alexandria and provide that wealth of knowledge to others at the cost of suns rays.
The NSA may be efficient at amassing lots of data. But I doubt if that is an efficient way to achieve their real mission of identifying useful intelligence. They are efficient at creating haystacks, but that doesn't mean they are finding many needles.
But is NSA's job really to 'idenfity useful intelligence' or create the databanks ready for when they do actually find a needle throught other means, that all they have to do is write the needles name into the search box and they get a list of needles friends and relatives and all juicy little dirty secrets as well, unabridged, in-detail history of you and your relations?
A fraction of every transaction goes to the exchange, which can add up to significant profit.
And in the case of some exchanges the entire transaction goes to the exchange, which adds up to a even more significant profit.
If the VA has been denying that dioxins in C-123s is a hazard, there are many possible reasons, but malice is the least likely of all. As in everything else, ignorance is always a much more probable reason.
If the person making the statement was simply ignorant of the facts he could look them up before acting. Wilful irresponsibility counts as malice in my books.
These extinctions always seem to take place at the transition from one period to another.
So I'd recommend being extra double careful round those times.
So you are saying slashdot beta could cause a mass extinction event?
Well, in the case of the United States the difference is about 11.7% in the conviction rate (99.7% versus 88%).
And in the case of the United States one needs to be a millionaire to have competent legal aid.
Those who can, do; those who can't, write. Those who can't write work for the Bell Labs Record.
