I am not going to even download this book for free based on this review. I just hope, for the sake of whoever does get to read the book, it is not as full of cliches as this review.
"perfect storm of nerd-incubation factors"
"Savetz'
I am sorry, but the vision of a nice introverted kid turning into an engaged animal is too terrible to contemplate.
Put the turkey on a dielectric substrate (a ceramic dish). Insert electrodes 5-10 cm apart, connect them to a high amperage 110V-220V power supply. Repeat until all turkey parts had been properly electrocuted.
> But some day...
Haha, that would be the day! You probably know the story about Hodja Nasreddin where he promised to teach the donkey to talk in 10 years time? Then you know the answer.
> At a high latitude, you might actually wind up with colder winters.
Now that is a more convincing argument than a threat of a 4-degree-warmer-summers!
Food I eat mostly consists of potatoes, pork and beef. No problem here.
> Vary the temperature, rainfall, soil salinity etc [some food won't grow where it grew before]
So grow something else. I am still not convinced that this is such a big problem.
1. The end is nigh
2. Repent
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!
Northern Europe where *I* live can do with some warmer climate. Why should I pay more for my power because of some future possible water shortages in "[river basins of] the Ganges and the Nile"? We must *prepare* for Global Warming, which may mean, for example, helping India and Egypt to build desalination plants and to grow more food in places which were too cold previously.
Why the hell not? I thought the reason for the internet was to provide a way for data packages to get to their destination without having to have a particular fixed route. Does it says somewhere in the internet standard that data packets *must* be delivered using the shortest route possible?
"[porn distributor] had detailed information on the defendants who had paid accounts on the company’s movie portal"
Look, anybody who voluntarily surrenders *their own credit card details with their real name on it* to an internet porn distributor just asks for trouble.
Spending money on ambitious projects in space will make India richer in more than the monetary sense of the word. How much do you value the pride of a nation? Or the pride of individual engineers working on a space program?
Not everything is measured in GDP. You need big ideas to unite people and to create (at least an illusion of) movement towards the better life.
Free (ad-supported) and cheap internet services can be very good and useful, but they have to compromise between ease of use, security and cost. You want your data to be relatively safe? Compartmentalize (with different methods of access: cloud, local disk, non-erasable storage like DVDs), distribute (home, office, bank safe), switch off access when not needed.
And use different passwords for different sites, please!
I have to scroll to read a submission? Never!
5) Other: BBC -like,
that is a public news service, funded by the taxation or a license. Yes, it is not fully free from the government control, but it is still better than commercial services which seem to be levitating to more entertainment (cats) and to less expensive reporting (Syria).
My opinion is that anybody who has a turnover of $20K a year on eBay should mention this on their tax returns. If they did not make a profit, chances are they do not have to pay any additional tax (depending on local laws).
However, "pro-active reporting" or policing should not be done by eBay. If the Revenue Office or the police have suspicions about a particular person -- they should get a warrant to get data from eBay, just like Terry O'Gorman says.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
