That's the way I read it, too! Haven't used this in a long time, but I actually am LOL.

when you don't have an atmosphere.

Moon, didn't you know it is your right to have an atmosphere. How dare anyone deny you your right to defend yourself. Who will you sue for damages? Your face has been forever changed and someone else must pay for that!

Health care is not a human right. It is a privilege. If you really felt that way (that it is a right), you would extend that to everyone in the world to get at least some health care, whereas the current 1st world understanding is that only they get complete and total coverage and the absolute best care for everything that may ever happen to them. I travel the world extensively in almost entirely with the poor and needy. I can tell you, there is not much attention given to them, while back home in the US, everyone is wondering whether they will be given a $100k surgery for free to fix their bad toe nail (obviously, an exaggeration).

My bet is that the government purchased the rock for their road projects. Look to India, you will find vast numbers of people that are enslaved by the government to crush rock for their roads (paid about $25/month for a family to fill a truck with sand/gravel). There won't be charges, because it will lead back to themselves.

and the people in the USA and the most dogmatic assertions will include GOP as the root of evil

Thank you for demonstrating my point. Though this article, quoting the UN, talks about insect farming AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS, they want to promote this as an alternative for more people around the world who are suffering from malnutrition, the article says. Here is the how this would play out:

People that are malnourished are often so because of lack of money to purchase food. If people start eating more insects, the poor (and malnourished) will try to get the bugs themselves or farm them (they won't have the money to purchase them). The result will be a more dangerous diet.

While many will look at this article in the context of their own living situation, the common failure of the UN is understanding how this will translate in the poor around the world.

Perma-culture, since you doubt it, too, can be easily looked up. I was in Zimbabwe last summer in areas where the UN had already been working with farmers. They were all talking about the UN reps and their plan to use perma culture as a way to improve yield. Not one of them was even going to try it, nor could they, unless they wanted their family to starve in the first three years.

My point is to step outside of our worldview when proposing ways to help and understand what will really happen when we head down a road. This is not a good idea and will be shot down by people that have real practical experience and knowledge in 3rd world conditions.

The reason is that some cultures, like India, that are predominately vegetarian by choice or situation are often malnourished. While you may be able to maintain health in 1st world conditions and supplement your diet with all kinds of vitamins or special plants, those around the world without a Whole Foods store are suffering from malnutrition that could be avoided with a little meat added to their diet. Ever seen a malnourished child that eat a lot of food. I have. Promote vegetarianism is developed countries, but help those in less developed countries get what they need today so their children get a fighting chance in a hard life.

I see your point, but as someone that travels a lot to 3rd world conditions to help the poor (Kenya tomorrow), I can tell you that the UN often doesn't think things through well. The problem with this is two-fold: 1) Insects can digest and carry more disease than plants. The fact that insects are animal and not plant allows them to be carriers...like Malaria for mosquitos. 2) The insects are actually crawling around in the crap. Plants aren't. Food needs to be prepared carefully. This care of washing and cooking to the right temperature and separating raw meat cutting surface from cooked meat surface is not well practiced around the world.

While there may be same "value" in this food, I would easily imagine more people getting sick from trying to eat the insects and digesting the bad stuff inside and outside them.

Want to see other bad ideas from the UN, look up their Perma-Culture. While the concept is proven and helpful, try to going to poor people barely growing enough food and convince them to go 4 year with below normal crops in hopes that 7 years from now you will have a bumper crop...oh, yeh, then through in a drought every 7 years and see how much this idea helps.

This is true for developed countries where the children who excel in those subjects can find a job where that matter. Whoops! Forgot to include most of the population in the world where this study will fall apart due to opportunities.

love you, too. You're so sweet and kind. Must be nice to be in a country that doesn't care about anything the people in the country produce and what happens to it around the world. Be glad China, Iran, North Korea or many other countries around the world are not a super-power.

and we care about ASF like we care about WMA...don't need it...move on in life.

The real bummer would be that a nuke in a harbor would truly piss off the surfers for the amazing wave it would create.. and all of the surfers are out in the ocean, not the harbors.

VGA is also used for a resolution of 640x480, which was my attempted use, since the other reference is actually an adapter (video graphics adapter).

For some reason, I think your still missing the point.

If your using a high resolution laptop display at this moment (like I am) and it is roughly 15" or 17" or whatever, step back about 5' and tell me what you see on the screen and how much that high resolution is really helping you.

Maybe this will help, on whatever display you are using put up a photo at full resolution and step back 10' or more. Then covert the image down to a VGA or SVGA resolution and step back 10' or so. Tell me what you see. I'm betting not much of a difference.

Again, besides quoting all the stats from technical sites that don't make a lot of difference, using one's eye, tell me the difference. The point, once again, is that Google's marketing of an HD display of that size and distance is irrelevant. Tell me it is 640x480 at that distance and size will more than likely have the same image clarity.

Yep. Get it. My point is simply this...put a 25" VGA monitor 8' away from you and a 25" HD monitor 8' away and tell me if you can see the difference in resolution. My comment is on the Google marketing strategy of calling it HD, like you could really see that from 8'...even if it truly is that resolution or not.

Oh, I still think this is a great step and going to lead to much more in the future. This is very cool, and I would like one (though I will wait for a few iterations and reductions in price before jumping in). Google should realize that the average person that is going to buy on of these is a geek that knows better. The point being, don't call it a HD 25" display just to lure the unsuspecting customer that buys anything called HD. I would hope or expect most geeks to set their expectations properly, but some might be suckered into it thinking they will be able to clearly make out details of a web page or something.

At 8' away on a 25" display, you will need a font size of 140pt to make it legible. What the heck do you need HD for then. My 55" HD TV is great from 8', but wouldn't mean much from 32' away.