Google has just recently started a "Google X" project to create a complete picture of what a healthy human being should be. Google should be all over this if they really want a complete picture. Their commitment to studying the human genome could give afflicted people legitimate hope that their condition can be properly diagnosed. They may not find a cure for anything in X amount of years but at least they are on the right track.
There was this Mechwarrior-type arcade game from Japan I saw in a Pizza restaurant. I can't remember the game's full name but I was dazzled by the game play effects. It had Mechwarriors movements as fast as the Flash of DC comic books. The player commit strikes that emit light flashes similar to lightning. The user can switch between two perspectives: fighting view from within the Mechwarrior or 3rd person view as in Mortal combat. I can only remember the name contained "Gundam". Do you know of this game? Is there any capture video on youtube of this arcade game?
and mean they always want to make sure the drugs are sold first, confiscating drugs cost money when it needs to be destroyed, letting the dealers sell the drugs and then seize the money provides funding
If I had the mod points I would rate you as insightful. The War on Drugs has destroyed many lives and incarcerated 2.3 million people. The documentary
“The House I Live In” points out the statistics and the aftermath of what 40 years of THIS war has done to this nation.
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/new-documentary-attacks-the-war-on-drugs-102#axzz2YOItThib
This argument starts up every time somebody had to pay their plumber 80 bucks an hour to fix the toilet, their fility stinking filled with shit toilet. They then think the plumber doing a job they never ever want to do themselves, is rolling in it and the IT being their shit but piles of money.
As if that 80 bucks is pure profit. Meanwhile the daddy plumber knows just how much of that costs goes to cover unpaid hours, taxes, insurance, tool costs etc etc. And he also knows how much Mr Doctor and Mr Lawyer charged him for his children's delivery and to deal with that frivolous lawsuit.
So... what is he going to want for his kids? The same as himself in a world where just getting by is the same as being a loser OR to aim for the top?
And don't for a second think that Bloomberg is interested in the fortunes of the public. He just wants more plumbers so he can pay less, same reason his kind wants immigrants to bust unions and high wages. Sure kids, all become plumbers and wave bye bye to 80 bucks as the competition sky rockets. And then you look longingly at IT graduates making high wages because nobody learned how to code anymore.
Simple piece of advice for live: NEVER listen to a billionaire, they didn't get rich by looking out for other peoples interest.
If I had mod points I would give it all to SmallFurryCreature (593017)
I think the paper you're referring to is "The camel has two humps" by Saeed Dehnadi and Richard Bornat
- evidence in a study that a test can prove if you have the aptitude for computer programming, circa 2006
www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf
Turn them into a fuel source! No really its not a punch line. My apologies to PETA, but can you think of a better option?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722110903.htm
desk started moving under my feet. not the first time so no big deal
all the chicks that work in the building here that is full of fashion and modeling companies got scared and evacuated right away
I felt it in upper Manhattan. The building did a slight sway back and forth. First time I ever experience that. But Manhattan land is on solid bedrock, how could the quake effect reach here?
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How simple can Linux be? I measure that by how much the user does not need to know. A particular feature that impressed me is offered in Ubuntu distros for netbooks (I forget the names). Menu sub-menus separated by tabs, like the tabs in a web browser. That was until I saw XPUD. The desktop are tabs for the main features, ie menu, Internet, system config etc. If you were a grandmother who never used a computer before learning how to use a mouse, connecting to the Internet, and using a web browser is where to start to jump on this "Internet bandwagon". The look has plain solid colors. At a glance it makes your PC look like a public Computer Kiosk.
Development has lagged over time and its not working 100% on older PCs but the distro is a righteous cry for a simple to use
Linux distro.
The XPUD Linux forum can be found at http://www.xpud.org/
Also xpud Live CD lastest development is 0.9.5 as of Nov 2010 found at http://soldat.gr/xpud/devel/
Think about the implications for a moment. What ever left over food you have can be "dematerialized". The resources used to create an object can be recaptured and conserved when you dematerialize it. Its like the ultimate way to recycle! No more landfills! No more pollution from producing a widget or burning fossil fuel to deliver it.
I didn't think about it until I watched a Voyager episode. The one where Chakotay gives Janeway an old time piece and she gives it back to conserve "resources". The scene kind of clues you in to the fact that its not an unlimited resource, but definitely a world changer.
Could Donald Knuth explain this category of math? Or is this research (solving SDD linear systems) too current and beyond his reach?
I'm not trying to be "Funny", just curious.
Ask yourself this question, How many different resources did the US discover and exploit between 1776 (the birth of the nation) and 1902 (discovery of the oil in Texas and CA)? Compare the answer to what Afghanistan has recently discovered and that $1 trillion now looks like a drop in the bucket. Not for nothing, I always thought the only viable industrys for Afghan were opium and war. So from my perspective this is good news.
This is just a what if question. I no expertise in Earth science so I hope someone can answer it. What if an equal amount of natural gas leaked from the well instead of oil? How would that affect the waters of the Gulf?
Consultants are mystical people who ask a company for a number and then give it back to them.