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by dmfdmf 16y ago
I read once that the studies show that as cars got safer with better brakes, tires, seatbelts, airbags, etc. people increased their speed or took more risks to compensate so the overall risk stayed roughly the same.
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Ayn Rand wrote a pre-buttal, if such a concept exists, to the Unabomber's manifesto in which she identifies the implications of the anti-reason and anti-technology ideas of the Sixties and that it would not lead to peace and love but to dea
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Harvesting the power of government stimulus.
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
"By establishing the relationship of feet to miles, he can grasp and know any distance on earth; by establishing the relationship of miles to light-years, he can know the distances of galaxies." Ayn Rand "Introduction to Objectivist Epistem
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
For me it is the fact that all life appears to have originated from one common ancestor and that life appeared fairly quickly after the earth formed and that there is an unbroken chain of life between me and that first molecule that replica
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Wow
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
This is correct but I omitted it for the sake of simplicity. I think this will turn out to be important because it impacts the rates of metabolism of various bio-chemical processes. Also, per Taubes, its not just blood sugar and insulin sp
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Taubes discuss that in his book and apparently (from a liver, bio-chem, blood chemistry angle) that extra 5% can make a difference for some people (there is a genetic element to it). He mentions teens getting cirrhosis of the liver from dri
819.
by dmfdmf 16y ago
True but the info is out there if people wanted to know. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Airlines ). Also, presumably after the name change ValueJet cleaned up their act and stopped crashing planes otherwise the new name would quickl
820.
by dmfdmf 16y ago
The PR/Marketing types have not gotten the memo that the internet is a game changer with respect to such age-old trickery as rebranding the same product under a different name. If the FDA approves the name change you can be sure there will
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
SQL Express Server 2005 does not come with SQL Server Agent so no schedule backups and many apps have manual backup only. (did they fix this in 2008?) Put some resources behind the Event Log "more information" links that takes you to the Mi
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
The point of the article, life goes on even in a depression, is indisputable. However, I was thinking about the differences then and now. One conclusion I reached was that an economic depression is like a giant step backwards in terms of op
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
> How green is solar panel production, BTW? The term "green" is probably too vague to answer that question. However, I once read (a long time ago, so no link) an article on some research that reported that EV solar was net-energy negat
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Murdoch's response to this article here; http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
"The Virtue of Selfishness" "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" "Philosophy: Who Needs It" "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" All by Ayn Rand. Whether you end up agreeing with her or not, she will definitely will make you think.
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Don't be too quick to conclude that its a physical condition. It could be emotional or psychosomatic. That would be consistent with being financially strapped, unemployed, not in school, no clear life direction, etc. Not judging, just point
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
This looks like a whitewash to me. It wasn't just about whether they withheld data or even source code. One of their tactics, revealed by the leaked emails, was to publicly berate the scientists who opposed AGW to publish their arguments
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
I don't want to rain on their parade but with a design life of 90 days and the rovers still operating after 6 years (2160 days) this is an engineering failure. Why? These robots were way over built for their mission which means they probab
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
The bad caps problem was well known to anyone in the industry and it hit other manufacturers as well, not just Dell. It also was not just the Optiplex line as Dell claims. I replaced many motherboards and Dell would ship a replacement boa
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
In a mature market sellers are competing for a fixed number of customers. For example, a grocery store that wants to increase sales (above local population growth) must "steal" customers from its competitors. So my gain of a customer consti
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
One problem with this approach is that the first time you access the internet using your browser there is a huge lag as the host file is read and cached. Also, you have to increase the default cache size for the host file or Windows has to
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
SF is notoriously anti-business and the center-of-mass of Silicon Valley is probably somewhere between Palo Alto and San Jose (depending on the sector) which is why businesses have offices on the pennisula and not SF. Also, costs are much c
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
I agree. Disparaging speculation as "zero-sum" and therefore inherently bad is non-sense. In almost all mature industries such as grocery stores, auto sales, lumber, appliances, etc., any individual seller's gain is some other seller's los
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
There is an old expression that captures what he learned; "If you want something done, give it to a busy man".
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
John T. Reed is a pretty smart guy, you might look into buying his book. http://johntreed.com/hyperinflationdepression.html
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Wouldn't oversold imply gold is a good buy right now? In terms of your requirements, the precious metals seem to be the best item. If you think gold is too high then silver might be a good choice too. It also depends on how much inflation
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
Start an "ideas" folder (write them down or they drift away) and get your degree (from anywhere, not necessarily from Columbia. Once working, most fields do not care about the pedigree of your degree unless you want to be a Supreme Court ju
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
How's that novel coming? Almost done, I'll bet. http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2009/12/how_to_create_motivat...
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by dmfdmf 16y ago
I think I learned this in Given's book "Super Self"; the basic idea is that the subconscious mind will generate fatigue or excuses to avoid work. Why this would be so nobody knows but I found it to be true. The other problem is that if thi

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