tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post7323956666188778747..comments2024-03-29T06:22:47.638-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: (Mostly) Apolitical Misc Coolstuff!David Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-76181288815644427882014-09-09T03:30:37.908-07:002014-09-09T03:30:37.908-07:00INTERNATIONAL CONCEPT OF WORK FROM HOME
Work from ...INTERNATIONAL CONCEPT OF WORK FROM HOME<br />Work from home theory is fast gaining popularity because of the freedom and flexibility that comes with it. Since one is not bound by fixed working hours, they can schedule their work at the time when they feel most productive and convenient to them. Women & Men benefit a lot from this concept of work since they can balance their home and work perfectly. People mostly find that in this situation, their productivity is higher and stress levels lower. Those who like isolation and a tranquil work environment also tend to prefer this way of working. Today, with the kind of communication networks available, millions of people worldwide are considering this option. <br /><br />Women & Men who want to be independent but cannot afford to leave their responsibilities at home aside will benefit a lot from this concept of work. It makes it easier to maintain a healthy balance between home and work. The family doesn't get neglected and you can get your work done too. You can thus effectively juggle home responsibilities with your career. Working from home is definitely a viable option but it also needs a lot of hard work and discipline. You have to make a time schedule for yourself and stick to it. There will be a time frame of course for any job you take up and you have to fulfill that project within that time frame. <br /><br />There are many things that can be done working from home. A few of them is listed below that will give you a general idea about the benefits of this concept. <br /><br />Baby-sitting <br />This is the most common and highly preferred job that Women & Men like doing. Since in today's competitive world both the parents have to work they need a secure place to leave behind their children who will take care of them and parents can also relax without being worried all the time. In this job you don't require any degree or qualifications. You only have to know how to take care of children. Parents are happy to pay handsome salary and you can also earn a lot without putting too much of an effort.<br /><br />Nursery <br />For those who have a garden or an open space at your disposal and are also interested in gardening can go for this method of earning money. If given proper time and efforts nursery business can flourish very well and you will earn handsomely. But just as all jobs establishing it will be a bit difficult but the end results are outstanding.<br /><br />Freelance<br />Freelance can be in different wings. Either you can be a freelance reporter or a freelance photographer. You can also do designing or be in the advertising field doing project on your own. Being independent and working independently will depend on your field of work and the availability of its worth in the market. If you like doing jewellery designing you can do that at home totally independently. You can also work on freelancing as a marketing executive working from home. Wanna know more, email us on workfromhome.otr214423@gmail.com and we will send you information on how you can actually work as a marketing freelancer.<br /><br /><br />Internet related work <br />This is a very vast field and here sky is the limit. All you need is a computer and Internet facility. Whatever field you are into work at home is perfect match in the software field. You can match your time according to your convenience and complete whatever projects you get. To learn more about how to work from home, contact us today on workfromhome.otr214423@gmail.comand our team will get you started on some excellent work from home projects.<br /><br /><br />Diet food<br />Since now a days Women & Men are more conscious of the food that they eat hence they prefer to have homemade low cal food and if you can start supplying low cal food to various offices then it will be a very good source of income and not too much of efforts. You can hire a few ladies who will help you out and this can be a good business.<br /><br />Thus think over this concept and go ahead. <br />otr214423https://www.blogger.com/profile/16376109133070654680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-28928851950452101842007-06-13T11:32:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:32:00.000-07:00I want to emphasize that the so-called energy solu...I want to emphasize that the so-called energy solutions listed in the last link to theage article does not address the scope of the energy problems.<BR/><BR/>An aggressive form of applying such energy efficiency solutions from McKinsey Co.<BR/><BR/>http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/06/aggressive-energy-efficiency-plan.html<BR/><BR/>Shows going far beyond where we are now with efficiency only slows projected energy growth by half. This is useful but does not stop the current air pollution slaughter and does not stop that slaughter from getting worse as we still add a lot more coal and fossil fuels. <BR/><BR/>If we really want clean energy we should not be so arrogant as to dismiss genetically engineered biofuels, nuclear power and everything not coal. And then after or as coal is eliminated then oil and natural gas.brian wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-81414608942994382372007-06-11T17:59:00.000-07:002007-06-11T17:59:00.000-07:00Dr. Brin,I remember you looking for this a while a...Dr. Brin,<BR/><BR/>I remember you looking for this a while ago. I'm not sure if you found this particular one or not, but here is a <A HREF="http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?name=Classic+Basic+Games" REL="nofollow">link to an application</A> where you can enter all the old Creative Computing BASIC programs on the PC. It includes a number of the classic games (Wumpus, etc.) that some of us spent hours typing in to play for a few hours until we had to turn the computer off - no storage!<BR/><BR/>There is also a link there to "The Best of Creative Computing."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-69061791813439602862007-06-11T13:13:00.000-07:002007-06-11T13:13:00.000-07:00BW, while I agree with the sentiment that somethin...BW, while I agree with the sentiment that something needs to be done now (while it's not so painful) and should involve a panoply of solutions, I still think improving mandated standards with an eye towards improved efficiency and conservation are the way to go. Just because these obvious realities have failed to catch on in an era of apparently cheap energy doesn't mean they shouldn't or won't in the future.<BR/><BR/>One thing that might go a long way to restructuring our energy economy is an electricity transmission standard with net metering for a diffuse grid of small scale generators.Enterikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758515647778280562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-30478258028822917142007-06-11T13:01:00.000-07:002007-06-11T13:01:00.000-07:00Forensic linguistics is an art and a science.Thema...Forensic linguistics is an art and a science.<BR/><BR/>Thematic apperception tests have existed at least since the 1960s.<BR/><BR/>Graphanalysis is a pop-science that sometimes seems valid.<BR/><BR/>All can be used to classify, identify, and analyze the writer or speaker.<BR/><BR/>The problem parallels the autistic's concern. Were you trained to write that way? Does your writing demonstrate how you are affected by the latest movie you have seen -- and not reveal your deepest personal ethics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-21522847189525926262007-06-11T10:44:00.000-07:002007-06-11T10:44:00.000-07:00Even if a lot of people follow the more economical...Even if a lot of people follow the more economically positive steps of insulating houses, switching lighting etc... unless this results in coal or fossil plants being shutdown or operating a lot less so that less pollution and CO2 is generated then there is no actual reduction. <BR/><BR/>Better insulation and better lighting have been known for decades. Up until recently the lighting switch has only be done for 5% of lights. This is even with legislation in california that requires a percentage of flourescent lighting and dimmer switches on new construction and remodeling. <BR/><BR/>More fuel efficient cars: 1 million hybrid cars now. great pat yourselves on the back. But there are 600 million cars on the road worldwide. Every year 65 million more car and trucks get added.<BR/><BR/>The energy efficiency efforts are nice but it is like you have 1000 concentration camps operating 24X7 and shutting them down between noon and 3 pm on Tuesdays. <BR/><BR/>Changing out the powerplants is what is needed. It will take 2-3 and probable more decades (at the fastest rate) but that is what has to be done. <BR/><BR/>China is building dams at the rate of a Three gorges every other year. By 2020 they will have 160GW more hydro power. But they are still adding coal. They are not getting rid of the existing coal plants (except shutting down the smallest and dirtiest and replacing them with cleaner, bigger coal plants.)<BR/><BR/>In the US are any of the environmental plans targeting the coal and natural gas plants to shut them down ? The most agressive is to make them less polluting over the next 8 years. That is better than nothing, but to really handle the problem we have to phase out the coal plants and fossil fuel usage. (Or cure cancer, heart disease, asthma and use gene therapy to make everyone immune to particulates, arsenic, mercury and smog poison and later to high temperatures, extreme weather and less water). I think it would be easier to mass produce the nuclear reactors, scale up wind, solar etc...<BR/><BR/>The world will be spending 40 trillion over the 45 years on infrastructure. 11 trillion on energy and another 11 trillion on transportation. We should use that money and tackle the full scope of the problem. Fixing it sooner we will save trillions that we would have spent on the people we made sick or killed.brian wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-19511774301774034822007-06-10T21:56:00.000-07:002007-06-10T21:56:00.000-07:00I can think of one application of wireless power: ...<I>I can think of one application of wireless power: thermal suits requiring about 20W. Think what that would do to the central heating bill! </I><BR/><BR/>*shrugs* A sweater doesn't need 20 Watts since most humans make their own thermal energy. Just ask the Matrix robots.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if you don't like wearing bulky stuff indoors, you're left back with central heating.<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait. you were kidding. Nevermind.sociotardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697154298087412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4388540171796425622007-06-10T17:08:00.000-07:002007-06-10T17:08:00.000-07:00There's an interesting article in The Economist co...There's an interesting <A HREF="http://economist.co.uk/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9217972&CFID=8584114&CFTOKEN=21690652http://economist.co.uk/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9249262" REL="nofollow">article</A> in The Economist comparing the costs & benefits of different methods of CO2 reduction.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030764857062052822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-11019161257306804932007-06-10T05:22:00.000-07:002007-06-10T05:22:00.000-07:00The rss feed works fine for me...http://www.davidb...The rss feed works fine for me...<BR/><BR/>http://www.davidbrin.blogspot.com/atom.xml<BR/><BR/>Zecheriah, even using the data from initial results (40% efficiency at 2m) I can think of one application of wireless power: thermal suits requiring about 20W. Think what that would do to the central heating bill!Tony Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578160528746657971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-72610910530626931652007-06-09T21:44:00.000-07:002007-06-09T21:44:00.000-07:00SS feed on Blogspot several times. Could someone ...SS feed on Blogspot several times. Could someone tell me if it is working for them? Or why not?David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-63257488015474617912007-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:002007-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:00Is BW right? Is cigarette smoke the red herring of...Is BW right? Is cigarette smoke the red herring of the lung cancer epidemic? would love easy, quick website links that I could spread around. <BR/><BR/>also, david, could you add rss feed ability to your blog? I'd love to be able to get your posts directly on my google homepage.Trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439785951559338191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-28341151813031854042007-06-09T18:08:00.000-07:002007-06-09T18:08:00.000-07:00I just wanted to add that "Cybrids" are nothing ne...I just wanted to add that "Cybrids" are nothing new. Development Reserach labs have been making Chicken-Quail cybrids for years.Enterikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758515647778280562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-70532274745337157232007-06-09T12:28:00.000-07:002007-06-09T12:28:00.000-07:00Well, the "eye contact" issue does leave me kind o...Well, the "eye contact" issue does leave me kind of nervous. Way to make those of use on the autistic spectrum feel even more marginalized!<BR/><BR/>I mean, we don't do eye contact, we can't read or accurately project body language - and now this is going to be used as some sort of truth-detection or mind-scanning tech? (shudder)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-27688164447513473182007-06-08T20:25:00.000-07:002007-06-08T20:25:00.000-07:00the last link to the op-ed on energy is misguided....the last link to the op-ed on energy is misguided. <BR/><BR/>Nuclear waste is mostly unburned nuclear fuel. It can be reprocessed. Of the 66000 tons of nuclear "waste". 5700 tons per year are reprocessed. The reprocessed material can be used in some of the reactors. <BR/><BR/>We can make more efficient reactors that use more than 0.7% of the fuel. <BR/><BR/>I review all the issues around <A HREF="http://advancednano.blogspot.com/search/label/nuclear" REL="nofollow">nuclear energy</A> and other energy sources. <BR/><BR/>Coal kills over one million every year from pollution. Together with other fossil fuel (oil, natural gas) over 3 million per year.<BR/><BR/>so scope of the problem is a lot more than conservation. It is not just avoiding global warming but lessening the millions dieing each year.<BR/><BR/>Nuclear should be part of the solution.brian wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-33956170008958954952007-06-08T16:36:00.000-07:002007-06-08T16:36:00.000-07:00Oh, by the way, they found a cow with a rare mutat...Oh, by the way, they found a cow with a rare mutation that causes it to make low fat milk that contains Omega-3 fatty acids. Yay New Zealand. <A HREF="http://www.happynews.com/news/5292007/cows-new-zealand-produce-low-fat-milk.htm" REL="nofollow">Link</A>sociotardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697154298087412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-59575401071212165762007-06-08T16:31:00.000-07:002007-06-08T16:31:00.000-07:00Yeah, I saw the wireless power transmission. Too b...Yeah, I saw the wireless power transmission. Too bad it only works over short distances, it'd be nice to get rid of all the power lines that deface the countryside. (Didn't Tesla try broadcast power? And have to stop when his investors realized there'd be no way to meter the power?)<BR/><BR/><I>Two teams of British researchers are seeking permission to create "cybrid" embryos that would be around 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent animal to produce embryonic stem cells.</I><BR/>Didn't "The Island of Dr. Moreau" turn out to be a bad idea? I guess they're only going to be using this to make specialized cells and not whole organisms. Still they better keep a close eye on all their samples. The last thing we need is for Japan to get ahold of real catgirls.sociotardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697154298087412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-13245535984473972532007-06-08T15:54:00.000-07:002007-06-08T15:54:00.000-07:00As long as you're posting links, you should give a...As long as you're posting links, you should give a shout-out to me <A HREF="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/legolandneedswomen/index.html" REL="nofollow">Legoland Needs Women!</A> petition. A relatively minor cause, I admit, but you gotta start Changing The World _somewhere_. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-53241927834687033152007-06-08T06:38:00.000-07:002007-06-08T06:38:00.000-07:00Developing theories about people's mental states f...Developing theories about people's mental states from where their eyeballs go worries me. I was well into late middle age when a career counselor pointed out I might be blowing interviews by not making eye contact with the interviewer. I checked and tried. Whoops! Lifelong habit, hard to correct, completely unaware of it for half a century. There may be others out there, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-67103606639445136792007-06-08T06:00:00.000-07:002007-06-08T06:00:00.000-07:00There must be something in the water (or whatever ...There must be something in the water (or whatever passes for water down here these days). Another report from today's Age:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/some-shocking-news-about-wireless-electricity/2007/06/08/1181089277018.html" REL="nofollow">wireless electricity</A><BR/><BR/>Apparently, MIT have been able to power a 60W bulb from 2 metres. (The loss rate isn't stated, however)Tony Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578160528746657971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-63085649994610099622007-06-08T02:39:00.000-07:002007-06-08T02:39:00.000-07:00bout the air car of Negre, we can only hope... I r...bout the air car of Negre, we can only hope... I remember news and rumors about his project being "months away from mass production" since 2001... Really, he had a lot of troubles finding anybody willing to invest in his technology, expecially because his few prototypes resulted excedingly noisy, with very short mileage... Let's hope that this time he really managed to deliver because this technology sounds quite interesting (one side note about it is that thanks to this technology thermodinamic cycle, air conditioning and air warming in the abitacle would be provided at no extra consumption).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-37529474268391081842007-06-07T21:32:00.000-07:002007-06-07T21:32:00.000-07:00Whilst we're talking about energy innovations down...Whilst we're talking about energy innovations down under:<BR/><A HREF="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19325861.400-a-bank-for-wind-power.html" REL="nofollow">A bank for wind power</A> (sub. needed for full article)<BR/><BR/><I>Sitting at the western end of Bass Strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania, King Island might not seem like a beacon to the future. Yet inside a large metal shed close to the island's west coast is an electricity storage system that promises to transform the role of wind energy...</I><BR/><BR/>... or any locally generated power.<BR/><BR/>I will have to keep an eye on <A HREF="http://www.greenandgoldenergy.com.au/" REL="nofollow">Green and Gold</A> (although I do wish they'd sell their solar cubes/balls to the public!)<BR/><BR/>Which brings us back to amateurs: the more informed and empowered a citizenry is, the more able they are to sip from the transparency firehose, and contribute to improving public policy.<BR/><BR/>The converse also holds.Tony Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578160528746657971noreply@blogger.com