The Dueling Dragons ride is designed to have three "near misses" where two trains that leave the station at the same time pass within six feet of each other. Perhaps the best "near miss" is two outside loops opposite each other - there's nothing more fun than looking down and seeing the feet of the people on the OTHER train whizzing by.
The trains are supposedly weighed upon departure so that the three misses are timed perfectly. As with the other rides, a failure doesn't kill the ride, just diminishes the effect.
This is indeed one of the most horribly written articles I've seen. The tense is all over the place, and at one point the writer says the Jobs left the Lisa project for the Mac project and then two paragraphs later says that Jobs was "ousted" from the Lisa project.
I would rather think it is another example of corporations failing to effectively police themselves and the government having to step in. Free Enterprise would work like a dream if companies took responsibility for their actions - then governments wouldn't have any place to step in.
A big bear in any IT department is panic projects interrupting planned projects. Managers who do not plan effectively need their projects done yesterday and whine up the chain of command to get a planned project delayed for the panic project.
One way to provide an incentive for planning would be an internal SLA. If you plan ahead and give us x weeks to complete your project, your cost center gets billed y. If you didn't plan and we have 36 hours to complete your project, you get billed 2y or 3y. If you can justify it to your bottom line, we'll do it for you.
Yes, I know the phone as currenly configured violates FCC regulations and a bunch of Ham Radio enthusiasts would hunt me down and kill me if I used one.
However, if one was configured to work within FCC standards, paired with VOIP and a PBX this would be a godsend for a lot of companies and universities that have employees that are far-flung and travel a lot.
My company has a campus with 5,000 employees served by a large number of desktop support technicians weilding pagers and cell phones. With devices like this, the technicians could call each other or anyone in the company over the radio waves for free instead of using cell phones.
I imagine such an application would face strong resistance from the cellular providers, who would resist in the form of dollars into the campaign accounts of politicians responsible for oversight of the FCC.
Shutting down GPS when so many pleasure boaters who have very little actual navigational training use GPS-based chartplotters would be a great way to overwhelm the Coast Guard who would get flooded with distress calls from said boaters lost on the open sea unable to navigate.
For example, a tax accountant would probably think you clueless if you ended up having a big tax bill on April 15. Paying your taxes properly is a critical skill, since everyone has to do it.
Or a doctor would think you clueless if your cholesterol was over 200. It's (usually) quite simple to keep your blood cholesterol low.
Unless it has happened to them or someone they know, most computer users are unaware of things like spyware, virii, etc.
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The Dueling Dragons ride is designed to have three "near misses" where two trains that leave the station at the same time pass within six feet of each other. Perhaps the best "near miss" is two outside loops opposite each other - there's nothing more fun than looking down and seeing the feet of the people on the OTHER train whizzing by.
The trains are supposedly weighed upon departure so that the three misses are timed perfectly. As with the other rides, a failure doesn't kill the ride, just diminishes the effect.
if it were posted on Fark.
I didn't realize it until I read your comments, but the kind of treatment you mentioned would be the ONLY way to do justice to The Watchmen.
An HBO miniseries would be the way to go on this, with a subsequent (or concurrent) DVD release for those who don't subscribe.
You rock!
You know, review of all the available material and a careful consideration of it before publishing.
Seeing as how every fourth word was a paid link. This article was about as useful as a game review at one of the "major" sites.
This is indeed one of the most horribly written articles I've seen. The tense is all over the place, and at one point the writer says the Jobs left the Lisa project for the Mac project and then two paragraphs later says that Jobs was "ousted" from the Lisa project.
I would rather think it is another example of corporations failing to effectively police themselves and the government having to step in. Free Enterprise would work like a dream if companies took responsibility for their actions - then governments wouldn't have any place to step in.
Noveluse
April fools gags were only allowed until noon.
Too bad that rule doesn't apply here.
I saw them six months ago at the Apple store.
A big bear in any IT department is panic projects interrupting planned projects. Managers who do not plan effectively need their projects done yesterday and whine up the chain of command to get a planned project delayed for the panic project.
One way to provide an incentive for planning would be an internal SLA. If you plan ahead and give us x weeks to complete your project, your cost center gets billed y. If you didn't plan and we have 36 hours to complete your project, you get billed 2y or 3y. If you can justify it to your bottom line, we'll do it for you.
Yes, I know the phone as currenly configured violates FCC regulations and a bunch of Ham Radio enthusiasts would hunt me down and kill me if I used one.
However, if one was configured to work within FCC standards, paired with VOIP and a PBX this would be a godsend for a lot of companies and universities that have employees that are far-flung and travel a lot.
My company has a campus with 5,000 employees served by a large number of desktop support technicians weilding pagers and cell phones. With devices like this, the technicians could call each other or anyone in the company over the radio waves for free instead of using cell phones.
I imagine such an application would face strong resistance from the cellular providers, who would resist in the form of dollars into the campaign accounts of politicians responsible for oversight of the FCC.
I mean, they sound like a snack, man.
Wow, seven years of higher education and you're still not smart enough to avoid doing something you hate.
Shutting down GPS when so many pleasure boaters who have very little actual navigational training use GPS-based chartplotters would be a great way to overwhelm the Coast Guard who would get flooded with distress calls from said boaters lost on the open sea unable to navigate.
Don't forget meet, marry, and then divorce your spouse there.
I used to ride a horse to work, but it kept getting run over.
For example, a tax accountant would probably think you clueless if you ended up having a big tax bill on April 15. Paying your taxes properly is a critical skill, since everyone has to do it.
Or a doctor would think you clueless if your cholesterol was over 200. It's (usually) quite simple to keep your blood cholesterol low.
Unless it has happened to them or someone they know, most computer users are unaware of things like spyware, virii, etc.
I didn't know Jack Thompson posted on Slashdot.
Because that's what the Dell bounty offer amounts to.
Doubtful, according to Steve Albini
I specifically buy my parts from AutoZone to support them during their litigation.
No lawyer will take a class action if there is no money to be made.
For having the gigantic subwoofer and having mandolin music on the giant TV screen.
A far better screenshot would have been "Apocalypse Now" or even a "Quake" game.
Next thing we'll see a constitutional amendment banning Firefox!