I gleaned over the summary, noticing the lack of a full appeal. That's what was missing in my opinion (IANAL opinion, call it one cent...) and the only thing I wanted to raise attention to.
Someone needs to bring a suit through the lower Federal courts and the appellate level. That's how to have a chance of getting a Supreme Court review.
I know very little with regards to this stuff, only that the Supreme Court rarely hears cases directly (the Bush Jr./Gore election was one time that I know of).
I also believe that there should have been more abbreviations in the title, something like this: EU SST To ODF Standard, says MEP (SST = Should Switch To)
With my laptop, when my platter only hard drive died I put a 1TB hybrid SSD drive in as a replacement. I'm not sure of the SSD cache size, but OS operations were instantly faster (boot and things I use a lot). As well, anything I use regularly such as Visual Studio or Photoshop now start up in 3-4 seconds.
I would recommend hybrid drives for any laptop user, it is a great upgrade and the price was very reasonable.
It does seem like a lot of people, one has to assume that there is only one system per person (there could be overlap with the Chromebooks for people that require portability). In 2011 the borough had a population of 187,000. 2,300 admin positions would be 1.23% of the population..
The unreasonable thing is being able to go from 3,500 XP desktops to a number closer to 2,000. I'd like to know how the number of total system can be reduced by 35% or more??? Maybe they are counting a warehouse of retired systems (which would be an unfair comparison)?
A breakthrough that could dramatically improve infrared imaging (functionality, form factor, etc.) will be patent controlled by the US Government for military and then some aftermarket product no where near the mil-specs. The ability see in the dark is awesomely powerful to military operations.
I've researched infrared sensors (Arduino), but the easily available ones are 8x2 or 4x4 PIXELS resolutions, only good for a few feet (great for detecting heat loss in a home). I wanted to piece together a campsite intrusion alarm and looked into radar, infrared, and motion based sensors. Nothing in a reasonable price range is available beyond 20 yards or so (I wanted 50 yards, with the sensor array pole mounted in the center of my campsite). Now I'm looking into a campsite weather station...
And I can't blame the US for controlling such technology. I would if I were running things, same for military satellite imaging. These are strategic and operational assets of the highest order.
At the same time, I believe that military spending should be cut considerably, such a move would increase the importance of such technologies, they are effectively force multipliers.
Doing something newsworthy won't change much. The two-party system is ingrained. Both parties suck (Congress has an approval rating of 13%, up from 9% earlier in 2013: http://www.gallup.com/poll/166...).
Both parties are willing to change their rules to prevent uprisings in their organizations. And the two parties control media exposure, specifically debates, the last independent/3rd party candidate that was invited to a Presidential Debate was Ross Perot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...
The two parties are doing their best to destroy themselves (a solution I have figured they would do for a quite a while), but their control over the election system is almost absolute. States work to keep third parties from getting ballot space.
New rule: If a candidate is going to be on the Presidential ballot in 10 or more states, he/she should be allowed to participate in the debates. This would help, the country needs new ideas outside of the norm (which is mostly fueled by ethical standings such as access to abortion - the two parties are one and the same, supporting big government, big military/wars).
FYI, that is referred to as a "Barrier to Entry". Starting an insurance company these days is basically impossible due to such (for said industry the requirements can vary widely by state, and screw New York).
Another example of a "Barrier to Entry" is the pains the ride-sharing sites are experiencing (by state/local, livery is very regulated and fee-d).
Those past the Barrier have a lot of regulations, but they don't have to worry about the barrier itself.
I bring a 12 volt battery camping, 35 amp hours with 4 cigarette plugs available (30amp fuse on the main, 10 amps for each plug) in a marine battery case. I can power phone chargers, a laptop (using a 12 volt power cord, pretty efficient), fans, a bug zapper, and even an electric blanket (4 amps per hour, but auto-off after 30 minutes so it's only a 2 amp draw). I also have a quality 800/1600 watt inverter which can power most things I may bring except power tools (works great for charging power tool batteries).
Yeah, it isn't hardcore camping, but I camp a lot (30+ nights per year), and with my kids (4 years old this year).
This is probably overkill for your use case (for most everyone). But, it wouldn't be difficult to setup a smaller battery in the 5 to 7 amp hour range (5 pounds of battery). It would be far more portable and more than enough to charge a couple of phones for a three day weekend.
You can also get a lightweight, foldable solar charger, here's one on Amazon with 2 USB ports for $70: http://www.amazon.com/Foldable...
Just some ideas, there are plenty of ways to apply technology to power our technology when in remote locations. If only cell service was available everywhere...
And that law is from 1978. Such knowledge isn't even as recent as the 1980s (a lesson approaching 40 years in age, I was five at the time...), it should be basic guidance at this point in time.
Anyone that doesn't realize how important knowledge of the business and operations are is one that should be ignored completely.
Advice: Always seek to learn as much as possible about the business and how it operates/interacts with the external world. This is the secret to NOT being disposable. It's also a great way to meets VP and C-Level executives.
This is where right to hire, say on a 1-month but extendable (monthly basis) can really help. Every organization should have one or two "true pros" that can spot frauds and lead architecture and strategy (not the CIO, someone in the trenches to do things like code reviews and standards enforcement).
Right to hire has become popular in IT (at least in the midwest), and I don't see any downsides unless a company keeps a valuable contributor off the payroll so long that they seek greener pastures (I've seen that a few times). It allows the contractor to "prove themselves" and it allows a company to let a poor performer go without fuss ("your contract has not been renewed").
Maybe call it a "Glass Shoe" (maybe Google could produce it, at least if "Glass" is in the name). Good for princesses and the general public.
Aside from photography uses, it could warn users of particularly trippy cracks in the sidewalks and alert them of impending changes in elevation (sinkholes seem to be a bigger problem these days).
Further, as an photographer, viewpoint is very fluid (elevation changes are common, usually I want to be higher up when taking photos).
Of course I'm mostly interested in taking photos "up the leaves" of trees and such. I also like to catch lightning in the act, if you know what I mean. Privacy concerns be dammed (like a river). My puns have had a run but now I am done.
I go camping a lot, sometimes for 2-3 days with no other sounds than nature and my family (I solo camp quite a bit as well).
After a long day of quiet I lay down to fall asleep and listen to both the ringing in my ears and the sounds of nature. In almost all circumstances I hear better than my wife and others, very quiet sounds are rather clear (twig snap, rustle in the woods, etc.). But put me in a situation where the background noise is around human speech frequencies and you will need to speak rather loudly for me to discern your words. I suck at dinner parties, "what?" is the thing I talk about the most (never liked them anyway...).
I know when it all started. When I was 14 I got to shoot a 22 revolver for an afternoon, without ear protection. With my ears still ringing two days later I went to my first concert, Iron Freaking Maiden!! My ears rang for about 4 days after (very clear memories). Since then I've been to well over 100 concerts and played out about the same amount, all without hearing protection (with lots of ear ringing). Seeing Pantera, Slayer, and Testament together in a small venue caused the longest ringing I've ever had (great show though).
These days I seek silence because I know the damage is done and it cannot be undone at this point. I can close my eyes almost anytime and hear the ringing (even at a concert, because of the ear protection I wear these days). I've wondered if sleeping with a fan running contributes to the damage (sleeping or hearing, which would I prefer? I choose sleep).
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I remember the first Colbert Report teaser on the Daily Show, and then a few months later it was a real show. And it was awesome.
Go Stephen! Hate you see you leave the Central, but you need to be exposed to a wider audience.
There is no doubt he is an entertainer.
Was the Iraq war worth 36,710 dead and wounded US military personnel (4,488 dead)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...
The father knew not to take out Saddam. The son, not so much. And it was a war initiated on completely false pretenses (sort of a False Flag event).
I've read everything by Hermann Hesse but The Glass Bead Game. I have never been able to get more than 50 pages into it.
He does have a nice collection of short stories which are easier on the brain.
Read the summary! What is this? Slashdot?
I gleaned over the summary, noticing the lack of a full appeal. That's what was missing in my opinion (IANAL opinion, call it one cent...) and the only thing I wanted to raise attention to.
Someone needs to bring a suit through the lower Federal courts and the appellate level. That's how to have a chance of getting a Supreme Court review.
I know very little with regards to this stuff, only that the Supreme Court rarely hears cases directly (the Bush Jr./Gore election was one time that I know of).
I haven't had one for years, I watched a season of American Idol a while back.
That site is like Joesph Campbell's "A Hero With a Thousand Faces" to the Nth power.
I also believe that there should have been more abbreviations in the title, something like this:
EU SST To ODF Standard, says MEP (SST = Should Switch To)
The bottleneck could be the disc controller. Just a thought.
With my laptop, when my platter only hard drive died I put a 1TB hybrid SSD drive in as a replacement. I'm not sure of the SSD cache size, but OS operations were instantly faster (boot and things I use a lot). As well, anything I use regularly such as Visual Studio or Photoshop now start up in 3-4 seconds.
I would recommend hybrid drives for any laptop user, it is a great upgrade and the price was very reasonable.
It does seem like a lot of people, one has to assume that there is only one system per person (there could be overlap with the Chromebooks for people that require portability). In 2011 the borough had a population of 187,000. 2,300 admin positions would be 1.23% of the population..
The unreasonable thing is being able to go from 3,500 XP desktops to a number closer to 2,000. I'd like to know how the number of total system can be reduced by 35% or more??? Maybe they are counting a warehouse of retired systems (which would be an unfair comparison)?
The reduction does not compute...
A breakthrough that could dramatically improve infrared imaging (functionality, form factor, etc.) will be patent controlled by the US Government for military and then some aftermarket product no where near the mil-specs. The ability see in the dark is awesomely powerful to military operations.
I've researched infrared sensors (Arduino), but the easily available ones are 8x2 or 4x4 PIXELS resolutions, only good for a few feet (great for detecting heat loss in a home). I wanted to piece together a campsite intrusion alarm and looked into radar, infrared, and motion based sensors. Nothing in a reasonable price range is available beyond 20 yards or so (I wanted 50 yards, with the sensor array pole mounted in the center of my campsite). Now I'm looking into a campsite weather station...
And I can't blame the US for controlling such technology. I would if I were running things, same for military satellite imaging. These are strategic and operational assets of the highest order.
At the same time, I believe that military spending should be cut considerably, such a move would increase the importance of such technologies, they are effectively force multipliers.
The new code has to meet the required interface, so it's basically the Factory Pattern with biological and artificial implementations.
Good analogy actually, I'm not sure what a good car analogy would be...
Doh!!!
Doing something newsworthy won't change much. The two-party system is ingrained. Both parties suck (Congress has an approval rating of 13%, up from 9% earlier in 2013: http://www.gallup.com/poll/166...).
Both parties are willing to change their rules to prevent uprisings in their organizations. And the two parties control media exposure, specifically debates, the last independent/3rd party candidate that was invited to a Presidential Debate was Ross Perot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...
The two parties are doing their best to destroy themselves (a solution I have figured they would do for a quite a while), but their control over the election system is almost absolute. States work to keep third parties from getting ballot space.
New rule: If a candidate is going to be on the Presidential ballot in 10 or more states, he/she should be allowed to participate in the debates. This would help, the country needs new ideas outside of the norm (which is mostly fueled by ethical standings such as access to abortion - the two parties are one and the same, supporting big government, big military/wars).
FYI, that is referred to as a "Barrier to Entry". Starting an insurance company these days is basically impossible due to such (for said industry the requirements can vary widely by state, and screw New York).
Another example of a "Barrier to Entry" is the pains the ride-sharing sites are experiencing (by state/local, livery is very regulated and fee-d).
Those past the Barrier have a lot of regulations, but they don't have to worry about the barrier itself.
I bring a 12 volt battery camping, 35 amp hours with 4 cigarette plugs available (30amp fuse on the main, 10 amps for each plug) in a marine battery case. I can power phone chargers, a laptop (using a 12 volt power cord, pretty efficient), fans, a bug zapper, and even an electric blanket (4 amps per hour, but auto-off after 30 minutes so it's only a 2 amp draw). I also have a quality 800/1600 watt inverter which can power most things I may bring except power tools (works great for charging power tool batteries).
Yeah, it isn't hardcore camping, but I camp a lot (30+ nights per year), and with my kids (4 years old this year).
This is probably overkill for your use case (for most everyone). But, it wouldn't be difficult to setup a smaller battery in the 5 to 7 amp hour range (5 pounds of battery). It would be far more portable and more than enough to charge a couple of phones for a three day weekend.
You can also get a lightweight, foldable solar charger, here's one on Amazon with 2 USB ports for $70:
http://www.amazon.com/Foldable...
Just some ideas, there are plenty of ways to apply technology to power our technology when in remote locations. If only cell service was available everywhere...
Retaining knowledge of both software and business requirements is the 4th of Lehman's Laws of Software Development, Conservation of Familiarity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
And that law is from 1978. Such knowledge isn't even as recent as the 1980s (a lesson approaching 40 years in age, I was five at the time...), it should be basic guidance at this point in time.
Anyone that doesn't realize how important knowledge of the business and operations are is one that should be ignored completely.
Advice: Always seek to learn as much as possible about the business and how it operates/interacts with the external world. This is the secret to NOT being disposable. It's also a great way to meets VP and C-Level executives.
This is where right to hire, say on a 1-month but extendable (monthly basis) can really help. Every organization should have one or two "true pros" that can spot frauds and lead architecture and strategy (not the CIO, someone in the trenches to do things like code reviews and standards enforcement).
Right to hire has become popular in IT (at least in the midwest), and I don't see any downsides unless a company keeps a valuable contributor off the payroll so long that they seek greener pastures (I've seen that a few times). It allows the contractor to "prove themselves" and it allows a company to let a poor performer go without fuss ("your contract has not been renewed").
Mod this up, Threads, while dated, is very scary.
I don't care who is doing it, I'm just glad the effort is being made by the government.
When the fossil fuel party starts to fade the world will, per the Chinese curse, become more interesting. And not to our species benefit.
Not that I expect anything of substance to change. Such is the nature of reality.
Seriously, this is starting to seem like the TV series Lost. Were any actors on board?
I empathize with the families for I have little hope of finding the passengers and crew alive.
Shhh, the machines are listening. And they have seen the Matrix, they know how things work out.
Well maybe shoes need to have cameras built in?
Maybe call it a "Glass Shoe" (maybe Google could produce it, at least if "Glass" is in the name). Good for princesses and the general public.
Aside from photography uses, it could warn users of particularly trippy cracks in the sidewalks and alert them of impending changes in elevation (sinkholes seem to be a bigger problem these days).
Further, as an photographer, viewpoint is very fluid (elevation changes are common, usually I want to be higher up when taking photos).
Of course I'm mostly interested in taking photos "up the leaves" of trees and such. I also like to catch lightning in the act, if you know what I mean. Privacy concerns be dammed (like a river). My puns have had a run but now I am done.
I go camping a lot, sometimes for 2-3 days with no other sounds than nature and my family (I solo camp quite a bit as well).
After a long day of quiet I lay down to fall asleep and listen to both the ringing in my ears and the sounds of nature. In almost all circumstances I hear better than my wife and others, very quiet sounds are rather clear (twig snap, rustle in the woods, etc.). But put me in a situation where the background noise is around human speech frequencies and you will need to speak rather loudly for me to discern your words. I suck at dinner parties, "what?" is the thing I talk about the most (never liked them anyway...).
I know when it all started. When I was 14 I got to shoot a 22 revolver for an afternoon, without ear protection. With my ears still ringing two days later I went to my first concert, Iron Freaking Maiden!! My ears rang for about 4 days after (very clear memories). Since then I've been to well over 100 concerts and played out about the same amount, all without hearing protection (with lots of ear ringing). Seeing Pantera, Slayer, and Testament together in a small venue caused the longest ringing I've ever had (great show though).
These days I seek silence because I know the damage is done and it cannot be undone at this point. I can close my eyes almost anytime and hear the ringing (even at a concert, because of the ear protection I wear these days). I've wondered if sleeping with a fan running contributes to the damage (sleeping or hearing, which would I prefer? I choose sleep).