I should have qualified my remark - I meant "easily preventable". I think history has shown that technology, (anti-lock brakes, stability control) has had a bigger impact on road safety that driver education. It seems it's really hard to stop people having accidents because they are 'distracted', (or old, or young, or sick)...but we can and should do more to stop them having accidents because they are drunk.
I don't know what's happening recently, but it's a pleasant surprise to see these kinds of article cropping up more frequently on/.
Now if only we had the same kind of possibilities here in Europe, where there are more and more cameras everywhere, and the margin before you get a ticket is in some places ridiculosly low. I'm all for enforcing safer driving, but many camera emplacements are obviously for revenue-generating rather than safety.
They don't do anything to discourage the single-biggest cause of road deaths either, drunk driving.
I've been lucky enough to have travelled around the world, including Moscow and Peking. Never felt the need to visit the chemically-preserved remains of "great" men there.
Can anybody please cite me a truly humane, visionary leader who was embalmed in modern times, for public display? How about "despots"? Candidates should include Tito and Ataturk?
Nope, not one. They did not need it, and neither did the population they left behind.
I think you're incorrect on the first part. From the linked FT article:
"The US software group was left to police its own compliance and Mr Almunia [EU competition supremo] said the lapse was brought to his attention by a Microsoft rival. According to people involved, Google and Opera informally provided the tip-off and helped investigators"
Another fun snippet:
"The episode was cited as a reason for giving Steve Ballmer, chief executive, only half his potential bonus last year."
Ah, but it's not an "Android phone", hence not cool enough. Also, one would have to admit that the Pi has had a few issues...maybe not ready for space yet. Otherwise, I completely agree with you; it's got about the same processing capacity, plenty of distro choices, good dev support, nice inbuilt video...
I like the idea of simply taking a smartphone and sticking in the box. OK, sending up the case and display is maybe a waste...but on the other hand, a bit less systems integration work to do.
Shame 'the artist formally known as RIM' took QNX back to closed source; that's a really great RTOS. C'mon guys, publicity like this would help you get some 'buzz' back.
It's tempting to conclude there's nothing living on Mars, so why not colonise it it with some custom-engineered stuff. I would love to believe the SciFi stuff - imagine that by the time we have just about finished destroying Earth, Mars will be waiting for us with an atmosphere full of oxygen, and unlimited meat and veg for all. Ah yes, and the benevolent bugs that turned rock into water are totally not going to mutate into anything that kills you.
Since we've managed to screw up all of the unique ecosystems we have encountered so far, by ignorence, negligence or "good intentions", probably better to keep things sterile.
Or try to - life will always find a way. Wanna bet there is nothing living on the Moon or Mars that we sent?
Mod up. Way up, please. I don't know exactly how much my extended family spends on streaming, media purchases and so forth, but it would probably buy you a decent second-hand automobile. Every year. Yet, we still end up illegally downloading stuff because it is simply not available otherwise. Madness.
Truly inspirational leaders, (Winston Churchill springs to mind), manage to combine the ability to give the bad news whilst simultaneously outlining credible plans for fixing things, and giving people hope.
Not a civil engineer, but the volumes required would make this a very costly solution. Take a look at the size of a sinkhole, even the small ones are big. Would take a shitload of trucks to fill one in. Can you see Florida Bob, or his insurance company, springing for this remedial work after - presumably - some type of currently nonexistent survey? Nope. Cheaper to move house.
Indeed. Meanwhile it should be noted that the part of the weapon that has to withstand the stress of the cartridge being fired is still a professionally-manufactured steel item. OK, so this work is interesting in that you could, in theory, convert a semi with a ten-round mag into a full-on mil assault rifle. (Not sure why you would need to, unless you are mentally unwell, but still...)
Back on topic, wake me up when you can print a hammer-forged, chromed-bore, rifled barrel...
Mod up. This is really what we need - it would truly knock a big nail into MS Office's coffin. Not that I'm against either MS Office or indeed MS per se. Apple is just as bad. Goggle has progress to do; you can open a "pages" document in Google docs, but not then save it in another format. For the love of Christ, how hard can it be?
I'm just so sick of trying to manage, and use, documents with needlessly opaque and complex formats.
It's a losing strategy, but still a powerful one, "I own your data, because I own the format you create and store it in".
People here froth at the mouth about personal data, but this is equally important. I have shitloads of files, in various formats, many proprietary, going back years. Please give me one ring to own them all, FOSS.
We paid for it. We should be able to see it, and profit from it. Of course, some exceptions for sensitive strategic military stuff, but such should be identified and ring-fenced from the start.
Now, if Prof. "X" wants to boost his reputation by publishing in a 'prestigious' journal. Well, let him/her pay for it. I don't buy this 'editorial excellence and peer review' crap; it's been discredited too many times.
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OK, just at a basic level, but it's still all good advice.
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34397
I should have qualified my remark - I meant "easily preventable". I think history has shown that technology, (anti-lock brakes, stability control) has had a bigger impact on road safety that driver education. It seems it's really hard to stop people having accidents because they are 'distracted', (or old, or young, or sick)...but we can and should do more to stop them having accidents because they are drunk.
Well, bad if you live in the parts that are going to go more brown, I guess...
Great post! Just one thing...
perpetrated by both of the functioning US political parties.
Are they really functional? Perhaps, as you suggest, for themselves, but maybe not for the people they were elected to represent.
I don't know what's happening recently, but it's a pleasant surprise to see these kinds of article cropping up more frequently on /.
Now if only we had the same kind of possibilities here in Europe, where there are more and more cameras everywhere, and the margin before you get a ticket is in some places ridiculosly low. I'm all for enforcing safer driving, but many camera emplacements are obviously for revenue-generating rather than safety.
They don't do anything to discourage the single-biggest cause of road deaths either, drunk driving.
I've been lucky enough to have travelled around the world, including Moscow and Peking.
Never felt the need to visit the chemically-preserved remains of "great" men there.
Can anybody please cite me a truly humane, visionary leader who was embalmed in modern times, for public display?
How about "despots"?
Candidates should include Tito and Ataturk?
Nope, not one. They did not need it, and neither did the population they left behind.
Bolt an Android 'phone...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/03/07/1438237/android-in-space-strand-1-satellite-to-activate-nexus-one
To this..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms_NXT_2.0
Then find large rocket...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V
Job done! I claim my 10% consulting fee!
More seriously, looks like the Indians are going to get there pretty soon, (2015), but this is not a private venture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-2
Well, they don't have to roll over and obliterate them, do they?
Would be nice to see some of those artifacts filmed in modern high-definition colour. Especially ones never seen before.
Also, why do we need to 'discover' these sites - don't we already know where they are?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon
I think you're incorrect on the first part. From the linked FT article:
"The US software group was left to police its own compliance and Mr Almunia [EU competition supremo] said the lapse was brought to his attention by a Microsoft rival. According to people involved, Google and Opera informally provided the tip-off and helped investigators"
Another fun snippet:
"The episode was cited as a reason for giving Steve Ballmer, chief executive, only half his potential bonus last year."
Cry me a river.
Hey, an informative post sitting at zip. Mods?
Hardly "data-driven" if they're not measuring your output & progress vs. objectives...
Then again, if they were, they would have been able to single out all non-productive employees instead of just implementing this silly blanket ban.
Ah, but it's not an "Android phone", hence not cool enough.
Also, one would have to admit that the Pi has had a few issues...maybe not ready for space yet.
Otherwise, I completely agree with you; it's got about the same processing capacity, plenty of distro choices, good dev support, nice inbuilt video...
I like the idea of simply taking a smartphone and sticking in the box. OK, sending up the case and display is maybe a waste...but on the other hand, a bit less systems integration work to do.
Shame 'the artist formally known as RIM' took QNX back to closed source; that's a really great RTOS.
C'mon guys, publicity like this would help you get some 'buzz' back.
It's tempting to conclude there's nothing living on Mars, so why not colonise it it with some custom-engineered stuff.
I would love to believe the SciFi stuff - imagine that by the time we have just about finished destroying Earth, Mars will be waiting for us with an atmosphere full of oxygen, and unlimited meat and veg for all. Ah yes, and the benevolent bugs that turned rock into water are totally not going to mutate into anything that kills you.
Since we've managed to screw up all of the unique ecosystems we have encountered so far, by ignorence, negligence or "good intentions", probably better to keep things sterile.
Or try to - life will always find a way. Wanna bet there is nothing living on the Moon or Mars that we sent?
Mod up. Way up, please. I don't know exactly how much my extended family spends on streaming, media purchases and so forth, but it would probably buy you a decent second-hand automobile. Every year. Yet, we still end up illegally downloading stuff because it is simply not available otherwise. Madness.
http://www.onsip.com/voip-phone-reviews/jitsi
Downloading it now...let's hope they get it out Android and iOS soon.
(For those saying, "we'll never see this on iOS, well, Apple has "let in" Skype & Viber, so why not?)
Both insightful and amusingly-written. Well done, Sir or Madam.
Case in point: Jimmy Carter was naive enough to the nation the truth, and the public was so upset that they threw him out on his ass and put in a senile movie actor who told us things that made us feel good.
If the public wanted politicians who told the truth, they would vote for them.
Hmmm...Many people now think that Regan actually did a pretty good job overall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Regan#Legacy
Truly inspirational leaders, (Winston Churchill springs to mind), manage to combine the ability to give the bad news whilst simultaneously outlining credible plans for fixing things, and giving people hope.
Carter failed on the second count.
On the subject of failing, a fly is not an animal. It's an insect.
Ahem, from the article:
" State auditors concluded that Cisco's sales staff showed "wanton indifference to the interest of the public." "
Seems pretty clear to me.
Not a civil engineer, but the volumes required would make this a very costly solution.
Take a look at the size of a sinkhole, even the small ones are big. Would take a shitload of trucks to fill one in.
Can you see Florida Bob, or his insurance company, springing for this remedial work after - presumably - some type of currently nonexistent survey? Nope. Cheaper to move house.
Indeed. Meanwhile it should be noted that the part of the weapon that has to withstand the stress of the cartridge being fired is still a professionally-manufactured steel item. OK, so this work is interesting in that you could, in theory, convert a semi with a ten-round mag into a full-on mil assault rifle. (Not sure why you would need to, unless you are mentally unwell, but still...)
Back on topic, wake me up when you can print a hammer-forged, chromed-bore, rifled barrel...
Mod up. This is really what we need - it would truly knock a big nail into MS Office's coffin.
Not that I'm against either MS Office or indeed MS per se. Apple is just as bad.
Goggle has progress to do; you can open a "pages" document in Google docs, but not then save it in another format.
For the love of Christ, how hard can it be?
I'm just so sick of trying to manage, and use, documents with needlessly opaque and complex formats.
It's a losing strategy, but still a powerful one, "I own your data, because I own the format you create and store it in".
People here froth at the mouth about personal data, but this is equally important. I have shitloads of files, in various formats, many proprietary, going back years. Please give me one ring to own them all, FOSS.
CFIT was identified as a cause of 25% of USAF Class A Mishaps between 1993 and 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFIT
Controlled (should be "uncontrolled?") Flight Into Terrain. Simply put, "the aircraft was working fine until someone drove it into the ground".
It's easy to do, especially with high workload in a fast jet, in a combat situation.
I guess that the UAV technology is still immature.
We paid for it. We should be able to see it, and profit from it.
Of course, some exceptions for sensitive strategic military stuff, but such should be identified and ring-fenced from the start.
Now, if Prof. "X" wants to boost his reputation by publishing in a 'prestigious' journal. Well, let him/her pay for it.
I don't buy this 'editorial excellence and peer review' crap; it's been discredited too many times.
Put it on the net; it'll get reviewed...