Look at Iraq - would America really have invaded if they honestly believed that nuclear retaliation was a real option ? By having nukes (and being moderately batshit insane), Kim ensures that he can run his dictatorship without outside interference.
I came to the comments looking for a mention of the Funcube Dongle. Such a good little device for the size and cost.
I can't get to flickr from where I am right now, so a quick question - does your software support tuning the FCD or do I still need their util to go with it ?
Unless you explicitly stated that the code was free for all purposes, you retain the right to pursue any of the people in your examples who used your code for copyright infringement.
They all took a chance by using your code, and they lucked out that you were happy with that. But you do still retain the right to pursue them.
I don't like doing that to my users - I'd rather that they can be secure in the knowledge that I intended the code to be free and they have a right to do what they will with it. That requires that I post a licence.
Two years in the gaming world is nothing. I remember about 12 years back when you really did have to upgrade every year to 2 years to keep playing games with decent performance.
Things in the hardware space weren't always as stagnant as they are now.
European airlines are heavily regulated from what they can advertise to how they have to communicate their pricing. Ryanair have fought a battle against this for years and currently pay some fairly hefty fines for not complying.
The problem is that other countries don't understand how easy is to be arrested, so they still use an arrest as a criteria for allowing visa-free travel.
So if you book a holiday to the US in January and are scheduled to fly in November, but get arrested in August for a bullshit reason, you're screwed. Your travel insurance company won't refund anything and the US visa process requires that you travel to one of a handful of locations (and that's only if you can get an appointment in time!)
And for companies, if I have 9 candidates for a role without arrest records and 1 who's background check comes back saying that he was arrested for violence, am I going to hire one of the 9 easy ones, or bother to go to the effort of finding out that he was defending his wife and child in his own home ?
An arrest in the UK is a big deal. Regardless of a conviction, it shows up on background checks in the future and limits the jobs you can get. The police get to keep youru DNA and your fingerprints for a number of years.
It also means that you can no longer visit certain countries on vacation or for work (including the USA) without going through an expensive and time consuming visa application process.
It's a big deal and it sucks that we're arresting so many people under these laws. Mr. Bean is right - section 5 of the public order act needs to go!
Cell sites I worked in Africa run a pair of Cummins generators as their main power. In the unlikely event that both of these fail at the same time, there's a chance that the main grid might be working well enough to take over. But the fuel is the biggest priority on these sites.
At the moment, we have tankers on site at all of our NY DCs. 2 of them are on generator only, so we're topping up the tanks every 4 hours. The generators will need full overhauls when we're back on the grid properly, but for now we're keeping our clients serviced which is what matters.
People are upset about this primarily because at some point, it was decided that corporations should enjoy 1st amendment rights. I think there was a case around a large corp lying through their teeth about their products, and winning the right to do so under the 1st amendment.
Just being arrested is a life changing event in the UK. No more working with kids or vulnerable adults. No more working in many regular jobs. No more visiting many countries without going through an expensive visa process.
Having said that, the eejit plead guilty, so he's going inside for 6 weeks.
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Leatherman blade locks. No matter how short it is, it won't be allowed.
1. Open pictures taken with a Nikon D300s without having to use something else to convert them to a format that PS recognizes.
2. Run on a 64-bit OS and use the available memory.
Look at Iraq - would America really have invaded if they honestly believed that nuclear retaliation was a real option ? By having nukes (and being moderately batshit insane), Kim ensures that he can run his dictatorship without outside interference.
I came to the comments looking for a mention of the Funcube Dongle. Such a good little device for the size and cost.
I can't get to flickr from where I am right now, so a quick question - does your software support tuning the FCD or do I still need their util to go with it ?
Unless you explicitly stated that the code was free for all purposes, you retain the right to pursue any of the people in your examples who used your code for copyright infringement.
They all took a chance by using your code, and they lucked out that you were happy with that. But you do still retain the right to pursue them.
I don't like doing that to my users - I'd rather that they can be secure in the knowledge that I intended the code to be free and they have a right to do what they will with it. That requires that I post a licence.
Because in some industries, national government regulations mean that we have to show this.
Well, that would explain why they don't work on a thermocouple amplifier then! I'll go with the 22k resistor solution then.
Just the man I'm looking for - what probes did you use ?
I'm trying to use the recommended probes, but using a thermocouple amplifier, I just get a warning saying "Something wrong with the thermocouple".
Two years in the gaming world is nothing. I remember about 12 years back when you really did have to upgrade every year to 2 years to keep playing games with decent performance.
Things in the hardware space weren't always as stagnant as they are now.
European airlines are heavily regulated from what they can advertise to how they have to communicate their pricing. Ryanair have fought a battle against this for years and currently pay some fairly hefty fines for not complying.
What cell network is he on? Sounds sketchy to me...
Who says we're talking about your car insurer? What about your health insurer or life insurer?
If you want to get an idea of what's involved, have a look at the FunCube project - http://funcube.org.uk/
It got back from vibration testing in early November - http://www.funcubedongle.com/?p=1323
And TomTom are heavily involved in Apple's maps - so this is even more of a surprise.
How have you managed that ?
Did ? We're _still_ on XP on several thousand workstations.
The problem is that other countries don't understand how easy is to be arrested, so they still use an arrest as a criteria for allowing visa-free travel.
So if you book a holiday to the US in January and are scheduled to fly in November, but get arrested in August for a bullshit reason, you're screwed. Your travel insurance company won't refund anything and the US visa process requires that you travel to one of a handful of locations (and that's only if you can get an appointment in time!)
And for companies, if I have 9 candidates for a role without arrest records and 1 who's background check comes back saying that he was arrested for violence, am I going to hire one of the 9 easy ones, or bother to go to the effort of finding out that he was defending his wife and child in his own home ?
An arrest in the UK is a big deal. Regardless of a conviction, it shows up on background checks in the future and limits the jobs you can get. The police get to keep youru DNA and your fingerprints for a number of years.
It also means that you can no longer visit certain countries on vacation or for work (including the USA) without going through an expensive and time consuming visa application process.
It's a big deal and it sucks that we're arresting so many people under these laws. Mr. Bean is right - section 5 of the public order act needs to go!
And that's great and all - but it still claims reported space in explorer, stopping me from using that space.
In this case, it's because the generators got a little damp due to some rain in the area just before going into service :D
Given the amount of things that have happened, it's a 'better safe than sorry' move to do the overhaul.
Cell sites I worked in Africa run a pair of Cummins generators as their main power. In the unlikely event that both of these fail at the same time, there's a chance that the main grid might be working well enough to take over. But the fuel is the biggest priority on these sites.
At the moment, we have tankers on site at all of our NY DCs. 2 of them are on generator only, so we're topping up the tanks every 4 hours. The generators will need full overhauls when we're back on the grid properly, but for now we're keeping our clients serviced which is what matters.
Maybe it's just the met then...
That's true - as long as you've never been to the doctor for stress or depression.
People are upset about this primarily because at some point, it was decided that corporations should enjoy 1st amendment rights. I think there was a case around a large corp lying through their teeth about their products, and winning the right to do so under the 1st amendment.
Just being arrested is a life changing event in the UK. No more working with kids or vulnerable adults. No more working in many regular jobs. No more visiting many countries without going through an expensive visa process.
Having said that, the eejit plead guilty, so he's going inside for 6 weeks.