I completely agree with what you say, but seeing a Daily Mail link always makes me a little dubious as their reputation for misinterpreting facts and numbers precedes then.
From what I hear you even have to pay the US government for the honour of renouncing your citizenship, otherwise the IRS will try to tax you on earnings outside the US, regardless of your residency.
It almost sounds like you're indentured to the government.
Rods from the Gods delivery system? I wonder what the delta-v requirements would be to get a payload into a highly elliptical orbit (so you get lots of re-entry velocity) with a negative altitude perigee. You'd probably save a lot of fuel by not circularising your orbit (and then needing more to drop the perigee down again. Might have to boot up KSP...
A bit like the lady who was so concerned about vote fraud - that her vote would be switched over to Clinton - that she decided to commit voter fraud...
...or even ginger hair was enough to get you fucked
I always thought the problem with being a ginger was that you didn't laid!
I put the reason to never having been done for speeding down to having an Irish driving license while living in the UK - I made sure never to interact with the police unless absolutely necessary, and I don't even sound Irish. When my uncle joined Sandhurst (British Army Officer Academy) in the early 70s he had friends in Ireland who were approached by members from the British embassy for character references. More recently, a Irish friend wasn't permitted to join the Royal Navy even though his uncle was a commander in the RN. Like you say, the Russians got it too. A Belgian friend in Uni had extra checks when joining Sandhurst because he'd visited Moscow regularly - his girlfriend was Russian.
It'll be interesting to see who the next bogeymen will be.
I suppose I should have used sarcasm tags. I thought it'd be obvious enough with the "best to make sure" bit, but I guess a scary number of people seem to think that way nowadays. Oh well...
I read a comment by a guy who develops MRIs - he made a very strong case for why hospitals are stuck using XP. Timing is critical, so simply shoving the controller card into a new machine with a new OS isn't an option as physical damage can be done to the machine.
However, if an MRI takes an average of 45 minutes, that's only 32 per day if used continuously. If timing is so critical, then it makes sense to keep XP on the controller. But if the machine is critical, then air-gap it, and use removable media. Transferring the data 30 times a day isn't an onerous task.
I mean, he shares his name with one of the main leaders of the Taliban movement. What else should he expect, even if the Afghan Rabbani has been dead for 16 years, it's still best to make sure.
In reality, the reason is probably because he was the managing director of CAGE, which ostensibly is a civil rights organisation, but has been accused of being apologists for terrorism. Which ever is true, it's not going to be popular with the UK security services.
Same here. I tend to have music on quite low - unless there's a colleague ranting about politics, foreigners or the EU, then the volume goes up to 11 - and I've overheard one person saying "I bet he's not even listening to anything", which I had the good sense to pretend that I didn't hear.
The longest most of my colleagues have to concentrate on a single task might be 5 minutes, so they have no concept of how distracting it is to be interrupted. I've traced at least one bug that was caused by a persistent colleague trying to get me to do "something urgent".
I've found a few methods for dealing with interruptions: 1. Wear headphones - it makes you immediately less approachable, plus I don't hear (or can plausibly deny hearing somebody shout my name across the room). People are lazy, so if they need to stand up and walk over they're less likely to bug me about something simple. 2. Tell people "give me 15 minutes, I'm half way through something". Often (with one person in particular) they've decided the easiest option is not to think about something and instead get somebody else to do the thinking. The number of times I get told a couple of minutes later "don't worry, I've worked it out" 3. If somebody makes the effort to come over I'll deal with it if immediately. If I find that they've lied to make it sound urgent, they get told so in no-uncertain terms.
I've been given the excuse "I can't remember that, I only do it a couple of times a month", to which my response is "if your daughter called up twice a month to get you to refuel her car because she couldn't remember how to do it, what would your reaction be".
It's a small office, so I'm the developer, sysadmin, tech-support agent, so there tend to be a lot of interruptions. In some cases I've given up with the passive bit of passive-aggressive - there's a limited number of times I'm willing to show somebody how to copy and paste. The bonus is that in our office speaking your mind isn't just acceptable, it's expected.
No, dressing up as a gay man and then making a joke about two homophobic men engaged in a homosexual sex act would be offensive to some of the snowflake "liberals".
You know, those people who didn't see the irony in calling themselves liberal whilst dictating to others what they can and can't say and wear.
And you can probably install Linux on a device that came with Windows 10 S. That's not what's in questions, it's what the OS is capable of (or not capable in this case).
My first thought was "at least more websites are serving content over HTTPS so all the ISP will get is the domain, not the content", and then I decided to check. It turns out xhamster values your privacy more than both WebMD and Mayo Clinic.
I had to search to find out what Microsoft 10 S is - it's apparently Microsoft's solution to Chrome OS, which also doesn't allow you to change your browser. It also doesn't allow you to install programs that are in the Windows Store, like the Chomebook. If you want a fully functional OS, then you have to pay for it.
I set up a Raspberry PI "Print Server" for a friend that allows his old printer to be shared over Google Cloud Print, so his daughter can print from her Chromebook because you can't install printer drivers. Annoying, but then he only paid £100 for a nice robust child-proof machine.
Now, if they start doing this for the full OS, that'd be an issue...
Atlas has a great record, but then it's the result of decades of experience and government contracts. SpaceX have under a decade of launch experience.
And Boeing and Lockheed are really struggling due to the military being so careful about defence spending. Yeah, that business must be a real millstone...
A colleague installed cryptolocker and it encrypted all his Dropbox files. All he has to do was contact Dropbox and say "please revert to this date, before the bulk delete and upload occurred".
I'm not saying you should rely upon that, but recovery was simple because of how cryptolocker renames every file.
What happens when there's an electrical fire and you can't isolate the power supply? I might be wrong, but as far as I'm aware the flight crew have the ability to disable every piece of equipment on the aircraft.
Out of sheer curiosity, why is an SD card so important? What sort of data do you carry around on your phone that 64GB isn't enough.
I carry around a 64GB usb drive on my keyring, it contains a bootable Linux image, PuTTy a keepass file and some ssh keys. The rest (the vast majority) is zeroes.
That and the fact that coalition forces refused to allow Saddam Hussein era officials (and army officers) from serving in the new government and army. This resulted in a large number of well trained soldiers left with no job and a massive grudge.
Compare this to Germany - yes they had a massive de-nazification campaign, but civil servants and Hitler era officers were allowed to continue serving, under the watchful eye of allied forces.
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I completely agree with what you say, but seeing a Daily Mail link always makes me a little dubious as their reputation for misinterpreting facts and numbers precedes then.
From what I hear you even have to pay the US government for the honour of renouncing your citizenship, otherwise the IRS will try to tax you on earnings outside the US, regardless of your residency.
It almost sounds like you're indentured to the government.
Rods from the Gods delivery system? I wonder what the delta-v requirements would be to get a payload into a highly elliptical orbit (so you get lots of re-entry velocity) with a negative altitude perigee. You'd probably save a lot of fuel by not circularising your orbit (and then needing more to drop the perigee down again. Might have to boot up KSP...
A bit like the lady who was so concerned about vote fraud - that her vote would be switched over to Clinton - that she decided to commit voter fraud...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Over in the UK we prefer to use El Reg Standard Units, for length it's Linquine, Double-decker bus or Brontosaurus.
So, 22,000 miles is the equivalent of 1.61 mega-brontosauruses, which I think everyone can agree is much simpler to envisage.
...or even ginger hair was enough to get you fucked
I always thought the problem with being a ginger was that you didn't laid!
I put the reason to never having been done for speeding down to having an Irish driving license while living in the UK - I made sure never to interact with the police unless absolutely necessary, and I don't even sound Irish. When my uncle joined Sandhurst (British Army Officer Academy) in the early 70s he had friends in Ireland who were approached by members from the British embassy for character references. More recently, a Irish friend wasn't permitted to join the Royal Navy even though his uncle was a commander in the RN. Like you say, the Russians got it too. A Belgian friend in Uni had extra checks when joining Sandhurst because he'd visited Moscow regularly - his girlfriend was Russian.
It'll be interesting to see who the next bogeymen will be.
I suppose I should have used sarcasm tags. I thought it'd be obvious enough with the "best to make sure" bit, but I guess a scary number of people seem to think that way nowadays. Oh well...
I read a comment by a guy who develops MRIs - he made a very strong case for why hospitals are stuck using XP. Timing is critical, so simply shoving the controller card into a new machine with a new OS isn't an option as physical damage can be done to the machine.
However, if an MRI takes an average of 45 minutes, that's only 32 per day if used continuously. If timing is so critical, then it makes sense to keep XP on the controller. But if the machine is critical, then air-gap it, and use removable media. Transferring the data 30 times a day isn't an onerous task.
I mean, he shares his name with one of the main leaders of the Taliban movement. What else should he expect, even if the Afghan Rabbani has been dead for 16 years, it's still best to make sure.
In reality, the reason is probably because he was the managing director of CAGE, which ostensibly is a civil rights organisation, but has been accused of being apologists for terrorism. Which ever is true, it's not going to be popular with the UK security services.
Same here. I tend to have music on quite low - unless there's a colleague ranting about politics, foreigners or the EU, then the volume goes up to 11 - and I've overheard one person saying "I bet he's not even listening to anything", which I had the good sense to pretend that I didn't hear.
The longest most of my colleagues have to concentrate on a single task might be 5 minutes, so they have no concept of how distracting it is to be interrupted. I've traced at least one bug that was caused by a persistent colleague trying to get me to do "something urgent".
I've found a few methods for dealing with interruptions:
1. Wear headphones - it makes you immediately less approachable, plus I don't hear (or can plausibly deny hearing somebody shout my name across the room). People are lazy, so if they need to stand up and walk over they're less likely to bug me about something simple.
2. Tell people "give me 15 minutes, I'm half way through something". Often (with one person in particular) they've decided the easiest option is not to think about something and instead get somebody else to do the thinking. The number of times I get told a couple of minutes later "don't worry, I've worked it out"
3. If somebody makes the effort to come over I'll deal with it if immediately. If I find that they've lied to make it sound urgent, they get told so in no-uncertain terms.
I've been given the excuse "I can't remember that, I only do it a couple of times a month", to which my response is "if your daughter called up twice a month to get you to refuel her car because she couldn't remember how to do it, what would your reaction be".
It's a small office, so I'm the developer, sysadmin, tech-support agent, so there tend to be a lot of interruptions. In some cases I've given up with the passive bit of passive-aggressive - there's a limited number of times I'm willing to show somebody how to copy and paste. The bonus is that in our office speaking your mind isn't just acceptable, it's expected.
No, dressing up as a gay man and then making a joke about two homophobic men engaged in a homosexual sex act would be offensive to some of the snowflake "liberals".
You know, those people who didn't see the irony in calling themselves liberal whilst dictating to others what they can and can't say and wear.
Jesus, I though the US prides itself free speech. But apparently making a joke on TV after 2335 is not allowed.
Liberals* want to stop free speech in universities. Conservatives want to stop free speech because it's obscene.
* I loathe to call them liberals, seeing as they're views are fairly authoritarian and I'm pretty sure a authoritarian-liberal is an oxymoron.
It also works because neither Trump nor Putin are that keen on "the gays".
And you can probably install Linux on a device that came with Windows 10 S. That's not what's in questions, it's what the OS is capable of (or not capable in this case).
My first thought was "at least more websites are serving content over HTTPS so all the ISP will get is the domain, not the content", and then I decided to check. It turns out xhamster values your privacy more than both WebMD and Mayo Clinic.
I had to search to find out what Microsoft 10 S is - it's apparently Microsoft's solution to Chrome OS, which also doesn't allow you to change your browser. It also doesn't allow you to install programs that are in the Windows Store, like the Chomebook. If you want a fully functional OS, then you have to pay for it.
I set up a Raspberry PI "Print Server" for a friend that allows his old printer to be shared over Google Cloud Print, so his daughter can print from her Chromebook because you can't install printer drivers. Annoying, but then he only paid £100 for a nice robust child-proof machine.
Now, if they start doing this for the full OS, that'd be an issue...
"All we can ascertain from satellite reconnaissance is that he was doesn't keep it on the roof" - FBI agent regarding the trillion dollar bill.
Atlas has a great record, but then it's the result of decades of experience and government contracts. SpaceX have under a decade of launch experience.
And Boeing and Lockheed are really struggling due to the military being so careful about defence spending. Yeah, that business must be a real millstone...
Yeah, watching the stage separate and seeing the RCS yaw it around for boostback was pretty cool.
It's was interesting to see the vibration caused by the stage in the distance. You can understand why the cameras on the barge cut out on landing.
A colleague installed cryptolocker and it encrypted all his Dropbox files. All he has to do was contact Dropbox and say "please revert to this date, before the bulk delete and upload occurred".
I'm not saying you should rely upon that, but recovery was simple because of how cryptolocker renames every file.
Tis but a scratch
What happens when there's an electrical fire and you can't isolate the power supply? I might be wrong, but as far as I'm aware the flight crew have the ability to disable every piece of equipment on the aircraft.
Out of sheer curiosity, why is an SD card so important? What sort of data do you carry around on your phone that 64GB isn't enough.
I carry around a 64GB usb drive on my keyring, it contains a bootable Linux image, PuTTy a keepass file and some ssh keys. The rest (the vast majority) is zeroes.
That and the fact that coalition forces refused to allow Saddam Hussein era officials (and army officers) from serving in the new government and army. This resulted in a large number of well trained soldiers left with no job and a massive grudge.
Compare this to Germany - yes they had a massive de-nazification campaign, but civil servants and Hitler era officers were allowed to continue serving, under the watchful eye of allied forces.