To me, online means accessable from a terminal (IBM would call it "random access storage"). Punch cards were used to store databases before tapes were invented (think 1890 Census; if that isn't a database, I don't know what is). Tapes were just a more convenient way to store punched cards (with the ability to go beyond an 80-byte record length). You still had to read through all the records preceding the one you wanted. Disk and drum drives were a major leap forward.
You're not that old. My first "computer" was an IBM 402 accounting machine that weighed around 4,000 lb. It ran with a 1/2 hp motor but you could hand crank it through its cycle. I had to actually fix an adder on that machine. I was 15 when this happened.
I crossed over from Republican to Democrat to vote for Obama in the Ohio primary. In my case, I wanted the best candidate for the Democrats and I could still vote for the Republican in the general election (okay, I voted for Obama there, too).
I don't have a problem with voting for the best candidate on the other side, but, like you, I do have a problem with voting for the worse candidate.
My theory is that your brain provides the third dimension. When I watch a regular (2D) movie, it looks like 3D to me because there are enough visual clues to provide the third dimension. Your brain is doing the same thing with real life.
I saw Toy Story 3 in 3D. By the end of the movie, my eyes/brain had adjusted enough to the 3D that, when I went outdoors and saw the real world, it didn't look right at first until my eyes/brain adjusted back which took about 10 minutes for me.
I tried to install a 5.25" floppy in my Dad's Dell computer recently. Physically it fit and I was able to connect it with a cable that came with it. Then I found out that the motherboard only supported one 3.5" floppy and so it didn't work. I was hoping that they had left support for a second, 5.25" floppy but I guess I was just asking for too much.
Many "journalists" don't report; they just rewrite stories that their competitors originate (or, perhaps, copied themselves). And then there's Slashdot, which picks up a copy far removed from the original (The Telegraph in England?) and gets all excited about it without trying to track it back to the original (whose author now gets absolutely no credit for his/her work). Ain't the Internet grand?
Many sites request the birth date for age verification. Unless they really have a good reason to need my real birth date, I give them a fake one (Jan. 1 of a year in the 50s, typically). They can access my bad data any time they want.
The gist of this story is that, unless you have personally audited ECS Refining, you really have no idea what they're doing with the stuff that they get.
John Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, was one of 12 kids growing up in Reading, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati). His family is certainly not part of the elite. Here's an article about his upbringing.
Jeffrey Immelt, chairman of the board and CEO of General Electric, grew up in Finneytown (actually Springfield Township near Cincinnati) and his parents were a schoolteacher and a manager at GE (oooh, maybe there's that elite you're talking about). Here's his Wikipedia entry.
That's just two examples among millions of people who have done better than their parents did. Some people blame "The Man" or the elite for their own inability to get ahead in life. I hope this isn't you.
There's one phrase that seems to be to be the foundation of your argument: "accident of birth." Assuming you're talking about the United States, this country is still a meritocracy. Not many people can get rich holding down a 40-hour-a-week job, but some do and the barriers to start your own business are low. As someone who is self-employed, I'm not rich, but I have no need to steal copper wires to pay my bills either.
Sorry, your rant misses the underlying factor of this increase in metals theft: drug abuse. Most of these people are meth heads or oxycontin addicts. Their addiction makes it hard to keep a job and also requires a bit of money to support the habit. Metals theft is better correlated with the price of scrap metal and was increasing before the economy tanked.
The company you're thinking of is Jackson Metals of Jackson, Ohio. They wanted to process five billion pennies a year, melting down many of the ones made before 1982 (due to their higher copper content) and redistributing the newer ones nationwide to eliminate shortages. Here's an article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about their plan.
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I haven't ever seen MM used in the financial industry, but it is still common in the printing industry (where it also means 1,000,000).
If you worked in aerospace engineering, did you ever work with aperture cards which had a 35 mm microfilm chip with a drawing as part of the card?
To me, online means accessable from a terminal (IBM would call it "random access storage"). Punch cards were used to store databases before tapes were invented (think 1890 Census; if that isn't a database, I don't know what is). Tapes were just a more convenient way to store punched cards (with the ability to go beyond an 80-byte record length). You still had to read through all the records preceding the one you wanted. Disk and drum drives were a major leap forward.
You're not that old. My first "computer" was an IBM 402 accounting machine that weighed around 4,000 lb. It ran with a 1/2 hp motor but you could hand crank it through its cycle. I had to actually fix an adder on that machine. I was 15 when this happened.
I crossed over from Republican to Democrat to vote for Obama in the Ohio primary. In my case, I wanted the best candidate for the Democrats and I could still vote for the Republican in the general election (okay, I voted for Obama there, too).
I don't have a problem with voting for the best candidate on the other side, but, like you, I do have a problem with voting for the worse candidate.
35mm color film is readily available but most films are print films. Kodachrome is a slide film.
Here's the original story from the New York Times.
My theory is that your brain provides the third dimension. When I watch a regular (2D) movie, it looks like 3D to me because there are enough visual clues to provide the third dimension. Your brain is doing the same thing with real life.
I saw Toy Story 3 in 3D. By the end of the movie, my eyes/brain had adjusted enough to the 3D that, when I went outdoors and saw the real world, it didn't look right at first until my eyes/brain adjusted back which took about 10 minutes for me.
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I tried to install a 5.25" floppy in my Dad's Dell computer recently. Physically it fit and I was able to connect it with a cable that came with it. Then I found out that the motherboard only supported one 3.5" floppy and so it didn't work. I was hoping that they had left support for a second, 5.25" floppy but I guess I was just asking for too much.
It may be just in Cincinnati. No explanation for the policy; I just switched to Discover.
(Score: 5, Funny but it could happen)
Don't try to use your Visa at Sam's Club. They won't take it.
Many "journalists" don't report; they just rewrite stories that their competitors originate (or, perhaps, copied themselves). And then there's Slashdot, which picks up a copy far removed from the original (The Telegraph in England?) and gets all excited about it without trying to track it back to the original (whose author now gets absolutely no credit for his/her work). Ain't the Internet grand?
Your link indicates that this is an annual production and not something new like the summary would want you to believe.
Many sites request the birth date for age verification. Unless they really have a good reason to need my real birth date, I give them a fake one (Jan. 1 of a year in the 50s, typically). They can access my bad data any time they want.
The gist of this story is that, unless you have personally audited ECS Refining, you really have no idea what they're doing with the stuff that they get.
Both paper magazines and Network Solutions start your new subscription after your old one runs out, not when you resubscribe.
He is. The submitter and the original story missed that part...
John Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, was one of 12 kids growing up in Reading, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati). His family is certainly not part of the elite. Here's an article about his upbringing.
Jeffrey Immelt, chairman of the board and CEO of General Electric, grew up in Finneytown (actually Springfield Township near Cincinnati) and his parents were a schoolteacher and a manager at GE (oooh, maybe there's that elite you're talking about). Here's his Wikipedia entry.
That's just two examples among millions of people who have done better than their parents did. Some people blame "The Man" or the elite for their own inability to get ahead in life. I hope this isn't you.
There's one phrase that seems to be to be the foundation of your argument: "accident of birth." Assuming you're talking about the United States, this country is still a meritocracy. Not many people can get rich holding down a 40-hour-a-week job, but some do and the barriers to start your own business are low. As someone who is self-employed, I'm not rich, but I have no need to steal copper wires to pay my bills either.
Sorry, your rant misses the underlying factor of this increase in metals theft: drug abuse. Most of these people are meth heads or oxycontin addicts. Their addiction makes it hard to keep a job and also requires a bit of money to support the habit. Metals theft is better correlated with the price of scrap metal and was increasing before the economy tanked.
The company you're thinking of is Jackson Metals of Jackson, Ohio. They wanted to process five billion pennies a year, melting down many of the ones made before 1982 (due to their higher copper content) and redistributing the newer ones nationwide to eliminate shortages. Here's an article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about their plan.
The people who see it rolled up on big spools...