May I also add that extending Daylight Saving Time even farther into the fall is a bad idea(tm). I work at an elementary school. The kids tend to show up between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Understandard time in November, the sun has been up for maybe 40 minutes by the time they get here. Extending Daylight Saving Time even further means that they will be walking to school in the dark, which just seems like bad policy to me. Furthermore, I bike to work at about 7:00. I really don't like being on the road when it is very dark, which it can be at 7:00. It will be even worse with more DST.
In short, I think this is a bad idea. I think DST is a bad idea in general, and I wish that more states would do what Arizona has done (but not the Navajo Nation), and dispense with DST altogether.
Meh... If you like your job, and you like the people that you work with, why wouldn't you wish for 'one more day in the office'? For me, the office often means the great outdoors (you know, that big room with the blue ceiling and the dusty floors). I love spending my summers working for the feds, or contracters, as an archaeologist. I wish I could spend more time in the field. I will likely carry that wish for the rest of my life. Believe it or not, there are some people that love their jobs, and the people they work with.
xander
I believe that was the point. A $400 dollar PC is not going to let you run the cutting edge games. In my experience, the most cited reason to by a PC is that it runs the cutting edge games. Once that is taken out of the equation, there is little reason not to get a Mac. You still have internet access, the Microsoft Office Suite if you want it, and other standard tools. So, if you just want a low end box that isn't going to get pwned, you could spend $400 every year on a Windows box, or $500 on a Mac Mini, and have it last for 3+ years.
Yeah, Kings Canyon definitely has some behicle-inaccessible areas. There are also large parts of Montana and Wyoming, and parts of Idaho, that are rather remote. Other than that, and maybe the Klamath area, I can't think of any place that is more than a day's hike from a some trailhead or road.
Most diseases that are caused by bacteria or viruses actually developed along with human agriculture. There were almost no diseases in the New World when Europeans arrived. Disease may be good population control, but it is largely a human creation / coevolution.
You don't hike along the same trail. Say you are on the Pacific Crest Trail -- you hike in a few miles from one trailhead, set up a cache. Then you go to another trailhead, and set up another cache. You set up several caches along the trail. Then, you start at one end, and hike to the other. You don't have to carry all the extra weight. It can be the difference between a tolerable 30-40 lb pack, and a nightmarish 80 lb pack. Then, when you finish, you go back and collect your trash.
As to backcountry, there are few places in the lower 48 that are more than a day's hike from some trailhead. There are a few, but not many.
I don't know what he is talking about, but in aviation, many people use a tool called "circular slide rule" to flight plan (it helps determine air speed, ground speed, fuel, weight and balance, and many other numbers that are useful for aviating).
A man drives into a ranch in Nevada. He is wearing an expensive looking suit, and is driving a fast car. He gets out of the car, and walks up to the rancher and says: "Will you give me a calf if I can tell you exactly how many head of cattle you have on your land?"
The rancher, always willing to play along with city-slickers, responds "Why not?"
So, the guy in the suit pulls out a GPS unit and calculates his exact location. Then, he pulls out a cell phone and makes a call. He gets a satellite photo taken of the area, then pulls out a laptop, downloads the photo, and does a little image processing. After about 20 minutes, he says to the rancher "You have exactly 147 head of cattle on your land."
"Well, that's exactly right."
The man then takes a calf, puts it in the back seat, gets in the car and starts it up.
"Now, just wait a minute, son," the rancher says, "If I can tell you what you do for a living, will you give me the animal back?"
The suit sees no reason not to so he agrees.
"You are a consultant"
"How did you know that?" the man says, incredulous.
"Well, you came onto my land with out being asked, you have no knowlege of the subject at hand, and you demanded that I pay you to tell me what I already knew. Now, give me back my damn dog."
phasers
explosions
ships moving about
the magnetic boots in First Contact
And I seem to recall an episode of Classic Trek where an enemy ship was destroyed using a giant directional speaker, blasting out sound waves through space.
Q: What do you get when you cross a chicken and a turkey?
A: chicken * turkey * sin(theta)
Q: What do you get when you cross a mosquito and a mountain climber?
A: You can't cross a mosquito and a mountain climber -- one is a vector, the other is a scaler.
Please note, it has been years since I took calculus. The answer to the first one might be chicken * turkey * cos(theta), but I can't remember.:P
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Just a minor quibble: it is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time.
Thank you, that is all.
May I also add that extending Daylight Saving Time even farther into the fall is a bad idea(tm). I work at an elementary school. The kids tend to show up between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Understandard time in November, the sun has been up for maybe 40 minutes by the time they get here. Extending Daylight Saving Time even further means that they will be walking to school in the dark, which just seems like bad policy to me. Furthermore, I bike to work at about 7:00. I really don't like being on the road when it is very dark, which it can be at 7:00. It will be even worse with more DST.
In short, I think this is a bad idea. I think DST is a bad idea in general, and I wish that more states would do what Arizona has done (but not the Navajo Nation), and dispense with DST altogether.
#4 ???
Meh... If you like your job, and you like the people that you work with, why wouldn't you wish for 'one more day in the office'? For me, the office often means the great outdoors (you know, that big room with the blue ceiling and the dusty floors). I love spending my summers working for the feds, or contracters, as an archaeologist. I wish I could spend more time in the field. I will likely carry that wish for the rest of my life. Believe it or not, there are some people that love their jobs, and the people they work with. xander
Nicely done, Tripps, wrong thread. I wonder how that happened?
xander
You can also select the device, and hit command+e to unmount it. Lots of ways to unmount devices.
In Soviet Russia, planet sues you!
The hell kind of slashdot post was that? You forgot the last two steps:
11. ???
12. Profit!
Can you imagine a Beowolf...
er... sorry... coudn't resist
Indeed... I saw no references to hot grits, or Natalie Portman, just to mention the first two that come to mind.
I believe that was the point. A $400 dollar PC is not going to let you run the cutting edge games. In my experience, the most cited reason to by a PC is that it runs the cutting edge games. Once that is taken out of the equation, there is little reason not to get a Mac. You still have internet access, the Microsoft Office Suite if you want it, and other standard tools. So, if you just want a low end box that isn't going to get pwned, you could spend $400 every year on a Windows box, or $500 on a Mac Mini, and have it last for 3+ years.
They maybe had Syphilis, and that is it. And even that is the subject of major debate right now.
er... s/behicle/vehicle
Yeah, Kings Canyon definitely has some behicle-inaccessible areas. There are also large parts of Montana and Wyoming, and parts of Idaho, that are rather remote. Other than that, and maybe the Klamath area, I can't think of any place that is more than a day's hike from a some trailhead or road.
Most diseases that are caused by bacteria or viruses actually developed along with human agriculture. There were almost no diseases in the New World when Europeans arrived. Disease may be good population control, but it is largely a human creation / coevolution.
Thank god someone agrees with me. I had thought that the rest of the world had gone nuts.
You don't hike along the same trail. Say you are on the Pacific Crest Trail -- you hike in a few miles from one trailhead, set up a cache. Then you go to another trailhead, and set up another cache. You set up several caches along the trail. Then, you start at one end, and hike to the other. You don't have to carry all the extra weight. It can be the difference between a tolerable 30-40 lb pack, and a nightmarish 80 lb pack. Then, when you finish, you go back and collect your trash.
As to backcountry, there are few places in the lower 48 that are more than a day's hike from some trailhead. There are a few, but not many.
I don't know what he is talking about, but in aviation, many people use a tool called "circular slide rule" to flight plan (it helps determine air speed, ground speed, fuel, weight and balance, and many other numbers that are useful for aviating).
The statistician then begins lighting more fires. He wanted a larger sample.
You know what the difference between a civil engineer and a mechanical engineer is?
A mechanical engineer builds weapons systems. A civil engineer builds targets.
A man drives into a ranch in Nevada. He is wearing an expensive looking suit, and is driving a fast car. He gets out of the car, and walks up to the rancher and says: "Will you give me a calf if I can tell you exactly how many head of cattle you have on your land?"
The rancher, always willing to play along with city-slickers, responds "Why not?"
So, the guy in the suit pulls out a GPS unit and calculates his exact location. Then, he pulls out a cell phone and makes a call. He gets a satellite photo taken of the area, then pulls out a laptop, downloads the photo, and does a little image processing. After about 20 minutes, he says to the rancher "You have exactly 147 head of cattle on your land."
"Well, that's exactly right."
The man then takes a calf, puts it in the back seat, gets in the car and starts it up.
"Now, just wait a minute, son," the rancher says, "If I can tell you what you do for a living, will you give me the animal back?"
The suit sees no reason not to so he agrees.
"You are a consultant"
"How did you know that?" the man says, incredulous.
"Well, you came onto my land with out being asked, you have no knowlege of the subject at hand, and you demanded that I pay you to tell me what I already knew. Now, give me back my damn dog."
I am I the only one who read this "Space Shuttle One Closer to Launch" and immediatly though that I'd missed out on Rutan's most recent hijinks?
phasers
explosions
ships moving about
the magnetic boots in First Contact
And I seem to recall an episode of Classic Trek where an enemy ship was destroyed using a giant directional speaker, blasting out sound waves through space.
(Just to name a few)
Q: What do you get when you cross a chicken and a turkey?
:P
A: chicken * turkey * sin(theta)
Q: What do you get when you cross a mosquito and a mountain climber?
A: You can't cross a mosquito and a mountain climber -- one is a vector, the other is a scaler.
Please note, it has been years since I took calculus. The answer to the first one might be chicken * turkey * cos(theta), but I can't remember.
Actually, they are planning a merger with IBM -- they are to become Big Blue Origin.