History lesson: What happened to organized crime after Prohibition ended?
Answer: It moved into other areas of "morality crime" as the United States proceeded to commit the same stupid mistakes all over again.
Legalize drugs. End the black market. End the number one problem Mexico presents to the US. And by the way, US government officials have said EXACTLY what I said about the Mexican government. They're in it balls-deep.
What we really need is a nice, big laser in a nice, high orbit. It should use photovoltaic cells to charge and have the range and power to give a meaningful kick to any spacecraft between Earth and Jupiter.
It would be expensive to build, but if it was done properly, it could provide "free delta v" to a lot of suitably-equipped spacecraft for a very, very long time.
Science fiction writer Cordwainer Smith called them "manshonyaggers" in a story published back in the 1950's. The word was supposed to be a far-future corruption of "menschen" and "jager", or "manhunter".
It looks like his future is going to get here a lot faster than he thought.
Firefox is starting to piss me off. I'm relatively happy with the way it looks and works now, and I've got the add-ons I want installed and working properly. I see no way they're going to keep a schedule like this without breaking aps and causing me problems.
I've had Opera as my back-up browser for quite a while now. I notice it's getting quite a nice stable of widgets together. When they get enough that are close to my current Firefox add-ons, I think it's going to be curtains for the Fox.
Some would suggest that by taking down Mexican government websites, Anonymous is doing its part to fight the drug cartels, because if you take even a cursory look into the financial situation of a Mexican policeman, you're probably going to find somebody on a cartel payroll.
Why do you think the US government resolutely refuses to supply intelligence to the Mexican government? They know perfectly well they might just as well hand the information directly to a drug lord.
This war will only be won when the US legalizes drugs and the black market collapses.
Guess I won't be able to use all these Moderator Points here, 'cause I have to say thanks. There was something I liked about Slashdot from the first minute I stumbled across it. I hope the sense of irreverence and fun survive your departure.
Thanks for helping to create Slashdot and thanks for the incredible amount of work you've put into it. Inadequate, I know, but I ain't no frickin' Shakespeare.
I'll lay my bet that it's you and Nanny State Boy who don't drive. Either that, or you're part of that special, retarded class of driver who remain blissfully unaware of the number of times competent drivers have managed to get out of your way as you obliviously go about your business.
I only hope the person you kill when you're chattering away on your cell phone is yourself, not some poor innocent who was obeying the rules of the road when you creamed them.
A couple of morons? LOL. I can't figure out whether you're simply ignorant or so wrapped up in partisan politics that you can't face reality.
On days with good weather, I take my bike to work. I pay attention to what drivers near me or doing because it's a survival skill. Easily 80% of drivers who do something outrageously fucking stupid are holding a cell phone to their ear. It might even be more than that. And this is in a province where hands-free cell phones are legal, but holding one in your hand isn't. We aren't talking about one or two people. There are thousands of them, and each one is stupider than the one before.
For the love of god, don't let one of those machines find its way into the southern United States. Can you imagine what damage it would do to the family trees if they had ironclad proof of how many hillbillies didn't understand that even if they got divorced, they're still brother and sister?
Nice to know I've got at least some of the basics right for Windows. I keep my data on a separate drive, and I create disk images regularly.
I had a very bad scare once, and learned my lesson about the difference between having a backup and wishing you had a backup. I got lucky, but I won't ever count on luck again, where data is concerned.
Thanks for the positive reinforcement. I use CCleaner, and I've been very happy with it. I wasn't sure how much else was hiding in various exotic locations that might be beyond its reach.
I don't have much in the way of porn to worry about, though I've certainly got my share of the usual NSFW stuff cluttering up my data drive.
It would be helpful if somebody who knew where all the embarrassing stuff exists provided a clear, multi-step manual of how to clean up your machine to a state where it won't embarrass you or worse. There's a lot of places where traces of your nasty, shameful habits are available to people who know where to look for them.
Windows machines might have the most, but I'm quite sure Linux and Apple systems also have their problems.
Thank god nobody has thought to invent something to counter this. Something like a set of dark lenses that could fit in front of the human eye. Or perhaps even lenses that could darken in a tiny fraction of a second, or allow only light of a certain polarity to enter.
You might even want to attach a catchy name to such devices. Something like "Polaroid" or "Rayban".
Excellent point. However, I think the point is that things shut down fast enough that dealing with decay heat wouldn't be a problem...in theory.
Let's be clear: I just mentioned the specific safety measures in the CANDU. I get pissed off at people who fail to appreciate that when things go catastrophically wrong, it's usually because reality finds some new and interesting way to screw with "foolproof" systems. As somebody once said, idiot-proof designs frequently fail to account for the incredible ingenuity of idiots".
Candu reactors still have the spent fuel problem, but they have two passive systems that shut down the reactor in the event of a power failure.
The first is a bunch of control rods positioned above the reactor and held in place by an electromagnet. If the power fails, the magnet stops working and gravity drops the rods into the core.
The second measure also relies on electromagnets. Nitrogen is kept under pressure behind magnetically controlled valves. If power fails, the valves let go and the nitrogen forces neutron-hungry gadolinium into the core.
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Nice to see the old guy still has some fans. Well-met, Nursie!
That's an excellent point.
History lesson: What happened to organized crime after Prohibition ended?
Answer: It moved into other areas of "morality crime" as the United States proceeded to commit the same stupid mistakes all over again.
Legalize drugs. End the black market. End the number one problem Mexico presents to the US. And by the way, US government officials have said EXACTLY what I said about the Mexican government. They're in it balls-deep.
What we really need is a nice, big laser in a nice, high orbit. It should use photovoltaic cells to charge and have the range and power to give a meaningful kick to any spacecraft between Earth and Jupiter.
It would be expensive to build, but if it was done properly, it could provide "free delta v" to a lot of suitably-equipped spacecraft for a very, very long time.
Science fiction writer Cordwainer Smith called them "manshonyaggers" in a story published back in the 1950's. The word was supposed to be a far-future corruption of "menschen" and "jager", or "manhunter".
It looks like his future is going to get here a lot faster than he thought.
Firefox is starting to piss me off. I'm relatively happy with the way it looks and works now, and I've got the add-ons I want installed and working properly. I see no way they're going to keep a schedule like this without breaking aps and causing me problems.
I've had Opera as my back-up browser for quite a while now. I notice it's getting quite a nice stable of widgets together. When they get enough that are close to my current Firefox add-ons, I think it's going to be curtains for the Fox.
Some would suggest that by taking down Mexican government websites, Anonymous is doing its part to fight the drug cartels, because if you take even a cursory look into the financial situation of a Mexican policeman, you're probably going to find somebody on a cartel payroll.
Why do you think the US government resolutely refuses to supply intelligence to the Mexican government? They know perfectly well they might just as well hand the information directly to a drug lord.
This war will only be won when the US legalizes drugs and the black market collapses.
Guess I won't be able to use all these Moderator Points here, 'cause I have to say thanks. There was something I liked about Slashdot from the first minute I stumbled across it. I hope the sense of irreverence and fun survive your departure.
Thanks for helping to create Slashdot and thanks for the incredible amount of work you've put into it. Inadequate, I know, but I ain't no frickin' Shakespeare.
Via con huevos.
I don't know whether or not to thank you for that. If the idiots are sneaking up behind me, I might be better off not knowing.
Excellent post, and an excellent idea.
You trolls are everywhere. How much do you get paid?
I'll lay my bet that it's you and Nanny State Boy who don't drive. Either that, or you're part of that special, retarded class of driver who remain blissfully unaware of the number of times competent drivers have managed to get out of your way as you obliviously go about your business.
I only hope the person you kill when you're chattering away on your cell phone is yourself, not some poor innocent who was obeying the rules of the road when you creamed them.
A couple of morons? LOL. I can't figure out whether you're simply ignorant or so wrapped up in partisan politics that you can't face reality.
On days with good weather, I take my bike to work. I pay attention to what drivers near me or doing because it's a survival skill. Easily 80% of drivers who do something outrageously fucking stupid are holding a cell phone to their ear. It might even be more than that. And this is in a province where hands-free cell phones are legal, but holding one in your hand isn't. We aren't talking about one or two people. There are thousands of them, and each one is stupider than the one before.
LMFAO
I can note with accuracy, however, that the last guy to get caught by the cops for shafting a goat lived in West Virginia.
Excellent point. Not advised for some areas of the southern US, though, unless you don't mind your lawn mower being kidnapped for a wedding.
Buy a goat.
Extra Added Advantage: At your convenience, Lawnmower Curry.
Here's a few I use all the time:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/
http://www.pandasthumb.org/
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/24-hours/?utm_source=globalChannel&utm_medium=link
http://sciencehack.com/
For the love of god, don't let one of those machines find its way into the southern United States. Can you imagine what damage it would do to the family trees if they had ironclad proof of how many hillbillies didn't understand that even if they got divorced, they're still brother and sister?
We call it a bug...China calls it a feature.
Nice to know I've got at least some of the basics right for Windows. I keep my data on a separate drive, and I create disk images regularly.
I had a very bad scare once, and learned my lesson about the difference between having a backup and wishing you had a backup. I got lucky, but I won't ever count on luck again, where data is concerned.
Thanks for the positive reinforcement. I use CCleaner, and I've been very happy with it. I wasn't sure how much else was hiding in various exotic locations that might be beyond its reach.
I don't have much in the way of porn to worry about, though I've certainly got my share of the usual NSFW stuff cluttering up my data drive.
It would be helpful if somebody who knew where all the embarrassing stuff exists provided a clear, multi-step manual of how to clean up your machine to a state where it won't embarrass you or worse. There's a lot of places where traces of your nasty, shameful habits are available to people who know where to look for them.
Windows machines might have the most, but I'm quite sure Linux and Apple systems also have their problems.
Thank god nobody has thought to invent something to counter this. Something like a set of dark lenses that could fit in front of the human eye. Or perhaps even lenses that could darken in a tiny fraction of a second, or allow only light of a certain polarity to enter.
You might even want to attach a catchy name to such devices. Something like "Polaroid" or "Rayban".
Excellent point. However, I think the point is that things shut down fast enough that dealing with decay heat wouldn't be a problem...in theory.
Let's be clear: I just mentioned the specific safety measures in the CANDU. I get pissed off at people who fail to appreciate that when things go catastrophically wrong, it's usually because reality finds some new and interesting way to screw with "foolproof" systems. As somebody once said, idiot-proof designs frequently fail to account for the incredible ingenuity of idiots".
Candu reactors still have the spent fuel problem, but they have two passive systems that shut down the reactor in the event of a power failure.
The first is a bunch of control rods positioned above the reactor and held in place by an electromagnet. If the power fails, the magnet stops working and gravity drops the rods into the core.
The second measure also relies on electromagnets. Nitrogen is kept under pressure behind magnetically controlled valves. If power fails, the valves let go and the nitrogen forces neutron-hungry gadolinium into the core.