There's no room for false floor compartments of any meaningful size in most vehicles. In pickups, maybe, but in most vehicles there just isn't room. If you see a place where it looks like there might be room, an axle or driveshaft probably has to take up that space when the suspension is compressed. If you want to smuggle cocaine there are plenty of small places, but few big enough for a laptop.
They don't need to use a powder. Some use filaments of plastic which are then melted and placed one tiny piece at a time. I'm sure gravity's a factor but there's some chance those could operate on just adhesive and cohesive forces. Some others use a liquid that hardens when hit with a UV light, again once the base of the object being printed is secure it might be possible to use that kind of printer without gravity.
It might be easier to have another machine to recycle the material back into spools of filament (although I don't think recycling plastic is so simple as melting it down).
With 3D printing there is little to no waste. That's why it's called additive manufacturing.
The bigger issue is finishing, most 3D printed parts will need some. I'm sure they don't want metal or plastic filings floating around in the ISS, so that could be tricky.
It would be dangerous if it malfunctioned or was triggered accidentally somehow (battery disconnected?)
I just don't put expensive audio equipment in my car. Use a worthless old tape deck with a tape-to-line-in or tape-to-bluetooth adapter, then use your smartphone or whatever.
This. Not making yourself a target is 90% of the battle. You can get away with leaving a lot of stuff in your car if it doesn't look like a good target to thieves.
Other modern LAN-tastic games with no actual LAN play: Starcraft 2, Serious Sam series, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 (fun with custom levels), Brink. Good thing there are cracks and LAN launchers...
Haha yep any early '90s steel case is probably strong enough...not like the new featherweight aluminum ones that would probably crumple like a soda can. But I am glad for the weight savings, the case alone on some of those old tanks was nearly 20lbs!
Renting is actually worse than credit. When you make a purchase on credit you just pay interest on an advance of a sum of money that's quite large compared to the interest. When you rent, you pay a lot of money every month and when you're done renting, the property owner STILL HAS THE HOUSE in better condition than it would be if it were left vacant, in addition to a huge sum of money that you paid over the years! That's how the rich get richer!
Insurance companies are infamously snoopy and manipulative. They'll look at anything and everything they can possibly get their hands on, legal or not, to analyze your risks. I'd bet serious money that insurers already pry in social networks.
For close to a decade it's been well-known in motorsports circles that car insurers will snoop around on motorsport forums to see if any vehicle they insure is driven in any kind of competition. There are a few well-documented cases of people having their insurance cut off this way. There have also been rumors of them sending agents to events.
Keep in mind that pretty much all insurers already exclude anything that happens in competition, and that you would have already paid into competition insurance, so everything is 100% legit and technically the street insurer has nothing to worry about. The best guess is that they think competitive drivers are a risk (when in fact they are some of the best drivers).
Some also send agents to scout around at street racer hangouts, but at least that's understandable. Sad for those who park near the wrong crowd though.
But more on-topic, remember the case of the woman who had her health insurance dropped for posting a pic of herself smiling to Facebook while she was being treated for depression.
Just like car insurance, you can get a lower rate if you put their little black box in your car to let them record your driving style and locations. Living privately in the future is gonna be bloody expensive, I gotta get a better paying job and save up...
Seriously, how did he think he could get away with that for even a second!?
For those of you not into anime/manga at all, this is like ripping off Star Wars 4-6 just after 6 came out, with scene-for-scene copies of all the most iconic parts. If anything it is worse than that. It will be hard for you to appreciate.
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There's no room for false floor compartments of any meaningful size in most vehicles. In pickups, maybe, but in most vehicles there just isn't room. If you see a place where it looks like there might be room, an axle or driveshaft probably has to take up that space when the suspension is compressed. If you want to smuggle cocaine there are plenty of small places, but few big enough for a laptop.
D'oh you're right, I thought it contained hydrazine X-(
The same way I can stick glue to a ceiling?
I do the same thing in Firefox. Bookmarks are for sites you rarely use.
From what I understand, some SAP products are locked into IE6 (so I have read.) It's ridiculuous that that's the case, but it is what it is.
Yep we have to keep IE6 on accountants' computers just for ACCPAC. That said we install Firefox on those and set it as the default browser.
What happened to Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus...?
In my experience it hasn't been so bad in IE8/9. There are still a few quirks but it's a huge improvement over 7 or fucking 6.
They don't need to use a powder. Some use filaments of plastic which are then melted and placed one tiny piece at a time. I'm sure gravity's a factor but there's some chance those could operate on just adhesive and cohesive forces. Some others use a liquid that hardens when hit with a UV light, again once the base of the object being printed is secure it might be possible to use that kind of printer without gravity.
It's worth considering that they had a bit of hydrazine still inside, so they weren't exactly ready for human occupation...
It might be easier to have another machine to recycle the material back into spools of filament (although I don't think recycling plastic is so simple as melting it down).
With 3D printing there is little to no waste. That's why it's called additive manufacturing.
The bigger issue is finishing, most 3D printed parts will need some. I'm sure they don't want metal or plastic filings floating around in the ISS, so that could be tricky.
It would be dangerous if it malfunctioned or was triggered accidentally somehow (battery disconnected?)
I just don't put expensive audio equipment in my car. Use a worthless old tape deck with a tape-to-line-in or tape-to-bluetooth adapter, then use your smartphone or whatever.
Pickup, jeep (like Willys Jeep / Wrangler / Samurai), hatchback, SUV, liftback sports coupe...
This. Not making yourself a target is 90% of the battle. You can get away with leaving a lot of stuff in your car if it doesn't look like a good target to thieves.
- Strap it to the inside of the hood somehow, but this will be difficult.
BAD IDEA, do you have any idea how hot it gets under there?
A 20lb. case with 45lb. of electronics inside is nothing to scoff at. It's much easier to carry when the case weighs practically nothing.
Other modern LAN-tastic games with no actual LAN play: Starcraft 2, Serious Sam series, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 (fun with custom levels), Brink. Good thing there are cracks and LAN launchers...
Haha yep any early '90s steel case is probably strong enough...not like the new featherweight aluminum ones that would probably crumple like a soda can. But I am glad for the weight savings, the case alone on some of those old tanks was nearly 20lbs!
...to have this much cash. By my standards, a LAN party is fancy when nobody's sitting on the floor.
I was thinking the same thing, seems like a pretty obvious design decision that should have been done early on...
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Renting is actually worse than credit. When you make a purchase on credit you just pay interest on an advance of a sum of money that's quite large compared to the interest. When you rent, you pay a lot of money every month and when you're done renting, the property owner STILL HAS THE HOUSE in better condition than it would be if it were left vacant, in addition to a huge sum of money that you paid over the years! That's how the rich get richer!
Insurance companies are infamously snoopy and manipulative. They'll look at anything and everything they can possibly get their hands on, legal or not, to analyze your risks. I'd bet serious money that insurers already pry in social networks.
For close to a decade it's been well-known in motorsports circles that car insurers will snoop around on motorsport forums to see if any vehicle they insure is driven in any kind of competition. There are a few well-documented cases of people having their insurance cut off this way. There have also been rumors of them sending agents to events.
Keep in mind that pretty much all insurers already exclude anything that happens in competition, and that you would have already paid into competition insurance, so everything is 100% legit and technically the street insurer has nothing to worry about. The best guess is that they think competitive drivers are a risk (when in fact they are some of the best drivers).
Some also send agents to scout around at street racer hangouts, but at least that's understandable. Sad for those who park near the wrong crowd though.
But more on-topic, remember the case of the woman who had her health insurance dropped for posting a pic of herself smiling to Facebook while she was being treated for depression.
Just like car insurance, you can get a lower rate if you put their little black box in your car to let them record your driving style and locations. Living privately in the future is gonna be bloody expensive, I gotta get a better paying job and save up...
HAHAHA hypocrisy overload! XD
Seriously, how did he think he could get away with that for even a second!?
For those of you not into anime/manga at all, this is like ripping off Star Wars 4-6 just after 6 came out, with scene-for-scene copies of all the most iconic parts. If anything it is worse than that. It will be hard for you to appreciate.