This is just another step in the scheme of controlling the population. Can you imagine if the NSA forced all the developers to insert a backdoor which would allow law enforcement to shut down your car with the click of a button?/tin-foil-hat
In some ways that seems better than the current methods using stop sticks or a barrage of 12 gauge slugs. Or the periodically re-invented EMP guns. At least the back door could be designed in such a way that the vehicle is not destroyed permanently or as dangerously. It always sucks when the police kill the wrong person in a hail of gunfire. With a kill switch, your car could at least be turned back on and you can avoid an early trip to the morgue.
It's certainly better to have a kill switch in your car if they use an EMP while you're wearing your foil hat. Unless you prefer to have your head cooked to extra crispy
I'm not sure why you are bringing the NSA up though. They would be more likely to want a backdoor to get the GPS data or covertly use a built in microphone to listen in on conversations within the car.
While it may be technologically feasible (or close), politically it would never happen. Certainly not in the current political climate. Even if that were solved, it would be pretty damn hard financially too. With the swings in the economy, a project that would take that many years would be pretty difficult. At the first sign of a recession, it would be one of the first things to get cut. Or the funding would be cut to the point that the finish date would start sliding more and more. Additionally, over the time it would take to build it, how much of what was started would become obsolete and need to be redone? Would the country(s) that started it even be capable of finishing it, or even be around to finish it? It would be a pretty soft target too. Would we end up with Babylon 5 before people stopped blowing them up? I haven't seen Elysium, but wasn't the point to create a haven for the rich? I don't think the majority of the planet is going to go for that. So what purpose would this project be built for? The geek in me would love to see this happen. But realistically, what would be the benefit of something of this scope? And would that benefit be worth the resources required to build it?
you can use a 2 finger "stretch" gesture to zoom in.
Only works for some things and some sites...
Serious question(s): What sites have you been to that don't allow you to zoom and what phone are you using? I've never had this issue on the last two phones I've had that have this type of zoom (Galaxy S3 and HD2).
What reason do you have to believe that food quality has diminished in the last 50 years?
-jcr
Monsanto is a good start. Granted, it's not as much a matter of what's missing (nutrition wise) so much as what has been added that shouldn't be there. How frequently were growth hormones used in meat 50 year ago? It's well understood that wild caught fish are generally healthier than farm raised. Granted this is because you just don't know how/what farm raised were fed. Obviously harvesting wild fish is unsustainable, but the quality is certainly in decline. Very few people would eat Cichlids 50 years ago. But everyone has been trained to think all fish is healthy. So they changed the name of the fast growing Cichlids to Tilapia. I don't know about you, but I'm old enough to remember a time when you couldn't get foods that weren't in season in your area. Now you can buy just about any fruit or vegetable any time you want. This means they are coming in from much farther than they used to and are also harvested much sooner than they used to be. Of course the flip side is that you can now find seafood in the mid-west in July, or Kobe beef in Maine.
Oh, that would be awesome. I don't see why not... people buy and fly these old fighter jets. I don't imagine the plans are available, though.
Almost all US military jets are only sold as scrap and there are restrictions on selling the functional parts. F-104's are about the only jet plane that I know of that civilians own and fly in the US. I heard that one of the Blue Angels F-18's was sold as scrap but someone screwed up and did not issue the proper paperwork that limited it to being non-flyable. All of the other jet fighters that I'm aware of have been MIGs and other foreign built airframes. I'm not sure how it would work if you tried to build it yourself. My guess is that they would find a way to withhold certain resources. Since you would have to develop your own tech, you may stumble onto something revolutionary. In which case as a US citizen, the military has the right to annex it.
I agree, it would be awesome to have and be able to fly an SR, but from everything I've seen they are not the easiest plane to fly. The whole "unstart" thing is a little scary. Plus the cost and difficulty of having to fuel it in the air after takeoff.
does this mean his company can reverse engineer the rocket and sell the design to the highest bidder?
Are you asking if he can reverse-engineer an entire Saturn V rocket because he recovered a used and damaged engine that was sitting on the bottom of the ocean for 44 years? Do you understand how large a Saturn V is? Here is a component view of the Saturn V. That's not even a blueprint, not even close, it just shows where selected components are in the rocket.
There's something wrong with that diagram. I don't see where the sea urchins, sponges, crabs and other organic life that was obviously used in the one they recovered.
You could build a B-1 with passenger seats and no radar-evading skin and sell it if you wanted.
In theory, yes. But in reality, I doubt you could, even if you had the financing. I'd guess many of the parts and materials you'd need would be withheld due to some "shortage", or something. I'm sure there is more to its design that is classified than the weapons systems and skin too. It would probably be even harder to be get permission to fly it. And with all of the restrictions and documentation needed to sell aircraft, it's very unlikely you could sell it.
Good enough for me. I've got my Ted Nugent brand bow and am ready to take down a predator! Cat scratch fever! Duh duh duh! Cat scratch fever! Dur dur dur!
* Rub yourself down with Olive oil. Extra virgin in particular. Oh, don't stand too close to the bonfire.
Fuck that. Use lamp oil and light it on fire. You'll never have a problem with the little bastards again. They don't tolerate fire very well either.
* DEET. Soak your cigar in it. The combination of second hand smoke and smell of chemical burns is a bit too much for them.
DEET is for pussies. Get some DDT and you should be set. Using an aircraft to spray it all over the place has been well proven. Don't get any cigar. Make sure you get a Panamanian cigar. You don't hear about mosquito problems in Panama ever. Make sure to inhale often. It helps mask the CO2 better that way.
* Cover all exposed areas. A scarf works great for the neck and stocking cap for the head. I find an additional two layers of sweatpants and sweatshirts keeps the buggers from reaching you. Oh, three pair of socks and rain boots for the feet.
Nobody wants to wear all that bulky clothing in mosquito weather. I recommend a diving suit. But not one of those new neoprene ones. Get one made of rubber. That will keep the heat and sweat contained better so they'll have a harder time finding you to begin with.
* Pig manure. It may sound crazy, but it works. Stop by your local pig farm on the way to your outdoor event and have a quick roll in the barnyard. Be sure to cover everything. After an hour or so, the manure dries to a hard crust which will protect you from being bitten for the rest of the day. Be sure to cover your face or they'll go for that in frustration.
You're right, it sounds crazy. How in the hell are you going to get it to stick to the oil you've already covered yourself in? Plus it's never going to form a hard crust in humid environments and people tend to look at you like you're crazy when you are covered in pig shit (don't ask me how I know this). If you want a hard protective layer, get some plate mail. The rubber suit will do a great job protecting you from chafing. Additionally, I can guarantee that nobody is going to pick a fight with you while you're wearing flaming plate mail, smoking a Panama robusto while spraying DDT everywhere. I'm pretty sure you will be the talk of the office after your next company picnic too.
Guns are, however, what makes belligerent people dangerous. Hence the focus on extensive background checks.
No. Belligerent people are ALREADY dangerous. If they're going to be dangerous, they'll do it whether or not they have a gun, box cutter, knife, baseball bat, etc.
But the various mental defectives out there latch on to GUNS being the culprit and not belligerent assholes.
Yep, the numbers of belligerents going around with box cutters, knifes, baseball bats, and etceteras committing homicides proves that they would kill no matter what... Or wait, no it doesn't. Guess you better ask a mental defective to explain the difference to you.
It also doesn't disprove it either. According to Snopes the number of homicides committed by knives, etc. is considerably less than handguns. However the number of other objects used to commit murder is still a significant number. It also doesn't prove that the number of other weapons used would not increase if firearms were not available.
What I find particularly interesting is that the total number of homicides is considerably lower in all listed weapons except for "other". Even so, the total number of homicides for 2010 is slightly less (13,374) than the 1993 high for handguns alone (13,981). According to these numbers the total number of homicides in 1993 was 24,530. That's a decrease of 11,156. I wouldn't have thought the number had gone down and by such a significant amount. But the 24 hour news channels seem to keep us thinking that we're heading toward armageddon.
What would be interesting would be to see a publication similar to this one for more recent times. I wonder if the percentages are still the same.
But there are hardly any of them and they have no money and have never directly caused significant damage to any nation.
Are you fucking kidding? They've probably cost the US (and other countries as well) more money than any other single entity. The stock market had to be shut down for three days following 9-11. Air traffic was halted and the nation was at a standstill for a week. After everyone finished shitting their pants we got the "Patriot Act", the Iraq war and the TSA. We've lost more freedoms than I could count, the TSA is a huge money sink. Not to mention that 9-11 was the single biggest loss of civilian lives in an attack on American soil in the history of the US.
That being said, I do agree with you. Way too much money has been spent(wasted) in the name of "stopping terrorists". But I'm sure you're aware it has nothing to do with this any longer. It's just an excuse for a massive ongoing power-grab. Even so, they still dealt the US a more significant blow to the civilian population than Germany or Japan ever did on our own soil. And with considerably less resources. Don't ever trivialize that.
Complete and total nonsense designed to trick non-technical people.
I don't know. This sentence seemed like it was directed at pretty technical people: "a computer of 1,000 thousand petaflops. Each petaflop represents one thousand trillion floating point operations per second." [/sarcasm]
I can't speak for the Vita, but my daughters 3DS and DS both use cartridges. The last cartridge game I bought for myself would have been for an Atari 2600 though.
I'm not sure how old you have to be for that sound to become inaudible. It's not as bad as it used to be though. Partially because there are so few of them left. When I was younger I could hear them from a pretty good distance when people had their windows open especially.
Too bad the Ramones aren't around any more. One concert should give you enough hearing loss to not hear it any more. Just look at the effects on lab mice
2. Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling.
Am I the only one who has an issue with this definition? I realize that English is an evolving language, but it seems like this became a new definition because too many people were too fucking stupid to understand the actual meaning of the word. Similar to how the word "epic" no longer has the same impact it once did. Perhaps we can redefine "figuratively" to have the classic meaning of "literally".
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This is just another step in the scheme of controlling the population. Can you imagine if the NSA forced all the developers to insert a backdoor which would allow law enforcement to shut down your car with the click of a button? /tin-foil-hat
In some ways that seems better than the current methods using stop sticks or a barrage of 12 gauge slugs. Or the periodically re-invented EMP guns. At least the back door could be designed in such a way that the vehicle is not destroyed permanently or as dangerously. It always sucks when the police kill the wrong person in a hail of gunfire. With a kill switch, your car could at least be turned back on and you can avoid an early trip to the morgue.
It's certainly better to have a kill switch in your car if they use an EMP while you're wearing your foil hat. Unless you prefer to have your head cooked to extra crispy
I'm not sure why you are bringing the NSA up though. They would be more likely to want a backdoor to get the GPS data or covertly use a built in microphone to listen in on conversations within the car.
While it may be technologically feasible (or close), politically it would never happen. Certainly not in the current political climate. Even if that were solved, it would be pretty damn hard financially too. With the swings in the economy, a project that would take that many years would be pretty difficult. At the first sign of a recession, it would be one of the first things to get cut. Or the funding would be cut to the point that the finish date would start sliding more and more. Additionally, over the time it would take to build it, how much of what was started would become obsolete and need to be redone? Would the country(s) that started it even be capable of finishing it, or even be around to finish it? It would be a pretty soft target too. Would we end up with Babylon 5 before people stopped blowing them up? I haven't seen Elysium, but wasn't the point to create a haven for the rich? I don't think the majority of the planet is going to go for that. So what purpose would this project be built for? The geek in me would love to see this happen. But realistically, what would be the benefit of something of this scope? And would that benefit be worth the resources required to build it?
Interesting. I never ran into this.
you can use a 2 finger "stretch" gesture to zoom in.
Only works for some things and some sites...
Serious question(s): What sites have you been to that don't allow you to zoom and what phone are you using? I've never had this issue on the last two phones I've had that have this type of zoom (Galaxy S3 and HD2).
Once again, that "military-intelligence" is an oxymoron.
I've always found this toe be interesting: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst140/MotelOfMysteries.html
What reason do you have to believe that food quality has diminished in the last 50 years?
-jcr
Monsanto is a good start. Granted, it's not as much a matter of what's missing (nutrition wise) so much as what has been added that shouldn't be there. How frequently were growth hormones used in meat 50 year ago? It's well understood that wild caught fish are generally healthier than farm raised. Granted this is because you just don't know how/what farm raised were fed. Obviously harvesting wild fish is unsustainable, but the quality is certainly in decline. Very few people would eat Cichlids 50 years ago. But everyone has been trained to think all fish is healthy. So they changed the name of the fast growing Cichlids to Tilapia. I don't know about you, but I'm old enough to remember a time when you couldn't get foods that weren't in season in your area. Now you can buy just about any fruit or vegetable any time you want. This means they are coming in from much farther than they used to and are also harvested much sooner than they used to be. Of course the flip side is that you can now find seafood in the mid-west in July, or Kobe beef in Maine.
Oh, that would be awesome. I don't see why not... people buy and fly these old fighter jets. I don't imagine the plans are available, though.
Almost all US military jets are only sold as scrap and there are restrictions on selling the functional parts. F-104's are about the only jet plane that I know of that civilians own and fly in the US. I heard that one of the Blue Angels F-18's was sold as scrap but someone screwed up and did not issue the proper paperwork that limited it to being non-flyable. All of the other jet fighters that I'm aware of have been MIGs and other foreign built airframes. I'm not sure how it would work if you tried to build it yourself. My guess is that they would find a way to withhold certain resources. Since you would have to develop your own tech, you may stumble onto something revolutionary. In which case as a US citizen, the military has the right to annex it.
I agree, it would be awesome to have and be able to fly an SR, but from everything I've seen they are not the easiest plane to fly. The whole "unstart" thing is a little scary. Plus the cost and difficulty of having to fuel it in the air after takeoff.
So do you think you could build an SR-71 then? ;-)
does this mean his company can reverse engineer the rocket and sell the design to the highest bidder?
Are you asking if he can reverse-engineer an entire Saturn V rocket because he recovered a used and damaged engine that was sitting on the bottom of the ocean for 44 years? Do you understand how large a Saturn V is? Here is a component view of the Saturn V. That's not even a blueprint, not even close, it just shows where selected components are in the rocket.
There's something wrong with that diagram. I don't see where the sea urchins, sponges, crabs and other organic life that was obviously used in the one they recovered.
You could build a B-1 with passenger seats and no radar-evading skin and sell it if you wanted.
In theory, yes. But in reality, I doubt you could, even if you had the financing. I'd guess many of the parts and materials you'd need would be withheld due to some "shortage", or something. I'm sure there is more to its design that is classified than the weapons systems and skin too. It would probably be even harder to be get permission to fly it. And with all of the restrictions and documentation needed to sell aircraft, it's very unlikely you could sell it.
Encouraging destruction of government property...
With a population of 550, Deer Trail, CO could suddenly find itself a bunch of empty buildings if Washington wished it.
At which point the government will have made those crazy ass militia types some of the most sane people in the country.
We promise we're not brain-dead morons.
Good enough for me. I've got my Ted Nugent brand bow and am ready to take down a predator! Cat scratch fever! Duh duh duh! Cat scratch fever! Dur dur dur!
I'm thinking Phalanx is a better option.
Metric aside, what scale is Very Large fall under?
Will the next one be called Big Ass Telescope? Then, perhaps, Ginormous Telescope?
I can't wait for the Fucking-A Telescope.
I can't wait for the Fucking-A Telescope.
Too bad it will be dwarfed by the "Venti" telescope. And there will be an "Extra-Big-Ass" model preceding the Ginormous version.
probably.your.neighborhood
Springfield, USA
Is that the one at the intersection of Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky?
* Rub yourself down with Olive oil. Extra virgin in particular. Oh, don't stand too close to the bonfire.
Fuck that. Use lamp oil and light it on fire. You'll never have a problem with the little bastards again. They don't tolerate fire very well either.
* DEET. Soak your cigar in it. The combination of second hand smoke and smell of chemical burns is a bit too much for them.
DEET is for pussies. Get some DDT and you should be set. Using an aircraft to spray it all over the place has been well proven. Don't get any cigar. Make sure you get a Panamanian cigar. You don't hear about mosquito problems in Panama ever. Make sure to inhale often. It helps mask the CO2 better that way.
* Cover all exposed areas. A scarf works great for the neck and stocking cap for the head. I find an additional two layers of sweatpants and sweatshirts keeps the buggers from reaching you. Oh, three pair of socks and rain boots for the feet.
Nobody wants to wear all that bulky clothing in mosquito weather. I recommend a diving suit. But not one of those new neoprene ones. Get one made of rubber. That will keep the heat and sweat contained better so they'll have a harder time finding you to begin with.
* Pig manure. It may sound crazy, but it works. Stop by your local pig farm on the way to your outdoor event and have a quick roll in the barnyard. Be sure to cover everything. After an hour or so, the manure dries to a hard crust which will protect you from being bitten for the rest of the day. Be sure to cover your face or they'll go for that in frustration.
You're right, it sounds crazy. How in the hell are you going to get it to stick to the oil you've already covered yourself in? Plus it's never going to form a hard crust in humid environments and people tend to look at you like you're crazy when you are covered in pig shit (don't ask me how I know this). If you want a hard protective layer, get some plate mail. The rubber suit will do a great job protecting you from chafing. Additionally, I can guarantee that nobody is going to pick a fight with you while you're wearing flaming plate mail, smoking a Panama robusto while spraying DDT everywhere. I'm pretty sure you will be the talk of the office after your next company picnic too.
Guns are, however, what makes belligerent people dangerous. Hence the focus on extensive background checks.
No. Belligerent people are ALREADY dangerous. If they're going to be dangerous, they'll do it whether or not they have a gun, box cutter, knife, baseball bat, etc.
But the various mental defectives out there latch on to GUNS being the culprit and not belligerent assholes.
Yep, the numbers of belligerents going around with box cutters, knifes, baseball bats, and etceteras committing homicides proves that they would kill no matter what... Or wait, no it doesn't. Guess you better ask a mental defective to explain the difference to you.
It also doesn't disprove it either. According to Snopes the number of homicides committed by knives, etc. is considerably less than handguns. However the number of other objects used to commit murder is still a significant number. It also doesn't prove that the number of other weapons used would not increase if firearms were not available.
What I find particularly interesting is that the total number of homicides is considerably lower in all listed weapons except for "other". Even so, the total number of homicides for 2010 is slightly less (13,374) than the 1993 high for handguns alone (13,981). According to these numbers the total number of homicides in 1993 was 24,530. That's a decrease of 11,156. I wouldn't have thought the number had gone down and by such a significant amount. But the 24 hour news channels seem to keep us thinking that we're heading toward armageddon.
What would be interesting would be to see a publication similar to this one for more recent times. I wonder if the percentages are still the same.
But there are hardly any of them and they have no money and have never directly caused significant damage to any nation.
Are you fucking kidding? They've probably cost the US (and other countries as well) more money than any other single entity. The stock market had to be shut down for three days following 9-11. Air traffic was halted and the nation was at a standstill for a week. After everyone finished shitting their pants we got the "Patriot Act", the Iraq war and the TSA. We've lost more freedoms than I could count, the TSA is a huge money sink. Not to mention that 9-11 was the single biggest loss of civilian lives in an attack on American soil in the history of the US.
That being said, I do agree with you. Way too much money has been spent(wasted) in the name of "stopping terrorists". But I'm sure you're aware it has nothing to do with this any longer. It's just an excuse for a massive ongoing power-grab. Even so, they still dealt the US a more significant blow to the civilian population than Germany or Japan ever did on our own soil. And with considerably less resources. Don't ever trivialize that.
Complete and total nonsense designed to trick non-technical people.
I don't know. This sentence seemed like it was directed at pretty technical people: "a computer of 1,000 thousand petaflops. Each petaflop represents one thousand trillion floating point operations per second." [/sarcasm]
I've used an Apple laptop (exclusively) for years, so I have to ask--are power adapters standardized on PCs?
IEC C13 has been around for years and still is.
Yup. Looking to the slashdot majority for predicting future success is pretty easy. Just assume the opposite will happen :)
What are you talking about, they nailed the ipod prediction in 2001. Oh wait.
Neither of which take cartridges...
I can't speak for the Vita, but my daughters 3DS and DS both use cartridges. The last cartridge game I bought for myself would have been for an Atari 2600 though.
That's pretty much my problem too. I can just picture someone on trial for murder testifying "yeah judge, I literally murdered the victim."
Judge: Guilty!
Defendant: I meant definition two your honor.
Judge: Well that's bad
Defendant: Uh, is that the good bad or the bad, bad?
I'm not sure how old you have to be for that sound to become inaudible. It's not as bad as it used to be though. Partially because there are so few of them left. When I was younger I could hear them from a pretty good distance when people had their windows open especially.
Too bad the Ramones aren't around any more. One concert should give you enough hearing loss to not hear it any more. Just look at the effects on lab mice
Am I the only one who has an issue with this definition? I realize that English is an evolving language, but it seems like this became a new definition because too many people were too fucking stupid to understand the actual meaning of the word. Similar to how the word "epic" no longer has the same impact it once did. Perhaps we can redefine "figuratively" to have the classic meaning of "literally".