16. What about a sample size package containing only 1-2 pills of pseudoephedrine like those often sold at gas stations or grocery stores?
The Act exempts the requirements of a "logbook" to any purchase by an individual of a single sales package if that package contains not more than 60 milligrams of pseudoephedrine. These single dose packages have to remain behind the counter.
Every time I purchase Primatene tablets, each of which contains 12.5 mg of ephedrine hydrochloride and 200 mg of guaifenesin, I have to show my driver's license and sign a drug register. They record my name, address, and the total quantity of ephedrine in the purchased item. They don't care whether or not it is formulated with guaifenesin.
They should follow the example of the telephone company. Find the owners of the ships and send them a bill for the repair costs. That will get their attention.
I've heard of dogs doing the same thing. They will kill a whole group of domesticated rabbits or chickens, tearing open their enclosures, just for kicks.
I'm waiting for all the stupid laws and rules about "no cameras or recording devices (for the mob)" collide with people whose bodies are recording devices due to advances in the use of technology to assist and augment people with sensory handicaps. Why shouldn't I be able to take advantage of modern technology to correct and enhance my vision?
The Russians have some very good ejection seats that manage to get the pilot out, deploy a parachute, and land safely, in low altitude situations where you might think that it was hopeless.
In many cases, there are trade offs between memory and CPU cycles. A module may be able to run substantially faster if it has more memory. If you look at really old UNIX source code, they often took the opposite approach, settling for mediocre performance in order to keep memory requirements within reason. The first UNIX system that I ever used (DEC PDP-11/23) had to run multi-user with only 512K of RAM. The kernel had to fit within a 16-bit split I/D address space (128K). I/O buffers were 512 bytes and there was very limited buffering of disk I/O. Did I mention the six feet of snow?
That is one of the stupidest proposals that I've ever read. It would make my random number generator, which uses a Geiger counter, illegal in NYC.
What sort of person would come up with an idea like this and then try to enact it into law? This is the same city that outlawed ferrets as pets, well known for their vicious attacks on socks and rubber duckies.
It goes into the General Fund, just like all taxes, duties, fines, etc. Only Congress has the power to appropriate money from the General Fund. Federal agencies and departments don't get to keep any of the money that they receive from external sources. It all goes into the General Fund.
You are assuming binary two's complement arithmetic. That isn't always the case. Also, the programming language, or it's implementation, may opt for a symmetric range of values.
Television sets used to be a major source of fires until they were redesigned to be safer. Soviet-era Russian television sets were infamous for starting fires.
Outsourcing manufacturing to countries with limited or non-existent standards for safety and dysfunctional legal systems is a recipe for disaster. There is an enormous pressure to cut costs by any means necessary. Counterfeit components are ubiquitous. Safety and regulatory approvals are often forged, and the product that is manufactured isn't always the same as what was submitted to the testing labs. There are too many people in this world who will do anything for profit, including causing the death of strangers. Just look at the huge market for counterfeit drugs.
Companies like Dell should be held strictly liable for any injuries and damage caused by their products, even if the actual fault lies with an offshore factory. It is not "normal" for a properly designed monitor or power supply to catch on fire.
He isn't a bad director, and he knows how to put together a deal.
Uwe Boll may not be in any danger of winning an Academy Award, but it takes a certain amount of talent and aptitude to make even a mediocre movie. You may think the movie is bad, but that's a relative judgement. It could be much worse, and not in a "Ed Wood" so bizarre that it's good kind of way. I've seen some really horrible movies that make you want to shoot yourself after the first five minutes.
Someone already mentioned mainframes. Something similar is often done with calculators. Rather than design a new chip for each model, they design a single chip with all of the features. In mid-range and low-end models, it is crippled by the design of the keyboard and/or jumpers. It is often cheaper to dumb down a single hardware design than to produce unique designs for each segment of the market.
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It was probably designed and tested by Bedouins. Who needs a back-light when you have the desert Sun?
No, it wasn't. That is just a persistent myth. It was designed to allow the sharing of computer resources among ARPA researchers.
There are these things called charts...
They should follow the example of the telephone company. Find the owners of the ships and send them a bill for the repair costs. That will get their attention.
I've heard of dogs doing the same thing. They will kill a whole group of domesticated rabbits or chickens, tearing open their enclosures, just for kicks.
What would the publisher do if you sued them for copyright infringement? That could be rather embarrassing for them.
I'm waiting for all the stupid laws and rules about "no cameras or recording devices (for the mob)" collide with people whose bodies are recording devices due to advances in the use of technology to assist and augment people with sensory handicaps. Why shouldn't I be able to take advantage of modern technology to correct and enhance my vision?
The Russians have some very good ejection seats that manage to get the pilot out, deploy a parachute, and land safely, in low altitude situations where you might think that it was hopeless.
In many cases, there are trade offs between memory and CPU cycles. A module may be able to run substantially faster if it has more memory. If you look at really old UNIX source code, they often took the opposite approach, settling for mediocre performance in order to keep memory requirements within reason. The first UNIX system that I ever used (DEC PDP-11/23) had to run multi-user with only 512K of RAM. The kernel had to fit within a 16-bit split I/D address space (128K). I/O buffers were 512 bytes and there was very limited buffering of disk I/O. Did I mention the six feet of snow?
What sort of person would come up with an idea like this and then try to enact it into law? This is the same city that outlawed ferrets as pets, well known for their vicious attacks on socks and rubber duckies.
A launch is defined as successful if it places its payload in the desired orbit. Whether or not the payload works is someone else's problem.
He's on a little-endian system.
It goes into the General Fund, just like all taxes, duties, fines, etc. Only Congress has the power to appropriate money from the General Fund. Federal agencies and departments don't get to keep any of the money that they receive from external sources. It all goes into the General Fund.
Socialism is one thing, but Communism is responsible for a mountain of corpses.
Me: Here, take my money!
NBC: No, thanks. Not until Steve says he's sorry.
Many manufacturers think it's cheaper to just ship it and deal with the failures later.
How about COBOL, PL/I, BASIC, REXX, Common LISP, Visual Basic, Java, Ada 95, Perl, and C#?
You are assuming binary two's complement arithmetic. That isn't always the case. Also, the programming language, or it's implementation, may opt for a symmetric range of values.
Outsourcing manufacturing to countries with limited or non-existent standards for safety and dysfunctional legal systems is a recipe for disaster. There is an enormous pressure to cut costs by any means necessary. Counterfeit components are ubiquitous. Safety and regulatory approvals are often forged, and the product that is manufactured isn't always the same as what was submitted to the testing labs. There are too many people in this world who will do anything for profit, including causing the death of strangers. Just look at the huge market for counterfeit drugs.
Companies like Dell should be held strictly liable for any injuries and damage caused by their products, even if the actual fault lies with an offshore factory. It is not "normal" for a properly designed monitor or power supply to catch on fire.
Uwe Boll may not be in any danger of winning an Academy Award, but it takes a certain amount of talent and aptitude to make even a mediocre movie. You may think the movie is bad, but that's a relative judgement. It could be much worse, and not in a "Ed Wood" so bizarre that it's good kind of way. I've seen some really horrible movies that make you want to shoot yourself after the first five minutes.
It can still be a problem for people whose primary language is not English.
Someone already mentioned mainframes. Something similar is often done with calculators. Rather than design a new chip for each model, they design a single chip with all of the features. In mid-range and low-end models, it is crippled by the design of the keyboard and/or jumpers. It is often cheaper to dumb down a single hardware design than to produce unique designs for each segment of the market.
Month names are not portable, they need to be localized. We have an ISO standard (YYYY-MM-DD) for dates, let's use it.