Never have I seen so much hand-waving in an article on a technical subject. Either the author is a complete idiot, or he's a member of the John Dvorak school of trolling.
Sure, we could solve the problem if we completely redesigned, modified and tested every susceptible aircraft and cellular network on the planet. That wouldn't cost much money.
Anyone who uses the results of an episode of Mythbusters as proof of anything deserves to be ridiculed.
The people who live next to volcanoes are smart. The soil is great for raising crops. The same applies to people who live in flood plains. The occasional natural disaster is a small price to pay for having plenty of food to eat.
It is Microsoft's fault if Vista broke existing applications without a very good reason for doing so. The rest of the world isn't obligated to follow Microsoft around like a circus dog, jumping through all their hoops.
It isn't a question of design aesthetics, it's a question of money. Knobs cost money. Analog potentiometers, even bad ones, cost money. Shaft encoders cost money. What you see in modern product design is the result of a ruthless campaign to cut parts costs. A front panel composed of a microcontroller and bunch of flimsy switches is the result.
The grain required to fill the petrol tank of a Range Rover with ethanol is sufficient to feed one person per year. Assuming the petrol tank is refilled every two weeks, the amount of grain required would feed a hungry African village for a year
Right, every grain chute at a grain wholesaler has a big switch. Position A sends it to ADM. Position B sends it to "hungry African village".
I'm not up to date on European immigration policy, but I'm sure it would be much more relaxed than the US when it comes to skilled labor. I couldn't imagine it being any more tighter.
American corporations don't want legal immigrants, they want people they can exploit and dump. They would much rather hand out temporary visas.
That's also how you end up with things like a 50-page specification for chocolate chip cookies. There are companies that will deliver something unusable for its intended purpose and say "The specification didn't say that we couldn't add sawdust and rat poison".
Any correspondence between political boundaries and ZIP code boundaries is purely coincidental. I used to have an address that would trigger lots of bugs in computer software. I lived near a state boundary. My residence was in state A, but my post office was in state B. My ZIP code was associated with the location of the post office, not the location of my residence. ZIP codes were designed for routing mail, not assessing taxes.
Even for applications programmers, it can be useful. On occasion you may run into compiler bugs. It's helpful to be able to compare the source code and the compiler output.
There was the Maunder Minimum, which seemed to correlate with the peak of the Little Ice Age. I don't know if anyone has come up with a convincing argument that explains how sun spots affect the Earth's climate. They can make the atmosphere expand, which contributed to the premature demise of the SkyLab space station.
It will probably never happen, but I'd like to see some of these people prosecuted and convicted for perjury. You know, the part of the affidavit where the author says that the above facts are accurate and true, under penalty of perjury. If you haven't personally verified the facts in the affidavit, you have no business putting your signature on the document. Any lawyer who rubber-stamps a bogus complaint should be disciplined or disbarred.
I wouldn't bet on it. I've lost audio CDs and video game CDs to flood damage. Some of the coatings that are applied to CDs do not stand up to being soaked in water.
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Sure, we could solve the problem if we completely redesigned, modified and tested every susceptible aircraft and cellular network on the planet. That wouldn't cost much money.
Anyone who uses the results of an episode of Mythbusters as proof of anything deserves to be ridiculed.
They need to add a laser to the camera mount. Something with enough power to inflict a minor burn. Dump your trash on the street? ZAP!
Step out-of-line comrade, and we'll ship you to Moscow!
Many aircraft have substantial amounts of unshielded wiring. Shields often break due to age and mechanical abuse.
Mythbusters is entertainment, not science or engineering.
Ten people died on Crossair flight LX 498.
The people who live next to volcanoes are smart. The soil is great for raising crops. The same applies to people who live in flood plains. The occasional natural disaster is a small price to pay for having plenty of food to eat.
Interesting. It seems that no matter how many safety mechanisms are on a weapon, someone will figure out a way to produce an accidental discharge.
Did you even bother reading my post?
Sounds like a driver interface design problem.
It is Microsoft's fault if Vista broke existing applications without a very good reason for doing so. The rest of the world isn't obligated to follow Microsoft around like a circus dog, jumping through all their hoops.
It isn't a question of design aesthetics, it's a question of money. Knobs cost money. Analog potentiometers, even bad ones, cost money. Shaft encoders cost money. What you see in modern product design is the result of a ruthless campaign to cut parts costs. A front panel composed of a microcontroller and bunch of flimsy switches is the result.
Why not just shoot all the users. We can't have the employees ruining our perfect computer network with work and stuff.
Right, every grain chute at a grain wholesaler has a big switch. Position A sends it to ADM. Position B sends it to "hungry African village".
That depends on your definition of "clean". Diesel particulates are very nasty. Ignoring them doesn't make them disappear.
American corporations don't want legal immigrants, they want people they can exploit and dump. They would much rather hand out temporary visas.
That's also how you end up with things like a 50-page specification for chocolate chip cookies. There are companies that will deliver something unusable for its intended purpose and say "The specification didn't say that we couldn't add sawdust and rat poison".
The problem is that your volunteers have no way of knowing if something is a copyright violation. Gut feelings and hunches don't cut it.
Any correspondence between political boundaries and ZIP code boundaries is purely coincidental. I used to have an address that would trigger lots of bugs in computer software. I lived near a state boundary. My residence was in state A, but my post office was in state B. My ZIP code was associated with the location of the post office, not the location of my residence. ZIP codes were designed for routing mail, not assessing taxes.
Even for applications programmers, it can be useful. On occasion you may run into compiler bugs. It's helpful to be able to compare the source code and the compiler output.
Not zombies, space vampires.
There was the Maunder Minimum, which seemed to correlate with the peak of the Little Ice Age. I don't know if anyone has come up with a convincing argument that explains how sun spots affect the Earth's climate. They can make the atmosphere expand, which contributed to the premature demise of the SkyLab space station.
It's called a test case, and it isn't a trick or "nitpicking BS".
It will probably never happen, but I'd like to see some of these people prosecuted and convicted for perjury. You know, the part of the affidavit where the author says that the above facts are accurate and true, under penalty of perjury. If you haven't personally verified the facts in the affidavit, you have no business putting your signature on the document. Any lawyer who rubber-stamps a bogus complaint should be disciplined or disbarred.
I wouldn't bet on it. I've lost audio CDs and video game CDs to flood damage. Some of the coatings that are applied to CDs do not stand up to being soaked in water.
7 tracks, 1/2 inch wide tape.