I get very irritated when I select a web address and watch the status bar display "loading n of 180" for minutes at a time, because the web page design was broken down into hundreds of components, scattered across numerous sites, some of which are down or have flakey connections to the Internet. I'd rather have fast, complete, and a bit ugly.
Now we could also get into a discussion how a spike at 440nm really is equivalent to a bulge due to the sensitivity curve of photoreceptors in our eyes...
Where things get complicated is when you look at the spectral absorption curves of various dyes and materials, and match them up with the spectral emission curves of various light sources. Something that looks one way under incandescent lighting, can look very different under other types of lighting. Sodium lighting is infamous for its poor color rendition.
If you look at a spectrogram of the light output of an incandescent bulb and a fluorescent bulb, you will see one of the major problems with fluorescent lighting. The incandescent bulb produces uniform energy over a wide range of frequencies, while the fluorescent bulb produces a very spikey output, most of its energy is emitted in a very narrow range of frequencies. See here for some examples.
Why don't they let the paramedics break down doors? When my mother was very sick, and couldn't make it to the door, a couple of beefy fire-fighters with pry bars were called in to force an entry. They quickly broke in and evacuated her to a hospital.
It isn't such great news if the herring are filling an ecological niche left vacant by the destruction of another species, or are present in large numbers because their natural predators have been wiped out.
They were all commercially pressed CDs from major labels. It was one boxed set of three CDs that suffered major damage to the protective layer and metal layer.
I recently ran across some commercially pressed CDs that had been ruined by water damage. Both the protective coating and metal layer were missing on large sections of the discs. The pits may still be there, but without the metal layer, they're unreadable. Many similar pressed discs were 100% readable after being cleaned.
How the hell can anyone not support this measure? Or, more appropriately, how are the clowns who don't support it keeping their jobs?
Well, in Maryland, the clowns are leading members of the Democratic party, who never make mistakes and have jobs for life. They approved the purchase of the flawed Diebold machines, and because they are infallible, there is nothing wrong with the machines.
I'm happy with my Cingular GoPhone. It costs $25 every 90 days, and unused minutes roll over. It's 25 cents a minute, which might bother me if I made a lot of calls. My usage is light so it isn't important and I have a ton of rollover minutes. All in all, it's much cheaper than the Verizon plan that I used to have.
IIRC, U.S. law generally frowns upon "perpetual trusts". Charitable trusts are expected to eventually give all their money away, not hang around for the indefinite future.
It isn't nonsense, it's how spectrum management has been managed for many decades. For each part of the spectrum, there is a hierarchy of users. At the top are primary licensed users, then secondary licensed users, then unlicensed users. You are not allowed to cause interference to users in a higher classification, and must accept any interference they cause. It's like building a highway system for big trucks, and saying small trucks can also use it, providing they always yield right-of-way to the big trucks. It allows for more efficient use of the resource, without compromising its original purpose.
According to this article, most door openers use 390 MHz, with some using 315 MHz and 372 MHz. All of these frequencies are in a band that is reserved for the federal government. For example, military aeronautical radio systems, including the backup communications system on the Space Shuttle, use the 225-400 MHz band. Any unlicensed users of this band do so at their own risk. The manufacturers of garage door openers have only themselves to blame. It's like building a house in that nice, empty artillery practice range.
I voted via the Diebold machine in Maryland. It didn't have a paper tape that could be examined by the voter. The election official gave me a smart card that I inserted into the machine. After casting my ballot, it ejected the smart card, which I then returned to the election official. The whole process relied on blind trust that all of this technology was working properly.
Some are worse than others. There's a big gap between having an honest difference of opinion on how a policy is interpreted and knowingly rejecting valid claims, having calculated that many policy holders will go away if you dump enough shit on them. You also have to consider that if an insurance company says that they have "low, low, rates", the reason may be that they will do anything to avoid paying a claim.
One advantage of a computerized system is that it can check for errors and then print a paper ballot that is much more likely to be read accurately by optical scan equipment.
The wheels of justice make the NASA crawler-transporter look like a hot rod. Judges are supposed to set and enforce deadlines. Justice delayed is justice denied.
It's not such a wonderful plan if the insurance company tries to weasel out of paying valid claims. Some companies will tell you to fuck off, and if you don't like it, file a lawsuit.
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I get very irritated when I select a web address and watch the status bar display "loading n of 180" for minutes at a time, because the web page design was broken down into hundreds of components, scattered across numerous sites, some of which are down or have flakey connections to the Internet. I'd rather have fast, complete, and a bit ugly.
Where things get complicated is when you look at the spectral absorption curves of various dyes and materials, and match them up with the spectral emission curves of various light sources. Something that looks one way under incandescent lighting, can look very different under other types of lighting. Sodium lighting is infamous for its poor color rendition.
You greatly overestimate the willingness of landlords to spend money on new appliances.
If you look at a spectrogram of the light output of an incandescent bulb and a fluorescent bulb, you will see one of the major problems with fluorescent lighting. The incandescent bulb produces uniform energy over a wide range of frequencies, while the fluorescent bulb produces a very spikey output, most of its energy is emitted in a very narrow range of frequencies. See here for some examples.
I assumed that they were the same thing. I'm used to seeing them operate out of fire stations. I thought they just had additional training.
Why don't they let the paramedics break down doors? When my mother was very sick, and couldn't make it to the door, a couple of beefy fire-fighters with pry bars were called in to force an entry. They quickly broke in and evacuated her to a hospital.
The zinc lobby (really) is opposed to the elimination of the penny. It's one of the major consumers of zinc.
It isn't such great news if the herring are filling an ecological niche left vacant by the destruction of another species, or are present in large numbers because their natural predators have been wiped out.
They were all commercially pressed CDs from major labels. It was one boxed set of three CDs that suffered major damage to the protective layer and metal layer.
I recently ran across some commercially pressed CDs that had been ruined by water damage. Both the protective coating and metal layer were missing on large sections of the discs. The pits may still be there, but without the metal layer, they're unreadable. Many similar pressed discs were 100% readable after being cleaned.
Well, in Maryland, the clowns are leading members of the Democratic party, who never make mistakes and have jobs for life. They approved the purchase of the flawed Diebold machines, and because they are infallible, there is nothing wrong with the machines.
I'm happy with my Cingular GoPhone. It costs $25 every 90 days, and unused minutes roll over. It's 25 cents a minute, which might bother me if I made a lot of calls. My usage is light so it isn't important and I have a ton of rollover minutes. All in all, it's much cheaper than the Verizon plan that I used to have.
When I hear a mob chanting "Death to the Jews" in Arabic, something tells me that they aren't interested in who issued my passport.
You could manually compile a list of commands and type them into the command encoder. Normally, most of the work is automated.
CODEC stands for coder-decoder. It doesn't imply compression or decompression.
Congratulations! You are a winner! Here's your free ticket for the "B" Ark!
IIRC, U.S. law generally frowns upon "perpetual trusts". Charitable trusts are expected to eventually give all their money away, not hang around for the indefinite future.
It isn't nonsense, it's how spectrum management has been managed for many decades. For each part of the spectrum, there is a hierarchy of users. At the top are primary licensed users, then secondary licensed users, then unlicensed users. You are not allowed to cause interference to users in a higher classification, and must accept any interference they cause. It's like building a highway system for big trucks, and saying small trucks can also use it, providing they always yield right-of-way to the big trucks. It allows for more efficient use of the resource, without compromising its original purpose.
According to this article, most door openers use 390 MHz, with some using 315 MHz and 372 MHz. All of these frequencies are in a band that is reserved for the federal government. For example, military aeronautical radio systems, including the backup communications system on the Space Shuttle, use the 225-400 MHz band. Any unlicensed users of this band do so at their own risk. The manufacturers of garage door openers have only themselves to blame. It's like building a house in that nice, empty artillery practice range.
I voted via the Diebold machine in Maryland. It didn't have a paper tape that could be examined by the voter. The election official gave me a smart card that I inserted into the machine. After casting my ballot, it ejected the smart card, which I then returned to the election official. The whole process relied on blind trust that all of this technology was working properly.
Some are worse than others. There's a big gap between having an honest difference of opinion on how a policy is interpreted and knowingly rejecting valid claims, having calculated that many policy holders will go away if you dump enough shit on them. You also have to consider that if an insurance company says that they have "low, low, rates", the reason may be that they will do anything to avoid paying a claim.
One advantage of a computerized system is that it can check for errors and then print a paper ballot that is much more likely to be read accurately by optical scan equipment.
Because many people are stupid and can't follow directions. Other people may have problems with vision and motor skills due to age, injury or illness.
The wheels of justice make the NASA crawler-transporter look like a hot rod. Judges are supposed to set and enforce deadlines. Justice delayed is justice denied.
It's not such a wonderful plan if the insurance company tries to weasel out of paying valid claims. Some companies will tell you to fuck off, and if you don't like it, file a lawsuit.