Do the Italians and Vichy France count as combatants? The Italians were embarrassed by the Ethiopians, even though they eventually won. Their performance in North Africa was pathetic.
That's why I'd like to see a requirement that prospective voters must pass a basic civics and history test like that given to applicants for naturalized citizenship.
Why isn't the federal government using an operating system that refuses to load or execute any programs that do not have an authorized digital signature from an agency security officer? Anything that hasn't been tested and approved, no matter where it came from, never gets the chance to run.
The IRS handles it with audit trails. If you look up the tax records of some celebrity or politician, you better be able to show that it was work related. They fire people for unauthorized access to tax records.
I've never seen a justification for the huge amount of money that's been spent on removing lead from electronics. Yes, the stuff can be toxic if ingested in sufficient quantities. No, it isn't going to leap out of your old TV set and perform unnatural acts on your dog. Tin-lead solder has been used for many decades. It's cheap and it works. I can understand why lead was removed from paint and gasoline. It was creating real problems when used in those products. Why, other than catering to the irrational and unfounded fears of the public, are we removing it from electronics?
Advances are being made in ATSC receiver technology that improve performance in multipath environments. I wouldn't write off the technology for mobile and portable use. We haven't reached the point where ATSC receiver performance can no longer be improved. Where I live, a cheap ATSC converter box actually outperforms analog TV for weak signals.
These TVBD's have been shown to interfere with TV at 40mW, and we're talking about devices that operate at 100mW?
Under what conditions? This is a good example of a test where you can guarantee success or failure by adjusting the test conditions. Who is paying for the testing and what is the desired result? I can think of multiple ways that the testing conditions can be manipulated to guarantee the desired result.
I never understood why they were the chosen weapon of the Jedi. You can have your lightsaber. Just give me a H&K MP5. I'll collect your lightsaber from your bullet-riddled corpse.
Here in Maryland, our legal system is based on the English common law, as it existed on the 4th of July, 1776. Says so right in the state constitution. A local lawyer got the bright idea of making a motion to decide a case by "trial by combat", which was still part of English common law in 1776. Unfortunately, he chickened out. I would have liked to have seen the judge's reaction to the motion.
I don't think so. This information has been collected and sold for decades. One of my relatives is a pharmacist. When business was slow, she would fill out a small form for each prescription that was dispensed that day. The data collection company paid a small fee for each completed form. This practice wasn't secret or considered a violation of professional ethics.
Back in the old days, I was surprised at how cheap OEM licenses were for CP/M-80, the popular OS of its time. They were almost giving it away, compared to the retail price. The OS was a minuscule portion of the price of the computer, as was the CPU. RAM and disk drives were the big ticket items. It's interesting how things have changed. Intel has competition and has to struggle to keep prices and margins high. Microsoft screws everyone and can get away with shipping mediocre crap.
From what I've read, the courts are starting to insist that the testimony of expert witnesses be backed up with scientific evidence. "I know it when I see it" doesn't cut it anymore.
I sat through a trial in which the defense lawyer undertook a long cross-examination of the prosecution's finger print expert. I wasn't too impressed with the expert, who said that there were no standards for declaring a match. Her qualifications for the job was that she had been doing it for many years. She might be really good at her job, but the whole business struck me as slip-shod and lacking rigor.
...and the difference between the two is what? As a non-Christian, I'm not too impressed with the morality and ethics of Christian business people, or of business people in general.
Two obvious defects of cell phones are size and battery life. I have to recharge my cell phone every few days. When I had a pager, it would run for weeks on a single disposable battery that could be obtained almost anywhere. It also had a refreshingly simple user interface. The device was heavily optimized for one function, and it did that cheaply and effectively.
Mockapetris wrote a nice book on the ideas behind the domain naming system, which is sadly long out of print. One statement that he made has always stuck in my mind, "names are not routes are not addresses". Keeping those things distinct and well-defined avoids many problems.
I feel sorry for whoever gets the job. If the IRS was difficult to deal with, just think of the entire federal government. Besides the usual problems, he will have to deal with dozens of congressional committees for funding and the authority to make changes.
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Do the Italians and Vichy France count as combatants? The Italians were embarrassed by the Ethiopians, even though they eventually won. Their performance in North Africa was pathetic.
That's why I'd like to see a requirement that prospective voters must pass a basic civics and history test like that given to applicants for naturalized citizenship.
"per person" or "per capita" implies the arithmetic mean or average.
Why isn't the federal government using an operating system that refuses to load or execute any programs that do not have an authorized digital signature from an agency security officer? Anything that hasn't been tested and approved, no matter where it came from, never gets the chance to run.
The IRS handles it with audit trails. If you look up the tax records of some celebrity or politician, you better be able to show that it was work related. They fire people for unauthorized access to tax records.
That's assuming that everything is in cache.
I've never seen a justification for the huge amount of money that's been spent on removing lead from electronics. Yes, the stuff can be toxic if ingested in sufficient quantities. No, it isn't going to leap out of your old TV set and perform unnatural acts on your dog. Tin-lead solder has been used for many decades. It's cheap and it works. I can understand why lead was removed from paint and gasoline. It was creating real problems when used in those products. Why, other than catering to the irrational and unfounded fears of the public, are we removing it from electronics?
Advances are being made in ATSC receiver technology that improve performance in multipath environments. I wouldn't write off the technology for mobile and portable use. We haven't reached the point where ATSC receiver performance can no longer be improved. Where I live, a cheap ATSC converter box actually outperforms analog TV for weak signals.
Under what conditions? This is a good example of a test where you can guarantee success or failure by adjusting the test conditions. Who is paying for the testing and what is the desired result? I can think of multiple ways that the testing conditions can be manipulated to guarantee the desired result.
I never understood why they were the chosen weapon of the Jedi. You can have your lightsaber. Just give me a H&K MP5. I'll collect your lightsaber from your bullet-riddled corpse.
Here in Maryland, our legal system is based on the English common law, as it existed on the 4th of July, 1776. Says so right in the state constitution. A local lawyer got the bright idea of making a motion to decide a case by "trial by combat", which was still part of English common law in 1776. Unfortunately, he chickened out. I would have liked to have seen the judge's reaction to the motion.
If you don't like air pollution, you should have gone to another planet.
I don't think so. This information has been collected and sold for decades. One of my relatives is a pharmacist. When business was slow, she would fill out a small form for each prescription that was dispensed that day. The data collection company paid a small fee for each completed form. This practice wasn't secret or considered a violation of professional ethics.
Back in the old days, I was surprised at how cheap OEM licenses were for CP/M-80, the popular OS of its time. They were almost giving it away, compared to the retail price. The OS was a minuscule portion of the price of the computer, as was the CPU. RAM and disk drives were the big ticket items. It's interesting how things have changed. Intel has competition and has to struggle to keep prices and margins high. Microsoft screws everyone and can get away with shipping mediocre crap.
From what I've read, the courts are starting to insist that the testimony of expert witnesses be backed up with scientific evidence. "I know it when I see it" doesn't cut it anymore.
I sat through a trial in which the defense lawyer undertook a long cross-examination of the prosecution's finger print expert. I wasn't too impressed with the expert, who said that there were no standards for declaring a match. Her qualifications for the job was that she had been doing it for many years. She might be really good at her job, but the whole business struck me as slip-shod and lacking rigor.
If you are "a little ill for a few days" then you don't have the flu. It kills many more people than you think.
...and the difference between the two is what? As a non-Christian, I'm not too impressed with the morality and ethics of Christian business people, or of business people in general.
The wogs begin at Calais.
Two obvious defects of cell phones are size and battery life. I have to recharge my cell phone every few days. When I had a pager, it would run for weeks on a single disposable battery that could be obtained almost anywhere. It also had a refreshingly simple user interface. The device was heavily optimized for one function, and it did that cheaply and effectively.
Mockapetris wrote a nice book on the ideas behind the domain naming system, which is sadly long out of print. One statement that he made has always stuck in my mind, "names are not routes are not addresses". Keeping those things distinct and well-defined avoids many problems.
I feel sorry for whoever gets the job. If the IRS was difficult to deal with, just think of the entire federal government. Besides the usual problems, he will have to deal with dozens of congressional committees for funding and the authority to make changes.
You forgot to mention that Obama will give everyone a puppy.
I use paramedic shears. They do a good job and they are safe. You can find them cheap on eBay.
I've got an el cheapo quad-core PC that runs Vista Home Premium just fine.