Just look at what's censored from American TV! Spike TV, "the network for men", can't even broadcast "God damn it" or "asshole", as if their UFC audience would be offended!
Any claim that Americans are the worldwide guardians of free speech is an epic fail.
Why are Americans so touchy? Criticizing a country does not make someone an enemy of the country. There isn't a single country in the world that is completely devoid of resentment by even members of their own population. Pick the one that best suits your lifestyle and deal with it.
The US makes itself a prime target for foreign criticism by its persistent backfiring attempts to influence other countries. So to make the US the governor of the internet would be foolhardy at best, probably resulting in other countries breaking off to form their own intranets, and eventually the original internet would just be an AOL. Ironically it is the American people, and not the government, that are to thank for not letting that happen.
Contrary to popular belief around here, you can't actually die or contract serious disease from a lack of internet access. To deny water to residents where functioning facilities exist and where wells cannot reasonably be dug would be tantamount to punishment.
It's not like the city banned all ISP's from servicing local residents either. And city-wide wi-fi isn't really intended to be the primary ISP for residents. It's there so students can get online on the bus, tourists can look up points of interest on their smartphones, etc. If anything the residents should be scolded for complaining about having to pay for internet access like the rest of us.
(just to be an ass, I posted this over a neighbor's unsecured wi-fi;)
So Intel has allowed AMD to jump on the anti-trust bandwagon? How is that a good thing? Instead of a near-monopoly with an undercut competitor we now have an oligopoly.
I predict that by this time next year the cost/performance ratio difference between Intel and AMD will vanish, and that the ratio will become more costly.
In a sense, the MS employee was right. Microsoft is doing a lot to emulate Apple. And frankly, it's about time.
Agreed! I don't know why Microsoft would rebut the comment so strongly. They're certainly not making Windows LESS Mac-like.
While I'm not a Mac fanboi (anymore), I would rephrase your comment about Mac's inflexibility to indicate that the limitations imposed by the user-friendliness of the interface can be overcome with reasonably simple modifications through scripts etc, as can Windows be configured to be more user-friendly. There was a time I made some decent money configuring Macs to suit the specific needs of recording studios, video editing stations, etc. That was back at MacOS 8.5...
Definitely a tube surrounding a vacuum. Considering the relatively small amount of space and the volume of thunder produced, we're definitely talking about the instantaneous evacuation and 'revacuation' of the entire bolt of lightning. I don't even need an SPL meter for that.
Presumably there would also be dedicated "train lanes", and the lead driver could photograph and report drivers that interfere with the trains. That should keep them clear.
The tricky thing is that each car will have different braking sensitivities. Would they be calibrated? The system should be capable of stopping as fast as the lead vehicle can, and it's possible to do so, but the cars will have to self-calibrate routinely, i.e. tire pressure variations change how quickly a car stops with a given brake pedal pressure.
But if a court cannot compel a witness to come forward when even the probative value of the testimony outweighs the potential damages to the witness, there would be a LOT more criminals on the streets that are in fact guilty of serious crimes.
Journalists, doctors, lawyers, and priests are afforded special consideration due to the importance of their work as professions and how prohibitive it is for those professions to operate effectively without such consideration. Gardeners, for example, do not require such consideration to contribute to society. If a gardener refuses to reveal the name of a client when the information is required to prove a murder case, try telling the victim's family that the court should not have the authority to compel that gardener to reveal the name of the client, by indefinite incarceration if necessary. It's called contempt of court and/or obstruction of justice.
And journalists do not actually have the right to protect sources, they are only given some latitude. Even spouses are given more privilege.
IMO, Eggleten's argument, 'The test is whether the person has an intention to gather, analyze and disseminate' is a good one, with the flip-side that bloggers known to publish false, exaggerated, and/or misleading articles should receive no such consideration. They're either all-in or all-out. It can't be turned on and off like a light switch.
While sentiments may lead one to prioritize freedom over justice or vice versa, they are integrally linked and must always be given equal consideration.
The acoustics of thunder offer some insight into this. It definitely has area to its cross-section or thunder would be much quieter and bi-directional instead of omnidirectional. The pressure is comparatively quantifiable by measuring the SPL of the thunder from a distance, apply inverse square law, etc. Perhaps you can get to electron density from there.
The shape of the cross-section of lightning could be measured reasonably accurately by recording a thunderstorm from multiple locations and determining if the sound emissions are in fact uniformly omnidirectional or not. If the location of lightning strikes can be accurately triangulated from the recordings, the cross-section is circular.
I expect the cross-section would be for the mostpart circular, since there is no conductive conduit apart from the air and rain. The electrons will want to be away from each other, but need to be close enough to energize the air to become a conductive conduit instead of a dielectric. Same reason atomic electron orbits are spherical.
The acoustics of nuclear physics... *flexes nerd muscles*
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1. an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
2. the act or process of founding or casting metal.
3. the category of metal objects made by founding; castings.
Maybe they should get out of the bronze age and at least try some point-to-point wiring... might speed things up a bit.
Prison rape is not sanctioned by the US National Institute of Corrections. We're talking about China's human rights violations that are 100% government sanctioned. Makes you wonder what happens between prisoners when they turn a blind eye.
It's also painfully ironic that they punish "internet addicts" at all. With so much repression going on, who'd want to go outside?
Something is definitely fishy here. When I entered "What are" the top recommended string was also "these strawberries doing on my nipples I need them for the fruit salad", which had 10,100 hits. However, the next on the list was "the 7 wonders of the world", which had 10,900,000 hits. Further down the list is "torrents" with 161,000,000 hits.
Ah, the post below indicates the "strawberries" string is the title of a book at Amazon.com. So Amazon is paying to have their products come up in the search string recommendations. How quaint...
"Why would a married man cheat?" It's a valid question, and I bet there are interesting scientific studies that try to address the question.
Yes, but asked in such a banal manner, it's reasonable to assume that the person is either (A) a disgruntled wife or (B) a home-wrecking whore.
For case A the answer is "because you won't do the things a home-wrecking whore will."
For case B the answer is "to get what he couldn't from his disgruntled wife."
Face it, the advantages of double-dipping are an overwhelming market force. Look at every level of corporation and government. Case closed.
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Just look at what's censored from American TV! Spike TV, "the network for men", can't even broadcast "God damn it" or "asshole", as if their UFC audience would be offended!
Any claim that Americans are the worldwide guardians of free speech is an epic fail.
Why are Americans so touchy? Criticizing a country does not make someone an enemy of the country. There isn't a single country in the world that is completely devoid of resentment by even members of their own population. Pick the one that best suits your lifestyle and deal with it.
The US makes itself a prime target for foreign criticism by its persistent backfiring attempts to influence other countries. So to make the US the governor of the internet would be foolhardy at best, probably resulting in other countries breaking off to form their own intranets, and eventually the original internet would just be an AOL. Ironically it is the American people, and not the government, that are to thank for not letting that happen.
Contrary to popular belief around here, you can't actually die or contract serious disease from a lack of internet access. To deny water to residents where functioning facilities exist and where wells cannot reasonably be dug would be tantamount to punishment.
It's not like the city banned all ISP's from servicing local residents either. And city-wide wi-fi isn't really intended to be the primary ISP for residents. It's there so students can get online on the bus, tourists can look up points of interest on their smartphones, etc. If anything the residents should be scolded for complaining about having to pay for internet access like the rest of us.
(just to be an ass, I posted this over a neighbor's unsecured wi-fi ;)
So Intel has allowed AMD to jump on the anti-trust bandwagon? How is that a good thing? Instead of a near-monopoly with an undercut competitor we now have an oligopoly.
I predict that by this time next year the cost/performance ratio difference between Intel and AMD will vanish, and that the ratio will become more costly.
In a sense, the MS employee was right. Microsoft is doing a lot to emulate Apple. And frankly, it's about time.
Agreed! I don't know why Microsoft would rebut the comment so strongly. They're certainly not making Windows LESS Mac-like.
While I'm not a Mac fanboi (anymore), I would rephrase your comment about Mac's inflexibility to indicate that the limitations imposed by the user-friendliness of the interface can be overcome with reasonably simple modifications through scripts etc, as can Windows be configured to be more user-friendly. There was a time I made some decent money configuring Macs to suit the specific needs of recording studios, video editing stations, etc. That was back at MacOS 8.5...
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Yo!! That's my tag!! Now everyone's gonna cop my 8-star password! I was an *original* and you're so trippin me down!! What gives!!
Definitely a tube surrounding a vacuum. Considering the relatively small amount of space and the volume of thunder produced, we're definitely talking about the instantaneous evacuation and 'revacuation' of the entire bolt of lightning. I don't even need an SPL meter for that.
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As usual, mother nature is way ahead of us.
Presumably there would also be dedicated "train lanes", and the lead driver could photograph and report drivers that interfere with the trains. That should keep them clear.
The tricky thing is that each car will have different braking sensitivities. Would they be calibrated? The system should be capable of stopping as fast as the lead vehicle can, and it's possible to do so, but the cars will have to self-calibrate routinely, i.e. tire pressure variations change how quickly a car stops with a given brake pedal pressure.
But if a court cannot compel a witness to come forward when even the probative value of the testimony outweighs the potential damages to the witness, there would be a LOT more criminals on the streets that are in fact guilty of serious crimes.
Journalists, doctors, lawyers, and priests are afforded special consideration due to the importance of their work as professions and how prohibitive it is for those professions to operate effectively without such consideration. Gardeners, for example, do not require such consideration to contribute to society. If a gardener refuses to reveal the name of a client when the information is required to prove a murder case, try telling the victim's family that the court should not have the authority to compel that gardener to reveal the name of the client, by indefinite incarceration if necessary. It's called contempt of court and/or obstruction of justice.
And journalists do not actually have the right to protect sources, they are only given some latitude. Even spouses are given more privilege.
IMO, Eggleten's argument, 'The test is whether the person has an intention to gather, analyze and disseminate' is a good one, with the flip-side that bloggers known to publish false, exaggerated, and/or misleading articles should receive no such consideration. They're either all-in or all-out. It can't be turned on and off like a light switch.
While sentiments may lead one to prioritize freedom over justice or vice versa, they are integrally linked and must always be given equal consideration.
The acoustics of thunder offer some insight into this. It definitely has area to its cross-section or thunder would be much quieter and bi-directional instead of omnidirectional. The pressure is comparatively quantifiable by measuring the SPL of the thunder from a distance, apply inverse square law, etc. Perhaps you can get to electron density from there.
The shape of the cross-section of lightning could be measured reasonably accurately by recording a thunderstorm from multiple locations and determining if the sound emissions are in fact uniformly omnidirectional or not. If the location of lightning strikes can be accurately triangulated from the recordings, the cross-section is circular.
I expect the cross-section would be for the mostpart circular, since there is no conductive conduit apart from the air and rain. The electrons will want to be away from each other, but need to be close enough to energize the air to become a conductive conduit instead of a dielectric. Same reason atomic electron orbits are spherical.
The acoustics of nuclear physics... *flexes nerd muscles*
Last I checked, the Schwinger Effect involved several bisexuals and copious amounts of KY...
Beethoven did write his masterpiece 9th symphony after losing all hearing in both ears... not sure how many deaf people appreciate it though.
I was kidding about the contradiction of what he said. I respect Tagore entirely.
BTW when people post something like "whoosh!", it's because someone posted something like you did. Hope that translates well...
foundry -noun, plural -ries.
1. an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
2. the act or process of founding or casting metal.
3. the category of metal objects made by founding; castings.
Maybe they should get out of the bronze age and at least try some point-to-point wiring... might speed things up a bit.
Prison rape is not sanctioned by the US National Institute of Corrections. We're talking about China's human rights violations that are 100% government sanctioned. Makes you wonder what happens between prisoners when they turn a blind eye.
It's also painfully ironic that they punish "internet addicts" at all. With so much repression going on, who'd want to go outside?
Not to mention violations against those wrongfully convicted...
Something is definitely fishy here. When I entered "What are" the top recommended string was also "these strawberries doing on my nipples I need them for the fruit salad", which had 10,100 hits. However, the next on the list was "the 7 wonders of the world", which had 10,900,000 hits. Further down the list is "torrents" with 161,000,000 hits.
Ah, the post below indicates the "strawberries" string is the title of a book at Amazon.com. So Amazon is paying to have their products come up in the search string recommendations. How quaint...
Really? Only half?!
No no, the US is Canada's crotch
Fixed that for you.
I'll never look at Florida the same way...
Or worse yet Key West... eesh!
You can have the separatists, cheaper by the dozen!
Because Canada is the 51st state. Not to mention America's hat.
Only while Harper's in power.
"Why would a married man cheat?" It's a valid question, and I bet there are interesting scientific studies that try to address the question.
Yes, but asked in such a banal manner, it's reasonable to assume that the person is either (A) a disgruntled wife or (B) a home-wrecking whore.
For case A the answer is "because you won't do the things a home-wrecking whore will."
For case B the answer is "to get what he couldn't from his disgruntled wife."
Face it, the advantages of double-dipping are an overwhelming market force. Look at every level of corporation and government. Case closed.