Well, I'm pretty sure once the UPS battery is charged, you'd continue to use 100% grid power until the grid power was completely gone (brownout or blackout), then the UPS would kick in. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a UPS that will let you do both grid and low-voltage charging at the same time. Granted, I could be wrong about this, but I would be interested in a link if you have one... This is a pretty cool idea if it is available.
Are you serious? A LiveCD specifically designed to locate porn? I mean, they even talk about how it only detects mpeg and jpg files, and list "skin-tone analysis" as a feature to only match on "relevant" files.
I can see how this might help a child porn investigation, but the scope is cripplingly limited on this thing...
I can prevent *almost* any crime without a gun that I can *with* one. The point is, I greatly reduce my chances of hand-to-hand combat when the asshole is looking down the barrel of my desert eagle.
Again, I'm not at all worried about whether or not I can prevent the crime without the gun. Less physical harm will come to all parties involved if the crime is prevented WITH the gun, but no shots having been fired. That's an absolute fact.
Cue the "efficiency experts" strolling through NASA hallways and the subsequent outsourcing of US satellite delivery and deployment.
I read a story about the outsourcing of PREGNANCY to India... Surrogate mothers carrying babies for "working women" who don't have time to be pregnant, but apparently will find the time to nurture and develop a child as a contributing member of society. *rolls eyes*
I wonder if I could outsource my job to some Indian kid for a couple hundred bucks a month and keep cashing my paycheck...
Well, what would be much cheaper and FAR more effective, is for the government to purchase one-way airfare for anyone who wants universal health care to the country of their choice which already has it.
Then, we could leave in place the health care system that has delivered both of my children without incident, performed countless successful cancer treatments on my grandparents, corrected my vision to 20/20 with laser surgery, and all at a very reasonable premium. (In fact, I have a *positive* cash flow in the health care area, due to good performance on investments in my HSA.)
The last thing I need is to have my selection of doctors limited to those who are willing to take a tiny paycheck over leaving the country in hopes of being properly compensated for their rare and valuable expertise.
BTW, here's your messenger bag full of pamphlets. I stuck a first-aid kit in there for you too, in case you get a paper cut and the doctor the government chose for you doesn't know how to apply a band-aid.
Your sig indicates that your preference for economic policy is even further left than libertarianism, which does in fact make you more or less a communist.
Communism / liberalism looks great on paper...until someone finds out about the mass graves.
At any rate, baaaaaaack on topic:
In Soviet Russia, government gives money to YOU! (in the form of welfare, food stamps, and other community services for the lazy and inept)
Alas, when applying for a job, they only look at your(professional) experience... Anything done at home in your spare time doesn't count. It's sad:-( Not true! I was specifically told after I was hired that my 1-paragraph blurb about my personal love of computers and personal experience is what sealed the deal for me. Some companies have their heads screwed on straight and are on the hunt for passionate computer people who don't do it for the job security.
Actually.... They fall into the first category. It's the people who *don't* have a degree and still land the top-end IT jobs that fall into the second category.
I think the bottom line is that the maximum sentence for Obstruction of Justice i.e., "I forgot the password" is likely much less than the maximum sentence for 1st degree murder, which you will be found guilty of if you give them the key.
I suppose it will depend on what I am accused of, whether or not I give them the key.
At my last interview I was asked the following questions:
"Do you have experience in cgi?" Answer: yep. "Perl?" A: sure. "C#" A: yep. etc etc etc....all lies. I had never even cracked open a book about any of these topics, let alone dabbled in these areas. However, I was applying for a job that had nothing to do with these things.
Be sure you are answering questions within the context of the job you are applying for. You are applying for a web design job. Will web designers be familiar with backup utilities? Hiiiighly doubtful, but if you are asked, say yes. You are likely smart enough to figure out any backup tool they sit in front of you should the occasion ever arise. At least, as good or better than any other web developer on your future team.
I did end up doing quite a bit of coding in the languages I just mentioned, but programming is such a simple thing to do, any fool can muddle his way through it. If it's a programming job you seek, just learn the basic highs and lows of all the popular languages, then make it very clear that you have "some" experience with however many languages it is that you looked into. Also make it clear that you can learn ANY language to some degree of proficiency in less than 24 hours, which is a perfectly acceptable amount of time to pick up a new language. They're all nearly identical, of course. A for loop is a for loop... Just syntactical differences in a few cases, which are easily googled in seconds.
Unfortunately for those of us who have been doing it for a long time, programming is no longer the un-tamable beast it once was. These days my 6-year old son writes programs in VB to catalog his Pokemon card collection in one weekend. Tell them you know, even if you don't. Then when you need to apply the skills you lied about, google your heart out and come out smelling like a rose.
Oh lord... I can't wait to try this on my next trip out of the country. I've never had my laptop inpsected, but you better believe I'm changing my password to something regarding statistics about my genitals.
"We need your password, sir." "No." "No, really. We need your password." "My password is a salted hash of the length of my cock." "Sir, we still need your..." "RAAAAAAPE!!!! PERRRRRRVERT! I NEED AN ADULT!"
You're right... To make it fair, they left out sales of the HD-DVD player for the 360 as well. Since the blu-ray player isn't optional in the PS3, it doesn't make sense to include it in sales figures since a good majority of buyers didn't make the ps3 purchase for the blu-ray drive. (That is a statistic that has also been covered very well) Just like it doesn't make sense to gauge seat belt usage by how many cars are sold with seat belts...they *all* have them.
You're also right about it being obvious who is winning when looking at the software sales. It's very obvious, and has been obvious every sales period since the beginning.
The Sony / Philips venture is widely (and incorrectly) recognized as the start of CD technology, but it simply isn't true. In fact, Sony, Philips, and many other manufacturers ended up paying royalties to Battelle (Russell's company) after several infringement lawsuits. A very nice writeup about the entire history and some insight into the resulting conflicts can be found here: http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/Nov2000/a_the_discoverer/index.html
As far as the 360/PS3 sales figures.... meh. I have to be honest and say that debate has been beaten to death and I just don't feel like looking it up, so I'll concede that one.
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Well, I'm pretty sure once the UPS battery is charged, you'd continue to use 100% grid power until the grid power was completely gone (brownout or blackout), then the UPS would kick in. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a UPS that will let you do both grid and low-voltage charging at the same time. Granted, I could be wrong about this, but I would be interested in a link if you have one... This is a pretty cool idea if it is available.
I would verrrrry specifically *avoid* a phone that had this capability. My friends are ruthless, and this is just asking for trouble...
In Soviet Russia, Pidgin forks you!
Are you serious? A LiveCD specifically designed to locate porn? I mean, they even talk about how it only detects mpeg and jpg files, and list "skin-tone analysis" as a feature to only match on "relevant" files. I can see how this might help a child porn investigation, but the scope is cripplingly limited on this thing...
Haha... "offtopic"... The risk we take when giving random morons mod points. ;) Apparently they completely missed the first sentence of my post.
I can prevent *almost* any crime without a gun that I can *with* one. The point is, I greatly reduce my chances of hand-to-hand combat when the asshole is looking down the barrel of my desert eagle.
Again, I'm not at all worried about whether or not I can prevent the crime without the gun. Less physical harm will come to all parties involved if the crime is prevented WITH the gun, but no shots having been fired. That's an absolute fact.
Cue the "efficiency experts" strolling through NASA hallways and the subsequent outsourcing of US satellite delivery and deployment.
I read a story about the outsourcing of PREGNANCY to India... Surrogate mothers carrying babies for "working women" who don't have time to be pregnant, but apparently will find the time to nurture and develop a child as a contributing member of society. *rolls eyes*
I wonder if I could outsource my job to some Indian kid for a couple hundred bucks a month and keep cashing my paycheck...
5 days 1 game?
I think 2 girls 1 cup would be more pleasant.
In Soviet Russia, WiFi registers you!
Well, what would be much cheaper and FAR more effective, is for the government to purchase one-way airfare for anyone who wants universal health care to the country of their choice which already has it.
Then, we could leave in place the health care system that has delivered both of my children without incident, performed countless successful cancer treatments on my grandparents, corrected my vision to 20/20 with laser surgery, and all at a very reasonable premium. (In fact, I have a *positive* cash flow in the health care area, due to good performance on investments in my HSA.)
The last thing I need is to have my selection of doctors limited to those who are willing to take a tiny paycheck over leaving the country in hopes of being properly compensated for their rare and valuable expertise.
BTW, here's your messenger bag full of pamphlets. I stuck a first-aid kit in there for you too, in case you get a paper cut and the doctor the government chose for you doesn't know how to apply a band-aid.
...space tours you!
I'm an independent, but thanks for playing.
Your sig indicates that your preference for economic policy is even further left than libertarianism, which does in fact make you more or less a communist.
Communism / liberalism looks great on paper...until someone finds out about the mass graves.
At any rate, baaaaaaack on topic:
In Soviet Russia, government gives money to YOU! (in the form of welfare, food stamps, and other community services for the lazy and inept)
Isn't there a mod that will recognize this communist fool's flamebait signature? *sigh*
In Soviet Russia, Yakhov Smirnoff clone overlords welcome you!
I'm a man. I'm not sure if I'm a lesbian, but we certainly share many of the same interests.
Actually.... They fall into the first category. It's the people who *don't* have a degree and still land the top-end IT jobs that fall into the second category.
One more shuttle disaster and I'll ding lvl 60!!!
...I'm going to be coming up with these all day... Thanks /.
SWEET! I just looted a Nosecone of Negligence off A Disgruntled Engineer!
I think the bottom line is that the maximum sentence for Obstruction of Justice i.e., "I forgot the password" is likely much less than the maximum sentence for 1st degree murder, which you will be found guilty of if you give them the key.
I suppose it will depend on what I am accused of, whether or not I give them the key.
At my last interview I was asked the following questions:
...all lies. I had never even cracked open a book about any of these topics, let alone dabbled in these areas. However, I was applying for a job that had nothing to do with these things.
"Do you have experience in cgi?" Answer: yep.
"Perl?" A: sure.
"C#" A: yep.
etc etc etc.
Be sure you are answering questions within the context of the job you are applying for. You are applying for a web design job. Will web designers be familiar with backup utilities? Hiiiighly doubtful, but if you are asked, say yes. You are likely smart enough to figure out any backup tool they sit in front of you should the occasion ever arise. At least, as good or better than any other web developer on your future team.
I did end up doing quite a bit of coding in the languages I just mentioned, but programming is such a simple thing to do, any fool can muddle his way through it. If it's a programming job you seek, just learn the basic highs and lows of all the popular languages, then make it very clear that you have "some" experience with however many languages it is that you looked into. Also make it clear that you can learn ANY language to some degree of proficiency in less than 24 hours, which is a perfectly acceptable amount of time to pick up a new language. They're all nearly identical, of course. A for loop is a for loop... Just syntactical differences in a few cases, which are easily googled in seconds.
Unfortunately for those of us who have been doing it for a long time, programming is no longer the un-tamable beast it once was. These days my 6-year old son writes programs in VB to catalog his Pokemon card collection in one weekend. Tell them you know, even if you don't. Then when you need to apply the skills you lied about, google your heart out and come out smelling like a rose.
Oh lord... I can't wait to try this on my next trip out of the country. I've never had my laptop inpsected, but you better believe I'm changing my password to something regarding statistics about my genitals.
"We need your password, sir."
"No."
"No, really. We need your password."
"My password is a salted hash of the length of my cock."
"Sir, we still need your..."
"RAAAAAAPE!!!! PERRRRRRVERT! I NEED AN ADULT!"
Solar Cycle 24... Is that like Jack Bauer's period? ...you guys are great. I'll be here all week.
You're right... To make it fair, they left out sales of the HD-DVD player for the 360 as well. Since the blu-ray player isn't optional in the PS3, it doesn't make sense to include it in sales figures since a good majority of buyers didn't make the ps3 purchase for the blu-ray drive. (That is a statistic that has also been covered very well) Just like it doesn't make sense to gauge seat belt usage by how many cars are sold with seat belts...they *all* have them. You're also right about it being obvious who is winning when looking at the software sales. It's very obvious, and has been obvious every sales period since the beginning.
The Sony / Philips venture is widely (and incorrectly) recognized as the start of CD technology, but it simply isn't true. In fact, Sony, Philips, and many other manufacturers ended up paying royalties to Battelle (Russell's company) after several infringement lawsuits. A very nice writeup about the entire history and some insight into the resulting conflicts can be found here: http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/Nov2000/a_the_discoverer/index.html As far as the 360/PS3 sales figures.... meh. I have to be honest and say that debate has been beaten to death and I just don't feel like looking it up, so I'll concede that one.
Uhhhhh. I guess Blockbuster hasn't updated their web site yet. http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/collections/hdDvdPackage