Our political mobthink currently is that "80% sure" isn't good enough. Nor is 90% or 95% or 99-44/100ths sure good enough, because...we really like to grasp on to the "but what if it was your kid that was the.00001%" these days, and "shit happens" has left our collective meme space, as has some level of reasonableness and perspective, not only as a whole, but individually.
As an engineer, I think this every time I read about a recall of millions of baby products because 4 of them died. That's well below 6 Sigma. (Yes, I understand it's a design flaw, and not a manufacturing defect. It's still an extremely rare occurrence.)
I'm always told, "when lives are at stake, you can't be too careful," but I disagree. I wish it were possible to prevent every tragedy, but it's not. At some point you have determine what losses are acceptable, or you will never get anything done.
Except that his movies made at least one completely false statement that I know of for sure.
One* completely false statement put him on the slippery slope to becoming another member** of the 9/11 Truth Movement., discrediting him completely.
*Probably more than one false statement, and quite a few misleading ones.
**I can find no evidence of him being a part of the "9/11 Truth Movement", but many people tried very hard to make it seem like he was/is.
I recommend anyone going to college to study "pre-med" to major in biomedical engineering instead. I've told several incoming freshman this, and they all told me, "...but that will be too hard! I'd have to take calculus!"
You think med school will be easy? At least with a biomedical engineering degree, you can get a job if you don't get into med school.
The smart money says this press announcement will be disappointing to most people.
Which is why I think it's about oxygen on Rhea.
It will probably be something like, "You know about the trace amounts of oxygen on Rhea, but we put some streptococcus bacteria in a similar concentration of oxygen, and they survived for 3 days!"
Yes, most of the information is uninteresting. Such as:
Comments such a description of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's head of state, as playing "Robin to (Prime Minister Vladimir) Putin's Batman,"
However, there are a few juicy tidbits in there. Like the Saudi king asking the US to attack Iran.
...evidence from the Carolinas indicates they are now affecting deer populations by decimating the survival rates of fawns.
That would actually be welcome in the Chicago area as there is also a large deer population and hunting is banned. The only thing keeping the deer population in check are SUVs. My wife and I have noticed the deer learn to look both ways at a young age, but that goes out the window at mating season.
I am actually more concerned about a rabies outbreak. Animal control claims there hasn't been a rabies outbreak in Cook County for years. However, there have been cases in the surrounding counties. Animals don't know where the county line is.
Just another symptom of the America's broken banking system. In sane countries, you can get a debit card that linked to your savings account.
If these individuals had a savings account, this wouldn't be an issue. We are talking about people with no money left over to even open a savings account.
Back on the topic of debit cards, people on welfare, and unemployment are now given the option of having a government issued debit card, due to precisely this issue.
why I abandoned TV, and even the news -- I *despise* the tiny little takes, the snappy transitions, the sound bites.
Unfortunately, live and rapidly produced programming does not have the luxury of being able to redo an eight minute take when something goes wrong. It's much more economical to take to another camera angle to hide the mistake.
Also, if the news used a long take, all you would see are talking heads. That's just boring. It's much better to throw in some B-roll to break up the monotony. Due to the live nature, the B-roll usually requires some editing.
Guess that depends on your point of view, a car travelling 360Km/Hr is travelling 100m/s
Nice analysis, but the ECU speed is usually compared to engine speed (rpm) because its primary purpose is to control timing of fuel injection and/or spark.
An F1 engine turns at 19,000 rpm or 114,000 deg/s. Using your assumption of one instruction per clock cycle, that's ~1,123 instructions per crankshaft degree.
It should also be noted that most vehicles have more than one controller. One for the engine, and at least one for everything else.
how they did it. I work with diesel fuel systems. If I need to send a failed fuel pump back to the factory in Germany, it has to go by boat. The tiny amount of fuel still left in the pump after it is cleaned will get detected, and I will get a friendly visit from law enforcement if I try to send it by plane.
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Many of the people in the holding cell may be repeat offenders and may have been convicted in the past. The statement is valid.
The guy sitting next to me on the bus may have been convicted in the past.
That statement is valid too!
Our political mobthink currently is that "80% sure" isn't good enough. Nor is 90% or 95% or 99-44/100ths sure good enough, because...we really like to grasp on to the "but what if it was your kid that was the .00001%" these days, and "shit happens" has left our collective meme space, as has some level of reasonableness and perspective, not only as a whole, but individually.
As an engineer, I think this every time I read about a recall of millions of baby products because 4 of them died. That's well below 6 Sigma. (Yes, I understand it's a design flaw, and not a manufacturing defect. It's still an extremely rare occurrence.)
I'm always told, "when lives are at stake, you can't be too careful," but I disagree. I wish it were possible to prevent every tragedy, but it's not. At some point you have determine what losses are acceptable, or you will never get anything done.
Thank God I don't design baby products!
Except that his movies made at least one completely false statement that I know of for sure.
One* completely false statement put him on the slippery slope to becoming another member** of the 9/11 Truth Movement., discrediting him completely.
*Probably more than one false statement, and quite a few misleading ones.
**I can find no evidence of him being a part of the "9/11 Truth Movement", but many people tried very hard to make it seem like he was/is.
...spend 12 hours in holding cells, held in jail with convicted criminals...
Holding cells are for people awaiting trial or hearings. Convicted criminals are sent to prison.
ACO was formalized in 1996
There's even a MATLAB function for it.
JAXA's IKAROS is doing just fine. According to their blog... it did a flyby of Venus a few days ago and is now on its way
That's great news! Unfortunately, the only article I could find was in Japanese.
Wikianswers is more informative than TFA. I'm glad most people don't read TFAs, because this one is a complete waste of time.
I'm surprised there is no mention of Atlantis in TFA.
I code in a case sensitive language and use case to indicate different data types. This would be a huge pain!
I recommend anyone going to college to study "pre-med" to major in biomedical engineering instead. I've told several incoming freshman this, and they all told me, "...but that will be too hard! I'd have to take calculus!"
You think med school will be easy? At least with a biomedical engineering degree, you can get a job if you don't get into med school.
The smart money says this press announcement will be disappointing to most people.
Which is why I think it's about oxygen on Rhea.
It will probably be something like, "You know about the trace amounts of oxygen on Rhea, but we put some streptococcus bacteria in a similar concentration of oxygen, and they survived for 3 days!"
It probably has to do with the recent discovery of oxygen on Saturn's moon Rhea.
The beacon is back, and better than ever.
However, there are a few juicy tidbits in there. Like the Saudi king asking the US to attack Iran.
Seeing how light travels much faster than sound, my initial reaction is that this is a terrible idea.
...evidence from the Carolinas indicates they are now affecting deer populations by decimating the survival rates of fawns.
That would actually be welcome in the Chicago area as there is also a large deer population and hunting is banned. The only thing keeping the deer population in check are SUVs. My wife and I have noticed the deer learn to look both ways at a young age, but that goes out the window at mating season.
I am actually more concerned about a rabies outbreak. Animal control claims there hasn't been a rabies outbreak in Cook County for years. However, there have been cases in the surrounding counties. Animals don't know where the county line is.
It's called a flag of convenience
has anybody established that punching a hole would take down the whole plane?
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered explosive decompression on April 28, 1988, but landed safely.
Here is an image of the plane after it landed.
Just another symptom of the America's broken banking system. In sane countries, you can get a debit card that linked to your savings account.
If these individuals had a savings account, this wouldn't be an issue. We are talking about people with no money left over to even open a savings account.
Back on the topic of debit cards, people on welfare, and unemployment are now given the option of having a government issued debit card, due to precisely this issue.
Finally some truth to a Dan Brown novel.
why I abandoned TV, and even the news -- I *despise* the tiny little takes, the snappy transitions, the sound bites.
Unfortunately, live and rapidly produced programming does not have the luxury of being able to redo an eight minute take when something goes wrong. It's much more economical to take to another camera angle to hide the mistake.
Also, if the news used a long take, all you would see are talking heads. That's just boring. It's much better to throw in some B-roll to break up the monotony. Due to the live nature, the B-roll usually requires some editing.
Why not just compile it yourself?
See above
Guess that depends on your point of view, a car travelling 360Km/Hr is travelling 100m/s
Nice analysis, but the ECU speed is usually compared to engine speed (rpm) because its primary purpose is to control timing of fuel injection and/or spark.
An F1 engine turns at 19,000 rpm or 114,000 deg/s. Using your assumption of one instruction per clock cycle, that's ~1,123 instructions per crankshaft degree.
It should also be noted that most vehicles have more than one controller. One for the engine, and at least one for everything else.
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how they did it. I work with diesel fuel systems. If I need to send a failed fuel pump back to the factory in Germany, it has to go by boat. The tiny amount of fuel still left in the pump after it is cleaned will get detected, and I will get a friendly visit from law enforcement if I try to send it by plane.