Carl: If we're gonna die together, Lou, I'd at least like to know your first name.
Murtagh: Lieutenant.
Carl: I know you're my boss and I'm supposed to call you lieutenant--
Murtagh: I had it legally changed when I was promoted.
Carl: Okay. But what was your name before you got promoted?
Murtagh: Sergeant.
Possibly fourth: Would it not also mess up interoperability with amateur radio operators in other countries? (My father-in-law keeps trying to suck me into the dark underworld of his hobbies, especially amateur radio.)
"Republic" is almost the same word except that the people who 'represent' the governed don't have to be (but usually are) directly chosen in an election.
See, the good folks in Utah are just getting their kids ready for the day when the only election is the Forbes 400 picking a Doge with near-dictatorial power. We'll still be a Republic(tm)! And the Medicis will finally get to cash in with a reality show.
Is Apple relevant to consumers outside the U.S.? Intel is, sure. And Apple's relevant to their Chinese slave labor force. But I always figured Apple's sales were overwhelmingly to Americans.
So, the new MacBook is going to be powered by the HTC phone Verizon won't let out of the gate? I've heard rumors about Apple / VZW collusion recently, but this is ridiculous!
That you spend your entire day in an overgrown Email program speaks to your skill set more than anything else.
Switch "your skill set" to your boss's skill set, and I'll agree with everything you just said. The world's capacity for *nix coders and administrators, though arbitrarily large, is finite.
I'm a tad perplexed on how so many people think that working 11 hours a day is unprofitable. A huge amount of business owners, lawyers, MDs, scientists, freelancers do that. Are all these people so retarded they don't understand what's good for themselves?
With respect to long-term health and sanity: Maybe. But in terms of productivity, these folks still put in about eight hours on productive work and the other four on business development, recordkeeping, grant writing or other shit-work that they would love to delegate but, for various reasons, they can't.
I don't have a Galaxy S phone. But from reading the different Android user sites, the counterpoint to your argument is that nobody's been able to develop a custom build for Galaxy S phones that works. You'll notice there's no Cyanogen ROM for the Galaxy S.
Folks are trying. But they still haven't been able to make it work.
Why would you need to report accidents? Once we have in-car jamming, there won't be any accidents. Just like there weren't any accidents before the cell phone was invented.
There have been computer games that let you play as the "bad guys" almost as long as there have been computer games, in eras ranging from pre-historic times, through to the World Wars, Cold War, Vietnam and even fictional SciFi enemies such as the Sith.
I realize Custer's Revenge was a primitive game but the 1980's were hardly prehistoric times. I don't think those cave paintings in the south of France count as video games.
The response largely misses the NSA video's point: If you think you're a good fit for the NSA, the polygraph shouldn't stop you from applying for a job.
It's crap science, but the NSA can erect whatever arbitrary hoops it wants for employees. Any fool watching the NSA video for insight into other uses of polygraphs does so at great peril. The response is most informative when he says, "This is true of NSA employment practice, but . .." Seriously, someone with a principled objection to the NSA polygraphing prospective employees, is going to have a real eye-opener on his first day of work there.
Accusing the NSA of intellectual dishonesty is as useful as accusing water of being wet. Polygraphic prospective hires doesn't have to catch anybody to serve a purpose. It's enough to drive the pissant commie sympathizers to bother someone else. Or maybe not.
Cops are not, and should not be, in the punishment business. (that's a different department)
Dude, do you realize who signs up to be prison guards? Ex-cops and wannabe cops. You may as well have said, "Cops are not, and should not be in the [airline passenger screening | private investigation | security guard] business.".
I'm sorry to be pedantic, but did you read what you copied?
First, MUTCD is an administrative manual that sets forth the relationship between federal, state and local government, not a public law that would give a private citizen a defense to a ticket. Second, I'd hazard to guess that in any particular jurisdiction, 90% of the road-miles are at statutory speed limits, so this section wouldn't apply. Third, and most glaringly, 85% of the average speed could never equal the 85th percentile speed. Unless the average you're talking about a mean that is being skewed to Hell by all the rocket-cars on the road today. (And can I get one?)
It just means that there's a consensus among civil engineers, that 3 speeding cars in every 20 an acceptable level of scofflawry.
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Carl: If we're gonna die together, Lou, I'd at least like to know your first name.
Murtagh: Lieutenant.
Carl: I know you're my boss and I'm supposed to call you lieutenant--
Murtagh: I had it legally changed when I was promoted.
Carl: Okay. But what was your name before you got promoted?
Murtagh: Sergeant.
Because everybody knows to whom you are referring when you say "The Pope".
This is Slashdot! At first, I thought everyone was talking about thepope! Turns out, Kurt moved into academia a while ago.
Do these tasks not need tending when Safari is also running?
Possibly fourth: Would it not also mess up interoperability with amateur radio operators in other countries? (My father-in-law keeps trying to suck me into the dark underworld of his hobbies, especially amateur radio.)
"Republic" is almost the same word except that the people who 'represent' the governed don't have to be (but usually are) directly chosen in an election.
See, the good folks in Utah are just getting their kids ready for the day when the only election is the Forbes 400 picking a Doge with near-dictatorial power. We'll still be a Republic(tm)! And the Medicis will finally get to cash in with a reality show.
s/verizon/vodaphone
Is Apple relevant to consumers outside the U.S.? Intel is, sure. And Apple's relevant to their Chinese slave labor force. But I always figured Apple's sales were overwhelmingly to Americans.
So, the new MacBook is going to be powered by the HTC phone Verizon won't let out of the gate? I've heard rumors about Apple / VZW collusion recently, but this is ridiculous!
Ba-dum-bump!
That you spend your entire day in an overgrown Email program speaks to your skill set more than anything else.
Switch "your skill set" to your boss's skill set, and I'll agree with everything you just said. The world's capacity for *nix coders and administrators, though arbitrarily large, is finite.
I'm a tad perplexed on how so many people think that working 11 hours a day is unprofitable. A huge amount of business owners, lawyers, MDs, scientists, freelancers do that. Are all these people so retarded they don't understand what's good for themselves?
With respect to long-term health and sanity: Maybe. But in terms of productivity, these folks still put in about eight hours on productive work and the other four on business development, recordkeeping, grant writing or other shit-work that they would love to delegate but, for various reasons, they can't.
The coach said, "You're gonna run on this track until I get tired!"
Sorry the company isn't profitable yet, I just voted to triple my salary. Looks like more unpaid overtime for you!
I don't have a Galaxy S phone. But from reading the different Android user sites, the counterpoint to your argument is that nobody's been able to develop a custom build for Galaxy S phones that works. You'll notice there's no Cyanogen ROM for the Galaxy S.
Folks are trying. But they still haven't been able to make it work.
It does not "kill" "germs" any more than other emulsifiers like lecithin or egg yolks do.
That's why I crack open a raw egg and use that to wash my hands! The first year was Hell. Non-stop diarrhea. But now, Salmonella is totally my bitch.
Will it blend?
Why would you need to report accidents? Once we have in-car jamming, there won't be any accidents. Just like there weren't any accidents before the cell phone was invented.
There have been computer games that let you play as the "bad guys" almost as long as there have been computer games, in eras ranging from pre-historic times, through to the World Wars, Cold War, Vietnam and even fictional SciFi enemies such as the Sith.
I realize Custer's Revenge was a primitive game but the 1980's were hardly prehistoric times. I don't think those cave paintings in the south of France count as video games.
I had no idea that the classical inventor of medicine was also a war documentarian. What a hypocrite!
Exactly. That's why it goes to eleven! Bits, that is.
I fully welcome our new Cat5e overlords but I just want the madness to stop.
Screw that! In a couple weeks, they'll wrap up the spec for 802.11-HD and we'll all look like chumps.
Maybe I should go around and write "computer" in English on all my computers, as a service to future language researchers.
Just don't, like many would do, put your label on the monitor.
The response largely misses the NSA video's point: If you think you're a good fit for the NSA, the polygraph shouldn't stop you from applying for a job.
It's crap science, but the NSA can erect whatever arbitrary hoops it wants for employees. Any fool watching the NSA video for insight into other uses of polygraphs does so at great peril. The response is most informative when he says, "This is true of NSA employment practice, but . . ." Seriously, someone with a principled objection to the NSA polygraphing prospective employees, is going to have a real eye-opener on his first day of work there.
Accusing the NSA of intellectual dishonesty is as useful as accusing water of being wet. Polygraphic prospective hires doesn't have to catch anybody to serve a purpose. It's enough to drive the pissant commie sympathizers to bother someone else. Or maybe not.
Jella's Friends deserves a couple points for using a more-or-less correct 16-color VGA palette.
Just wait until someone tries to trade 100 <illion dollars and the whole system crashes!
Cops are not, and should not be, in the punishment business. (that's a different department)
Dude, do you realize who signs up to be prison guards? Ex-cops and wannabe cops. You may as well have said, "Cops are not, and should not be in the [airline passenger screening | private investigation | security guard] business.".
I'm sorry to be pedantic, but did you read what you copied?
First, MUTCD is an administrative manual that sets forth the relationship between federal, state and local government, not a public law that would give a private citizen a defense to a ticket. Second, I'd hazard to guess that in any particular jurisdiction, 90% of the road-miles are at statutory speed limits, so this section wouldn't apply. Third, and most glaringly, 85% of the average speed could never equal the 85th percentile speed. Unless the average you're talking about a mean that is being skewed to Hell by all the rocket-cars on the road today. (And can I get one?)
It just means that there's a consensus among civil engineers, that 3 speeding cars in every 20 an acceptable level of scofflawry.
I'd wager my left toe that absolutely nothing comes of it.
If the reason you have only one left toe, is that you lost the other four in similar wagers, then I don't like his chances after all.