I find that the Orange smelling "Goo Gone" works much better. However, I often have to use a bit of dawn or other liquid soap to get the surface perfectly clean as the goo-gone leaves a slight oilly residue. But the sticker glue gunk comes right off.
Forgot to post another concept that boggles my mind. During the time when there "weren't speed limits" in Montana, the total fatal accidents were _lower_. To restate this differently, when the speed limits were enacted, the number for fatal accidents actually doubled!
Have mod points right now, but wanted to get your 10+ year old stale knowledge updated a bit instead.....Actually, Montana has had a set speed limit since May 28, 1999 as Montana was threatened by the federal government that it would withhold all highway funding unless Montana would enact speed limits. Just FYI, this is one of the main ways the federal government controls state governments; by withholding funds.
Take a look at http://www.us-highways.com/montana/mtspeed.htm for more info on current Montana speeds based on type of vehicle. In case you don't want to click the link, this means that for cars during daylight hours, the maximum speed limit on interstate highways is 75 mph (or 120.7008 kph).
In addition, during the time when Montana "didn't have a speed limit", the rule of the road during daytime driving was to drive in a "Reasonable and Prudent" way. Requiring people to THINK when driving is so much safer.
What was Reasonable and Prudent? Basic Rule Speed Restriction
Motorists were to comply with the "basic rule" speed limit when they drove, in a manner that did not unreasonably endanger other highway users. To ensure this, drivers were to be constantly alert to changing traffic conditions and adjust their speed as conditions varied. These conditions were numerous and could change rapidly. Thus drivers were to be alert for:
* the amount and type of traffic sharing the highway with them. The traffic could have been heavy or light and may have included trucks, cars, motorhomes, farm equipment, and motorcycles.
* changing weather conditions that could have affected driver visibility and road conditions. These conditions could have included fog or snow and road surface conditions such as water or ice.
* the type of vehicle they were driving, particularly the condition of their brakes and the weight of their vehicle, which affects braking ability.
* the character of the highway they were driving. Drivers were to adjust their speed for hills or for winding and narrow roads.
* the presence of intersections, railway grade crossings or pedestrians.
Driving in a careful and prudent manner, complying with the basic rule, required drivers to be constantly alert and mindful of their personal responsibility not only for their own safety but also for that of other highway users.
I can't believe I used slashdot for more than a year without actually signing up for an ID. By that time, the UID's went from 3k range to 12k. Oh well.
I know you are being funny, but it's too bad that the FCC's OTARD doesn't specifically include installation of HAM radio antennas. Seems geared to people needing their fix of satellite TV.
You're absolutely right about that; it's a lot cheaper to provide effective law enforcement to a denser population. Same goes for fire stations, schools, sewer maintenance, water and power...
It doesn't have to be evil just because the government is doing it.
Citation needed. The most densely populated areas (think New York city) are the most costly places to live and seem to be much more dangerous.
There is a paper by John B Calhoun entitled "Population Density and Social Pathology." Calhoun, John B. 1962. âoePopulation Density and Social Pathology.â Scientific American 206:139-148.
Abstract: In a series of experiments, normal colonies of Norway rats were allowed to grow unchecked in a limited environment. In each set experiments, after an extremely crowded condition of 80 adults was reached, removal of infants that survived birth and weaning held the populations steady. Although by the 16th month the number of surviving infants would have held the population constant the total breakdown in behavior being noted would have led the colonies to die out. 4 distinct types of behavior emerged: 1) In the end pens, which were easily defended, dominant males set up harems. Since other males were easily repelled, the population in these pens were kept low and nesting, raising of young, and social activity remained fairly normal. 2) In the 2 middle pens the less dominant males broke down into 2 groups. 1 group became very aggressive, chasing estrous females and forcing attentions upon them resulting in high complications of pregnancy and high maternity and infant mortality. These aggressive males also ate the young and attacked other males. 3) The females in the overcrowded pens gradually lost their ability to build nests, usually just scattering a few strips of paper on the floor of the box and finally giving birth in the bare sawdust. They also failed to nurse their young and mortality rates were ove 90% among the pups. 4) Eating gradually became the major social activity in the crowded pens. In fact, the food hopper became a behavioral sink with rats refusing to eat unless other rats were present and rats gradually abandoning other food hoppers to crowd up at their favorite hopper. The females were distributed equally among the pens but, due to the dominant males, most of the remaining males were crowded into the middle 2 pens. Females raised in the crowded pens did not regain their nest-building and nurturing ability even when transferred to uncrowded living quarters.
I have mod points to blow, but I feel it is more important to share this thought-provoking study than to stay quiet and moderate.
As an aside on the "cheaper sewer": I have never understood why sewers are perceived as being so much better than septic systems. With septic systems, the human waste is processed by bacteria in a distributed fashion within each home/building. There aren't the problems with "treated" sewage getting back into the water supply; contaminates such as drugs (legal/illegal) and heavy metals being found at surprising levels in city drinking water. There aren't the problems of overflow from flooding that commonly occur during heavy rainfalls, etc. Distributed disposal of human waste seems like a good idea. Let nature do what it is good at over time over a large area.
Also, as a general FYI, we decided to use rsync over ssh into a BackupPC datastore. There is then an archive of this information created on removable media (that is unplugged, rotated, and kept off-site). I first heard mention of BackupPC here on/. a few years ago and wanted to pass the info on to those who haven't heard of it yet. Works well for me/my company.
If you do Windoze, you might also consider Unison instead of rsync as I hear that Unison can do the volume shadow copy stuff in Windoze. (YMMV as I haven't tried unison yet.) AND, yes, I know there is an ugly Cygwin version of rsync that doesn't do volume shadow copy and can't backup an outlook.pst file when outlook is running.
Sorry for such a pointed/harsh response originally! Thanks for the reply and the links. I will keep this in mind in the future as I had completely forgot that New York was also a part of the temporary ADIZ nonsense.
First, you clearly don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about. New York city is covered by class bravo airspace at the altitude the 747 was flying in. This is, by no means, restricted airspace. If I understand the FAR correctly, any 2 place Cessna 150 meeting the navigation/radio equipment requirements, obtaining ATC permission, and maintaining radio contact with the controller(s) can fly in this airspace. There is (at least last time I checked) even a VFR corridor directly next to downtown Manhattan!
Here is a good description of airspace classification system in the united states from wikipedia.
Specifically, here a quote from the above article that best describes restricted airspace:
Entry into restricted areas is prohibited under certain conditions without a special clearance obtained from the controlling agency obtained directly or via ATC. Examples of restricted areas include test firing ranges and other military areas with special hazards or containing sensitive zones.
Basically, the management says they need to increase reliability by moving their systems off-site to a remote datacenter. So, they split the datacenter room in two, move half of the servers/equipment that secret room on the other side of the wall that management doesn't know about. They then setup a hosting company that their employers then pay large sums of money for...all the while, the systems are in the next room over...... Tis an amusing read
When I buy a car, I don't get a code that could have already been activated/banned etc that completely renders the car disabled; even though, the car looks new without even a scratch. A car can be test driven, a car is repairable, and, the buyer is covered by lemon laws. Lemon laws for games anyone?;)
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Don't you mean, "[not] eat butter"???
I find that the Orange smelling "Goo Gone" works much better. However, I often have to use a bit of dawn or other liquid soap to get the surface perfectly clean as the goo-gone leaves a slight oilly residue. But the sticker glue gunk comes right off.
Forgot to post another concept that boggles my mind. During the time when there "weren't speed limits" in Montana, the total fatal accidents were _lower_. To restate this differently, when the speed limits were enacted, the number for fatal accidents actually doubled!
Read more about it here: http://www.hwysafety.com/hwy_montana_2001.htm
Have mod points right now, but wanted to get your 10+ year old stale knowledge updated a bit instead.....Actually, Montana has had a set speed limit since May 28, 1999 as Montana was threatened by the federal government that it would withhold all highway funding unless Montana would enact speed limits. Just FYI, this is one of the main ways the federal government controls state governments; by withholding funds.
Take a look at http://www.us-highways.com/montana/mtspeed.htm for more info on current Montana speeds based on type of vehicle. In case you don't want to click the link, this means that for cars during daylight hours, the maximum speed limit on interstate highways is 75 mph (or 120.7008 kph).
In addition, during the time when Montana "didn't have a speed limit", the rule of the road during daytime driving was to drive in a "Reasonable and Prudent" way. Requiring people to THINK when driving is so much safer.
Here is the text from http://www.us-highways.com/montana/reasonable.htm
What was Reasonable and Prudent?
Basic Rule Speed Restriction
Motorists were to comply with the "basic rule" speed limit when they drove, in a manner that did not unreasonably endanger other highway users. To ensure this, drivers were to be constantly alert to changing traffic conditions and adjust their speed as conditions varied. These conditions were numerous and could change rapidly. Thus drivers were to be alert for:
* the amount and type of traffic sharing the highway with them. The traffic could have been heavy or light and may have included trucks, cars, motorhomes, farm equipment, and motorcycles.
* changing weather conditions that could have affected driver visibility and road conditions. These conditions could have included fog or snow and road surface conditions such as water or ice.
* the type of vehicle they were driving, particularly the condition of their brakes and the weight of their vehicle, which affects braking ability.
* the character of the highway they were driving. Drivers were to adjust their speed for hills or for winding and narrow roads.
* the presence of intersections, railway grade crossings or pedestrians.
Driving in a careful and prudent manner, complying with the basic rule, required drivers to be constantly alert and mindful of their personal responsibility not only for their own safety but also for that of other highway users.
I can't believe I used slashdot for more than a year without actually signing up for an ID. By that time, the UID's went from 3k range to 12k. Oh well.
I know you are being funny, but it's too bad that the FCC's OTARD doesn't specifically include installation of HAM radio antennas. Seems geared to people needing their fix of satellite TV.
Were you speaking of VLC or FireFox?
Does the "bug" exist in Windoze 7?
Math man, Math man!!
wish there was a tag that was, "LOL -1"
You're absolutely right about that; it's a lot cheaper to provide effective law enforcement to a denser population. Same goes for fire stations, schools, sewer maintenance, water and power...
It doesn't have to be evil just because the government is doing it.
Citation needed. The most densely populated areas (think New York city) are the most costly places to live and seem to be much more dangerous.
There is a paper by John B Calhoun entitled "Population Density and Social Pathology." Calhoun, John B. 1962. âoePopulation Density and Social Pathology.â Scientific American 206:139-148.
Here is a link to the abstract:
http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll?BU=http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll&QF0=DocNo&QI0=620189&TN=Popline&AC=QBE_QUERY&MR=30%25DL=1&&RL=1&&RF=LongRecordDisplay&DF=LongRecordDisplay
Here is the abstract from the above link:
Abstract: In a series of experiments, normal colonies of Norway rats were allowed to grow unchecked in a limited environment. In each set experiments, after an extremely crowded condition of 80 adults was reached, removal of infants that survived birth and weaning held the populations steady. Although by the 16th month the number of surviving infants would have held the population constant the total breakdown in behavior being noted would have led the colonies to die out. 4 distinct types of behavior emerged: 1) In the end pens, which were easily defended, dominant males set up harems. Since other males were easily repelled, the population in these pens were kept low and nesting, raising of young, and social activity remained fairly normal. 2) In the 2 middle pens the less dominant males broke down into 2 groups. 1 group became very aggressive, chasing estrous females and forcing attentions upon them resulting in high complications of pregnancy and high maternity and infant mortality. These aggressive males also ate the young and attacked other males. 3) The females in the overcrowded pens gradually lost their ability to build nests, usually just scattering a few strips of paper on the floor of the box and finally giving birth in the bare sawdust. They also failed to nurse their young and mortality rates were ove 90% among the pups. 4) Eating gradually became the major social activity in the crowded pens. In fact, the food hopper became a behavioral sink with rats refusing to eat unless other rats were present and rats gradually abandoning other food hoppers to crowd up at their favorite hopper. The females were distributed equally among the pens but, due to the dominant males, most of the remaining males were crowded into the middle 2 pens. Females raised in the crowded pens did not regain their nest-building and nurturing ability even when transferred to uncrowded living quarters.
I have mod points to blow, but I feel it is more important to share this thought-provoking study than to stay quiet and moderate.
As an aside on the "cheaper sewer": I have never understood why sewers are perceived as being so much better than septic systems. With septic systems, the human waste is processed by bacteria in a distributed fashion within each home/building. There aren't the problems with "treated" sewage getting back into the water supply; contaminates such as drugs (legal/illegal) and heavy metals being found at surprising levels in city drinking water. There aren't the problems of overflow from flooding that commonly occur during heavy rainfalls, etc. Distributed disposal of human waste seems like a good idea. Let nature do what it is good at over time over a large area.
IANYAUAFB
I am not yet another Uber-Aggressive Fight Babe
Also, as a general FYI, we decided to use rsync over ssh into a BackupPC datastore. There is then an archive of this information created on removable media (that is unplugged, rotated, and kept off-site). I first heard mention of BackupPC here on /. a few years ago and wanted to pass the info on to those who haven't heard of it yet. Works well for me/my company.
If you do Windoze, you might also consider Unison instead of rsync as I hear that Unison can do the volume shadow copy stuff in Windoze. (YMMV as I haven't tried unison yet.) AND, yes, I know there is an ugly Cygwin version of rsync that doesn't do volume shadow copy and can't backup an outlook.pst file when outlook is running.
Sorry for such a pointed/harsh response originally! Thanks for the reply and the links. I will keep this in mind in the future as I had completely forgot that New York was also a part of the temporary ADIZ nonsense.
If you are interested, an overview of the most recent developments on the crazy special rules regarding the DC area can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Defense_Identification_Zone_(Washington_DC)
Well, if not 2012, then certainly 2038.
this plane was in restricted airspace
First, you clearly don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about. New York city is covered by class bravo airspace at the altitude the 747 was flying in. This is, by no means, restricted airspace. If I understand the FAR correctly, any 2 place Cessna 150 meeting the navigation/radio equipment requirements, obtaining ATC permission, and maintaining radio contact with the controller(s) can fly in this airspace. There is (at least last time I checked) even a VFR corridor directly next to downtown Manhattan!
Here is a good description of airspace classification system in the united states from wikipedia.
Specifically, here a quote from the above article that best describes restricted airspace:
Entry into restricted areas is prohibited under certain conditions without a special clearance obtained from the controlling agency obtained directly or via ATC. Examples of restricted areas include test firing ranges and other military areas with special hazards or containing sensitive zones.
If you are interested here is the New York TAC
Sorry if it seems rude for pulling out a clue-bat and swinging it in your direction.
Reminds me of this BOFH:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/01/bofh_2008_episode_26/
Basically, the management says they need to increase reliability by moving their systems off-site to a remote datacenter. So, they split the datacenter room in two, move half of the servers/equipment that secret room on the other side of the wall that management doesn't know about. They then setup a hosting company that their employers then pay large sums of money for...all the while, the systems are in the next room over. ..... Tis an amusing read
Solution: move.
If you have already tried contacting your representatives, and they have not listened, move to different, if not greener, pastures.
For some reason, this quote just came to mind:
In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes. -Mogens Jallberg
It was a soundstage on Mars.
For the uninformed:
http://xkcd.com/202/
In some ways, it's probably better to be played.
When I buy a car, I don't get a code that could have already been activated/banned etc that completely renders the car disabled; even though, the car looks new without even a scratch. A car can be test driven, a car is repairable, and, the buyer is covered by lemon laws. Lemon laws for games anyone? ;)
Automobiles are automobiles and CDs are CDs.
You post regularly to wikipedia too, don't you?
All I want is consistency from people.
let me know how that works out for you.
care to share a simple way to accomplish this on a debian based system?
Is that you Steve?
I prefer aptitude install [package] or, aptitude remove [package] etc.