This was a performance art project...this artist (Danish, iirc) put together this idea, took it to a international arms fair, and then documented the reaction of the crowd...read about it in one of Russ Kick's books.
Sorry folks, nothing to see here, move along, citizens.
How physically violent is hashing? Is it all just dependant on how far the club usually runs?
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In regards to required pee/DNA/brain patterning, doesn't the 4th Am to the Constitution specifically mention your right to be secure in your person against unreasonable searches and seizures?
When you use front wheel drive, you are prone to all kinds of handling problems when you try to apply power while in a corner.
This is my favourite ricer argument. "FWD is more efficient." Sure, at putting power to the ground. The bit they miss, and you point out wonderfully, is that the traction of a tyre is limited, and if traction is being used to apply torque and go faster, that same traction can't also be used to steer the car.
Damn right. It's 9:35PM, I'm waiting on the build to finish, and I had half a tuna sandwich at lunch. At the very least you could have coughed up some burritos or something.
has a nice graph showing that the area of ice has been decreasing on a pretty-much constant basis since 1911
Before we were burning oil as a species, and adding carbon to the atmosphere and causing global warming; we were burning coal as early as the 1880's, and doing the same thing.
Still, I wonder how many other meetups have taken or will take place in parking lots? You should join a car club sometime. I've hung out at some of the finest gas stations, mall parking lots, and 24 hour diners in the state.
From what I saw in my time in the US school system, this sad, ironic situation pretty well sums up how the school system here works.
I read an article once in the disinfo.com book You Are Being Lied To that explained that the modern school system was more productive in producing factory workers than educating people.
Nowadays the schools are being used to develop consumers instead of teaching.
Ditto. As a confirmed adrenaline junkie, I'd enjoy an electric car simply for the instant torque. My current car makes you wring the motor out some before you get that glorious sucked-into-seat-blacking-out feeling, and at entirely to illegal speeds.
This article is dangerous b/c it sets a precendent in regards to EULA's.
Several months ago, there was a/. article about how a binding contract was formed over email in regards to a real estate purchase, and that alone sparked some pretty quick changes in the real-estate purchase process.
CMM Level 5 is a fantastic set of coding standards. So much time is spent on each line that it's absolutely perfect by the time it leaves the building.
The problem with Level 5 is the same as the benefit. So much time is spent on QC that govt. contractors, working for the lowest bidder, and Fed programmers, can't afford to work to that level of quality.
Not quite. One of our consultants, who's Orthodox, tells me that on the Sabbath, unless someone is in mortal danger, and you, as the Jew, are the only person around who could possibly affect the outcome for the better, you are allowed to work to that point only.
Disagree. The lunar missions, regardless of the actual reason they were pushed for in the 60's started the tech revolution, put the US at the very forefront, and held us there for thirty years.
I've always thought the US should go back to the Moon for public relations, and go to Mars solely for the tech we'll have to develop to do it. That's what government spending is all about, don't forget.
The B-52, the first prototype of which flew in 1949 (!), is still our #1 conventional heavy bomber, and is a testament to forward-thinking in terms of modularity. But it seems that the trend is towards more monolithic, use-it-and-then-throw-it-away-and-buy-a-new-one systems.
One of my coworkers was a crew chief in the early 90's for a B-52 that was built in 1962. He said, even though the plane may be fourty years old, so many parts (nose, wings, tail, fuselage sections, navcomp, weapons, et cetera) have been replaced over time that the build date of the plane is more like 1980-something.
I think it's really odd that nobody thinks of the real reason for auto black boxes: crash data. When John Q. Public's Miata explodes after a 5mph accident, and Mazda can't figure out why, black box data could make the difference.
Another heads-up. There are black boxes in cars right now. My Trans Am has one. The XTerra I daily drive has one. Do they monitor speed and narc me out? No. Do keep track of that happens when the car is in an accident? Uh, yeah. 'Cause that's what they do. And that's all they do.
The Internet has become a personal communications medium, with people blissfully chatting away on email, instant messagers, message boards, et cetera. The question is simple: If it was your phone, would you let a machine be installed to listen to all of your conversations without judicial oversight?
No? Well, how about we read all of your mail as a matter of routine.
No again? Why not have someone follow me around and tape all of my meatspace conversations?
Still no? So why are you giving in so easily when it's just the Internet?
Anybody who thinks that this capability won't be abused just has their head in the sand. It's only a matter of time.
I was reading a book the other day by Michael Cremo which had a theory in it that man has been on this planet, in our current form, for at least two million years, and our current society is not the first enlightened civilization. Neat stuff.
Audi of America will void the warranty on your turbo car if they catch or suspect you've been screwing with the computer. It's real easy to get a $400 chip and kick your 300hp S4 up to 400+ just by turning up the boost.
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This was a performance art project...this artist (Danish, iirc) put together this idea, took it to a international arms fair, and then documented the reaction of the crowd...read about it in one of Russ Kick's books.
Sorry folks, nothing to see here, move along, citizens.
How physically violent is hashing? Is it all just dependant on how far the club usually runs?
In regards to required pee/DNA/brain patterning, doesn't the 4th Am to the Constitution specifically mention your right to be secure in your person against unreasonable searches and seizures?
LV
Got linkage on that FoxNews/fabrication angle?
...why do I get hiccups while smoking a cigar? Does that mean my 'inner fish' is a non-smoker?
Max
This is my favourite ricer argument. "FWD is more efficient." Sure, at putting power to the ground. The bit they miss, and you point out wonderfully, is that the traction of a tyre is limited, and if traction is being used to apply torque and go faster, that same traction can't also be used to steer the car.
Damn right. It's 9:35PM, I'm waiting on the build to finish, and I had half a tuna sandwich at lunch. At the very least you could have coughed up some burritos or something.
LV
has a nice graph showing that the area of ice has been decreasing on a pretty-much constant basis since 1911
Before we were burning oil as a species, and adding carbon to the atmosphere and causing global warming; we were burning coal as early as the 1880's, and doing the same thing.
Max
You know, you really wouldn't have this problem if you just relaxed a little more. Maybe some anger management counseling?
Max
She's definitely a keeper.
LV
I use my bright yellow and red 3.5"'s to steal classified information and seventy gigabyte executables from government institutions.
LV
Still, I wonder how many other meetups have taken or will take place in parking lots? You should join a car club sometime. I've hung out at some of the finest gas stations, mall parking lots, and 24 hour diners in the state.
LV
Nowadays the schools are being used to develop consumers instead of teaching.
LV
LV
FYI, most
Cheers,
LV
This article is dangerous b/c it sets a precendent in regards to EULA's.
/. article about how a binding contract was formed over email in regards to a real estate purchase, and that alone sparked some pretty quick changes in the real-estate purchase process.
Several months ago, there was a
LV
CMM Level 5 is a fantastic set of coding standards. So much time is spent on each line that it's absolutely perfect by the time it leaves the building.
The problem with Level 5 is the same as the benefit. So much time is spent on QC that govt. contractors, working for the lowest bidder, and Fed programmers, can't afford to work to that level of quality.
C'est la vie.
LV
Not quite. One of our consultants, who's Orthodox, tells me that on the Sabbath, unless someone is in mortal danger, and you, as the Jew, are the only person around who could possibly affect the outcome for the better, you are allowed to work to that point only.
LV
Disagree. The lunar missions, regardless of the actual reason they were pushed for in the 60's started the tech revolution, put the US at the very forefront, and held us there for thirty years.
I've always thought the US should go back to the Moon for public relations, and go to Mars solely for the tech we'll have to develop to do it. That's what government spending is all about, don't forget.
LV
One of my coworkers was a crew chief in the early 90's for a B-52 that was built in 1962. He said, even though the plane may be fourty years old, so many parts (nose, wings, tail, fuselage sections, navcomp, weapons, et cetera) have been replaced over time that the build date of the plane is more like 1980-something.
Cheers,
LV
I think it's really odd that nobody thinks of the real reason for auto black boxes: crash data. When John Q. Public's Miata explodes after a 5mph accident, and Mazda can't figure out why, black box data could make the difference.
Another heads-up. There are black boxes in cars right now. My Trans Am has one. The XTerra I daily drive has one. Do they monitor speed and narc me out? No. Do keep track of that happens when the car is in an accident? Uh, yeah. 'Cause that's what they do. And that's all they do.
LV
The Internet has become a personal communications medium, with people blissfully chatting away on email, instant messagers, message boards, et cetera. The question is simple: If it was your phone, would you let a machine be installed to listen to all of your conversations without judicial oversight?
No? Well, how about we read all of your mail as a matter of routine.
No again? Why not have someone follow me around and tape all of my meatspace conversations?
Still no? So why are you giving in so easily when it's just the Internet?
Anybody who thinks that this capability won't be abused just has their head in the sand. It's only a matter of time.
LV
I was reading a book the other day by Michael Cremo which had a theory in it that man has been on this planet, in our current form, for at least two million years, and our current society is not the first enlightened civilization. Neat stuff.
LV
Microsoft bad.
Water wet.
Sky proven to be blue, not fuschia as reported earlier.
Audi of America will void the warranty on your turbo car if they catch or suspect you've been screwing with the computer. It's real easy to get a $400 chip and kick your 300hp S4 up to 400+ just by turning up the boost.
LV