Instead of trying to block certain aspects of searches we should just bite the bullet and get a Privacy amendment to the Constitution. Certainly where laws may have been broken there's an interest in seeing justice done but US laws should only apply to the US and citizens who reside there. For example, the IRS would no longer be allowed to shake down the Swiss or US citizens lawfully living in other nations. This would also mean that information we trust to third parties would be considered private and would overturn that horrible judicial precedent that has allowed this horseshit to go on long enough. While we're at it also lets exclude every fucking company from mining our daily activities for fun and profit.
The ISS has now jumped the shark. Yes there have been a few space tourists but now it would seem that instead of doing real science aboard the ISS its now about tourism. I guess that means logically any future manned missions should allow for a paying guest but I don't think astronauts who've trained for years want turndown service added to their mission statement.
Wait, this is Italy. Give it two years and then another court will rule that the practice is legal and order a new trial. In the meantime the laptop will be held until the second trial outcome is known.
Agreed. There's a billion ways to extract money from businesses. State and local governments have it down to an art. It's no small wonder why we see companies like Burger King crossing the border.
All this has been baked and there's multiple documents covering it along with any customizations. I realize handbrake is out there and I use it but sometimes ffmpeg direct is always best for me. scaling example:
-vf scale=640:480
for removing black bars example:
-vf "cropdetect=24:16:0" to a dummy file, then once you know the size of the bars (crop detect output) -vf "crop=640:256:0:36"
Again, there's lots of recipes out there and it's all documented as well. Just search.
Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt,[6] hired Shane Stant to break Kerrigan's right leg so that she would be unable to skate. After failing to find Kerrigan at her training rink in Massachusetts, Stant followed her to Detroit. When she stepped off the ice after practice at Cobo Arena and walked behind a nearby curtain into a corridor, Stant struck her on the thigh a few inches above the knee with an ASP telescopic baton.
I can't see both as being compatible. High Speed Rail will require large amounts of capital investment and in order to be successful will need to be 1) more convenient/reliable than air travel 2) Competitive in terms of routes and time schedules with airlines 3) have the political backing to accomplish this. Telecommuting is probably the easiest answer and is even mandated for federal employees but I don't see the old ways changing.
Instead of just pushing your seat into recline first, why not politely ask the person behind you if they'd mind? Shit flying is a fucking pain in the ass now, with Security, Airline Policies and Ticket prices the last thing I need is some rude fuck flipping the seat back into my lap. Usually I just wind up sneezing a bit and coughing. The seat recline usually stops after that. Yeah it's faux germ warfare but it works.
Well look at it this way, guys come to Vanautu, spend money maybe get burned up in a volcano. It's a new revenue generating opportunity for the islanders.
First an inept CIO position now a CTO position. I don't want the US government smarter about systems and data. They're already fucking things up nicely right now as it is. Some agencies with better technology and training could really wreak havoc; like the IRS. Screw that.
What would green or not green have to do with it being racing or not. Racing is the act of competing with others over time/distance/velocity. If someone chooses to take their formula towards less fuel use, it's still racing. Sure, it's not the racing of your childhood. But, to be frank, I don't want those times to come back either.
Then go for something truly radical instead of electric cars, go for some geewhiz-bang nuke-powered cars. It should make shimozzles into the barriers much more entertaining. Tracks like Imola are now "unsafe" how long before Spa and Monza disappear because of the same wimpy ass thinking? Shit we might as well fit training wheels and big L stickers to the backs of all the cars now.
Wrong. So wrong. Power Units are only frozen over the season. You can make changes in-between seasons. Also, contrary to popular belief, some constraints actually bring more creativity. As the old saying goes: "An F1 engineer reads the specs twice: Once to see what it says, once to see what it doesn't say"
Really? Humm I think you need to rethink that statement. That's not accurate, the FIA wants to lock the designs in so they have this year and next, from 2016 on it'll be pretty much a locked-down affair. This all goes back to cost reduction efforts. Meaning no more real evolutions of the power units.
If one of the power trains is performing significantly worse than the others, can the manufacturrer apply for a performance upgrade? Not in principle. However if that situation arises it is clearly not in the interests of the sport so some common sense needs to be applied. The rule makers looked at this and pre-empted it in some ways; they decided that all manufacturers should be allowed to make a small number of performance upgrades after one year, so the engines will be re-homologated this time next year. And in 2016 there will be a smaller list of areas where they can make further performance steps.
Read that "small number of performance upgrades" nope, like the previous 5 years with the V8s, the FIA will lock it down, no real innovation, no real changes, boring as shit racing and the team that can either come up with a super not so secret aero innovation wins. Couple that to the rules on MAP and Gearing changes again in the name of "cost" and if you don't get it right in the winter test sessions, you're screwed the rest of the year basically.
As we've seen from previous unlimited series, innovation actually was reduced, because it devolved into "Biggest engine, biggest turbo, some duct tape, and a contract clause that makes the driver unable to back out"
And what's wrong with that? Duct tape works, bigger engines, bigger turbos. Let's not forget this is a spectator sport here with fans paying a lot of money to see these races. Like I said earlier get that shit for brains Flavio dancing around the paddock in a Monkey suit if it'll bring more excitement to F1. I want the arms race, I want to see six wheeled Tyrrells and Brabham blower cars, shit this is supposed to be exciting not a bunch of fucking Prius (Priuses, Priusen?) going round and round in a circle! I don't give a rats ass if Caterham can afford to be in F1, I do care if team X can fund a team and be competitive. Shit, even the 107% rule should be truly enforced and tightened because most of the time they let the back markers race anyways. With your logic it'd be like Youth Soccer leagues in the US "Everybody wins! Everybody gets a trophy!" Screw that.
And if there's a big hole in the contract that works in favor of them, would they point it out to the customer? Not hardly. Shit if I had a contract that just paid me for no deliverables or vague delivery requirements I'd be sitting pretty because you can easily point out to the customer that you met their requirements as stated. Clearly Oregon fell asleep here and I don't feel bad for either party. Politicians right now are just trying to cover their asses in the fact that they let a contract out to a shark.
I have a funny story about that, but that's for my grandkids. Needless to say I had one gas station attendant puzzled as to where the gas tank was on my van.
Contractors usually don't write the contracts, it's usually up to the customer to do that and the contractor to agree to it and amend as necessary. After all it's the customer's requirements, not the contractors that are trying to be met.
I guess you've never seen the Tifosi then? That's why Ferrari can whine like a little bitch all the time. Actually there was a lot of "Meh" during Schumacher's prime years and you'll find that all drivers have big followings with the exception of maybe a few of the back marker teams. What draws the crowds is the excitement of the racing and F1 has become boring as shit. I hate to say that as a fan, but it has and pushing cost containment and eco friendly features all means more boring so I'll probably go to Monza or Spa next year. I would like to see the Monaco GP once but then I'll just DVR the rest of it and skip to the good shit.
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so you fly up there and sit on your hands looking out a window. What a waste of resources.
Instead of trying to block certain aspects of searches we should just bite the bullet and get a Privacy amendment to the Constitution. Certainly where laws may have been broken there's an interest in seeing justice done but US laws should only apply to the US and citizens who reside there. For example, the IRS would no longer be allowed to shake down the Swiss or US citizens lawfully living in other nations. This would also mean that information we trust to third parties would be considered private and would overturn that horrible judicial precedent that has allowed this horseshit to go on long enough. While we're at it also lets exclude every fucking company from mining our daily activities for fun and profit.
The ISS has now jumped the shark. Yes there have been a few space tourists but now it would seem that instead of doing real science aboard the ISS its now about tourism. I guess that means logically any future manned missions should allow for a paying guest but I don't think astronauts who've trained for years want turndown service added to their mission statement.
Yes please disconnect yourselves or we can do it for you! Where's my cable cutters?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/1... $70 but I think I'll just wear my Groucho Marks glasses instead.
Wait, this is Italy. Give it two years and then another court will rule that the practice is legal and order a new trial. In the meantime the laptop will be held until the second trial outcome is known.
Sorry, that's a nice area sure Mound House could use with some urban renewal.
Agreed. There's a billion ways to extract money from businesses. State and local governments have it down to an art. It's no small wonder why we see companies like Burger King crossing the border.
All this has been baked and there's multiple documents covering it along with any customizations. I realize handbrake is out there and I use it but sometimes ffmpeg direct is always best for me. scaling example:
-vf scale=640:480
for removing black bars example:
-vf "cropdetect=24:16:0" to a dummy file, then once you know the size of the bars (crop detect output)
-vf "crop=640:256:0:36"
Again, there's lots of recipes out there and it's all documented as well. Just search.
ffmpeg -i device -y -s 720x486 foo.mp4
adjust your size accordingly. It isn't that hard.
It is dull but it's Dulles.. Also AA has a flight into Regan on a 757 avoiding the NOVA mess getting into DC.
she didn't bop Nancy on the knee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt,[6] hired Shane Stant to break Kerrigan's right leg so that she would be unable to skate. After failing to find Kerrigan at her training rink in Massachusetts, Stant followed her to Detroit. When she stepped off the ice after practice at Cobo Arena and walked behind a nearby curtain into a corridor, Stant struck her on the thigh a few inches above the knee with an ASP telescopic baton.
I can't see both as being compatible. High Speed Rail will require large amounts of capital investment and in order to be successful will need to be 1) more convenient/reliable than air travel 2) Competitive in terms of routes and time schedules with airlines 3) have the political backing to accomplish this. Telecommuting is probably the easiest answer and is even mandated for federal employees but I don't see the old ways changing.
Instead of just pushing your seat into recline first, why not politely ask the person behind you if they'd mind? Shit flying is a fucking pain in the ass now, with Security, Airline Policies and Ticket prices the last thing I need is some rude fuck flipping the seat back into my lap. Usually I just wind up sneezing a bit and coughing. The seat recline usually stops after that. Yeah it's faux germ warfare but it works.
Just buy a capture card or converter and use FFMPEG to convert it directly. That's what I've done to all my old VHS collection using a Diamond VC500.
Johnny Drone Hunter will save us. We don't need no stinking FAA letters!
Well look at it this way, guys come to Vanautu, spend money maybe get burned up in a volcano. It's a new revenue generating opportunity for the islanders.
First an inept CIO position now a CTO position. I don't want the US government smarter about systems and data. They're already fucking things up nicely right now as it is. Some agencies with better technology and training could really wreak havoc; like the IRS. Screw that.
What would green or not green have to do with it being racing or not. Racing is the act of competing with others over time/distance/velocity. If someone chooses to take their formula towards less fuel use, it's still racing. Sure, it's not the racing of your childhood. But, to be frank, I don't want those times to come back either.
Then go for something truly radical instead of electric cars, go for some geewhiz-bang nuke-powered cars. It should make shimozzles into the barriers much more entertaining. Tracks like Imola are now "unsafe" how long before Spa and Monza disappear because of the same wimpy ass thinking? Shit we might as well fit training wheels and big L stickers to the backs of all the cars now.
Wrong. So wrong. Power Units are only frozen over the season. You can make changes in-between seasons. Also, contrary to popular belief, some constraints actually bring more creativity. As the old saying goes: "An F1 engineer reads the specs twice: Once to see what it says, once to see what it doesn't say"
Really? Humm I think you need to rethink that statement. That's not accurate, the FIA wants to lock the designs in so they have this year and next, from 2016 on it'll be pretty much a locked-down affair. This all goes back to cost reduction efforts. Meaning no more real evolutions of the power units.
If one of the power trains is performing significantly worse than the others, can the manufacturrer apply for a performance upgrade?
Not in principle. However if that situation arises it is clearly not in the interests of the sport so some common sense needs to be applied. The rule makers looked at this and pre-empted it in some ways; they decided that all manufacturers should be allowed to make a small number of performance upgrades after one year, so the engines will be re-homologated this time next year. And in 2016 there will be a smaller list of areas where they can make further performance steps.
Read that "small number of performance upgrades" nope, like the previous 5 years with the V8s, the FIA will lock it down, no real innovation, no real changes, boring as shit racing and the team that can either come up with a super not so secret aero innovation wins. Couple that to the rules on MAP and Gearing changes again in the name of "cost" and if you don't get it right in the winter test sessions, you're screwed the rest of the year basically.
As we've seen from previous unlimited series, innovation actually was reduced, because it devolved into "Biggest engine, biggest turbo, some duct tape, and a contract clause that makes the driver unable to back out"
And what's wrong with that? Duct tape works, bigger engines, bigger turbos. Let's not forget this is a spectator sport here with fans paying a lot of money to see these races. Like I said earlier get that shit for brains Flavio dancing around the paddock in a Monkey suit if it'll bring more excitement to F1. I want the arms race, I want to see six wheeled Tyrrells and Brabham blower cars, shit this is supposed to be exciting not a bunch of fucking Prius (Priuses, Priusen?) going round and round in a circle! I don't give a rats ass if Caterham can afford to be in F1, I do care if team X can fund a team and be competitive. Shit, even the 107% rule should be truly enforced and tightened because most of the time they let the back markers race anyways. With your logic it'd be like Youth Soccer leagues in the US "Everybody wins! Everybody gets a trophy!" Screw that.
And if there's a big hole in the contract that works in favor of them, would they point it out to the customer? Not hardly. Shit if I had a contract that just paid me for no deliverables or vague delivery requirements I'd be sitting pretty because you can easily point out to the customer that you met their requirements as stated. Clearly Oregon fell asleep here and I don't feel bad for either party. Politicians right now are just trying to cover their asses in the fact that they let a contract out to a shark.
It could probably be safe to assume that other states have much better legal teams and requirements people.
I have a funny story about that, but that's for my grandkids. Needless to say I had one gas station attendant puzzled as to where the gas tank was on my van.
Moses needed ECC. BTW, That's still a great movie.
Contractors usually don't write the contracts, it's usually up to the customer to do that and the contractor to agree to it and amend as necessary. After all it's the customer's requirements, not the contractors that are trying to be met.
I guess you've never seen the Tifosi then? That's why Ferrari can whine like a little bitch all the time. Actually there was a lot of "Meh" during Schumacher's prime years and you'll find that all drivers have big followings with the exception of maybe a few of the back marker teams. What draws the crowds is the excitement of the racing and F1 has become boring as shit. I hate to say that as a fan, but it has and pushing cost containment and eco friendly features all means more boring so I'll probably go to Monza or Spa next year. I would like to see the Monaco GP once but then I'll just DVR the rest of it and skip to the good shit.