I could see the electrical arcing from the power station way on the other side of town. The lights went out everywhere, and then the Aurora Borealis started lighting up the sky.
Hmmm . . . sounds like an X-Men or Spiderman film. My first thought would be that someone is filming yet another comic book movie in my neighborhood, and these were just the special effects.
Everything bad that has ever occurred in the 20th century is due to Reagan and Reagan alone.
Oh, it wasn't so bad. Back when Reagan was President, "sleeping with the President" meant taking a nap during cabinet meetings. Clinton gave it spanking new meaning . . .
I guess all the technical details you mentioned are probably in there. The film is really interesting to watch because it has interviews with the man himself. He comes across as a quite humorous fellow. When they it is announced during the filming that his pension has just been increased, he says, "Bring out the vodka!"
I could understand that after 9/11, drastic measures were necessary to fight terrorism at the time. But now . . . ? We seem to be hunkering down, and assuming that we will need all of this surveillance and security . . . forever.
All this stuff is purely defensive in nature: trying to prevent terrorist attacks. Despite all these security measures, it is just a matter of time before another attack succeeds anyway . . . like in Boston.
I'd like to see a plan to reduce these threats forever . . . so we can go back to our normal ways, before the war. Now, it seems that we are preparing for an endless war on terrorism. A permanent state of war is not good for any society.
However, I wonder if this will eventually get more widespread and become used for trivial things, like removing memories of a bad breakup or other parts of life which might be painful, but tolerable.
So . . . you nicht die NSA und Obamacare liken? Ve haf vays . . . af maken you forgetten!
The labels "Racist" and "Sexist" are like ketchup . . . you can put them on anything.
Even where it is neither appropriate nor warranted.
University CS programs will now be required to include these "culturally relevant instructional materials" . . . otherwise, they will be judged "substandard" by the government, and the university will lose any government funding.
So let's say that you're about to get thieved by a bunch of ghetto youth. They're talking in ebonics, and by the time you decipher what they're trying to say, they've shoved a gun in your back and have relieved you of your wallet, your keys, and the phone with the panic button.
While you have your hands up, point to your regular eyeglasses and say that they are Google Glasses, and have already transmitted pictures of them to the police. So they'd better just run away, before they get themselves into more trouble.
If you are not wearing regular eyeglasses, claim that you are wearing Google Contact Lenses.
That aside, you are correct, even if you did had time to call 911, by the time the cops got there, the crime would be history. Criminals are not afraid of 911. They plan to be gone, before the police get there. They are afraid of getting caught later. And they have seen enough CSI/Law & Whatevers to be afraid of cameras.
However, if your local police are tolerant of armed robbery, then the thieves won't be afraid of being caught anyway, and will go ahead and commit the crime. Crime prevention is really as simple as that. So instead of spending money on panic button technology, the money would be better spent on better policing. If a thief thinks he will get caught, he won't commit the crime.
Now that they have driven the price of bitcoins down, they will now buy up all of them at low prices . . . and then . . . announce that the will accept them as currency . . .
Oh, that's easy . . . just look at Nokia and Steve Elop! The Microsoft exec will run Obamacare into bankruptcy, then Microsoft will buy Obamacare cheap for all the patents and IP . . . and then Microsoft will own our healthcare, as well as our desktops!
My big old luggable W510 has an adapter rated for (checks) holy crap 135W.
A W520 adapter weighs in at 170W . . . and weighs almost as much as the W520 itself! I'm expecting Lenovo to reach a crossover point, where the adapter weighs much more than the laptop itself.
I guess my new W550 down the road sometime will have an over 200W adapter . . .
I doubt that there will be any standardized adapters for us folks in the Monster Laptop Truck range . . .
The famous economist John Maynard Keynes wrote something like:
"If I owe the bank 100 pounds, I have a problem." "If I owe the bank 100,000 pounds, the bank has a problem."
The US government decided that GM is to big to fail. Which meant they had two problems:
1) GM was bankrupt . . . in other words, it failed.
2) GM is too big to fail.
Problem 1) was solved by fleecing the US taxpayers of billions of dollars. GM is solvent now.
But problem 2) was not solved. GM is still too big to fail. Which means that GM knows that it can fail again, and will be bailed out by the US government, again.
So, to solve problem 2) . . . GM has to shrink. How can the US government help achieve this . . . ? Well, how about the government buying from someone else, when they are looking for new cars . . . ?
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That's great but how about we teach the average American how to spot Europe on a map first.
That's great but how about we teach the average American how to spot the USA on a map first.
8 months in prison says "we will ruin your life".
Maybe somewhere else, but probably not in Dubai. No Dubaians work in Dubai. Foreigners do all the work. All Dubaians live off the state oil revenues.
What did those guys do before prison? Probably nothing. What will they do after their prison time? Probably more of the same.
Dubai is famous for its lavish 5-star hotels . . . maybe even their prisons have 5 stars, and armies of foreign servants . . . ?
I could see the electrical arcing from the power station way on the other side of town. The lights went out everywhere, and then the Aurora Borealis started lighting up the sky.
Hmmm . . . sounds like an X-Men or Spiderman film. My first thought would be that someone is filming yet another comic book movie in my neighborhood, and these were just the special effects.
Everything bad that has ever occurred in the 20th century is due to Reagan and Reagan alone.
Oh, it wasn't so bad. Back when Reagan was President, "sleeping with the President" meant taking a nap during cabinet meetings. Clinton gave it spanking new meaning . . .
even MORE accurate than ALGORE's 100% accurate prediction that the entire polar ice cap has permanently melted and all polar bears are dead.
Polar bears are quite intelligent animals, and don't listen to Al Gore, and don't do what he tells them to do.
Yeah, ever since Oracle bought them . . .
This is excellent news for me. Now I have some hard evidence for my Mom:
Mom: "You never call me.
Me: "Yes I do . . . just ask the NSA.
There is a good German documentary about Kalashnikov, that I need to watch again, titled "Automat Kalaschnikow": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254151/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
I guess all the technical details you mentioned are probably in there. The film is really interesting to watch because it has interviews with the man himself. He comes across as a quite humorous fellow. When they it is announced during the filming that his pension has just been increased, he says, "Bring out the vodka!"
He only had access to relatively crude manufacturing processes and a basic idea of what he wanted.
Oh, he knew exactly what he wanted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44
The Germans didn't file an Intellectual Property lawsuit, for obvious reasons.
I could understand that after 9/11, drastic measures were necessary to fight terrorism at the time. But now . . . ? We seem to be hunkering down, and assuming that we will need all of this surveillance and security . . . forever.
All this stuff is purely defensive in nature: trying to prevent terrorist attacks. Despite all these security measures, it is just a matter of time before another attack succeeds anyway . . . like in Boston.
I'd like to see a plan to reduce these threats forever . . . so we can go back to our normal ways, before the war. Now, it seems that we are preparing for an endless war on terrorism. A permanent state of war is not good for any society.
However, I wonder if this will eventually get more widespread and become used for trivial things, like removing memories of a bad breakup or other parts of life which might be painful, but tolerable.
So . . . you nicht die NSA und Obamacare liken? Ve haf vays . . . af maken you forgetten!
Racist and Sexist?
The labels "Racist" and "Sexist" are like ketchup . . . you can put them on anything.
Even where it is neither appropriate nor warranted.
University CS programs will now be required to include these "culturally relevant instructional materials" . . . otherwise, they will be judged "substandard" by the government, and the university will lose any government funding.
a typical (European) human heart
. . . no, African or European . . . that determines if the recipient can migrate while carrying a coconut.
So let's say that you're about to get thieved by a bunch of ghetto youth. They're talking in ebonics, and by the time you decipher what they're trying to say, they've shoved a gun in your back and have relieved you of your wallet, your keys, and the phone with the panic button.
While you have your hands up, point to your regular eyeglasses and say that they are Google Glasses, and have already transmitted pictures of them to the police. So they'd better just run away, before they get themselves into more trouble.
If you are not wearing regular eyeglasses, claim that you are wearing Google Contact Lenses.
That aside, you are correct, even if you did had time to call 911, by the time the cops got there, the crime would be history. Criminals are not afraid of 911. They plan to be gone, before the police get there. They are afraid of getting caught later. And they have seen enough CSI/Law & Whatevers to be afraid of cameras.
However, if your local police are tolerant of armed robbery, then the thieves won't be afraid of being caught anyway, and will go ahead and commit the crime. Crime prevention is really as simple as that. So instead of spending money on panic button technology, the money would be better spent on better policing. If a thief thinks he will get caught, he won't commit the crime.
Where did you think the phrase "runs in the family" comes from?
Diarrhea . . . ?
Oh, no, wait, it's $10M.
More like, 10 million pieces of silver . . . if this is true . . .
. . . or they took down the sign because they couldn't find a buyer . . .
Cue the paranoid right wing "Obama wants to take your Bitcoins" brigade.
Nonsense! Obama said quite clearly: "If you like your Bitcoin, you can keep it."
I suspect that the FBI will use these Bitcoins in undercover operations, to lure out criminals who will only accept Bitcoins.
Now that they have driven the price of bitcoins down, they will now buy up all of them at low prices . . . and then . . . announce that the will accept them as currency . . .
Profit!
It doesn't sound like they needed to crack Tor.
Of course, if the NSA has easy and simple ways of cracking Tor . . . they're not going to brag about it anyway:
"Go ahead, keep using Tor . . . it's safe and we can't crack it . . ."
(also, don't make false bomb threats. They're stupid)
. . . it seems that lesson is not on the curriculum at Harvard . . .
At least the guy wasn't a law student . . . that would have been even more hilarious!
Oh, that's easy . . . just look at Nokia and Steve Elop! The Microsoft exec will run Obamacare into bankruptcy, then Microsoft will buy Obamacare cheap for all the patents and IP . . . and then Microsoft will own our healthcare, as well as our desktops!
My big old luggable W510 has an adapter rated for (checks) holy crap 135W.
A W520 adapter weighs in at 170W . . . and weighs almost as much as the W520 itself! I'm expecting Lenovo to reach a crossover point, where the adapter weighs much more than the laptop itself.
I guess my new W550 down the road sometime will have an over 200W adapter . . .
I doubt that there will be any standardized adapters for us folks in the Monster Laptop Truck range . . .
(and who is "too big to fail" anyway?)
The famous economist John Maynard Keynes wrote something like:
"If I owe the bank 100 pounds, I have a problem."
"If I owe the bank 100,000 pounds, the bank has a problem."
The US government decided that GM is to big to fail. Which meant they had two problems:
1) GM was bankrupt . . . in other words, it failed.
2) GM is too big to fail.
Problem 1) was solved by fleecing the US taxpayers of billions of dollars. GM is solvent now.
But problem 2) was not solved. GM is still too big to fail. Which means that GM knows that it can fail again, and will be bailed out by the US government, again.
So, to solve problem 2) . . . GM has to shrink. How can the US government help achieve this . . . ? Well, how about the government buying from someone else, when they are looking for new cars . . . ?
Maybe he has limp digits, and needs one as a parity bit . . . ?