This is to prevent a new ice age. We simply mine big chunks of ice off of Halley's comet and drop it into the ocean every 75.3 years. That should keep us going until 3003.
A few guys in a city not too far from Vancouver got off with a warning. In the US, you get stomped, arrested, thrown into a dozen different lists that make day-to-day life humiliating, unbearable, etc. Why do people in the US hate their own bodies so much?
A background that prizes intelligence, critical thinking, and physical excellence above all, ironically. It's paid off in spades for members of my family, being predominantly engineers, doctors, and officers, some members being two of the three.
And to answer the former of your two questions, no, I can't recall ever venting on an inanimate object. Seems rather childish. Do you throw your console controller to the ground when you lose a match in a video game? Perhaps you pound your keyboard when you are behind schedule on an assignment? Or maybe you hurl a hockey stick at the ground when you've lost a match?
There is a limited number of occasions which may call for violence, self-defense being the only one I've ever had to use to justify my actions. Child-like tantrums and rage? Not so much.
Can't recall ever thinking that an inanimate bottle cap is somehow venting some sort of rage against me by magically altering its physical properties such as hardness and tensile strength just so lucky ol' me has a hard time removing it from the bottle to which it is affixed. Can't say I've ever understood this primitive "instinct" that inorganic material objects somehow develop personalities and violate the fundamental laws of physics just to vex me of all beings. I call BS.
It matters a lot. My fridge, dishwasher, and car can all be repaired by hand. It's nice to be an engineer with knowledge and experience in the trades. Also, my BB and Nokia phones don't become useless after a single short fall.
I recall bringing up a hypothetical question along the lines of this topic only 2 months ago. What if some drunken lowlife crashes into your car and you lose an arm?
Let's say the jury only awards you a measly $200,000 for a ruined life, and you are a professional who relies on you being in full control of your body (ie: surgeon, engineer, optician) and your annual salary is close to the court-awarded amount. What if a bionic prosthesis is available that could get you back into your old profession again, but costs $5,000,000. What is your stance on the drunkard being forced to work for the rest of their life and pass on the debt to his/her descendants to pay off the procedure?
I, for one, would love to see this sort of scenario play out (not the injury to the victim of a drunk driver). We are approaching the point where certain physical harm CAN be repaid, but at much higher a cost than juries would normally approve of.
I generally tend to agree with this sentiment, save for the case of my current employer, with whom I've stuck around for several years. First time I've worked in an environment where all managers have bachelors and masters degrees in engineering, physics, or biochem; and either a Ph.D. in engineering or an MBA. Best place I've ever worked at, and could not be any closer to the polar opposite of the typical Dilbert-style office.
The capacitor banks in certain analysis instruments (ie: high precision impedance analyzers) take at least two hours before they are ready to take measurements. The primary reason is that they have to build up the power slowly to avoid stressing the components. Also, they don't want to introduce too much ripple or overshoot, so the charging circuit is effectively overdamped, and has virtually no ripple when fully charged.
Why something that just pumps out such large amounts of juice needs that long a startup cycle though, I have no idea. My best guess is limitations on the components themselves. Maybe the energy storage elements suffer from charging too quickly, or maybe it has to store plenty of energy in advance to maintain a full-power beam over extended periods of time.
@swanzilla: For all I know, the boastful statement I made (after reviewing the thread a few hours later) probably irked a number of readers. Sure, I could have reworded it in a third-person perspective, but I'm not going to lie about a friend doing so well in my place just so I don't annoy less fortunate readers. That is a pretty harsh assumption on your part though. Most engineers I know are socially adept, athletic, and happy with their respective lots in life.
@phantomfive: I know that I'm not helping my case any, but I've been pulling in just shy of six figures since age 25, as is the case with a handful of close friends. Also, we all do straight-up engineering work, not sales, management, etc. I think that settling on that is a very acceptable deal at such an age. Also, each of us did our own independent business start-ups during our early undergrad years (we met up at a business plan competition), so we did more than just drink beer in our spare time during our undergrad years.
It really drives me bonkers when I read post after post on/. where there is a general sentiment that engineers are chumps that pull in minimal pay, and sales/marketing/management types take home the big bucks. If people are willing to teach themselves additional skills (ie: a new spoken language, business plans, speeches and presentations, extracurricular technical skills) during their regular degree program, they will excel far beyond their peers. In the case of my friends and I, we effectively flew past about a decade of climbing up the corporate ladder thanks to enduring a few years of hell.
Yes, I'm aware that a halfhearted acknowledgement of one boastful post by replying with another doesn't really serve to boost my karma points, but I have plenty to spare, and I stand by my earlier comments. Learn something well, reap the benefits.
Why is this modded funny? I learned on Slackware 3, and to this date, I am generally more proficient in Linux development and sysadmin duties than anyone I've ever met in my age/pay bracket.
Can I opt for additional cameras with mics facing out of the front driver and passenger windows with a "Stream to YouTube + Private Media Server" button so the next time an abusive cop pulls me over and says "Your word vs mine, who do you think the judge will believe" he can choke on his words in court? Seems like a reasonable safety feature.
I have played video games most of my life and I have six pack abs and only nine percent body fat. I also exercise one hour per day. The two activities aren't mutually exclusive.
It was enjoyable at best, but I was still happy to see another movie in the series. Kind of like the joke in Big Bang Theory on an episode about seeing all 6 Star Wars movies in a movie marathon.
"So, 1-3, then 4-6, or 4-6, 1-3, classic style?"
"Isn't it obvious? 4-6 first. I prefer to be disappointed in the order in which George intended us to be."
I'm sure a lot of fellow/.'ers have heard of scambaiting (ie: scamming the scammers, but it usually is for fun or to make a point, rather than make money off the scammers).
The link won't load at this moment sadly, but here is an interesting story from the BBC a few years back where one guy works as a professional scambaiter. I would NOT recommend this kind of thing in general, as you end up being on the shitlist for some less than reputable people, to say the least.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3887493.stm
In short, the guy convinces the scammers that he has no money, but he can steal some expensive stuff from his employer and send it to them if they pay for shipping and give him $50. So, he convinces them he's shipping tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen Cisco equipment, when he's really shipping them e-waste, used electronics, old monitors, broken microwave ovens, and stuff that you typically have to pay to recycle or drop off at the dump. Pretty funny actually. I think his record is $80,000 of garbage recycled for free so far, including shipping costs.
Simple solution: Don't give them any to take home. Make them come over to the clinic for their daily dose. Or use some simple syringe device with a counter built into it with replaceable needles that they can take home, but eventually have to return to the clinic. You don't finish the course in a country like France, you get fined a couple grand. In a place where fines wouldn't work, just don't give them the next course of drugs when they get sick again. Should remedy the situation rather quickly.
Stupid and irresponsible people make the world difficult to live in. Please stop with your irrational behavior.
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The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
This is to prevent a new ice age. We simply mine big chunks of ice off of Halley's comet and drop it into the ocean every 75.3 years. That should keep us going until 3003.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Drunken+Abbotsford+wash+themselves+wash+without/6410075/story.html
A few guys in a city not too far from Vancouver got off with a warning. In the US, you get stomped, arrested, thrown into a dozen different lists that make day-to-day life humiliating, unbearable, etc. Why do people in the US hate their own bodies so much?
And your SO singing it to you when you come inside [sic] (-)
I see what you did there.
A background that prizes intelligence, critical thinking, and physical excellence above all, ironically. It's paid off in spades for members of my family, being predominantly engineers, doctors, and officers, some members being two of the three.
And to answer the former of your two questions, no, I can't recall ever venting on an inanimate object. Seems rather childish. Do you throw your console controller to the ground when you lose a match in a video game? Perhaps you pound your keyboard when you are behind schedule on an assignment? Or maybe you hurl a hockey stick at the ground when you've lost a match?
There is a limited number of occasions which may call for violence, self-defense being the only one I've ever had to use to justify my actions. Child-like tantrums and rage? Not so much.
You may be confusing belief in imaginary nonsense with the figure of speech known as apostrophe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_(figure_of_speech)
Can't recall ever thinking that an inanimate bottle cap is somehow venting some sort of rage against me by magically altering its physical properties such as hardness and tensile strength just so lucky ol' me has a hard time removing it from the bottle to which it is affixed. Can't say I've ever understood this primitive "instinct" that inorganic material objects somehow develop personalities and violate the fundamental laws of physics just to vex me of all beings. I call BS.
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
It matters a lot. My fridge, dishwasher, and car can all be repaired by hand. It's nice to be an engineer with knowledge and experience in the trades. Also, my BB and Nokia phones don't become useless after a single short fall.
I recall bringing up a hypothetical question along the lines of this topic only 2 months ago. What if some drunken lowlife crashes into your car and you lose an arm?
Let's say the jury only awards you a measly $200,000 for a ruined life, and you are a professional who relies on you being in full control of your body (ie: surgeon, engineer, optician) and your annual salary is close to the court-awarded amount. What if a bionic prosthesis is available that could get you back into your old profession again, but costs $5,000,000. What is your stance on the drunkard being forced to work for the rest of their life and pass on the debt to his/her descendants to pay off the procedure?
I, for one, would love to see this sort of scenario play out (not the injury to the victim of a drunk driver). We are approaching the point where certain physical harm CAN be repaid, but at much higher a cost than juries would normally approve of.
I generally tend to agree with this sentiment, save for the case of my current employer, with whom I've stuck around for several years. First time I've worked in an environment where all managers have bachelors and masters degrees in engineering, physics, or biochem; and either a Ph.D. in engineering or an MBA. Best place I've ever worked at, and could not be any closer to the polar opposite of the typical Dilbert-style office.
Doesn't your university offer coops or internships? A few months of work in industry should help, even if the wage is shit.
No no, I agree. You can attempt to make measurements before 2 hours have passed, but they will be wildly inaccurate.
So would this be ShiverBurn or FreezeFlame I? So long as I don't have to run up the volcano without touching lava once, I think I'll be fine.
And I, for one, would just like to say: "Welcome, new a galaxy!!"
That is correct sir!
http://www.theonion.com/video/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-cos,19753/
The Facebook program was FOUNDED by the CIA. Sheesh!!!
The capacitor banks in certain analysis instruments (ie: high precision impedance analyzers) take at least two hours before they are ready to take measurements. The primary reason is that they have to build up the power slowly to avoid stressing the components. Also, they don't want to introduce too much ripple or overshoot, so the charging circuit is effectively overdamped, and has virtually no ripple when fully charged.
Why something that just pumps out such large amounts of juice needs that long a startup cycle though, I have no idea. My best guess is limitations on the components themselves. Maybe the energy storage elements suffer from charging too quickly, or maybe it has to store plenty of energy in advance to maintain a full-power beam over extended periods of time.
Ahh. Well, in that case, I'll concede on that point.
SLapt-get does the job just fine.
Source plus CheckInstall if you want to manually build from source.
Slack-current via FTP/HTTP/torrent if you want something newer than the latest official release.
@swanzilla: For all I know, the boastful statement I made (after reviewing the thread a few hours later) probably irked a number of readers. Sure, I could have reworded it in a third-person perspective, but I'm not going to lie about a friend doing so well in my place just so I don't annoy less fortunate readers. That is a pretty harsh assumption on your part though. Most engineers I know are socially adept, athletic, and happy with their respective lots in life.
/. where there is a general sentiment that engineers are chumps that pull in minimal pay, and sales/marketing/management types take home the big bucks. If people are willing to teach themselves additional skills (ie: a new spoken language, business plans, speeches and presentations, extracurricular technical skills) during their regular degree program, they will excel far beyond their peers. In the case of my friends and I, we effectively flew past about a decade of climbing up the corporate ladder thanks to enduring a few years of hell.
@phantomfive: I know that I'm not helping my case any, but I've been pulling in just shy of six figures since age 25, as is the case with a handful of close friends. Also, we all do straight-up engineering work, not sales, management, etc. I think that settling on that is a very acceptable deal at such an age. Also, each of us did our own independent business start-ups during our early undergrad years (we met up at a business plan competition), so we did more than just drink beer in our spare time during our undergrad years.
It really drives me bonkers when I read post after post on
Yes, I'm aware that a halfhearted acknowledgement of one boastful post by replying with another doesn't really serve to boost my karma points, but I have plenty to spare, and I stand by my earlier comments. Learn something well, reap the benefits.
Considering I generally host generously and travel a fair bit, yes. Go back under your bridge.
Why is this modded funny? I learned on Slackware 3, and to this date, I am generally more proficient in Linux development and sysadmin duties than anyone I've ever met in my age/pay bracket.
"Learn Redhat, know Redhat. Learn Slackware, know Linux".
Can I opt for additional cameras with mics facing out of the front driver and passenger windows with a "Stream to YouTube + Private Media Server" button so the next time an abusive cop pulls me over and says "Your word vs mine, who do you think the judge will believe" he can choke on his words in court? Seems like a reasonable safety feature.
I have played video games most of my life and I have six pack abs and only nine percent body fat. I also exercise one hour per day. The two activities aren't mutually exclusive.
http://xkcd.com/566/
It was enjoyable at best, but I was still happy to see another movie in the series. Kind of like the joke in Big Bang Theory on an episode about seeing all 6 Star Wars movies in a movie marathon.
"So, 1-3, then 4-6, or 4-6, 1-3, classic style?"
"Isn't it obvious? 4-6 first. I prefer to be disappointed in the order in which George intended us to be."
I'm sure a lot of fellow /.'ers have heard of scambaiting (ie: scamming the scammers, but it usually is for fun or to make a point, rather than make money off the scammers).
The link won't load at this moment sadly, but here is an interesting story from the BBC a few years back where one guy works as a professional scambaiter. I would NOT recommend this kind of thing in general, as you end up being on the shitlist for some less than reputable people, to say the least.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3887493.stm
In short, the guy convinces the scammers that he has no money, but he can steal some expensive stuff from his employer and send it to them if they pay for shipping and give him $50. So, he convinces them he's shipping tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen Cisco equipment, when he's really shipping them e-waste, used electronics, old monitors, broken microwave ovens, and stuff that you typically have to pay to recycle or drop off at the dump. Pretty funny actually. I think his record is $80,000 of garbage recycled for free so far, including shipping costs.
Simple solution: Don't give them any to take home. Make them come over to the clinic for their daily dose. Or use some simple syringe device with a counter built into it with replaceable needles that they can take home, but eventually have to return to the clinic. You don't finish the course in a country like France, you get fined a couple grand. In a place where fines wouldn't work, just don't give them the next course of drugs when they get sick again. Should remedy the situation rather quickly.
Stupid and irresponsible people make the world difficult to live in. Please stop with your irrational behavior.