I've seen claims between 30% and 95% effectiveness for the US missile defense network. Even given a cost of 39 billion dollars and a 30% effectiveness ratio, it is still cheaper to have the defense network than to not have it.
The [payloads], come in by the truck load, or a large cargo plane release them at altitude behind lines...
Sorry, but you seem to have entirely missed the original point of this robo-mule, which was that there are mission areas that are not truck-accessible and in which the enemy has anti-air capabilities that make large cargo plane drops impractical and dangerous.
That class of mission area hasn't gone away, it's simply that the mission isn't helped by a running lawn-mower engine alerting all the enemies that you're trying to drag in a bunch of heavy equipment. Probably this class of mission will now be serviced by actual live animals instead of robots.
I'd go for a very simple solution:
1. Pilot enters data.
2. Pilot hands to copilot.
3. Copilot enters data.
4. Pilot and copilot are forbidden from exchanging data until after the calculations are complete.
5. If both sets match, then ready for takeoff.
This is exactly what happened. Both Pilot and Copilot made separate errors that resulted in their erroneous results matching.
Calling the accurate news report a lie doesn't stop the fact that it is a bad storm that is going to cause a lot of damage very soon. There are plenty of inaccurate news reports for you to troll over, why not troll over those?
If I buy a CD and play it in my home, how many others may be in the same room listening before I need to pay a fee?
There is a legal number which may be different in your jurisdiction, I seem to recall that the legalese for my jurisdiction at the time was something like, "If they are paying you anything, you can't have more than 12 or it's a public performance". I got nervous when my church played a recording of a song, but as I understand it, there is no customer-business relation between a church and its minions, they aren't paying to be there.
If a company buys a CD and plays it at their place of business, who else may be in the room listening before they need to pay a fee?
If RIAA thugs can walk in, pretend to be customers, and can hear your music, you are probably getting sued.
I do not know the answer buy my personal opinion is "as many as I want" unless as a business the main reason why customers are paying me is to listen to those specific songs, in that case I am re-marketing them.
The laws are messed up. Complain to your congress-critter. But first, give him the complimentary, indefinite use of a yacht and a beautiful blonde (of the gender of his preference, obviously) and 'forget' a couple suitcases of cash in the yacht that he might find.
FTA: "Currently, such inspections are done visually and require an engineer to get up above the aircraft and around its exterior. That requires a platform and takes valuable time..."
I predict that, with reduced budget and manpower for actual inspections and political pressure to certify planes as "passing" when they aren't, easyJet will have a significant mechanical failure within five years. It will might just be spectacular enough to make the news.
If you quoted that right, then it says that given a set of laws regarding the inspection of imports and exports, a state may lay,without the consent of the Congress, imports and duties sufficient to pay for that inspection.
The Illinois thing is going to last exactly as long as it takes for a gay, black lawyer from the NAACP to fly down there and sue their pants off because they refused him service because he was black. The US has laws against discriminating against people, and this was rather thoroughly hashed out in the '60's and '70's. Unfortunately it looks like we're going to have to hash it all out again because someone found a loophole.
Basically, if your religion says you have to bang your forehead on the ground nineteen times a day, that's fine. If your religion says you have to bang someone else's head on the ground, you are going to run into problems.
Of course, then there's the corrupt police forces that beat people up and kill them because they're some sort of minority, or just because the cop feels like it. But that's sort of a separate issue.
On my tablet, the SD card went under the SIM chip. You may be able to put an SD card into your phone, but it may not be immediately obvious where it goes.
From TFA: The 'author' submittted numerous poems to a number of publishers, the great majority of which were rejected. The one that was accepted was accepted to a journal that was to 'showcase a breadth of authors and a breadth of styles.' Really if you're going to publish computer-generated literature, that would be the place to do it.
It is true that every nation needs a government. It is also true that the government occasionally does what it is supposed to do. It may also be true that most of the US federal government is evil, especially at the highest levels.
Let me cite a source for you:
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stil...
This is a very responsible (from google's point of view) attack on a rival company by google. If Microsoft loses Windows customers, Google gains Android customers. There is no losing scenario for google by doing this -- they make microsoft look bad, encourage hackers to target microsoft products, and drive customers away from microsoft and towards google.
To be fair, they did in fact give MS a 90-window (ahem) to fix this bug, rather than making it public as soon as they found it, which they also could have done and which would have had a comparable benefit for Google.
I lost about three days of productivity on a new programming language (the Asterisk extensions.conf stuff, actually) because it turns out that that particular language treats whitespace after a comma in a function call as part of the passed parameter. A wonderful example of a language enforcing a language standard -- you cannot put a space after your commas, or the language will break. I only wish it had been documented a little bit better.
On balance, though, I would argue that that's a perfect example of a very good reason NOT to strictly enforce coding style.
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I've seen claims between 30% and 95% effectiveness for the US missile defense network. Even given a cost of 39 billion dollars and a 30% effectiveness ratio, it is still cheaper to have the defense network than to not have it.
A better headline might be: Micromissiles deliver payload, light ricin up.
The [payloads], come in by the truck load, or a large cargo plane release them at altitude behind lines...
Sorry, but you seem to have entirely missed the original point of this robo-mule, which was that there are mission areas that are not truck-accessible and in which the enemy has anti-air capabilities that make large cargo plane drops impractical and dangerous. That class of mission area hasn't gone away, it's simply that the mission isn't helped by a running lawn-mower engine alerting all the enemies that you're trying to drag in a bunch of heavy equipment. Probably this class of mission will now be serviced by actual live animals instead of robots.
Mod parent up!
I'd go for a very simple solution: 1. Pilot enters data. 2. Pilot hands to copilot. 3. Copilot enters data. 4. Pilot and copilot are forbidden from exchanging data until after the calculations are complete. 5. If both sets match, then ready for takeoff.
This is exactly what happened. Both Pilot and Copilot made separate errors that resulted in their erroneous results matching.
Calling the accurate news report a lie doesn't stop the fact that it is a bad storm that is going to cause a lot of damage very soon. There are plenty of inaccurate news reports for you to troll over, why not troll over those?
I agree with this statement. Let's worry about the people in harm's way.
If I buy a CD and play it in my home, how many others may be in the same room listening before I need to pay a fee?
There is a legal number which may be different in your jurisdiction, I seem to recall that the legalese for my jurisdiction at the time was something like, "If they are paying you anything, you can't have more than 12 or it's a public performance". I got nervous when my church played a recording of a song, but as I understand it, there is no customer-business relation between a church and its minions, they aren't paying to be there.
If a company buys a CD and plays it at their place of business, who else may be in the room listening before they need to pay a fee?
If RIAA thugs can walk in, pretend to be customers, and can hear your music, you are probably getting sued.
I do not know the answer buy my personal opinion is "as many as I want" unless as a business the main reason why customers are paying me is to listen to those specific songs, in that case I am re-marketing them.
The laws are messed up. Complain to your congress-critter. But first, give him the complimentary, indefinite use of a yacht and a beautiful blonde (of the gender of his preference, obviously) and 'forget' a couple suitcases of cash in the yacht that he might find.
FTA: "Currently, such inspections are done visually and require an engineer to get up above the aircraft and around its exterior. That requires a platform and takes valuable time..." I predict that, with reduced budget and manpower for actual inspections and political pressure to certify planes as "passing" when they aren't, easyJet will have a significant mechanical failure within five years. It will might just be spectacular enough to make the news.
What is your opinion on morality, ethics, and religion?
If you quoted that right, then it says that given a set of laws regarding the inspection of imports and exports, a state may lay,without the consent of the Congress, imports and duties sufficient to pay for that inspection.
Designed obsolescence.
The Illinois thing is going to last exactly as long as it takes for a gay, black lawyer from the NAACP to fly down there and sue their pants off because they refused him service because he was black. The US has laws against discriminating against people, and this was rather thoroughly hashed out in the '60's and '70's. Unfortunately it looks like we're going to have to hash it all out again because someone found a loophole. Basically, if your religion says you have to bang your forehead on the ground nineteen times a day, that's fine. If your religion says you have to bang someone else's head on the ground, you are going to run into problems. Of course, then there's the corrupt police forces that beat people up and kill them because they're some sort of minority, or just because the cop feels like it. But that's sort of a separate issue.
On my smartphone, I mean.
On my tablet, the SD card went under the SIM chip. You may be able to put an SD card into your phone, but it may not be immediately obvious where it goes.
Mod parent up +1
From TFA: The 'author' submittted numerous poems to a number of publishers, the great majority of which were rejected. The one that was accepted was accepted to a journal that was to 'showcase a breadth of authors and a breadth of styles.' Really if you're going to publish computer-generated literature, that would be the place to do it.
Net income: $19,000,000,000
Fine amount: $00,045,000,000
That barely amounts to a slap on the wrist.
It is true that every nation needs a government. It is also true that the government occasionally does what it is supposed to do. It may also be true that most of the US federal government is evil, especially at the highest levels. Let me cite a source for you: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stil...
This is a very responsible (from google's point of view) attack on a rival company by google. If Microsoft loses Windows customers, Google gains Android customers. There is no losing scenario for google by doing this -- they make microsoft look bad, encourage hackers to target microsoft products, and drive customers away from microsoft and towards google. To be fair, they did in fact give MS a 90-window (ahem) to fix this bug, rather than making it public as soon as they found it, which they also could have done and which would have had a comparable benefit for Google.
+1
Alas, no mod points. +1 to this, implement the security in the wetware.
I lost about three days of productivity on a new programming language (the Asterisk extensions.conf stuff, actually) because it turns out that that particular language treats whitespace after a comma in a function call as part of the passed parameter. A wonderful example of a language enforcing a language standard -- you cannot put a space after your commas, or the language will break. I only wish it had been documented a little bit better. On balance, though, I would argue that that's a perfect example of a very good reason NOT to strictly enforce coding style.
If they are going to give some one total body irradiation, they will have to give you a stem cell transplant in order for you to survive.
Or else say they're looking for terrorists and are irradiating you for your own good.
Because the store's brand is always the highest quality.