Now, if only those speed limits were defined in a sensible fashion.
I am a U.S. civil engineering student, and I know a bit about speed limits on various roads. When deciding what speed limit, say, a highway might have, the limiting factors include turn radii, stopping-sight distance, among other things. Though a piece of road may be straight and a really high speed can be justified, there are always sections of road (vertical hills, curves) where the driver's sight distance is significantly shortened, and it makes no sense to make the speed limit somewhat higher for a very short stretch of road, only to reduce it again temporarily. A standard time/distance is usually used to determine how long it should take a driver from going (slightly above) the speed limit to completely stopped (this is stopping-sight distance), and the speed limit is based on this allowable distance.
Granted, roads are often designed for higher speeds than where the speed limits are set, but if the speed limits were set at that maximum design value, then any speeding whatsoever would result in no factor-of-safety at all, which is unacceptable from an engineering standpoint (for example, a road designed for (sorry, US units here) 85 mi/hr may receive a speed limit of 75 mi/hr). Also, number of lanes on a highway is somewhat irrelevant to speed limit. What is important to realize is that speed limits are set as high as is allowable, and there is no conspiracy to just blindly limit speeds in a not-sensible fashion. If there are not-sensible speed limits in place where you live, it may be a result of incompetent public officials. Of course, cities always have pre-defined maximum speed limits for types of zoning, etc., so speed limits in cities will always be significantly lower than any design speed for a road system.
I, for one, won't be satisfied until everything is completely vectorized. I think you could make entire series like this. All you have to do is find the slope of their face.
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I see what you did there...getting "+5 Funny" multiple times for exactly the same comment, with one phrase switched around in the order, eh?
It is not clear to me whether you are referring to Gmail being out of beta or G+ being the "only product to reach 25M users while still in beta", but here's the source on Gmail being out of beta.
All too often I see folks claiming to be "Green" because they ripped out a perfectly good kitchen counter and replaced with recycled baby wipes or some such.
The problem is when people actively search for things to get rid of with the intention of replacing those with "green" alternatives — such as the kitchen counter in your example. It is somewhat different in the context of glasses frames: There are always people who are buying their first pair of glasses, need new frames because old ones broke, or were planning a change of style anyway. The "go green" mindset would be more justifiable in these types of cases.
I've wanted to use Opera for a while, but my main issue with it over the years has been how it blatantly ignores OS themes and comes charging in with its own crazy color schemes in stark contrast to everything else. I take it this hasn't been fixed, yet? It should have some sort of option to tick like Chrom[e|ium] to use the current desktop theme as best it can.
(The last time I posted something like this someone modded me a troll... Please don't mod me a troll; I'm just a guy who likes visual uniformity across all of my applications! Honest!)
I would like a system here in the U.S. — or anywhere, for that matter — to opt-out of various things my political representatives would otherwise vote for. In other words, I would like them to, by default, represent me by voting as they normally would, but if I can't trust them to vote the way I want them to on some particular bill/issue/whatever, I would like a way to override my small portion of their vote by voting for myself.
I suppose it would be similar to how stockholders can vote on corporate decisions, so long as they hold at least one share of stock. It wouldn't count for much, but at least the person can be represented exactly how they choose.
Speed limits are based upon design speeds, less a bit, in order to add a factor of safety. A 60 mi/hr (or km/hr, if you like) road may be designed for a speed of 75 or 80 with the knowledge that people will break the law. Designing considerations include stopping-sight distance, friction, radii of curvatures, vertical curves, etc.. These are all factored in when determining the speed limit so that the general public is still safe when a driver surpasses the posted speed limit.
If speed limits were increased because they are "too low" then you eliminate the factor of safety. The solution to what you said would be to increase the design speeds of roads; simply upping the speed limit because it is not as high as some people would like is not necessarily a practical solution. Of course, this would not fix your stated problem for roads already in place.
As a person who types in Colemak, I would be devastated if my CapsLock key was taken away --- though the initial key need not be CapsLock. As long as there's some key in its place, I'd be fine.
Why can't a person just fold their hands in front of them while going through the machine, thereby covering up those sensitive parts? Last I checked, the hands pretty much hang down at the same height...
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Might this shortage help spur interest in SSDs?
Relevant xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/37/
Seriously, there are still people who click through EULAs? I've long since offloaded that to my feline friends.
It's alright, World Backup Day wasn't too long ago. We can just restore from that.
Now, if only those speed limits were defined in a sensible fashion.
I am a U.S. civil engineering student, and I know a bit about speed limits on various roads. When deciding what speed limit, say, a highway might have, the limiting factors include turn radii, stopping-sight distance, among other things. Though a piece of road may be straight and a really high speed can be justified, there are always sections of road (vertical hills, curves) where the driver's sight distance is significantly shortened, and it makes no sense to make the speed limit somewhat higher for a very short stretch of road, only to reduce it again temporarily. A standard time/distance is usually used to determine how long it should take a driver from going (slightly above) the speed limit to completely stopped (this is stopping-sight distance), and the speed limit is based on this allowable distance.
Granted, roads are often designed for higher speeds than where the speed limits are set, but if the speed limits were set at that maximum design value, then any speeding whatsoever would result in no factor-of-safety at all, which is unacceptable from an engineering standpoint (for example, a road designed for (sorry, US units here) 85 mi/hr may receive a speed limit of 75 mi/hr). Also, number of lanes on a highway is somewhat irrelevant to speed limit. What is important to realize is that speed limits are set as high as is allowable, and there is no conspiracy to just blindly limit speeds in a not-sensible fashion. If there are not-sensible speed limits in place where you live, it may be a result of incompetent public officials. Of course, cities always have pre-defined maximum speed limits for types of zoning, etc., so speed limits in cities will always be significantly lower than any design speed for a road system.
What about lucid dreaming? Is it a viable (and/or cheaper) option compared to these "therapeutic dreams"?
It seems to me that the best dreams would be those which can be experienced and directed as one wishes.
I, for one, won't be satisfied until everything is completely vectorized. I think you could make entire series like this. All you have to do is find the slope of their face.
this and this I see what you did there...getting "+5 Funny" multiple times for exactly the same comment, with one phrase switched around in the order, eh?
No, it's not.
It is not clear to me whether you are referring to Gmail being out of beta or G+ being the "only product to reach 25M users while still in beta", but here's the source on Gmail being out of beta.
The summary seemed to imply "security through obscurity to me.
All too often I see folks claiming to be "Green" because they ripped out a perfectly good kitchen counter and replaced with recycled baby wipes or some such.
The problem is when people actively search for things to get rid of with the intention of replacing those with "green" alternatives — such as the kitchen counter in your example. It is somewhat different in the context of glasses frames: There are always people who are buying their first pair of glasses, need new frames because old ones broke, or were planning a change of style anyway. The "go green" mindset would be more justifiable in these types of cases.
I've wanted to use Opera for a while, but my main issue with it over the years has been how it blatantly ignores OS themes and comes charging in with its own crazy color schemes in stark contrast to everything else. I take it this hasn't been fixed, yet? It should have some sort of option to tick like Chrom[e|ium] to use the current desktop theme as best it can.
(The last time I posted something like this someone modded me a troll... Please don't mod me a troll; I'm just a guy who likes visual uniformity across all of my applications! Honest!)
I would like a system here in the U.S. — or anywhere, for that matter — to opt-out of various things my political representatives would otherwise vote for. In other words, I would like them to, by default, represent me by voting as they normally would, but if I can't trust them to vote the way I want them to on some particular bill/issue/whatever, I would like a way to override my small portion of their vote by voting for myself.
I suppose it would be similar to how stockholders can vote on corporate decisions, so long as they hold at least one share of stock. It wouldn't count for much, but at least the person can be represented exactly how they choose.
I understand that speed limits are too low....
Speed limits are based upon design speeds, less a bit, in order to add a factor of safety. A 60 mi/hr (or km/hr, if you like) road may be designed for a speed of 75 or 80 with the knowledge that people will break the law. Designing considerations include stopping-sight distance, friction, radii of curvatures, vertical curves, etc.. These are all factored in when determining the speed limit so that the general public is still safe when a driver surpasses the posted speed limit.
If speed limits were increased because they are "too low" then you eliminate the factor of safety. The solution to what you said would be to increase the design speeds of roads; simply upping the speed limit because it is not as high as some people would like is not necessarily a practical solution. Of course, this would not fix your stated problem for roads already in place.
You're right...except for the fact that it's mostly the TSA making the big fuss and not regular Americans.
Ernie Chambers has a following on 4chan?
Terrifffic!
Fixed that for ya.
As a person who types in Colemak, I would be devastated if my CapsLock key was taken away --- though the initial key need not be CapsLock. As long as there's some key in its place, I'd be fine.
Well, technically, if it's sends out tens of billions, it also sends out millions, too. :)
Why can't a person just fold their hands in front of them while going through the machine, thereby covering up those sensitive parts? Last I checked, the hands pretty much hang down at the same height...
"After a few months the project slowly died and the money raised was used to buy trees instead..."
Source
I completely agree with you in every aspect.
I refuse to use Opera until it obeys operating system themes.
Seriously, I don't get the anti-JavaScript mindset. From what I understand, however, it is only a small (and quite vocal) minority.
People who disable JavaScript should not expect to experience a working website (including Twitter).
I type using the Colemak layout. My D & R keys are approximately 3cm apart, you insensitive clod!