Yes, she's just a 4channer who uploaded the image to memegenerator.
No, it isn't on Idle. It's on Tech. I'm pretty sure Nimey thought the story was posted in the Idle section.
However his confusion is understandable, as apparently now stories that get tagged "Idle" show up in the Idle front page regardless of which section they were initially posted in.
I don't need to see all that well - a pinhole-sized camera would rival most of the lower-quality videos you'd find online, while still being relatively invisble. And the sound quality should be pretty good too...
And in some states, possible legal liability (in more than three states, too, I'm sure - I don't know why the source I found seemed to imply that only those three states have legislation on the books to protect people from this; maybe they really don't, but even so it's just begging for a lawsuit to convince the other states to write a law about it).
there's a far more pragmatic reason for those laws - if the temperature drops below freezing and a home that isn't winterized isn't heated, the pipes could freeze and burst
While that's true, it isn't the reason for those laws. They specifically exclude, for example, unoccupied houses.
Anyway, why should the government give a flying crap about possible damage to the house due to pipes bursting, etc.? That's for the insurance companies to battle out with the utilities...
Chrome seems to just render a blank document for mhtml: urls, and doesn't let you enter them in the omnibox directly... Firefox gets confused and thinks mhtml: is not associated with any application
Yeah. Probably because "mhtml" isn't a valid URL protocol, according to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
"My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtml" doesn't exist.
"My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile" exists, but it doesn't have the "URL Protocol" REG_SZ flag set.
For instance, to add an "alert:" protocol, add an alert key to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, as follows [...] Under this new key, the URL Protocol string value indicates that this key declares a custom protocol handler. Without this key, the handler application will not launch. [...]
In three states, there is a provision called the "Cold Weather Rule." In Minnesota, Missouri, and Kansas, the power company cannot turn off the heat to a home under certain circumstances. For instance, in Minnesota, homeowners are protected from heat shut off from October 15-April 15 each year. In Missouri, the heat can not be turned off if the temperature is forecasted to drop below 32 degrees. In 2009, the Kansas Cold Weather Rule when into effect for the period of November 1-March 31. There are also some regulations in New York City that may prohibit shut off of heating during the cold weather months.
Instead of telling ISPs that they need to start keeping tons of information for ridiculous lengths of time so that they can produce it if they get subpoenaed, why don't they focus on making the legal system work quickly enough that it doesn't TAKE two years to ask for it? (Then again... nah, that's crazy talk. It could never happen.)
There should not be a record, anywhere, of exactly who had which IP address when, accurate to the last IP address, person, and second, TWO YEARS AGO. Period.
Just to make things interesting, I binged it (has bing been verbed yet?). The top result was something from 2006 (!) that lists Google with about 49% of the search market, and the 4th said right in the search result headline, "Google is the Most Popular Search Engine in the World".
(Top result in a search for popularity is 4 years old? But just to be fair I checked Google, and it gave the same first result, strangely enough.)
There's a reason that collecting many small payments spread over time will usually result in higher total revenue than getting one lump sump as a monthly subscription. It's the same reason that an "all-you-can-gamble" slot machine (e.g. penny slot machine but deposit $20, unlimited plays until you leave) would be much less profitable for casinos. They get you every time you need that one next thing.
It makes you feel like you can afford more, even though you end up paying more in the long run. And it's become so all-encompassing in our society as to even affect the way we buy luxury items like TVs. You can't afford a $2500 wall-sized TV, but you can afford a low monthly payment of $150 for the next 18 months...
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Personally I don't give the Turing test much credit anymore after a microwaved fleshlight somehow managed to pass it...
I'm curious to see what he did to deserve this kind of response.
He broke up with her a few weeks before Valentine's day, obviously.
Yes, she's just a 4channer who uploaded the image to memegenerator.
No, it isn't on Idle. It's on Tech. I'm pretty sure Nimey thought the story was posted in the Idle section.
However his confusion is understandable, as apparently now stories that get tagged "Idle" show up in the Idle front page regardless of which section they were initially posted in.
Because she's a psycho, or because it takes a lot of technical skillz to put an image on Memegenerator?
I'd be content enough to only see infrared light while I was "invisible" - as a bonus I hear it passes through lightweight cotton fabric pretty well.
"as well" == "also" == "too"
I knew that, of course, but I wasn't about to let it stop me from making my point.
Key phrase: as well.
I don't need to see all that well - a pinhole-sized camera would rival most of the lower-quality videos you'd find online, while still being relatively invisble. And the sound quality should be pretty good too...
640 kcal should be enough for anyone!
I wouldn't say that WikiLeaks has contributed very much to peace. More like it has contributed rather toward strife.
Peace is overrated anyway. Don't they say conflict builds character?
So what you're saying is, you copied & pasted code from the MSDN website (which has "© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." printed at the bottom) without citing the source of the information that you ripped from it.
Isn't that called plagiarism?
Bad publicity?
Bzzz. The correct answer was, "a lawsuit".
And in some states, possible legal liability (in more than three states, too, I'm sure - I don't know why the source I found seemed to imply that only those three states have legislation on the books to protect people from this; maybe they really don't, but even so it's just begging for a lawsuit to convince the other states to write a law about it).
there's a far more pragmatic reason for those laws - if the temperature drops below freezing and a home that isn't winterized isn't heated, the pipes could freeze and burst
While that's true, it isn't the reason for those laws. They specifically exclude, for example, unoccupied houses.
Anyway, why should the government give a flying crap about possible damage to the house due to pipes bursting, etc.? That's for the insurance companies to battle out with the utilities...
Firefox does not "crash". It pops up an alert message which reads as follows:
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (mhtml) isn't associated with any program.
...which it isn't. Go check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT...
Chrome seems to just render a blank document for mhtml: urls, and doesn't let you enter them in the omnibox directly... Firefox gets confused and thinks mhtml: is not associated with any application
Yeah. Probably because "mhtml" isn't a valid URL protocol, according to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
"My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtml" doesn't exist.
"My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile" exists, but it doesn't have the "URL Protocol" REG_SZ flag set.
Here we have yet another example of Internet Explorer / Windows doing things in non-standard ways and breaking everything else. The MSDN Library even has a how-to page describing how to register an application to a URL protocol...
For instance, to add an "alert:" protocol, add an alert key to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, as follows [...] Under this new key, the URL Protocol string value indicates that this key declares a custom protocol handler. Without this key, the handler application will not launch. [...]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
alert
(Default) = "URL:Alert Protocol"
URL Protocol = ""
DefaultIcon
(Default) = "alert.exe,1"
shell
open
command
(Default) = "C:\Program Files\Alert\alert.exe" "%1"quote>
Oh really?
In three states, there is a provision called the "Cold Weather Rule." In Minnesota, Missouri, and Kansas, the power company cannot turn off the heat to a home under certain circumstances. For instance, in Minnesota, homeowners are protected from heat shut off from October 15-April 15 each year. In Missouri, the heat can not be turned off if the temperature is forecasted to drop below 32 degrees. In 2009, the Kansas Cold Weather Rule when into effect for the period of November 1-March 31. There are also some regulations in New York City that may prohibit shut off of heating during the cold weather months.
http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2010/01/what-to-do-when-the-cold-snap-is-on-but-heat-is-off.html
Care to hazard a guess what happens if the power co. shuts off an elderly shut-in's heat during the winter and they freeze to death?
Instead of telling ISPs that they need to start keeping tons of information for ridiculous lengths of time so that they can produce it if they get subpoenaed, why don't they focus on making the legal system work quickly enough that it doesn't TAKE two years to ask for it? (Then again... nah, that's crazy talk. It could never happen.)
There should not be a record, anywhere, of exactly who had which IP address when, accurate to the last IP address, person, and second, TWO YEARS AGO. Period.
Pretty soon the standard disclaimer will read: Not for use in the operation of nuclear facilities or spacecraft...
http://www.google.com/search?q=why%20can%27t%20you%20record%20a%20frequency%20higher%20than%2022khz%20on%20a%20cd
4th result: Talk:Nyquist frequency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That's the one that says that the sampling rate has to be twice as fast as the maximum limit frequency you want to detect, right?
http://www.google.com/search?q=twice%20the%20frequency%20limit
Maybe you used a different Google.
Cyber-warfare will likely always be guerrilla warfare: one-sided surprise attacks.
Then why does this Material Safety Data Sheet for 200 proof ethanol state that it has an "alcohol odor"?
http://www.deconlabs.com/msds/200%20Proof%20Ethanol.pdf
Just to make things interesting, I binged it (has bing been verbed yet?). The top result was something from 2006 (!) that lists Google with about 49% of the search market, and the 4th said right in the search result headline, "Google is the Most Popular Search Engine in the World".
(Top result in a search for popularity is 4 years old? But just to be fair I checked Google, and it gave the same first result, strangely enough.)
I seem to recall somebody posting a video showing reCAPTHCA-cracking with something like 30% accuracy. That's very broken.
If I have ever said that some people could turn "anything" into a vast right-wing conspiracy, I probably didn't really mean it at the time.
Well, I know better now.
There's a reason that collecting many small payments spread over time will usually result in higher total revenue than getting one lump sump as a monthly subscription. It's the same reason that an "all-you-can-gamble" slot machine (e.g. penny slot machine but deposit $20, unlimited plays until you leave) would be much less profitable for casinos. They get you every time you need that one next thing.
It makes you feel like you can afford more, even though you end up paying more in the long run. And it's become so all-encompassing in our society as to even affect the way we buy luxury items like TVs. You can't afford a $2500 wall-sized TV, but you can afford a low monthly payment of $150 for the next 18 months...
Hi, can I be his sockpuppet too?