Scroll down until you hit the GOMBAC. Looks like a normal backpack. Works like a normal backpack. Made to carry a laptop.
This bag is way over your projected price, but don't be put off by this. A Tough Traveler bag will last you for decades. You might even hand it down to your kids. Their stuff is absolutely "bulletproof" and since they actually manufacture their own bags, in their own American factory, by hand, anything that does go wrong can be repaired by the same people that made it.
Not only do I have Tough Traveler bags, but a Tough Traveler soft guitar case. I've put this case through hell for 20 years. I've never had a guitar damaged in one and not so much as a snap has ever failed. I know people who trust pre WWII Martins worth tens of thousands of dollars to these bags.
Your laptop cost you a lot of money. Spend another hundred or so to keep it safe, and probably never have to buy another bag again.
but weren't Newton's ideas debunked by Einstein's theory of relativity?
No, no, no. Einstein revised, extended and made Newton's mathmatical model of observable phenomenon (not his ideas) more accurate. Newton's "laws" simply turn out to be a limited case, not inapplicable or "wrong."
In fact, Newton himself was perfectly aware of this and published unexplained phenonenom which his model could not handle.
Relativity is not even considered modern physics, it is classical. Einstein did not kill Newton, he stood on Newton's shoulders.
The 5th Avenue Pharmacy is on Fulton St. and Broadway Choppers is now all the way across town on Bradley. Stockade Orientals isn't even in the same city as the Stockade neighborhood anymore.
These businesses now spend a disproportionate amount of time explaining the situation to potential customers, but changing the business name would be even more troublesome, and rather costly.
It's better to chose business and product names that avoid as much potential confusion as possible, in all possible situations, and then just deal with the fact that you're still going to have to deal with some confused customers.
The America's Cup races are held every four years, primarily because it's a technical series and it takes that long to raise the money, build and develop a boat.
Something to think about though, SpaceShipOne only cost about as a much as a well funded, front running 12 meter yacht program.
If you can scrap up the moolah it's now a legitmate choice, boat or space ship.
KFG
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I'm just saying 'the business' will have to change.
Indeed. Just bear in mind that many of those misses only exist because the people who had millions felt pressure to push out some sort of product, rather than dedication to an idea.
Most movies, games and even music are manufactured in the same manner that thingamabobs are manufactured, simply because the machinery exists and needs to be fed.
Trimming the pyrite doesn't at all imply a proportional trimming of the gold. They come from different mines.
The problem is that engineers are not able to state these risks as certainties, because they are risks.
Of course.
Of course I still don't recommend lighting a stick of dynamite in your hand. The risk factor is one that I personally wouldn't find acceptable, although YMMV.
Lighting a stick of dynamite in somebody else's hand and then running away is very different kettle of fish.
The odds of losing at Russian Roulette are only one in six, and yet it isn't a very popular sport. The odds of winning the lottery are one in a godzillion, and yet it's played by hundreds of millions.
The relevant fact here is not that a risk factor existed and was found acceptable, but rather that a known risk factor was suppressed and ignored in order make the probabilities seem acceptable because launching on schedule had become the overt goal, rather than a reasonably safe launch by objective standards.
It was motivated wishful thinking, not honest risk analysis, and not by any single 'murderous' manager, but by many people along the way, each operating in a similar enviroment which promoted such a style of management.
And when you do that your risk factors go up, and thus your losses go up.
I'm just saying that management would be a lot smarter if they had perfect engineers who were always right.
No, the engineers would be impossibly smarter and management would be redundant form stampers. The 'smartness' of the engineers does not effect the 'smartness' of management. Managment would be a lot smarter if they learned to listen to what the engineers were saying. As it is they don't even listen when mathmatical proofs are available. They simply aren't interested in 'right,' although this doesn't often stop them from complaining about engineers not giving them a 'straight answer,' but only probabilities when such is applicable.
(And please bear in mind that my experience is not limited to being an engineer. I have been a manager, Chief Operating Officer and even a director in my time. My biases come from having worn many hats, not just one)
. ..both engineers and managers have to deal with what we got.
This is only true in the limited sense. Non cooperation is always an option.
Interestingly enough, I can't figure out where 'boss' come form, only that it also means 'knob or protuberance', hence 'emboss'.
It is originally New York State slang, which was previously New Holland, the majority of the population remaining of Dutch descent for nearly 100 years after the British took over administrative control of the territory (with a French majority in the Adirondacks). It comes from the Dutch 'baas', meaning 'master.'
Oddly enough, the 'boss' meaning 'knob or protuberance' comes from the French 'boce,' which can also mean to beat to produce a swelling.
I don't have a reference handy for the Indo-European root of these words, but my sense of the sardonic suggests to me that these two words share the same root.
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Am I right. . .
.do I win a prize?
Yes. I guess I need to start using Zen tags or something.
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Absolutely. You win an hour, all expenses paid by you, in beautiful, downtown Troy, NY.
Second prize is two hours in Troy.
KFG
Q: If you toss a banjo and an accordian off the top of the Empire State Building, which one hits the ground first?
A: Who cares?
KFG
GOMBAC
Scroll down until you hit the GOMBAC. Looks like a normal backpack. Works like a normal backpack. Made to carry a laptop.
This bag is way over your projected price, but don't be put off by this. A Tough Traveler bag will last you for decades. You might even hand it down to your kids. Their stuff is absolutely "bulletproof" and since they actually manufacture their own bags, in their own American factory, by hand, anything that does go wrong can be repaired by the same people that made it.
Not only do I have Tough Traveler bags, but a Tough Traveler soft guitar case. I've put this case through hell for 20 years. I've never had a guitar damaged in one and not so much as a snap has ever failed. I know people who trust pre WWII Martins worth tens of thousands of dollars to these bags.
Your laptop cost you a lot of money. Spend another hundred or so to keep it safe, and probably never have to buy another bag again.
KFG
The model doesn't work at the atomic level, and that's where the relativistic model enters. Both are true in a sense.
You are confusing Relativity and Quantum Theory, Classical physics and Modern.
Relativity is a classical theory of gravitational, i.e. macro, masses.
KFG
but weren't Newton's ideas debunked by Einstein's theory of relativity?
No, no, no. Einstein revised, extended and made Newton's mathmatical model of observable phenomenon (not his ideas) more accurate. Newton's "laws" simply turn out to be a limited case, not inapplicable or "wrong."
In fact, Newton himself was perfectly aware of this and published unexplained phenonenom which his model could not handle.
Relativity is not even considered modern physics, it is classical. Einstein did not kill Newton, he stood on Newton's shoulders.
KFG
. . .use a FUCKING DICTIONARY.
Show me where to find one and I'll not only use it, I'll marry the damned thing.
KFG
It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Power to the people."
KFG
. . .it seems so much easier to me to find what I'm looking for on the web.
What you are looking for is not always what you need to know.
KFG
Rocky Rococo -- Hit man
KFG
Gotta find my destiny, before it gets too late --Ian Curtis
Death. Fortunately it's never too late, no matter how long you put it off.
KFG
It's easy enough to steam open an envelope and reseal it afterwards.
You are laboring under the misapprehension that such a structure would have the trivial intent of simply insuring the physical ability to read mail.
In fact, it's function would be an overt and highly visible application of governmental powers. i.e., making sure you were keenly aware of your place.
KFG
My original post was meant sarcastically, I wasn't even careful with my proofreading. I was surprised to see the "Insightful" moderation. . .
Mine was meant metasarcastically and really aimed at those inclined to take yours literally.
KFG
Remember that anyone who encrypts their email obviously has something to hide and doesn't support their government and their own freedom!
And in future putting snail mail in an envelope will be defacto evidence of criminal intent.
At that point the Post Office will only deliver mail contained in government certified lock boxes for which they hold a master key.
KFG
Wonder how the groupthink will justify this.
They wish to consolodate the power of surviellence to themselves, and themselves alone.
That way they can not only snoop on the people, but on the snoopers as well; and all without having to worry about being snooped on.
Pretty slick setup really, if they're allowed to pull it off.
KFG
Not good as long term strategy.
The 5th Avenue Pharmacy is on Fulton St. and Broadway Choppers is now all the way across town on Bradley. Stockade Orientals isn't even in the same city as the Stockade neighborhood anymore.
These businesses now spend a disproportionate amount of time explaining the situation to potential customers, but changing the business name would be even more troublesome, and rather costly.
It's better to chose business and product names that avoid as much potential confusion as possible, in all possible situations, and then just deal with the fact that you're still going to have to deal with some confused customers.
KFG
krap
3.Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
4.Cheap or shoddy material.
5.Miscellaneous or disorganized items; clutter.
KFG
. . .how much does one of the slashvertizements cost?
One set of balls big enough to submit selfpromotion as a story. A bonus point if they're big, fat, hairy monkey balls.
KFG
The AC races are held whenever they've decided to hold the next one.
Or when the courts decide they should hold the next one. Welcome to modern times. Feel free to add an "or so" to "every four years" if you like.
And, of course, the current cup races are contested in IACC boats, not 12s.
KFG
. . protect us from GodWorld(tm)
Too late already I'm afraid.
KFG
I'm wondering whether some will sacrifice their safety margin in an attempt to one-up the competition.
Of course, hang gliders, surfers, rock climbers, downhill mountain bikers, blue water sailers, et al do it, and die, every day.
So long as they're privately funded and aren't a danger to the general public, 'tain't nobody's business but their own.
God protect us from NerfWorld(tm).
KFG
The America's Cup races are held every four years, primarily because it's a technical series and it takes that long to raise the money, build and develop a boat.
Something to think about though, SpaceShipOne only cost about as a much as a well funded, front running 12 meter yacht program.
If you can scrap up the moolah it's now a legitmate choice, boat or space ship.
KFG
I'm just saying 'the business' will have to change.
Indeed. Just bear in mind that many of those misses only exist because the people who had millions felt pressure to push out some sort of product, rather than dedication to an idea.
Most movies, games and even music are manufactured in the same manner that thingamabobs are manufactured, simply because the machinery exists and needs to be fed.
Trimming the pyrite doesn't at all imply a proportional trimming of the gold. They come from different mines.
KFG
. . .this is a highly biased view. . .
.both engineers and managers have to deal with what we got.
Of course.
The problem is that engineers are not able to state these risks as certainties, because they are risks.
Of course.
Of course I still don't recommend lighting a stick of dynamite in your hand. The risk factor is one that I personally wouldn't find acceptable, although YMMV.
Lighting a stick of dynamite in somebody else's hand and then running away is very different kettle of fish.
The odds of losing at Russian Roulette are only one in six, and yet it isn't a very popular sport. The odds of winning the lottery are one in a godzillion, and yet it's played by hundreds of millions.
The relevant fact here is not that a risk factor existed and was found acceptable, but rather that a known risk factor was suppressed and ignored in order make the probabilities seem acceptable because launching on schedule had become the overt goal, rather than a reasonably safe launch by objective standards.
It was motivated wishful thinking, not honest risk analysis, and not by any single 'murderous' manager, but by many people along the way, each operating in a similar enviroment which promoted such a style of management.
And when you do that your risk factors go up, and thus your losses go up.
I'm just saying that management would be a lot smarter if they had perfect engineers who were always right.
No, the engineers would be impossibly smarter and management would be redundant form stampers. The 'smartness' of the engineers does not effect the 'smartness' of management. Managment would be a lot smarter if they learned to listen to what the engineers were saying. As it is they don't even listen when mathmatical proofs are available. They simply aren't interested in 'right,' although this doesn't often stop them from complaining about engineers not giving them a 'straight answer,' but only probabilities when such is applicable.
(And please bear in mind that my experience is not limited to being an engineer. I have been a manager, Chief Operating Officer and even a director in my time. My biases come from having worn many hats, not just one)
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This is only true in the limited sense. Non cooperation is always an option.
KFG
Interestingly enough, I can't figure out where 'boss' come form, only that it also means 'knob or protuberance', hence 'emboss'.
It is originally New York State slang, which was previously New Holland, the majority of the population remaining of Dutch descent for nearly 100 years after the British took over administrative control of the territory (with a French majority in the Adirondacks). It comes from the Dutch 'baas', meaning 'master.'
Oddly enough, the 'boss' meaning 'knob or protuberance' comes from the French 'boce,' which can also mean to beat to produce a swelling.
I don't have a reference handy for the Indo-European root of these words, but my sense of the sardonic suggests to me that these two words share the same root.
KFG
I'll stick to Irish Coffee.
My personal choice as well.
The great thing about mixing stimulants and depressants is that when someone passes out they keep twitching. Talk about the life of the party.
KFG