Gravel Roads might be cheaper from an infrastructure POV, but they have serious downsides.
* You can't plow them for snow removal. Michigan gets some big snow, so this means isolating people until a thaw. * They beat the crap out of cars. * They get dusty during dry spells. Visibility is reduced when following another driver, leading to safety concerns. * Traction is reduced. Stopping times during an emergency are much different because a moving car will slide on a layer of loose rock without direct traction. You can easily slide into a disabled vehicle(s) or off the road. * Even the Amish will laugh at Michigan if they do this.
No, what this shows is companies who employ full time attorneys are more likely to become involved in lawsuits. The patents are simply the weapon of choice.
EFF understands the threat against OSS and that's why we continue to see the stockpile of defensive portfolios.
T-Mobile is a joke and all of the new Android phones are heading for service providers outside the US. Is Google serious about it's platform or not? I'd love and Android phone but we don't even have T-Mobile in the US midwest region.
It's only environmentally unsound if people dispose of the parts improperly. Many communities in the US now have computer part recycling programs, companies that will take your parts for scrap metal, or any number of alternatives to chucking it in the landfill.
The computer industry could do more to educate people about recycling old machines, monitors, etc... Focus your indignation in that direction.
As it's been pointed out, Grandma and Grandpa don't understand disk utilities. They do understand "smash".
Does this mean the sleep function will finally work as it should without draining the batteries? I have yet to see a laptop running Linux go into hibernate mode and not bleed off the batteries.
A perfect ending. Don't do a third film.
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This film is a perfect, grim closing chapter for the Nolan Batman. I honestly don't think they should do a third film. Here's why:
(I shouldn't have to say SPOILERS at this point, but you've been warned)
1) The Joker and Harvey Dent were played to perfection. It would be a mistake to re-cast Heath Ledger, and the character Harvey is dead. So the two most important Batman villains are off the table for a third film. 2) No, they can't bring Harvey back to life. Not if they want to maintain the "real" tone they've established. 3) In the first film Bruce spoke of the importance of the "symbol". A man can be killed, but a symbol endures. It is incorruptable. Not after this film. Bruce has allowed the symbol of Batman to be destroyed for the sake of Harvey. Batman is now a cop killer. And it's only a matter of time before Harvey the symbol fails. Those symbols will never be the same to the people of Gotham. 4) Batman killed Harvey Dent. He crossed his most important line. Perhaps in a very defensable way, saving Gordon's son, but it was a line Bruce swore he would never cross. Two-face made Bruce do what even the Joker couldn't. 5) Every "good" guy compromised and betrayed what they valued most to fight the Joker. Gordon let his own family believe he was dead. Lucious Fox became the very big brother be warned Bruce against. Harvey couldn't bring in the mob as an attorney, so as Two-Face he took out their leaders with a gun. Alfred talked Bruce through the moral barrier that had kept him from lowering to Joker's level. And Bruce has destroyed the whole point of Batman. And it was all done with the best of intentions, yet in the end they all did they very thing they hated the most. 6) Bruce had hoped to step down as Batman, but with Harvey's death he never can. Batman will now be without allies of any sort. Fox is gone. Harvey is gone. Rachell is gone. Gordon cannot let on the truth or help Bruce. No new batmobiles or armor. In the Nolan universe, Batman has relied heavily on these resources, and they are all gone. 7) You cannot follow this with a "lighter, happier" movie. 8) Batman doesn't have a villian who can raise the steaks from what Joker did. 9) Gotham PD believe he is a cop killer. Bruce cannot be as effective now that he must do everything covertly. For all of Bruce's remaining days as Batman he will be hunted. 10) Nolan's Batman doesn't need a happy ending. It needs a truthful ending, as this film has given it.
Looking at the Jupiter design and the Ares V, they look to the untrained eye to be very similar. I see a shuttle liquid oxygen tank on both designs, SRBs on both, aft skirt thrust modules on both, and similiar configurations for the upper command modules and payload.
The Jupiter uses some delta engines. The Ares doesn't.
Asided from that what are the major differences? More importantly, why should we feel one of these projects offers a great advantage? The Jupiter paper talks as if NASA is heading down a bad path, but it looks like they both are using shuttle bits.
* Story Highlights
* Source: John Brennan advises Barack Obama on foreign policy, intelligence issues
* The passport files of three presidential contenders were improperly accessed
* A contractor for the Analysis Corp. has been disciplined
* Two contractors who worked for Stanley Inc. have been fired
From Kate Bolduan CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday.
John O. Brennan, president and CEO of the Analysis Corp., advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues, the source said.
Brennan briefed the media on behalf of the campaign this month.
The executive is a former senior CIA official and former interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
He contributed $2,300 to the Obama campaign in January.
When asked about the contribution, a State Department official told CNN's Zain Verjee, "We ethically awarded contracts. Political affiliation is not one of the factors that we check."
On Friday, the department revealed that Obama's passport file was improperly accessed three times this year, and the security of passport files of the two other major presidential candidates -- Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain -- had also been breached. VideoWatch the secretary of state apologize for the breach
Three contract emplyees are accused in the wrongdoing, including the one who works for Analysis Corp. and who was disciplined. That contract employee accessed McCain's file in addition to Obama's. None of the contract employees was identified. Learn more about the companies involved
The other two contract employees worked for Stanley Inc. They were fired.
The Washington Times, which broke the story Thursday night that Obama's records had been improperly accessed, reported Saturday that the State Department inquiry is focusing on the Analysis Corp. employee. Also, the investigation by the department's inspector general will include polygraph tests for supervisors in the passport section to find out whether there was any political motive.
The department spokesman said Saturday that he would not comment on whether the department was administering polygraphs to employees in connection with the investigation.
"While this is a rare occurrence, we regret the unauthorized access of any individual's private information," the company said Friday in a statement.
Stanley has had contracts with the department since 1992 and was recently awarded a $570 million contract to continue providing support for passport processing. Its CEO, Philip Nolan, contributed $1,000 to the Clinton campaign. VideoWatch how contractor execs are linked to campaigns
The department official said the three contract employees worked in three offices in the Washington area. One office does consular work and visas on evenings, holidays, weekends and overnights; another office issues passports; the third office scans and files materials.
The source said there has been no problem in the past with the Analysis Corp. employee, who has "extensive" experience. The worker has been with the company for years and has always worked under a State Department contract.
Explaining that the department had "complimented" this person for work in the past, the source said the individual is considered a "terrific" employee, except for this one instance, characterized as an "aberration."
The department asked the Analysis Corp. not to take any administrative action against the employee whi
>> "Is it unusual in your experience for, say, a corporate IT department to destroy hard drives by policy?"
A Corporate IT Dept, yes. A Govt. dept, I've seen it before..
One of my good friends (who is still active Air Force and therefore shall remain unnamed) has a 13 inch HD platter. It was given to him as a plaque for some good IT related dead. It is engraved with his name, rank, a thank you , and an image of the starship enterprise. Most of the programmers had a drive platter that had been deeply engraved.
My friend explained since the HD had held military information all sectors had been overwritten with garbage and then the physical media destroyed beyond hope for recovery. He said this was policy for all hard drives on his base. Why? Well my friend's hard drive had simply held weather information from a mainframe.
It's not much of a stretch to think this might happen elsewhere. Does that make it right for the White House emails? I'll leave that to you to decide. I'll admit I don't like it. But as to "is it malicious or incompetent" this administration has shown equal capacities for both.
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So long as it supports LAN. I don't want to pay for more online crap.
But yes, I want a new XvT game in a big way. My wish list item would be the Millennium Falcon is playable by three players (pilot and two gunners)
... and the sales staff can push Monster Cable HDMI cords compatible with your medication dose!
That wasn't Michael.
It was Janet. (Ms. Jackson if you're nasty)
(Oh god I didn't type that.. too much Micheal Jackson news... it's rotting my brain....)
Gravel Roads might be cheaper from an infrastructure POV, but they have serious downsides.
* You can't plow them for snow removal. Michigan gets some big snow, so this means isolating people until a thaw.
* They beat the crap out of cars.
* They get dusty during dry spells. Visibility is reduced when following another driver, leading to safety concerns.
* Traction is reduced. Stopping times during an emergency are much different because a moving car will slide on a layer of loose rock without direct traction. You can easily slide into a disabled vehicle(s) or off the road.
* Even the Amish will laugh at Michigan if they do this.
Instead of posting every single April Fool's prank separately
TSIA
No, what this shows is companies who employ full time attorneys are more likely to become involved in lawsuits. The patents are simply the weapon of choice.
EFF understands the threat against OSS and that's why we continue to see the stockpile of defensive portfolios.
T-Mobile is a joke and all of the new Android phones are heading for service providers outside the US. Is Google serious about it's platform or not? I'd love and Android phone but we don't even have T-Mobile in the US midwest region.
It's only environmentally unsound if people dispose of the parts improperly. Many communities in the US now have computer part recycling programs, companies that will take your parts for scrap metal, or any number of alternatives to chucking it in the landfill.
The computer industry could do more to educate people about recycling old machines, monitors, etc... Focus your indignation in that direction.
As it's been pointed out, Grandma and Grandpa don't understand disk utilities. They do understand "smash".
You can make something as unholy as Clippy without it.
Does this mean the sleep function will finally work as it should without draining the batteries? I have yet to see a laptop running Linux go into hibernate mode and not bleed off the batteries.
That's a sequel I want to see....
This film is a perfect, grim closing chapter for the Nolan Batman. I honestly don't think they should do a third film. Here's why:
(I shouldn't have to say SPOILERS at this point, but you've been warned)
1) The Joker and Harvey Dent were played to perfection. It would be a mistake to re-cast Heath Ledger, and the character Harvey is dead. So the two most important Batman villains are off the table for a third film.
2) No, they can't bring Harvey back to life. Not if they want to maintain the "real" tone they've established.
3) In the first film Bruce spoke of the importance of the "symbol". A man can be killed, but a symbol endures. It is incorruptable. Not after this film. Bruce has allowed the symbol of Batman to be destroyed for the sake of Harvey. Batman is now a cop killer. And it's only a matter of time before Harvey the symbol fails. Those symbols will never be the same to the people of Gotham.
4) Batman killed Harvey Dent. He crossed his most important line. Perhaps in a very defensable way, saving Gordon's son, but it was a line Bruce swore he would never cross. Two-face made Bruce do what even the Joker couldn't.
5) Every "good" guy compromised and betrayed what they valued most to fight the Joker. Gordon let his own family believe he was dead. Lucious Fox became the very big brother be warned Bruce against. Harvey couldn't bring in the mob as an attorney, so as Two-Face he took out their leaders with a gun. Alfred talked Bruce through the moral barrier that had kept him from lowering to Joker's level. And Bruce has destroyed the whole point of Batman. And it was all done with the best of intentions, yet in the end they all did they very thing they hated the most.
6) Bruce had hoped to step down as Batman, but with Harvey's death he never can. Batman will now be without allies of any sort. Fox is gone. Harvey is gone. Rachell is gone. Gordon cannot let on the truth or help Bruce. No new batmobiles or armor. In the Nolan universe, Batman has relied heavily on these resources, and they are all gone.
7) You cannot follow this with a "lighter, happier" movie.
8) Batman doesn't have a villian who can raise the steaks from what Joker did.
9) Gotham PD believe he is a cop killer. Bruce cannot be as effective now that he must do everything covertly. For all of Bruce's remaining days as Batman he will be hunted.
10) Nolan's Batman doesn't need a happy ending. It needs a truthful ending, as this film has given it.
Looking at the Jupiter design and the Ares V, they look to the untrained eye to be very similar. I see a shuttle liquid oxygen tank on both designs, SRBs on both, aft skirt thrust modules on both, and similiar configurations for the upper command modules and payload.
The Jupiter uses some delta engines. The Ares doesn't.
Asided from that what are the major differences? More importantly, why should we feel one of these projects offers a great advantage? The Jupiter paper talks as if NASA is heading down a bad path, but it looks like they both are using shuttle bits.
I hope you were sitting down.
And our departed loved one enters the great circle of free wifi...
and he will deliver broadband for all time
Sweet dreams.
I prefer the political puppet on the right.
Well, I prefer the puppet of the left.
Hey, the same guys are controlling both puppets! We're fucked!
Whay a crappy day to pick for such a big job.
Give or take ~1400 LYs.
I have to go. They're listening
Why waste time on conspiracies when MS is attacking Linux in plain sight?
" Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser"
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/passport.files/index.html
* Story Highlights
* Source: John Brennan advises Barack Obama on foreign policy, intelligence issues
* The passport files of three presidential contenders were improperly accessed
* A contractor for the Analysis Corp. has been disciplined
* Two contractors who worked for Stanley Inc. have been fired
From Kate Bolduan
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday.
John O. Brennan, president and CEO of the Analysis Corp., advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues, the source said.
Brennan briefed the media on behalf of the campaign this month.
The executive is a former senior CIA official and former interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
He contributed $2,300 to the Obama campaign in January.
When asked about the contribution, a State Department official told CNN's Zain Verjee, "We ethically awarded contracts. Political affiliation is not one of the factors that we check."
On Friday, the department revealed that Obama's passport file was improperly accessed three times this year, and the security of passport files of the two other major presidential candidates -- Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain -- had also been breached. VideoWatch the secretary of state apologize for the breach
Three contract emplyees are accused in the wrongdoing, including the one who works for Analysis Corp. and who was disciplined. That contract employee accessed McCain's file in addition to Obama's. None of the contract employees was identified. Learn more about the companies involved
The other two contract employees worked for Stanley Inc. They were fired.
The Washington Times, which broke the story Thursday night that Obama's records had been improperly accessed, reported Saturday that the State Department inquiry is focusing on the Analysis Corp. employee. Also, the investigation by the department's inspector general will include polygraph tests for supervisors in the passport section to find out whether there was any political motive.
The department spokesman said Saturday that he would not comment on whether the department was administering polygraphs to employees in connection with the investigation.
"While this is a rare occurrence, we regret the unauthorized access of any individual's private information," the company said Friday in a statement.
Stanley has had contracts with the department since 1992 and was recently awarded a $570 million contract to continue providing support for passport processing. Its CEO, Philip Nolan, contributed $1,000 to the Clinton campaign. VideoWatch how contractor execs are linked to campaigns
The department official said the three contract employees worked in three offices in the Washington area. One office does consular work and visas on evenings, holidays, weekends and overnights; another office issues passports; the third office scans and files materials.
The source said there has been no problem in the past with the Analysis Corp. employee, who has "extensive" experience. The worker has been with the company for years and has always worked under a State Department contract.
Explaining that the department had "complimented" this person for work in the past, the source said the individual is considered a "terrific" employee, except for this one instance, characterized as an "aberration."
The department asked the Analysis Corp. not to take any administrative action against the employee whi
>> "Is it unusual in your experience for, say, a corporate IT department to destroy hard drives by policy?"
A Corporate IT Dept, yes. A Govt. dept, I've seen it before..
One of my good friends (who is still active Air Force and therefore shall remain unnamed) has a 13 inch HD platter. It was given to him as a plaque for some good IT related dead. It is engraved with his name, rank, a thank you , and an image of the starship enterprise. Most of the programmers had a drive platter that had been deeply engraved.
My friend explained since the HD had held military information all sectors had been overwritten with garbage and then the physical media destroyed beyond hope for recovery. He said this was policy for all hard drives on his base. Why? Well my friend's hard drive had simply held weather information from a mainframe.
It's not much of a stretch to think this might happen elsewhere. Does that make it right for the White House emails? I'll leave that to you to decide. I'll admit I don't like it. But as to "is it malicious or incompetent" this administration has shown equal capacities for both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTbX1aMajow