Roundabouts break down in high traffic. When a roundabout is at full capacity, you have to throw yourself into moving traffic without regard for safety. At least traffic lights give everyone a chance to go.
I'm assuming that's why the larger roundabouts have traffic lights. This seems to be better than the alternative, which is to have more than a single digit percentage of road users who know how box junctions work.
Aren't there are other areas of science that a faster GPU benefits namely structural biology and the modeling proteins?
Even ignoring that, the guy is a fucking idiot.
Hear hear. I sorely miss the old ars, where new CPU architectures were explained - in detail - by someone who actually knew what they were talking about. Nowadays we have op-ed political ramblings, coverage of every. single. thing. to do with Apple and some guy drinking the latest fad food and giving us all a daily update on what colour his shit is. (Seriously, that happened.)
Forcibly take a portion of my personal property (taxes) and it over to some elite board of intellectuals who aren't beholden in any way whatsoever to me, they taxpayer?
That's how taxes work. People often forget just how much power is wielded by unelected officials; by and large, they are the ones really running things. No sane government would entrust its infrastructure to a person with no qualifications who would, on average, only be in the job for a couple of years.
By the by, one would have expected someone who took the name of a Mahatma to be more concerned with the public good... and to have a better idea of how nations actually work.
By keeping politics out of it. Set aside a portion of the national budget to research that will be overseen by an independent trust, then release all the fruits of the same into the public domain.
Sorry, we were talking pies in the sky, weren't we?
BSA: This person stole our client's software! We demand justice!
Judge: Interesting... now, tell me why your client then gave the defendant a free legitimate copy of said software.
*silence*
I would truly enjoy seeing the BSA try to swing that one.
Which is, of course the daily fail. Quoting from that has about as much credibility as quoting from the National Inquirer.
Cut the guy some slack, tmosley probably has some sort of familial connection to the Mail.:P
Mosley, if you're reading, it's an ad hominem not a straw man, and even then this isn't some debating club where we get to use such thought terminating clichés and ignore the well-known and horrendous biases of both Mail and Telegraph.
It usually works fine for me, with the proviso that you have to mark things like headings as such. Like adding metadata it's a pain, but a chore that needs to be done never the less.
Widespread where? In countries where it's not already banned, I expect. It's banned where I live and I've not so much as heard of a car that comes with remote start. There are aftermarket kits, yes, but to my knowledge no manufacturers offer that feature.
Not quite. In the UK prefacing any request with the word "kindly" is roughly equivalent to adding "or I'll break both your kneecaps you fucking prick" at the end.
All those Yes, Minister quotes the other day reminded me of another gem:
[Bernard explains to the Minister the honours available to senior Civil Servants.] Hacker: Well, what has Sir Arnold to fear, anyway? He's got all the honours he could want, surely? Bernard: Well, naturally he has his G. Hacker: G? Bernard: Yes; you get your G after your K. Hacker: You speak in riddles, Bernard. Bernard: Well, take the Foreign Office. First you get the CMG, then the KCMG, then the GCMG; the Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George. Of course, in the Service, CMG stands for "Call Me God," and KCMG for "Kindly Call Me God." Hacker: [chuckles] What does GCMG stand for? Bernard: "God Calls Me God."
The City of London is not the city of London (as if Britain vs UK wasn't confusing enough for foreigners). The City of London is about one square mile where a large number of big businesses operate. In the City of London, these businesses get to vote in local elections, normal people can't just run for political office, and the police are about as far away from publicly accountable as it's possible for law enforcement to get. When people in Britain refer to "The City" (compare with "Wall Street"), they're talking about this tiny piece of the capital.
In short, someone in big business has been crying to their rent-a-cop again.
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They shall soon acquire the scent of urine and vomit.
Yes, when the doors open. This is Milton Keynes we're talking about after all.
I also live in one of the towns on that list. While it's not Milton Keynes - thank God - it is still, nevertheless, a shithole.
Roundabouts break down in high traffic. When a roundabout is at full capacity, you have to throw yourself into moving traffic without regard for safety. At least traffic lights give everyone a chance to go.
I'm assuming that's why the larger roundabouts have traffic lights. This seems to be better than the alternative, which is to have more than a single digit percentage of road users who know how box junctions work.
Having recently read Minority Report I can say that the film bore little to no resemblance to it - beyond the idea of pre crime - whatsoever.
A fusion bomb with heavy helium? Is there such a thing?
Not unless you mind a bomb that becomes useless after 800ms or so.
Aren't there are other areas of science that a faster GPU benefits namely structural biology and the modeling proteins?
Even ignoring that, the guy is a fucking idiot.
Hear hear. I sorely miss the old ars, where new CPU architectures were explained - in detail - by someone who actually knew what they were talking about. Nowadays we have op-ed political ramblings, coverage of every. single. thing. to do with Apple and some guy drinking the latest fad food and giving us all a daily update on what colour his shit is. (Seriously, that happened.)
What kind of geek are these people?
The kind that are bored with that damned joke?
I said "a Mahatma", not "the Mahatma". If you're going to try and be picky at least read what you're criticising.
Forcibly take a portion of my personal property (taxes) and it over to some elite board of intellectuals who aren't beholden in any way whatsoever to me, they taxpayer?
That's how taxes work. People often forget just how much power is wielded by unelected officials; by and large, they are the ones really running things. No sane government would entrust its infrastructure to a person with no qualifications who would, on average, only be in the job for a couple of years.
By the by, one would have expected someone who took the name of a Mahatma to be more concerned with the public good... and to have a better idea of how nations actually work.
How do we keep politics out of this?
By keeping politics out of it. Set aside a portion of the national budget to research that will be overseen by an independent trust, then release all the fruits of the same into the public domain.
Sorry, we were talking pies in the sky, weren't we?
Take those down and it will become quite annoying.
For about five minutes until another springs up. Groups such have these have become less and less important as fibre becomes more prevalent.
Surveillance by itself prevents nothing. It's only when people fear being caught by it that crime can be reduced.
The two people that attacked Rigby wanted to make it public, and others simply don't care or don't know that they're being watched.
BSA: This person stole our client's software! We demand justice!
Judge: Interesting... now, tell me why your client then gave the defendant a free legitimate copy of said software.
*silence*
I would truly enjoy seeing the BSA try to swing that one.
Which is, of course the daily fail. Quoting from that has about as much credibility as quoting from the National Inquirer.
Cut the guy some slack, tmosley probably has some sort of familial connection to the Mail. :P
Mosley, if you're reading, it's an ad hominem not a straw man, and even then this isn't some debating club where we get to use such thought terminating clichés and ignore the well-known and horrendous biases of both Mail and Telegraph.
Am I correct in assuming that lasers can't be jammed, as is the case with EM waves.
No, all you need is a teapot, although you might have to wait for quite a while for it to pass into the beam's path.
I'd vote yes. Mine systematically believes that the temperature I set is not the one I want.
Rather like my lying bastard of a toaster and his partner in crime: the shower thermostat.
So, they're going to make US Internet companies subject to EU laws rather than American laws?
Somehow, I don't think that's going to work as well as they (pretend to) think it will....
Why not, when so many companies have their "headquarters" in some EU tax haven?
It's "a thorn in one's side" and "a pain in the neck".
Note: I am a native English (as in England) speaker.
Should they call it a "pissmaker"?
They're probably saving that for the artificial kidney.
It usually works fine for me, with the proviso that you have to mark things like headings as such. Like adding metadata it's a pain, but a chore that needs to be done never the less.
Widespread where? In countries where it's not already banned, I expect. It's banned where I live and I've not so much as heard of a car that comes with remote start. There are aftermarket kits, yes, but to my knowledge no manufacturers offer that feature.
Wouldn't that make the already-common remote ignition feature illegal?
Yes, which is why it's not already-common in those countries where it is illegal (like the UK AFAIK).
I know that this is a pretty wild concept, but maybe, just maybe, it would be possible to change such laws if this sort of feature becomes common.
I think you might have that part backwards.
Not quite. In the UK prefacing any request with the word "kindly" is roughly equivalent to adding "or I'll break both your kneecaps you fucking prick" at the end.
All those Yes, Minister quotes the other day reminded me of another gem:
...the people doing it would be completely fucking unbearably obnoxious self-entitled arsebuckets.
Throw in "self-righteous" and you'd be describing CSI perfectly.
The City of London is not the city of London (as if Britain vs UK wasn't confusing enough for foreigners). The City of London is about one square mile where a large number of big businesses operate. In the City of London, these businesses get to vote in local elections, normal people can't just run for political office, and the police are about as far away from publicly accountable as it's possible for law enforcement to get. When people in Britain refer to "The City" (compare with "Wall Street"), they're talking about this tiny piece of the capital.
In short, someone in big business has been crying to their rent-a-cop again.