If you're aware of any law enforcement being profitable, and have real evidence, let me know.
I don't have any evidence, but I would guess that traffic enforcement (at least in CA) is profitable. Normal speeding tickets (+10Mph) run between $120 and $250 plus court costs. The vast majority of people don't fight them, so the only costs are the officer and minimal administrative work. I do know for a fact that all successful DUI prosecutions are profitable (in CA), because the state/county/city sue in civil court to recoup all costs (officers time, DA's time, etc).
I think this is a disturbing trend, and thats why I responded to your comment that appeared to be lamenting the loss of money while enforcing laws...
I haven't seen a room sized faraday cage completely work in preventing transmission or reception of signals yet.
I worked on EMI testing notebook computers for Apple a long while back. They had a large room that completely blocked all radio signals. With the door closed the RF spectrum analyzer would show _no_ activity...
I too use a Microsoft optical intellimouse. I don't know if this is true, but I remember reading that HP did the hardware some no name company does the software and Microsoft specified the ergonomics. IMHO the ergonomics are the worst part of the mouse, they're not terrible just not great.
I do find one thing funny. I use one of the mice on my G4 and I have the middle button set up to command click thus opening a new browser. I can't find any way to do this under W2K. The software won't let you set a modifier with a click....
I just ordered a Hughes DirecTivo for $199 from American Satellite (americansatellite.com I believe). Its supposed to be delivered today so I can't comment about it yet, but they are still available.
I found american satellite by following a link off tivo.com a month or so ago. It now appears to be broken.
Yeah, Lucas is extremely consistent in these movies. For example, Episode II explains why R2 can fly.
This actually is somewhat consistent. Every movie you get to see some new feature of R2 that you didn't know he had.
EP4- Original R2 EP5- Periscope + stun gun + fire extinguisher EP6- Spring loaded lightsaber + circular saw EP1- Move around the outside of spaceships EP2- Fly
I don't have the references handy, but the Tacoma Narrows bridge failed for a specific reason. IIRC it had to do with the ratio of the deck height to width. When built to certain unfortunate ratios a bridge will create vortices of wind that equal its resonance frequency. When this happens the bridge is gauranteed to fail sooner or later. It's actually a fairly recent discovery (60s-80s?), and there were quite a few bridges that failed prior to Tacoma Narrows in the same manner. Its really only luck that save bridges like the Golden Gate from being built with the same fatal flaw.
They're only replacing the Oakland side (looks like an erector set) not the SF side which is a suspension bridge. It's the Oakland side which failed in the last earthquake, and I would guess thats part of the reason it will be replaced with a suspension bridge.
The crutch of the matter is to abstract the real world problem to the point where we have all possible states of all variables in the equation.
IANAP (I am not a physicist), but I believe that Heisenburg(sp?) proved otherwise. Basically that it is impossible to know or measure all possible states.
If your PC works at all, schools and even jails will want it for donation.
I've heard on NPR that most schools and charities end up as repositories of computer junk that technically still works but no one will ever use. The end result is that these organizations are now stuck with the responsibility of disposing of your worthless (but still working!) pc.
What do you want them to do? Fly the fruit in refrigerated containers to the 3/4s of the world that would like it? It would be cheaper if the store had some of the produce directly shipped there. I suppose someone local to you may want it, but they're probably not starving to death either...
I agree. Many gadgets and technologies Sony puts out are engineered to subvert fair use. I think buying electronics from Sony furthers the stranglehold of MPAA and RIAA more than anything else we have direct control over.
I use OmniWeb on a 933 G4 and it seems fine- about the same as IE on my 1Gig P3. One thing about OmniWeb though is that certain beta releases (b4 in particular I think) were very slow. I always download the new beta, try it, and then reload the older version if need be. Hopfully they will finalize soon.
For newsreaders what about Thoth? Its as good as any other gui news program, and its native. The best thing about OS X though is that I can use tin without telneting...
I've been mean to say this, so this thread is as good as any...
AotC definatly opened on screens that are not THX certified. You can get a list of THX theaters from THX's web site (check google). According to the site there is only 1 theater in NoVA with THX, but I did noticed that theaters that I would swear were THX 2-3 years ago in Sacramento are no longer on their site.
This leads me to my rant. Here in Norther Virginia ALL theaters suck! Theaters boil down to sound, screen, and comfort. Here in NOVA you can only have 1 of the 3. I saw AotC at a digital screen. The picture was great, but the sound was awful, and the seats were terrible (uncomfortable, made noise (400 squeaky chairs!!)), and they apparently didn't have AC. Another theater I go to has great comfort, medicore screens and crappy sound. I could go on, but you get the point. In CA it was easy to find a theater that had it all...
I generally agree with your post, but a few comments:
Yoda fighting with a lightsaber was disturbing. He is however referred to by Luke as 'a great warrior'. You might say that Yoda implicitly denied this with his response, but I like the idea of Yoda being a warrior in some capacity.
frog-like creature catches a bug, eats it, and proceeds to burp
There were a few scenes in PM that were reminiscent of that (don't remember any in AOTC). The two that come to mind are a pair of disembodied droid legs walking around in the hanger on Naboo, and the sandpeople shooting during the pod race. My all time favorite awkward moment is in EP4 when Luke and Han look like stormtroopers, and they obviously have never been in an imperial elevator before...
I had a brand new HP inkjet that I used to print 2 pages. I used it about a month later and the black ink had completely dried, but the color still worked. I ended up throwing it in the trash after only printing on it twice...
HP inkjets kinda remind me of Mercedes built on a Yugo budget. Lots of fancy unnecessary movement, but cheap as hell.
I'm assuming then that the floor is SYP (Southern Yellow Pine) and your oak furniture is Quarter-Sawn White Oak? If its not, then you got scammed into buying trashy furniture made to make people think 'real wood' is better. Whicherver way though I'm sure the parent poster was correct about having OSB subfloors, walls and countless other plastic enabled materials.
Not only did they tell you how to do it. Reuters claimed they actually did. They confessed to commiting a felony that carries a five year sentence... and that felony wouldn't be covered by free speech laws.
When you get cable TV, you pay for the wire that comes to your house. The content itself-- premium and pay-per-view channels excepted-- is still free, and advertiser supported. Same thing with satellite TV, in which case you're paying for use of the satellite transmission. You're paying for the medium, not the content.You're paying for the medium, not the content.
I suppose this depends on your definition of premium channels. Obviously HBO, Cinemax etc are premium, but what about cable stations that have advertising (SciFi, Commedy, MTV...).
Every cable company I've dealt with has several different packages based on the number of channels. For example: broadcast only, basic cable (CNN, MTV, etc), complete cable(SciFi, Commedy, Food, Animal, etc) and complete cable + premium. You are suggesting that all their cable channels should be available for the cost of broadcast only. That would be great since its only $15 or so, but I've never seen it.
Is that the same Michael Moore who knowingly lied about Bush evacuating Bin Laden relatives on 9/12? I saw him make the statement on the Daily Show. Turns out he said the same thing several days earlier on a Fox news show. The interviewer corrected him on the air...
I'm at work or I'd look up references, but I believe www.snopes.com has a piece about it.
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If you're aware of any law enforcement being profitable, and have real evidence, let me know.
I don't have any evidence, but I would guess that traffic enforcement (at least in CA) is profitable. Normal speeding tickets (+10Mph) run between $120 and $250 plus court costs. The vast majority of people don't fight them, so the only costs are the officer and minimal administrative work. I do know for a fact that all successful DUI prosecutions are profitable (in CA), because the state/county/city sue in civil court to recoup all costs (officers time, DA's time, etc).
I think this is a disturbing trend, and thats why I responded to your comment that appeared to be lamenting the loss of money while enforcing laws...
And the city loses money big time doing that.
Do you think that all law enforcement should be profitable, or just traffic related offenses?
Thats sites funny, but I had to read a few stories before I decided you weren't really a crackpot...
I haven't seen a room sized faraday cage completely work in preventing transmission or reception of signals yet.
I worked on EMI testing notebook computers for Apple a long while back. They had a large room that completely blocked all radio signals. With the door closed the RF spectrum analyzer would show _no_ activity...
You shouldn't be posting such subversive thoughts unless you want the FBI to monitor you...
I too use a Microsoft optical intellimouse. I don't know if this is true, but I remember reading that HP did the hardware some no name company does the software and Microsoft specified the ergonomics. IMHO the ergonomics are the worst part of the mouse, they're not terrible just not great.
I do find one thing funny. I use one of the mice on my G4 and I have the middle button set up to command click thus opening a new browser. I can't find any way to do this under W2K. The software won't let you set a modifier with a click....
I just ordered a Hughes DirecTivo for $199 from American Satellite (americansatellite.com I believe). Its supposed to be delivered today so I can't comment about it yet, but they are still available.
I found american satellite by following a link off tivo.com a month or so ago. It now appears to be broken.
Yeah, Lucas is extremely consistent in these movies. For example, Episode II explains why R2 can fly.
This actually is somewhat consistent. Every movie you get to see some new feature of R2 that you didn't know he had.
EP4- Original R2
EP5- Periscope + stun gun + fire extinguisher
EP6- Spring loaded lightsaber + circular saw
EP1- Move around the outside of spaceships
EP2- Fly
It all makes sense to me!
Luke could have kept from falling off the platform in tESB.
Luke didn't fall, he jumped. Maybe not jumped exactly, but he let go with the knowledge that he would fall- possibly to his death.
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I don't have the references handy, but the Tacoma Narrows bridge failed for a specific reason. IIRC it had to do with the ratio of the deck height to width. When built to certain unfortunate ratios a bridge will create vortices of wind that equal its resonance frequency. When this happens the bridge is gauranteed to fail sooner or later. It's actually a fairly recent discovery (60s-80s?), and there were quite a few bridges that failed prior to Tacoma Narrows in the same manner. Its really only luck that save bridges like the Golden Gate from being built with the same fatal flaw.
They're only replacing the Oakland side (looks like an erector set) not the SF side which is a suspension bridge. It's the Oakland side which failed in the last earthquake, and I would guess thats part of the reason it will be replaced with a suspension bridge.
The crutch of the matter is to abstract the real world problem to the point where we have all possible states of all variables in the equation.
IANAP (I am not a physicist), but I believe that Heisenburg(sp?) proved otherwise. Basically that it is impossible to know or measure all possible states.
If your PC works at all, schools and even jails will want it for donation.
I've heard on NPR that most schools and charities end up as repositories of computer junk that technically still works but no one will ever use. The end result is that these organizations are now stuck with the responsibility of disposing of your worthless (but still working!) pc.
What do you want them to do? Fly the fruit in refrigerated containers to the 3/4s of the world that would like it? It would be cheaper if the store had some of the produce directly shipped there. I suppose someone local to you may want it, but they're probably not starving to death either...
I agree. Many gadgets and technologies Sony puts out are engineered to subvert fair use. I think buying electronics from Sony furthers the stranglehold of MPAA and RIAA more than anything else we have direct control over.
It only became an incident because they flew their plane into ours. Maybe it wasn't an accident?
I use OmniWeb on a 933 G4 and it seems fine- about the same as IE on my 1Gig P3. One thing about OmniWeb though is that certain beta releases (b4 in particular I think) were very slow. I always download the new beta, try it, and then reload the older version if need be. Hopfully they will finalize soon.
For newsreaders what about Thoth? Its as good as any other gui news program, and its native. The best thing about OS X though is that I can use tin without telneting...
I've been mean to say this, so this thread is as good as any...
AotC definatly opened on screens that are not THX certified. You can get a list of THX theaters from THX's web site (check google). According to the site there is only 1 theater in NoVA with THX, but I did noticed that theaters that I would swear were THX 2-3 years ago in Sacramento are no longer on their site.
This leads me to my rant. Here in Norther Virginia ALL theaters suck! Theaters boil down to sound, screen, and comfort. Here in NOVA you can only have 1 of the 3. I saw AotC at a digital screen. The picture was great, but the sound was awful, and the seats were terrible (uncomfortable, made noise (400 squeaky chairs!!)), and they apparently didn't have AC. Another theater I go to has great comfort, medicore screens and crappy sound. I could go on, but you get the point. In CA it was easy to find a theater that had it all...
I generally agree with your post, but a few comments:
Yoda fighting with a lightsaber was disturbing. He is however referred to by Luke as 'a great warrior'. You might say that Yoda implicitly denied this with his response, but I like the idea of Yoda being a warrior in some capacity.
frog-like creature catches a bug, eats it, and proceeds to burp
There were a few scenes in PM that were reminiscent of that (don't remember any in AOTC). The two that come to mind are a pair of disembodied droid legs walking around in the hanger on Naboo, and the sandpeople shooting during the pod race. My all time favorite awkward
moment is in EP4 when Luke and Han look like stormtroopers, and they obviously have never been in an imperial elevator before...
I had a brand new HP inkjet that I used to print 2 pages. I used it about a month later and the black ink had completely dried, but the color still worked. I ended up throwing it in the trash after only printing on it twice...
HP inkjets kinda remind me of Mercedes built on a Yugo budget. Lots of fancy unnecessary movement, but cheap as hell.
I'm assuming then that the floor is SYP (Southern Yellow Pine) and your oak furniture is Quarter-Sawn White Oak? If its not, then you got scammed into buying trashy furniture made to make people think 'real wood' is better. Whicherver way though I'm sure the parent poster was correct about having OSB subfloors, walls and countless other plastic enabled materials.
Not only did they tell you how to do it. Reuters claimed they actually did. They confessed to commiting a felony that carries a five year sentence... and that felony wouldn't be covered by free speech laws.
When you get cable TV, you pay for the wire that comes to your house. The content itself-- premium and pay-per-view channels excepted-- is still free, and advertiser supported. Same thing with satellite TV, in which case you're paying for use of the satellite transmission. You're paying for the medium, not the content.You're paying for the medium, not the content.
I suppose this depends on your definition of premium channels. Obviously HBO, Cinemax etc are premium, but what about cable stations that have advertising (SciFi, Commedy, MTV...).
Every cable company I've dealt with has several different packages based on the number of channels. For example: broadcast only, basic cable (CNN, MTV, etc), complete cable(SciFi, Commedy, Food, Animal, etc) and complete cable + premium. You are suggesting that all their cable channels should be available for the cost of broadcast only. That would be great since its only $15 or so, but I've never seen it.
Is that the same Michael Moore who knowingly lied about Bush evacuating Bin Laden relatives on 9/12? I saw him make the statement on the Daily Show. Turns out he said the same thing several days earlier on a Fox news show. The interviewer corrected him on the air...
I'm at work or I'd look up references, but I believe www.snopes.com has a piece about it.