>The local pizza places don't deliver to cell phones.
Try using a credit card and paying for it first.
If it's already paid for, most places would deliver to a garbage can if you wanted them to. As long as you are in their normal delivery area, what do they care?
Okay. So programming software is equivalent to being a lawyer, by your own words.
According to you, then, this is theft:
"If you are signing a lease, you would be best to sign it under the name of the corporation to help ensure you don't get caught short if the business goes under."
A lawyer told it to me and I just copied the information I paid for, that the lawyer spent a long time in law school to learn, and spent time telling me. And then I gave it to you, for free, against copyright law (it's copyrighted by default nowadays).
If you like, I'll tell you the name of my lawyer so you can tell him to sue me; if you really believe what you are saying is true, he could get millions!
Do you see how silly what you are suggesting is yet?
>If a programmer (or a musician) loses revenue through unauthorized copying, it's theft; who would deliberately copy something that he/she would never buy?
Hmmm, good question.
Now, how am I supposed to pay for copying your comment without at least a paypal link?
27(8) No patent shall be granted for any mere scientific principle or abstract theorem.
>Prove that Canadian law does not allow a patent on "a computing device, with means for memory, input, and output, programmed to perform the following steps: (description of LZW follows)".
No point, because then it would only cover that device. For example, let's say it convered palm pilots using this neato LZW method. No worries, I can still use it on my computer.
I doubt Canadian patent law would allow such a broad definition as "Any device using this method". Because that's what it would have to be to encompass everything the LZW patent already does.
And just because it is patented here doesn't mean the patent isn't contestable. The only patent I could find (mentioned at this informative site) on software was contested and the patent nullified.
At my old school board (WCBE, now the WRDSB), it was policy to use a single 10 mbit segment and a 486 DX2/66 server for up to 200 computers, and that all computers were not have a hard drive (network boot and network swap).
Teachers would normally ask students to start their machines at the start of class and open [insert whatever the application was, for a web class it would be netscape, for example]. Normally by the end of the lecture (30 mins or so) the last machine would have started the application. Occasionally, if a website had to be loaded, the teacher would take a break from classes and ask students to load it up (we had a 128 kbits link, IIRC. And all the WRDSBs links went through a single squid proxy to ensure students weren't allowed to do projects on Nintendo Games, but were allowed to use yahoo/altavista to find and access "hardcore beastiality masochist porn" [as a teacher's aid, I was put in quite a position when I caught students doing this]).
This was back on windows 3.1, when the above was actually possible. Nowadays the machines do run faster, as they sent someone to load (individually -- not using ghost) Windows 95 on each machine, and install hard drives, however the proxy still sucks ass, as usual.
This was, if memory serves me right, 1995/1996. And things don't change, from what I've heard from new students there.
Then again, there was generally 1 computer per student. Not that most students wouldn't have traded half the computers for something that could start word in under 5-10 minutes.
You need to do these things, since it seems there isn't anything you can do but quit.
Since I assume you don't have enough money to coast, you'll need to start saving. You'll need to work this shitty project, and work it hard. Squeeze every last penny. Spend nothing. Get used to it (saving your money), you'll be doing this for the next 6 months. Get together enough money that at your current expenditure level, you can last another 6. Live like a college student if that's what it takes. $1,000 a month is actually enough to run a family, even today. Be prepared to jettison luxuries if you have to (extra car, movies, eating out, cable TV, ADSL, cell phone, etc).
Do the best damn job you possibly can on the project. Once the project is over, look for jobs. Test out the market. Get a feel for how bad it really is. If IT is as bad as it is for jobs (it really isn't) look for some other work (security jobs are boring but are ALWAYS hiring just about anyone trustworthy enough not to steal the bosses' twinkies). Once you see a decent set of jobs that you're sure you'd be hired for, you can either try to get hired (always nice, but leaves you with unspent ammo [your earlier hard effort]) or hope (risky).
So. Next step. Now you've got the money saved up, you go up to the boss and tell him point blank you will never work those hours again without overtime pay, or you'll quit. If he says you have to quit, be happy -- he was never willing to be reasonable and this situation would come up again and again.
Unless you are truly a useless lump, you'll find something, perhaps even at a reduced salary, elsewhere. You have 6 months to do so, so you aren't rushed. If you can't find anything after 4 months, time to set up shop and get your own customers. Why not phone all the past clients of your old company? I'm sure they're all pissed off and are looking for new people to do their dirty work.
>Why is it that California (which has the largest economy of all the US states by far) has all these great worker-protection laws, but all the other states don't?
Simple: Because housing, etc, cost 10x more than elsewhere.
Everythig comes at a price. The more you squeeze employers, the faster inflation increases.
I wouldn't move to califonia unless I was guaranteed a $100k+ job. Period. Anything less and I may as well stay in East Elbonia, USA and flip burgers. The work is probably easier and the comparative cost of living would put me in a better spot.
>BTW, judges/lawyers love to see hand written logs.
To make them even better, use a log book with prestamped, numbered pages (not done by you). You should be able to find them in most university bookstores. Ensure the book is designed in such a way that if a page is removed it not only breaks the numbering sequence (of course) but will also leave evidence (bits of paper stuck in the spine).
This way you can NEVER be accused of tearing out a page if you haven't.
To ensure you aren't accused of modifying anything, also ensure you cross out any blank writing spaces and NEVER use pencil, only pen.
0 - 10 years: Big improvements. 20 - 40 years: Some improvements, not too many. 40 - 60 years: Employees are given so many rights it takes 3 notices and police standing at the door to sack people stealing thousands of dollars of equipment. 60 - 70 years: Company is in debt. 70+ years: Company gives up and goes bust. All employees lose their jobs, and the "disease" starts to spread nationwide.
Notice how excellent and ubiquitous these "asian" vehicles are becoming. It isn't just because of the low wages. It's because some of their plants are North American, and they aren't unionized (and the workers want to keep it that way - they like their jobs).
>Do geeks have the spines to strike, though?
In a union, it doesn't take a spine to strike. It takes a spine to stand up for what's right, and more often then not, nowadays, that means staying at work and walking through the picket line. 95% of today's strikes (if not more) are unnecessary and are causing you to put the company you so dearly love (for money) out of business.
It's easy to stand outside around a warm barrel fire and get drunk. It's even easier to pop people's tires as the enter the building. It takes courage to ignore the hooligans and do what's right.
The minute I see a tech union is the minute I make sure I avoid it. Mob rule is unjust, and will put this already shaky part of the economy down the toilet.
Airbags have been in vehicles since the 1973 Chevrolet. I _highly_ doubt it would have been feasible to black box cars back then, not to mention the cost it would incurr at that point for a such a vehicle if it were possible.
They're just talking out of their ass.
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>But on earth there are much better ways then creating radioactive waste....
You mean like building 6,500 windmills per US state?
Do you have any idea of the damage to the environment building these things has?
Do you have any idea of just how little nuclear waste is created by today's nuclear power plants?
If you want power, something's gonna lose. The question is, do you want feel good power that truly ruins the environment, or wrongly-stigmatized power that doesn't cause much harm at all (and, better yet, provides readily accessible fuel for future reactors).
- There are about one million used fuel bundles (0.5 m long, weighing 20 kg each) in Canada, which in volume would fit in a hockey rink three meters deep.
This corresponds to: 167,331 cu ft. of waste. This is hardly anything at all!
- Unshielded, the radiation dose measured at a distance of 30 cm from a used CANDU fuel bundle, one year following discharge, would be about 50 - 60 Sv/h (5000 - 6000 rem/h) [1], which is lethal after a few minutes' exposure. The radiation level drops to about 1 Sv/h after 50 years, 0.3 Sv/h after 100 years, and less than 0.001 Sv/h (100 mrem/h) after 500 years. At this time the major hazard from the used fuel is no longer one of external exposure; for example, by these estimates, spending an hour about a foot away from a 500-year-old CANDU fuel bundle would result in radiation dose about 1/4 of the average annual background exposure, and thousands of times less than what is known to lead to physical harm.
With some simple shielding, the waste is simple to deal with. Even without, if the waste were stored somewhere remote (Canadian Tundra) if would still be quite safe if people kept their distance (and out there, that isn't a problem).
Our own bodies expose us to 80 times more radiation than nuclear power plants do.
The reason why these claims are always discounted is because they are based on the assumption that life imitates art.
The fact is that if I sit a 4 year old in front of the ARTS channel all day they aren't going to come out with an appreciation of classical music.
Yet, for some reason, they are able to learn violence from doing the exact same thing.
Why?
The question always remains unanswered. And I think I know the key to that: They don't want to admit that they haven't found the real link. The only way the above situation can happen (TV teaching children violence, but not music appreciation) is if people come pre-programmed with a part of brain that is designed to respond to TV violence (only! remember, highly violent books like the Bible aren't supposed to cause this, just TV). But, if you believe in darwinism, that makes no sense! Why would nature select people with a tendency to do something when exposed to something that never even existed at the time?
What I want to see is a study correlating the effects of watching the ARTS channel vs. watching violence. That's the real meat of the matter, IMHO.
And, furthermore, considering what I've seen of Anime, why is Japan a relatively non-violent society? Shouldn't they all be shooting the hell out of each other with lasers and stuff right now?
Hello, I'm Kent Brockman, and welcome to another edition of `Smartline'. Are cartoons too violent for children? Most people would say, ``No, of course not, what kind of stupid question is that?'' -- The value of objectivity in reporting, ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% His guests are Marge, Roger Meyers (CEO of I&S, Intl), and % Krusty (``Hi, kids!''), and...
Joining us live, via satellite from Vienna, home of Sigmund Freud, the world's greatest psychiatrist, to give us an insight into the human mind, Dr. Marvin Monroe. -- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
[Does that make Freud or Monroe the world's greatest psychologist?]
% After a brief clip of I&S, the debate begins...
Meyers: I did a little research and I discovered a startling thing...
There was violence in the past, long before cartoons were invented. Kent: I see. Fascinating. Meyers: Yeah, and know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance.
Tremendous violence, many people killed, the darned thing went
on for thirty years. Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented? Meyers: That's right, Kent. -- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Dr. Marvin Monroe adds his two cents...
Well, Kent, to me, the hijinks of a few comic characters absolutely pales in comparison to the crippling emotional problems a psychiatrist runs into every day. I'm referring to women who love too much, fear of winning, sexaholism, stuff like that. -- Dr. Marvin Monroe on `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Krusty is next...
Kent: For another opinion... Krusty: [laughs] Hi, kids! [laughs] Kent: Krusty, please. We're giving you the opportunity to participate in
a serious discussion, here. Krusty: Oh, I'm sorry Kent. Just that when the camera gets on me, I just...
Hey! [throws a custard pie in his own face] [honks horn] Kent: Krusty! Krusty: [honks horn] [cowers] -- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Marge get to make her concluding statement, in which she asks all concerned % parents to write to I&S and express their feelings. In his office, Mr. % Meyers goes through the tons of angry mail he's received... ``The % screwballs have spoken...'' % % [End of Act Two. Time: 13:00]
Don't like violence? Let's start with the worst offender of all time: The Bible. I've never seen a TV show where a baby gets cut in half yet, nor one where live animals are sacrificed.
Maybe in Bhutan they have some different TV shows. Beats me.
I must say it was extremely useful, but lacking important features (at the time I was using it a few years ago) that anyone "cool" enough to own one of these devices needed. Like, for example, a not crappy web browser, and ssh support, and the ability not to crash weekly.
Oh, and lets not forget the outrageous usage fees, that continue today. If you write somewhat lengthy emails, the device costs about $1 per email (450 words) to use on the cheapest plan. If you're willing to pay $50 a month for email (not many are) it's unlimited. Perhaps AOL wasn't so pricey, I bought my service from Rogers AT&T.
The service costs for these have to be slashed by about 95% before they become popular. Otherwise, SMS is eating their market alive.
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>I told him the same, but he replies, "Why? You don't have anything better to do."
When they ask an open question like that, they can't fire you for answering it "truthfully".
"Why? Because I wanted to go home, watch hardcore bukakke pornos all night long, get a pizza and whack off -- not necessarially in that order. Would you let me do that here? Because if you will, I want some hand sanitizer with the KY."
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The resume secrets, straight from a friendly teacher I knew that spent about 15 years in HR:
- #1: KISS
- If you have something you want to say on there, but don't think it needs to be obvious, it doesn't need to be on there at all.
- Don't listen to ANYTHING a high-school counsellor has to say about resumes. They're great if you want to cut someone's lawn, but seeing a whole section on "interests" is an INSTANT trash mark, even if you list rocket science.
- Whitespace is nice.
- Big type is nice -- don't make the guy put on his glasses.
- Expensive paper is a big plus. Try some paper with cotton.
- Don't forget good contact info. Ever. Include Phone (Home + Bus), Fax, email, ICQ, Telex;-)
- Send it to the RIGHT person. Spelling their name wrong is an instant roundfile.
- Diplomas, etc are very important, but if they aren't from respected places, they won't mean anything.
- Experience is also VERY important for most jobs.
- References are important, but rarely get phoned (and if they are getting phoned, it means you're being considered seriously already, which is good).
- Customize the resume to fit the job. A graphic artists resume should look visually appealing. A draftsman's essay should have everything lined up perfectly. Beats me what a computer guy's essay should have on it (Chocolate bar marks and pizza grease stains? Printed on an impact printer?)
- Use a nice envelope and don't be stingy with postage. DON'T EVEN THINK of using your current company's meter to stamp it. INSTANT ROUNDFILE.
Using the above rules, that teacher kept his HR job for 15 years and barely had to do any work... He threw out something like 50% of the resumes without even opening the envelope (if you're so cheap that you steal your company's postage to send your resume, then you're too cheap to work here).
>No wireless, high-speed connections can go for very long distances.
I dunno, but DirecWay wouldn't agree... Then again, the absolute maximum throughput (if you owned the satellite) is about 1 Gbit.
Just saying, it is possible if you aren't moving a bunch, but mobile high speed, that is a long way off.
>IPSec is nice and everything, but you don't want to waste that much CPU power, and delay, just to visit slashdot.
I dunno, I once had satellite internet that ran with IPSec (in the speedy mode the opinionated freeSWAN operator refused to support) and it was fine for using slashdot on, but useless for games (all that time delay and all...;-)
>Not really, perhaps in theory though. Create enough interference on the frequency range it uses, and you can stop it.
Agreed. I have a DSS portable phone, and whenever I'm near the (somewhat leaky) microwave, it breaks up horribly. I suppose it would work fine at like 10 baud or something...
Then again, that microwave is pretty good at killing DVB-T television reception as well. At least I'm not turning green yet...
>Free as in, without limits? As in, your electric bill?
I suppose he means that if it covered the entire earth, and everyone was altruistic, a free version of the internet could be created. Imagine how long it would take a packet to traverse across the earth with such a setup, though... 24 hours?;-)
>Sorry to burst your bubble, but ELKS is not Linux. The top of the first page makes that very clear.
Then why call it Embedded Linux Kernel Subset?
Because it isn't?
If it says that it isn't linux, then I think I'll call OSX "Embedded Microsoft Windows Kernel Subset" because titles don't mean jack, ever.
Also note this:
"Q1.2. How does ELKS compare with standard Linux? ELKS is intended to be a subset of true Linux, and ought to be small enough to be understood by one person, so it should be invaluable as a learning tool. ELKS recently entered the beta development state and most of it's functionality is there."
"Q2.2. How do I make an ELKS kernel?...The development environment will be created in/usr/src/linux-86"
"Q2.3. I get an error saying that/usr/include/linux/vm86.h does not exist."
"Yes - by loading a kernel module you can run ELKS binaries directly [in Linux]."
"This a list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions about ELKS, also known as Linux-8086."
WTF? And they're not all references saying "this is not linux" either...
I think the ELKS team should decide if they're using Linux (even if it is a big hack of it) or not. It seems they don't know themselves! They keep saying it's Linux, then they say it isn't, then all the files are in linux named directories, and contain a hell of a lot of references to the word linux.
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>The local pizza places don't deliver to cell phones.
Try using a credit card and paying for it first.
If it's already paid for, most places would deliver to a garbage can if you wanted them to. As long as you are in their normal delivery area, what do they care?
1 to 2 second pauses aren't acceptable in normal voice communications, sorry.
Okay. So programming software is equivalent to being a lawyer, by your own words.
According to you, then, this is theft:
"If you are signing a lease, you would be best to sign it under the name of the corporation to help ensure you don't get caught short if the business goes under."
A lawyer told it to me and I just copied the information I paid for, that the lawyer spent a long time in law school to learn, and spent time telling me. And then I gave it to you, for free, against copyright law (it's copyrighted by default nowadays).
If you like, I'll tell you the name of my lawyer so you can tell him to sue me; if you really believe what you are saying is true, he could get millions!
Do you see how silly what you are suggesting is yet?
>If a programmer (or a musician) loses revenue through unauthorized copying, it's theft; who would deliberately copy something that he/she would never buy?
Hmmm, good question.
Now, how am I supposed to pay for copying your comment without at least a paypal link?
IANAL, but here's Canada's patent act.
;-)
Interesting sections:
27(8) No patent shall be granted for any mere scientific principle or abstract theorem.
>Prove that Canadian law does not allow a patent on "a computing device, with means for memory, input, and output, programmed to perform the following steps: (description of LZW follows)".
No point, because then it would only cover that device. For example, let's say it convered palm pilots using this neato LZW method. No worries, I can still use it on my computer.
I doubt Canadian patent law would allow such a broad definition as "Any device using this method". Because that's what it would have to be to encompass everything the LZW patent already does.
And just because it is patented here doesn't mean the patent isn't contestable. The only patent I could find (mentioned at this informative site) on software was contested and the patent nullified.
How'd I do?
>If the use of such technology becomes widespread enough... ...look for them to start jamming the signals.
It already happens in many, many places.
It really depends on your school board.
At my old school board (WCBE, now the WRDSB), it was policy to use a single 10 mbit segment and a 486 DX2/66 server for up to 200 computers, and that all computers were not have a hard drive (network boot and network swap).
Teachers would normally ask students to start their machines at the start of class and open [insert whatever the application was, for a web class it would be netscape, for example]. Normally by the end of the lecture (30 mins or so) the last machine would have started the application. Occasionally, if a website had to be loaded, the teacher would take a break from classes and ask students to load it up (we had a 128 kbits link, IIRC. And all the WRDSBs links went through a single squid proxy to ensure students weren't allowed to do projects on Nintendo Games, but were allowed to use yahoo/altavista to find and access "hardcore beastiality masochist porn" [as a teacher's aid, I was put in quite a position when I caught students doing this]).
This was back on windows 3.1, when the above was actually possible. Nowadays the machines do run faster, as they sent someone to load (individually -- not using ghost) Windows 95 on each machine, and install hard drives, however the proxy still sucks ass, as usual.
This was, if memory serves me right, 1995/1996. And things don't change, from what I've heard from new students there.
Then again, there was generally 1 computer per student. Not that most students wouldn't have traded half the computers for something that could start word in under 5-10 minutes.
You need to do these things, since it seems there isn't anything you can do but quit.
Since I assume you don't have enough money to coast, you'll need to start saving. You'll need to work this shitty project, and work it hard. Squeeze every last penny. Spend nothing. Get used to it (saving your money), you'll be doing this for the next 6 months. Get together enough money that at your current expenditure level, you can last another 6. Live like a college student if that's what it takes. $1,000 a month is actually enough to run a family, even today. Be prepared to jettison luxuries if you have to (extra car, movies, eating out, cable TV, ADSL, cell phone, etc).
Do the best damn job you possibly can on the project. Once the project is over, look for jobs. Test out the market. Get a feel for how bad it really is. If IT is as bad as it is for jobs (it really isn't) look for some other work (security jobs are boring but are ALWAYS hiring just about anyone trustworthy enough not to steal the bosses' twinkies). Once you see a decent set of jobs that you're sure you'd be hired for, you can either try to get hired (always nice, but leaves you with unspent ammo [your earlier hard effort]) or hope (risky).
So. Next step. Now you've got the money saved up, you go up to the boss and tell him point blank you will never work those hours again without overtime pay, or you'll quit. If he says you have to quit, be happy -- he was never willing to be reasonable and this situation would come up again and again.
Unless you are truly a useless lump, you'll find something, perhaps even at a reduced salary, elsewhere. You have 6 months to do so, so you aren't rushed. If you can't find anything after 4 months, time to set up shop and get your own customers. Why not phone all the past clients of your old company? I'm sure they're all pissed off and are looking for new people to do their dirty work.
>Why is it that California (which has the largest economy of all the US states by far) has all these great worker-protection laws, but all the other states don't?
Simple: Because housing, etc, cost 10x more than elsewhere.
Everythig comes at a price. The more you squeeze employers, the faster inflation increases.
I wouldn't move to califonia unless I was guaranteed a $100k+ job. Period. Anything less and I may as well stay in East Elbonia, USA and flip burgers. The work is probably easier and the comparative cost of living would put me in a better spot.
>BTW, judges/lawyers love to see hand written logs.
To make them even better, use a log book with prestamped, numbered pages (not done by you). You should be able to find them in most university bookstores. Ensure the book is designed in such a way that if a page is removed it not only breaks the numbering sequence (of course) but will also leave evidence (bits of paper stuck in the spine).
This way you can NEVER be accused of tearing out a page if you haven't.
To ensure you aren't accused of modifying anything, also ensure you cross out any blank writing spaces and NEVER use pencil, only pen.
My experience with unions is this:
0 - 10 years: Big improvements.
20 - 40 years: Some improvements, not too many.
40 - 60 years: Employees are given so many rights it takes 3 notices and police standing at the door to sack people stealing thousands of dollars of equipment.
60 - 70 years: Company is in debt.
70+ years: Company gives up and goes bust. All employees lose their jobs, and the "disease" starts to spread nationwide.
Notice how excellent and ubiquitous these "asian" vehicles are becoming. It isn't just because of the low wages. It's because some of their plants are North American, and they aren't unionized (and the workers want to keep it that way - they like their jobs).
>Do geeks have the spines to strike, though?
In a union, it doesn't take a spine to strike. It takes a spine to stand up for what's right, and more often then not, nowadays, that means staying at work and walking through the picket line. 95% of today's strikes (if not more) are unnecessary and are causing you to put the company you so dearly love (for money) out of business.
It's easy to stand outside around a warm barrel fire and get drunk. It's even easier to pop people's tires as the enter the building. It takes courage to ignore the hooligans and do what's right.
The minute I see a tech union is the minute I make sure I avoid it. Mob rule is unjust, and will put this already shaky part of the economy down the toilet.
Well, that paragraph is simply wrong.
Airbags have been in vehicles since the 1973 Chevrolet. I _highly_ doubt it would have been feasible to black box cars back then, not to mention the cost it would incurr at that point for a such a vehicle if it were possible.
They're just talking out of their ass.
>But on earth there are much better ways then creating radioactive waste....
You mean like building 6,500 windmills per US state?
Do you have any idea of the damage to the environment building these things has?
Do you have any idea of just how little nuclear waste is created by today's nuclear power plants?
If you want power, something's gonna lose. The question is, do you want feel good power that truly ruins the environment, or wrongly-stigmatized power that doesn't cause much harm at all (and, better yet, provides readily accessible fuel for future reactors).
Facts:
- There are about one million used fuel bundles (0.5 m long, weighing 20 kg each) in Canada, which in volume would fit in a hockey rink three meters deep.
This corresponds to: 167,331 cu ft. of waste. This is hardly anything at all!
- Unshielded, the radiation dose measured at a distance of 30 cm from a used CANDU fuel bundle, one year following discharge, would be about 50 - 60 Sv/h (5000 - 6000 rem/h) [1], which is lethal after a few minutes' exposure. The radiation level drops to about 1 Sv/h after 50 years, 0.3 Sv/h after 100 years, and less than 0.001 Sv/h (100 mrem/h) after 500 years. At this time the major hazard from the used fuel is no longer one of external exposure; for example, by these estimates, spending an hour about a foot away from a 500-year-old CANDU fuel bundle would result in radiation dose about 1/4 of the average annual background exposure, and thousands of times less than what is known to lead to physical harm.
With some simple shielding, the waste is simple to deal with. Even without, if the waste were stored somewhere remote (Canadian Tundra) if would still be quite safe if people kept their distance (and out there, that isn't a problem).
Our own bodies expose us to 80 times more radiation than nuclear power plants do.
We can expect current uranium supplies to last up to 25,000 years.
I'd worry that one of those windmills is going to fall on me before I worry about nuclear power.
New York (and many other states) buy electricity from Canada during peak demand.
If it's good enough internationally, it's good enough interstate.
Normally, a vehicle outputting 120 VAC natively doesn't use an inverter. It uses a second alternator. To verify this, check a Bell van someday. ;-)
Inversion is a very wasteful process and should be avoided except for very small applications.
The reason why these claims are always discounted is because they are based on the assumption that life imitates art.
The fact is that if I sit a 4 year old in front of the ARTS channel all day they aren't going to come out with an appreciation of classical music.
Yet, for some reason, they are able to learn violence from doing the exact same thing.
Why?
The question always remains unanswered. And I think I know the key to that: They don't want to admit that they haven't found the real link. The only way the above situation can happen (TV teaching children violence, but not music appreciation) is if people come pre-programmed with a part of brain that is designed to respond to TV violence (only! remember, highly violent books like the Bible aren't supposed to cause this, just TV). But, if you believe in darwinism, that makes no sense! Why would nature select people with a tendency to do something when exposed to something that never even existed at the time?
What I want to see is a study correlating the effects of watching the ARTS channel vs. watching violence. That's the real meat of the matter, IMHO.
And, furthermore, considering what I've seen of Anime, why is Japan a relatively non-violent society? Shouldn't they all be shooting the hell out of each other with lasers and stuff right now?
Again, it doesn't make sense.
Hello, I'm Kent Brockman, and welcome to another edition of `Smartline'.
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Are cartoons too violent for children? Most people would say, ``No, of
course not, what kind of stupid question is that?''
-- The value of objectivity in reporting, ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% His guests are Marge, Roger Meyers (CEO of I&S, Intl), and
% Krusty (``Hi, kids!''), and
Joining us live, via satellite from Vienna, home of Sigmund Freud, the
world's greatest psychiatrist, to give us an insight into the human mind,
Dr. Marvin Monroe.
-- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
[Does that make Freud or Monroe the world's greatest psychologist?]
% After a brief clip of I&S, the debate begins...
Meyers: I did a little research and I discovered a startling thing...
There was violence in the past, long before cartoons were invented.
Kent: I see. Fascinating.
Meyers: Yeah, and know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance.
Tremendous violence, many people killed, the darned thing went
on for thirty years.
Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented?
Meyers: That's right, Kent.
-- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Dr. Marvin Monroe adds his two cents...
Well, Kent, to me, the hijinks of a few comic characters absolutely pales
in comparison to the crippling emotional problems a psychiatrist runs into
every day. I'm referring to women who love too much, fear of winning,
sexaholism, stuff like that.
-- Dr. Marvin Monroe on `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Krusty is next...
Kent: For another opinion...
Krusty: [laughs] Hi, kids! [laughs]
Kent: Krusty, please. We're giving you the opportunity to participate in
a serious discussion, here.
Krusty: Oh, I'm sorry Kent. Just that when the camera gets on me, I just...
Hey! [throws a custard pie in his own face] [honks horn]
Kent: Krusty!
Krusty: [honks horn] [cowers]
-- `Smartline', ``Itchy and Scratchy and Marge''
% Marge get to make her concluding statement, in which she asks all concerned
% parents to write to I&S and express their feelings. In his office, Mr.
% Meyers goes through the tons of angry mail he's received... ``The
% screwballs have spoken...''
%
% [End of Act Two. Time: 13:00]
Just thought I'd quote that.
Don't like violence? Let's start with the worst offender of all time: The Bible. I've never seen a TV show where a baby gets cut in half yet, nor one where live animals are sacrificed.
Maybe in Bhutan they have some different TV shows. Beats me.
I must say it was extremely useful, but lacking important features (at the time I was using it a few years ago) that anyone "cool" enough to own one of these devices needed. Like, for example, a not crappy web browser, and ssh support, and the ability not to crash weekly.
Oh, and lets not forget the outrageous usage fees, that continue today. If you write somewhat lengthy emails, the device costs about $1 per email (450 words) to use on the cheapest plan. If you're willing to pay $50 a month for email (not many are) it's unlimited. Perhaps AOL wasn't so pricey, I bought my service from Rogers AT&T.
The service costs for these have to be slashed by about 95% before they become popular. Otherwise, SMS is eating their market alive.
You're talking about Quantum Link, right?
I think that was the last time they were respected...
LOL
>I told him the same, but he replies, "Why? You don't have anything better to do."
When they ask an open question like that, they can't fire you for answering it "truthfully".
"Why? Because I wanted to go home, watch hardcore bukakke pornos all night long, get a pizza and whack off -- not necessarially in that order. Would you let me do that here? Because if you will, I want some hand sanitizer with the KY."
The resume secrets, straight from a friendly teacher I knew that spent about 15 years in HR:
;-)
- #1: KISS
- If you have something you want to say on there, but don't think it needs to be obvious, it doesn't need to be on there at all.
- Don't listen to ANYTHING a high-school counsellor has to say about resumes. They're great if you want to cut someone's lawn, but seeing a whole section on "interests" is an INSTANT trash mark, even if you list rocket science.
- Whitespace is nice.
- Big type is nice -- don't make the guy put on his glasses.
- Expensive paper is a big plus. Try some paper with cotton.
- Don't forget good contact info. Ever. Include Phone (Home + Bus), Fax, email, ICQ, Telex
- Send it to the RIGHT person. Spelling their name wrong is an instant roundfile.
- Diplomas, etc are very important, but if they aren't from respected places, they won't mean anything.
- Experience is also VERY important for most jobs.
- References are important, but rarely get phoned (and if they are getting phoned, it means you're being considered seriously already, which is good).
- Customize the resume to fit the job. A graphic artists resume should look visually appealing. A draftsman's essay should have everything lined up perfectly. Beats me what a computer guy's essay should have on it (Chocolate bar marks and pizza grease stains? Printed on an impact printer?)
- Use a nice envelope and don't be stingy with postage. DON'T EVEN THINK of using your current company's meter to stamp it. INSTANT ROUNDFILE.
Using the above rules, that teacher kept his HR job for 15 years and barely had to do any work... He threw out something like 50% of the resumes without even opening the envelope (if you're so cheap that you steal your company's postage to send your resume, then you're too cheap to work here).
Just some suggestions.
>No wireless, high-speed connections can go for very long distances.
;-)
;-)
I dunno, but DirecWay wouldn't agree... Then again, the absolute maximum throughput (if you owned the satellite) is about 1 Gbit.
Just saying, it is possible if you aren't moving a bunch, but mobile high speed, that is a long way off.
>IPSec is nice and everything, but you don't want to waste that much CPU power, and delay, just to visit slashdot.
I dunno, I once had satellite internet that ran with IPSec (in the speedy mode the opinionated freeSWAN operator refused to support) and it was fine for using slashdot on, but useless for games (all that time delay and all...
>Not really, perhaps in theory though. Create enough interference on the frequency range it uses, and you can stop it.
Agreed. I have a DSS portable phone, and whenever I'm near the (somewhat leaky) microwave, it breaks up horribly. I suppose it would work fine at like 10 baud or something...
Then again, that microwave is pretty good at killing DVB-T television reception as well. At least I'm not turning green yet...
>Free as in, without limits? As in, your electric bill?
I suppose he means that if it covered the entire earth, and everyone was altruistic, a free version of the internet could be created. Imagine how long it would take a packet to traverse across the earth with such a setup, though... 24 hours?
>Sorry to burst your bubble, but ELKS is not Linux. The top of the first page makes that very clear.
...The development environment will be created in /usr/src/linux-86"
/usr/include/linux/vm86.h does not exist."
Then why call it Embedded Linux Kernel Subset?
Because it isn't?
If it says that it isn't linux, then I think I'll call OSX "Embedded Microsoft Windows Kernel Subset" because titles don't mean jack, ever.
Also note this:
"Q1.2. How does ELKS compare with standard Linux?
ELKS is intended to be a subset of true Linux, and ought to be small enough to be understood by one person, so it should be invaluable as a learning tool. ELKS recently entered the beta development state and most of it's functionality is there."
"Q2.2. How do I make an ELKS kernel?
"Q2.3. I get an error saying that
"Yes - by loading a kernel module you can run ELKS binaries directly [in Linux]."
"This a list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions about ELKS, also known as Linux-8086."
And, to put the cherry on top:
shepd@crashy:~/elks-0.1.1$ grep -r -i linux * | wc
1377 5848 90626
WTF? And they're not all references saying "this is not linux" either...
I think the ELKS team should decide if they're using Linux (even if it is a big hack of it) or not. It seems they don't know themselves! They keep saying it's Linux, then they say it isn't, then all the files are in linux named directories, and contain a hell of a lot of references to the word linux.
I'm VERY confused at this point.
Actually, it does.
:)
Sorry to burst your bubble...