I watched a (UK TV) documentary by a defence journalist a year or so back, where he suggested that the whole UFO business dating back to Roswell was a dis-information campaign by the USAF to disguise their new product testing - now Area 51. I thought he made his case well.
I've not heard that. For the Royal Navy carriers the only plane mentioned has been the F35. There was some talk of a vertical lift-off version of the F35, but that appears to be being dropped as too expensive in favour of the standard catapult model. As time passes that might be downgraded again to something cheaper. F18?
The Eurofighter has been a bit of an embarrassment budget-wise, so I don't think the MoD buyers, however gullible they may be, would be allowed to buy a new-improved-carrier-Eurofighter.
I think that's a temporary thing. The madness of the UK budget mess is, money for the carriers, but no money for the planes the carriers are built to carry, until x years from now.
There is the Tumbleweed House Company, they sell blue prints for _small_ houses. Not exactly the same as targeting price, but I'm sure there's a lot of overlap.
Changing the subject, the oxford comma debate is raging across the interwebs:
The Oxford comma is entering that zombie half-life where all dying grammatical rules survive for a while – appreciated only by the prissy and the fussy. It’s better to kill off the poor, awkward thing, rather than let it linger on, unhappily, between the covers of books published by Oxford University Press.
Completely agree. I'd suggest using Square Trade's published reliability by manufacturer report to narrow the possibilities. Asus, Toshiba, Sony, maybe Dell.
If there is a particularly good retailer in your area, buy from them. (In the UK, John Lewis offer a two year warranty with all laptops.)
Apple released Safari 5.0.4 a day ahead of the competition, patching some 60 security holes in the browser. However, this year the rules have been altered: the configuration was frozen a week ago, hence the competition being run against Safari 5.0.3. Under the new rules, pwning (and hence owning) only needs to succeed on the frozen version. However, to receive prize money (in addition to the hardware), the flaw must also exist in the newest release.
In VUPEN's case, the team will be winning both the hardware and the money. In spite of Apple's last-minute patch, their attack still works.
if you scare the population with boogie men like gay marriage and Mexican immigration, you can get them to vote for advocates of inequity.
You do understand that immigration, legal and illegal, lowers the price of labour? Voting against immigration is a rational economic decision for most people.
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"Direct debit" is the authority to withdraw money from your bank account. Lots of people do this with their utility bills.
Trying to get the price down to competitive levels requires all kinds of compromises in terms of build details, quality, etc. Edges don't meet quite flush
On the whole, I think you make an excellent argument, but with my 2006 MacBook, I have to say I've been disappointed with the build quality since day one. "If this was made by Sony the battery would be flush with the body", I thought to myself. "If Apple cared about quality, the top case wouldn't be cracked."
That said, I'll be in the market for a MacBook Pro come May.:-)
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I watched a (UK TV) documentary by a defence journalist a year or so back, where he suggested that the whole UFO business dating back to Roswell was a dis-information campaign by the USAF to disguise their new product testing - now Area 51. I thought he made his case well.
Can you afford to be picky?
I've not heard that. For the Royal Navy carriers the only plane mentioned has been the F35. There was some talk of a vertical lift-off version of the F35, but that appears to be being dropped as too expensive in favour of the standard catapult model. As time passes that might be downgraded again to something cheaper. F18?
The Eurofighter has been a bit of an embarrassment budget-wise, so I don't think the MoD buyers, however gullible they may be, would be allowed to buy a new-improved-carrier-Eurofighter.
Contracts are written for a reason.
I think that's a temporary thing. The madness of the UK budget mess is, money for the carriers, but no money for the planes the carriers are built to carry, until x years from now.
Huge cock up. But just one of many.
There is the Tumbleweed House Company, they sell blue prints for _small_ houses. Not exactly the same as targeting price, but I'm sure there's a lot of overlap.
Google didn't ask publishers/writers before moving ahead with Google Books.
Changing the subject, the oxford comma debate is raging across the interwebs:
You're assuming that on average, medical treatment does more good, than harm? Not sure that's true.
I came across one yesterday called MacKeeper (screenshot). To close Safari, I had to use 'force quit' from Activity Monitor.
Two. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK, and leader of the Conservative Party.
Completely agree. I'd suggest using Square Trade's published reliability by manufacturer report to narrow the possibilities. Asus, Toshiba, Sony, maybe Dell.
If there is a particularly good retailer in your area, buy from them. (In the UK, John Lewis offer a two year warranty with all laptops.)
Looks like things will improve with OSX 10.7. Webkit2 should bring some of Chrome's innovations to Safari.
There's an interesting interview with two "Mac hackers" on Heise.
Safari 5.04 is still vulnerable to the same attack.
You do understand that immigration, legal and illegal, lowers the price of labour? Voting against immigration is a rational economic decision for most people.
I don't see that they need much. Web hosting is already cheap, and the price is falling.
I'm not comfortable with giving Paypal a Direct Debit for my bank account either. Paypal insist on it, so I don't use Paypal.
This is standard procedure for Paypal, in the UK if not the US:
"Direct debit" is the authority to withdraw money from your bank account. Lots of people do this with their utility bills.
On the whole, I think you make an excellent argument, but with my 2006 MacBook, I have to say I've been disappointed with the build quality since day one. "If this was made by Sony the battery would be flush with the body", I thought to myself. "If Apple cared about quality, the top case wouldn't be cracked."
That said, I'll be in the market for a MacBook Pro come May. :-)
Two BBC journos have written books denouncing left wing bias throughout the BBC. Most recently Peter Sissons, but before that Robin Aitken.
How do you make money? Do you sell stuff yourself, or do people pay you to promote their urls?
I rather like The Elements of Computing Systms as an educational tool, you build a computer in an emulator.
It there a reason you get the new stuff, and your wife gets hand-me-downs?
The Taxpayers' Alliance think they've already found some "while skimming the data this morning". There'll be more.
I don't think this is a gimmick. It creates a long term pressure to reduce government spending, which is a good thing.
This is just central government, local government is disclosing spending over £500.
No it does not. MacKay is a separate story. The leaker is clearly someone else.
The official publication was redacted, there would have been no real scandal. The CD sold to the Telegraph was copies of the originals.