Passing an ethics course was mandatory in my country (Canada) to be awarded an engineering degree. Ethics do not only apply to business. Cutting corners and bad decisions can lead to all sorts of catastrophes (See the Tacoma Narrows bridge failure or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for a couple of examples)
And the boarder agents at the land boarder crossings as well. They can be over the top too often... both on the American and the Canadian side (mind you on the Canadian side it is mostly directed towards Canadians as they really are just rebranded tax collector automatons).
Are the boarder agents looking for pirates? I can't think of any other reason that they would deploy boarding parties.
The article implies that it's due to people keeping their finger on the touchscreen when they select a language preference. The location of Harry would be in the same screen location as English, where Sally would be in the same screen location as Spanish. Really, it's just sloppy coding, as you should wait until the user's finger is lifted before allowing another selection.
These scientists get a salary from a government agency. They may or may not also get a salary from a university, but that is besides the point. This is about employers controlling the communications of its employees. That the employers are various government agencies adds a bit of an interesting twist in that the Canadian populace as a whole are paying their salaries, and so should have some stake in the fruits of their labours. The implication is that the politicians are only interested in data that backs up their agendas, and would like to sweep any contradicting evidence under the rug. Add to this that the scientists may also have their own agendas (career advancement being one of them), and so might be tempted to work towards specific conclusions rather than objectively look at what conclusions their data points to.
The claim of government interference was about the EPAs emission restrictions due to the OPEC oil embargo. The bailout was mentioned to illustrate Chrysler's incompetent internal management.
I would have placed it in the care of my lawyer as soon as it was identified. Either that, or called the police from the mechanic requesting them to send in the bomb squad to dispose of this device I found attached to my car.
His opinions were not so much invalidated, but rather that they are not applicable in regards to the original subject matter. Standing on their own the ideas had merit, just not as a rebuttal to Kurzweil's talk.
If you wanted to be pedantic, it should be "written in BSDL" as that is the language in which you directly control JTAG. Many people that have used JTAG wouldn't care about the distinction. And yes you can write code in BSDL to control JTAG. It sucks (I know from experience), but it can be done.
You took out an important part of the summary. It weighs 200 kg, but its mass is 18 kg. They must be measuring the weight in a high gravity environment.
Also, about a square meter, is not exactly one square meter. The loss a square foot depends whether your approximate meter is on the big side or small side of an actual square meter.
By the way, it might seems like sharks + lasers is scarier than dolphins + handcuffs, but just wait until they decide that cuffing random swimmers is hilarious.
... or one dolphin that is into bondage slips through the screening.
That's a very good point. For B12, the best option might be to provide the colonists with eggs, since producing them would require less space/energy than meat.
Producing eggs produces meat as a byproduct. Chickens' egg laying tapers off after 12 months or so, then you have a tasty chicken to dispose of.
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Passing an ethics course was mandatory in my country (Canada) to be awarded an engineering degree. Ethics do not only apply to business. Cutting corners and bad decisions can lead to all sorts of catastrophes (See the Tacoma Narrows bridge failure or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for a couple of examples)
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And the boarder agents at the land boarder crossings as well. They can be over the top too often... both on the American and the Canadian side (mind you on the Canadian side it is mostly directed towards Canadians as they really are just rebranded tax collector automatons).
Are the boarder agents looking for pirates? I can't think of any other reason that they would deploy boarding parties.
The article implies that it's due to people keeping their finger on the touchscreen when they select a language preference. The location of Harry would be in the same screen location as English, where Sally would be in the same screen location as Spanish. Really, it's just sloppy coding, as you should wait until the user's finger is lifted before allowing another selection.
That's not an entirely novel idea. Here's an example
These scientists get a salary from a government agency. They may or may not also get a salary from a university, but that is besides the point. This is about employers controlling the communications of its employees. That the employers are various government agencies adds a bit of an interesting twist in that the Canadian populace as a whole are paying their salaries, and so should have some stake in the fruits of their labours. The implication is that the politicians are only interested in data that backs up their agendas, and would like to sweep any contradicting evidence under the rug. Add to this that the scientists may also have their own agendas (career advancement being one of them), and so might be tempted to work towards specific conclusions rather than objectively look at what conclusions their data points to.
The claim of government interference was about the EPAs emission restrictions due to the OPEC oil embargo. The bailout was mentioned to illustrate Chrysler's incompetent internal management.
I would have placed it in the care of my lawyer as soon as it was identified. Either that, or called the police from the mechanic requesting them to send in the bomb squad to dispose of this device I found attached to my car.
His opinions were not so much invalidated, but rather that they are not applicable in regards to the original subject matter. Standing on their own the ideas had merit, just not as a rebuttal to Kurzweil's talk.
BSDL = Boundary Scan Description Language
Although in your acronym leather would likely work better than licorice.
I hate when I can't find the droids that I am looking for.
If you wanted to be pedantic, it should be "written in BSDL" as that is the language in which you directly control JTAG. Many people that have used JTAG wouldn't care about the distinction. And yes you can write code in BSDL to control JTAG. It sucks (I know from experience), but it can be done.
You took out an important part of the summary. It weighs 200 kg, but its mass is 18 kg. They must be measuring the weight in a high gravity environment.
Also, about a square meter, is not exactly one square meter. The loss a square foot depends whether your approximate meter is on the big side or small side of an actual square meter.
I'm not well versed in the fighting techniques or habits of mice.
Your Squeek-Kun-Do is no match for my Mew-Jitsu.
I mean, if he was going for a big cock on his forhead, maybe $60 or so, then I would agree but...
Note that no tattoo was mentioned in that sentence ...
The perfect tattoo: in a single 72-point font, the last digit of Pi.
The last 2 digits are 42.
They weren't measuring speed relative to the ground. They were measuring speed relative to itself.
Umm, I think it was stationary relative to itself.
Curse you! And double curse my sweet tooth!
Not after I roll down the windows.
A marriage license perhaps.
By the way, it might seems like sharks + lasers is scarier than dolphins + handcuffs, but just wait until they decide that cuffing random swimmers is hilarious.
... or one dolphin that is into bondage slips through the screening.
You answered your own question. It solves the problem of the government needing a warrant/subpoena to get their hands on this data.
The universe is missing a whole freaking lot of anti-matter.
Shark giveth the wound. Shark taketh away.
That's a very good point. For B12, the best option might be to provide the colonists with eggs, since producing them would require less space/energy than meat.
Producing eggs produces meat as a byproduct. Chickens' egg laying tapers off after 12 months or so, then you have a tasty chicken to dispose of.