> (for the record, I am pro-unemployment benefits up to 1 year, > after that you had better figure something out).
That sounds like Canada -- you have to work and pay into EI for a while (8 full-time man-months, maybe?) and then are allowed to collect it for awhile (I dunno how long, never been without work). After that, you're on welfare, which is completely different (and abused way worse than EI).
The one problem with EI is seasonal workers -- taking a paid 4-month vacation every year.
The big problem with welfare is that we don't have the heart to tell people we'll let their children starve if they don't get off their asses and find work.
> I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I think you could make a business > case for a data haven that was ship based that would sit in > international waters out of the reach of the FBI/CIA/NSA/* would be > unable to get to it.
It had better be well-armed. CIA-trained and -funded Somali pirates would have no qualms about turning over the data to their masters -- nor killing anyone preventing them from completing their mission.
Wow, that buzzfeed link was hilarious. And completely reminded me of why I find trying to play anything (other than Rock Band) with my kids so incredibly annoying.
> When I first got email in the late 1800s there were no junk filters.
Holy crap, I never go e-mail of *any kind* until the late 1980s. And here I thought I was pretty hip! I never imagined that somebody would have me beaten by over 80 years!
I love my iPad, but I have to tell you -- it would do a terrible job note-taking.
My old Windows Tablet XP machine would do a better job, it had a stylus, handwriting-recognition, and a keyboard. Combined with Microsoft One-Note, it would do about as good a job IMO as a pen a paper -- but be easier to share with your classmates.
> Maybe mocking would be too harsh: one could just ask them a > hard question about the subject of the lecture and wave the > radio mike under their nose.
Asking them an easy question would be far more effective if they were, in fact, not paying attention.
You can always follow-up with the hard question, and maybe even fine-tune it to exploit weaknesses in the student's knowledge that were hinted at in his answer to the easy question.
> Laptop use during lectures seems pretty essential > for taking notes. Duh?
Universities have existed for a millennium. Are you really so arrogant as to believe that only the laptop generation has taken notes?!
I also have to wonder how many kids with laptops do a good job with diagrams and equations. I'm not sure I could take notes using only a laptop -- my note taking involves summarizing and diagramming knowledge, rather than transcribing the instructor's speech.
"bleed down relatively quickly" - That's the real question now, isn't it?
If they can arrange to stop the engine at, or just past, TDC, with a rich-ish mixture in the cylinder, they will be able to re-start the engine with one fat spark.
So, since we're at TDC, the valves should be closed and sealing well. How long does it take for a leak-down test to bleed out on a WARM engine in good condition? It bet it would take a good five minutes.
Remember, when you're doing a leak-down test in the shop, you're doing it on a cold engine, the rings won't be sealing as well. I bet they will also use rings with a very, very small end gap at operating temp. And on a warm engine, you're not waiting for fuel/air to run out between the ring end gaps, you're waiting for it to push the oil out first. A taller piston skirt and/or increased oil ring count could extend the time the cylinder will hold the intake charge.
Not only the throw-out bearing, but also the clutch plates.
You see, when members a certain gender think it's okay to keep the brake pedal pressed and the clutch in at a stop, they strangely somehow start to believe that it is also okay to ignore the brake and feather the clutch to keep the car stationary on a hill.
When I start any of my vehicles, I fire them up, wait for the idle to stabilize, and drive off gently. Once the coolant needle has moved to the "C" mark I drive as vigorously as practical.
"idle to stabilize" means - in an EFI vehicle, wait for the fast-idle to stop (this usually takes 5 seconds or so); in a carbureted vehicle, adjust the choke so that engine idles smoothly, usually about 10% higher than the normal idle. Then I flip the choke off about a mile down the road.
This regimen, combined with modern engine oils and a block heater in extreme cold, perfectly balances the lack-of-lube cold start problem with the excessive emissions, uneven heating, and unnecessary wear that extended warmups cause.
No more pollution, no more hunger, and no more wars.
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I AM Wally, you insensitive clod!
> OSX never happened until Linux paved the way for desktop Unix.
Which is why a Mac OS X machine works so much like a CDE-based workstation and bears such a trivial resemblence to neither Mac OS 9 nor NeXTSTEP.
Yep, Jobs was cribbing from Ubuntu, even back in '96.
> (for the record, I am pro-unemployment benefits up to 1 year,
> after that you had better figure something out).
That sounds like Canada -- you have to work and pay into EI for a while (8 full-time man-months, maybe?) and then are allowed to collect it for awhile (I dunno how long, never been without work). After that, you're on welfare, which is completely different (and abused way worse than EI).
The one problem with EI is seasonal workers -- taking a paid 4-month vacation every year.
The big problem with welfare is that we don't have the heart to tell people we'll let their children starve if they don't get off their asses and find work.
That is certainly an impressive feat, but I bet guys like CleverNickName and BrucePerens have done better.
Hard to tell, though, now with this stupid "good/bad" Karma crap thing. I liked the numbered Karma way better. Especially when there was no cap.
The *last* thing I want to get is Goatse experience points!!!
> why does the US end up getting picked as the scapegoat for all the world's problems?
Because the US has appointed itself World Policeman.
Use the cell broadcast service, that's what it's for.
It looks like a real flute, but with curly springs instead of flat ones. And keys that don't seal right, for some reason.
PF has never refused to do iTunes.
What they have historically done is refused to do *SINGLES*, including single-track downloads on iTunes.
When these albums were recorded, they wanted you to listen to the whole thing, not just a piece.
And man, you should. Pink Floyd just doesn't make music that's meant to be listened to in 3.5 minute increments.
> I don't think anything really compares to the type of albums
> they did, or how tightly interwoven the songs typically were.
I think the second side of Abbey Road fits in there (although it predates them).
Except for Her Majesty. That's just a big WTF.
> I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I think you could make a business
> case for a data haven that was ship based that would sit in
> international waters out of the reach of the FBI/CIA/NSA/* would be
> unable to get to it.
It had better be well-armed. CIA-trained and -funded Somali pirates would have no qualms about turning over the data to their masters -- nor killing anyone preventing them from completing their mission.
Colony collapse disorder has just jumped the species barrier!
Wow, that buzzfeed link was hilarious. And completely reminded me of why I find trying to play anything (other than Rock Band) with my kids so incredibly annoying.
> In fact, why are we using our iPhones as anything other than a fucking phone?!
You use yours as a phone?! I tried that, but it was unreliable. Now I just use it as an i.
Wait, isn't she one of the chicks that was banging the Wikileaks guy?
> When I first got email in the late 1800s there were no junk filters.
Holy crap, I never go e-mail of *any kind* until the late 1980s. And here I thought I was pretty hip! I never imagined that somebody would have me beaten by over 80 years!
I love my iPad, but I have to tell you -- it would do a terrible job note-taking.
My old Windows Tablet XP machine would do a better job, it had a stylus, handwriting-recognition, and a keyboard. Combined with Microsoft One-Note, it would do about as good a job IMO as a pen a paper -- but be easier to share with your classmates.
> Maybe mocking would be too harsh: one could just ask them a
> hard question about the subject of the lecture and wave the
> radio mike under their nose.
Asking them an easy question would be far more effective if they were, in fact, not paying attention.
You can always follow-up with the hard question, and maybe even fine-tune it to exploit weaknesses in the student's knowledge that were hinted at in his answer to the easy question.
> Laptop use during lectures seems pretty essential
> for taking notes. Duh?
Universities have existed for a millennium. Are you really so arrogant as to believe that only the laptop generation has taken notes?!
I also have to wonder how many kids with laptops do a good job with diagrams and equations. I'm not sure I could take notes using only a laptop -- my note taking involves summarizing and diagramming knowledge, rather than transcribing the instructor's speech.
> What do they know that we don't?
That it's safer to have all the cars going in the same direction, and to eliminate as many obstacles as possible?
"bleed down relatively quickly" - That's the real question now, isn't it?
If they can arrange to stop the engine at, or just past, TDC, with a rich-ish mixture in the cylinder, they will be able to re-start the engine with one fat spark.
So, since we're at TDC, the valves should be closed and sealing well. How long does it take for a leak-down test to bleed out on a WARM engine in good condition? It bet it would take a good five minutes.
Remember, when you're doing a leak-down test in the shop, you're doing it on a cold engine, the rings won't be sealing as well. I bet they will also use rings with a very, very small end gap at operating temp. And on a warm engine, you're not waiting for fuel/air to run out between the ring end gaps, you're waiting for it to push the oil out first. A taller piston skirt and/or increased oil ring count could extend the time the cylinder will hold the intake charge.
Not only the throw-out bearing, but also the clutch plates.
You see, when members a certain gender think it's okay to keep the brake pedal pressed and the clutch in at a stop, they strangely somehow start to believe that it is also okay to ignore the brake and feather the clutch to keep the car stationary on a hill.
Agreed.
When I start any of my vehicles, I fire them up, wait for the idle to stabilize, and drive off gently. Once the coolant needle has moved to the "C" mark I drive as vigorously as practical.
"idle to stabilize" means - in an EFI vehicle, wait for the fast-idle to stop (this usually takes 5 seconds or so); in a carbureted vehicle, adjust the choke so that engine idles smoothly, usually about 10% higher than the normal idle. Then I flip the choke off about a mile down the road.
This regimen, combined with modern engine oils and a block heater in extreme cold, perfectly balances the lack-of-lube cold start problem with the excessive emissions, uneven heating, and unnecessary wear that extended warmups cause.
Alaska is not really that far from Siberia.
And if you think it's reasonable to design an entire fleet of vehicles around the needs of 700,000 people -- you must have voted for Sarah Palin.
No more pollution, no more hunger, and no more wars.
The Ubuntu-powered Tablet shows off the first real-world application of Ubuntu power, which is the world's first free-as-in-beer AND free-as-in-freedom power source. No longer will we rely on arcane power storage devices such as Lithium-Polymer batteries, or dangerous power generation methods like coal-fired generators.
I, for one, welcome our new Ubuntu Overlords!