"... this age of terrorism and child pornography..."
What the hell? You think this age is "different" some how?
Terrorism is certainly not rampant. Look back a few decades, to say, the fifties or the sixties when there were riots all over the USA.
Child Pornography, hell. Look back a century, "children" were getting married to middle-aged men and having their babies. The only difference is, back then nobody arrested you for it, or even thought twice about it.
"This age" is noted only for everybody being declared a criminal and living in fear that their government is going to lock them up if they happen to say something... like, say, this post on SlashDot RIGHT HERE.
Nice. "websites in question may have had links to..."
That says nothing.
Another TRUE statement: "The websites in question may have been cleverly disguised nuclear warheads." They weren't, obviously, but the statement is still true.
Another TRUE statement: "The websites in question may have had links to documents purloined from the global elite documenting their collusion with key government officials." Wow. Really?! Finally, proof.
"child porn... terrorist activity" What? No drugs? Kind of missed a key "excuse card" didn't you?
Teach your kids this. If there is an emergency, you can dial "911" on any phone.
At least in the neighborhoods around where I am this will get police to your (approximate) location even if all you do is dial it and hang up.
Works from nearly any phone, best from a landline, but any modern cel phone with location services EVEN one that does NOT have a current provider contract.
Naturally, if you can give your address to the 911 operator it will speed things up if you are using a cel phone (no wait while police knock on doors in the neighborhood to find you).
Way back in the day, I had a clock that told time this way.
Two low frequencies, which at midnight were very close together, so they would beat once per second, at noon were further apart, beating several times per second.
Likewise for two high frequencies that did the same thing but was on an hourly cycle.
It is fairly obvious it is driver error, and has been since the beginning.
The brakes on a Toyota car, like any common car, are a simple mechanical and hydraulic system. You don't have to "read" the brake with anything electronic for them to work.
If you step on the brake pedal, the car will stop. It doesn't matter if you are at 10mph, 20mph, 60mph, or 100mph. It doesn't matter if the engine is running at wide-open-throttle (WOT) or closed-throttle (CT). The car will stop. At speeds of less than 60mph, it doesn't even make a significant difference in the distance required to stop if the engine is WOT or CT. At speeds of around 100mph or higher, the stopping distance is noticeably different, but still not hugely so.
Therefore, people were not stepping on the brake pedal or the car WOULD HAVE STOPPED.
This has been tested over and over with many different automobiles, including massively over-powered muscle cars.
graphic designers do digital work in 300 dpi for print work and 72 dpi for online work.
This isn't the 1980's anymore. I don't know any graphic designers that work or target that low of a resolution. Even in the 1990's, 600dpi for print work was typical as was 96dpi on-screen.
I worked with graphic designers for several years, but even back then it was 1200dpi for print and 120dpi for on-screen.
Huh, it seems people are actually studying roundabout usage:
Several studies conducted by the Institute and others have reported significant improvements in traffic flow following conversion of traditional intersections to roundabouts. A study of three intersections in Kansas, Maryland, and Nevada, where roundabouts replaced stop signs, found that vehicle delays were reduced 13-23 percent and the proportion of vehicles that stopped was reduced 14-37 percent.5 A study of three locations in New Hampshire, New York, and Washington, where roundabouts replaced traffic signals or stop signs, found an 89 percent average reduction in vehicle delays and a 56 percent average reduction in vehicle stops.6 A study of 11 intersections in Kansas found a 65 percent average reduction in delays and a 52 percent average reduction in vehicle stops after roundabouts were installed.7
A recent Institute study documented missed opportunities to improve traffic flow and safety at 10 urban intersections suitable for roundabouts where either traffic signals were installed or major modifications were made to signalized intersections.8 It was estimated that the use of roundabouts instead of traffic signals at these 10 intersections would have reduced vehicle delays by 62-74 percent. This is equivalent to approximately 325,000 fewer hours of vehicle delay on an annual basis.
I don't know about other parts of the US, but throughout Kansas there are very few roundabouts.
I have one on my daily commute, everybody slows down for it, but it is far less of a time burden than a traffic light that would stop traffic half the time and require extra fuel to accelerate from a dead stop.
It would seem that replacing traffic light controlled intersections with roundabouts would lower speed, decrease fuel consumption, reduce electricity demand (eliminates traffic lights), and possibly even decrease drive time for commuters. Has serious consideration been given to this?
Yes, that's why FedEx was a complete financial flop, paying ten to a hundred times as much to get overnight delivery when the postal service can get it there in a few days was a stupid...
Wait, you mean people ARE willing to pay one or two more orders of magnitude just for "faster"? FedEx was one of the fastest growing companies EVER?
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong, but I'll bet on Burt Rutan not being an idiot.
Seriously, does the software understand the differences between:
Reading an article but being distracted by the ad on the side of the page Reading an article but being distracted by the redhead walking by Reading an article but I have a lazy eye that doesn't track Reading an article but my ADD kicks in and...
Usually, we already do. No matter how many "No, I won't effing fix your computer" T-shirts you own and wear, you still end up removing root-kits, eliminating spyware, and fixing damage done by the bits of malware for friends, relatives, or whoever. 'cause you "know about that stuff".
I already pay, I don't need to be "taxed". Hell, I could use the excuse "I gave at the office" too...
I'm wondering if you've ever had a job in the real world. I've worked as a contractor, so I've seen a lot of businesses from an inside perspective. Every single one of them, the bosses believe they are above policy and would behave as described in the original post and refuse to acknowledge it officially. This includes major defense contractors, who were the best I've observed at sticking to policy. The higher-ups still felt policy only applied to "everyone else".
And cities as well... I work in Kansas City, Missouri, which has "earnings tax" (income tax by another name). Live across the state line in Kansas. So on income tax alone: city, Missouri, Kansas, and the federal government. Makes me glad I don't have a spouse anymore, the "income allocation" worksheet for married non-residents in Missouri was so contrived as to be impossible to fill out correctly.
Odd... my HTC-built Hero (Android phone debuting on Sprint last fall) not only has multi-touch, but it has pinch-zoom, etc... so if it is legal issues, those bridges should have already been crossed.
I know when they passed legislation requiring motorcycle helmets to be worn, they didn't specify "where", so people were strapping one to their knee or hanging it from an elbow.
Perhaps you can do the same thing, and sell glazed drinking glasses, stick one in your cup-holder, you're golden?
[paraphrased] Cook pizza in a pop-up toaster by bending the pizza like a taco and enclosing it in aluminum foil... try it
In the interests of safety, I'd like to point out that most pop-up toasters use non-insulated resistive wiring as their heating elements.
Please do NOT put a conductive metal, especially something like aluminum foil that can have pieces easily bend and shred.
Not only does this risk shorting across the heating elements, causing an overload, but if the aluminum foil only touches the heating element in one location you run the risk of electrocuting the operator when s/he attempts to remove their pizza taco that is stuck in the toaster.
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"... this age of terrorism and child pornography ..."
What the hell? You think this age is "different" some how?
Terrorism is certainly not rampant. Look back a few decades, to say, the fifties or the sixties when there were riots all over the USA.
Child Pornography, hell. Look back a century, "children" were getting married to middle-aged men and having their babies. The only difference is, back then nobody arrested you for it, or even thought twice about it.
"This age" is noted only for everybody being declared a criminal and living in fear that their government is going to lock them up if they happen to say something ... like, say, this post on SlashDot RIGHT HERE.
Your description could apply to all kinds of things equally well.
Homeland Defense - First invent an imaginary enemy, then enact all kinds of policies, surveillance, and counter-measures to defend against it.
Consultants - Invent an inefficiency in an industry then sell services, software, and plans to work around it.
Home Cleaning Products Industry - Note that something might be dirty/infested and sell people the product to clean it.
Nice. "websites in question may have had links to ..."
That says nothing.
Another TRUE statement:
"The websites in question may have been cleverly disguised nuclear warheads."
They weren't, obviously, but the statement is still true.
Another TRUE statement:
"The websites in question may have had links to documents purloined from the global elite documenting their collusion with key government officials."
Wow. Really?! Finally, proof.
"child porn ... terrorist activity"
What? No drugs? Kind of missed a key "excuse card" didn't you?
Good point, I suppose her home could be rather like my current one ... no landline.
When I was a kid, nearly every phone in the house had a POTS phone, so I made a bad assumption.
But then again, I'm ancient!
Teach your kids this. If there is an emergency, you can dial "911" on any phone.
At least in the neighborhoods around where I am this will get police to your (approximate) location even if all you do is dial it and hang up.
Works from nearly any phone, best from a landline, but any modern cel phone with location services EVEN one that does NOT have a current provider contract.
Naturally, if you can give your address to the 911 operator it will speed things up if you are using a cel phone (no wait while police knock on doors in the neighborhood to find you).
Way back in the day, I had a clock that told time this way.
Two low frequencies, which at midnight were very close together, so they would beat once per second, at noon were further apart, beating several times per second.
Likewise for two high frequencies that did the same thing but was on an hourly cycle.
It is fairly obvious it is driver error, and has been since the beginning.
The brakes on a Toyota car, like any common car, are a simple mechanical and hydraulic system. You don't have to "read" the brake with anything electronic for them to work.
If you step on the brake pedal, the car will stop.
It doesn't matter if you are at 10mph, 20mph, 60mph, or 100mph.
It doesn't matter if the engine is running at wide-open-throttle (WOT) or closed-throttle (CT).
The car will stop.
At speeds of less than 60mph, it doesn't even make a significant difference in the distance required to stop if the engine is WOT or CT.
At speeds of around 100mph or higher, the stopping distance is noticeably different, but still not hugely so.
Therefore, people were not stepping on the brake pedal or the car WOULD HAVE STOPPED.
This has been tested over and over with many different automobiles, including massively over-powered muscle cars.
This isn't the 1980's anymore. I don't know any graphic designers that work or target that low of a resolution. Even in the 1990's, 600dpi for print work was typical as was 96dpi on-screen.
I worked with graphic designers for several years, but even back then it was 1200dpi for print and 120dpi for on-screen.
Huh, it seems people are actually studying roundabout usage:
I don't know about other parts of the US, but throughout Kansas there are very few roundabouts.
I have one on my daily commute, everybody slows down for it, but it is far less of a time burden than a traffic light that would stop traffic half the time and require extra fuel to accelerate from a dead stop.
It would seem that replacing traffic light controlled intersections with roundabouts would lower speed, decrease fuel consumption, reduce electricity demand (eliminates traffic lights), and possibly even decrease drive time for commuters. Has serious consideration been given to this?
Yes, that's why FedEx was a complete financial flop, paying ten to a hundred times as much to get overnight delivery when the postal service can get it there in a few days was a stupid ...
Wait, you mean people ARE willing to pay one or two more orders of magnitude just for "faster"? FedEx was one of the fastest growing companies EVER?
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong, but I'll bet on Burt Rutan not being an idiot.
Seriously, does the software understand the differences between:
Reading an article but being distracted by the ad on the side of the page ...
Reading an article but being distracted by the redhead walking by
Reading an article but I have a lazy eye that doesn't track
Reading an article but my ADD kicks in and
I do believe that is the first time this year I've heard the term "sunk cost" used appropriately.
Congratulations!
Usually, we already do. No matter how many "No, I won't effing fix your computer" T-shirts you own and wear, you still end up removing root-kits, eliminating spyware, and fixing damage done by the bits of malware for friends, relatives, or whoever. 'cause you "know about that stuff".
I already pay, I don't need to be "taxed". Hell, I could use the excuse "I gave at the office" too ...
People unhappy with their relationship status surf for porn ...
I'm wondering if you've ever had a job in the real world. I've worked as a contractor, so I've seen a lot of businesses from an inside perspective. Every single one of them, the bosses believe they are above policy and would behave as described in the original post and refuse to acknowledge it officially. This includes major defense contractors, who were the best I've observed at sticking to policy. The higher-ups still felt policy only applied to "everyone else".
And cities as well ... I work in Kansas City, Missouri, which has "earnings tax" (income tax by another name). Live across the state line in Kansas. So on income tax alone: city, Missouri, Kansas, and the federal government. Makes me glad I don't have a spouse anymore, the "income allocation" worksheet for married non-residents in Missouri was so contrived as to be impossible to fill out correctly.
Odd ... my HTC-built Hero (Android phone debuting on Sprint last fall) not only has multi-touch, but it has pinch-zoom, etc ... so if it is legal issues, those bridges should have already been crossed.
Pick up an HTC Hero ... CDMA, same phone internals, you'll have to wait a few months to get Android V2.0, but it will be out in early 2009.
Never owned an Oldsmobile then? Many of them have the FM antenna embedded in the windshield glass.
I know when they passed legislation requiring motorcycle helmets to be worn, they didn't specify "where", so people were strapping one to their knee or hanging it from an elbow.
Perhaps you can do the same thing, and sell glazed drinking glasses, stick one in your cup-holder, you're golden?
I do NOT want to be on your research team.
Take no chances ... I'd get a medic alert freakin' tatoo'd on my chest, back, neck, and both wrists.
"Artificial heart: no pulse is NORMAL. If you detect a pulse, I must be dead and twitching."
In the interests of safety, I'd like to point out that most pop-up toasters use non-insulated resistive wiring as their heating elements.
Please do NOT put a conductive metal, especially something like aluminum foil that can have pieces easily bend and shred.
Not only does this risk shorting across the heating elements, causing an overload, but if the aluminum foil only touches the heating element in one location you run the risk of electrocuting the operator when s/he attempts to remove their pizza taco that is stuck in the toaster.
Just plant some flowers on my grave on your way offa my lawn, er, plot.