All 329 passengers perished aboard Air India flight 182 would beg to differ.
2 out of the Toronto 18 have been released on bail and is currently in Toronto.
This cheap, easy to use green power source could substantially improve the quality of life of 1.6 billion people, comprising 32% of the developing non-OECD populations, currently lacking access to electrical infrastructure. Such a source can provide important needs, such as lighting, telecommunication, and information transfer.
But they're not marketing it as cheaper battery alternatives. They're proposing to use it to light light-bulbs and run computers. They're claiming this technology can compete with solar, wind, and geothermal power generation on the basis that it's "five to 50 folds cheaper than commercially available 1.5 Volt D cells and Energizer E91 cells, respectively".
Signatures are not cryptographic hashes. They can be easily forged. An out-stretched anus is probably harder to forge than a "regular" signature if you incorporate some unique patterns to it digitally.
This issue is pretty much universal. Even outside the binary world people still silly assumption about people's names.
For example, numerous people have raised objections about my signature. They always give me bullshit complaints like "Sir, that is not legible." or "um... that's not your name." or even "Did you just draw a penis on the dotted line?".
My signature does not have to be legible.
My signature does not have to be my name.
My signature does not have to contain my name.
My signature does not have to contain any name.
My signature does not have to be in the English language.
My signature does not have to be in any human language.
My signature does not have to consist of meaningful symbols.
I swear if I hear one more complaint about my signature I will carry around a portable photo printer to render goatse as my signature:
"Yes, my signature is an 600 ppi out-stretched anus. Deal with it. The law says that any mark that I make is a legally valid signature and you have to recognize it as such. You either sign the mortgage or I'm going to the next bank."
GP was referring to the fact that you can easily convert from fiat currency to "real" products, thus rendering the whole "imaginary" part false. In other words, you can talk out of bank every payday carrying nothing but gold bullion regardless of what fiat currency your employer pays you in .
Your advise may work very well for the scientist, but his descendants may have to go to jail for an incorrect prediction made by their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather 1000 years ago.
The science of predicing earthquakes has so far bordered on Phernology. I don't mind a learning curve, even a 100 year one. But if they led people to believe that something was going to happen, and there were negative consequences because of it, they should be hung out to dry like the rest of us. Not for being wrong, but for basing a strong conclusion on incredibly flimsy ground.
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Decomposition generates a lot of heat...
For a year the house next door was vacant. That year was the best TV reception we ever had.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you said, but those words made me lose all faith in humanity.
Human beings - waterbags that degrade your TV signal since 1925
Nothing screams (or bleats) "I'm a sheep" like getting a tatto in 2010.
What about a tatto that says "I'm a sheep"?
... and yes, I have learned my lesson...
Evidently not ;)
http://xkcd.com/678/
You seems to have forgotten your sarcasm detector, sir. Here, have mine.
Canada doesn't have assassinations,...
Pierre Laporte
we don't have terrorist acts,......
All 329 passengers perished aboard Air India flight 182 would beg to differ.
2 out of the Toronto 18 have been released on bail and is currently in Toronto.
I guess it's due to the Office Space reference.
Unicorn meat is murder!
Stop the needless killing of endangered species!
Don't worry, he was just playing the devil's advocate to make a point.
/. then he might be the devil himself.
But if he really never watched those shows and is still reading
Wow, I didn't know AOL developed software. I thought they were just a Frisbee manufacturer.
Speaking of which I really miss getting the free sample Frisbees from them every month. Did they go bankrupt or something?
Let's not be too hard on the guy. He can't help it.
The FUD spreading is caused by a dominant allele in his jeans after all.
My other car isn't a moving billboard.
This cheap, easy to use green power source could substantially improve the quality of life of 1.6 billion people, comprising 32% of the developing non-OECD populations, currently lacking access to electrical infrastructure. Such a source can provide important needs, such as lighting, telecommunication, and information transfer.
But they're not marketing it as cheaper battery alternatives. They're proposing to use it to light light-bulbs and run computers. They're claiming this technology can compete with solar, wind, and geothermal power generation on the basis that it's "five to 50 folds cheaper than commercially available 1.5 Volt D cells and Energizer E91 cells, respectively".
Damn you Noah! Why didn't you bring some dinosaurs on your ark?
Now I'll never fulfill my childhood dreams of having a pet velociraptor.
There's already a legal definition of signature so people can't go around redefining it for fun. As it turns out a signature doesn't have to a an autograph. It can be literally just anything.
Signatures are not cryptographic hashes. They can be easily forged. An out-stretched anus is probably harder to forge than a "regular" signature if you incorporate some unique patterns to it digitally.
I try to make it unique every time. That may be the other reason why I'm getting so many complaints.
1283400 has a great point and deserves mod points.
This issue is pretty much universal. Even outside the binary world people still silly assumption about people's names.
For example, numerous people have raised objections about my signature. They always give me bullshit complaints like "Sir, that is not legible." or "um... that's not your name." or even "Did you just draw a penis on the dotted line?".
My signature does not have to be legible.
My signature does not have to be my name.
My signature does not have to contain my name.
My signature does not have to contain any name.
My signature does not have to be in the English language.
My signature does not have to be in any human language.
My signature does not have to consist of meaningful symbols.
I swear if I hear one more complaint about my signature I will carry around a portable photo printer to render goatse as my signature:
"Yes, my signature is an 600 ppi out-stretched anus. Deal with it. The law says that any mark that I make is a legally valid signature and you have to recognize it as such. You either sign the mortgage or I'm going to the next bank."
That's obviously intelligent design. Burn the heathen!
GP was referring to the fact that you can easily convert from fiat currency to "real" products, thus rendering the whole "imaginary" part false. In other words, you can talk out of bank every payday carrying nothing but gold bullion regardless of what fiat currency your employer pays you in .
Some days I just want to write down a bunch of random numbers, letters and symbols on sticky notes all around the office...
Might not be such a good idea since the NSA routinely runs a similar type of raid...
Your advise may work very well for the scientist, but his descendants may have to go to jail for an incorrect prediction made by their great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather 1000 years ago.
The science of predicing earthquakes has so far bordered on Phernology. I don't mind a learning curve, even a 100 year one. But if they led people to believe that something was going to happen, and there were negative consequences because of it, they should be hung out to dry like the rest of us. Not for being wrong, but for basing a strong conclusion on incredibly flimsy ground.
/. - spreading natural disasters puns since 1997.