Hopefully its not a windows machine, as I read last week that microsoft provides a FOB that decrypts automagically, windows partitions for law enforcement purposes. You read wrong. It's only a collection of forensics tools.
Once you point the gun at someone you have immediately escalated into deadly force. Tell that to the cop who put a 9mm in my back while arresting me when I posed no threat to him, aside from his broken thinking that I was trying to flee.
Check out this cop trying to arrest an unruly individual [youtube.com], drunk or on drugs. This officer obviously has no idea how to take control of a suspect, drunk or sober. Most people who know me are well familiar with the fact that I'm very outspoken about cops going over the line. I was furious watching the UCLA TASER video. The Utah state trooper video. And other similar obviously egregious misuses of police power.
This video, however, I don't find particularly problematic. The officer pretty clearly in the middle of nowhere, and found himself engaged in a physical altercation initiated by the offender. In order to survive, a cop MUST control the situation at all times. There is a perfectly good chance that man had a weapon. The cop only has to lose once for it to be the end of his life.
Could he have handled that better? Yeah, I think so. Was he wrong? I remain unconvinced.
The picture (and associated text) indicates that solar power passes through inverters then goes to their battery bank. It literally says: "The power from the solar panels is DC, which is converted to AC through our sunny boy inverters (2). After it is converted using the inverters it is stored in our battery bank (3)"
Am I missing something, or am I correct that they are proudly describing their supposed core competency completely incorrectly?
the TV show in Australia ("Australia's funniest home videos of animals having sex", as I recall - seriously), that was canceled at the first commercial break ("We are having technical difficulties, but only until the next show comes on"). Holy cow, you aren't kidding about that.
I've been trying without success to claim deductions for blackjack and hookers for years, Well here's good news for you, you CAN deduct gambling losses. But only if you're claiming gambling income as well. And you can only deduct up to the amount that you have won. Or something, I'm neither a gambler nor a tax advisor.
Reminds me of an old motorcycle adage... there's old riders, and there's bold riders. You don't see any old bold riders. Funny. My motorcycle adage is: "I was 20 minutes away from here 15 minutes ago."
Pirate Bay's reply to George W. Bush - "Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" Hmm... Given their history I'd more expect the reply to be: "Please go sodomize yourself with a retractable baton."
If you don't get it, see what 20,000km is equal to in miles. There's a reason I put the "~" there. Sue me for making an approximate guess and labeling it as such.
I watch the Geek Squad work on machines, totally disobeying EVERY SINGLE ESD PROCEDURE and not even wearing ESD straps.
I can't remember the last time I've actually bothered to wear a static strap when working on a computer. I used to draw the line at $20,000, if it was worth more than that I'd wear the strap. But nowdays I don't think I even bother for that.
I guess if you're doing it all day every day it is probably wise, but I still hardly fault them for that particular infringement.
Sorry, not ignorant, I know religion all too well and have seen what it does to people.
As a person who grew up Christian, and over the past few years struggled with that faith, I think you're not looking at this correctly.
I have been studying deeper into Christianity, deciding if it's REALLY what I believe, and learning what exactly the implications of that are for my life. Among other things, I have learned one important point: There are a HUGE number of people who claim to follow Christ that in reality don't even come close.
Have a read of Matthew 7 some time. Here's a few zingers from there:
[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. [16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [17] Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
(Jesus speaking here, and emphasis mine.) He specifically says that you can tell his followers by their actions.
[21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. [22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Emphasis mine again. "Many will say". Not "A couple of the people who claim to be Christians". Nope, Jesus goes out of his way to say "Many". And note that Jesus here isn't just saying that their works are fruitless, he is saying that they work iniquity. They are doing harm to God's name by doing morally repugnant things.
Can I say that I believe in the God of the Bible? Nope, not at this time. But I have met and know true believers, and I am thoroughly convinced that the vast majority of "Christians" in our society are fooling themselves and others. Your reaction I believe is why Jesus saw fit to speak about it in such strong terms.
If you read the article it looks as if it has a lot more to do with preventing fraud than terrorism. And forcing states to fix their broken system.
It is not the job of the Federal government to "force" states to "fix" their "broken" systems.
The purpose of a drivers license is to ensure that I am authorized to operate a motor vehicle on the roads of a given state. Why people insist on using it as a general purpose ID is beyond me. Why doesn't the RealID act apply to my fishing license?
Therefore, if the federal government REALLY feels strong identity management to be important, issue a national ID card, and strong legislation along with it governing how such an ID would be used.
But we all know that won't happen. And the state's rights erosion continues. (Thank you, Amendment 17.)
To be fair, the federal government isn't forcing states to do this per se, they will simply stop recognizing non-compliant drivers licenses for certain purposes. That said, they aren't providing a reasonable alternative federal ID (passports are prohibitively expensive for some) for persons living in a state that decided against falling in line on RealID.
The UK GDP is 5th in the world (nominal) or 6th in the world (purchasing power parity). If our best supercomputer is coming in at 17th, we aren't spending enough on research.
Nonsense. You build the computer that is as large as necessary to get the job done. I, for one, am sick of the HPC "mine is bigger" envy. You have N science to do, which requires X amount of computational resources. Buy something close to X. If that means you're 17 on the top500, so be it.
Disclaimer: I work in an HPC shop (which has dropped quite a bit down in the top500 over the last few years), so I'm probably grouchy and jaded about the subject.
It's not unheard of. Where I work, two people share a single office with a door, standard size is about 10x15. Heck, I even have a futon in my office and it's still pretty spacious. I have grown so fond of it, if I ever left my job, I'd be willing to take a lower paying job elsewhere just to have an office. It's nice to shut the door occasionally and actually get some work done.
<plug> By the way, not entirely off topic, if anyone out there groks unix and networking and want to work for a NASA contractor in the MD/DC area, you could occupy that empty desk in my office. Drop me a line at slashdot at leebert.org </plug>
Not quite, it was an anagram of "Too many secrets".
But yes, it was SETEC Astronomy
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Enjoy your jumping and congrats on your AFF... Hurry up and get that 'A' because that's when the real fun starts, being able to jump in groups and all... I stopped about a year ago at 230 jumps, but I really do miss it...
Thanks! I have a few solo jumps post-AFF, and it's so nice not to have somebody flying along with me. I kind of enjoy the aloneness for the time being. I did try a two-way once, but in the guy's words "Dayum you fall slow." (He was 100' below me within 10 seconds and I couldn't get down to to him...) Amazing hobby, though, I'm hooked.
Blue skies!
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Yeah, Here's a picture of a friend of mine jumping from a skyvan with one on:
Sad that the flash didn't fire as I expected. Would have been a great shot.
(I took up skydiving two summers ago... I finally actually finished AFF last summer. Hopefully will get my "A" license this spring, when it warms back up again.)
JPL employees are not NASA employees even if they do mostly work on NASA projects under contract.
Doesn't matter. My paycheck comes from CSC, but I still hold a NASA contractor badge, which is the only way I have access to the NASA facility. Same with Caltech employees.
JPLers, BTW, have something of a reputation with other NASA centers as always having to be different. Personally, I wish them luck in this case. FWIW, I signed the forms. You pick and choose your battles, and when I found out we didn't have to sign a medical release, it wasn't worth arguing for me.
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This video, however, I don't find particularly problematic. The officer pretty clearly in the middle of nowhere, and found himself engaged in a physical altercation initiated by the offender. In order to survive, a cop MUST control the situation at all times. There is a perfectly good chance that man had a weapon. The cop only has to lose once for it to be the end of his life.
Could he have handled that better? Yeah, I think so. Was he wrong? I remain unconvinced.
I am confused. Aiso has a description of their solar power system here:
http://www.aiso.net/solar-powered-network.asp
The picture (and associated text) indicates that solar power passes through inverters then goes to their battery bank. It literally says: "The power from the solar panels is DC, which is converted to AC through our sunny boy inverters (2). After it is converted using the inverters it is stored in our battery bank (3)"
Am I missing something, or am I correct that they are proudly describing their supposed core competency completely incorrectly?
Unless there is a LILO password:
/sbin/init
LILO: linux init=/bin/sh
...
sh-3.1.17# mount -o remount,rw /
sh-3.1.17# passwd
...
sh-3.1.17# mount -o remount,ro /
sh-3.1.17# exec
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267151/
some families cant afford to have a parent out of work for 5 years, especially as their now supporting a kid.
Why, then, did they have the child?
No biggie, easy mistake to make.
I can't remember the last time I've actually bothered to wear a static strap when working on a computer. I used to draw the line at $20,000, if it was worth more than that I'd wear the strap. But nowdays I don't think I even bother for that.
I guess if you're doing it all day every day it is probably wise, but I still hardly fault them for that particular infringement.
As a person who grew up Christian, and over the past few years struggled with that faith, I think you're not looking at this correctly.
I have been studying deeper into Christianity, deciding if it's REALLY what I believe, and learning what exactly the implications of that are for my life. Among other things, I have learned one important point: There are a HUGE number of people who claim to follow Christ that in reality don't even come close.
Have a read of Matthew 7 some time. Here's a few zingers from there:
(Jesus speaking here, and emphasis mine.) He specifically says that you can tell his followers by their actions.
Emphasis mine again. "Many will say". Not "A couple of the people who claim to be Christians". Nope, Jesus goes out of his way to say "Many". And note that Jesus here isn't just saying that their works are fruitless, he is saying that they work iniquity. They are doing harm to God's name by doing morally repugnant things.
Can I say that I believe in the God of the Bible? Nope, not at this time. But I have met and know true believers, and I am thoroughly convinced that the vast majority of "Christians" in our society are fooling themselves and others. Your reaction I believe is why Jesus saw fit to speak about it in such strong terms.
- It is not the job of the Federal government to "force" states to "fix" their "broken" systems.
- The purpose of a drivers license is to ensure that I am authorized to operate a motor vehicle on the roads of a given state. Why people insist on using it as a general purpose ID is beyond me. Why doesn't the RealID act apply to my fishing license?
- Therefore, if the federal government REALLY feels strong identity management to be important, issue a national ID card, and strong legislation along with it governing how such an ID would be used.
But we all know that won't happen. And the state's rights erosion continues. (Thank you, Amendment 17.)To be fair, the federal government isn't forcing states to do this per se, they will simply stop recognizing non-compliant drivers licenses for certain purposes. That said, they aren't providing a reasonable alternative federal ID (passports are prohibitively expensive for some) for persons living in a state that decided against falling in line on RealID.
Nonsense. You build the computer that is as large as necessary to get the job done. I, for one, am sick of the HPC "mine is bigger" envy. You have N science to do, which requires X amount of computational resources. Buy something close to X. If that means you're 17 on the top500, so be it.
Disclaimer: I work in an HPC shop (which has dropped quite a bit down in the top500 over the last few years), so I'm probably grouchy and jaded about the subject.
Try this, it should get you started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over/under_cable_coiling
(having myself wrapped probably hundreds of miles of cable with this technique.)
It's not unheard of. Where I work, two people share a single office with a door, standard size is about 10x15. Heck, I even have a futon in my office and it's still pretty spacious. I have grown so fond of it, if I ever left my job, I'd be willing to take a lower paying job elsewhere just to have an office. It's nice to shut the door occasionally and actually get some work done.
<plug>
By the way, not entirely off topic, if anyone out there groks unix and networking and want to work for a NASA contractor in the MD/DC area, you could occupy that empty desk in my office. Drop me a line at slashdot at leebert.org
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Not quite, it was an anagram of "Too many secrets".
But yes, it was SETEC Astronomy
Thanks! I have a few solo jumps post-AFF, and it's so nice not to have somebody flying along with me. I kind of enjoy the aloneness for the time being. I did try a two-way once, but in the guy's words "Dayum you fall slow." (He was 100' below me within 10 seconds and I couldn't get down to to him...) Amazing hobby, though, I'm hooked.
Blue skies!
Yeah, Here's a picture of a friend of mine jumping from a skyvan with one on:
http://leebert.org/skydive/jump2.jpg
Sad that the flash didn't fire as I expected. Would have been a great shot.
(I took up skydiving two summers ago... I finally actually finished AFF last summer. Hopefully will get my "A" license this spring, when it warms back up again.)
Oh come now, it's not like that has ever happened before.
Doesn't matter. My paycheck comes from CSC, but I still hold a NASA contractor badge, which is the only way I have access to the NASA facility. Same with Caltech employees.
JPLers, BTW, have something of a reputation with other NASA centers as always having to be different. Personally, I wish them luck in this case. FWIW, I signed the forms. You pick and choose your battles, and when I found out we didn't have to sign a medical release, it wasn't worth arguing for me.
The units I was talking about are in fact Lieberts (3 50 ton units in that room). Yes, I hear no end to the jokes from coworkers about my nickname.