Did they take into account the costs that go into production of fertilizers and pesticides? I imagine that they take up non-zero space and that transporting them costs resources as well. Though it's hard to say how much oil a bushel of wheat is worth...
You're assuming that the TSA agents are checking to make sure that's 10 pounds of cocaine and not 10 pounds of semtex. If they know there's drugs there that are supposed to be waved through I imagine they'd try to minimize the exposure of those drugs.
1. Not all rights are in the constitution. (The bill of rights is a/subset/ of our rights.) 2. We do have a right to free travel within the US and this has been affirmed. (Free as in freedom, not beer.) 3. Modern society assumes air travel. (For example, if you have a job interview in another state that would be a five-day's non-stop drive each way.)
Thus, as a we do actually have a right to air travel.
Chrome OS -- it's designed to integrate with the Google ecosystem, whose purpose is advertising in exchange for services. It's a step removed, but it's the moral equivalent.
On a 3 hour flight, you will receive the equivalent of 60 TSA scans from atmospheric radiation due to altitude. On a 18 hour international flight, the equivalent of 360 scans.
According to the numbers the scanner manufacturers claim their scanners output. Not like it's ever happened before that a radiation producing machine wasn't quite to specification, right?
This isn't "poor training." This is "criminal negligence" on the part of those who provided such "poor training" and sexual assault on the part of those that perpetrated it.
Someone should be fired for okaying this. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.
Well, in a recent court case in Massachusetts translating Al Qaeda messages to English was seen as "providing material support." Elsewhere, teaching terrorists how to legally transition into the normal economy is also "providing material support." Soon even trying to defend them legally will be seen the same. That's when we know we've all lost.
You think they don't know that? The TSA is not some collection of informed rules being constructed by reasonable minds -- it's a wrecking ball whose only mission is "protection at all costs" and all decisions are being made by people who fear losing their jobs more than they fear a terrorist attack. When advocating for rehabilitation instead of punishment is a "soft on crime" position and advocating a responsible global policy of power protection is a "soft on defense" position then advocating for a reasonable set of security procedures at checkpoints is "soft on terrorism." We can't just try to/teach/ the TSA. That's impossible at this point. We need something that shows the people that the TSA/is/ terrorism if we want to rein it in. At least, that's the world we live in right now.
Remember, you're no good to her dead or in prison.
No, but you're good to everyone if you get sent there for protecting your daughter from TSA molestation. Seriously, we'd see the true colors of this nation and the control the politicians and corporate overlords really hold if someone went berserk at a checkpoint trying to protect their child. It'd be easier for the nation to swallow if it were a mother, but a father might be close enough.
Uhm, HL and Portal aren't interesting because of their FPS proclivities. In fact, the Source engine is pretty bad as an FPS engine (though it's easy to mod and well supported, so it does get some high power FPS's attached to it). HL and Portal are interesting because they have strong puzzle and design elements (Portal is practically all puzzles, HL put a lot of effort into forcing you to look around more and tease out how to beat certain enemies, but in an FPS setting) as well as a good story and a gripping setting.
Some agreement. I work with a fair number of Linux users who aren't gamers, but all the gamers I work with only use Windows because of games and would prefer if they could use Linux for everything.
I love how we're all assuming that the CS Ph.D's idea for how to use this technology is the only possible usage that will ever be constructed ever and that as a result this technology is worthless.
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Hey, parallel has a lot of good uses.
Did they take into account the costs that go into production of fertilizers and pesticides? I imagine that they take up non-zero space and that transporting them costs resources as well. Though it's hard to say how much oil a bushel of wheat is worth...
You're assuming that the TSA agents are checking to make sure that's 10 pounds of cocaine and not 10 pounds of semtex. If they know there's drugs there that are supposed to be waved through I imagine they'd try to minimize the exposure of those drugs.
[Y]our average PD or Sheriff's department are ... orders of magnitude more competent and professional than our petty airport dictators.
And that's saying something.
"Have you ever lived in a house you thought was haunted?"
Wait, which is the right answer?
Until when? Wasn't he positioned to veto NDAA until they removed the /requirement/ to detain terrorism suspects?
Finally. I got sick of living on this planet anyway.
The joke is that I just post "Vote Ron Paul!" whenever I'm not sure if I'll get modded funny, insightful or troll. It's like a drinking game to me.
Sorry to break it to you, but to LEOs everyone is a suspect.
1. Not all rights are in the constitution. (The bill of rights is a /subset/ of our rights.)
2. We do have a right to free travel within the US and this has been affirmed. (Free as in freedom, not beer.)
3. Modern society assumes air travel. (For example, if you have a job interview in another state that would be a five-day's non-stop drive each way.)
Thus, as a we do actually have a right to air travel.
Chrome OS -- it's designed to integrate with the Google ecosystem, whose purpose is advertising in exchange for services. It's a step removed, but it's the moral equivalent.
If rollback is simple I don't see this as a bad thing. Who wouldn't have killed for an ad-supported Vista or ME trial before buying the upgrade?
Basically, Apple would have been paid to let you trial their new OS. I think this is a good happy medium.
Mod plus 1000, software patents suck.
Seriously, the first thing I thought was, "Didn't Opera do that?"
On a 3 hour flight, you will receive the equivalent of 60 TSA scans from atmospheric radiation due to altitude.
On a 18 hour international flight, the equivalent of 360 scans.
According to the numbers the scanner manufacturers claim their scanners output. Not like it's ever happened before that a radiation producing machine wasn't quite to specification, right?
This isn't "poor training." This is "criminal negligence" on the part of those who provided such "poor training" and sexual assault on the part of those that perpetrated it.
Someone should be fired for okaying this. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.
Vote Ron Paul!
Ron Paul wants to demolish the TSA.
Well, in a recent court case in Massachusetts translating Al Qaeda messages to English was seen as "providing material support." Elsewhere, teaching terrorists how to legally transition into the normal economy is also "providing material support." Soon even trying to defend them legally will be seen the same. That's when we know we've all lost.
You think they don't know that? The TSA is not some collection of informed rules being constructed by reasonable minds -- it's a wrecking ball whose only mission is "protection at all costs" and all decisions are being made by people who fear losing their jobs more than they fear a terrorist attack. When advocating for rehabilitation instead of punishment is a "soft on crime" position and advocating a responsible global policy of power protection is a "soft on defense" position then advocating for a reasonable set of security procedures at checkpoints is "soft on terrorism." We can't just try to /teach/ the TSA. That's impossible at this point. We need something that shows the people that the TSA /is/ terrorism if we want to rein it in. At least, that's the world we live in right now.
Remember, you're no good to her dead or in prison.
No, but you're good to everyone if you get sent there for protecting your daughter from TSA molestation. Seriously, we'd see the true colors of this nation and the control the politicians and corporate overlords really hold if someone went berserk at a checkpoint trying to protect their child. It'd be easier for the nation to swallow if it were a mother, but a father might be close enough.
Yes. However, running a server instance is the /least/ interesting thing a video game client does.
Uhm, HL and Portal aren't interesting because of their FPS proclivities. In fact, the Source engine is pretty bad as an FPS engine (though it's easy to mod and well supported, so it does get some high power FPS's attached to it). HL and Portal are interesting because they have strong puzzle and design elements (Portal is practically all puzzles, HL put a lot of effort into forcing you to look around more and tease out how to beat certain enemies, but in an FPS setting) as well as a good story and a gripping setting.
Some agreement. I work with a fair number of Linux users who aren't gamers, but all the gamers I work with only use Windows because of games and would prefer if they could use Linux for everything.
Funnier would be if the tv had a ghost image of some shock site. "Dude, I don't see it. You must be nuts. (Or twisted...)"
I love how we're all assuming that the CS Ph.D's idea for how to use this technology is the only possible usage that will ever be constructed ever and that as a result this technology is worthless.
Don't you mean E-Meter Cruise?