Traffic stops are useful because they give cops access to stupid drivers, who overlap with thugs/druggies/miscellaneous criminals/folks with outstanding warrants. The behaviors of criminal trash are consistent, and I'm fine with hitting their "logistics" where they are vulnerable.
"I'm much more concerned about the thugs driving around 5 mph through neighborhoods, casing places to rob, or looking for a rival gang member to perform a drive-by-shooting on..." which is why you snag them for speeding en route, blowing a light, expired tags, etc.
The plaintiff makes veterans look bad, and as a vet he should fscking well know how to obey orders.
As a G.I. soon to be in the civilian sector, woe betide any vet who tries to bullshit me about their problems. If they have PTSD I will offer to go WITH them to the local VA and make damn sure they get help. If they are lying, that'll get documented too.
Computers anywhere don't "reach" everyone, even if many people own a machine. What they do is reach and enable a few, and those few make the difference.
"Consider the direct cost of moving all the world's coastal cities to higher ground."
Over time, it would force the replacement of old infrastructure. While we cherish old cities out of sentiment, building better ones is easier with a cleaner slate. Post-WWII Germany, Japan, etc are examples.
"Consider what's going to happen when the world's current breadbaskets turn to deserts, and some of the present day's have-not countries find themselves sitting on the new best farmland."
Then the have-nots will have a shot at agriculture. Large countries like the US have sufficient room to adjust their agriculture production to suit, and places like Canada may become habitable!:-P
"Yeah, nature doesn't care. But most of us kind of like our easy dinosaur-free lifestyle, and would like to pass it on to our children."
Not sure what that means, but reptiles are tasty if frog legs, gator,and snake are anything to go by. I'd be happy to eat dino-steaks.
"Cutting emissions is surely the safest way to manage it. (And for those of you still denying that its anthropogenic, it hardly matters. We have the need and the power to do something about it, and it's past time we got started.)"
The alternative is simply adapting to disruptive change.
"The business model that Microsoft Office is based upon is violated when that happens."
Looks like price stratification and free market penetration to me. Free MSFT software fights OSS at the same price point until the economy and legal system adjust to facilitate a situation more profitable to Redmond.
The self-discipline necessary to stay on-topic evaporates where Iraq is concerned, which is unfortunate because not everything is about that.
Diverting Slashdot discussions to the war is not going to do fuck all about the war! Nothing, zip, squat, nada, zilch, zero, naught, nil...you get the idea.
No matter what side we are on, ranting about Iraq here is a huge waste of time and a denial of service to those who are here to discuss technology that, by the way, has potential application in civilian emergency care.
Perhaps standards should be changed so that computer cases (laptops included) are required to contain internal fires and that most components not support combustion. We take a low safety level for granted because portable computers are such (relatively) new technology. IMO this is like the casual attitude towards machinery and boiler safety in the Industrial Revolution. Why shouldn't a notebook be able to contain the results of a dead short in the battery?
"Summary for easy understanding: Dell did not do enough to tell its consumers about the battery recall."
Only a TV commercial would reach the public effectively, and I expect Marketing would squelch THAT idea instantly if it popped up.
This begs the question of why we are sending people into space instead of refining machines and robots. There is no urgent reason to send meat to read sensors when we can save billions by sending sensors without meat. Instead of blowing money to centralize the space "experience" among a few people, send systems to gather the information and share it with the world. We shouldn't be "exploring" with people when we have the choice to learn everything we need to know while advancing technology. Send the humans after the robots have done the work.
When they are bought as an equipment item for a specific task, they shine. They are often integrated with military test systems where they need to last for years, and they do. They are not intended for people who will care about the initial or replacement pricetag.
I like grabbing "outdated, but perfectly functioning, computer"s and tossing Linux on 'em. Even my CF-71 is still useful (in my shop, for reading vehicle manuals), easy to fix if I do damage it, and cost me about $160 plus some fiddling to make one out of two. They are a breeze to work on.
The base of NON-paying customers is important to any software company because it builds user base. Windows 98 spread like wildfire (along with Office 97) because piracy was effortless, and Microsoft got the benefit of product dumping.
Let them reduce "chumming", and the fish will look for different lures.
Simple. They don't find real life rewarding (or lack lifegaming skills), so they crawl into a virtual world where they can be everything they will never be in meatspace.
The game companies make money from them, so I'm fine with anyone else who can turn a buck from their addiction.
A quick search reveals many mATX cases that are stylish, small, and not intrusive or grey. The improved choice of motherboards and power supplies is also a plus. If all else fails, there are plenty of sites with information on how to make and mod cases to get exactly what you want.
That problem is quite common. A solution would be to put the restore disks INSIDE the PC case where practical. That's what I do with drivers and Ghost backup CDs.
I didn't say the EULA would be effective or that supply could be "squalched". The idea is to protect the company. The underage users can simply lie if they want to use the service. Who thinks they won't?
" But for Soldiers the RFID tattoo has a great advantage over the dog tag as it cannot be lost. If it is small, removable via inexpensive laser surgery, and placed on a couple different points around the body, it is useful for identifying bodies that have been badly mangled due to things like bombs, mines, and other explosives."
G.I.s already provide DNA samples. DNA in bones and teeth survives fire and decomposition much better, making RFID unnecessary.
MySpace and all other online activities should simply have EULAs that exclude underage users, and write appropriate self-protective clauses into it as needed. Stupid parents are never going to educate their children, so any expectation that this will change is irrational.
Being stationed there for a year convinced me! Of course the immigrants and tourists would like the US, which is why they came here. The folks back home have more fun demonstrating at our bases.
Old folks and bar owners excepted, they want us (the US military) gone. This is not the same as disliking the American people, but a great many of them hate our military, so we should leave instead of offering to die for them.
We spend billions to defend them so they can divert their wealth to domestic projects. Screw that, they are rich enough to handle it themselves.
"You think owning a firearm of any kind will do you any good if the government decided to get rid of you?"
Depends on what you do with it. The ultimate "no" is not fighting with the goal of personal survival, but with the goal of attacking the enemy at any cost. We cannot control Iraq because people with basic weapons and the will to fight will not give up. If you are at the level where the government will try to take you out, take some of them with you. Firearms embed the right of revolution, but don't guarantee success.
'The "Yellow Peril" is the.mils latest ploy to get funding. There really is no reason for the US to defend anything in Asia. The Asians themselves can do that. The JASDF can defend Japan, Taiwan is too small to matter, and South Koreans hate the US. China is doing exactly what we would do and asserting itself in its sphere of influence.
Militarizing space is a necessity,but the quarrel is not between great powers.
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"Sorry, your parents told me to keep the tip".
Thanks, I'll be here all night.
Traffic stops are useful because they give cops access to stupid drivers, who overlap with thugs/druggies/miscellaneous criminals/folks with outstanding warrants. The behaviors of criminal trash are consistent, and I'm fine with hitting their "logistics" where they are vulnerable.
"I'm much more concerned about the thugs driving around 5 mph through neighborhoods, casing places to rob, or looking for a rival gang member to perform a drive-by-shooting on..." which is why you snag them for speeding en route, blowing a light, expired tags, etc.
The plaintiff makes veterans look bad, and as a vet he should fscking well know how to obey orders.
As a G.I. soon to be in the civilian sector, woe betide any vet who tries to bullshit me about their problems.
If they have PTSD I will offer to go WITH them to the local VA and make damn sure they get help. If they are lying, that'll get documented too.
Computers anywhere don't "reach" everyone, even if many people own a machine. What they do is reach and enable a few, and those few make the difference.
Bits of mineral or plastic in the respiratory systemm aren't necessarily healthy...
"Consider the direct cost of moving all the world's coastal cities to higher ground."
:-P
Over time, it would force the replacement of old infrastructure. While we cherish old cities out of sentiment, building better ones is easier with a cleaner slate. Post-WWII Germany, Japan, etc are examples.
"Consider what's going to happen when the world's current breadbaskets turn to deserts, and some of the present day's have-not countries find themselves sitting on the new best farmland."
Then the have-nots will have a shot at agriculture. Large countries like the US have sufficient room to adjust their agriculture production to suit, and places like Canada may become habitable!
"Yeah, nature doesn't care. But most of us kind of like our easy dinosaur-free lifestyle, and would like to pass it on to our children."
Not sure what that means, but reptiles are tasty if frog legs, gator,and snake are anything to go by. I'd be happy to eat dino-steaks.
"Cutting emissions is surely the safest way to manage it. (And for those of you still denying that its anthropogenic, it hardly matters. We have the need and the power to do something about it, and it's past time we got started.)"
The alternative is simply adapting to disruptive change.
"The business model that Microsoft Office is based upon is violated when that happens."
Looks like price stratification and free market penetration to me. Free MSFT software fights OSS at the same price point until the economy and legal system adjust to facilitate a situation more profitable to Redmond.
The self-discipline necessary to stay on-topic evaporates where Iraq is concerned, which is unfortunate because not everything is about that.
...you get the idea.
Diverting Slashdot discussions to the war is not going to do fuck all about the war! Nothing, zip, squat, nada, zilch, zero, naught, nil
No matter what side we are on, ranting about Iraq here is a huge waste of time and a denial of service to those who are here to discuss technology that, by the way, has potential application in civilian emergency care.
Perhaps standards should be changed so that computer cases (laptops included) are required to contain internal fires and that most components not support combustion.
We take a low safety level for granted because portable computers are such (relatively) new technology. IMO this is like the casual attitude towards machinery and boiler safety in the Industrial Revolution.
Why shouldn't a notebook be able to contain the results of a dead short in the battery?
"Summary for easy understanding: Dell did not do enough to tell its consumers about the battery recall."
Only a TV commercial would reach the public effectively, and I expect Marketing would squelch THAT idea instantly if it popped up.
"Students are supposed to be thwarting any possible system to the bitter end."
Well they should. Let's help 'em out and expose ways around systems like this.
This begs the question of why we are sending people into space instead of refining machines and robots. There is no urgent reason to send meat to read sensors when we can save billions by sending sensors without meat.
Instead of blowing money to centralize the space "experience" among a few people, send systems to gather the information and share it with the world.
We shouldn't be "exploring" with people when we have the choice to learn everything we need to know while advancing technology. Send the humans after the robots have done the work.
When they are bought as an equipment item for a specific task, they shine. They are often integrated with military test systems where they need to last for years, and they do. They are not intended for people who will care about the initial or replacement pricetag.
I like grabbing "outdated, but perfectly functioning, computer"s and tossing Linux on 'em.
Even my CF-71 is still useful (in my shop, for reading vehicle manuals), easy to fix if I do damage it, and cost me about $160 plus some fiddling to make one out of two. They are a breeze to work on.
"Abuse, rape, torture, molestation.
They get headlines.
They get politicians elected
Thus, they get attention of politicians"
Especially when other politicians are doing it!
The base of NON-paying customers is important to any software company because it builds user base.
Windows 98 spread like wildfire (along with Office 97) because piracy was effortless, and Microsoft got the benefit of product dumping.
Let them reduce "chumming", and the fish will look for different lures.
Simple. They don't find real life rewarding (or lack lifegaming skills), so they crawl into a virtual world where they can be everything they will never be in meatspace.
The game companies make money from them, so I'm fine with anyone else who can turn a buck from their addiction.
A quick search reveals many mATX cases that are stylish, small, and not intrusive or grey.
The improved choice of motherboards and power supplies is also a plus.
If all else fails, there are plenty of sites with information on how to make and mod cases to get exactly what you want.
That problem is quite common.
A solution would be to put the restore disks INSIDE the PC case where practical. That's what I do with drivers and Ghost backup CDs.
"Officer: So you don't mind if we zero it?"
Me: "Dunno. it was that way when I bought it at the flea market. Wipe it if you wish."
(If I don't have BACKUPS for important stuff, I IMO deserve to lose it for being stupid.)
I didn't say the EULA would be effective or that supply could be "squalched".
The idea is to protect the company. The underage users can simply lie if they want to use the service. Who thinks they won't?
" But for Soldiers the RFID tattoo has a great advantage over the dog tag as it cannot be lost. If it is small, removable via inexpensive laser surgery, and placed on a couple different points around the body, it is useful for identifying bodies that have been badly mangled due to things like bombs, mines, and other explosives."
G.I.s already provide DNA samples. DNA in bones and teeth survives fire and decomposition much better, making RFID unnecessary.
"Imagine you can freely buy and use the media you use however you like, but if it shows up on p2p, the ID can be pulled and traced back to you."
I imagine there will be plenty of files purchased under pseudonyms, and for example, traced back to Hugh Jorgan...
MySpace and all other online activities should simply have EULAs that exclude underage users, and write appropriate self-protective clauses into it as needed. Stupid parents are never going to educate their children, so any expectation that this will change is irrational.
Being stationed there for a year convinced me! Of course the immigrants and tourists would like the US, which is why they came here. The folks back home have more fun demonstrating at our bases.
Old folks and bar owners excepted, they want us (the US military) gone. This is not the same as disliking the American people, but a great many of them hate our military, so we should leave instead of offering to die for them.
We spend billions to defend them so they can divert their wealth to domestic projects. Screw that, they are rich enough to handle it themselves.
"You think owning a firearm of any kind will do you any good if the government decided to get rid of you?"
Depends on what you do with it. The ultimate "no" is not fighting with the goal of personal survival, but with the goal of attacking the enemy at any cost.
We cannot control Iraq because people with basic weapons and the will to fight will not give up.
If you are at the level where the government will try to take you out, take some of them with you. Firearms embed the right of revolution, but don't guarantee success.
'The "Yellow Peril" is the .mils latest ploy to get funding. There really is no reason for the US to defend anything in Asia.
The Asians themselves can do that. The JASDF can defend Japan, Taiwan is too small to matter, and South Koreans hate the US.
China is doing exactly what we would do and asserting itself in its sphere of influence.
Militarizing space is a necessity,but the quarrel is not between great powers.