That is great for now, and oddly, FIOS (Verizon) still has around 100 channels unencrypted. Granted, most of them are garbage, the rest are the local channels. However, they (and I mean all the cable providers) have been systematically removed the unencrypted channels from the wire:(
The only ones that they have to leave are the local broadcasts (basic CBS, NBC, CW, etc etc), and while there is a good amount of programming on them, the interesting channels (BBC, Discovery, Science channel etc) to me will always remain encrypted.
We will see. Honk Kong has an extradition treaty with the US, but that was in place during British oversight, before HK was handed back to the Chinese. I'm guessing that the Chinese will probably hand him over, especially considering the US president is meeting with the Chinese President in person. Snowden will probably be some sort of trade concession, but that is just my guess.
"Any person who has a security clearance knows that he or she has an obligation to protect classified information and abide by the law," the spokesman, Shawn Turner,
The above is a key comment. Did Snowden violate the law, yes, he violated the agreements he made when he obtained his security clearance. This the US violate the laws by implementing this kind of program, probably. Was public disclosure the right way to go about it, absolutely not.
There are mechanisms in place for whistle blowers when it comes to classified information. Is it affective, well, I do not have an answer for that. Did Snowden follow channels first before going public, we don't know that yet either.
Whether we like it or not, there are process and procedures in place, and the Gov will do what the Gov does (if you think any other country does not do similar crap, you are probably deluding yourself). Follow the appropriate path, if no fruitful resolution comes from that, then public release is a possibility, but expect consequences.
Hell, my school, like almost every school in South Africa at the time, had a freaking armory with guns, rifles, fully automatic R4 (South African version of the M16) and plenty of ammo. We shot at the range once a week (depending on grade the days varied).
But then again, back in those days, we also did military drills, marching, etc weekly, and 2 year compulsory conscription was a requirement (used to be 4 years but change while I was in school). Fortunately, I was a US citizen, so I was not permitted to join the military there, or I would have lost my citizenship.
In this day and age, I could not conceive of a school with an armory in the US (with teh exception of military schools like VMI, Annapolis Naval Academy etc etc). Hell, the school cafeteria kitchen probably is only allowed to use plastic knifes:).. if a student is caught with anything more then a spork to eat their lunch, expulsion...
She is being tried as an adult, as such, the records will not be sealed. She is unfortunately fucked for life if she is found guilty...
And I really hope that whatever judge gets this case, tosses it out for stupidity reasons, and bitch slaps the educational establishment for this travesty.
Actually, I suspect if this had happened 20 to 30 years ago, there would not even have been a reprimand for performing the experiment, rather using said experiment (if it was considered a failure), as a learning experience to figure out where the student went wrong.
At most, I would have been yelled at for not using a fume closet...
Hell, I went to school in South Africa in the late 80's early 90's.... our science labs had green and black marks all over the ceiling from various "failed" but awesome experiments:)
Gatorade is not really a good option for an active person. It is sickly sweet, and sometimes makes you even more thirsty. As a cyclist who does 100 mile rides, I tend to prefer things like NUUN, which are tablets you mix with water, have only a slight taste to them.
If I am in a crappy scenario where my only option is gatorade, I will water it down, 50/50 water/gatorade to cut down on the taste.
Also, Unflavored Eduralytes taste like ass (I had to throw that in there.. even mixes with 50/50 water/gatorade mix.. you end up with Lemon Lime tasking ass)...
I have this problem.. I discovered it on a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando. The regular coasters are fine, but the 3d type sit in a box that moves slowly in front of various monster projector screens made me absolutely want to puke my guts out. Even taking motion sickness meds did not really help.
The worst offender is the Harry potter ride, which puts you on a flying broom, the video project fast moving motion, including a nose dive sequence where you appear to fly straight down for a few hundred feet, while the entire time your body is stationary but just pointing downwards in chair you are riding...
That shit fucks with your brain.. maybe I am too old for the new style of rides at the parks these days (late 30's).. Think I will stick to regular coasters and shit.
As a cyclist, the reason we like hills.. is while going uphill sucks.. going downhill is alot more fun:) I have done a number of flat centuries (Specifically the Seagull Century), its essentially 100 miles of flat constant peddling (and 50 miles of it always against the damn 40 mph wind gusts). At least with hills, you get the opportunity to rest a little on the downhills.
So yes, hills are better then flat surfaces.. that said.. at least with some mtb trails (I ride road and mountain), you can take a ski lift up to the top during the summer months.
This probably has less to do with managing e-mail, and the associated equipment, and more about shifting costs. By out sourcing email, they reduce the storage needed, the servers needed, people to manage it, data center costs, backup costs, and I am sure there are a few items I am missing. That can result in significant cost savings to the provider.
Not to say that I agree with it, or disagree with it. I mean, I used to run my own mail as well using postfix/courior-imap/squirelmail, it was not that hard, and yet I still host my email with google (although apparently Google is no longer allowing new registrations to Google Apps for free, legacy folks are at least grandfathered). It just ended up being easier.
If it was that simple, we would just run lines straight from the power station to peoples houses and connect them up in parallel. There is a reason why transmission lines use 200kV and up to transmit power. If there was no loss, then there would be no need, we could just cram 120 (or 240) volts down the line at 100 000A and be done with it.
Instead, power is sent our of the station at high voltages, and stepped down to the appropriate power (for commercial, 380V 3 phase, for housing 120 to 240V) to account for losses along the way, amongst other reasons.
Also, not sure where you live.. but pretty much any auto parts store in the US will take your used oil for free. I cannot imagine its that different in many other parts of the world... where auto parts stores exist.
Okay.. I'll bite (I seriously hope you are joking.. by transport, I am sure he transfer, although transport is a perfectly acceptable term when it comes to moving electricity around power grids).
That said, if you are referring to transport in the physical sense, in actuality, it is extremely heavy, since you would require a storage container for the electrical charge before you can transport it. I believe we like to call such transport containers... Batteries. I know, its new, you may have not yet heard of such a thing. In bulk, to move megawatts of power, you need a metric shit ton of them.. and they weight quite a bit..../sarcasm... sorta..
Interesting theory, and that may actually be the case.. however, lets look at the cable industry, specifically Comcast, in my neighbourhood.
When FIOS was released, about 80% of the people in my little corner of the neighbourhood switched in an instant (for obvious reasons being service sucks, as does customer service and it was over priced). I live in a part of the area where we have around 30 or so houses, and no through street, around 25 or so of those houses now have FIOS.. the remaining few people all have Comcast, and its dirt cheep, they (Comcast) have been throwing freebies and discounted services at those few remaining customers, because if they switch, they lose their foothold in our part of the community.
So in this instance, the exact opposite of what you propose would happen actually occurred. And they have similar costs when it comes to easement maintenance.
When I was in high school and college, we were permitted to use these types of calculators (in my case the HP 48G back in the late 80's early 90's.. I forget exactly when), however the teacher would walk around to each persons desk and hold in the factory reset button, and remove any mem cards (the PSION my friend used to have).
There was never any need to store formulas or anything, as those were provided on a separate sheet in addition to the test questions and answer paper (okay.. it was a huge sheet that included pretty much every formula used in science, math, chemistry, electrical and mechanical eng, so if you did not already know the formula, you would not be able to pick it out of the list anyways.. or rarely)
Why is this tagged as off topic... Unless I am completely missing sarcasm or an inside joke.. RPN is Reverse Polish Notation.. which is most definitely on topic when it comes to calculators..
Actually, car dealers have been pushing used cars over new cars (those dealers with large new and used lots). The profit margins are significantly higher on used vehicles, and banks love them because the interest rates on used cars is higher then new cars.
It has gotten to the point where people are buying used (more than likely CPO used), because they thought they were getting a better deal, when in actuality the new car was actually cheaper in the long run over the life of the loan. And Dealers love this, CPO sales are a huge profit generator.
For them to launch something.. in the name of whatever (satellite, defense, radio broadcast, telecom., etc), and have it fail and rain debris over a populated area of some other country.. Then the shit will hit the fan.. I doubt even China would sit by idly while shit rains down on them (and if it ends up being radioactive in any way, it would be even worse).
Posturing only goes so far, and then someone will steamroll through..
Slashdot Mirror
That is great for now, and oddly, FIOS (Verizon) still has around 100 channels unencrypted. Granted, most of them are garbage, the rest are the local channels. However, they (and I mean all the cable providers) have been systematically removed the unencrypted channels from the wire :(
The only ones that they have to leave are the local broadcasts (basic CBS, NBC, CW, etc etc), and while there is a good amount of programming on them, the interesting channels (BBC, Discovery, Science channel etc) to me will always remain encrypted.
with poor cablecard support. You can only view unencrypted channels.
Apparently reading comprehension is low here today. I did not say not to go public.
What I did say, is follow procedures put in place, and if that does not work, go public, and expect consequences.
I did not necessarily mean trade, as in products, rather, we will trade something that China wants in return for them sending him back.
We will see. Honk Kong has an extradition treaty with the US, but that was in place during British oversight, before HK was handed back to the Chinese. I'm guessing that the Chinese will probably hand him over, especially considering the US president is meeting with the Chinese President in person. Snowden will probably be some sort of trade concession, but that is just my guess.
"Any person who has a security clearance knows that he or she has an obligation to protect classified information and abide by the law," the spokesman, Shawn Turner,
The above is a key comment. Did Snowden violate the law, yes, he violated the agreements he made when he obtained his security clearance. This the US violate the laws by implementing this kind of program, probably. Was public disclosure the right way to go about it, absolutely not.
There are mechanisms in place for whistle blowers when it comes to classified information. Is it affective, well, I do not have an answer for that. Did Snowden follow channels first before going public, we don't know that yet either.
Whether we like it or not, there are process and procedures in place, and the Gov will do what the Gov does (if you think any other country does not do similar crap, you are probably deluding yourself). Follow the appropriate path, if no fruitful resolution comes from that, then public release is a possibility, but expect consequences.
I'm guessing you meant mercury :) ... scooping up liquid lead might be painful :)
Ahhh, the good old days...
Hell, my school, like almost every school in South Africa at the time, had a freaking armory with guns, rifles, fully automatic R4 (South African version of the M16) and plenty of ammo. We shot at the range once a week (depending on grade the days varied).
But then again, back in those days, we also did military drills, marching, etc weekly, and 2 year compulsory conscription was a requirement (used to be 4 years but change while I was in school). Fortunately, I was a US citizen, so I was not permitted to join the military there, or I would have lost my citizenship.
In this day and age, I could not conceive of a school with an armory in the US (with teh exception of military schools like VMI, Annapolis Naval Academy etc etc). Hell, the school cafeteria kitchen probably is only allowed to use plastic knifes :) .. if a student is caught with anything more then a spork to eat their lunch, expulsion...
She is being tried as an adult, as such, the records will not be sealed. She is unfortunately fucked for life if she is found guilty...
And I really hope that whatever judge gets this case, tosses it out for stupidity reasons, and bitch slaps the educational establishment for this travesty.
Actually, I suspect if this had happened 20 to 30 years ago, there would not even have been a reprimand for performing the experiment, rather using said experiment (if it was considered a failure), as a learning experience to figure out where the student went wrong.
At most, I would have been yelled at for not using a fume closet...
Hell, I went to school in South Africa in the late 80's early 90's.... our science labs had green and black marks all over the ceiling from various "failed" but awesome experiments :)
Gatorade is not really a good option for an active person. It is sickly sweet, and sometimes makes you even more thirsty. As a cyclist who does 100 mile rides, I tend to prefer things like NUUN, which are tablets you mix with water, have only a slight taste to them.
If I am in a crappy scenario where my only option is gatorade, I will water it down, 50/50 water/gatorade to cut down on the taste.
Also, Unflavored Eduralytes taste like ass (I had to throw that in there.. even mixes with 50/50 water/gatorade mix.. you end up with Lemon Lime tasking ass)...
I have this problem.. I discovered it on a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando. The regular coasters are fine, but the 3d type sit in a box that moves slowly in front of various monster projector screens made me absolutely want to puke my guts out. Even taking motion sickness meds did not really help.
The worst offender is the Harry potter ride, which puts you on a flying broom, the video project fast moving motion, including a nose dive sequence where you appear to fly straight down for a few hundred feet, while the entire time your body is stationary but just pointing downwards in chair you are riding...
That shit fucks with your brain.. maybe I am too old for the new style of rides at the parks these days (late 30's).. Think I will stick to regular coasters and shit.
As a cyclist, the reason we like hills.. is while going uphill sucks.. going downhill is alot more fun :) I have done a number of flat centuries (Specifically the Seagull Century), its essentially 100 miles of flat constant peddling (and 50 miles of it always against the damn 40 mph wind gusts). At least with hills, you get the opportunity to rest a little on the downhills.
So yes, hills are better then flat surfaces.. that said.. at least with some mtb trails (I ride road and mountain), you can take a ski lift up to the top during the summer months.
Unfortunately the AP is reporting 2 more devices were found and detonated by the bomb squad.. so not a gas leak.
This probably has less to do with managing e-mail, and the associated equipment, and more about shifting costs. By out sourcing email, they reduce the storage needed, the servers needed, people to manage it, data center costs, backup costs, and I am sure there are a few items I am missing. That can result in significant cost savings to the provider.
Not to say that I agree with it, or disagree with it. I mean, I used to run my own mail as well using postfix/courior-imap/squirelmail, it was not that hard, and yet I still host my email with google (although apparently Google is no longer allowing new registrations to Google Apps for free, legacy folks are at least grandfathered). It just ended up being easier.
Fuck yeah (shamelessly stolen from an image passed on to me earlier today)
If it was that simple, we would just run lines straight from the power station to peoples houses and connect them up in parallel. There is a reason why transmission lines use 200kV and up to transmit power. If there was no loss, then there would be no need, we could just cram 120 (or 240) volts down the line at 100 000A and be done with it.
Instead, power is sent our of the station at high voltages, and stepped down to the appropriate power (for commercial, 380V 3 phase, for housing 120 to 240V) to account for losses along the way, amongst other reasons.
Also, not sure where you live.. but pretty much any auto parts store in the US will take your used oil for free. I cannot imagine its that different in many other parts of the world... where auto parts stores exist.
Okay.. I'll bite (I seriously hope you are joking.. by transport, I am sure he transfer, although transport is a perfectly acceptable term when it comes to moving electricity around power grids).
That said, if you are referring to transport in the physical sense, in actuality, it is extremely heavy, since you would require a storage container for the electrical charge before you can transport it. I believe we like to call such transport containers... Batteries. I know, its new, you may have not yet heard of such a thing. In bulk, to move megawatts of power, you need a metric shit ton of them.. and they weight quite a bit.... /sarcasm ... sorta..
Interesting theory, and that may actually be the case.. however, lets look at the cable industry, specifically Comcast, in my neighbourhood.
When FIOS was released, about 80% of the people in my little corner of the neighbourhood switched in an instant (for obvious reasons being service sucks, as does customer service and it was over priced). I live in a part of the area where we have around 30 or so houses, and no through street, around 25 or so of those houses now have FIOS.. the remaining few people all have Comcast, and its dirt cheep, they (Comcast) have been throwing freebies and discounted services at those few remaining customers, because if they switch, they lose their foothold in our part of the community.
So in this instance, the exact opposite of what you propose would happen actually occurred. And they have similar costs when it comes to easement maintenance.
Looks like something straight out of The Onion..
When I was in high school and college, we were permitted to use these types of calculators (in my case the HP 48G back in the late 80's early 90's.. I forget exactly when), however the teacher would walk around to each persons desk and hold in the factory reset button, and remove any mem cards (the PSION my friend used to have).
There was never any need to store formulas or anything, as those were provided on a separate sheet in addition to the test questions and answer paper (okay.. it was a huge sheet that included pretty much every formula used in science, math, chemistry, electrical and mechanical eng, so if you did not already know the formula, you would not be able to pick it out of the list anyways.. or rarely)
This was in South Africa many years ago.
Why is this tagged as off topic... Unless I am completely missing sarcasm or an inside joke.. RPN is Reverse Polish Notation.. which is most definitely on topic when it comes to calculators..
Actually, car dealers have been pushing used cars over new cars (those dealers with large new and used lots). The profit margins are significantly higher on used vehicles, and banks love them because the interest rates on used cars is higher then new cars.
It has gotten to the point where people are buying used (more than likely CPO used), because they thought they were getting a better deal, when in actuality the new car was actually cheaper in the long run over the life of the loan. And Dealers love this, CPO sales are a huge profit generator.
For them to launch something.. in the name of whatever (satellite, defense, radio broadcast, telecom., etc), and have it fail and rain debris over a populated area of some other country.. Then the shit will hit the fan.. I doubt even China would sit by idly while shit rains down on them (and if it ends up being radioactive in any way, it would be even worse).
Posturing only goes so far, and then someone will steamroll through..