It also means the same in Rugby though there it describes more the style of kick. A punt is when you drop the ball from your hands and kick it before it hits the ground. The other kind of "kicking from hand" in Rugby is the drop kick in which the ball is dropped from the hand and kicked on the half-volley, i.e. it has bounced once on the ground. Skilled drop kickers, however, such as Johnny Wilkinson, the Newcastle and England fly-half, tend to kick ball at the moment (or just a miniscule fraction of a second after) it hits the ground, to improve accuracy.
The tactical uses of punts and drop kicks are far beyond a short slashdot comment, let alone the offside rules which apply in such situations, which still make my head hurt after playing and watching Rugby for 35 years:-)
The laws of the game are here if you are desparate to know
I'm pretty sure that there's a drop-kick in Gridiron football as well but the only time I've seen it used was in the football game in the MASH film. Although I have a half vague memory of seeing it on a Monday night game once.
They might be obscure to Jolt Cola swigging weenies, but to those of us who appreciate the finer things in life Marcel keeps a very good cellar. I just wish he would serve some cheese with it some time. You know real stuff like Reblochon, Ponte l'Avec or my favourite Coeur de Neufchatel:-)
BTW I think that being french-canadian he's sort of stuck with his "french persona"
We're discussing a court case here. If we don't use precisely defined (by law) words within their precise legal meanings we might as well all go "Yada yada yada" with our fingers in our ears. In other words a bit like what you are doing:-)
Our railways and healthcare (and education) have been underfunded for years.
No they haven't; they've been badly run. They are institutionally sick and need putting out their misery and replacing with something that works. "Underfunded" is the permanent excuse of Old Labour Spartists, Stalinist Trade Unionists and Gordon Brown
Nonsense, the Europenan Convention of Human Rights is nothing to do with the EU.
The concept of European Law overriding UK law is also nonsense, as EU law is UK Law, according to UK Law. i.e the UK government signed up to Rome , Maastricht etc. which make them part of UK Law.
BTW I'm a right winger who thinks we should pull out of the EU but you need to get your facts straight and not just argue on a "Daily Mail" level.
BBTW Could you tell me what the "old" British Laws on Human Rigts were ?
Strange, none of my wedding photos have metadat associated with them either but I have no problem finding them on the in the big "Wedding Album" on the shelf where I keep my photo albums.
Now if this system "works" for rectangles of photo paper why do we need metadata when the picture is in the form of a computer file ?
You're obviously an expert in all this. Why don't you phone up an offer your services;-)
At wild guess I'd say the scientists are surprised because it is surprising, maybe not to you , but to the experts who have extensivley studied data from previous mars missions presumably.
Sigh! why is that geeks think that because they can write a few lines of code that they're experts one everything
If you'd read the article (I know this is Slashdot) you would have seen that the company building the system for the chinese is "Transrapid". Doesn't sound like selling the blueprints to China to me. You do know who Transrapid are don't you?
The rest of your post is a load of shite as well. Calling it a rant is insulting to ranters
That's total bollocks by the Guardian. The maglev between Hamburg and Berlin was economically unviable when compared with the alternative of improving the existing rail link so that it would be capable of being used by ICEs. It was not "derailed" by the green party, nearly evey financial institution who was beng asked to invest money in it looked at the business plan and walked away shaking their heads. The only wya it would have got off the ground (to coin a phrase) was with massive state intervention, that is, taxpayers money.
Apparently they are suprised to hear that internet users are more social than non-users: internet users watch less television, read more books and engage in more social activities.
Surprised ! That's often the case when something is actually researched, instead of just being made up on the spot to meet some stereotype.
I used to work in Holography Research and as it was trying to make holograms in water we used a big Argon ion laser, as this produces the ideal wavelength in the visible spectrum and has the power to keep exposure times down to few seconds. This was a big beast which is basically an Argon filled flurorescent light tube with some optics on the outside of the tube to make it lase. Because it gets pretty hot it needs a water cooling system around the tube.
I came into the lab one morning ready to expose some holograms on a set-up I'd done the night before and switched the laser on and left it to warm up while I fetched a mug of tea. When I came back I heard the laser making some funny noises. It was then that I realised that I'd forgotten to turn on the water cooling. I quickly turned it on, forgetting what effect cold water coming into contact with hot glass can have on the glass. The result was a sound rather like that of standing on a frozen puddle and a jet of steam coming out of the end of the laser where a nice green beam should have been emanating from.
Luckily, the Univerity's building insurance covered the damage or I could still be paying it back now, twenty years later:-)
As an American who is hugely against what I precieve is enourmous anti-American sentiment in Europe today
It's not as enormous as you probably thinks it is. It's just that the anti-americans are loud and they are helped by media, such as the BBC, which has an inherent anti american bias. We love you really:-)
Slashdot Mirror
"Of course, SCOX probably will argue something along the lines of "GPL must == public domain for the good of the country". "
Let them argue that all they want that's merely some theory of theirs while on the other hand copyright is the law.
You sound like Garrison Keillor's mother from Lake Wobegon
Except that she has probably more technical know-how than you have.
It also means the same in Rugby though there it describes more the style of kick. A punt is when you drop the ball from your hands and kick it before it hits the ground. The other kind of "kicking from hand" in Rugby is the drop kick in which the ball is dropped from the hand and kicked on the half-volley, i.e. it has bounced once on the ground. Skilled drop kickers, however, such as Johnny Wilkinson, the Newcastle and England fly-half, tend to kick ball at the moment (or just a miniscule fraction of a second after) it hits the ground, to improve accuracy.
:-)
The tactical uses of punts and drop kicks are far beyond a short slashdot comment, let alone the offside rules which apply in such situations, which still make my head hurt after playing and watching Rugby for 35 years
The laws of the game are here if you are desparate to know
I'm pretty sure that there's a drop-kick in Gridiron football as well but the only time I've seen it used was in the football game in the MASH film. Although I have a half vague memory of seeing it on a Monday night game once.
I don't recall Canada vetoing any UN resolution on Iraq. Enlighten us please
Funnnily enough I quit reading LJ because of the annoying americanisms :-)
They might be obscure to Jolt Cola swigging weenies, but to those of us who appreciate the finer things in life Marcel keeps a very good cellar. I just wish he would serve some cheese with it some time. You know real stuff like Reblochon, Ponte l'Avec or my favourite Coeur de Neufchatel :-)
BTW I think that being french-canadian he's sort of stuck with his "french persona"
Bullshit.
:-)
We're discussing a court case here. If we don't use precisely defined (by law) words within their precise legal meanings we might as well all go "Yada yada yada" with our fingers in our ears. In other words a bit like what you are doing
Of course if youa re readin my blog, (shareMe Technologies)
No thanks, my eyes and brain hurt too much after trying to read through all your typos.
What apps ? ...er... Oracle. That insignificant databse.
What ? You mean the companies should be allowed to sell products by lying about what these product do ?
Our railways and healthcare (and education) have been underfunded for years.
No they haven't; they've been badly run. They are institutionally sick and need putting out their misery and replacing with something that works. "Underfunded" is the permanent excuse of Old Labour Spartists, Stalinist Trade Unionists and Gordon Brown
Nonsense, the Europenan Convention of Human Rights is nothing to do with the EU.
The concept of European Law overriding UK law is also nonsense, as EU law is UK Law, according to UK Law. i.e the UK government signed up to Rome , Maastricht etc. which make them part of UK Law.
BTW I'm a right winger who thinks we should pull out of the EU but you need to get your facts straight and not just argue on a "Daily Mail" level.
BBTW Could you tell me what the "old" British Laws on Human Rigts were ?
Strange, none of my wedding photos have metadat associated with them either but I have no problem finding them on the in the big "Wedding Album" on the shelf where I keep my photo albums.
Now if this system "works" for rectangles of photo paper why do we need metadata when the picture is in the form of a computer file ?
....is cleaning the lobsters out of Jayne Mansfield's arse. I don't know what Derek (or was it Clive) was complaining about
Now you've got the media turning its guns against you. Well gee. It was worth it to get that +5 Funny, mmm?
I think you overestimate the influence discussions on Slashdot have on journalists working in "mainstream" media.
You're obviously an expert in all this. Why don't you phone up an offer your services ;-)
At wild guess I'd say the scientists are surprised because it is surprising, maybe not to you , but to the experts who have extensivley studied data from previous mars missions presumably.
Sigh! why is that geeks think that because they can write a few lines of code that they're experts one everything
You'd like that, wouldn't you :-)
Did you read the NCH report?
If you'd read the article (I know this is Slashdot) you would have seen that the company building the system for the chinese is "Transrapid". Doesn't sound like selling the blueprints to China to me. You do know who Transrapid are don't you?
The rest of your post is a load of shite as well. Calling it a rant is insulting to ranters
That's total bollocks by the Guardian. The maglev between Hamburg and Berlin was economically unviable when compared with the alternative of improving the existing rail link so that it would be capable of being used by ICEs. It was not "derailed" by the green party, nearly evey financial institution who was beng asked to invest money in it looked at the business plan and walked away shaking their heads. The only wya it would have got off the ground (to coin a phrase) was with massive state intervention, that is, taxpayers money.
Apparently they are suprised to hear that internet users are more social than non-users: internet users watch less television, read more books and engage in more social activities.
Surprised ! That's often the case when something is actually researched, instead of just being made up on the spot to meet some stereotype.
Funnily enough, my passport says "UK citizen". Guess it must be wrong, what?
I used to work in Holography Research and as it was trying to make holograms in water we used a big Argon ion laser, as this produces the ideal wavelength in the visible spectrum and has the power to keep exposure times down to few seconds. This was a big beast which is basically an Argon filled flurorescent light tube with some optics on the outside of the tube to make it lase. Because it gets pretty hot it needs a water cooling system around the tube.
:-)
I came into the lab one morning ready to expose some holograms on a set-up I'd done the night before and switched the laser on and left it to warm up while I fetched a mug of tea. When I came back I heard the laser making some funny noises. It was then that I realised that I'd forgotten to turn on the water cooling. I quickly turned it on, forgetting what effect cold water coming into contact with hot glass can have on the glass. The result was a sound rather like that of standing on a frozen puddle and a jet of steam coming out of the end of the laser where a nice green beam should have been emanating from.
Luckily, the Univerity's building insurance covered the damage or I could still be paying it back now, twenty years later
Of course, in my post higher up this discussion I didn't include you, tosspot
As an American who is hugely against what I precieve is enourmous anti-American sentiment in Europe today
:-)
It's not as enormous as you probably thinks it is. It's just that the anti-americans are loud and they are helped by media, such as the BBC, which has an inherent anti american bias. We love you really