You write as if the US is in this mess due to external causes. If that were the case, it would make sense to expect a rational response. But since it's in this mess due to its own incompetence, it's only going to do things to make it worse even if it's attempting to make things better; if it could have gotten itself out of this mess earlier, it would have.
Fascinating; I hadn't imagined black rectangles wouldn't eliminate all information. I'd really like to read the original paper you mentioned but didn't find. Any more information about its title or authors?
We have a laser whose beam travels 12 times the speed of light and just using it for higher-density video discs? Let's send some messages into the future, for one!
Back to your comment, the expression 'true hybrid' is a little silly, as anything that is a compromise of two pure technologies is a hybrid. The expression gas-electric or diesel electric has a pre-existing connotation as above. Hybrid these days has the connotation of direct-crank + electric power assist. Plugin is god-knows-what.
I'll concede that (most) current hybrid vehicles do have a hybrid torque-generation system. But usually the hybrid is taken to refer to not being dependent on gasoline to drive, which most current ones fail at.
"once the battery discharges" disproves your "no gasoline, no drive" statement. In other words, if it can go _at all_ with an empty gas tank, then it's showing that it's not gasoline only.
By that logic, a manual transmission vehicle is hybrid (gasoline-gravity), since at the top of a hill it can still go for blocks, even if the tank is empty. For it to allow electricity as one of the fuels, it must be able to run indefinitely without gasoline. Most current so-called hybrid vehicles are just more efficient gasoline-powered vehicles.
While it is indeed possible for static electricity to jostle bus lines, power supply lines, etc..., I find it rather unlikely that static discharge would add an extra 10111011100 (binary) votes for a candidate. I would find a power of two (such as 2048 or 4096) more plausible, but still unlikely.
What if static electricity changes one bit on the address or data bus during an opcode read? That change can easily have non-linear effects.
Plug in hybrids still use gas. That's why they are hybrids, otherwise they would simply be electric cars.
And in fact they are the only true hybrids. These other so-called hybrids run on gasoline only. Simple proof: no gasoline, no drive (once the battery discharges).
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Google Jan 2001:
Results 1 - 10 of about 681 for wikipedia. (0.01 seconds)
Google today:
Results 1 - 10 of about 287,000,000 for wikipedia. (0.07 seconds)
That's a 42143900% increase in results!:)
Actually, only a 42143800% increase, since there's an implicit +100% (otherwise a 1% increase would be a major decrease).
Now, if I found "terror photos" (whatever they are) on a second hand laptop or camera, I won't be reporting that either. Just scrubbing any info off the device and get on with my life.
Yep. And you'd probably do a better job of destroying the data than the government would do, since your well-being is at stake, unlike theirs.
Mr. Proof: "Well okay. I guess not. If you can not back it up with facts or a rational argument, then I'm sorry, I have to reject your claim as invalid."
We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud.
So Beta means, "we're constantly changing it". I do NOT think this is better than "packaged, stagnant software of decades past" which has more paced releases that are stable, with the instability between those in the development versions only.
Well, it said it was "aimed" at such people, not that it was what they wanted. Who better to aim snooping software at than people who don't want to be snooped? Anyway, the real deal would be called "Coppercage" or something.
A German company SRWare has developed a Google Chrome Spin off called Iron aimed at people who are concerned or have questions about Google's policies for collecting usage data.
Yeah, right. Improvement. At least I can still pick up gamma rays from the Big Bang on my old analog television, which is as exciting as watching mud dry.
Funny, that's my opinion of watching any kind of television.
And what if you feel rejecting the changes leaves you in a worse position than accepting a few downsides? Why is it that you presume no change is always better than a change that has some downsides?
I was assuming that bills could have flaws fixed, then get voted on again, unlike with the election process. If the process is truely broken as you imply, where there's never a chance of going back to vote on a fixed bill, then my original objection doesn't apply.
So let me ask you a question. Do you ever vote in elections? When you do, are the guys you vote for positioned such that you agree with them on EVERY SINGLE TOPIC THEY STAND FOR? [...] If not, then you either don't vote (in which case, you just lost all ability to criticize how anybody else votes) or you vote for the candidate that overall most closely matches how you believe (which makes you a hypocrite)
It's a different situation. There WILL be a president/whatever elected, so it's just a matter of who, and one can either have some influence on this or not. In the case of something like the recent FISA bill, it could have been voted against with NO bill coming through. Congress isn't electing people for a position, it's considering whether to add new things.
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You write as if the US is in this mess due to external causes. If that were the case, it would make sense to expect a rational response. But since it's in this mess due to its own incompetence, it's only going to do things to make it worse even if it's attempting to make things better; if it could have gotten itself out of this mess earlier, it would have.
Fascinating; I hadn't imagined black rectangles wouldn't eliminate all information. I'd really like to read the original paper you mentioned but didn't find. Any more information about its title or authors?
...unless someone saves that as a separate layer. PNG or JPG only!
Don't cast perl(s) before swine(dows).
Yeah, especially since they have at least double the voltage drop.
We have a laser whose beam travels 12 times the speed of light and just using it for higher-density video discs? Let's send some messages into the future, for one!
I'll concede that (most) current hybrid vehicles do have a hybrid torque-generation system. But usually the hybrid is taken to refer to not being dependent on gasoline to drive, which most current ones fail at.
By that logic, a manual transmission vehicle is hybrid (gasoline-gravity), since at the top of a hill it can still go for blocks, even if the tank is empty. For it to allow electricity as one of the fuels, it must be able to run indefinitely without gasoline. Most current so-called hybrid vehicles are just more efficient gasoline-powered vehicles.
Don't be so eager; the amount made out "to" you starts with a negative sign.
What if static electricity changes one bit on the address or data bus during an opcode read? That change can easily have non-linear effects.
And in fact they are the only true hybrids. These other so-called hybrids run on gasoline only. Simple proof: no gasoline, no drive (once the battery discharges).
Actually, only a 42143800% increase, since there's an implicit +100% (otherwise a 1% increase would be a major decrease).
Yep. And you'd probably do a better job of destroying the data than the government would do, since your well-being is at stake, unlike theirs.
Implosion? I think you mean explosion, though I don't think the the pressures in the astronaut's body would be enough for even that.
Me: "Hey, want to go eat?"
Mr. Proof: "Sure, where do you want to go?"
Me: "I want pizza."
Mr. Proof: "Can you prove it?"
Me: "What the hell?"
Mr. Proof: "Well okay. I guess not. If you can not back it up with facts or a rational argument, then I'm sorry, I have to reject your claim as invalid."
Me: "Fuck you!"
Mr. Proof: "No need to get irrational."
Yes, from the article:
So Beta means, "we're constantly changing it". I do NOT think this is better than "packaged, stagnant software of decades past" which has more paced releases that are stable, with the instability between those in the development versions only.
Funny, that's my opinion of watching any kind of television.
Only one person got it, but it was copyrighted so he couldn't send copies to anyone else.
Call me old fashioned, but I still use toggle switches as input and blinking lights as output. Much purer and reliable to me.
I was assuming that bills could have flaws fixed, then get voted on again, unlike with the election process. If the process is truely broken as you imply, where there's never a chance of going back to vote on a fixed bill, then my original objection doesn't apply.
It's a different situation. There WILL be a president/whatever elected, so it's just a matter of who, and one can either have some influence on this or not. In the case of something like the recent FISA bill, it could have been voted against with NO bill coming through. Congress isn't electing people for a position, it's considering whether to add new things.
It'd be perfect for a child's dollhouse*.
*Extra licensing fees apply, otherwise the RIAA might sue your dolls for copyright infringement.
Marketing gets it: hundreds of thousands of dollars, to be precise.