It's amazing what happens if you go to a doctor with the aim of being a responsible patient.
Some years back I had an injury that required a tetanus shot, and went to an urgent care clinic. I had a tough time convincing the receptionist that I wasn't in fact trying to get Percocets, but really just wanted my injury looked at.
More recently, a friend had an upper respiratory infection. She couldn't tell if it was strep or some sort of bad viral infection, so she went to a doctor. Again, she had a hard time telling them that she wasn't demanding drugs, she wanted to know if she needed them or not. (Turns out it wasn't strep.)
If the Bloods and the Crips are off of American soil, why get involved in their squabble, especially when our involvement causes all sorts of other problems?
And you implied you were Israeli in an earlier post (about a year ago); my bad.
I think that the actions of the US military are harmful to the US citizens, yes. Modern US military policy is most closely related to an autoimmune disorder.
Of course, the whole reason there are that many anti-American Muslims in the first place is because we keep meddling in the affairs of people squabbling over a patch of dirt that they each think is sacred based on some ancient fairy tale. The Muslims are crazy, of course, but that's no reason to inflame them by meddling in this religious spat.
More relevantly, shame is in the eye of the populace.
If we don't know what they're doing, then we don't know if it's shameful or not, and that in itself is shameful.
If the cops are arresting drunk drivers, that's legitimate. If the cops are arresting people for unpopular speech, that's shameful. But if they're arresting people and not telling anyone about it, that's even worse.
A bigger threat to the idea of the Pirate Party in the US, or any like-minded party, is our ridiculous two-party system. It doesn't matter what you call it, no third party has a chance in the US because of the way the system is constructed.
Unfortunately AT&T, at least, wouldn't let me read the conditions of the warranty until after I'd signed a contract. And the warranty doesn't say what conditions, exactly, trigger the LCI.
They are douchebags of the highest order. (This isn't for an iphone, just a generic cheapie cellphone)
It's Apple, it just works, except for all the times when it doesn't.
Ubuntu just works too, except for all the times when it doesn't. But those times, you can actually google the problem and fix it yourself. Apple, you're boned.
There was no damage involved, simply a triggering of a LCI. The problem isn't that the devices can be damaged by condensation, it's that the LCI's are more sensitive than the device itself to condensation!
The question is whether the LCI's can be triggered by exposure to condensation, moisture, etc., which won't actually harm the device. Clearly those LCI's are more sensitive than the device they're attached to to water damage. If the manufacturer refuses to honor a warranty because of a LCI positive reading, but the damage to the device wasn't in fact caused by water, then you ought to be able to sue them for breach of contract.
I had a cell phone battery fail (because of a defect), but the manufacturer wouldn't replace it because the LCI was tripped on the phone. The failure mode wasn't one that would have been caused by water damage.
Funny how this doesn't seem to bother properly designed electronics.
I have a cheapie digital SLR that I take in and out all the time in wildly varying humidity and temperature conditions, and it does just fine. Sometimes condensation forms on the lens, and that means your pictures suck. But it doesn't break the device. If Olympus can figure out how to do this with a device that has a sensitive CMOS sensor exposed to air, why can't we get a cell phone that won't break when put in the same room as a bathtub?
I volunteered at an inner-city school in Alabama. The problem there wasn't the lack of money. They were drowning in money, from all sorts of assistance programs.
The trouble was incompetent workers who didn't know how to use that money to improve education, and an incompetent administration who didn't know how to hire quality people. It's the teachers, not their budget.
This is just amazing to me, that a tiny island nation has all this heavy industry.
I mean, I can see the Japanese having a successful high-tech economy. They've got a homogenous, educated, dedicated workforce -- perfect for that sort of thing. But they make ships, cars, nuclear wessels, electronics, optics, bicycles... all on their tiny little island nation.
Labor in Japan can't be cheap. Yet it's cheaper for them to build a car over there, put it on a boat, send it over here, and pay tariffs than for the US to build a car?
It's not uranium that's dangerous in Yucca Mountain -- it's the decay products. Uranium is very safe (from a radioactivity standpoint -- it's still a heavy metal, etc.) They used to make fucking *dinnerware* out of it. I've got a uranium-glaze teacup. No, it doesn't keep the tea warm, but it's pretty.
Go read about how waste storage actually works -- it's not green goo stored in leaking barrels, for fuck's sake.
Unfortunately, this means that the person with the bigger mouth can just shout louder than the other guy. Especially in the modern atmosphere of mass media, this means that whoever pays more can make their statements heard by everyone.
Saying patently false things about someone that you know are false *should* be a crime, IMO, even if our interpretation of the law has gone too far.
Utah has very strict alcohol laws, and it's illegal to bring alcohol (liquor, anyway) into the state. People sometimes run across the border to Wyoming to buy booze, but the Utah State Patrol hires people to sit in liquor store parking lots and radio back the license plate numbers of anyone with Utah plates, then pulls them over once they come back to Utah.
The Mormons had to flee persecution to Utah, so they could set up a theocracy and start persecuting everyone else...
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It's amazing what happens if you go to a doctor with the aim of being a responsible patient.
Some years back I had an injury that required a tetanus shot, and went to an urgent care clinic. I had a tough time convincing the receptionist that I wasn't in fact trying to get Percocets, but really just wanted my injury looked at.
More recently, a friend had an upper respiratory infection. She couldn't tell if it was strep or some sort of bad viral infection, so she went to a doctor. Again, she had a hard time telling them that she wasn't demanding drugs, she wanted to know if she needed them or not. (Turns out it wasn't strep.)
If the Bloods and the Crips are off of American soil, why get involved in their squabble, especially when our involvement causes all sorts of other problems?
And you implied you were Israeli in an earlier post (about a year ago); my bad.
I think that the actions of the US military are harmful to the US citizens, yes. Modern US military policy is most closely related to an autoimmune disorder.
Of course, the whole reason there are that many anti-American Muslims in the first place is because we keep meddling in the affairs of people squabbling over a patch of dirt that they each think is sacred based on some ancient fairy tale. The Muslims are crazy, of course, but that's no reason to inflame them by meddling in this religious spat.
(And, yes, I know you're Israeli.)
Why not? American scientists use it too.
Just because you have sophisticated tools doesn't mean that you don't need a good old fashioned wrench sometimes.
More relevantly, shame is in the eye of the populace.
If we don't know what they're doing, then we don't know if it's shameful or not, and that in itself is shameful.
If the cops are arresting drunk drivers, that's legitimate. If the cops are arresting people for unpopular speech, that's shameful. But if they're arresting people and not telling anyone about it, that's even worse.
A bigger threat to the idea of the Pirate Party in the US, or any like-minded party, is our ridiculous two-party system. It doesn't matter what you call it, no third party has a chance in the US because of the way the system is constructed.
Piratpartiet did decently in Sweden...
Unfortunately I had no choice at the time -- because of some travel issues I had to get a cell phone contract very very quickly.
And they're all douchebags, really -- there's no option there.
Unfortunately AT&T, at least, wouldn't let me read the conditions of the warranty until after I'd signed a contract. And the warranty doesn't say what conditions, exactly, trigger the LCI.
They are douchebags of the highest order. (This isn't for an iphone, just a generic cheapie cellphone)
It's Apple, it just works, except for all the times when it doesn't.
Ubuntu just works too, except for all the times when it doesn't. But those times, you can actually google the problem and fix it yourself. Apple, you're boned.
There was no damage involved, simply a triggering of a LCI. The problem isn't that the devices can be damaged by condensation, it's that the LCI's are more sensitive than the device itself to condensation!
The question is whether the LCI's can be triggered by exposure to condensation, moisture, etc., which won't actually harm the device. Clearly those LCI's are more sensitive than the device they're attached to to water damage. If the manufacturer refuses to honor a warranty because of a LCI positive reading, but the damage to the device wasn't in fact caused by water, then you ought to be able to sue them for breach of contract.
I had a cell phone battery fail (because of a defect), but the manufacturer wouldn't replace it because the LCI was tripped on the phone. The failure mode wasn't one that would have been caused by water damage.
Funny how this doesn't seem to bother properly designed electronics.
I have a cheapie digital SLR that I take in and out all the time in wildly varying humidity and temperature conditions, and it does just fine. Sometimes condensation forms on the lens, and that means your pictures suck. But it doesn't break the device. If Olympus can figure out how to do this with a device that has a sensitive CMOS sensor exposed to air, why can't we get a cell phone that won't break when put in the same room as a bathtub?
Take everyone who knew about this, liquidate their kidneys on the black market, and use that to pay for damages.
Moving in six directions instead of eight is better than having sqrt(2) = 1, which is what a grid gives you.
I volunteered at an inner-city school in Alabama. The problem there wasn't the lack of money. They were drowning in money, from all sorts of assistance programs.
The trouble was incompetent workers who didn't know how to use that money to improve education, and an incompetent administration who didn't know how to hire quality people. It's the teachers, not their budget.
Toyota makes a lot of stuff in the USA, but the sticker on mine says "Made in Japan, 100%".
No, counterfeiting is fundamentally about fraud -- claiming something is other than what it is.
This is just amazing to me, that a tiny island nation has all this heavy industry.
I mean, I can see the Japanese having a successful high-tech economy. They've got a homogenous, educated, dedicated workforce -- perfect for that sort of thing. But they make ships, cars, nuclear wessels, electronics, optics, bicycles... all on their tiny little island nation.
Labor in Japan can't be cheap. Yet it's cheaper for them to build a car over there, put it on a boat, send it over here, and pay tariffs than for the US to build a car?
Kudos to the Japanese.
I'm an environmentalist, and I applaud it. So do lots of others.
Your post indicates that you have no clue.
It's not uranium that's dangerous in Yucca Mountain -- it's the decay products. Uranium is very safe (from a radioactivity standpoint -- it's still a heavy metal, etc.) They used to make fucking *dinnerware* out of it. I've got a uranium-glaze teacup. No, it doesn't keep the tea warm, but it's pretty.
Go read about how waste storage actually works -- it's not green goo stored in leaking barrels, for fuck's sake.
Unfortunately, this means that the person with the bigger mouth can just shout louder than the other guy. Especially in the modern atmosphere of mass media, this means that whoever pays more can make their statements heard by everyone.
Saying patently false things about someone that you know are false *should* be a crime, IMO, even if our interpretation of the law has gone too far.
The court can not be fans all they like, doesn't mean they should try to block it.
Giant Faraday cage, imo.
As a Discordian, I find that law blasphemous. LAWYERS!
Utah has very strict alcohol laws, and it's illegal to bring alcohol (liquor, anyway) into the state. People sometimes run across the border to Wyoming to buy booze, but the Utah State Patrol hires people to sit in liquor store parking lots and radio back the license plate numbers of anyone with Utah plates, then pulls them over once they come back to Utah.
The Mormons had to flee persecution to Utah, so they could set up a theocracy and start persecuting everyone else...