So does this mean I can put a sticker on my car that says:
"By Reading this Bumper Sticker you agree to the following Terms and Conditions: In the event of an accident the operator of this vehicle shall be held harmless for any damage or personal injury incurred to any person involved. You agree to take full personal and financial responsibility for any damage incurred to this motor vehicle and belongings."
Well.. if you are in the US then you'd have to take into consideration that given the state of the school system that there is a reasonable possibility that the driver following you can't read. So all the person who crashed into you would have to do is to feign illiteracy to show that the couldn't have agreed to the stated terms and conditions.
However a bigger issue is that your bumper sticker would only be visible from one particular angle, so once again how could people who hit you from the opposite side have consented to your terms?
I'd suggest that the best approach is to totally cover you car with these bumper stickers to guarantee that every approach angle is covered. However as noted before you'll also have to do some in pictorial form for the illiterate, also differing point sizes for the visually challenged, and in a variety of languages to compensate for those pesky foreigners who haven't yet learnt your mother tongue. If you do this I'd say there was a great chance that people would be avoiding you en masse when you drive down the road.
Facebook doesn't pay dividend. Those people can of course sell their stock when the price is higher. It's just been two market days.
And right now the price has flattened out at $33 (is $33 the new $38 fixed price?).. so how likely do you expect the share price to rise above $38? What magical thing would FB have to do for such a rise?
I can't really understand why you're saying that share price going down on IPO is a troubling signal.
I know what everyone is saying about how the $38 share price was perfectly picked as the correct valuation of the company, but (and I am not a financial expert) what does this mean to the people who bought in on Friday? With no major share price movement they are left with a bunch of stock certificates and all their money in the hands of FB. How does this become a worthwhile investment for them? They can't expect to get money back through increased share price, so they are going to have to rely on a dividend for returns. Is there any expectation that there will be a decent dividend?
I'm more inclined to believe what a pundit wrote a couple of weeks ago (and I have to paraphrase here) that up until the IPO FB had already sucked out as much money as possible from the system and that there was really nowhere to go after the IPO.
The ABC stipulated that its Grandstand Sports website was affected by the Bitcoin operation for a short period, but there was no further impact on the broadcaster’s website or its distribution operations.
Hardly a "federal" server unless the government is in on sports.
Federal implies "of the Federation", which in the context of Australia implies the government. However while the ABC being the state broadcaster is funded (and owned) by the government it is not a federal organization. The ABC is independent of the government, so saying that the bit coin software was installed on federal servers is disingenuous to say the least. In fact after reading TFA's I can't see anywhere where it specifies exactly on what servers the software was installed other than some "web servers".
And once again the summary is a joke. You explain what "the coalition" is, but don't explain what the ABC is. I feel sorry for the people who pay for this site.
I've said it before that all you need to take down the electrical grid is for or five teams with high powered rifles and an SUVs. Nothing you can't legally buy in any small town in the country. So how is the government going to protect against that vector?
If I can spot a major typo in the summary 2 seconds after seeing it for the first time ("Litesqaured" in this case) the you are not doing your fucking job.
Most of the time I'd just want to add to my post in order to clarify things, so a timestamped addition would be good. However there are times when I screw things up even after reading and re-reading my post before committing. So perhaps a small time window for changes would also be desirable.
But anyway this is all just BS'ing../. won't listen to me. If they had listened to complaints then things like unicode would have be supported for a long long time.
What an obnoxious back formation. The word you are looking for is "surveyed".
The verb form of surveillance is kinda weird given that it is a foreign word used in English. A quick google found What verb goes with surveillance ? which suggests that the back-formation you are complaining about goes back to the 1960's, that the form is in both the OED and M-W dictionaries and that the BBC even uses it. One poster also disputes your suggestion of "survey" saying that:
'Survey' comes from the Latin for 'to see' - videre.
'Surveillance' comes from the Latin for 'to watch' - vigilare.
(*) Why the fuck can't I edit my own posts? If you can track my karma, then you should be able to let me edit what I wrote. Sure it could be misused by trolls.. but on the whole it would make things easier by not having to reply to my own posts like this.
But what should be news for the US is that both stories point out that US police will start using drones this week. The only indication I have seen about this is things like: US police agencies to begin using drones within 90 days
I was curious as to why MS is continuing on with NTFS, surely there must be something newer coming out of their R&D labs. So a quick google turned up this from the same blog, but earlier this year: building the next generation file system for windows refs
The US is so conservative, our labels don't sync up well with the rest of the world, especially in the last 25 years.
I don't think its a case of labels not matching up, but of the GOP (conservatives) being a conglomeration of several different groups. You have fiscal conservatives shoulder to shoulder with social conservatives as well as neocons (if they are a separate group)
Well.. given he's from Tasmania.. that's a job that probably best left to one of his relatives.
(For the US readers of/. Tasmania is the "West Virginia" of Australia. For foreigners of other denominations I'm not sure what the equivalent is. However in the spirit of an open discourse I would love to hear suggestions of similar designations from other countries!)
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So does this mean I can put a sticker on my car that says:
"By Reading this Bumper Sticker you agree to the following Terms and Conditions:
In the event of an accident the operator of this vehicle shall be held harmless for any damage or personal injury incurred to any person involved. You agree to take full personal and financial responsibility for any damage incurred to this motor vehicle and belongings."
Well .. if you are in the US then you'd have to take into consideration that given the state of the school system that there is a reasonable possibility that the driver following you can't read. So all the person who crashed into you would have to do is to feign illiteracy to show that the couldn't have agreed to the stated terms and conditions.
However a bigger issue is that your bumper sticker would only be visible from one particular angle, so once again how could people who hit you from the opposite side have consented to your terms?
I'd suggest that the best approach is to totally cover you car with these bumper stickers to guarantee that every approach angle is covered. However as noted before you'll also have to do some in pictorial form for the illiterate, also differing point sizes for the visually challenged, and in a variety of languages to compensate for those pesky foreigners who haven't yet learnt your mother tongue. If you do this I'd say there was a great chance that people would be avoiding you en masse when you drive down the road.
Absolutely Not.
I was actually kind of giddy when Facebook shares started dropping the first day out.
I just head they are predicting $25 by mid-summer.
By mid summer?? It's $28 and falling TODAY
Will be the only one around with enough upper body strength to continuously use such a device day in and day out
I should really book mark that Penny Arcade strip.
Facebook doesn't pay dividend. Those people can of course sell their stock when the price is higher. It's just been two market days.
And right now the price has flattened out at $33 (is $33 the new $38 fixed price?) .. so how likely do you expect the share price to rise above $38? What magical thing would FB have to do for such a rise?
I can't really understand why you're saying that share price going down on IPO is a troubling signal.
I know what everyone is saying about how the $38 share price was perfectly picked as the correct valuation of the company, but (and I am not a financial expert) what does this mean to the people who bought in on Friday? With no major share price movement they are left with a bunch of stock certificates and all their money in the hands of FB. How does this become a worthwhile investment for them? They can't expect to get money back through increased share price, so they are going to have to rely on a dividend for returns. Is there any expectation that there will be a decent dividend?
I'm more inclined to believe what a pundit wrote a couple of weeks ago (and I have to paraphrase here) that up until the IPO FB had already sucked out as much money as possible from the system and that there was really nowhere to go after the IPO.
Actually I did find a statement as to what servers were affected: From The ABC didn't sack bit coin miner
The ABC stipulated that its Grandstand Sports website was affected by the Bitcoin operation for a short period, but there was no further impact on the broadcaster’s website or its distribution operations.
Hardly a "federal" server unless the government is in on sports.
Federal implies "of the Federation", which in the context of Australia implies the government. However while the ABC being the state broadcaster is funded (and owned) by the government it is not a federal organization. The ABC is independent of the government, so saying that the bit coin software was installed on federal servers is disingenuous to say the least. In fact after reading TFA's I can't see anywhere where it specifies exactly on what servers the software was installed other than some "web servers".
And once again the summary is a joke. You explain what "the coalition" is, but don't explain what the ABC is. I feel sorry for the people who pay for this site.
NCES = national clean energy standard. Not that you'd want to clarify that in the summary or anything.
Editors? You must be new around here!
I've said it before that all you need to take down the electrical grid is for or five teams with high powered rifles and an SUVs. Nothing you can't legally buy in any small town in the country. So how is the government going to protect against that vector?
If I can spot a major typo in the summary 2 seconds after seeing it for the first time ("Litesqaured" in this case) the you are not doing your fucking job.
Now all I need is a 2000 inch TV to view it on. I think Weird Al knows where to get one.
Yeah .. but Frank got the last one. And don't touch his remote either!
Most of the time I'd just want to add to my post in order to clarify things, so a timestamped addition would be good. However there are times when I screw things up even after reading and re-reading my post before committing. So perhaps a small time window for changes would also be desirable.
.. /. won't listen to me. If they had listened to complaints then things like unicode would have be supported for a long long time.
But anyway this is all just BS'ing
Replying to myself .. I have been informed by a close source that surveillance is correctly a noun and not a verb. So to quote Calvin:
Verbing weirds language
What an obnoxious back formation. The word you are looking for is "surveyed".
The verb form of surveillance is kinda weird given that it is a foreign word used in English. A quick google found What verb goes with surveillance ? which suggests that the back-formation you are complaining about goes back to the 1960's, that the form is in both the OED and M-W dictionaries and that the BBC even uses it. One poster also disputes your suggestion of "survey" saying that:
'Survey' comes from the Latin for 'to see' - videre.
'Surveillance' comes from the Latin for 'to watch' - vigilare.
The motivations might be:
Then only let people with super high karma edit their own posts. Or make it so that they can only "Add" to their posts.
They'll use boomerangs.
Stainless steel boomerangs - with razor sharp edges thrown by feral kids
A better link about the US story (*)
.. but on the whole it would make things easier by not having to reply to my own posts like this.
Drones with an eye on the public cleared to fly
(*) Why the fuck can't I edit my own posts? If you can track my karma, then you should be able to let me edit what I wrote. Sure it could be misused by trolls
from the Age police may deploy spy drones
But what should be news for the US is that both stories point out that US police will start using drones this week. The only indication I have seen about this is things like: US police agencies to begin using drones within 90 days
In fact the whole blog is interesting Building Windows 8
I was curious as to why MS is continuing on with NTFS, surely there must be something newer coming out of their R&D labs. So a quick google turned up this from the same blog, but earlier this year: building the next generation file system for windows refs
sane precautions with your data such as RAID and/or backing up your information
RAID and backing up should never be considered an "OR".
.. "RAID is not a backup strategy".
Repeat after me
Science illiterate, social media sheeps.
That's funny .. I was going to suggest Science illiterate, anti-education Conservative rednecks.
...
It all comes down to
IGNORANT PEOPLE
I say ignorant rather than stupid because of something a colleague told me years ago:
Ignorance can be cured with education. Stupidity can only be cured with a hand gun
So as I am an optimist I am hoping for "ignorant"
The US is so conservative, our labels don't sync up well with the rest of the world, especially in the last 25 years.
I don't think its a case of labels not matching up, but of the GOP (conservatives) being a conglomeration of several different groups. You have fiscal conservatives shoulder to shoulder with social conservatives as well as neocons (if they are a separate group)
You are free to express your opinions
Actually no. There is no such thing as "free speech" in Australia.
And "freedom of speech" varies by country around the world: Freedom of speech by country
FUCK HIM!
Well .. given he's from Tasmania .. that's a job that probably best left to one of his relatives.
/. Tasmania is the "West Virginia" of Australia. For foreigners of other denominations I'm not sure what the equivalent is. However in the spirit of an open discourse I would love to hear suggestions of similar designations from other countries!)
(For the US readers of