Your papers must be in order, comrade. THE SECURITY OF THE STATE IS AT STAKE! We should form a committee to ensure the security of the state. What could we call such a committee for state security?
Call me if he starts trying to run an email server to pass classified infomartion to skirt federal record keeping rules on that same box, THEN you might have a story.
You mean if he inappropriately revealed classified information, like worthless piece of shit Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn?
For contrast, note that Bush appointed a crony as head of FEMA who completely fell on his face during Katrina, and Obama appointed Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, who was completely outmastered in our recent Japanese treaty negotiations(*).
So, Bush and Obama were both shitty Presidents. I think that has been firmly established. Should we just give worthless piece of shit Trump a pass since the other Presidents were shitty, too?
The US does whatever the hell it wants, and doesn't care overly much about world opinion.
And rightfully so. If you want it handled differently, clean it the fuck up yourself.
The problem with a pre-emptive strike in NK is all of the artillery standing-by ready to fire into SK. We could easily steamroll NK, but it would cause massive casualties to our allies in SK.
In addition the shooter had no way to know with any reasonable degree of certainty that the 'drone' was unarmed. It could have been carrying an explosive device - and not just a gun as was recently seen, but actual c4 explosive.
Or a nuke! Or anthrax! Or ebola! Or even AIDS, god save us all!!!!!!!!
I don't know what piece of shit ereader you use, but I use a Kindle Paperwhite. I've also use a Kindle Fire, Xoom, IPad (full and mini). IPad Mini wasn't too bad, but the Paperwhite wins hands down. My responses are based on my experience with the Paperwhite; an actual ereader.
.) The contrast is lousy, it's reading with a piece of slightly frosted glass between you and the text
I have no contrast issues at all. I usually never even notice that there is a "screen" involved, I am just consuming the text.
.) The reflected glare is awful. You can't read wearing a white shirt, for example.
The Paperwhite does not have discernible glare except in some extreme lighting situations, which would be difficult lighting for paper books as well.
.) Every time the system powers up it has to run through the database making a hash of each file it finds. This can take upwards of an hour, depending on the number and complexity of items, and during which the system cannot be used.
I can't remember the last time that my device "powered up". Oh, wait, it was a couple of months ago when I got a software update. Just took a few minutes. When I press the button to use my Kindle, it's ready in 2 seconds or less.
.) It always shows PDFs at "fill the screen" resolution, which means that the margins of the original page are always visible, which means that most of the display area is wasted. I can "zoom" individual pages, but to go to the next page I have to get out of zoom and then reapply the zoom to the next page.
The PDF format is admittedly a pain in the ass in all cases, not just ereaders. The PDFs that I have generated to be as platform neutral as possible work very well on the Paperwhite. PDFs that were created so that the author could control what the page looks like have some issues, but those issues exist on multiple platforms.
.) Using the "small-medium-large" setting scales the font, but not the formatting. Characters and words become larger, but the "breaks" at the original margins are still there, meaning that the lines break at odd places and waste much of the display area.
I've never experienced what you are describing, except with some PDF files that are causing hard line breaks. I just tested on 5 different PDFs that were on my device and they all worked just fine. I have 8 different font sizes and 6 different fonts to choose from.
.) Finding a specific place in a book is time consuming and inefficient. The first 30 physical pages of a book are usually things I want to skip (contents, publisher, title page, foreward, &c) and going forward to find the transition from meta to actual content is tedious. You can't just say "go to the start of text". In a real book you flib forward/back at high speed until the character of the pages change.
It's simple to jump around in an ebook. Just bring up the "Go To" menu and you can skip to the beginning, the table of contents, a specific chapter, or a specific page. You can bring up bookmarks, also.
.) Finding a referenced diagram, equation, or image is nigh impossible. Flipping forward (or back) 3 pages to see a chart of graph is easy in a physical book - you just put your finger in that place and you can go back-and-forth whenever you need.
Very easy with the Paperwhite. Just place a bookmark and you can jump back easily. "Flipping" back and forth might admittedly be suboptimal, since there is some screen redraw, and I admit that excessive use of flipping is not an ideal use case.
.) Reading scientific papers where the charts/diagrams are at the end of the document is highly inconvenient.
I'm not sure I understand this point. It's easy to jump to the end to see the charts. I would greatly prefer for the charts and diagrams to be inline, though.
They were all about civility and comprise and the rule of law - pretty much just like Obama.
Yeah, people complain about Obama as following the rule of law. No one accuses him of being a power-mad dictator, issuing executive orders that violate the law and the Constitution. I hate Obama, but you fucking retarded, inbred mountain-cracker pseudo-cons piss me off even more.
no forum exists to "address agency personnel matters"
Yes, that forum exists; that forum is Congress. The representatives of the People meet in that forum and make decisions on behalf of the People. Those representatives can impeach employees who violate the laws that have been enacted on behalf of the People. If the People choose to send mouth-breathing morons to that forum who are only interested in advancing their own interests, then the People deserve exactly the government that they have chosen. Or the People receive exactly the government that they deserve. Either, or.
WTF theater do you go to? I buy my ticket on Fandango, no waiting. I don't even know what to say about the "3 hours in 100+ degrees heat", I've never experienced anything remotely close to that. The theaters which I frequent have staff that clear the theater of debris and spills in between shows. And the sound in the theater is probably the best sound that I hear anywhere.
Seriously, you need to find a better theater. Or open one yourself, it sounds like you've found a market for a decent theater.
Therein lies the problem. I don't want to watch a fucking lecture. I don't want to slow down to the speed at which someone speaks. I can read much faster then someone can speak. I would greatly prefer to just read the material instead of watching a video. My mind will wander if I have to watch a lecture, since it is not being supplied information quickly enough.
An occasional video that demonstrates something specific is fine, but not a lecture.
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Your papers must be in order, comrade. THE SECURITY OF THE STATE IS AT STAKE! We should form a committee to ensure the security of the state. What could we call such a committee for state security?
Your side lost the game. Get over it.
My side is America. Yes, America lost in this case. I refuse to get over it.
Call me if he starts trying to run an email server to pass classified infomartion to skirt federal record keeping rules on that same box, THEN you might have a story.
You mean if he inappropriately revealed classified information, like worthless piece of shit Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn?
For contrast, note that Bush appointed a crony as head of FEMA who completely fell on his face during Katrina, and Obama appointed Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, who was completely outmastered in our recent Japanese treaty negotiations(*).
So, Bush and Obama were both shitty Presidents. I think that has been firmly established. Should we just give worthless piece of shit Trump a pass since the other Presidents were shitty, too?
not sure why you mentioned it in the article at all. its still less than the russian budget by 2 billion
Funding for the next decade of Russian space activity stands at just 1.4 trillion rubles ($21.5 billion)
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Like for instance Gary Johnson. Why is that?
And what is "Allepo"?
I'd rather they just unlock the bootloader and let us take care of it ourselves.
The US does whatever the hell it wants, and doesn't care overly much about world opinion.
And rightfully so. If you want it handled differently, clean it the fuck up yourself.
The problem with a pre-emptive strike in NK is all of the artillery standing-by ready to fire into SK. We could easily steamroll NK, but it would cause massive casualties to our allies in SK.
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I wouldn't want to work anywhere that had a nativity scene displayed all the time.
This is very relevant to Slashdot's audience. I mean, any of us could be fired at any time! Maybe I should go check out Dice...
In addition the shooter had no way to know with any reasonable degree of certainty that the 'drone' was unarmed. It could have been carrying an explosive device - and not just a gun as was recently seen, but actual c4 explosive.
Or a nuke! Or anthrax! Or ebola! Or even AIDS, god save us all!!!!!!!!
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DON'T DO IT!
Just...don't.
Here in California, we also fly the POW/MIA flag.
Auto mechanics purchase their own standard tools, sockets, screw driver, pliers, etc
I believe that they also purchase their own metric tools.
Get rid of government and see how long your liberty lasts.
I just used Google on my Kindle Paperwhite to find that 200 grams is just over 7 ounces. That's a nice device you have there!
I have no contrast issues at all. I usually never even notice that there is a "screen" involved, I am just consuming the text.
.) The reflected glare is awful. You can't read wearing a white shirt, for example.
The Paperwhite does not have discernible glare except in some extreme lighting situations, which would be difficult lighting for paper books as well.
.) Every time the system powers up it has to run through the database making a hash of each file it finds. This can take upwards of an hour, depending on the number and complexity of items, and during which the system cannot be used.
I can't remember the last time that my device "powered up". Oh, wait, it was a couple of months ago when I got a software update. Just took a few minutes. When I press the button to use my Kindle, it's ready in 2 seconds or less.
.) It always shows PDFs at "fill the screen" resolution, which means that the margins of the original page are always visible, which means that most of the display area is wasted. I can "zoom" individual pages, but to go to the next page I have to get out of zoom and then reapply the zoom to the next page.
The PDF format is admittedly a pain in the ass in all cases, not just ereaders. The PDFs that I have generated to be as platform neutral as possible work very well on the Paperwhite. PDFs that were created so that the author could control what the page looks like have some issues, but those issues exist on multiple platforms.
.) Using the "small-medium-large" setting scales the font, but not the formatting. Characters and words become larger, but the "breaks" at the original margins are still there, meaning that the lines break at odd places and waste much of the display area.
I've never experienced what you are describing, except with some PDF files that are causing hard line breaks. I just tested on 5 different PDFs that were on my device and they all worked just fine. I have 8 different font sizes and 6 different fonts to choose from.
.) Finding a specific place in a book is time consuming and inefficient. The first 30 physical pages of a book are usually things I want to skip (contents, publisher, title page, foreward, &c) and going forward to find the transition from meta to actual content is tedious. You can't just say "go to the start of text". In a real book you flib forward/back at high speed until the character of the pages change.
It's simple to jump around in an ebook. Just bring up the "Go To" menu and you can skip to the beginning, the table of contents, a specific chapter, or a specific page. You can bring up bookmarks, also.
.) Finding a referenced diagram, equation, or image is nigh impossible. Flipping forward (or back) 3 pages to see a chart of graph is easy in a physical book - you just put your finger in that place and you can go back-and-forth whenever you need.
Very easy with the Paperwhite. Just place a bookmark and you can jump back easily. "Flipping" back and forth might admittedly be suboptimal, since there is some screen redraw, and I admit that excessive use of flipping is not an ideal use case.
.) Reading scientific papers where the charts/diagrams are at the end of the document is highly inconvenient.
I'm not sure I understand this point. It's easy to jump to the end to see the charts. I would greatly prefer for the charts and diagrams to be inline, though.
They were all about civility and comprise and the rule of law - pretty much just like Obama.
Yeah, people complain about Obama as following the rule of law. No one accuses him of being a power-mad dictator, issuing executive orders that violate the law and the Constitution.
I hate Obama, but you fucking retarded, inbred mountain-cracker pseudo-cons piss me off even more.
no forum exists to "address agency personnel matters"
Yes, that forum exists; that forum is Congress. The representatives of the People meet in that forum and make decisions on behalf of the People. Those representatives can impeach employees who violate the laws that have been enacted on behalf of the People. If the People choose to send mouth-breathing morons to that forum who are only interested in advancing their own interests, then the People deserve exactly the government that they have chosen. Or the People receive exactly the government that they deserve. Either, or.
WTF theater do you go to? I buy my ticket on Fandango, no waiting. I don't even know what to say about the "3 hours in 100+ degrees heat", I've never experienced anything remotely close to that. The theaters which I frequent have staff that clear the theater of debris and spills in between shows. And the sound in the theater is probably the best sound that I hear anywhere.
Seriously, you need to find a better theater. Or open one yourself, it sounds like you've found a market for a decent theater.
didn't even watch a single lecture
Therein lies the problem. I don't want to watch a fucking lecture. I don't want to slow down to the speed at which someone speaks. I can read much faster then someone can speak. I would greatly prefer to just read the material instead of watching a video. My mind will wander if I have to watch a lecture, since it is not being supplied information quickly enough. An occasional video that demonstrates something specific is fine, but not a lecture.
I can swim with my phone, but you have a point about battery life. My phone battery only lasts a few days.
I also know I can go swimming in any of my watches and they'll be just fine.
I understand some of your points, but not this one. I can go swimming with my phone and it will be fine, too.
And make money for lawyers all around. Which is the real purpose of this law.
As close as you can be without the title.