I moved to California 2 weeks ago for a temp job, and yes it's a strange place. My first indication: It was pouring-down rain, with almost no visiblity, and not a single Californian on the I-15 had their headlights turned on. I was literally driving blind (cause I couldn't see the other cars). I just slowed down & hoped I didn't hit anyone.
Back home on the east coast everybody turns on their headlights when it rains so (1) they can see where they're going and (2) other drivers can see them. I guess Californians lack that basic common sense? So maybe Californians really DO need those labels on their cars to inform them of the obvious (cars pollute). LOL
I thought Part 3 was a good ending. It was part 2 that had too many extraneous scenes like dancing and sex and other crap. So I think 2/3 would work best as a single movie. (Probably what the writers originally intended but the studio saw a chance to divide the sequel in half and double profits.)
I bought MS Office in 1999 probably, so I could update my resume and create cover letters.
And no I never purchased any OSes since they already come installed on the machine (just as your phone or car comes pre-installed with its OS). A few years ago when my Windows laptop experienced a failure, rather than go buy Windows, I just installed the free Lightweight Ubuntu Linux.
It's also worth noting that when you buy a Windows PC it's almost-always cheaper than a bare PC (because of the adware helping to reduce the cost). My last PC only cost me $250 new.
It's happened with hospital devices (mechanical failure leading to lethal doses for patients). It's one of the reasons laws were changed to make sure the devices are checked regularly.
But for some reason the TSA x-ray machines are not subject to those same laws, and as far as I know, never checked. A device could go haywire a year ago and noone would ever know (until they get cancer 10 years later).
Shoot Chris Dodd in the head and all this will come to an end. His replacement will be scared to death of the citizens and will back-off these internet censorship proposals.
There's also the State Legislatures and the power of nullification of unconstitutional laws (see amendment 10). In other words the States refuse to enforce the laws passed by Congress and will arrest any federal officers guilty of committing a crime (such as kidnapping medical marijuana users after the Legislature legalizes its use).
And of course there's the People themselves who can refuse to cooperate (civil disobedience) as one of our early Founders suggested we do (Henry Thoreau).
No Jersey cop is going to see a traffic violation from a city that lies 2400 miles away. It's just a bunch of bullshit that they can claim I was doing 91 when I was not anywhere near that speed.
Damn that fucking cop and his lying. He told me he used to do construction before becoming a cop, well let him go back to it then. Asshole.
I don't see how a New Mexican judge can have any power outside of his own state. What you propose is equvalent to a Spanish judge suspending a Polish guy's license (which cannot happen even though both are part of the EU). The judge's authority ends at the border.
Now maybe if the Jersey government has an agreement to honor traffic violations, and extradites me to New Mexico, but that seems very unlikely. Especially since they are separated by over 2000 miles.
Normally I would fight it in court but again, I'm not going 2000+ miles just to fight a ticket. Asshole cops. They can lie (claim I was doing 91 when I was only doing 79) and get away with it.
The scanners run by the SA at airports. At any point of time there could be a mechanical failure and the machines start bombarding passengers with lethal (or cancer-causing) doses of X-rays and nobody would ever know, because the machines are not regularly tested (as is required in hospitals and doctors' offices). I don't think I will ever voluntarily step through one of those things.
There's a reason the European Union banned their use. I wish OUR union would wake-up and ban them as well (but of course the CEO of the scanner company has bought the politicians that make those decisions).
That would explain why a cop claimed he measured me at 91, even though my cruise control had been set to 79 (plus four over the speed limit). His equipment was probably not calibrated and giving false readings.
I'm tempted to just throw the ticket in the trash. I don't think a New Mexico cop is going to come after a guy living in Jersey (2000+ miles away),
The fire in a theater argument is actually flawed. It was part of the Supreme Court's desire to keep President Wilson happy because the president wanted to lock-up and silence the anti-war protestors and writers (also suffragettes). i.e. They gave the president permission to trample the first amendment.
The Court was wrong. The anti-war people of the time were equivalent to a person standing OUTSIDE a theater and warning people, "Don't go or else you risk dying. It's dangerous." Which is protected speech and a perfectly valid thing to do.
Just as the Supreme Court was wrong to say segregation was legal, the court was wrong to allow President Wilson to silence the anti-war critics and lock them in jail. Or to apply the invalid fire-in-a-theater argument to justify it.
Bah. Humbug. Or as Penn&Teller would say - bullshit. Most movies and TV shows aren't worth paying for anyway. Maybe if there was some way to demand a refund (like you can if you don't like your candybar) but alas there isn't. Therefore I will download the movies/shows FIRST before I go buy them, and thereby avoid wasting my money on crap like Transformers 2.
Oh and I already use open-source software on my computer. Have not purchased a single program since Office 97. In fact I've been using free software since the 8 bit Atari/Commodore days, with very few actual purchases.
Heck even my TV is free (antenna). Why give your hard-earned money to the wealthy megacorps when you don't need to? It's bad enough we are forced to do so via those bailouts. If the item is super-good then I'll buy it to support the artists, but not if it's junk or merely mediocre.
QUOTE: "(Abbott) told me in a very stern voice with quite a bit of attitude that they were not going through that X-ray," security officer Sabrina Birge told police. Birge said she told Abbott that the machine was "not an X-ray"
Except 3/4 of the machines are indeed X-ray machines. And if they experience a mechnical failure, can hit passengers with lethal doses. I'm not sure I trust the machines either.
QUOTE:"After Abbott refused to cool her heels - she allegedly attempted to try to shoot video of the agents with her cell phone - cops cuffed her and hauled her off to jail."
The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that citizens have a first amendment "right of freedom of the press" to record the actions of government officials in public venues. Including with a camera, an audio recorder, or the old-fashioned way of writing it down on a tablet. This woman should never have been arrested.
I agree. 10 hours a day of waving my hand in front of my workscreen or phone would exhaust me. I am fundamentally-lazy and prefer to make as little movement as possible (i.e. use a mouse). I became an engineer because I wanted to find easier, simpler ways of doing things (less work) and waving my arms around like Tom Cruise in minority report is not easier. It looks very tiring.
I've also noticed in Star Trek TNG or DS9 whenever they want to do real work, they put down the PADD and transfer the screen to a desktop (or laptop) with keyboard. It would be ideal if we could reach a similar level in curent technology where work could be freely transferred between the Phone and PC.
Except the throwing the device across the room usually isn't "accidental".;-) The Wii control frustrates me to no end, especially when trying to play a rapid-paced game like Metroid Prime 3 or Sonic. I wish I could go back to using the gamecube controller because it is more precise & registers my inputs 99.999% of the time. (The wii control is more like 90% of the time, which is lousy.)
If you haven't seen the reports of Google tracking users, even to the point of hacking Apple Safari and Microsoft Explorer's "private" modes to track them, then you have not been paying attention. It's common knowledge now among tech professionals.
Wikipedia is not a good citation, expecially since it provides no links to back-up its claims. I've always heard that the Emotion Engine CPU could only handle 64 bit chunks maximum (same as the N64's CPU, or today's modern CPUs).
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I moved to California 2 weeks ago for a temp job, and yes it's a strange place. My first indication: It was pouring-down rain, with almost no visiblity, and not a single Californian on the I-15 had their headlights turned on. I was literally driving blind (cause I couldn't see the other cars). I just slowed down & hoped I didn't hit anyone.
Back home on the east coast everybody turns on their headlights when it rains so (1) they can see where they're going and (2) other drivers can see them. I guess Californians lack that basic common sense? So maybe Californians really DO need those labels on their cars to inform them of the obvious (cars pollute). LOL
"Virii" and "Priii" is what people like to type when they want to appear smart (using the Latin plural). The rest of us just type viruses and Priuses.
I thought Part 3 was a good ending. It was part 2 that had too many extraneous scenes like dancing and sex and other crap. So I think 2/3 would work best as a single movie. (Probably what the writers originally intended but the studio saw a chance to divide the sequel in half and double profits.)
Separate, boring they are.
Together, one good movie it would be.
Not a smart move, and hopefully President Obamney* will be wise enough to pull back from the brink.
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*two heads; same globalist
I bought MS Office in 1999 probably, so I could update my resume and create cover letters.
And no I never purchased any OSes since they already come installed on the machine (just as your phone or car comes pre-installed with its OS). A few years ago when my Windows laptop experienced a failure, rather than go buy Windows, I just installed the free Lightweight Ubuntu Linux.
It's also worth noting that when you buy a Windows PC it's almost-always cheaper than a bare PC (because of the adware helping to reduce the cost). My last PC only cost me $250 new.
It's happened with hospital devices (mechanical failure leading to lethal doses for patients). It's one of the reasons laws were changed to make sure the devices are checked regularly.
But for some reason the TSA x-ray machines are not subject to those same laws, and as far as I know, never checked. A device could go haywire a year ago and noone would ever know (until they get cancer 10 years later).
No wonder your wife divorced you.
Shoot Chris Dodd in the head and all this will come to an end. His replacement will be scared to death of the citizens and will back-off these internet censorship proposals.
Not just the judicial branch.
There's also the State Legislatures and the power of nullification of unconstitutional laws (see amendment 10). In other words the States refuse to enforce the laws passed by Congress and will arrest any federal officers guilty of committing a crime (such as kidnapping medical marijuana users after the Legislature legalizes its use).
And of course there's the People themselves who can refuse to cooperate (civil disobedience) as one of our early Founders suggested we do (Henry Thoreau).
Damnit to hell. It pisses me off that I have to pay $100 for a crime I did not commit.
No Jersey cop is going to see a traffic violation from a city that lies 2400 miles away. It's just a bunch of bullshit that they can claim I was doing 91 when I was not anywhere near that speed.
Damn that fucking cop and his lying. He told me he used to do construction before becoming a cop, well let him go back to it then. Asshole.
I don't see how a New Mexican judge can have any power outside of his own state. What you propose is equvalent to a Spanish judge suspending a Polish guy's license (which cannot happen even though both are part of the EU). The judge's authority ends at the border.
Now maybe if the Jersey government has an agreement to honor traffic violations, and extradites me to New Mexico, but that seems very unlikely. Especially since they are separated by over 2000 miles.
Normally I would fight it in court but again, I'm not going 2000+ miles just to fight a ticket. Asshole cops. They can lie (claim I was doing 91 when I was only doing 79) and get away with it.
Ya know what else doesn't get calibrated?
The scanners run by the SA at airports. At any point of time there could be a mechanical failure and the machines start bombarding passengers with lethal (or cancer-causing) doses of X-rays and nobody would ever know, because the machines are not regularly tested (as is required in hospitals and doctors' offices). I don't think I will ever voluntarily step through one of those things.
There's a reason the European Union banned their use. I wish OUR union would wake-up and ban them as well (but of course the CEO of the scanner company has bought the politicians that make those decisions).
Thanks.
That would explain why a cop claimed he measured me at 91, even though my cruise control had been set to 79 (plus four over the speed limit). His equipment was probably not calibrated and giving false readings.
I'm tempted to just throw the ticket in the trash. I don't think a New Mexico cop is going to come after a guy living in Jersey (2000+ miles away),
The fire in a theater argument is actually flawed. It was part of the Supreme Court's desire to keep President Wilson happy because the president wanted to lock-up and silence the anti-war protestors and writers (also suffragettes). i.e. They gave the president permission to trample the first amendment.
The Court was wrong. The anti-war people of the time were equivalent to a person standing OUTSIDE a theater and warning people, "Don't go or else you risk dying. It's dangerous." Which is protected speech and a perfectly valid thing to do.
Just as the Supreme Court was wrong to say segregation was legal, the court was wrong to allow President Wilson to silence the anti-war critics and lock them in jail. Or to apply the invalid fire-in-a-theater argument to justify it.
Bah. Humbug. Or as Penn&Teller would say - bullshit. Most movies and TV shows aren't worth paying for anyway. Maybe if there was some way to demand a refund (like you can if you don't like your candybar) but alas there isn't. Therefore I will download the movies/shows FIRST before I go buy them, and thereby avoid wasting my money on crap like Transformers 2.
Oh and I already use open-source software on my computer. Have not purchased a single program since Office 97. In fact I've been using free software since the 8 bit Atari/Commodore days, with very few actual purchases.
Heck even my TV is free (antenna). Why give your hard-earned money to the wealthy megacorps when you don't need to? It's bad enough we are forced to do so via those bailouts. If the item is super-good then I'll buy it to support the artists, but not if it's junk or merely mediocre.
Good to know.
PS2 CPU == 128 bit then, and thanks for sharing. :-)
LOL good one.
More likely though the Piratebay symbol would get you placed on some Terrorist or SOPA/ACTA/MPAA watch list.
QUOTE: "(Abbott) told me in a very stern voice with quite a bit of attitude that they were not going through that X-ray," security officer Sabrina Birge told police. Birge said she told Abbott that the machine was "not an X-ray"
Except 3/4 of the machines are indeed X-ray machines. And if they experience a mechnical failure, can hit passengers with lethal doses. I'm not sure I trust the machines either.
QUOTE:"After Abbott refused to cool her heels - she allegedly attempted to try to shoot video of the agents with her cell phone - cops cuffed her and hauled her off to jail."
The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that citizens have a first amendment "right of freedom of the press" to record the actions of government officials in public venues. Including with a camera, an audio recorder, or the old-fashioned way of writing it down on a tablet. This woman should never have been arrested.
Assholes.
It may soon become unavailable & a piece of history (collector's item). ;-)
I agree. 10 hours a day of waving my hand in front of my workscreen or phone would exhaust me. I am fundamentally-lazy and prefer to make as little movement as possible (i.e. use a mouse). I became an engineer because I wanted to find easier, simpler ways of doing things (less work) and waving my arms around like Tom Cruise in minority report is not easier. It looks very tiring.
I've also noticed in Star Trek TNG or DS9 whenever they want to do real work, they put down the PADD and transfer the screen to a desktop (or laptop) with keyboard. It would be ideal if we could reach a similar level in curent technology where work could be freely transferred between the Phone and PC.
I LOLed. :-)
Except the throwing the device across the room usually isn't "accidental". ;-) The Wii control frustrates me to no end, especially when trying to play a rapid-paced game like Metroid Prime 3 or Sonic. I wish I could go back to using the gamecube controller because it is more precise & registers my inputs 99.999% of the time. (The wii control is more like 90% of the time, which is lousy.)
If you haven't seen the reports of Google tracking users, even to the point of hacking Apple Safari and Microsoft Explorer's "private" modes to track them, then you have not been paying attention. It's common knowledge now among tech professionals.
Wikipedia is not a good citation, expecially since it provides no links to back-up its claims. I've always heard that the Emotion Engine CPU could only handle 64 bit chunks maximum (same as the N64's CPU, or today's modern CPUs).