"Also, if the wormhole is short, so that the two stars it links don't lie far apart, an observer might see another unusual signpost -- two closely spaced objects with nearly identical properties."
And the sign says "No gas for 1,000,000,000 miles" or "McDonalds ahead"?
Because someone thinks that a majority of the readers here collect comic books... and live in their mother's basements... and have never had a girlfriend that wasn't named "Rosey"... and can fix any technical issue that arises...
So wait, I should only make decisions when I have a full bladder?? More coffee please! Oh and to make it more convenient, instead of leaving my desk to hit the head, I'll just use the trash can, I'll be so much more productive!
The US Government will require everyone to be "Hooked up" as part of a medical plan and then they'll require that the president have access to a button to "shut down the 'net" for the safety of all and to prevent terrorist activities...
A conference publication and a "journal" publication are different. However, having any publication on a resume/CV with a corresponding conference presentation will allow you to set yourself apart from your peers, especially when applying for a job.
The article is not all that clear on the hiring of college graduates versus the hiring of experienced professionals. This is evident from the author not being consistent with regards to specifying details. The gap between the college graduate and others is experience. If I were hiring someone, I would want someone with a PhD from MIT, a MBA from Harvard, a top secret clearance, CCIE, RHCE, CEH, ITIL, and a bunch of other acronyms and only pay them $40k. There not only is a disconnect between the college graduate and the experienced professional, there is a gap between the expectations of the hiring managers and what is reality.
Schools have 120-128 credits to which they can train students. Once you subtract the core requirements, you don't have much time with which to work on "customizing" a program to make students "adequate" for the job market. Is it possible that schools are as out of touch with industry needs as industries are with the expectations of college graduates?
Maybe programs need to be tailored more towards industry needs. For instance, you want a new college graduate to be your next DBA? Have the schools issue BSDBA... or BSISS or whatever. I think that most hiring managers are going to want a lot of the basics - 2 programming languages (1 scripting and 1 OOO), UML, SQL, project management background, technical writing, networking fundamentals, programming fundamentals, etc. Personally, I think that the industry is going to move towards wanting to hire graduates with BS in IT/IS and a masters in a specific area, say information security.
We have the only truly stealth aircraft for the time being. The closest thing, aside from an American export, is looking to be around 2015. Israel is supposed to get some F-35s in the next few years (that ought to make the Middle East a little more interesting). Granted the F-35 is only stealth capable, when bombs start falling from the sky, everyone is going to know who it is. Then again, with the current administration, there is no guarantee that America will become officially involved.
So, I need to have a medical license to diagnose a cut on my finger and apply a band-aid? Better yet, I make an observation, but can't present it to a city council because the work may be comparative to a licensed professional's work? If I do, then I can be charged with a misdemeanor?
What kind of chicken-shit is that? I'm thinking that there is more behind the scenes than has been revealed at this time... I'm only hoping that Cox winds up fired for absolute stupidity and wrongful prosecution.
Capitalization is dependent upon the manual of style in use for that organization.
But really, in this day and age, does it matter? Of course Grammar Nazi's will be ranting and raving over what is the correct way to capitalize "internet", but in the end, does it really matter?
This wouldn't be a National ID (but it would) and with something like a National ID (or whatever they want to call it) it would be maintained by the government and require less passwords (Great, like I want to rely on the government to manage any kind of passwords for me) and with something like that being in ANY branch of the government, it would EASILY be accessible by any other government agency.
Anyone want to be on how long AFTER this gets passed (if it were to get passed) that it would be required to log in to ANY computer?
Does it matter? There are 16 government intelligence agencies. Supposedly the CIA is the only independent agency. NSA and NRO report to the DOD, plus all the other agencies report to various departments (mainly DOD), but there are representatives from DOE, DHS, DOJ, etc...
I'm sure that you can try to pigeonhole various agencies and say that their function is x, but even though all those agencies fall under the same umbrella as part of the US intelligence community, the sharing of information between agencies is, well, limited. As with typical government agencies, the more you know and the more can you hold over someone else's head, the more "power" you have.
Yeah, "dangerous" is the key word. It is VERY subject to interpretation.
Factor in that organizations can be labeled as terrorist organizations with ease, for the most since the organization and the government don't have the same views. People get arrested for things that come damn close to violating the US Constitution, and when they are arrested, they could spend their lives and/or fortunes trying to fight the charge.
Yes, the can have a warrant to seize machines/shut down web sites, but, the people that will truly profit from this are the MPAA and RIAA. I mean if they don't like a video game site... down it goes. We seem to be on the verge of reverting to McCarthyism...
So they showed up to put the fire out on the neighbor's property, but didn't do anything for him? Isn't there a law about Duty to Rescue? Even if there wasn't, simple Good Samaritan Laws would protect the firefighters...
Good luck with that. Floor panels aren't made of aluminum as is. It is currently a fairly cheap composite. The problem is that on the planes with which I work, there are usually up to 15 floor panels. Not to mention seat rails to keep the seats attached to the floor. Add in all the fun kinds of damage that is done by feet moving across the floor, sodas spilled on the floor, dropping of luggage, etc.
Honestly, the floors and bottom and top of the cabin would have to be the ones with some kind of plastic. The only thing about that, the landing light lenses and wingtip lenses are made out of plastic and those suffer from cracks and "hazing" all the time. The damage done to the plastic will negate the "wow" factor when the cost to replace all the see-through is passed on to the consumer.
Here's a couple of for instances: A wingtip lens can cost upwards of $5k on a regional jet. That's maybe two square feet of material. Multiply that, plus factor in the extra thicknesses that would be required to make the aircraft airworthy and you are talking extremely high prices for the possibility of flying on a "see through" plane. Remember, there are environmental factors that would impact viewing.
As for the routing of conduit, cables, etc. that wouldn't be all that difficult for a manufacturer to do. Vision obstructed by luggage storage? No, not really, the plane would just have the cabin lower into the fuselage (also to allow for thicker plastic for better structural integrity). The baggage would be moved to the back of the plane so as not to obstruct the passenger's view. However, all of this is negated by the expense of materials and the costs to redesign an aircraft simply for the fact that passengers would all have a "view."
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"Also, if the wormhole is short, so that the two stars it links don't lie far apart, an observer might see another unusual signpost -- two closely spaced objects with nearly identical properties."
And the sign says "No gas for 1,000,000,000 miles" or "McDonalds ahead"?
Because someone thinks that a majority of the readers here collect comic books... and live in their mother's basements... and have never had a girlfriend that wasn't named "Rosey"... and can fix any technical issue that arises...
SSDs can do this? Call me when they can do STDs and I'll be more impressed.
So wait, I should only make decisions when I have a full bladder?? More coffee please! Oh and to make it more convenient, instead of leaving my desk to hit the head, I'll just use the trash can, I'll be so much more productive!
The US Government will require everyone to be "Hooked up" as part of a medical plan and then they'll require that the president have access to a button to "shut down the 'net" for the safety of all and to prevent terrorist activities...
A conference publication and a "journal" publication are different. However, having any publication on a resume/CV with a corresponding conference presentation will allow you to set yourself apart from your peers, especially when applying for a job.
The article is not all that clear on the hiring of college graduates versus the hiring of experienced professionals. This is evident from the author not being consistent with regards to specifying details. The gap between the college graduate and others is experience. If I were hiring someone, I would want someone with a PhD from MIT, a MBA from Harvard, a top secret clearance, CCIE, RHCE, CEH, ITIL, and a bunch of other acronyms and only pay them $40k. There not only is a disconnect between the college graduate and the experienced professional, there is a gap between the expectations of the hiring managers and what is reality.
Schools have 120-128 credits to which they can train students. Once you subtract the core requirements, you don't have much time with which to work on "customizing" a program to make students "adequate" for the job market. Is it possible that schools are as out of touch with industry needs as industries are with the expectations of college graduates?
Maybe programs need to be tailored more towards industry needs. For instance, you want a new college graduate to be your next DBA? Have the schools issue BSDBA... or BSISS or whatever. I think that most hiring managers are going to want a lot of the basics - 2 programming languages (1 scripting and 1 OOO), UML, SQL, project management background, technical writing, networking fundamentals, programming fundamentals, etc. Personally, I think that the industry is going to move towards wanting to hire graduates with BS in IT/IS and a masters in a specific area, say information security.
We have the only truly stealth aircraft for the time being. The closest thing, aside from an American export, is looking to be around 2015. Israel is supposed to get some F-35s in the next few years (that ought to make the Middle East a little more interesting). Granted the F-35 is only stealth capable, when bombs start falling from the sky, everyone is going to know who it is. Then again, with the current administration, there is no guarantee that America will become officially involved.
Just needs an e-mail address and it assigns you a password to vote... broken down by era (5) and by type (i.e. DOS, SNES, Sega, etc.)
Or you can have your dumbass accomplice check it out for you...
So, I need to have a medical license to diagnose a cut on my finger and apply a band-aid? Better yet, I make an observation, but can't present it to a city council because the work may be comparative to a licensed professional's work? If I do, then I can be charged with a misdemeanor?
What kind of chicken-shit is that? I'm thinking that there is more behind the scenes than has been revealed at this time... I'm only hoping that Cox winds up fired for absolute stupidity and wrongful prosecution.
Capitalization is dependent upon the manual of style in use for that organization.
But really, in this day and age, does it matter? Of course Grammar Nazi's will be ranting and raving over what is the correct way to capitalize "internet", but in the end, does it really matter?
I'm thinking more like ASCII Goatse...
Depends on if you are after the shoppers at Wal-Mart or the shoppers at Victoria's Secrets...
This wouldn't be a National ID (but it would) and with something like a National ID (or whatever they want to call it) it would be maintained by the government and require less passwords (Great, like I want to rely on the government to manage any kind of passwords for me) and with something like that being in ANY branch of the government, it would EASILY be accessible by any other government agency.
Anyone want to be on how long AFTER this gets passed (if it were to get passed) that it would be required to log in to ANY computer?
... Like to play a game?
So this going to boil down to the MPAA/RIAA vs Google/yahoo et al.? I'm going to have to put my money on the Google crowd...
Right, and if you want TSA to scale back, start contacting airlines, booking flights and then canceling citing the TSA policy...
On my AT&T Blackberry, I can't even load a site like Speakeasy.net to test the speed...
That's no moon, it's a space station!
Does it matter? There are 16 government intelligence agencies. Supposedly the CIA is the only independent agency. NSA and NRO report to the DOD, plus all the other agencies report to various departments (mainly DOD), but there are representatives from DOE, DHS, DOJ, etc...
I'm sure that you can try to pigeonhole various agencies and say that their function is x, but even though all those agencies fall under the same umbrella as part of the US intelligence community, the sharing of information between agencies is, well, limited. As with typical government agencies, the more you know and the more can you hold over someone else's head, the more "power" you have.
Yeah, "dangerous" is the key word. It is VERY subject to interpretation.
Factor in that organizations can be labeled as terrorist organizations with ease, for the most since the organization and the government don't have the same views. People get arrested for things that come damn close to violating the US Constitution, and when they are arrested, they could spend their lives and/or fortunes trying to fight the charge.
Yes, the can have a warrant to seize machines/shut down web sites, but, the people that will truly profit from this are the MPAA and RIAA. I mean if they don't like a video game site... down it goes. We seem to be on the verge of reverting to McCarthyism...
So they showed up to put the fire out on the neighbor's property, but didn't do anything for him? Isn't there a law about Duty to Rescue? Even if there wasn't, simple Good Samaritan Laws would protect the firefighters...
I call BS.
Good luck with that. Floor panels aren't made of aluminum as is. It is currently a fairly cheap composite. The problem is that on the planes with which I work, there are usually up to 15 floor panels. Not to mention seat rails to keep the seats attached to the floor. Add in all the fun kinds of damage that is done by feet moving across the floor, sodas spilled on the floor, dropping of luggage, etc.
Honestly, the floors and bottom and top of the cabin would have to be the ones with some kind of plastic. The only thing about that, the landing light lenses and wingtip lenses are made out of plastic and those suffer from cracks and "hazing" all the time. The damage done to the plastic will negate the "wow" factor when the cost to replace all the see-through is passed on to the consumer.
Here's a couple of for instances: A wingtip lens can cost upwards of $5k on a regional jet. That's maybe two square feet of material. Multiply that, plus factor in the extra thicknesses that would be required to make the aircraft airworthy and you are talking extremely high prices for the possibility of flying on a "see through" plane. Remember, there are environmental factors that would impact viewing.
As for the routing of conduit, cables, etc. that wouldn't be all that difficult for a manufacturer to do. Vision obstructed by luggage storage? No, not really, the plane would just have the cabin lower into the fuselage (also to allow for thicker plastic for better structural integrity). The baggage would be moved to the back of the plane so as not to obstruct the passenger's view. However, all of this is negated by the expense of materials and the costs to redesign an aircraft simply for the fact that passengers would all have a "view."