(Alpha Centauri) 2.1 lightyears: 6.3654 x 10^7 seconds x 2 = 4.03 years
(Gliese 581 g) 11 lightyears: 1.457 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 9.24 years
(HD 85512 b) 18 lightyears: 1.864 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 11.82 years
(Kepler 22-b) 300 lightyears: 7.608 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 48.25 years
(Andromeda Galaxy) 1250000 lightyears: 4.911 x 10^10 seconds x 2 = 3115 years
(Calculated using "x lightyears at 1g acceleration", followed by "(x.xxx x x^x seconds in years)*2")
Which will lead to the Emergency Secretarial Hologram, Emergency Technician Hologram, Emergency Receptionist Hologram, Emergency Lawyer Holograms, and Emergency Company Representative Hologram.
"Your password must be six to eight characters and contain only letters and numbers."
"Your password cannot be over twelve characters."
"You have used this password before. Please enter a new one."
I have my own password policies, and it's frustrating when I can't follow them.
"It's full of stars!" "No, John, that's just a grainy image." "Oh. What about this one? Stars?" "Grain again." "... They're ALL grainy! These images are useless!" "True, but we have MEGAPIXELS!"
That works in theory, as I have a system of my own, but then I come across password policies that are, given this day and age, quite ridiculous. I type in my generated password and it refuses it, saying:
Must be between 6 and 8 characters; or
Must be alphanumeric; or
Numbers not allowed (seriously, I got this with one site).
I use a password manager to manage all my passwords, but whenever I come across a stupid website that does this I need to e-mail a "login hint" to myself (a hint that doesn't reveal the password to anybody with access to my e-mails but saves me having to reset my password when I try to login manually but it refuses what the password should have been in the first place).
When someone walks/drives past my house without putting $100 in the mailbox, I'm deprived of income.
The provision of walking/driving past your house doesn't come with the legal requirement of financial reimbursement to you.
They didn't "lose" it, they just didn't get it. There's a difference.
I'd be interested in seeing employers use this argument. "Yes, you worked all day but we're not going to pay you. Why would we? We've already gotten your services. What do you mean, lost income? You didn't lose it - we never gave it to you in the first place.
There's nothing that prevents the copier from buying it the next day
Other than the fact that, in their mind, they'd be giving away money for a product that they already possess.
Studies done on the actual effect on sales indicate it's free marketing that benefits the companies being stolen from, rather than a "loss" at all.
Their marketing head thought that meant fridges and things
Bravo on their part, because "fridges and things" are what I see every single time I walk past them. Fridges that happen to be extremely thin and small and have moving pictures displayed on their front...
Was there an external volume control when you bought it? Does it have external volume control amongst its feature list?
All in all, I've said it before and I'll say it again: brand names aside (both Amazon and Apple are major brands), you get what you pay for. Who in their right mind things that a cheap tablet ($199) will perform as good as a more expensive one ($525)? Quality tablets cost hundreds of dollars for a reason.
Mr. Commercial is being backed up against a brick wall by Mr. Blocker. "Please, don't kill me!" Commercial begged. "Whatever they're paying you to stop me, I'll double it! Here!" He takes out a roll of notes from his pocket and holds it out. "Take it!"
Blocker takes the money and looks at it thoughtfully.
I'm skeptical of the average driver's ability to use one of these without turning his car into a 3,000-lb angry bird.
It's unlikely that they'll reach a 3-star score for that level, but after the attempt the car would be wreaked, so they'd have to go back and buy another car to improve their score.
The manufacturer and car dealerships get more money, supporting more jobs, the car-wreak industry gets more work, supporting more jobs, and the driver is able to keep up with the latest safety features in his car. It's brilliant!
Don't use easily-attainable information such as your phone number and place of work as security details. It's one reason why I hate it when websites force you to select from a pre-selected list of "security questions", such as "Where were you born?" or "What was your father's name?". That is not secure information.
To date, I've only come across one website that allows you to set both the question and the answer. And that was a government website. *shrugs*
you need to consider all the clients that still use phones from the 1990's
One needs to consider clients with phones over 11 years old? Considering that phones seem to increase in capability almost as much as desktop computers, if somebody is using the same phone for over 11 years they must be quite the penny pincher.
So their solution to off-setting the effects of weightlessness is to take medications? I always thought that the problem could always be avoided by using the method of rotating a vessel to provide "gravity" around the outer edge.
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(Alpha Centauri) 2.1 lightyears: 6.3654 x 10^7 seconds x 2 = 4.03 years
(Gliese 581 g) 11 lightyears: 1.457 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 9.24 years
(HD 85512 b) 18 lightyears: 1.864 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 11.82 years
(Kepler 22-b) 300 lightyears: 7.608 x 10^8 seconds x 2 = 48.25 years
(Andromeda Galaxy) 1250000 lightyears: 4.911 x 10^10 seconds x 2 = 3115 years
(Calculated using "x lightyears at 1g acceleration", followed by "(x.xxx x x^x seconds in years)*2")
Sounds like the Seefra system - I wonder if one of the suns is artificial?
Which will lead to the Emergency Secretarial Hologram, Emergency Technician Hologram, Emergency Receptionist Hologram, Emergency Lawyer Holograms, and Emergency Company Representative Hologram.
Voyager 1, famously contained a gold phonographic record.
Contained?
"Your password must be six to eight characters and contain only letters and numbers."
"Your password cannot be over twelve characters."
"You have used this password before. Please enter a new one."
I have my own password policies, and it's frustrating when I can't follow them.
"It's full of stars!"
"No, John, that's just a grainy image."
"Oh. What about this one? Stars?"
"Grain again."
"... They're ALL grainy! These images are useless!"
"True, but we have MEGAPIXELS!"
"You win again, gravity!"
There is quite a significant difference in distance between a millimetre and an inch.
*looks at form*
"What is your Facebook username?" writes it down
"What is your Facebook password?" writes down " **************** "
What I see is what they get.
Loading... loading... loading... "Your connection to the server has timed out." *hit F5* Loading... loading...
That works in theory, as I have a system of my own, but then I come across password policies that are, given this day and age, quite ridiculous. I type in my generated password and it refuses it, saying:
Must be between 6 and 8 characters; or
Must be alphanumeric; or
Numbers not allowed (seriously, I got this with one site).
I use a password manager to manage all my passwords, but whenever I come across a stupid website that does this I need to e-mail a "login hint" to myself (a hint that doesn't reveal the password to anybody with access to my e-mails but saves me having to reset my password when I try to login manually but it refuses what the password should have been in the first place).
tl;dr
"The art of disguise is knowing how to hide in plain sight." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgJonrtCk0M
When someone walks/drives past my house without putting $100 in the mailbox, I'm deprived of income.
The provision of walking/driving past your house doesn't come with the legal requirement of financial reimbursement to you.
They didn't "lose" it, they just didn't get it. There's a difference.
I'd be interested in seeing employers use this argument. "Yes, you worked all day but we're not going to pay you. Why would we? We've already gotten your services. What do you mean, lost income? You didn't lose it - we never gave it to you in the first place.
There's nothing that prevents the copier from buying it the next day
Other than the fact that, in their mind, they'd be giving away money for a product that they already possess.
Studies done on the actual effect on sales indicate it's free marketing that benefits the companies being stolen from, rather than a "loss" at all.
Where can I read these studies?
Their marketing head thought that meant fridges and things
Bravo on their part, because "fridges and things" are what I see every single time I walk past them. Fridges that happen to be extremely thin and small and have moving pictures displayed on their front...
given that I don't HAVE an iPad, iPod, or iPhone, the chances are closer to 100% (I DO have an Android phone).
Oh, you meant "you" as in everybody averaged? Then use proper grammar.
Lie to the politicians, and hope that the world isn't threatened with mass extinctions as a consequence.
The stuff invented by a washed-up inventor living in the desert, or the stuff buried underground on a distant planet?
"There isn't any external volume control!"
Was there an external volume control when you bought it? Does it have external volume control amongst its feature list?
All in all, I've said it before and I'll say it again: brand names aside (both Amazon and Apple are major brands), you get what you pay for. Who in their right mind things that a cheap tablet ($199) will perform as good as a more expensive one ($525)? Quality tablets cost hundreds of dollars for a reason.
Mr. Commercial is being backed up against a brick wall by Mr. Blocker. "Please, don't kill me!" Commercial begged. "Whatever they're paying you to stop me, I'll double it! Here!" He takes out a roll of notes from his pocket and holds it out. "Take it!"
Blocker takes the money and looks at it thoughtfully.
I'm skeptical of the average driver's ability to use one of these without turning his car into a 3,000-lb angry bird.
It's unlikely that they'll reach a 3-star score for that level, but after the attempt the car would be wreaked, so they'd have to go back and buy another car to improve their score.
The manufacturer and car dealerships get more money, supporting more jobs, the car-wreak industry gets more work, supporting more jobs, and the driver is able to keep up with the latest safety features in his car. It's brilliant!
"Nothing is ever really deleted."
Don't use easily-attainable information such as your phone number and place of work as security details. It's one reason why I hate it when websites force you to select from a pre-selected list of "security questions", such as "Where were you born?" or "What was your father's name?". That is not secure information.
To date, I've only come across one website that allows you to set both the question and the answer. And that was a government website. *shrugs*
you need to consider all the clients that still use phones from the 1990's
One needs to consider clients with phones over 11 years old? Considering that phones seem to increase in capability almost as much as desktop computers, if somebody is using the same phone for over 11 years they must be quite the penny pincher.
So their solution to off-setting the effects of weightlessness is to take medications? I always thought that the problem could always be avoided by using the method of rotating a vessel to provide "gravity" around the outer edge.