Because, as a non-american, I don't support the war, and i don't support his actions.
Why should he get preferential treatmetn for living in a country that sends him to war for no reason? Why should he get preferential treatment because he was idiotic enough to sign up for the military in the USA?
No reason to wage war on a nation that was harboring and encouraging an organization that carried out several attacks on US soil, killing thousands of US citizens? Exactly why isn't this a reason?
is what I used to do when I was a student and had limited finances.
I wouldn't download a pirated e-book - I hate the format to begin with, and despite the fact the used book sale doesn't make it back to the original author directly demand for used copies is used by publishers to determine when to reprint a book.
The Playstation 3 does not compete well with a high end hardware scaler like the Realta.
If you want to really benchmark the difference, get copies of the latest Blade Runner re-release and watch them on Bluray vs. Realta based DVD player (say a Denon 3930ci). The same masters and state of the art upscaling vs. BD.
Yes, if you sit close to a top monitor you will see the difference. But unless you take that level of care you will not.
I have a DVD player with an Realta HQV video processor and it really does a great job. In order to visually benefit from something like BluRay over a top notch scaler you have to have a pristine master and a high quality large screen (1080p at least 50"). It is difficult to get that good a master from older film or most video. That is great news since the vast majority of my current DVD collection will remain satisfactory for a long time.
But - new films mastered in HBR sound formats and 1080p on a good screen are enough better in both sound and appearance that I have stopped buying DVDs. I am renting until an acceptable BD player becomes available at which time I will start buying BluRay disks.
Don't you notice the fact that the SD film has black margins on the sides while the HD film has black margins on the top and bottom, and shows a much wider view of the scene?
There are usually trade secret clauses in employment contracts. Even if you get over the non-compete, patent and copyright issues there is still that issue.
This plan is like begging to be sued back to the stone age.
I kind of wonder about the practicality of requiring companies to retain their own documents in case of possible litigation against them.
There is no general requirement. Many companies have document destruction policies - for my company we automatically delete all email older than 90 days.
Some records have to be kept - financial records, taxation, etc. Invention records for patents, and so on. If you are in the financial industry the SEC requires 5 years for everything. If you are in a lawsuit the judge might order you to stop destroying stuff - I think Prudential got hit with a fine because nobody told their IT department to turn off their automating pruning process.
I think that type question works well for anyone regardless of age. My experience has been that if the interviewee cannot talk about some new technology that they have added to their skill set in the past year THEY ARE NO DAMN GOOD. It doesn't matter what the age is. What it shows is whether the candidate is truly interested in their career choice, which makes all the difference in the world in this profession. Another slant is to ask the candidate about what sorts of computer related things they do on their own. Do they have their own domain name? A web site - even something simple with family photos is a positive thing.
It separates those who are just in it for the money from those who actually want to do this type of work.
With the stock market crash there are a LOT of companies like this. The problem is that they are burning through their cash so buying them does no good.
Skip the speech part and interface to the frontal lobes. Google can then spider the mind of the human race, and with the query interface we will have achieved the final fate of mankind - a hive mind.
It's a totally different story when the FBI tricks someone to enter the US and he gets charged for crimes not committed on US soil - especially when the person is from a country having a extradition treaty with the US (Germany is one of them).
The crime certainly was committed on US soil. The damages were inflicted on a US entity located in the US. End of story.
In addition the German constitution (article 16) prohibits extradition in all but the most extreme circumstances. It is highly unlikely that the US would be able to extradite in this case. For an example, Germany refused to extradite an Al-Qaida financier to Spain after rejecting a EU arrest warrant a couple of years ago.
In this case the FBI was clearly justified in working on a way to bring this criminal to justice as its mandate is to enforce US laws.
Well duh. Anyone trying to build a fast breeder reactor starting with small amounts of radioactive isotopes gleaned from smoke detectors is certainly in serious need of help and is definitely a candidate for a Darwin Award. And how is this related to a kid doing basic chemistry experiments with a couple of ounces of saltpeter in his basement?
Also how is that any different from all the other nutcases that are roaming the planet? It is just not possible to remove risk from the process of having a life, and the attempt to do so is counter-productive.
BTW Kaposi's Sarcoma? How the hell are you going to get herpes from radiation exposure? Much more likely it's something like squamous cell skin cancer. Could be dicey for Mr. Boy Scout as 5% of these cases metastasize.
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The moron content of slashdot is unbelievable. Afganistan is no longer a place where Al-Qaeda can operate without hindrance. Mission accomplished.
Remaining issues are being worked on; nobody said every problem was going to be solved immediately.
Because, as a non-american, I don't support the war, and i don't support his actions.
Why should he get preferential treatmetn for living in a country that sends him to war for no reason? Why should he get preferential treatment because he was idiotic enough to sign up for the military in the USA?
No reason to wage war on a nation that was harboring and encouraging an organization that carried out several attacks on US soil, killing thousands of US citizens? Exactly why isn't this a reason?
Crikey how do you think people got "Sir" in front of their name?
is what I used to do when I was a student and had limited finances.
I wouldn't download a pirated e-book - I hate the format to begin with, and despite the fact the used book sale doesn't make it back to the original author directly demand for used copies is used by publishers to determine when to reprint a book.
The Playstation 3 does not compete well with a high end hardware scaler like the Realta.
If you want to really benchmark the difference, get copies of the latest Blade Runner re-release and watch them on Bluray vs. Realta based DVD player (say a Denon 3930ci). The same masters and state of the art upscaling vs. BD.
Yes, if you sit close to a top monitor you will see the difference. But unless you take that level of care you will not.
I have a DVD player with an Realta HQV video processor and it really does a great job. In order to visually benefit from something like BluRay over a top notch scaler you have to have a pristine master and a high quality large screen (1080p at least 50"). It is difficult to get that good a master from older film or most video. That is great news since the vast majority of my current DVD collection will remain satisfactory for a long time.
But - new films mastered in HBR sound formats and 1080p on a good screen are enough better in both sound and appearance that I have stopped buying DVDs. I am renting until an acceptable BD player becomes available at which time I will start buying BluRay disks.
Don't you notice the fact that the SD film has black margins on the sides while the HD film has black margins on the top and bottom, and shows a much wider view of the scene?
- Did not graduate from high school
- are functionally illiterate
- Have IQs less than 85
There are usually trade secret clauses in employment contracts. Even if you get over the non-compete, patent and copyright issues there is still that issue.
This plan is like begging to be sued back to the stone age.
I kind of wonder about the practicality of requiring companies to retain their own documents in case of possible litigation against them.
There is no general requirement. Many companies have document destruction policies - for my company we automatically delete all email older than 90 days.
Some records have to be kept - financial records, taxation, etc. Invention records for patents, and so on. If you are in the financial industry the SEC requires 5 years for everything. If you are in a lawsuit the judge might order you to stop destroying stuff - I think Prudential got hit with a fine because nobody told their IT department to turn off their automating pruning process.
Exactly.
Dehumidification = 600 Wh/liter
Desalinization = 3 Wh/liter
Pumping = 2 Wh/liter (cost to much of So.CA from Colorodo River)
So add in the pumping costs (assuming a LONG pumping distance) and it is still more than 2 orders of magnitude more expensive.
Only on Arrakis would this make sense.
Yeah, this is ONLY 200 times less efficient than desalinization.
Criminy.
I think that type question works well for anyone regardless of age. My experience has been that if the interviewee cannot talk about some new technology that they have added to their skill set in the past year THEY ARE NO DAMN GOOD. It doesn't matter what the age is. What it shows is whether the candidate is truly interested in their career choice, which makes all the difference in the world in this profession. Another slant is to ask the candidate about what sorts of computer related things they do on their own. Do they have their own domain name? A web site - even something simple with family photos is a positive thing.
It separates those who are just in it for the money from those who actually want to do this type of work.
With the stock market crash there are a LOT of companies like this. The problem is that they are burning through their cash so buying them does no good.
From what I've seen legal basis hasn't meant much in the RIAA strategy so far. The fighting back though could be a good reason....
So if the University says "bugger off" to the RIAA, why doesn't the RIAA go after the University as a contributor?
Skip the speech part and interface to the frontal lobes. Google can then spider the mind of the human race, and with the query interface we will have achieved the final fate of mankind - a hive mind.
It's a totally different story when the FBI tricks someone to enter the US and he gets charged for crimes not committed on US soil - especially when the person is from a country having a extradition treaty with the US (Germany is one of them).
The crime certainly was committed on US soil. The damages were inflicted on a US entity located in the US. End of story.
In addition the German constitution (article 16) prohibits extradition in all but the most extreme circumstances. It is highly unlikely that the US would be able to extradite in this case. For an example, Germany refused to extradite an Al-Qaida financier to Spain after rejecting a EU arrest warrant a couple of years ago.
In this case the FBI was clearly justified in working on a way to bring this criminal to justice as its mandate is to enforce US laws.
Well duh. Anyone trying to build a fast breeder reactor starting with small amounts of radioactive isotopes gleaned from smoke detectors is certainly in serious need of help and is definitely a candidate for a Darwin Award. And how is this related to a kid doing basic chemistry experiments with a couple of ounces of saltpeter in his basement?
Also how is that any different from all the other nutcases that are roaming the planet? It is just not possible to remove risk from the process of having a life, and the attempt to do so is counter-productive.
BTW Kaposi's Sarcoma? How the hell are you going to get herpes from radiation exposure? Much more likely it's something like squamous cell skin cancer. Could be dicey for Mr. Boy Scout as 5% of these cases metastasize.
Lots of university chemical labs going back to the middle ages.
As far as recent innovative work in chemistry done at the hobbyist level, just visit a state science fair of your choice.
It would be kind of tough to get the script from a 20 second commercial.
So you are sayin I might get sued if I watch a TV ad for a movie and then decide to make my own movie in my basement?
Yes, and all of this happens without repealing copyright laws right now.
Many of these techniques HAVE been used to make blockbusters on a budget, the most famous of all being Star Wars of course.
Nobody has stopped anyone from making movies like this. The question remains will anyone even try if copyrights go away.
So when DeBeers advertises diamonds it's ok to go out and pull off a diamond heist? I never thought of it that way.
"Are you absolutely certain that eliminating guns would lower violence levels enough to make that an acceptable precedent?"
How are the other countries that have done this doing?