At my company we've had a weekend fire drill thanks to Y2K. I'm not talking about 10 years ago. I'm talking about yesterday. Ten plus years ago some genius "fixed" the Y2K issue by checking to see if the first of the two digits in the year was a zero. If it was prepend "20", otherwise...
Flamebait me if you must, but I'm a NH resident and the Old Man has always confused the life out of me. It was a 30 foot tall item on a 1200 peak. Tiny. It was like holding a quarter at arm's length. But you go around this state and you'd think it was the fraggin' Grand Canyon or something. And now I get to see money and time wasted trying to resurrect this pathetic icon? Wonderful.
And nice way to hijack a thread to spout about how incredible you are.
Did you ever consider that all the brain power you're putting into selective perception could be put to better use. Like posting relevant comments that aren't self congratulatory.
I'd pay money to see "perfect storm" go away. People currently use it to represent any situation which contains two or more variables. I literally scream in their faces when they do that.
I'm a Microsoft hater, but I have to say this is really cool. [ Let's see how they try to force some connection to IE and the OS to lock you in.:-) ]
Then I thought "Duh, why didn't anyone else think of it?"
Every invention is obvious after someone thinks of it.
Imagine how slow typing would be on one of these devices.
Imagine how slow typing would be if you were limited to a 4x3 keboard and the best way to type was with your thumbs. It's amazing what we can learn to do.
There is a void still remaining, it's called the Pacific Ocean. The scars aren't gone, they've been severely blurred. But the Earth is still reverberating from the event (impact or nuclear). Plate tectonics are the planet's attempt to continue to reach a more stable state.
This is the Vistafication of Firefox. I'm forced to deal with other products constant whining. "Update now!" "You haven't rebooted in the last 5 mintes!"
How is this different from spam?
I know what's on my machine. I take care to maintain what's on my machine. Leave me the f alone and let me actually use my machine.
The answer is even simpler and proably not possible, given the configuration of jetways: use the rear door for boarding. All people MUST file to the front of the plane. (Upon arrival they will be first out the front doors and rewarded for being early) The plane continues to fill, front to back and windows to aisle, until there are no more seats. Anyone left at the gate is told to go to the counter and don't be so late next time.
The problem with your relativity comment is that you're assuming that time moves at a constant rate throughout the universe. Variable time speeds would account for the items we see that appear to be going faster than the speed of light in our frame of reference.
Otherwise I agree with you. The universe would never stop, but would assymtotically approach 0. We would never notice this among the local (read: billion or two light years) environment. Further out the difference in time rates between here and in distant areas might have a larger multiplier and become more apparent.
This might only be useful if they don't plan to use those pictures to help you if you forget your password. People do not respond the same way every time they view the same inkblot. For example, today I an elephant with large boots while yesterday I saw 2 girls and 1 cup.
And the important thing to remember is that, with no nesting on the employee's part, there's very little to make the employee feel: comfortable, wanted, or a part of the company.
Question: last time your boss was watching over your shoulder, how was your efficiency? Great, I'll bet. How long did you stay at that job?
Not only does a chargeback cost them immediately, if there are enough chargebacks the the CCs will raise the per transaction cost. This way the CCs are covering themselves from the chargeback risk.
Make the calls even though they might be rejected. If there is enough of a hit on the Ricks department at the CCs they might get nasty with MLB even if they won't refund the money.
So you're in favor of colorizing black and white films?
a) The VHS/DVD argument is garbage because there are more than one of them and you cannot physically change one into the other.
b) How do you know that the restoration has returned the item to it's original luster. What if it was originally painted in dull tones, but today's experts say they used bright tones back then. Which leads to...
c) If the restoration is screwed up the item is lost. Forever.
Sure we have loads of information and reproductions of the original but, as this study shows, there are always new ways to gain more information from the original. If restorations are performed how do you know if new information is about the painting or the restoration techniques. Also, think of the statues the Taliban destroyed in 2001. Sure they can be recreated, but who knows what has been lost with the original.
I've already heard signs of people preparing for this. Remember that God created everything. He just put us in charge as "his chosen ones." Sentient aliens would fall into the category with the animals. (Disclaimer: I consider this a load of crap and scary)
Not making the repairs strikes me as odd. If it turns out that the gouge was too big we lose the crew (including yet another teacher) and the shuttle. And they'll never know if the repair would have saved them. If the gouge didn't need repairs we get to find out how the repairs hold up under real world conditions.
Also, this would a chance to test the repair kits in a real world scenario. It's a simple 2x2 matrix of whether is works or not and whether it was needed or not. The only problem is if the repair doesn't work and was needed, but then the results are the same as if you've done nothing.
The only time you wouldn't want to do the repairs is if there's a threat that the repairs either make things worse or the act of doing the repairs causes more damage. If these are the case then NASA needs to rethink the repair procedures.
GAH!!! Not the We only need probes argument again!
Probes don't fire the imagination the way having a person there does. When there's a person there all the viewers can picture themselves in that situation. They can wonder at what it would be like to be there.
When will you people learn that money taken from human exploration DOES NOT automatically go to non-human exploration. VA, HUD, and NASA are all part of the same budget. Don't you think VA could make some huge claims to all that money that you've thankfully freed for them?
Probes are fine for science and advance work, but alone they do nothing to defend the human race. There many thing natural or man-made which can doom us. Having people elsewhere reduces the risk to the species.
The text of this is good, but the title is incorrect. This has nothing to do with "terror". I had to be fingerprinted for jobs in the financial sector multiple times during the 80s and 90s.
I'm quite sure Microsoft's Q1 will look grand (and be touted loudly), but Q2 will be the big indicator. What happens when all those OEMs and big box stores refuse to buy because they have a pile of inventory.
Thank you for that reference. I read the paragraph about this and the author is SO far off that I find it safe to assume the rest of the article is crap too. Fake falsetto? Big hair? Zero research.
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At my company we've had a weekend fire drill thanks to Y2K. I'm not talking about 10 years ago. I'm talking about yesterday. Ten plus years ago some genius "fixed" the Y2K issue by checking to see if the first of the two digits in the year was a zero. If it was prepend "20", otherwise...
Flamebait me if you must, but I'm a NH resident and the Old Man has always confused the life out of me. It was a 30 foot tall item on a 1200 peak. Tiny. It was like holding a quarter at arm's length. But you go around this state and you'd think it was the fraggin' Grand Canyon or something. And now I get to see money and time wasted trying to resurrect this pathetic icon? Wonderful.
So what should the people in the north or snowy parts of California do? Having a nice absorbant car in the dead of winter is a very good thing.
I wonder if this means that the adaptor in my car would no longer work. Talk about a non-starter.
Well, you're just fucking amazing.
And nice way to hijack a thread to spout about how incredible you are.
Did you ever consider that all the brain power you're putting into selective perception could be put to better use. Like posting relevant comments that aren't self congratulatory.
Someone please mod this moron down.
I'd pay money to see "perfect storm" go away. People currently use it to represent any situation which contains two or more variables. I literally scream in their faces when they do that.
I'm a Microsoft hater, but I have to say this is really cool. [ Let's see how they try to force some connection to IE and the OS to lock you in. :-) ]
Then I thought "Duh, why didn't anyone else think of it?"
Every invention is obvious after someone thinks of it.
Imagine how slow typing would be on one of these devices.
Imagine how slow typing would be if you were limited to a 4x3 keboard and the best way to type was with your thumbs. It's amazing what we can learn to do.
There is a void still remaining, it's called the Pacific Ocean. The scars aren't gone, they've been severely blurred. But the Earth is still reverberating from the event (impact or nuclear). Plate tectonics are the planet's attempt to continue to reach a more stable state.
Why do you think Bush was so quick to push the date until after he was out of office? (Hint: it wasn't for technical reasons)
This is the Vistafication of Firefox. I'm forced to deal with other products constant whining. "Update now!" "You haven't rebooted in the last 5 mintes!"
How is this different from spam?
I know what's on my machine. I take care to maintain what's on my machine. Leave me the f alone and let me actually use my machine.
But ultimately, if there was just someone there to give it a whack, then there's be no problem.
The answer is even simpler and proably not possible, given the configuration of jetways: use the rear door for boarding. All people MUST file to the front of the plane. (Upon arrival they will be first out the front doors and rewarded for being early) The plane continues to fill, front to back and windows to aisle, until there are no more seats. Anyone left at the gate is told to go to the counter and don't be so late next time.
Otherwise I agree with you. The universe would never stop, but would assymtotically approach 0. We would never notice this among the local (read: billion or two light years) environment. Further out the difference in time rates between here and in distant areas might have a larger multiplier and become more apparent.
This might only be useful if they don't plan to use those pictures to help you if you forget your password. People do not respond the same way every time they view the same inkblot. For example, today I an elephant with large boots while yesterday I saw 2 girls and 1 cup.
Question: last time your boss was watching over your shoulder, how was your efficiency? Great, I'll bet. How long did you stay at that job?
Make the calls even though they might be rejected. If there is enough of a hit on the Ricks department at the CCs they might get nasty with MLB even if they won't refund the money.
Exactly. This situation happened before when airplanes were invented. There is already precedent.
a) The VHS/DVD argument is garbage because there are more than one of them and you cannot physically change one into the other.
b) How do you know that the restoration has returned the item to it's original luster. What if it was originally painted in dull tones, but today's experts say they used bright tones back then. Which leads to...
c) If the restoration is screwed up the item is lost. Forever.
Sure we have loads of information and reproductions of the original but, as this study shows, there are always new ways to gain more information from the original. If restorations are performed how do you know if new information is about the painting or the restoration techniques. Also, think of the statues the Taliban destroyed in 2001. Sure they can be recreated, but who knows what has been lost with the original.
I've already heard signs of people preparing for this. Remember that God created everything. He just put us in charge as "his chosen ones." Sentient aliens would fall into the category with the animals. (Disclaimer: I consider this a load of crap and scary)
Exactly. It's statements like this that just add fuel to the morons who accuse the scientific community of having an agenda.
Also, this would a chance to test the repair kits in a real world scenario. It's a simple 2x2 matrix of whether is works or not and whether it was needed or not. The only problem is if the repair doesn't work and was needed, but then the results are the same as if you've done nothing.
The only time you wouldn't want to do the repairs is if there's a threat that the repairs either make things worse or the act of doing the repairs causes more damage. If these are the case then NASA needs to rethink the repair procedures.
Probes don't fire the imagination the way having a person there does. When there's a person there all the viewers can picture themselves in that situation. They can wonder at what it would be like to be there.
When will you people learn that money taken from human exploration DOES NOT automatically go to non-human exploration. VA, HUD, and NASA are all part of the same budget. Don't you think VA could make some huge claims to all that money that you've thankfully freed for them?
Probes are fine for science and advance work, but alone they do nothing to defend the human race. There many thing natural or man-made which can doom us. Having people elsewhere reduces the risk to the species.
Nothing new here.
I'm quite sure Microsoft's Q1 will look grand (and be touted loudly), but Q2 will be the big indicator. What happens when all those OEMs and big box stores refuse to buy because they have a pile of inventory.
Thank you for that reference. I read the paragraph about this and the author is SO far off that I find it safe to assume the rest of the article is crap too. Fake falsetto? Big hair? Zero research.