Why is vote count delay even an issue? I know the 24 hour median wants results in prime time, but who cares about that? The president isn't sworn in until late January, let the counters take as long as is needed to do it right.
Uh, most countries can count their paper ballots before night falls.
France manages to announce preliminary results at 8pm as the last polling stations close, with final results by around 10pm.
Yes, something does - a paper ballot and no pencil.
In France you get given an envelope and n pre-printed ballot papers for the n candidates. You stuff the paper for the person you want to vote for into the envelope and chuck the rest in a wastepaper bin. You then go to the ballot box - the guy asks who you are, checks you on the list, says your name ("Mr Eunuchswear..."), you stick the envelope in the box, he says "... has voted".
Glaciation cycles are an example of one that's longer than a year.
An example. Any others?
We're still coming out of an ice age so of course it's getting warmer. [...] The next glaciation event seems on track for 300 years from now, so yeah the weather will be a bit weird for a while.[...]
It's not clockwork you know. Claiming to know to withing 300 years when the next cooling will start is ridiculous.
No, that's the problem with Android - it's Linux derived, but not GNU/Linux derived. Android can help advance the kernel, but unlike, for example, Maemo or Meego can't help advance the rest of the GNU/Linux system.
It might look like F-35, whether it actually has all the necessary components to be called the fifth-generation jet and whether they all work as advertised is another matter.
You can watermark pressed discs too. As far as I'm aware, most advance copies are watermarked so they can find the source of high-quality leaks that occur prior to normal distribution.
So cyclonic storms are in the October just past are stronger than the average over a short 30 year time period. Notable, but not surprising, as all weather is cyclical.
What is that shit supposed to mean: "all weather is cyclical"? The only reliable cycle happens to be one year long.
Only two hurricanes in the Atlantic season so far. That's way down.
Not exactly true:
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is a very active Atlantic hurricane season in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. Thus far, the season accumulated a total of 19 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane. This exceeded the predicted maximum number of tropical storms and hurricanes, but so far has not exceeded the predicted number of major hurricanes. The season officially began on Friday, June 1, 2012, and ends on Friday, November 30, 2012. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin.[1]
so does this mean the hurricanes are helping to cool the earth by converting excess heat into... well... something that's not heat( e.g. motion or water, wind, etc.)?
Uh, all forms of energy get transformed into heat.
Uh, are you maybe confusing Montreal with Toronto?
Hazel was particularly destructive in Toronto, as a result of a combination of a lack of experience in dealing with tropical storms and the storm's unexpected retention of power. Hazel had traveled 1,100 km (680 mi) over land, but while approaching Canada, it had merged with an existing powerful cold front. The storm stalled over the Greater Toronto Area, and although it was now extratropical, it remained as powerful as a category 1 hurricane. To help with the cleanup, 800 members of the military were summoned, and a Hurricane Relief Fund was established that distributed $5.1 million (2009: $41.7 million) in aid.
I always look to insurance companies when I want to learn hard science.
Budget cutbacks in response increase damages. This is how the weather can get worse without actually changing. Good thing we're not all about austerity these days.
So, give us a clue, where do you look to learn about hard science? E&E?
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Well, Obama certainly hasn't gotten "what the people want" very right.
Funny, they held this election thingy and a mqjority of the people who voted seemed to think he got it righter than the other guy.
But then, he's never sorted out that mess about his birth certificate
But then again you are insane, so who the fuck knows what you want.
Why is vote count delay even an issue? I know the 24 hour median wants results in prime time, but who cares about that? The president isn't sworn in until late January, let the counters take as long as is needed to do it right.
Uh, most countries can count their paper ballots before night falls.
France manages to announce preliminary results at 8pm as the last polling stations close, with final results by around 10pm.
Counting pieces of paper is easy.
The only thing that differentiate America from the rest of the world is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Without those two very important documents, the United States of America is as good as Zimbabwe or Somalia, in terms of governance.
Ah, the US is the only country with a constitution and a Bill of RIghts and all other countries are the same as Zimbabwe and Somalia.
And someone modded that "interesting".
Nothing beats a paper ballot and a #2 pencil.
Yes, something does - a paper ballot and no pencil.
In France you get given an envelope and n pre-printed ballot papers for the n candidates. You stuff the paper for the person you want to vote for into the envelope and chuck the rest in a wastepaper bin. You then go to the ballot box - the guy asks who you are, checks you on the list, says your name ("Mr Eunuchswear..."), you stick the envelope in the box, he says "... has voted".
Counting is fast and reliable.
Similar to what openmosix did for linux ages ago
No, similar to what OpenSSI did for Linux years ago.
openmosix was much less SSI.
Soft drinks? I said booze - wine, whisky and so on.
Glaciation cycles are an example of one that's longer than a year.
An example. Any others?
We're still coming out of an ice age so of course it's getting warmer. [...]
The next glaciation event seems on track for 300 years from now, so yeah the weather will be a bit weird for a while.[...]
It's not clockwork you know. Claiming to know to withing 300 years when the next cooling will start is ridiculous.
Neither Xen nor KVM can run very much, but Qemu and vmware both ought to do fine... if it's even x86
Unixware only ever ran on x86.
UW 7.1.1 runs ok under Qemu - very slowly though.
Hey, Air France economy gives you free booze.
Which US airline does that?
[...] Android is GNU/Linux derived.
No, that's the problem with Android - it's Linux derived, but not GNU/Linux derived. Android can help advance the kernel, but unlike, for example, Maemo or Meego can't help advance the rest of the GNU/Linux system.
Android is more than Linux (being the Linux kernel plus a lot),
Well, Android is obviously more that the Linux kernel, but it's a hell of a lot less than any Linux distribution.
Whadaya know - RMS was right(*), we should be calling distros GNU/Linux.
((*) as he usualy is on anything except sex).
Apple is making more money than god.
Why are people happy when someone who is selling them stuff makes a lot of money? Stockholm syndrome?
It might look like F-35, whether it actually has all the necessary components to be called the fifth-generation jet and whether they all work as advertised is another matter.
So pretty much the same as the F-35 then...
Unixware 2 only ran on x86.
The effort to port it to ia64 is part of what lead to the great SCO lawsuit.
Unixware licenses let you run 1 copy on 1 machine.
It doesn't care which machine it is. Just don't run more than one copy per license and you're golden.
(One minor problem - neither Xen nor KVM can run Unixware 7.1.1, I'm not sure whether they can run 2.1.3, never tried).
Add userland libraries from the original environment,
Don't do that! (semi joke)
That was what the whole "SCO" lawsuit was about!
But you provide no way to contact you.
Clever.
You can watermark pressed discs too. As far as I'm aware, most advance copies are watermarked so they can find the source of high-quality leaks that occur prior to normal distribution.
How? Pressed == identical.
Are advance copies pressed?
Cool story bro!
Could've used a vampire, though.
Maybe, but "the Communist Manifesto" is still a better love story than Twilight.
So cyclonic storms are in the October just past are stronger than the average over a short 30 year time period. Notable, but not surprising, as all weather is cyclical.
What is that shit supposed to mean: "all weather is cyclical"? The only reliable cycle happens to be one year long.
What "cycle" are you talking about?
Only two hurricanes in the Atlantic season so far. That's way down.
Not exactly true:
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is a very active Atlantic hurricane season in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. Thus far, the season accumulated a total of 19 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane. This exceeded the predicted maximum number of tropical storms and hurricanes, but so far has not exceeded the predicted number of major hurricanes. The season officially began on Friday, June 1, 2012, and ends on Friday, November 30, 2012. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Atlantic_hurricane_season
Boy, what planet are you living on?
Yes, hurricanes are how earth vents heat to space.
No.
You are an idiot. Please step away from the keyboard before you hurt yourself.
so does this mean the hurricanes are helping to cool the earth by converting excess heat into... well... something that's not heat( e.g. motion or water, wind, etc.)?
Uh, all forms of energy get transformed into heat.
This is basic.
1953: Hurricane Hazel. Montreal.
Uh, are you maybe confusing Montreal with Toronto?
Hazel was particularly destructive in Toronto, as a result of a combination of a lack of experience in dealing with tropical storms and the storm's unexpected retention of power. Hazel had traveled 1,100 km (680 mi) over land, but while approaching Canada, it had merged with an existing powerful cold front. The storm stalled over the Greater Toronto Area, and although it was now extratropical, it remained as powerful as a category 1 hurricane. To help with the cleanup, 800 members of the military were summoned, and a Hurricane Relief Fund was established that distributed $5.1 million (2009: $41.7 million) in aid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel
I always look to insurance companies when I want to learn hard science.
Budget cutbacks in response increase damages. This is how the weather can get worse without actually changing. Good thing we're not all about austerity these days.
So, give us a clue, where do you look to learn about hard science? E&E?