"The Department of Defense is interested in Hoverbike technology because it looks wicked cool,"
Gotta figure out how to spend a trillion dollars without being able to make things out of solid gold or add diamonds - just pick a cool thing from scifi and write up a spec.
The more important question is - does it really need you? A computer will be far more efficient and safe as a pilot. Better to resolve these issues than pretend that that 1962 Dodge Dart you drive is the height of transportation elegance.
Interoperation. Integrated displays which allow for unifying control of driver operations means air gaps are impossible. The same system which indicates the driver has muted the audio (say, because of travel under challenging conditions) also indicates that the ABS system is functioning (or that a function failure has occurred, or that the ABS has been manually bypassed for maximum maneuverability),as well as the speed, engine RPM, and gear (or ratio for gearless) selected.
Another example: "speed sensitive" volume controls use input from the throttle and speedometer to raise or lower the volume of the vehicle navigation system so that the drive does not have to be distracted by manually changing the volume when at highway vs surface street speeds.
The [Undo Post] button has been mislabeled as [Continue Editing], but it works even better than an undo post because you can just change your text as many times as you want until you hit the [Commit Forever] button. Note that the actual [Post] button has been mislabeled as [Preview] and the [Commit Forever] button has been mislabeled as [Post]. Slashdot is aware of this bug in the new code, but there are no resources available to fix it in the foreseeable future.
There pretty much is no such thing as "trustworthy encryption" you didn't do yourself.
And, let's face it, for all but maybe a few hundred out of the 7 billion people on the planet, even if you try to do it yourself it's probably going to fail under a true attack that is targeted at getting your information and there's a good chance your home-built system will just screw up your data altogether.
Saying the only trustworthy encryption scheme is the one you create only works if you're a cryptography and programming expert. Otherwise it's like hiding your life savings in safe you built entirely from scratch.
There's actually some valuable logic there. It's hard to get people into a habit of sorting, but it's relatively easy to divert a (pre-sorted) waste stream to the most efficient disposal method.
Re:Why not go back to consumer sorting.
on
Recycling Is Dying
·
· Score: 1
Wish I could mod you up. Thanks for the run down. It's kind of a shame there's still a human sorting step (cost) but nice to know about the inside automation (I also wondered about the Al sort). I'd worry that 0.1% contamination is kind of high, but maybe that's just a guess, or maybe remanufacturing really doesn't suffer from that level of contamination.
The problem is that landfills are too cheap
on
Recycling Is Dying
·
· Score: 5, Insightful
Every waste disposal stream has costs. The choice is what we're willing to pay to deal with it.
That, and most Americans are too fucking lazy to sort, or have any kind of care in avoiding contamination (or even learning what that means).
it's not a hammer, it's a manual nail insertion device designed to provide application of no less than 5000 ft-lb of energy to a drawn steel fasteneing device of up to 0.162" in diameter and 3.5" long with swaged or pressed impact points. The design must be such that operation is possible by users which fall within the 20th and 98th percentile for size based on standard American male growth charts for all races. The device shall require low skill level for operation. Item must be maintenance free with no adjustment required for initial or long term operation. All materials shall be sourced in accordance with OPM regulations and include a certificate of authenticity for all natural materials and a certification of chemical composition for all non-natural materials. Chemical composition may be provided by certificates of origin and testing by third parties at the source of material, or through destructive testing and analysis of the 0.1% of the fabricated product quantity per lot. Each lot shall be identified using ONLY the military item number (no commercial numbers or identification shall be allowed), be marked "U.S. Military Use Only", and carry the lot number. Identification shall be integrally cast, impressed, and/or indelibly marked on the item, or on each part of the item if the assembly is separable.
Note that I didn't say finest. It's a personal blog post rather than actual reporting, and contains little more than the summary. You are entreated to go read https://drive.google.com/file/... - the 300+ pages of filings yourself in lieu of a journalistic treatment with more substantive information. A noble academic endeavor, but not really a "first cup of coffee" piece.
Even if I did have unlimited minutes (which I don't), I bill $175/hr with a 2 hour minimum, plus expenses. If paid up front, I would happily forego the per-minute line charges (expenses) as I do with the rest of my clients.
This will work about as well as synthetic diamonds (which are actual, real diamonds) have collapsed the natural diamond market and eliminated the horrific practices which surround natural diamond mines in under developed areas of the world.
Which part? My 7 (and my 8) looks strikingly like XP. Some of the internals have moved, but they're not hard to find (esp with global search and shortcuts).
Where is AutoCAD for Linux Where is RAM/Elements for OSX Where is Photoshop for Linux Where is ProTools for Linux Where is Pro/Engineer for OSX
I'm not looking for some "alternative" - I have 20 years of designs, arts, compositions in those native formats and it costs me $200/hr to convert, change and retrain.
The cost of switching from Windows to another OS which HAS an equivalent program is going to be into 5 figures for every employee. The cost to switch to a different program (many of which take 2-3000 hours to become truly proficient) is going to be much higher.
The OS may look the same, but it will operate differently (time to fire my IT guy and hire a different one, along with the tens of thousands of dollars such a move costs) and my industry specific programs will no longer run the way they did under the original OS. It's a fucking nightmare from a business perspective, no matter how much easier it will be for you to use a command line to load and troll slashdot.
I almost always skip the 1 and 5 star ratings (unless there's a severe preponderance of 1 star). 4s and 2s tend to give you a much better picture.
But, then again, if you're looking at the comments and star distribution you're not really relying on the overall single score and the new algorithm won't really matter in your selection process.
Two, as you indicated, plus a third for the people who received something that was broken in transit or poorly packed but are too fucking lazy (or stupid) to rate the seller.
On the contrary, a state of the art match or engineering text which has been superceded by a corrected version (errors in the text), which has been proven to be wrong (global cooling due to pollution), or which is simply out of date given new information - say, Viswanath's contributions to the Fibonacci number construct.
Such revised ratings should absolutely have more weight than older reviews which could not have known there would be new information.
Slashdot Mirror
"The Department of Defense is interested in Hoverbike technology because it looks wicked cool,"
Gotta figure out how to spend a trillion dollars without being able to make things out of solid gold or add diamonds - just pick a cool thing from scifi and write up a spec.
The more important question is - does it really need you? A computer will be far more efficient and safe as a pilot. Better to resolve these issues than pretend that that 1962 Dodge Dart you drive is the height of transportation elegance.
Interoperation. Integrated displays which allow for unifying control of driver operations means air gaps are impossible. The same system which indicates the driver has muted the audio (say, because of travel under challenging conditions) also indicates that the ABS system is functioning (or that a function failure has occurred, or that the ABS has been manually bypassed for maximum maneuverability),as well as the speed, engine RPM, and gear (or ratio for gearless) selected.
Another example: "speed sensitive" volume controls use input from the throttle and speedometer to raise or lower the volume of the vehicle navigation system so that the drive does not have to be distracted by manually changing the volume when at highway vs surface street speeds.
Well, at least if you hit it the US Code limits your prison sentence to less than 20 years, so you've got that going for you.
You don't need a better insurance company, you need a better lawyer.
No shit. I went to a studio to record some stuff last week, and the microphone was so big I was worried my hearing was going to be damaged.
The [Undo Post] button has been mislabeled as [Continue Editing], but it works even better than an undo post because you can just change your text as many times as you want until you hit the [Commit Forever] button. Note that the actual [Post] button has been mislabeled as [Preview] and the [Commit Forever] button has been mislabeled as [Post]. Slashdot is aware of this bug in the new code, but there are no resources available to fix it in the foreseeable future.
You know full well that's just the executive summary. The actual procurement spec is 143 pages long, excluding the appendices.
"Former SEC Head of Internet Enforcement John Reed Stark describes doing his job as a regulator as an 'absolute first.'"
There pretty much is no such thing as "trustworthy encryption" you didn't do yourself.
And, let's face it, for all but maybe a few hundred out of the 7 billion people on the planet, even if you try to do it yourself it's probably going to fail under a true attack that is targeted at getting your information and there's a good chance your home-built system will just screw up your data altogether.
Saying the only trustworthy encryption scheme is the one you create only works if you're a cryptography and programming expert. Otherwise it's like hiding your life savings in safe you built entirely from scratch.
Sorry, all my girlfriends are Canadian.
There's actually some valuable logic there. It's hard to get people into a habit of sorting, but it's relatively easy to divert a (pre-sorted) waste stream to the most efficient disposal method.
Wish I could mod you up. Thanks for the run down. It's kind of a shame there's still a human sorting step (cost) but nice to know about the inside automation (I also wondered about the Al sort). I'd worry that 0.1% contamination is kind of high, but maybe that's just a guess, or maybe remanufacturing really doesn't suffer from that level of contamination.
Every waste disposal stream has costs. The choice is what we're willing to pay to deal with it.
That, and most Americans are too fucking lazy to sort, or have any kind of care in avoiding contamination (or even learning what that means).
Good point. That does, however, qualify him for being the contract manager on the government side.
it's not a hammer, it's a manual nail insertion device designed to provide application of no less than 5000 ft-lb of energy to a drawn steel fasteneing device of up to 0.162" in diameter and 3.5" long with swaged or pressed impact points. The design must be such that operation is possible by users which fall within the 20th and 98th percentile for size based on standard American male growth charts for all races. The device shall require low skill level for operation. Item must be maintenance free with no adjustment required for initial or long term operation. All materials shall be sourced in accordance with OPM regulations and include a certificate of authenticity for all natural materials and a certification of chemical composition for all non-natural materials. Chemical composition may be provided by certificates of origin and testing by third parties at the source of material, or through destructive testing and analysis of the 0.1% of the fabricated product quantity per lot. Each lot shall be identified using ONLY the military item number (no commercial numbers or identification shall be allowed), be marked "U.S. Military Use Only", and carry the lot number. Identification shall be integrally cast, impressed, and/or indelibly marked on the item, or on each part of the item if the assembly is separable.
Note that I didn't say finest. It's a personal blog post rather than actual reporting, and contains little more than the summary. You are entreated to go read https://drive.google.com/file/... - the 300+ pages of filings yourself in lieu of a journalistic treatment with more substantive information. A noble academic endeavor, but not really a "first cup of coffee" piece.
Huh, I see mostly horses and carriages. They should really make the streets safer for those. Oh, and ox carts. Won't someone think of the livestock?
Even if I did have unlimited minutes (which I don't), I bill $175/hr with a 2 hour minimum, plus expenses. If paid up front, I would happily forego the per-minute line charges (expenses) as I do with the rest of my clients.
This will work about as well as synthetic diamonds (which are actual, real diamonds) have collapsed the natural diamond market and eliminated the horrific practices which surround natural diamond mines in under developed areas of the world.
Which part? My 7 (and my 8) looks strikingly like XP. Some of the internals have moved, but they're not hard to find (esp with global search and shortcuts).
Where is AutoCAD for Linux
Where is RAM/Elements for OSX
Where is Photoshop for Linux
Where is ProTools for Linux
Where is Pro/Engineer for OSX
I'm not looking for some "alternative" - I have 20 years of designs, arts, compositions in those native formats and it costs me $200/hr to convert, change and retrain.
The cost of switching from Windows to another OS which HAS an equivalent program is going to be into 5 figures for every employee. The cost to switch to a different program (many of which take 2-3000 hours to become truly proficient) is going to be much higher.
The OS may look the same, but it will operate differently (time to fire my IT guy and hire a different one, along with the tens of thousands of dollars such a move costs) and my industry specific programs will no longer run the way they did under the original OS. It's a fucking nightmare from a business perspective, no matter how much easier it will be for you to use a command line to load and troll slashdot.
I almost always skip the 1 and 5 star ratings (unless there's a severe preponderance of 1 star). 4s and 2s tend to give you a much better picture.
But, then again, if you're looking at the comments and star distribution you're not really relying on the overall single score and the new algorithm won't really matter in your selection process.
Two, as you indicated, plus a third for the people who received something that was broken in transit or poorly packed but are too fucking lazy (or stupid) to rate the seller.
On the contrary, a state of the art match or engineering text which has been superceded by a corrected version (errors in the text), which has been proven to be wrong (global cooling due to pollution), or which is simply out of date given new information - say, Viswanath's contributions to the Fibonacci number construct.
Such revised ratings should absolutely have more weight than older reviews which could not have known there would be new information.