Thank you, sir, for turning your Insightful comment to one that should be moderated Troll. Why? Look at your last paragraph. Your point was made thoroughly in the first paragraph, but you turned yourself into a troll rather quickly in the second. Just another one of those kids who say in their mind, "I can be an asshole on the intarweb! Nobody knows who I am!"
That's not the issue. The lead-free electronics are the ones getting the tin whiskers, not the ones with SnPb solder and components containing lead. Solder isn't a very hazardous compound, but do you really want it in your drinking water? Remove the lead, and it's pretty tame (copper, antimony, silver, and tin).
Put random data in a ZIP file. It won't be compressable at all, but the packing will make the resulting ZIP larger than the original file. That's an archaic way of getting -1% compression rate, but i think that's what they're trying to say
We don't bury it under tons of earth and rock. Ever seen a landfill? Maybe a few feet of topsoil. Not only that, but I'm guessing pure lead in solder is a bit more toxic than whatever form it is found in nature (I wouldn't know, I'm not a metallurgist or geologist, I'm a janitor.).
Lead is an EXTREMELY potent toxin. My dog had anemia, and, as a result, started eating at the paint (the vet said it was because it's an instinct, blood doesn't have enough red blood cells, need more iron for red blood cells or so body thinks, goes for any source possible, lead is a metal, so is iron, lead is in paint). We stopped him pretty quick, but he had already given himself lead poisoning from the small amount of paint he ate. Lead also stays in the body. You get a little now, a little later, and eventually, it's a lot. Not only that, but lead in a landfill usually ends up in the water.
Lead's bad. So is Cadmium and a whole slew of other heavy metals and heavy metal compounds. They're not deadly as in touch it and you die, they're deadly 30 years down the line, and that's what makes it so bad. And I'm no greenie, either. Both of my trucks have engines with greater than 300cid, are carbureted, and have no EGR and no catalytic converters.
As long as you only THINK it, WRITE it, SAY it, SING it, ACT it, or ILLUSTRATE it, wrong, immorally, incorrectly, fucked up, whatever, that's fine. Software falls under this category.
However, if you BUILD it wrong, fucked up, immorally (you can't build a blimp shaped like a giant set of boobies and get away with it, can you?) your error could directly lead to harm (or moral corruption, so sayeth the powers that be). Now, we all know these rules are fuzzy, people sue producers of intellectual property all the time (usually under the morality category), and a software error could still kill you, ( IF DAY == TUESDAY, THEN RUN FUNCTION kill_patient_painfully() ) but if you put it into black and white, intellectual property = not liable for incorrectness, physical property = liable for incorrectness.
I don't believe this is right, but this is the Way Things Are(TM).
Yeah, time to ditch the car. Remember, I'm from the land of carburetors and big blocks. In Pennsylvania, my emissions test is to simply check that the EGR valve and catalytic coverters are in place, and that the gas cap doesn't leak. In other counties, and in other states, the test can be more stringent - but an ABS light wouldn't fail you. Here in PA, we have safety inspections also, so there aren't people driving around with bald tires and no brakes, but not all states have these.
And yeah, a leaky headgasket could well cause oil losses, but you'd also have a smoky exhaust, or a very cloudy one. You'd also have coolant that bubbles in the overflow tank or be losing excessive amounts of it. 1100-1600 pounds sounds about right for that kind of repair. I don't think you can use this as a sign of disposable cars, however - even crap American cars (eg: Chevy Cavalier, Ford Tempo, stuff of that nature) these days are rather reliable.
Trust me, I feel your pain when it comes to having to make your car ready for inspection - it's a pain in the ass, but it's one of those good pains in the ass.
Nopt that a European-only phone would do you any good in thew USA, T-Mobile or not - it's 1800MHz over there, not 1900.
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The MOT is German, correct?
In any case, that's more a problem of too much government interference than a car being ready to be trashed at 6 years. ABS out? Not a safety issue. When the antilock braking system fails, you still have full use of your brakes, but they can now lock up. Oil leak? Once again, not a safety issue. Environmental, sure, but there are worse things than leaking an few ounces of oil onto the pavement (which is, surprise, made of oil and rocks). Suspension? Depending on what part of the system, it could just mean a rough ride. Either way, it shouldn't be costing you that much! On my car (a 1998 Mazda 626 ES-V6, with 300,000 miles [482,803 km for you metric whiners], a japanese designed but american built car), ABS system replacement would run about $500. New struts all around would run about $350. I do have an oil leak, at the oil pan, and I plan to fix it myself, and it would only take a garage an hour or two to fix, plus the cost of the gasket, so not much over $75. If that quote is from a dealer, then that's your first problem. Independent mechanics are much cheaper, usually quicker to finish the job, and most of the time, they really need your business! They might not have a clean cut, greaseless secretary to take your keys, but they're always more than willing to take you in the shop and quite literally show you exactly what is wrong. If you walk in with an idea of what is wrong, you can drive out with a cheap fix and more knowledge about the problem then you ever needed:P
Eighteen years old, here. First thing I did in my apartment? Called the paper, got a subscription. Why? Local news. Plus, I can't sit on the shitter with a CRT and read the news.
I don't believe the courts have said DVDCCA's purpose is patently illegal. It IS illegal to break a valid copyright protection method as per the DMCA, and CSS is a valid protection method (Encryption, access only by legal agreement). However, for PERSONAL "Fair Use", it seems to be the court's opinion one may break the protection, but I don't think a person selling something to automate it could get away with it. Wasn't that one small company that had DVD to VCD software sued out of existence? I'm not sure what a court's opinion in that situation would be, and I don't think we'll ever know, the media moguls will only come after those companies that are small enough that they can take out without risking a court setting judicial precident that isn't in their favor.
Yep. Born and raised. Escaped to State College for a while, but driving all the way back to Billtown for work every day got old. State College is a MUCH more entertaining area.
I've done about all there is to do in Williamsport. Seen the inside of the Williamsport Police station, and unfortunately seen the State Police barracks from the inside in leg irons shackled to the wall. I've definately got the Home of Little League figured out.:P
Yeah, that's basically my job, too. Someone volunteering to set everything up is relaxing for about ten seconds until I realize I'm going to be trying to get cameras to stay turned on 30 seconds before a show starts.. and you're right about the XL1's lens controls being a bit... lazy. So is the white balance.
Our stuff wasn't quite professional level, but we did put productions on the local access channel. I was the poor sucker in charge of trying to teach people how to use manual focus as the lighting arrangements sometimes messed with the autofocus on our Canon XL1 and GL1 cameras.
But what I'm saying is these people actually pay for the per-unit CSS license. I'd bet the DVDCCA is charging them out the ass to LEGALLY backup their DVDs, seeing as how DVDCCA's only reason for existance is to restrict end user's rights to Fair Use. With this license, I'm sure Kalidescape is exempted from responsibility of their customer's actions, but it seems that the DVDCCA thinks not. A court will have to decide that.
If you're selling it as a 'home media server', it would not be capable of playing DVDs, well, legally anyway.
ha, I know what you mean there. I was in Theatre Tech in high school, when I DO watch TV - especially those reality shows - it looks like they handed a contestant a camera and said "Have at it!"
So he fixed it and didn't do it scientifically. You dont change 30 things, reboot, and see if it solved the problem. You might fix it, but you don't know why. You HAVE to painstakingly try each thing at once to figure out what.
I had the same thing to deal with at The Pointe in State College. I wasn't even a student, but I was living there cuz I worked in the area. IF you had ANY servers running (FTP, HTTP, etc.), you would be quarantined and have to shut it down and fax them something saying you had killed the server. They would then check, and reactivate you after usually 48 hours. And switching your MAC didn't work either, unfortunately. Never had to deal with the net going at 20kb/sec either, but man was that a hassle.
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Because the media companies won't let the real artists on air?
Thank you, sir, for turning your Insightful comment to one that should be moderated Troll. Why? Look at your last paragraph. Your point was made thoroughly in the first paragraph, but you turned yourself into a troll rather quickly in the second. Just another one of those kids who say in their mind, "I can be an asshole on the intarweb! Nobody knows who I am!"
I have moderator points. I chose not to use them.
That's not the issue. The lead-free electronics are the ones getting the tin whiskers, not the ones with SnPb solder and components containing lead. Solder isn't a very hazardous compound, but do you really want it in your drinking water? Remove the lead, and it's pretty tame (copper, antimony, silver, and tin).
I can see it now... Kid grabs daddy's phone, turns the sensitivity all the way down, and the only way he can answer it is to throw it against a wall
*WHAM!!11!!* "Hello?"
Put random data in a ZIP file. It won't be compressable at all, but the packing will make the resulting ZIP larger than the original file. That's an archaic way of getting -1% compression rate, but i think that's what they're trying to say
You have to pay for the tool?
Uh oh. I got it for free. PLEASE DON'T CALL THE BSA!!!
yeah, I remember seeing that. People up on the shore watching the iceberg break... ohh, look! little wave! .. ooh, big wave... OH SHIT!!! RUN!!!
We don't bury it under tons of earth and rock. Ever seen a landfill? Maybe a few feet of topsoil. Not only that, but I'm guessing pure lead in solder is a bit more toxic than whatever form it is found in nature (I wouldn't know, I'm not a metallurgist or geologist, I'm a janitor.).
Lead is an EXTREMELY potent toxin. My dog had anemia, and, as a result, started eating at the paint (the vet said it was because it's an instinct, blood doesn't have enough red blood cells, need more iron for red blood cells or so body thinks, goes for any source possible, lead is a metal, so is iron, lead is in paint). We stopped him pretty quick, but he had already given himself lead poisoning from the small amount of paint he ate. Lead also stays in the body. You get a little now, a little later, and eventually, it's a lot. Not only that, but lead in a landfill usually ends up in the water.
Lead's bad. So is Cadmium and a whole slew of other heavy metals and heavy metal compounds. They're not deadly as in touch it and you die, they're deadly 30 years down the line, and that's what makes it so bad. And I'm no greenie, either. Both of my trucks have engines with greater than 300cid, are carbureted, and have no EGR and no catalytic converters.
Intellectual property at its finest, Sir.
As long as you only THINK it, WRITE it, SAY it, SING it, ACT it, or ILLUSTRATE it, wrong, immorally, incorrectly, fucked up, whatever, that's fine. Software falls under this category.
However, if you BUILD it wrong, fucked up, immorally (you can't build a blimp shaped like a giant set of boobies and get away with it, can you?) your error could directly lead to harm (or moral corruption, so sayeth the powers that be). Now, we all know these rules are fuzzy, people sue producers of intellectual property all the time (usually under the morality category), and a software error could still kill you, ( IF DAY == TUESDAY, THEN RUN FUNCTION kill_patient_painfully() ) but if you put it into black and white, intellectual property = not liable for incorrectness, physical property = liable for incorrectness.
I don't believe this is right, but this is the Way Things Are(TM).
it's more disposal than consumer protection... tons of lead in a landfill isn't good
Philip DID achieve better results, if they intended to send the signal unidirectionally.
Ouch.
Yeah, time to ditch the car. Remember, I'm from the land of carburetors and big blocks. In Pennsylvania, my emissions test is to simply check that the EGR valve and catalytic coverters are in place, and that the gas cap doesn't leak. In other counties, and in other states, the test can be more stringent - but an ABS light wouldn't fail you. Here in PA, we have safety inspections also, so there aren't people driving around with bald tires and no brakes, but not all states have these.
And yeah, a leaky headgasket could well cause oil losses, but you'd also have a smoky exhaust, or a very cloudy one. You'd also have coolant that bubbles in the overflow tank or be losing excessive amounts of it. 1100-1600 pounds sounds about right for that kind of repair. I don't think you can use this as a sign of disposable cars, however - even crap American cars (eg: Chevy Cavalier, Ford Tempo, stuff of that nature) these days are rather reliable.
Trust me, I feel your pain when it comes to having to make your car ready for inspection - it's a pain in the ass, but it's one of those good pains in the ass.
Nopt that a European-only phone would do you any good in thew USA, T-Mobile or not - it's 1800MHz over there, not 1900.
The MOT is German, correct?
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In any case, that's more a problem of too much government interference than a car being ready to be trashed at 6 years. ABS out? Not a safety issue. When the antilock braking system fails, you still have full use of your brakes, but they can now lock up. Oil leak? Once again, not a safety issue. Environmental, sure, but there are worse things than leaking an few ounces of oil onto the pavement (which is, surprise, made of oil and rocks). Suspension? Depending on what part of the system, it could just mean a rough ride. Either way, it shouldn't be costing you that much! On my car (a 1998 Mazda 626 ES-V6, with 300,000 miles [482,803 km for you metric whiners], a japanese designed but american built car), ABS system replacement would run about $500. New struts all around would run about $350. I do have an oil leak, at the oil pan, and I plan to fix it myself, and it would only take a garage an hour or two to fix, plus the cost of the gasket, so not much over $75. If that quote is from a dealer, then that's your first problem. Independent mechanics are much cheaper, usually quicker to finish the job, and most of the time, they really need your business! They might not have a clean cut, greaseless secretary to take your keys, but they're always more than willing to take you in the shop and quite literally show you exactly what is wrong. If you walk in with an idea of what is wrong, you can drive out with a cheap fix and more knowledge about the problem then you ever needed
Eighteen years old, here. First thing I did in my apartment? Called the paper, got a subscription. Why? Local news. Plus, I can't sit on the shitter with a CRT and read the news.
But when they say no computer use, what do you do?
No parking meters, no fridges, cars, elevators, automatic doors, calculators, pacemakers, crosswalks, telephones, need I go on?
I don't believe the courts have said DVDCCA's purpose is patently illegal. It IS illegal to break a valid copyright protection method as per the DMCA, and CSS is a valid protection method (Encryption, access only by legal agreement). However, for PERSONAL "Fair Use", it seems to be the court's opinion one may break the protection, but I don't think a person selling something to automate it could get away with it. Wasn't that one small company that had DVD to VCD software sued out of existence? I'm not sure what a court's opinion in that situation would be, and I don't think we'll ever know, the media moguls will only come after those companies that are small enough that they can take out without risking a court setting judicial precident that isn't in their favor.
Yep. Born and raised. Escaped to State College for a while, but driving all the way back to Billtown for work every day got old. State College is a MUCH more entertaining area.
:P
I've done about all there is to do in Williamsport. Seen the inside of the Williamsport Police station, and unfortunately seen the State Police barracks from the inside in leg irons shackled to the wall. I've definately got the Home of Little League figured out.
Yeah, that's basically my job, too. Someone volunteering to set everything up is relaxing for about ten seconds until I realize I'm going to be trying to get cameras to stay turned on 30 seconds before a show starts.. and you're right about the XL1's lens controls being a bit... lazy. So is the white balance.
Our stuff wasn't quite professional level, but we did put productions on the local access channel. I was the poor sucker in charge of trying to teach people how to use manual focus as the lighting arrangements sometimes messed with the autofocus on our Canon XL1 and GL1 cameras.
But what I'm saying is these people actually pay for the per-unit CSS license. I'd bet the DVDCCA is charging them out the ass to LEGALLY backup their DVDs, seeing as how DVDCCA's only reason for existance is to restrict end user's rights to Fair Use. With this license, I'm sure Kalidescape is exempted from responsibility of their customer's actions, but it seems that the DVDCCA thinks not. A court will have to decide that.
If you're selling it as a 'home media server', it would not be capable of playing DVDs, well, legally anyway.
ha, I know what you mean there. I was in Theatre Tech in high school, when I DO watch TV - especially those reality shows - it looks like they handed a contestant a camera and said "Have at it!"
So he fixed it and didn't do it scientifically. You dont change 30 things, reboot, and see if it solved the problem. You might fix it, but you don't know why. You HAVE to painstakingly try each thing at once to figure out what.
I had the same thing to deal with at The Pointe in State College. I wasn't even a student, but I was living there cuz I worked in the area. IF you had ANY servers running (FTP, HTTP, etc.), you would be quarantined and have to shut it down and fax them something saying you had killed the server. They would then check, and reactivate you after usually 48 hours. And switching your MAC didn't work either, unfortunately. Never had to deal with the net going at 20kb/sec either, but man was that a hassle.
There's a couple places at the mall that still sell SprintPCS service, isn't there?
I coulda sworn the store just moved from the TJ Maxx plaza to somewhere else (where, I dunno), I didn't know it had clased.