Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber are convicted murderers.. didn't you know? they're assho|es
Woah woah, hold on here. While you might be able to say that "Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber are convicted murderers", you certainly cannot say they are assholes. You can be sued for libel!
Though I suppose most courts would probably uphold that a convicted murderer is indeed an asshole, so perhaps you will win that case.
If it worked for Jordan's family, why not Asimov's?
The only difference is the books being released under Jordan's names were done using his notes, and by his wishes. These were books he would have wrote himself.
This is exactly what I thought of when I read the summary. In fact I just saw the episode of Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters that covers this topic last night.
Yes, as you get get going faster, your effective mass goes up. This means to get to relativistic speeds you must apply thrust exponentially. Another problem is an engine of this type will eventually spit out all of its plasma and will run out of "fuel", so to speak.
Still, since you can run a plasma or ion engine from an external power source (the sun), you do get a massive jump in specific impulse.
When anonymity is outlawed... Anonymous will be outlaws.
Seriously though, does he actually think that the criminals, fraudsters, libelers, and the worst of the worst, the copyright breakers will not find a way to get around his passport system? Assuming every country in the world would even go for this, the best they could do is find a way to sue everyone who says a bad word about Kaspersky or his clients.
While I agree that Banks are dumb, all real banks have Sarbanes Oxley auditors that check for this kind of crap. Any real bank will not send any confidential information via email, but rather send a "to check your account info click this link", and require the user to log in. That way if email is misdirected or intercepted (and one must assume that this will eventually happen to someone), the intercepting user will not be able to log in and see the information.
A lot of tiny local banks outsource their entire IT operation, or at least their website development. Makers of marketable banking software should be damn sure they are aware of Sarbanes Oxley.
I was trying to come up with a car analogy in which someone loses their legally owned car after no wrongdoing... Where is BadAnalagoyGuy when we need him?
Hydro is all used up; we're not building any more big dams. Same goes with nukes (there's one still in the process of being built, but I wouldn't hold my breath). So anything which results in increased demand for electricity is going to mostly end up increasing burning of coal.
However you are right, we are only going to be increasing our coal consumption dramatically as we change our energy demands to electrical. Hopefully people do not ignore the long term environmental effects of electricity generation. At any rate the coal companies do have a point... centralized generation of any kind is bound to be less polluting then having millions of tiny little gas engines spreading the pollution all over the world.
I believe the rule is turn on red in the US because the roads are new and built with good visibility.
Haha, you obviously don't live in the US. The real reason for the turn-on-red rule is that most of the roads and associated traffic equipment is old and out of date. The turn-on-red rule existed before green-arrow technology. Another factor is seldom-used intersections are built more cheaply. Most busy new intersections have the green-arrow now. Another reason for green-arrow is when the intersection interaction is too complicated for drivers on the other side to figure out if it is "safe". Sadly many older intersections have never been updated with green arrows that should be.
You are correct about it being labeled when it is not allowed however. Obviously all green-arrow intersections are labeled as no-turn-on-red.
The braking distance isn't the problem during tailgating. It is the reaction time of the tailgater. Even if the tailgating car has a significantly better stopping time, it wont make a difference if the driver does not hit the breaks within a second or two.
While I agree with teaching kids to look things up and discover things on their own... I don't agree that the right way to this is by making up a bunch of bullshit when you don't know something.
Lying to your kids about stuff when you could simply say "I don't know, lets figure it out!" seems like a good way to make them not believe anything you say.
I suppose this really only applies to kids over a certain age...
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When this causes her to become even more depressed and she commits suicide, how much is the insurance company going to be paying to her estate?
Well my clone will be a witty and sarcastic teenaged version of myself.
Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber are convicted murderers.. didn't you know? they're assho|es
Woah woah, hold on here. While you might be able to say that "Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber are convicted murderers", you certainly cannot say they are assholes. You can be sued for libel!
Though I suppose most courts would probably uphold that a convicted murderer is indeed an asshole, so perhaps you will win that case.
SS-481 USS Requin at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.
I couldn't bothered reading all that shit.
Oddly enough, that is exactly what the patent examiner said.
Not to put too fine a point on it,
say I'm the only bee in your bonnet?
If it worked for Jordan's family, why not Asimov's?
The only difference is the books being released under Jordan's names were done using his notes, and by his wishes. These were books he would have wrote himself.
This is exactly what I thought of when I read the summary. In fact I just saw the episode of Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters that covers this topic last night.
My favorite: the Revigator!
I don't see what the quotes are implying. The sex was fake?
Is this like I "had sex" with your mom last night?
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Buzz's attempt to make punching idiots in the face a fashionable pass time failed.
Perhaps it isn't a fashionable pastime for you.
Yeah, its not rocket surgery!
Yes, as you get get going faster, your effective mass goes up. This means to get to relativistic speeds you must apply thrust exponentially. Another problem is an engine of this type will eventually spit out all of its plasma and will run out of "fuel", so to speak.
Still, since you can run a plasma or ion engine from an external power source (the sun), you do get a massive jump in specific impulse.
When anonymity is outlawed... Anonymous will be outlaws.
Seriously though, does he actually think that the criminals, fraudsters, libelers, and the worst of the worst, the copyright breakers will not find a way to get around his passport system? Assuming every country in the world would even go for this, the best they could do is find a way to sue everyone who says a bad word about Kaspersky or his clients.
Bull. Shit. Artists.
In. William. Shatner's. Voice.
This reminds me of people who plug power strips back into themselves, and then wonder why it doesn't power their devices.
Replying because I mis-moderated this in this topic.
I think people should both be free to smoke and free to decry smoking. As long as neither are doing it in my face.
While I agree that Banks are dumb, all real banks have Sarbanes Oxley auditors that check for this kind of crap. Any real bank will not send any confidential information via email, but rather send a "to check your account info click this link", and require the user to log in. That way if email is misdirected or intercepted (and one must assume that this will eventually happen to someone), the intercepting user will not be able to log in and see the information.
A lot of tiny local banks outsource their entire IT operation, or at least their website development. Makers of marketable banking software should be damn sure they are aware of Sarbanes Oxley.
I was trying to come up with a car analogy in which someone loses their legally owned car after no wrongdoing... Where is BadAnalagoyGuy when we need him?
Hydro is all used up; we're not building any more big dams. Same goes with nukes (there's one still in the process of being built, but I wouldn't hold my breath). So anything which results in increased demand for electricity is going to mostly end up increasing burning of coal.
Ahem... Also...
However you are right, we are only going to be increasing our coal consumption dramatically as we change our energy demands to electrical. Hopefully people do not ignore the long term environmental effects of electricity generation. At any rate the coal companies do have a point... centralized generation of any kind is bound to be less polluting then having millions of tiny little gas engines spreading the pollution all over the world.
I believe the rule is turn on red in the US because the roads are new and built with good visibility.
Haha, you obviously don't live in the US. The real reason for the turn-on-red rule is that most of the roads and associated traffic equipment is old and out of date. The turn-on-red rule existed before green-arrow technology. Another factor is seldom-used intersections are built more cheaply. Most busy new intersections have the green-arrow now. Another reason for green-arrow is when the intersection interaction is too complicated for drivers on the other side to figure out if it is "safe". Sadly many older intersections have never been updated with green arrows that should be.
You are correct about it being labeled when it is not allowed however. Obviously all green-arrow intersections are labeled as no-turn-on-red.
Everything I know about the stock market I learned from Pit.
Two! Two! Two! Anyone got Two?!
How about just putting less crap on news pages so they load quickly?
The braking distance isn't the problem during tailgating. It is the reaction time of the tailgater. Even if the tailgating car has a significantly better stopping time, it wont make a difference if the driver does not hit the breaks within a second or two.
I use this exact same zip code. On web forms I usually put in 123 Fake Street.
Oh and bob@hotmail.com? I am really, really sorry about that man.
While I agree with teaching kids to look things up and discover things on their own... I don't agree that the right way to this is by making up a bunch of bullshit when you don't know something.
Lying to your kids about stuff when you could simply say "I don't know, lets figure it out!" seems like a good way to make them not believe anything you say.
I suppose this really only applies to kids over a certain age...
"High-value content ?!"
MPAA, listen closely: when it comes to TV, there is no such thing.
I think you have made the mistake of assuming that they "listen".
And they make the mistake of thinking that we must watch.