Financial firms have been doing this for years. It's called NYSE Rule 407. If you have pre-existing accounts, your employer is to receive duplicate account statements or you must close your accounts. New accounts must either be in-house or with an approved broker.
You can't generally get insurance on things with fluctuating value... various financial instruments, commodities futures, etc.
In finance, an option is a derivative financial instrument that specifies a contract between two parties for a future transaction on an asset at a reference price (the strike). The buyer of the option gains the right, but not the obligation, to engage in that transaction, while the seller incurs the corresponding obligation to fulfil the transaction.
Did its value decrease, when major governments dropped the gold standard?
In 1968, governments could convert dollars into gold at $35/ounce. Nixon ended the direct convertibility of the dollar to gold in 1971; gold hit its all time high value in January 1980, at $850/ounce.
In general, however, plutonium isotopic mixtures that are commonly encountered in the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear weapons programs, or thermoelectric generator applications exhibit much higher radiological toxicity than chemical toxicity.
...and the temperature outside that day was 20 degrees Fahrenheit. If only someone had thought to run a duct to the outside to use natures AC, they could have saved a lot of money and headache.
Desert-dry air and static sensitive devices. Brilliant!
while it is illegal to own a fully automatic fire arm it is not illegal to buy a conversion kit.
That's not true. It's legal for an individual to own a fully automatic firearm (under federal law; state laws differ) if it was registered with the BATFE prior to May 19, 1986. "Conversion kits" (i.e. fully automatic sears) meet the statutory definition of a machinegun (26 U.S.C. section 5845 (b)), and must be registered as such (BATF ruling 81-4, 1981-3 ATFB 78)).
"I'm glad someone posted up this spammer-sue-howto."...except for the fact that the collections section is completely wrong. You don't hire a collection agency after you win a court case, nor do you have to pay "40 - 50%" . If the defendant doesn't pay after a judgement against them has been secured, you file an order of execution which will give you the ability to go to their bank and have the judgement withdrawn. You can also get an order against their tangible property. You have to hire a sheriff to do this, but that cost will be added (plus post-judgement interest) to what is collected.
As long as I'm picking nits, you can't do the following, either:
"I then produced a tape recording of a conversation between me and the spammer..."
Prior to your hearing, you have to go through the discovery process where you share your evidence with the other party. If you don't, you can't use it to support your case. Perhaps that's why the judge got upset...
I don't see how patents further anything -- research occurs with and without the force of patents.
...and in 17 years, it becomes freely available to anyone. Would you rather have inventors keep them as trade secrets and have that innovation squirreled away 'forever'?
7.62 NATO (7.62x51) != 7.62 Russian (7.62x39). Why would a Warsaw Pact country use NATO ammunition?
My Korean war era flack vests are rated to stop a.50 caliber [from ~100 meters] round...
I don't know where to start with this one. A flak jacket is designed to stop (relatively slow-moving) fragments from grenades and bombs, not bullets. A.50 BMG round will easily penetrate 1" of concrete at 1,640 yards, and the Raufoss round will penetrate 1" of armor at 2,000 yards.
As for the.223 caliber rounds, they are not steel cored... a 53 grain.223 caliber bullet
First, it's 62 grains, and secondly, it has a steel penetrator. Look up 'M855'.
When I finish the installation of a Solaris box I spend many hours installing by hand things so it's more like linux.
Spend a couple of hours setting up and customizing a Jumpstart server instead. It's a simple matter to have a script automatically install the packages you want from sunfreeware (or from your own repository).
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Financial firms have been doing this for years. It's called NYSE Rule 407. If you have pre-existing accounts, your employer is to receive duplicate account statements or you must close your accounts. New accounts must either be in-house or with an approved broker.
You can't generally get insurance on things with fluctuating value ... various financial instruments, commodities futures, etc.
In finance, an option is a derivative financial instrument that specifies a contract between two parties for a future transaction on an asset at a reference price (the strike). The buyer of the option gains the right, but not the obligation, to engage in that transaction, while the seller incurs the corresponding obligation to fulfil the transaction.
Options (finance)
Options on futures
Biking in even an inch of snow is very tough and dangerous.
Very tough? Dangerous? You're a lightweight. :)
I use these during the winter. They work great.
I'm afraid that doesn't tell me much. What was $35 worth in 1968, and what was $850 worth in 1980?
Using the Consumer Price Index, $850 in 1980 would be worth $359 in 1968.
Did its value decrease, when major governments dropped the gold standard?
In 1968, governments could convert dollars into gold at $35/ounce. Nixon ended the direct convertibility of the dollar to gold in 1971; gold hit its all time high value in January 1980, at $850/ounce.
If faced with having to have an on-the-fly fingerprint scan by a police officer, versus being handcuffed, ... I'll take the fingerprint scan.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
(thus explaining why plutonium is highly toxic to humans even disregarding the radiation issues).
Citation needed, because the NRC says:
In general, however, plutonium isotopic mixtures that are commonly encountered in the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear weapons programs, or thermoelectric generator applications exhibit much higher radiological toxicity than chemical toxicity.
Where do you think they got the idea for the Salad Shooter?
Here?
An interesting detail was the fact that the entire crew of the helicopter had ejector seats.
...and the temperature outside that day was 20 degrees Fahrenheit. If only someone had thought to run a duct to the outside to use natures AC, they could have saved a lot of money and headache.
Desert-dry air and static sensitive devices. Brilliant!
... and Solaris having NX support as early as 1997 in Solaris 2.6, right?
(Think about it. Do you sign every page or just the last one? )
I initial every page and sign the last one.
It's my regular signature with two lines through the first letter of my name.
Sounds like a lot of work; what's wrong with an "X"? Home Depot et al. happily accept it.
In the meanwhile other countries are moving along nicely with high-speed trains.
Don't forget the TGV, which reached 574.8 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007.
That's not true. It's legal for an individual to own a fully automatic firearm (under federal law; state laws differ) if it was registered with the BATFE prior to May 19, 1986. "Conversion kits" (i.e. fully automatic sears) meet the statutory definition of a machinegun (26 U.S.C. section 5845 (b)), and must be registered as such (BATF ruling 81-4, 1981-3 ATFB 78)).
"I'm glad someone posted up this spammer-sue-howto." ...except for the fact that the collections section is completely wrong. You don't hire a collection agency after you win a court case, nor do you have to pay "40 - 50%" . If the defendant doesn't pay after a judgement against them has been secured, you file an order of execution which will give you the ability to go to their bank and have the judgement withdrawn. You can also get an order against their tangible property. You have to hire a sheriff to do this, but that cost will be added (plus post-judgement interest) to what is collected.
..."
As long as I'm picking nits, you can't do the following, either:
"I then produced a tape recording of a conversation between me and the spammer
Prior to your hearing, you have to go through the discovery process where you share your evidence with the other party. If you don't, you can't use it to support your case. Perhaps that's why the judge got upset...
I don't see how patents further anything -- research occurs with and without the force of patents.
...and in 17 years, it becomes freely available to anyone. Would you rather have inventors keep them as trade secrets and have that innovation squirreled away 'forever'?
... 7.62 NATO (AK-47) round ...
.50 caliber [from ~100 meters] round ...
.50 BMG round will easily penetrate 1" of concrete at 1,640 yards, and the Raufoss round will penetrate 1" of armor at 2,000 yards.
.223 caliber rounds, they are not steel cored ... a 53 grain .223 caliber bullet
7.62 NATO (7.62x51) != 7.62 Russian (7.62x39). Why would a Warsaw Pact country use NATO ammunition?
My Korean war era flack vests are rated to stop a
I don't know where to start with this one. A flak jacket is designed to stop (relatively slow-moving) fragments from grenades and bombs, not bullets. A
As for the
First, it's 62 grains, and secondly, it has a steel penetrator. Look up 'M855'.
When I finish the installation of a Solaris box I spend many hours installing by hand things so it's
more like linux.
Spend a couple of hours setting up and customizing a Jumpstart server instead. It's a simple matter to have a script automatically install the packages you want from sunfreeware (or from your own repository).