Historically the statement is true. It has become less so over time due to progressive adoption of various authentication mechanisms (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) but is still largely accurate.
Can't have that! We'll just put it in as a special carve-out for some group that people can't say NO to - such as teachers, firemen, police, etc. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do it for the average citizen on an equal and equitable basis. . . . Always ALWAYS vote against carve-outs. All you are doing is ensuring the general public doesn't get whatever it is.
The Hugos used to be pretty useful to pick out things I would like. Now they are a better indicator of things I won't. I purchase and read accordingly.
They're referring to upfront cost of course, as you are are aware.
However it IS common to compare the cheapest bulb you can get when comparing prices, but compare the manufacturer claimed life expectancy improvements from high end bulbs.
The cheap POS LEDs do NOT last 5x longer. I wouldn't even give them 2x.
The higher quality LED bulbs are great, but make the cost analysis closer (and of course 5x is still BS)
And I say this as someone with a handful of incandescent still burning, no remaining CFLs (hated them so much...) and almost entirely LEDs at this point.
LEDs are the better direction but it's not as overwhelming an analysis as it is made out to be. Particularly as they have significantly more efficient incandescents that became available once that sluggish industry realized it was being regulated out of existence and tried to adjust (too late). Comparisons are of course not done against the more efficient incandescent bulbs. LED still wins those comparisons, but the story is again reduced when this is done.
The President is a special case and everyone with two connected brain cells is aware of that. Kick him off and a third of the country follows him someplace that doesn't censor opinions, like GAB.AI. That's about the most insanely stupid thing Twitter could possibly do. They have no significant competition now, why would they go and create competition by fiat?
The second Twitter makes the calculation that it won't hurt them significantly, rest assured Trump will be shown the exit.
If you must buy a Pixel, don't get one from Google's Project FI
I have five phones from Google (2 nexus, 3 pixel) and was one of their biggest fanbois, primarily because they put out crapware free phones.
I currently have two broken FI pixels (broken hardware) and one working one. (along with a couple of Nexus phones).
Still paying on the three pixels, all are under the (extra cost/month) hardware assurance plan.
I can't get them fixed despite paying the extra hardware assurance simply because i put a TMO sim in them instead of a FI sim (doesn't void warranty or anything, just doesn't register in their system then, and they can't get past that). I eventually wound up purchasing lower end Samsungs just so the kids had phones and have largely given up fighting with them over this.
I'm done with FI, and likely done with Google's hardware as well. At least if i buy cheap off brands i know better than to expect actual resolution to issues.
This would ring truer if the arguments against GMOs were more cogent:-\
It is however using the usual hyperbolic reason-free alarmism playbook that works well enough on joe six pack and jane soccer mom and leads to so many other human catastrophes (Nuclear Power and Vaccines come to mind as examples)
Like I said to each his own. My web browsing experience isn't optimal for you, yours isn't optimal for me.
Content filtering isn't the same level of protection as something like NoScript, but maybe you run on Linux or in a disposable VM making that the right approach for you.
I suspect that 30+ second load mentioned takes considerably less on your system also though?:-)
The most likely result of that line of inquiry is going to be "Must be run on vendor supplied hardware" and "Vendor does not certify to run in a VM."
Also just to make it more fun, taking it offline to do a backup shuts down a production line and must be scheduled once a quarter or once a year.
Hmmmmm, "what's to do"
Probably nothing until manufacturing via 3d printing and general purpose robotics becomes competitive with classical manufacturing. Not because they are better or worse, but more because once you are buying something more generic you introduce competition and the vendors can then be differentiated on the basis of things like "IT says these guys provide patches and updates to protect the systems better"
The problem here us unlikely to be that IT was too lazy to upgrade or unwilling to patch. Quite the opposite is generally the case.
Vendors that supply process control systems will certify exactly what can and cannot be loaded on these systems including patches. It can take years to get a new patch certified from the vendor. And if you load anything uncertified you are taking on that entire liability hit and lose support and such. That's a career limiting move.
Oh and Windows 7? Not too bad, There are Windows for Workgroups based systems still running machines out there (probably older to be honest.)
I know of a situation where a system was infected and left that way but just firewalled off for years because they couldn't even load an AV on it. It seems asinine, and it is, but it is also how things have to be done sometimes.
Often there are quite limited options (if any) available for what you might select to control a particular industrial machine, so just shopping for a different vendor isn't really an option in this space. Not setting up manufacturing systems isn't an option, those are needed to make widgets and without widgets you have a plant or company and all that depend on it on the street. Remember these machines can and do kill or injure people if things go wrong, if you ignore the vendor, just like with any other negligence that harms employees, the liability to the company is rightly phenomenal.
Now you can make a case that loading the company patching software and AV on these system is prudent, as are all the other things/.ers do to maintain our own systems, and I'll grant that 99% of the time or more you would be right. But explaining that in front of a jury is not something you want to do on that 100th machine -especially- if you do it without the vendor's and your company's approval. Even just the not particularly uncommon case of a patch breaking some obsolete protocol, or the AV making the system stutter during operation can be terribly costly.
Well, yes, "illegal" is pretty much by definition criminal, so no question about that:-p
Of course what is really being said is that they are more likely to commit criminal acts/other/ than just being here illegally.
(Also IMO certainly true since the statement doesn't control for language barriers, economic status, etc.)
Once you start pulling those factors out, I don't know if it is still accurate or not. Be interesting if someone has stats that take such things into account.
While not uncommon, It's not the hypocrisy of those who hold those views that is the problem.
Saying we need to achieve some sort of perfect paradise on Earth before we can spend resources on anything else that advances human knowledge is simply saying we can never again advance human knowledge.
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It doesn't work so well on something you want people to keep buying and upgrading from you.
Generalization fallacy.
Historically the statement is true. It has become less so over time due to progressive adoption of various authentication mechanisms (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) but is still largely accurate.
I liked Voyager quite a bit and always thought Enterprise was seriously underrated.
The 'In a Mirror, Darkly' episodes at the end of Enterprise's fourth season in particular were outstanding.
As a random aside
Senior/Editor has an entirely different meaning than Senior Editor.
Or salvage...if it is unmanned, isn't it fair game for anyone to claim?
Could be dependent on factors different on Mars like ubiquitous perchlorates just lying around in bulk.
While parent is basically a throwaway, there's a grain of truth to it completely by accident.
If there was a reasonably accessible way to do this more efficiently, plants would use that instead of photosynthesis.
Doesn't mean there is no way to do it, but it's not likely going to be some obvious or simple process that nature could have managed on its own.
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i find them barely worth keeping myself, but sounds like you fall the other way.
Something is a good idea for everyone?
Can't have that! We'll just put it in as a special carve-out for some group that people can't say NO to - such as teachers, firemen, police, etc. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do it for the average citizen on an equal and equitable basis.
. . .
Always ALWAYS vote against carve-outs. All you are doing is ensuring the general public doesn't get whatever it is.
The Hugos used to be pretty useful to pick out things I would like. Now they are a better indicator of things I won't. I purchase and read accordingly.
"the molecules freeze regardless of the temperature"
Criminy, it isn't actually a bad statement.
They're referring to upfront cost of course, as you are are aware.
However it IS common to compare the cheapest bulb you can get when comparing prices, but compare the manufacturer claimed life expectancy improvements from high end bulbs.
The cheap POS LEDs do NOT last 5x longer. I wouldn't even give them 2x.
The higher quality LED bulbs are great, but make the cost analysis closer (and of course 5x is still BS)
And I say this as someone with a handful of incandescent still burning, no remaining CFLs (hated them so much...) and almost entirely LEDs at this point.
LEDs are the better direction but it's not as overwhelming an analysis as it is made out to be. Particularly as they have significantly more efficient incandescents that became available once that sluggish industry realized it was being regulated out of existence and tried to adjust (too late). Comparisons are of course not done against the more efficient incandescent bulbs. LED still wins those comparisons, but the story is again reduced when this is done.
The President is a special case and everyone with two connected brain cells is aware of that. Kick him off and a third of the country follows him someplace that doesn't censor opinions, like GAB.AI. That's about the most insanely stupid thing Twitter could possibly do. They have no significant competition now, why would they go and create competition by fiat?
The second Twitter makes the calculation that it won't hurt them significantly, rest assured Trump will be shown the exit.
If you must buy a Pixel, don't get one from Google's Project FI
I have five phones from Google (2 nexus, 3 pixel) and was one of their biggest fanbois, primarily because they put out crapware free phones.
I currently have two broken FI pixels (broken hardware) and one working one. (along with a couple of Nexus phones).
Still paying on the three pixels, all are under the (extra cost/month) hardware assurance plan.
I can't get them fixed despite paying the extra hardware assurance simply because i put a TMO sim in them instead of a FI sim (doesn't void warranty or anything, just doesn't register in their system then, and they can't get past that). I eventually wound up purchasing lower end Samsungs just so the kids had phones and have largely given up fighting with them over this.
I'm done with FI, and likely done with Google's hardware as well. At least if i buy cheap off brands i know better than to expect actual resolution to issues.
This would ring truer if the arguments against GMOs were more cogent :-\
It is however using the usual hyperbolic reason-free alarmism playbook that works well enough on joe six pack and jane soccer mom and leads to so many other human catastrophes (Nuclear Power and Vaccines come to mind as examples)
Agreed. Pull the reactors. Check for residual radioactivity and remediate as needed.
Then find a nice spot for a reef and let the navy have some target practice.
Now what to do with those pesky spent reactors?
Do these cows need nicotine patches if they aren't deployed for a while?
Like I said to each his own. My web browsing experience isn't optimal for you, yours isn't optimal for me.
Content filtering isn't the same level of protection as something like NoScript, but maybe you run on Linux or in a disposable VM making that the right approach for you.
I suspect that 30+ second load mentioned takes considerably less on your system also though? :-)
Not the 31nd?
My nick is RandomFactor.
However that's not a bad effort.
The most likely result of that line of inquiry is going to be "Must be run on vendor supplied hardware" and "Vendor does not certify to run in a VM."
Also just to make it more fun, taking it offline to do a backup shuts down a production line and must be scheduled once a quarter or once a year.
Hmmmmm, "what's to do"
Probably nothing until manufacturing via 3d printing and general purpose robotics becomes competitive with classical manufacturing. Not because they are better or worse, but more because once you are buying something more generic you introduce competition and the vendors can then be differentiated on the basis of things like "IT says these guys provide patches and updates to protect the systems better"
The problem here us unlikely to be that IT was too lazy to upgrade or unwilling to patch. Quite the opposite is generally the case.
Vendors that supply process control systems will certify exactly what can and cannot be loaded on these systems including patches. It can take years to get a new patch certified from the vendor. And if you load anything uncertified you are taking on that entire liability hit and lose support and such. That's a career limiting move.
Oh and Windows 7? Not too bad, There are Windows for Workgroups based systems still running machines out there (probably older to be honest.)
I know of a situation where a system was infected and left that way but just firewalled off for years because they couldn't even load an AV on it. It seems asinine, and it is, but it is also how things have to be done sometimes.
Often there are quite limited options (if any) available for what you might select to control a particular industrial machine, so just shopping for a different vendor isn't really an option in this space. Not setting up manufacturing systems isn't an option, those are needed to make widgets and without widgets you have a plant or company and all that depend on it on the street. Remember these machines can and do kill or injure people if things go wrong, if you ignore the vendor, just like with any other negligence that harms employees, the liability to the company is rightly phenomenal.
Now you can make a case that loading the company patching software and AV on these system is prudent, as are all the other things /.ers do to maintain our own systems, and I'll grant that 99% of the time or more you would be right. But explaining that in front of a jury is not something you want to do on that 100th machine -especially- if you do it without the vendor's and your company's approval. Even just the not particularly uncommon case of a patch breaking some obsolete protocol, or the AV making the system stutter during operation can be terribly costly.
Well, yes, "illegal" is pretty much by definition criminal, so no question about that :-p
Of course what is really being said is that they are more likely to commit criminal acts /other/ than just being here illegally.
(Also IMO certainly true since the statement doesn't control for language barriers, economic status, etc.)
Once you start pulling those factors out, I don't know if it is still accurate or not. Be interesting if someone has stats that take such things into account.
While not uncommon, It's not the hypocrisy of those who hold those views that is the problem.
Saying we need to achieve some sort of perfect paradise on Earth before we can spend resources on anything else that advances human knowledge is simply saying we can never again advance human knowledge.
What kind of world does that logically lead to?
Somnolent is probably the word the author was going for, it just didn't have enough syllables :-\