Can a funeral or memorial service be declared "private?" That is, perhaps a military funeral in a military cemetery can only be considered public (I don't know; it's just a perhaps), but like some weddings, cannot some funerals be declared private and cemetery managers reserve the right to refuse service to anyone?
Rodney King brought a tire iron to his holdup. Should he have gotten a worse penalty if he had brought a gun along? Can you imagine what life would be like with a crease in your skull from a tire iron? (I'm sure British slashdotters have a different name for this tool--tyre iron, perhaps?)
A gun in a safe may not be of much use. It would be almost a worse tragedy if you had to resort to throwing a safe at someone. Before this misery in Connecticut today, I saw a surveillance video from earlier in Spring. Two guys try to hold up what appeared to be a slot machine parlour. One geezer was out of his seat and shooting the bad guys about three two five seconds after they announced the holdup. No trying to remember a safe combination for him.
Hello, Linus, Do you know the time-of-day of your birth? This would fulfill a nerdly need to contemplate by how many seconds you predate the UNIX Epoch. Thanks.
Is it possible that a Mission Control technician would have a table with burn times for engine out scenarios and that he could instruct the Apollo astronauts when to manually cut off the engines? As the mission required no earth-orbit rendezvous, how critical would this timing have been?
I have no idea if the astronauts could have done something like turning off the F-1 and J-2 engines from the capsule, but the idea would seem in keeping with the times.
This reminds me of the early days when nuclear strike warnings were really caused by signals bouncing off the moon. I think there were other false positives in those days, too.
Now, perhaps 1) things have improved and life is safer, or 2) there are just as many false positives as in the 1950s, or 3) they have just turned the system off and will wait for positive reports before deciding what to do. In fifty years, the above may be applicable to bio-terror monitoring.
You are so right! I would much rather take my desktop and CRT monitor onto the train to read rather than have to revisit the same content on an epaper device. I am glad that they are protecting me from the inconvenience of reading the same thing over and over.
For the price, I cannot complain, but I really appreciate the interactive tutorials. Khan Academy had one where (for example) you had to change the distribution of widgets to match a desired statistical description. The numbers involved were trivial, but it was amazing how much manipulation was required to obtain the desired distribution.
I agree with an early poster who said that he preferred to read a book over listening to a lecture. I agree. I'm not sure what someone could say in a lecture that a well-written book would not say. Has anyone Creative Commonsed a public domain statistics book (if that is allowed) and improved it for readability and perhaps improved the illustrations?
I wouldn't mind reading an updated 1920s stats book on epaper as I move coal around on my tablet to meet a desired distribution and maybe do some scratch arithmetic on a spiral notebook.
[1] "Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses"
[2] "Mann Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses"
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Did you see the part about the heavier and more complex plumbing and structure?
Water almost up to my keyboard.
Just asking.
Can a funeral or memorial service be declared "private?" That is, perhaps a military funeral in a military cemetery can only be considered public (I don't know; it's just a perhaps), but like some weddings, cannot some funerals be declared private and cemetery managers reserve the right to refuse service to anyone?
You mean I cannot jailbreak my own property--a gun?
Rodney King brought a tire iron to his holdup. Should he have gotten a worse penalty if he had brought a gun along? Can you imagine what life would be like with a crease in your skull from a tire iron? (I'm sure British slashdotters have a different name for this tool--tyre iron, perhaps?)
A gun in a safe may not be of much use. It would be almost a worse tragedy if you had to resort to throwing a safe at someone. Before this misery in Connecticut today, I saw a surveillance video from earlier in Spring. Two guys try to hold up what appeared to be a slot machine parlour. One geezer was out of his seat and shooting the bad guys about three two five seconds after they announced the holdup. No trying to remember a safe combination for him.
I support Bruce's choice to give up his guns.
http://slashdot.org/story/00/05/15/1238219/us-had-plan-to-nuke-the-moon
Was the Skylarov marching at the beginning or end of her three-year stint?
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Lets [sic] not wonder about the statistical probability of one guy getting Score:5 on every single thing he writes, no matter how vapid.
I read 100 "Amps" on my desktop.' I was thinking of 100 Amps on my desktop computer after all of those apps were opened.
Nice work on today's /. logo!
Sorry for the OT remark.
Then lightly sprinkle with integrated circuits.
Hello, Linus, Do you know the time-of-day of your birth? This would fulfill a nerdly need to contemplate by how many seconds you predate the UNIX Epoch. Thanks.
Is it possible that a Mission Control technician would have a table with burn times for engine out scenarios and that he could instruct the Apollo astronauts when to manually cut off the engines? As the mission required no earth-orbit rendezvous, how critical would this timing have been?
I have no idea if the astronauts could have done something like turning off the F-1 and J-2 engines from the capsule, but the idea would seem in keeping with the times.
...for ironic use of solidarity, logg, and retention.
This reminds me of the early days when nuclear strike warnings were really caused by signals bouncing off the moon. I think there were other false positives in those days, too.
Now, perhaps 1) things have improved and life is safer, or 2) there are just as many false positives as in the 1950s, or 3) they have just turned the system off and will wait for positive reports before deciding what to do. In fifty years, the above may be applicable to bio-terror monitoring.
You are so right! I would much rather take my desktop and CRT monitor onto the train to read rather than have to revisit the same content on an epaper device. I am glad that they are protecting me from the inconvenience of reading the same thing over and over.
For the price, I cannot complain, but I really appreciate the interactive tutorials. Khan Academy had one where (for example) you had to change the distribution of widgets to match a desired statistical description. The numbers involved were trivial, but it was amazing how much manipulation was required to obtain the desired distribution.
I agree with an early poster who said that he preferred to read a book over listening to a lecture. I agree. I'm not sure what someone could say in a lecture that a well-written book would not say. Has anyone Creative Commonsed a public domain statistics book (if that is allowed) and improved it for readability and perhaps improved the illustrations?
I wouldn't mind reading an updated 1920s stats book on epaper as I move coal around on my tablet to meet a desired distribution and maybe do some scratch arithmetic on a spiral notebook.
Thank you for not lecturing!
5) nuclear weapons are insanely difficult to build, so it is likely the Americans have only the one
I think I have read that the two that were dropped were close to the entire inventory at the time.
Why is that ironic? You were trying to split atoms and your work was used to fuse atoms together?
...to do routine jobs that computers aren't yet good at, like checking spreadsheets...
Excuse me, but wasn't the computer spreadsheet invented because computers would be good at checking spreadsheets?
[1] "Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses"
[2] "Mann Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses"