IIRC, last time I tried to load my GooCal calendar into Sunbird, Sunbird went kinda' wonky. I believe it had something to do with all day events. That and/or the times shifted.
I think it may have been Google's different interpretation of the iCal spec, like failing to put an end date on the event, but was something that could easily be detected and corrected for on the input side.
Can't figure out how to put an X into a circle? Your vote doesn't count. It's like a mini IQ test. Too dumb to write an X in the circle? Too dumb to pick a politician too
Too easy.
I want to see an entry like the following on our ballots:
Office: Ice Cream Man (Do not vote for any candidate) O - George Washington O - Thomas Jefferson
Placing a vote for either candidate shows you are unable to read and follow simple instructions and your ballot is disqualified.
Applying force to a particle would modify its acceleration parameters. As a side effect that would affect the velocity parameters, and only affect position as a secondary side effect. Directly poking a new position parameter into a particle would instantly move it from one place to another without modifying acceleration or velocity. The particle would move from one place to another without traveling the intervening distance.
My question would be, however, if space is an illusion and our perception of how the universe works is vastly different from how it functions, how can we be sure that any theory on how the universe functions is correct when we are incapable of observing the results correctly?
Well, one interesting effect of this theory being true might be that you can force a particle to spontaneously change its intrinsic 'position' property.
*poof*
The particle instantly moves from one place in the universe to another, with zero acceleration. Success in doing that would be strong evidence.
I checked out "irony" in my 1957 copy of "A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage" and found what may be the origin of the use of this word.
Thus sayeth the book:
The common phrase "the irony of fate" alludes to an apparent mockery of destiny in circumstances in which something turns out the very opposite of what is expected.
It seems that much of contemporary usage is now a contraction of that phrase "irony of fate".
And how! According to the B5 DVD commentary by JMS, the reason that so much of the final episode of season 4 was shot in front of a black curtain was that he had run completely out of money for sets.
Yet that episode has always stood out in my mind as one of my favorites.
I'd bet that Roddenberry would have just canceled the series, shown a rerun, or thrown together a "retrospective" episode.
Try web-shopping for something like escrima sticks or bo staffs, and you'll find that nearly every reputable company refuses to ship to California.
It's a stick, dammit!
But no, California is terrified that someone may actually be able to defend themselves. (In my particular case, I need to defend against dogs that people let roam the streets.)
Personally, even if you don't like guns, I think anyone should be allowed to carry any non-projectile/non-explosive weapon.
My wife went through surgery this last Christmas, while I waited with her parents in the waiting room.
When she came out the doctor told us that everything went fine but... They had to move her into XRay immediately because, after they had finished closing, the needle count was wrong. I thought my FIL was about to burst into tears.
It turned out to be a clerical error. Someone had written on a pad that they had 4 size A needles, and 2 size B needles, but when they looked at the packages they had, they counted 5 size A needles and 1 size B needle. They still had six needles, they just weren't the sizes they thought they should be. (Note: I don't know how they designate needle sizes, so this is a made-up example.)
An RFID system could help with this, in that they could have taken inventory before they started, and the computer could have flagged the discrepancy.
How they get an RFID tag into a needle, now that would seem to be a problem.
I would imagine that the digital version of a revolt might be passing an death sentence on a company.
For example: we pick one RIAA member. Maybe one of the smaller ones. We announce to the world that we are making an example of this company, and that other RIAA members will be next if they don't stop lining politician's pockets and suing people indiscriminantly.
At that point, everybody starts copying that company's music like mad. You make copies of it and give it to your parents, even though they don't have a CD player. You make copies and leave them on tables at Starbucks. You give them everyone at work.
You make sure that everyone in the world has a full collection of that company's catalog.
End of company. The company never sells another CD to anyone, beyond that initial seed copy.
Once one company goes down in flames, the others may get in line. They'd probably try to buy more laws to avoid it, but I'd think that you could kill a company in less than a month that way, so you'd just announce a new target as soon as you see any activity on that front, and that company would be forced drop out of any lobbying effort in order to avoid the death sentence.
That said, yes, police have been asking for a long time for guns that will only fire while the owner is holding them. A significant fraction of officer fatalities are due to being shot with their own guns.
So why do the police demand to be exempted from legislation requiring the implementation of "smart gun" tech?
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LOL. Good call.
I have a feeling that, a year from now, we'll be waiting breathlessly as one or both actually begins to approach version 1.0.
Did you miss the part about "News for nerds" in this site's motto?
Or did a joke just go flying over my head without my noticing?
IIRC, last time I tried to load my GooCal calendar into Sunbird, Sunbird went kinda' wonky. I believe it had something to do with all day events. That and/or the times shifted.
I think it may have been Google's different interpretation of the iCal spec, like failing to put an end date on the event, but was something that could easily be detected and corrected for on the input side.
It pretty much made me stick with just GooCal.
uck you ad your advice! It's the worst idea, ever!
I mapped the '' ad '' keys to Expose and ow everytime I type something with a '' or a '' i it all my reakig widows get rearraged.
ow I eed to go back ad restore my settigs. I hope I have a backup ile aroud here somewhere.
Ha! You almost had me convinced, but you forgot the all-important Jedi hand wave!
I want to see an entry like the following on our ballots:Placing a vote for either candidate shows you are unable to read and follow simple instructions and your ballot is disqualified.
(Just for the sake of an entertaining discussion)
Applying force to a particle would modify its acceleration parameters. As a side effect that would affect the velocity parameters, and only affect position as a secondary side effect. Directly poking a new position parameter into a particle would instantly move it from one place to another without modifying acceleration or velocity. The particle would move from one place to another without traveling the intervening distance.
*poof*
The particle instantly moves from one place in the universe to another, with zero acceleration. Success in doing that would be strong evidence.
FTL drive here we come...
Thus sayeth the book:
It seems that much of contemporary usage is now a contraction of that phrase "irony of fate".
Dang, you stole my joke.
I was going to suggest that it comes with a dashboard mount and a remote that attaches to the steering wheel.
Yet that episode has always stood out in my mind as one of my favorites.
I'd bet that Roddenberry would have just canceled the series, shown a rerun, or thrown together a "retrospective" episode.
The cult of G'Kar, the development of which caused him to leave, could easily provide fodder for a whole series based on Narn.
If you play my genes backwards, you hear a car accident and then someone says "Paul is dead. Paul is dead."
Bull! I just chew on the ethernet cable and interpret the tingling sensation in my fillings.
Go ahead and laugh.
Try web-shopping for something like escrima sticks or bo staffs, and you'll find that nearly every reputable company refuses to ship to California.
It's a stick, dammit!
But no, California is terrified that someone may actually be able to defend themselves. (In my particular case, I need to defend against dogs that people let roam the streets.)
Personally, even if you don't like guns, I think anyone should be allowed to carry any non-projectile/non-explosive weapon.
Congratulations, you have just been designated "sponge".
My wife went through surgery this last Christmas, while I waited with her parents in the waiting room.
When she came out the doctor told us that everything went fine but... They had to move her into XRay immediately because, after they had finished closing, the needle count was wrong. I thought my FIL was about to burst into tears.
It turned out to be a clerical error. Someone had written on a pad that they had 4 size A needles, and 2 size B needles, but when they looked at the packages they had, they counted 5 size A needles and 1 size B needle. They still had six needles, they just weren't the sizes they thought they should be. (Note: I don't know how they designate needle sizes, so this is a made-up example.)
An RFID system could help with this, in that they could have taken inventory before they started, and the computer could have flagged the discrepancy.
How they get an RFID tag into a needle, now that would seem to be a problem.
One of the things I like about FF on Windows is that I can get a decent printout. IE tends to give me big problems with cutting off pages.
Well, there you have it.
He might actually be able to find them if he wasn't looking in Australia.
Always remember the power of two - You should get them into a refrigerator within 2 hours and eat them within two days.
I would imagine that the digital version of a revolt might be passing an death sentence on a company.
For example: we pick one RIAA member. Maybe one of the smaller ones. We announce to the world that we are making an example of this company, and that other RIAA members will be next if they don't stop lining politician's pockets and suing people indiscriminantly.
At that point, everybody starts copying that company's music like mad. You make copies of it and give it to your parents, even though they don't have a CD player. You make copies and leave them on tables at Starbucks. You give them everyone at work.
You make sure that everyone in the world has a full collection of that company's catalog.
End of company. The company never sells another CD to anyone, beyond that initial seed copy.
Once one company goes down in flames, the others may get in line. They'd probably try to buy more laws to avoid it, but I'd think that you could kill a company in less than a month that way, so you'd just announce a new target as soon as you see any activity on that front, and that company would be forced drop out of any lobbying effort in order to avoid the death sentence.
So, naturally, the police would beta test these and only approve it for general use, and the general public, if it works really well for them, right?
Yeah, I'll arm myself with these when I hear that almost every police dept. in the states has adopted them.
Do they have cheerleaders in (what we Americans call) soccer? If so, there's your sales pitch for HD - slow motion cheerleaders.
Our NFL should be paid a commission by the MPAA.