You'll be really impressed if you keep getting cards from your co-workers, then, everytime you check Slashdot, there's a dupe of this story on the front page.
When I use a mouse, the majority of the pointer movement is controlled by my fingertips. Can anyone out there comment on the fine motor control of the large muscles that would be required to move essentially your entire lower arm around? It looks like it would be a lot of bicep, tricep, and shoulder muscles. Is the device less sensitive, so that larger movements (and less precision) are required? Or can those large muscles be taught the fine control necessary for a pointer device?
So, here's the president of one of the main suppliers for the PS3 talking about how Microsoft didn't choose him, but even if they did, his company couldn't afford to actually build the GPU for the 360? Excuse me if I don't take his comments with a bucket full of salt.
Remember, it was nVidia that made the graphics chips for the original XBox. It is possible that this guy knows what he's talking about in terms of the cost to develop a brand-spanking-new GPU and the price that Microsoft was willing to pay for it.
Sorry, but the units are incompatible. Libraries of Congress are a measure of data. They are normally used to define the storage capabilities of innovative new computer media. "This new HD-DVD-ULTRA-SUPERDISC can store the equivalent of 14.7 Libraries of Congress." A Library of Congress per second would then be a measure of throughput.
Granted, the Volkswagon Beetle is a confusing unit, as it can be used for either volume or mass. It's definition must be gleaned from context.
Yeah, I'm not arguing that a couple of them can come in handy, but I don't need a dozen fresh ones each week. Plus, if I'm packing everything into a backpack or cloth bag anyway, having it all in those plastic bags makes it much more awkward to do so. All it needs is a "tare" button that can be pressed before scanning the first item. Or, replace them all with human cashiers again.
"The Blue Origin spacecraft, being build by Amazon.com multi-millionaire Jeff Bezos' new venture, will have VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability, according to the company's FAA permit applications. It will be a pointed-shaped vehicle one sixth of a football field tall, and 270,000 human hair widths in diameter at the base, and carry as many passengers as can comfortably fit in a volkswagon beetle to an altitude of 260 empire state buildings (179 CN towers)."
That's what bugs me the most. I have cloth shopping bags so I don't have to keep throwing out those horrible plastic sacs that always rip on the way home. Is there any reasonable way to bag while you're scanning? No. I have to stack the items on the scale, then when I've paid, pack them into my bags. Can't put the bag on the scale (Please remove unauthorized item), can't place items into bag on the floor (Please place your item in the bag). Most of my shopping is done by bicycle, so I just want to throw everything into my backpack or panniers.
This is just one of the reasons (that loud, annoying voice is another) that I won't use the self-checkout if I'm buying more than two items. In fact, I also lodge complaints about them with the cashiers and store managers while I'm at it. Not that it makes any difference, I'm sure. *sigh*
Sure. All you need is another eye, displaced from the first two some known distance along the 4th dimensional axis. Then, through the parallax with the other two eyes, you should be able to interpret an equivalent "depth" in the 4th dimension.
There are places in the world (Ontario being one of them) where the term "Engineer" is protected. It can only be used to designate a person certified by a governing body (ie Professional Engineers of Ontario), and carries a lot more weight than just a job title. It also indicates a professional and personal responsibility for the work done. If an engineer places his stamp on a blueprint, and the building falls down due to a design defect, the approving engineer is personally responsible.
Of course, the term "engineer" in some countries is used in place of "mechanic" in a garage. Go figure.
IMO, the department should be sued, and if the dept either settles or loses, EVERY officer in the department at the time of the suit should have to pay some of it.
Unfortunately, we both know this won't happen. Instead, Some poor secretary or janitor will be laid off, because the department can't afford to keep them any more. The cop cars will get less maintenance next year. Maybe the office won't be painted.
The salary of the police officers will not change, and there will be no personal incentive to prevent this behaviour in the future.
How much actual financial harm was done to this family? Was any of their property destroyed? Did they get fired or passed up for promotion because they were arrested?
The biggest chunk of these lawsuits tends to come from punitive damages. Those are intended to be a punishment to the offender, not a compensation to the victim. With no concrete way for that punishment (if applied to the police department) to filter down as a behavioural change to the cops on the beat, how is it effective?
I don't disagree with a monetary penalty applied to those responsible for the actions of these police officers (be it the officers themselves, or their CO's who instructed them to do so). I do object to a monetary penalty being applied to the "police force" entity.
How much financial wounding would you experience if someone sued your company? How much would be experienced by the dork in your company that broke the law, or was dangerously negligent? How much would be experienced by the janitor, who had nothing to do with the reason for the lawsuit?
Yes, heads must roll. However, do you really think that a financial penalty that will "wound the police force for years to come" is appropriate? Consider:
Funding for the police comes from the taxpayers. Any fine paid by the police force is ultimately paid by the taxpayers.
The police are ostensibly there to protect the public. Financial hardship would leave them less able to perform that task. Longer response times to emergency calls, crimes going uninvestigated, because the police force cannot afford enough employees to do their job properly.
Perhaps more appropriate would be a civil suit filed personally against those responsible for the events, rather than the police force as a whole. The family can still be compensated through this, and it will (hopefully) act as a deterrent against others in positions of power that might consider abusing said power.
From the report: ... you kind of have to treat this one as a double-edged sword is that there a potential for basically substance abuse with cane toads. It's kind of self limiting because people who smoke dried cane toads usually end up dead, but people need to be aware of the potential for that problem.... there are incidences in Fiji and American Samoa of people drying toad skins and attempting to smoke them and winding up dead in a very short order
Ah, Darwinism at its finest:)
Insert socio-economically sensitive comment about the plight of NT teenagers with such desolate lives that the thought of a cheap high from smoking toad skins is attractive. Compare to native american gasoline huffers. Move on to a different topic.
Toast falling butter-side-down only applies (in the case of that study, can't find the original article) if the toast teeters on the edge before falling. If you do happen to see toast about to fall, and can't catch it in time, consider giving it a healthy whack across the room. This changes the proportion between the rotational speed and the vertical speed, making it more random as to whether or not it falls butter side down.
Yes - of the potentially thousands of people that could have been saved using the stem cells from those embryos. (j/k, but I do think that's more important than the embryos themselves).
But the helmet is required to protect the delicate tissues in the head. Think of all the unfortunate people waiting for a corneal transplant, unable to get one because some inconsiderate donor turned his entire face to hamburger meat. For that matter, they've performed face transplants as well now.
I've heard that the helmet is used to protect the head, so that it's easier to identify the decapitated body.
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You'll be really impressed if you keep getting cards from your co-workers, then, everytime you check Slashdot, there's a dupe of this story on the front page.
When I use a mouse, the majority of the pointer movement is controlled by my fingertips. Can anyone out there comment on the fine motor control of the large muscles that would be required to move essentially your entire lower arm around? It looks like it would be a lot of bicep, tricep, and shoulder muscles. Is the device less sensitive, so that larger movements (and less precision) are required? Or can those large muscles be taught the fine control necessary for a pointer device?
So, here's the president of one of the main suppliers for the PS3 talking about how Microsoft didn't choose him, but even if they did, his company couldn't afford to actually build the GPU for the 360? Excuse me if I don't take his comments with a bucket full of salt.
Remember, it was nVidia that made the graphics chips for the original XBox. It is possible that this guy knows what he's talking about in terms of the cost to develop a brand-spanking-new GPU and the price that Microsoft was willing to pay for it.
American football (and not the Canadian version, either). Isn't the playing field for European football called a "pitch"?
Sorry, but the units are incompatible. Libraries of Congress are a measure of data. They are normally used to define the storage capabilities of innovative new computer media. "This new HD-DVD-ULTRA-SUPERDISC can store the equivalent of 14.7 Libraries of Congress." A Library of Congress per second would then be a measure of throughput.
Granted, the Volkswagon Beetle is a confusing unit, as it can be used for either volume or mass. It's definition must be gleaned from context.
Yeah, I'm not arguing that a couple of them can come in handy, but I don't need a dozen fresh ones each week. Plus, if I'm packing everything into a backpack or cloth bag anyway, having it all in those plastic bags makes it much more awkward to do so. All it needs is a "tare" button that can be pressed before scanning the first item. Or, replace them all with human cashiers again.
"The Blue Origin spacecraft, being build by Amazon.com multi-millionaire Jeff Bezos' new venture, will have VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability, according to the company's FAA permit applications. It will be a pointed-shaped vehicle one sixth of a football field tall, and 270,000 human hair widths in diameter at the base, and carry as many passengers as can comfortably fit in a volkswagon beetle to an altitude of 260 empire state buildings (179 CN towers)."
That's what bugs me the most. I have cloth shopping bags so I don't have to keep throwing out those horrible plastic sacs that always rip on the way home. Is there any reasonable way to bag while you're scanning? No. I have to stack the items on the scale, then when I've paid, pack them into my bags. Can't put the bag on the scale (Please remove unauthorized item), can't place items into bag on the floor (Please place your item in the bag). Most of my shopping is done by bicycle, so I just want to throw everything into my backpack or panniers.
This is just one of the reasons (that loud, annoying voice is another) that I won't use the self-checkout if I'm buying more than two items. In fact, I also lodge complaints about them with the cashiers and store managers while I'm at it. Not that it makes any difference, I'm sure. *sigh*
Sure. All you need is another eye, displaced from the first two some known distance along the 4th dimensional axis. Then, through the parallax with the other two eyes, you should be able to interpret an equivalent "depth" in the 4th dimension.
There are places in the world (Ontario being one of them) where the term "Engineer" is protected. It can only be used to designate a person certified by a governing body (ie Professional Engineers of Ontario), and carries a lot more weight than just a job title. It also indicates a professional and personal responsibility for the work done. If an engineer places his stamp on a blueprint, and the building falls down due to a design defect, the approving engineer is personally responsible.
Of course, the term "engineer" in some countries is used in place of "mechanic" in a garage. Go figure.
More like one-sentence judgment. Wow:
"IT IS ORDERED that the motion for leave to file an amicus curie brief be and is hereby DENIED."
Now _that's_ uncomfortable!
Heheheh. Touch Wood. Heh.
IMO, the department should be sued, and if the dept either settles or loses, EVERY officer in the department at the time of the suit should have to pay some of it.
Unfortunately, we both know this won't happen. Instead, Some poor secretary or janitor will be laid off, because the department can't afford to keep them any more. The cop cars will get less maintenance next year. Maybe the office won't be painted.
The salary of the police officers will not change, and there will be no personal incentive to prevent this behaviour in the future.
How much actual financial harm was done to this family? Was any of their property destroyed? Did they get fired or passed up for promotion because they were arrested?
The biggest chunk of these lawsuits tends to come from punitive damages. Those are intended to be a punishment to the offender, not a compensation to the victim. With no concrete way for that punishment (if applied to the police department) to filter down as a behavioural change to the cops on the beat, how is it effective?
I don't disagree with a monetary penalty applied to those responsible for the actions of these police officers (be it the officers themselves, or their CO's who instructed them to do so). I do object to a monetary penalty being applied to the "police force" entity.
How much financial wounding would you experience if someone sued your company? How much would be experienced by the dork in your company that broke the law, or was dangerously negligent? How much would be experienced by the janitor, who had nothing to do with the reason for the lawsuit?
Yes, heads must roll. However, do you really think that a financial penalty that will "wound the police force for years to come" is appropriate? Consider:
Funding for the police comes from the taxpayers. Any fine paid by the police force is ultimately paid by the taxpayers.
The police are ostensibly there to protect the public. Financial hardship would leave them less able to perform that task. Longer response times to emergency calls, crimes going uninvestigated, because the police force cannot afford enough employees to do their job properly.
Perhaps more appropriate would be a civil suit filed personally against those responsible for the events, rather than the police force as a whole. The family can still be compensated through this, and it will (hopefully) act as a deterrent against others in positions of power that might consider abusing said power.
Not only that, but if one ever gets Bobbited, he'll grow two more in its place. Nifty!
I was 19 for a short time while I was a high school senior. There's no reason to think that he was lying. High school seniors are not 14 years old.
From the report:
... you kind of have to treat this one as a double-edged sword is that ... there are incidences in Fiji and American Samoa of
:)
there a potential for basically substance abuse with cane toads. It's
kind of self limiting because people who smoke dried cane toads
usually end up dead, but people need to be aware of the potential for
that problem.
people drying toad skins and attempting to smoke them and winding
up dead in a very short order
Ah, Darwinism at its finest
Insert socio-economically sensitive comment about the plight of NT teenagers with such desolate lives that the thought of a cheap high from smoking toad skins is attractive. Compare to native american gasoline huffers. Move on to a different topic.
A chord would still be a straight hole, technically. Plus you'd avoid that nasty core, and just have to tunnel through the mantle.
Toast falling butter-side-down only applies (in the case of that study, can't find the original article) if the toast teeters on the edge before falling. If you do happen to see toast about to fall, and can't catch it in time, consider giving it a healthy whack across the room. This changes the proportion between the rotational speed and the vertical speed, making it more random as to whether or not it falls butter side down.
I'm not not licking this toad.
Yes - of the potentially thousands of people that could have been saved using the stem cells from those embryos. (j/k, but I do think that's more important than the embryos themselves).
But the helmet is required to protect the delicate tissues in the head. Think of all the unfortunate people waiting for a corneal transplant, unable to get one because some inconsiderate donor turned his entire face to hamburger meat. For that matter, they've performed face transplants as well now.
I've heard that the helmet is used to protect the head, so that it's easier to identify the decapitated body.