The trick is not to ban anything, but to make available the design for a 3-d printed upper (chamber). This will then become a self-solving problem, especially for the larger caliber designs.
Actually the first printed part was much more utilitarian and non-controversial. The day before the printer was completed, a storm had knocked down a few of the trees on the property of the inventor, and instead of heading to the hardware store for the parts to repair his fence, he decided to build the parts needed. The horizontal rails were too large for the printer, so a replacement vertical piece was constructed. This 'first post' is still proudly displayed on the property.
What I really want to know is will this technology work to keep the kid's car seats clean? And all other objects within 3 feet? And maybe the kids themselves? FYI, leaving the kids out in a rain storm does not leave them shiny and clean. Um, so I hear.
Also the article has no info on the UV/chemical resistance of this coating, or how often it would have to be reapplied. Where are the details?
Don't agree with the use of the term 'idiot' for all non-creative people, but there's plenty of people working now who are in mostly "non-creative" jobs which are not on an assembly line. The entire service industry, the legal industry (i.e. not just lawyers, but all the other affiliated jobs), honest accountants, education, medical industries, etc. Many of those jobs also require some degree of creativity, even if that's not the primary focus.
As for the actual idiots, who knows what they will do. Maybe we'll have to be creative to think of something for them...
it's actually a DARPA-funded hacking tool for launching remotely-activated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet attacks. Might be somewhat impressive, but it can't get first post!
The actual text of the Second Amendment as ratified reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
I'm thinking, mount this bad boy on a turret on an island somewhere, and use it to destroy asteroids in threat range.
This laser system is perfect for that use... as long as the asteroids are 2 mm in diameter, stay still long enough to focus 192 lasers on them, and are close enough that the beam path won't be distorted so much that the lasers will miss (i.e. about 1 mm).
For the rest of the asteroids out there (~ 100%) I guess we're still screwed.
I agree with much of what you're saying, but since you asked the question- There's this list of Ford and GM automotive factories in the US for a start. There's also this snippet discussing the effect the many new automobile plants have had on the economy of the southeastern US. I believe some of these plants also produce parts, and don't just import them and slap them together. Also my favorite shoe brand, New Balance, makes some of its shoes in the USA. I'm sure there's many more- I'm hoping someone posts something else made in the USA that I don't know about yet!
..maybe divorce court proceedings shouldn't include gory details. why do you need proof of infidelity etc crap for getting a divorce? it should just need the person saying that he/she wants it - it's not a slavery contract.
I think the details are not for the divorce itself, but to decide related matters such as alimony/palimony and custody of children. If one spouse has cheated, causing the divorce, I think they are less likely to receive alimony or custody. IANAL so this may be completely wrong.
This is an industry wide problem that has been known for a long time, and is just recently receiving wider attention. For example, Wired had twoarticles on this topic in January alone. The SCADA/controls industry really needs to get their act together
I read recently that the melting of the Antarctic ice shelves and related glaciers has caused the crust there to rise up a few cm. Maybe other plates are subsequently sinking, and the plate under the East Coast is just more susceptible to this sinking effect than others that have been measured? I am not a geologist, so feel free to point out if this is ridiculous (that's if you are a geologist, I'm not taking B.S. from just anybody...).
This might actually be their most convincing argument yet. Evolution is about survival of the fittest, where mutations make a species smarter, stronger, better able to survive. Therefore, I find it very hard to believe that these creationists evolved from Chimps, which are clearly a much more intelligent species. Alternative explanations include that they are an example of convergent evolution; they evolved from sea slugs and just happen to look like intelligent people, which is unlikely; some type of regressive evolution, where lowered intelligence marked a split from homo sapiens, even below the levels of homo saywattus wattus, which also seems unlikely. IANNAB (biologist) so I don't have any more alternative theories. Someone please help me resolve this dilemma!
Unfortunately both SGI and to a lesser extent Sun missed the signs that x86 PCs were going to rapidly catch up woth the abilities of their workstations and instead of dropping prices to sane levels continued to carry on business as usual as if it was still 1990. And the end result is what you see.
As a general statement, if they had kept up their research with their own processors, instead of trying to catch a ride on the Itanic they would have kept ahead on capability for quite a while longer. It wasn't really that they missed the signs, it was that they stopped their own progress to all get on the same bus, not noticing that it was in the slow lane, with its blinkers on and belching smoke. By the time it got up to speed, x86 had already whizzed by.
Similar to my first thought on this subject. What I want to know is if you combine the DNA from a Bonobo and a Chimp, do you have enough to make a particular Hungarian politicain?
...Thing is, just recently the US stated that they view a cyber attack as an act of war. Given how targeted Stuxnet was,...
Due to the limited scope, maybe Stuxnet should be classified as a Cyber-Police-Action?
Iran, a country that has no history of aggression...
Oh please. Do you mean except for massive funding and arming of terrorist groups in other countries? The U.S. may not be completely clean on this one, but don't pretend that Iran is even close to being innocent here.
How about two data centers- one at each pole? Each one would have 6 months of sunlight, although probably at a high air mass. Cooling would not be much of a problem, some of that heat might even be appreciated (first data center to request P4's?). You might need weapons to defend against polar bears (if the North Pole ice is thick enough), but fewer than to defend a data center in any of the areas mentioned above. The penguins at the South Pole might be a welcome sight. I don't think the connectivity problems would be much worse than for the equatorial data centers on ships.
Seconded. I get compliments on this watch from geeks and non-geeks. Bonus- it will never be obsolete, unlike any electronic watch which will be in a year or two. The flipside is the claim that all mechanical watches are already obsolete, but at least it won't get significantly more so.
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The trick is not to ban anything, but to make available the design for a 3-d printed upper (chamber). This will then become a self-solving problem, especially for the larger caliber designs.
Actually the first printed part was much more utilitarian and non-controversial. The day before the printer was completed, a storm had knocked down a few of the trees on the property of the inventor, and instead of heading to the hardware store for the parts to repair his fence, he decided to build the parts needed. The horizontal rails were too large for the printer, so a replacement vertical piece was constructed. This 'first post' is still proudly displayed on the property.
What I really want to know is will this technology work to keep the kid's car seats clean? And all other objects within 3 feet? And maybe the kids themselves? FYI, leaving the kids out in a rain storm does not leave them shiny and clean. Um, so I hear.
Also the article has no info on the UV/chemical resistance of this coating, or how often it would have to be reapplied. Where are the details?
Don't agree with the use of the term 'idiot' for all non-creative people, but there's plenty of people working now who are in mostly "non-creative" jobs which are not on an assembly line. The entire service industry, the legal industry (i.e. not just lawyers, but all the other affiliated jobs), honest accountants, education, medical industries, etc. Many of those jobs also require some degree of creativity, even if that's not the primary focus.
As for the actual idiots, who knows what they will do. Maybe we'll have to be creative to think of something for them...
Yes, but how how long until some manufacturer starts advertising "wi-fi surge protection" on their power strips?
it's actually a DARPA-funded hacking tool for launching remotely-activated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet attacks.
Might be somewhat impressive, but it can't get first post!
You're thinking of the Second Amendment. The Fourth Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The actual text of the Second Amendment as ratified reads:
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
See it for yourself if you want to.
Before we have to drop giant blocks of ice in the ocean...
Done. Too soon to see if this one will help. The previous, and larger ones didn't seem to change much.
B16D1CK5 ??
Then MS would've gotten grief for using an invalid hex value.
MS would've then pointed out that it is a completely valid MS-HEX value.
You mean the iEye? Sigh.
If such a product were available, I could imagine Apple zealots* lining up, waiting to poke their eyes out as soon as it was their turn...
(*Not picking on all Apple users, just the extremists)
... shall I continue?
You could, but you'd just be wasting your energy...
I'm thinking, mount this bad boy on a turret on an island somewhere, and use it to destroy asteroids in threat range.
This laser system is perfect for that use... as long as the asteroids are 2 mm in diameter, stay still long enough to focus 192 lasers on them, and are close enough that the beam path won't be distorted so much that the lasers will miss (i.e. about 1 mm).
For the rest of the asteroids out there (~ 100%) I guess we're still screwed.
Show me SOMETHING that is made inthe USA.
I agree with much of what you're saying, but since you asked the question-
There's this list of Ford and GM automotive factories in the US for a start.
There's also this snippet discussing the effect the many new automobile plants have had on the economy of the southeastern US. I believe some of these plants also produce parts, and don't just import them and slap them together.
Also my favorite shoe brand, New Balance, makes some of its shoes in the USA.
I'm sure there's many more- I'm hoping someone posts something else made in the USA that I don't know about yet!
..maybe divorce court proceedings shouldn't include gory details. why do you need proof of infidelity etc crap for getting a divorce? it should just need the person saying that he/she wants it - it's not a slavery contract.
I think the details are not for the divorce itself, but to decide related matters such as alimony/palimony and custody of children. If one spouse has cheated, causing the divorce, I think they are less likely to receive alimony or custody. IANAL so this may be completely wrong.
This is an industry wide problem that has been known for a long time, and is just recently receiving wider attention. For example, Wired had two articles on this topic in January alone. The SCADA/controls industry really needs to get their act together
I read recently that the melting of the Antarctic ice shelves and related glaciers has caused the crust there to rise up a few cm. Maybe other plates are subsequently sinking, and the plate under the East Coast is just more susceptible to this sinking effect than others that have been measured? I am not a geologist, so feel free to point out if this is ridiculous (that's if you are a geologist, I'm not taking B.S. from just anybody...).
This might actually be their most convincing argument yet. Evolution is about survival of the fittest, where mutations make a species smarter, stronger, better able to survive. Therefore, I find it very hard to believe that these creationists evolved from Chimps, which are clearly a much more intelligent species.
Alternative explanations include that they are an example of convergent evolution; they evolved from sea slugs and just happen to look like intelligent people, which is unlikely; some type of regressive evolution, where lowered intelligence marked a split from homo sapiens, even below the levels of homo saywattus wattus, which also seems unlikely. IANNAB (biologist) so I don't have any more alternative theories. Someone please help me resolve this dilemma!
Unfortunately both SGI and to a lesser extent Sun missed the signs that x86 PCs were going to rapidly catch up woth the abilities of their workstations and instead of dropping prices to sane levels continued to carry on business as usual as if it was still 1990. And the end result is what you see.
As a general statement, if they had kept up their research with their own processors, instead of trying to catch a ride on the Itanic they would have kept ahead on capability for quite a while longer. It wasn't really that they missed the signs, it was that they stopped their own progress to all get on the same bus, not noticing that it was in the slow lane, with its blinkers on and belching smoke. By the time it got up to speed, x86 had already whizzed by.
Similar to my first thought on this subject. What I want to know is if you combine the DNA from a Bonobo and a Chimp, do you have enough to make a particular Hungarian politicain?
It seems the Jews and the Roma are the real winners here.
...Thing is, just recently the US stated that they view a cyber attack as an act of war. Given how targeted Stuxnet was,...
Due to the limited scope, maybe Stuxnet should be classified as a Cyber-Police-Action?
Iran, a country that has no history of aggression...
Oh please. Do you mean except for massive funding and arming of terrorist groups in other countries? The U.S. may not be completely clean on this one, but don't pretend that Iran is even close to being innocent here.
Hypocrisy. The very worst of human traits.
Exactly. Here we agree.
I know the entire post was a joke but... what the hell is Columbia?
There is a surprising number of Columbia's to choose from. Take your pick as to which would be best for a data center.
How about two data centers- one at each pole? Each one would have 6 months of sunlight, although probably at a high air mass. Cooling would not be much of a problem, some of that heat might even be appreciated (first data center to request P4's?). You might need weapons to defend against polar bears (if the North Pole ice is thick enough), but fewer than to defend a data center in any of the areas mentioned above. The penguins at the South Pole might be a welcome sight. I don't think the connectivity problems would be much worse than for the equatorial data centers on ships.
It was probably phrased "Do you use software you didn't pay for?" or similar, thus lumping all free/open source software with pirated software.
Seconded. I get compliments on this watch from geeks and non-geeks. Bonus- it will never be obsolete, unlike any electronic watch which will be in a year or two. The flipside is the claim that all mechanical watches are already obsolete, but at least it won't get significantly more so.