I can't tell if you're being facetious or not. The law you're talking about isn't in the Constitution (and is considered by many an abdication of Congress's Constitutionally-mandated duty); it's the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
Actually, it sounds like a pretty solid novel by Algis Budrys called Rogue Moon. Of course, the theme has been done many times, but I remember this one had an impact when I read it in college. I never see Budrys's name any more (his Google number is less than a tenth of Ellison's, about one fifteenth of Silverberg's), but he's a good writer.
I'm a materialist, and I would never volunteer to be copied by any destructive process. I would be dead. My survival instinct prevents me from permitting this. Some other guy with my memories and delusions that he is me would be alive in my place.
The fact that the person typing this is a guy with delusions that he is the same person who signed up for this Slashdot account when acct numbers were in the 200,000's--I admit that this is the case--is no consolation at all.
Don't worry, you won't be hearing about the 4.8's any more. The FAA has reclassified anything better than 90% of required separation as a Proximity Event instead of an Operational Error. Expect a major reduction in Operation Errors real soon.
re: your sig, I watched the entire video, and it was interesting, but it's not exactly a well-guarded secret that banks create money out of nothing. This book, page 30, says as much in plain English. I first read it in 1992. People have only themselves to blame for their ignorance.
If it makes you feel better about the whole thing, consider the advantages of a system where a group of people, with a whole lot of power and at least some education and brains, are so highly motivated to keep the system moving forward. And then thank God that you don't have politicians and bureaucrats trying to run the show instead.
Is the system sustainable forever? Probably not, but nothing is. Viva la revolucion!
And yet, ironically, the fanboys create friction for the company too. No doubt it's less friction than forcing the developers to submerge all functionality in a sea of blinking, talking, bandwidth-sucking crap, but it's still a negative for the company.
Which bizarre GUI interface are we talking about here? Center controllers have a sort of GUI overlaid on their radar scopes, but it doesn't do anything more complicated than presenting "buttons" to be clicked. They have a different GUI on their URET, but that's only a few years old, and it's a pretty standard X interface.
FAA management is fucked up indeed, but I honestly can't think of what legacy GUI they would be working to preserve.
That video is so insulting and so amateurish that it's hard to believe it ever saw the light of day. The really ironic part is that the Ministry of Justice (see, I watched all the way to the end) could have easily--and for a small amount of money--have gotten an American PR firm to create an infomercial so good that people throughout the western would would have paid to rent it. Because we gaijin really are slightly retarded--and now we know that we're not the only ones.
I have had similar experience. I hate the one-click patent and Bezos's double talk, but I simply cannot fault the customer service at Amazon. A year ago I let them seduce me into a three-month trial of their Prime program (free two-day shipping for a year for $79), and I have never looked back.
I abuse the program for my convenience, buying $4 trinkets or $6 paperbacks and having them appear in my driveway 36 hours later. Of course, I also buy $40 routers and $60 books on occasion.
I wonder if there is a way to find out quickly how much I've spent with these guys over the years.
Interesting that you should mention it. When I bought term life insurance about 8 years ago, they asked if I smoked, and they gave me a quick screen for obvious medical problems, but the only question they asked about my activities was "do you fly light aircraft?" Nothing about motorcycles, horses, boats, football, or bungie jumping.
Since I'm not a pilot, I just answered no and went on, but it struck me as interesting.
Well, I had forgotten the story from May about the leak of the Aegis specs. No doubt that is a factor in the decision.
Of course, this thread started by wondering if it was smart to force Japan to apply their own expertise to a big military project. If they really do match or best the F-22, then I guess that technology would be what was "shared" with China. No good options here, apparently.
It has to be added, though, that saying you'll match the F-22 and actually doing it are two very different things even for a nation as advanced as Japan. They're not exactly world leaders in airplane manufacture right now.
I have interpreted the U.S. unwillingness to sell the F-22 to Japan as short-sighted, ungrateful, and disloyal. I know those are terms that seem naive in the context of international diplomacy, but, honestly, if Japan hasn't been a model ally and worthy of our best technology, then I don't what the fuck that would look like.
But I just had another thought as I read the posts here: what if the U.S. gov't really does have a lot of faith in Japan as a world citizen and an ally, and this is just a shitty way to get them to apply themselves more vigorously to the problem of defending the "western" world. Maybe we like the thought of a militarily-active Japan as a counterweight to China's ever-increasing political, economic, and military heft. Maybe somebody thinks "this will get them off their asses."
I agree with all of your comments about not wasting computing resources, but I'm not sure they are apropos. Firefox is not written in Java. Firefox is written in C++.
I'm not sure in what sense you use "canonical" here, but I also (and for the third time on Slashdot) highly recommend Foxit Reader. It's so good it actually makes you angry at Adobe for their shitware.
Seconded! (Thirded, actually). Here is my what's in my Foxit directory:
FoxitReader.exe.........3696 KB
Foxit_JS_ExObjects.dll..1981 KB
fxdecod1.dll..............436 KB
js.dll......................504 KB
Uninstall.exe.............80 KB
That's it. I'd like to be able to compare it to Adobe Craprobat, but I've deleted all vestiges of it from my machines. Foxit is quick, small, and stable--all the things Adobe can't manage.
Just stop talking about this fucking article. There's a reason nobody can figure out what is going on here, and the reason is shitty reporting. If the idiot writer can't make any more sense than this, ignore him and wait for somebody with a clue to cover the story.
My fear is that it's a perfect example. By 2020, the current internet will have a level of lock-in that makes Windows look disposable. "Faster" and "safer" will have a tough time overcoming "empty".
At work we have dozens of large trackballs with three buttons, but I don't remember who makes them. Since it's the government, it's not impossible that they are one-off special-order items, but I doubt it, because the older, obviously special-order trackballs beside them are a lot heavier and tougher. If I remember tomorrow, I'll flip one over and read its manufacturer and model for you.
I have to make this quick because I have to be at work at 0530. (So there's reason number one, right there: 24/7/365 operation.)
Controlling air traffic is an art that masquerades as a science, without useful metrics for competence or productivity, and directed by resentful bureaucrats under the watchful but clueless eyes of the President and Congress.
I've been through almost 24 years of labor unrest, bureaucratic bungling and political backstabbing, and I wish I had never heard of ATC. I stay only to get my retirement. But YMMV, of course;)
So you if know some young people needing a future, push them that way.
Just make sure it's not any young people you actually like. My wife and I have three children (and about 45 years combined in ATC), and we've made sure they understand all the good reasons NOT to follow in their father and mother's footsteps. 466 days to retirement....
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I can't tell if you're being facetious or not. The law you're talking about isn't in the Constitution (and is considered by many an abdication of Congress's Constitutionally-mandated duty); it's the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
Actually, it sounds like a pretty solid novel by Algis Budrys called Rogue Moon. Of course, the theme has been done many times, but I remember this one had an impact when I read it in college. I never see Budrys's name any more (his Google number is less than a tenth of Ellison's, about one fifteenth of Silverberg's), but he's a good writer.
The fact that the person typing this is a guy with delusions that he is the same person who signed up for this Slashdot account when acct numbers were in the 200,000's--I admit that this is the case--is no consolation at all.
Don't worry, you won't be hearing about the 4.8's any more. The FAA has reclassified anything better than 90% of required separation as a Proximity Event instead of an Operational Error. Expect a major reduction in Operation Errors real soon.
If it makes you feel better about the whole thing, consider the advantages of a system where a group of people, with a whole lot of power and at least some education and brains, are so highly motivated to keep the system moving forward. And then thank God that you don't have politicians and bureaucrats trying to run the show instead.
Is the system sustainable forever? Probably not, but nothing is. Viva la revolucion!
Very witty. Sorry, no mod points.
See? He's right.
And yet, ironically, the fanboys create friction for the company too. No doubt it's less friction than forcing the developers to submerge all functionality in a sea of blinking, talking, bandwidth-sucking crap, but it's still a negative for the company.
FAA management is fucked up indeed, but I honestly can't think of what legacy GUI they would be working to preserve.
That video is so insulting and so amateurish that it's hard to believe it ever saw the light of day. The really ironic part is that the Ministry of Justice (see, I watched all the way to the end) could have easily--and for a small amount of money--have gotten an American PR firm to create an infomercial so good that people throughout the western would would have paid to rent it. Because we gaijin really are slightly retarded--and now we know that we're not the only ones.
I abuse the program for my convenience, buying $4 trinkets or $6 paperbacks and having them appear in my driveway 36 hours later. Of course, I also buy $40 routers and $60 books on occasion.
I wonder if there is a way to find out quickly how much I've spent with these guys over the years.
Since I'm not a pilot, I just answered no and went on, but it struck me as interesting.
Of course, this thread started by wondering if it was smart to force Japan to apply their own expertise to a big military project. If they really do match or best the F-22, then I guess that technology would be what was "shared" with China. No good options here, apparently.
It has to be added, though, that saying you'll match the F-22 and actually doing it are two very different things even for a nation as advanced as Japan. They're not exactly world leaders in airplane manufacture right now.
But I just had another thought as I read the posts here: what if the U.S. gov't really does have a lot of faith in Japan as a world citizen and an ally, and this is just a shitty way to get them to apply themselves more vigorously to the problem of defending the "western" world. Maybe we like the thought of a militarily-active Japan as a counterweight to China's ever-increasing political, economic, and military heft. Maybe somebody thinks "this will get them off their asses."
I dunno. Just a thought.
I agree with all of your comments about not wasting computing resources, but I'm not sure they are apropos. Firefox is not written in Java. Firefox is written in C++.
I'm not sure in what sense you use "canonical" here, but I also (and for the third time on Slashdot) highly recommend Foxit Reader. It's so good it actually makes you angry at Adobe for their shitware.
I wonder what the article has to say.... Oh, wait:
But if they're not there, it's...serious?
That's it. I'd like to be able to compare it to Adobe Craprobat, but I've deleted all vestiges of it from my machines. Foxit is quick, small, and stable--all the things Adobe can't manage.
Just stop talking about this fucking article. There's a reason nobody can figure out what is going on here, and the reason is shitty reporting. If the idiot writer can't make any more sense than this, ignore him and wait for somebody with a clue to cover the story.
My fear is that it's a perfect example. By 2020, the current internet will have a level of lock-in that makes Windows look disposable. "Faster" and "safer" will have a tough time overcoming "empty".
At work we have dozens of large trackballs with three buttons, but I don't remember who makes them. Since it's the government, it's not impossible that they are one-off special-order items, but I doubt it, because the older, obviously special-order trackballs beside them are a lot heavier and tougher. If I remember tomorrow, I'll flip one over and read its manufacturer and model for you.
You have to give Google some context. If you use con kolivas sd as your search terms you can just hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" and go right to this.
Controlling air traffic is an art that masquerades as a science, without useful metrics for competence or productivity, and directed by resentful bureaucrats under the watchful but clueless eyes of the President and Congress.
I've been through almost 24 years of labor unrest, bureaucratic bungling and political backstabbing, and I wish I had never heard of ATC. I stay only to get my retirement. But YMMV, of course ;)
Just make sure it's not any young people you actually like. My wife and I have three children (and about 45 years combined in ATC), and we've made sure they understand all the good reasons NOT to follow in their father and mother's footsteps. 466 days to retirement....