IT certainly doesn't help. Having to stay late to wrap up code for a release deadline, fix a production problem or getting calls from the computer room in the middle of the night didn't mesh too well with a wife who thinks that a developer job is a strictly 9-5 occupation. Arguments with my ex over my job were way too common. Not getting a calls at 5:30pm from an irate spouse wondering why you're still at work at least makes the job a little less stressful. Now, at least I can do what I need to get done at work and relax some when I get home instead of getting into a fight.
Literacy tests were banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, so they must have been reminiscing about the good old days. Also cannabis use was criminalized long before 60's era hippies.
The only way the average consumer is going to think about ways to curb their fuel usage is to have high fuel prices. Californians have already seen the result of not allowing utilities to pass on higher costs to the consumers. I guess this bunch wants to see how forgetful and/or stupid the average CA voter is.
If being alone for an hour can be fatal, this kid needs to have a professional available 24/7. If you happened to be knocked unconscious due to a fall or was in a very deep sleep, she could have a medical emergency that you wouldn't be able to respond to in time.
According to the govt, a diesel 1985 Nissan Sentracould get 50mpg, but the highest gasoline powered vehicle only got 39mpg. This must be the Honda that you're referring to. It got 54mpg in 1985. The extra weight for the various common safety features (airbags, engineered crumple zones, side impact beams, etc) certainly reduces the mpg for cars produced since then, but I've also noticed that Japanese cars are getting bigger too. The subcompacts of today don't seem as small as the ones made 20 years ago. Hybrids will induce some pain a few years down the road when the batteries & other parts start getting worn out.
If you believe the old Datsun ads, Nissan sold cars that got 40+mpg in the 70s. All cars have gotten heavier since the 80s. I've read somewhere that if the average vehicle weight was kept at what it was in the late 80s and combined with the increase in engine efficiency provided by today's engines, there would be an across the board increase in MPG by about 20-25%.
my years in college wasn't much different than what my life is like now: go to class/work, at home I'd mess around on my computer & download software from via a BBS/ISP, watch TV reruns and sleep in on the weekends. The only big difference is income and my friends are a few states away rather than just being a few doors down the hall. So for me, college was just as boring as "real life".
I would think the mountains of cash would be more than enough to remedy a bruised ego. But then again, I don't already have mountains of cash and a planet sized ego like Lucas.
Slashdot Mirror
The article mentioned a change in the "flagging" policy, but didn't say what the change was. Anyone know what this change was?
IT certainly doesn't help. Having to stay late to wrap up code for a release deadline, fix a production problem or getting calls from the computer room in the middle of the night didn't mesh too well with a wife who thinks that a developer job is a strictly 9-5 occupation. Arguments with my ex over my job were way too common. Not getting a calls at 5:30pm from an irate spouse wondering why you're still at work at least makes the job a little less stressful. Now, at least I can do what I need to get done at work and relax some when I get home instead of getting into a fight.
nah...surfing the net is something that you do when you should be studying.
Literacy tests were banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, so they must have been reminiscing about the good old days. Also cannabis use was criminalized long before 60's era hippies.
the more academic nature of their constituency
Thanks. I needed a good laugh today.The people who create the burden are those driving around in cars. Petroleum has many other uses other than burning it.
The only way the average consumer is going to think about ways to curb their fuel usage is to have high fuel prices. Californians have already seen the result of not allowing utilities to pass on higher costs to the consumers. I guess this bunch wants to see how forgetful and/or stupid the average CA voter is.
If being alone for an hour can be fatal, this kid needs to have a professional available 24/7. If you happened to be knocked unconscious due to a fall or was in a very deep sleep, she could have a medical emergency that you wouldn't be able to respond to in time.
a farm.
A 100-200A breaker would be the main switch for the entire house, so you're basically talking about enough juice for a neighborhood.
mechanics and emergency personnel would just love these too.
According to the govt, a diesel 1985 Nissan Sentracould get 50mpg, but the highest gasoline powered vehicle only got 39mpg. This must be the Honda that you're referring to. It got 54mpg in 1985. The extra weight for the various common safety features (airbags, engineered crumple zones, side impact beams, etc) certainly reduces the mpg for cars produced since then, but I've also noticed that Japanese cars are getting bigger too. The subcompacts of today don't seem as small as the ones made 20 years ago. Hybrids will induce some pain a few years down the road when the batteries & other parts start getting worn out.
If you believe the old Datsun ads, Nissan sold cars that got 40+mpg in the 70s. All cars have gotten heavier since the 80s. I've read somewhere that if the average vehicle weight was kept at what it was in the late 80s and combined with the increase in engine efficiency provided by today's engines, there would be an across the board increase in MPG by about 20-25%.
why would my boring life make you want to shoot yourself? Scared that the same thing is waiting for you in the near future?
my years in college wasn't much different than what my life is like now: go to class/work, at home I'd mess around on my computer & download software from via a BBS/ISP, watch TV reruns and sleep in on the weekends. The only big difference is income and my friends are a few states away rather than just being a few doors down the hall. So for me, college was just as boring as "real life".
and be making greenness maps from AVHRR data received on ham radio equipment put together in the science lab.
makes you wonder how secure those Diebold ATMs that many banks have installed.
and practically everyone has had practice filling in those little circles with a No.2 pencil.
Are you better off than you were in 2000, before President Bush?
Yes.But it's easier to blame the other side for cheating than it is to fix the incompitance.
is there a version of it that runs on Mono?
surely there is some sort of number crunching benchmark/distributed processing app (ala seti) that can reside in 4MB of per core cache?
what about against people going to rap or Britney Spears concerts?
so, what's your view on blasting rioters/protesters with liquid manure?
I would think the mountains of cash would be more than enough to remedy a bruised ego. But then again, I don't already have mountains of cash and a planet sized ego like Lucas.