You were "not gonna go into whethere or not this 'warhead' business is a good idea," then in the very next sentence you do exactly what you just said you weren't going to do. This is how you instantly undercut your credibility.
So willful ignorance is now a defense? Good to know.
One also ponders why "other people" would visit this topic on Slashdot if they did "not give a shit about stuff like this."
I guess I do more than watch movies. I've also seen it described and photographed in a book. This hasn't been a secret and they've been using it for decades.
I'm not saying this stuff never happens. Obviously it does. But it's also fair to judge them on these mistakes because it's evidence of the management environment the candidate has created, or allows to fester. Communications professionals implement procedural safeguards to prevent these sorts of public mistakes. Mistaking a photo of the Russian Navy for the United States Navy is a blunder of the first order for a professional graphic artist. At this level, the guy assembling the presentation isn't some dopey intern with powerpoint and an internet connection.
I used to be a staffer who prepared graphics for high level government presentations. I was hired because I knew what I was doing, and I'd have been fired if I made a mistake like this. Let me correct that -- I'd have been fired, my boss would have been fired, and the company for which I worked would have lost a multi-million dollar contract which would in turn place scores of other peoples continued employment in jeopardy.
To write this off as just some staffer's oversight displays a certain ignorance about how important presentations come together, how they're vetted, and the competency of people involved in creating those presentations.
Dumb avoidable mistakes are relevant. It is a peek at how a candidate's party will govern. Not that we need the peek -- it's no surprise that neither party is competent. We're circling the drain and they still want to have their slap fight.
Damn those people in the first world. Damn them and their industriousness, their striving for a quality education, and their ability to organize and cooperate effectively at a societal level. Those bloody whiners better not wake me during my siesta.
If you're so morally elevated, get off the internet and feed someone.
So, only people who make giant piles of money should be prevented from gratuitously damaging other people's reputations? Laws and consequences only exist to reign in the destructive behavior of the wealthy?
It's a shame this announcement was necessary. A generation ago, it wouldn't have been required.
Now that it's been made perfectly clear, I'd like to see the next DC police officer who interferes with a citizen-photographer lose his job.
3D content creators seem to ignore the reason we evolved 3D vision -- to navigate rapidly in real 3D space and to range-find. Without those needs, we probably would not have developed binocular vision and a capability to process the resulting data. Cinematic storytelling remains linear. There is no interactive component that requires either spacial navigation or range-finding; so in the context of filmmaking, 3D serves as a sort of vestigial organ to the larger non-cinematic reality in which we are normally immersed.
3D Filmmakers rely heavily on a small set of gimmicks (e.g., an object protruding from the screen plane into the audience space) to exploit the 3D technology. These gimmicks do not add to the experience beyond superficial self-actualization -- "Hey Look! Three-dimensions!" These visual bits are unnecessary parlor tricks that neither advance the story nor develop the characters.
Though sea-level rise cannot be stopped for at least the next several hundred years, with aggressive mitigation it can be slowed down, and this would buy time for adaptation measures to be adopted.
I'm glad you focused our attention on that sentence from the journal article. It is a particularly poorly made point. Adoption is instantaneous, implementation takes time. Also, "adaption measures" for something like a slowly rising waterline are not something we even need to consciously adopt. Adaptation happens organically.
It's is wildly unlikely someone will drown because they were caught unaware the water rose a meter over a century. However, time travelers might get their feet wet if they beam into a damp patch that was previously dry. The horror.
More time?! You mean that 90 years wasn't enough time for consumers "to make their opinions known and choose stations whose practices they agree with"?
How much time do you suggest?
Ha! Don't flatter yourself, this stopped being a site for engineers a decade ago.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... if decade old information can be considered news.
I am a graphic artist, not an engineer; and I am a frequent visitor.
You may now stop behaving like a self-important, self-righteous tool.
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You were "not gonna go into whethere or not this 'warhead' business is a good idea," then in the very next sentence you do exactly what you just said you weren't going to do. This is how you instantly undercut your credibility.
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So willful ignorance is now a defense? Good to know. One also ponders why "other people" would visit this topic on Slashdot if they did "not give a shit about stuff like this."
I guess I do more than watch movies. I've also seen it described and photographed in a book. This hasn't been a secret and they've been using it for decades.
I didn't realize this flying skyhook technology and its use were doubted by any serious person. Are these the same people who doubt the moon landings?
I'm not saying this stuff never happens. Obviously it does. But it's also fair to judge them on these mistakes because it's evidence of the management environment the candidate has created, or allows to fester. Communications professionals implement procedural safeguards to prevent these sorts of public mistakes. Mistaking a photo of the Russian Navy for the United States Navy is a blunder of the first order for a professional graphic artist. At this level, the guy assembling the presentation isn't some dopey intern with powerpoint and an internet connection.
Politicians are undependable. Why not tap their space exploration / science supporters directly?
I used to be a staffer who prepared graphics for high level government presentations. I was hired because I knew what I was doing, and I'd have been fired if I made a mistake like this. Let me correct that -- I'd have been fired, my boss would have been fired, and the company for which I worked would have lost a multi-million dollar contract which would in turn place scores of other peoples continued employment in jeopardy.
To write this off as just some staffer's oversight displays a certain ignorance about how important presentations come together, how they're vetted, and the competency of people involved in creating those presentations.
Dumb avoidable mistakes are relevant. It is a peek at how a candidate's party will govern. Not that we need the peek -- it's no surprise that neither party is competent. We're circling the drain and they still want to have their slap fight.
Damn those people in the first world. Damn them and their industriousness, their striving for a quality education, and their ability to organize and cooperate effectively at a societal level. Those bloody whiners better not wake me during my siesta. If you're so morally elevated, get off the internet and feed someone.
Not all rights are enumerated in the Constitution. The Nineth Amendment to the US Constitution is:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The judge is mistaken and perhaps incompetent.
I told you to implement the PGP chastity belt, but nooooo you had to use freeware you found on the interweb.
Hubris will lead to Apple's ultimate downfall.
Effete.
So, only people who make giant piles of money should be prevented from gratuitously damaging other people's reputations? Laws and consequences only exist to reign in the destructive behavior of the wealthy?
They hate that you have the advantages they did in school. Now that they've crossed the bridge, it must be burned.
US Particle Colliders In Need of Funding
Get in line.
It's a shame this announcement was necessary. A generation ago, it wouldn't have been required. Now that it's been made perfectly clear, I'd like to see the next DC police officer who interferes with a citizen-photographer lose his job.
Imagine how disappointed I was when I read it as "Tracy Lords" and then realized my mistake.
3D content creators seem to ignore the reason we evolved 3D vision -- to navigate rapidly in real 3D space and to range-find. Without those needs, we probably would not have developed binocular vision and a capability to process the resulting data. Cinematic storytelling remains linear. There is no interactive component that requires either spacial navigation or range-finding; so in the context of filmmaking, 3D serves as a sort of vestigial organ to the larger non-cinematic reality in which we are normally immersed.
3D Filmmakers rely heavily on a small set of gimmicks (e.g., an object protruding from the screen plane into the audience space) to exploit the 3D technology. These gimmicks do not add to the experience beyond superficial self-actualization -- "Hey Look! Three-dimensions!" These visual bits are unnecessary parlor tricks that neither advance the story nor develop the characters.
I'm not sure why you think we care about Florida.
Though sea-level rise cannot be stopped for at least the next several hundred years, with aggressive mitigation it can be slowed down, and this would buy time for adaptation measures to be adopted.
I'm glad you focused our attention on that sentence from the journal article. It is a particularly poorly made point. Adoption is instantaneous, implementation takes time. Also, "adaption measures" for something like a slowly rising waterline are not something we even need to consciously adopt. Adaptation happens organically.
It's is wildly unlikely someone will drown because they were caught unaware the water rose a meter over a century. However, time travelers might get their feet wet if they beam into a damp patch that was previously dry. The horror.
Whatever happened to the concept of jurisdiction?
More time?! You mean that 90 years wasn't enough time for consumers "to make their opinions known and choose stations whose practices they agree with"? How much time do you suggest?
Ha! Don't flatter yourself, this stopped being a site for engineers a decade ago. ... if decade old information can be considered news.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news
I am a graphic artist, not an engineer; and I am a frequent visitor.
You may now stop behaving like a self-important, self-righteous tool.