A deflagration simply means that the expansion of gases is subsonic, as opposed to a supersonic detonation.
Anyways, whatever the cause is, when stuff rapidly expand, it is an explosion. So they are right in pointing that hydrogen buildup and ignition is a deflagration and not a nuclear explosion but it is still an explosion.
They did think of getting rid of the data collection program, and they probably continue anyways. Not because of some secret agenda or whatever thing conspiracy theorists think about but for lowly bureaucratic reasons.
The NSA maybe a technically advanced secret government agency, it is still an administrative service plenty of people who want to keep their job and think they are very important. It's the same thing as in all big structures, really. And what happens when someone decides to stop a multi-billion dollar program ? Some people will get laid off, or at least pulled out of their comfort zone. And when some of these people have significant influence, well, they can make it so that they keep their budget. This happens all the time and it is a problem, but it is even worse with rightfully secret agencies like the NSA because it makes it easier to hide less rightful arrangements. Plus, unlike private companies, government organizations don't need to make benefits.
Maybe in the US but where I live (France) and in other countries I visited, McDonalds isn't cheap. In many cases local snacks and even small restaurants are cheaper and serve better food. As for a reason why they are hated by their own patrons : take a group of people, each one have a list of place they are willing to eat and while no one has McDonald's as their first choice, it is on everyone's list. As a result the whole group may end up eating at McDonald's and while no one will be left out, no one will be satisfied. In other words, a compromise but noting more.
Here is an example : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... (hunting quotas, protected species,...) The Nazis attached a high value to the land, which must be protected from both pollution and "inferior races".
They did think forward, after all, the third reich was supposed to last a full millennium. So yes, maybe some of their ideas were a bit misguided to say the least but they did think long term.
- Finding these criminals may not help make the computers run again. - Finding these criminals may be beyond the abilities of the US Government. The NSA is not all powerful, the simple fact that Snowden's leaks exist prove it. - If the criminals are not in the US, this greatly limits the abilities of the US justice. - Solving the problem probably involves first paying the ransom. - If the NSA actually helps finding the criminals, I seriously doubt it will be public.
With the rise of higher resolution screens, especially looking into 4K multi monitor systems and beyond, DPI might become an important factor in the future again, so we are not ruling out changes in the maximum tracking rate
So what's important ? tracking rate or DPI as these are very different things. DPI is about positional accuracy and is especially important to players who favor small and precise movements. Tracking rate is about temporal accuracy and is especially important to players who favor large and fast movements.
And I don't think that 4K and large multi-screen setups will change anything. Screen resolution doesn't matter as long as the target is bigger than a pixel. And according to Fitts's law, what matter in pointing accuracy is the distance / target size ratio, and this ratio doesn't change no matter how big your screens are.
I guess that Razor will soon sell a mouse with big numbers as a selling point and they are doing their best convincing us that it matters somehow. Ah, and the only number that matters to professional gamers is how much they get paid by the sponsor.
can't order a baguette with my groceries unless it was made within a 1 mile radius of some random French town.
You are probably talking about AOP (Appellation d'origine protégée), which is different. AOP only protects the name of the product, not the product itself. For example it totally possible to make Roquefort-like cheese outside the area of Roquefort (town) but you won't be allowed to call it Roquefort. Think of it as a trademark. Baguette, by the way, is not protected. The problem is, in fact, the opposite. France, for example, has a lot of raw milk cheeses that may be incompatible with European food safety regulations.
As for Germany, I don't find them especially prude, except when the Nazis are involved (for obvious reasons). They do however have strict privacy laws (no street view in Germany) and they have one of the worst collecting society in the world : GEMA.
The problem is that we are using a _chain_ of trust rather than a _web_ of trust.
The difference between the two is that in a chain of trust model, a certificate is signed by a single authority, whereas in a web of trust, a certificate can be signed by several authorities. In other words, a web of trust can do everything a chain of trust can do, and more.
In the case of Google impersonation, the browser could require that google have at least 3 independent signatures from a trusted list. If one of the authority in the trusted list decides to allow someone to impersonate Google, that's one signature : not enough to break the system.
when people try and censor stuff that is already public. We see it here, we see it with snowden (im not talking classified stuff) but if this person got the information without looking at classified materials, who do they think they are to tell him to not publish?
For an information to be out in public doesn't mean it is not classified. Sometimes, it leads to strange situations where people with security clearances cannot talk about things that regular people know and are free to talk about.
I would add a few bad points. generally you should not be watching your speed anyway, if you have trouble estimating and maintaining your speed then you probably lack driving experience, you should be staying at a safe consistent speed as the rest of the traffic, significantly slower or faster regardless of the actual limit is dangerous.
Getting a sense of speed is not that easy. Tree-lined smaller roads for example feel faster than the highway for example, and you are not surrounded by other, careful drivers all the time. Add this to the recommendation to drive at the speed limit and the prevalence of accurate speed traps and watching the speedometer or using a limiter becomes a necessity, at least for the safety of your wallet.
FYI, this is pretty bad. It does exactly the same as: hungHi = word >> 16;
Not necessarily in 64 bit code.
It is not safe if for some reason word is signed (compiler bug on an exotic platform or some programmer resolving some signed/unsigned warning by doing the wrong thing): ((unsigned)0x80000000) >> 16 = 0x00008000 ((signed)0x80000000) >> 16 = 0xFFFF8000
Maybe that's what he wants.
Instead, you should use: hungHi = (word >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
Maybe, or maybe this : hungHi = (word & ~0xFFFF) >> 16; Don't assume he got it wrong without context, but clearly the choice in variable name don't help understanding...
On ABS-equipped cars, stabbing the brake *is* the correct action for emergency breaking. In normal conditions, no human can beat the efficiency of ABS breaking, even professional pilots. In unusual situations (gravel, snow,...) a skilled driver can beat the ABS by basically doing a controlled skid, something that the system won't let you do anyways unless you turned on "suicide" mode. So much that many modern cars are able to detect emergency breaking situations and use 100% breaking power even if the pedal isn't completely depressed. The ABS takes care of the skid. (see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...).
This is going to put many a libertarian in a hissy fit.
Why ? Allowing companies to exploit loopholes is not libertarianism. There is one thing that regulators and libertarians have in common : they want everyone to play by the same rules. For libertarians, that's no rule at all, for regulators, that's unbreakable rules. Allowing loopholes is probably the last thing both camps want.
Judging a book by its cover is stupid, in short. Judging an employee by browser is FUCKING STUPID. Making hiring decisions in ANY part on which browser OR which OS he or she uses is BEYOND GODDAMNED FUCKING RETARDED.
If you have more candidates than you can interview, you need to filter them somehow. And if a criteria such as browser usage is shown to be effective, why not use it ? We don't need causation, only correlation. In this phase all you have are arbitrary criteria, so there is no way you can be fair unless you are using random selection.
BTW, I believe that many business decisions including hiring would benefit from a bit of randomness but it's another story.
I tried many keyboards in a shop in Akihabara : there were a nice sample of different styles of switches : various Cherry MX, Topre, high quality rubber domes, etc... The Topre was clearly the one I prefered, even though I didn't know about these at the time so it was like a blind test. I didn't buy it back then : it was a Japanese layout and I didn't want this + the outrageous price. I finally bought it years later, in my native layout. Considering how my previous keyboard (a Keytronic KT2001) outlasted three computers, I consider getting a nice keyboard a worthwile investment.
FYI, the Topre Realforce looks as plain as a keyboard can look but is much heavier. The keys feel like a hybrid between a rubber dome and mechanical switches like the Cherry MX brown. The actuation point is rather high and it is not "mushy". It is a tiny bit louder than rubber domes but quieter than mechanicals (especially the clicky ones like the Cherry MX blue), it makes a "twok"-like sound that is rather pleasant.
In the end I think you should try it if you can : description can only get you so far.
No problem with GMail, it makes them a ton of money via ads. I don't see it disappear anytime soon. If your look for an alternative, get your own domain name and make a redirection, this way you can switch provider anytime. Unlike with GMail accounts, you actually own your domain name.
Sure, it is a nice model, but people are getting fed up with these 3D printing related articles. Especially with misleading headlines : he built a model, not full-size gearbox that transmits a significant amount of torque. What this guy did is really cool, and if my friend or coworker did this I would have been very impressed but I don't consider it a newsworthy : - It is not a breakthrough in 3D printing technology : we all knew something like this could be done, and professional 3D printers can even do this in one part, with no further assembly needed. - It is not a breakthrough in workmanship : I find works made with traditional methods (lathe, router, hand tools, etc...) much more impressive. The works of some master craftsmen really amaze me.
His work is definitely worthy of a site that focus more on personal archivements, like hackaday.
In ten+ years the Rolex will still run as well as when you bought it where the Apple Watch battery will be dead with no replacement part available. If they don't make the software unusable beforehand.
"We ask for god in person, hoping to get the prophet, and usually we only have the faithful"
So yes, the requirements are not realistic, and they don't expect anyone to meet them at the price they are ready to pay. In fact these just give an idea of the profile they need and serve as a starting point for the negotiation.
There are obvious public safety concerns. It has already been established through the courts that people do not have the right of free speech to shout "fire" in a crowded theater. If Yik Yak is being used to promote illegal activity then ban it. Last time I checked gang rape is against the law.
Yes but:
The app's privacy policy prevents schools from identifying users without a subpoena, court order or search warrant, or an emergency request from a law-enforcement official with a compelling claim of imminent harm.
Tu put is simply, it's just the school administrations that are unhappy because they can't do as they please. If it is against the law, it is a job for the police, who have the right to uncover users identity.
In fact it goes opposite to what global warming / climate change is expected to do. Global warming should result in more extreme weather, including more powerful storms.
Not trying to disprove global warming here. Isolated events taken out of context are not proof.
The goal of GPS is to make weapon more accurate, which is a good thing. When your weapon are inaccurate, you compensate with more firepower and it results in more collateral damage. It's because of low accuracy that we had monstrosities like the 100Mt Tsar Bomba. The idea was that even if we missed the target, the blast was big enough to take it down.
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A deflagration simply means that the expansion of gases is subsonic, as opposed to a supersonic detonation.
Anyways, whatever the cause is, when stuff rapidly expand, it is an explosion. So they are right in pointing that hydrogen buildup and ignition is a deflagration and not a nuclear explosion but it is still an explosion.
Or the government could order the pilots back to work and start fining them for all their assets if they didn't.
Military pilots : yes
Commercial pilots : no (but they can be fired by their company)
If only there were Burger King to choose from. C'est la vie.
The first Burger King re-opened in France two years ago, they are now expanding.
They did think of getting rid of the data collection program, and they probably continue anyways.
Not because of some secret agenda or whatever thing conspiracy theorists think about but for lowly bureaucratic reasons.
The NSA maybe a technically advanced secret government agency, it is still an administrative service plenty of people who want to keep their job and think they are very important. It's the same thing as in all big structures, really.
And what happens when someone decides to stop a multi-billion dollar program ? Some people will get laid off, or at least pulled out of their comfort zone. And when some of these people have significant influence, well, they can make it so that they keep their budget. This happens all the time and it is a problem, but it is even worse with rightfully secret agencies like the NSA because it makes it easier to hide less rightful arrangements. Plus, unlike private companies, government organizations don't need to make benefits.
[about McDonalds...] People love low prices
Maybe in the US but where I live (France) and in other countries I visited, McDonalds isn't cheap. In many cases local snacks and even small restaurants are cheaper and serve better food.
As for a reason why they are hated by their own patrons : take a group of people, each one have a list of place they are willing to eat and while no one has McDonald's as their first choice, it is on everyone's list. As a result the whole group may end up eating at McDonald's and while no one will be left out, no one will be satisfied. In other words, a compromise but noting more.
Here is an example : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... (hunting quotas, protected species, ...)
The Nazis attached a high value to the land, which must be protected from both pollution and "inferior races".
They did think forward, after all, the third reich was supposed to last a full millennium. So yes, maybe some of their ideas were a bit misguided to say the least but they did think long term.
The anti-tobacco movement was another thing the Nazis did right : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
- Finding these criminals may not help make the computers run again.
- Finding these criminals may be beyond the abilities of the US Government. The NSA is not all powerful, the simple fact that Snowden's leaks exist prove it.
- If the criminals are not in the US, this greatly limits the abilities of the US justice.
- Solving the problem probably involves first paying the ransom.
- If the NSA actually helps finding the criminals, I seriously doubt it will be public.
With the rise of higher resolution screens, especially looking into 4K multi monitor systems and beyond, DPI might become an important factor in the future again, so we are not ruling out changes in the maximum tracking rate
So what's important ? tracking rate or DPI as these are very different things. DPI is about positional accuracy and is especially important to players who favor small and precise movements. Tracking rate is about temporal accuracy and is especially important to players who favor large and fast movements.
And I don't think that 4K and large multi-screen setups will change anything. Screen resolution doesn't matter as long as the target is bigger than a pixel. And according to Fitts's law, what matter in pointing accuracy is the distance / target size ratio, and this ratio doesn't change no matter how big your screens are.
I guess that Razor will soon sell a mouse with big numbers as a selling point and they are doing their best convincing us that it matters somehow. Ah, and the only number that matters to professional gamers is how much they get paid by the sponsor.
can't order a baguette with my groceries unless it was made within a 1 mile radius of some random French town.
You are probably talking about AOP (Appellation d'origine protégée), which is different.
AOP only protects the name of the product, not the product itself. For example it totally possible to make Roquefort-like cheese outside the area of Roquefort (town) but you won't be allowed to call it Roquefort. Think of it as a trademark.
Baguette, by the way, is not protected.
The problem is, in fact, the opposite. France, for example, has a lot of raw milk cheeses that may be incompatible with European food safety regulations.
As for Germany, I don't find them especially prude, except when the Nazis are involved (for obvious reasons). They do however have strict privacy laws (no street view in Germany) and they have one of the worst collecting society in the world : GEMA.
The problem is that we are using a _chain_ of trust rather than a _web_ of trust.
The difference between the two is that in a chain of trust model, a certificate is signed by a single authority, whereas in a web of trust, a certificate can be signed by several authorities. In other words, a web of trust can do everything a chain of trust can do, and more.
In the case of Google impersonation, the browser could require that google have at least 3 independent signatures from a trusted list. If one of the authority in the trusted list decides to allow someone to impersonate Google, that's one signature : not enough to break the system.
when people try and censor stuff that is already public. We see it here, we see it with snowden (im not talking classified stuff) but if this person got the information without looking at classified materials, who do they think they are to tell him to not publish?
For an information to be out in public doesn't mean it is not classified.
Sometimes, it leads to strange situations where people with security clearances cannot talk about things that regular people know and are free to talk about.
I would add a few bad points. generally you should not be watching your speed anyway, if you have trouble estimating and maintaining your speed then you probably lack driving experience, you should be staying at a safe consistent speed as the rest of the traffic, significantly slower or faster regardless of the actual limit is dangerous.
Getting a sense of speed is not that easy. Tree-lined smaller roads for example feel faster than the highway for example, and you are not surrounded by other, careful drivers all the time. Add this to the recommendation to drive at the speed limit and the prevalence of accurate speed traps and watching the speedometer or using a limiter becomes a necessity, at least for the safety of your wallet.
hungHi = (word & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16;
FYI, this is pretty bad. It does exactly the same as:
hungHi = word >> 16;
Not necessarily in 64 bit code.
It is not safe if for some reason word is signed (compiler bug on an exotic platform or some programmer resolving some signed/unsigned warning by doing the wrong thing):
((unsigned)0x80000000) >> 16 = 0x00008000
((signed)0x80000000) >> 16 = 0xFFFF8000
Maybe that's what he wants.
Instead, you should use:
hungHi = (word >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
Maybe, or maybe this : hungHi = (word & ~0xFFFF) >> 16;
Don't assume he got it wrong without context, but clearly the choice in variable name don't help understanding...
On ABS-equipped cars, stabbing the brake *is* the correct action for emergency breaking. In normal conditions, no human can beat the efficiency of ABS breaking, even professional pilots. In unusual situations (gravel, snow, ...) a skilled driver can beat the ABS by basically doing a controlled skid, something that the system won't let you do anyways unless you turned on "suicide" mode.
So much that many modern cars are able to detect emergency breaking situations and use 100% breaking power even if the pedal isn't completely depressed. The ABS takes care of the skid. (see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...).
This is going to put many a libertarian in a hissy fit.
Why ? Allowing companies to exploit loopholes is not libertarianism.
There is one thing that regulators and libertarians have in common : they want everyone to play by the same rules. For libertarians, that's no rule at all, for regulators, that's unbreakable rules. Allowing loopholes is probably the last thing both camps want.
Judging a book by its cover is stupid, in short. Judging an employee by browser is FUCKING STUPID. Making hiring decisions in ANY part on which browser OR which OS he or she uses is BEYOND GODDAMNED FUCKING RETARDED.
If you have more candidates than you can interview, you need to filter them somehow. And if a criteria such as browser usage is shown to be effective, why not use it ? We don't need causation, only correlation. In this phase all you have are arbitrary criteria, so there is no way you can be fair unless you are using random selection.
BTW, I believe that many business decisions including hiring would benefit from a bit of randomness but it's another story.
I tried many keyboards in a shop in Akihabara : there were a nice sample of different styles of switches : various Cherry MX, Topre, high quality rubber domes, etc... The Topre was clearly the one I prefered, even though I didn't know about these at the time so it was like a blind test. I didn't buy it back then : it was a Japanese layout and I didn't want this + the outrageous price.
I finally bought it years later, in my native layout. Considering how my previous keyboard (a Keytronic KT2001) outlasted three computers, I consider getting a nice keyboard a worthwile investment.
FYI, the Topre Realforce looks as plain as a keyboard can look but is much heavier. The keys feel like a hybrid between a rubber dome and mechanical switches like the Cherry MX brown. The actuation point is rather high and it is not "mushy". It is a tiny bit louder than rubber domes but quieter than mechanicals (especially the clicky ones like the Cherry MX blue), it makes a "twok"-like sound that is rather pleasant.
In the end I think you should try it if you can : description can only get you so far.
No problem with GMail, it makes them a ton of money via ads. I don't see it disappear anytime soon.
If your look for an alternative, get your own domain name and make a redirection, this way you can switch provider anytime. Unlike with GMail accounts, you actually own your domain name.
What is a monkey doing here ? ... runs
Sure, it is a nice model, but people are getting fed up with these 3D printing related articles. Especially with misleading headlines : he built a model, not full-size gearbox that transmits a significant amount of torque.
What this guy did is really cool, and if my friend or coworker did this I would have been very impressed but I don't consider it a newsworthy :
- It is not a breakthrough in 3D printing technology : we all knew something like this could be done, and professional 3D printers can even do this in one part, with no further assembly needed.
- It is not a breakthrough in workmanship : I find works made with traditional methods (lathe, router, hand tools, etc...) much more impressive. The works of some master craftsmen really amaze me.
His work is definitely worthy of a site that focus more on personal archivements, like hackaday.
In ten+ years the Rolex will still run as well as when you bought it where the Apple Watch battery will be dead with no replacement part available. If they don't make the software unusable beforehand.
"We ask for god in person, hoping to get the prophet, and usually we only have the faithful"
So yes, the requirements are not realistic, and they don't expect anyone to meet them at the price they are ready to pay. In fact these just give an idea of the profile they need and serve as a starting point for the negotiation.
There are obvious public safety concerns. It has already been established through the courts that people do not have the right of free speech to shout "fire" in a crowded theater. If Yik Yak is being used to promote illegal activity then ban it. Last time I checked gang rape is against the law.
Yes but :
The app's privacy policy prevents schools from identifying users without a subpoena, court order or search warrant, or an emergency request from a law-enforcement official with a compelling claim of imminent harm.
Tu put is simply, it's just the school administrations that are unhappy because they can't do as they please. If it is against the law, it is a job for the police, who have the right to uncover users identity.
In fact it goes opposite to what global warming / climate change is expected to do. Global warming should result in more extreme weather, including more powerful storms.
Not trying to disprove global warming here. Isolated events taken out of context are not proof.
The goal of GPS is to make weapon more accurate, which is a good thing.
When your weapon are inaccurate, you compensate with more firepower and it results in more collateral damage. It's because of low accuracy that we had monstrosities like the 100Mt Tsar Bomba. The idea was that even if we missed the target, the blast was big enough to take it down.