I've encountered more than a few headsets in call centers* that have the volume cranked up to drown out the people in the surrounding cubicles. Apparently the much-vaunted noise cancellation doesn't work as well as advertised?
* while switching out failed/misdiagnosed hardware... hey, break-fix contract work helps pay the bills
If we are talking about real, water-based showers for cleaning people, I think that there are more than a few Internet denizens who would die of fright at the prospect.
Peter Singer, in discussing his book,Wired for War, once pointed out that the difference between a nuke and a drone-launched missle is largely academic to the people at the point of impact.
I wouldn't be worried about the politicians, who tend to be more of the "big picture" types. I would worry about the bureaucrats, who tend to be the "small detail" types... and aren't in the public eye as much.
I remember an episode where one of the characters made reference to Benjamin Disraeli. There is the obligatory cut to an animated Disraeli, who looks straight at the viewer and says, "You don't even know who I am." Beautiful!
The reason was that everything was "it is, because it is" and I struggle to remember things without having a context or explanation.
Your experience with chemistry mirrors my experience with math. Seldom did I have a math instructor who actually provided context and explanation (of course, with some math, the only context at times is other math) and my grades reflected it.
Since the person asking the question is asking it on the Internet (a.k.a. doesn't know anyone to ask IRL), it would not be unreasonable to assume that they lack connections to other home-schoolers (a.k.a. where the kid would meet other kids of similar age).
I find it funny that the term "security-minded" is used when describing the scientists upset by Feynman's lock picking, when the impression I got from reading his memoirs and biography was that he was not concealing it and was indeed pointing out security vulnerabilities at Los Alamos. He was able to open a colonel's office safe using the default combination, if I recall correctly. After all, it's not like Feynman was letting the Germans or Japanese know about the weakness of the locks, let alone about the existence of the Manhattan Project. It's basically the same problem as seen in computer security today: people who point out vulnerabilities in a non-destructive way still get criticized (or worse, ignored).
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I've encountered more than a few headsets in call centers* that have the volume cranked up to drown out the people in the surrounding cubicles. Apparently the much-vaunted noise cancellation doesn't work as well as advertised?
* while switching out failed/misdiagnosed hardware... hey, break-fix contract work helps pay the bills
My gramma is a bitch! I wouldn't want her on a death panel - she'd be voting to kill everyone she saw!
If we are talking about real, water-based showers for cleaning people, I think that there are more than a few Internet denizens who would die of fright at the prospect.
That was a pretty sick burn on the judge's part.
Peter Singer, in discussing his book, Wired for War , once pointed out that the difference between a nuke and a drone-launched missle is largely academic to the people at the point of impact.
But if we don't abolish nukes, then we won't get a proper world war going again, and what will FPS developers do?
I'm inclined to agree with you.
I wouldn't be worried about the politicians, who tend to be more of the "big picture" types. I would worry about the bureaucrats, who tend to be the "small detail" types... and aren't in the public eye as much.
What needs to be classified is a matter of policy and debate.
Currently, that debate is being won by the "classify everything" side, since it makes it easy to counter FOIA requests and defense subpoenas.
I remember an episode where one of the characters made reference to Benjamin Disraeli. There is the obligatory cut to an animated Disraeli, who looks straight at the viewer and says, "You don't even know who I am." Beautiful!
The reason was that everything was "it is, because it is" and I struggle to remember things without having a context or explanation.
Your experience with chemistry mirrors my experience with math. Seldom did I have a math instructor who actually provided context and explanation (of course, with some math, the only context at times is other math) and my grades reflected it.
Automatically? No.
Probably? Yes.
Since the person asking the question is asking it on the Internet (a.k.a. doesn't know anyone to ask IRL), it would not be unreasonable to assume that they lack connections to other home-schoolers (a.k.a. where the kid would meet other kids of similar age).
There are some episodes of Good Eats that would probably be useful.
Sad, but true.
And then some guy's head explodes...
Good times, indeed!
A bit off topic, but when I saw the number 47, I immediately thought of a bald assassin.
I find it funny that the term "security-minded" is used when describing the scientists upset by Feynman's lock picking, when the impression I got from reading his memoirs and biography was that he was not concealing it and was indeed pointing out security vulnerabilities at Los Alamos. He was able to open a colonel's office safe using the default combination, if I recall correctly. After all, it's not like Feynman was letting the Germans or Japanese know about the weakness of the locks, let alone about the existence of the Manhattan Project. It's basically the same problem as seen in computer security today: people who point out vulnerabilities in a non-destructive way still get criticized (or worse, ignored).
I was expecting Hank Scorpio.
I read this post and immediately thought of this Far Side cartoon.
Bigfoot sightings indirectly cause chemtrails, because they are at war with the lizard people who co-developed* chemtrails in the first place.
* with the reverse vampires
Agreed, on both counts.
Citations?
Or just trolling?
Wait, I think I just answered my own questions.
Except for the keyword filters and traps that are cheap workers in the Third World.
Why even mention theft as if it only applies to cash? Do you think merchants get reimbursed for charge backs on credit cards?