Chernobyl: fewer than 100 deaths to date; fewer than 1500 known attributable radiation-related illnesses. Potential premature deaths due to excess radiation exposure estimated to be 3000, but we'll have to wait and see.
Over 2,000 workers were brought to Chernobyl to bury the reactor core in concrete. Over 95% of them were dead within a week.
Before hitting submit I did a quick Google search to confirm this info that I recalled from a documentary I saw last year, and this source claims "5,000 relief workers died from injuries putting out fires and sealing the reactor"
Will you also require Apple and the Linux distros to strip out Apache, OpenOffice, Sendmail, etc, from their boxed product?
If Apple (or Redhat, etc.) were a monopoly, then yes. Actual monopolies (especially once they've been found to have abused said monopoly) have a whole 'nother set of rules they must abide by.
Unfortunately, this AC is largely correct. I've done a small amount of fire training, and the guy leading the session was spraying kerosene like some Tim Allen "More POWER!!!" disciple.
But on the other hand, if you ever get to use a Monitor Gun to fight a fire at a chemical plant, it's one hell of a cool toy.
I have been hooked for about five years on GE Grow-n-Show bulbs. They're available as a standard light bulb form factor and as a flood-light. They're very purple when not lit, but the light they put out is a beautifully pure white approximating sunlight. Everything viewed under them just looks unnaturally crisp, and of course the plants love 'em. Also, you can stare right into the bulb and read the wattage rating printed on it without feeling like you're staring at the sun.
I think they may have dropped the Grow-n-Show name recently (probably felt that it was attracting narco-terrorists or some such) but the packaging is the same. They cost almost twice what normal 'soft white' bulbs do, and I think they only last half as long, but they're still an incredible bargain in my book.
I happen to recall noticing that the weekend Code Red originally hit, the activity light on my modem started going nuts. I figured it would die down in a few days... it's been what, 2+ years? I still get hit by Code Red and Nimda on a daily basis. I keep a translucent green-on-black terminal window running over my desktop, so the clueless Windows users provide me with a cheap-n-cheezy Matrix-esque effect.
I've been casting about for something pithy to replace "There is no spoon" as the error message when one of our Lab machines fails to see the server... I think you can color me inspired as well.
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Find me a SINGLE *nix resource that can even come CLOSE to matching the depth of the MSDN library.
I'm one of them (mostly reformed) Mac evangelists. I feel that Apple has *some* moral high ground over MS, but I'm realistic about it. If they controlled 95% of the market, they would maybe not be quite as evil as MS, but it would still be a bad thing.
I firmly believe that the world would be a better place if no one company utterly dominated such an important industry. If, for instance, Linux, Mac OS and Windows each held about a third of the market, imagine what competition would be like. Right now Apple and Linux bust their asses to be as compatible as possible with Windows, and Microsoft invests a *significant* portion of their development effort to thwart interoperability. Imagine the benefits for consumers if MS suddenly had strong motivation to make their toys play well with others. </daydream>
I keep thinking something along these lines. Diebold & Friends keep complaining that various things We The People demand would hurt their profits, and I keep wondering why it is they assume a right to any profits at all in this matter. This is obviously a very important function of our democracy. If you wanna step in and try to make a profit, okay. Do it right, and if you can make your money back and then some, fine. But if you can't turn a profit doing it right, then either take a loss in the process of helping your fellow man, or get the fuck out of that sector. You don't get to redefine the basic need; you can either do it or you can't.
Seems nobody in the right places wants to ask that question.
I don't have that problem quite as much with the web itself, but definitely with music. Same problem, different domain. How does one find what one does not know to look for, but is desparately searching for?
Another poster mentioned using '-related:foo.bar' in google, I didn't know about that. Sometimes I use google to see who's linking to stuff I like. That rarely works in the intended manner, but often kills a few hours in an interesting way.
I happen to live in a town with a major seaport (Wilmington, NC) and you can go down to the ports and watch the various companies' tanker trucks filling up from the same large holding tanks. So while they may or may not be screwing people on the octane thing, the whole branding of gasoline concept is apparently bullshit.
I've been noticing a lot of that type of dynamic keyword spamming lately, and it is truly maddening.
However, I just have to add [in an off-topic sort of way] that although I initially railed against its use at my workplace, Gotomypc really does rock in certain situations. In fact I'm only here on a Sunday morning so I can remotely handle some database work for a class we're teaching three hours away... via a dialup connection!
I don't have time to google for documentation right now, but I've always heard that this was actually a payoff for getting caught pilfering NeXT code for use in the NT kernel, but by the time the case was settled, Apple had bought NeXT (or vice versa, depending on your religious denomination).
And hasn't IE already vanished from the 10.3 install? It's certainly not present in *my* 10.3 install, but I don't remember if I had to remove it myself.
Throughout this whole debacle I've been constantly reminded of the old Klingon Programmer bit, specifically:
What is this talk of "Release"? Klingons do not make software "releases". Our software "escapes", leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
It's all about playing the odds. You can either A) accept that your behavior is needlessly increasing the chance of death and/or dismemberment for you, your passengers, and, worst of all, some random innocent bystander(s), or 2) attempt to refute that alcohol impairs one's driving ability. Which of those seems more reasonable to you?
Or maybe you just work out alternate transportation when you're out drinking. I know, I know, radical idea and all, but recent advances in theoretical physics indicate it just may be possible.
Sounds like I've figured out your problem... if you drive drunk, you're a selfish fucking asshat. Give me one good reason others should have their risk of dying significantly increased just so you can have a drink or two. Yes, just one good reason. There isn't one.
You people need to realize that neither drinking nor driving is an actual necessity. Personally, I do both. If I drink at home, there's no problem. If I drink at a bar or restaurant, I can walk home, I can take a cab, or a friend can drive me home. What part of that is so damn tough for you people to understand?
Many thousands of people die every year because some monkey juggler such as yourself decided "I'm such a skilled vehicle operator that I can do it safely even while intoxicated. My reflexes are so god-like that I need not be subject to the same rules as the common man."
So as long as I've earned myself a -1, Flamebait, I'll leave you with this: may a random family member of yours die in the street like a mangy dog in the middle of the night. It's a little thing we like to call 'karma.'
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Chernobyl: fewer than 100 deaths to date; fewer than 1500 known attributable radiation-related illnesses. Potential premature deaths due to excess radiation exposure estimated to be 3000, but we'll have to wait and see.
Over 2,000 workers were brought to Chernobyl to bury the reactor core in concrete. Over 95% of them were dead within a week.
Before hitting submit I did a quick Google search to confirm this info that I recalled from a documentary I saw last year, and this source claims "5,000 relief workers died from injuries putting out fires and sealing the reactor"
MS would not like to be seen as a copycat company...
You're new here, aren't you?
Will you also require Apple and the Linux distros to strip out Apache, OpenOffice, Sendmail, etc, from their boxed product?
If Apple (or Redhat, etc.) were a monopoly, then yes. Actual monopolies (especially once they've been found to have abused said monopoly) have a whole 'nother set of rules they must abide by.
Anyone else reminded of that old Tom Lehrer song, We Will All Go Together When We Go?
No, just me? Okay, nevermind then.
Unfortunately, this AC is largely correct. I've done a small amount of fire training, and the guy leading the session was spraying kerosene like some Tim Allen "More POWER!!!" disciple.
But on the other hand, if you ever get to use a Monitor Gun to fight a fire at a chemical plant, it's one hell of a cool toy.
I love the .sig. Somewhat similar to what I posted recently in someone's journal.
I have been hooked for about five years on GE Grow-n-Show bulbs. They're available as a standard light bulb form factor and as a flood-light. They're very purple when not lit, but the light they put out is a beautifully pure white approximating sunlight. Everything viewed under them just looks unnaturally crisp, and of course the plants love 'em. Also, you can stare right into the bulb and read the wattage rating printed on it without feeling like you're staring at the sun.
I think they may have dropped the Grow-n-Show name recently (probably felt that it was attracting narco-terrorists or some such) but the packaging is the same. They cost almost twice what normal 'soft white' bulbs do, and I think they only last half as long, but they're still an incredible bargain in my book.
I happen to recall noticing that the weekend Code Red originally hit, the activity light on my modem started going nuts. I figured it would die down in a few days... it's been what, 2+ years? I still get hit by Code Red and Nimda on a daily basis. I keep a translucent green-on-black terminal window running over my desktop, so the clueless Windows users provide me with a cheap-n-cheezy Matrix-esque effect.
I've been casting about for something pithy to replace "There is no spoon" as the error message when one of our Lab machines fails to see the server... I think you can color me inspired as well.
Find me a SINGLE *nix resource that can even come CLOSE to matching the depth of the MSDN library.
Google.
I'm one of them (mostly reformed) Mac evangelists. I feel that Apple has *some* moral high ground over MS, but I'm realistic about it. If they controlled 95% of the market, they would maybe not be quite as evil as MS, but it would still be a bad thing.
I firmly believe that the world would be a better place if no one company utterly dominated such an important industry. If, for instance, Linux, Mac OS and Windows each held about a third of the market, imagine what competition would be like. Right now Apple and Linux bust their asses to be as compatible as possible with Windows, and Microsoft invests a *significant* portion of their development effort to thwart interoperability. Imagine the benefits for consumers if MS suddenly had strong motivation to make their toys play well with others.
</daydream>
I keep thinking something along these lines. Diebold & Friends keep complaining that various things We The People demand would hurt their profits, and I keep wondering why it is they assume a right to any profits at all in this matter. This is obviously a very important function of our democracy. If you wanna step in and try to make a profit, okay. Do it right, and if you can make your money back and then some, fine. But if you can't turn a profit doing it right, then either take a loss in the process of helping your fellow man, or get the fuck out of that sector. You don't get to redefine the basic need; you can either do it or you can't.
Seems nobody in the right places wants to ask that question.
I don't have that problem quite as much with the web itself, but definitely with music. Same problem, different domain. How does one find what one does not know to look for, but is desparately searching for?
Another poster mentioned using '-related:foo.bar' in google, I didn't know about that. Sometimes I use google to see who's linking to stuff I like. That rarely works in the intended manner, but often kills a few hours in an interesting way.
I happen to live in a town with a major seaport (Wilmington, NC) and you can go down to the ports and watch the various companies' tanker trucks filling up from the same large holding tanks. So while they may or may not be screwing people on the octane thing, the whole branding of gasoline concept is apparently bullshit.
Considering that story, nice .sig ya got there.
I've been noticing a lot of that type of dynamic keyword spamming lately, and it is truly maddening.
However, I just have to add [in an off-topic sort of way] that although I initially railed against its use at my workplace, Gotomypc really does rock in certain situations. In fact I'm only here on a Sunday morning so I can remotely handle some database work for a class we're teaching three hours away... via a dialup connection!
Yeah, really. Somebody get him a job with the Congressional Backronym Committee.
They seem to be cranking 'em out at a prodigious rate these days, they must be hiring.
I don't have time to google for documentation right now, but I've always heard that this was actually a payoff for getting caught pilfering NeXT code for use in the NT kernel, but by the time the case was settled, Apple had bought NeXT (or vice versa, depending on your religious denomination).
And hasn't IE already vanished from the 10.3 install? It's certainly not present in *my* 10.3 install, but I don't remember if I had to remove it myself.
Got you to agree with which?
Well, yeah. Duh.
Throughout this whole debacle I've been constantly reminded of the old Klingon Programmer bit, specifically:
What is this talk of "Release"? Klingons do not make software "releases". Our software "escapes", leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
And I'd say that's exactly the problem.
It's all about playing the odds. You can either A) accept that your behavior is needlessly increasing the chance of death and/or dismemberment for you, your passengers, and, worst of all, some random innocent bystander(s), or 2) attempt to refute that alcohol impairs one's driving ability. Which of those seems more reasonable to you?
Or maybe you just work out alternate transportation when you're out drinking. I know, I know, radical idea and all, but recent advances in theoretical physics indicate it just may be possible.
Sounds like I've figured out your problem... if you drive drunk, you're a selfish fucking asshat. Give me one good reason others should have their risk of dying significantly increased just so you can have a drink or two. Yes, just one good reason. There isn't one.
You people need to realize that neither drinking nor driving is an actual necessity. Personally, I do both. If I drink at home, there's no problem. If I drink at a bar or restaurant, I can walk home, I can take a cab, or a friend can drive me home. What part of that is so damn tough for you people to understand?
Many thousands of people die every year because some monkey juggler such as yourself decided "I'm such a skilled vehicle operator that I can do it safely even while intoxicated. My reflexes are so god-like that I need not be subject to the same rules as the common man."
So as long as I've earned myself a -1, Flamebait, I'll leave you with this: may a random family member of yours die in the street like a mangy dog in the middle of the night. It's a little thing we like to call 'karma.'