Solar processes are automatically exempt from any quibbles over land usage
Land usage... You mean like Bagger 288 eating whole towns at a time, and fuck the residents because MINERAL RIGHTS, BITCH?
maintenance requirements
Yeah, hosing those bad-boys off and giving 'em a quick wipe a couple times a year really ruins 15 minutes on a nice weekend.
useful life
You've got me there. Power plants just run for decades without having any major components replaced on a regular basis. Meanwhile, the bearings and toxic particulate filters on my solar panels barely last a year at a time!
or carbon generated by mining and manufacturing.
Did you actually manage to write that last bit with a straight face? You realize coal doesn't come from free-range unicorn shit, right?
"About to"? What is this some kind of Duke Nukem thingy?
Google doesn't exactly have a reputation for vaporware announcements... More like the exact opposite - They release fairly mature services at the drop of a hat. And sure, many of those fail, but enough don't that we've come to take Google for granted as just shy of "infrastructure" in terms of their importance to the proper functioning of the internet.
and because all of the U.S. talent that they would have potentially hired to do outsourced work for various companies was locked up in companies like Disney.
Okay - So now that all that talent formerly "locked up" at Disney has entered the job market, the company to which Disney outsourced its IT department now has qualified domestic workers available and no longer has any excuse to hire H1Bs.
Funny how many people said basically the same thing, but you win the "snarkiest while not an AC", so I'll respond to you.
What's the other component, apart from wind, that keeps a sailboat on course?
What's the other component, apart from its own thrust, that keeps a spacecraft on course? I'll give you a hint: Everything in the solar system moves in a great big ellipse around the biggest source of it in our system.
What are you going to push against? Physics fail.
You can "push" (or maybe in this case "pull" makes a better choice of words) against the Sun's gravity from anywhere in the solar system. I'll consider my physics grade corrected, thanks.
If the new owners of Slashdot really want to improve this site (and I have seen no evidence that they do), a good first step would be stop linking to stories that are paywalled, or that prohibit adblockers.M
Why would a largely ad-sponsored site want to help people seeking to block ads? I appreciate that Slashdot hasn't done the same - Yet - But I sure as hell don't expect them to help me avoid ads at other sites.
No, not enough. How about not committing war crimes by bulldozing civilian neighborhoods in the first place?
Oh, but the US does a dead-on strike on a militarized bunker and a brick accidentally flies 150 yards to hit a hospital window, and you have the whole UN damning us.
You actually *do* need most of it. An unconstrained small explosion makes a nice flash, but doesn't do any real damage.
Think "M80 on your open hand " vs "M80 squeezed tightly in your fist". The former you mostly notice for the noise; the latter you mostly notice from needing to collect your fingers off the ground.
Microsoft has the resources to reverse engineer Apple's protections and come up with a version of Windows that would run on iHardware. If Billy G wants to suck Uncle Sam's dick so badly, he should pony up and get on his knees!
It's no worse than Raiders of the Lost Ark yet many people consider that to be one of their favorite Atari games
Having had both in their heyday, RotLA counted as a far, far better game.
That said, I wouldn't call ET the worst game ever. It had wonky collision detection, but you could quickly figure it out and adjust accordingly. Not a great game by any stretch, but not as awful as most people say.
I note, interestingly, that another commenter mentioned that you really needed to read the manual to "get" it - And that may well explain why I didn't hate it. The nearest Atari-carrying store to where I lived as a kid required an hour's ride, so by the time I got home, I would have eagerly absorbed every scrap of information available in the box.
Strip it down, put a hand grenade on it fly it into a cafe
An M67 grenade weighs 400 grams. A Syma X5 can lift 150-200g (depending on whose numbers you trust, the manufacturer or owners actually trying to use it).
It isn't much more complicated than strapping explosives to them.
"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."
Drones can be easily used as weapons against civilian targets.
No, no they couldn't. They can, however, provide effective reconnaissance, possibly giving the inmates a fair chance to avoid approaching Israeli Caterpillars-of-mass-destruction. I mean, can you imagine the treat to Israeli citizens, if Palestinian women and children manage to escape before having their houses crushed in a pre-dawn raid?
Microsoft and Google also have the resources to reverse engineer any protections in place, write a version of Windows/Android for iDevices, and help the FBI out. Why not serve them with a writ to provide the same information?
Oh, right, because slavery is fucking illegal in the US. Of course, that applies just as well to Apple.
"Slavery", you say? Tell me, how do you define "forced to work against your will for no pay?"
Why do people hate SwaB links? They usually have pretty good science content written in a way that most people can readily understand.
No, not exactly an academic journal, and yeah, fuck Forbes, but I don't think it realistic to expect Slashdot (or any mostly ad supported site) to blacklist another site just because they use an anti-adblocker.
So, other than the standard "we just love to bitch", why all the hate?
And this, despite all the FUD in this thread, amounts to what the judge wants Apple to get around.
Considering Apple implemented this purely in software (since it applies even to pre-iOS8 phones upgraded to that version), they don't have their encryption baked into tamper-resistant hardware. Satisfying this request, therefore, amounts to "clone the phone's encrypted contents and run it in an emulator; each time it self-destructs, restart the emulator".
Lots of folks throwing around BS about cracking RSA keys and hardware wipes in this thread. No. Realistically, it should take under a second to try all four-digit codes, and just a few minutes even if they used a "highly secure" 8-digit code. The FBI doesn't count as that stupid, they just need access to Apple's Holy ICE.
...Almost like we have a system that considers people guilty until proven innocent. Huh, imagine that - If only we had some sort of rules against that!
Or just wait an hour or two for AdBlock's anti-AdBlock killer list to re-fix their site.
The advertisers need to understand that they really can't win this war - Even if it eventually comes down to letting every single ad and craptastic script on a page run in an invisible sandbox just to pass all their tests, we still won't watch the damned ads.
Find a revenue model that doesn't depend on pissing off your customers, or you deserve to go out of business. Really that simple.
I'd expect drivers are slowing down because the road is less safe without the lines
You've just described virtually all "traffic-calming" techniques, in a nutshell.
Let's make roads narrower; let's add more curves to reduce visibility; let's have tall plants grow right up to the pavement so you can't see the deer; let's add random obstacles like rotaries-without-intersections; and now, let's take away the lines that let people know where and how many lanes exist!
All these will make traffic slow down, because they all make the road substantially more dangerous. You really want to make the road safer? 100% divided, with 100% gated fencing to keep kids and wildlife from wandering into the road. The rest of this just amounts to games, by nannies desperate to pretend that the real problem has anything to do with "speed".
On the bright side, this suggestion at least does have one positive side-effect, no doubt totally unintentional: without lines, Everywhere becomes a passing zone.
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Solar processes are automatically exempt from any quibbles over land usage
Land usage... You mean like Bagger 288 eating whole towns at a time, and fuck the residents because MINERAL RIGHTS, BITCH?
maintenance requirements
Yeah, hosing those bad-boys off and giving 'em a quick wipe a couple times a year really ruins 15 minutes on a nice weekend.
useful life
You've got me there. Power plants just run for decades without having any major components replaced on a regular basis. Meanwhile, the bearings and toxic particulate filters on my solar panels barely last a year at a time!
or carbon generated by mining and manufacturing.
Did you actually manage to write that last bit with a straight face? You realize coal doesn't come from free-range unicorn shit, right?
"About to"? What is this some kind of Duke Nukem thingy?
Google doesn't exactly have a reputation for vaporware announcements... More like the exact opposite - They release fairly mature services at the drop of a hat. And sure, many of those fail, but enough don't that we've come to take Google for granted as just shy of "infrastructure" in terms of their importance to the proper functioning of the internet.
D'oh! Make that last one "TROLL". Stupid lack of an edit function on Slashdot!
THINK
Thine
Chine
Chile
Chill
Shill
Swill
Twill
Trill
TRILL
and because all of the U.S. talent that they would have potentially hired to do outsourced work for various companies was locked up in companies like Disney.
Okay - So now that all that talent formerly "locked up" at Disney has entered the job market, the company to which Disney outsourced its IT department now has qualified domestic workers available and no longer has any excuse to hire H1Bs.
It's really not that hard to understand.
Cue the lawsuits regarding disrespecting grand jury confidentiality
How does this in any way relate to grand jury confidentiality?
Funny how many people said basically the same thing, but you win the "snarkiest while not an AC", so I'll respond to you.
What's the other component, apart from wind, that keeps a sailboat on course?
What's the other component, apart from its own thrust, that keeps a spacecraft on course? I'll give you a hint: Everything in the solar system moves in a great big ellipse around the biggest source of it in our system.
What are you going to push against? Physics fail.
You can "push" (or maybe in this case "pull" makes a better choice of words) against the Sun's gravity from anywhere in the solar system. I'll consider my physics grade corrected, thanks.
Light sails don't work just one-way. Wind-based sailors have known for millennia how to tack into the wind; the same basic idea works for light.
If the new owners of Slashdot really want to improve this site (and I have seen no evidence that they do), a good first step would be stop linking to stories that are paywalled, or that prohibit adblockers.M
Why would a largely ad-sponsored site want to help people seeking to block ads? I appreciate that Slashdot hasn't done the same - Yet - But I sure as hell don't expect them to help me avoid ads at other sites.
No, not enough. How about not committing war crimes by bulldozing civilian neighborhoods in the first place?
Oh, but the US does a dead-on strike on a militarized bunker and a brick accidentally flies 150 yards to hit a hospital window, and you have the whole UN damning us.
You actually *do* need most of it. An unconstrained small explosion makes a nice flash, but doesn't do any real damage.
Think "M80 on your open hand " vs "M80 squeezed tightly in your fist". The former you mostly notice for the noise; the latter you mostly notice from needing to collect your fingers off the ground.
Microsoft has the resources to reverse engineer Apple's protections and come up with a version of Windows that would run on iHardware. If Billy G wants to suck Uncle Sam's dick so badly, he should pony up and get on his knees!
It's no worse than Raiders of the Lost Ark yet many people consider that to be one of their favorite Atari games
Having had both in their heyday, RotLA counted as a far, far better game.
That said, I wouldn't call ET the worst game ever. It had wonky collision detection, but you could quickly figure it out and adjust accordingly. Not a great game by any stretch, but not as awful as most people say.
I note, interestingly, that another commenter mentioned that you really needed to read the manual to "get" it - And that may well explain why I didn't hate it. The nearest Atari-carrying store to where I lived as a kid required an hour's ride, so by the time I got home, I would have eagerly absorbed every scrap of information available in the box.
Strip it down, put a hand grenade on it fly it into a cafe
An M67 grenade weighs 400 grams. A Syma X5 can lift 150-200g (depending on whose numbers you trust, the manufacturer or owners actually trying to use it).
It isn't much more complicated than strapping explosives to them.
"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."
Drones can be easily used as weapons against civilian targets.
No, no they couldn't. They can, however, provide effective reconnaissance, possibly giving the inmates a fair chance to avoid approaching Israeli Caterpillars-of-mass-destruction. I mean, can you imagine the treat to Israeli citizens, if Palestinian women and children manage to escape before having their houses crushed in a pre-dawn raid?
Microsoft and Google also have the resources to reverse engineer any protections in place, write a version of Windows/Android for iDevices, and help the FBI out. Why not serve them with a writ to provide the same information?
Oh, right, because slavery is fucking illegal in the US. Of course, that applies just as well to Apple.
"Slavery", you say? Tell me, how do you define "forced to work against your will for no pay?"
Why do people hate SwaB links? They usually have pretty good science content written in a way that most people can readily understand.
No, not exactly an academic journal, and yeah, fuck Forbes, but I don't think it realistic to expect Slashdot (or any mostly ad supported site) to blacklist another site just because they use an anti-adblocker.
So, other than the standard "we just love to bitch", why all the hate?
and for VERY good reasons... channel 14 is bad.
What? Best channel on the list, it virtually never sees any contention from countless annoying wifi-enabled phones/tablets/laptops passing by!
Just tell your router you live in Japan (and pray it doesn't have the interface localized), and bam, good to go!
And this, despite all the FUD in this thread, amounts to what the judge wants Apple to get around.
Considering Apple implemented this purely in software (since it applies even to pre-iOS8 phones upgraded to that version), they don't have their encryption baked into tamper-resistant hardware. Satisfying this request, therefore, amounts to "clone the phone's encrypted contents and run it in an emulator; each time it self-destructs, restart the emulator".
Lots of folks throwing around BS about cracking RSA keys and hardware wipes in this thread. No. Realistically, it should take under a second to try all four-digit codes, and just a few minutes even if they used a "highly secure" 8-digit code. The FBI doesn't count as that stupid, they just need access to Apple's Holy ICE.
...Almost like we have a system that considers people guilty until proven innocent. Huh, imagine that - If only we had some sort of rules against that!
you can call yourself anything you want but not a "customer"
True, but neither can the most loyal, fully ad-watching subscriber - They count as the product, not the "customer".
Or just wait an hour or two for AdBlock's anti-AdBlock killer list to re-fix their site.
The advertisers need to understand that they really can't win this war - Even if it eventually comes down to letting every single ad and craptastic script on a page run in an invisible sandbox just to pass all their tests, we still won't watch the damned ads.
Find a revenue model that doesn't depend on pissing off your customers, or you deserve to go out of business. Really that simple.
as someone that has went off the road into a ditch, it is not gentle in any way.
:)
As someone who has hit a tree, "only" going into the ditch beats that by a looong shot.
I'd expect drivers are slowing down because the road is less safe without the lines
.
You've just described virtually all "traffic-calming" techniques, in a nutshell.
Let's make roads narrower; let's add more curves to reduce visibility; let's have tall plants grow right up to the pavement so you can't see the deer; let's add random obstacles like rotaries-without-intersections; and now, let's take away the lines that let people know where and how many lanes exist!
All these will make traffic slow down, because they all make the road substantially more dangerous. You really want to make the road safer? 100% divided, with 100% gated fencing to keep kids and wildlife from wandering into the road. The rest of this just amounts to games, by nannies desperate to pretend that the real problem has anything to do with "speed"
On the bright side, this suggestion at least does have one positive side-effect, no doubt totally unintentional: without lines, Everywhere becomes a passing zone.
Gee, not one, but two companies with waiting lists to buy their luxury cars declined to go out of their way to pamper your spoiled ass?
Notice a pattern here, Stewart?