No argument from me on any of the above, except that it's society's job to determine if a law is just now. No doubt the laws allowing men to beat their wives if they stepped out of line were seen as just at the time as well. There's no absolute morality. We can look back and shake our heads in sadness at the things our ancestors did, but let's not kid ourselves that our descendants won't do exactly the same thing - possibly at some of the very same things we're so proud of ourselves for achieving today. We'd call that a step backward, they'd call it a step forward - but who'd be right?
Let me guess. Considering how scared you are of this possibility, I suppose you're one of the people who believe that the TSA are doing a good job?
Then you suppose incorrectly. Also, what possibility is it that you suppose I'm scared of? The possibility that no-one can claim the moral high ground on all of the world's problems with a clever quote?
That hardly means that everyone who thinks a law is unjust is right, does it? There are people in this world who think it should be perfectly acceptable to have a sexual relationship with a child, or to hunt down small furry animals while sitting on the back of big furry animals and watch them get ripped apart by other small furry animals.
An item yet unmentioned at the time I post this, is SSD lifetime. The are finite, you know, and probably a lot more finite than a well-protected HDD.
Have you looked up the numbers? Last time I checked, it was something ridiculous on the order of reading and writing to the entire drive constantly for a year before you were likely to see any errors.
Nowadays with shady outfits jumping onto the SSD bandwagon, we'll see really crappy devices made from rejected storage chips hitting the markets, which will fail prematurely and give the technology a bad rep.
Did we see the same thing with hard drives? If not, why not, and if so, did we cope okay?
What are the implications of Google blocking the film? Probably not that great if it's already on one of the other kajillion-and-one media sharing sites or being personally hosted by anyone with a vested interest in riling up one side or the other.
I'd say the meter is the more arbitrary of the two, since the second is at least based on the duration of the Earth's orbit. I'd like a meter defined as the time light travels in 1/300,000,000 of a second, and an AU as 150,000,000,000m. Mmmm, lovely round numbers - what could possibly go wrong?
Just because you think you can drive faster safely (though faster is never safer or as safe except in special circumstances), doesn't mean that a) it's true or b) that it'd be a good thing for everyone if the limit was increased. If a council has decreased a speed limit for purely financial reasons, which (and call me a hippy if you like) I doubt happens very often at all, then it's still the stupid driver's fault if they get a ticket.
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Since the images only take up 5.52mb, I'd say it should be okay (if implemented well).
Good for you, champ.
See, if you'd just ignored the troll and left him alone to be modded down, I'd never have known he'd posted. Likewise, those who modded you up.
No argument from me on any of the above, except that it's society's job to determine if a law is just now. No doubt the laws allowing men to beat their wives if they stepped out of line were seen as just at the time as well. There's no absolute morality. We can look back and shake our heads in sadness at the things our ancestors did, but let's not kid ourselves that our descendants won't do exactly the same thing - possibly at some of the very same things we're so proud of ourselves for achieving today. We'd call that a step backward, they'd call it a step forward - but who'd be right?
Let me guess. Considering how scared you are of this possibility, I suppose you're one of the people who believe that the TSA are doing a good job?
Then you suppose incorrectly. Also, what possibility is it that you suppose I'm scared of? The possibility that no-one can claim the moral high ground on all of the world's problems with a clever quote?
Mrs Branson not so keen.
That hardly means that everyone who thinks a law is unjust is right, does it? There are people in this world who think it should be perfectly acceptable to have a sexual relationship with a child, or to hunt down small furry animals while sitting on the back of big furry animals and watch them get ripped apart by other small furry animals.
"If a law is unjust
And luckily everyone always agrees on which laws are just or unjust, and nothing can possibly go wrong.
Will it have a flat top so I can put stuff on top of it?
It seems like all they proved is that distraction is not good. (Well done, Captain Obvious.) That's not testing effectiveness of multitasking.
Yeah, but now we know it's between 10% and 30% distracting! And now we know that, we can... um... ooh, shiny thing, brb.
+1 Smug.
please let this drop diamond prices down to what they should be
And what price should they be?
An item yet unmentioned at the time I post this, is SSD lifetime. The are finite, you know, and probably a lot more finite than a well-protected HDD.
Have you looked up the numbers? Last time I checked, it was something ridiculous on the order of reading and writing to the entire drive constantly for a year before you were likely to see any errors.
Nowadays with shady outfits jumping onto the SSD bandwagon, we'll see really crappy devices made from rejected storage chips hitting the markets, which will fail prematurely and give the technology a bad rep.
Did we see the same thing with hard drives? If not, why not, and if so, did we cope okay?
You decided to link to explanations of touch-tones and buffer overflows? On Slashdot? Really?
That is how hypertext is supposed to work, y'know. No-one forces you to click a link if you don't want any more information.
...Homer Simpson!
I actually want to mod myself down for that one.
[Zap]
Fry: Ow! My sperm!
Bender: Wow! Neat! Mind if I try that again?
[Zap]
Fry: Huh, didn't hurt that time.
They are absolute prices
So it's agreed!
A relative price is a ratio of two prices.
second is at least based on the duration of the Earth's orbit
No it isn't.
I did say "based on" instead of "defined by".
What are the implications of Google blocking the film? Probably not that great if it's already on one of the other kajillion-and-one media sharing sites or being personally hosted by anyone with a vested interest in riling up one side or the other.
They really have no need of money, anyway.
You haven't met many corporations, have you? ;)
I wish I could, but I can't. What's E.T. short for?
I'd say the meter is the more arbitrary of the two, since the second is at least based on the duration of the Earth's orbit. I'd like a meter defined as the time light travels in 1/300,000,000 of a second, and an AU as 150,000,000,000m. Mmmm, lovely round numbers - what could possibly go wrong?
Just because you think you can drive faster safely (though faster is never safer or as safe except in special circumstances), doesn't mean that a) it's true or b) that it'd be a good thing for everyone if the limit was increased. If a council has decreased a speed limit for purely financial reasons, which (and call me a hippy if you like) I doubt happens very often at all, then it's still the stupid driver's fault if they get a ticket.
People from Dubai don't like The Flintstones, but those from Abu Dhabi do.
PS Should have said this in the post above, but if anyone mods the GP down, feel free to mod my posts down too so even less people see this.