oil is a commodity sold on the open market. If Saudi production goes down that is less on the market. and prices go up. Just because we are producing it, doesn't mean we don't pay for it.
Im not sure about the Fairbanks airport, but IAH, you can't see the runway from outside the terminal and I'm sure if you get too close to the 10 ft. chain link fence with privacy barriers topped with barbed wire, you will be detained until you're severely questioned and probed thoroughly.
Math is a language of its own. putting the equation in an article is fine as long as its something that would be understood. We use words from other languages all the time in English,
I don't agree with BB, until recently it was the corporate smart phone, until they realized they could save $100/phone/month by using anything EXCEPT BB.
I have been all over the world for work. go here, fix that, why aren't you working on your day job? kind of travel.
have fun with that. by the time you've seen the sights all day, drank at the pub all night, and found a quiet place to sleep it off, you'll be doing it again.
my biggest problem was finding a balance. 8 to 10 hours onsite, then go back to the hotel for a drink to answer emails for a couple hours, make phone calls, eat, then home gets to work so they are emailing and needing this or that. you end up with another 9 hours with them trying to do your day job.
"low income"/"under privlaged"/"didn't bother to pay attention in HS" student pays for a years worth of classes that dont go on their record so they can be up to the level they should be to enter college.
I've gone thru a few managers in the engineering field.
the worst ones are the managers that get too bogged down in the details and don't trust their subject matter experts. The best know to let the people they hired do what they were hired to do and provide an opportunity to expand what they do best.
Managers need to know just enough on a subject to know when they are being bullshitted. Other than that, all a manager is good for is signing vacation requests and approving expenses.
As far as training managers, put together a presentation of what you're doing, why your doing it, two or three options for other ways to do it. the benefits to each option, and have a meeting on it. Smaller companies seem to be a bit tighter on money for somethings, other times not so bad. as long as there is a benefit. Everyone runs an ERP of some sorts whether its SAP, or Excel. They have to have a way of planning and tracking what is being done.
I read Mechanical Engineering magazine from ASME. By read I mean I flip thru it, read the headlines and maybe the first few lines of text. if it hasn't gotten my attention by then, I move on then toss it.
I get a couple other engineering magazines that I read one regular section out of and toss it.
That is a good strategy, but, unfortunately, many of us using business computers (issued laptops, etc) don't have that kind of control over the update policy.
or better yet, windows update is disabled. We only get updated when out IT department deems it necessary.
Seriously. If this clown thinks that switching on multiple charging stations at once can cripple a grid he needs a course in basic electric system installation. This guy is just hyping up a non existent problem and turning it into "OMG terrorist hackers will cripple our country!" FUD. Its silly attention seeking.
Example:
If you had 10 chargers in a parking lot, each charger would have its own internal circuit breaker and the entire branch circuit that powers them all also must have a circuit breaker. Lets say the branch circuit can only support a maximum of 5 chargers at full power or a mix of low/high charge levels for all 10. If some "hacker" turned them all on at once guess what happens? The branch circuit breaker trips, problem solved. Even if there were 100 chargers, a breaker will trip and again problem solved.
its possible.
We blow up a transformer somewhere in the neighborhood atleast once a summer. LA went thru rolling blackouts the last few years.
Take system that is pushed to the max, everyone gets home at 1730hr and plugs in their car, BOOM. your in the dark till about 2000 hr waiting on the power company to go change a transformer. larger cities, better planned neighborhoods have multiple feeds and larger transformers.
one thing I do think he missed is ohms law. sure, you can turn one on or off remotely, but turning one on while not plugged in doesn't draw much power. Just enough to run the circuitry. not enough to blow the grid up.
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I will welcome our rodent overlords as our saviors from the robot overlords mentioned earlier this week.
some poor martian is trying to figure out how to snatch his breakfast without the camera seeing him...
oil is a commodity sold on the open market. If Saudi production goes down that is less on the market. and prices go up. Just because we are producing it, doesn't mean we don't pay for it.
Im not sure about the Fairbanks airport, but IAH, you can't see the runway from outside the terminal and I'm sure if you get too close to the 10 ft. chain link fence with privacy barriers topped with barbed wire, you will be detained until you're severely questioned and probed thoroughly.
since the Brits drive on the wrong side of the road, and the lens is by the right eye, it might cause a block to peripheral.
I for one welcome Zoidburg...
Math is a language of its own. putting the equation in an article is fine as long as its something that would be understood. We use words from other languages all the time in English,
The slingatron 5000 sounds better.
I don't agree with BB, until recently it was the corporate smart phone, until they realized they could save $100/phone/month by using anything EXCEPT BB.
We return to the '80 when every one walked around with giant boom boxes on their shoulder. The difference is we will now be carrying cell phones.
should, but the officials personal contact details, perhaps not.
I run my monitors a bit brighter to cut that problem. The only time I've noticed flicker is running at minimal brightness.
20 cops with 20 cameras, then you've got an argument against the department if 20 cameras fail.
You should atleast get audio from others along with video from other cops involved in beating your ass.
couple years later took a Pascal class then a C++ class.
outside of those it was necessity. I'm doing the same calculation repeatedly, I'll pull together a bit of code to automate the routine.
lately, my programming has been on PLCs
have fun with that. by the time you've seen the sights all day, drank at the pub all night, and found a quiet place to sleep it off, you'll be doing it again.
my biggest problem was finding a balance. 8 to 10 hours onsite, then go back to the hotel for a drink to answer emails for a couple hours, make phone calls, eat, then home gets to work so they are emailing and needing this or that. you end up with another 9 hours with them trying to do your day job.
now sleep.
I thought we used /. so we didn't have to read the article. someone posts a story, a brief exert and we move on.
What safe guards are there to prevent MY firearm from being "mistakenly" deactivated?
Who would have access to deactivate my firearm?
Would the system be EMP rugged?
Typical legislation, lets require it then figure out the details, cost, and implementation later.
Stop confusing peoples feel good stories with facts...
"low income"/"under privlaged"/"didn't bother to pay attention in HS" student pays for a years worth of classes that dont go on their record so they can be up to the level they should be to enter college.
colleges yet again, lowering their standards.
the worst ones are the managers that get too bogged down in the details and don't trust their subject matter experts. The best know to let the people they hired do what they were hired to do and provide an opportunity to expand what they do best.
Managers need to know just enough on a subject to know when they are being bullshitted. Other than that, all a manager is good for is signing vacation requests and approving expenses.
As far as training managers, put together a presentation of what you're doing, why your doing it, two or three options for other ways to do it. the benefits to each option, and have a meeting on it. Smaller companies seem to be a bit tighter on money for somethings, other times not so bad. as long as there is a benefit. Everyone runs an ERP of some sorts whether its SAP, or Excel. They have to have a way of planning and tracking what is being done.
I read Mechanical Engineering magazine from ASME. By read I mean I flip thru it, read the headlines and maybe the first few lines of text. if it hasn't gotten my attention by then, I move on then toss it. I get a couple other engineering magazines that I read one regular section out of and toss it.
but can you record your own AND watch someone else at the same time, hands free...
That is a good strategy, but, unfortunately, many of us using business computers (issued laptops, etc) don't have that kind of control over the update policy.
or better yet, windows update is disabled. We only get updated when out IT department deems it necessary.
Seriously. If this clown thinks that switching on multiple charging stations at once can cripple a grid he needs a course in basic electric system installation. This guy is just hyping up a non existent problem and turning it into "OMG terrorist hackers will cripple our country!" FUD. Its silly attention seeking.
Example: If you had 10 chargers in a parking lot, each charger would have its own internal circuit breaker and the entire branch circuit that powers them all also must have a circuit breaker. Lets say the branch circuit can only support a maximum of 5 chargers at full power or a mix of low/high charge levels for all 10. If some "hacker" turned them all on at once guess what happens? The branch circuit breaker trips, problem solved. Even if there were 100 chargers, a breaker will trip and again problem solved.
its possible.
We blow up a transformer somewhere in the neighborhood atleast once a summer. LA went thru rolling blackouts the last few years.
Take system that is pushed to the max, everyone gets home at 1730hr and plugs in their car, BOOM. your in the dark till about 2000 hr waiting on the power company to go change a transformer. larger cities, better planned neighborhoods have multiple feeds and larger transformers.
one thing I do think he missed is ohms law. sure, you can turn one on or off remotely, but turning one on while not plugged in doesn't draw much power. Just enough to run the circuitry. not enough to blow the grid up.
Never stand between a hungry Marine and a food source.
or something that might be mistaken as a food source...
better yet, just don't stand in the way of a Marine. You might become a food source.