The cop who signed off on this ticket is obviously not doing his job. This should at least be fraud, if not something more serious. Of course, there's no chance of the thug with a badge getting any sort of charges laid against him. There is no justice in the US.
Not fraud. Perjury. The cop is basically swearing that he witnessed the accused committing the act of speeding, and it is quite obvious that he did not. He lied to the court, in a round about way.
I just did the math. My son is 43.75% white (UK ancestry), 6.25% Mohawk, and 50% Chinese. How would Virginia deal with him? Maybe it's a good thing we live in Canada...
The free storage space on the Surface is ~20GB according to the Microsoft Test Manager for Surface RT. That apparently includes Office and "bunch of apps" so we won't really know how much storage space Windows 8 occupies by itself until the reviews come out. Regardless, it is clear that they couldn't ship a 16GB version because of the storage requirements of Windows 8.
iOS 6 on an iPad uses roughly 2.5GB. iWork (Numbers, Keynote, Pages) is roughly 1GB. Let's say it's 4GB including some overhead. So that's roughly 28GB of free storage on an iPad.
So somewhere up to 8GB of difference in system overhead of storage space, which is up to 25% of the entire device.
Well, until we know how much space that "bunch of apps" is taking up, this is a useless argument.
Is there yet a way to tell at time of purchase whether a CFL bulb is going to warm up in an acceptable time?
I'm assured that bulbs exist that reach a decent brightness in under 10 seconds, but I have yet to manage to buy one.
I've had good luck with the Philips Warm White CFL bulbs. They have a colour that is almost exactly the same as incandescant (I can't tell the difference by looking at them) and they turn on to full brightness instantly. Literally a small fraction of a second, with no flickering at all.
...QWERTY is a HORRIBLE layout and was designed to BE horrible, to slow down typists writing on mechanical typewriters.
From Wikipedia: "A popular myth is that QWERTY was designed to "slow down" typists though this is incorrect – it was designed to prevent jams while typing at speed, allowing typists to type faster."
That is irrelevant to the conversation. I'm not trying to argue the relative merits of different laws. Armed robbery is a bigger hazard than speeding, does that make speeding irrelevant?
All I'm saying is that in many jurisdictions around the world, this law is on the books. If you don't think breaking this law is a big deal, that's fine, you're allowed to have an opinion. Doesn't change the facts though. And it won't get you out of a ticket either
While that is very noble and accommodating of you, it doesn't change the fact that the person driving in the passing lane is breaking the law. If they are not in the process of overtaking another vehicle, they should not be in the passing lane.
No, wrong, that can't be argued. If there are no other cars on the road, or even if the lane to your right is empty, you are not passing, and you must by law move to the right. Your speed is completely irrelevant to this particular law.
You have to be overtaking another vehicle to occupy that lane. That's the only thing that matters.
I hope you're not saying that the AC is correct. It is actually a legal requirement that you must not travel in the passing lane if you are not actively passing someone. Going the speed limit is irrelevant. If there is room to move out of the passing lane, you are legally required to do so, and you can get a ticket if you don't. Unfortunately, such tickets are fairly rare.
And yet, the speed limit in the passing lane is the same as the speed limit in the right lane. If I'm going at least the speed limit, I don't give a fuck which lane I'm in or who is behind me.
Who said anything about speed limits? If you're not actively passing someone (or in bumper to bumper traffic), you should not be in the passing lane. Period. Doesn't matter how fast or slow you are going.
In my experience, the single worst vehicle for douchebaggery on the road is the Audi Q7. BMW/Mercedes/Audi drivers in general are pretty bad, but there is no other single model that is as close to 100% d-bag driven as the Q7
People (from within and outside of your network) do not get an "out of office" auto reply if they send an e-mail to you at the time interval selected by scheduled meeting. Do they?
Yeah, he's doing it wrong. In outlook, you use the Out Of Office Assistant to schedule the start and end time of your time out of the office. It can be scheduled down to the minute.
For example, I can set up (in advance if necessary) an out of office autoresponder to start at 1pm on thursday and end at 10:30am the following tuesday.
This is modded funny, but I think it's actually closer to insightful.
Parachutes work pretty well as far as I know. Probably the best system we have when you need to protect something from hitting the ground too hard. The big problem with them is that you need to me heading relatively straight down. Airplanes and helicopters have the problem that they don't fall straight down when an engine fails. Wings and rotors make it go all willy-nilly.
This thing would probably fall straight down, and from the looks of the current mockup, would be easy to attach a parachute to (no moving rotor on top). Also, assuming you have at least one engine left, it could probably be used to help stabilize the decent.
There are already parachute systems for small fixed wing aircraft. Most ultralights have them, and you can even get them on larger personal aircraft up to 7 seats.
As I said in GP post, you have to affirmatively opt in for partners to get info. They do not get it automatically via Apple's TOS.
There's a difference between "application providers" and "partners". Apps need to request permission for location data, but Apple can directly sell that data to anyone they want.
Seriously, I've been running Vista x64 for over a year, and Win7 x64 for a few months, with not a single driver issue. I have 4GB in my desktop, and it's nice to be able to use it all. Even for those with less than 4GB physical RAM, or with all 32 bit apps, there are still some huge advantages to x64 in terms of memory management.
I'm also running "Hyper-V Server" on a homebuilt box with 6GB RAM, and it handles 8-10 VMs without breaking a sweat.
I certainly agree that a professionally produced audio book is worth more than the plain text version, however, that really shouldn't have any bearing at all on this case. Here are some example situations. Tell me if you think each one is infringing on the author's rights:
1. I buy an ebook. I read it to myself. 2. I buy an ebook. I read it aloud to myself. 3. I buy an ebook. I read it aloud to my wife. 4. I buy an ebook. I hand it to my wife. She reads it aloud to me. 5. I buy an ebook. I pay a student a few bucks to read it aloud to me. 6. I buy an ebook. I build an extremely complicated computer/camera device that can read the screen of the device and translate that into synthesized speech. The device reads the book aloud to me. 7. I buy an ebook. I purchase someone else's screen reader device. The device reads the book aloud to me. 8. I buy an ebook. I purchase an ebook reader device that has built in TTS. The device reads the book aloud to me. 9. I buy an ebook from Amazon, and read it on a device I also bought from Amazon that has built in TTS. The device reads the book aloud to me.
So, at what point does this become an infringement? I would argue that it never does.
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The cop who signed off on this ticket is obviously not doing his job. This should at least be fraud, if not something more serious. Of course, there's no chance of the thug with a badge getting any sort of charges laid against him. There is no justice in the US.
Not fraud. Perjury. The cop is basically swearing that he witnessed the accused committing the act of speeding, and it is quite obvious that he did not. He lied to the court, in a round about way.
How would Virginia deal with him?
Send him to a work camp with the rest of the half breeds. And have you and your wife shot for diluting the white race.
Good point. I'll make sure to cross Virginia off the vacation destination list...
I just did the math. My son is 43.75% white (UK ancestry), 6.25% Mohawk, and 50% Chinese. How would Virginia deal with him? Maybe it's a good thing we live in Canada...
http://news.yahoo.com/why-32-gb-microsoft-surface-tablet-more-16-225900065.html
The free storage space on the Surface is ~20GB according to the Microsoft Test Manager for Surface RT. That apparently includes Office and "bunch of apps" so we won't really know how much storage space Windows 8 occupies by itself until the reviews come out. Regardless, it is clear that they couldn't ship a 16GB version because of the storage requirements of Windows 8.
iOS 6 on an iPad uses roughly 2.5GB. iWork (Numbers, Keynote, Pages) is roughly 1GB. Let's say it's 4GB including some overhead. So that's roughly 28GB of free storage on an iPad.
So somewhere up to 8GB of difference in system overhead of storage space, which is up to 25% of the entire device.
Well, until we know how much space that "bunch of apps" is taking up, this is a useless argument.
Way to use facts. Gtfo of /. That's simply not allowed.
Sorry, forgot where I was.
They can probably justify it, but I won't pay it. If they beat the iPad by $100 or included the keyboard at the same price, maybe.
That is exactly what they did. The 32GB Surface is $100 cheaper than the the 32GB iPad, and with the touch cover they're exactly the same price.
Is there yet a way to tell at time of purchase whether a CFL bulb is going to warm up in an acceptable time?
I'm assured that bulbs exist that reach a decent brightness in under 10 seconds, but I have yet to manage to buy one.
I've had good luck with the Philips Warm White CFL bulbs. They have a colour that is almost exactly the same as incandescant (I can't tell the difference by looking at them) and they turn on to full brightness instantly. Literally a small fraction of a second, with no flickering at all.
What you just wrote has absolutely no basis in law in any jurisdiction of Canada or USA that I've ever heard of.
Right back at ya!
Who said there was someone behind you?
And if there was... it is also technically illegal to pass on the right. So if he wants to legally get past you, he has to wait for you to move over.
...QWERTY is a HORRIBLE layout and was designed to BE horrible, to slow down typists writing on mechanical typewriters.
From Wikipedia:
"A popular myth is that QWERTY was designed to "slow down" typists though this is incorrect – it was designed to prevent jams while typing at speed, allowing typists to type faster."
That is irrelevant to the conversation. I'm not trying to argue the relative merits of different laws. Armed robbery is a bigger hazard than speeding, does that make speeding irrelevant?
All I'm saying is that in many jurisdictions around the world, this law is on the books. If you don't think breaking this law is a big deal, that's fine, you're allowed to have an opinion. Doesn't change the facts though. And it won't get you out of a ticket either
While that is very noble and accommodating of you, it doesn't change the fact that the person driving in the passing lane is breaking the law. If they are not in the process of overtaking another vehicle, they should not be in the passing lane.
No, wrong, that can't be argued. If there are no other cars on the road, or even if the lane to your right is empty, you are not passing, and you must by law move to the right. Your speed is completely irrelevant to this particular law.
You have to be overtaking another vehicle to occupy that lane. That's the only thing that matters.
I hope you're not saying that the AC is correct. It is actually a legal requirement that you must not travel in the passing lane if you are not actively passing someone. Going the speed limit is irrelevant. If there is room to move out of the passing lane, you are legally required to do so, and you can get a ticket if you don't. Unfortunately, such tickets are fairly rare.
And yet, the speed limit in the passing lane is the same as the speed limit in the right lane. If I'm going at least the speed limit, I don't give a fuck which lane I'm in or who is behind me.
Who said anything about speed limits? If you're not actively passing someone (or in bumper to bumper traffic), you should not be in the passing lane. Period. Doesn't matter how fast or slow you are going.
In my experience, the single worst vehicle for douchebaggery on the road is the Audi Q7. BMW/Mercedes/Audi drivers in general are pretty bad, but there is no other single model that is as close to 100% d-bag driven as the Q7
People (from within and outside of your network) do not get an "out of office" auto reply if they send an e-mail to you at the time interval selected by scheduled meeting. Do they?
Yeah, he's doing it wrong. In outlook, you use the Out Of Office Assistant to schedule the start and end time of your time out of the office. It can be scheduled down to the minute.
For example, I can set up (in advance if necessary) an out of office autoresponder to start at 1pm on thursday and end at 10:30am the following tuesday.
This is modded funny, but I think it's actually closer to insightful.
Parachutes work pretty well as far as I know. Probably the best system we have when you need to protect something from hitting the ground too hard. The big problem with them is that you need to me heading relatively straight down. Airplanes and helicopters have the problem that they don't fall straight down when an engine fails. Wings and rotors make it go all willy-nilly.
This thing would probably fall straight down, and from the looks of the current mockup, would be easy to attach a parachute to (no moving rotor on top). Also, assuming you have at least one engine left, it could probably be used to help stabilize the decent.
There are already parachute systems for small fixed wing aircraft. Most ultralights have them, and you can even get them on larger personal aircraft up to 7 seats.
http://cirrusaircraft.com/parachute/
As I said in GP post, you have to affirmatively opt in for partners to get info. They do not get it automatically via Apple's TOS.
There's a difference between "application providers" and "partners". Apps need to request permission for location data, but Apple can directly sell that data to anyone they want.
Damn Android auto correct ...
Bingo. Nailed it. VMware innovates more each quarter ethnic most companies do in years.
Rogers is the only GSM carrier in Canada and so the only choice for Android users
Sprint and Verizon in the US sell Android phones. Do no non-GSM carriers in Canada sell Android phones?
Bell and Telus operate both CDMA and 3G-UMTS networks, and both sell Android phones. The article summary is bunk.
2007 called. They want their argument back.
Seriously, I've been running Vista x64 for over a year, and Win7 x64 for a few months, with not a single driver issue. I have 4GB in my desktop, and it's nice to be able to use it all. Even for those with less than 4GB physical RAM, or with all 32 bit apps, there are still some huge advantages to x64 in terms of memory management.
I'm also running "Hyper-V Server" on a homebuilt box with 6GB RAM, and it handles 8-10 VMs without breaking a sweat.
I certainly agree that a professionally produced audio book is worth more than the plain text version, however, that really shouldn't have any bearing at all on this case. Here are some example situations. Tell me if you think each one is infringing on the author's rights:
1. I buy an ebook. I read it to myself.
2. I buy an ebook. I read it aloud to myself.
3. I buy an ebook. I read it aloud to my wife.
4. I buy an ebook. I hand it to my wife. She reads it aloud to me.
5. I buy an ebook. I pay a student a few bucks to read it aloud to me.
6. I buy an ebook. I build an extremely complicated computer/camera device that can read the screen of the device and translate that into synthesized speech. The device reads the book aloud to me.
7. I buy an ebook. I purchase someone else's screen reader device. The device reads the book aloud to me.
8. I buy an ebook. I purchase an ebook reader device that has built in TTS. The device reads the book aloud to me.
9. I buy an ebook from Amazon, and read it on a device I also bought from Amazon that has built in TTS. The device reads the book aloud to me.
So, at what point does this become an infringement? I would argue that it never does.