I'm sure the Western aggressors are shelling Ukraine from inside Russia, as part of their insidious plot to estrange Ukraine from Russia. No really, give it another 5 minutes and the Putin apologists will be claiming this.
Then he tweeted about a rude agent that was following company policy...
Actually, no, she was not enforcing company policy. As has been pointed out elsewhere, she wasn't even correct. She made up her own fucking rule, then went ballistic when challenged. The fucking cunt needs to be fired, ASAP.
And, yes, he still works there — despite my complaining several times.
I had a friend of a friend once, who complained about an extremely rude cop. And a miracle occurred. He was later informed that there had been many prior complaints, and this his was the one that finally tipped the scales and resulted in the asshole being fired. (This was obviously long ago before the age of over-exaggerated "privacy" for employees which prevents any discussion of disciplinary actions in even the most drastic cases.) So, keep complaining;-)
Where do you work, I wonder, that you believe people who have flaws, like we all do, should be treated like used tissues?
I've worked in retail. I've dealt with real assholes. I have NEVER EVER even come anywhere near the kind of absolutely unacceptable behavior exhibited by this agent, nor did I ever see any my colleagues do anything remotely like it not ever. She absolutely should be fired.
Complaining to the guy, OK. Calling him off the plane, questionable. Threatening to call the police over a complaint, fired, ASAP.
Think about it for a minute--why was she so anxious to get rid of the tweet? Because she knew she was going to be in trouble. So instead of trying anything at all to de-escalate, she threatens to call the police, in order to COVER HER OWN ASS.
Why? What evidence or precedent do you have for that statement? When in recent history have our planes been blown out of the sky by Russian-produced missiles?
In today's technological world, STEM education is performing a very similar role.
Yes, and to be blunt, I also think that in the past 20 years the rigor of the liberal arts degrees has been greatly reduced, making them even less valuable than they otherwise would have been.
For instance, math or compsci either one, you're going to learn about deductive and inductive proofs, which are highly valuable reasoning skills that will serve you well throughout life. In the old days, a philosophy course would have exposed the liberal arts major to a version that, while somewhat less rigorous, would have been greatly beneficial. These days that same student is likely not to be exposed to that at all, and worse may have his critical-thinking skills permanently damaged by the inane bullshit of deconstructionism.
It could work if you're only going from bottom of rack UPS to rack equipment. It's already done in some datacenters, though usually at 24 or 48V rather than 12V.
Oh, absolutely yes in data centers. But not in houses.
You could also probably build the powered devices to run off 12V for less than what this inverter would cost.
Lower voltage, higher amperage required for same power, rapidly increasing power loss with increasing wire length, even at residential scale. There's a reason that your power supply for your 12V lights goes close to the lights and you don't run 12V through your house.
netflix listened to customer feedback when they tried to spin off their disc rentals to another company. so call them and give them feedback. they are easy to reach by phone. if you dont complain to them please dont whine on slashdot
The difference here is that very very few people will care. We're talking about mailing in a DVD on Friday, and getting the next on Tuesday instead of Monday.
Most of us have jobs and lives during the week. Most DVD watching is concentrated to Fri/Sat/Sun.
Apple failed to mention the bit about, if a US government agency had contacted them and requested information or for a backdoor to be put into their device, they'd be required by federal law to lie about it or face charges of treason.
That's not true. They could keep quiet; there is nothing in the current (unconstitutional) laws by which they can be required to make any statement at all.
Wouldn't a standard pressure cooker set to sea level pressure solve this problem?
Pressure cookers help, a lot. But they're not "set to sea level pressure", they are set to a differential pressure of whatever the current pressure is + some fixed PSI. (Or, in the case of the one I use at home, your choice of 2 pressure offsets.) So you need either experience or some mental juggling to estimate cooking times with one.
So, yes, depending on your altitude, they can help a lot, or make it just like cooking at sea level, or make it faster. And they do make lightweight portable ones for camping. But "lightweight" and "portable" are relative. You would NOT schlep one of these along for a solo backpack trip. But if you have any kind of vehicle, or porters, supporting a more heavily-equipped trip, then it's certainly an option.
Ok, how about: "it boils colder, making cooking slower"? Because that's what mountaineers and other people at high altitude complain; e.g., pasta takes forever to cook properly (whatever they mean by it), resulting in a goopy consistency.
That part is completely true, and not what I was disagreeing with. At 10,000' cooking dried pasta is tricky. But at some altitude, it actually becomes impossible, because it takes 186F to even cook at all... Same with many other foods, cooking by boiling gets slower & slower, and eventually altogether impossible.
A liquid boils when it reaches the temperature at which the partial pressure of its vapor equals the external pressure. Higher altitude means lower external pressure which means water boils at a lower temperature at high altitude which means a pot of water boils faster, but food cooks more slowly.
No, I don't believe it boils faster. Granted, as you correctly explain, it takes less energy to boil water at high altitude, but there's other factors you're leaving out, for instance, the big one I know about: efficiency of combustion. So while it takes less energy to boil that water, guess what you're getting from your stove? A lot less energy...
Not to me it doesn't. The point that I was making is that it is useless going after false DMCA claims for perjury because the only tiny bit of the notice that is under penalty of perjury is not the bit that is wrong in false claims.
Ah, now I see where the confusion is. The thing is that you're wrong, because *MANY* of the stories about false claims on/. are about claims made by companies who do not have any rights whatsoever in the allegedly infringing work, including this story. Going after perjury charges for companies that make claims on works in which they have no rights would be a damn good start.
Switching power supplies actually provide decent protection against moderate surges. You want to find things damaged by this kind of incident? You'd want to check claims for all the things in your house that contain *motors* which run on line voltage: washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, etc. Your computer etc can take an extra 50 volts basically forever, but motors cannot. (Also, heating elements will tend to burn out. An extra 20 volts will make your wife go through blow dryers at a prodigious rate--it's true, you can take my personal word for that!)
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I'm sure the Western aggressors are shelling Ukraine from inside Russia, as part of their insidious plot to estrange Ukraine from Russia. No really, give it another 5 minutes and the Putin apologists will be claiming this.
It's something you are born with. You can hone it, as this guy's done, but the bulk of the work was done before you could even talk.
Actually, that's not right at all. Research shows more & more the link between intelligence and environment & experience.
while true, who are you going to sue, the min wage employee, or the multi billion dollar company??
How about: nobody?
Then he tweeted about a rude agent that was following company policy...
Actually, no, she was not enforcing company policy. As has been pointed out elsewhere, she wasn't even correct. She made up her own fucking rule, then went ballistic when challenged. The fucking cunt needs to be fired, ASAP.
And, yes, he still works there — despite my complaining several times.
I had a friend of a friend once, who complained about an extremely rude cop. And a miracle occurred. He was later informed that there had been many prior complaints, and this his was the one that finally tipped the scales and resulted in the asshole being fired. (This was obviously long ago before the age of over-exaggerated "privacy" for employees which prevents any discussion of disciplinary actions in even the most drastic cases.) So, keep complaining ;-)
Uhm, he WAS allowed on the plane. Then pulled off because of the tweet.
Where do you work, I wonder, that you believe people who have flaws, like we all do, should be treated like used tissues?
I've worked in retail. I've dealt with real assholes. I have NEVER EVER even come anywhere near the kind of absolutely unacceptable behavior exhibited by this agent, nor did I ever see any my colleagues do anything remotely like it not ever. She absolutely should be fired.
Complaining to the guy, OK. Calling him off the plane, questionable. Threatening to call the police over a complaint, fired, ASAP.
Think about it for a minute--why was she so anxious to get rid of the tweet? Because she knew she was going to be in trouble. So instead of trying anything at all to de-escalate, she threatens to call the police, in order to COVER HER OWN ASS.
You mean SWA should be charged with extortion? She was acting on behalf of the company.
I'm pretty sure she was far outside the scope of the authority the company granted her to act.
Why? What evidence or precedent do you have for that statement? When in recent history have our planes been blown out of the sky by Russian-produced missiles?
In today's technological world, STEM education is performing a very similar role.
Yes, and to be blunt, I also think that in the past 20 years the rigor of the liberal arts degrees has been greatly reduced, making them even less valuable than they otherwise would have been.
For instance, math or compsci either one, you're going to learn about deductive and inductive proofs, which are highly valuable reasoning skills that will serve you well throughout life. In the old days, a philosophy course would have exposed the liberal arts major to a version that, while somewhat less rigorous, would have been greatly beneficial. These days that same student is likely not to be exposed to that at all, and worse may have his critical-thinking skills permanently damaged by the inane bullshit of deconstructionism.
They've all decided, well, we can't spy on our own people, but if the Americans do it for us it's all good.
Well, after all, even the Americans have decided that ;-)
It could work if you're only going from bottom of rack UPS to rack equipment. It's already done in some datacenters, though usually at 24 or 48V rather than 12V.
Oh, absolutely yes in data centers. But not in houses.
You could also probably build the powered devices to run off 12V for less than what this inverter would cost.
Lower voltage, higher amperage required for same power, rapidly increasing power loss with increasing wire length, even at residential scale. There's a reason that your power supply for your 12V lights goes close to the lights and you don't run 12V through your house.
netflix listened to customer feedback when they tried to spin off their disc rentals to another company. so call them and give them feedback. they are easy to reach by phone. if you dont complain to them please dont whine on slashdot
The difference here is that very very few people will care. We're talking about mailing in a DVD on Friday, and getting the next on Tuesday instead of Monday.
Most of us have jobs and lives during the week. Most DVD watching is concentrated to Fri/Sat/Sun.
Oh come on, man! Did you even read that article? The person questioning him is Prof. Moriarity! Once an evil villain, always an evil villain!
... given that everyone seems to agree that the fighters are actually eastern Ukrainians and at most Russia is supplying weapons to them.
No, not even that is agreed upon. That are many claims that the "commanders" of the fighters are Russian, not Ukrainian.
...a much smaller ISP like Level3...
You're fucking idiot. Shut up and get back under your rock.
Apple failed to mention the bit about, if a US government agency had contacted them and requested information or for a backdoor to be put into their device, they'd be required by federal law to lie about it or face charges of treason.
That's not true. They could keep quiet; there is nothing in the current (unconstitutional) laws by which they can be required to make any statement at all.
Wouldn't a standard pressure cooker set to sea level pressure solve this problem?
Pressure cookers help, a lot. But they're not "set to sea level pressure", they are set to a differential pressure of whatever the current pressure is + some fixed PSI. (Or, in the case of the one I use at home, your choice of 2 pressure offsets.) So you need either experience or some mental juggling to estimate cooking times with one.
So, yes, depending on your altitude, they can help a lot, or make it just like cooking at sea level, or make it faster. And they do make lightweight portable ones for camping. But "lightweight" and "portable" are relative. You would NOT schlep one of these along for a solo backpack trip. But if you have any kind of vehicle, or porters, supporting a more heavily-equipped trip, then it's certainly an option.
Ok, how about: "it boils colder, making cooking slower"? Because that's what mountaineers and other people at high altitude complain; e.g., pasta takes forever to cook properly (whatever they mean by it), resulting in a goopy consistency.
That part is completely true, and not what I was disagreeing with. At 10,000' cooking dried pasta is tricky. But at some altitude, it actually becomes impossible, because it takes 186F to even cook at all... Same with many other foods, cooking by boiling gets slower & slower, and eventually altogether impossible.
A liquid boils when it reaches the temperature at which the partial pressure of its vapor equals the external pressure. Higher altitude means lower external pressure which means water boils at a lower temperature at high altitude which means a pot of water boils faster, but food cooks more slowly.
No, I don't believe it boils faster. Granted, as you correctly explain, it takes less energy to boil water at high altitude, but there's other factors you're leaving out, for instance, the big one I know about: efficiency of combustion. So while it takes less energy to boil that water, guess what you're getting from your stove? A lot less energy...
Not to me it doesn't. The point that I was making is that it is useless going after false DMCA claims for perjury because the only tiny bit of the notice that is under penalty of perjury is not the bit that is wrong in false claims.
Ah, now I see where the confusion is. The thing is that you're wrong, because *MANY* of the stories about false claims on /. are about claims made by companies who do not have any rights whatsoever in the allegedly infringing work, including this story. Going after perjury charges for companies that make claims on works in which they have no rights would be a damn good start.
I have read it again and I can swear that it still makes perfect sense to me.
Yes, it makes perfect sense. But it contradicts the point you were making.
What is sworn under penalty of perjury is that you are, or are authorised to act for, the copyright owner of the allegedly infringed work...
Yes. Maybe you should read your own post again ;-)
Switching power supplies actually provide decent protection against moderate surges. You want to find things damaged by this kind of incident? You'd want to check claims for all the things in your house that contain *motors* which run on line voltage: washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, etc. Your computer etc can take an extra 50 volts basically forever, but motors cannot. (Also, heating elements will tend to burn out. An extra 20 volts will make your wife go through blow dryers at a prodigious rate--it's true, you can take my personal word for that!)