The best thing you can do to improve your chances of not getting in an accident in winter is spend a few hours playing in a snow-covered parking lot. Put your car into skids by yanking on the e-brake while turning, and practice recovering from them. Practice stopping. Practice swerving around imaginary obstacles.
Obviously what this lawsuit would do if successful, imprison the suspect because he refuses to prove his innocence when serious and confirmed allegations are made against him by multiple witnesses, is quite a normal procedure, not torture, and practiced by every nation on this earth.
Here in the U.S., we don't have to prove our innocence, the cops have to prove that we are guilty.
Try Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. In fact, check out the area around there, too. The Leelanau Peninsula is a really nice area; lots of vineyards, great views, and so forth. You won't be giving your tourism dollars to Indiana, at least.
The numbers 20 and 4000 were completely pulled out of my ass, in case you hadn't noticed;)
Mainly what I have a problem with is that it took about two good-sized gulps of coffee for a web browser to open up on my old Pentium 100. Now, I have a 3.something GHz machine, running XP, and a web browser STILL takes two good-sized gulps of coffee to open. Either I am a lot faster at drinking coffee, or there hasn't really been a change in real-world application "snappiness" in ten years. Sure, photoshop filters run a lot faster, but why can't applications pop up nearly instantaneously? Remember how slow dialup was? I guess I was expecting a similar change in application startup speed and interface responsiveness. Things are a little faster, but hardly as much faster as it would seem they could be given how much more powerful our computers are these days. The computer may BE faster, but it doesn't FEEL faster.
I don't understand this whole "computers are faster; why bother making things run fast?" thing. Why can't we keep writing efficient code, run it on the faster modern machines, and have things actually GO FASTER? It seems that as computers get faster, application programmers get lazier, and everything runs at the same pace. What used to take 20 cycles now takes 4000 cycles, but those 4000 cycles happen in the same time as the 20 cycles. Is that an improvement? Not in my book.
I don't really like "spring forward". As far as I am concerned, we should just give up on it, and stick with "fall back". Hell, we could "fall back" a few times a year for all I care.
Why do we have to teach them one or the other? They will still see imperial measures in their everyday lives, and if they have to constantly be converting back and forth, it will only be a hinderance.
How many centimeters in a third of a meter? 33.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333...
How many inches in a third of a yard? 12
How many inches in a third of a foot? 4
As an anti-Microsoft, pro-Linux, Mac-using, pro-Firefox web developer that works for a University and thus has to cater to IE users, this writer was pleasantly surprised when he experienced very few issues even during his first IE7 compatibility tests. As none of the issues he did encounter were show-stoppers, he has been forced to conclude that IE7 is a huge leap forward, and the rapid replacement of IE6 with just about anything, Microsoft or otherwise, can only mean good things for the web as a whole.
I don't do it intentionally. I can't keep a steady speed without cruise control unless I stare at my speedometer constantly. I would rather keep my eyes on the road, so I will often glance down, notice I am going 2-3 mph faster or slower than I was planning, and adjust accordingly.
The "slow lane" is for people who aren't actively passing people. The "fast lane" should more appropriately be called the "passing lane", and is for people who are passing. They should move over, pass, and get back into the "slow lane" until they catch up to the next person that is driving slower than them.
My reaction would be: am I in the far outside lane, which is where I should be if I am not passing? If so, I should do nothing; keep driving in the same lane and at the same speed. He can switch lanes and pass. If not, I should move over and let him pass. I should keep to the outside, as I am the slower traffic.
Distance depends on speed, which is why they use seconds instead of feet. Safe following distance at 70 is a much longer distance than safe following distance at 25 or 30.
It's basically just a mirror image here. Slower traffic keep to the right except to pass, don't pass on the right, and so forth. However, although we have entrance ramps plenty long enough to get up to speed, and plenty of room to merge, people still get onto the highway 15 or 20 mph below the speed of traffic, so if there are people trying to get onto the road, most people will move over to the left to let them in. Otherwise they will be overtaking anyway half a second later. People don't get the point about keep right except to pass, either, so people are forced to pass on the right, or not pass at all. None of it is ever enforced, so far as I can tell, so all that happens is everyone gets angry at the other drivers, and tailgates, alternates left and right passing whenever they find an opening, and so forth.
Huh? If you want to go faster, just pass me. I'm probably already going 5-10 over the limit, but I'm only going to be in the left lane if I am passing someone, after which I will get back over to the right lane. If it's a two lane road, I can't do much to let you by, and you're just going to have to wait until traffic is clear in the other direction so you can pass. In the meantime, BACK OFF!
He was a student. He just didn't have his ID on him. The cops confirmed this after the incident, so there really is nothing to prove.
He didn't refuse to cooperate. He was LEAVING when the cops got there. The only reason he was not already outside the building is that the cops stopped him from leaving so they could claim he was uncooperative and taser him.
It can easily take two or three minutes to pack up, especially if you have several books and papers from which you are researching/studying laying out on a desk. There is no reason to expect him to just leave all of his stuff, drop whatever he is doing, and march out of the building.
The ONLY "crime" he committed is forgetting his ID. I do so all the time, but luckily my University doesn't have some draconian policy of checking your papers when you are quietly studying.
My job requires me to test the web pages I make in both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Unfortunately, as I do not have direct control of my computer, I have to wait until IS pushes IE7 to my workstation before I can test with the new browser.
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The best thing you can do to improve your chances of not getting in an accident in winter is spend a few hours playing in a snow-covered parking lot. Put your car into skids by yanking on the e-brake while turning, and practice recovering from them. Practice stopping. Practice swerving around imaginary obstacles.
Here in the U.S., we don't have to prove our innocence, the cops have to prove that we are guilty.
Try Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. In fact, check out the area around there, too. The Leelanau Peninsula is a really nice area; lots of vineyards, great views, and so forth. You won't be giving your tourism dollars to Indiana, at least.
The numbers 20 and 4000 were completely pulled out of my ass, in case you hadn't noticed ;)
Mainly what I have a problem with is that it took about two good-sized gulps of coffee for a web browser to open up on my old Pentium 100. Now, I have a 3.something GHz machine, running XP, and a web browser STILL takes two good-sized gulps of coffee to open. Either I am a lot faster at drinking coffee, or there hasn't really been a change in real-world application "snappiness" in ten years. Sure, photoshop filters run a lot faster, but why can't applications pop up nearly instantaneously? Remember how slow dialup was? I guess I was expecting a similar change in application startup speed and interface responsiveness. Things are a little faster, but hardly as much faster as it would seem they could be given how much more powerful our computers are these days. The computer may BE faster, but it doesn't FEEL faster.
I don't understand this whole "computers are faster; why bother making things run fast?" thing. Why can't we keep writing efficient code, run it on the faster modern machines, and have things actually GO FASTER? It seems that as computers get faster, application programmers get lazier, and everything runs at the same pace. What used to take 20 cycles now takes 4000 cycles, but those 4000 cycles happen in the same time as the 20 cycles. Is that an improvement? Not in my book.
I try to forrmat my writing
In a way that is easy to read.
But Slashdot has Lameness filtering
That makes it difficult indeed.
The preview button yells to me
"Use me! Use me!" I hear it shout.
Alas, my naughty fingers flee
A bit to the left; I've lost this bout.
I try to forrmat my writing In a way that is easy to read. But Slashdot has Lameness filtering That makes it difficult indeed.
I don't really like "spring forward". As far as I am concerned, we should just give up on it, and stick with "fall back". Hell, we could "fall back" a few times a year for all I care.
Why do we have to teach them one or the other? They will still see imperial measures in their everyday lives, and if they have to constantly be converting back and forth, it will only be a hinderance.
What kind of hogshead? Wine or beer?
How many centimeters in a third of a meter? 33.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333... How many inches in a third of a yard? 12 How many inches in a third of a foot? 4
Umm, why is that?
As an anti-Microsoft, pro-Linux, Mac-using, pro-Firefox web developer that works for a University and thus has to cater to IE users, this writer was pleasantly surprised when he experienced very few issues even during his first IE7 compatibility tests. As none of the issues he did encounter were show-stoppers, he has been forced to conclude that IE7 is a huge leap forward, and the rapid replacement of IE6 with just about anything, Microsoft or otherwise, can only mean good things for the web as a whole.
I don't do it intentionally. I can't keep a steady speed without cruise control unless I stare at my speedometer constantly. I would rather keep my eyes on the road, so I will often glance down, notice I am going 2-3 mph faster or slower than I was planning, and adjust accordingly.
The "slow lane" is for people who aren't actively passing people. The "fast lane" should more appropriately be called the "passing lane", and is for people who are passing. They should move over, pass, and get back into the "slow lane" until they catch up to the next person that is driving slower than them.
My reaction would be: am I in the far outside lane, which is where I should be if I am not passing? If so, I should do nothing; keep driving in the same lane and at the same speed. He can switch lanes and pass. If not, I should move over and let him pass. I should keep to the outside, as I am the slower traffic.
Distance depends on speed, which is why they use seconds instead of feet. Safe following distance at 70 is a much longer distance than safe following distance at 25 or 30.
It's basically just a mirror image here. Slower traffic keep to the right except to pass, don't pass on the right, and so forth. However, although we have entrance ramps plenty long enough to get up to speed, and plenty of room to merge, people still get onto the highway 15 or 20 mph below the speed of traffic, so if there are people trying to get onto the road, most people will move over to the left to let them in. Otherwise they will be overtaking anyway half a second later. People don't get the point about keep right except to pass, either, so people are forced to pass on the right, or not pass at all. None of it is ever enforced, so far as I can tell, so all that happens is everyone gets angry at the other drivers, and tailgates, alternates left and right passing whenever they find an opening, and so forth.
This is how it should be. Unfortunately, it is rarely, if ever, enforced.
Huh? If you want to go faster, just pass me. I'm probably already going 5-10 over the limit, but I'm only going to be in the left lane if I am passing someone, after which I will get back over to the right lane. If it's a two lane road, I can't do much to let you by, and you're just going to have to wait until traffic is clear in the other direction so you can pass. In the meantime, BACK OFF!
I don't have cruise control, so I do this all the time. People still tailgate me.
He was a student. He just didn't have his ID on him. The cops confirmed this after the incident, so there really is nothing to prove.
He didn't refuse to cooperate. He was LEAVING when the cops got there. The only reason he was not already outside the building is that the cops stopped him from leaving so they could claim he was uncooperative and taser him.
It can easily take two or three minutes to pack up, especially if you have several books and papers from which you are researching/studying laying out on a desk. There is no reason to expect him to just leave all of his stuff, drop whatever he is doing, and march out of the building.
The ONLY "crime" he committed is forgetting his ID. I do so all the time, but luckily my University doesn't have some draconian policy of checking your papers when you are quietly studying.
I test with XHTML and CSS validators, Firefox, Opera, IE6, and occasionally Safari. The only one that ever really has problems is IE6.
My job requires me to test the web pages I make in both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Unfortunately, as I do not have direct control of my computer, I have to wait until IS pushes IE7 to my workstation before I can test with the new browser.
There are many temperature monitoring solutions out there that might not be quite so expensive.