I have asked the people who run Slashdot these days to handle videos differently, and I am refusing to have my name anywhere near the more blatantly promotional ones.
From above: "Posted by Roblimo on 07:26 PM April 4th, 2012 "
Well, on Linux you can use the Amazon Cloud Reader to read Kindle books right in the browser. For whatever reason, the Nook's browser isn't supported by Cloud Reader right now.
Well, Steve Jobs spent at least a few years pitching macs while running NextStep on his personal ThinkPad (1998 to around the time of OS X release in 2001). Not quite the same, since NextStep in a way represented the future of the product. But still, there's no better to way to reinforce the perception that the current direction of the company is a dead end than for the CEO to not use the company's products.
I don't believe a constitutional amendment has ever been amended. But I am seriously considering going to law school to find out.
You don't need to go to law school, only high school. Crack open a history book (they still teach history in schools, right?), and read about Prohibition and its repeal (specifically the 18th and 21st amendments).
Um, no it doesn't. I can't speak to the 2010, because that's a total redesign, but on the 2004-2009 tapping the power button at speed does absolutely nothing.
I can't begin to tell what the GP post was trying to say. I will say this, however: Cars don't have emergency brakes these days. They have "parking brakes". Sure, you can try to use it in an emergency, but it's not for nothing that all references in the manuals and other documentation call it a "parking brake".
In the case of the 2004-2009 Prius, the pedal for the parking brake is hooked directly to a cable that goes straight to the rear drum brakes. That means it will work fine in an emergency, but remember, these are only the rears, and they're drums (except the touring edition). It still might work in many emergency situations, but I don't know if that's enough to stop a car that thinks you're flooring it.
The Prius is a hybrid. It can move with the electric motor without ever starting the gasoline one.
And yes, that could be done completely by the computer.
Problem is, it can't be done when the battery is physically disconnected from the electric motor. When you turn the Prius off, there's a big honkin' relay that actually cuts the supply from the traction battery to the motor. That relay doesn't get connected until the start button gets pressed with a valid key present, plus about a couple of dozen more checks. For a Prius that's actually shut off to start moving would require a cascade of failures to occur just to even get the battery reconnected to the motor. Then, once that happens, the ECU would have to shift itself out of park, which it's designed not to do unless the brake pedal is depressed. So, again, a couple of failures have to occur simultaneously for that to happen.
A much more likely scenario is that someone gets out of the car and forgets to turn the car off because the engine's already stopped. Not saying it's impossible for what the GP described to happen. It's just about a billion times more likely for the driver to screw it up. Occam's razor and all that.
I have actually seen this happen at least a dozen times. Basically, the insurance company's processing software sees the parent as the subscriber, then sees the patient as the dependent with birthdate xx/xx/xxxx, sees the second service for a dependent with the same birthdate, and immediately denies the second service. They never think to check the name or flag it for review or anything. If their software even checked the gender on the 2 patients, that would at least let the cases of male/female fraternal twins through.
No, his response was that most HD cameras made nowadays use USB 2.0. Yes, virtually all DV cameras (cameras using the DV format recording to DV tape) sold nowadays still use firewire, but those are occupying a much smaller chunk of the market. Instead, you've got cameras that record to memory cards, cameras that record to hard disks, and cameras that record to optical disks, in all manner of SD and HD permuatations. You've also got HDV cameras (cameras that record in high definitiion on DV tape). All of these new cameras use USB 2.0 as their primary interface.
That's not how it works. When you go to a concert, a promoter has paid for the venue. The promoter basically pays all of the expenses for the venue and promotion and what not, then contracts with the artist to appear at the concert that they've set up.
The artist more often than not will get a fixed fee for this performance with the promoter then pocketing all of the money they've collected from ticket sales minus the expenses of paying the venue, paying the artist the fixed fee, paying the promotional costs, etc.
Another common arrangement is where the artist and promoter negotiate a percentage of ticket sales backed up by a fixed guarantee for the artist in case ticket sales aren't all that. But, for a lot of smaller artists, it's way more common for them to be appearing in that rock club for $1000 and that case of beer left in the dressing room.
That's why if you really want to support the artist, you'll by a shirt or cd or some other merchandise at the concert. That money's usually all theirs, and is the sweetest plum.
...Not a single solid rocket booster was ever lost on the space shuttle (they are all re-used)...
Except for that pair that the RSO destroyed back in '86 or so. I vaguely remember something about them breaking free after errant flames from one of them caused the destruction of the orbiter and external tank. I seem to recall it being called the Challeng-something or other.
The assumption is that you will stop faster with ABS in snowy/rainy conditions, because without ABS, your brakes will lock and you won't stop until you hit the car/tree/ditch/building in front of you.
Yes, when the ABS is pulsing, it's increasing your stopping distance slightly over what it would be when the ABS is not pulsing. However, when the ABS is pulsing, it's because you'd be locking up if it wasn't pulsing.
Show me a single JCPenney (or sears or target or whatever) that can not accept check or credit card, because it's Mall forces it to only use the Mall's payment services.
Good luck. You won't find it, because it's not legal.... No, you won't find it because your analogy's retarded.
Sorry, Taco, I'm not buying it. This statement implies that Slashdot "editors" actually read the links in the submitted articles, or at least click on them. We all know from past experience that that's just not true.
Most likely nothing would happen, since the pump would surely have the breakaway hoses that most pumps have nowadays. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there are state or local laws requiring their installation when there's not an attendant on site.
Organs can and do get retrieved from dead people. Every time (with the exception of live donor kidneys, of course). There is of course, some ambiguity about the word "dead" and what exactly it defines. For example, if you've got a patient whose brain activity is completely ceased with absolutely no hope of restarting but still has blood flowing, few would argue that the patient's not dead, and yes, that person might be a great candidate for retrieval of organs since they're so fresh. If you believe there's still hope for a miracle in those cases, then please tell your family so that they won't pull the plug on you if/when you end up in that situation. Most families will opt to pull the plug, whether or not organ retrieval is even an option because they rightly understand that the person's not coming
However, that above case is the minority, and most retrieval of organs happens on definitely dead people. The pining for the fjords types. What you are asserting is that 1. All organ retrieval is done on live bodies, and 2. Doctors withhold lifesaving efforts in order to increase the chances of getting an organ donated. 1. is untrue. All organ donors are dead. Argue the definition all you want, but I believe you will not be able to find a documented case (in the US at least) of organs being retrieved from someone who otherwise would have been able to be treated. 2. is untrue and is a slander to good doctors everywhere who would much rather save the life in front of them than get an organ. Again, I challenge you to find any sort of documented case where life-saving drugs or any treatment at all was withheld in the name of organ donation.
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I have asked the people who run Slashdot these days to handle videos differently, and I am refusing to have my name anywhere near the more blatantly promotional ones.
From above:
"Posted by Roblimo on 07:26 PM April 4th, 2012 "
I'm not quite as low of an ID, but I'm right there with you. I'm out.
Goodbye, everyone. Last one out of here, shut off the lights.
Well, on Linux you can use the Amazon Cloud Reader to read Kindle books right in the browser. For whatever reason, the Nook's browser isn't supported by Cloud Reader right now.
Srsly, it's the NY Post
Those are some f-ing huge monitors you're talking about. In comparison, my monitors look like they're in danger of being trod upon by a dwarf.
Well, Steve Jobs spent at least a few years pitching macs while running NextStep on his personal ThinkPad (1998 to around the time of OS X release in 2001). Not quite the same, since NextStep in a way represented the future of the product. But still, there's no better to way to reinforce the perception that the current direction of the company is a dead end than for the CEO to not use the company's products.
The image you link to is fake.
http://gizmodo.com/5443901/is-it-this-easy-to-pull-straight-nude-pics-from-airport-scanners-%5Bnsfw%5D
I don't believe a constitutional amendment has ever been amended. But I am seriously considering going to law school to find out.
You don't need to go to law school, only high school. Crack open a history book (they still teach history in schools, right?), and read about Prohibition and its repeal (specifically the 18th and 21st amendments).
So, do you spell your name Sairam or Sariam (it's spelled both ways on your story's page). Doesn't matter, I guess. It'll be gone soon enough.
Um, no it doesn't. I can't speak to the 2010, because that's a total redesign, but on the 2004-2009 tapping the power button at speed does absolutely nothing.
I can't begin to tell what the GP post was trying to say. I will say this, however: Cars don't have emergency brakes these days. They have "parking brakes". Sure, you can try to use it in an emergency, but it's not for nothing that all references in the manuals and other documentation call it a "parking brake".
In the case of the 2004-2009 Prius, the pedal for the parking brake is hooked directly to a cable that goes straight to the rear drum brakes. That means it will work fine in an emergency, but remember, these are only the rears, and they're drums (except the touring edition). It still might work in many emergency situations, but I don't know if that's enough to stop a car that thinks you're flooring it.
The Prius is a hybrid. It can move with the electric motor without ever starting the gasoline one.
And yes, that could be done completely by the computer.
Problem is, it can't be done when the battery is physically disconnected from the electric motor. When you turn the Prius off, there's a big honkin' relay that actually cuts the supply from the traction battery to the motor. That relay doesn't get connected until the start button gets pressed with a valid key present, plus about a couple of dozen more checks. For a Prius that's actually shut off to start moving would require a cascade of failures to occur just to even get the battery reconnected to the motor. Then, once that happens, the ECU would have to shift itself out of park, which it's designed not to do unless the brake pedal is depressed. So, again, a couple of failures have to occur simultaneously for that to happen.
A much more likely scenario is that someone gets out of the car and forgets to turn the car off because the engine's already stopped. Not saying it's impossible for what the GP described to happen. It's just about a billion times more likely for the driver to screw it up. Occam's razor and all that.
I have actually seen this happen at least a dozen times. Basically, the insurance company's processing software sees the parent as the subscriber, then sees the patient as the dependent with birthdate xx/xx/xxxx, sees the second service for a dependent with the same birthdate, and immediately denies the second service. They never think to check the name or flag it for review or anything. If their software even checked the gender on the 2 patients, that would at least let the cases of male/female fraternal twins through.
No, this is Stephen Hawking we're talking about. You're thinking of Stephen King.
There's radioactive americium in smoke detectors? Shit! Why didn't anyone tell me? Now I gotta figure out a way to get these things out of my house...
You do yourself a disservice by approaching scientific topics with blinkers on.
My grandfather approaches most things with his blinkers on. He pretty much leaves those things on whenever he's driving.
Still, I can't figure out how that would impede his understanding of scientific topics.
No, his response was that most HD cameras made nowadays use USB 2.0. Yes, virtually all DV cameras (cameras using the DV format recording to DV tape) sold nowadays still use firewire, but those are occupying a much smaller chunk of the market. Instead, you've got cameras that record to memory cards, cameras that record to hard disks, and cameras that record to optical disks, in all manner of SD and HD permuatations. You've also got HDV cameras (cameras that record in high definitiion on DV tape). All of these new cameras use USB 2.0 as their primary interface.
IBM made a web page. Someone else submitted an app to the App Store. How are these things even remotely connected?
Seriously, this is the worst Slashdot "story" since... well, probably yesterday.
That's not how it works. When you go to a concert, a promoter has paid for the venue. The promoter basically pays all of the expenses for the venue and promotion and what not, then contracts with the artist to appear at the concert that they've set up.
The artist more often than not will get a fixed fee for this performance with the promoter then pocketing all of the money they've collected from ticket sales minus the expenses of paying the venue, paying the artist the fixed fee, paying the promotional costs, etc.
Another common arrangement is where the artist and promoter negotiate a percentage of ticket sales backed up by a fixed guarantee for the artist in case ticket sales aren't all that. But, for a lot of smaller artists, it's way more common for them to be appearing in that rock club for $1000 and that case of beer left in the dressing room.
That's why if you really want to support the artist, you'll by a shirt or cd or some other merchandise at the concert. That money's usually all theirs, and is the sweetest plum.
Except for that pair that the RSO destroyed back in '86 or so. I vaguely remember something about them breaking free after errant flames from one of them caused the destruction of the orbiter and external tank. I seem to recall it being called the Challeng-something or other.
The assumption is that you will stop faster with ABS in snowy/rainy conditions, because without ABS, your brakes will lock and you won't stop until you hit the car/tree/ditch/building in front of you.
Yes, when the ABS is pulsing, it's increasing your stopping distance slightly over what it would be when the ABS is not pulsing. However, when the ABS is pulsing, it's because you'd be locking up if it wasn't pulsing.
Good luck. You won't find it, because it's not legal.
Sorry, Taco, I'm not buying it. This statement implies that Slashdot "editors" actually read the links in the submitted articles, or at least click on them. We all know from past experience that that's just not true.
Most likely nothing would happen, since the pump would surely have the breakaway hoses that most pumps have nowadays. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there are state or local laws requiring their installation when there's not an attendant on site.
Organs can and do get retrieved from dead people. Every time (with the exception of live donor kidneys, of course). There is of course, some ambiguity about the word "dead" and what exactly it defines. For example, if you've got a patient whose brain activity is completely ceased with absolutely no hope of restarting but still has blood flowing, few would argue that the patient's not dead, and yes, that person might be a great candidate for retrieval of organs since they're so fresh. If you believe there's still hope for a miracle in those cases, then please tell your family so that they won't pull the plug on you if/when you end up in that situation. Most families will opt to pull the plug, whether or not organ retrieval is even an option because they rightly understand that the person's not coming
However, that above case is the minority, and most retrieval of organs happens on definitely dead people. The pining for the fjords types. What you are asserting is that 1. All organ retrieval is done on live bodies, and 2. Doctors withhold lifesaving efforts in order to increase the chances of getting an organ donated. 1. is untrue. All organ donors are dead. Argue the definition all you want, but I believe you will not be able to find a documented case (in the US at least) of organs being retrieved from someone who otherwise would have been able to be treated. 2. is untrue and is a slander to good doctors everywhere who would much rather save the life in front of them than get an organ. Again, I challenge you to find any sort of documented case where life-saving drugs or any treatment at all was withheld in the name of organ donation.