Re:He seems a dangerous driver (serious)
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I didn't study it as closely as you did, but I've seen more of these time-lapse driving things, and it ALWAYS looks like the driver is a speeding maniac, brakes too late, makes erratic turns etc.
I think it's the same effect you get when driving as a passenger: when you cannot control the vehicle, a distance you would judge as safe when driving yourself, suddenly seems a bit close.
Add the (seemingly) extreme decelleration (sp?) and erratic steering, and it looks a lot more extreme than it really is.
You make a good point about safety though. Anyway, it seems to be human nature to respond to people pushing from behind by slowing down.
What I usually do, is use the turn signal to indicate I want to pass, and if that doesn't work, a brief flash of the headlights usually does the trick. There is a difference in road behaviour in different countries though: In Germany, this works great, in France or The Netherlands, not as good. Germans are used to people passing at 190km/h.
Of course, our situation in Europe is a bit worse, because it's illegal to overtake on the right.
UFO type sightings often are precursors to Earthquakes. This is because the earth emits certain sub atomic radiation that appears as solid shiny balls/disks or fast moving ones. This appears to be related to the energy holding the structure of matter together.
Damn, you almost had me, but that line was a dead givaway.
You assume catching "regular" criminals is high-priority for the goverment, which it probably isn't. IF they can break it, it would be far more valuable to use it for military purposes and against terrorists, and keeping it a secret is worth more than catching some random mobster.
Catching a terrorist, or "unlawful combatant" or whatever the mot-du-jour is, using this technology, will NOT become common knowledge, since it's not like terrorists get anything resembling a fair and open trial on their island resort in the carribean, is it?
Not that I think they can break it quite that fast, at least not in bulk.
I'm not sure if you're defending this argument, or just stating Roger Penrose's position, but he's forgetting that the human brain/mind is demonstrably not a consistent system, so the entire premise is false.
Anyway, I've got to find a way to spoof results so that the lines closest to me appear to be the bottleneck. That way, there will be more money spent on improving my connection, right?
"Are you sure you want to move these files?" > Yes to All "Are you sure you want to move these folders?" > Yes to All "Are you sure you want to move these system files?" > Yes to All "Are you sure you want to move these hidden files?" > Yes to All "Are you sure you want to move these read-only files?" > Yes to All
What's interesting is that a lot of these patents reek of intrusive advertising. So, who cares if Gator gets smacked around because they use one-click -pop-up-banners?
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I thought that was an urban legend
I didn't study it as closely as you did, but I've seen more of these time-lapse driving things, and it ALWAYS looks like the driver is a speeding maniac, brakes too late, makes erratic turns etc.
I think it's the same effect you get when driving as a passenger: when you cannot control the vehicle, a distance you would judge as safe when driving yourself, suddenly seems a bit close.
Add the (seemingly) extreme decelleration (sp?) and erratic steering, and it looks a lot more extreme than it really is.
You make a good point about safety though. Anyway, it seems to be human nature to respond to people pushing from behind by slowing down.
What I usually do, is use the turn signal to indicate I want to pass, and if that doesn't work, a brief flash of the headlights usually does the trick. There is a difference in road behaviour in different countries though: In Germany, this works great, in France or The Netherlands, not as good. Germans are used to people passing at 190km/h.
Of course, our situation in Europe is a bit worse, because it's illegal to overtake on the right.
Yeah, good for trade, but that is obsoleted by electricity, so why would anyone want to build that now.
Don't say that out loud on a star trek convention.
There should be a "-1:Dangerous" moderation for people like you.
UFO type sightings often are precursors to Earthquakes. This is because the earth emits certain sub atomic radiation that appears as solid shiny balls/disks or fast moving ones. This appears to be related to the energy holding the structure of matter together.
Damn, you almost had me, but that line was a dead givaway.
Keep up the good work.
It's not really anonymity either, it's more like screaming it wasn't you after you are caught.
Depending on the kind of things you want the anonymity for, that might not do you much good anyway.
What I do wonder about: would this excuse get you out of a slashdot IP ban?
Thanks for the Blackadder reference :P
Certainly, sir. I shall return interfrastically.
If the guy keeps spinning, maybe he can be used as a source of unlimited, cheap electricity.
No?
Ok, nothing to see here, move along.
How the fuck do you invent a word.
You assume catching "regular" criminals is high-priority for the goverment, which it probably isn't. IF they can break it, it would be far more valuable to use it for military purposes and against terrorists, and keeping it a secret is worth more than catching some random mobster.
Catching a terrorist, or "unlawful combatant" or whatever the mot-du-jour is, using this technology, will NOT become common knowledge, since it's not like terrorists get anything resembling a fair and open trial on their island resort in the carribean, is it?
Not that I think they can break it quite that fast, at least not in bulk.
Yes, making fun of underpaid people in uniform is still the fastest way to a full body cavity search.
I agree as far as the potatoes are concerned though.
True, I'm just saying the effects of credit card fraud vs. bombing are irrelevant when neither crime is actually commited nor intended.
The side effects (diverting of resources as you said ) are the problem in this, not the direct effects.
not abusing a credit card doesnt't cost money or trouble. Not using (or even having) a bomb does not kill. So what was the difference again?
then again, the MS-DOS editor (no, not edlin) was better than notepad too.
Although I never quite understood why you needed qbasic.exe to use it.
I can eavesdrop on any thought in your mind from right here with a successrate of 1/(2^n), so that makes me quite the cryptographer, doesn't it.
Yeah, but they stole it from SCO.
I'm not sure if you're defending this argument, or just stating Roger Penrose's position, but he's forgetting that the human brain/mind is demonstrably not a consistent system, so the entire premise is false.
use the unstable tree and everything is up to date.
That sounds so wrong.
Why is that a troll? Sheesh.
Anyway, I've got to find a way to spoof results so that the lines closest to me appear to be the bottleneck. That way, there will be more money spent on improving my connection, right?
The onions might be a turn-off
"Are you sure you want to move these files?"
> Yes to All
"Are you sure you want to move these folders?"
> Yes to All
"Are you sure you want to move these system files?"
> Yes to All
"Are you sure you want to move these hidden files?"
> Yes to All
"Are you sure you want to move these read-only files?"
> Yes to All
Yeah, I can do with less pop-up windows.
What's interesting is that a lot of these patents reek of intrusive advertising. So, who cares if Gator gets smacked around because they use one-click -pop-up-banners?
perl -e '$??s:;s:s;;$?::s;;=]=>%-{<-|}<&|`{;; y; -/:-@[-`{-};`-{/" -;;s;;$_;see'
'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Am I glad I don't use Linux, or what.
OMG! Ida looks like a mummy sarcofagus! It must have been put there by the the same people who built the pyramids and the cydonia structures.