Why should anyone care about the power level, as opposed to the pulse energy?
people who have tattoos should care, for one. the ideal tattoo removal laser has really high instantaneous power but really short pulses. this way you get high power but low energy per pulse.
the tattoo ink breaks down better with higher power lasers because it breaks the bonds holding the ink molecules together. but by keeping the energy per pulse low, you're minimizing the tissue damage since tissue damage grows with the amount of energy absorbed by the skin. when you break up the ink molecules into smaller pieces then the immune system can flush away the bits into your lymph nodes. tattoo is gone!
following this thought, most microwaves are 1200W, so to power one for ten seconds is 12kJ. so it's not unreasonable if the energy efficiency of their setup is 10% that the statement about microwave ovens is correct.
even more so, this comment thread has demonstrated that there are three equally valid alternatives that could fit here. "doles out cuts", "rolls out cuts", or even "dolls up cuts". so even the statement "we knew what they meant" is false.
i don't think my MPB is too bad... i suppose that the keyboard is flush with the "desktop surface" instead of being raised up a half inch or so... trackpads are probably better than mice for rsi...
for me the lesson here is that everybody is upset that he shot the drone with a gun. nobody's upset that he destroyed the drone. lesson learned, next time use a football or a golf club. those things are horribly unstable, and you tap one blade then boom.
If it was ten feet off the ground why didn't he just hit it with a golf club??? Regarding the safety of shotgun pellets remember the time Cheney shit somebody in the face? Good times. P
typically one enters your property in order to be able to walk to the front door and ring your doorbell... normally a confrontation like this happens at the front door, not where your front lawn meets the sidewalk...
there are actually a number of juicy details in the article:
It wasn't long before the drone's owners appeared.
"Four guys came over to confront me about it, and I happened to be armed, so that changed their minds," Merideth said.
hmm, sounds a little aggressive...
"They asked me, 'Are you the S-O-B that shot my drone?' and I said, 'Yes I am,'" he said. "I had my 40mm Glock on me and they started toward me and I told them, 'If you cross my sidewalk, there's gonna be another shooting.'"
ok that's very aggressive.
"Because our rights are being trampled daily," he said. "Not on a local level only - but on a state and federal level."
why did he have to bring the tea party into this?
He was booked into the Bullitt County Detention Center, and released on Monday.
So he should have gotten a large net that is used to catch bats, wait for the owner to show up wanting it back to get their identification?
the summary doesn't say how high the drone was... I wonder if he could have pegged it with a football or a baseball. that probably would have done the trick. people in Kentucky have good throwing arms...
I could not imagine a metrosexual urban hipster at burning man. lol. my favorite part about the event is that there are actual signs that say "no shirtcocking". it's ok to be clothed, it's ok to be naked, but to wear a shirt and no bottoms is creepy.
OK, you're in luck, because I'm about to lay out my entire holistic theory on race relations, gender relations, and all other things like this.
We can agree by common experience that there is a social pecking order, a social ladder, and some people are on higher rungs and some people are on lower rungs. Historically in US white men have been at the top of the ladder, and women and blacks have been lower down. I think this is undeniable fact. Most people would agree, and I think a rational outside observer would agree, that while tremendous progress has been made, the social pecking order still exists.
This is not just an American problem. From a sociological point of view, it's clear that this pattern exists throughout the world. Protestants vs. Catholics. Natives vs. foreigners, Northerners vs. southerners. Further, I think an anthropologist and an animal-ologist (?) would tell you that this same pattern exists not only throughout human history and prehistory but also in the animal kingdom as well.
So, one may ask, if the social ladder is bred into human biology and we are inherently wired to be that way, why are we trying to fight it? Isn't this SJW-ism just a battle uphill and ultimately destructive? Why don't we find a way to build a society around more natural principles?
Two reasons. First, the birth of our country is built on a rejection of this social pecking order. All men are created equal. All men have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights are not granted by man, but endowed by the grace and will of God. Further, we as a nation have reaffirmed this basic principle of equality through congressional acts, through presidential acts, and through acts of supreme court. So SJW-ism is built into the core of this nation. You could say the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are the ultimate SJW manifestos.
Second, back to the social ladder. We have seen over and over again that the worst atrocities, the worst acts of man, in history are caused by embracing this social ladder. Slavery. Genocide. If we don't fight against this part of our human nature, this can be the result.
OK, summary. I believe that those who believe these atrocities to be a Bad Thing need to be wary of this base human tendency, and must always be building a bulwark against it. This is worldwide. In the US, we have an especially heavy obligation, because not only are these atrocities against our cultural beliefs, but SJW is inherent in the functioning of our democracy.
So in short, yes, I believe that private spaces for women are OK and private spaces for white men are not OK, regardless of the political affiliations of the men in question.
Sold malware within the limits of the law? Whose law? Not my law. By my law a man looks another man in the eye before stabbing him in the heart, and doesn't sneak up on him to stab him in the back.
also, just because something is fighting words doesn't mean its not allowed. it means that this category of speech can be regulated by the government because the government has a legitimite interest in keeping the peace. govt can regulate fighting words in ways that are directly tied to the government's interest and are the least obtrusive way to achieve that goal.
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Why should anyone care about the power level, as opposed to the pulse energy?
people who have tattoos should care, for one. the ideal tattoo removal laser has really high instantaneous power but really short pulses. this way you get high power but low energy per pulse.
the tattoo ink breaks down better with higher power lasers because it breaks the bonds holding the ink molecules together. but by keeping the energy per pulse low, you're minimizing the tissue damage since tissue damage grows with the amount of energy absorbed by the skin. when you break up the ink molecules into smaller pieces then the immune system can flush away the bits into your lymph nodes. tattoo is gone!
following this thought, most microwaves are 1200W, so to power one for ten seconds is 12kJ. so it's not unreasonable if the energy efficiency of their setup is 10% that the statement about microwave ovens is correct.
even more so, this comment thread has demonstrated that there are three equally valid alternatives that could fit here. "doles out cuts", "rolls out cuts", or even "dolls up cuts". so even the statement "we knew what they meant" is false.
+1000
It's like saying "We have no chips in the vending machine".
"you have no money" whether or not it's good English, my bank loves telling me this every day.
it sounds a little bit like Michael Jackson and McCauley Culkin. I way whatevs.
i don't think my MPB is too bad... i suppose that the keyboard is flush with the "desktop surface" instead of being raised up a half inch or so... trackpads are probably better than mice for rsi...
Or just spray a hose? Or pressure washer?
+1 awesome.
for me the lesson here is that everybody is upset that he shot the drone with a gun. nobody's upset that he destroyed the drone. lesson learned, next time use a football or a golf club. those things are horribly unstable, and you tap one blade then boom.
If it was ten feet off the ground why didn't he just hit it with a golf club??? Regarding the safety of shotgun pellets remember the time Cheney shit somebody in the face? Good times. P
typically one enters your property in order to be able to walk to the front door and ring your doorbell... normally a confrontation like this happens at the front door, not where your front lawn meets the sidewalk...
Num pads on a laptop are ergonomics nightmares. Better to get BT numpad.
I'm a fan of apk. Yes he trolls, but he only trolls where it's contextually appropriate. I respect that.
Here's a key detail from the article:
there are actually a number of juicy details in the article:
It wasn't long before the drone's owners appeared.
"Four guys came over to confront me about it, and I happened to be armed, so that changed their minds," Merideth said.
hmm, sounds a little aggressive...
"They asked me, 'Are you the S-O-B that shot my drone?' and I said, 'Yes I am,'" he said. "I had my 40mm Glock on me and they started toward me and I told them, 'If you cross my sidewalk, there's gonna be another shooting.'"
ok that's very aggressive.
"Because our rights are being trampled daily," he said. "Not on a local level only - but on a state and federal level."
why did he have to bring the tea party into this?
He was booked into the Bullitt County Detention Center, and released on Monday.
how appropriate!
So he should have gotten a large net that is used to catch bats, wait for the owner to show up wanting it back to get their identification?
the summary doesn't say how high the drone was... I wonder if he could have pegged it with a football or a baseball. that probably would have done the trick. people in Kentucky have good throwing arms...
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i'm very multicultural and stuff, but niqabs are just horrible. every time i see a niqab in the US I have an extreme emotional reaction.
or at costco for that matter. I'm sure they're right next to the jeans :)
what if I get a push notification on a watch? is that destracting as well?
I could not imagine a metrosexual urban hipster at burning man. lol. my favorite part about the event is that there are actual signs that say "no shirtcocking". it's ok to be clothed, it's ok to be naked, but to wear a shirt and no bottoms is creepy.
so you support the atrocities in WWII and Rwanda then. it's one or the other.
OK, you're in luck, because I'm about to lay out my entire holistic theory on race relations, gender relations, and all other things like this.
We can agree by common experience that there is a social pecking order, a social ladder, and some people are on higher rungs and some people are on lower rungs. Historically in US white men have been at the top of the ladder, and women and blacks have been lower down. I think this is undeniable fact. Most people would agree, and I think a rational outside observer would agree, that while tremendous progress has been made, the social pecking order still exists.
This is not just an American problem. From a sociological point of view, it's clear that this pattern exists throughout the world. Protestants vs. Catholics. Natives vs. foreigners, Northerners vs. southerners. Further, I think an anthropologist and an animal-ologist (?) would tell you that this same pattern exists not only throughout human history and prehistory but also in the animal kingdom as well.
So, one may ask, if the social ladder is bred into human biology and we are inherently wired to be that way, why are we trying to fight it? Isn't this SJW-ism just a battle uphill and ultimately destructive? Why don't we find a way to build a society around more natural principles?
Two reasons. First, the birth of our country is built on a rejection of this social pecking order. All men are created equal. All men have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights are not granted by man, but endowed by the grace and will of God. Further, we as a nation have reaffirmed this basic principle of equality through congressional acts, through presidential acts, and through acts of supreme court. So SJW-ism is built into the core of this nation. You could say the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are the ultimate SJW manifestos.
Second, back to the social ladder. We have seen over and over again that the worst atrocities, the worst acts of man, in history are caused by embracing this social ladder. Slavery. Genocide. If we don't fight against this part of our human nature, this can be the result.
OK, summary. I believe that those who believe these atrocities to be a Bad Thing need to be wary of this base human tendency, and must always be building a bulwark against it. This is worldwide. In the US, we have an especially heavy obligation, because not only are these atrocities against our cultural beliefs, but SJW is inherent in the functioning of our democracy.
So in short, yes, I believe that private spaces for women are OK and private spaces for white men are not OK, regardless of the political affiliations of the men in question.
Men are on a higher ring of the ladder than women. That is the difference.
Sold malware within the limits of the law? Whose law? Not my law. By my law a man looks another man in the eye before stabbing him in the heart, and doesn't sneak up on him to stab him in the back.
also, just because something is fighting words doesn't mean its not allowed. it means that this category of speech can be regulated by the government because the government has a legitimite interest in keeping the peace. govt can regulate fighting words in ways that are directly tied to the government's interest and are the least obtrusive way to achieve that goal.