A friend of mine actually fell asleep while riding his motorcycle. Luckily for him, his hand relaxed on the throttle and he simply slowed down until he stopped and tipped over. Again lucky, it was on the shoulder of the freeway.
There are conflicting reports out there, but have read research that suggests that women (I've no idea if 'most' or 'all' applies) are true multi-taskers. They can actually process multiple threads of data at once.
Men, on the other hand, are generally 'time-slicers,' meaning we swap out a current bit of information in order to process another bit, then swap the first bit back in when we're done.
In my experience, the seatbelt light turns off for one of two reasons: 1) the sensor at the source of the belt (inside the panel) has been tripped, meaning that you've pulled the belt out more than 6 inches, or 2) the seatbelt tip has been inserted into the receptacle.
I've only had one car that had a light complaining that the passenger had not buckled their seatbelt, and I beat that by simply leaving it plugged in.
"The system always picks the most direct routes, which often means cutting through little known back roads that add novelty to the trip in addition to saving time."
Be careful with that. I've been directed to use 'roads' that aren't even paved. Sometimes the most direct route can be the least efficient time-wise, but I have the same sense of adventure. I've seen more of rural Mass. that way, and I like it!
You're right, in that there's a fine line. But my point is that there IS a line. If there are cops getting called over to my house a few times a week and nobody has been arrested for (crap, I forget what it's called) crank calling the cops, then no, it's obvious that it's not ME the cops are after. Thus I don't get a camera. But if there are multiple domestic violence calls, maybe a few burglaries...then yeah, somebody needs to help me protect my stuff and I.
"The point is the right to privacy, the point is the state minding its own business, not the citizen's. "
I understand your point, and agree. However, if the cops are getting called over to my neighbor's house a couple (or more) of times a week, I'd be game with them having a camera in their house.
The government has the ability to use 'iminent domain' to give you 'fair market value (ha!)' for your house or land. It would be interesting to see it extend to this as well.
I can imagine cases where there may not actually (yet) be a product. My neighbor is working on a project now, for example, and has something like 37 patents. Some cover the device in total, the rest are for each piece. He's still working on it, ironing out all the miscilaneous wrinkles and such, so he doesn't currently have a working unit.
That said, if you give him an exemption because he's still 'working on it' then what's preventing a company from claiming the same thing? Perhaps a set period of time, say five years, from patent filing to product?
Not a bad idea, but most don't have the horsepower to do this. If you have two displays, bring up task manager in one and play your game in the other. (Keep in mind that I'm talking about Quake, Nascar, Need for Speed, etc. and not NetHack or Zork) You'll find that with just one player you're probably maxing out the CPU, and cutting into RAM fairly heavily.
I'm interested, though, and could certainly be wrong. Please keep me posted if your experience differs.
Well said. I used to play several FPS-type games online, but hated repeatedly getting slaughtered by 14 year-olds using their dad's dedicated T1 line and business-class computer. My crappy DSL line and last-year's computer system just couldn't keep up.
So now, when I have to have competition, I host LAN parties.
"This technique of beating polygraph required serious training - while being hooked up to a polygraph - and it could fail if the tested person was not calm + composed, etc."
Nah, not much training is needed. I spent all of about three hours total over three days to prepare for mine, and even though I presented several outright lies during the "test" I passed without a shadow of a doubt. The main part that helped me was being able to easily identify the control questions.
The 'trick' as you say, is to present very dramatic spikes during the control questions that the tester would assume you were a ringer and could not possibly mask anything from them.
The rest of the test was a fairly easy too, thinking essentially 'happy' thoughts during the asking of (and answering of) questions that you intended to lie on. This, as you likely know, is intended to keep your physiological responses in line with questions that you answered truthfully.
I don't have a ton of fibre experience, but I think the only 'bad' fibre is broken (dark) fibre, and you wouldn't get ANYthing through that. I would suspect a software issue.
True that! Mine will be 4 (April) and 2 (February) and my wife is like this.
I work evenings, and sleep as soon as I can after getting home (1am or so) and get to sleep until 8am, rain or shine. My wife, on the other hand, gets up with the kids in the morning, anywhere between 5am and 7am. Once I'm up, she goes back to sleep for a few hours, then for another couple when the kids take naps around 1pm.
Good times, and I can't wait until the youngest is more self-sufficient. The 3 year old already will get his (pre-made) juice cup out of the fridge, and dig into whatever morning snacks (graham crackers, dry cereal etc.) I've left out for him. Our youngest, though, needs mommy.
"Sleep deprivation is a short-term antidepressant (which works until the person wakes up)."
Maybe *I'm* sleep deprived, but that didn't make sense to me. I've always found that when I've had less sleep than I should I'm irritable, tired, and generally...a downer. So I don't get the reference to it being an anti-depressant. Then you say it works until a person wakes up. Gah! My brain is looping!
I saw a device at CES this year called the Powergrid. It can plug into multiple game systems like PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and uses isometric exercises to get you working out at the same time. It's immovable, and you have to press forward (HARD) to get moving forward in your game. Same with side to side movement.
I totally agree, especially when I was first starting to date girls. Yeah, so it's escapism, so what? Even movies are a break from reality for a couple of hours.
At least my way was safe, unlike my friends who got into drugs and alcohol.
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I'm currently addicted to Burnout:Revenge.
Hahaha! Excellent. You rock.
A friend of mine actually fell asleep while riding his motorcycle. Luckily for him, his hand relaxed on the throttle and he simply slowed down until he stopped and tipped over. Again lucky, it was on the shoulder of the freeway.
I live in San Diego, and I personally find that women in bikinis are WAY more distracting than a cell phone or GPS.
And are you SURE your buddy was looking at THE laptop and not YOUR laptop? I mean, maybe he dicided to play for the other team...
I keed, I keed!
There are conflicting reports out there, but have read research that suggests that women (I've no idea if 'most' or 'all' applies) are true multi-taskers. They can actually process multiple threads of data at once.
Men, on the other hand, are generally 'time-slicers,' meaning we swap out a current bit of information in order to process another bit, then swap the first bit back in when we're done.
In my experience, the seatbelt light turns off for one of two reasons: 1) the sensor at the source of the belt (inside the panel) has been tripped, meaning that you've pulled the belt out more than 6 inches, or 2) the seatbelt tip has been inserted into the receptacle.
I've only had one car that had a light complaining that the passenger had not buckled their seatbelt, and I beat that by simply leaving it plugged in.
"The system always picks the most direct routes, which often means cutting through little known back roads that add novelty to the trip in addition to saving time."
Be careful with that. I've been directed to use 'roads' that aren't even paved. Sometimes the most direct route can be the least efficient time-wise, but I have the same sense of adventure. I've seen more of rural Mass. that way, and I like it!
You're right, in that there's a fine line. But my point is that there IS a line. If there are cops getting called over to my house a few times a week and nobody has been arrested for (crap, I forget what it's called) crank calling the cops, then no, it's obvious that it's not ME the cops are after. Thus I don't get a camera. But if there are multiple domestic violence calls, maybe a few burglaries...then yeah, somebody needs to help me protect my stuff and I.
"The point is the right to privacy, the point is the state minding its own business, not the citizen's. "
I understand your point, and agree. However, if the cops are getting called over to my neighbor's house a couple (or more) of times a week, I'd be game with them having a camera in their house.
I believe the technical term for your method is 'percussive maintenance'.
The government has the ability to use 'iminent domain' to give you 'fair market value (ha!)' for your house or land. It would be interesting to see it extend to this as well.
I can imagine cases where there may not actually (yet) be a product. My neighbor is working on a project now, for example, and has something like 37 patents. Some cover the device in total, the rest are for each piece. He's still working on it, ironing out all the miscilaneous wrinkles and such, so he doesn't currently have a working unit.
That said, if you give him an exemption because he's still 'working on it' then what's preventing a company from claiming the same thing? Perhaps a set period of time, say five years, from patent filing to product?
I'm certainly not doing it on as large a scale as you, but I use VLC from videolan.org.
Not having done anything like it before, it was not TOO difficult for me to set up.
Interesting. Using continuity, you could also check to see if the pipe has been broken, such as with the plethora of 'dig-ups' these days.
Not a bad idea, but most don't have the horsepower to do this. If you have two displays, bring up task manager in one and play your game in the other. (Keep in mind that I'm talking about Quake, Nascar, Need for Speed, etc. and not NetHack or Zork) You'll find that with just one player you're probably maxing out the CPU, and cutting into RAM fairly heavily.
I'm interested, though, and could certainly be wrong. Please keep me posted if your experience differs.
What?!? Nobody modded you funny?!? Hahaha!
Well, you made ME laugh anyway.
I generally dislike responding to ACs, but I appreciated your response.
Well said. I used to play several FPS-type games online, but hated repeatedly getting slaughtered by 14 year-olds using their dad's dedicated T1 line and business-class computer. My crappy DSL line and last-year's computer system just couldn't keep up.
So now, when I have to have competition, I host LAN parties.
"This technique of beating polygraph required serious training - while being hooked up to a polygraph - and it could fail if the tested person was not calm + composed, etc."
:)
Nah, not much training is needed. I spent all of about three hours total over three days to prepare for mine, and even though I presented several outright lies during the "test" I passed without a shadow of a doubt. The main part that helped me was being able to easily identify the control questions.
The 'trick' as you say, is to present very dramatic spikes during the control questions that the tester would assume you were a ringer and could not possibly mask anything from them.
The rest of the test was a fairly easy too, thinking essentially 'happy' thoughts during the asking of (and answering of) questions that you intended to lie on. This, as you likely know, is intended to keep your physiological responses in line with questions that you answered truthfully.
Good times.
I don't have a ton of fibre experience, but I think the only 'bad' fibre is broken (dark) fibre, and you wouldn't get ANYthing through that. I would suspect a software issue.
If by "crushing bouts of insomnia" you mean "serious drug abuse", then I've experienced the same exact thing!
True that! Mine will be 4 (April) and 2 (February) and my wife is like this.
I work evenings, and sleep as soon as I can after getting home (1am or so) and get to sleep until 8am, rain or shine. My wife, on the other hand, gets up with the kids in the morning, anywhere between 5am and 7am. Once I'm up, she goes back to sleep for a few hours, then for another couple when the kids take naps around 1pm.
Good times, and I can't wait until the youngest is more self-sufficient. The 3 year old already will get his (pre-made) juice cup out of the fridge, and dig into whatever morning snacks (graham crackers, dry cereal etc.) I've left out for him. Our youngest, though, needs mommy.
"Sleep deprivation is a short-term antidepressant (which works until the person wakes up)."
Maybe *I'm* sleep deprived, but that didn't make sense to me. I've always found that when I've had less sleep than I should I'm irritable, tired, and generally...a downer. So I don't get the reference to it being an anti-depressant. Then you say it works until a person wakes up. Gah! My brain is looping!
I saw a device at CES this year called the Powergrid. It can plug into multiple game systems like PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and uses isometric exercises to get you working out at the same time. It's immovable, and you have to press forward (HARD) to get moving forward in your game. Same with side to side movement.
Here's a link: http://www.powergridfitness.com/
Exactly. Throw in a Butkicker for the chair (thebutkicker.com) and I am SO there!
I totally agree, especially when I was first starting to date girls. Yeah, so it's escapism, so what? Even movies are a break from reality for a couple of hours.
At least my way was safe, unlike my friends who got into drugs and alcohol.