Not to be argumentative or anything, but I've had a number of rulers (in machining they call the ruler itself a "scale") that read only in inch format. In fact, the better stuff tends to be one or the other. My cheap electronic calipers can read either metric or english, but my good micrometers are always one system only.
For that matter, I've got different tape measures for metric and imperial systems, too.
Yeah, yeah. But issuing requests for discovery many moons after the cutoff, particularly when you came INTO the case insisting you had 'truckloads' of evidence?
I call shenanigans when I see 'em, and if BSF can't see that what they're doing is supremely unethical, they ought to be driven out of business just on that basis alone.
When I was in elementary school, it was time to panic: 'The metric system is coming!!!!!!1!!one!!eleven!'
So they tried to teach a bunch of kids how to convert between inches and meters and yards and kilometers and... A whole bunch of conversions involving multiple decimal places... As well as lookup tables, because who's going to remember all of the conversion factors?
Only that's utterly useless as a teaching device. If you want people to work in millimeters, you give them a metric ruler and ask them to measure things, duh.
Decades later, street signs still read in Miles per Hour, cans of soda are 12 ounces, but at least big diabetes-inducing bottles are measured in liters.
Finally, on the inch: It's not such a bad system of measurement. I've gotten into machine tools (lathe, mill, etc) recently, and machinists use their own system. The inch is the basic unit, and is essentially divided up in a metric fashion. When a machinist talks of 'tenths', he or she means tenths of a thousandth of an inch. That's plenty calculable and intuitive and very very precise indeed. Oh, and screw thread measurements make a *lot* more sense in the Imperial system than with the metric millimeter pitch measurements. That's not due to the measuring system of course, but due to the definitions of the standard sizes, which are far more intuitive. I can see why (back when hand-machining was far more important in the USA) there would have been considerable resistance from the manufacturing sector, and I'm not even stopping to consider re-equipping all the machines with updated change-gears, lead-screws, and dial wheels.
The SCO Group (NOT the Santa Cruz Operation, by the way, they're now called Tarantella) must be crushed into an unrecognizable mess of lies and hopelessness. There is no other way. Their attorneys should be disbarred, their officers should all spend a few decades in Federal prison, and anyone who bought stock in them because they saw the hope of a payout from this extortion scheme should rot in hell.
Yup, I've done the same thing with my old VX7000, and will be doing the same when I upgrade next month.
But still, even if it doesn't affect me directly, this move rubs me the wrong way. Give me a free phone and *maybe* I'll consider viewing ads on it... Free air time too, come to think of it. Of course, TV started out that way and now we pay to view ads there, too. Must be why I don't watch it much anymore.
Remember, advertisers: The more you tighten your grip, the more of us will slip through your fingers. We don't *want* to be barraged day and night with useless promotioh of inferior products dammit.
Don't seek sense from the moderation system. I've seen some very strange things come out of it. For example, my little joke was one of the first couple of dozen posts made to the topic, and a quick perusal of timestamps will reveal that I did it first, but that didn't stop a couple of people from modding it 'Redundant'. No skin off my nose, but it's a strange thing to see.
Find some nice family willing to live there for the winter.
And remember: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
You've hit upon something which I've long believed is important:
Legislators rarely suffer from the effects of their actions, while the rest of us are slowly whittled down.
We've got a huge percentage of our population in the prison system, in a 'free country' where putting something into your body is considered a criminal act.
This all falls under the theory that you cannot rule a free man, but if you make SOME aspect of every free man's life technically illegal, you can keep them in line.
But with the prices I'm hearing on Ebay, I'm beginning to wish I had. A night on a long line isn't too bad if you're pulling in four to eight grand profit.
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Not to be argumentative or anything, but I've had a number of rulers (in machining they call the ruler itself a "scale") that read only in inch format. In fact, the better stuff tends to be one or the other. My cheap electronic calipers can read either metric or english, but my good micrometers are always one system only.
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For that matter, I've got different tape measures for metric and imperial systems, too.
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Calm down now. We're talking about U.S. legislators, they can't be expected to understand the fine points of the law, can they?
Yeah, yeah. But issuing requests for discovery many moons after the cutoff, particularly when you came INTO the case insisting you had 'truckloads' of evidence?
I call shenanigans when I see 'em, and if BSF can't see that what they're doing is supremely unethical, they ought to be driven out of business just on that basis alone.
I'm 39 years old.
When I was in elementary school, it was time to panic: 'The metric system is coming!!!!!!1!!one!!eleven!'
So they tried to teach a bunch of kids how to convert between inches and meters and yards and kilometers and... A whole bunch of conversions involving multiple decimal places... As well as lookup tables, because who's going to remember all of the conversion factors?
Only that's utterly useless as a teaching device. If you want people to work in millimeters, you give them a metric ruler and ask them to measure things, duh.
Decades later, street signs still read in Miles per Hour, cans of soda are 12 ounces, but at least big diabetes-inducing bottles are measured in liters.
Finally, on the inch: It's not such a bad system of measurement. I've gotten into machine tools (lathe, mill, etc) recently, and machinists use their own system. The inch is the basic unit, and is essentially divided up in a metric fashion. When a machinist talks of 'tenths', he or she means tenths of a thousandth of an inch. That's plenty calculable and intuitive and very very precise indeed. Oh, and screw thread measurements make a *lot* more sense in the Imperial system than with the metric millimeter pitch measurements. That's not due to the measuring system of course, but due to the definitions of the standard sizes, which are far more intuitive. I can see why (back when hand-machining was far more important in the USA) there would have been considerable resistance from the manufacturing sector, and I'm not even stopping to consider re-equipping all the machines with updated change-gears, lead-screws, and dial wheels.
Aside from perhaps Maureen O'Gara, I doubt that any women will be lamenting.
No.
The SCO Group (NOT the Santa Cruz Operation, by the way, they're now called Tarantella) must be crushed into an unrecognizable mess of lies and hopelessness. There is no other way. Their attorneys should be disbarred, their officers should all spend a few decades in Federal prison, and anyone who bought stock in them because they saw the hope of a payout from this extortion scheme should rot in hell.
Hamas is seeking Mel Gibson's aid in producing a series of films to inform and protect people from the Zionistic Entity.
Then I could hunt the most dangerous game of all...
All I have to say about this is...
WHOA! Hey ASSHOLE! Don't cut me off like that! At LEAST use your turn signal!!!!
sorry, I was just gonna say that I think this is a great idea Ford has.
The vast majority of what you've presented aren't O/S issues, they are UI issues.
And that's one of the biggest problems with Windows. There is woefully insufficient distinction between the two.
Followed by "Would you like to buy some?"
More importantly, can we not entertain each other in the process?
After all, that IS at least half of the function of this web site.
How old are you?
You see, I'm doing a research paper on how long a human can live without a brain.
It's redacted, to be released in 30 years, if requested.
It's Airline Security Vista!
nope!
Yup, I've done the same thing with my old VX7000, and will be doing the same when I upgrade next month.
But still, even if it doesn't affect me directly, this move rubs me the wrong way. Give me a free phone and *maybe* I'll consider viewing ads on it... Free air time too, come to think of it. Of course, TV started out that way and now we pay to view ads there, too. Must be why I don't watch it much anymore.
Remember, advertisers: The more you tighten your grip, the more of us will slip through your fingers. We don't *want* to be barraged day and night with useless promotioh of inferior products dammit.
Solar generators are still generators :-P
/., and the facts and situation put forth in TFA have little to do with the conversation that develops.
Seriously, though. This is
Sheesh.
Why wouldn't you just have your own generators, incorporated into the rotating mass of the building?
Sometimes the coherent ones are smart enough to keep quiet about it, in this paranoid society.
And that's all I have to say on this topic.
Don't seek sense from the moderation system. I've seen some very strange things come out of it. For example, my little joke was one of the first couple of dozen posts made to the topic, and a quick perusal of timestamps will reveal that I did it first, but that didn't stop a couple of people from modding it 'Redundant'. No skin off my nose, but it's a strange thing to see.
Find some nice family willing to live there for the winter.
And remember: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
You've hit upon something which I've long believed is important:
Legislators rarely suffer from the effects of their actions, while the rest of us are slowly whittled down.
We've got a huge percentage of our population in the prison system, in a 'free country' where putting something into your body is considered a criminal act.
This all falls under the theory that you cannot rule a free man, but if you make SOME aspect of every free man's life technically illegal, you can keep them in line.
I hate to tell you this, but our legislators couldn't explain US laws to you.
Hell, many of 'em freely admit to not reading the legislation they vote upon. Asking 'em to actually understand it is obviously going way too far.
But with the prices I'm hearing on Ebay, I'm beginning to wish I had. A night on a long line isn't too bad if you're pulling in four to eight grand profit.