Are you trolling or do you really believe that the fundamental idea of open source (not to be confused with free) software is too good to be true?
When I made my original comment, I'm referring to the baseline that Word X is not, and as far as I know has never been a free or open product, therefore a public beta is very out of character (not to mention a good find for those who use word) and therefore suspect. As a reference point, Word X for Mac retails at the Apple store for $230
Newsflash: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich proposes taxing air and sunlight. "The proportion if tax paid will be proportional to the air quality and amount of sunlight a property is exposed to." Sources say business tycoon, Charles Montgomery Burns, will be a key adivsor for this plan.
The Mother Jones article Its mostly on political blogging. I listened to it earlier today, but did not have enough time to do a quality article submission.
I think of the car, cdr, and cons functions in lisp. Now cons is for construct. Car gets you the first element in a list, cdr the the second link (& therefore the remaining list) of a list. I heard that car and cdr are are artifacts of machine code mnemomics, which I assume are English. But when you look at the functions, they are now cryptic and esoteric enough that they do not appear language specific. How many languages use cons as an abbreviation for the local equivalent of construct?
Good point. When I was an army cook, I got in trouble from my mess sergeant for not exactly following the standard recipe cards. Having said that, even though an experienced chef is going to know the effect a given amount of ingredient is going to do to a dish, it is still important to be able to determine for authenticity if the recipe is calling for an 1/8 teaspoon or a tablespoon. To add: In baking, you want to be dead on, as any changes will affect the texture and taste of the food. Even small changes in the thickness of the crust on a chocolate mousse cake (nut crust pressed into a springform where the filling is then poured in before baking) will affect the sensory experience.
Well, if you are going to be a chef or a bean counter (jk on accounting) then yeah, knowing your drams, pinches, pints, and ounces and other odd measure are important, especially when researching old recipes. Otherwise having this stuff memorized is not too important (waiting for someone to mention Mars crash). If you find you need to use it regularly, then you'll eventually burn it into your brain. It's just units of measurement, not methods of integration.
How often do you hear someone ask, "May I have a firkin of marbles please?"
Remeber the single engine plane crash into a skyscraper in Florida? It didn't do that much damage. Those things are light. So you add a bomb, lets say you load it overweight, against how many feet of steel reinforced concrete?
Your arguement assumes that an attacker happens to know the time and place, and vehicles containing the nuclear material. Let's assume that somehow they do.
Having said that, there are standard safetly precautions set for transport of hazardous materials, such as:
n Type B packages for materials with the highest levels of radioactivity--such as used nuclear fuel. They are designed to provide radioactive protection and nuclear safety under accident conditions. These packages must survive simulated accident conditions--water immersion, a 30-foot drop onto an unyielding surface, severe penetration and extreme heat--and must also prevent a nuclear reactionduring normal and accident conditions.
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Stringent Requirements For Used Fuel Shipments
The structural integrity of shipping containers for used fuel has been verified in several tests well beyond regulatory requirements. Representative containers have been loaded onto a truck that was made to crash, first at 60 mph and then at 80 mph, into a 700-ton concrete wall backed with 1,700 tons of dirt.
The containers have been broadsided by a 120-ton locomotive traveling at 80 mph and dropped from a height of 2,000 feet onto extremely hard ground. Additionally, they have been burned in a pool of aviation fuel for 1½ hours at temperatures of more than 2,000 F. While dented and charred, the containers were neither ruptured nor significantly damaged.
As I understand it, this is the first tier of security for sensitive sites (even before getting to any physical barriers). This is why I think even if there were centralized storage of nuclear material/weapons, that the risk if general contamination by ground vehicle bombing is very low. Also there are SUAs (special use airspace) labelled prohibited which do not allow ANY unauthorized travel.
I agree with this. I was going to use an eggs in basket analogy, with the distributed storage as a hold over from the cold war. To boot, not only does centralization reduce the failure points, it also reduces costs, so you can put more dollars per security measure but still have it cost less than a distributed system.
I mean, what kid (or even teenager) has the kind of money necessary to pay $200 for a console
Teens have more disposable income than their parents. Read more about it here
Even if you are an adult without kids, you have much more bills to pay than your "average" teen with a job. When I was in HS and worked, I had close to 100% disposable income. When I moved out, that dropped to around 5%, as rent, phone, utility, car insurance, and food absorbed the great bulk of my funds.
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Maxwell anyone? Remembering some of my physics:
If it is generating heat and not light then as I understand it, it is black body radiation.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Are you trolling or do you really believe that the fundamental idea of open source (not to be confused with free) software is too good to be true?
When I made my original comment, I'm referring to the baseline that Word X is not, and as far as I know has never been a free or open product, therefore a public beta is very out of character (not to mention a good find for those who use word) and therefore suspect. As a reference point, Word X for Mac retails at the Apple store for $230
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
along with some silky panties and suspenders
He's ok, he's a lumberjack.
Newsflash: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich proposes taxing air and sunlight. "The proportion if tax paid will be proportional to the air quality and amount of sunlight a property is exposed to." Sources say business tycoon, Charles Montgomery Burns, will be a key adivsor for this plan.
Then you might find this interesting:
The Connection's AntiBlog episode
The Mother Jones article
Its mostly on political blogging. I listened to it earlier today, but did not have enough time to do a quality article submission.
I think of the car, cdr, and cons functions in lisp. Now cons is for construct. Car gets you the first element in a list, cdr the the second link (& therefore the remaining list) of a list.
I heard that car and cdr are are artifacts of machine code mnemomics, which I assume are English. But when you look at the functions, they are now cryptic and esoteric enough that they do not appear language specific. How many languages use cons as an abbreviation for the local equivalent of construct?
Ada is credited with being the first programmer
Speaking of concern for one's safetly, I wonder if and when the suit will be tied into a Darwin Award
From what I've read, bears can run 30mph. I don't think that you are going to outrun one.
Google search on "run from" bear safety
I get around this restriction by bringing aboard my trusty old victrola.
Good point. When I was an army cook, I got in trouble from my mess sergeant for not exactly following the standard recipe cards. Having said that, even though an experienced chef is going to know the effect a given amount of ingredient is going to do to a dish, it is still important to be able to determine for authenticity if the recipe is calling for an 1/8 teaspoon or a tablespoon. To add: In baking, you want to be dead on, as any changes will affect the texture and taste of the food. Even small changes in the thickness of the crust on a chocolate mousse cake (nut crust pressed into a springform where the filling is then poured in before baking) will affect the sensory experience.
Well, if you are going to be a chef or a bean counter (jk on accounting) then yeah, knowing your drams, pinches, pints, and ounces and other odd measure are important, especially when researching old recipes. Otherwise having this stuff memorized is not too important (waiting for someone to mention Mars crash). If you find you need to use it regularly, then you'll eventually burn it into your brain. It's just units of measurement, not methods of integration.
How often do you hear someone ask, "May I have a firkin of marbles please?"
Remeber the single engine plane crash into a skyscraper in Florida?
It didn't do that much damage. Those things are light. So you add a bomb, lets say you load it overweight, against how many feet of steel reinforced concrete?
Your arguement assumes that an attacker happens to know the time and place, and vehicles containing the nuclear material. Let's assume that somehow they do.
...
Having said that, there are standard safetly precautions set for transport of hazardous materials, such as:
n Type B packages for materials with the highest levels of radioactivity--such as used nuclear fuel. They are designed to provide radioactive protection and nuclear safety under accident conditions. These packages must survive simulated accident conditions--water immersion, a 30-foot drop onto an unyielding surface, severe penetration and extreme heat--and must also prevent a nuclear reactionduring normal and accident conditions.
Stringent Requirements For Used Fuel Shipments
The structural integrity of shipping containers for used fuel has been verified in several tests well beyond regulatory requirements. Representative containers have been loaded onto a truck that was made to crash, first at 60 mph and then at 80 mph, into a 700-ton concrete wall backed with 1,700 tons of dirt.
The containers have been broadsided by a 120-ton locomotive traveling at 80 mph and dropped from a height of 2,000 feet onto extremely hard ground. Additionally, they have been burned in a pool of aviation fuel for 1½ hours at temperatures of more than 2,000 F. While dented and charred, the containers were neither ruptured nor significantly damaged.
From here
As I understand it, this is the first tier of security for sensitive sites (even before getting to any physical barriers). This is why I think even if there were centralized storage of nuclear material/weapons, that the risk if general contamination by ground vehicle bombing is very low. Also there are SUAs (special use airspace) labelled prohibited which do not allow ANY unauthorized travel.
I agree with this. I was going to use an eggs in basket analogy, with the distributed storage as a hold over from the cold war. To boot, not only does centralization reduce the failure points, it also reduces costs, so you can put more dollars per security measure but still have it cost less than a distributed system.
Vinne: "These two uuts"
Judge: "What did you say?"
Vinnie: "What? What did I say?"
Judge: "Did you say uuts?"
Well, if we're using automotive analogies, then I'd say as a dually, it won't need a heat sink, it'll need a radiator.
If SCO and Kodak merged to form a single litigation corporation would we then see Scodak?
Like Richard Benjamin in Quark?
Well, you just might enable someone to buy 31337 shares for $0.01 each
SCO is a shining example
I'm not sure I'd want to use shining to describe SCO. It just sounds too.... positive, like a shining pile of poo.
What yould you use in its place?
You take 0.99 and subtract the line items:
0.99-(0.70 + 0.20 + 0.10) = -0.01
That mean that the artist OWES someone $0.01 for each song sold.
I mean, what kid (or even teenager) has the kind of money necessary to pay $200 for a console
Teens have more disposable income than their parents. Read more about it here
Even if you are an adult without kids, you have much more bills to pay than your "average" teen with a job. When I was in HS and worked, I had close to 100% disposable income. When I moved out, that dropped to around 5%, as rent, phone, utility, car insurance, and food absorbed the great bulk of my funds.