Inspector? You must be from a state that cares. Low-bid contractors for Verizon lay the line from the junction box to the home. Cut it enough times, and an actual Verizon crew will come out and bury it properly.
What really sucks is I telecommute; when it gets cut, I get an unplanned "vacation" for the rest of the day and maybe some of the next.
Seriously, when they only bury it four inches deep, it doesn't matter. My fiber has been cut three times, twice by the neighbor just edging his lawn. Finally, Verizon sent out their own techs instead of a contractor, and buried it eighteen inches or so.
But of course, there was only the one Borders at that time. And I remember it was considered quite a coup to get a job there: you had to take a test on a broad range of literary knowledge. I believe they lost it when they embraced the "big box" concept and lost the really intense staff.
My brother writes these proposals (or something like them). He has been known to go on and on that his proposals win because he reads the RFPs and writes exactly what the RFP writer needs (or says they need) to make a decision. Mostly, he says, it's ticking off the boxes (they ask for A, they get A; they ask for C, they get C), but well-edited grammatical English is something he insists on from his team.
So can a small shop manage this? Yes, but it will probably take somebody away from development for a couple of weeks.
He was a Spanish major on the five-year plan, and now makes about five times what I do in my Sr. P/A position.
I live in sunny, flat Tampa. I have to drive half an hour (or ride an hour or more) to get to anything remotely resembling a decent hill. Increasing resistance on my trainer is one thing, but raising the nose of the bike at the same time would really help me practice climbs. It's not perfect, but it better simulates the necessary change in posture.
I recently returned to northern Virginia, where I first rode (what we then called) a ten-speed, and I thought, "I rode these hills?" Of course, fifteen miles was a really long ride for me then.
There's plenty of "lack of understanding" to go around. I know of two roundabouts near my home, and I commonly see people in the roundabout stop to let people in (probably because they're afraid of being hit by drivers who don't realize they are supposed to yield to traffic already in the circle).
I am not a pedestrian. My bicycle is a vehicle (albeit not a motor vehicle). US DOT publishes the Uniform Traffic Code, adopted in large part by most states, which says to treat inoperative traffic control devices as stop signs. Won't turn green for me (ever!)? Inoperative! Defense rests, your honor.
I've posted earlier, and I'll post again: Why should I have to attach a 2kg magnet to my 8kg bicycle? The US DOT publishes a Uniform Traffic Code, adopted in large part by most of the states, that says an inoperative traffic signal is to be treated as a stop sign. If my vehicle will not trigger a green, that light is inoperative. Defense rests, your honor.
Double-loop sensors are most sensitive over the center line. This may or may not be what the GP is referring to.
In any case, there's so little metal on a carbon bike that there's just no point. Even aluminum frame bikes have a hard time tripping the sensors. Loves me my camera triggers--they can't tell the difference between a bicycle and a motorcycle.
Oh God, how I hated cycling in IN. I lived in South Bend for seven years. They built a bike lane on half a mile of Twyckenham, due south from Notre Dame to nowhere, and the letters to the editor would not stop about how noone used it (I used it once riding to work, and decided it just added time to my commute). Woo-hoo, half a mile, let's open the champagne.
I had one mother in her clanvan cut me off approaching a stop light (which infraction I informed her of in polite but certain terms), and she sat behind me all the way to the next light, honking the whole way. What her offspring learned from her behavior I prefer not to speculate.
An interesting study was done at my alma mater, CWRU, that found that while reading was closely tied to heredity, math ability was influenced by nurture.
Oh, the technology is there. Our RF transponder roads are also capable of sending toll bills based on plate (it's a slightly lower toll if you use the transponder, saving the collection trouble).
I was commenting on how this sort of enforcement can be construed as compelled self-incrimination, which is unconstitutional in the US.
On a related note, I saw a dead-tree article yesterday that said the Netherlands is already using the anonymized data to decide where to place radar enforcement.
This may skirt dangerously close to a Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination) issue. The standard example was the NY Thruway, where the entry and exit times were used (along with the Intermediate Value Theorem, which makes it a great problem for intro calc classes) to prove speeding. The judge tossed it on the basis that drivers were compelled to "testify" against themselves by paying the toll.
That's why you're not getting a ticket based on the toll transponders you use every day.
An argument could be made that one is not required to use the GPS, and so is not compelled to testify, but I don't think that would get very far. I'm willing to go with the "anonymized" explanation.
Mod parent up! HR depts get a set of requirements that include things like "five years' experience with X" and toss any resume without exactly that. How many interviews have I had in the last five years? Zero. I am employed, with a couple decades of C/C++ experience and a couple of.NET on-my-own-time projects just to learn the new technologies, and can't get past the gatekeepers.
Oh, and I have a couple of other requirements: Since I have a family, with a wife in a tenured university position, I won't relocate without a really big bump in salary, and I'm not going to work sixty hours a week, thank you very much. So that makes me completely undesirable: I'm too expensive.
If there are plenty of smart engineers/developers/what have you in their forties with families, do they count towards the supply of workers? H1Bs are needed so employers can have a captive low-cost long-hour workforce.
One major problem with HSR is the dearth of good public transportation in the US. Take the train to Tampa, for instance, and it's a half-mile walk to the central bus depot (or a short walk and $1.75 fare to go the same distance, with no free transfers). Imagine a family of tourists with all their luggage. Like broadband, it's the "last mile" problem.
What if we had a nation-wide registry like ZipCar, where you didn't have to stand in line for half an hour and decline redundant coverages and pay $75 for a weekend in order to have easy transport at your destination?
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Inspector? You must be from a state that cares. Low-bid contractors for Verizon lay the line from the junction box to the home. Cut it enough times, and an actual Verizon crew will come out and bury it properly.
What really sucks is I telecommute; when it gets cut, I get an unplanned "vacation" for the rest of the day and maybe some of the next.
Seriously, when they only bury it four inches deep, it doesn't matter. My fiber has been cut three times, twice by the neighbor just edging his lawn. Finally, Verizon sent out their own techs instead of a contractor, and buried it eighteen inches or so.
But of course, there was only the one Borders at that time. And I remember it was considered quite a coup to get a job there: you had to take a test on a broad range of literary knowledge. I believe they lost it when they embraced the "big box" concept and lost the really intense staff.
My brother writes these proposals (or something like them). He has been known to go on and on that his proposals win because he reads the RFPs and writes exactly what the RFP writer needs (or says they need) to make a decision. Mostly, he says, it's ticking off the boxes (they ask for A, they get A; they ask for C, they get C), but well-edited grammatical English is something he insists on from his team.
So can a small shop manage this? Yes, but it will probably take somebody away from development for a couple of weeks.
He was a Spanish major on the five-year plan, and now makes about five times what I do in my Sr. P/A position.
I live in sunny, flat Tampa. I have to drive half an hour (or ride an hour or more) to get to anything remotely resembling a decent hill. Increasing resistance on my trainer is one thing, but raising the nose of the bike at the same time would really help me practice climbs. It's not perfect, but it better simulates the necessary change in posture.
I recently returned to northern Virginia, where I first rode (what we then called) a ten-speed, and I thought, "I rode these hills?" Of course, fifteen miles was a really long ride for me then.
Sorry. Units conversion error. I meant 8kg.
I have a walking commute, so riding is for exercise & pleasure; I have a hybrid (aluminum) for errands.
There's plenty of "lack of understanding" to go around. I know of two roundabouts near my home, and I commonly see people in the roundabout stop to let people in (probably because they're afraid of being hit by drivers who don't realize they are supposed to yield to traffic already in the circle).
I am not a pedestrian. My bicycle is a vehicle (albeit not a motor vehicle). US DOT publishes the Uniform Traffic Code, adopted in large part by most states, which says to treat inoperative traffic control devices as stop signs. Won't turn green for me (ever!)? Inoperative! Defense rests, your honor.
Why should I be required to attach a 2kg magnet to my 8kg bike?
I've posted earlier, and I'll post again: Why should I have to attach a 2kg magnet to my 8kg bicycle? The US DOT publishes a Uniform Traffic Code, adopted in large part by most of the states, that says an inoperative traffic signal is to be treated as a stop sign. If my vehicle will not trigger a green, that light is inoperative. Defense rests, your honor.
Double-loop sensors are most sensitive over the center line. This may or may not be what the GP is referring to.
In any case, there's so little metal on a carbon bike that there's just no point. Even aluminum frame bikes have a hard time tripping the sensors. Loves me my camera triggers--they can't tell the difference between a bicycle and a motorcycle.
Need a lot of magnet for a carbon frame. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a 15kg bike.
Oh God, how I hated cycling in IN. I lived in South Bend for seven years. They built a bike lane on half a mile of Twyckenham, due south from Notre Dame to nowhere, and the letters to the editor would not stop about how noone used it (I used it once riding to work, and decided it just added time to my commute). Woo-hoo, half a mile, let's open the champagne.
I had one mother in her clanvan cut me off approaching a stop light (which infraction I informed her of in polite but certain terms), and she sat behind me all the way to the next light, honking the whole way. What her offspring learned from her behavior I prefer not to speculate.
Two minutes. If it cycled, you'd get your light, wouldn't you?
Mod parent up. hazem know WTF he's (she's?) talking about.
An interesting study was done at my alma mater, CWRU, that found that while reading was closely tied to heredity, math ability was influenced by nurture.
Why in the world would you post this anonymously? Mod parent funniest post on this page!
'Til doubt do us part?
It is well-known that most accidents happen with fifteen miles of the bathroom.
Oh, the technology is there. Our RF transponder roads are also capable of sending toll bills based on plate (it's a slightly lower toll if you use the transponder, saving the collection trouble).
I was commenting on how this sort of enforcement can be construed as compelled self-incrimination, which is unconstitutional in the US.
On a related note, I saw a dead-tree article yesterday that said the Netherlands is already using the anonymized data to decide where to place radar enforcement.
This may skirt dangerously close to a Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination) issue. The standard example was the NY Thruway, where the entry and exit times were used (along with the Intermediate Value Theorem, which makes it a great problem for intro calc classes) to prove speeding. The judge tossed it on the basis that drivers were compelled to "testify" against themselves by paying the toll.
That's why you're not getting a ticket based on the toll transponders you use every day.
An argument could be made that one is not required to use the GPS, and so is not compelled to testify, but I don't think that would get very far. I'm willing to go with the "anonymized" explanation.
For a moment, I thought they were closing 1337 data centers.
Mod parent up! HR depts get a set of requirements that include things like "five years' experience with X" and toss any resume without exactly that. How many interviews have I had in the last five years? Zero. I am employed, with a couple decades of C/C++ experience and a couple of .NET on-my-own-time projects just to learn the new technologies, and can't get past the gatekeepers.
Oh, and I have a couple of other requirements: Since I have a family, with a wife in a tenured university position, I won't relocate without a really big bump in salary, and I'm not going to work sixty hours a week, thank you very much. So that makes me completely undesirable: I'm too expensive.
If there are plenty of smart engineers/developers/what have you in their forties with families, do they count towards the supply of workers? H1Bs are needed so employers can have a captive low-cost long-hour workforce.
One major problem with HSR is the dearth of good public transportation in the US. Take the train to Tampa, for instance, and it's a half-mile walk to the central bus depot (or a short walk and $1.75 fare to go the same distance, with no free transfers). Imagine a family of tourists with all their luggage. Like broadband, it's the "last mile" problem.
What if we had a nation-wide registry like ZipCar, where you didn't have to stand in line for half an hour and decline redundant coverages and pay $75 for a weekend in order to have easy transport at your destination?
Mod parent up! This is what I was coming to say. ("Me2!!!!!")