The Taliban consists of people who harbor people that want to blow us up. Africa, not generally as much. The other problem is that a lot of Africa is not really under the control of a government - any government. People were so hot and bothered about getting the Europeans out of Africa that they never bothered to think about teaching the locals how to replace them. In India, this set the stage for decades of near-Communism and a Byzantine government bureaucracy - and that was in a country that was relatively modern. In Africa, well, they never stood a chance.
Not to mention that the Shuttle, and Earth-vicinity spacecraft generally, don't really need much computing power. You have ground-side machines to do the heavy lifting (which isn't all that heavy) and you transmit the plan to the orbiting craft. All it has to do is execute.
I'll condemn them heartily. They should be arrested if they're causing real problems and don't immediately respond to police presence by quieting the hell down and dispersing. But once the cops decide to start arresting people, they'd better be damned sure they follow the law - because when they don't, they further undermine their legitimacy.
This really isn't about "papers, please". It's about a law enforcement officer making a legitimate, legal request
A legitimate request is "Get the hell off the streets before I arrest you for loitering or public intoxication". "Show me your ID" is not legit, and may not even be legal.
"We don't even have to care because what are you going to do, stick a suction cup mount to your windshield and have a cigarette lighter adapter flopping around, exactly like the guy driving the beater civic who earns a factor of ten less than you?"
We have a winner! Integrated looks nicer, it's always there, it doesn't need a charger. It also is part of a package that includes a better stereo, hands-free Bluetooth, improved climate control, etc. It's not nearly as good as the best stereo I could buy, the best GPS I could buy, and the best video player I could buy - but it's a lot less hassle.
I'm waiting for the day that there is a single plug-in system for audio, video, and touch input so that I can plug my smartphone into the car display and use the constantly-updated software on it through the larger, better-looking screen in my car.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'm betting you're at least 30. Back then, you could let your kids roam around in the back of the car legally. My sister and I divvied up the back of the station wagon - I got the back seat, she got the very back - and we could more or less do as we wished on trips.
Fast forward to now - you have to keep your kids strapped in at all times by law. It's a lot harder now. And frankly, I'd have LOVED being able to watch movies while we traveled - especially when it got too dark to read.
No longer than sitting by the side of the road waiting for your average to fall...
Incidentally, folks, if you're traveling I-20 between Birmingham and Atlanta, and you notice a stretch of rural freeway that for no visible reason has a 55 mph speed limit, don't keep doing 70+. In that little stretch of road - maybe 40 miles - I saw FIVE law enforcement vehicles with people pulled over and two more sitting in medians looking for targets yesterday. Yes, it's BS, but in the meantime, don't contribute to their coffers.
Crucial take-home message: if you account is ever hacked, having the invitation URL and inviting email address for your invite to GMail will radically simplify the process.
The problem is that I can't just pay Google to do this for me. My account was hacked last week or so - I would have paid $20 on the spot to speak to a human being to get my account reviewed to assure that nothing was compromised, no emails were sent, and for a password reset keyed to my mobile phone. Instead I had to navigate the hacked accounts form.
I survived only because I had a very-rarely-used account that was my original gmail account, which I used to invite myself to my commonly-used account. It had the critical data - the invitation URL, etc. - that made it easy to get my account back.
But this is definitely a major break-in - I didn't have any spam posted from my account, but I did get password reset requests from Twitter and Facebook. By the time those had occurred, I had already changed the passwords to all involved accounts.
It's slightly farther than the distance from Chicago to San Antonio, slightly less than the distance from Chicago to Salt Lake City or El Paso. Tack on prevailing winds...
If you change the roles of the lanes, you'll create mass havoc. In particular, you'll have the freeway shifting to make room for the ramps - making that traffic do two small jogs left and right - and taking up a great deal more space to do so than the ramps would (due to speeds involved). That space is expensive in urban areas, and the construction itself would be expensive in rural ones.
When the police start scrupulously following traffic laws while they're in squad cars, I'll start believing that the laws are about something other than revenue. Why should he pay extra taxes to the city?
You don't want your entrance/exit ramps in the middle because the inside lanes are for passing/through traffic. The SPUI is what you want instead. They are quite nice, actually.
Red-light cameras have been removed from my beloved home, but when there was one on my route home I saw it fire once as I passed through a T intersection. I was traveling along the top, while the light fired from the stem of the T. It was twilight, and the light was bright enough to distract my attention (and blind me to anyone who ran the light from the stem to the top of the T).
2-3 seconds isn't going to cause congestion problems. Keep the yellow normal, make it legal to enter the intersection on yellow, and have a 3-second all-red. Traffic clears nicely.
People breaking the law and potentially causing accidents is a far worse offense than my attitude.
They're not breaking the law. Entering the intersection to await a chance to turn left is not illegal in many jurisdictions. NJ with its jughandles and prohibited left turns off arterials is unusual - and, you're right, better for it. But it is unusual, and the rest of us do not have that option. It is perfectly safe to enter an intersection in order to await the chance to turn, so long as you wait until all oncoming traffic stops before proceeding.
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The Taliban consists of people who harbor people that want to blow us up. Africa, not generally as much. The other problem is that a lot of Africa is not really under the control of a government - any government. People were so hot and bothered about getting the Europeans out of Africa that they never bothered to think about teaching the locals how to replace them. In India, this set the stage for decades of near-Communism and a Byzantine government bureaucracy - and that was in a country that was relatively modern. In Africa, well, they never stood a chance.
Not to mention that the Shuttle, and Earth-vicinity spacecraft generally, don't really need much computing power. You have ground-side machines to do the heavy lifting (which isn't all that heavy) and you transmit the plan to the orbiting craft. All it has to do is execute.
I think what you heard of was the Qattara Depression, where hydro proposals depend on evaporation to move the water away.
I'll condemn them heartily. They should be arrested if they're causing real problems and don't immediately respond to police presence by quieting the hell down and dispersing. But once the cops decide to start arresting people, they'd better be damned sure they follow the law - because when they don't, they further undermine their legitimacy.
This really isn't about "papers, please". It's about a law enforcement officer making a legitimate, legal request
A legitimate request is "Get the hell off the streets before I arrest you for loitering or public intoxication". "Show me your ID" is not legit, and may not even be legal.
"We don't even have to care because what are you going to do, stick a suction cup mount to your windshield and have a cigarette lighter adapter flopping around, exactly like the guy driving the beater civic who earns a factor of ten less than you?"
We have a winner! Integrated looks nicer, it's always there, it doesn't need a charger. It also is part of a package that includes a better stereo, hands-free Bluetooth, improved climate control, etc. It's not nearly as good as the best stereo I could buy, the best GPS I could buy, and the best video player I could buy - but it's a lot less hassle.
I'm waiting for the day that there is a single plug-in system for audio, video, and touch input so that I can plug my smartphone into the car display and use the constantly-updated software on it through the larger, better-looking screen in my car.
Until it got dark, and your dad told you to turn the light off because it was messing with his night vision.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I'm betting you're at least 30. Back then, you could let your kids roam around in the back of the car legally. My sister and I divvied up the back of the station wagon - I got the back seat, she got the very back - and we could more or less do as we wished on trips.
Fast forward to now - you have to keep your kids strapped in at all times by law. It's a lot harder now. And frankly, I'd have LOVED being able to watch movies while we traveled - especially when it got too dark to read.
No longer than sitting by the side of the road waiting for your average to fall...
Incidentally, folks, if you're traveling I-20 between Birmingham and Atlanta, and you notice a stretch of rural freeway that for no visible reason has a 55 mph speed limit, don't keep doing 70+. In that little stretch of road - maybe 40 miles - I saw FIVE law enforcement vehicles with people pulled over and two more sitting in medians looking for targets yesterday. Yes, it's BS, but in the meantime, don't contribute to their coffers.
You'll have to rip the EZPass or whatever transponder off, too.
Crucial take-home message: if you account is ever hacked, having the invitation URL and inviting email address for your invite to GMail will radically simplify the process.
The problem is that I can't just pay Google to do this for me. My account was hacked last week or so - I would have paid $20 on the spot to speak to a human being to get my account reviewed to assure that nothing was compromised, no emails were sent, and for a password reset keyed to my mobile phone. Instead I had to navigate the hacked accounts form.
I survived only because I had a very-rarely-used account that was my original gmail account, which I used to invite myself to my commonly-used account. It had the critical data - the invitation URL, etc. - that made it easy to get my account back.
But this is definitely a major break-in - I didn't have any spam posted from my account, but I did get password reset requests from Twitter and Facebook. By the time those had occurred, I had already changed the passwords to all involved accounts.
You can write, and get paid for, iPhone apps in your spare time. You'll probably not get fantastically rich, but a few hundred bucks never goes amiss.
Or perhaps that there are opportunities - the Android and iTunes app stores - that weren't available ten or fifteen years ago.
I dunno. Given the jokes about their supposed sexual proclivities, perhaps "Grease" is a better spelling...
It's slightly farther than the distance from Chicago to San Antonio, slightly less than the distance from Chicago to Salt Lake City or El Paso. Tack on prevailing winds...
Unfortunately for most, Teh Steve has all the control and delivers all the subtext. You are simply the catamite.
Glen Canyon and 75 in Dallas I know, but where should I be looking on US16 in SD? All I see are a couple of old alignments on the map.
If you change the roles of the lanes, you'll create mass havoc. In particular, you'll have the freeway shifting to make room for the ramps - making that traffic do two small jogs left and right - and taking up a great deal more space to do so than the ramps would (due to speeds involved). That space is expensive in urban areas, and the construction itself would be expensive in rural ones.
When the police start scrupulously following traffic laws while they're in squad cars, I'll start believing that the laws are about something other than revenue. Why should he pay extra taxes to the city?
You don't want your entrance/exit ramps in the middle because the inside lanes are for passing/through traffic. The SPUI is what you want instead. They are quite nice, actually.
Red-light cameras have been removed from my beloved home, but when there was one on my route home I saw it fire once as I passed through a T intersection. I was traveling along the top, while the light fired from the stem of the T. It was twilight, and the light was bright enough to distract my attention (and blind me to anyone who ran the light from the stem to the top of the T).
2-3 seconds isn't going to cause congestion problems. Keep the yellow normal, make it legal to enter the intersection on yellow, and have a 3-second all-red. Traffic clears nicely.
People breaking the law and potentially causing accidents is a far worse offense than my attitude.
They're not breaking the law. Entering the intersection to await a chance to turn left is not illegal in many jurisdictions. NJ with its jughandles and prohibited left turns off arterials is unusual - and, you're right, better for it. But it is unusual, and the rest of us do not have that option. It is perfectly safe to enter an intersection in order to await the chance to turn, so long as you wait until all oncoming traffic stops before proceeding.