Alright, I've heard this sentence a lot... how in the hell are soldiers occupying a foreign country protecting your freedom? I mean, if the soldiers were stationed in your homeland and a foreign invasion was imminent, that I could understand, but while they're occupying some third world country halfway across the globe? Nope, does not follow.
At least be honest about it and say they're helping you capture and control key resources or keep others from challenging your dominance or something, that sounds a bit more plausible.
Keep in mind that 90% of all thefts are committed by employees.
And the number of cases where the cashier doesn't properly scan the merchandise (the item doesn't get registered and the cashier doesn't notice, this happened to me just last month with a fairly expensive item) is about ten orders of magnitude higher than incidents as described by TFA.
Hate to introduce facts into this discussion, but here we go:
bullet speed: twice the speed of sound
range: 1000 meters
time for bullet to reach target: 1.47 seconds
time for gunshot sound to reach target: 2.94 seconds
time for sniper to duck after confirming hit: 1.47 seconds
First rule of sniping: never fire from the same position twice. All this is going to do is weed out the snipers that are stupid enough to keep their heads sticking up after firing at US troops.
I think this is a fallacy. They may be slow to learn, but they do learn. It will take much more effort to crack the next generation of movie copy protection. Maybe it will be hacked this time, but it won't take one teenager a couple of weeks, but instead a few dozen experienced hackers a year. And the next generation will take a couple thousand hackers five years to crack, and so on. Protection technology is improving at a much faster rate than cracking technology. Twenty years from now copy protection will be effectively uncrackable. And all the TVs will be digital input only. And all the camcorders will have special circuits built in to detect if you're filming something that is copyrighted. And then you're going to pay through your nose.
Still, I think this could be implemented simply and safely:
Pressure monitoring system detects loss of pressure at dangerous altitude.
Big honkin' "Depressurization detected. Acknowledge and descend to a safe altitude." warning light starts flashing, 1950's science fiction movie style alarm sounds.
If pilots fail to acknowledge error after a certain amount of time (by pressing a button or whatever), the monitoring system activates the autopilot and sets it to hold, say, 3000 feet AGL.
Pilots regain consciousness and make emergency landing.
Well, some shady figure in a remote alley whispered into my ear one night that a program called eMule might be a good alternative for the bad people who are drawn to these vile activities.
Your post makes little sense. Do you mean that there is a shock hazard from the case?
Why do you think PC cases (and most other metal encased electric appliances) are earthed? If the live wire should for some reason get shorted to the case, your circuit breaker will simply trip.
A huge part of our society is based on electric power. People should at least try and learn the basics.
I don't know. Especially with the weakened muscles these astronauts have after prolonged exposure to microgravity, space diarrhea could get quite messy.
Rocket launches? I believe the USA has lost more astronauts than the Soviets/Russians have lost cosmonauts. The Russian rockets currently have a reputation of reliability and low cost.
Come to think of it, the US has had its fair share of nukular fuckups as well - Three Mile Island, or google for lost nuclear weapons...
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Alright, I've heard this sentence a lot ... how in the hell are soldiers occupying a foreign country protecting your freedom? I mean, if the soldiers were stationed in your homeland and a foreign invasion was imminent, that I could understand, but while they're occupying some third world country halfway across the globe? Nope, does not follow.
At least be honest about it and say they're helping you capture and control key resources or keep others from challenging your dominance or something, that sounds a bit more plausible.
What about teflon coated bullets dipped in chicken blood, though?
It was probably the PET-4064, aka the PET-64, which was essentially a C64 in a PET case, to make it less portable for use in schools.
CCFLs dont't really die, they just get dimmer over time ... like /. editors.
And the number of cases where the cashier doesn't properly scan the merchandise (the item doesn't get registered and the cashier doesn't notice, this happened to me just last month with a fairly expensive item) is about ten orders of magnitude higher than incidents as described by TFA.
Star Wars is a stupid fairy tale for children. Total Recall had a mutant chick baring her three tits. Nuff said.
It might work, but you'll get a runny spine everytime you get a cold.
Don't forget the tall cowboy hat.
That stuff also comes in very handy if you have a huge phone bill and don't know how to pay it.
You're just being glib. You don't know the history of HAARP, I do.
The secret to success is apparently: more cowbell.
You get redirected to goatse.eu.
First rule of sniping: never fire from the same position twice. All this is going to do is weed out the snipers that are stupid enough to keep their heads sticking up after firing at US troops.
Use Coral Cache then.
I think this is a fallacy. They may be slow to learn, but they do learn. It will take much more effort to crack the next generation of movie copy protection. Maybe it will be hacked this time, but it won't take one teenager a couple of weeks, but instead a few dozen experienced hackers a year. And the next generation will take a couple thousand hackers five years to crack, and so on. Protection technology is improving at a much faster rate than cracking technology. Twenty years from now copy protection will be effectively uncrackable. And all the TVs will be digital input only. And all the camcorders will have special circuits built in to detect if you're filming something that is copyrighted. And then you're going to pay through your nose.
Please note my subtle use of the acronym AGL, which means "above ground level".
Well, some shady figure in a remote alley whispered into my ear one night that a program called eMule might be a good alternative for the bad people who are drawn to these vile activities.
But :viusage gives you a nice text that you can scroll through! How neat is that?
Why do you think PC cases (and most other metal encased electric appliances) are earthed? If the live wire should for some reason get shorted to the case, your circuit breaker will simply trip.
A huge part of our society is based on electric power. People should at least try and learn the basics.
Your post finally got me an idea what my dog must be thinking when it wants outside but can't open the door.
I don't know. Especially with the weakened muscles these astronauts have after prolonged exposure to microgravity, space diarrhea could get quite messy.
Come to think of it, the US has had its fair share of nukular fuckups as well - Three Mile Island, or google for lost nuclear weapons ...
No problem there. I heard Weyland-Yutani Corp. has a secret biological weapon in store that we can use to combat inter-dimensional demons.
Sounds fishy. It's probably just a trick to keep you from claiming your granfather's rightfully deserved Nazi treasures.
What about Music And Film Industry Association?