Didn't Al Gore invent the Internet? That's gotta count for something....
Re:actually, this manuever is still in use today
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Nuke-Lobbing
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There is a whole series of codes that must be entered, and a very specific timeline that must be followed, to lob a nuke from an F-16. Even after 100s of runs, its not an easy thing. The displays give you very specific directions as to what flight path to take... the flight cues in the HUD (heads-up display) guide you through the pop and lob maneuver, and a nice flashing symbol tells you when to push the button.
Even in a simulator, it is a very disturbing thing to do. Just the thought of "what might be"....
background: through the mid-80s I worked in the flight simulation laboratory of a major defense contractor closely related to the F-16
Actually, according to the article, he is a German national. And we (the US) hate foreign nationals, and especially Germany, right? I mean, Germany had the gall to think outside our box, and foreign nationals... well, they're all just sleeper terrorists.
A bit overstated, I know, but I think Provos needs to worry about more than just his thesis. Patriot Act, anyone?
Reminds me of the book "Footfall", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The climax of that book has a space vessel launched with atomic bomb explosions as the propulsive force. check it out.
Walking on water was not witchcraft, it was a miracle. Same with the transmogrification (50 points!) of water into wine. Its important to get your facts straight when discussing such matters.
Unfortunately, challenging the Patriot Act in court is by definition un-Patriot-ic, and therefore by suggesting this you must be a terrorist. That knocking you hear at your door is the FBI. Better water the plants and give the pets LOTS of food... you'll be gone for a while...
Sometimes I think we ARE in an Alfred E. Neuman computer era... "What, Me Worry?" sounds an awful lot like the rationale for Palladium & "trusted computing"
If the original contract with Pedro explicitly says "if you sell your house, this contract transfers through the remaining paid length", then the new homeowners get their yard mowed. If the contract does not explicitly say that, then you're out some bucks and the new homeowners have to get a new contract.
When I bought my house there were a couple of contracts that transferred through the end of the paid period (for some foundation work, and for a pool service), and some that didn't (the aforementioned lawn contract).
If it bothers you that you're going to lose out on some money because you didn't "use up" your contract term, tack it on to the selling price of whatever it is you are selling. Happens in the home market all the time. [I think I saw another post mention the same thing].
Several friends have picked up on this story and are all excited that now we can bring back extinct species. The dodo, ivory-billed woodpecker, etc etc and so on. I had to explain to them that for any species to survive, IN THE WILD, there must be a population of sufficient size and more importantly sufficient genetic diversity. We can clone 1000 dodo's (insert politician joke here) but it will still only be ONE dodo. Not to mention that pretty much all the dodo's natural habitat is gone gone gone.. where will they live? The suburbs?
If all we want is to have a couple of living specimens around to look at, cloning will be fine. Anyone expecting to use cloning to re-introduce extinct species to the wild is fooling themselves.
In the thick of it, Neo is dancing, chucking black-tied bodies skyward, pivoting around the signpost, and using shoulders as stepping-stones over the raging river of whup-ass.
If "raging river of whup-ass" isn't on a t-shirt at ThinkGeek yet, it damn well should be.
lol! I have a couple of companion cats that have a bad habit of USING my plants for... well, lets just say its not a good thing.
That is actually a whole related issue... how to train your pets not to desecrate your indoor/patio garden. Most of the things housepets do to your plants are not very beneficial. I keep a loaded super soaker next to the door for just such occasions. I started with a little squirt gun, but the cats quickly learned to ignore it. Twin streams of high pressure H2O still get their attention. Not sure what I'll do if they get used to THAT... tossing buckets of water at them, perhaps?
Look into Companion Planting. In a nutshell, a companion plant is something you grown alongside your food plant to keep the bugs away. Some companions repel bugs altogether, some work to draw all the bugs to themselves and thus away from your herbs/veggies.
My fave is the Marigold. Its a pretty flower, easy to grow in a small pot, and fairly hard to kill (that's important for me:-). Dump some water on every couple of days, partial-to-full sun, and you'll have happy flowers.
Also check out Container Gardening for many many more links on growing things on patios, small spaces, in containers, etc.
And finally, a safety tip. If you go for anything larger, like say a couple of tomato plants in one of those big terracotta pots, PLEASE get one of the wheeled bases for it. A 3' tall pot full of plants and wet soil is a biatch to move. I don't care how sweet the tomatoes are... a hernia makes everything taste like ass.
His [Watson's] lawsuit alleges that Ko attempted extortion by offering to have the moderators of his online discussions clamp down on negative comments about Angel Sword if Watson bought advertising.
The whole suit, both sides, is hooey except for this allegation. If this is true, it is extortion. "We will trash you in a public forum unless you pay us money." If not, the judge should open up his can of whup ass and let the complainant have it.
IANAL, IMHO, YMMV, RTFM, ETC
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The p0w3r of Print Screen
Me to another developer: "Your code is fubar; when I enter this value, click this checkbox, then click the submit button I the application throws an exception and crashes."
Developer to me: "Well, I've never seen that before, so it must not be happening."
Me: "Fine then." Duplicate bug. Mash Print Screen. Fire up Paint. Past the nice screen shot stored in the buffer. Email the image to the other developer, with a judicious cc: to the project lead.
Me: "Um, check your email."
Developer: "oh."
Project lead: "Matt quit cc'ing me on your damn emails already."
I tried the Google search, but thanks to some A-lists tech blogs all I got was 30 links about how raising goats will lead to peace, universal love, harmony amongst nations, free (as in beer) music... If I'd tried this 42 days ago I would have discovered the meaning of life....
Another example of Googlewashing... when oh when will something be done ????
To determine reimbursement in an MP3 player world, a small sample of users could be invited periodically to voluntarily, and anonymously share their listening history stored in the player. Then, just as in the ASCAP model, payments collected from the music player distributors (Kia, the BSO and the like) would be split among the copyright owners. No fuss, no complexity and no secret CD police.
In my dreams, in the ideal world where everyone is honest and war doesn't exist, this describes how royalties are distributed.
It will never get past the RIAA Lawyer Herd because of that dangerous term "voluntarily". The record companies have to know the that only people that will voluntarily offer up their playlists and listening habits to MegaASCAP will be the zealous fans. Who has the most zealous fans? Its not the big mass market bands... its the little indie fighting-the-machine bands. The millions of people buying the pop flavors of the month couldn't care less. They just want to hear the same music as all their friends listen to.
A voluntary program will inflate the influence of bands with small but zealous followings. I'd expect the record cos. to press for some kind of mandatory sharing, where your mp3s expire after a certain time if you don't send in your listening records, or your mp3 player locks up if you haven't sync'd back to the mothership in the past month. Which puts us exactly back into the same ugly DRM/Control-the-listener boat we're heading towards now.
The majors sell POTENTIAL. The potential for large-scale distribution, the potential for heavy radio rotation, the potential for millions of recordings SOLD (vs given away for free), the potential for a palatial mansion and hanging backstage with Britney after the gig.
Do they delivery? IMHO, not. But they aren't selling a GUARANTEE of worldwide fame and fortune, only the POTENTIAL. Its that sales pitch that catches so many wide-eyed trusting musicians. Its been my experience (20 years doing this not-getting-rich music thing, watching band after band sign, get screwed, get dropped, and burn out) that "everyone" might KNOW the labels will screw them over, but they sign anyway. They sign for the potential that, just this once, the label rep is telling the truth and they really will become successful beyond their wildest dreams.
A well-spun story of potential pots of gold shines very brightly in the darkness of that cramped little van you're touring in.
Just think of the crossover possibilities! A 50' ape, running around with an invisibility ring that gives him the power of dominion over all the other apes! A vast monkey army, rising up to rule the world! Giant crap-flinging battle scenes! It'll be a hit for sure.
That's _exactly_ my point. Maybe the machines couldn't figure out what CDRs smell like. Maybe what you think CDRs smell like, really smells like almonds.
Every scientist I've ever met had a definite corporeal aspect as well. A lot of young scientists wish they could be pure, disembodied thought, but they grow out of it.
Usually about the age that they, similar to most/. readers, discover girls: age 27.
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Didn't Al Gore invent the Internet? That's gotta count for something....
There is a whole series of codes that must be entered, and a very specific timeline that must be followed, to lob a nuke from an F-16. Even after 100s of runs, its not an easy thing. The displays give you very specific directions as to what flight path to take ... the flight cues in the HUD (heads-up display) guide you through the pop and lob maneuver, and a nice flashing symbol tells you when to push the button.
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Even in a simulator, it is a very disturbing thing to do. Just the thought of "what might be"
background: through the mid-80s I worked in the flight simulation laboratory of a major defense contractor closely related to the F-16
A Florida start-up is working on a 15,000-processor supercomputer than can essentially reconstruct the timeline of your entire life in minutes.
Imagine a Beowulf clus.... oh, wait, they already have.
That's what was so amazing, that 75% didn't even have to be "tricked", they just gave it up when asked.
;-)
Sure wish that statistic carried through to OTHER aspects of "Social Engineering"
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IANAD
Actually, according to the article, he is a German national. And we (the US) hate foreign nationals, and especially Germany, right? I mean, Germany had the gall to think outside our box, and foreign nationals ... well, they're all just sleeper terrorists.
A bit overstated, I know, but I think Provos needs to worry about more than just his thesis. Patriot Act, anyone?
Reminds me of the book "Footfall", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The climax of that book has a space vessel launched with atomic bomb explosions as the propulsive force. check it out.
Walking on water was not witchcraft, it was a miracle. Same with the transmogrification (50 points!) of water into wine. Its important to get your facts straight when discussing such matters.
In the world 100 years from now, you don't program the computer ... the computer programs YOU!
Unfortunately, challenging the Patriot Act in court is by definition un-Patriot-ic, and therefore by suggesting this you must be a terrorist. That knocking you hear at your door is the FBI. Better water the plants and give the pets LOTS of food ... you'll be gone for a while ...
Sometimes I think we ARE in an Alfred E. Neuman computer era ... "What, Me Worry?" sounds an awful lot like the rationale for Palladium & "trusted computing"
If the original contract with Pedro explicitly says "if you sell your house, this contract transfers through the remaining paid length", then the new homeowners get their yard mowed. If the contract does not explicitly say that, then you're out some bucks and the new homeowners have to get a new contract.
When I bought my house there were a couple of contracts that transferred through the end of the paid period (for some foundation work, and for a pool service), and some that didn't (the aforementioned lawn contract).
If it bothers you that you're going to lose out on some money because you didn't "use up" your contract term, tack it on to the selling price of whatever it is you are selling. Happens in the home market all the time. [I think I saw another post mention the same thing].
Several friends have picked up on this story and are all excited that now we can bring back extinct species. The dodo, ivory-billed woodpecker, etc etc and so on. I had to explain to them that for any species to survive, IN THE WILD, there must be a population of sufficient size and more importantly sufficient genetic diversity. We can clone 1000 dodo's (insert politician joke here) but it will still only be ONE dodo. Not to mention that pretty much all the dodo's natural habitat is gone gone gone .. where will they live? The suburbs?
If all we want is to have a couple of living specimens around to look at, cloning will be fine. Anyone expecting to use cloning to re-introduce extinct species to the wild is fooling themselves.
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In the thick of it, Neo is dancing, chucking black-tied bodies skyward, pivoting around the signpost, and using shoulders as stepping-stones over the raging river of whup-ass.
If "raging river of whup-ass" isn't on a t-shirt at ThinkGeek yet, it damn well should be.
lol! I have a couple of companion cats that have a bad habit of USING my plants for ... well, lets just say its not a good thing.
... how to train your pets not to desecrate your indoor/patio garden. Most of the things housepets do to your plants are not very beneficial. I keep a loaded super soaker next to the door for just such occasions. I started with a little squirt gun, but the cats quickly learned to ignore it. Twin streams of high pressure H2O still get their attention. Not sure what I'll do if they get used to THAT ... tossing buckets of water at them, perhaps?
That is actually a whole related issue
Look into Companion Planting. In a nutshell, a companion plant is something you grown alongside your food plant to keep the bugs away. Some companions repel bugs altogether, some work to draw all the bugs to themselves and thus away from your herbs/veggies.
:-). Dump some water on every couple of days, partial-to-full sun, and you'll have happy flowers.
... a hernia makes everything taste like ass.
My fave is the Marigold. Its a pretty flower, easy to grow in a small pot, and fairly hard to kill (that's important for me
Also check out Container Gardening for many many more links on growing things on patios, small spaces, in containers, etc.
And finally, a safety tip. If you go for anything larger, like say a couple of tomato plants in one of those big terracotta pots, PLEASE get one of the wheeled bases for it. A 3' tall pot full of plants and wet soil is a biatch to move. I don't care how sweet the tomatoes are
His [Watson's] lawsuit alleges that Ko attempted extortion by offering to have the moderators of his online discussions clamp down on negative comments about Angel Sword if Watson bought advertising.
The whole suit, both sides, is hooey except for this allegation. If this is true, it is extortion. "We will trash you in a public forum unless you pay us money." If not, the judge should open up his can of whup ass and let the complainant have it.
IANAL, IMHO, YMMV, RTFM, ETC
The p0w3r of Print Screen
Me to another developer: "Your code is fubar; when I enter this value, click this checkbox, then click the submit button I the application throws an exception and crashes."
Developer to me: "Well, I've never seen that before, so it must not be happening."
Me: "Fine then." Duplicate bug. Mash Print Screen. Fire up Paint. Past the nice screen shot stored in the buffer. Email the image to the other developer, with a judicious cc: to the project lead.
Me: "Um, check your email."
Developer: "oh."
Project lead: "Matt quit cc'ing me on your damn emails already."
I tried the Google search, but thanks to some A-lists tech blogs all I got was 30 links about how raising goats will lead to peace, universal love, harmony amongst nations, free (as in beer) music ...
... when oh when will something be done ????
If I'd tried this 42 days ago I would have discovered the meaning of life....
Another example of Googlewashing
To determine reimbursement in an MP3 player world, a small sample of users could be invited periodically to voluntarily, and anonymously share their listening history stored in the player. Then, just as in the ASCAP model, payments collected from the music player distributors (Kia, the BSO and the like) would be split among the copyright owners. No fuss, no complexity and no secret CD police.
... its the little indie fighting-the-machine bands. The millions of people buying the pop flavors of the month couldn't care less. They just want to hear the same music as all their friends listen to.
In my dreams, in the ideal world where everyone is honest and war doesn't exist, this describes how royalties are distributed.
It will never get past the RIAA Lawyer Herd because of that dangerous term "voluntarily". The record companies have to know the that only people that will voluntarily offer up their playlists and listening habits to MegaASCAP will be the zealous fans. Who has the most zealous fans? Its not the big mass market bands
A voluntary program will inflate the influence of bands with small but zealous followings. I'd expect the record cos. to press for some kind of mandatory sharing, where your mp3s expire after a certain time if you don't send in your listening records, or your mp3 player locks up if you haven't sync'd back to the mothership in the past month. Which puts us exactly back into the same ugly DRM/Control-the-listener boat we're heading towards now.
The majors sell POTENTIAL. The potential for large-scale distribution, the potential for heavy radio rotation, the potential for millions of recordings SOLD (vs given away for free), the potential for a palatial mansion and hanging backstage with Britney after the gig.
Do they delivery? IMHO, not. But they aren't selling a GUARANTEE of worldwide fame and fortune, only the POTENTIAL. Its that sales pitch that catches so many wide-eyed trusting musicians. Its been my experience (20 years doing this not-getting-rich music thing, watching band after band sign, get screwed, get dropped, and burn out) that "everyone" might KNOW the labels will screw them over, but they sign anyway. They sign for the potential that, just this once, the label rep is telling the truth and they really will become successful beyond their wildest dreams.
A well-spun story of potential pots of gold shines very brightly in the darkness of that cramped little van you're touring in.
Just think of the crossover possibilities! A 50' ape, running around with an invisibility ring that gives him the power of dominion over all the other apes! A vast monkey army, rising up to rule the world! Giant crap-flinging battle scenes! It'll be a hit for sure.
(too much coffee, sorry all)
[qouth the Mouse]
That's _exactly_ my point. Maybe the machines couldn't figure out what CDRs smell like. Maybe what you think CDRs smell like, really smells like almonds.
DAMMIT!!! Every time I see a story that will let me show off my l33t Simpson's-quoting sk1lz, someone beats me to it!!! Don't you people ever sleep???
Every scientist I've ever met had a definite corporeal aspect as well. A lot of young scientists wish they could be pure, disembodied thought, but they grow out of it.
/. readers, discover girls: age 27.
Usually about the age that they, similar to most