Well, it seemed to coincide with her stay in hospital, under the care of a psychiatrist, and a severe bout of Depression coupled with what was described to me as "delusional disorder",
I am of the opinion that her newly discovered religious fervour may be related.
As she is still being treated for the depression, I am not inclined to browbeat her over the religion thing. She accepts that I don't believe, and won't sit in a church sermon "repeating after me" things that I don't believe.
She is getting better. Slowly.
Hopefully her reading the bible will bring her around to reason, as it has for many others.
My wife "found god" in the last year, and has decided that we won't be "glorifying Satan" this year.
So the kids miss out, and I don't have to dig out the decorations this year.
Of course, the way you interpret the 'self interest' is what varies
That's a big one right there. Possibly the biggest.
Is it in my self interest to buy the least expensive cup of coffee? Or to buy my coffee from the local shop, whose owner is also a customer of mine?
Is it in a given CEO's interest to maximize profits (and his bonus) for 1 quarter, while gutting the company and collecting his golden parachute, or to built a long term sustainable company, which will pay him (and the employees, and suppliers) much more over the longer term?
Well, the percentage of the earth's surface that is black tarmac (and similar asphalt surfaces) has been increasing steadily since the beginning on the previous century....
I'm constantly amazed by people who think you have to do only 1 thing to fix *any* problem
Most problems need a multi-pronged approach.
For instance the budget: It's not spend less or find more income. It's a combination of both.
Overweight? Diet and exercise
Unfriendly foreign power (or neighbor): Carrot and stick
But he does occasionally need to swat your bottom...
Were that the case, I would expect to see pillars of salt all over the place.
And a lot more lightning strikes picking individuals out of a crowd (or off certain pulpits).
I wish the engineers (EE, working in telecom) were required to spend a year working as a field tech installing and maintaining the system before the company allowed them access to AutoCad.
The stupid, obvious, un-maintainable things that come out in most of the work orders are just staggering.
Most times we're up to at least a Rev.C work order before the damn thing is able to get running the way it should be.
And, of course, doing science here demonstrates to local school kids that it's something that can be done here, by prople just like them.
As opposed to the "durr science is too hard for us. I'm gonna get a good job at starbucx. I don't need to learn this math-n-science stuff" approach that seems to be the current norm.
People get a sense of accomplishment from making things. That provides a psychological boost.
That's all there is to it.
Of course making things isn't the only way to get a sense of accomplishment, but making things does create a physical object that re-enforces that good feeling whenever we see/use it.
Routing and signal processing.
If they're doing a lot of processing as part of their noise reduction, there could be a significant delay added (in each direction)
The difficulty is going to be getting software for POS systems that accept money from my virtual wallet.
There are still a lot of retailers whose POS won't accept chip-n-pin, 3 or 4 years after it was introduced here.
Also, I don't think anyone will be in a hurry to jump on this bandwagon if there are multiple, non-compatible "standards" out there.
And there's this too:
In other news: a petroleum pipeline explosion has killed at least 100 so far today in Kenya.
From linked article:
"The scene is horrific, with charred bodies all around. I cannot differentiate between men and women or boys and girls. All that is left are bones, and the only way to identify the children is from their smaller skeletons."
Pretty much my first thought too.
A couple of private trackers that I'm on have recently reversed their policy on VPNs, now allowing them for existing members who can demonstrate an e-mail address or IP from NZ
And , yes, there are cappers, uploaders and seeders from NZ.
It's cool seeing travel shows from other places. I've learned a lot about the Kiwis since I joined.
Sure, some life forms have adapted, but is that good design, or just survival of the best parts?
That sounds more like evolution in action than anything else.
Survival of the fittest.
not that it's a great idea to be (inadvertently or intentionally) creating environments nasty enough to need evolution to be part of the survival strategy.
It still is.
As you said, all you need to do is physically go to a ticketmaster retailer (or *gasp* even the venue's box office), and you can select any exact seat you want if it's not already sold.
We live in America. Majority rules. If ten people want to watch the Sox play, and 20 want to watch Starcraft, the bar owner is going to change the TV.
Not a smart bar owner. A smart bar owner will realize that the guy who just wants to watch the game with a nice beer will continue to come back. The assholes who think video games are spectator sports will be back in at best a year and far more likely never.
So the smart bar owner would kick the video game idiots out in favor of the customers who actually support the bar year round
''cause those sports bars only have 1 TV? Or they can only show the same thing on all the TVs? *eyeroll*
So I shouldn't attend any more gaming conventions because some mid-level HR drone has it in their head that D&D = Satan worshipper?
Or I shouldn't watch the local pride parade because someone might think I'm gay, and therefore am no longer qualified to be a scout leader??? Or even that I should lose custody of my kids?
Sorry, but no.
I agree that people should just mind their own business, and not impose their prejudices on others, but that's not the reality is it?
So I think a good first step is not to make it easier for them to screw around with other peoples' freedom to act freely (so long as it doesn't actually harm others)
There are things that I choose to do which harm no none, inconvenience no one, and should be no one else's business.
Some of those things also seem to offend some other people for some reason that I can't understand.
There are also people who have power or influence over me and my financial security / freedom of association or that of my family members.
Now, what might happeng if these various factors overlap?
Might I not get a promotion, or not get a new job
Might my son not "make the team"?
Might my wife be turned away from some of her volunteer activities?
Yes, some of these things might happen by direct one-on-one observation, but it's much more likely to happen if there is an automated method to permanently store pictures taken in all locations 24*7 and search those archives automatically.
My 10 year old son and I are building a guitar amp at the moment.
Using tubes and other parts we salvaged from an old tape machine (and other things) that he dissected.
When other platforms can do the same as my desktop *for the same money* then I'll think about taking these death predictions seriously.
I've been in the same spot. (10KW, 3 tower array). It's amazing how far the parts of a capacitor on a P&M panel can spread when propelled by a lightning strike.
Even with ball gaps, chokes, and all the other effort, ultimately the transmitter has to be connected to the tower. 50 ohms is not that much different than "the shortest path to ground" when you put a few thousand KV against it.
It took several years after my career change to enjoy the spectacle of a lightning storm
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Well, it seemed to coincide with her stay in hospital, under the care of a psychiatrist, and a severe bout of Depression coupled with what was described to me as "delusional disorder",
I am of the opinion that her newly discovered religious fervour may be related.
As she is still being treated for the depression, I am not inclined to browbeat her over the religion thing.
She accepts that I don't believe, and won't sit in a church sermon "repeating after me" things that I don't believe.
She is getting better. Slowly.
Hopefully her reading the bible will bring her around to reason, as it has for many others.
My wife "found god" in the last year, and has decided that we won't be "glorifying Satan" this year.
So the kids miss out, and I don't have to dig out the decorations this year.
Of course, the way you interpret the 'self interest' is what varies
That's a big one right there. Possibly the biggest.
Is it in my self interest to buy the least expensive cup of coffee? Or to buy my coffee from the local shop, whose owner is also a customer of mine?
Is it in a given CEO's interest to maximize profits (and his bonus) for 1 quarter, while gutting the company and collecting his golden parachute, or to built a long term sustainable company, which will pay him (and the employees, and suppliers) much more over the longer term?
Nah, the pavers don't even keep their global domination plans all that secret.
Well, the percentage of the earth's surface that is black tarmac (and similar asphalt surfaces) has been increasing steadily since the beginning on the previous century....
In a state which still practices excecution, I wouldn't want to settle for any amount of error
Also, it's not just the police/government mistaking someone's identity that is scary
I find myself bemused by people....
I'm constantly amazed by people who think you have to do only 1 thing to fix *any* problem
Most problems need a multi-pronged approach.
For instance the budget: It's not spend less or find more income. It's a combination of both.
Overweight? Diet and exercise
Unfriendly foreign power (or neighbor): Carrot and stick
But he does occasionally need to swat your bottom...
Were that the case, I would expect to see pillars of salt all over the place.
And a lot more lightning strikes picking individuals out of a crowd (or off certain pulpits).
I wish the engineers (EE, working in telecom) were required to spend a year working as a field tech installing and maintaining the system before the company allowed them access to AutoCad.
The stupid, obvious, un-maintainable things that come out in most of the work orders are just staggering.
Most times we're up to at least a Rev.C work order before the damn thing is able to get running the way it should be.
... and apparently, spelling is too hard for "prople" like me.
And, of course, doing science here demonstrates to local school kids that it's something that can be done here, by prople just like them.
As opposed to the "durr science is too hard for us. I'm gonna get a good job at starbucx. I don't need to learn this math-n-science stuff" approach that seems to be the current norm.
People get a sense of accomplishment from making things. That provides a psychological boost.
That's all there is to it.
Of course making things isn't the only way to get a sense of accomplishment, but making things does create a physical object that re-enforces that good feeling whenever we see/use it.
Routing and signal processing.
If they're doing a lot of processing as part of their noise reduction, there could be a significant delay added (in each direction)
The difficulty is going to be getting software for POS systems that accept money from my virtual wallet.
There are still a lot of retailers whose POS won't accept chip-n-pin, 3 or 4 years after it was introduced here.
Also, I don't think anyone will be in a hurry to jump on this bandwagon if there are multiple, non-compatible "standards" out there.
And there's this too:
I don't need Google or PayPal taking their cut.
In other news:
a petroleum pipeline explosion has killed at least 100 so far today in Kenya.
From linked article:
"The scene is horrific, with charred bodies all around. I cannot differentiate between men and women or boys and girls. All that is left are bones, and the only way to identify the children is from their smaller skeletons."
Pretty much my first thought too.
A couple of private trackers that I'm on have recently reversed their policy on VPNs, now allowing them for existing members who can demonstrate an e-mail address or IP from NZ
And , yes, there are cappers, uploaders and seeders from NZ.
It's cool seeing travel shows from other places. I've learned a lot about the Kiwis since I joined.
Sure, some life forms have adapted, but is that good design, or just survival of the best parts?
That sounds more like evolution in action than anything else.
Survival of the fittest.
not that it's a great idea to be (inadvertently or intentionally) creating environments nasty enough to need evolution to be part of the survival strategy.
It still is.
As you said, all you need to do is physically go to a ticketmaster retailer (or *gasp* even the venue's box office), and you can select any exact seat you want if it's not already sold.
We live in America. Majority rules. If ten people want to watch the Sox play, and 20 want to watch Starcraft, the bar owner is going to change the TV.
Not a smart bar owner. A smart bar owner will realize that the guy who just wants to watch the game with a nice beer will continue to come back. The assholes who think video games are spectator sports will be back in at best a year and far more likely never. So the smart bar owner would kick the video game idiots out in favor of the customers who actually support the bar year round
''cause those sports bars only have 1 TV? Or they can only show the same thing on all the TVs?
*eyeroll*
Hmmm, I just did a speedtedt.net test and I tested at 12Mbps down, 0.48Mbps up. :
My ISP (shaw.ca) promises
* Up to 7.5 Mbps download speed
* Up to 512 Kbps upload speed
* 125 GB monthly transfer limit
So I guess I'm doing ok...
So I shouldn't attend any more gaming conventions because some mid-level HR drone has it in their head that D&D = Satan worshipper?
Or I shouldn't watch the local pride parade because someone might think I'm gay, and therefore am no longer qualified to be a scout leader??? Or even that I should lose custody of my kids?
Sorry, but no.
I agree that people should just mind their own business, and not impose their prejudices on others, but that's not the reality is it?
So I think a good first step is not to make it easier for them to screw around with other peoples' freedom to act freely (so long as it doesn't actually harm others)
There are things that I choose to do which harm no none, inconvenience no one, and should be no one else's business.
Some of those things also seem to offend some other people for some reason that I can't understand.
There are also people who have power or influence over me and my financial security / freedom of association or that of my family members.
Now, what might happeng if these various factors overlap?
Might I not get a promotion, or not get a new job
Might my son not "make the team"?
Might my wife be turned away from some of her volunteer activities?
Yes, some of these things might happen by direct one-on-one observation, but it's much more likely to happen if there is an automated method to permanently store pictures taken in all locations 24*7 and search those archives automatically.
My 10 year old son and I are building a guitar amp at the moment.
Using tubes and other parts we salvaged from an old tape machine (and other things) that he dissected.
When other platforms can do the same as my desktop *for the same money* then I'll think about taking these death predictions seriously.
Have you ever seen a surge protector after a direct strike? The MOVs don't help much once they vaporize.
It's amazing how many people who call themselves engineers don't get that surge suppressors are non-resettable.
"what do you mean the power supplies got destroyed. We've had surge suppressors in there for years..."
I've been in the same spot. (10KW, 3 tower array). It's amazing how far the parts of a capacitor on a P&M panel can spread when propelled by a lightning strike.
Even with ball gaps, chokes, and all the other effort, ultimately the transmitter has to be connected to the tower. 50 ohms is not that much different than "the shortest path to ground" when you put a few thousand KV against it.
It took several years after my career change to enjoy the spectacle of a lightning storm