in the overheated housing market, doesn't want to lose the business.
A rising tide lifts all boats (except for those no longer able to afford to get off the land - those people get flooded).
Who immediately benefits from escalating real estate prices? It's not owners, buyers or sellers unless much ego is made about how much they paid (or if they cash out at a peak).
strip the attorney that validated the transaction of his citizenship and forfeit all of his assets, to cover the price of reimbursing the victims, then promptly deport him.
Let's not be too hasty here and go off half-cocked. I say we burn him first.
Yikes, I was going to make some smartass comment about Caerbannog and big, nasty, pointy teeth *holds claw hand in front of mouth and scratches outwards* but this film predates it!
Buy cross-shredding devices (and dump the stuff in different bins while not being watched - maybe burn it first), up your crypto and be very, very wary.
Old sci-fi/monster movies are very cool, I wish we could see more of them re-broadcast instead of the current shaky camera scenes of might-be monsters. Might I add that most "horror" movies these days are actually "startle" movies.
Watching AVP right now, it looks like WWF/WWE had *way* too much influence.
Perhaps I am in a different world, but as an engineering designer I can quite comfortably work without net access if I can still work locally and later upload. In fact, being away from "connectivity" actually helps very often as it gives me my own time to think uninterrupted (apparently, programmers call this as being "in the zone").
Being constantly connected to a remote database (whether it's in two rooms over or a city away - let's name this as the umbilical) should not be a hindrance to getting work done if a network goes down.
Yes, I know that any network problem can cause everything to come to a halt, often with cheers and speculation on which pub to migrate to.
I was amused to hear Leo Laporte mention Samsung as "one of those Japanese companies" on Call for Help the other day. In the first place, the show pre-screens all its webcam callers, you have to email them with your question and they'll maybe call you back. This is nice for the show, as it provides tons of time for them to do web research and broadcast it.
I've got a 37" LCD HDTV (supposedly 1080i capable) connected to a cable HD source and all *I* notice is that people and stuff look wider. On the other hand, I'm feeling a lot less self-conscious about my middle girth and now want to buy widescreen computer monitors.
completing the transition from an engineer/scientist leader (Andy Grove) through a manufacturing guru (Barrett), to a bean-counter (Otellini), ending with a salesman (Maloney).
This is a tricky thing to do because sometimes they cut out keystone employees which are their real foundation and founder a bit.
If there is too much politics involved in the layoffs, the stock price might spike up and level until the cows come home to roost (so to speak). But that could be YEARS down the road after professional management has moved on to screw up yet another struggling company desperate to imbibe the temporary kool-aid.
We are no longer practising Capitalism. This is more of a MoneyGrabism.
This is what happens when "professional managers" (MBA types, mostly) move in and take over without knowing much about the core business and even less about customer service. It was all the rage recently, as it allowed said types to float around to different industries and focus on only one thing - money.
If an electronic resource is presented in such a way as to be easily navigated, then it is superior to it's printed counterpart in may ways. Being able to search an entire book with a click is invaluable.
Agreed, but as you mentioned, there's nothing like the heft and feel of a real paper hardback (with included post-it notes, highlighting, bookmarks and scribbling of course). People that truly know the contents and subject matter of a particular reference book usually can flip to the appropriate page in seconds. Random access via software is nice, but I always wonder and worry about the depth and breadth of knowledge that results from this method of information access.
A crude example: "plug part A into slot B. But not before part C is attached. See appendix for full explanation.".
Jumping to the quick, but incomplete answer is far too easy to resist for some students, and sometimes complicated subjects are intentionally obfuscated in order to ensure that the full material is read and understood.
ASME and related codes are like this; there is often no strict yes/no answer.
Thanks for that. Next time I see one sneaking over the rockies I'll have to stage such a photo. Maybe I can convince some ACs that I am a descendant of Tim the Enchanter.
Summer lightning, thunder and nasty hailstorms here are quite impressive, especially when they happen all at once. Little kids freak out, especially the ones that are visiting from warmer climates and it's fun to watch their reactions. It's a look of true wonder and amazement.
Are you asking me to provide data or reliable cites that prove a negative? I think we both know how that works.
I'm claiming that climate change is natural and normal and nothing to be too concerned about.
You seem to be from the group that is hell-bent on "proving" that climate change is caused by human activity via anecdote, dubious, short-term data and FUD. More sophisticated weather modeling techniques based on only 100 years (or, for that matter, 1000 years) of data is still just speculation, given the age of the planet.
If your website is honest, you seem to be "into" math and fairly young. Both of these pursuits are honourable.
One's outlook changes with age and parenthood when previous matters of "earth-shattering importance" get sidelined due to more immediate personal concerns.
I recently moved a few thousand kilometers westward and a Chinook Arch looks quite ominous and threatening to those that haven't seen it before. It's just nature, though. I always find it amusing when eco-types freak out and fret over what are natural earth processes.
The sky is not falling, despite what the linked image above might indicate.
"By all means keep an open mind, but face up to the fact that, to the best of our not inconsiderable knowledge on the matter, anthropogenic changes are the primary factor in current climatic change."
Earlier on, you write,
"Take some time and read through the IPCC summary of climate attribution studies [grida.no] and bear in mind that this was as of 2001 - we know even more now.".
Are you implying that more (reliable and relevant) data has been collected over the past five years or that computer climate modeling has gotten more sophisticated and impressive to the layman?
For someone who asks everyone else to "keep an open mind", you already seem to have made yours up.
A year passed... Winter changed into Spring... Spring changed into
Summer, Summer changed back into Winter, and Winter gave Spring and
Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn... Until one day...
Slashdot Mirror
10 links in one submission, wow.
It's human nature to be competitive
No it's not.
in the overheated housing market, doesn't want to lose the business.
A rising tide lifts all boats (except for those no longer able to afford to get off the land - those people get flooded).
Who immediately benefits from escalating real estate prices? It's not owners, buyers or sellers unless much ego is made about how much they paid (or if they cash out at a peak).
strip the attorney that validated the transaction of his citizenship and forfeit all of his assets, to cover the price of reimbursing the victims, then promptly deport him.
Let's not be too hasty here and go off half-cocked. I say we burn him first.
Yikes, I was going to make some smartass comment about Caerbannog and big, nasty, pointy teeth *holds claw hand in front of mouth and scratches outwards* but this film predates it!
Buy cross-shredding devices (and dump the stuff in different bins while not being watched - maybe burn it first), up your crypto and be very, very wary.
Old sci-fi/monster movies are very cool, I wish we could see more of them re-broadcast instead of the current shaky camera scenes of might-be monsters. Might I add that most "horror" movies these days are actually "startle" movies.
Watching AVP right now, it looks like WWF/WWE had *way* too much influence.
Perhaps I am in a different world, but as an engineering designer I can quite comfortably work without net access if I can still work locally and later upload. In fact, being away from "connectivity" actually helps very often as it gives me my own time to think uninterrupted (apparently, programmers call this as being "in the zone").
Being constantly connected to a remote database (whether it's in two rooms over or a city away - let's name this as the umbilical) should not be a hindrance to getting work done if a network goes down.
Yes, I know that any network problem can cause everything to come to a halt, often with cheers and speculation on which pub to migrate to.
I was amused to hear Leo Laporte mention Samsung as "one of those Japanese companies" on Call for Help the other day. In the first place, the show pre-screens all its webcam callers, you have to email them with your question and they'll maybe call you back. This is nice for the show, as it provides tons of time for them to do web research and broadcast it.
I've got a 37" LCD HDTV (supposedly 1080i capable) connected to a cable HD source and all *I* notice is that people and stuff look wider. On the other hand, I'm feeling a lot less self-conscious about my middle girth and now want to buy widescreen computer monitors.
completing the transition from an engineer/scientist leader (Andy Grove) through a manufacturing guru (Barrett), to a bean-counter (Otellini), ending with a salesman (Maloney).
This comment deserves an extra "insightful" mod.
This is a tricky thing to do because sometimes they cut out keystone employees which are their real foundation and founder a bit.
If there is too much politics involved in the layoffs, the stock price might spike up and level until the cows come home to roost (so to speak). But that could be YEARS down the road after professional management has moved on to screw up yet another struggling company desperate to imbibe the temporary kool-aid.
We are no longer practising Capitalism. This is more of a MoneyGrabism.
This is what happens when "professional managers" (MBA types, mostly) move in and take over without knowing much about the core business and even less about customer service. It was all the rage recently, as it allowed said types to float around to different industries and focus on only one thing - money.
Cue the replies in 1, 2, ...
If an electronic resource is presented in such a way as to be easily navigated, then it is superior to it's printed counterpart in may ways. Being able to search an entire book with a click is invaluable.
Agreed, but as you mentioned, there's nothing like the heft and feel of a real paper hardback (with included post-it notes, highlighting, bookmarks and scribbling of course). People that truly know the contents and subject matter of a particular reference book usually can flip to the appropriate page in seconds. Random access via software is nice, but I always wonder and worry about the depth and breadth of knowledge that results from this method of information access.
A crude example: "plug part A into slot B. But not before part C is attached. See appendix for full explanation.".
Jumping to the quick, but incomplete answer is far too easy to resist for some students, and sometimes complicated subjects are intentionally obfuscated in order to ensure that the full material is read and understood.
ASME and related codes are like this; there is often no strict yes/no answer.
Thanks for that. Next time I see one sneaking over the rockies I'll have to stage such a photo. Maybe I can convince some ACs that I am a descendant of Tim the Enchanter.
Summer lightning, thunder and nasty hailstorms here are quite impressive, especially when they happen all at once. Little kids freak out, especially the ones that are visiting from warmer climates and it's fun to watch their reactions. It's a look of true wonder and amazement.
Your Socratic method has defeated me. You are clearly the winner. Enjoy!
Is that like when Lenny blows his nose with a squirrel after talking about respecting the environment?
Are you asking me to provide data or reliable cites that prove a negative? I think we both know how that works.
I'm claiming that climate change is natural and normal and nothing to be too concerned about.
You seem to be from the group that is hell-bent on "proving" that climate change is caused by human activity via anecdote, dubious, short-term data and FUD. More sophisticated weather modeling techniques based on only 100 years (or, for that matter, 1000 years) of data is still just speculation, given the age of the planet.
If your website is honest, you seem to be "into" math and fairly young. Both of these pursuits are honourable.
One's outlook changes with age and parenthood when previous matters of "earth-shattering importance" get sidelined due to more immediate personal concerns.
I recently moved a few thousand kilometers westward and a Chinook Arch looks quite ominous and threatening to those that haven't seen it before. It's just nature, though. I always find it amusing when eco-types freak out and fret over what are natural earth processes.
The sky is not falling, despite what the linked image above might indicate.
"By all means keep an open mind, but face up to the fact that, to the best of our not inconsiderable knowledge on the matter, anthropogenic changes are the primary factor in current climatic change."
Earlier on, you write,
"Take some time and read through the IPCC summary of climate attribution studies [grida.no] and bear in mind that this was as of 2001 - we know even more now.".
Are you implying that more (reliable and relevant) data has been collected over the past five years or that computer climate modeling has gotten more sophisticated and impressive to the layman?
For someone who asks everyone else to "keep an open mind", you already seem to have made yours up.
A year passed ... Winter changed into Spring ... Spring changed into
Summer, Summer changed back into Winter, and Winter gave Spring and
Summer a miss and went straight on into Autumn ... Until one day ...
Are the theoretical million monkeys typing into these comments? Seems like it. AOL users, move over.
I was with you up till this part:
350$/hr hooker was peeing on your rug in seven different languages
I...er, I mean friends only get five languages - you, sir, are full of shit.
Of course, the episode title is likely a reference to an old Steve Miller song.