Canada has had "As It Happens" since 1968. It's daily, sometimes quirky and much better than mainstream news. It airs at 6:30 PM local time but can be heard via the net. Their archives are not too bad also.
The files are Real Audio only though, that's a bit of a piss-off.
Smokers have become the officially-approved whipping boys in English-speaking western society. It's no longer OK to criticize any identifiable social group, but smokers are fair game for vilification, discrimination and personal attacks.
I fully realize that smoking is "not good for you" and don't encourage anyone to take it up, but the convenient persecution (which feeds the puritanical mindset) has gone too far.
I think you left off the "you asshole" part from the end of your post. Maybe Slashcode auto-removed it as being superfluous.
PS: By the way, do you happen to know if stress relief is required by the ASME B31.3 code when fabricating 5-piece mitred elbows from 3/4" ASTM A333 carbon plate steel for low pressure, cold oxygen service at the outlet of a multi-core plate-fin exchanger? TIA.
the IE renderer is the standard - hence so many websites look like shit in FF.
Huh? Most sites I visit with Firefox render pretty nicely. I read websites for the content, not the eye candy (although I do admit to liking shiny things every now and then and semi-transparency and DHTML menu drop shadows are nice to look at).
As someone who deals occasionally with CAD drawing scaling, who the fuck decided that the . should replace the , when mentioning numbers? Did Operation Clambake get 200.5 "hits"?
I worry more about promoted-to-Peter-Principle level, clueless MBA-types getting into positions of power than I do about naive IT dorks calling the shots for process control and safety system management. Who knows what a HAZOP is?
The _real_ engineering world has governing bodies (and stuff like that) to oversee the activities of its members. This is why bridges don't usually fall down and water comes out when you turn on the shower.
"Software engineers" are really "developers". The only computer-related engineers are the EEs.
In the UK we call such systems BMS, Building Management Systems.
Pfft. Talk to me again when you have a similar system set up and successfully running in a refinery or other similarly complex industrial facility like a chip fab.
Architects are always a pain in the arse - style minus substance and they rely on their civil/structural subcontracted engineers to do the heavy lifting.
Think the "oooh, shiny" client response phenomenon; that's essentially the market that architects cater to.
A recent junk TV commercial I've seen advertises magic, magnetic wrist bracelets (or something like that, I never paid much attention to it - lots of obsure celebrity "personal endorsements" and dubious customer testimonies) and cites Nielsen as a source of marketing research data for the product.
Either the marketing company is misrepresenting or Nielsen has sunk to a new low.
Everyone has different abilities, and just because someone is Rich, Smart, or Pretty; dosn't make them a good person.
But those are the most easily-promoted and understood "ideal" characteristics. I'm betting that the internet will eventually change peoples' perceptions drastically and for the better (this is the true genius of the internet).
We all have in-built prejudices based on localized experiences, teaching and lore - with the net, you tend to understand someone (given enough content) before you actually meet them and this forms your perception without the disadvantage of superficial judgement.
I.E., even if I had to have a steak tied around my neck to get my dog to lick my face as a child (Rodney Dangerfield quote?), if I provide you with a really useful program you don't give a crap what I look like.
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Wherever you go, you are surrounded by the same poisoned atmosphere when people realize you think faster than they do. When you're that bright, you soon understand what it was to be suspect of witchcraft.
Surely the writer of the above is smrt enough to know that being intelligent has to be balanced with the ability to make friends and not be a snot. Maybe s/he needs to get out more or is 14 years old.
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Some of Einstein's collegues asked him why he spent time helping an 8-year-old girl with her math.
His answer was "I help her with her math, and she gives me jellybeans."
What a wonderful quote.
Something emailed to me a couple of weeks ago (I'm not Jewish):
Five Jews who have changed the way we see the world:
Moses: The law is everything
Jesus: Love is everything
Marx: Money is everything
Freud: Sex is everything
Einstein: Everything is relative
And what happens when all the genii is already members and there is a funding crisis for the organization? Why, dumb-down the acceptance critera of course!
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I was moderated troll, woo-hoo!
In my experience, most communication defaults back to English due to its dominance in the engineering, entertainment, computer, etc., domains.
Being able to think in a non-native language is difficult, but once you get used to it it's not that hard to do.
I learned French by banging a French girl.
Oh crap, I forgot that this is Slashdot.
Where can I buy a pre-paid card that allows me to download 100 of my favourite tunes for 100 bucks (in MP3 format)?
Canada has had "As It Happens" since 1968. It's daily, sometimes quirky and much better than mainstream news. It airs at 6:30 PM local time but can be heard via the net. Their archives are not too bad also.
The files are Real Audio only though, that's a bit of a piss-off.
Dan always has great stuff, I check it regularly.
Maybe not enough crayons inserted into his nose.
Smokers have become the officially-approved whipping boys in English-speaking western society. It's no longer OK to criticize any identifiable social group, but smokers are fair game for vilification, discrimination and personal attacks.
I fully realize that smoking is "not good for you" and don't encourage anyone to take it up, but the convenient persecution (which feeds the puritanical mindset) has gone too far.
You've confirmed it, my mom was right!
I think you left off the "you asshole" part from the end of your post. Maybe Slashcode auto-removed it as being superfluous.
PS: By the way, do you happen to know if stress relief is required by the ASME B31.3 code when fabricating 5-piece mitred elbows from 3/4" ASTM A333 carbon plate steel for low pressure, cold oxygen service at the outlet of a multi-core plate-fin exchanger? TIA.
CSS is nice, though. I wonder how long it will take for Taco et al to finally implement it.
the IE renderer is the standard - hence so many websites look like shit in FF.
Huh? Most sites I visit with Firefox render pretty nicely. I read websites for the content, not the eye candy (although I do admit to liking shiny things every now and then and semi-transparency and DHTML menu drop shadows are nice to look at).
the razor-thin margins they give back to the theaters are why popcorn costs $28 a pound
Popped or unpopped?
Weight of popcorn.
The word is spelled, "segue", but phonetically pronounced the way you wrote it.
Lovely. Who determines what a "narrow space" is especially with handwritten text? Is it 5 pixels, a million angstroms or half a hogshead wide?
Is the term "percentage points" replaced with "percentage commas" in Europe?
Maybe NASA shouldn't be so ridiculed for their Mars Climate Orbiter error.
Due to a link fark.com Operation Clambake got 200.000 hits today.
As someone who deals occasionally with CAD drawing scaling, who the fuck decided that the . should replace the , when mentioning numbers? Did Operation Clambake get 200.5 "hits"?
I worry more about promoted-to-Peter-Principle level, clueless MBA-types getting into positions of power than I do about naive IT dorks calling the shots for process control and safety system management. Who knows what a HAZOP is?
The _real_ engineering world has governing bodies (and stuff like that) to oversee the activities of its members. This is why bridges don't usually fall down and water comes out when you turn on the shower.
"Software engineers" are really "developers". The only computer-related engineers are the EEs.
In the UK we call such systems BMS, Building Management Systems.
Pfft. Talk to me again when you have a similar system set up and successfully running in a refinery or other similarly complex industrial facility like a chip fab.
Architects are always a pain in the arse - style minus substance and they rely on their civil/structural subcontracted engineers to do the heavy lifting.
Think the "oooh, shiny" client response phenomenon; that's essentially the market that architects cater to.
A recent junk TV commercial I've seen advertises magic, magnetic wrist bracelets (or something like that, I never paid much attention to it - lots of obsure celebrity "personal endorsements" and dubious customer testimonies) and cites Nielsen as a source of marketing research data for the product.
Either the marketing company is misrepresenting or Nielsen has sunk to a new low.
Everyone has different abilities, and just because someone is Rich, Smart, or Pretty; dosn't make them a good person.
But those are the most easily-promoted and understood "ideal" characteristics. I'm betting that the internet will eventually change peoples' perceptions drastically and for the better (this is the true genius of the internet).
We all have in-built prejudices based on localized experiences, teaching and lore - with the net, you tend to understand someone (given enough content) before you actually meet them and this forms your perception without the disadvantage of superficial judgement.
I.E., even if I had to have a steak tied around my neck to get my dog to lick my face as a child (Rodney Dangerfield quote?), if I provide you with a really useful program you don't give a crap what I look like.
Wherever you go, you are surrounded by the same poisoned atmosphere when people realize you think faster than they do. When you're that bright, you soon understand what it was to be suspect of witchcraft.
Surely the writer of the above is smrt enough to know that being intelligent has to be balanced with the ability to make friends and not be a snot. Maybe s/he needs to get out more or is 14 years old.
Some of Einstein's collegues asked him why he spent time helping an 8-year-old girl with her math.
His answer was "I help her with her math, and she gives me jellybeans."
What a wonderful quote.
Something emailed to me a couple of weeks ago (I'm not Jewish):
Five Jews who have changed the way we see the world:
Moses: The law is everything
Jesus: Love is everything
Marx: Money is everything
Freud: Sex is everything
Einstein: Everything is relative
And what happens when all the genii is already members and there is a funding crisis for the organization? Why, dumb-down the acceptance critera of course!
Exactly.
I had mod points this week and used only 1 of 5 before real life took over, so I have none to give you. Great post.
Really?
pipingdesign.com has been #1 with Google for a few years despite ASME, well-funded corporate sites and competing sites that are selling stuff.
Teoma's fine with me - it ranks my site at #1 for the appropriate keywords, as does Google.