Does CAD Degrade Drawing Quality? compiles a few weeks' worth of reader comments about computers, engineering and current events. The original source of the comments (reprinted with permission) are from Ralph Grabowski's upFront.eZine, which is a weekly newsletter all about the CAD industry.
given the way the USA reacted to a lady's chest being shown on TV
I have to correct you there. It wasn't a "chest", it was one breast - two would have likely been doublebad -, and to be more specific, a nipple (and not one of the best I've seen, either - her boobies are just not that spectacular). Perky, yes, but heavy and appropriatly sized and hanging well in a bikini? Now, if we are to discuss nipples and partially nekked women I'll have to say that...
I can't help but be reminded of those "free speech zones" they command protesters to stay within if they want to protest something.
Yeah, I agree. Every peaceful protest group should have at least 5 videocam people (preferably at a high vantage point) filming the happenings.
The nutcases tend to show up during such events and start breaking things, thus causing civil unrest in the streets (an event which the police are quite correct to crack down on). Or maybe the people wearing masks are just the "hard liners" and the massed people don't do anything to stop them until it's too late.
Manipulating people in massed crowds is even easier than using "canned laughter" to persuade drones to think that a dull TV program is actually funny. The concept of "social engineering" is bandied about here on Slashdot as if it's some kind of new way to trick people via the use of computers. It's not. It is amazingly easy to create chaos within random groups of people. All it takes is passivity on the part of the observers. And we (most of us, anyway), like it or not, are just passive observers in the big show.
There's no way the porn industry would restrict themselves to a separate TLD, if for no other reason than it would make it far too easy to screen that domain and prevent access on any system.
Maybe I'm not thinking deeply enough, but wouldn't dot sex limit things to a certain extent?
Granted, rogue spammers will always post shit to The Entire World, but aren't most consumers of pron pretty dedicated to what they're looking for?
Isn't this one of the biggest problems we have today? By that I mean that people/investor groups often have little or no knowledge of the intricate technical details of any given worthwhile, complicated endeavour.
Ironically, while reading this story's comments, the auto-included Slashdot bottom-page quote was: "If you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time serving it..."
Two things that may possibly affect this figure...
1. Most registration forms have a dropdown with female as the first entry(alphabetical order).
2. What does a null date default to? 12/31/1969, just about 35 years ago.
Very insightful (as opposed to "informative"), AC. Dropdowns are easily mis-selected due to focus issues, a concept which many web users don't understand. Sometimes I've modded comments incorrectly due to inattention.
So now you know where those "moderators on crack" comments come from.
An actress and possible nucular physicist, says in the preview, "through all my knowledge and all my experience (wow, that's broad and deep), there's absolutely no way a robot could harm a human being".
Where is that sig about why we should trust what actors say when I need it.
If your seceratay/personal assistant/receptionist isn't worth $40k a year you've got the wrong person in the job.
I've got to agree with that. My background is not one where secretaries were common ("old skool" engineering, I.E., not computers) but I once worked in a position where a bunch of us shared an administrative assistant. She was brilliant and worth a lot more than what she was getting paid.
...you can see a row of six large pink tanks near the docks. These are the digesters at Seafield. (The reasons why they are pink are complex and architectural, not functional.
Not functional? Most bulk storage tanks for fuels are painted white since it reflects sunlight. Explosive offgases tend to build up in these tanks and you don't need extra heat buildup in there (a friend of mine was killed in an explosion some years back due to this). One safety measure is to positively pressurize the tanks' vapour space with GN2.
Take a technical drawing/drafting course, one with drafting tables straightedges and pencils, not AutoCAD. You might also learn some other interesting, useful stuff along the way.
...I'm on shore tour now, but when I was on my sub...
Aren't they going to come after you now for mentioning this? I thought submariners were "the silent service", not the "talk about it on Slashdot" service.
Hydro-Quebec will provide the lithium-metal-polymer (LMP) battery
Hydro-Quebec is a remarkably competent organization. If anyone can do it without outside meddling, they can (maybe it's a language/cultural thing). The power they generate supplies much of the northeast and they operate one of the few liquid hydrogen production facilities in North America. But maybe I'm mistaken on that last statement (electrolysis at Hydrogenal).
Quebec has abundant power, yet another reason for the US to invade Canada. Err, Quebec.
This site has a green-sounding name, but the facts look correct.
Disclosure: I have worked on G and LH2 design projects in the past and am in Montreal.
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(Here I get to plug my own site, sort of)
Does CAD Degrade Drawing Quality? compiles a few weeks' worth of reader comments about computers, engineering and current events. The original source of the comments (reprinted with permission) are from Ralph Grabowski's upFront.eZine, which is a weekly newsletter all about the CAD industry.
given the way the USA reacted to a lady's chest being shown on TV
I have to correct you there. It wasn't a "chest", it was one breast - two would have likely been doublebad -, and to be more specific, a nipple (and not one of the best I've seen, either - her boobies are just not that spectacular). Perky, yes, but heavy and appropriatly sized and hanging well in a bikini? Now, if we are to discuss nipples and partially nekked women I'll have to say that...
Sorry, gotta go, rush job!
I can't help but be reminded of those "free speech zones" they command protesters to stay within if they want to protest something.
Yeah, I agree. Every peaceful protest group should have at least 5 videocam people (preferably at a high vantage point) filming the happenings.
The nutcases tend to show up during such events and start breaking things, thus causing civil unrest in the streets (an event which the police are quite correct to crack down on). Or maybe the people wearing masks are just the "hard liners" and the massed people don't do anything to stop them until it's too late.
Manipulating people in massed crowds is even easier than using "canned laughter" to persuade drones to think that a dull TV program is actually funny. The concept of "social engineering" is bandied about here on Slashdot as if it's some kind of new way to trick people via the use of computers. It's not. It is amazingly easy to create chaos within random groups of people. All it takes is passivity on the part of the observers. And we (most of us, anyway), like it or not, are just passive observers in the big show.
There's no way the porn industry would restrict themselves to a separate TLD, if for no other reason than it would make it far too easy to screen that domain and prevent access on any system.
Maybe I'm not thinking deeply enough, but wouldn't dot sex limit things to a certain extent?
Granted, rogue spammers will always post shit to The Entire World, but aren't most consumers of pron pretty dedicated to what they're looking for?
Those who can, do. Those who can't, buy
Isn't this one of the biggest problems we have today? By that I mean that people/investor groups often have little or no knowledge of the intricate technical details of any given worthwhile, complicated endeavour.
If you have a degree in computer science and don't suck, you will get promoted very quickly.
No smartass comment, too easy. Don't ask...
Ironically, while reading this story's comments, the auto-included Slashdot bottom-page quote was: "If you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time serving it..."
Are we all enjoying life yet?
Passengers who raise questions would be classified as yellow and would receive extra security screening
"Am I incorrectly inferring that if I voluntarily submit to a full body cavity search I get to go straight through to my seat?"
-Goatse guy
No, that was "Mars Attacks".
OK, but what about Kang and Kodos as antagonists?
Two things that may possibly affect this figure...
1. Most registration forms have a dropdown with female as the first entry(alphabetical order).
2. What does a null date default to? 12/31/1969, just about 35 years ago.
Very insightful (as opposed to "informative"), AC. Dropdowns are easily mis-selected due to focus issues, a concept which many web users don't understand. Sometimes I've modded comments incorrectly due to inattention.
So now you know where those "moderators on crack" comments come from.
You're at Dartmouth? Ever meet up with Archimedes Plutonium?
PS the real Dartmouth in The Great White North is across the harbour from Halifax.
Actually, most of the panic was just marketing spin. .
You pegged that exactly, thanks. Why do I never have mod points when I really could use them?
I thought "land of the free, home of the brave" was a US thing.
An actress and possible nucular physicist, says in the preview, "through all my knowledge and all my experience (wow, that's broad and deep), there's absolutely no way a robot could harm a human being".
Where is that sig about why we should trust what actors say when I need it.
I'll probably go see this movie, though.
Weren't they bought out by 3com?
OK, would you 5 or 6 guys pretending to be millions of Slashdot readers get off the damn site? I'd like too see this.
Rob?
If your seceratay/personal assistant/receptionist isn't worth $40k a year you've got the wrong person in the job.
I've got to agree with that. My background is not one where secretaries were common ("old skool" engineering, I.E., not computers) but I once worked in a position where a bunch of us shared an administrative assistant. She was brilliant and worth a lot more than what she was getting paid.
I hate when I see something needing up-modding and don't have points. Nevermind, it's up to 5, funny now. Good one.
You can have payback in 3 years, and then start making money on the juice you sell.
So THAT's where Budweiser comes from.
...you can see a row of six large pink tanks near the docks. These are the digesters at Seafield. (The reasons why they are pink are complex and architectural, not functional.
Not functional? Most bulk storage tanks for fuels are painted white since it reflects sunlight. Explosive offgases tend to build up in these tanks and you don't need extra heat buildup in there (a friend of mine was killed in an explosion some years back due to this). One safety measure is to positively pressurize the tanks' vapour space with GN2.
Co-gen is big business these days.
Take a technical drawing/drafting course, one with drafting tables straightedges and pencils, not AutoCAD. You might also learn some other interesting, useful stuff along the way.
...I'm on shore tour now, but when I was on my sub...
Aren't they going to come after you now for mentioning this? I thought submariners were "the silent service", not the "talk about it on Slashdot" service.
...support your own parental unit machines...
Robot parents, cool.
Hydro-Quebec will provide the lithium-metal-polymer (LMP) battery
Hydro-Quebec is a remarkably competent organization. If anyone can do it without outside meddling, they can (maybe it's a language/cultural thing). The power they generate supplies much of the northeast and they operate one of the few liquid hydrogen production facilities in North America. But maybe I'm mistaken on that last statement (electrolysis at Hydrogenal).
Quebec has abundant power, yet another reason for the US to invade Canada. Err, Quebec.
This site has a green-sounding name, but the facts look correct.
Disclosure: I have worked on G and LH2 design projects in the past and am in Montreal.