"'I think that this is more along the lines of coincidence.'"
And I think an 'abandoned' 5-ton anchor found at one of the cut sites, when no ships were reported in the area, is _not_ along the lines of coincidence...
"Try this one..." SNIP
Egypt! Damn!
"nope...that's not it"
"okok....cut this one!" SNIP
Dubai?! Dang!
"Don't worry, we'll get it soon - cut this other one!" SNIP
Iran?!!! Finally!
"Ok, good work, let's go home!"
"Freedom of speech is fine when you have something important to say..."
I may not like what you have to say, but goddamn it, I'll fight to the death for your right to say it!
BTW, you're right, FOS IS when _I_ have something important to say & non-FOS is when _YOU_ have something...wait. Censorship is when _YOU_ can't say what you...wait.
Nevermind, say whatever you like, just be sure to do it over there, and keep it down so I don't have to listen to you whine again.
Looking to nature for ideas isn't exactly a lightbulb moment normally associated with professionals. 5th graders, maybe. Thus your comment, right?
Sub designers, aircraft...cars...chairs...these guys/gals are supposed to have studied things like fish, birds, trees and insects for reasons why, and why not, long before they were hired to actually build things.
....what kind of response involves getting the example backwards...? Thanks for taking a run at me, but I'll give you a do-over if you want to try again.
"If you..." - If..... If a dwarf died and left you a million dollars and the sub cost $100,000.00 you'd... If you had to choose between jumping out of an airplane with your hair on fire and no parachute or renewing your sub... If you died the day before your sub expired... Weak:)
So the small company in Malaysia that hires a consulting company in Singapore to set up a CRM, and then has to subscribe to service if it wants anything fixed or changed isn't locked into a never-ending relationship if it doesn't want to start over with another vendor or DIY...right.
I vote we just put barrels of gas out in the open, and customers can ladle it into buckets in the trunks of their cars. Think of the cost station owners would save on pumping it out of the ground! Just put a monkey out on the street and drivers would throw quarters into a cup. Why have any safety systems at all!
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"I've often considered how it is that humans are so well adapted to controlling vehicles. "
Not on initial exposure.
Competent driving requires time and practice...repetitive situations that are eventually rehearsed subconsciously (to the point of prediction) that make it appear that the driver is adept, when in actuality, there is a specific percentage of basic scenarios that have simply been memorized.
You can't take a driver used to a sub-compact and expect them to apply their familiarity with a small sedan to a large tractor-trailer, as an example. The process of rehearsal must be repeated, and certainly does not rely strictly on a given level of adaptation. It's all in the mind.
' Nobody has ever called copyright infringement "robbery"...'
I'm sure someone, somewhere has, but not me - not this time.
My words in neither form nor manner, either implicitly or by inference, associated anything whatsoever with copyright infringement. That errant association was your opportunistic and shallow method of forcing yourself into the conversation. Trite at best, and amateurish as far as debate tactics go, but thanks for taking a run at me none the less - better luck next time:)
"They have agreements which artists are perfectly free to refuse" - funniest thing I've seen all day. Didn't get you modded up, tho, did it? hehehehhehe
Where was Paul McGuinness when the record companies were taking over 80% of the profits during the last few decades? He didn't have a problem with that form of robbery, eh?
Timing, control and balance - that's what an x-Hell's Angel told me were important to master. Without confusion, fatigue, and chaos, we'd have no need for timing, control and balance, and then where would we be on the ladder of evolution...
Some of us multi-task just fine. If you happen to be dyslexic like me, you need to multi-task, or you'd never get past addressing an envelope, much less licking a lousy stamp while you try to hold onto the darned thing.
"Why isn't geothermal on the list if it is both practical and promising?"
Practical for what? Won't help a space station or Mars rover...won't help a fleet of aircraft to stay airborne or a submarine to lie submerged.
Sure, it can spin turbines that are coupled to generators, but how far can that electricity be pumped and still be useful? And yes, it can be used to heat buildings, but only locally, and only buildings.
The Japanese want to come up with as few ubiquitous energy sources as possible, without having to go back to the drawing board every few decades. Believe me, there is no doubt in their minds that they can find solutions where others have walked away.
However, their cultural bent on thinking they can make anything, even Mother Nature, conform to their will, for their bidding, is what worries those of us who have learned not to trust the boys when they say things like "It was only a false alarm. The emergency shutdown was only a precaution. There is no issue for concern with the nuclear powerplant and it will be back online as soon as we finish our lunch."
"Lacrosse and Onyx are the code names for the United States' National Reconnaissance Office terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite. While not officially confirmed by the NRO or anybody in the U.S. government, there is widespread evidence to confirm its existence."
"Due to overruns, the cost of the Lacrosse-1 radar reconnaissance satellite launched in 1988 from the Space Shuttle exceeded $1 billion. In the opinion of experts, it was designed, above all, to search for mobile launchers for Soviet ICBM's and track strategic weapon systems beyond staging bases. The radar images were transmitted to the processing center via TDRS repeaters located under the management of NASA and deployed in a geostationary orbit. The Lacrosse-2 was launched in 1991 using a Titan-4 booster rocket from the Western Missile Test Range, which made it possible to increase the orbit inclination and, consequently, the zone of coverage from 57 to 68 degrees."
That phrase shows just how clueless and gullible, most people...including Taco...are when it comes to Microsoft.
The MS Surface 'table' (and it is one big ass table) relies on gestures/movement, with none of the functionality (save the on/off switch, I suppose), dependent on touch at all.
There are approx. 1/2 dozen cameras below the glass that triangulate movement above the glass - thus the need for the BAT.
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"'I think that this is more along the lines of coincidence.'"
And I think an 'abandoned' 5-ton anchor found at one of the cut sites, when no ships were reported in the area, is _not_ along the lines of coincidence...
"Try this one..." SNIP
Egypt! Damn!
"nope...that's not it"
"okok....cut this one!" SNIP
Dubai?! Dang!
"Don't worry, we'll get it soon - cut this other one!" SNIP
Iran?!!! Finally! "Ok, good work, let's go home!"
"Freedom of speech is fine when you have something important to say..."
I may not like what you have to say, but goddamn it, I'll fight to the death for your right to say it!
BTW, you're right, FOS IS when _I_ have something important to say & non-FOS is when _YOU_ have something...wait. Censorship is when _YOU_ can't say what you...wait.
Nevermind, say whatever you like, just be sure to do it over there, and keep it down so I don't have to listen to you whine again.
[sarcasm] laugh...it was a joke [/sarcasm]
Looking to nature for ideas isn't exactly a lightbulb moment normally associated with professionals. 5th graders, maybe. Thus your comment, right?
Sub designers, aircraft...cars...chairs...these guys/gals are supposed to have studied things like fish, birds, trees and insects for reasons why, and why not, long before they were hired to actually build things.
"...they can react almost instantaneously and adapt with their flexible wings." And they can hatch eggs and eat rocks to aid digestion.
And the problem with making a machine similarly perform is.....?
Didn't Da Vinci study birds? How is this news? Oh, wait...RP needs the ad revenue, of course.
Submarine designers look to fish for ideas on how to move in water.
I'm with Comcast and I don't see anXXXXnX XXong wXXX my serXXXe.
....what kind of response involves getting the example backwards...? Thanks for taking a run at me, but I'll give you a do-over if you want to try again.
:)
"If you..." - If..... If a dwarf died and left you a million dollars and the sub cost $100,000.00 you'd... If you had to choose between jumping out of an airplane with your hair on fire and no parachute or renewing your sub... If you died the day before your sub expired... Weak
So the small company in Malaysia that hires a consulting company in Singapore to set up a CRM, and then has to subscribe to service if it wants anything fixed or changed isn't locked into a never-ending relationship if it doesn't want to start over with another vendor or DIY...right.
"The subscription model is one of the ways to milk extra bucks from lock-in"
:)
Of course - I in no way declared there was a singular definition, but thanks for expanding the subject, none-the-less
lock-in = subscription based business model...for those that don't know :)
So, let me get this straight...
Admin: not the problem
User: the problem
Hacker: not the problem
Is that what you're saying?
"...the problem is usually the user"
Let me be the first.
You sir, are a moron.
I vote we just put barrels of gas out in the open, and customers can ladle it into buckets in the trunks of their cars. Think of the cost station owners would save on pumping it out of the ground! Just put a monkey out on the street and drivers would throw quarters into a cup. Why have any safety systems at all!
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The Library of Congress contains about 20 terabytes of text.
If a CD contains, say 700mb; 8.7 million copied CDs = approx. 300 LOC's
"I've often considered how it is that humans are so well adapted to controlling vehicles. "
Not on initial exposure.
Competent driving requires time and practice...repetitive situations that are eventually rehearsed subconsciously (to the point of prediction) that make it appear that the driver is adept, when in actuality, there is a specific percentage of basic scenarios that have simply been memorized.
You can't take a driver used to a sub-compact and expect them to apply their familiarity with a small sedan to a large tractor-trailer, as an example. The process of rehearsal must be repeated, and certainly does not rely strictly on a given level of adaptation. It's all in the mind.
' Nobody has ever called copyright infringement "robbery"...'
:)
I'm sure someone, somewhere has, but not me - not this time.
My words in neither form nor manner, either implicitly or by inference, associated anything whatsoever with copyright infringement. That errant association was your opportunistic and shallow method of forcing yourself into the conversation. Trite at best, and amateurish as far as debate tactics go, but thanks for taking a run at me none the less - better luck next time
"They have agreements which artists are perfectly free to refuse" - funniest thing I've seen all day. Didn't get you modded up, tho, did it? hehehehhehe
Where was Paul McGuinness when the record companies were taking over 80% of the profits during the last few decades? He didn't have a problem with that form of robbery, eh?
The guy is off his rocker, clearly.
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" I predict that the touted iPod-compatibility will remain "coming real soon now!" until the company is quietly wound down."
That happened the first time this little company went live - this is round 2. Same method, only different...rriiigggght.
...confusion, fatigue, and chaos...
Timing, control and balance - that's what an x-Hell's Angel told me were important to master. Without confusion, fatigue, and chaos, we'd have no need for timing, control and balance, and then where would we be on the ladder of evolution...
Some of us multi-task just fine. If you happen to be dyslexic like me, you need to multi-task, or you'd never get past addressing an envelope, much less licking a lousy stamp while you try to hold onto the darned thing.
"Why isn't geothermal on the list if it is both practical and promising?"
Practical for what? Won't help a space station or Mars rover...won't help a fleet of aircraft to stay airborne or a submarine to lie submerged.
Sure, it can spin turbines that are coupled to generators, but how far can that electricity be pumped and still be useful? And yes, it can be used to heat buildings, but only locally, and only buildings.
The Japanese want to come up with as few ubiquitous energy sources as possible, without having to go back to the drawing board every few decades. Believe me, there is no doubt in their minds that they can find solutions where others have walked away.
However, their cultural bent on thinking they can make anything, even Mother Nature, conform to their will, for their bidding, is what worries those of us who have learned not to trust the boys when they say things like "It was only a false alarm. The emergency shutdown was only a precaution. There is no issue for concern with the nuclear powerplant and it will be back online as soon as we finish our lunch."
Comparative Characteristics of Imagery Satellites
Example: The Lacrosse satellite (KH-12 is the other designation) weighs 14-16 tons.
"Lacrosse and Onyx are the code names for the United States' National Reconnaissance Office terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite. While not officially confirmed by the NRO or anybody in the U.S. government, there is widespread evidence to confirm its existence."
"Due to overruns, the cost of the Lacrosse-1 radar reconnaissance satellite launched in 1988 from the Space Shuttle exceeded $1 billion. In the opinion of experts, it was designed, above all, to search for mobile launchers for Soviet ICBM's and track strategic weapon systems beyond staging bases. The radar images were transmitted to the processing center via TDRS repeaters located under the management of NASA and deployed in a geostationary orbit. The Lacrosse-2 was launched in 1991 using a Titan-4 booster rocket from the Western Missile Test Range, which made it possible to increase the orbit inclination and, consequently, the zone of coverage from 57 to 68 degrees."
Analog TV...sure. It will when Google buys up the 700 MHz band and takes over next year.
Digital TV - nope.
That phrase shows just how clueless and gullible, most people...including Taco...are when it comes to Microsoft.
The MS Surface 'table' (and it is one big ass table) relies on gestures/movement, with none of the functionality (save the on/off switch, I suppose), dependent on touch at all.
There are approx. 1/2 dozen cameras below the glass that triangulate movement above the glass - thus the need for the BAT.