which also causes the health of the state to remain in the past.
because the past was so unhealthy.
Actually, yes. The overall measure health seems to be measured by is life expectancy. It is significantly higher now than in the past for most parts of the US, and continues to climb as medicine and health issues are solved. Take a look at this Map (and RTFA!) and make your statement again. As Georgia (and its neighbors) remain in the past, so does the avg life expectancy relative to the rest of the US. One of the main suggested causes is health education, something most other states have improved upon year over year. Georgia is at the bottom. Try the stats page (pdf) google turns up as hit #1 on "Georgia Education Rank", Ga ranks in the 40s for most things that count, and top10 where it makes you wonder how that could be (ie: 9th largest, 5th fastest growing state, but 49th High School graduation rate and 44th childrens health). Georgia is behind, its painfully obvious.
Just be careful or you might end up in clear-cut wasteland courtesy our wonderful leader. I just moved from the state, and alot of the "wilderness" areas now have huge swaths of these clear cuts. Sure, they claim they are in remote areas rarely visited, but they fail to mention that they are still very visible from the other more poplar areas. Now that Im in the Bay Area of SF, I get to enjoy the giant Red wood forests, which seem to be much better protected around here than the woods back in Ga. Its sad that my last few hikes in the Georgia wilderness areas include images of Ugly clear cutting swaths of what used to be beautiful woods.
...high rates of obesity (soul food), diabetes (sweet tea), and heart disease....
Having just moved from there, to the Bay Area, Ca.... Yes, Ga is unhealthy. Alot of the blame can also be put on the government of the state, which continues to push for more and wider highways (as if 16 lanes isnt enough), continue to allow and support the majority of power plants running on fossil fuels, mainly coal and including 3 of the dirtiest in the US, with two in the top 3 of that list. This, combined with naturally high humidity, ultra high pollen counts and high temperatures makes the air quality suck, putting Atlanta in 4th for most challenging place to live with asthma and consistently in the Top Ten smoggiest cities. This keeps people inside. Going anywhere basically means driving there as sprawl and the resulting proliferation of more roads without increased mass transit or even bike lanes(again, gvmt sponsored), reckless drivers in large vehicles thanks to (previously, and relatively) cheap gas and the whole "southern/redneck" bit that leans towards F250s with 12"lift on mud tires, and the horrid air make it difficult to impossible to walk or bike anywhere (outside of Down/Mid Town Atl) for fear of your life. So people tend to sit on their fat asses in their offices all day and eat at one of about 20 McDonads or Waffle Houses in the 2mi radius of their home (after driving there of course)... not that I miss having a 24h eatery nearby (I miss my WaHo and Marietta Diner!). Add to all that that NASCAR is a "Sport" in Ga, and as such, "exercising" consists of sitting in bleachers (or on the sofa), smoking, drinking budweiser and eating chilli cheese dogs while watching cars go in circles.
Alot of this could be fixed by improving mass-transit, curbing Sprawl (which is what really caused the drought) and improving Atlanta's Bikability. Generally getting people out of their cars and walking or biking places. MARTA's subway line only goes to about 3 useful places: the airport, downtown, and perimeter mall, while a majority of people live in Cobb County, which rejected having anything to do with a Marta rail line (think: "It will bring in the colored people to steal our TV's!").
Ga is way behind in most rankings of things as well: the Gov'ner has repeatedly struck down attempts to allow Sunday sales of any alcoholic beverage (outside of a restaurant), the most recent time saying it would teach "better time management," thus keeping Georgia one of 3 states still having such arcane blue laws. The state is kept in the past though laws like this, as well as the control the churches have over it and its citizens, which al
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I mean, thats what the A stands for right? Unsolicited C*ck In The Anus??? The next step up from UFITA... ohhh you mean THAT UCITA, guess its close enough anyway...
Not sure if you meant recycling the battery or the phone as a whole, but CollectiveGood recycles your whole phone, reselling to developing countries or sending them to charity organizations for use as emergency phones. All phones are required by the FCC to be able to access 911, whether registered on a plan or not. After deactivation, your 10 year old b/w screen nokia can still call 911 if you turn it on. The people in developing countries can also make use of the old phones, since new phones are out of the price range they can afford. Those that cant be reused they send to electronics recyclers to handle them properly. You also get the benefit of a tax deduction, for the phone and the $ used to pay for shipping it (if you dont have one of their pre-paid labels they used to have).
Really, cast iron is weak in comparison to a lot of metals. 130mPa is also the ultimate strength of human bone, which would have made a much more interesting comparison. Cast iron isnt really used as much for anything anymore since steel is much stronger and is almost as cheap. The article's claim to replacing carbon nano tubes is a bit of an exaderation, as they have a strength of 62GPa
One would think we could just rework the existing laws that already deal with harassment to cover this, up to and including restraining orders. If someone harasses you, you file a complaint to the police, who then issue an order to cease and desist the activity causing harassment, generally proximity to the other party. Instead of just tacking on "on the internet" and calling it a new law, the restraining orders should be worded such that that activity is covered. Same as sending someone threatening letters after being restrained from that someone will probably not go over well with the judges and juries: continuing to create harassing webpages, sending emails, IM's, and whatever other online activity after being warned about harassment should do the same. This reeks of "OMGTHINKOFTHECHILDREN" political pandering.
Per SEC filings, this qtr last year they did $2.8B in sales. Given that sales increased ~$800K first qtr this year over last, a similar increase for this qtr would put them at ~$3.4B, or ~$30K/min, or $483/sec. Going off the quarterly report instead of annual eliminates the obvious holiday season bias, which would inflate the numbers for this part of the year, but still doesnt take into account the daily/hourly distribution of sales. Since its happening in the morning hours of the US, their sales traffic around this time would probably be a little above average as people probably buy stuff before they head to work. The overnight hours are probably very slow sales wise which would pull the numbers down from the daytime hours. The morning is more than likely not peak, which I would think would be in the evening or maybe during the lunch hours, so using the daily avg should suffice for a rough estimate. Not knowing their sales distribution by weekday vs weekend or by hours makes any closer estimate nearly impossible. Also, as pointed out, some people will retry their purchases after the site is restored, though the sales from impulsive buyers are likely lost for good. So, the estimates are probably skewed a bit, but shouldnt be too far off the actual losses. Besides, as the GP stated, its not news that they are down, its news in how bad its bleeding them, and putting a number on it makes it even more interesting even if it is skewed a bit.
Cause Im still using it. Never even wanted to deal with XP, specially all the "you have to call in to register it" crap. Yeh, I know there are cracks, ways around it, etc, but 2k works fine for me, hasnt bluescreened on me, and has been relatively stable over the last 8 years or so. I was using NT4 prior to 2k, as I was running a dual-P2 back then (233Mhz!!, still servering as a 2x333 now) and the eyecandy XP gave, along with the problems friends were having with it that I ended up having to fix just turned me off it. So far I havent found a limitation requiring XP only in the stuff I use, so theres no reason for me to "upgrade".
I was confused, thinking it was a settlement from a lawsuit brought by Monster, as they have continued to launch Cease and Desist threats and lawsuits against companies with little to do with their audio wire and cable product business, even though they themselves claim they dont...
In certain compounds, and due to its low atomic number (thus its very small size), it easily penetrates the skin and can wreak havoc once inside. Its the most reactive non-metal element, highly toxic, and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid, used to etch glass, is scary: exposure to your skin basically turns you into salt (strips calcium to form CaF, reacts with all known elements except He and Ne). Whats worse is the symptoms might not show for hours after exposure, as the fluorine ion is small and can seep all the way into your bones from simple skin contact. Its also a primary element for Sarin, and other compounds that can kill with as little as 0.2g and in only 5 minutes. For more on this: clicky and clickypedia
Granted what they are spraying is probably "safe," as PTFE (Teflon), GoreTex and a few other inert materials are made with it, but I still dont like the idea of TSA agents types spraying fluoric compounds at whatever they see fit to need spraying. Most compounds with fluorine have toxic warnings associated with them (ie: heating teflon above 500 can cause it to deteriorate and release toxic fumes). Yes, dihydrogenmonoxide can be fatal too, etc, but fluorine is a true nasty one. Id say people are more likely to be poisoned by spray happy TSA agents than be blown up by a random terrrrrist.
It may be lack of interest, driving trains around all day isnt the most exciting thing in the world, and since there's a shortage, fewer trains can run, which leads to this. The problem is Real!
Just not via cell-phone signals. They have been tracking people for years by their credit cards and other information ("whats your phone number" or "do you have a frequent shopper card?"). A friend of mine worked for a firm that installed/upgraded their tracking system recently. It tied into the CC machines in all the shops at the mall, and tracked trends between shoppers, gave reports on which shops were doing well/poor, and other trends.
I have used it to get several books Ive had a hard time finding anywhere else. Its a great way to get rid of the ones you have already read and are just taking up shelf space, and for exploring new authors. The only down sides are you have to wait for the other user to mail it, which can take a few days, and some high demand books can be hard to come by (ie: Ender's Game might take a while to catch a copy not already mooched).
This post should be saved as the definition of "Trolling". It blatantly hits all the points/.'ers would most vehemently defend. Just look at all the biters, a true sign of a successful trolling. Good job. I commend you.:)
Really... if they wanted to launch a massive distributed attack, why not just deploy specially designed devices that can spew the specific packets needed to the major POPs around the country (or even covertly in international POPs). Why waste computer resources when you can design something for a specific military goal. Do we see the infantry driving around in a bunch of ford escorts to attack the terrrrrists? Generally no. They have the budget specifically for stuff like this, and it makes more sense to develop and deploy something like this at the edge, so it doesnt cause collateral damage to our own network, and truly only targets the intended. The NSA has already been snooping almost ALL traffic with their secret rooms, why not use similar to spoof traffic from ALL locations? And since a botnet is mostly just mindless crafted-packet spewage, a packet generator would be much more efficient than hijacking or deploying the thousands of computers that would be equivalent. Stick one one in each of the secret rooms, attached to the backbones, and let it flood the pipe with DDOS or whatever it is DARPA or whoever had this bad idea had in mind.
It sounds like some jr highschool kid's idea. What is the military going to do, call up Kim Jong-il and say "ke ke ke PW0n3gE! How you liek the intrnetz n0w? bizatch."? If someone is "attacking" us via the internet, there is a much easier solution: block their traffic, null route their netblock, or even just "drop anchor" on their cable.
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because the past was so unhealthy.
Actually, yes. The overall measure health seems to be measured by is life expectancy. It is significantly higher now than in the past for most parts of the US, and continues to climb as medicine and health issues are solved. Take a look at this Map (and RTFA!) and make your statement again. As Georgia (and its neighbors) remain in the past, so does the avg life expectancy relative to the rest of the US. One of the main suggested causes is health education, something most other states have improved upon year over year. Georgia is at the bottom. Try the stats page (pdf) google turns up as hit #1 on "Georgia Education Rank", Ga ranks in the 40s for most things that count, and top10 where it makes you wonder how that could be (ie: 9th largest, 5th fastest growing state, but 49th High School graduation rate and 44th childrens health). Georgia is behind, its painfully obvious.
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...high rates of obesity (soul food), diabetes (sweet tea), and heart disease....
Having just moved from there, to the Bay Area, Ca....
Yes, Ga is unhealthy. Alot of the blame can also be put on the government of the state, which continues to push for more and wider highways (as if 16 lanes isnt enough), continue to allow and support the majority of power plants running on fossil fuels, mainly coal and including 3 of the dirtiest in the US, with two in the top 3 of that list. This, combined with naturally high humidity, ultra high pollen counts and high temperatures makes the air quality suck, putting Atlanta in 4th for most challenging place to live with asthma and consistently in the Top Ten smoggiest cities. This keeps people inside. Going anywhere basically means driving there as sprawl and the resulting proliferation of more roads without increased mass transit or even bike lanes(again, gvmt sponsored), reckless drivers in large vehicles thanks to (previously, and relatively) cheap gas and the whole "southern/redneck" bit that leans towards F250s with 12"lift on mud tires, and the horrid air make it difficult to impossible to walk or bike anywhere (outside of Down/Mid Town Atl) for fear of your life. So people tend to sit on their fat asses in their offices all day and eat at one of about 20 McDonads or Waffle Houses in the 2mi radius of their home (after driving there of course)... not that I miss having a 24h eatery nearby (I miss my WaHo and Marietta Diner!). Add to all that that NASCAR is a "Sport" in Ga, and as such, "exercising" consists of sitting in bleachers (or on the sofa), smoking, drinking budweiser and eating chilli cheese dogs while watching cars go in circles.
Alot of this could be fixed by improving mass-transit, curbing Sprawl (which is what really caused the drought) and improving Atlanta's Bikability. Generally getting people out of their cars and walking or biking places. MARTA's subway line only goes to about 3 useful places: the airport, downtown, and perimeter mall, while a majority of people live in Cobb County, which rejected having anything to do with a Marta rail line (think: "It will bring in the colored people to steal our TV's!").
Ga is way behind in most rankings of things as well: the Gov'ner has repeatedly struck down attempts to allow Sunday sales of any alcoholic beverage (outside of a restaurant), the most recent time saying it would teach "better time management," thus keeping Georgia one of 3 states still having such arcane blue laws. The state is kept in the past though laws like this, as well as the control the churches have over it and its citizens, which al
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Granted what they are spraying is probably "safe," as PTFE (Teflon), GoreTex and a few other inert materials are made with it, but I still dont like the idea of TSA agents types spraying fluoric compounds at whatever they see fit to need spraying. Most compounds with fluorine have toxic warnings associated with them (ie: heating teflon above 500 can cause it to deteriorate and release toxic fumes). Yes, dihydrogenmonoxide can be fatal too, etc, but fluorine is a true nasty one. Id say people are more likely to be poisoned by spray happy TSA agents than be blown up by a random terrrrrist.
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My second thought was, why is /. covering trains?
THEN I remembered that Ruby decided to name their framework with that term...
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Oh, you mean That kind of engineer....
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So, does Willie know they have adopted his culture? Didnt think it really fit the FBI to wander around smoking up and playing guitar all day...
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...It will never be applied to cat 5 LANs....Unless of course (as was pointed out above), that lan is using Shrödinger's cat-5...
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It sounds like some jr highschool kid's idea. What is the military going to do, call up Kim Jong-il and say "ke ke ke PW0n3gE! How you liek the intrnetz n0w? bizatch."? If someone is "attacking" us via the internet, there is a much easier solution: block their traffic, null route their netblock, or even just "drop anchor" on their cable.
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