So you are saying that you don't want robots because you can't talk them out of a ticket?
I am saying no such thing. I am saying that I do not want robots because a robot does not see mitigating circumstances. Also, if you READ what I posted, you will notice that I did NOT talk him out of the ticket.
Dude, I don't care who taught you physics, but in ENGINEERING we learned that a standard automobile is not designed to run at 140MPH.
Dude, I suppose you might be correct. That is, if you are taking about 80's era american cars. Don't get me wrong, when I raced SCCA, and was a member of the Shelby Dodge Auto Club, I raced a 1993 Dodge Shadow ES V6. Nowdays, I drive an Acura Integra. And yes, its designed for speeds well in excess of 100mph. One of the reasons I like it so much is because its just as confortable and responsive a car at 120 as it is at 60.
Where where your roll bars?
Right where I installed them. next?
How about the 5 point belt?
Attached to the floor behind my recaro seats.
Your nomex suit?
Ummmm. Look, I'm not running NASCAR or NHRA here. I'm not dealing with alcohol, or a nitrous system. A nomex suit is kinda overkill on a 1000 mile trip.
I'm curious as to how you managed to calibrate your tires to the road surface over a distance of 2 states?
I did not calibrate my tires. I find my Pirelli P-Zero's are more than up to anything I can throw at them. Unless its winter, then I have my Blizzaks.
How about the fact that your braking distance is measured in MILES at that speed, and even if you saw trouble you would be lucky to be down to a speed where your air bag might actually do you some good?
Well, as is posted here, and you did admit to. maybe a half mile certainly not a mile. Funny that, It never took me a half mile to stop before. Might be those oversized brembo calipers and cross drilled rotors. Oh, by the way, No airbags here. No anti-lock brakes either. if you know how to drive, you really don't need them.
As I posted. The weather was clear. Traffic was light to non-existant. And visibility was arount 5 miles. No curves in view, no other traffic in view, and the overpass the officer was on did not even have a ramp to the highway (he had a well used dirt road... nice little set up)
Oh, I won't even go into your dive stuff, as it has exactly ZERO to do with this, however, as far as the ninja goes, if he can anticipate being in the situation where he might get shot at, then it certainly would. Once the hammer falls, anyone is pretty much gonna get shot. Its not letting the hammer fall that is important. So, once again, being able to ANTICIPATE road conditions, and how you car will react to them, is one of the most important things you are taught in race training. Or, pursuit training for that matter.
In 1998 I was driving out west to see some friends, it was my first time out in the "Wide Open" and I loved ever second of it. Driving through Bonneville it took every bit of control I had not to try to peg the needle. (145). Anyway, I get into Nevada, and I pretty much lost that self control as soon as I saw the "Speed Limit 75" signs. It was early in the morning, traffic was very light and I was making up for lost time.
Well, whilst crusing into Elko Nevada, I was barrelling down a long straightaway, and saw the outline of a cruiser on the top of an overpass. I looked down, and realized I was at damned near 140. His lights came on, and I thought, oh hell... I'm going to jail in Nevada.
Well, by the time he caught up with me I was already pulled *well* off the side of the highway, sitting on the hood, with my hands in plain sight, and my license and registration sitting next to me. The officer looked *very* unhappy with me, and said "You are going to KILL someone driving like that". My reply. "Who? there is no one else out here but me and you, and you were not even on this road!" He calmed down a bit and said "Ummmm, Yourself for starters?" I asked him if I could get something out of my wallet for him, he agreed, and I showed him my (quite expired) SCCA Racing Permit.
He says "So? whats this? I said "Look, I was speeding, I don't deny that" He says "Son, 136MPH is not speeding, it's murder using a slightly slower bullet" I said, "Well, maybe, but you've driven that fast right? (Yeah.. he had) okay then. That SCCA license means I have taken and passed the same type of schooling you have to take, High speed maneuvering, collision avoidance, road condition anticipation.. etc... And I would NEVER drive that fast if there was other traffic. He seemed to calm down more, (He had actually taken the Skip Barber School classes in Nevada) and we had a rather interesting conversation about my Acura that had almost 200,000 miles on it at the time (345,000 on it now)
Yeah, I still got the ticket. BUT, the ticket he wrote me was for 94 in a 75 (the fastest speed ticket you can get, and not have to make a manditory court appearance) He also told me where the other speed traps were in the state, and on 410(I think thats the road) up into Oregon.
Had he been a photocop unit, well... I might be writing this from a jail cell instead of my home.
Don't take the human nature out of traffic enforcement. *please... at least... for my sake!*
Unfortunantly, this is a huge problem where I come from. I'm certain everyone knows by now about the abysmal state of law enforment in Cincinnati Ohio. Well, its a whole lot worse than you are probably told it is. Since the riots last year, there is this incredible aire of "permissability" (is that a word?) in the "bad" part of town. A dance club that I frequent is in *that* part of town. Every week I see examples of what happens when the agencies who are supposed to police the police have their hands tied behind their backs. Its a freaking war zone down there. Three weeks ago there was a shooting, at 13th and Vine streets. Address sound familiar? yep, thats where the trouble started last time. Police response time for the shooting? 45 minutes! 45 MINUTES!!! Christ! I could have carried the guy on my shoulders to the hospital in that amount of time.
Now, please, don't get me wrong, the police in inner-city communities have a job I would not want. So I try not to bitch too much. But in this town they are not even trying anymore. No one wants to start the next riot. Machines however are probably not the answer in this decade.
Cameras? sure. Bring em on. The more the merrier. We should all realize by now that we can no longer assume that we are not being watched at any given moment. Might as well bring the survellience right out into the open. I used to be very anti-camera. Why? well, mostly because I tend to drive faster than the law says I should. I don't bitch if I get caught (which I have not in quite a while, so much the better) If I'm breaking the law, and I get caught on camera, well... I broke the law. Hell, I *have* been pulled over because some idiot was trying to run me off the road, and I sped up to get away from him, because slowing down sure wasn't working. I would have *loved* to have that on film. I got out of it anyway, but had I *not* gotten out of it, a video clip of this guy up my ass at almost 100mph, with two other lanes CLEAR of traffic would have been nice in court.
The problem (in this town) is a very fine line between taxes to pay for more police, and the willingness to deal with the uglyness that *will* happen when you start the process. I would be willing to wager that 1/4 of the people on the street, in the *bad* part of town, on any given night at say... 2am, are indeed armed. Many of them are under the influence of drugs, and might indeed try to shoot an arresting officer. I bet they would think twice if they knew there was a camera on them. (maybe not... who knows.)
I can tell you that it did work in another part of town (cameras that is), north of the *bad* part of town. It used to be almost as bad, but it was a different element. Mostly white, young college goof offs out to have a good time. Sometimes that involved demolishing public property. Cameras stopped that FAST.
Shit, I could type for hours on what happens in downtown Cincinnati. It's a mess. The cops are afraid to do their jobs, the people are afraid to come out, and the goverment is investigating the police. (Yeah, that is CERTAINLY an incentive for an officer to stick their neck out).
Drug abuse, the prices of the drugs, the reasons people TAKE the drugs, and the crimes they commit to get them is the first problem. It really is.(at least here)
The solution. well, if I knew that, I would be making more than I am now. But remote camera's, and hire some of these poor people who take the drugs to forget how tragic their lives have become, to watch them, might be a good first step.
Leave the ED-209's and Robocops to Delta City. Give the cops some high tech gear, and the real-time backup. (Ever notice how few people try to shoot back at the cops when there is a police chopper overhead with a spotlight on them?)
I may write more on this in my journal, because I'm getting a bit off topic, and certainly long winded on this. But, you get my point.
Aren't you people even the least little bit ashamed that your communication skills suck ass?
Are *you* ashamed that you either do not have the skills to interpret a diatribe that is not native to you? Get over yourself grammar-nazi!
I understood what was being said quite well. My family is from the Kentucky Tennessee border, and I work in New York from time to time. I have been all over this wonderful nation of ours, and I can tell you that, with an attitude like that, it's not that you cannot understand what is being said (or written) it's because NO ONE wants to talk to you.
Diversity is the spice of life. Get one or the other.
The 3.0 hyperthread, sure, i can see that, but 4.7? Deyam!
Is this another one of those "Hey, look. We *can* make a processor at this speed. Lets tell em we'll be shipping it soon" type of deals? Lets not tell them however that we massively overclocked it and had to cool it with liquid helium, and it only runs at that speed for 10 seconds.
I was hoping that we were done with those type of advertising campaigns. This really smells like one of those, primarily (IMHO) because the lack of release information, the lack of architecture specs (no, I don't expect them to give out secrets or anything, but *something* would have been nice) or, well.. anything more than "Hey, we've got a neat shiny number over here!"
Maybe they will prove me wrong. I hope so.
Besides, I hate the word "soon".. is that "Soon" as in on a watch, or "soon" as in on a calendar?
It would also set the stage for some cool libertarian movements, and my city might even get a large rock dropped on it from a lunar 'grain exporting' slingshot during a lunar revolt. A Revolt that could be led by an amazing technological advancements such as the first AI. Lets call it (him?) Mike. Short for Mycroft Holmes. Wait... Have I read that somewhere?
Sorry. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is one of my favorite books of all time. I just had to get *something* in here.
Does this not remind you of how (in the movie at least, whether or not this is realistic is beyond me) the vatican would only supply a page at time for decryption, and no one ever got the two pages in a row. So you never knew what you were translating.
I hate nibbling on trollbait, but I have to drop something here.
A friend of mine, and someone I respect very much is a Command Seargant Major(Reserve) in the US Army. She (thats right, SHE) was on active duty alert as of 9/14/2001. As well as the rest of her unit, both male and female.
They called the women up too.
Get your story straight, and either way, mayhaps you should not be disrespecting the brave men (AND WOMEN) who choose to protect our country and YOUR rights.
I ship alot of stuff, both national and international. I use FED-EX on occasion if it's not valuable, (IE: Not Jewelery, no critical shipments) and I use USPS if it is valuable. Why? because critical packages send USPS are hand delivered to the cage on the plain, then removed and delivered to the addressee. Its not handled by baggage monkeys at the airport. (It's amazing how easy it is for nosey baggage monkeys to get into your shipments and take out the parts they want to keep for themselves)
I won't ship rubber dog shit via UPS. Around here, they suck. They suck bad. I used to ship neon lighting kits (the big ones, for cars) via ups. 60% breakage (and yeah, i packed them well) It was fucking unbelievable. And getting your money back from them, thats also a joke. It took weeks.
Fed-Ex broke ONE package in 6 months, had a faster turnaround time, and gave up free package tracking HARDWARE, not just software.
So, in general, my opinions.
USPS- Good, Fast, semi-cheap, Secure. Fed-Ex- Good, Very Fast, Very Cheap in Bulk, Semi-Secure UPS- Bad. Slow. Cheap. And they could lose their own trucks, and not find them for two weeks. (yes, it happened with a "critical" shipment to us. They literally told us for 12 days that they could not find the physical TRUCK it was on. It turned up in at a site in Raleigh NC)
Although it has been some time since I watched it, there was a History Channel show once that mentioned the belief that the Ark of the Covenant may have been a battery. (Or had electrical storage capacity of some kind) This would explain some of the biblical (age) stories of people who layed hands on it dying on the spot.
http://www.khufu.org/Ark/Arkpower/Techark.html Was the only article I could find about it now, but it explains the basics.
I an convinced that as time goes by we will finally get it through our heads that humans have always been pretty smart and crafty people. To believe otherwise would simply be arrogant.
From the Babylonians and Sumarian star charts, to the great pyramids lining up with constellations, to the south american temples being in alignment to an eclipse our *current* technology would have had problems predicting the penumbral path of, people of the past (generally speaking) were much more in tune with the natural world than we seem to give them credit for.
Our ancestors would probably shake their heads in shame to know that 85% of the population no longer knows the times of lunar cycles, solstice dates, and the like. I guess the more you know, the more you forget, but sometimes I really wonder how "smart" we are at all.
The *REAL* Oktoberfest, (At least, the best one outside Bavaria) is in Cincinnati. It may be just about *all* this city has going for it, but its ours. The biggest outside Germany, and we have Verne Troyer(sp?) err.. Mini Me as our master of cerimonies(sp certainly fubared) (its 6:20 am.. whaddya want?) That also may not count for much, but hey, this is Cincinnati!
Now then, ON TOPIC, saw the premier, was not all that impressed. I am also very respectful of Wheatons work, but I hope this is not the best this series can do. I would love to see that pilot the network is holding back, if its better. (The Cage was better than menagerie) but, I won't hold my breath for than one either. Still, with the loss of Farscape, it is good to see the genré at least staying alive in *some* way.
Good Zaphod.. Bad Zaphod... I'm the one with the heads baby.
That would be sooo cool. Bruce would have my vote.
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This *can* work...
I've done it before myself. I bought a bunch of those "CompUSA" (Maxtor) 20 gig drives back when they were $75. I was really tired one day and did something incredibly stupid (was futzing around inside my case and plugged a tried to plug a molex connector in backwards). Killed my mp3 drive. The platter itself was okay. So I swapped it into another drive of the same size, and type. Worked like a charm.
I did'nt trust it to stay that way, so I transferred everything to another drive asap. But, it *can* work.
My collection of fragged platters
"It comes right out and screams we are witches and worlocks. To me ANY form of that is evil. There's no such thing as a good witch. Now I am not going to go on a witch hunt because the ones who say they are are being fooled by satan."
And, on a more personal note, just some points I like to make when painted in the light *you* just shed...
1) Paganism (Not specifically modern Wicca) has been around as long as there has been agriculture. They were our Holidays first.
2) Pagans, as a general rule, do not try to convert others, nor force any way of thinking on anyone. We prefer you think for yourself. (as for myself, I am just impressed when some people *think* at all)
3) Sorry, no devil here. Thats *your* religions creation. You deal with him.
4) Well, I could go on for pages about this, but it's pretty redundant. check out *my* page for more information.
5) Oh, well.. There is *one* bad thing about being Pagan/Wiccan. We've never had those wholesale "convert or die" parties like y'all had, so Mel Brooks has never had a chance to make up snazzy songs about our past.. (Humming.. "The Inquisition... here it comes...")
Oh, in case you are wondering, my credentials on this one... yes, I've read the Bible. In 3 languages. My Grandfather and Father are Southern Baptist Ministers. I myself was a Royal Ambassador for the Southern Baptist church. I am also an ordained Minister...
Oh, by the way, by *your* religions rules, You're supposed to love the sinner, and try to help them find forgiveness for their sins. "There's no such thing as a good witch" doesn't follow in those footsteps y'all seem to love so much very well at all.
There have been quite a few articles in the past few years asking just this question. http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~dharvey/TextFiles/Am nesiacSocietyRev.htm would be a sample of one, and I know that there was one in Discover Magazine recently. I can't find a link to it at this moment, but I remember it being quite alarming. One nice electromagnetic catastrophe (Pole shift? alien EMP?, some bizzaro RIAA first strike weapon?) and how much of our recent history becomes lost to future generations. I certainly don't have the answers, but I think the question most certainly needs more press than it gets.
"Yousef on Tuesday August 27, @12:17AM"..
12:17AM.. And your brain has already deteriorated beyond the abilility to remember that its the ENERGIZER bunny, not the Duracell bunny.
Good "non-ad" for Red Bull (which I only drink mixed with equal amounds of skyy vodka, and NEVER to stay awake!
MMmmm.. There is *one* store within 30 miles of where I live (near Censornatti) that sells the "White Lightning" Jolt.
"Hold Times" on local tech lines are always longest every other Tuesday when this stuff comes in. They don't even bother putting it on the shelf anymore, They just sit the pallet in the front of the store. It comes in around 8:30 am, and is GONE by noon.
Grape Jolt... No wonder my Dentist hates me.
Hmmm.. Fazoli's Itilian restaraunts (At least here in the midwest us) still have it on in the fountain machines. I still go there just for that sometimes.
"Anybody know what the impurity is that makes diamonds blue?"
Blue diamonds are not actually blue.
The term "blue diamond" actually refers to a high level of fluorescence of the stone. This is a naturally occuring trait in some diamonds. Most dealers consider higher levels of fluorescence to be a negative trait. However, a high level of blue fluorescence, when viewed in sunlight can make a lower color grade (type k or lower, kinda yellowish looking) appear a brighter white in sunlight or full spectrum lighting. This can make a poor color diamond appear to be better than it really is, increasing its value in the publics eye (no pun intended).
The other "blue" diamond is caused by a high temperature and pressure treatment system which can essentially cook poorer diamonds into looking like good ones. If you use a really poor color stone, you get color impurities after the treatment. This occasionally produces greenish, blue, and sometimes even pink diamonds. These are still considered "modified" diamonds and are usually detected by most decent labs.
Damn, I never thought working in a armory/gothic/jewelry store would come in handy in *this* forum. =)
I could be mistaken, as I did not wade through the entire Voyager data site, but I believe the greeting was done in 55 different languages, not just Polish.
I wonder if those 1970's "esperanto is the UNIVERSAL language" people got ticked about being excluded?
"I'm going to assume that intelligent life on other worlds will have similar divisions, ranging from the unskilled laborers to the professionals to the hardcore research academics."
Assuming this to be true, that means that we can extend the basis of social class division as well. Doing so, *I* calculate that if (by some one in a trillion chance) it were to be intercepted by a sentient life form, that life form would most likely be someone living in a trailer in their version of southern Georgia. Scary thought isn't it? (br) "'suppose they oughta have thought ta put sum skynerd on that purdy shiny disk. Freebird!!!"
Or, as some musicians seem to believe, Elvis is riding shotgun in a UFO anyway, I bet he's gonna be TICKED he didn't make the cut.
Sorry... I know, silly as hell, but I am in that mood tonight.
Camper Repellant... (tm)
(Please note. This has only been tested at Renaissance Faires, ergo your milage may vary) 1) Set up your site wherever you can find a nearby picnic table. It will soon not matter how many *other* people are near it. 2) Place a set of bagpipes on the picnic table. Followed by a copy of "Bagpipes for beginners". 3) In approx. 10 minutes, you will be the ONLY sentient life form in about a 1 mile radius. 4) Enjoy your camping in peace!
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I am saying no such thing. I am saying that I do not want robots because a robot does not see mitigating circumstances. Also, if you READ what I posted, you will notice that I did NOT talk him out of the ticket.
Dude, I don't care who taught you physics, but in ENGINEERING we learned that a standard automobile is not designed to run at 140MPH.
Dude, I suppose you might be correct. That is, if you are taking about 80's era american cars. Don't get me wrong, when I raced SCCA, and was a member of the Shelby Dodge Auto Club, I raced a 1993 Dodge Shadow ES V6. Nowdays, I drive an Acura Integra. And yes, its designed for speeds well in excess of 100mph. One of the reasons I like it so much is because its just as confortable and responsive a car at 120 as it is at 60.
Where where your roll bars?
Right where I installed them. next?
How about the 5 point belt?
Attached to the floor behind my recaro seats.
Your nomex suit?
Ummmm. Look, I'm not running NASCAR or NHRA here. I'm not dealing with alcohol, or a nitrous system. A nomex suit is kinda overkill on a 1000 mile trip.
I'm curious as to how you managed to calibrate your tires to the road surface over a distance of 2 states?
I did not calibrate my tires. I find my Pirelli P-Zero's are more than up to anything I can throw at them. Unless its winter, then I have my Blizzaks.
How about the fact that your braking distance is measured in MILES at that speed, and even if you saw trouble you would be lucky to be down to a speed where your air bag might actually do you some good?
Well, as is posted here, and you did admit to. maybe a half mile certainly not a mile. Funny that, It never took me a half mile to stop before. Might be those oversized brembo calipers and cross drilled rotors. Oh, by the way, No airbags here. No anti-lock brakes either. if you know how to drive, you really don't need them.
As I posted. The weather was clear. Traffic was light to non-existant. And visibility was arount 5 miles. No curves in view, no other traffic in view, and the overpass the officer was on did not even have a ramp to the highway (he had a well used dirt road... nice little set up)
Oh, I won't even go into your dive stuff, as it has exactly ZERO to do with this, however, as far as the ninja goes, if he can anticipate being in the situation where he might get shot at, then it certainly would. Once the hammer falls, anyone is pretty much gonna get shot. Its not letting the hammer fall that is important. So, once again, being able to ANTICIPATE road conditions, and how you car will react to them, is one of the most important things you are taught in race training. Or, pursuit training for that matter.
Why I like *real* cops. (A True story)
.. etc... And I would NEVER drive that fast if there was other traffic. He seemed to calm down more, (He had actually taken the Skip Barber School classes in Nevada) and we had a rather interesting conversation about my Acura that had almost 200,000 miles on it at the time (345,000 on it now)
In 1998 I was driving out west to see some friends, it was my first time out in the "Wide Open" and I loved ever second of it. Driving through Bonneville it took every bit of control I had not to try to peg the needle. (145). Anyway, I get into Nevada, and I pretty much lost that self control as soon as I saw the "Speed Limit 75" signs. It was early in the morning, traffic was very light and I was making up for lost time.
Well, whilst crusing into Elko Nevada, I was barrelling down a long straightaway, and saw the outline of a cruiser on the top of an overpass. I looked down, and realized I was at damned near 140. His lights came on, and I thought, oh hell... I'm going to jail in Nevada.
Well, by the time he caught up with me I was already pulled *well* off the side of the highway, sitting on the hood, with my hands in plain sight, and my license and registration sitting next to me. The officer looked *very* unhappy with me, and said "You are going to KILL someone driving like that". My reply. "Who? there is no one else out here but me and you, and you were not even on this road!" He calmed down a bit and said "Ummmm, Yourself for starters?" I asked him if I could get something out of my wallet for him, he agreed, and I showed him my (quite expired) SCCA Racing Permit.
He says "So? whats this? I said "Look, I was speeding, I don't deny that" He says "Son, 136MPH is not speeding, it's murder using a slightly slower bullet" I said, "Well, maybe, but you've driven that fast right? (Yeah.. he had) okay then. That SCCA license means I have taken and passed the same type of schooling you have to take, High speed maneuvering, collision avoidance, road condition anticipation
Yeah, I still got the ticket. BUT, the ticket he wrote me was for 94 in a 75 (the fastest speed ticket you can get, and not have to make a manditory court appearance) He also told me where the other speed traps were in the state, and on 410(I think thats the road) up into Oregon.
Had he been a photocop unit, well... I might be writing this from a jail cell instead of my home.
Don't take the human nature out of traffic enforcement. *please... at least... for my sake!*
Amen Brother!
Unfortunantly, this is a huge problem where I come from. I'm certain everyone knows by now about the abysmal state of law enforment in Cincinnati Ohio. Well, its a whole lot worse than you are probably told it is. Since the riots last year, there is this incredible aire of "permissability" (is that a word?) in the "bad" part of town. A dance club that I frequent is in *that* part of town. Every week I see examples of what happens when the agencies who are supposed to police the police have their hands tied behind their backs. Its a freaking war zone down there. Three weeks ago there was a shooting, at 13th and Vine streets. Address sound familiar? yep, thats where the trouble started last time. Police response time for the shooting? 45 minutes! 45 MINUTES!!! Christ! I could have carried the guy on my shoulders to the hospital in that amount of time.
Now, please, don't get me wrong, the police in inner-city communities have a job I would not want. So I try not to bitch too much. But in this town they are not even trying anymore. No one wants to start the next riot. Machines however are probably not the answer in this decade.
Cameras? sure. Bring em on. The more the merrier. We should all realize by now that we can no longer assume that we are not being watched at any given moment. Might as well bring the survellience right out into the open. I used to be very anti-camera. Why? well, mostly because I tend to drive faster than the law says I should. I don't bitch if I get caught (which I have not in quite a while, so much the better) If I'm breaking the law, and I get caught on camera, well... I broke the law. Hell, I *have* been pulled over because some idiot was trying to run me off the road, and I sped up to get away from him, because slowing down sure wasn't working. I would have *loved* to have that on film. I got out of it anyway, but had I *not* gotten out of it, a video clip of this guy up my ass at almost 100mph, with two other lanes CLEAR of traffic would have been nice in court.
The problem (in this town) is a very fine line between taxes to pay for more police, and the willingness to deal with the uglyness that *will* happen when you start the process. I would be willing to wager that 1/4 of the people on the street, in the *bad* part of town, on any given night at say... 2am, are indeed armed. Many of them are under the influence of drugs, and might indeed try to shoot an arresting officer. I bet they would think twice if they knew there was a camera on them. (maybe not... who knows.)
I can tell you that it did work in another part of town (cameras that is), north of the *bad* part of town. It used to be almost as bad, but it was a different element. Mostly white, young college goof offs out to have a good time. Sometimes that involved demolishing public property. Cameras stopped that FAST.
Shit, I could type for hours on what happens in downtown Cincinnati. It's a mess. The cops are afraid to do their jobs, the people are afraid to come out, and the goverment is investigating the police. (Yeah, that is CERTAINLY an incentive for an officer to stick their neck out).
Drug abuse, the prices of the drugs, the reasons people TAKE the drugs, and the crimes they commit to get them is the first problem. It really is.(at least here)
The solution. well, if I knew that, I would be making more than I am now. But remote camera's, and hire some of these poor people who take the drugs to forget how tragic their lives have become, to watch them, might be a good first step.
Leave the ED-209's and Robocops to Delta City. Give the cops some high tech gear, and the real-time backup. (Ever notice how few people try to shoot back at the cops when there is a police chopper overhead with a spotlight on them?)
I may write more on this in my journal, because I'm getting a bit off topic, and certainly long winded on this. But, you get my point.
Are *you* ashamed that you either do not have the skills to interpret a diatribe that is not native to you? Get over yourself grammar-nazi!
I understood what was being said quite well. My family is from the Kentucky Tennessee border, and I work in New York from time to time. I have been all over this wonderful nation of ours, and I can tell you that, with an attitude like that, it's not that you cannot understand what is being said (or written) it's because NO ONE wants to talk to you.
Diversity is the spice of life. Get one or the other.
y'all kin get back to yer readins now. y'hear ?
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Never trust anyone with a user id over 2600 ?
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This seems awfully out of the blue.
.. anything more than "Hey, we've got a neat shiny number over here!"
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The 3.0 hyperthread, sure, i can see that, but 4.7? Deyam!
Is this another one of those "Hey, look. We *can* make a processor at this speed. Lets tell em we'll be shipping it soon" type of deals? Lets not tell them however that we massively overclocked it and had to cool it with liquid helium, and it only runs at that speed for 10 seconds.
I was hoping that we were done with those type of advertising campaigns. This really smells like one of those, primarily (IMHO) because the lack of release information, the lack of architecture specs (no, I don't expect them to give out secrets or anything, but *something* would have been nice) or, well
Maybe they will prove me wrong. I hope so.
Besides, I hate the word "soon"
is that "Soon" as in on a watch, or "soon" as in on a calendar?
Yeah, that would be cool.
It would also set the stage for some cool libertarian movements, and my city might even get a large rock dropped on it from a lunar 'grain exporting' slingshot during a lunar revolt. A Revolt that could be led by an amazing technological advancements such as the first AI. Lets call it (him?) Mike. Short for Mycroft Holmes. Wait... Have I read that somewhere?
Sorry. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is one of my favorite books of all time. I just had to get *something* in here.
Ever see the movie "Stigmata"?
Does this not remind you of how (in the movie at least, whether or not this is realistic is beyond me) the vatican would only supply a page at time for decryption, and no one ever got the two pages in a row. So you never knew what you were translating.
Just... sorta makes sense if you are microsoft.
I hate nibbling on trollbait, but I have to drop something here.
A friend of mine, and someone I respect very much is a Command Seargant Major(Reserve) in the US Army. She (thats right, SHE) was on active duty alert as of 9/14/2001. As well as the rest of her unit, both male and female.
They called the women up too.
Get your story straight, and either way, mayhaps you should not be disrespecting the brave men (AND WOMEN) who choose to protect our country and YOUR rights.
I ship alot of stuff, both national and international. I use FED-EX on occasion if it's not valuable, (IE: Not Jewelery, no critical shipments) and I use USPS if it is valuable. Why? because critical packages send USPS are hand delivered to the cage on the plain, then removed and delivered to the addressee. Its not handled by baggage monkeys at the airport. (It's amazing how easy it is for nosey baggage monkeys to get into your shipments and take out the parts they want to keep for themselves)
I won't ship rubber dog shit via UPS. Around here, they suck. They suck bad. I used to ship neon lighting kits (the big ones, for cars) via ups. 60% breakage (and yeah, i packed them well) It was fucking unbelievable. And getting your money back from them, thats also a joke. It took weeks.
Fed-Ex broke ONE package in 6 months, had a faster turnaround time, and gave up free package tracking HARDWARE, not just software.
So, in general, my opinions.
USPS- Good, Fast, semi-cheap, Secure.
Fed-Ex- Good, Very Fast, Very Cheap in Bulk, Semi-Secure
UPS- Bad. Slow. Cheap. And they could lose their own trucks, and not find them for two weeks. (yes, it happened with a "critical" shipment to us. They literally told us for 12 days that they could not find the physical TRUCK it was on. It turned up in at a site in Raleigh NC)
Although it has been some time since I watched it, there was a History Channel show once that mentioned the belief that the Ark of the Covenant may have been a battery. (Or had electrical storage capacity of some kind) This would explain some of the biblical (age) stories of people who layed hands on it dying on the spot.
http://www.khufu.org/Ark/Arkpower/Techark.html
Was the only article I could find about it now, but it explains the basics.
I an convinced that as time goes by we will finally get it through our heads that humans have always been pretty smart and crafty people. To believe otherwise would simply be arrogant.
From the Babylonians and Sumarian star charts, to the great pyramids lining up with constellations, to the south american temples being in alignment to an eclipse our *current* technology would have had problems predicting the penumbral path of, people of the past (generally speaking) were much more in tune with the natural world than we seem to give them credit for.
Our ancestors would probably shake their heads in shame to know that 85% of the population no longer knows the times of lunar cycles, solstice dates, and the like. I guess the more you know, the more you forget, but sometimes I really wonder how "smart" we are at all.
Scuse me'...
The *REAL* Oktoberfest, (At least, the best one outside Bavaria) is in Cincinnati. It may be just about *all* this city has going for it, but its ours. The biggest outside Germany, and we have Verne Troyer(sp?) err.. Mini Me as our master of cerimonies(sp certainly fubared) (its 6:20 am.. whaddya want?) That also may not count for much, but hey, this is Cincinnati!
Now then, ON TOPIC, saw the premier, was not all that impressed. I am also very respectful of Wheatons work, but I hope this is not the best this series can do. I would love to see that pilot the network is holding back, if its better. (The Cage was better than menagerie) but, I won't hold my breath for than one either. Still, with the loss of Farscape, it is good to see the genré at least staying alive in *some* way.
Good Zaphod.. Bad Zaphod... I'm the one with the heads baby.
That would be sooo cool. Bruce would have my vote.
I've done it before myself. I bought a bunch of those "CompUSA" (Maxtor) 20 gig drives back when they were $75. I was really tired one day and did something incredibly stupid (was futzing around inside my case and plugged a tried to plug a molex connector in backwards). Killed my mp3 drive. The platter itself was okay. So I swapped it into another drive of the same size, and type. Worked like a charm.
I did'nt trust it to stay that way, so I transferred everything to another drive asap. But, it *can* work. My collection of fragged platters
Sorry, You just hit a nerve there bud.
Not gonna be preachy, but perhaps, sometime with an open mind, you check out
The Witches Voice
Or, for the short and sweet... A basic FAQ on modern Witchcraft
And, on a more personal note, just some points I like to make when painted in the light *you* just shed...
1) Paganism (Not specifically modern Wicca) has been around as long as there has been agriculture. They were our Holidays first.
2) Pagans, as a general rule, do not try to convert others, nor force any way of thinking on anyone. We prefer you think for yourself.
(as for myself, I am just impressed when some people *think* at all)
3) Sorry, no devil here. Thats *your* religions creation. You deal with him.
4) Well, I could go on for pages about this, but it's pretty redundant. check out *my* page for more information.
5) Oh, well.. There is *one* bad thing about being Pagan/Wiccan. We've never had those wholesale "convert or die" parties like y'all had, so Mel Brooks has never had a chance to make up snazzy songs about our past..
(Humming.. "The Inquisition... here it comes...")
Oh, in case you are wondering, my credentials on this one...
yes, I've read the Bible. In 3 languages.
My Grandfather and Father are Southern Baptist Ministers.
I myself was a Royal Ambassador for the Southern Baptist church.
I am also an ordained Minister...
Oh, by the way, by *your* religions rules, You're supposed to love the sinner, and try to help them find forgiveness for their sins. "There's no such thing as a good witch" doesn't follow in those footsteps y'all seem to love so much very well at all.
Okay, This may just be my sick sense of irony, but did anyone *else* notice what time this story was posted to Reuters?
i on id=1CF1PQW0MVXO4CRBAEOCFFA?type=topnews&StoryID=13 94965
Hope they kill the bastard.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsess
Just my thoughts...
15mg Dexedrine Spansules 3x a day. 90 a month.
I sleep on Mondays. No
and yes, its legal .. Because I have a 'script!
12:17AM
Good "non-ad" for Red Bull (which I only drink mixed with equal amounds of skyy vodka, and NEVER to stay awake!
"Hold Times" on local tech lines are always longest every other Tuesday when this stuff comes in. They don't even bother putting it on the shelf anymore, They just sit the pallet in the front of the store. It comes in around 8:30 am, and is GONE by noon.
Grape Jolt... No wonder my Dentist hates me.
Hmmm .. Fazoli's Itilian restaraunts (At least here in the midwest us) still have it on in the fountain machines. I still go there just for that sometimes.
Blue diamonds are not actually blue.
The term "blue diamond" actually refers to a high level of fluorescence of the stone. This is a naturally occuring trait in some diamonds. Most dealers consider higher levels of fluorescence to be a negative trait. However, a high level of blue fluorescence, when viewed in sunlight can make a lower color grade (type k or lower, kinda yellowish looking) appear a brighter white in sunlight or full spectrum lighting. This can make a poor color diamond appear to be better than it really is, increasing its value in the publics eye (no pun intended).
The other "blue" diamond is caused by a high temperature and pressure treatment system which can essentially cook poorer diamonds into looking like good ones. If you use a really poor color stone, you get color impurities after the treatment. This occasionally produces greenish, blue, and sometimes even pink diamonds. These are still considered "modified" diamonds and are usually detected by most decent labs.
Damn, I never thought working in a armory/gothic/jewelry store would come in handy in *this* forum. =)
I wonder if those 1970's "esperanto is the UNIVERSAL language" people got ticked about being excluded?
Assuming this to be true, that means that we can extend the basis of social class division as well. Doing so, *I* calculate that if (by some one in a trillion chance) it were to be intercepted by a sentient life form, that life form would most likely be someone living in a trailer in their version of southern Georgia. Scary thought isn't it? (br) "'suppose they oughta have thought ta put sum skynerd on that purdy shiny disk. Freebird!!!"
Or, as some musicians seem to believe, Elvis is riding shotgun in a UFO anyway, I bet he's gonna be TICKED he didn't make the cut.
Sorry... I know, silly as hell, but I am in that mood tonight.
Camper Repellant... (tm) (Please note. This has only been tested at Renaissance Faires, ergo your milage may vary)
1) Set up your site wherever you can find a nearby picnic table. It will soon not matter how many *other* people are near it.
2) Place a set of bagpipes on the picnic table. Followed by a copy of "Bagpipes for beginners".
3) In approx. 10 minutes, you will be the ONLY sentient life form in about a 1 mile radius.
4) Enjoy your camping in peace!