The defense has only a limited number of challenges available for juror selection. When the entire juror pool is as biased as D.C.'s is, it is extraordinarily unlikely that an unbiassed jury can be selected. In a case like this, the best that the defense can expect is that it can reject people who aren't lying about not having already made up their minds.
OK, buster, I read your Sadam/Kuwait link and you lied about it. The US ambassador said the US wasn't interested in Arab-Arab conflicts. That is very different from giving him the green light. The link's only claim that we encouraged Sadam came from Perot, who was running against Bush Sr and had no interest in telling the truth.
If an explosion occurred it would be due to a short circuit causing something to heat very rapidly in a confined space such as the battery's container. Batteries can by designed for overcurrent protection and in all likelihood these would be. More likely is a fire due to overheated wiring. My guess is that once in volume production, these would be inherently safer than fuel tanks.
The photo shows a duck, a turtle, a frog and a fourth creature that might be a beaver or an otter. I wonder if there is any difference in the distribution of where they ended up, and what that might mean. Perhaps a difference in wind drag and water drag, or how fast the packaging disintegrated.
Google isn't stupid; if that sort of improvement were available globally they'd be using it. My understanding of Google is that most of their work is I/O limited; assembly isn't going to help that much. Furthermore, the cost of reliably converting code to assembly would be immense and would divert labor from more profitable pursuits.
I've written video processing code using SSE, and it makes a substantial speed difference. I haven't looked at the numbers recently, but my recollection is about a 30% reduction in run time. Beyond having to learn more assembly language instructions, writing for SIMD is not terribly difficult. Writing for a multicore processor requires learning about threads and paying attention to data timing, which I find quite difficult.
As of my experience 6 years ago, some things are extremely difficult to model in Verilog. For example, the output of a two input NAND gate will rise twice as fast if both inputs fall at the same time. It is just barely possible in Verilog to model this. What is not possible, without a huge module running hundreds of times slower than a standard gate description, is to model what happens if both inputs fall at almost, but not exactly, the same time. Now consider a simulation that runs 48 hours to verify the operation of a fairly small processor, that must be run for all 5 corners. Now multiply that by 100 to properly model at the gate level, instead of just approximating. That's 3 years. Now multiply that by the number of times the design has to be changed to fix timing errors discovered in the simulation.
Good gate modelling, as opposed to default approximations, is not practical in Verilog. Fortunately, the default is usually good enough.
Why could these features not be put on a re-programmable firmware? The technology exists.
Reprogrammable hardware ("firmware") is much slower than dedicated hardware, usually several times slower. It also takes up a lot of real estate compared to dedicated hardware. Its use is so expensive that it is reserved for fixing surprise blunders, not implementing experimental features.
Water tube boilers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-tube_boiler heat quickly, are fairly light weight, and can be immune to catastrophic explosions by design. However, that isn't enough to overcome the many disadvantages of steam that you pointed out.
There is some risk that Intel's testing is catching a slow path that the overclocker isn't. Just because the overclocker's programs don't crash and his benchmark suite gives the right answers doesn't mean he has exercised the slow path. He might get the wrong answer only if he multiplies two particular numbers when overclocked, for example.
This might be fine for gaming or photographs, but it's unacceptable if the exact answer is critical.
. This is a tough one, as I want to allow freedom of contract limited only by not being allowed to hurt third parties. Certainly organ sales should be allowed. On the other hand, I dislike the use of RFID implanted into a human without his unreserved agreement, and "I'm doing this only because I can't get a job otherwise" is not unreserved agreement.
. It's only one step from existing laws that demand proof that a person can legally be employed (which laws are wrong) to the additional law that accepts only RFID as proof of employability. That would make RFID effectively mandatory for anyone who wanted to work for a living, and it would solve no problem, just like encoded DVDs solved no problem. Such government-mandated RFID would be wrong because it means accepting actual bodily harm in order to earn an honest living. The context of existing laws and practice, and the likelihood of subsequent governmental abuse cannot be ignored when considering new laws. The proposed California law is an attempt to prevent such abuse.
. What about existing employees? Will they be fired if they don't accept implanted RFID? What about a company bought out by a company which requires RFID?
. There are other dangers involved. Suppose you're being stalked by someone at work who does not yet know where you live. He acquires the RFID info and a scanner capable of working at a distance, then just drives around the city until he gets a match. Your life is endangered by RFID in this instance. Is your employment contract going to state "I acknowledge that by accepting this RFID I am increasing my risk of bodily harm at the hand of third parties."? I doubt it.
. From a practical standpoint, RFID does not solve any problem that biometrics does not solve in a less intrusive and more effective manner, albeit at greater expense to the employer.
. From a political standpoint, RFID's taking of anonymity can lead to an undisclosed, and therefore involuntary, risk of bodily harm. The example above is a weak argument, but some time spent considering other possible abuses will surely find many. Just because it's a company's RFID does not mean that it can't be accessed by the government or criminals. The only certain way to prevent this abuse is to prohibit its use on any person who objects for any reason, rational or not.
I hope I'm not making a mistake by taking your post seriously...
Cloning for parts will not be done by growing a whole new organism and hacking off whatever the originator wants. That would be an abomination that anyone of any political orientation could recognize. What will be done is that (non-embrionic) cells will be encouraged to grow the appropriate tissues or organs, without developing a nervous system. With this sort of technology, only some of the religious nut cases will still insist that a being with a soul is being destroyed. Liberals will scream about prices and want to provide the service free for everybody, but won't complain about the technology itself unless Genetic Modification is involved. Everybody but the loons will be basically happy.
I don't know about the schedule format, but TVGuide.com just changed their search result format for at least the second time in two years. Writing a new shell script each time the format changes is a real nuisance.
Pissing off the IRS agents may not have been the point. Hand counting pennies once, let alone twice, costs more than the pennies are worth. He won an important victory by costing the IRS more money than they made by attempting to screw him.
Actually, there is something inherently uncrashworthy about a small car. Small cars have a shorter distance between the driver's head and the front bumper, thus in a head-on barrier collision the head must decelerate faster. There is a deceleration limit beyond which the brain is damaged by hitting the inside of the skull, and it can lead to death if it's severe enough.
The so-called subsidy of private transportation is paid for by fuel taxes. Very heavy vehicles cause most road wear; passenger vehicles pay more than the damage they cause.
If the law explicitly says "it's OK if you don't bolt", and even if you expand the definition of "bolt" to include screws and nails and other things that make holes, you still have options. Glue works for a semi-permanent assembly; clamps work for a semi-temporary assembly. Dish alignment isn't too critical; my own experiments indicate that +/- 2 degrees is indistinguishable from perfect and +/- 6 degrees will pick up an adequate signal if the sky is cloudless. If you have big windows, you may be able to plant the dish inside, but some glasses may block too much signal so it's not recommended. The diameter of pipe that the dish mounts on is standardized (specs available from the provider); make your own mount if you're so inclined.
Getting the signal from the dish into your apartment may be more difficult, but if there's room for a window air conditioner then there's room for a cable. Possibly you could snake a cable through a bathroom or kitchen vent. If you're willing to fix the damage or pay for it when you leave, just put the hole in the wall anyway - but try to ensure that the installer does the neatest job possible. You do the planning in advance so the installer doesn't screw up.
This might not be possible on a community basis due to an exclusive franchise, but it may be possible for an apartment or condo complex. A friend of mine in California did just this for a condo complex, but this person had fairly close ties to a number of cable companies and knew the technical end of things.
California allows local sales taxes. Such taxes could be imposed or raised in CC county. Or they could cut expenses by firing administrators and special ed teachers. End all extracurricular activities.
I had a 1966 Corvette convertible. I like how it looked, and it looked aerodynamic. However, looks deceived. I once drove it at 105 mph, and went no faster because it felt unstable, as if the nose wanted to lift off the ground.
The '66 was a fun car, compared to the modern incarnation which is closer to a luxury racer. I'd like to see the '66 with modern tech and aero changes to keep the basic look but add stability. Some of that tech could be used to take the over-3000 pound car down to about 2400 pounds.
But a '57 Plymouth? My first thought when I saw the photo was, "Isn't that how the car looked in 1957?"
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The defense has only a limited number of challenges available for juror selection. When the entire juror pool is as biased as D.C.'s is, it is extraordinarily unlikely that an unbiassed jury can be selected. In a case like this, the best that the defense can expect is that it can reject people who aren't lying about not having already made up their minds.
OK, buster, I read your Sadam/Kuwait link and you lied about it. The US ambassador said the US wasn't interested in Arab-Arab conflicts. That is very different from giving him the green light. The link's only claim that we encouraged Sadam came from Perot, who was running against Bush Sr and had no interest in telling the truth.
If an explosion occurred it would be due to a short circuit causing something to heat very rapidly in a confined space such as the battery's container. Batteries can by designed for overcurrent protection and in all likelihood these would be. More likely is a fire due to overheated wiring. My guess is that once in volume production, these would be inherently safer than fuel tanks.
I just love those "regenerative breaking system"s. I think they're called nuclear bombs.
The photo shows a duck, a turtle, a frog and a fourth creature that might be a beaver or an otter. I wonder if there is any difference in the distribution of where they ended up, and what that might mean. Perhaps a difference in wind drag and water drag, or how fast the packaging disintegrated.
Google isn't stupid; if that sort of improvement were available globally they'd be using it. My understanding of Google is that most of their work is I/O limited; assembly isn't going to help that much. Furthermore, the cost of reliably converting code to assembly would be immense and would divert labor from more profitable pursuits.
I've written video processing code using SSE, and it makes a substantial speed difference. I haven't looked at the numbers recently, but my recollection is about a 30% reduction in run time. Beyond having to learn more assembly language instructions, writing for SIMD is not terribly difficult. Writing for a multicore processor requires learning about threads and paying attention to data timing, which I find quite difficult.
Good gate modelling, as opposed to default approximations, is not practical in Verilog. Fortunately, the default is usually good enough.
Water tube boilers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-tube_boiler heat quickly, are fairly light weight, and can be immune to catastrophic explosions by design. However, that isn't enough to overcome the many disadvantages of steam that you pointed out.
This might be fine for gaming or photographs, but it's unacceptable if the exact answer is critical.
. It's only one step from existing laws that demand proof that a person can legally be employed (which laws are wrong) to the additional law that accepts only RFID as proof of employability. That would make RFID effectively mandatory for anyone who wanted to work for a living, and it would solve no problem, just like encoded DVDs solved no problem. Such government-mandated RFID would be wrong because it means accepting actual bodily harm in order to earn an honest living. The context of existing laws and practice, and the likelihood of subsequent governmental abuse cannot be ignored when considering new laws. The proposed California law is an attempt to prevent such abuse.
. What about existing employees? Will they be fired if they don't accept implanted RFID? What about a company bought out by a company which requires RFID?
. There are other dangers involved. Suppose you're being stalked by someone at work who does not yet know where you live. He acquires the RFID info and a scanner capable of working at a distance, then just drives around the city until he gets a match. Your life is endangered by RFID in this instance. Is your employment contract going to state "I acknowledge that by accepting this RFID I am increasing my risk of bodily harm at the hand of third parties."? I doubt it.
. From a practical standpoint, RFID does not solve any problem that biometrics does not solve in a less intrusive and more effective manner, albeit at greater expense to the employer.
. From a political standpoint, RFID's taking of anonymity can lead to an undisclosed, and therefore involuntary, risk of bodily harm. The example above is a weak argument, but some time spent considering other possible abuses will surely find many. Just because it's a company's RFID does not mean that it can't be accessed by the government or criminals. The only certain way to prevent this abuse is to prohibit its use on any person who objects for any reason, rational or not.
Cloning for parts will not be done by growing a whole new organism and hacking off whatever the originator wants. That would be an abomination that anyone of any political orientation could recognize. What will be done is that (non-embrionic) cells will be encouraged to grow the appropriate tissues or organs, without developing a nervous system. With this sort of technology, only some of the religious nut cases will still insist that a being with a soul is being destroyed. Liberals will scream about prices and want to provide the service free for everybody, but won't complain about the technology itself unless Genetic Modification is involved. Everybody but the loons will be basically happy.
I don't know about the schedule format, but TVGuide.com just changed their search result format for at least the second time in two years. Writing a new shell script each time the format changes is a real nuisance.
Pissing off the IRS agents may not have been the point. Hand counting pennies once, let alone twice, costs more than the pennies are worth. He won an important victory by costing the IRS more money than they made by attempting to screw him.
Actually, there is something inherently uncrashworthy about a small car. Small cars have a shorter distance between the driver's head and the front bumper, thus in a head-on barrier collision the head must decelerate faster. There is a deceleration limit beyond which the brain is damaged by hitting the inside of the skull, and it can lead to death if it's severe enough.
The so-called subsidy of private transportation is paid for by fuel taxes. Very heavy vehicles cause most road wear; passenger vehicles pay more than the damage they cause.
Getting the signal from the dish into your apartment may be more difficult, but if there's room for a window air conditioner then there's room for a cable. Possibly you could snake a cable through a bathroom or kitchen vent. If you're willing to fix the damage or pay for it when you leave, just put the hole in the wall anyway - but try to ensure that the installer does the neatest job possible. You do the planning in advance so the installer doesn't screw up.
This might not be possible on a community basis due to an exclusive franchise, but it may be possible for an apartment or condo complex. A friend of mine in California did just this for a condo complex, but this person had fairly close ties to a number of cable companies and knew the technical end of things.
California allows local sales taxes. Such taxes could be imposed or raised in CC county. Or they could cut expenses by firing administrators and special ed teachers. End all extracurricular activities.
The '66 was a fun car, compared to the modern incarnation which is closer to a luxury racer. I'd like to see the '66 with modern tech and aero changes to keep the basic look but add stability. Some of that tech could be used to take the over-3000 pound car down to about 2400 pounds.
But a '57 Plymouth? My first thought when I saw the photo was, "Isn't that how the car looked in 1957?"
I've no idea if this is actually possible, but it sure beats bringing all your fuel with you.
The brutal treatment of Palestinians comes directly and indirectly from the thugs who rule Palestine: Hamas and their ilk.