I am sure you are right. I stand corrected and will stick to software... all I know is my 240V twist lock plug can power the server rack. (Don't worry I am nowhere near overloading it, and my smoke detectors will work just fine for the week it needs to be here.)
No, but you can get 220 from two different outlets, if they are on different circuits and you have 3 phase wiring to your building. You need to make a really nasty "Y" shaped extension cord thingy and plug two ends of the Y into different sockets... probably not OSHA approved.
But, what the hell, you wouldn't make such a thing if you didn't want a 220 outlet in a building only wired for 110, right?:-)
If they can spell their own names, of course they will be a whiz at regular words. "Bill", "Joe", and "Mary" haven't a chance against "Dhananjay" "Jagannatha" or "Chandrakanta".
1) Hand out hockey sticks.
2) Wait for someone with a graph and utters the words "like a hockey stick" when describing said graph (usually while wildly gesturing and telling you why X is such a good investment, why you should stick with the company, or why "it is different, this time").
3) Beat that person with the stick from step 1.
4) Sorry, no profit, but less pain; Widows and orphans are spared... At the very least it is good cardio and even if you are jailed, you get free room and board.
How about a bunch of ACORN volunteers bitching about poor service so the Government (e.g. YOU) need to step in and shovel money at yet another "problem"...
Nobody every buys the Standard Model. If you have the money you get the Luxury Model. Otherwise, most folks just aim for the middle and get the Sports model.
Yup - I've been anonymous on the Internet, since, well, since it was Darpanet, or uucp, or whatever it was. Call me paranoid, but even way back in the day, I always wondered, "why would I want anyone to know X, about me?"
If you are writing me a check, I'll give you enough info so I can cash it, otherwise, meh. Even my cable bill has a misspelling in my name I have not corrected in 14 years.
P.S. NotQuiteReal, is not my real name... Proud alias-using "lurker" on the Internet/Usenet since 1982 (or before...)
I agree. People should be free, whether they want it or not. So I can be free.
Or else, put me in charge, at least.
Too much of a "good thing"?
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I've never seen the show either, but I imagine most shows with a "story" would run into this problem.
If you have the most awesome story, and make it a TV show, it could be great... until the story is over, but since it was successful "TV", more shows get ordered... but the story was already told, so you have no choice but to make stuff up. (And you have to do it on a schedule, whereas the first one might have taken years to conceive.)
I was going to sign up to get the data, then I realized it would be in metric units, since the balloon would be in Europe, and I wouldn't understand it.
That, and I am not a twit, or whatever you call someone with a twitter account.
Note, however, that only information is sent, not the actual "item".
The implication, of course is if you can "transmit" an arbitrary item, you can, by definition duplicate it. So, when we have this technology, you will be able to "have your cake and eat it too".
Oddly it will also be the most altruistic, or selfish thing you can ever do. Consider; altruistic - you send a "copy" of yourself to do something cool. selfish, nasty task? send a "copy", not "you".
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Yeah, but maybe the could mutate... introduced species never cause problems, do they?
It won't be the first time some convenience is given up for security.
Sounds better the way Benjamin Franklin said it; "He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither."
So, I guess we are saying Freedom is not Convenient?
50 mpg car is better?
For some values of better... like fuel efficiency. I am sure it is worse for some things.
MADE IN LEO
I might pay extra for that... but only if the product was worth it.
A simple one-shot kill weapon where you only have to aim and shoot to kill - in an instant of time, it reduces it to a 2D problem.
I am waiting for the grenades. That's where it is at baby, 4D - you got to bounce AND time them.
The Wright-Murphy feud is almost as famous as the Hatfield-McCoy... no, wait, I think you are just trying to start something!
Let me fire the first salvo, I'll make up something...
Wright's Law: If something can go right, it will, for someone else.
Maybe someone just opened the electric bill...
I am sure you are right. I stand corrected and will stick to software... all I know is my 240V twist lock plug can power the server rack. (Don't worry I am nowhere near overloading it, and my smoke detectors will work just fine for the week it needs to be here.)
Look, even the State of NY couldn't simply take a cut of horse racing bets without losing money.
Did you know you can get 440...
:-)
No, but you can get 220 from two different outlets, if they are on different circuits and you have 3 phase wiring to your building. You need to make a really nasty "Y" shaped extension cord thingy and plug two ends of the Y into different sockets... probably not OSHA approved.
But, what the hell, you wouldn't make such a thing if you didn't want a 220 outlet in a building only wired for 110, right?
That sucks.
If they can spell their own names, of course they will be a whiz at regular words. "Bill", "Joe", and "Mary" haven't a chance against "Dhananjay" "Jagannatha" or "Chandrakanta".
1) Hand out hockey sticks.
2) Wait for someone with a graph and utters the words "like a hockey stick" when describing said graph (usually while wildly gesturing and telling you why X is such a good investment, why you should stick with the company, or why "it is different, this time").
3) Beat that person with the stick from step 1.
4) Sorry, no profit, but less pain; Widows and orphans are spared... At the very least it is good cardio and even if you are jailed, you get free room and board.
How about a bunch of ACORN volunteers bitching about poor service so the Government (e.g. YOU) need to step in and shovel money at yet another "problem"...
Nobody every buys the Standard Model. If you have the money you get the Luxury Model. Otherwise, most folks just aim for the middle and get the Sports model.
Never mind, that ain't no don't make no sense no how.
I agree - pollute all the databases you can. Heck, some people don't even need any ID
I'd say if anyone calls you on it, claim "equal protection".
Yup - I've been anonymous on the Internet, since, well, since it was Darpanet, or uucp, or whatever it was. Call me paranoid, but even way back in the day, I always wondered, "why would I want anyone to know X, about me?"
If you are writing me a check, I'll give you enough info so I can cash it, otherwise, meh. Even my cable bill has a misspelling in my name I have not corrected in 14 years.
P.S. NotQuiteReal, is not my real name... Proud alias-using "lurker" on the Internet/Usenet since 1982 (or before...)
I agree. People should be free, whether they want it or not. So I can be free.
Or else, put me in charge, at least.
I've never seen the show either, but I imagine most shows with a "story" would run into this problem.
If you have the most awesome story, and make it a TV show, it could be great... until the story is over, but since it was successful "TV", more shows get ordered... but the story was already told, so you have no choice but to make stuff up. (And you have to do it on a schedule, whereas the first one might have taken years to conceive.)
Same reason most movie sequels suck too.
I was going to sign up to get the data, then I realized it would be in metric units, since the balloon would be in Europe, and I wouldn't understand it.
That, and I am not a twit, or whatever you call someone with a twitter account.
Hey, lightspeed IS awesome.
Note, however, that only information is sent, not the actual "item".
The implication, of course is if you can "transmit" an arbitrary item, you can, by definition duplicate it. So, when we have this technology, you will be able to "have your cake and eat it too".
Oddly it will also be the most altruistic, or selfish thing you can ever do. Consider; altruistic - you send a "copy" of yourself to do something cool. selfish, nasty task? send a "copy", not "you".
This might be problematic for some folks.
So, nothing looks good to the blind... how sad.
And, to add insult to injury, it is not "polite" to use the braille method to "see" your food.
But you don't owe them a debt, if they won't sell it to you.
The local Apple store just needs to put a sign in the window:
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Traceable Payment Method, No Service.
Some things should NOT be tolerated. Your line may vary.