Walk by any printer in any office. There'll be a stack of printouts that the originators never remembered to pick up.
Next, look at the stack of printed emails; many of which are printouts of an email reply-to chain, meaning the last mail has all the content of the other 20.
Then look at the people who print out a document, redline it with a pen, then type the redlines into the softcopy file they just printed out.
Personally, I blame the Electron Lobby. Those dang charge-carriers are getting way too lazy about their job of keeping computers running.
If you could take a random person from different eras and plunk them into the present (even allowing for some sort of "techno-magic language translation"), how would they adjust?
HBO's Westworld is taking a hack at this, albeit with androids being subjected to the time-dissonance.
Did you get a copy of the memo about the new TPS report coversheets?
I tried that particular response once in a relatively small company spread over 4 or 5 locations. The next month's "Company E-newsletter" included a little note, which I quote as accurately as I can:
" To the person, you know who you are, who thinks he's funny. We don't appreciate your sense of humor." Yep, an anonymous callout from an anonymous author.
So out of one million people driving cars on the road, only 20,000 of them will think they can drink booze, read a book, or doze off while in the car?
I know you're being sarcastic here, but this is a prime example of the Prosecutor's Fallacy . Right now, I'd bet that more than 2% of USAian drivers think they can do all that in their non-auto-anything car. You have to balance failure rates against rates of existence in the entire dataset.
I know Russian Roulette and can calculate the odds, but if you do not know the difference between a pistol and a revolver, your calculations might be a little bit off.
Kinda depends on the model eh? I would submit that knowing which pistol (or revolver) is in use is more important than known what mechanical mechanism is used to feed fresh ammo to the chamber.
Back in the late 80s or mid 90s, I forget exactly when, police and the FBI spent years assembling a massive chart of where, when, and how Satanists met, stole, and ate human babies. Guess what: that never happened either. And that whole thing was pre-Internet-as-we-know-it. They had to come up with that shit based on verbal rumor and wishful thinking.
The roof was metal but there was a bleeping amount of glass everywhere else. Turned out it was very hot even in Northern climes if you didn't buy the A/C option.
Aluminum Fluoride -> cut up pieces of aluminum foil and put in mouthwash then heat in microwave for 2 minutes Platinum/Calomel -> put spark plugs in a twix and place over medium heat in a sauce pan.
Someone's been reading The Anarchist's Cookbook recently.
Agreed. In fact, partly because phones and tablets tend to have only a micro-SD slot, I load my cameras with microSDs in a micro-to-standard SD adapter card. (yeah, more adapters...)
As someone else who works designing and building automotive radar systems, I take umbrage at your defensiveness. For one thing, car parts have to be dirt cheap to be competitive. parts for a Mars Lander don't. We don't know whether there were redundant altimeters (but normally there's three of everything ), and we don't even know that it was in fact a faulty altitude signal, regardless of root cause, that led to the crash.
Even tho' most of my laptops, tablets, and phones now support things like Chromecast -- ooops, still need a dongle at the TV end -- I am loathe to buy a computer or tablet that doesn't at the very least have a standard microUSB, some flavor of HDMI, and an analog audio out jack. Plus a microSD slot if at all possible. Poo on "hey just connect via BlueTooth [or RedTooth if you're Neo] or our new just-on-the-market special connector."
In the 24 October issue, there's an article about former detective Peter Forcelli, who now works to get wrongfully convicted folks exonerated. It's a sad tale about failings (and biases) of juries, judges, cops, and DAs. Just like the quote in this case, where the local DA wants to keep the case open just in case they can find something else indictable. He got caught doing bullshit and now wants to cover his ass regardless of the truth.
First of all: this is a story about surveillance, not about the 2nd amendment. Go whine about sidearm ownership somewhere else.
Second: Once again, somehow the concept of "arms" gets limited to rifles and pistols. Why do you all forget to bitch about not being allowed open-carry crossbows, or about not being allowed to set up a battery of TOW or FOG-M missile launchers in your back yard? Do you really think even your 37 semi-automatics (with the hack installed to make them fully automatic) are a match for one round from an M-1 tank? "Defense against the government military" indeed.
Uh-huh. Except that it's not informative in the way you appear to mean.
Ima gona run off and write a book where the lead character says "nobody can live more than 1000 years." Which is true, mathematically, for humans, after all.
I remember people saying the exact same thing when Apple removed Floppys, serial ports & optical drives
False equivalency. All the items you listed were blatantly obsolete when Apple removed them. Us old folks remember Microsoft shipping a box with 60 or 70 floppies to install Office from. Serial ports suck and aren't extendable. And so on.
There's no "replacement" for analog audio going into your ears. As this thread should make it abundantly clear, an external converter of some sort is absolutely required when there's no analog output from the iPhone.
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Never heard of it, never had anyone recommend it to me, don't know anyone who ever used it.
Well, then, according to the homeopathic theory applied to knowledge, you were an expert all along!
Walk by any printer in any office. There'll be a stack of printouts that the originators never remembered to pick up.
Next, look at the stack of printed emails; many of which are printouts of an email reply-to chain, meaning the last mail has all the content of the other 20.
Then look at the people who print out a document, redline it with a pen, then type the redlines into the softcopy file they just printed out.
Personally, I blame the Electron Lobby. Those dang charge-carriers are getting way too lazy about their job of keeping computers running.
If you could take a random person from different eras and plunk them into the present (even allowing for some sort of "techno-magic language translation"), how would they adjust?
HBO's Westworld is taking a hack at this, albeit with androids being subjected to the time-dissonance.
Ever heard the adage 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'?
Yes, but it has nothing to do with actual glass houses.
I've also heard that people who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.
and then walking it back.
That's not how he rolls.
C'mon folks, where's the +1Funny love here? That's the best doubly-true double entendre I've read in ages.
Did you get a copy of the memo about the new TPS report coversheets?
I tried that particular response once in a relatively small company spread over 4 or 5 locations. The next month's "Company E-newsletter" included a little note, which I quote as accurately as I can:
" To the person, you know who you are, who thinks he's funny. We don't appreciate your sense of humor." Yep, an anonymous callout from an anonymous author.
So out of one million people driving cars on the road, only 20,000 of them will think they can drink booze, read a book, or doze off while in the car?
I know you're being sarcastic here, but this is a prime example of the Prosecutor's Fallacy .
Right now, I'd bet that more than 2% of USAian drivers think they can do all that in their non-auto-anything car. You have to balance failure rates against rates of existence in the entire dataset.
I know Russian Roulette and can calculate the odds, but if you do not know the difference between a pistol and a revolver, your calculations might be a little bit off.
Kinda depends on the model eh? I would submit that knowing which pistol (or revolver) is in use is more important than known what mechanical mechanism is used to feed fresh ammo to the chamber.
Back in the late 80s or mid 90s, I forget exactly when, police and the FBI spent years assembling a massive chart of where, when, and how Satanists met, stole, and ate human babies. Guess what: that never happened either. And that whole thing was pre-Internet-as-we-know-it. They had to come up with that shit based on verbal rumor and wishful thinking.
So... we've all forgotten the '70's Pacer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Pacer
The roof was metal but there was a bleeping amount of glass everywhere else. Turned out it was very hot even in Northern climes if you didn't buy the A/C option.
Every time I hear "Self Healing" it turns into "Gey Goo" in my mind.
That's gotta be some bad stuff. Now, "LGBTQ Goo" would at least be inclusive.
Aluminum Fluoride -> cut up pieces of aluminum foil and put in mouthwash then heat in microwave for 2 minutes
Platinum/Calomel -> put spark plugs in a twix and place over medium heat in a sauce pan.
Someone's been reading The Anarchist's Cookbook recently.
Agreed. In fact, partly because phones and tablets tend to have only a micro-SD slot, I load my cameras with microSDs in a micro-to-standard SD adapter card. (yeah, more adapters...)
Let's see:
Cheap trail cam: no wifi, and in any case I'm not dragging my laptop into the woods when I can carry a 3 gram microSD back home instead.
Camera #1: Wifi is a PITA to set up.
Camera #2: no Wifi
all cameras: why carry around a USB cable?
RepRap Prusa i3 printer: Uses micro SD. Can be connected via USB but only if place dang close to computer. Screw that.
So, yeah, I want an SD slot. (I do have a bag full of $1US SD-to-USB adapters, which is what I have to use on various existing computers anyway)
As someone else who works designing and building automotive radar systems, I take umbrage at your defensiveness. For one thing, car parts have to be dirt cheap to be competitive. parts for a Mars Lander don't. We don't know whether there were redundant altimeters (but normally there's three of everything ), and we don't even know that it was in fact a faulty altitude signal, regardless of root cause, that led to the crash.
Even tho' most of my laptops, tablets, and phones now support things like Chromecast -- ooops, still need a dongle at the TV end -- I am loathe to buy a computer or tablet that doesn't at the very least have a standard microUSB, some flavor of HDMI, and an analog audio out jack. Plus a microSD slot if at all possible.
Poo on "hey just connect via BlueTooth [or RedTooth if you're Neo] or our new just-on-the-market special connector."
In the 24 October issue, there's an article about former detective Peter Forcelli, who now works to get wrongfully convicted folks exonerated. It's a sad tale about failings (and biases) of juries, judges, cops, and DAs. Just like the quote in this case, where the local DA wants to keep the case open just in case they can find something else indictable. He got caught doing bullshit and now wants to cover his ass regardless of the truth.
... a mental disposition towards a strong work ethNic ...
Best Freudian Slip of the Week.
What sort of football is it anyway?
Is it a soccer ball (the article mentioned London) or a rugby ball?
Neither. It's a fancy-dress evening dance for feet only.
Or maybe it's just watching a foal bolt
First of all: this is a story about surveillance, not about the 2nd amendment. Go whine about sidearm ownership somewhere else.
Second: Once again, somehow the concept of "arms" gets limited to rifles and pistols. Why do you all forget to bitch about not being allowed open-carry crossbows, or about not being allowed to set up a battery of TOW or FOG-M missile launchers in your back yard? Do you really think even your 37 semi-automatics (with the hack installed to make them fully automatic) are a match for one round from an M-1 tank?
"Defense against the government military" indeed.
Mod post informative...
Uh-huh. Except that it's not informative in the way you appear to mean.
Ima gona run off and write a book where the lead character says "nobody can live more than 1000 years." Which is true, mathematically, for humans, after all.
So is there a button to uninstall Windows10?
They're going to set up their own floating kingdom
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/593369/summary
I remember people saying the exact same thing when Apple removed Floppys, serial ports & optical drives
False equivalency. All the items you listed were blatantly obsolete when Apple removed them. Us old folks remember Microsoft shipping a box with 60 or 70 floppies to install Office from. Serial ports suck and aren't extendable. And so on.
There's no "replacement" for analog audio going into your ears. As this thread should make it abundantly clear, an external converter of some sort is absolutely required when there's no analog output from the iPhone.
You were ninja'd by Randall -- https://xkcd.com/1720/