...bad enough from... Jewish perspective, because we our holidays and sabbaths start at nightfall, and this makes "night" exceedingly late for much of the year.
The specific case which shows the problem is the Passover Seder, which has to begin after nightfall, and there's about 2 hours of stuff before eating.
Several posters above have provided great info on how much more efficient a standard A/C unit is, but I wanted to say that having recently purchased a cooler for camping that uses Peltier effect works brilliantly.
Doc's say not to run for > 4 hours on a battery that is to start a vehicle, but in those 4 hours (or more - didn't drain too much), it cools wonderfully.
The hotter it gets, and the farther I drive, the cooler my supplies get.
It'd be good for the US and China to get into a trade war NOW while China still doesn't have too much leverage against us.
This might not be a good time, if you're American:
Consider possible US allies that could line up against the US in a possible trade war:
Canada should have a trade war with America since we're sick and fscking tired of being screwed over every time American businesses see a new way of prospering at our expense.
Ever heard of softwood lumber? There have been or are ongoing disputes over veggies, cross-border pollution (Sumas Completion 2, etc.), etc ad nauseum.
Most annoyingly, when the WTO rules in Canada's favour, USA considers itself above WTO (when it's in their interest). America has never signed a trade treaty that it intended to abide by.
Europe's been pretty pissed at America over trade issues lately - steel dumping that isn't dumping, US gov't subsidizing US industries (Boeing, etc.), being found guilty, handing out subsidies with the *other* hand, claiming it now legal, losing again to Europeans, etc. ad nauseum.
Yes, a trade war would really help put USA in its place. Sign me up. I boycott USA almost as strenuously as I boycott Chinese made crap.
Here's something I totally agree with you on:
What China is proving today is that free market capitalism doesn't inherently lead toward freedom.
Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of hearing "Just make your site standards-compliant and it ought to work everywhere...and if it doesn't, that's the browser vendor's problem, not yours"?
Of course it would be great if all browsers complied with standards. They don't. But you are the developer, so it is your problem to make your software the best that it can be for your users.
I agree that particular browsers shouldn't be locked out, but if you think I'm going to spend countless hours making a broken product work that I didn't create or break in the first place, think again, baby!
If Ford made a vehicle that choked and stalled everytime it used any gasoline but Ford's, it might be the user's (driver's) problem, but should Texaco or PetroCan reformulate their gasoline?
(Hint: "No.")
Just MHO... Personally I want my code to work in all browsers, I just don't want to spent too many resources doing it.
The US, of course, isn't helping matters either but hardly the near vindictive stance the EU has.
You obviously haven't heard of softwood lumber ("You're not charging enough - USA will punish you"), electricity ("you're charging too much - USA will punish you"), field tomatoes, European steel, subsididizing airline manufacturers, water issues (Devil's Lk(?) in N. Dakota), etc. ad nauseum.
But the very worst thing about DST is that it's bad for your health. According to Stanley Coren, a sleep expert at the University of British Columbia, the number of traffic accidents and fatal industrial mishaps increase on the Monday after we spring forward. The reason, presumably, is because losing even a single hour of sleep over the weekend makes a lot of people a bit drowsier on what we might usefully call Black Monday. Unfortunately, there's no compensating effect of a super-safe Monday as we go off DST and "fall back" in the autumn."
Exactly why I argue for keeping DST all year 'round.
The savings on car insurance claims from the first "missed" spring-ahead would pay for the switch-over.
Besides, here in Vancouver BC, we head home in pitch-black at 5:00 pm in winter. How safe is it when virtually everyone from young students to their parents all travel in darkness?
And we travel in darkness so the 5 to 10%(?) of the population that are farmers can get the cows milked by natural light!?!?
More people travel at 17:00 than at 06:00, so let's be reasonable and have the 17:00 get higher priority for natural light.
Once again, the OSS community has proven that it's completely incapable of innovation.
It has? How?
It's been a long time since I've used an open-source tool wherein the interface didn't feel remarkably similar to a piece of commercial software that pre-dated the application I was using.
That's a problem to you? Most of us like the fact that we do not have to learn a new interface each programme we encounter.
It's really no wonder the majority of the world views OSS tools as "cheap knock-offs" of the real thing
You may (erroneously) think so -- I dispute that he "majority" of the world views it as such. Utter BS. Are you an MS astroturfer or something?
It's thievery, it's dishonest, and it should be illegal (in many cases, it already is).
I guess you want every model of car to drive significantly differently as some form of ?innovation?!?
Clutch on left in sedan, in middle on SUV, on the right on the coupé? Is that really what you want? Sounds like it, but somehow I don't think so...
From CBC's Quirks and Quarks web site:
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/03-04/mar06.html
was taken the following:
March 6, 2004
Part One: The Placebo Effect
Placebo can cure headaches, depression and high blood pressure.
Listen to or download the audio file (mp3 or Ogg files)...
Imagine a single pill that can cure headaches, stomach aches, depression, high blood pressure and pain after surgery. It actually exists. It's called a placebo, and it's a common part of most medical trials.
As long as there have been doctors, there have been placebos. They're compounds that have no active ingredient, but still manage to help treat disease. They're starting to be looked at in a new way, and were the subject of a session at this year's annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Quirks & Quarks producer Pat Senson attended the meeting and joins Bob on the show to discuss what he learned.
Dr. Helen Mayberg, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, is looking at placebo and depression. She found that the brain's response to a placebo matches the treatment. Change the treatment and you'll change the way placebo is working.
Dr. Jon Stoessl, from the University of British Columbia, has found similar results. When he looked at patients with Parkinson's disease, he saw increased brain activity in placebo receivers. That increased activity was as strong as the activity in patients injected with real drugs. This shows that placebo is causing physiological as well as psychological changes in the body.
Placebos can be a real problem in clinical trials. Dr. Howard Brody, from Michigan State University, can cite examples of trials where drug effects were completely masked by the placebo. But he also knows ways for doctors to take advantage of the placebo effect when treating patients.
Not everything about placebo is positive. Dr. Arthur Barsky, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is looking at the side effects that placebo can generate. He says they may be the source of some of the side effects we commonly see listed on the drugs on the pharmacy shelf, and they can confound clinical trial results.
An OS is only as secure as it's admin is competent. This will NEVER change no matter what platform you are dealing with.
If you give some RedHat CDs to a complete goof off and have them install it on a system that is going to be directly exposed to the internet, that box is going to get rooted eventually. It might take longer to get rooted than a Windows box, but it will be cracked.
While I mostly agree, atleast with the sentiment, your second paragraph negates the first:
If the OS is only as secure as the admin is competent, then the Linux box shouldn't be expected to be rooted in a longer amount of time than a windows box.
But I'll say again, admin competence is critical to a reasonably secure system.
Maow
By the way, you know how the neoconservatives always claim that they never went to college because it's "just liberal brainwashing"? To me, that just screams "Sour grapes"
More like, "Stoopid and Proud!".
Why is it that simpleness to the point of retardation is an admirable trait in America?
the writing is on the walls as plain as day:...profitable company...wants to cut costs...
Some bean counter is trying to squeeze as much efficiency out of you folks as possible. If I had to guess, the company is going up for sale soon and they need to make the place look as good as possible for the sale.
Mod the parent up!
A profitable company trying to save a few pennies by shutting down computers overnight is headed for trouble.
Best to start looking for a new job now, as soon their focus will be on you when looking to slash costs.
Funny thing - is when they cut so many costs that it starts getting expensive - I love when that happens. Serves 'em right.
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The specific case which shows the problem is the Passover Seder, which has to begin after nightfall, and there's about 2 hours of stuff before eating.
Worst. Excuse. Ever.
Doc's say not to run for > 4 hours on a battery that is to start a vehicle, but in those 4 hours (or more - didn't drain too much), it cools wonderfully.
The hotter it gets, and the farther I drive, the cooler my supplies get.
Ice coolers cannot do that (for long).
Just my 2 cents worth...
Potentially a lot.
Whose rights are being affected here other than the exec's?
Try extrapolating -- what if you were seeking employment and your former employer tried to interfere?
Actually, more important is a legal challenge to the non-competition clause of the contract. I'd love to see one of those shot down in court.
Same with most EULAs -- legal contracts that I'd like to see challenged / over turned.
IANAL, but this could be interesting.
rb
This might not be a good time, if you're American:
Consider possible US allies that could line up against the US in a possible trade war:
Canada should have a trade war with America since we're sick and fscking tired of being screwed over every time American businesses see a new way of prospering at our expense.
Ever heard of softwood lumber? There have been or are ongoing disputes over veggies, cross-border pollution (Sumas Completion 2, etc.), etc ad nauseum.
Most annoyingly, when the WTO rules in Canada's favour, USA considers itself above WTO (when it's in their interest). America has never signed a trade treaty that it intended to abide by.
Europe's been pretty pissed at America over trade issues lately - steel dumping that isn't dumping, US gov't subsidizing US industries (Boeing, etc.), being found guilty, handing out subsidies with the *other* hand, claiming it now legal, losing again to Europeans, etc. ad nauseum.
Yes, a trade war would really help put USA in its place. Sign me up. I boycott USA almost as strenuously as I boycott Chinese made crap.
Here's something I totally agree with you on:
What China is proving today is that free market capitalism doesn't inherently lead toward freedom.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Nothing. What's wrong with you?
London has suffered the most horrific terrorist attacks in recent history and you people can only talk about Internet Explorer? Get some priorities!!!
So, fuck off and go read a world news site, and stay off the tech news site.
Sheesh.
Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of hearing "Just make your site standards-compliant and it ought to work everywhere...and if it doesn't, that's the browser vendor's problem, not yours"?
Of course it would be great if all browsers complied with standards. They don't. But you are the developer, so it is your problem to make your software the best that it can be for your users.
I agree that particular browsers shouldn't be locked out, but if you think I'm going to spend countless hours making a broken product work that I didn't create or break in the first place, think again, baby!
If Ford made a vehicle that choked and stalled everytime it used any gasoline but Ford's, it might be the user's (driver's) problem, but should Texaco or PetroCan reformulate their gasoline?
(Hint: "No.")
Just MHO... Personally I want my code to work in all browsers, I just don't want to spent too many resources doing it.
You obviously haven't heard of softwood lumber ("You're not charging enough - USA will punish you"), electricity ("you're charging too much - USA will punish you"), field tomatoes, European steel, subsididizing airline manufacturers, water issues (Devil's Lk(?) in N. Dakota), etc. ad nauseum.
And I do mean ad nauseum.
The US, of course, isn't helping matters either
That part is so true...
M$ sushi anyone?
Really? Yeah, I guess my pr0n collection is, ahem, sexy.
CUPS isn't sexy.
Neither is /., nor are open source programmers, generally speaking.
I'd bet most girls would agree. I know one I can ask if no one else does.
ps - i'm not an ms fanboy. seriously.
Seriously? Who needs fanboys with serious users like yourself?
That makes the Internet more like real-life everyday. :(
But I'm a vegetarian, you insensitive beowolf cluster of clods!
Canadian governments have long been nuttered, but now they're neutered too.
Just as it should be :-)
Exactly why I argue for keeping DST all year 'round.
The savings on car insurance claims from the first "missed" spring-ahead would pay for the switch-over.
Besides, here in Vancouver BC, we head home in pitch-black at 5:00 pm in winter. How safe is it when virtually everyone from young students to their parents all travel in darkness?
And we travel in darkness so the 5 to 10%(?) of the population that are farmers can get the cows milked by natural light!?!?
More people travel at 17:00 than at 06:00, so let's be reasonable and have the 17:00 get higher priority for natural light.
Kinda like capital punishment: Sucks when it's not entirely deserved.
Thank gawd you're not a judge.
It has? How?
It's been a long time since I've used an open-source tool wherein the interface didn't feel remarkably similar to a piece of commercial software that pre-dated the application I was using.
That's a problem to you? Most of us like the fact that we do not have to learn a new interface each programme we encounter.
It's really no wonder the majority of the world views OSS tools as "cheap knock-offs" of the real thing
You may (erroneously) think so -- I dispute that he "majority" of the world views it as such. Utter BS. Are you an MS astroturfer or something?
It's thievery, it's dishonest, and it should be illegal (in many cases, it already is).
I guess you want every model of car to drive significantly differently as some form of ?innovation?!?
Clutch on left in sedan, in middle on SUV, on the right on the coupé? Is that really what you want? Sounds like it, but somehow I don't think so...
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/03-04/mar06.htm
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I disagree with your disagreement.
Comments should be used whey you implement something that you can't understand by reading the code.
Comments are for WHY things happen, which is virually never obvious from code.
comments often get in the way and get outdated and hurt more than they help.
I'll agree with the first two points - comments can get out of date.
I find Perl's POD to be the solution for me - a change in code requires a change to comments within a couple of lines of the code.
Simple, elegant, workable.
Yes.
Don't ever quite (read it twice) unless you have something else in line.
Read it twice, got a headache.
Me, I wouldn't resign 'til I had quite a good job to go to.
But, that's just me.
English, please?
Skews - he said "skews".
While chewing a donut. Old fashioned. Plain.
Doesn't anyone speak somnambulant anymore?
If you give some RedHat CDs to a complete goof off and have them install it on a system that is going to be directly exposed to the internet, that box is going to get rooted eventually. It might take longer to get rooted than a Windows box, but it will be cracked.
While I mostly agree, atleast with the sentiment, your second paragraph negates the first:
If the OS is only as secure as the admin is competent, then the Linux box shouldn't be expected to be rooted in a longer amount of time than a windows box.
But I'll say again, admin competence is critical to a reasonably secure system. MaowMore like, "Stoopid and Proud!".
Why is it that simpleness to the point of retardation is an admirable trait in America?
Some bean counter is trying to squeeze as much efficiency out of you folks as possible. If I had to guess, the company is going up for sale soon and they need to make the place look as good as possible for the sale.
Mod the parent up!
A profitable company trying to save a few pennies by shutting down computers overnight is headed for trouble.
Best to start looking for a new job now, as soon their focus will be on you when looking to slash costs.
Funny thing - is when they cut so many costs that it starts getting expensive - I love when that happens. Serves 'em right.
That was you!?!
Here's the sound of one finger honking, in case you missed it last night. [!]
Seriously though, good post, good of you to recognise you're part of the problem (as most of us are).
I was expecting a bunch of macho "not me!" crap. How refreshing.
rb