Interesting point. On a geologic timescale, "rust" is a flash fire.
Still, colloquial English words are based on current human experience of time and matter. Even an ember flashing to fire in a pure-oxygen atmosphere, the ember is considered fuel, even if it's outmassed by the oxygen available for the reaction.
Also, from a chemical perspective, in most chemical reactions involving oxygen, oxygen is the oxidizing agent and the other element or compound is the reducing agent. (Maybe all? I can't think of any redox reactions with oxygen as the reducer, but chemistry was decades ago.)
So, in summary: the distinction between fuel and oxygen can't be inverted.
I don't know if that's especially applicable in this case.
I suspect that this is just another Coalition of the Willing... in this case, of the various national-level non-governmental organizations willing to curtail fundamental human rights and due process in order to protect business models predicated on artificial scarcity of imaginary property.
Most wrist watches have the computing power to maintain a list of municipalities and tax rates.
"Maintain. Maintain."
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
You mean "store". Tax tables are not self-maintaining, and maintenance (particularly, tax law situational awareness) is a sufficiently challenging task, given hundreds of possible jurisdictions, that it definitely is somewhat more complicated than rocket science.
But I like your approach. Hand-wave away the actual difficult part and everything is easy.
Moz' approach to product improvement is like clearing a minefield. Not by careful detection and painstaking removal. By herding livestock through the field.
Giving sheep the option of staying in fields which have already been cleared of mines is counterproductive.
They do, however, get lost. In profusion. Down air conditioning floor vents, outside in dirt, in the bellies of hungry stupid little doggies, down sink and tub drains, God only knows where.
I speak from experience, having raised three avid Lego fans to adulthood and in the process of raising three more.... and most of the axles or hubs from any Lego set older than 1 year old are missing the wheels or tires. If you were to build any wheeled vehicle from any of Legos in our house, you'd have to put it up on little Lego cinderblocks.
WTF? Did you just "TL;DR" some of the best fantasy writing ever written?
Leave aside issues of prose style if you're ignorant of them. The stylistic forebears of Tolkien's work are Germanic and Nordic. Not Greco-Roman.
His writing was influenced by mythos in which you can't name anyone; you use a kenning to identify them. They're styled to resemble the song of a skald, and frankly, you need to loosen up--maybe get some mead into you--and try to enjoy them for something other than what you ignorantly mis-identify them as.
Anglo-Saxon literature and its Scandanaviancousins, plus the ancient lore of his own childhood neighborhood are the roots of Tolkien's legendarium. Undoubtedly, the epics of the various Mediterranean cultures were there too, since they were completely unavoidable to anyone studying Oxford "Greats". But the epic-ness of the Silmarillion and the Ring are pretty much Saxon and Brythonic in character.
If the black box is directly measuring acceleration (actual G-forces) rather than drivetrain RPM, than it's already compensated for.
The 108 mph would be inferred from RPM, but it's hard to create 40G deceleration measured by an actual accelerometer in any way than an actual 40G deceleration. Maybe a temporary black hole?
How is this, in any fashion, different than a landscaping contractor rolling up to a street corner and spot-hiring half a dozen undocumented workers for an enjoyable day of grass-mowing and leaf-blowing at 7 bucks an hour?
As far as I can tell, to avoid spending money on "far more features" they'll never use.
There's a convenience factor, too. Walled gardens facilitate media consumption within the walls as much as they inconvenience any activity outside the sanction of the walls.
Stallman-esque freedom isn't very useful for a lot of people. If all they do is consume, a seamless consumption environment is fine.
As someone who reads LoTR every 18 months or so, it was Just Wrong to see a series crafted as carefully as Tolkien did
Alas, you do your Tolkien-geek cred no service when you call LoTR a "series". Any true student of Tolkien knows that Lord of The Rings is, in fact, a single book split by the original publisher for convenience of publication.
Your analogy would work perfectly, if you include the necessary bit.
I won't eat at a restaurant because there are too many slobbering, loud, annoying food fanbois there.
If you can eat and enjoy yourself without ranting endlessly how the executive chef sold out years ago, complaining about how the lobster shot first, or otherwise being a overzealous and clueless food otaku... then you won't detract from my enjoyment of the restaurant. But if you are, I'll go someplace else. And it's just unfortunate that this particular restaurant franchise has some of the worst customers ever.
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"The Earth has lupus?"
Interesting point. On a geologic timescale, "rust" is a flash fire.
Still, colloquial English words are based on current human experience of time and matter. Even an ember flashing to fire in a pure-oxygen atmosphere, the ember is considered fuel, even if it's outmassed by the oxygen available for the reaction.
Also, from a chemical perspective, in most chemical reactions involving oxygen, oxygen is the oxidizing agent and the other element or compound is the reducing agent. (Maybe all? I can't think of any redox reactions with oxygen as the reducer, but chemistry was decades ago.)
So, in summary: the distinction between fuel and oxygen can't be inverted.
Hold it, Citizen. Please step over into this Free Speech Zone. Thanks.
The razor wire and locked gate are for your own protection.
Now feel free to speak your mind.
Thanks for your cooperation.
I don't know if that's especially applicable in this case.
I suspect that this is just another Coalition of the Willing... in this case, of the various national-level non-governmental organizations willing to curtail fundamental human rights and due process in order to protect business models predicated on artificial scarcity of imaginary property.
Media pigopoly is an supra-national problem.
Most wrist watches have the computing power to maintain a list of municipalities and tax rates.
"Maintain. Maintain."
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
You mean "store". Tax tables are not self-maintaining, and maintenance (particularly, tax law situational awareness) is a sufficiently challenging task, given hundreds of possible jurisdictions, that it definitely is somewhat more complicated than rocket science.
But I like your approach. Hand-wave away the actual difficult part and everything is easy.
Moz' approach to product improvement is like clearing a minefield. Not by careful detection and painstaking removal. By herding livestock through the field.
Giving sheep the option of staying in fields which have already been cleared of mines is counterproductive.
They do, however, get lost. In profusion. Down air conditioning floor vents, outside in dirt, in the bellies of hungry stupid little doggies, down sink and tub drains, God only knows where.
I speak from experience, having raised three avid Lego fans to adulthood and in the process of raising three more.... and most of the axles or hubs from any Lego set older than 1 year old are missing the wheels or tires. If you were to build any wheeled vehicle from any of Legos in our house, you'd have to put it up on little Lego cinderblocks.
WTF? Did you just "TL;DR" some of the best fantasy writing ever written?
Leave aside issues of prose style if you're ignorant of them. The stylistic forebears of Tolkien's work are Germanic and Nordic. Not Greco-Roman.
His writing was influenced by mythos in which you can't name anyone; you use a kenning to identify them. They're styled to resemble the song of a skald, and frankly, you need to loosen up--maybe get some mead into you--and try to enjoy them for something other than what you ignorantly mis-identify them as.
Right idea, but wrong mythos.
Anglo-Saxon literature and its Scandanavian cousins, plus the ancient lore of his own childhood neighborhood are the roots of Tolkien's legendarium. Undoubtedly, the epics of the various Mediterranean cultures were there too, since they were completely unavoidable to anyone studying Oxford "Greats". But the epic-ness of the Silmarillion and the Ring are pretty much Saxon and Brythonic in character.
Nonsense.
Computers with tuna-based storage can't be overclocked.
Everyone knows you can tuna fish, but you can't tuna computer.
On the other hand, there are rumors of the unreliability of salmon-based information storage.
google "skyhook lawsuit".
Irony, much?
Yup. The intellectual property trifecta: mechanical/functional patents, design patents, and DMCA protection on "crypto".
Apple's IP legal beagles must be pissing themselves in excitement.
Any stupider than making two dongles (power brick, valet key) necessary?
That's why this is, erm, patently, stupid.
I see what you did there.
If the black box is directly measuring acceleration (actual G-forces) rather than drivetrain RPM, than it's already compensated for.
The 108 mph would be inferred from RPM, but it's hard to create 40G deceleration measured by an actual accelerometer in any way than an actual 40G deceleration. Maybe a temporary black hole?
Kills the 3rd party accessory market. Because you won't be able to get "crypto" power blocks from anyone else.
Which, I'm sure, Apple deeply deeply regrets. Given their broad and enthusiastic support of the accessory aftermarket.
Let's face it. Apple learned from their failed experiment in licensing out their technologies for others to manufacture: you don't EVER undercut your own market. If you do license it out, you make sure your license fee revenues more than compensate for the lost sales.
"Reading between the lines" and "recognizing subtext" isn't quite the same as "throwing falsehoods."
A threat's a threat, even if they don't wave the electrodes in your face.
This looks 'shopped.
To paraphrase Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964) : "I shall not today attempt further to define 'conservative' ...But I know it when I see it."
Bachman got the message, at least. So that's one good outcome of an otherwise meaningless process.
How is this, in any fashion, different than a landscaping contractor rolling up to a street corner and spot-hiring half a dozen undocumented workers for an enjoyable day of grass-mowing and leaf-blowing at 7 bucks an hour?
What could possibly go wrong?
No. That would be the ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-ptang-zoop-boing-FET.
As far as I can tell, to avoid spending money on "far more features" they'll never use.
There's a convenience factor, too. Walled gardens facilitate media consumption within the walls as much as they inconvenience any activity outside the sanction of the walls.
Stallman-esque freedom isn't very useful for a lot of people. If all they do is consume, a seamless consumption environment is fine.
As someone who reads LoTR every 18 months or so, it was Just Wrong to see a series crafted as carefully as Tolkien did
Alas, you do your Tolkien-geek cred no service when you call LoTR a "series". Any true student of Tolkien knows that Lord of The Rings is, in fact, a single book split by the original publisher for convenience of publication.
"Making the hard decisions" is just a cliche excuse people use to justify doing the unthinkable.
Your analogy would work perfectly, if you include the necessary bit.
I won't eat at a restaurant because there are too many slobbering, loud, annoying food fanbois there.
If you can eat and enjoy yourself without ranting endlessly how the executive chef sold out years ago, complaining about how the lobster shot first, or otherwise being a overzealous and clueless food otaku... then you won't detract from my enjoyment of the restaurant. But if you are, I'll go someplace else. And it's just unfortunate that this particular restaurant franchise has some of the worst customers ever.