We had this at my highschool eight years ago. A few of us boycotted it and posted signs: "Boycott the Mark of the Beast" and "Beware of Big Brother; No PIN number for school lunches"
I got really thirsty one day and caved in. My fellow boycotters pooh-poohed me. I had sold out to the man.
Yes. If you and your friends arrange yourselves in such an order as to make the letters spell out the Harry Potter book, then yes, you're infringing the copyright. I doubt there'd be much fuss over it, but you can't just say that you were only holding the letter 'b', and it was happenstance that all these others were standing next to you with the appropriate letters.
when you change something, a new branch forms and you start moving along that, parallel to the old branch. now your stuck in the new branch.
IIRC, each branch is always perpendicular to every other branch. Of course this would require infinite dimensions, but given that, every single time a quantum event happens, all other possible events happen as well, going off into their own branches.
So you speak to activate it.. and if you get a cold or have an accident and can't talk?
In the first instance, you wait until you're over your cold, then activate the credit card. A little hassle, but what are the chances of this occuring? Not only do you have to have a cold when the card arrives, but that cold has to be bad enough to very significantly alter your voice.
If you've had the type of accident where you cannot speak, then you have bigger things to worry about than activating your friggin' credit card.
A good way to get around the above two possible inconveniences is to use a noise other than your voice to make the audible signature. Maybe the sound of you knocking on the desk or better yet, the DTMF tones of your favorite password.
I have a very hard time getting up in the morning. I came up with the following solution...
I synched my 2 cell phones (1 personal, 1 work) with my alarm clock. The alarm clock is in a backpack with the zippers tied together with a keyring. All three devices go off at the same time. I call this "Confusion". Every morning, all three devices sound at the same time. I get all CONFUSED! Which one to silence first? It should be noted that I live in a house where I am the first to wake, and therefore risk waking the others prematurely. Even in my morning fog, I do not wish to cause others a disturbance, so it is in my best interest to silence these alarms as soon as possible. BUT WHICH ONE FIRST!?! By the time I've gone through the mental gymnastics required to figure this problem out every morning, I'm wide fuckin' awake!
I do have to resync these devices every other week or so.
IANAL...
I believe the principal here is that a judge can reduce the severity of a sentence or otherwise "make the guilty innocent" if you will. The reverse is not true. A judge cannot, for example, override a jury's "Not Guilty" verdict with a Guilty one. We have all seen cases where a jury seems to be 3 sheets to the wind when they render their verdict and in cases like that, I am glad that judges have the power to reduce sentences or overturn convictions. I would be scared if they had the power to do the opposite, though.
That would only work for incoming calls. I have a feeling the purpose of the Cell Socket and similar items is to allow you to ditch your landline connection altogether.
Internet search is now associated with google, its the mindset of the vast majority and that is going to be
very hard to compete with.
Now go tell the folks at Puffs tissues, Pepsi, and Canon that their efforts over the past couple of decades can't be called tough competition. "Very hard to compete with" is not the same as "hopelessly unstoppable". It should be noted that Coke and Kleenex are still at the top of their respective markets (although Xerox ain't). This is what branding is all about!
Ummm... I did take the time to read the thread. You replied to a post that I quote below.
Since we've already reached the threshold...? I'm buying a Hummer!
(The SUV, you pervs)
Your reply was:
Why is this marked funny?.
The Poster you replied to was anonymous coward, so I am unable to track his other posts to get an accurate view of his true opinion. In fact, I don't even know if he is a "he" at all, but this being/., I'll go with those odds. Anyway, That's the thread. There is not much time I need to "take" to read the thread. I see nowhere in that thread where "this is not the case".
Are some people in this world born without the gene that enables appreciation of sarcasm? My god, man! The grandparent poster probably agrees with your assesment; he justs states it in a funny, sarcastic way instead of a whiney, annoying way.
It's inductive coupling. The pad is not "blasting unused energy into space." If the device is present, most of the energy is transferred to it. If not, i'm sure the charger shuts itself off.
Your post was well thought out until In short, I call typical American xenophobia.
I read and reread the parent post and could not find a xenophobic statement up there. Just an understandable feeling of uneasiness about a human artform being preserved by robots. Although I do agree with you that it's better than having that artform completely lost, I still fail to see where xenophobia enters the picture. I call typical American-bashing:-)
You show me the gas-station where I pay a flat monthly rate for fuel and I'm there! ISPs do not sell bandwidth, they sell access. Nevertheless, it is probably true that if they were to "fire" their more intensive bandwidth users, the ISP would eventually lose profit, notwithstanding any short-term gain.
75 cents per year for a domain sounds like a good measure against those who register a bunch of domains then sit on them. It at least keeps them paying attention. Kinda like the idea that a copyright should expire after $LOW_NUMBER of years unless the holder pays a $1 to renew it. I understand some of the reasons you wouldn't like this tax, but if the above is an (un?)intended consequence, then cool.
Kind of what I was saying, but much more thourough. That 40v across the human is what I mean't by "40v once it reaches your house" Measuring an open circuit provides a somewhat meaningless result when that open circuit includes such a large amount of wire. It will tell you the correct source voltage, and if that's what you're after, then the measurement is sound. If you want to find out the available "usable" voltage, then yes, you have to take into account the resistance of all components you're playing with. Umm, so yeah. Sounds good to me.
That 48v immediately drops when the circuit is closed, end-of-line resistance or not. 4 miles of 24 guage wire presents significant resistance all by itself.
PS The CO voltage, although refered to as 48v is really closer to 54v.
Actually, there's a constant DC voltage of ~48v (less by the time it gets to your house). The ring voltage is AC and closer to 100. Yes, it does fucking hurt.
This is a well thought out presentation of the reduced capabillitites of a new driver. I have just one problem with the above, though.
but it's rarely the rich kid who got a new small commuter car with 8 airbags and traction control who ends up splattered on a tree. It's the kid who works at the supermarket and drives a +15 year old car he/she bought for $500 and whose parents can't afford to help him/her keep it in excellent shape.
Personally, I've always assumed the opposite. That is, the "rich kid" with the newer car is more often the one wrapped around the tree, if only for their own lack of responsibility and judgement. I mean, yeah with all that safety gadgetry, he'll do better than his poorer counterpart. Maybe I'm just exposing my own bias here, as I don't have any sources to back this up. That's just my $0.02.
Actually, we don't need to know these things at all. The grammer above is clearly bad. Let me change it...
"I updated the status report for the four discrepancies Lennie forwarded to us via e-mail (they['re] in ["the" may or may not go here depending on the exact meaning of "Barry file"] Barry file) to make sure my logic was correct[.] It seems we provide Murray with incorrect information. However, after verifying controls on JBL--JBL has the indicator as B??--I wanted to make sure with the recent changes [blah] [blah] before Murray make[s] the changes again on the mainframe to 'C'"
Yeah, I know, I've probably made a couple of mistakes myself. The point is that no matter what the subject matter, when English words are being used to describe it, the casual reader should be able to understand the structure of the sentence, regardless of wether its meaning is comprehensible
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I got really thirsty one day and caved in. My fellow boycotters pooh-poohed me. I had sold out to the man.
Yes. If you and your friends arrange yourselves in such an order as to make the letters spell out the Harry Potter book, then yes, you're infringing the copyright. I doubt there'd be much fuss over it, but you can't just say that you were only holding the letter 'b', and it was happenstance that all these others were standing next to you with the appropriate letters.
IIRC, each branch is always perpendicular to every other branch. Of course this would require infinite dimensions, but given that, every single time a quantum event happens, all other possible events happen as well, going off into their own branches.
In the first instance, you wait until you're over your cold, then activate the credit card. A little hassle, but what are the chances of this occuring? Not only do you have to have a cold when the card arrives, but that cold has to be bad enough to very significantly alter your voice.
If you've had the type of accident where you cannot speak, then you have bigger things to worry about than activating your friggin' credit card.
A good way to get around the above two possible inconveniences is to use a noise other than your voice to make the audible signature. Maybe the sound of you knocking on the desk or better yet, the DTMF tones of your favorite password.
I have a very hard time getting up in the morning. I came up with the following solution...
I synched my 2 cell phones (1 personal, 1 work) with my alarm clock. The alarm clock is in a backpack with the zippers tied together with a keyring. All three devices go off at the same time. I call this "Confusion". Every morning, all three devices sound at the same time. I get all CONFUSED! Which one to silence first? It should be noted that I live in a house where I am the first to wake, and therefore risk waking the others prematurely. Even in my morning fog, I do not wish to cause others a disturbance, so it is in my best interest to silence these alarms as soon as possible. BUT WHICH ONE FIRST!?! By the time I've gone through the mental gymnastics required to figure this problem out every morning, I'm wide fuckin' awake!
I do have to resync these devices every other week or so.
IANAL... I believe the principal here is that a judge can reduce the severity of a sentence or otherwise "make the guilty innocent" if you will. The reverse is not true. A judge cannot, for example, override a jury's "Not Guilty" verdict with a Guilty one. We have all seen cases where a jury seems to be 3 sheets to the wind when they render their verdict and in cases like that, I am glad that judges have the power to reduce sentences or overturn convictions. I would be scared if they had the power to do the opposite, though.
I'm using Vonage right now to post this comment so apparently my carrier is allowin j(*&Slsaj [NO CARRIER]
That would only work for incoming calls. I have a feeling the purpose of the Cell Socket and similar items is to allow you to ditch your landline connection altogether.
Now go tell the folks at Puffs tissues, Pepsi, and Canon that their efforts over the past couple of decades can't be called tough competition. "Very hard to compete with" is not the same as "hopelessly unstoppable". It should be noted that Coke and Kleenex are still at the top of their respective markets (although Xerox ain't). This is what branding is all about!
So you and geoffspear agree then, right? You're making his point although I don't sense that you know this in your post.
The Poster you replied to was anonymous coward, so I am unable to track his other posts to get an accurate view of his true opinion. In fact, I don't even know if he is a "he" at all, but this being /., I'll go with those odds. Anyway, That's the thread. There is not much time I need to "take" to read the thread. I see nowhere in that thread where "this is not the case".
Are some people in this world born without the gene that enables appreciation of sarcasm? My god, man! The grandparent poster probably agrees with your assesment; he justs states it in a funny, sarcastic way instead of a whiney, annoying way.
It's inductive coupling. The pad is not "blasting unused energy into space." If the device is present, most of the energy is transferred to it. If not, i'm sure the charger shuts itself off.
You must be a blast at parties!
I read and reread the parent post and could not find a xenophobic statement up there. Just an understandable feeling of uneasiness about a human artform being preserved by robots. Although I do agree with you that it's better than having that artform completely lost, I still fail to see where xenophobia enters the picture. I call typical American-bashing :-)
"1.5 billion km across" means nothing to me. How many Libraries of Congress could the star hold?
You show me the gas-station where I pay a flat monthly rate for fuel and I'm there! ISPs do not sell bandwidth, they sell access. Nevertheless, it is probably true that if they were to "fire" their more intensive bandwidth users, the ISP would eventually lose profit, notwithstanding any short-term gain.
Nevermind. I'm an idiot. Didn't even think of that :-)
Good point. Replace the variable above with $MEDIUM_TO_SEMI_LONG_TIME
75 cents per year for a domain sounds like a good measure against those who register a bunch of domains then sit on them. It at least keeps them paying attention. Kinda like the idea that a copyright should expire after $LOW_NUMBER of years unless the holder pays a $1 to renew it. I understand some of the reasons you wouldn't like this tax, but if the above is an (un?)intended consequence, then cool.
Kind of what I was saying, but much more thourough. That 40v across the human is what I mean't by "40v once it reaches your house" Measuring an open circuit provides a somewhat meaningless result when that open circuit includes such a large amount of wire. It will tell you the correct source voltage, and if that's what you're after, then the measurement is sound. If you want to find out the available "usable" voltage, then yes, you have to take into account the resistance of all components you're playing with. Umm, so yeah. Sounds good to me.
That 48v immediately drops when the circuit is closed, end-of-line resistance or not. 4 miles of 24 guage wire presents significant resistance all by itself. PS The CO voltage, although refered to as 48v is really closer to 54v.
Actually, there's a constant DC voltage of ~48v (less by the time it gets to your house). The ring voltage is AC and closer to 100. Yes, it does fucking hurt.
This is a well thought out presentation of the reduced capabillitites of a new driver. I have just one problem with the above, though.
but it's rarely the rich kid who got a new small commuter car with 8 airbags and traction control who ends up splattered on a tree. It's the kid who works at the supermarket and drives a +15 year old car he/she bought for $500 and whose parents can't afford to help him/her keep it in excellent shape.
Personally, I've always assumed the opposite. That is, the "rich kid" with the newer car is more often the one wrapped around the tree, if only for their own lack of responsibility and judgement. I mean, yeah with all that safety gadgetry, he'll do better than his poorer counterpart. Maybe I'm just exposing my own bias here, as I don't have any sources to back this up. That's just my $0.02.
Actually, we don't need to know these things at all. The grammer above is clearly bad. Let me change it...
"I updated the status report for the four discrepancies Lennie forwarded to us via e-mail (they['re] in ["the" may or may not go here depending on the exact meaning of "Barry file"] Barry file) to make sure my logic was correct[.] It seems we provide Murray with incorrect information. However, after verifying controls on JBL--JBL has the indicator as B??--I wanted to make sure with the recent changes [blah] [blah] before Murray make[s] the changes again on the mainframe to 'C'"
Yeah, I know, I've probably made a couple of mistakes myself. The point is that no matter what the subject matter, when English words are being used to describe it, the casual reader should be able to understand the structure of the sentence, regardless of wether its meaning is comprehensible