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Another good comparison: Schneier calculated, conservatively, in his recent summary of the situation, that the scanners are probably safe enough to only cause deadly cancer in 16 out of every billion passengers. An acceptable risk, perhaps--but *still* greater than the chances of being killed by a terrorist.
The article's headline is grossly inaccurate. Quoth the article,
With all things considered, did Apple make a serious mistake by delaying Leopard's release until October? I don't think so. [emphasis added]
Maybe they should be subject to lawsuits for damages (read: millions of dollars) when they cut a cable, whether or not they call. The call service could then advertise using the slogan, "Want to avoid a huge lawsuit? We'll help!" But if they ignore the flags, they're still doomed.
You'd think the fact that some of those lines are power lines would be sufficient incentive to be careful... which, come to think of it, suggests another way to solve this: Mark all lines with the same flags. If they don't know whether they're cutting cable or power, will they think twice before cutting anything?
Actually, many linguists (or at least the ones who post on Language Log) seem to agree that Elements of Style should be burned or worse. Prescriptivist nonsense! (Or, in Geoff Pullum's words, fascist grammar. Do I hear an echo of the common/. complaint against "grammar Nazis"?)
That's not to say that anything goes, though. I am in favor of better grammar checking by/. editors, but Strunk and White, and other loads of prescriptivist blarney, are not the solution. Any native speaker knows a grammatical utterance when they hear one, though perhaps only certain people know one when they read one (speech is, after all, more basic than writing); thus grammar checking is, in principle, easy: Just read things out loud.
Time has proven that the Department of Homeland Security, the regular milatary, and, heck, even the local police force do NOT appreciate help from citizens when dealing with "the enemy".
Sure, but every DHS, FBI, CIA and NSA agent was once a normal citizen like the rest of us. Unless they're building a secret clone army and training them in the ways of the enemy from birth, they have to hope that *someone* in the populace at large is already interested in and learning about these sorts of things.
Of course, regardless of pragmatic considerations, this kind of government action is uncoscionable. But re: the grandparent's argument that it's also not in the government's own best interest, I think he's right.
Google, which prides itself on the purity of its search results, agreed to give favored placement to content from AOL throughout its site, something it has never done before.
Then there are the unknown knowns, The things we don't know We know, But that direct and constrain our thinking anyway. There are unknown known knowns, The things we don't know Even though we know We know them. These are things we think we know, But we're way off base. There are known known unknowns, The things we know We do not know, Without realizing We actually know them. These are questions we keep asking When the answers Are staring us in the face. There are also unknown unknown knowns, The things we don't know We know, But that we don't actually know. These are unconscious constraints That need to be changed. There are known unknown unknowns, The things we don't know We don't know, When we actually know them. These are the questions We could answer If only we thought to ask. The unknown known unknowns, The known unknown knowns, The known known knowns, And the unknown unknown unknowns I will leave to another slashdotter.
What worries me is that, now that the court has decided that the FCC is not allowed to do what it tried to do, they have to decide whether or not people are allowed to challenge them on it. If we're not allowed to challenge them, then effectively they're allowed to do it--or anyway, they can get away with it.
As Jon Stewart said, "Now, I believe, in a democracy--and again, I wouldn't know, I've only lived in this country..." I thought the point of a democracy was to allow the people to control the government, which requires allowing us to challenge and criticize its actions. For all of you who are going to jump on me with "The US isn't a democracy," don't give me that crap, the same thing applies to democratic republics. If we can't challenge the actions of the government, even when they're known and admitted to be wrong, then it's a tyranny, no matter what it calls itself.
Yay for ridiculously over-simplified neuroscience.
FYI, both games use both sides of your brain. The differences between the hemispheres are much subtler than any of the popular dichotomies, like "analytical v. synthetic" or "logic v. creativity".
An orchestra was playing Beethoven's 9th. Since the basses don't play until the last movement, they went across the street to a bar to have a few drinks while they waited. After getting roaring drunk, they returned to finish the piece.
As they were playing, one of them started teetering, then fell over, passed out. The others kept playing, but soon another one started swaying and eventually joined his companion on the floor.
So it was the bottom of the ninth, two men were out, and the basses were loaded...
It has to be a black win or a tie. If White has an advantage, Black can just pass the first turn, effectively trading places and giving him White's advantage.
No, it's 19x19. If you're counting squares instead of vertices it's 18x18, but that wouldn't make sense, since, as you say, it's played on the vertices.
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Maybe worth a try?
Another good comparison: Schneier calculated, conservatively, in his recent summary of the situation, that the scanners are probably safe enough to only cause deadly cancer in 16 out of every billion passengers. An acceptable risk, perhaps--but *still* greater than the chances of being killed by a terrorist.
A wise man knows the most important things; a shrewd man knows the most important people. Nobody knows everything or everybody, or needs to.
Maybe they should be subject to lawsuits for damages (read: millions of dollars) when they cut a cable, whether or not they call. The call service could then advertise using the slogan, "Want to avoid a huge lawsuit? We'll help!" But if they ignore the flags, they're still doomed.
You'd think the fact that some of those lines are power lines would be sufficient incentive to be careful... which, come to think of it, suggests another way to solve this: Mark all lines with the same flags. If they don't know whether they're cutting cable or power, will they think twice before cutting anything?
Where's the option to moderate +1 Scary?
Sorry, my wetware doesn't support operating systems other than Mac OS X.
Actually, many linguists (or at least the ones who post on Language Log) seem to agree that Elements of Style should be burned or worse. Prescriptivist nonsense! (Or, in Geoff Pullum's words, fascist grammar. Do I hear an echo of the common /. complaint against "grammar Nazis"?)
/. editors, but Strunk and White, and other loads of prescriptivist blarney, are not the solution. Any native speaker knows a grammatical utterance when they hear one, though perhaps only certain people know one when they read one (speech is, after all, more basic than writing); thus grammar checking is, in principle, easy: Just read things out loud.
That's not to say that anything goes, though. I am in favor of better grammar checking by
SSN 555-55-5555
(Ha! I've got your SSN! Now to apply for a credit card in your name...)
Hey, what's your name?
Time has proven that the Department of Homeland Security, the regular milatary, and, heck, even the local police force do NOT appreciate help from citizens when dealing with "the enemy".
Sure, but every DHS, FBI, CIA and NSA agent was once a normal citizen like the rest of us. Unless they're building a secret clone army and training them in the ways of the enemy from birth, they have to hope that *someone* in the populace at large is already interested in and learning about these sorts of things.
Of course, regardless of pragmatic considerations, this kind of government action is uncoscionable. But re: the grandparent's argument that it's also not in the government's own best interest, I think he's right.
WHAT!
That's all.
Then there are the unknown knowns,
The things we don't know
We know,
But that direct and constrain our thinking anyway.
There are unknown known knowns,
The things we don't know
Even though we know
We know them.
These are things we think we know,
But we're way off base.
There are known known unknowns,
The things we know
We do not know,
Without realizing
We actually know them.
These are questions we keep asking
When the answers
Are staring us in the face.
There are also unknown unknown knowns,
The things we don't know
We know,
But that we don't actually know.
These are unconscious constraints
That need to be changed.
There are known unknown unknowns,
The things we don't know
We don't know,
When we actually know them.
These are the questions
We could answer
If only we thought to ask.
The unknown known unknowns,
The known unknown knowns,
The known known knowns,
And the unknown unknown unknowns
I will leave to another slashdotter.
Think about it, in a nice size office setup if you have 200 G5 PowerMacs you also have free access to a 200 G5 node cluster at night.
You just sent shivers down my spine. I think Xgrid will be better than heroin.
Don't forget Xgrid--grid computing, as easy as checking a box in System Preferences! I'd say that's pretty exciting.
What worries me is that, now that the court has decided that the FCC is not allowed to do what it tried to do, they have to decide whether or not people are allowed to challenge them on it. If we're not allowed to challenge them, then effectively they're allowed to do it--or anyway, they can get away with it.
As Jon Stewart said, "Now, I believe, in a democracy--and again, I wouldn't know, I've only lived in this country..." I thought the point of a democracy was to allow the people to control the government, which requires allowing us to challenge and criticize its actions. For all of you who are going to jump on me with "The US isn't a democracy," don't give me that crap, the same thing applies to democratic republics. If we can't challenge the actions of the government, even when they're known and admitted to be wrong, then it's a tyranny, no matter what it calls itself.
Duplicate, triplicate; dupe, tripe...what a bunch of tripe!
Maybe he plays as White.
I wasn't aware of that rule, but regardless--as long as passing is allowed in general, black has the (theoretical) advantage.
90, I think...
Each one has to be 8x9, if the specs you give are right. So along one side there are 18-8=10 squares, along the other side 18-9=9.
Yay for ridiculously over-simplified neuroscience.
FYI, both games use both sides of your brain. The differences between the hemispheres are much subtler than any of the popular dichotomies, like "analytical v. synthetic" or "logic v. creativity".
An orchestra was playing Beethoven's 9th. Since the basses don't play until the last movement, they went across the street to a bar to have a few drinks while they waited. After getting roaring drunk, they returned to finish the piece.
As they were playing, one of them started teetering, then fell over, passed out. The others kept playing, but soon another one started swaying and eventually joined his companion on the floor.
So it was the bottom of the ninth, two men were out, and the basses were loaded...
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
I like my grass orange. Or purple. Purple is good too.
It has to be a black win or a tie. If White has an advantage, Black can just pass the first turn, effectively trading places and giving him White's advantage.
No, it's 19x19. If you're counting squares instead of vertices it's 18x18, but that wouldn't make sense, since, as you say, it's played on the vertices.