O.K., so this is a bit off-topic, but then again so's this whole thread. Anyway, can anyone recommend good ripper software that works with vinyl? I've got a hugh vinyl collection that I'd like to burn to CDs but the software I've seen all assume that your trying to burn MP3s from CDs.
Mod the parent post up! He's exactly right because I was in a similar situation at Cisco Systems so I left to start my own consulting business. It's been hard but I'm happier now than I was under the insufferable arrogance and stupidity that was Cisco management.
Star Trek's computers are based on Trionics! Remember "The Ultimate Computer" episode? Oh, wait, that's right nobody on Slashdot has seen the original series....
You might be right about the ending of the book. It's been a while since I read it myself. I'm going to have to look for my copy, it is a damn good story.
The visible difference being that most large organizations are not funded by the government, and do not strap men and women to tons of explosives and try to get them back without any danger to the astronauts or the people of Earth.
When or not a large organization is or is not funded by the government makes no difference whatsoever, market arguments notwithstanding.
The key is, children, it's a large organization. Being so it's relatively immune to external forces, or rather it's got internal resources to withstand any outside pressures to change. Again, this is true whether or not it's a government body or a corporate body. Local government bodies, like town councils are much, much more flexible than their equivalent in state or federal levels.
This holds true in private organizations too where small businesses, or ones with a thin layer of management are much more responsive/sensitive to outside pressures than are those from hugh behemeths like Microsoft, etc.
That same flexibility is also a weakness in that when a small organization has a good idea, government body or not, and faces a hostile environment it's not likely to succeed in implementing that idea relative to a larger organization so it's a trade off. Small and responsive, but also vulnerable and weak versus large and strong, but also insular and bullying.
Bottom line is, there's no single organizational structure that works in all circumstances for all times.
Actually the books even better than that because the Triffids were the results of genetic engineering (and this book was written in the Fifties, sort of prescent). The rest of it you got right except it wasn't a comet that caused the blindness but rather a Soviet orbital weapon that was accidentially de-orbited.
Apparently the weapon produce a pretty green sky show that everybody in England (where the book took place) went out to watch. Seems the green light show was a trojan horse that also exposed everyone to eye damaging radiation at the same time.
The protagonist of the book was in the hospital at the time having eye surgery, hence why he didn't get blinded by the light show. I believe in the book the day was saved by Americans landing in England. Apparently the US wasn't exposed to the blindness weapon.
You must not shoot much. A.22LR sounds kinda like a firecracker, but a 22-250 high power rifle sure doesn't. A.44 magnum is also pretty deep, though not booming like a rifle. Most shotguns are pretty loud and deep too.
You must not listen to firecrackers too much yourself. I've listen/shot all of the weapons you mention and I agree with the parent post. They do sound much closer to M80s or large firecrackers than the way they're portrayed in movies. This is especially true if your not firing the guns, but standing twenty or more feet away.
When I worked at Caterpillar Tractor we had the same thing. However there you had to "beep" in and out.
There were lots of times where the reader would accidently read someone's card as they were coming in twice and then lock the turnstyles because it "saw" them "coming in" twice without leaving.
The security guards would then have to check everyone's ID by hand when that happened and it happened several times a week.
Of course the management never was bothered by this since they were able to enter through a separate entrance that only required that they "beep in" without having to "beep out". And since the system allowed them to check the comings and goings of everyone else in the building they didn't care if it was a hassle or not.
Supposedly the revolving door that you "beeped out" of would not lock in case of fires or such, but in the three years that I worked there we never had a situation like that so I don't really know if they would unlock or not. I wonder who they bribed on the city council to allow such a fire hazard to exist!
Here at our local Best Buy someone tried the exact same attitude when the bag checker asked to see what was in their bags.
They said, "No you can't see what's in my bags, call the police if your interested." So the police were called.
When they arrived they examined the bags, found no stolen merchandise. But the store manager conviced them to arrest the guy on charges of trespassing and distrubing the peace. The charges stuck, so consider that the next time you try this move.
And all very cheap to implement. If there was going to be any anti-spam laws then why not have the parent post ideas become requirements for all ISPs?
You could complain that it might be expensive to implement, but I seriously doubt it and it might even be a net savings for ISPs because they would have a significant drop in mail loads.
The next time he comes in two minutes late he'll be fired. Or whatever other trivial, but technically legitimate, reason they can find. Not that I really disagree with what you advise, but I'm a cynic...
So it may be the area. 'Course if you were working after the Anthrax mailings that might explain it too. If I remember correctly they traced them back to a New Jersey post box, right?
Labor is certainly an important input of production. But how is it any more or less important than the other inputs:
raw materials
Which can only be gather through labor.
capital (infrastructure, equipment, etc)
Which is only created through labor.
entrepreneurship (leadership/direction)
Which is labor, not something magical.
Human labor is the only means by which wealth is created. Inanimate objects, like raw materials and capital, are literally as incapable of creating wealth as your "sack of money buried in the backyard".
I'm so fucking SICK of that monstrosity C! It is not the pinaccle of programming syntax. Let's make the syntax like Pascal or anything else besides C!!
I nearly peed my pants when I saw this!
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They have a propane jet powered bicycle, a Schwinn with the infamous stick-shift shifter! Note the dweeb who designed it is riding this monstrosity that can reach 60 mph without helmet or any other protective gear! I surprised he didn't qualify for a Darwin award!
I am not the author of this post, but it should be modded up. I don't have any mod points so I'm reposting it.
Of course, the "Power of the Purse" doesn't control money the CIA raises that is outside of its budget. Remember the Iran-Contra affair? Yes, the money that went to fund the Contras was raised "off the books" by selling arms and supplies to the Iranians. Let's see....who was involved in that? Secord, Poindexter, and to a lesser extent Armitage. In case you weren't aware, these were all of Papa Bush's cronies at the CIA when Bush was head of the CIA (along with Cheney, as I understand it). Now, Poindexter is named to head the TIA, Armitage is Assistant Secretary of Defense, Cheney is VP, and Secord was the fall guy.
History does have a habit of repeating itself. Or, more explicitly, old dogs have a hard time learnign new tricks. The current administration is full of people that were involved with Iran-Contra.
I'm not suggesting we restore funding to TIA...I'm merely suggesting that is may be naive to think that "off the books" financing doesn't occur in Washington.
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I'm posting this under my login, being the karma whore that I am. Next time I won't be so nice!
I mean, has Armadillo actually started constructing a rocket that can lift three crew members to 62.1 miles altitude, return safely, and do it again within two weeks??
The short answer is yes, the vehicle is almost done. Here's a picture of it parachuting to the ground during a recent drop test on July 5th.
For more pictures of the vehicle, go here. For an article about the drop test, go here.
But I must note that Scaled Composites will probably fly their vehicle to suborbital altitute before Armadillo does. John Carmack, leader of the Armadillo Aerospace team, posted some comments about his progress and schedule.
I believe that the Starchaser team are well-advanced on constructing the Thunderbird rocket that will attempt to win the prize late this year
Actually, Starchaser's current schedule calls for the Thunderbird launch in late 2004. What you are probably referring to is the Nova rocket, which will be launched this year to a height of 30,000 feet, carrying one man. Check out.
All it takes is for one honest man to step forward...
The DOJ is still waiting for someone at Enron to do this, so far nobody has. I think that CE* have learned that if everyone keeps their lips shut then nobody does any time.
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Oh, and that "implied verbal contract" isn't even worth the paper it's written on.
O.K., so this is a bit off-topic, but then again so's this whole thread. Anyway, can anyone recommend good ripper software that works with vinyl? I've got a hugh vinyl collection that I'd like to burn to CDs but the software I've seen all assume that your trying to burn MP3s from CDs.
Mod the parent post up! He's exactly right because I was in a similar situation at Cisco Systems so I left to start my own consulting business.
It's been hard but I'm happier now than I was under the insufferable arrogance and stupidity that was Cisco management.
Star Trek's computers are based on Trionics! Remember "The Ultimate Computer" episode? Oh, wait, that's right nobody on Slashdot has seen the original series....
You might be right about the ending of the book. It's been a while since I read it myself. I'm going to have to look for my copy, it is a damn good story.
The key is, children, it's a large organization. Being so it's relatively immune to external forces, or rather it's got internal resources to withstand any outside pressures to change. Again, this is true whether or not it's a government body or a corporate body. Local government bodies, like town councils are much, much more flexible than their equivalent in state or federal levels.
This holds true in private organizations too where small businesses, or ones with a thin layer of management are much more responsive/sensitive to outside pressures than are those from hugh behemeths like Microsoft, etc.
That same flexibility is also a weakness in that when a small organization has a good idea, government body or not, and faces a hostile environment it's not likely to succeed in implementing that idea relative to a larger organization so it's a trade off. Small and responsive, but also vulnerable and weak versus large and strong, but also insular and bullying.
Bottom line is, there's no single organizational structure that works in all circumstances for all times.
Apparently the weapon produce a pretty green sky show that everybody in England (where the book took place) went out to watch. Seems the green light show was a trojan horse that also exposed everyone to eye damaging radiation at the same time.
The protagonist of the book was in the hospital at the time having eye surgery, hence why he didn't get blinded by the light show. I believe in the book the day was saved by Americans landing in England. Apparently the US wasn't exposed to the blindness weapon.
There were lots of times where the reader would accidently read someone's card as they were coming in twice and then lock the turnstyles because it "saw" them "coming in" twice without leaving.
The security guards would then have to check everyone's ID by hand when that happened and it happened several times a week.
Of course the management never was bothered by this since they were able to enter through a separate entrance that only required that they "beep in" without having to "beep out". And since the system allowed them to check the comings and goings of everyone else in the building they didn't care if it was a hassle or not.
Supposedly the revolving door that you "beeped out" of would not lock in case of fires or such, but in the three years that I worked there we never had a situation like that so I don't really know if they would unlock or not. I wonder who they bribed on the city council to allow such a fire hazard to exist!
They said, "No you can't see what's in my bags, call the police if your interested." So the police were called.
When they arrived they examined the bags, found no stolen merchandise. But the store manager conviced them to arrest the guy on charges of trespassing and distrubing the peace. The charges stuck, so consider that the next time you try this move.
And all very cheap to implement. If there was going to be any anti-spam laws then why not have the parent post ideas become requirements for all ISPs?
You could complain that it might be expensive to implement, but I seriously doubt it and it might even be a net savings for ISPs because they would have a significant drop in mail loads.
The next time he comes in two minutes late he'll be fired. Or whatever other trivial, but technically legitimate, reason they can find. Not that I really disagree with what you advise, but I'm a cynic...
So it may be the area. 'Course if you were working after the Anthrax mailings that might explain it too. If I remember correctly they traced them back to a New Jersey post box, right?
...in the last ten years and none of them have failed to reach their destination. Where are you getting your information?
Human labor is the only means by which wealth is created. Inanimate objects, like raw materials and capital, are literally as incapable of creating wealth as your "sack of money buried in the backyard".
I'm so fucking SICK of that monstrosity C! It is not the pinaccle of programming syntax. Let's make the syntax like Pascal or anything else besides C!!
They have a propane jet powered bicycle, a Schwinn with the infamous stick-shift shifter! Note the dweeb who designed it is riding this monstrosity that can reach 60 mph without helmet or any other protective gear! I surprised he didn't qualify for a Darwin award!
Of course, the "Power of the Purse" doesn't control money the CIA raises that is outside of its budget. Remember the Iran-Contra affair? Yes, the money that went to fund the Contras was raised "off the books" by selling arms and supplies to the Iranians. Let's see....who was involved in that? Secord, Poindexter, and to a lesser extent Armitage. In case you weren't aware, these were all of Papa Bush's cronies at the CIA when Bush was head of the CIA (along with Cheney, as I understand it). Now, Poindexter is named to head the TIA, Armitage is Assistant Secretary of Defense, Cheney is VP, and Secord was the fall guy.
History does have a habit of repeating itself. Or, more explicitly, old dogs have a hard time learnign new tricks. The current administration is full of people that were involved with Iran-Contra.
I'm not suggesting we restore funding to TIA...I'm merely suggesting that is may be naive to think that "off the books" financing doesn't occur in Washington.
For more pictures of the vehicle, go here. For an article about the drop test, go here.
But I must note that Scaled Composites will probably fly their vehicle to suborbital altitute before Armadillo does. John Carmack, leader of the Armadillo Aerospace team, posted some comments about his progress and schedule.
Actually, Starchaser's current schedule calls for the Thunderbird launch in late 2004. What you are probably referring to is the Nova rocket, which will be launched this year to a height of 30,000 feet, carrying one man. Check out.Next you'll be asking for the "right to reply" that those commie-pinko-homos in Europe are pushing for.
Note for moderators, the above is called satire
Clink the link and educate yourselves.