It's nice to hear that Microsoft is starting to do what I did on Unix in 1980.
I said that too, then I learnt that Powershell lets you throw objects through a pipe and realised this wasn't just a jumped up rehash of csh. Powershell is good kit, very good.
Max Boyce wrote possibly the only song in existence with "anthracite coal" in the lyrics...
THE BALLAD OF MORGAN THE MOON
Old Mog* the mechanic, I remember him well. He once built a rocket, or so they will tell. From an old winding-engine he found on the dole – Built in the Rhondda and powered by coal.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
And when it was finished he painted it red, And he called it 'Bethania', or so it is said. And he took it up a mountain on a night late in June 'To get that bit closer,' said Morgan the Moon.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
Sleepy Treorchy was bathed in white light When the shuddering hulk took off in the night. A deafening scream an then a great roar, And up past the houses old Morgan did go.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
His heat-shield was glowing like anthracite coal And we prayed down in Cardiff, in mission control. The barrow wheels dropped as was previously planned And old Morgan prepared for Bethania to land.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
He landed like linen on a crusty old crater: Dai said he'd get there lunar or later! So off Morgan went in the moon's swirling dust, To collect some rock samples from a crater's hard crust.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
A strange piece of rock soon old Morgan found, Just lying there shining on the dust-covered ground. He picked it up closely and he let out a call 'Cos written right through it in Welsh was 'Porthcawl'!
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
My UK bank has a page on their internet banking site for letting them know when you'll be in a different country. If I suddenly start buying things in Amsterdam or Cologne the fraud detection rules might pick it up which could be problematic, if I've already told them "I'll be in Holland between the 16th and 19th" they can take that into account and not leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere with no money.
If you had the courage of your conviction you'd eliminate your regency altogether.
What, so we can replace it with a politically motivated head of state? Fuck that! The queen is our last line of defence against corrupt politicians, should things get bad enough she can refuse royal assent and the shit hits the fan. At that point if she doesn't have the overwhelming backing of the populace the monarchy is over, if she does have the backing then we can expect a general election. That's why it's a better system than an elected president likely to metaphorically wave his dick around for political purposes, it's irrelevant for day to day affairs but when you really, REALLY need it it's there.
Games, however - such as the Source engine after it got the HDR update with Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Day of Defeat: Source, actually do increase the dynamic range of a scene beyond what your monitor can display. They underexpose and overexpose parts of the scene when transitions between light and dark places occur, just as your eyes would before they adjusted to the new light, or as a video camera would depending on what exposure the videographer chose. This makes it look more realistic - just take a look at a bright outdoor scene in Half-Life 2: Episode Two and check out how shiny objects in the sunlight have blown-out highlights that gleam brilliantly, and then look at the same scene in the original Half-Life 2, where that object would look flatly-lit and fake. The "non-HDR" looks more fake because the dynamic range is compressed so you can see all the detail everywhere, which also gives it that flat "game" look.
HDR is the first thing I turn off in any game, this is why.
This one from Goering is even more interesting/worrying and should be a part of the compulsory curriculum. You can guarantee everyone running the country (whichever one you live in) knows it so it's only fair the rest of the populace is educated enough to spot it happening.
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Interesting how two different parts of the world use the same racial slur to refer to completely different people, to the knuckle dragging British racist (e.g. a BNP member) a wog would normally be African with spic a more likely insult to refer to an Italian.
Behave like a democratic government instead of a tinpot dictatorship, in which case this quietly goes away. No, they don't get to monitor, but secure methods of communication exist anyway. One more makes no difference.
They're only asking for the same as the US government required, or are they on your tinpot dictatorship list too?
Clearly a case of the following driver not driving with due care and attention, or of not leaving a proper gap between them and the preceding vehicle?
I take it your new to this whole driving experience.
I take it you've never driven in Europe, certainly the UK and I believe most of the rest of Europe if you rear end someone it's automatically deemed to be your fault. If the person in front of you slams on the brakes for no reason with no warning and you hit the back of them you were too fucking close or not paying attention, end of story. Either leave a safe gap or get off the roads, we don't need more shit drivers.
And the amount of evil it has combated. (ie, Nazis, Soviets, etc)
We're glad you rocked up to WWII and all, but don't forget we were already fighting the Nazis when you didn't want any part of it. We were a tiny island nation with no chance whatsoever of winning but we still fought with everything we had.
And in the Aid in which is gives
Last time I looked the US wasn't even in the top 10 as a percentage of GDP.
And the amount of technological achievements (Modern Assembly Line, Computers, Synthetic Life?)
Alan Turing was British, I'll give you the other two though.
I mean really.... Give it a rest.
I'd suggest you do so yourself, the two times I've visited your country I loved every minute of it but at least keep the flag waving to things you actually did or do well at.
The best you can do is say a white BMW went by really fast. If we're really saying that's good enough to convict someone who has a white BMW because, well, he's a teenager and should be taught to slow down -- despite how the law is written -- then we may as well do away with police and courts altogether and go back to lynch mobs.
No, what we're saying is that having witnesses say "A white BMW went by really fast" in conjunction with him basically saying, "Yeah, that was me. LOL!" is enough to convict someone.
The urban myth states that hackney carriages are required to carry a bale of hay, that section of the act doesn't say that and never did. You're correct that it's the source of the myth, but at no point has the myth been accurate.
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It's nice to hear that Microsoft is starting to do what I did on Unix in 1980.
I said that too, then I learnt that Powershell lets you throw objects through a pipe and realised this wasn't just a jumped up rehash of csh. Powershell is good kit, very good.
anthracite coal.
Max Boyce wrote possibly the only song in existence with "anthracite coal" in the lyrics...
THE BALLAD OF MORGAN THE MOON
Old Mog* the mechanic, I remember him well.
He once built a rocket, or so they will tell.
From an old winding-engine he found on the dole –
Built in the Rhondda and powered by coal.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
And when it was finished he painted it red,
And he called it 'Bethania', or so it is said.
And he took it up a mountain on a night late in June
'To get that bit closer,' said Morgan the Moon.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
Sleepy Treorchy was bathed in white light
When the shuddering hulk took off in the night.
A deafening scream an then a great roar,
And up past the houses old Morgan did go.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
His heat-shield was glowing like anthracite coal
And we prayed down in Cardiff, in mission control.
The barrow wheels dropped as was previously planned
And old Morgan prepared for Bethania to land.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
He landed like linen on a crusty old crater:
Dai said he'd get there lunar or later!
So off Morgan went in the moon's swirling dust,
To collect some rock samples from a crater's hard crust.
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
A strange piece of rock soon old Morgan found,
Just lying there shining on the dust-covered ground.
He picked it up closely and he let out a call
'Cos written right through it in Welsh was 'Porthcawl'!
Sing fal-da-ral, dal-da-ral-day!
My UK bank has a page on their internet banking site for letting them know when you'll be in a different country. If I suddenly start buying things in Amsterdam or Cologne the fraud detection rules might pick it up which could be problematic, if I've already told them "I'll be in Holland between the 16th and 19th" they can take that into account and not leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere with no money.
I may have copied the odd song, but the 100 or so TV series I have on DVD or Bluray are all legit.
If you had the courage of your conviction you'd eliminate your regency altogether.
What, so we can replace it with a politically motivated head of state? Fuck that! The queen is our last line of defence against corrupt politicians, should things get bad enough she can refuse royal assent and the shit hits the fan. At that point if she doesn't have the overwhelming backing of the populace the monarchy is over, if she does have the backing then we can expect a general election. That's why it's a better system than an elected president likely to metaphorically wave his dick around for political purposes, it's irrelevant for day to day affairs but when you really, REALLY need it it's there.
Games, however - such as the Source engine after it got the HDR update with Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Day of Defeat: Source, actually do increase the dynamic range of a scene beyond what your monitor can display. They underexpose and overexpose parts of the scene when transitions between light and dark places occur, just as your eyes would before they adjusted to the new light, or as a video camera would depending on what exposure the videographer chose. This makes it look more realistic - just take a look at a bright outdoor scene in Half-Life 2: Episode Two and check out how shiny objects in the sunlight have blown-out highlights that gleam brilliantly, and then look at the same scene in the original Half-Life 2, where that object would look flatly-lit and fake. The "non-HDR" looks more fake because the dynamic range is compressed so you can see all the detail everywhere, which also gives it that flat "game" look.
HDR is the first thing I turn off in any game, this is why.
This one from Goering is even more interesting/worrying and should be a part of the compulsory curriculum. You can guarantee everyone running the country (whichever one you live in) knows it so it's only fair the rest of the populace is educated enough to spot it happening.
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Wogs (Greeks and Italians)
Interesting how two different parts of the world use the same racial slur to refer to completely different people, to the knuckle dragging British racist (e.g. a BNP member) a wog would normally be African with spic a more likely insult to refer to an Italian.
The fifth elephant wound up as treacle and mineral ores in Uberwald after falling off Great A'Tuin several millennia ago.
None know the sex of the turtle, all we can say for sure is...the turtle moves.
He said Christians not Catholics, nice try though.
When did Catholicism stop being a sect of Christianity? Did I miss a memo?
They're only asking for the same as the US government required, or are they on your tinpot dictatorship list too?
Clearly a case of the following driver not driving with due care and attention, or of not leaving a proper gap between them and the preceding vehicle?
I take it your new to this whole driving experience.
I take it you've never driven in Europe, certainly the UK and I believe most of the rest of Europe if you rear end someone it's automatically deemed to be your fault. If the person in front of you slams on the brakes for no reason with no warning and you hit the back of them you were too fucking close or not paying attention, end of story. Either leave a safe gap or get off the roads, we don't need more shit drivers.
And the amount of evil it has combated. (ie, Nazis, Soviets, etc)
We're glad you rocked up to WWII and all, but don't forget we were already fighting the Nazis when you didn't want any part of it. We were a tiny island nation with no chance whatsoever of winning but we still fought with everything we had.
And in the Aid in which is gives
Last time I looked the US wasn't even in the top 10 as a percentage of GDP.
And the amount of technological achievements (Modern Assembly Line, Computers, Synthetic Life?)
Alan Turing was British, I'll give you the other two though.
I mean really.... Give it a rest.
I'd suggest you do so yourself, the two times I've visited your country I loved every minute of it but at least keep the flag waving to things you actually did or do well at.
I find yanks or septics works fine.
And PVT Manning committed treason.
I think you'll find he didn't, article three of your constitution is extremely clear on that point.
The best you can do is say a white BMW went by really fast. If we're really saying that's good enough to convict someone who has a white BMW because, well, he's a teenager and should be taught to slow down -- despite how the law is written -- then we may as well do away with police and courts altogether and go back to lynch mobs.
No, what we're saying is that having witnesses say "A white BMW went by really fast" in conjunction with him basically saying, "Yeah, that was me. LOL!" is enough to convict someone.
Many people keep saying this but nobody, not a single person, has been able to provide any evidence of it.
But three that WikiLeaks shared the data with are from three separate countries.
Yes, three separate countries from all across the NATO. Hint: when US say "jump", NATO ask "how high?"
When the UK government says "Jump" the Guardian says "Get fucked", the chances of them listening to the US government are precisely zero.
Best catch there is.
The first course listed on the courses available to the USA page is "Challenging obesity", this amused me greatly :)
After all, the squeaky wheel gets the grease
I prefer the Japanese version myself, it shows an interesting difference in attitudes.
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down
Myself I prefer to say "I don't give a toss."
Atheism is taking a position on the argument just as theism is, I simply don't care about it enough to have a position.
The urban myth states that hackney carriages are required to carry a bale of hay, that section of the act doesn't say that and never did. You're correct that it's the source of the myth, but at no point has the myth been accurate.
More often, as in the bales of hay one, they're simply bollocks and the putative law never existed.