Why should you only enjoy yourself when you're not working?
Imagine a job in a small company where you know everybody, you and your wife both work and can freely visit, and you bring your kids to work with you every day and watch them learn and play.
Imagine you can wear whatever religious symbol you want, and say whatever you like without fear of lawsuits. Imagine that once you finish your day's work, you're free to leave, but you don't because you love doing your work.
Imagine that your life and your work where completely intertwined and you loved every minute of it.
Sonds like the beginning of traispotting to me... are you a self-employed herion addict???
And here is the NYT Text for those of us who value privacy online:
If you value privacy why are you posting logged in? Doing the cookey's job for it?
here is page 2 if the above page 1 has baited anyone's breath?
Each of the antenna units used in Valeo Raytheon's blind-spot system is about the size of a pack of cigarettes and weighs less than 12 ounces. Two are used - one on each side of the car, tucked under the plastic rear-bumper cover - to broadcast the seven oval-shaped radar "nodes" that map the location of vehicles approaching from the rear. When a car or truck comes close enough to be a potential problem, the system alerts the driver by lighting a warning icon on the outside rearview mirror for that side of the vehicle.
The system is meant to prevent the kind of accidents that happen with unplanned lane changes and poorly timed merges. Broadside accidents, in which one vehicle's front crashes into the other vehicle's side, offer so little time for a driver to react that any warning may have little value.
A test drive on crowded freeways near the Auburn Hills, Mich., headquarters of Valeo Raytheon demonstrated the system's effectiveness. From behind the wheel of a Cadillac CTS fitted with the detection radar, it was easy to spot the small amber warning signal on each mirror as S.U.V.'s and pickup trucks whizzed past in adjacent lanes. The icons did not illuminate when passing vehicles were more than a lane away.
James Schwyn, the director of North American research and design at Valeo Raytheon, said the system was optimized to read only about 100 feet out, ignoring traffic that would not present a potential problem. In addition, only cars coming up from behind are registered. The system's control computer counts the detection sequence through its positions, and if the sequence of approach begins at the front and moves back, it ignores the target.
"The system assumes that if you've come up from behind a vehicle, the driver has seen it and is aware," Mr. Schwyn said.
By comparing speeds, stationary objects like signs and bridges can be similarly recognized and dismissed. Valeo Raytheon also expects the system to be useful when drivers are backing out of parking lot spaces. The blind-spot radar can give what the company calls a "look down the aisle" for moving cars that the driver, whose view is blocked by vehicles on either side, can't see.
Valeo Raytheon expects the system to carry a retail price of about a $500, depending on configuration, Mr. Pyles, the company's business development manager, said.
Will the nation's highways turn into a transportation microwave oven if this system becomes popular? There should be no concern, engineers say, because the systems operate at extremely low power and the car's body will reflect most of the radar signal anyway.
Don Remboski, director of Motorola's Automotive Innovation Center in Farmington Hills, Mich., has considered the implications in connection with his company's development of a radar-based system and reached a similar conclusion. "It would be like trying to get a suntan from a light-emitting diode," Mr. Remboski said. "It's just not going to happen."
The website is active (but you'd have to go direct to content rather than navigate). As for a picture of these sorts of devices (which can show millions of indicaors by states of colour) you could try looking here.
i have a device commected to my computer which has ~2million indicators of colour, such a device could be used to show the state of every item on every stock market the world over, several times over
Pity you got modded as flamebait, I agree with you. The article states:
But Russian rockets blast off in Kazakhstan, much higher on the globe than Florida. They cannot fly much lower than 51.6 degrees latitude without running the risk of dropping spent rocket stages or astronauts during an emergency re-entry on Mongolia or northern China. So the Clinton administration decided to erect the station at 51.6 degrees, hailing it as a "world orbit" accessible to all spacefaring nations.
Let's not forget the Russians are the only ones with experience of making and running a spacestation, nor lets forget it is the Russians who are doing the bulk of the construction and running it (the article does go on to acknowledge this).
The whole idea the present station could be a 'jumping off' point really is crazy - it has no command capacity, it is 100% dependent on supplies (fuel, parts, etc) taking supplies by shuttle or shortrange capsule and then loading them on something else is much more inefficient than sticking them on that something else and skipping the middle-man (this is only a conventional engine, not a warp drive!), it is extremely fragile. But it does allow applied research into space-based technology - a vital stepping stone in the international space effort.
I totally agree. Speaker technology has seen little innovation in recent decades (finer points have been improved, but no 'breakthrough'), the 5.1 and 6.1 extensions are jokes, OK for games they are good but any 5/6.1 system is crap at music/DVD for your $, better spend hard earned dollars on good quality stereo speakers that _really_ do sound like gold.
OK, was making a break for OT but restrained myself. Foam sucks. If you are passinate about your speakers/sound, I recommend you check out these groups:
That was in the article you fool. Did you really read it?
'I need to get in to do a repair. You need to give me the number and password.' Sometimes they succeeded, or else they'd get only the number and try to break the password by using proprietary programs." At other times, a secretary would simply key in the code, providing what seemed like onetime access but actually enabling the brothers to hear touch tones and translate them into numbers they could then use whenever they pleased.
Not only were these guys pretty 3|173, but they are free, prosperious and have a future h4x0r1ng which is what they love. As mentioned earlier, it is impressive how great our senses could be if we took the time and effort to train them.
It is very alien to me why it is called 'the English system'. In England the system historically used is called the Imperial system, and there are some differences in Imperial measurement and what Americans call English measurement, AND in England they use the metric system (except old people who use Imperial). Very confusing.
Yeah, TOS sucked, almost as much as TNG, but Enterprise is grrrrrrrrrreat! I hope T'Pul and Captain Archer get it on like you described, they would make me real horny.
What is also interesting is that these products block fair uses of currency images which do not break the law.
Just like most machines, they will minimise the chance of taking a fake rather than maximising not refecting a non-fake. They probably have some kind of level of statistical signigicance of 'error' they are happy with. New tech is not fool-proof tech.
Under 16s have no need to use the phone for anything else than making a call or texting. They don't need internet or pay-per-view type content on their phone. Parents should not let them have this sort of phone (hard law) and providers who provide this content (who can be traced as it is through a mobile network) should be prosecuted as hard as possible. But, of source, mobile phone/content providers will be as aggressive in marketing any kind of pay-per-view content possible.
Why it is under 18s and not under 16s I don't know, typical UK bifibrcation I guess.
Because Google have a great brand for a straightforward trustworthy service. Maybe someone would like to swap their job_bloggs_1897216@hotmail.com address for job_bloggs@googlemail.com.
The geek cachet will wear off quick after everyone you despise starts using googlemail
Ah, but how about...@linux.googlemail.com! And if everyone starts using googlemail, then they have won.
I agree this would be cheaper as a one-off, but if MS pay out they will encourage people with genuine or less than genuine motives to blackmail them. That's why government don't (well, they deny it) pay ransoms for hostages. They will end up paying vast sums.
However in this case Mike Rowe doesn't seem to be the typical domain hijacker, so it is more likely a case of MS sticking to their general guidelines a little too stubbornly.
Around 233.80 Yen/US Dollar in 1984. I would give a link but I looked it up on Reuters. If you have a Reuters terminal just use RIC JPY=.
For reference, it is ~105 Yen. This means in 1984 Japanese products would cost half in US dollar terms tham they do now. [Yeah simplistic, but this is the numerical terms]. Kinda puts pleas by the present administration about the exchange rate into perspective.
The US committed in Guantanamo bay and Afghanistan in the 80s, and Vietnam/Laos in the 60s/70s, which is has not stopped/appologised for, and those who committed these acts sit at the highest places in governments.
Japan committed in China and SE Asia in WWII and its brutal occupation of Korea for >100 years, none of whhich it has cppologised for.
France's record in Algeria, and Africa in general, which it has never even recognised, and the continued deep rooted rasicm in French society.
it involved *PROGRESS* which they seem to admit is difficult for them to deal with...
This is a country that whose output has grown at least 7%/year for the past 10 years, a country experiencing massive internal migration and social change. Uh yeah, a country really opposed to progress.
If you don't know, Beijing and Shanghai are not that close (around 1000km) which makes it an ideal short haul air route. Less urgent freight/journeys can go via the existing (or upgraded) rail intrastructure, high speed journeys can be made now by air. The maglev would be great if it were a cheap tried and tested technology, but it is not, and there are alternatives.
How about some 1st world countries try it out, not waiting to live off the backs of 3rd world countries trying something new? I'd like to see this sort of thing between the ~400km route of NY and DC, for example... a much more suitable distance, centre of town to centre of town.
A shame this has been modded 'flamebait' when it is a concise summary of the positions of the WHO and the White House (FDA). Which one gets bribes (ahem, donations) and lobbies from these private companies???
Funny you are modded troll when you express a valid opinion, and not one of the common-think drone. Still, meta-mod will sort that.
I agree, Kill Bill was dull and 2 dimensional, those that do not realise this do not understand what real tough provoking cinema is.
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Why should you only enjoy yourself when you're not working?
Imagine a job in a small company where you know everybody, you and your wife both work and can freely visit, and you bring your kids to work with you every day and watch them learn and play.
Imagine you can wear whatever religious symbol you want, and say whatever you like without fear of lawsuits. Imagine that once you finish your day's work, you're free to leave, but you don't because you love doing your work.
Imagine that your life and your work where completely intertwined and you loved every minute of it.
Sonds like the beginning of traispotting to me... are you a self-employed herion addict???
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And here is the NYT Text for those of us who value privacy online:
If you value privacy why are you posting logged in? Doing the cookey's job for it?
here is page 2 if the above page 1 has baited anyone's breath?
Each of the antenna units used in Valeo Raytheon's blind-spot system is about the size of a pack of cigarettes and weighs less than 12 ounces. Two are used - one on each side of the car, tucked under the plastic rear-bumper cover - to broadcast the seven oval-shaped radar "nodes" that map the location of vehicles approaching from the rear. When a car or truck comes close enough to be a potential problem, the system alerts the driver by lighting a warning icon on the outside rearview mirror for that side of the vehicle.
The system is meant to prevent the kind of accidents that happen with unplanned lane changes and poorly timed merges. Broadside accidents, in which one vehicle's front crashes into the other vehicle's side, offer so little time for a driver to react that any warning may have little value.
A test drive on crowded freeways near the Auburn Hills, Mich., headquarters of Valeo Raytheon demonstrated the system's effectiveness. From behind the wheel of a Cadillac CTS fitted with the detection radar, it was easy to spot the small amber warning signal on each mirror as S.U.V.'s and pickup trucks whizzed past in adjacent lanes. The icons did not illuminate when passing vehicles were more than a lane away.
James Schwyn, the director of North American research and design at Valeo Raytheon, said the system was optimized to read only about 100 feet out, ignoring traffic that would not present a potential problem. In addition, only cars coming up from behind are registered. The system's control computer counts the detection sequence through its positions, and if the sequence of approach begins at the front and moves back, it ignores the target.
"The system assumes that if you've come up from behind a vehicle, the driver has seen it and is aware," Mr. Schwyn said.
By comparing speeds, stationary objects like signs and bridges can be similarly recognized and dismissed. Valeo Raytheon also expects the system to be useful when drivers are backing out of parking lot spaces. The blind-spot radar can give what the company calls a "look down the aisle" for moving cars that the driver, whose view is blocked by vehicles on either side, can't see.
Valeo Raytheon expects the system to carry a retail price of about a $500, depending on configuration, Mr. Pyles, the company's business development manager, said.
Will the nation's highways turn into a transportation microwave oven if this system becomes popular? There should be no concern, engineers say, because the systems operate at extremely low power and the car's body will reflect most of the radar signal anyway.
Don Remboski, director of Motorola's Automotive Innovation Center in Farmington Hills, Mich., has considered the implications in connection with his company's development of a radar-based system and reached a similar conclusion. "It would be like trying to get a suntan from a light-emitting diode," Mr. Remboski said. "It's just not going to happen."
at work have 4 devices connected to my computer that, in total, can display >5 million indicators of colour!
The website is active (but you'd have to go direct to content rather than navigate). As for a picture of these sorts of devices (which can show millions of indicaors by states of colour) you could try looking here.
i have a device commected to my computer which has ~2million indicators of colour, such a device could be used to show the state of every item on every stock market the world over, several times over
Pity you got modded as flamebait, I agree with you. The article states:
But Russian rockets blast off in Kazakhstan, much higher on the globe than Florida. They cannot fly much lower than 51.6 degrees latitude without running the risk of dropping spent rocket stages or astronauts during an emergency re-entry on Mongolia or northern China. So the Clinton administration decided to erect the station at 51.6 degrees, hailing it as a "world orbit" accessible to all spacefaring nations.
Let's not forget the Russians are the only ones with experience of making and running a spacestation, nor lets forget it is the Russians who are doing the bulk of the construction and running it (the article does go on to acknowledge this).
The whole idea the present station could be a 'jumping off' point really is crazy - it has no command capacity, it is 100% dependent on supplies (fuel, parts, etc) taking supplies by shuttle or shortrange capsule and then loading them on something else is much more inefficient than sticking them on that something else and skipping the middle-man (this is only a conventional engine, not a warp drive!), it is extremely fragile. But it does allow applied research into space-based technology - a vital stepping stone in the international space effort.
I totally agree. Speaker technology has seen little innovation in recent decades (finer points have been improved, but no 'breakthrough'), the 5.1 and 6.1 extensions are jokes, OK for games they are good but any 5/6.1 system is crap at music/DVD for your $, better spend hard earned dollars on good quality stereo speakers that _really_ do sound like gold.
OK, was making a break for OT but restrained myself. Foam sucks. If you are passinate about your speakers/sound, I recommend you check out these groups:
audio asylum
audiocircle or
TNT
That was in the article you fool. Did you really read it?
'I need to get in to do a repair. You need to give me the number and password.' Sometimes they succeeded, or else they'd get only the number and try to break the password by using proprietary programs." At other times, a secretary would simply key in the code, providing what seemed like onetime access but actually enabling the brothers to hear touch tones and translate them into numbers they could then use whenever they pleased.
Not only were these guys pretty 3|173, but they are free, prosperious and have a future h4x0r1ng which is what they love. As mentioned earlier, it is impressive how great our senses could be if we took the time and effort to train them.
It is very alien to me why it is called 'the English system'. In England the system historically used is called the Imperial system, and there are some differences in Imperial measurement and what Americans call English measurement, AND in England they use the metric system (except old people who use Imperial). Very confusing.
Tips for gaining karma:
1. Post a question containing a (albeit incorrect) supposition (get karma).
2. Answer one's own question (get more karma).
Then when karma is got:
3. Post TK and GNAA trolls at +2 (karma has to be used for something).
The queen keeps her breakfast cerials in tupperware pots.
Real *nix systems are POSIX compliant, Linux is not.
Yeah, TOS sucked, almost as much as TNG, but Enterprise is grrrrrrrrrreat! I hope T'Pul and Captain Archer get it on like you described, they would make me real horny.
What is also interesting is that these products block fair uses of currency images which do not break the law.
Just like most machines, they will minimise the chance of taking a fake rather than maximising not refecting a non-fake. They probably have some kind of level of statistical signigicance of 'error' they are happy with. New tech is not fool-proof tech.
I hate to be RAH-RAH, but I totally agree.
Under 16s have no need to use the phone for anything else than making a call or texting. They don't need internet or pay-per-view type content on their phone. Parents should not let them have this sort of phone (hard law) and providers who provide this content (who can be traced as it is through a mobile network) should be prosecuted as hard as possible. But, of source, mobile phone/content providers will be as aggressive in marketing any kind of pay-per-view content possible.
Why it is under 18s and not under 16s I don't know, typical UK bifibrcation I guess.
Because Google have a great brand for a straightforward trustworthy service. Maybe someone would like to swap their job_bloggs_1897216@hotmail.com address for job_bloggs@googlemail.com.
...@linux.googlemail.com! And if everyone starts using googlemail, then they have won.
The geek cachet will wear off quick after everyone you despise starts using googlemail
Ah, but how about
MS should just pay him 2-5k and shut the case.
I agree this would be cheaper as a one-off, but if MS pay out they will encourage people with genuine or less than genuine motives to blackmail them. That's why government don't (well, they deny it) pay ransoms for hostages. They will end up paying vast sums.
However in this case Mike Rowe doesn't seem to be the typical domain hijacker, so it is more likely a case of MS sticking to their general guidelines a little too stubbornly.
Around 233.80 Yen/US Dollar in 1984. I would give a link but I looked it up on Reuters. If you have a Reuters terminal just use RIC JPY=.
For reference, it is ~105 Yen. This means in 1984 Japanese products would cost half in US dollar terms tham they do now. [Yeah simplistic, but this is the numerical terms]. Kinda puts pleas by the present administration about the exchange rate into perspective.
And:
The US committed in Guantanamo bay and Afghanistan in the 80s, and Vietnam/Laos in the 60s/70s, which is has not stopped/appologised for, and those who committed these acts sit at the highest places in governments.
Japan committed in China and SE Asia in WWII and its brutal occupation of Korea for >100 years, none of whhich it has cppologised for.
France's record in Algeria, and Africa in general, which it has never even recognised, and the continued deep rooted rasicm in French society.
I could go on, I won't bother.
it involved *PROGRESS* which they seem to admit is difficult for them to deal with...
This is a country that whose output has grown at least 7%/year for the past 10 years, a country experiencing massive internal migration and social change. Uh yeah, a country really opposed to progress.
If you don't know, Beijing and Shanghai are not that close (around 1000km) which makes it an ideal short haul air route. Less urgent freight/journeys can go via the existing (or upgraded) rail intrastructure, high speed journeys can be made now by air. The maglev would be great if it were a cheap tried and tested technology, but it is not, and there are alternatives.
How about some 1st world countries try it out, not waiting to live off the backs of 3rd world countries trying something new? I'd like to see this sort of thing between the ~400km route of NY and DC, for example... a much more suitable distance, centre of town to centre of town.
A shame this has been modded 'flamebait' when it is a concise summary of the positions of the WHO and the White House (FDA). Which one gets bribes (ahem, donations) and lobbies from these private companies???
that's your girlfirend that is
Funny you are modded troll when you express a valid opinion, and not one of the common-think drone. Still, meta-mod will sort that. I agree, Kill Bill was dull and 2 dimensional, those that do not realise this do not understand what real tough provoking cinema is.
Telework from the beach in Malaysia, get paid a Valley salary... that's an idea I like!!!