They listed the drop in temperature from 33.5 to 26.9 as a 20% drop. However, they didn't mention the ambient temperature. If you take 20 degrees, then this drop is more like 50%.
Your logic is a little suspect as well, I think. An ambient temperature of 20 degrees C is based on an arbitrary (for our purposes) zero point that's really 273 degrees above absolute zero, so performing comparisons based on that arbitrary zero point doesn't tell us very much at all. If we decide that a computation of the temperature drop as a percentage of ambient temperature is of interest, we should perform that computation using the Kelvin scale.
It's Welsh. Welch is when you go back on your word. Curiously, the Welsh find this word offensive, but it's a different word and not to be confused with Welsh!
Actually, 'Welsh' has the same meaning (see here) and I believe(but IANAL - I am not a linguist) is the original spelling of the word, based on a stereotype of the Welsh being dishonest. That's whey they find this word offensive
1) offer to go quietly immediately, and offer to stay for a reasonable period of time - 2 weeks after your initial notice is reasonable - and let him make the choice.
2) if he lets you go today, don't expect to get paid for time not worked
No. State when your last day of employment will be (typically 2-4 weeks from date of notice) and stick to it. If they ask you to leave prior to that date and don't pay you through that date, then they're terminating you, and you're entitled to collect unemployment insurance (if there's a long enough lag before your new job starts), and to collect any perks (severance package, etc.) normally provided by your company upon termination.
I'm not sure why this would be a surprise to anyone; the communications gap between IT professionals and the general population has been around as long as computers have. This gap is present in any technical industry, as well; how many of the great unwashed understand everything they hear from their doctor or their auto mechanic? The difference is that we've been conditioned to expect to pay doctors and auto mechanics for their skill and for explaining things in lay terms where necessary. Folks seem to expect computers to be "easy" and support for them to be free, for some reason.
...to friends and people you care about - decline payment of any kind and politely decline all other requests.
Here's what happens otherwise: Folks balk at paying anything close to "commercial rates" (what CompUSA would charge) for support from Joe Random. But if you charge a lower rate, or accept barter, favors, meals, etc., you're setting the expectation that that's what your time is worth. A few years back I helped a (now ex-) friend with multiple computer issues. These always came up in the middle of the night or in the middle of a thunderstorm or blizzard, and I always trekked over to help him out. One time in four or so, he'd buy me dinner (local bar or diner; nothing extravagant). I considered this a "thank you", not payment for my services. Later, it got back to me that he told others he'd "paid" me for my services by buying me dinner multiple times. Lessee...4 two-hour tech support sessions = one $20 dinner. Hey! I'm worth two and a half bucks an hour! I'd rather be known as a guy who's kind enough to provide his vauable skills to friends and family as an act of kindness than as a two-fifty an hour tech support guy.
I'm not sure I agree. I don't know the intimate details of what airport metal detectors are designed to pick up, but in my 400,000 miles of flying in the past five years, I've noticed that small masses of metal (wire-frame eyeglasses, small belt buckles, wristwatches, etc.) usually don't get picked up by the walk-through type of detector. I'd have to guess that there would be an even smaller mass of metal in the passport cover than these items, so there's a pretty good chance that they wouldn't be detected.
Umm...shouldn't the headline read:"Mysterious Force Affects Pioneer 10 & 11 Probes"? Otherwise, we're saying that the mysterious force made them. Of course, that would be much more interesting.
I think most of us would agree that doing "God's Work" is a Good Thing. The problem is all of us have a different opinion of exactly what "God's Work" is.
"I don't expect a police officer I've never met to just assume I didn't do something because I know I'm a nice guy."
And why the heck not? IANAL, but here in the USA, at least, there's a doctrine referred to as 'probable cause.' It states that you can't be arrested or searched without some degree of evidence that you've committed a crime or that evidence of your having committed a crime exists at a particular location. You can't even be temporarily detained by a police officer without him having evidence to support a 'reasonable suspicion' that you've done something illegal.
yes, you are missing something. when they swap out a part in the auto world, they don't have a big sticker on the car "contains part #1235" where the new part is actually part #1999
Actually, the auto industry has done that very thing. Back in the '70's General Motors took an enormous amount of heat when it was discovered that they were equipping Oldsmobiles (billed as having the Olds 'Rocket' engine) with Chevrolet engines. It's an interesting parallel, because it's entirely possible that performance was comparable to the Old engine. Don't remember exactly, but I believe a number of customers did get compensated for that debacle.
Shouldn't be a biggie...every major credit card has a precedure for contesting charges posted by a vendor. I've just provided copies of the original rebate offer, the completed form, proof of purchase, and whatever else the offer required (you did make copies of all that stuff, right?) to the credit card company, along with details of my subsequent communication with them, and explained that the vendor failed to honor the rebate offer. This has worked for me two out of three times. The time it didn't work, the rebate was offered by the manufacturer, not the store who sold the item to me, and American Express took the stance that the store can't be held responsible for the manufacturer failing to honor the rebate offer. IANAL, but I geuss they have a point. There's usually a time limit on how long you can wait to contest a charge, though.
Do what I do...if the rebate is denied for some bogus reason, I contact my credit card company and ask them to charge back the vendor for the amount of the rebate. Works best when the vendor (as opposed to the manufacturer) is the one offering the rebate.
...For the July 5 test, the rocketeers welded in strapping points within the vehicle to hold 600-pounds (273-kilograms) of "passenger" sandbags in the cabin area. Also a set of five Olympic barbell plates were mounted on a peg at the vehicle's end to simulate the weight of the final engines, plumbing, and backup recovery system that will be on the group's full size vehicle... (from space.com)
Did they also simulate the crushable nose cone with a giant beer can, and the ground with a giant forehead?
"but not very much for making good relationships. "
Perhaps you'd care to name a nation that spends more on aid to other nations and their poeple than the USA does?
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They listed the drop in temperature from 33.5 to 26.9 as a 20% drop. However, they didn't mention the ambient temperature. If you take 20 degrees, then this drop is more like 50%.
Your logic is a little suspect as well, I think. An ambient temperature of 20 degrees C is based on an arbitrary (for our purposes) zero point that's really 273 degrees above absolute zero, so performing comparisons based on that arbitrary zero point doesn't tell us very much at all. If we decide that a computation of the temperature drop as a percentage of ambient temperature is of interest, we should perform that computation using the Kelvin scale.
It's Welsh. Welch is when you go back on your word. Curiously, the Welsh find this word offensive, but it's a different word and not to be confused with Welsh!
Actually, 'Welsh' has the same meaning (see here) and I believe(but IANAL - I am not a linguist) is the original spelling of the word, based on a stereotype of the Welsh being dishonest. That's whey they find this word offensive
1) offer to go quietly immediately, and offer to stay for a reasonable period of time - 2 weeks after your initial notice is reasonable - and let him make the choice.
2) if he lets you go today, don't expect to get paid for time not worked
No. State when your last day of employment will be (typically 2-4 weeks from date of notice) and stick to it. If they ask you to leave prior to that date and don't pay you through that date, then they're terminating you, and you're entitled to collect unemployment insurance (if there's a long enough lag before your new job starts), and to collect any perks (severance package, etc.) normally provided by your company upon termination.
...does it fold up into a briefcase when I get to work?
I'm not sure why this would be a surprise to anyone; the communications gap between IT professionals and the general population has been around as long as computers have. This gap is present in any technical industry, as well; how many of the great unwashed understand everything they hear from their doctor or their auto mechanic? The difference is that we've been conditioned to expect to pay doctors and auto mechanics for their skill and for explaining things in lay terms where necessary. Folks seem to expect computers to be "easy" and support for them to be free, for some reason.
Probably enough to know how to spell "fascinated" correctly and to know that question marks do not go at the end of declarative sentences.
Now, we all know Disney does some evil shit, but in this case, they really didn't have a choice in the matter.
Actually, they did have a choice; they could have given the school permission (a license, in other words) to use the characters, like H-B did.
I haven't tried this site, but I'm guessing that putting:
0.0.0.0 fastclick.net
in your hosts file with do the trick.
Here's what happens otherwise: Folks balk at paying anything close to "commercial rates" (what CompUSA would charge) for support from Joe Random. But if you charge a lower rate, or accept barter, favors, meals, etc., you're setting the expectation that that's what your time is worth. A few years back I helped a (now ex-) friend with multiple computer issues. These always came up in the middle of the night or in the middle of a thunderstorm or blizzard, and I always trekked over to help him out. One time in four or so, he'd buy me dinner (local bar or diner; nothing extravagant). I considered this a "thank you", not payment for my services. Later, it got back to me that he told others he'd "paid" me for my services by buying me dinner multiple times. Lessee...4 two-hour tech support sessions = one $20 dinner. Hey! I'm worth two and a half bucks an hour! I'd rather be known as a guy who's kind enough to provide his vauable skills to friends and family as an act of kindness than as a two-fifty an hour tech support guy.
I'm not sure I agree. I don't know the intimate details of what airport metal detectors are designed to pick up, but in my 400,000 miles of flying in the past five years, I've noticed that small masses of metal (wire-frame eyeglasses, small belt buckles, wristwatches, etc.) usually don't get picked up by the walk-through type of detector. I'd have to guess that there would be an even smaller mass of metal in the passport cover than these items, so there's a pretty good chance that they wouldn't be detected.
Duh...I meant A34-35. Maybe I'll try hitting the preview button this time.
Actually, it's A35-35.
Right, like a homemade piece of electronic equipment with no easily identifiable purpose is going to make it through security.
Umm...shouldn't the headline read:"Mysterious Force Affects Pioneer 10 & 11 Probes"? Otherwise, we're saying that the mysterious force made them. Of course, that would be much more interesting.
I think most of us would agree that doing "God's Work" is a Good Thing. The problem is all of us have a different opinion of exactly what "God's Work" is.
> Just for the record, they explode quite nicely when an m-80 is shoved into their rectum.
Which? The cows, or the boxes?
"I don't expect a police officer I've never met to just assume I didn't do something because I know I'm a nice guy."
And why the heck not? IANAL, but here in the USA, at least, there's a doctrine referred to as 'probable cause.' It states that you can't be arrested or searched without some degree of evidence that you've committed a crime or that evidence of your having committed a crime exists at a particular location. You can't even be temporarily detained by a police officer without him having evidence to support a 'reasonable suspicion' that you've done something illegal.
I thought we all became Linux users to avoid the Blue Screen of Death!
What's that? Oh, that BSD?
Never mind, then.
yes, you are missing something. when they swap out a part in the auto world, they don't have a big sticker on the car "contains part #1235" where the new part is actually part #1999
Actually, the auto industry has done that very thing. Back in the '70's General Motors took an enormous amount of heat when it was discovered that they were equipping Oldsmobiles (billed as having the Olds 'Rocket' engine) with Chevrolet engines. It's an interesting parallel, because it's entirely possible that performance was comparable to the Old engine. Don't remember exactly, but I believe a number of customers did get compensated for that debacle.
Shouldn't be a biggie...every major credit card has a precedure for contesting charges posted by a vendor. I've just provided copies of the original rebate offer, the completed form, proof of purchase, and whatever else the offer required (you did make copies of all that stuff, right?) to the credit card company, along with details of my subsequent communication with them, and explained that the vendor failed to honor the rebate offer. This has worked for me two out of three times. The time it didn't work, the rebate was offered by the manufacturer, not the store who sold the item to me, and American Express took the stance that the store can't be held responsible for the manufacturer failing to honor the rebate offer. IANAL, but I geuss they have a point. There's usually a time limit on how long you can wait to contest a charge, though.
Do what I do...if the rebate is denied for some bogus reason, I contact my credit card company and ask them to charge back the vendor for the amount of the rebate. Works best when the vendor (as opposed to the manufacturer) is the one offering the rebate.
...For the July 5 test, the rocketeers welded in strapping points within the vehicle to hold 600-pounds (273-kilograms) of "passenger" sandbags in the cabin area. Also a set of five Olympic barbell plates were mounted on a peg at the vehicle's end to simulate the weight of the final engines, plumbing, and backup recovery system that will be on the group's full size vehicle... (from space.com)
Did they also simulate the crushable nose cone with a giant beer can, and the ground with a giant forehead?
"but not very much for making good relationships. " Perhaps you'd care to name a nation that spends more on aid to other nations and their poeple than the USA does?