Or at least design the checkpoints to match the procedures!
What they need to do is fix the real issues with check points. Get rid of the security theater, the 3.4 oz fluid limits, the shoes removals, the body scanners, the biggest of all being the understaffing of the checkpoints that allow the mass lines that would attract a terrorist to begin with and so on.
Like: If you insist on undressing and re-dressing jackets, shoes, belts and laptops, give the people some proper "dressing room" designed space. Ever tried to undress your shoues while standing up and with no free hands as you are already holding your carry-on?
And doing that in a queue with some TSA goon trying to make you do it even faster. I wouldn't know of a better nmethod on how to inflict stress and pressure on people. And everyone will snap under enough pressure. So that's probably what happend here.
Is that due to the time change or due to the stress of ranting about DST twice a year?
People regularly pick holiday destinations around the globe, with +- 6, 8, 9 hours time difference.Does the rate of hear attack rise for those people, too? If it's so much stress, why are they doing it?
When you're staying a bit longer at a birthday party and sleep in that 2 hours the next morning, that's technically TWICE the effect of a DTS change, and you wouldn't call that irresponsible behaviour.
with constant premiums, they could be used to build some reserve. Its of no use if you pay your insurance when youre young and dont need it, and cant pay anymore when the premiums are rising with age and you have actual expenses that need to be covered.
Well, that's why lots of people point out that guns should be regulated stricter....
I could try out Glass for a few minutes and I focusing on the display took me longer that a quick glance at the dashboard. That may or may not change when you're used to it, but keep in mind that the Glass display was designed to be out of your sight if not needed. It is NOT an HUD or AR device.
"Quite rightly"? Seriously, WTF damage do you Brits have when it comes to pissing away your basic human rights without a second thought?
I guess holding a cellphone while driving can only be considered a "basic human right" in a country that signed away all other human rights, like free speech, protection from warrantless search and wiretapping...
What is the "proper" price? Even if it is $100 for some pill, that will usually break down to 50ct for the actual pill and $99,50 for research and testing. And here we're running into the same problems as with music CDs.
Of course it is legit and "proper" to call a price that will cover your R&D, too. But after that cost is in at some point, how long is it moral to cling to that price? Espescially with - unlike CDs - lives at stake.
I know it's parody, but there is a really good point in it:
Yes, in a free market, companies are free to do what they want. (policy and contract wise)
But... if they do what they want, who is doing what should be done? Namely providing health insurance to the ones who need it (which may be anyone here at some point)
And that's the point where the state had to step in, because the insurance companies didn't do what they were supposed to do.
There are more news stories printed each day than any individual person could ever reasonably be aware of. Some sort of filter is needed, and, honestly, 'things my friends consider important', i.e., FB links, is a fairly good way to discriminate.
It used to be until tons of old classmates from elementary school showed up on my facebook account pretty much devaluating the meaning of "friend"
At least the submitted articles are ran against a regEx to check if the URL contains "theonion" and other parody sites.
Which is what facebook doesn't do. Or why else would snopes have to debunk "news" that Obama in reality is a islamist communist hippie war-criminal who had his face surgically changed to avoid prosecution?
I don't mind having my jacket/coat X-rayed. I don't mind having my laptop X-rayed seperatly.
I can live with my shoes being x-rayed.
But what pisses me of is that I have to do all of this without proper infrastructure at the checkpoint. Those lines are still designed for people walking through the scanner in paralell to one item going through X-ray. Pick up your carry on after the scanner and walk on. But now this design gets clogged up by people like me who are unfortunately born with only two arms and hands and therefor CANT'T pick up their stuff as it comes out of the X-ray item by item. That's what bags were invented for!
I apologize to all people who had to wait behind me because I had to repack my bag, re-tie my shoes and wear my belt again. I'm sorry, but I can't remove that stuff all at once.
Look... nearly everything the government has done after 9/11 to stop 9/11 from happening again would not actually stop it from happening.
That's not true.
It would stop it from happening again if terrorists were stupid enough to reuse exactly the same plot. with the exact kind of knife that is now screened for at security and so on....
It would not stop anything if they came up with something slightly original. Like perhaps an attack on the queue at the security checkpoint.....
And - unlike the US - they actually HOPE for a "yes", because splitting the bill among five parties means five times a tip.
Also, the tip is included in the meal prices.
However, not everything is better in Europe: a glass of water might cost €2. Even McDonalds charges €0.60 (~ $1) for a cup of tap water.
Not quite. The SERVICE is included, which allows the "tip" to be what it is supposed to be: a voluntary gratuity for good service, and NOT a method of shifting the burden of paying the service staff away from their employer towards the guests. (For those who don'T know german tipping conventions: It's basically rounding up to the next full euro sum if you had something to drink or an additional euro if you had something to eat)
And about the water: they may charge for water, but then they don't serve something that tastes like chilled swimming-pool water with all thet chloride, (and none of that "purified"-crap either! The only need to "purify" drinking water is if you want to upsell water otherwise not fit for human consumption). You get something that compares to the US "Fiji" brand.
Well, not everyone needs to be able to code bubblesort or beyond, right.
But slomst every profession would profit from a simple understanding of batch or macro programming. Nothing too complicated. function calls, true/false, if/then. put even return values, vars and loops into an advanced version.
That's the basics really anyone can profit from. From the secretary automating word with a small macro (as simple as inserting a timstamp on pressing a function key) to users of ifttt.com or setting up Llama/Tasker on their phones. And it's the foundation for learning some real coding later. And some basic logical skills and ability to break down requirements into smaller steps can't hurt either.
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Or at least design the checkpoints to match the procedures!
What they need to do is fix the real issues with check points. Get rid of the security theater, the 3.4 oz fluid limits, the shoes removals, the body scanners, the biggest of all being the understaffing of the checkpoints that allow the mass lines that would attract a terrorist to begin with and so on.
Like: If you insist on undressing and re-dressing jackets, shoes, belts and laptops, give the people some proper "dressing room" designed space. Ever tried to undress your shoues while standing up and with no free hands as you are already holding your carry-on?
And doing that in a queue with some TSA goon trying to make you do it even faster. I wouldn't know of a better nmethod on how to inflict stress and pressure on people. And everyone will snap under enough pressure. So that's probably what happend here.
I*m wooshing myself......
Is that due to the time change or due to the stress of ranting about DST twice a year?
People regularly pick holiday destinations around the globe, with +- 6, 8, 9 hours time difference.Does the rate of hear attack rise for those people, too? If it's so much stress, why are they doing it?
When you're staying a bit longer at a birthday party and sleep in that 2 hours the next morning, that's technically TWICE the effect of a DTS change, and you wouldn't call that irresponsible behaviour.
with constant premiums, they could be used to build some reserve. Its of no use if you pay your insurance when youre young and dont need it, and cant pay anymore when the premiums are rising with age and you have actual expenses that need to be covered.
While I indeed wrote that with a 10% Troll in mind, come on.... holding a cellphone as human right? Most humans can't even afford cellphones!
Well, that's why lots of people point out that guns should be regulated stricter....
I could try out Glass for a few minutes and I focusing on the display took me longer that a quick glance at the dashboard. That may or may not change when you're used to it, but keep in mind that the Glass display was designed to be out of your sight if not needed. It is NOT an HUD or AR device.
It's not illegal if it is "installed", which, I guess, includes that suction thingy, but not "strapped to your head"
"Quite rightly"? Seriously, WTF damage do you Brits have when it comes to pissing away your basic human rights without a second thought?
I guess holding a cellphone while driving can only be considered a "basic human right" in a country that signed away all other human rights, like free speech, protection from warrantless search and wiretapping...
Just remember when your healthcare premium triples next year (if you're young): no Republicans voted for it.
And don't forget that when you're NOT young health care DOESN'T triple next year...
The moral dilemma is where you put the price on a human life.
Which happens as soon as you have doctors writing individual bills to their patients. X is terminal if not treated. Curing x costs $y.
What is the "proper" price? Even if it is $100 for some pill, that will usually break down to 50ct for the actual pill and $99,50 for research and testing. And here we're running into the same problems as with music CDs.
Of course it is legit and "proper" to call a price that will cover your R&D, too. But after that cost is in at some point, how long is it moral to cling to that price? Espescially with - unlike CDs - lives at stake.
I know it's parody, but there is a really good point in it:
Yes, in a free market, companies are free to do what they want. (policy and contract wise)
But... if they do what they want, who is doing what should be done? Namely providing health insurance to the ones who need it (which may be anyone here at some point)
And that's the point where the state had to step in, because the insurance companies didn't do what they were supposed to do.
Then why did you accept the friend request?
As probably everyone, I see facebook as a way to catch up with those old aqunaintances. IMHO what FB is for.
This does not mean, I want or need FB as a source for news. It's a fine source for the occasional funny pic/quote/joke.
There are more news stories printed each day than any individual person could ever reasonably be aware of. Some sort of filter is needed, and, honestly, 'things my friends consider important', i.e., FB links, is a fairly good way to discriminate.
It used to be until tons of old classmates from elementary school showed up on my facebook account pretty much devaluating the meaning of "friend"
Back in my days, we used to have Google Reader for that.
No. There IS editorial review.
At least the submitted articles are ran against a regEx to check if the URL contains "theonion" and other parody sites.
Which is what facebook doesn't do. Or why else would snopes have to debunk "news" that Obama in reality is a islamist communist hippie war-criminal who had his face surgically changed to avoid prosecution?
Yes. But that ususally is what's passed as news on non-news-sites. (I don't want to single out facebook here)
Subscribe to the Snopes-Rss feed to see what os presented there as "news".
I don't mind having my jacket/coat X-rayed.
I don't mind having my laptop X-rayed seperatly.
I can live with my shoes being x-rayed.
But what pisses me of is that I have to do all of this without proper infrastructure at the checkpoint. Those lines are still designed for people walking through the scanner in paralell to one item going through X-ray. Pick up your carry on after the scanner and walk on. But now this design gets clogged up by people like me who are unfortunately born with only two arms and hands and therefor CANT'T pick up their stuff as it comes out of the X-ray item by item. That's what bags were invented for!
I apologize to all people who had to wait behind me because I had to repack my bag, re-tie my shoes and wear my belt again. I'm sorry, but I can't remove that stuff all at once.
Look... nearly everything the government has done after 9/11 to stop 9/11 from happening again would not actually stop it from happening.
That's not true.
It would stop it from happening again if terrorists were stupid enough to reuse exactly the same plot. with the exact kind of knife that is now screened for at security and so on....
It would not stop anything if they came up with something slightly original. Like perhaps an attack on the queue at the security checkpoint.....
THAT was probably his whole point....
Just because the NSA spies doesn't prove Huawei doesn't..
Well, yes.
buuut one of them has been caught doing so....
Amen to that.
If it has wheels, how ist it CARRY ON luggage?
Yes, the waiter simply asks, "Separate checks?"
And - unlike the US - they actually HOPE for a "yes", because splitting the bill among five parties means five times a tip.
Also, the tip is included in the meal prices.
However, not everything is better in Europe: a glass of water might cost €2. Even McDonalds charges €0.60 (~ $1) for a cup of tap water.
Not quite. The SERVICE is included, which allows the "tip" to be what it is supposed to be: a voluntary gratuity for good service, and NOT a method of shifting the burden of paying the service staff away from their employer towards the guests. (For those who don'T know german tipping conventions: It's basically rounding up to the next full euro sum if you had something to drink or an additional euro if you had something to eat)
And about the water: they may charge for water, but then they don't serve something that tastes like chilled swimming-pool water with all thet chloride, (and none of that "purified"-crap either! The only need to "purify" drinking water is if you want to upsell water otherwise not fit for human consumption). You get something that compares to the US "Fiji" brand.
Well, not everyone needs to be able to code bubblesort or beyond, right.
But slomst every profession would profit from a simple understanding of batch or macro programming. Nothing too complicated. function calls, true/false, if/then. put even return values, vars and loops into an advanced version.
That's the basics really anyone can profit from. From the secretary automating word with a small macro (as simple as inserting a timstamp on pressing a function key) to users of ifttt.com or setting up Llama/Tasker on their phones. And it's the foundation for learning some real coding later. And some basic logical skills and ability to break down requirements into smaller steps can't hurt either.
Hmm.. I should have my old C64 datasette tapes around somewhere.....