That's not shitty Orwellian wording. It is not some semantic mistake. It says exactly what they mean it to say, and the implications are as bad as it sounds.
Imagine, for a moment, the results of China having a say on "a network designed to impose reasonable controls on behavior". China has about a fifth of the world's population. Why shouldn't they get a proportionally large say?
Smoking cigarettes looks cool. Vaping looks dorky. No one in their right mind would start with vaping, but cigarette smokers wishing to quit don't mind looking dorky to get rid of the cancer sticks.
"Uninstall this app now because it isn't compatible with Windows 10."
That sounds ominous, but you don't need to uninstall your existing version of Windows 10, and there's no app to uninstall. Instead, the message means your PC's hardware isn't compatible with the Creators Update.
And that's reason number eleventy billion why Windows is still crap. A simple message that is completely wrong. They can't even get that right.
The real crime was the story summary posted on Slashdot. For crimes against communication like this, the people need to be represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
IMO, Skype is a poor substitute for dedicated VC hardware (I have experience with Cisco and Tandberg) and a good internet connection. Skype video conferencing is better than a phone call, but nowhere near as good a Cisco conference.
"senior officers said they will have cyber specialists on board to defend the carrier from such attacks" translates to "they have the original installation floppies standing by".
Red light cameras operate automatically, day and night. A red light camera is connected to traffic lights and is activated when a vehicle crosses the white stop line. The camera is programmed to take photographs of any vehicle travelling over the stop line or entering the intersection after the lights have turned red. The camera will not be triggered by vehicles crossing the stop line on yellow or green lights.
You may legally enter an intersection on the yellow light. You must stop on a yellow light, unless it is unsafe to do so. The yellow light is not the end of the green light phase—it is the beginning of the red light phase.
If it’s safe to stop, you must not drive past the stop line at the yellow traffic light or, if there is no stop line, the traffic light.
If it’s unsafe to stop—such as being close to the light when it changes from green to yellow—you may proceed through the yellow light.
"Our goal is to simply achieve maximum happiness for our customers." Sounds like a line from a benevolent droid on Dr Who right before it and its 10 000 chums begin slaughtering every warm-blooded creature within a 10-mile radius.
What to do what to do... "The catalytic converter, an invention that has sharply reduced smog from cars, has now become a significant and growing cause of global warming, according to the Environmental Protection Agency." http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05...
If one of the tenets of preventing global warming is to reduce use of CO2-producing fuels, then using excess wind capacity to generate stored power to use later instead of using CO2-producing fuels would seem useful.
Well expressed. I recently looked into the price of rattlesnake antivenin in the US and was astounded to see it costing up to $10000 per vial. A little searching revealed the cost of production was estimated to be about $14. Link to an article discussing the costs: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/...
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That's not shitty Orwellian wording. It is not some semantic mistake. It says exactly what they mean it to say, and the implications are as bad as it sounds.
Imagine, for a moment, the results of China having a say on "a network designed to impose reasonable controls on behavior". China has about a fifth of the world's population. Why shouldn't they get a proportionally large say?
What's it called?
Monorail!
Smoking cigarettes looks cool. Vaping looks dorky. No one in their right mind would start with vaping, but cigarette smokers wishing to quit don't mind looking dorky to get rid of the cancer sticks.
Signed: nicotine-gum chewing, patch-wearing ex-smoker.
Apple is having discussions. You're not invited.
And that's reason number eleventy billion why Windows is still crap. A simple message that is completely wrong. They can't even get that right.
The real crime was the story summary posted on Slashdot. For crimes against communication like this, the people need to be represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
Do you want to look as happy as AlanObject? Do you want the answer to the question? Send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield.
Fleet does the flying, MI does the dying.
Trawl. You trawl for information. Is this stuff really that hard?
No, they're not standing up. It's a "vertical travel option".
Thanks, Chekov :-)
IMO, Skype is a poor substitute for dedicated VC hardware (I have experience with Cisco and Tandberg) and a good internet connection. Skype video conferencing is better than a phone call, but nowhere near as good a Cisco conference.
"senior officers said they will have cyber specialists on board to defend the carrier from such attacks" translates to "they have the original installation floppies standing by".
As good as the technology is, you still have to cook and feed yourself. I'm waiting for the day when robots can do that for me too.
Maybe it's different where you are.
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/...
How do red light cameras work?
Red light cameras operate automatically, day and night. A red light camera is connected to traffic lights and is activated when a vehicle crosses the white stop line. The camera is programmed to take photographs of any vehicle travelling over the stop line or entering the intersection after the lights have turned red. The camera will not be triggered by vehicles crossing the stop line on yellow or green lights.
You may legally enter an intersection on the yellow light.
You must stop on a yellow light, unless it is unsafe to do so. The yellow light is not the end of the green light phase—it is the beginning of the red light phase.
If it’s safe to stop, you must not drive past the stop line at the yellow traffic light or, if there is no stop line, the traffic light.
If it’s unsafe to stop—such as being close to the light when it changes from green to yellow—you may proceed through the yellow light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Our goal is to simply achieve maximum happiness for our customers." Sounds like a line from a benevolent droid on Dr Who right before it and its 10 000 chums begin slaughtering every warm-blooded creature within a 10-mile radius.
What to do what to do...
"The catalytic converter, an invention that has sharply reduced smog from cars, has now become a significant and growing cause of global warming, according to the Environmental Protection Agency."
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05...
If one of the tenets of preventing global warming is to reduce use of CO2-producing fuels, then using excess wind capacity to generate stored power to use later instead of using CO2-producing fuels would seem useful.
This is /. doncha know. Stop making sensible suggestions.
Well expressed. I recently looked into the price of rattlesnake antivenin in the US and was astounded to see it costing up to $10000 per vial. A little searching revealed the cost of production was estimated to be about $14.
Link to an article discussing the costs:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/...
Link to a research paper by the person responsible for creating the antivenin:
https://www.researchgate.net/p...
Happens in Australia, too. We have a large, well developed public hospital system in each state.
http://www.smh.com.au/national...
I rewatched this one recently and I felt it hadn't aged well.
Sci-fi or dystopian future? Very little sci in it. And I say this while at the same time putting Brazil as my #1 favourite movie.
Zardoz was way ahead of its time. Peer through the bad pacing and old special effects and you'll see a good movie.