I actually made some nitrogen tri-iodide at around age 15. I had gone to a summer camp for "gifted" students at a local college, and we had pretty free access to the chem lab. So, I and a buddy were able to get pure iodine crystals and concentrated ammonium hydroxide, which made it easy. You just dissolve the iodine in the NH4OH, filter the residue, and do whatever you want with it while it's wet. Once it dries, it's a very effective contact explosive. Great for painting on stair treads and doorknobs, or stuffing into capsules for little throwable bombs.
Actually, the video was from March of this year (2010) - Sherrod was relating an event that took place in 1986. Just trying to keep the facts straight (an impossible task, I know)
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I actually just read the proposed bill, and nowhere in it do the words "broadband providers, search engines, [or]...software firms" appear. Methinks a bit of FUD is being spread here.
...(we operate infrared and sub-millimetre telescopes), we have a Software and Computing Services section whose head reports directly to the Director. There are 2 of us actual IT guys, in the "Computing Services Group", who report directly to the Head of SCS.
Since the observatories literally cannot function without their respective computer/network infrastructures (not to mention the needs of all the staff - about 55 people), we are a relatively highly-regarded asset. We do everything from pulling cables to designing networks - a pretty wide range of activities. We write some software, mostly for system administration use, some web apps, but most of the software that drives the telescopes and reduces the data is written by the other engineers in the SCS.
I don't get why the Telcos think they have the right to shape traffic, my friends work for a rural electric co-op and the power company doesn't give three hoots what you do with your electrons. Why can't AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, etc be the same? Just sell the bandwidth and let us do whatever we want, within legal boundaries.
Well, the problem is that the electric company generates N megawatts of power, more than enough for all its subscribers, most of the time. When demand exceeds capacity, we get brownouts.
By contrast, the telcos/cable operators oversell their capacity by some huge factor. If they had to provide full bandwidth to all their subscribers simultaneously, they'd need much bigger tubes. The model only works when most subscribers rarely use anything close to their nominal bandwidth. When every Joe Sixpack starts watching streaming video, the total bandwidth of the ISP starts getting used up, quickly. To avoid having to increase capacity, they want to throttle services. And, if you're going to do that, you want to throttle competitors' services before your own...
It is unfortunate that so many people attempt to dodge jury duty instead of doing their duty and giving other citizens the fair trial to which they are entitled. I wish more saw it as an opportunity to better our society instead of a burden to be avoided.
It really doesn't matter. Anyone who is intelligent and well-informed will not get selected for a jury - neither side wants people who can think for themselves; they just want people who they can persuade.
Best way to get out of jury duty? Accept that a day is shot, show up, and whenever questioned give intelligent, rational answers to anything the attorneys ask. Be sure to discuss the merits of both sides of any issue. Oh, and express a strong opinion (pro or con, it doesn't matter) about the general offense in question and the specific crime - all the while insisting that, of course you can judge fairly on nothing but the facts presented. You will be thanked for your service and dismissed. Go have a beer.
It would be clever, if there were such a thing as an "INTERPOL agent" who could "spy on us with impunity and share the intelligence with our government". Of course, let's not let facts interfere with a good rant...
INTERPOL employees are not law enforcement agents, either. They also do not have a job mandate to "go around arresting people and removing them to foreign jurisdictions". Where do you people get your information, anyway?
"...what's to stop Interpol agents from arresting U.S. citizens on U.S. soil and taking them off to the Hague to stand trial?" could it be...US law?
Have you not read either the FA or any of the previous comments? INTERPOL is not a police force - they do not make arrests, conduct searches, or perform any other police functions. They act as a clearinghouse and co-ordinating body for various national and local police forces - that's it. And besides, they have not been granted "diplomatic immunity".
It's obvious the right-wingnuts have found something else to get all frothed about.
These 3 ducks had to go to court.
The Judge asked the first duck, "What's your name?" "Quack" "And why are you here?" "I was blowing bubbles in the pond". "Thirty days. Next case".
The Judge asked the next duck, "What's your name?" "Quack Quack" "And why are you here?" "I was blowing bubbles in the pond". "Thirty days. Next case".
The judge said to the third duck, "I suppose your name is Quack Quack Quack?" "No, I'm Bubbles".
Except that the jury found she did not do any of those things. Lori Drew did not open the account, and did not post any of the messages. So, the prosecution charged her with illegal access. Unless you used your real name and contact info when you created your/. account, you too could be sent to Federal prison!
But of course that can NEVER happen. The two-party system is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why would either major party (even when it's in the minority) really want to give up the possibility of being in complete control after the next election cycle?
I agree completely with this. The only way a multi-party system could come about in the US is for a good, strong third party (or more) to start from the local government levels to build a strong, competitive organization that can get people elected at all levels.
Not to mention the fact that this would require a change to our Constitution. Right now most of the people in our country are so incredibly polarized into these major divisions that I can't imagine getting the types of supermajorities needed for ANY constitutional amendment, let alone something as fundamental as reformulating the allocation of legislators.
How do you get this? Political parties aren't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. In fact, the Founding Fathers were deeply skeptical of political parties. The parties in power have changed over our history, and there's no structural reason why we couldn't have multiple viable parties - what we can't have without a Constitutional amendment is a Parliamentary system, where the leader of the majority party automatically becomes Head of Government, and the Executive Branch is structurally dependent on the Legislative Branch.
He called the Fire Department because of an air conditioning fire. When they arrived, and were admitted by the homeowner, they saw all the chemicals - then called the cops (or maybe, as in many jurisdictions, the cops routinely respond to fire scenes).
No Gestapo tactics, here.
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I actually made some nitrogen tri-iodide at around age 15. I had gone to a summer camp for "gifted" students at a local college, and we had pretty free access to the chem lab. So, I and a buddy were able to get pure iodine crystals and concentrated ammonium hydroxide, which made it easy. You just dissolve the iodine in the NH4OH, filter the residue, and do whatever you want with it while it's wet. Once it dries, it's a very effective contact explosive. Great for painting on stair treads and doorknobs, or stuffing into capsules for little throwable bombs.
Good times...
Me too!
Actually, the video was from March of this year (2010) - Sherrod was relating an event that took place in 1986. Just trying to keep the facts straight (an impossible task, I know)
OK - Firefox 4 (4.0b2pre, x86_64, Kubuntu 10.04) 250ms ... to draw the initial image. Expanding the same area on each, Chrome took 1797 ms, Firefox took 203 ms.
Chrome (5.0.375.86 beta, x86_64, Kubuntu 10.04) 787ms
I actually just read the proposed bill, and nowhere in it do the words "broadband providers, search engines, [or]...software firms" appear. Methinks a bit of FUD is being spread here.
...(we operate infrared and sub-millimetre telescopes), we have a Software and Computing Services section whose head reports directly to the Director. There are 2 of us actual IT guys, in the "Computing Services Group", who report directly to the Head of SCS.
Since the observatories literally cannot function without their respective computer/network infrastructures (not to mention the needs of all the staff - about 55 people), we are a relatively highly-regarded asset. We do everything from pulling cables to designing networks - a pretty wide range of activities. We write some software, mostly for system administration use, some web apps, but most of the software that drives the telescopes and reduces the data is written by the other engineers in the SCS.
Whoosh....
I don't get why the Telcos think they have the right to shape traffic, my friends work for a rural electric co-op and the power company doesn't give three hoots what you do with your electrons. Why can't AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, etc be the same? Just sell the bandwidth and let us do whatever we want, within legal boundaries.
Well, the problem is that the electric company generates N megawatts of power, more than enough for all its subscribers, most of the time. When demand exceeds capacity, we get brownouts.
By contrast, the telcos/cable operators oversell their capacity by some huge factor. If they had to provide full bandwidth to all their subscribers simultaneously, they'd need much bigger tubes. The model only works when most subscribers rarely use anything close to their nominal bandwidth. When every Joe Sixpack starts watching streaming video, the total bandwidth of the ISP starts getting used up, quickly. To avoid having to increase capacity, they want to throttle services. And, if you're going to do that, you want to throttle competitors' services before your own...
I know it's been stated probably thousands of times on /., but ISPs are NOT common carriers. See FCC v. Brand X, USSC, 2005.
It is unfortunate that so many people attempt to dodge jury duty instead of doing their duty and giving other citizens the fair trial to which they are entitled. I wish more saw it as an opportunity to better our society instead of a burden to be avoided.
It really doesn't matter. Anyone who is intelligent and well-informed will not get selected for a jury - neither side wants people who can think for themselves; they just want people who they can persuade.
Best way to get out of jury duty? Accept that a day is shot, show up, and whenever questioned give intelligent, rational answers to anything the attorneys ask. Be sure to discuss the merits of both sides of any issue. Oh, and express a strong opinion (pro or con, it doesn't matter) about the general offense in question and the specific crime - all the while insisting that, of course you can judge fairly on nothing but the facts presented. You will be thanked for your service and dismissed. Go have a beer.
From TFA:
I thought spoofing caller ID was now illegal...
Not yet. The bill passed the US House of Representatives, but not the Senate.
So, just be sure to mark all your messages "Not Read" after you read them - then, they will be legally "not opened", and thus would require a warrant.
Next problem?
It would be clever, if there were such a thing as an "INTERPOL agent" who could "spy on us with impunity and share the intelligence with our government". Of course, let's not let facts interfere with a good rant...
INTERPOL employees are not law enforcement agents, either. They also do not have a job mandate to "go around arresting people and removing them to foreign jurisdictions". Where do you people get your information, anyway?
"...what's to stop Interpol agents from arresting U.S. citizens on U.S. soil and taking them off to the Hague to stand trial?" could it be...US law?
Have you not read either the FA or any of the previous comments? INTERPOL is not a police force - they do not make arrests, conduct searches, or perform any other police functions. They act as a clearinghouse and co-ordinating body for various national and local police forces - that's it. And besides, they have not been granted "diplomatic immunity".
It's obvious the right-wingnuts have found something else to get all frothed about.
These 3 ducks had to go to court. The Judge asked the first duck, "What's your name?" "Quack" "And why are you here?" "I was blowing bubbles in the pond". "Thirty days. Next case". The Judge asked the next duck, "What's your name?" "Quack Quack" "And why are you here?" "I was blowing bubbles in the pond". "Thirty days. Next case". The judge said to the third duck, "I suppose your name is Quack Quack Quack?" "No, I'm Bubbles".
All your base are belong to us!
Except that the jury found she did not do any of those things. Lori Drew did not open the account, and did not post any of the messages. So, the prosecution charged her with illegal access. Unless you used your real name and contact info when you created your /. account, you too could be sent to Federal prison!
blockdev --report /dev/* 2>/dev/null
if you don't want to see the errors...
But of course that can NEVER happen. The two-party system is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why would either major party (even when it's in the minority) really want to give up the possibility of being in complete control after the next election cycle?
I agree completely with this. The only way a multi-party system could come about in the US is for a good, strong third party (or more) to start from the local government levels to build a strong, competitive organization that can get people elected at all levels.
Not to mention the fact that this would require a change to our Constitution. Right now most of the people in our country are so incredibly polarized into these major divisions that I can't imagine getting the types of supermajorities needed for ANY constitutional amendment, let alone something as fundamental as reformulating the allocation of legislators.
How do you get this? Political parties aren't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. In fact, the Founding Fathers were deeply skeptical of political parties. The parties in power have changed over our history, and there's no structural reason why we couldn't have multiple viable parties - what we can't have without a Constitutional amendment is a Parliamentary system, where the leader of the majority party automatically becomes Head of Government, and the Executive Branch is structurally dependent on the Legislative Branch.
He called the Fire Department because of an air conditioning fire. When they arrived, and were admitted by the homeowner, they saw all the chemicals - then called the cops (or maybe, as in many jurisdictions, the cops routinely respond to fire scenes). No Gestapo tactics, here.
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