Good point! If only there was a centralized, standard number in each country that people could call and be connected to emergency services such as police, paramedics, etc. Someone should develop that.
IANAL but I thought only the -estate- could be held liable for debts (i.e, the bank can take your late grandfather's car but not bill you personally for the excess payments left over).
True, the issue is the companies often do not go through the trouble of importing cars since they do not sense a demand; the inane regulations on importing vehicles make it very hard for those who *do* want the cars to buy them overseas and then import them which would eventually create a market. Ideally it would be just as easy to order a car from overseas as to order a TV set.
Farmers who buy GM seeds are often required to sign contracts promising not to replant the seed, etc. It is a little different from your friendly local hardware store.
Yes it does actually, diesel cars (more efficient) are popular in Europe but not sold often over here (Benz/Jetta TDI excepted) due to emissions controls (pickup trucks>3/4 ton fall under a different regulation and are commonly sold as diesel).
You laugh, but an interesting theory came out a while ago that the terrorist situation will improve in the Middle East naturally over the next 30 years or so. Basically, they claimed that
1. Agrarian/developing societies needed more kids/family since more died in childhood and lots of labor was needed for farms, etc (have 8 kids=5 survive to adulthood, etc).
2. Oil money and the natural course of development pushed these societies into cities where the old tradition of large families continued. Since there was less childhood mortality, and a natural genetic ratio of more male births (and, in some cases, infanticide, etc to select against female babies for dowry and other reasons), there is a large population of (probably unemployed as well due to the surplus of people) young, single males who, as you say, cannot get laid which produces anger.
3. As people begin to have fewer children over the next generation, the gender ratios will balance and future terrorists may just settle down instead.
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I think there is an old quote that goes something like "we were given 2 minds but only enough blood to run one of them at a time"
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I guess it means that I'll be wearing tinfoil pants as well as a hat, to keep THEM from reading my mind, and my credit card. And password. And the chip in my dog.
Must be a pretty small dog or pretty large pants...
If it's at the Supreme Court, everyone gets sanctioned, without right to a trial, for supporting it. I mean, at that point, how could you argue that they should get their day in court when it is the SCOTUS ruling against their law?
Interesting plan, though what if SCOTUS rules in an unconstitutional manner such as Dred Scott, etc. Also, for everyone that recognized the blatant "felony" unconstitutionality of gun laws and political speech restrictions in the campaign finance bill, there were many other people who supported that position and twisted the Constitution to make their angle appear constitutional. You would have to define what is obvious to anyone.
I was in a discussion with a group that included several law enforcement types about this - someone brought up sending TSA screeners through FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where almost all fed agents go through) to give them a standardized base of training in detection of crime, etc. One of the cops said that it would never be considered since most of the TSA screeners he had interacted with professionally could not pass the background checks, let alone education level, required of anyone else dealing w/law enforcement or homeland security type stuff.
I hope by O's/Petty Officers you don't let the pilots and rescue swimmers telecommute - I like them to be there when they are picking me out of the ocean:)
That might work for approving laws/overriding vetos; however, pardons/commutations fall under the executive branch and giving Congress jurisdiction would violate the separation of powers, etc.
The trooper has other ways of verifying your license - he will take it back to the cruiser with him and type the data into his laptop and see if it brings up the matching record in the motor vehicles database (or if he doesn't have a computer he will radio name/DOB/etc to the dispatch and they will look it up).
I don't think this would be unconstitutional - the Supreme Court has ruled that time place and manner restrictions are constitutional - otherwise I could write political messages in the side of your car with my key. Besides, light shows are perfectly legal - all you have to do is notify the FAA of the location/time so they can issue a NOTAM telling pilots to watch out for laser activity. Seen NOTAMs for rock concerts, etc. all the time during flight planning.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
Helicopters are generally exempt from these regulations since they are used for hoisting, etc. as well as being less hazardous if power fails at low altitudes since they can autorotate (smaller chance of crashing).
Speaking from an aeronautical perspective, it may refer to a "constant-speed propeller" (used on airplanes which adjust the blade angle to enable the engine to go different velocities and remain at the most efficient RPM, similar to a continuously variable transmission). Fixed-pitch propellers would then have a 1:1 correspondence between velocity and RPM requiring the engine control GP is talking about.
Any marine engineers care to weigh in?
The distances were pretty much a WAG just to give an example of technicalities.
The ski mask thing is usually done by undercover types so they can remain undercover in case one of their subjects sees them, BTW.
Do you always signal at least 200 feet before a turn and 500 in residential areas? Do you have a license plate frame (unlawful to obstruct any portion of a license plate in many areas)? Do you ever stop at a light/sign with any part of your vehicle protruding over the white stop line?
Many cases where someone gets pulled over for an equipment/minor traffic violation and found to be wanted or carrying a trunk full of meth are actually the result of police seeing a suspicious vehicle. Since they study traffic regulations far more than the average citizen, they can almost always find something to pull a vehicle over for in the 500 pages of regs.
If all you need is the local console password to a system to hack it, security at that company was already in a total state of failure. Just prevent access to the keyboard in the first place!
People like to do what is called "defense in depth"; for example, prisons are well guarded physically with guards/fences/etc; they also are protected by policy (not allowing low-level aircraft flight near prisons to reduce the likelihood of helicopter escapes) as well as OPSEC/COMSEC (not allowing photography inside the prison, monitoring inmate phone calls for escape arrangements).
While I only worked with NMR setups, the principles are often the same.
Magnets require periodic refills of liquid nitrogen (ours about 160L/week@0.20/L) and liquid helium (about 120L/mo@$5/L). Google for helium shortage and you will see the reason for this; basically helium is only produced as a byproduct of natural gas production and only in a few places so our $5/L was actually quite low (we were near a gas hub).
In addition to cryogens, specialized engineer/techs are required to maintain these (on the order of $50k for a weeklong tune-up visit) as well as radiologists and technicians to operate and interpret images. The specialized steel rooms/other construction can easily add another $100k or more in costs, and the magnets and imaging equipment can run into the millions, plus the cost of malpractice insurance which NMR facilities don't have to deal with. Admittedly, the malpractice would probably be lower if people did not pull stupid tricks with large metal objects, but it is quite significant for most medical providers.
Not really good policy for weapon security though; someone walking around with an unloaded weapon is asking for it to be taken (police in particular have a problem with criminals trying to take their guns to use against them or others); if the gun is loaded you at least have a defense against attempts to disarm you.
No! Having a secret-rated laptop connected to the public network could be grounds for losing your clearance or worse. There are specific devices/setups (basically certified portable VPN-type stuff) available if remote SIPRNET drops are needed (google TACLANE).
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Good point! If only there was a centralized, standard number in each country that people could call and be connected to emergency services such as police, paramedics, etc. Someone should develop that.
IANAL but I thought only the -estate- could be held liable for debts (i.e, the bank can take your late grandfather's car but not bill you personally for the excess payments left over).
True, the issue is the companies often do not go through the trouble of importing cars since they do not sense a demand; the inane regulations on importing vehicles make it very hard for those who *do* want the cars to buy them overseas and then import them which would eventually create a market. Ideally it would be just as easy to order a car from overseas as to order a TV set.
Farmers who buy GM seeds are often required to sign contracts promising not to replant the seed, etc. It is a little different from your friendly local hardware store.
Yes it does actually, diesel cars (more efficient) are popular in Europe but not sold often over here (Benz/Jetta TDI excepted) due to emissions controls (pickup trucks>3/4 ton fall under a different regulation and are commonly sold as diesel).
You laugh, but an interesting theory came out a while ago that the terrorist situation will improve in the Middle East naturally over the next 30 years or so. Basically, they claimed that 1. Agrarian/developing societies needed more kids/family since more died in childhood and lots of labor was needed for farms, etc (have 8 kids=5 survive to adulthood, etc). 2. Oil money and the natural course of development pushed these societies into cities where the old tradition of large families continued. Since there was less childhood mortality, and a natural genetic ratio of more male births (and, in some cases, infanticide, etc to select against female babies for dowry and other reasons), there is a large population of (probably unemployed as well due to the surplus of people) young, single males who, as you say, cannot get laid which produces anger. 3. As people begin to have fewer children over the next generation, the gender ratios will balance and future terrorists may just settle down instead.
I think there is an old quote that goes something like "we were given 2 minds but only enough blood to run one of them at a time"
I guess it means that I'll be wearing tinfoil pants as well as a hat, to keep THEM from reading my mind, and my credit card. And password. And the chip in my dog.
Must be a pretty small dog or pretty large pants...
If it's at the Supreme Court, everyone gets sanctioned, without right to a trial, for supporting it. I mean, at that point, how could you argue that they should get their day in court when it is the SCOTUS ruling against their law? Interesting plan, though what if SCOTUS rules in an unconstitutional manner such as Dred Scott, etc. Also, for everyone that recognized the blatant "felony" unconstitutionality of gun laws and political speech restrictions in the campaign finance bill, there were many other people who supported that position and twisted the Constitution to make their angle appear constitutional. You would have to define what is obvious to anyone.
I was in a discussion with a group that included several law enforcement types about this - someone brought up sending TSA screeners through FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where almost all fed agents go through) to give them a standardized base of training in detection of crime, etc. One of the cops said that it would never be considered since most of the TSA screeners he had interacted with professionally could not pass the background checks, let alone education level, required of anyone else dealing w/law enforcement or homeland security type stuff.
I hope by O's/Petty Officers you don't let the pilots and rescue swimmers telecommute - I like them to be there when they are picking me out of the ocean :)
That might work for approving laws/overriding vetos; however, pardons/commutations fall under the executive branch and giving Congress jurisdiction would violate the separation of powers, etc.
The trooper has other ways of verifying your license - he will take it back to the cruiser with him and type the data into his laptop and see if it brings up the matching record in the motor vehicles database (or if he doesn't have a computer he will radio name/DOB/etc to the dispatch and they will look it up).
You know who else tried to stop German elections?
I don't think this would be unconstitutional - the Supreme Court has ruled that time place and manner restrictions are constitutional - otherwise I could write political messages in the side of your car with my key. Besides, light shows are perfectly legal - all you have to do is notify the FAA of the location/time so they can issue a NOTAM telling pilots to watch out for laser activity. Seen NOTAMs for rock concerts, etc. all the time during flight planning.
FAR Part 91.119:
Sec. 91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate
an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an
emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the
surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town,
or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of
1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of
2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above
the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In
those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to
any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the
minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the
operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the
surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply
with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by
the Administrator.
Helicopters are generally exempt from these regulations since they are used for hoisting, etc. as well as being less hazardous if power fails at low altitudes since they can autorotate (smaller chance of crashing).
Speaking from an aeronautical perspective, it may refer to a "constant-speed propeller" (used on airplanes which adjust the blade angle to enable the engine to go different velocities and remain at the most efficient RPM, similar to a continuously variable transmission). Fixed-pitch propellers would then have a 1:1 correspondence between velocity and RPM requiring the engine control GP is talking about. Any marine engineers care to weigh in?
The distances were pretty much a WAG just to give an example of technicalities. The ski mask thing is usually done by undercover types so they can remain undercover in case one of their subjects sees them, BTW.
Do you always signal at least 200 feet before a turn and 500 in residential areas? Do you have a license plate frame (unlawful to obstruct any portion of a license plate in many areas)? Do you ever stop at a light/sign with any part of your vehicle protruding over the white stop line? Many cases where someone gets pulled over for an equipment/minor traffic violation and found to be wanted or carrying a trunk full of meth are actually the result of police seeing a suspicious vehicle. Since they study traffic regulations far more than the average citizen, they can almost always find something to pull a vehicle over for in the 500 pages of regs.
If all you need is the local console password to a system to hack it, security at that company was already in a total state of failure. Just prevent access to the keyboard in the first place! People like to do what is called "defense in depth"; for example, prisons are well guarded physically with guards/fences/etc; they also are protected by policy (not allowing low-level aircraft flight near prisons to reduce the likelihood of helicopter escapes) as well as OPSEC/COMSEC (not allowing photography inside the prison, monitoring inmate phone calls for escape arrangements).
Ahem...
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While I only worked with NMR setups, the principles are often the same.
Magnets require periodic refills of liquid nitrogen (ours about 160L/week@0.20/L) and liquid helium (about 120L/mo@$5/L). Google for helium shortage and you will see the reason for this; basically helium is only produced as a byproduct of natural gas production and only in a few places so our $5/L was actually quite low (we were near a gas hub).
In addition to cryogens, specialized engineer/techs are required to maintain these (on the order of $50k for a weeklong tune-up visit) as well as radiologists and technicians to operate and interpret images. The specialized steel rooms/other construction can easily add another $100k or more in costs, and the magnets and imaging equipment can run into the millions, plus the cost of malpractice insurance which NMR facilities don't have to deal with. Admittedly, the malpractice would probably be lower if people did not pull stupid tricks with large metal objects, but it is quite significant for most medical providers.
I think he's referring to the effect that all the RF energy from a jammer would have on your package.
My old English professor did a technical writing course almost completely wiki-based: http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_showcase/brown_bag/archive/spring06/grohens_scagnoli.html
Not really good policy for weapon security though; someone walking around with an unloaded weapon is asking for it to be taken (police in particular have a problem with criminals trying to take their guns to use against them or others); if the gun is loaded you at least have a defense against attempts to disarm you.
No! Having a secret-rated laptop connected to the public network could be grounds for losing your clearance or worse. There are specific devices/setups (basically certified portable VPN-type stuff) available if remote SIPRNET drops are needed (google TACLANE).