I would think that removing the clitoral hood is almost exactly the same as removing the foreskin. Does the word circumcision mean something different for men and women?
Do not despair. I am sometimes that "Very Serious Chap". I write and review code for a certain type of control systems (allow me to be a little vague on what sort ). People's lives and safety depend on the correct functioning of these systems. The code is exactly as you described and when I have reviewed it and put a yellow highliter through every line (this is the future, after all) I sign my name to it, stamp it with my magic Professional Engineer stamp and take personal and professional responsibility for the code.
The hardware may sometimes come from China, we mostly buy the systems from North American companies, but the components are for certain made in China. The software, however, is still made here, and the software is at least 50% of what makes it safe or not safe.
All of what you said is true. In Toronto the police screwed up by the numbers. The first day they let the hard core, black block types run wild, and did little to intervene.The next day, they made up for it by heavy handedly detaining thousands of peaceful protestors.
There were 2 groups that started the rioting. First there were the hard core rioters. These were the same bunch who riot at G8 meetings. The "Black Bloc". Actually they couldn't give a fuck about politics or hockey. For them, rioting and looting and mixing it up with the cops is a sort of urban "extreme sport". They came equipped with bandana's and geologist hammers.
The second group were a new bunch. The facebook rioters. Riot 2.0 as it were. These were the dumbasses who came downtown so they could take pictures of themselves standing in front of burning cars so they could post them on their facebook. Status "At A Riot. Epic:):):) "
Add to that a huge number of 18-25 year old kids, rat-arse drunk and happy to participate as long as the group is big enough to give them some sort of anonymity.
Angry Canuck fans may have been there but were probably a minority. Groups 1 and 2 would have rioted win or lose.
What evidence would the birthers accept as proof that Obama is in fact a US citizen? The actual birth certificate, which as far as I know is legal proof good enough for any court in the country, doesn't seem to be sufficient. So what evidence will satisfy them? I suspect that the answer is "Any evidence presented is fake, because it contradicts my strongly held belief".
Most people keep only a handful of measurements in their heads. Their height, their weight, the volume of their gas tank maybe a few more. Is it really that much harder to remember "my car takes 45 liters of gas" than "my car takes 10 gallons of gas"?
The Skytrain Rapid transit in Vancouver has been driverless for 25 years. I pretty sure there isn't a system with drivers anywhere in the world with a better safety record. But that's cool, when you come to Vancouver you can take a cab from the airport. Because, you feel much safer trusting $random cabdriver who hasn't slept in 14 hours, to get you there than some algoritrhm,
I've read this three times and still can't parse meaning from it. Are you saying that there are helium containers at Fukushima that should have been triggered but weren't? Or, are you saying that there should have been helium containers but there weren't any? And in either case, how does helium block radiation?
I don't want to spoil the usual misinformed ranting with a bunch of facts, but I just finished jury duty, and this is how it works: The sherrif collects everybody's cell phones and locks them up in a little foam lined briefcase at the start of court every day. You get them back for lunch break and when you leave for the day. Once we were sequestered there were no phones, period, till we reached a verdict.
Exactly correct. Once enough dumbfucks use the word "reactionary" to mean "over reacting" the original meaning of "extreme conservative" will be lost. Some perfectly splendid words have the misfortune to sound like they ought to mean something they don't. Enormity has already lost its original meaning.Tell me, is the English language better off or worse off for it?
Where does this persistent myth that all windows users must pay $ridiculous_amount for anti-virus software come from? Avast, Avira, AVG, Clam-win and bunch more are all free for home users. Same for Spybot, and Hijack This, Comodo and Zone Alarm firewall.
Dirty power is a real problem. We had our design office in an old industrial building, the back half of which was a truck repair shop and warehouse. In one year 6 of our 10 computers had some kind of failure, the worst were 2 hard drives dead, the least were corruption and crash problems resulting a re-image and re-install. One of the brighter folks suggested maybe it was dirty power, what with the welders and compressors and hoists and so forth next door. We bought a cheap 500 VA APC UPS for each computer. We had zero failures over the next three years.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but as a clarification, a Professional Engineer in Canada is registered when the Professional Association accepts him/her as a member. There is a test, but only to do with legal requirements of the profession, ethics and professional practice. No actual test of engineering knowledge is required. Registration is granted based on an engineering degree plus qualifying experience.
I quite enjoy the cellphone free nature of air travel. One of the few big pluses for me. A few hours without having to hear 1/2 of a conversation shouted into a phone 3 seats away is actually pretty good.
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I would think that removing the clitoral hood is almost exactly the same as removing the foreskin. Does the word circumcision mean something different for men and women?
Do not despair. I am sometimes that "Very Serious Chap". I write and review code for a certain type of control systems (allow me to be a little vague on what sort ). People's lives and safety depend on the correct functioning of these systems. The code is exactly as you described and when I have reviewed it and put a yellow highliter through every line (this is the future, after all) I sign my name to it, stamp it with my magic Professional Engineer stamp and take personal and professional responsibility for the code.
The hardware may sometimes come from China, we mostly buy the systems from North American companies, but the components are for certain made in China. The software, however, is still made here, and the software is at least 50% of what makes it safe or not safe.
Absolutely true. I guess I didn't make that clear.
All of what you said is true. In Toronto the police screwed up by the numbers. The first day they let the hard core, black block types run wild, and did little to intervene.The next day, they made up for it by heavy handedly detaining thousands of peaceful protestors.
Sorry about the grocer's apostrophe. /Hangs head in shame.
There were 2 groups that started the rioting. First there were the hard core rioters. These were the same bunch who riot at G8 meetings. The "Black Bloc". Actually they couldn't give a fuck about politics or hockey. For them, rioting and looting and mixing it up with the cops is a sort of urban "extreme sport". They came equipped with bandana's and geologist hammers.
:) :) :) "
The second group were a new bunch. The facebook rioters. Riot 2.0 as it were. These were the dumbasses who came downtown so they could take pictures of themselves standing in front of burning cars so they could post them on their facebook. Status "At A Riot. Epic
Add to that a huge number of 18-25 year old kids, rat-arse drunk and happy to participate as long as the group is big enough to give them some sort of anonymity.
Angry Canuck fans may have been there but were probably a minority. Groups 1 and 2 would have rioted win or lose.
Mass Effect - Krogan and Geth Snipers? at the top of the Prothean Tower. I think they even threw in an elevator ride.
He must be thinking of "Dos ain't done till Lotus won't run" - Also not true.
What evidence would the birthers accept as proof that Obama is in fact a US citizen? The actual birth certificate, which as far as I know is legal proof good enough for any court in the country, doesn't seem to be sufficient. So what evidence will satisfy them? I suspect that the answer is "Any evidence presented is fake, because it contradicts my strongly held belief".
Most people keep only a handful of measurements in their heads. Their height, their weight, the volume of their gas tank maybe a few more. Is it really that much harder to remember "my car takes 45 liters of gas" than "my car takes 10 gallons of gas"?
You say that like it's a bad thing.
AutoCAD Civil 3D in a browser? Sure.
The Skytrain Rapid transit in Vancouver has been driverless for 25 years. I pretty sure there isn't a system with drivers anywhere in the world with a better safety record. But that's cool, when you come to Vancouver you can take a cab from the airport. Because, you feel much safer trusting $random cabdriver who hasn't slept in 14 hours, to get you there than some algoritrhm,
I've read this three times and still can't parse meaning from it. Are you saying that there are helium containers at Fukushima that should have been triggered but weren't? Or, are you saying that there should have been helium containers but there weren't any? And in either case, how does helium block radiation?
I don't want to spoil the usual misinformed ranting with a bunch of facts, but I just finished jury duty, and this is how it works: The sherrif collects everybody's cell phones and locks them up in a little foam lined briefcase at the start of court every day. You get them back for lunch break and when you leave for the day. Once we were sequestered there were no phones, period, till we reached a verdict.
Exactly correct. Once enough dumbfucks use the word "reactionary" to mean "over reacting" the original meaning of "extreme conservative" will be lost. Some perfectly splendid words have the misfortune to sound like they ought to mean something they don't. Enormity has already lost its original meaning.Tell me, is the English language better off or worse off for it?
reactionary does not mean = "over-reacting", even if you think it should.
Where does this persistent myth that all windows users must pay $ridiculous_amount for anti-virus software come from? Avast, Avira, AVG, Clam-win and bunch more are all free for home users. Same for Spybot, and Hijack This, Comodo and Zone Alarm firewall.
Dirty power is a real problem. We had our design office in an old industrial building, the back half of which was a truck repair shop and warehouse. In one year 6 of our 10 computers had some kind of failure, the worst were 2 hard drives dead, the least were corruption and crash problems resulting a re-image and re-install. One of the brighter folks suggested maybe it was dirty power, what with the welders and compressors and hoists and so forth next door. We bought a cheap 500 VA APC UPS for each computer. We had zero failures over the next three years.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but as a clarification, a Professional Engineer in Canada is registered when the Professional Association accepts him/her as a member. There is a test, but only to do with legal requirements of the profession, ethics and professional practice. No actual test of engineering knowledge is required. Registration is granted based on an engineering degree plus qualifying experience.
You confound us all when you confuse confound with confuse.
I quite enjoy the cellphone free nature of air travel. One of the few big pluses for me. A few hours without having to hear 1/2 of a conversation shouted into a phone 3 seats away is actually pretty good.
Re: Your first item. The Swiss Guard still use them every day.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/623972/122952/Swiss-Guards-outside-the-Vatican-palace-Vatican-City
Not real common anywhere else, I'll admit.
Why exactly is making MoS2 devices the dumbest thing one could do, EVER?
Richer than dirt - not exactly raising the bar very high now are we?