I use the metric system happily, and I've never needed to have a calculator handy. [bashing mode]Except when encountering stubborn Americans on slashdot.:) [/bashing mode] Reason enough?
The UK has changed, and that's where the imperial system came from. Still not?
Those sheets of plywood you speak of are not made to the exact sizes specified in imperial units by precision equipment, they're rounded. Same rounding happens with metric. And do you think all doors are the same height? Or all sheets of plywood?
Road signs are always corrected with stickers. No-one in any coutry would ever change millions of signs at once for a small change. Not even just a few signs.
Furniture is no problem, I have a 210x190 bed, which happens to be slightly larger than the most common size in Finland. Note that other countries thend to have different common sizes for beds. Some like them wide, some like more floor space. Anything else is a non-issue since you don't by furniture by the measurement, you buy the shelf that fits in the space.
Speeds is like changing currency unit (which has been tried successfully), except hell of a lot easier. Takes some getting used to, and after a year, no-one will remember the old system.
Land is not dependent on units. You look at cornerstones, find out the borders, and calculate the area in whatever unit. Which unit doesn't matter because the numbers won't be rounded, they have to be precise.
Of course there's changes, but look, you take a few years to prepare and then change. It isn't rocket science, man!
Take this roadmap as a service from me: 2008 Q1- change distances 2008 Q2 - change speeds 2008 Q3 - change the loose ends, tidbits
I think there's a minority in Japan that wants to disguise the Japanese atrocities of WWII, perhaps the same type of people that continue to debate over Takeshima/Dokdo and Kuril Islands. And also, like in all countries, a vast majority of people who don't really care all that much anymore. It's all in the long gone past, and if you didn't live then or right thereafter, you don't have much of an opinion, really.
I think it's good that the Japanese government is provoked to face this, before it becomes pointless. Although those recent protests in China over the textbooks seemed a bit staged.
No, the attackers are generating the traffic spikes, the sensors passively pick it up. Then the attackers can lurk on the public stats and logs to find out the locations of the sensors.
I consider the A-bombing one of the largest (single) atrocities ever, and I can't think there are any excuses. However, in war, you can often only choose between atrocities. Thus, while I can't see A-bombing as being justified, not doing so might have been even less justified.
In 1945, Arthur Harris decided to create a firestorm in the medieval city of Dresden. He considered it a good target as it had not been attacked during the war and was virtually undefended by anti-aircraft guns.
I wish I could share your experience, kind of. I've never encoutered a bad infection on any machine I've owned. My Windows-machines don't really crash that often, and work rather nicely. I'd like some incentive to switch.
Speaking of which, does anyone know of a good tracker (modern, full-featured, MIDI, arbitrary channels, like Renoise) for linux?
As I said in a previous post, I can buy most things with cash in Finland. Last week, I was at the flight carriers ticket seller at the airport with my frined, who needed money for a 200 euro ticket. They wouldn't take my Visa Electron card though (not a credit card, note), so I went to the ATM a few steps away, withdrew the money and paid.
A few years ago, I was at a shopping mall buying tickets for a different route, for both me and one of my other friends, total of about 1150 EUR (that's 1723CAD, 797GBP, 1417USD). I had my daily spending limit set too low at that time, so I had to go down one floor to a bank office, personally withdraw 1200EUR, and go back up and slap the money on the counter. No problem.
So there: Hotels are peanuts. ATM's are everywhere. Credit cards are not necessary. If I would need any small loan, I'll go and take a small loan.
In Finland, just about everything can be bought with cash. I don't have a credit card, and if I get one, it will only be for internet shopping purposes. With American companies. Bastards.
Imagine having two people facing each other with controls to each other, but telling them that their controls are to their own neck-sets. Then directing them to do identical movements for a while, and then let them do their own controlling, thinking they are controlling themselves: Chaos!
Or, imagine lining up 100 people on a field, making them walk in one direction, and then controlling them. Instant North Korean Parade!
Some people have more depth perception, some have less. I usually find that 3d stuff is way too much "in my face", and just unnaturally 3-dimensional. The exaggeration and the blurriness tend to make them strange experiences for me. Cool, but strange.
Of course the 3d effect can be startling and/or fantastic to me, that's easy, you just need to know which types of movement trigger that reflex/feeling in the vision system. However, realistic they are not, at least not for me. Also, since those movies tend to want to place things in the very closest foreground, they get a very restricted area of movement, since nothing can move outside of the screen area, even though it feels like they should. This gets me a kind of "constricted" feeling, but obviously doesn't apply in imax-type theaters.
Disclaimer: in the military, I maxed out on the depth perception test (reached highest sensitivity).
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I live in Finland. What do you mean by "sun is overhead"?
Well, they certainly try. Who's the owner again?
You know, there was an incident when it actually was more complicated that rocket science. And that was a Bad Thing.
The UK has changed, and that's where the imperial system came from. Still not?
Those sheets of plywood you speak of are not made to the exact sizes specified in imperial units by precision equipment, they're rounded. Same rounding happens with metric. And do you think all doors are the same height? Or all sheets of plywood?
Road signs are always corrected with stickers. No-one in any coutry would ever change millions of signs at once for a small change. Not even just a few signs.
Furniture is no problem, I have a 210x190 bed, which happens to be slightly larger than the most common size in Finland. Note that other countries thend to have different common sizes for beds. Some like them wide, some like more floor space. Anything else is a non-issue since you don't by furniture by the measurement, you buy the shelf that fits in the space.
Speeds is like changing currency unit (which has been tried successfully), except hell of a lot easier. Takes some getting used to, and after a year, no-one will remember the old system.
Land is not dependent on units. You look at cornerstones, find out the borders, and calculate the area in whatever unit. Which unit doesn't matter because the numbers won't be rounded, they have to be precise.
Of course there's changes, but look, you take a few years to prepare and then change. It isn't rocket science, man!
Take this roadmap as a service from me:
2008 Q1- change distances
2008 Q2 - change speeds
2008 Q3 - change the loose ends, tidbits
Use decimeters for your measuring pleasure. You don't have to make it hard for yourself you know...
Take down can mean dismantle.
I think it's good that the Japanese government is provoked to face this, before it becomes pointless. Although those recent protests in China over the textbooks seemed a bit staged.
No, the attackers are generating the traffic spikes, the sensors passively pick it up. Then the attackers can lurk on the public stats and logs to find out the locations of the sensors.
Sure, but.. firebombing? Sure, there might not have been many options to choose from, but still.
Am I making any sense..?
Consider this:
Try a php function instead, you could make all the action by yourself.
Egads! Almost, but it only supports MOD and XM formats. That's good for a start, but way the hell old stuff by now... :(
Aha, but they won't even take a deposit? Sounds like bad business..
Speaking of which, does anyone know of a good tracker (modern, full-featured, MIDI, arbitrary channels, like Renoise) for linux?
A few years ago, I was at a shopping mall buying tickets for a different route, for both me and one of my other friends, total of about 1150 EUR (that's 1723CAD, 797GBP, 1417USD). I had my daily spending limit set too low at that time, so I had to go down one floor to a bank office, personally withdraw 1200EUR, and go back up and slap the money on the counter. No problem.
So there: Hotels are peanuts. ATM's are everywhere. Credit cards are not necessary. If I would need any small loan, I'll go and take a small loan.
Any questions? :)
In Finland, just about everything can be bought with cash. I don't have a credit card, and if I get one, it will only be for internet shopping purposes. With American companies. Bastards.
Yes but it's great for preventing murder mysteries!
Or, imagine lining up 100 people on a field, making them walk in one direction, and then controlling them. Instant North Korean Parade!
I think she's trying it out for the first time, might be the TV reporter actually. She says "Hah, this is funny!" at one point.
Of course the 3d effect can be startling and/or fantastic to me, that's easy, you just need to know which types of movement trigger that reflex/feeling in the vision system. However, realistic they are not, at least not for me. Also, since those movies tend to want to place things in the very closest foreground, they get a very restricted area of movement, since nothing can move outside of the screen area, even though it feels like they should. This gets me a kind of "constricted" feeling, but obviously doesn't apply in imax-type theaters.
Disclaimer: in the military, I maxed out on the depth perception test (reached highest sensitivity).
Or swords.
"You can have it cheap, low-quality, or inexpensive. Pick two."
Do I get full points?
I think the programmer of The False Detector doesn't know about the '!' character.
I won't try to make any joke about pollution, but why couldn't Hitler (specifically) be an environmentalist?