Almost all current weapon regulations define weapons as devices designed to fire projectiles. Lasers do not fire projectiles and are not subject to such regulation.
The past tense form of the verb bing is bunged. The object of bunged is the person attempting to search and the subject is Microsoft.
As an example: I tried to search for an ancient Semitic proverb mis-attributed to Lincoln, but Microsoft bunged me.
This (or something operating on the same principle) has been around for more than 6 years on the Ginza line in Tokyo. The Japanese term for it roughly translates to large tunnel interior advertising. According to this article, the first installation was in Atlanta in 2001. There's also a picture of the advertisement itself.
That's not quite the case. Legal U.S. residents (including citizens and foreign nationals with resident status) can enlist. Only citizens can be commissioned as officers.
I don't have any illusions about the possibility of email being used to store everything, only doubts about the appropriateness of doing so. Transmitting and storing independent copies of every conceivable file and piece of information means that information can't be updated, deleted or managed efficiently.
If you're storing files, use a file system. If you need to store normalized data and have consistent access to it, use a database. Email was not designed with either purpose in mind.
Assuming that you read constantly, don't sleep, eat or perform any useful work, you have a theoretical maximum of (31 * 24 * 60 =) 44640 minutes to read email every month. Assuming that you can read 1000 wpm and that the average number of bytes per word in a plain text message is 20, you could still only read (44640 minutes * 1000 wpm * 20 bytes per word =) 851 MB per month.
You're just wasting bandwidth because you have it available, there's nothing practical or ordinary about it.
You should probably consider the inverse-square law. Cell towers transmit at higher power than cell phones, but only a minuscule portion of that reaches even a person standing at the base of the tower. With a cell phone against your ear, about half of the transmitted rf energy is going through your skull.
Go originated in China, but is played in Japan.
TFA is about naming things Go, so it might be worthwhile to note that Go is the Japanese name for the game.
For a time, I jogged to and from work every day. When I was running, I could be more optimistic than usual. It allowed me to process stressful events in a positive way. Sometimes I didn't like the running itself, but I needed it to stay sane. YMMV
As long as detection is based on behavior and not skin color, there's nothing wrong with it.
If "acting like a young person of color" involves trespassing or loitering the system should flag it just as readily as anything else. Assuming that you're talking about legal behaviors, again, I don't see a problem. This system doesn't know anything about race, and is perfectly ignorant of it. This is an example of a "color-blind" system. There are people who claim to want a "color-blind" society, yet they always seem to want exceptions.
Do you really think that Einstein held forth on each insignificant detail of everyday life? Aphorisms and bons mots are more likely to come from Oscar Wilde, Poor Richard, or Mark Twain. This is the sort of gullible naivete that fuels urban legends and endlessly forwarded emails.
Why should anyone care about Einstein's opinion on primary education and honeybees? If a statement can't stand on its own, don't bring Einstein into it. Even if you're discussing physics, "According to Einstein... " should only be used as a short-hand to indicate the source of your information, not as a validation of it.
It's a mistake is to imply that because there's an equivalent amount of energy involved, the event would occur with the same explosive force as TNT. Explosives are low in energy density compared to fuels, or even food. Fat, protein, and wood all have significantly higher energy densities than TNT. You might as well have said,
If there is only one transformer for the dam and this transformer shorts, every second there is up to an equivalent energy of 0.4 tonnes of delicious steak being converted to heat in a very small space as opposed to providing useful power all over the electrical grid. If there are any butchers here, I'm sure they can clue you in to what 0.4 tonnes of ribeye will do.
It isn't the total energy of explosives that causes destruction, it's the power of the explosion and the attendant shock wave. Is there any reason to expect that a transformer explosion would progress on the same time scale as an explosive detonation?
In this case, it's evident that asking for ID was the wrong decision. It assumes that having valid identification makes the tech a safe person (i.e. that Verizon doesn't employee dangerous people), or that Verizon would assume some sort of liability for the actions of criminally violent employees. Other companies might have higher standards, but trusting Verizon for anything is apparently a losing move.
Instead of trusting a stranger who shows up at your door, don't let anyone in to your house if you have suspicions about them. The customer in question made the mistake of opening his door for someone he already had misgivings about. He would have been much better off ignoring this villain and simply requesting another appointment from Verizon.
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Almost all current weapon regulations define weapons as devices designed to fire projectiles. Lasers do not fire projectiles and are not subject to such regulation.
The past tense form of the verb bing is bunged. The object of bunged is the person attempting to search and the subject is Microsoft.
As an example: I tried to search for an ancient Semitic proverb mis-attributed to Lincoln, but Microsoft bunged me.
This (or something operating on the same principle) has been around for more than 6 years on the Ginza line in Tokyo. The Japanese term for it roughly translates to large tunnel interior advertising. According to this article, the first installation was in Atlanta in 2001. There's also a picture of the advertisement itself.
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft - and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. - Wernher von Braun
That's not quite the case.
Legal U.S. residents (including citizens and foreign nationals with resident status) can enlist.
Only citizens can be commissioned as officers.
I don't have any illusions about the possibility of email being used to store everything, only doubts about the appropriateness of doing so. Transmitting and storing independent copies of every conceivable file and piece of information means that information can't be updated, deleted or managed efficiently.
If you're storing files, use a file system. If you need to store normalized data and have consistent access to it, use a database. Email was not designed with either purpose in mind.
I get more than 15GB of email a month.
Assuming that you read constantly, don't sleep, eat or perform any useful work, you have a theoretical maximum of (31 * 24 * 60 =) 44640 minutes to read email every month. Assuming that you can read 1000 wpm and that the average number of bytes per word in a plain text message is 20, you could still only read (44640 minutes * 1000 wpm * 20 bytes per word =) 851 MB per month.
You're just wasting bandwidth because you have it available, there's nothing practical or ordinary about it.
You should probably consider the inverse-square law.
Cell towers transmit at higher power than cell phones, but only a minuscule portion of that reaches even a person standing at the base of the tower. With a cell phone against your ear, about half of the transmitted rf energy is going through your skull.
Turns out pusing the fat guy in front of the train kills the fat guy and everyone on the train, and happens to kill the 5 people on the track also
yeah, you're just greasing the wheels
Go originated in China, but is played in Japan. TFA is about naming things Go, so it might be worthwhile to note that Go is the Japanese name for the game.
For a time, I jogged to and from work every day. When I was running, I could be more optimistic than usual. It allowed me to process stressful events in a positive way. Sometimes I didn't like the running itself, but I needed it to stay sane. YMMV
As long as detection is based on behavior and not skin color, there's nothing wrong with it.
If "acting like a young person of color" involves trespassing or loitering the system should flag it just as readily as anything else. Assuming that you're talking about legal behaviors, again, I don't see a problem. This system doesn't know anything about race, and is perfectly ignorant of it. This is an example of a "color-blind" system. There are people who claim to want a "color-blind" society, yet they always seem to want exceptions.
and then move straight into science fiction:
Please don't post misinformation in science related threads anymore.
Realizing that one's mother is unpopular is disappointing...
On the other hand, it's better than realizing that one's mother is popular
Oops, I guess it's not. My mistake. Still, does every article about this technology need dozens of comments about mirrors?
This is meant to destroy missiles that have already launched. It's safe to assume no one will be standing next to them.
Einstein once said, ""The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
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I have two complaints.
If there is only one transformer for the dam and this transformer shorts, every second there is up to an equivalent energy of 0.4 tonnes of delicious steak being converted to heat in a very small space as opposed to providing useful power all over the electrical grid. If there are any butchers here, I'm sure they can clue you in to what 0.4 tonnes of ribeye will do.
It isn't the total energy of explosives that causes destruction, it's the power of the explosion and the attendant shock wave. Is there any reason to expect that a transformer explosion would progress on the same time scale as an explosive detonation?
Actually, there's a picture of the homeowner in TFA, and he's caucasian. Click on the next button under the photo caption to see him.
You're right about not needing to ask for ID.
In this case, it's evident that asking for ID was the wrong decision. It assumes that having valid identification makes the tech a safe person (i.e. that Verizon doesn't employee dangerous people), or that Verizon would assume some sort of liability for the actions of criminally violent employees. Other companies might have higher standards, but trusting Verizon for anything is apparently a losing move.
Instead of trusting a stranger who shows up at your door, don't let anyone in to your house if you have suspicions about them. The customer in question made the mistake of opening his door for someone he already had misgivings about. He would have been much better off ignoring this villain and simply requesting another appointment from Verizon.
Human flesh that hasn't been abused for 30 years is probabally [sic] quite tasty.
Good luck finding that on slashdot. Oh right, that's why we need the vat meat!
He's a Christian because he likes tequila? That's a bit of a non-sequitur.
No, no, no. Thrashing is what it's called in this industry. It's a dark day when lawyers are teaching geeks about operating systems and scheduling.
It's not the price that makes this implausible, it's the lack of infrastructure. An unknown company like this would either build their own infrastructure or make a deal with existing carriers. Either one of those would be newsworthy and hard to imagine from what looks to be a privately held startup with six employees, at least two of whom are related.
Are you kidding? This story and the whole concept of Jupiter as a celestial body is heretical and an attack on traditional values.