You mean the key that 90% of gamers disabled or removed because accidentally touching it just as you were about to cap/frag/score/win/pwn/save the princess is the leading cause of keyboards being snapped in half over a knee in a fit of hysterical rage? That key us gamers haven't used, ever? Great.
Nope. Although a quick check of the big three (Rogers/Bell/Telus) reveals that Telus has "caller ID and voicemail included!" on their promotional plans right now, but I doubt that will last.
Up here $50 basically gets you 200 minutes, 100mb (Telus/Rogers) or 500mb (Bell) data, unlimited sms/mms, call waiting/conference calling, unlimited evenings/weekends (6pm on Rogers/Telus, 9pm on Bell), 5 (Bell) or 10 (Rogers/Telus) "favorite" (unlimited) numbers, and a leather strap* to bite down on.
Of course there are better deals from some of the smaller carriers**, but their coverage tends to be craptastic anywhere outside of a major metro core. If you live in a suburb (like I do), then you have to beware of "home sweet roam".
*Leather strap optionally supplied by customer only **Smaller carriers only include those not bought out by the major carriers and turned into soulless husks of their former selves. I'm looking at you Fido.
What carrier, and who's dick did you have to suck for that deal? $50/mo on a regular plan usually gets you a 2-300 minutes, ul. text, and (way) under a gig of data. Which is a nice ripoff once you add in the $5-10 extra for shit like caller ID, voice mail, etc...
If we can refine fuel and materials from lunar ores (possible, in theory) then the moon would make a great staging point to fuel up or perform final assembly for long missions. Instead of trying to lift obscene quantities of fuel and finished materials out of a much bigger gravity well, you just boost up the hard to build stuff with as little fuel as possible, and then slap it all together with moon-tape and ExxonMoonble. It would also be much more durable than an orbital station, especially if it's partially subterr.. uh, sublunar.
Basically, the argument is that it would be the better long (long) term investment that would eventually pay itself off. And heck, maybe there's an argument for doing both and baby-stepping our way into space (earth->orbit->moon->phobos->titan->???->orion slave girls!!)
Small point of contention - daylight hours change with the seasons. I live fairly far north in Canada and it's very noticable between winter and summer. Going far enough north that the sun is visible 24hrs a day in summer is quite a strange experience. Winter can be downright depressing though - dark when you wake, dark when you get home from work.
I would LOVE to see a judge walk out, call the CEOs to the bench, grab them both by the ear and yell "PLAY NICE OR I'LL TAKE BOTH YOUR TOYS AWAY" and then dismiss these ridiculous lawsuits.
I think the concept behind these kinds of laws (and i'm only familiar with Canada's system, not the UK's, but I suspect they're very similar) is that lethal force is almost never ever necessary. The capability of lethal force almost always implies the capability of non-lethal (but still disabling) force, which should always be the preference if it comes to that. Furthermore, the capability of lethal force (eg: gun) can almost always be used as a non-lethal threat to buy time or maneuver into a position to flee, which is always your first priority (with a sidebar for ensuring the safety of others, like children, first). Barring some sort of weird super-villain "wife suspended over a vat of acid" setup, actual lethal force is, ideally, never required. The idea is that you're no worse than Bruce Wayne, and never John Wayne. Thus, it may seem reasonable (if not a whit practical) to place "lethal self-defense" in the big folder of 'stuff citizens don't need to know'.
All that said, I don't agree with the UK's decision. It's stupid. But, as a sovereign nation, it is their ball and they can take it home if they want to.
Step #1 when working on a car is always disconnect the battery. That said, when i worked as a mechanic, no one bothered with that bit unless it was really necessary. So you're probably still right.
I always wondered if a home server could be water cooled with the cold water supply that ran into your hot water tank. You could even take an old water heater, strip the burner and insulation, and use that as your supply/exchanger tank, as the hot water line won't always be running. My dad did something similar with an old water heater tank to keep the basement cooler for wine storage. One of these days I might have to try it.
I used to work on cars for a living and I can tell you that it's VERY common on cars with rear disc brakes. Pretty much for the reasons you surmised - most hydraulic systems are not intended for constant use for extended periods of time.
It seems to me that as an energy storage medium (and that's what it is, it's not a fuel "source") Hydrogen would lose out to a plain old chemical battery when all it needs to do is sit in your basement. One of the primary pitfalls of a battery is weight and size, but that won't much matter if you just dig a deeper hole in the ground and never move it. Anyways, going Solar -> Hydrogen -> Electrical sounds a lot more complected (not to mention inefficient) than just Solar -> Electrical.
Technological advance is an inherently iterative process. One does not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe. We use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better tools to fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement is a step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Looking God in the Eye"
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Already we have turned all of our critical industries, all of our material resources, over to these...things...these lumps of silver and paste we call nanorobots. And now we propose to teach them intelligence? What, pray tell, will we do when these little homunculi awaken one day announce that they have no further need for us?
The issue has less to do with purpose (we all know the US is a paranoid quasi-police state with lots of international pull) and more to do with ability. The US does not have any jurisdiction over a flight from Heathrow to Halifax. Therefore they should not have the ability to screen those passengers.
This is like standing at the end of your driveway and demanding to know the personal details of anyone walking down the sidewalk before they even enter the street. Even if they're going to be walking on the opposite side of the street. It's insane.
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You mean the key that 90% of gamers disabled or removed because accidentally touching it just as you were about to cap/frag/score/win/pwn/save the princess is the leading cause of keyboards being snapped in half over a knee in a fit of hysterical rage? That key us gamers haven't used, ever?
Great.
Nope. Although a quick check of the big three (Rogers/Bell/Telus) reveals that Telus has "caller ID and voicemail included!" on their promotional plans right now, but I doubt that will last.
Up here $50 basically gets you 200 minutes, 100mb (Telus/Rogers) or 500mb (Bell) data, unlimited sms/mms, call waiting/conference calling, unlimited evenings/weekends (6pm on Rogers/Telus, 9pm on Bell), 5 (Bell) or 10 (Rogers/Telus) "favorite" (unlimited) numbers, and a leather strap* to bite down on.
Of course there are better deals from some of the smaller carriers**, but their coverage tends to be craptastic anywhere outside of a major metro core. If you live in a suburb (like I do), then you have to beware of "home sweet roam".
*Leather strap optionally supplied by customer only
**Smaller carriers only include those not bought out by the major carriers and turned into soulless husks of their former selves. I'm looking at you Fido.
What carrier, and who's dick did you have to suck for that deal? $50/mo on a regular plan usually gets you a 2-300 minutes, ul. text, and (way) under a gig of data. Which is a nice ripoff once you add in the $5-10 extra for shit like caller ID, voice mail, etc...
If we can refine fuel and materials from lunar ores (possible, in theory) then the moon would make a great staging point to fuel up or perform final assembly for long missions. Instead of trying to lift obscene quantities of fuel and finished materials out of a much bigger gravity well, you just boost up the hard to build stuff with as little fuel as possible, and then slap it all together with moon-tape and ExxonMoonble.
It would also be much more durable than an orbital station, especially if it's partially subterr.. uh, sublunar.
Basically, the argument is that it would be the better long (long) term investment that would eventually pay itself off. And heck, maybe there's an argument for doing both and baby-stepping our way into space (earth->orbit->moon->phobos->titan->???->orion slave girls!!)
Chinese? You know that RIM is Canadian, right?
Small point of contention - daylight hours change with the seasons. I live fairly far north in Canada and it's very noticable between winter and summer. Going far enough north that the sun is visible 24hrs a day in summer is quite a strange experience. Winter can be downright depressing though - dark when you wake, dark when you get home from work.
Except for France, which is twice Canada's size in population...
I would LOVE to see a judge walk out, call the CEOs to the bench, grab them both by the ear and yell "PLAY NICE OR I'LL TAKE BOTH YOUR TOYS AWAY" and then dismiss these ridiculous lawsuits.
They acted illegally, and in ways that only a LEO should be able to with a warrant.
Private corporations are not law enforcement officers.
If your Android is rooted, try AdFree. It's a blacklist for your hosts file to block ad servers from almost any app, not just the browser.
Considering America is the spiritual home of "money = moral", I'd say he's doing exactly what the country taught him...
Accidents? Like someone lobbing a few ARMs over the border?
Me too.
I think the concept behind these kinds of laws (and i'm only familiar with Canada's system, not the UK's, but I suspect they're very similar) is that lethal force is almost never ever necessary. The capability of lethal force almost always implies the capability of non-lethal (but still disabling) force, which should always be the preference if it comes to that. Furthermore, the capability of lethal force (eg: gun) can almost always be used as a non-lethal threat to buy time or maneuver into a position to flee, which is always your first priority (with a sidebar for ensuring the safety of others, like children, first). Barring some sort of weird super-villain "wife suspended over a vat of acid" setup, actual lethal force is, ideally, never required. The idea is that you're no worse than Bruce Wayne, and never John Wayne. Thus, it may seem reasonable (if not a whit practical) to place "lethal self-defense" in the big folder of 'stuff citizens don't need to know'.
All that said, I don't agree with the UK's decision. It's stupid. But, as a sovereign nation, it is their ball and they can take it home if they want to.
Look up?
2 of 3 major Canadian carriers were CDMA outfits.
Step #1 when working on a car is always disconnect the battery. That said, when i worked as a mechanic, no one bothered with that bit unless it was really necessary. So you're probably still right.
I always wondered if a home server could be water cooled with the cold water supply that ran into your hot water tank. You could even take an old water heater, strip the burner and insulation, and use that as your supply/exchanger tank, as the hot water line won't always be running. My dad did something similar with an old water heater tank to keep the basement cooler for wine storage.
One of these days I might have to try it.
Western freedom:
Decades of defense by B-52's
Murdered one day by a quartet of 757/767's
Yeah, they broke^h^h^h^h^h^h improved the comment system a while ago. In the name of progress, of course.
I used to work on cars for a living and I can tell you that it's VERY common on cars with rear disc brakes. Pretty much for the reasons you surmised - most hydraulic systems are not intended for constant use for extended periods of time.
Loonie -> Toonie -> MintChip?
Clearly, the name should be "Moonie"
Then we can all sound like four-year-olds when we talk about "how much Moonies" a double-double costs.
It seems to me that as an energy storage medium (and that's what it is, it's not a fuel "source") Hydrogen would lose out to a plain old chemical battery when all it needs to do is sit in your basement. One of the primary pitfalls of a battery is weight and size, but that won't much matter if you just dig a deeper hole in the ground and never move it.
Anyways, going Solar -> Hydrogen -> Electrical sounds a lot more complected (not to mention inefficient) than just Solar -> Electrical.
Two quotes immediately sprang to mind...
Technological advance is an inherently iterative process. One does not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe. We use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better tools to fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement is a step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Looking God in the Eye"
and
Already we have turned all of our critical industries, all of our material resources, over to these...things...these lumps of silver and paste we call nanorobots. And now we propose to teach them intelligence? What, pray tell, will we do when these little homunculi awaken one day announce that they have no further need for us?
Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We must Dissent"
Odd thought - wouldn't this mean that a Canadian citizen (for example) could, technically, become trapped in the UK at the behest of the US?
The issue has less to do with purpose (we all know the US is a paranoid quasi-police state with lots of international pull) and more to do with ability. The US does not have any jurisdiction over a flight from Heathrow to Halifax. Therefore they should not have the ability to screen those passengers.
This is like standing at the end of your driveway and demanding to know the personal details of anyone walking down the sidewalk before they even enter the street. Even if they're going to be walking on the opposite side of the street.
It's insane.