Using you voice recognition on your phone to write a text and send it to a friend, who will in turn have his phone translate your text and read it back to him. Do you hate the voice of your friend that much?
Why don't you just use that remarkable voice-to-voice communication names, "just calling someone". They even have this new fangled invention that will let you leave a voice message, and later, when you want to, you are able to retrieve said message and actually listen to it!
A) Um ya. I am sure some observation were all that accurate over 100 years ago. Not to mention the re-interpretation of that data. B) Statistically if earth was commonly hit by 3275 Tunguska hits every 100 years, believe me, we would know about it. C) The Aztecs MAY HAVE had contact with Aliens, and been involved in a deadly hunt involving space faring Predators, however I doubt it.
Classic BS fear science (if you can even regard it as science) for sensationalism and attention.
First select a Stormtrooper to play. Now run around aimlessly shooting inaccurately at things. Also despite wearing fearsome looking armor, simply die if anything even touches you, and yes that includes small rocks.
Next select a Bothen, and go spy on something. Be sure to die in a very sad way, but somehow get the information to the rebels.
Finally select a Wookie, find someone who wants to play freaky monster chess. Lose. Justifiably pull opponents arms off.
If for some reason you can't select all sorts of crazy SW races, quit immediately as that would be stupid.
...of reasons I would never buy a Sony product ever...
I mean at this point it is a tottering tower of terrible technology...
Between all the stuff they have pulled in the last 3 years, how can anyone actually justify buying anything from them anymore. I mean they are a company that is actively anti-consumer. It boggles the mind.
I am pretty sure he was the voice of Sentinel on the new Transformers movie.
Even caught the trek reference quote: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." Thought that was a funny bit that likely few people got.
I think it is kind of sad that the name implies validation...
It seems odd to me that scientists, who should be testing or researching the validity. Its like taking a stance and trying to prove something, rather than being objective and testing results and making hypothesis as to what could be the cause... You know, small sciency stuff like that.
Because I am pretty sure if I worked for the Exxon Climate is just Fine Research Centre, that I would get all sorts of criticism of being biased etc...
It also implies they are getting funding basically to prove climate change, which is all kinds of wrong, and least in academia.
Anyway it just irks me.
I mean it would be fine if you are working on the Climate Change problem within the Climate Centre of some University, but to have it named after it seems a bit much to me. (Not that it is uncommon, we have a climate change section as well I believe.) Anyway It just sounds like you are taking a position before conducting the actual research, which is sort of you know, BS.
I'd bet much that most "anarchists" are specially trained agents of god-knows-who, governments, quasi-govercorporPR ad hoc committess, whatever. They activate and infiltrate, then disappear.
Wow tinfoil hat alert! I think most are just unemployed, angry, poor, young people, that like to break stuff and cause mayhem.
Otherwise that is some widespread organization! They are everywhere!:)
Because I don't want one. Most sit on a desk anyway. At best they migrate to the couch. Which I would argue is better suited for a tablet anyway, and my smart phone does a good enough job as it is. I do not want a pre-assembled POS. I like getting the components I want. I like being able to get a video card that isn't as slow as something offered 5 years ago, or costs about 1200$ extra. I don't want a CPU with bitched out cores, or throttling down to save on battery power. I want mine to dim the GD lights when I turn it on, and to give me a breeze when the fans rev up. I would also like to have the opportunity to have say 8 HD if I want to without having to have a daisy chain of usb all around me. I want to be able to upgrade only pieces I need without throwing everything away each time. I want to put everything together like logos, and then then load everything *I* want on it, nothing more, or less.
In short, I think newegg or others (NCIX is my store of choice) shouldn't be worried at all.
Well as for the Public sector, the politicians also are not under pressure for going out of business. Unless the services are really missed (at which point they are classified as "Essential" and not allowed to strike), they can just ignore the strike so long as they want and if it is politically OK.
For example last time we were on strike, what they simply did was keep us on strike long enough to save the amount of money that the Union was asking for, and then give it to them... Union idiots called it a success. When you put yourself out of work for 9 weeks, then they give you 9 weeks worth of pay benefits, I don't really see how you came out ahead. You could have simply saved yourself all the trouble and strife by not striking in the first place.
Anyway not all Unions are the same anyway within the Public. Teachers for example wield disproportionate amount of power basically because if they go on strike, a lot of parents have to figure out how they plan on taking care of their kids during the day. Thus you have teaching wages outstripping most other union jobs, even during the economic downturn. (we got 1% to their 3.2%)
I find this surprising. While I never have worked for the US government, from my experience it is much much more than that.
All consultants/contractors see government as a feedbag and will rip them off as much as possible. Its a big payday. This is hardly limited to IT workers, though they probably make up a large percentage of the total.
The only reason I mention it at all, is I recall NASA smashing a rover into mars because they were using "inches" rather than "centimeters". Even smart people can and do make dumb mistakes...:)
I am sure they have thought of this and corrected for it, but I thought it might be nice to point out that there is a big difference between a straight line (say like in a beam of neutrinos), and some arbitrary (732km) distance on the earth, which is of course curved.
For all those people talking about the accuracy of GPS, sure when talking about positions on the surface of the earth, however the distance would be different if you are going through the earth in an absolute straight line. Sure the curve of the earth isn't that great, even over a distance of 732km, but it is probably enough to cause 18m of error (or 0.018).
EVEN if they corrected for the curve of the earth, you are likely using an equation that describes the curve as a constant, not as an irregular lump which is what the earth actually is. So unless your equations are taking into consideration the ACTUAL deformity that is the curve between those two points, error may occur.
When you are talking about such small margins of error of "billionths of a second", I'm going to go out on and limb and say one of the first things you should be checking is how accurate that measurement (or calculation) really is.
Having "essential services" in a union is stupid. They are not allowed to strike, but get to vote. For example, we have prison guards in our union. Its not like they can just go on strike. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that because they KNOW they will NEVER have to strike, but ALWAYS receive the benefits from one, every time we have a vote to strike, their vote is like 100%. Those of us that are not essential services get screwed.
Also people with jobs like, police, prison guards, ambulance drivers, nurses, etc... are essential... however their are WAY too many people that are classified as essential, that should not be, to the same result as discussed earlier. Anyway it is a mess...
losing union status isn't the problem. It's when you try and collectively bargain, or go on strike and the government of Canada FORCES you to go back to work, or the government of Canada writes the agreement, that is worse than what your actual employer was offering, and then FORCES you to accept it. In some cases FORCES you back to work on pain of being sued for thousands of dollars. In many cases agreeing to or creating agreements that will reduce the workforce or make it easier for you to be let go without compensation.
Air Canada, Canada Post, Court workers in Quebec, etc...
That was all in the past year. So far. That I can recall off the top of my head. They still have 3.5 years, wanna see how far they go?
Anyway, yes I am in a union, but personally have mixed feelings about unions, at least mine. I don't feel like they are really very effective anymore, for exactly those reasons above (and as a result WHY am I in a union that is powerless, that I have to pay dues for, and I have to go on strike, when I seemingly get absolutely nothing for either my money or my time).
OK I am assuming your employment and method for earning a living would be one of the largest interests to any one individual?
It would be like a Jew in 1942 Germany joining the NAZI party because of their position Corporate Tax policy. Sure they might feel strongly about that corporate tax policy, but I am pretty sure anyone would agree that should they vote that way, not exactly in their best interests. Not sure if that counts as a Godwin....
Now while that is a ridiculously extreme example, I think my first sentence hold merit.
Is it in your best interests to vote for a party that will put you out of work?
If you disagree with that, I think you might be the idiot, and I bet most would agree with me. (Though I do agree with you in respect that very rarely will you ever see a total alignment of interests in any party)
I guess its about what is important. If you don't think that is important, then I guess whatever. However I would bet that it was important, in fact #1 importance, however they had deluded themselves into thinking that the Conservatives somehow loved and cherished unions and would never do anything to harm them.
Now that the Conservatives have a majority, its as good as law.
I'm sure the majority of American's living in the US that didn't vote for Bush were thinking the same thing, when they got elected. Then more so when it happened again.
A big chunk of the Conservative support are idiots. I know, I've tried to talk to some of them. Sure there a some nutbags in the NDP and Green, but I'd wager the Conservatives have more per capita. (Well the green might have more, but that is mostly due to their such small numbers anyway)
I had a conversation (argument) with a number of Conservatives who swore up and down that the Conservatives were not "anti-union", that they had done nothing to attribute that title, and that it was all just Liberal propaganda. All 3 of them worked for unions. I tried to stress, that if you are working for a union, and vote Conservative, that not only are you voting contrary to your best interests, that also pretty much makes you an idiot.
I think recent actions by the Conservatives speak for themselves. Anyway, these people are idiots, and do not want to listen to anything contrary to the ideology that they, for whatever reason, believe in. Which sounds an awful lot like the elected Conservatives themselves, making decisions and policy, not based on fact, science, or even logic, but some ideological BS that someone infected their brains...
Anyway, what were we talking about again?:) I got my blood up I think.
They take in say 300 Million, but only hold onto say 50 Million, and then get to play the stock market with the other 250 Million?
I thought this was standard operating procedure for businesses?
As I understand, at least with banks, there is regulation to say how much you have to actually keep, and with deregulation that ratio got so low, that they were playing with like 297 Million and only keeping 3 Million in reserve, so when things went south, they really went south.
Anyway, I know they aren't a bank, maybe that's the problem.
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Using you voice recognition on your phone to write a text and send it to a friend, who will in turn have his phone translate your text and read it back to him. Do you hate the voice of your friend that much?
Why don't you just use that remarkable voice-to-voice communication names, "just calling someone". They even have this new fangled invention that will let you leave a voice message, and later, when you want to, you are able to retrieve said message and actually listen to it!
Have we come full circle?
A) Um ya. I am sure some observation were all that accurate over 100 years ago. Not to mention the re-interpretation of that data.
B) Statistically if earth was commonly hit by 3275 Tunguska hits every 100 years, believe me, we would know about it.
C) The Aztecs MAY HAVE had contact with Aliens, and been involved in a deadly hunt involving space faring Predators, however I doubt it.
Classic BS fear science (if you can even regard it as science) for sensationalism and attention.
150 / 2 + 7 = 82
First select a Stormtrooper to play. Now run around aimlessly shooting inaccurately at things. Also despite wearing fearsome looking armor, simply die if anything even touches you, and yes that includes small rocks.
Next select a Bothen, and go spy on something. Be sure to die in a very sad way, but somehow get the information to the rebels.
Finally select a Wookie, find someone who wants to play freaky monster chess. Lose. Justifiably pull opponents arms off.
If for some reason you can't select all sorts of crazy SW races, quit immediately as that would be stupid.
Didn't we fix this problem by getting rid of CFC's or something?
...of reasons I would never buy a Sony product ever...
I mean at this point it is a tottering tower of terrible technology...
Between all the stuff they have pulled in the last 3 years, how can anyone actually justify buying anything from them anymore. I mean they are a company that is actively anti-consumer. It boggles the mind.
I am pretty sure he was the voice of Sentinel on the new Transformers movie.
Even caught the trek reference quote: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." Thought that was a funny bit that likely few people got.
I think it is kind of sad that the name implies validation...
It seems odd to me that scientists, who should be testing or researching the validity. Its like taking a stance and trying to prove something, rather than being objective and testing results and making hypothesis as to what could be the cause... You know, small sciency stuff like that.
Because I am pretty sure if I worked for the Exxon Climate is just Fine Research Centre, that I would get all sorts of criticism of being biased etc...
It also implies they are getting funding basically to prove climate change, which is all kinds of wrong, and least in academia.
Anyway it just irks me.
I mean it would be fine if you are working on the Climate Change problem within the Climate Centre of some University, but to have it named after it seems a bit much to me. (Not that it is uncommon, we have a climate change section as well I believe.) Anyway It just sounds like you are taking a position before conducting the actual research, which is sort of you know, BS.
I couldn't agree more!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_Pirates
I'd bet much that most "anarchists" are specially trained agents of god-knows-who, governments, quasi-govercorporPR ad hoc committess, whatever. They activate and infiltrate, then disappear.
Wow tinfoil hat alert! I think most are just unemployed, angry, poor, young people, that like to break stuff and cause mayhem.
Otherwise that is some widespread organization! They are everywhere! :)
"Why don't you buy a laptop?"
Because I don't want one. Most sit on a desk anyway. At best they migrate to the couch. Which I would argue is better suited for a tablet anyway, and my smart phone does a good enough job as it is. I do not want a pre-assembled POS. I like getting the components I want. I like being able to get a video card that isn't as slow as something offered 5 years ago, or costs about 1200$ extra. I don't want a CPU with bitched out cores, or throttling down to save on battery power. I want mine to dim the GD lights when I turn it on, and to give me a breeze when the fans rev up. I would also like to have the opportunity to have say 8 HD if I want to without having to have a daisy chain of usb all around me. I want to be able to upgrade only pieces I need without throwing everything away each time. I want to put everything together like logos, and then then load everything *I* want on it, nothing more, or less.
In short, I think newegg or others (NCIX is my store of choice) shouldn't be worried at all.
Well as for the Public sector, the politicians also are not under pressure for going out of business. Unless the services are really missed (at which point they are classified as "Essential" and not allowed to strike), they can just ignore the strike so long as they want and if it is politically OK.
For example last time we were on strike, what they simply did was keep us on strike long enough to save the amount of money that the Union was asking for, and then give it to them... Union idiots called it a success. When you put yourself out of work for 9 weeks, then they give you 9 weeks worth of pay benefits, I don't really see how you came out ahead. You could have simply saved yourself all the trouble and strife by not striking in the first place.
Anyway not all Unions are the same anyway within the Public. Teachers for example wield disproportionate amount of power basically because if they go on strike, a lot of parents have to figure out how they plan on taking care of their kids during the day. Thus you have teaching wages outstripping most other union jobs, even during the economic downturn. (we got 1% to their 3.2%)
They were all let go by the previous 4 CEO's....
Emphasis on "Exclusive deal". They are also paying them not to give the movie to anyone else.
I find this surprising. While I never have worked for the US government, from my experience it is much much more than that.
All consultants/contractors see government as a feedbag and will rip them off as much as possible. Its a big payday. This is hardly limited to IT workers, though they probably make up a large percentage of the total.
The only reason I mention it at all, is I recall NASA smashing a rover into mars because they were using "inches" rather than "centimeters". Even smart people can and do make dumb mistakes... :)
I forget were I heard this from and I am paraphrasing but:
Warfare seems to suggest that this is a fair fight, that both sides have an even chance of wining. This isn't warfare, this is slaughter.
I am sure they have thought of this and corrected for it, but I thought it might be nice to point out that there is a big difference between a straight line (say like in a beam of neutrinos), and some arbitrary (732km) distance on the earth, which is of course curved.
For all those people talking about the accuracy of GPS, sure when talking about positions on the surface of the earth, however the distance would be different if you are going through the earth in an absolute straight line. Sure the curve of the earth isn't that great, even over a distance of 732km, but it is probably enough to cause 18m of error (or 0.018).
EVEN if they corrected for the curve of the earth, you are likely using an equation that describes the curve as a constant, not as an irregular lump which is what the earth actually is. So unless your equations are taking into consideration the ACTUAL deformity that is the curve between those two points, error may occur.
When you are talking about such small margins of error of "billionths of a second", I'm going to go out on and limb and say one of the first things you should be checking is how accurate that measurement (or calculation) really is.
Having "essential services" in a union is stupid. They are not allowed to strike, but get to vote. For example, we have prison guards in our union. Its not like they can just go on strike. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that because they KNOW they will NEVER have to strike, but ALWAYS receive the benefits from one, every time we have a vote to strike, their vote is like 100%. Those of us that are not essential services get screwed.
Also people with jobs like, police, prison guards, ambulance drivers, nurses, etc... are essential... however their are WAY too many people that are classified as essential, that should not be, to the same result as discussed earlier. Anyway it is a mess...
Yes because I want to be scared witless just before I die, that's how I would preferably like to go.
losing union status isn't the problem. It's when you try and collectively bargain, or go on strike and the government of Canada FORCES you to go back to work, or the government of Canada writes the agreement, that is worse than what your actual employer was offering, and then FORCES you to accept it. In some cases FORCES you back to work on pain of being sued for thousands of dollars. In many cases agreeing to or creating agreements that will reduce the workforce or make it easier for you to be let go without compensation.
Air Canada, Canada Post, Court workers in Quebec, etc...
That was all in the past year. So far. That I can recall off the top of my head. They still have 3.5 years, wanna see how far they go?
Anyway, yes I am in a union, but personally have mixed feelings about unions, at least mine. I don't feel like they are really very effective anymore, for exactly those reasons above (and as a result WHY am I in a union that is powerless, that I have to pay dues for, and I have to go on strike, when I seemingly get absolutely nothing for either my money or my time).
OK I am assuming your employment and method for earning a living would be one of the largest interests to any one individual?
It would be like a Jew in 1942 Germany joining the NAZI party because of their position Corporate Tax policy. Sure they might feel strongly about that corporate tax policy, but I am pretty sure anyone would agree that should they vote that way, not exactly in their best interests. Not sure if that counts as a Godwin....
Now while that is a ridiculously extreme example, I think my first sentence hold merit.
Is it in your best interests to vote for a party that will put you out of work?
If you disagree with that, I think you might be the idiot, and I bet most would agree with me. (Though I do agree with you in respect that very rarely will you ever see a total alignment of interests in any party)
I guess its about what is important. If you don't think that is important, then I guess whatever. However I would bet that it was important, in fact #1 importance, however they had deluded themselves into thinking that the Conservatives somehow loved and cherished unions and would never do anything to harm them.
Now that the Conservatives have a majority, its as good as law.
I'm sure the majority of American's living in the US that didn't vote for Bush were thinking the same thing, when they got elected. Then more so when it happened again.
A big chunk of the Conservative support are idiots. I know, I've tried to talk to some of them. Sure there a some nutbags in the NDP and Green, but I'd wager the Conservatives have more per capita. (Well the green might have more, but that is mostly due to their such small numbers anyway)
I had a conversation (argument) with a number of Conservatives who swore up and down that the Conservatives were not "anti-union", that they had done nothing to attribute that title, and that it was all just Liberal propaganda. All 3 of them worked for unions. I tried to stress, that if you are working for a union, and vote Conservative, that not only are you voting contrary to your best interests, that also pretty much makes you an idiot.
I think recent actions by the Conservatives speak for themselves. Anyway, these people are idiots, and do not want to listen to anything contrary to the ideology that they, for whatever reason, believe in. Which sounds an awful lot like the elected Conservatives themselves, making decisions and policy, not based on fact, science, or even logic, but some ideological BS that someone infected their brains...
Anyway, what were we talking about again? :) I got my blood up I think.
How am I not hearing about this til now! Interesting stuff!
Um isn't this exactly what banks do?
They take in say 300 Million, but only hold onto say 50 Million, and then get to play the stock market with the other 250 Million?
I thought this was standard operating procedure for businesses?
As I understand, at least with banks, there is regulation to say how much you have to actually keep, and with deregulation that ratio got so low, that they were playing with like 297 Million and only keeping 3 Million in reserve, so when things went south, they really went south.
Anyway, I know they aren't a bank, maybe that's the problem.