The US *is currently* building a road in the Antarctic from their scientific base on the edge of the region too the Pole.
They are *mining snow to fill in crevases*.
The Man on Mars should be worried...
Brown said phase one of the project -- filling huge crevasses with ice on the crevasse fields 70 kilometers (40 miles) south of McMurdo station -- has already been completed.
Sir Edmund Hilary (the first man to climb Everest)has just walked part of it, and needless to say, has slammed the initiative.
Interesting that someone wishes to steal this stuff.
Doubly interesting that theres obviously a market for this equipment.
Is it analgous to the theft of The Scream? Authorities must have a fair idea of the potential recipients from the get go. Be it international or not.
Come 2012, and the UN tried to force the US to do anything, the US would take that as a threat, or worse, an undermining of mineral resourse interests the US have outside their shores.
They would defend this vigourously.
Interpret this how you will.
Aliens must look down at the US electoral process, and regard it in a similar way as the US has regarded other countries electoral systems - IE; Broken and unsatisafactory.
"Makes you wonder how it took law enforcement that long to think of this"
This is of little surprise to me.
If we look at the demographic that is the police, then the only saving grace is that they would probably contain a small percentage of "forward thinkers" - maybe 2-5% of their number, just as in most organisations.
Police officers often do not hold any formal qualification outside of high school, or their own training instutions.
Fundamentaly, police in the field need the ability to arrest, tackle, and subdue violent offenders. The fact is, they need special...uh...abilities, to do this. Not the ability to "think outside the square".
Later in their career they will graduate to perhaps detective. They then utilize past experiance and gain new initiative.
They would now have the opportunity and freedom(in work) to move beyond the text book.
There must be so many "old schoolers" in the police, where challenging tried and true process's requires seniority, an innovative bent, and the ability to say no to the old school.
Granted, this is all very high tech but stuck throttles have occurred for decades with just as dramatic consequences.
Its called a frayed throttle cable. Interestingly, "driver intervention" is surprisingly low, with drivers stopping only when they run into something.
Other causes that I have seen(I was a mechanic for 15 years before I got involved with the computer side of things:
- "Damper pots" on carburetors work fine controlling the secondry throttle plate, till a rubber o-ring perishes within the carb, and engine vacuum sucks the rubber diaphragm in the pot fully home and the throttle opens fully.
- Piston type accuators that wear, and the piston finally tilts and sticks...at the last speed you were going.
- In some EFI cars, when a vacuum seal of gives way, the lean mixture can be aggresively compensated by the EFI unit, resulting in at least partial throttle.
Some (but a fraction) of vehicles formally identified w/ throttle probs that have resulted in similar results as the article:
- 2001 Ford escape - Water enter servo, throttle sticks.
- Nearly all european cars to 1982 - Poor corrsion ressistance, cable sticks against the outer cable.
-1990 Ranger - Throttle cam wears and sticks against air intake tube, where there was only 1 mm clearance at new.
- Oldsmobile Toronado/Trofero - worn nylon bush. Throttle sticks wide open.
- 1996 Honda Accord/Accura - Carpet by throttle pedal snags pedal, preventing its return.
"Someone hurts themselves. Someone hurts someone else. Somone get's electrocuted by your wiring even though it is their own fault. Somone is on drugs and dies at your party. You'd be insane not to take out insurance.
Sorry, this just does not apply here in New Zealand.
We have a government Act called ACC(Accident Compensation). In short it states, you can't sue for injury.
Example situation: Someone robs you and you get quite injured.
1) The criminal hopefully gets sent to jail through being caught, and facing prosection.
2) The victim will recieve free health care, maybe a lump sum payment for suffering ($10,000 maybe), and 80% of their wages paid for their period off work, all care of the taxpayer.
Where things get a little silly is if the robber gets injured. He has the same rights.
In New Zealand, the only litigation concerns are commercial ones. Though that can overlap to personal. Such as you burn down a building though negligance. If you are uninsured you might be in trouble. But thats only for the building. THe injured get to make claims to the slow moving ACC system.
So a for the bespecled geek that trips over some errant LAN cables, you might give him a lift to the hospital. You certainly have no liabilty for the injury.
Or typically for midwestern US etc:
(Block of) Flats = Duplex
Hence:
Flatmate = Roommate or "Roomie"
"Have you found a flat yet? Will you get in some flatmates?"
A `geek` deterrent would have helped this guy...
on
Home Defense, Geek Style?
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Its the Japanese student incident. Pity this home owner didnt have a hologram wookie...
"A Japanese exchange student, Yoshihiro Hattori, was searching for a
party he had been invited to. Thinking he had found the house in which
the social would take place, Yoshihiro knocked on the door. Not
knowing that they had the wrong house Yoshihiro and his companion
startled the proprietor. After having the front door shut in their
face the two boys began walking back to Yoshihiro's car. Yoshihiro
Hattori and his friend, Webb Haymaker, then turned back towards the
house upon hearing the carport door open behind them. Instead of
seeing the party's host, these two boys were greeted by a " 'Freeze' "
and a.44 Magnum-carrying Rodney Peairs. Yoshihiro, thinking he had
found the party after all, stepped towards Mr. Peairs and said, "
'We're here for the party' ". Webb Haymaker then found himself
standing over his dying friend, Yoshihiro Hattore, a victim of
unintentional homicide."
Baton Rouge, Lousiana--October 17, 1992--8:30 P.M
The oddest materials pop up for load bearing duties. "Felt bearings" have been used in the automotive industry for years.
Especially in rack and pinion steering system where lateral forces are not so high.
Lubricants for the felt material include oil and graphite powder, or run dry.
While more durable bearings such as needle roller, bronze sleeve, and teflon bushings, may be the preference of performance applications, ease of fitment, damping ability, and cost, still ensures felt bearings are used today, both in automotive and other industrial machinery. It is very possible, you have owned a car with one or moore felt bearings somewhere in the steering system.
The properties of synthetic material as a bearing surface have been used and far back as 1950's(and maybe beyond).
We have read plenty of posts here how the average american's global knowledge only extends to their own boundary. This may be a generalization. But I'd like to share 2 examples from when I, a New Zealander, was living in Minneapolis, some time ago.
They are no more than an amusing tale.
Local news reader on TV: "And now International news....In Montana, heavy snow has damaged infrastructure..."
And...
Masterate student at UMN: "So, where are you from?"
Me: "New Zealand."
Student: "Ah, Its lovely up there. I go there sometimes. My parents live in New York"
Intel Board Member: "by adjusting the schedule for the products, we could better meet our customers volume requirements and their high expectations."
shareholders: *laughter for 2-3 minutes*...."You're sacked"
Lets say I was in an industry where I wanted to limit competitors or strangle wider innovation for my companies gain:
1) Identify the fear du jour.
2) Align my competitors/competition with that fear.
Example:
1) Pesky p2p filesharers and their RIAA buggering ways.
2) Fix it so wider public perception is that "Music Downloads compromise security". Proof see: look what these people dabble in.
Always nice to have a personal verification on the products you purchase.
This about TwinMos from overclockers
NZ:
"Up on closer inspection, we found out that the TwinMOS's PCB is made by Tripod Technology. I've been to the Tripod plant in Taiwan and was pleasantly surprised by their workers self-discipline and how organised the plant was."
Slashdot Mirror
Could we have directions to that Zimbabwe information?
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news
Never mind Mars.
The US *is currently* building a road in the Antarctic from their scientific base on the edge of the region too the Pole.
They are *mining snow to fill in crevases*.
The Man on Mars should be worried...
Brown said phase one of the project -- filling huge crevasses with ice on the crevasse fields 70 kilometers (40 miles) south of McMurdo station -- has already been completed.
Sir Edmund Hilary (the first man to climb Everest)has just walked part of it, and needless to say, has slammed the initiative.
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/news
Interesting that someone wishes to steal this stuff.
Doubly interesting that theres obviously a market for this equipment.
Is it analgous to the theft of The Scream? Authorities must have a fair idea of the potential recipients from the get go. Be it international or not.
Come 2012, and the UN tried to force the US to do anything, the US would take that as a threat, or worse, an undermining of mineral resourse interests the US have outside their shores.
They would defend this vigourously.
Interpret this how you will.
Riches, power, eventual fame, and plenty of minions to order around are just some of the perks of the vocation.
I haven't RTFA. Are they talking about Bush?
I didn't realise Counter Strike uniforms had those wide bimmed hats with the corks on strings.
Aliens must look down at the US electoral process, and regard it in a similar way as the US has regarded other countries electoral systems - IE; Broken and unsatisafactory.
Sshh! Who would keep the duct tape industry thriving if US citizens weren't beside themselves with the ol' "reds under the beds" paranoia.
I would imagine this scenario would be analgous to the large bridges of the world that are endlessly painted - get to the other end, start again.
// todo: code to search databases
Thus there is no end condition. A simple model whould be:
while(1){
}
Imagine, though if they implemented recursive routines, with a buggy stop condition. It's be years till the mistake reared itself.
"Makes you wonder how it took law enforcement that long to think of this"
This is of little surprise to me.
If we look at the demographic that is the police, then the only saving grace is that they would probably contain a small percentage of "forward thinkers" - maybe 2-5% of their number, just as in most organisations.
Police officers often do not hold any formal qualification outside of high school, or their own training instutions.
Fundamentaly, police in the field need the ability to arrest, tackle, and subdue violent offenders. The fact is, they need special...uh...abilities, to do this. Not the ability to "think outside the square".
Later in their career they will graduate to perhaps detective. They then utilize past experiance and gain new initiative.
They would now have the opportunity and freedom(in work) to move beyond the text book.
There must be so many "old schoolers" in the police, where challenging tried and true process's requires seniority, an innovative bent, and the ability to say no to the old school.
Granted, this is all very high tech but stuck throttles have occurred for decades with just as dramatic consequences.
Its called a frayed throttle cable. Interestingly, "driver intervention" is surprisingly low, with drivers stopping only when they run into something.
Other causes that I have seen(I was a mechanic for 15 years before I got involved with the computer side of things:
- "Damper pots" on carburetors work fine controlling the secondry throttle plate, till a rubber o-ring perishes within the carb, and engine vacuum sucks the rubber diaphragm in the pot fully home and the throttle opens fully.
- Piston type accuators that wear, and the piston finally tilts and sticks...at the last speed you were going.
- In some EFI cars, when a vacuum seal of gives way, the lean mixture can be aggresively compensated by the EFI unit, resulting in at least partial throttle.
Some (but a fraction) of vehicles formally identified w/ throttle probs that have resulted in similar results as the article:
- 2001 Ford escape - Water enter servo, throttle sticks.
- Nearly all european cars to 1982 - Poor corrsion ressistance, cable sticks against the outer cable.
-1990 Ranger - Throttle cam wears and sticks against air intake tube, where there was only 1 mm clearance at new.
- Oldsmobile Toronado/Trofero - worn nylon bush. Throttle sticks wide open.
- 1996 Honda Accord/Accura - Carpet by throttle pedal snags pedal, preventing its return.
"Someone hurts themselves. Someone hurts someone else. Somone get's electrocuted by your wiring even though it is their own fault. Somone is on drugs and dies at your party. You'd be insane not to take out insurance.
Sorry, this just does not apply here in New Zealand.
We have a government Act called ACC(Accident Compensation). In short it states, you can't sue for injury.
Example situation: Someone robs you and you get quite injured.
1) The criminal hopefully gets sent to jail through being caught, and facing prosection.
2) The victim will recieve free health care, maybe a lump sum payment for suffering ($10,000 maybe), and 80% of their wages paid for their period off work, all care of the taxpayer.
Where things get a little silly is if the robber gets injured. He has the same rights.
In New Zealand, the only litigation concerns are commercial ones. Though that can overlap to personal. Such as you burn down a building though negligance. If you are uninsured you might be in trouble. But thats only for the building. THe injured get to make claims to the slow moving ACC system.
So a for the bespecled geek that trips over some errant LAN cables, you might give him a lift to the hospital. You certainly have no liabilty for the injury.
For our american bretheran:
Flat = Apartment
Or typically for midwestern US etc:
(Block of) Flats = Duplex
Hence:
Flatmate = Roommate or "Roomie"
"Have you found a flat yet? Will you get in some flatmates?"
Its the Japanese student incident. Pity this home owner didnt have a hologram wookie...
.44 Magnum-carrying Rodney Peairs. Yoshihiro, thinking he had
found the party after all, stepped towards Mr. Peairs and said, "
'We're here for the party' ". Webb Haymaker then found himself
standing over his dying friend, Yoshihiro Hattore, a victim of
unintentional homicide."
Baton Rouge, Lousiana--October 17, 1992--8:30 P.M
"A Japanese exchange student, Yoshihiro Hattori, was searching for a party he had been invited to. Thinking he had found the house in which the social would take place, Yoshihiro knocked on the door. Not knowing that they had the wrong house Yoshihiro and his companion startled the proprietor. After having the front door shut in their face the two boys began walking back to Yoshihiro's car. Yoshihiro Hattori and his friend, Webb Haymaker, then turned back towards the house upon hearing the carport door open behind them. Instead of seeing the party's host, these two boys were greeted by a " 'Freeze' " and a
The oddest materials pop up for load bearing duties.
"Felt bearings" have been used in the automotive industry for years.
Especially in rack and pinion steering system where lateral forces are not so high.
Lubricants for the felt material include oil and graphite powder, or run dry.
While more durable bearings such as needle roller, bronze sleeve, and teflon bushings, may be the preference of performance applications, ease of fitment, damping ability, and cost, still ensures felt bearings are used today, both in automotive and other industrial machinery. It is very possible, you have owned a car with one or moore felt bearings somewhere in the steering system.
The properties of synthetic material as a bearing surface have been used and far back as 1950's(and maybe beyond).
We have read plenty of posts here how the average american's global knowledge only extends to their own boundary. This may be a generalization. But I'd like to share 2 examples from when I, a New Zealander, was living in Minneapolis, some time ago.
They are no more than an amusing tale.
Local news reader on TV: "And now International news....In Montana, heavy snow has damaged infrastructure..."
And...
Masterate student at UMN: "So, where are you from?"
Me: "New Zealand." Student: "Ah, Its lovely up there. I go there sometimes. My parents live in New York"
I wonder what this companies attitude would be to a situation, such as an employee that commtted a crime.
A henious crime.
Hatched over 1 year.
The detail worked out at work during the quiet periods 9am-5pm.
Paranoia/obsession about the activities of a person 'above' you, is symtomatic of depression illness.
Left unchecked it can evolve to manic depression or bi-polar disorder.
Either way, it usually leads to loss of employment, and a life on the Red and Blue pills.
Was this guy paranoid?
Intel Board Member: "by adjusting the schedule for the products, we could better meet our customers volume requirements and their high expectations."
shareholders: *laughter for 2-3 minutes*...."You're sacked"
jrockways attitude to mobile phones reiterates a study done recently, and annecdotal evidence I recieve from my non-tech friends:
people want a mobile phone for....phone calls.
Desired additioanl functionality usually extends to somewhere to keep your contact list of phone numbers.
Have you backed up your mobile phone lately?
Lets say I was in an industry where I wanted to limit competitors or strangle wider innovation for my companies gain:
1) Identify the fear du jour.
2) Align my competitors/competition with that fear.
Example:
1) Pesky p2p filesharers and their RIAA buggering ways.
2) Fix it so wider public perception is that "Music Downloads compromise security". Proof see: look what these people dabble in.
Problem solved.
Unlike the whitehouse??
Always nice to have a personal verification on the products you purchase.
This about TwinMos from overclockers NZ:
"Up on closer inspection, we found out that the TwinMOS's PCB is made by Tripod Technology. I've been to the Tripod plant in Taiwan and was pleasantly surprised by their workers self-discipline and how organised the plant was."
Courtroom defense:
"But we were only giving market what it demands: under-age tentacle rape porn...with vomit and excrement. And there IS a market...in Japan.
Judge: "Preposterous. Throw away the key!"