My main issue with the M9 is it's an incredibly bulky and heavy handgun
Heavy can be good. Particularly when trying to put multiple rounds on target. The pistol's mass reduces recoil and makes regaining a sight picture faster. And multiple shots are important in a combat situation (or for a 9mm in general).
I have both a Glock 19 and an M9. The Glock jumps like hell compared to the Beretta, which is almost as smooth as plinking with a Ruger Mark II (.22LR). Even an S&W 686 (.357 magnum w/6" barrel) is more controllable that the Glock due to it's mass.
Right. In a combat area. But it's the women stationed at bases behind the lines that may need a pistol in the event of an attack. They can't very well be expected to carry an M4 carbine while conducting support duties.
After leaving, I might just move onto a houseboat and pull in to some remote bayou for two years. No phone, no e-mail. I pick up mail at the post office one or twice a month.
But I'm available, if you can find me. And more than happy to help out. Just stop by any time. But mind the 'gators. They ate the last H-1B IT guy that came out here.
When I call a merchant directly and tell them my card has been used fraudulently
You don't call the merchant. You call your bank (the card issuer) and contest the charges. The bank reverses the payment and then it's the bank vs the merchant for lax security procedures, accepting bad signatures, etc.
If a merchant develops a bad track record w.r.t. accepting questionable cards, the bank (actually, I think it's the clearing company, like VISA) will levy a surcharge on that merchant and eventually blacklist them.
Pinging a cellphone means setting up a portable cellphone tower.
Nope. Many carriers can do this with their current equipment. It's a requirement of E911 service. And it actually doesn't requite that a 911 call (or any call) be placed. I listen to the undercover cops on the scanner all the time and they can track a subject to within a few hundred feet in real time. "He's moving northbound now. Looks like he pulled into the McDonald's at Main Street." They can track them on city buses or walking, so its not a GPS tracker on the bumper.
You agree to be available. What if I don't agree to the severance deal? They won't fire me?
There has to be some consideration involved in any agreement. An exchange of something. If the terms are good enough, sign. If not, just walk out. Two weeks notice.
From TFA:
"contract requires them to be on call for two years and they agree to not be paid for any time used to assist the company."
Really? When did they negotiate that? And why didn't the workers just walk out then?
The cloud coverage is a valid point. But the rocking ship isn't that big a deal. With a sextant, you are trying to measure the elevation of a celestial body above the horizon. Both images are moving in unison relative to the ship so it's not that difficult to bring the star to the horizon. It is easy to do unless the rocking is so bad you can't keep the star in your field of view.
The phone phreaks have figured out lots of tricks with call forwarding, etc. And home brewed versions of Stingray/IMSI catchers that can do MITM attacks. The phone systems are pretty insecure (probably by design. Thank your local Five Eyes TLA organization).
Because coding is something that people can pick up on their own and often do. And get into the workplace without completing an accredited degree program. So it attracts assholes that would never survive academia, which serves as a sort of filter for social maturity. This is already being seen in other fields, where women represent something like 60% of college graduating classes. The jerks either never enroll, or fail to complete their degree when they sperg out and are asked to leave the campus.
The solution to the employment disparity problem might be to require degrees for employment in the field. Much like a PE license is required to work as an engineer in some jurisdictions. And although not impossible, it's damned tough to get a license without an engineering degree.
So the real time processing at the pole would have to be done to a point where it can indicate (with some level of confidence) the presence of a candidate supernova. Otherwise the 18 hour latency (just missed the daily 6 hour window) would render the data useless. Given this level of processing, information sufficient to aim telescopes could easily be sent on an HF band via Morse code (celestial azimuth and declination, time of event, number of neutrinos counted, etc.). The detailed information could follow either on the next satellite uplink or by dogsled. 18 hours or two weeks later wouldn't make much difference.
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when to say "I love you"
When looking in the mirror.
Las Vegas ... pillar of salt.
Just don't look back when you leave.
4D printing
Time is the fourth dimension.
"You want it when??"
The solution is obvious: Nukes. Lots of nukes.
What else would your expect from atomic scientists?
detect the presence of police vehicles in the near vicinity
Detect clouds of powdered sugar?
My main issue with the M9 is it's an incredibly bulky and heavy handgun
Heavy can be good. Particularly when trying to put multiple rounds on target. The pistol's mass reduces recoil and makes regaining a sight picture faster. And multiple shots are important in a combat situation (or for a 9mm in general).
I have both a Glock 19 and an M9. The Glock jumps like hell compared to the Beretta, which is almost as smooth as plinking with a Ruger Mark II (.22LR). Even an S&W 686 (.357 magnum w/6" barrel) is more controllable that the Glock due to it's mass.
any combat soldier
Right. In a combat area. But it's the women stationed at bases behind the lines that may need a pistol in the event of an attack. They can't very well be expected to carry an M4 carbine while conducting support duties.
Some guy in a tower
Forgot to add this.
So, no more clocks. Some guy in a tower tells you what time it is.
That would be license to kill -SIGHUP <pid>
After leaving, I might just move onto a houseboat and pull in to some remote bayou for two years. No phone, no e-mail. I pick up mail at the post office one or twice a month.
But I'm available, if you can find me. And more than happy to help out. Just stop by any time. But mind the 'gators. They ate the last H-1B IT guy that came out here.
When I call a merchant directly and tell them my card has been used fraudulently
You don't call the merchant. You call your bank (the card issuer) and contest the charges. The bank reverses the payment and then it's the bank vs the merchant for lax security procedures, accepting bad signatures, etc.
If a merchant develops a bad track record w.r.t. accepting questionable cards, the bank (actually, I think it's the clearing company, like VISA) will levy a surcharge on that merchant and eventually blacklist them.
Pinging a cellphone means setting up a portable cellphone tower.
Nope. Many carriers can do this with their current equipment. It's a requirement of E911 service. And it actually doesn't requite that a 911 call (or any call) be placed. I listen to the undercover cops on the scanner all the time and they can track a subject to within a few hundred feet in real time. "He's moving northbound now. Looks like he pulled into the McDonald's at Main Street." They can track them on city buses or walking, so its not a GPS tracker on the bumper.
You agree to be available. What if I don't agree to the severance deal? They won't fire me?
There has to be some consideration involved in any agreement. An exchange of something. If the terms are good enough, sign. If not, just walk out. Two weeks notice.
From TFA:
"contract requires them to be on call for two years and they agree to not be paid for any time used to assist the company."
Really? When did they negotiate that? And why didn't the workers just walk out then?
On second thought, treatment for delusions of adequacy will suffice.
Are they sure about that?
The cloud coverage is a valid point. But the rocking ship isn't that big a deal. With a sextant, you are trying to measure the elevation of a celestial body above the horizon. Both images are moving in unison relative to the ship so it's not that difficult to bring the star to the horizon. It is easy to do unless the rocking is so bad you can't keep the star in your field of view.
The phone phreaks have figured out lots of tricks with call forwarding, etc. And home brewed versions of Stingray/IMSI catchers that can do MITM attacks. The phone systems are pretty insecure (probably by design. Thank your local Five Eyes TLA organization).
This.
Because coding is something that people can pick up on their own and often do. And get into the workplace without completing an accredited degree program. So it attracts assholes that would never survive academia, which serves as a sort of filter for social maturity. This is already being seen in other fields, where women represent something like 60% of college graduating classes. The jerks either never enroll, or fail to complete their degree when they sperg out and are asked to leave the campus.
The solution to the employment disparity problem might be to require degrees for employment in the field. Much like a PE license is required to work as an engineer in some jurisdictions. And although not impossible, it's damned tough to get a license without an engineering degree.
Lots of clean, cheap hydro power,
Not any more. They're tearing down the dams.
and there's plenty of water for cooling.
Won't somebody please think of the fish?
Ever heard of someone being swatted?
So the real time processing at the pole would have to be done to a point where it can indicate (with some level of confidence) the presence of a candidate supernova. Otherwise the 18 hour latency (just missed the daily 6 hour window) would render the data useless. Given this level of processing, information sufficient to aim telescopes could easily be sent on an HF band via Morse code (celestial azimuth and declination, time of event, number of neutrinos counted, etc.). The detailed information could follow either on the next satellite uplink or by dogsled. 18 hours or two weeks later wouldn't make much difference.