No. Typical SF/Silicon Valley arrogance. We've all seen the private bus services provided for SV workers who _simply_must_ live in SF and commute. Living south or west of SV could probably get you a shorter commute for less money. But not the San Francisco hipster badge.
Given his current situation, he does not instill within me the belief that he is a highly successful backchannel stock market advisor.
Maybe he is. I've worked with blue collar people (linemen) that were smart enough to make sure they could retire very comfortably by 40. Because who wants to climb poles after that. And I've worked for Boeing execs would couldn't figure out that penny stocks were a bad deal.*
*Anecdote: My boss at Boeing saw me reading the WSJ every morning. And he thought of himself as a crafty investor (Mr penny stock). So one day he walks up and asks me for a good stock tip. "Buy 100 shares of Berkshire Hathaway", I say. He asks, "What's the price?" So I flip to the NYSE quotes, "Fourty nine, seventy five a share." $4975 a share back in those days. He thought I meant $49.75. The next day, he came in with the screwiest look on his face. I'm sure he called his broker, who probably asked him where the hell he was going to come up with half a mill.
A company VP was chatting with a bunch of us engineers. To break the ice, he asked who our heros were. "Warren Buffet," I say. "Uh, isn't he a folk singer or something?"
Just quit with all the automated light crap already. The best traffic flow I've ever seen is in parts of Chicago. Where they still have electromechanical timers* and just sync them for a given speed between lights. Yeah, this won't keep some Aspie from freaking out at 1:00AM if he pulls up to a red light and still has to wait for an empty intersection. But who cares?
*The only benefit I can see for networked signals is the ability to reset them quickly following a power outage.
Remember the days when, if you had an analog TV set with a shitty power supply, you'd see a faint band slowly move vertically across the screen? This was due to the difference between the 60 Hz line frequency and the 59.94 Hz vertical scan.
Because this is an easy way to maintain a very accurate long term time base. Particularly since it was developed back in the 1940's and 1950's. Before we had GPS and automated WWV clock synchronization would have required a large and complex receiver system.
Over a short period of time, the grid frequency might drift a few tenths of a percent up or down. But on a daily basis (usually at night) the system operators will add or remove some generation from the grid, speeding it up or slowing it down. The total number of cycles (at 60 Hz in the USA, 50 Hz in Europe) over a day was corrected to match a precision time base counter.
it fluctuates by up to 5%
That's a bit high for my part of the grid. We had underfrequency load shedding set to begin dropping non critical loads (like rural circuits) at 59 Hz.
Reminds me of the story (not sure if it's actually true) about the Soviets copying a B-29 to produce their TU-4 bomber. They duplicated it right town to a riveted patch over some old battle damage.
Anecdote: Many years ago, I was the admin, chief cook and bottlewasher for a small but production critical system inside Boeing. One day, the network drop ceased to work for an important piece of shop floor equipment. I was called out and diagnosed a network drop that was probably unplugged inside a locked closet. I called in an IT ticket and they said, "24 hour turn around time". Nope, that won't do. This is production critical. Airplanes are just sitting here and work is piling up. "Sorry. That's out policy." Evidently, the IT trouble ticket queue took precedence over actually building airplanes.
While I was on the phone with the trouble desk, getting hot under the collar, a high level factory manager was listening to my end of the conversation. "Give me the phone," he says. "So, my guy PPH can fix this is we could just get into the network closet. But you can't get here for a day, right? No problem. The Boeing fire department is in this building. I'll just have them bring up a fire axe to open the door."
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No. Typical SF/Silicon Valley arrogance. We've all seen the private bus services provided for SV workers who _simply_must_ live in SF and commute. Living south or west of SV could probably get you a shorter commute for less money. But not the San Francisco hipster badge.
Given his current situation, he does not instill within me the belief that he is a highly successful backchannel stock market advisor.
Maybe he is. I've worked with blue collar people (linemen) that were smart enough to make sure they could retire very comfortably by 40. Because who wants to climb poles after that. And I've worked for Boeing execs would couldn't figure out that penny stocks were a bad deal.*
*Anecdote: My boss at Boeing saw me reading the WSJ every morning. And he thought of himself as a crafty investor (Mr penny stock). So one day he walks up and asks me for a good stock tip. "Buy 100 shares of Berkshire Hathaway", I say. He asks, "What's the price?" So I flip to the NYSE quotes, "Fourty nine, seventy five a share." $4975 a share back in those days. He thought I meant $49.75. The next day, he came in with the screwiest look on his face. I'm sure he called his broker, who probably asked him where the hell he was going to come up with half a mill.
A company VP was chatting with a bunch of us engineers. To break the ice, he asked who our heros were. "Warren Buffet," I say. "Uh, isn't he a folk singer or something?"
Just quit with all the automated light crap already. The best traffic flow I've ever seen is in parts of Chicago. Where they still have electromechanical timers* and just sync them for a given speed between lights. Yeah, this won't keep some Aspie from freaking out at 1:00AM if he pulls up to a red light and still has to wait for an empty intersection. But who cares?
*The only benefit I can see for networked signals is the ability to reset them quickly following a power outage.
UPS deliveries FTW!
I don't want to cause damage. I just want to hack the system to get all the green lights.
we just ignore the all way stop signal
You and all the homeless bums.
A ten-armed god with her hands on everything.
No thanks. I'm already not running systemd for similar reasons.
Remember the days when, if you had an analog TV set with a shitty power supply, you'd see a faint band slowly move vertically across the screen? This was due to the difference between the 60 Hz line frequency and the 59.94 Hz vertical scan.
Why
Because this is an easy way to maintain a very accurate long term time base. Particularly since it was developed back in the 1940's and 1950's. Before we had GPS and automated WWV clock synchronization would have required a large and complex receiver system.
Over a short period of time, the grid frequency might drift a few tenths of a percent up or down. But on a daily basis (usually at night) the system operators will add or remove some generation from the grid, speeding it up or slowing it down. The total number of cycles (at 60 Hz in the USA, 50 Hz in Europe) over a day was corrected to match a precision time base counter.
it fluctuates by up to 5%
That's a bit high for my part of the grid. We had underfrequency load shedding set to begin dropping non critical loads (like rural circuits) at 59 Hz.
How long
A goodly length in times past ...
W. Shakespeare.
Perhaps the burden is on lewd content to identify itself (binarily, despite an obvious spectrum).
We could extend IPv4 and IPv6 to include a porn bit.
... I'm going to raise my kids to reply to a request for sexual pictures with Goaste Guy.
See, eg, the recent sex discrimination case against walmart
No.
That overturned the district court's decision to certify a class for the purpose of a suit. Nothing more. Suits may continue on an individual basis.
Reminds me of the story (not sure if it's actually true) about the Soviets copying a B-29 to produce their TU-4 bomber. They duplicated it right town to a riveted patch over some old battle damage.
legal precedent ... prosecutor
We're talking about civil suits here, not criminal. Different rules apply.
We had paid lackeys
Sometimes, paid lackeys aren't even enough.
Anecdote: Many years ago, I was the admin, chief cook and bottlewasher for a small but production critical system inside Boeing. One day, the network drop ceased to work for an important piece of shop floor equipment. I was called out and diagnosed a network drop that was probably unplugged inside a locked closet. I called in an IT ticket and they said, "24 hour turn around time". Nope, that won't do. This is production critical. Airplanes are just sitting here and work is piling up. "Sorry. That's out policy." Evidently, the IT trouble ticket queue took precedence over actually building airplanes.
While I was on the phone with the trouble desk, getting hot under the collar, a high level factory manager was listening to my end of the conversation. "Give me the phone," he says. "So, my guy PPH can fix this is we could just get into the network closet. But you can't get here for a day, right? No problem. The Boeing fire department is in this building. I'll just have them bring up a fire axe to open the door."
An IT guy showed up in 15 minutes.
I don't smoke and all I've got to show for it is a stinkin' Porsche!
You can't even imagine whet the last couple of days suffering withdrawal symptoms was like.
it's going to start hurting
Just check your Telstra broadband bill for the surcharge to cover the penalty.
Nope. Having the wrong gender/race mix is prima facie evidence of wrongdoing in a civil suit.
The Greeks want their name back. "Providing wise and insightful counsel." You are damaging the brand image.
Encroaching on Microsoft's IP. How dare they!
_/t
your driver is a doctor from the Caribbean
No thanks. I think I'll pass on that one.