>Unfortunately, those who predict an earthquake don't give much guidance for preparation. It would be useful to know, for example, what an earthquake is likely to do to a wooden house held together by nails.
Actually, you have to actively hide from that sort of information if you don't want it. There is a tremendous amount of information and assistance on structural and non-structural pre-quake mitigation. Google is your friend.
Incidently, it is probably more important to consider what sort of soil/landform your house is built on. If you're on some sort of alluvium, you're probably screwed.
>The subduction zone is off the coast. How would an earthquake there affect Portland, Oregon, which is 80 miles inland? What bridges would be destroyed in Portland? What buildings?
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In terms that a software engineer can understand, it means that Twitter has hired Dogbert Consulting.
Let me be the first say that Tom Corbett is an asshat. He is also the Republican nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania. One has to wonder how much of this is motivated by his candidacy.
It wasn't like the fucking rodents weren't gaining the upper hand again already. Now were going to make them smarter. They damn near took over 700 years ago with the plague thing, but we beat them back. Now were going to help them remember more? Shit, it'll be like dealing with the Rat Things in Starman's Son; furry vermin with spears and the racial memory of millions of rat traps and kids with.22s.
The concept "key" is related to the concept "outside". While the young, larval/.er may occasionally go "outside", the mature/.er has evolved beyond this childish behavior.
Short version - Phil Zimmerman wrote PGP. PGP incorporated the RSA algorithm. This got the feds after him for violation of the Arms Export Control Act, because strong crypto was considered munitions. Sanity prevailed after about three years and a bunch of lawyers' bills. A slightly longer version is here in the Wikipedia article on PGP.
I have no problem with GPG, and use it with Linux. I've also used PGP since the good old illegal days when it was all command line, and the Feds were still trying to put Phil in jail. The problem with GPG is that it's not going to really get traction until there is a one-shot binary install for Windows that integrates with common programs that people use. While we all know it isn't that tough to install the command line version and then a GUI front end, most users can't/won't do that.
from what I have read, he was doing his job (even after being fired)
Excuse me, but if I fire someone, I most definitely do not want them to continue doing my job that he was fired from. If they keep trying, I will have them arrested. I'm pretty sure that's the way most people deal with fired IT ex-employees.
I drive to work over an interconnected series of potholes, deteriorating asphalt, and collapsing sub-base. The only people happy about this are tire salesdroids and front-end alignment shops. I can't imagine what it would be like if it snowed or the ground froze here in winter. I'm looking for a new commuter vehicle with treads
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>Scramjets aren't exactly easy to test in the lab.
Once, maybe, but repeatability could be a problem.
Safety tip #1: if you ever move here, don't hang anything over the head of your bed.
>Unfortunately, those who predict an earthquake don't give much guidance for preparation. It would be useful to know, for example, what an earthquake is likely to do to a wooden house held together by nails.
Actually, you have to actively hide from that sort of information if you don't want it. There is a tremendous amount of information and assistance on structural and non-structural pre-quake mitigation. Google is your friend.
Incidently, it is probably more important to consider what sort of soil/landform your house is built on. If you're on some sort of alluvium, you're probably screwed.
>The subduction zone is off the coast. How would an earthquake there affect Portland, Oregon, which is 80 miles inland? What bridges would be destroyed in Portland? What buildings?
Portland is actually about 55 miles inland from Cape Meares. All of your questions can be answered . If you live in earthquake country, you have to be actively hiding under a rock to avoid this information. That's not to say people don't, of course.
It stars Shatner and it might be a trainwreck?
Because Boston Legal sucked so much?
>It is critical that the core experience of real-time introductions and information is protected for the user and with an eye toward long-term success for all advertisers, users and the Twitter ecosystem. For this reason, aside from Promoted Tweets, we will not allow any third party to inject paid tweets into a timeline on any service that leverages the Twitter API.
In terms that a software engineer can understand, it means that Twitter has hired Dogbert Consulting.
Glad he was among us.
Indeed. He was a man who definitely left the world a better place. He brought intellectual joy to many people, no mean feat.
Let me be the first say that Tom Corbett is an asshat. He is also the Republican nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania. One has to wonder how much of this is motivated by his candidacy.
It wasn't like the fucking rodents weren't gaining the upper hand again already. Now were going to make them smarter. They damn near took over 700 years ago with the plague thing, but we beat them back. Now were going to help them remember more? Shit, it'll be like dealing with the Rat Things in Starman's Son; furry vermin with spears and the racial memory of millions of rat traps and kids with .22s.
>Microsoft Kills Support
I've often thought that death was the appropriate punishment for MS Support. I'm glad that they took care of it for us.
Get out your pipe cutter and celebrate.
Haven't owned a traditional key since 2005
The concept "key" is related to the concept "outside". While the young, larval /.er may occasionally go "outside", the mature /.er has evolved beyond this childish behavior.
They should just go study these folks. It's definitely and isolated, extreme environment.
God that's scary.
Newly hatched zerglings should not trouble a fully mature high templar.
Mine is a 9-digit prime number. Do solicitations from Russian hookers count as spam or porn?
Short version - Phil Zimmerman wrote PGP. PGP incorporated the RSA algorithm. This got the feds after him for violation of the Arms Export Control Act, because strong crypto was considered munitions. Sanity prevailed after about three years and a bunch of lawyers' bills. A slightly longer version is here in the Wikipedia article on PGP.
Only for version 8.0.2. The rest go to mirrors outside the US.
A lot of older versions are available from The International PGP Home Page.
I have no problem with GPG, and use it with Linux. I've also used PGP since the good old illegal days when it was all command line, and the Feds were still trying to put Phil in jail. The problem with GPG is that it's not going to really get traction until there is a one-shot binary install for Windows that integrates with common programs that people use. While we all know it isn't that tough to install the command line version and then a GUI front end, most users can't/won't do that.
from what I have read, he was doing his job (even after being fired)
Excuse me, but if I fire someone, I most definitely do not want them to continue doing my job that he was fired from. If they keep trying, I will have them arrested. I'm pretty sure that's the way most people deal with fired IT ex-employees.
Are you sure which way causality is running in this?
Is Dekalb still a dry county? That may explain this. :-)
How many of us have microchips in our pets, in case they get lost? How many of us have them in our children for the same reason?
How 'bout them roads you drove to work on today?
I drive to work over an interconnected series of potholes, deteriorating asphalt, and collapsing sub-base. The only people happy about this are tire salesdroids and front-end alignment shops. I can't imagine what it would be like if it snowed or the ground froze here in winter. I'm looking for a new commuter vehicle with treads
We're obviously much more security conscious up here in Sonoma County. :-)
>(password on a post-it on the monitor)
No, no. The post-it is on the underside of the keyboard. Everybody knows that.