My ex-boss was notorious for the former... he'd have the sniffles but it was "a touch of the flu".
Indeed, people call the common cold flu to make themselves sound iller than they really are, but this diminishes the very real impact of genuine flu, which is very unpleasant indeed. Round here, those sorts of exaggeration are rightly dismissed as "man-flu" (as men are the ones that tend to exaggerate a cold, because "I have a cold" supposedly sounds a bit wimpish, which is also pretty silly).
Yes, and if the NSA operations were worth a anything at all they would have found out about it and informed the Kenyan authorities. The Kenyan attack actually proves how pointless and ineffective the spying etc. is.
Yes, "preventing terrorism" is not essential. It kills very few people compared to, oh, I dunno, being poor, for one. Any anyway, you cannot actually prevent terrorism. If someone is really determined to do something we label terrorism, they'll find a way, and no amount of state apparatus can stop it.
Electrons move around a nuclei the same way planets move around suns
If you believe that you'll believe anything. This model of atomic structure hasn't been valid for almost a century. If you're going to talk about science, at least try to keep up with it.
There are some cool things in Mavericks for developers, including a 2D Sprite and Physics engine framework. That should help with bringing a lot of iPad-level 2D games to the Mac.
Haven't we had enough of this shit yet? Just because something is technically feasible doesn't mean it's inevitable. If you're an engineer or developer working on this shit then please, do us all a favour and STOP, NOW. And don't give me any shit about having to earn a crust, etc. that just shows your moral compass needs recalibrating.
While it may not be important, knowing who all your presidents have been, at least as far back as it matters (WW2) is something you should be expected to know. Probably not your fault per se, I understand your education system kind of sucks. But I can name all your country's presidents from FDR onwards, and I'm British. I bet you wouldn't know where to begin naming our prime ministers since Churchill.
So what? Well, if you know that much, you'll probably also be aware of much of the history that goes with it, and that really does matter. For one thing, all this shit that's coming to light just now and the terrible injustice we've seen today might just stir up a bit more outrage than it is doing. What was WW2 and the Cold War and all those hard lessons about communist paranoia about if not to create nations that were better than that? Waste of time and countless lives, evidently.
Those who fail to heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Stoopid slashdot mangled my post. The cut-off sentence was meant to read:
For those it would work for, there is nothing available on the market that fits the electric, single-seat, less-than-500kg 'category', so the idea can't even be tested.
Would it work for everybody? No. But it would work well for a particular class of journey (and journey-maker) that is actually the vast majority of road users at certain times of the day in certain places. For those it would work for, there is nothing available on the market that fits the electric, single-seat,
And by the way, while 25kW power is adequate for such a vehicle, the FA's power plant isn't suitable. But 25kW/hr in LiFePO4 batteries is just about doable in terms of weight now.
My point is that simply taking a current type car and making it electric successfully is a hard problem, because we have become accustomed to the luxury of dragging a lot of extra weight around that serves no useful purpose most of the time.
25kW/33hp is more than adequate if people could only let go of the idea that their cars need to weigh two tonnes and have a large overcapacity for the majority of their needs.
A single-occupant commuter vehicle with a space frame and carbon fibre body weighing more like 500kg would have excellent performance with 25kW. If such a thing could be legally allowed to use bus lanes and other special lanes it could work really well for a huge number of journeys.
Keep the gas guzzling behemoth for when you really do have to carry four people and half a ton of luggage.
It's an example of the corrupt reverse of what economists call the "velocity of money".
If they're going to use a scientific metaphor to bolster their pseudo-science, they should have at least called it the "momentum of money". A product of both its mass (the amount) and how fast it is moved.
So a simple way to break the system down is, rather than encrypt your email, just send an email to random destinations with random content that *looks* like encrypted data. Their systems will flag it for storage and gradually fill up with all these meaningless chunks of random garbage. They won't be able to discriminate between real encrypted content and garbage.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd never head of it.
Now I'm going to install it.
My ex-boss was notorious for the former... he'd have the sniffles but it was "a touch of the flu".
Indeed, people call the common cold flu to make themselves sound iller than they really are, but this diminishes the very real impact of genuine flu, which is very unpleasant indeed. Round here, those sorts of exaggeration are rightly dismissed as "man-flu" (as men are the ones that tend to exaggerate a cold, because "I have a cold" supposedly sounds a bit wimpish, which is also pretty silly).
Yes, and if the NSA operations were worth a anything at all they would have found out about it and informed the Kenyan authorities. The Kenyan attack actually proves how pointless and ineffective the spying etc. is.
Yes, "preventing terrorism" is not essential. It kills very few people compared to, oh, I dunno, being poor, for one. Any anyway, you cannot actually prevent terrorism. If someone is really determined to do something we label terrorism, they'll find a way, and no amount of state apparatus can stop it.
So now they want to become the National Spamming Agency?
Well done sir, a beautiful example of how Obj-C is extremely self-documenting when well-written.
Electrons move around a nuclei the same way planets move around suns
If you believe that you'll believe anything. This model of atomic structure hasn't been valid for almost a century. If you're going to talk about science, at least try to keep up with it.
Well, it's nice to know there is an upside.
It's International Rescue's affirmative response when on call. "F.A.B, Virgil!"
Everyone knows that.
There are some cool things in Mavericks for developers, including a 2D Sprite and Physics engine framework. That should help with bringing a lot of iPad-level 2D games to the Mac.
Haven't we had enough of this shit yet? Just because something is technically feasible doesn't mean it's inevitable. If you're an engineer or developer working on this shit then please, do us all a favour and STOP, NOW. And don't give me any shit about having to earn a crust, etc. that just shows your moral compass needs recalibrating.
While it may not be important, knowing who all your presidents have been, at least as far back as it matters (WW2) is something you should be expected to know. Probably not your fault per se, I understand your education system kind of sucks. But I can name all your country's presidents from FDR onwards, and I'm British. I bet you wouldn't know where to begin naming our prime ministers since Churchill.
So what? Well, if you know that much, you'll probably also be aware of much of the history that goes with it, and that really does matter. For one thing, all this shit that's coming to light just now and the terrible injustice we've seen today might just stir up a bit more outrage than it is doing. What was WW2 and the Cold War and all those hard lessons about communist paranoia about if not to create nations that were better than that? Waste of time and countless lives, evidently.
Those who fail to heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Dolt. In a free country, none of these things should be "expected".
It's "Bletchley", not Betchly.
Stoopid slashdot mangled my post. The cut-off sentence was meant to read: For those it would work for, there is nothing available on the market that fits the electric, single-seat, less-than-500kg 'category', so the idea can't even be tested.
Would it work for everybody? No. But it would work well for a particular class of journey (and journey-maker) that is actually the vast majority of road users at certain times of the day in certain places. For those it would work for, there is nothing available on the market that fits the electric, single-seat,
And by the way, while 25kW power is adequate for such a vehicle, the FA's power plant isn't suitable. But 25kW/hr in LiFePO4 batteries is just about doable in terms of weight now.
My point is that simply taking a current type car and making it electric successfully is a hard problem, because we have become accustomed to the luxury of dragging a lot of extra weight around that serves no useful purpose most of the time.
25kW/33hp is more than adequate if people could only let go of the idea that their cars need to weigh two tonnes and have a large overcapacity for the majority of their needs.
A single-occupant commuter vehicle with a space frame and carbon fibre body weighing more like 500kg would have excellent performance with 25kW. If such a thing could be legally allowed to use bus lanes and other special lanes it could work really well for a huge number of journeys.
Keep the gas guzzling behemoth for when you really do have to carry four people and half a ton of luggage.
Oh, so that was you!
Most people thought it sucked arse.
Torvalds is the GInger Baker of computing. Very, very good at the core thing he does, an absolutely atrocious human being in every other way.
The question is whether you value part A over part B or not, I guess.
It's an example of the corrupt reverse of what economists call the "velocity of money".
If they're going to use a scientific metaphor to bolster their pseudo-science, they should have at least called it the "momentum of money". A product of both its mass (the amount) and how fast it is moved.
very religious so not a liar
Can you explain the logic of this part of your statement? I can't discern any.
how to preserve Reading equipment
What's so special about Reading? How about Newbury, or Bracknell equipment?
(Violating) your privacy is our priority
Can I suggest that, as a start, a concerted campaign of defacing their ads in public wherever they may be found in this manner is undertaken?
So a simple way to break the system down is, rather than encrypt your email, just send an email to random destinations with random content that *looks* like encrypted data. Their systems will flag it for storage and gradually fill up with all these meaningless chunks of random garbage. They won't be able to discriminate between real encrypted content and garbage.
Sounds like a great scheme for keeping the train windows clean from people's greasy hair.