The problem with those body counts is they are extremely likely to even more wrong than the numbers provided by the military. Which is not to say the military numbers are close, but those numbers might as well be made up - as they likely are.
You do realize Slashdot has fairly frequently unplanned outages? I've also had maybe a little more than a half dozen messages lots by Slashdot over the years, and I'm just one user. How many thousands or tens of thousands of posts have been lost over the years?
Ultimately, it doesn't matter if its a web site or not. The real question is, is your data important to you? If the answer is yes, MySQL should fall to the bottom of your list of choices.
Access competes with sqllite
I keep reading people saying that but Access is actually far, far richer than sqlite. For single user systems, while I loath to admit it, Access is likely a superior solution. sqlite really competes against the likes of bdb. Which really, many people passover but is a surprisingly good database for what it is; but what it isn't is SQL.
Has never been true. Though IIRC, MySQL does support multi-master which PostgreSQL does not.
and easier with MySQL.
Used to be true but is no longer the case.
That's why Postgres isn't ready for entreprise databases.
And yet its commonly used in the enterprise side by side with Oracle. PostgreSQL commonly competes with Oracle. Hell, in many cases, it actually replaces Oracle.
If you're small to medium size business you basically have to use MySQL
Only if you have absolutely no clue what the hell you're talking about.
Postgres is nice, but it's for hobbyist mostly.
Reallying laying on the troll thick...
It just doesn't scale.
Except for the common cases where it performs better than MySQL and Oracle.
The problem with "pilot error" determination is that maybe 50% (made up number of large percentage is accurate) of the time, it actually has absolutely nothing to do with the accident. Pilot error is sort of a catch-all for, "we have no fucking clue what happened and feel we must explain the crash if possible so pilot error is as good as any. Not to mention its very believable."
Anyway, what happened is that the software failed and gave bad readings.
Before everyone jumps on the anti-AirBuss bandwagon, its important to remember, Boeing has had many such failures resulting in many, many deaths. Their hydraulic failure caused reverse rudder output from its given input. So for example, a pilot would apply a modest amount of right rudder, which would cause the plane to roll left. That's backwards in case you don't know. The pilot would then attempt to compensate for the reversed roll by apply yet more right rudder. The plane would then roll more rapidly left. Repeat the cycle until the aircraft goes inverted and then pile drives into the ground.
Originally it was thought this was a unique incident but further research by investigators reveals this accounts for three crashes in which "pilot error" was perviously attributed and likely explains another two. So in total, Boeing's failure accounts for what is likely five different plane crashes.
And in case you're interested, their fix is somewhat unsatisfying. They had two hydraulic rams which controlled the rudder. The problem is, one of the two would suddenly start running in reverse and over power the other. The solution was to add a third, such that a single failure can not overpower the other two. To date, they've never been able to completely recreate the failure and investigation of sensor logs indicated the problem occurred somewhat frequently even though the single failure wasn't always able to over power the other ram.
Just out of interest - i've always wondered why Postgres seems to trail in popularity to MySQL. I know the limitations of the latter having used it far too much, does anybody know where Postgres trails MySQL?
People will tell you a lot of things and some of them might actually be factors. The real reasons are pretty simple; marketing, platform preference, and user ignorance. Obviously there are other factors, but these are first and foremost.
Back when MySQL was just beginning to get any attention, a lot of people were actively looking at PostgreSQL. The problem is, PostgreSQL supported Win32 poorly. In fact, the Win32 port at the time, was actually a unsupported Cygwin port which came with lots of caveats and baggage. Caveats and baggage is not something people want in a database. Needless to say, lots of developers didn't want their platform dictated by their choice of database. This was an instant win for MySQL despite the fact that at the time, MySQL was a tonka toy compared to PostgreSQL.
Next was marketing. MySQL lied, lied, lied, and lied some more. If you look, you can find lots of MySQL's old white papers which are purposely full of misinformation and lies. They purposely lied about benchmarks, created benchmarks which tailored to MySQL's strengths (which rarely had anything to do with the real world), so on and so. Given the choice between a database which MySQL consistently said was dramatically slower, and worse, didn't really support Win32, the choice seemed pretty clear. MySQL actually made references to PostgreSQL versions which were not even supported at the time. Typically they would benchmark again one or two *major* versions back of PostgreSQL, so they could have a performance edge. I can still remember reading a benchmark in which they compared MySQL to a version of PostgreSQL which hadn't even been supported for half a decade. The rule of thumb back then was, if MySQL said anything about performance, features, or reliability, it was lie. Ya, it literally was that bad. Unfortunately, most MySQL users didn't know any better.
Last was the simple fact that most MySQL developers at the time, and even largely true to this day, have absolutely no clue what's important in a database. Most of these people had no clue what scalability meant (MySQL traditionally scales poorly but is extremely fast for single user - which is what most developer's test and therefore come to a very wrong conclusion). Worse, MySQL developers would constantly argue that no one really needed referential integrity, triggers, stored procedures, sub-selects, ACID is completely optional, nor is a query optimizer of any real significance. I kid you not, that really is much of the defense MySQL had at the time.
Again, there absolutely are other facts, but the three above greatly empowered, if not accelerated, MySQL's acceptance to the detriment of PostgreSQL. Of course, it didn't help that MySQL had convinced everyone that MySQL was lightening fast and extremely scalable and yet third parties typically found MySQL to be one of the least scalable databases (usually landing middle to dead last of the pack) and frequently couldn't even finish basic benchmarks. And its important to remember, these benchmarks ultimately punished most other databases because they were written to use the least common denominator (for the sole purpose of allowing MySQL to be benchmarked), which ruled out much faster features like stored procedures, triggers, and referential integrity. Which really means, if someone wants to take advantage of common database features, MySQL was horribly slow and far, far less scalable for real world applications.
Obviously things have changed since then. MySQL has come a long way. Its now capable of consistently completing benchmarks and has a number of more advanced features. Regardless, for scalability, performance, and a wide selection of rich features, MySQL is still largely playing catch-up to PostgreSQL. Which is why PostgreSQL is still pushed in front of MySQ
Agreed. The offending developer needs to have their account terminated. If they are not doing they, seems pretty clearly they are actively encouraging fraud. Likewise, all pending proceeds need to be forwarded to the original developer. Otherwise, it seems Google is knowingly profiting from a crime. After all, they still made their 30% commission. And what about the users who purchased the application? Do they receive refunds; thusly alleviating Google of their legal liabilities? Do they refer these customers to the original developer's application?
Details released to the public vary dramatically from state to state. Which seemingly, was more or less covered in the original post. And is Google really that hard to use? I typed a quick topical search and got 387,000 results. While many of those take the time to refute such statements as somehow magically not on snopes yet (which dip shits, and this from actual reporters), I didn't have much trouble find links to laws and public officials stating that yes, in fact, some states do have laws where peeing in public can land you on the list of sex offenders for your state. You could take enough time to throw monkey shit but not enough time to use your brain. Gotta love slashdot...
The law in many states as it relates to sexual offenses are very, very broken. For example, simply peeing in public, in some states, is enough to have you arrested and classified as a sexual predator.
Basically, many states require checkins and public notification for people moving into your neighborhood because they had to pee. This is a great example of how stupid and seemingly corrupt cops and courts can be.
I completely understood your original point; albeit completely invalid and meaningless. The fact that I explained to you why your point is stupid and then you turn around and further explain your stupid point, is...well..stupid.
Next you'll use birds to explain why cars are over priced. Or oranges to explain why gas costs too much. Or even better, you'll use colors to explain why things are pointy.
You are comparing apples and orange trees and insisting the price of apples has everything to do with the price of orange trees. And ignoring all that, well, you're completely ignoring capitalism, preferring market tiering, and still haven't seemed to acknowledge the higher priced is built on top of very scare resources while the other is not.
You seriously need to change your signature and learn some basic economics. After doing so, you'll realize why it makes you look like a complete idiot.
Android is still heavily in development and Apple has a huge advantage in that their browser is encumbered by Dalkvik. The fact that any test is close is actually shameful for Apple. When Google's fairly new technology actually stomps on Apple like that, well, its nothing but shamefully embarrassing for Apple.
Agreed. The fact this was from the register was already a red flag.
It seems to suggestion they have no clue as to how things are arranged. To say they are reaching well beyond established interpretations of copyright protection is an understatement in the extreme.
$7 dialup provides 14GB/month; $40 Verizon Wireless only 5. Pathetic.
Yes, this is off topic...
I read your signature. I think its pretty funny. If you bother to ponder it with a critical eye and even modest knowledge of the topic you are commenting on, your argument actually makes $40.00 seem down right cheap. In other words, your signature makes you look like an idiot.
Common utilities which has been amortized over multiple generations and requires little to no maintenance and uses a commodity resource, versus an extremely modern resource which is actively maintained, evolving, and provides access to an extremely finite resource on the nation's premier carrier. Hmmm....yep, you're an idiot.
With logic such as that so proudly exclaimed for all to read, is there ever a reason anyone should ever listen to anything you have to say. That's rhetorical.
Most Americans and seemingly, even many slashdotters, don't event understand or worse, know the US Constitution or how its been systematically attacked with an almost endless list of laws which are squarely unconstitutional - and yet still pro-actively enforced. Add to the fact that the US Constitution seems well beyond many judges in the US means even getting a fair trial can be extremely difficult.
Made worse yet, is that the US government actively encourages politics for purchase via lobbying and has consistently refused to do anything to prevent systematic abuses of said system.
And yet the really worst of it all is that laws and propaganda actively work to give the impression that anyone who honors the "best the US has even been", attempts to classify them as un-american, a potential terrorists, or a fringe crack pot. Hell, even the ACLU does a really poor job of defending the Constitution despite it being their single claim to exist.
As an example, after Katrina, federal troops were used to steal firearms from citizens. To this date, many firearms, including family heirloom firearms have never been returned. In some cases, literally, little old ladies were punched in the face and physically had their firearm taken, AFTER the authorities demanded she present the weapon from its hiding place. Absolutely no prosecutions to date. And yes, this was all caught on video.
Use of federal troops against US citizens is illegal and unconstitutional. Confiscation of firearms is illegal and unconstitutional. Assault and battery is illegal. To date, no one has been prosecuted despite it receiving some press and it is all on video. The fact the entire US population isn't up in arms over this type of rampant abuse, unfortunately, says it all. And this is just one of many, many examples which are all documented on video.
The only effect of the press these stories did receive is a law was passed which re-iterated that such actions are illegal. Yes, that's right, we now have a law which exists solely to re-state that illegal and unconstitutional behavior is illegal.
expect people who cannot afford it to desire it and take it by whatever means they have.
That's a critical flaw in justifying theft. These are luxury goods first and foremost. Second of all, several studies have repeated shown, the majority of pirates absolutely can afford what they are stealing. Third of all, several studies consistently show price has very little to do with piracy. The vast majority of pirates steal because they feel entitled to steal. The vast, vast majority of reasons pirates say they steal are either completely illogical or factually invalid, and really all boil down to excuses to justify theft without having to admit to themselves and society they are nothing but a common thief. Furthermore, to maintain their own hypocritical sense of self, they then actively recruit others into their like mindedness reality distortion which then further props up their failed sense of self.
Piracy has literally become the world's largest cult.
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It would be 3d because its time lapsed. By moving about in a 3d space, samples within a 3d space would be projected into a single frame of reference (the picture).
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So you're willing to get paid 1/1000 of you're current wages? And obviously you're willing to paying $1000 per song and $10,0000 per movie?
Didn't think so. Pull your head from your ass. They get paid very little up front on the basis they'll make their money over time. Now you're arguing they are not entitled to make their money over time which means their only option is to make it all up front at day one.
Every time there is a discussion of copyright, some idiot brings up buggy whip manufacturers (I guess because it requires no thought to do so). Buggy whip manufacturers went out of business because people no longer wanted buggy whips. Period. If your argument was that copyright protected professions are going out of business because people no longer want professionally produced work, then you might have a point. No change to copyright can prevent that from happening, and in fact there is no attempt being made to prevent that from happening. However, there has been NO indication that people don't want professionally produced works (otherwise, there would be no piracy), only that people don't think they should have to PAY to get other people's work.
A literal genius among idiots. Seriously, thank you!
Its so refreshing to see someone post on this issue who actually has a brain and can say something other than the pirate propaganda and lies. Seriously, thank you!
Interestingly enough, notice when you ask these morons what they would do if someone was stealing their labor, they say they'd sue and yet its somehow morally wrong if the people they steal from does the same thing. And given the scale of the theft, whereby its all but impossible for owners to actually sue everyone, laws which protect them such scale of theft are somehow even more morally outrageous and disgusting.
Pirates on slashdot have literally convinced me that pirate is a nice way of saying, selfish, idiot, leech, loser, liar, hypocrite, delusional, with hints of proud communism.
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I thought the images were pretty cool looking. But for me, they never really seemed to capture an image which really showed its potential. They needed to position the camera such that it was an 3D isometric view and take pictures around interesting geography and buildings such that you can get a sense of how the geography and distance are playing a significant role in the observed signal strength.
To some degree you could see this. For example, when they walked past windows you could see the strength rise. When they walked past walls and stretches without windows the signal quickly fell off. Would have been really nice to see that projected out into 3D rather than just 2D in a 3D scene.
And of course, it would be neat if they had a different color of lights which indicated SNR relative to the strength they are presenting.
Perhaps I missed it because I wrote it and see what I expect to see, but I don't see where I presume you "don't know anything." Much of my post was speaking to the ether; more of an editorial as most people really have no clue about the subject matter in question. Hell, despite being factually accurate, one of my posts were troll moderated. Please remember these posts are not private emails, its part of a public exchange.
Largely, when I said, "you", I meant, you the reader (generalized collective) rather than you specifically. If you've read some of my other posts you'll note I don't have a problem being confrontational and that was certainly not my intent here. I have no issue whatsoever with the post to which I replied. My intent was to simply add to and specifically address what you said with far more detail as many people are completely ignorant, and frequently purposely mislead on the subject, yet hold the view you suggested they do.
I apologize if you believe I singled you out in my post in a derogatorily or belittling manner - as that was not my intent. Though honestly, because of the low quality of slashdot readers and moderators these days, I rarely proof read a post so its entirely possible my choice of terminology communicated meaning which I did not intend to express. Sometimes choice of small words mean everything.
I actually hadn't thought of that bug good point. What did occur to me was the exact opposite of that coin. Meaning, couldn't this then be used as a was to change orbits or to provide a boost in altitude?
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They've experienced several just in the last week or so. They are fairly common regardless what you may think.
The problem with those body counts is they are extremely likely to even more wrong than the numbers provided by the military. Which is not to say the military numbers are close, but those numbers might as well be made up - as they likely are.
Slashdot seems to be working ok
You do realize Slashdot has fairly frequently unplanned outages? I've also had maybe a little more than a half dozen messages lots by Slashdot over the years, and I'm just one user. How many thousands or tens of thousands of posts have been lost over the years?
Ultimately, it doesn't matter if its a web site or not. The real question is, is your data important to you? If the answer is yes, MySQL should fall to the bottom of your list of choices.
Access competes with sqllite
I keep reading people saying that but Access is actually far, far richer than sqlite. For single user systems, while I loath to admit it, Access is likely a superior solution. sqlite really competes against the likes of bdb. Which really, many people passover but is a surprisingly good database for what it is; but what it isn't is SQL.
Master and slaves db setup is much better
Has never been true. Though IIRC, MySQL does support multi-master which PostgreSQL does not.
and easier with MySQL.
Used to be true but is no longer the case.
That's why Postgres isn't ready for entreprise databases.
And yet its commonly used in the enterprise side by side with Oracle. PostgreSQL commonly competes with Oracle. Hell, in many cases, it actually replaces Oracle.
If you're small to medium size business you basically have to use MySQL
Only if you have absolutely no clue what the hell you're talking about.
Postgres is nice, but it's for hobbyist mostly.
Reallying laying on the troll thick...
It just doesn't scale.
Except for the common cases where it performs better than MySQL and Oracle.
Desperate for attention much?
The problem with "pilot error" determination is that maybe 50% (made up number of large percentage is accurate) of the time, it actually has absolutely nothing to do with the accident. Pilot error is sort of a catch-all for, "we have no fucking clue what happened and feel we must explain the crash if possible so pilot error is as good as any. Not to mention its very believable."
It basically is a pile of horse shit that's advocated by morons and idiots
Thought you might enjoy this, if you haven't already seen it.
Anyway, what happened is that the software failed and gave bad readings.
Before everyone jumps on the anti-AirBuss bandwagon, its important to remember, Boeing has had many such failures resulting in many, many deaths. Their hydraulic failure caused reverse rudder output from its given input. So for example, a pilot would apply a modest amount of right rudder, which would cause the plane to roll left. That's backwards in case you don't know. The pilot would then attempt to compensate for the reversed roll by apply yet more right rudder. The plane would then roll more rapidly left. Repeat the cycle until the aircraft goes inverted and then pile drives into the ground.
Originally it was thought this was a unique incident but further research by investigators reveals this accounts for three crashes in which "pilot error" was perviously attributed and likely explains another two. So in total, Boeing's failure accounts for what is likely five different plane crashes.
And in case you're interested, their fix is somewhat unsatisfying. They had two hydraulic rams which controlled the rudder. The problem is, one of the two would suddenly start running in reverse and over power the other. The solution was to add a third, such that a single failure can not overpower the other two. To date, they've never been able to completely recreate the failure and investigation of sensor logs indicated the problem occurred somewhat frequently even though the single failure wasn't always able to over power the other ram.
Hooray for quality engineering!
US controls the UN
An extremely well documented history says otherwise. You just make this shit up on the spot so you have something to troll?
Just out of interest - i've always wondered why Postgres seems to trail in popularity to MySQL. I know the limitations of the latter having used it far too much, does anybody know where Postgres trails MySQL?
People will tell you a lot of things and some of them might actually be factors. The real reasons are pretty simple; marketing, platform preference, and user ignorance. Obviously there are other factors, but these are first and foremost.
Back when MySQL was just beginning to get any attention, a lot of people were actively looking at PostgreSQL. The problem is, PostgreSQL supported Win32 poorly. In fact, the Win32 port at the time, was actually a unsupported Cygwin port which came with lots of caveats and baggage. Caveats and baggage is not something people want in a database. Needless to say, lots of developers didn't want their platform dictated by their choice of database. This was an instant win for MySQL despite the fact that at the time, MySQL was a tonka toy compared to PostgreSQL.
Next was marketing. MySQL lied, lied, lied, and lied some more. If you look, you can find lots of MySQL's old white papers which are purposely full of misinformation and lies. They purposely lied about benchmarks, created benchmarks which tailored to MySQL's strengths (which rarely had anything to do with the real world), so on and so. Given the choice between a database which MySQL consistently said was dramatically slower, and worse, didn't really support Win32, the choice seemed pretty clear. MySQL actually made references to PostgreSQL versions which were not even supported at the time. Typically they would benchmark again one or two *major* versions back of PostgreSQL, so they could have a performance edge. I can still remember reading a benchmark in which they compared MySQL to a version of PostgreSQL which hadn't even been supported for half a decade. The rule of thumb back then was, if MySQL said anything about performance, features, or reliability, it was lie. Ya, it literally was that bad. Unfortunately, most MySQL users didn't know any better.
Last was the simple fact that most MySQL developers at the time, and even largely true to this day, have absolutely no clue what's important in a database. Most of these people had no clue what scalability meant (MySQL traditionally scales poorly but is extremely fast for single user - which is what most developer's test and therefore come to a very wrong conclusion). Worse, MySQL developers would constantly argue that no one really needed referential integrity, triggers, stored procedures, sub-selects, ACID is completely optional, nor is a query optimizer of any real significance. I kid you not, that really is much of the defense MySQL had at the time.
Again, there absolutely are other facts, but the three above greatly empowered, if not accelerated, MySQL's acceptance to the detriment of PostgreSQL. Of course, it didn't help that MySQL had convinced everyone that MySQL was lightening fast and extremely scalable and yet third parties typically found MySQL to be one of the least scalable databases (usually landing middle to dead last of the pack) and frequently couldn't even finish basic benchmarks. And its important to remember, these benchmarks ultimately punished most other databases because they were written to use the least common denominator (for the sole purpose of allowing MySQL to be benchmarked), which ruled out much faster features like stored procedures, triggers, and referential integrity. Which really means, if someone wants to take advantage of common database features, MySQL was horribly slow and far, far less scalable for real world applications.
Obviously things have changed since then. MySQL has come a long way. Its now capable of consistently completing benchmarks and has a number of more advanced features. Regardless, for scalability, performance, and a wide selection of rich features, MySQL is still largely playing catch-up to PostgreSQL. Which is why PostgreSQL is still pushed in front of MySQ
Agreed. The offending developer needs to have their account terminated. If they are not doing they, seems pretty clearly they are actively encouraging fraud. Likewise, all pending proceeds need to be forwarded to the original developer. Otherwise, it seems Google is knowingly profiting from a crime. After all, they still made their 30% commission. And what about the users who purchased the application? Do they receive refunds; thusly alleviating Google of their legal liabilities? Do they refer these customers to the original developer's application?
Details released to the public vary dramatically from state to state. Which seemingly, was more or less covered in the original post. And is Google really that hard to use? I typed a quick topical search and got 387,000 results. While many of those take the time to refute such statements as somehow magically not on snopes yet (which dip shits, and this from actual reporters), I didn't have much trouble find links to laws and public officials stating that yes, in fact, some states do have laws where peeing in public can land you on the list of sex offenders for your state. You could take enough time to throw monkey shit but not enough time to use your brain. Gotta love slashdot...
The law in many states as it relates to sexual offenses are very, very broken. For example, simply peeing in public, in some states, is enough to have you arrested and classified as a sexual predator.
Basically, many states require checkins and public notification for people moving into your neighborhood because they had to pee. This is a great example of how stupid and seemingly corrupt cops and courts can be.
I completely understood your original point; albeit completely invalid and meaningless. The fact that I explained to you why your point is stupid and then you turn around and further explain your stupid point, is...well..stupid.
Next you'll use birds to explain why cars are over priced. Or oranges to explain why gas costs too much. Or even better, you'll use colors to explain why things are pointy.
You are comparing apples and orange trees and insisting the price of apples has everything to do with the price of orange trees. And ignoring all that, well, you're completely ignoring capitalism, preferring market tiering, and still haven't seemed to acknowledge the higher priced is built on top of very scare resources while the other is not.
You seriously need to change your signature and learn some basic economics. After doing so, you'll realize why it makes you look like a complete idiot.
Android is still heavily in development and Apple has a huge advantage in that their browser is encumbered by Dalkvik. The fact that any test is close is actually shameful for Apple. When Google's fairly new technology actually stomps on Apple like that, well, its nothing but shamefully embarrassing for Apple.
Agreed. The fact this was from the register was already a red flag.
It seems to suggestion they have no clue as to how things are arranged. To say they are reaching well beyond established interpretations of copyright protection is an understatement in the extreme.
$7 dialup provides 14GB/month; $40 Verizon Wireless only 5. Pathetic.
Yes, this is off topic...
I read your signature. I think its pretty funny. If you bother to ponder it with a critical eye and even modest knowledge of the topic you are commenting on, your argument actually makes $40.00 seem down right cheap. In other words, your signature makes you look like an idiot.
Common utilities which has been amortized over multiple generations and requires little to no maintenance and uses a commodity resource, versus an extremely modern resource which is actively maintained, evolving, and provides access to an extremely finite resource on the nation's premier carrier. Hmmm....yep, you're an idiot.
With logic such as that so proudly exclaimed for all to read, is there ever a reason anyone should ever listen to anything you have to say. That's rhetorical.
Most Americans and seemingly, even many slashdotters, don't event understand or worse, know the US Constitution or how its been systematically attacked with an almost endless list of laws which are squarely unconstitutional - and yet still pro-actively enforced. Add to the fact that the US Constitution seems well beyond many judges in the US means even getting a fair trial can be extremely difficult.
Made worse yet, is that the US government actively encourages politics for purchase via lobbying and has consistently refused to do anything to prevent systematic abuses of said system.
And yet the really worst of it all is that laws and propaganda actively work to give the impression that anyone who honors the "best the US has even been", attempts to classify them as un-american, a potential terrorists, or a fringe crack pot. Hell, even the ACLU does a really poor job of defending the Constitution despite it being their single claim to exist.
As an example, after Katrina, federal troops were used to steal firearms from citizens. To this date, many firearms, including family heirloom firearms have never been returned. In some cases, literally, little old ladies were punched in the face and physically had their firearm taken, AFTER the authorities demanded she present the weapon from its hiding place. Absolutely no prosecutions to date. And yes, this was all caught on video.
Use of federal troops against US citizens is illegal and unconstitutional. Confiscation of firearms is illegal and unconstitutional. Assault and battery is illegal. To date, no one has been prosecuted despite it receiving some press and it is all on video. The fact the entire US population isn't up in arms over this type of rampant abuse, unfortunately, says it all. And this is just one of many, many examples which are all documented on video.
The only effect of the press these stories did receive is a law was passed which re-iterated that such actions are illegal. Yes, that's right, we now have a law which exists solely to re-state that illegal and unconstitutional behavior is illegal.
expect people who cannot afford it to desire it and take it by whatever means they have.
That's a critical flaw in justifying theft. These are luxury goods first and foremost. Second of all, several studies have repeated shown, the majority of pirates absolutely can afford what they are stealing. Third of all, several studies consistently show price has very little to do with piracy. The vast majority of pirates steal because they feel entitled to steal. The vast, vast majority of reasons pirates say they steal are either completely illogical or factually invalid, and really all boil down to excuses to justify theft without having to admit to themselves and society they are nothing but a common thief. Furthermore, to maintain their own hypocritical sense of self, they then actively recruit others into their like mindedness reality distortion which then further props up their failed sense of self.
Piracy has literally become the world's largest cult.
It would be 3d because its time lapsed. By moving about in a 3d space, samples within a 3d space would be projected into a single frame of reference (the picture).
We're on the same page!
So you're willing to get paid 1/1000 of you're current wages? And obviously you're willing to paying $1000 per song and $10,0000 per movie?
Didn't think so. Pull your head from your ass. They get paid very little up front on the basis they'll make their money over time. Now you're arguing they are not entitled to make their money over time which means their only option is to make it all up front at day one.
So either you're an idiot and a lying hypocrite.
Every time there is a discussion of copyright, some idiot brings up buggy whip manufacturers (I guess because it requires no thought to do so). Buggy whip manufacturers went out of business because people no longer wanted buggy whips. Period. If your argument was that copyright protected professions are going out of business because people no longer want professionally produced work, then you might have a point. No change to copyright can prevent that from happening, and in fact there is no attempt being made to prevent that from happening. However, there has been NO indication that people don't want professionally produced works (otherwise, there would be no piracy), only that people don't think they should have to PAY to get other people's work.
A literal genius among idiots. Seriously, thank you!
Its so refreshing to see someone post on this issue who actually has a brain and can say something other than the pirate propaganda and lies. Seriously, thank you!
Interestingly enough, notice when you ask these morons what they would do if someone was stealing their labor, they say they'd sue and yet its somehow morally wrong if the people they steal from does the same thing. And given the scale of the theft, whereby its all but impossible for owners to actually sue everyone, laws which protect them such scale of theft are somehow even more morally outrageous and disgusting.
Pirates on slashdot have literally convinced me that pirate is a nice way of saying, selfish, idiot, leech, loser, liar, hypocrite, delusional, with hints of proud communism.
I thought the images were pretty cool looking. But for me, they never really seemed to capture an image which really showed its potential. They needed to position the camera such that it was an 3D isometric view and take pictures around interesting geography and buildings such that you can get a sense of how the geography and distance are playing a significant role in the observed signal strength.
To some degree you could see this. For example, when they walked past windows you could see the strength rise. When they walked past walls and stretches without windows the signal quickly fell off. Would have been really nice to see that projected out into 3D rather than just 2D in a 3D scene.
And of course, it would be neat if they had a different color of lights which indicated SNR relative to the strength they are presenting.
Perhaps I missed it because I wrote it and see what I expect to see, but I don't see where I presume you "don't know anything." Much of my post was speaking to the ether; more of an editorial as most people really have no clue about the subject matter in question. Hell, despite being factually accurate, one of my posts were troll moderated. Please remember these posts are not private emails, its part of a public exchange.
Largely, when I said, "you", I meant, you the reader (generalized collective) rather than you specifically. If you've read some of my other posts you'll note I don't have a problem being confrontational and that was certainly not my intent here. I have no issue whatsoever with the post to which I replied. My intent was to simply add to and specifically address what you said with far more detail as many people are completely ignorant, and frequently purposely mislead on the subject, yet hold the view you suggested they do.
I apologize if you believe I singled you out in my post in a derogatorily or belittling manner - as that was not my intent. Though honestly, because of the low quality of slashdot readers and moderators these days, I rarely proof read a post so its entirely possible my choice of terminology communicated meaning which I did not intend to express. Sometimes choice of small words mean everything.
I actually hadn't thought of that bug good point. What did occur to me was the exact opposite of that coin. Meaning, couldn't this then be used as a was to change orbits or to provide a boost in altitude?