what are you talking about? The "internet ID" and "internet passport" become items of intense personal value that must be protected. The stakes will be even higher to protect your papers under a "papers, please." internet.
Uh.. not an infinite number of locations. 1 + N locations, where N is the number of users.
Settings are under/etc, and in a hidden file or directory under each users' home directory. Perhaps you're getting hung up on the idea having things under a directory structure of flat files rather than in a single binary database file. But the distinction blurrs a little when you realize that the database file has a directory structure under it, so there are actually "infinite number of locations" under both options.
I suspect that a.8c bullet would simply dump 2 GJ into the air as soon as it exits the barrel (we're presuming a magic gun that the projectile actually makes it out of...). The projectile wouldn't be stopped, so much as nigh-instantly vaporized. Along with your face. And you might get your target, too, if the room is smaller than an airplane hangar...
It says that the tax code is too complex for a single person to understand. And since it's impossible for a person to understand the tax code that affects him, it is unjust to expect him to obey it.
Pfft. I just use ONE pixel. Then I drink enough coffee to get "jitters" and let the spasms scan my eyes instead. It's very effective, but you have to remember to keep the coffee flowing, and not to start the pixel before you've had a pot or two, because you can cause eye damage if you linger too long.
That accounting department might really have needed it.
I *don't* code, I build spreadsheets for a government finance office. Usually I'm translating a spreadsheet that's been helpfully locked into.pdf form by another government agency back into a usable spreadsheet, and being able to glance back and forth without sacrificing the full screen view is sanity preserving.
This is why we have giant deficits, people. We have a person doing a machine's job (transferring data from one representation to another). What kind of wacky crack world do we live in where someone thought it would be a good idea to transfer data from an electronic representation to another electronic representation by hand, anyway?
Probably the same kind of person who'd take tools away from software developers to give them to manual document transcribers. Hint: If your organization has software developers, then have them develop software to eliminate your repetitive tasks!
But the schools shouldn't ban cell phones. They should install micro-cells that allow them to control what numbers are allowed to call in and out and when. For instance, anyone should be able to call 911, but do you really want people to be able to call the students other than the parents and fellow students?
On the other hand, it's now coming to light that "properly designed" means designing the thing to withstand the "100 year" storm/earthquake/whatever natural disaster tends to befall your area.
For a structure expected to last on the order of 60+ years, this seems like a near certain risk of disaster. Furthermore, when the result of failure is a 100+ year 20+km exclusion zone, you can see that the standards need to be a little higher if we don't want an ever-accumulating area of uninhabitable earth to result...
You may have worked for unscrupulous shops, but that doesn't mean that a 15 sec test only takes 15 sec of resources, or is not worth the diganostic fee.
I generally prefer to go to shops that have standard rate based on the time a job is supposed to take, on average. (like, say the chilton's manual, etc.) If the mechanic can do it in less time, I don't consider that the job itself is less valuable, and am grateful to be out of there more quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if it took me two hours to do a four wheel brake job...
Indeed. However if you take the money you would spend over five years, and instead of buying one massive machine that will last you five, spend half as much on a machine that's probably 80% as good as that one, the machine you buy 2.5 years later for the rest of the money will be significantly superior to the "massive" machine your friend bought intending to last 5 years...
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Meh, that's really more Syfy than Sci-Fi....
what are you talking about? The "internet ID" and "internet passport" become items of intense personal value that must be protected. The stakes will be even higher to protect your papers under a "papers, please." internet.
If you don't end that sequence with "select, start," you're just playing with yourself.
Unless the crime is a traffic violation. Then your "court fees" are going to be bigger than the original fine even if you win...
Uh.. not an infinite number of locations. 1 + N locations, where N is the number of users.
Settings are under /etc, and in a hidden file or directory under each users' home directory. Perhaps you're getting hung up on the idea having things under a directory structure of flat files rather than in a single binary database file. But the distinction blurrs a little when you realize that the database file has a directory structure under it, so there are actually "infinite number of locations" under both options.
Only you can search the flat files with grep...
Isn't that the point? Is the thing the parent complains about something only experts should be able to do?
Airsoft is practically stationary compared to .8c.
I suspect that a .8c bullet would simply dump 2 GJ into the air as soon as it exits the barrel (we're presuming a magic gun that the projectile actually makes it out of...). The projectile wouldn't be stopped, so much as nigh-instantly vaporized. Along with your face. And you might get your target, too, if the room is smaller than an airplane hangar...
I doubt those would get much past the end of the barrel, though. Wind resistance is worse than v^2 at those speeds...
It says that the tax code is too complex for a single person to understand. And since it's impossible for a person to understand the tax code that affects him, it is unjust to expect him to obey it.
Wait.. A real estate agent only needs to sell roughly 3 houses a year to have an income equal to the average wage in the area??
Pfft. I just use ONE pixel. Then I drink enough coffee to get "jitters" and let the spasms scan my eyes instead. It's very effective, but you have to remember to keep the coffee flowing, and not to start the pixel before you've had a pot or two, because you can cause eye damage if you linger too long.
That accounting department might really have needed it.
I *don't* code, I build spreadsheets for a government finance office. Usually I'm translating a spreadsheet that's been helpfully locked into .pdf form by another government agency back into a usable spreadsheet, and being able to glance back and forth without sacrificing the full screen view is sanity preserving.
This is why we have giant deficits, people. We have a person doing a machine's job (transferring data from one representation to another). What kind of wacky crack world do we live in where someone thought it would be a good idea to transfer data from an electronic representation to another electronic representation by hand, anyway?
Probably the same kind of person who'd take tools away from software developers to give them to manual document transcribers. Hint: If your organization has software developers, then have them develop software to eliminate your repetitive tasks!
Agreed, there's an obviously unbiased source.
But the schools shouldn't ban cell phones. They should install micro-cells that allow them to control what numbers are allowed to call in and out and when. For instance, anyone should be able to call 911, but do you really want people to be able to call the students other than the parents and fellow students?
Perhaps that's more because vegetarian teetotling is a religion in addition to a diet....
You ate a boy band?
I submit that you've probably only tried carmel colored corn syrup and assumed you were whetting your pancakes with delicious grade A dark amber.
What do you call it if you don't put in any aggregate?
Maybe they just left a message on voicemail...
Apparently, it also helps the poison go down...
Well, yeah...
On the other hand, it's now coming to light that "properly designed" means designing the thing to withstand the "100 year" storm/earthquake/whatever natural disaster tends to befall your area.
For a structure expected to last on the order of 60+ years, this seems like a near certain risk of disaster. Furthermore, when the result of failure is a 100+ year 20+km exclusion zone, you can see that the standards need to be a little higher if we don't want an ever-accumulating area of uninhabitable earth to result...
For an extra $300, you might have bought reliable hardware from someone else...
Woah, woah, there.
You may have worked for unscrupulous shops, but that doesn't mean that a 15 sec test only takes 15 sec of resources, or is not worth the diganostic fee.
After all, knowing what to hit is a pretty important part of the job.
I generally prefer to go to shops that have standard rate based on the time a job is supposed to take, on average. (like, say the chilton's manual, etc.) If the mechanic can do it in less time, I don't consider that the job itself is less valuable, and am grateful to be out of there more quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if it took me two hours to do a four wheel brake job...
Someone who spends other peoples' money...
No, you cannot. You have failed to consider the maintenance and property taxes on your behemoth of a home...
Indeed. However if you take the money you would spend over five years, and instead of buying one massive machine that will last you five, spend half as much on a machine that's probably 80% as good as that one, the machine you buy 2.5 years later for the rest of the money will be significantly superior to the "massive" machine your friend bought intending to last 5 years...