your own car to leave a trail of lights behind it, the length of which related to your speed
Simple design: each light stays on for two seconds after you pass it. This enables drivers behind you to obey the "two second rule". If you come upon lights before they go out, you know you're following too closely.
Here's the list, weighted to a reasonable approximation: 1) How intelligent you are: 0% 2) How hard you work: 2% 3) How much education you have: 3% 4) How much experience you have: 5% 5) How much responsibility you have: 90%
How the hell did this get modded "Score: 5, Insightful"? Let's see what we've got here:
I'd rather have an older, less advanced car that I actually have a chance of fixing.
Ok, I gather from this that older, less advanced cars were easier and cheaper to fix. Based on the title of this story, this obersation earns you: (Score: -1, Redundant). Who needs all this new car technology anyways?
you will spend more time in jail for bringing a camcorder into a movie theater than you would for physically assaulting an usher
Actually, that makes sense. In order to be effective, the disincentive (i.e. punishment) for committing the act has to be sufficient to counteract the incentive for committing it in the first place. There's not a whole lot of incentive to shove an usher, and the temptation is usually easy to resist. But there's a whole lot of incentive to bootleg a movie.
In this context, what does "get something wet" mean? Just because you can submerge electronics in it, doesn't mean it isn't getting wet. Rather, it merely isn't getting wet with a liquid full of dissolved electrolyte conductors.
In order for speech to be "slander", it must be untrue. Since parodies don't purport to be truth, they are not covered.
This seems like a non-sequitur to me. If it doesn't purport to be truth, then it is, in all likelihood, not true, and therefore it meets that criteria (the one you mentioned) for "slander" (or "libel").
Sorry for the off-topic slashdot-posting-meta-post, but...
Is there a cap on the amount of karma you can earn in a reply to your own post? I'm not trolling, and I don't want to sound accusatory, but if I wanted to earn some points toward meta-modding and the posting bonus point, Why wouldn't I introduce some trivial error into a post and then issue a follow-up correction that also gets modded up?
Sorry for the off topic post, but I just love your name. A transcendental raised to the power of another transcendental times an irrational derived from an integer.... is an integer! (Or so nearly so that it doesn't matter. Where did you find that? Is there a theorem behind it?
and is an institute professor, which is supposed to be a big deal.
I checked the link and I understand the significance, but come on! If they want to elevate a member of their faculty, you'd think that the bright people at MIT could come up with a title that sounds like it says more than, "Yeah, he teaches here".
If only there were some kind of wireless information distribution mechanism where a human could give traffic reports vocally. Reports from different places could be communicated across different "channels" from different wireless broadcasting "stations". Since traffic isn't always a problem, and since people aren't always interested in traffic, these channels could also distribute other types of information, perhaps even audio entertainment. The only problem is how to pay for it. Wait, I got it! Audio commercial advertisements! Perhaps some day all cars will come equipped with one of these receiver devices as standard equipment.
Ok, so you're saying law implementing a treaty can't be declared unconstitutional, because a treaty is on equal footing with the constitution? So if, say, the Republicans wanted to get around Roe v. Wade, Bush could sign a treaty with John Paul II jointly agreeing not to allow abortions in their respective countries?
Hmm. Article III, section 2, clause 1 seems to suggest that SCOTUS can declare a treaty unconstitutional. But IANAL.
Yeah, only a complete idiot like me would come up with such a crazy idea for multi-million (I guess that's what you mean by "a few") joule energy storage.
Or, how about an electrical analogy of this mechanical device: A big inductor coil. Store the energy in the form of lots of direct current. Substitute "liquid-oxygen cooled superconducting" for "low friction environemtn". You save on the electrical/mechanical conversion losses in each direction.
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your own car to leave a trail of lights behind it, the length of which related to your speed
Simple design: each light stays on for two seconds after you pass it. This enables drivers behind you to obey the "two second rule". If you come upon lights before they go out, you know you're following too closely.
A salary is based on several factors:
Here's the list, weighted to a reasonable approximation:
1) How intelligent you are: 0%
2) How hard you work: 2%
3) How much education you have: 3%
4) How much experience you have: 5%
5) How much responsibility you have: 90%
How the hell did this get modded "Score: 5, Insightful"? Let's see what we've got here:
I'd rather have an older, less advanced car that I actually have a chance of fixing.
Ok, I gather from this that older, less advanced cars were easier and cheaper to fix. Based on the title of this story, this obersation earns you: (Score: -1, Redundant).
Who needs all this new car technology anyways?
(Score: -1, Luddite Troll)
Future headlines:
"Soccer balls are universe-shaped!"
"Funnels are universe-shaped!"
"Scientists believe waffle-fries are universe-shaped!"
you will spend more time in jail for bringing a camcorder into a movie theater than you would for physically assaulting an usher
Actually, that makes sense. In order to be effective, the disincentive (i.e. punishment) for committing the act has to be sufficient to counteract the incentive for committing it in the first place. There's not a whole lot of incentive to shove an usher, and the temptation is usually easy to resist. But there's a whole lot of incentive to bootleg a movie.
In this context, what does "get something wet" mean? Just because you can submerge electronics in it, doesn't mean it isn't getting wet. Rather, it merely isn't getting wet with a liquid full of dissolved electrolyte conductors.
I never claimed they weren't. I was implying that my point applied to both words.
In order for speech to be "slander", it must be untrue. Since parodies don't purport to be truth, they are not covered.
This seems like a non-sequitur to me. If it doesn't purport to be truth, then it is, in all likelihood, not true, and therefore it meets that criteria (the one you mentioned) for "slander" (or "libel").
Sorry for the off-topic slashdot-posting-meta-post, but...
Is there a cap on the amount of karma you can earn in a reply to your own post? I'm not trolling, and I don't want to sound accusatory, but if I wanted to earn some points toward meta-modding and the posting bonus point, Why wouldn't I introduce some trivial error into a post and then issue a follow-up correction that also gets modded up?
Not to mention that their de-facto monopoly status [...]
And their de jure monopoly status as well. Remember, they were convicted.
Does the study account for differences in age that are bound to exist between surgeons who play video games and those who don't?
Sorry for the off topic post, but I just love your name. A transcendental raised to the power of another transcendental times an irrational derived from an integer.... is an integer! (Or so nearly so that it doesn't matter. Where did you find that? Is there a theorem behind it?
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- You think this list is about you.
With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy.... that your (Score:5, Interesting) means we're behind you. We think you're full of it, but we just want to see you eat your hat.
The European Community is at risk from a voltage drop in South America?
and is an institute professor, which is supposed to be a big deal.
I checked the link and I understand the significance, but come on! If they want to elevate a member of their faculty, you'd think that the bright people at MIT could come up with a title that sounds like it says more than, "Yeah, he teaches here".
With apologies to John Lennon.
Imagine there's no Microsoft
It's easy if you try
No DLL-hell below us
To make us weep and cry
Imagine no email virus
Vulnerabilities...
Imagine there's no BSOD
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to Ctrl-Alt-Delete for
No hard reset too
Imagine all computers
Never seem to freeze...
Imagine no Windows Tax
I wonder if you can
No need for non-Free software
Ever on our LAN
Imagine all programmers
Sharing all the code...
You may say I'm a commie
Or just un-American
I hope some day you'll join us
And software will work right again.
I forgot to say, "First Post".
BTW, "Second Post"
If only there were some kind of wireless information distribution mechanism where a human could give traffic reports vocally. Reports from different places could be communicated across different "channels" from different wireless broadcasting "stations". Since traffic isn't always a problem, and since people aren't always interested in traffic, these channels could also distribute other types of information, perhaps even audio entertainment. The only problem is how to pay for it. Wait, I got it! Audio commercial advertisements! Perhaps some day all cars will come equipped with one of these receiver devices as standard equipment.
Ok, so you're saying law implementing a treaty can't be declared unconstitutional, because a treaty is on equal footing with the constitution? So if, say, the Republicans wanted to get around Roe v. Wade, Bush could sign a treaty with John Paul II jointly agreeing not to allow abortions in their respective countries?
Hmm. Article III, section 2, clause 1 seems to suggest that SCOTUS can declare a treaty unconstitutional. But IANAL.
Obviously you know nothing about physics.
Yeah, only a complete idiot like me would come up with such a crazy idea for multi-million (I guess that's what you mean by "a few") joule energy storage.
Not in the conventional sense. When people use the term "Battery", I think they usually mean the kind of device that stores energy in chemical form.
Or, how about an electrical analogy of this mechanical device: A big inductor coil. Store the energy in the form of lots of direct current. Substitute "liquid-oxygen cooled superconducting" for "low friction environemtn". You save on the electrical/mechanical conversion losses in each direction.
Ratbert, demonstrating his psychic abilities: "I predict eight heads in a row, followed by hen noises."
Dilbert, after the eighth 'heads' on the coin toss: "That was LUCK, I say! LUCK LUCK LUCK LUCK LUCK"
Perhaps not. But you still refer to dialing a phone number, don't you?