...Tesla never really disclosed the efficiency of his Colorado Springs transmitter. (And IIRC he wasted a lot of time trying to overcome the grounding problems). He never got to complete the New Jersey installation, which I've always thought may have been because his backers didn't know how to install meters to monetise the reception of the power.
Yeah, I wonder what the losses are if you charge the earth. Distance wouldn't matter then. Maybe we could build some wooden transmission towers near the generators at Niagara falls or something...
What I was suggesting was that all programs have disclosure of the extra superfluous crap that I could then choose to opt into (or not). I don't appreciate sneaking in extra stuff that isn't advertised. BTW I would pay MS a bit extra for Windows if I could get it without IE, but that's something that you know you're getting, so it isn't a sneak. I would like programs to not launch TSRs without authorisation too, but that's another issue. This is actually a problem I only see on other people's computers, as I learned a long time ago to eschew most free software &c.
There's a lot of drugs that work but that doctors don't really know why. The money-saving potential is so huge on this my initial reaction is it will face years of FUD and continued testing before any humans are allowed to benefit.
Yup. I managed to drill down to some locations in the People's Republic of California that I recognised, and they obfuscated who got the money and what for. I was able to infer from the locations who it was, big bucks for the local ACORN-style money sinks. I should have been a social service contractor, that's where the money is.
I probably wouldn't be considered handicapped, but a few moments on the site made me think tl;dr. Fuck that state of the art web site shite. Fortunately most of the web pages I choose to peruse eschew Flash and other crap like that. My dad thinks the web is a waste of time because of that stuff, which won't render on his ancient browser anyway, for the most part. I am constantly trying to explain that there is good, useful information available but he tends to believe his own experience more than mine. I never got to any tables but if any of that dreck met accessibility standards then clearly the law should be changed.
I was dissenting with GP about the conclusions that the QUALIFIED EXPERTS have arrived at, and agreeing with you. Why are you picking on me? (Waaah!). Four and a half million years ago, there were no Homos, and IANA paloentologist, but I don't think that there were any modern apes either. Species are differentiated by their proportions, among other things, so at least you and I have found one thing to differ on here. All the various flavors of -pithecus have been subject to speculation and debate for many decades, by people far more qualified than me, so I reckon I will leave it up to you to have the last word here. Have at it.
Compared to which species? The only picture I saw was in the Times article. They mention bones from other specimens but did any of them have intact fibulas AND femurs? Probably not. Considering all these bones have been through, that is a fabulous set that they have there. I was dissenting with GP about the conclusions that the QUALIFIED EXPERTS have arrived at, and agreeing with you. I'm just saying that these are subjective conclusions, subject to differing interpretations. I imagine Dr. White would concur.
I've got a Virgin phone and that network has an annoying hole right here on the farm where I've been all summer. At least it's well documented on the coverage map. And I'm going home next week. Just thinking, I could string some connecting nodes down the driveway using a mesh network, or how 'bout connecting to a landline.
Without ends on the femur it's pretty hard to be sure about the height. There's a lot of art to this science and that still leaves most conclusions still debatable. Not that I would disagree, I'm just sayin'. Maybe that's why it took so long to publish.
I have a tenant in one of my houses who's trying to figure out how to get good enough QOS from the neighbor's unsecured WiFis (seven routers from a 5db antenna) so that he can drop his phone service. I haven't had the heart to tell him it's illegal.
Amen. I used to paint figures for my little brother. I only played D&D once, he was a little too heartless as DM and kinda sucked the fun out of it. He never got into computer gaming too much, and now he owns a gaming store & married his gamer GF. Thrift FTW!
I don't play any games, and my ex-wife buys all of my son's various games & pays his WoW fees. What I get is a pretext to upgrade. If not for games, I would have one Win2K box with dual PIIIs and a couple of salvaged crap boxes running Slack. As it is, I have about a dozen formerly cutting edge boxes, and two or three switches for LAN parties, just so my son could keep up with the increasing hardware demands of new games and new versions of Windows. My GF would never have allowed this to happen otherwise. It works for me.
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...Tesla never really disclosed the efficiency of his Colorado Springs transmitter. (And IIRC he wasted a lot of time trying to overcome the grounding problems). He never got to complete the New Jersey installation, which I've always thought may have been because his backers didn't know how to install meters to monetise the reception of the power.
Yeah, I wonder what the losses are if you charge the earth. Distance wouldn't matter then. Maybe we could build some wooden transmission towers near the generators at Niagara falls or something...
I thought he meant pwn.
Good god what have I done?
Sorry about that, I knew the joke was in poor taste, but posted anyway. Anyone have a viable alternative?
What I was suggesting was that all programs have disclosure of the extra superfluous crap that I could then choose to opt into (or not). I don't appreciate sneaking in extra stuff that isn't advertised. BTW I would pay MS a bit extra for Windows if I could get it without IE, but that's something that you know you're getting, so it isn't a sneak. I would like programs to not launch TSRs without authorisation too, but that's another issue. This is actually a problem I only see on other people's computers, as I learned a long time ago to eschew most free software &c.
Track down their IPs. We still have ICBMs.
I'd like to see criminal penalties for bundling undisclosed and unwanted software with any application. See if that gets past the lobbyists.
External bone-setting and casts are less invasive than puncturing/cutting &c. I would rather keep my skin intact, thanks.
Sorry, Ralph Nader didn't win. Nice try, Analogy Guy.
I, for one, believe it is time for lesser minds to have some influence on the laws which are inflicted upon them.
There's a lot of drugs that work but that doctors don't really know why. The money-saving potential is so huge on this my initial reaction is it will face years of FUD and continued testing before any humans are allowed to benefit.
Yup. I managed to drill down to some locations in the People's Republic of California that I recognised, and they obfuscated who got the money and what for. I was able to infer from the locations who it was, big bucks for the local ACORN-style money sinks. I should have been a social service contractor, that's where the money is.
I probably wouldn't be considered handicapped, but a few moments on the site made me think tl;dr. Fuck that state of the art web site shite. Fortunately most of the web pages I choose to peruse eschew Flash and other crap like that. My dad thinks the web is a waste of time because of that stuff, which won't render on his ancient browser anyway, for the most part. I am constantly trying to explain that there is good, useful information available but he tends to believe his own experience more than mine. I never got to any tables but if any of that dreck met accessibility standards then clearly the law should be changed.
I was dissenting with GP about the conclusions that the QUALIFIED EXPERTS have arrived at, and agreeing with you. Why are you picking on me? (Waaah!). Four and a half million years ago, there were no Homos, and IANA paloentologist, but I don't think that there were any modern apes either. Species are differentiated by their proportions, among other things, so at least you and I have found one thing to differ on here. All the various flavors of -pithecus have been subject to speculation and debate for many decades, by people far more qualified than me, so I reckon I will leave it up to you to have the last word here. Have at it.
Compared to which species? The only picture I saw was in the Times article. They mention bones from other specimens but did any of them have intact fibulas AND femurs? Probably not. Considering all these bones have been through, that is a fabulous set that they have there. I was dissenting with GP about the conclusions that the QUALIFIED EXPERTS have arrived at, and agreeing with you. I'm just saying that these are subjective conclusions, subject to differing interpretations. I imagine Dr. White would concur.
I've got a Virgin phone and that network has an annoying hole right here on the farm where I've been all summer. At least it's well documented on the coverage map. And I'm going home next week. Just thinking, I could string some connecting nodes down the driveway using a mesh network, or how 'bout connecting to a landline.
Without ends on the femur it's pretty hard to be sure about the height. There's a lot of art to this science and that still leaves most conclusions still debatable. Not that I would disagree, I'm just sayin'. Maybe that's why it took so long to publish.
SORRY, I actually thought it was Ricky Nelson, but googled it to confirm and hit a bit of bad info on someone's fan site. Thanks.
Dan Fogelberg.
I am so sorry for your loss.
My preference is a hearty "Greetings!". I got it from Bob Ames. However, sometimes I still say "Howdy!", as I learned from Roy Rogers.
I have a tenant in one of my houses who's trying to figure out how to get good enough QOS from the neighbor's unsecured WiFis (seven routers from a 5db antenna) so that he can drop his phone service. I haven't had the heart to tell him it's illegal.
Egad! Okay, well, it's a lot hokier than I remembered, but still not as horrifying as that "Launch Party" POS. Thanks for the link.
Amen. I used to paint figures for my little brother. I only played D&D once, he was a little too heartless as DM and kinda sucked the fun out of it. He never got into computer gaming too much, and now he owns a gaming store & married his gamer GF. Thrift FTW!
I don't play any games, and my ex-wife buys all of my son's various games & pays his WoW fees. What I get is a pretext to upgrade. If not for games, I would have one Win2K box with dual PIIIs and a couple of salvaged crap boxes running Slack. As it is, I have about a dozen formerly cutting edge boxes, and two or three switches for LAN parties, just so my son could keep up with the increasing hardware demands of new games and new versions of Windows. My GF would never have allowed this to happen otherwise. It works for me.