Which means that kids are just going to go out of their way to either evade the list (rot13 will do), or trigger it creatively in ways that will get calls placed to their parents (who, preferably, would be let in on this by the student and will just have a hearty laugh).
Yeah, if the school called me up and told me my kid was using 'inappropriate' words in a paper, I would just tell them to fuck off.
Indeed.One thing I find curious, though, is the fact that "wank" is included, while "codswallop" is not, despite the fact that they mean exactly the same thing.
That's because this is a list in English. Not British.
Remove bloated federal government, which WASTES more money than anything, and watch space flight/travel take off...so to speak. The "government" produces NOTHING.
Trapping us all on this tiny blue planet until the inevitable end comes
Sob. This tiny blue planet Sob. The inevitable.
Yeah, the inevitable is that you seem to have stopped your Prozac again. You know, with a little care and foresight this 4 billion year old rock can take care of us for a couple of billion more years. It's a nice planet. You might want to step outside and enjoy it.
Yeah, I got all excited about this until I looked at the flow rate. About the same as most aquifers. While it is an important discovery and it's mapping may turn out to have useful applications, it's not at all surprising. The planet isn't made of concrete (despite what New Yorkers think).
But I don't think many people really have any sort of concept of what the subterranean world looks like so articles like this are useful. And I'm not sure that it's so bad to name it after Hamza. He seems like one of the earlier pioneers in Amazon hydrology and (I'm guessing) one of the few 'native' scientists.
If it's not too bad, then the microbiology will take care of it.
That's right. Humans abdicate responsibility and leave it to some of the most primitive organisms on the planet. I think we should scoop the stuff up and put it in every swimming pool in the Hamptons.
Back to reality. Something expected. Remember, the remains of the rig are still down there and it's entirely possible that something broke.
Or, drifting off again, it might mean that the entire subfloor of the Gulf of Mexico is about to explode due to the oil eating bacteria secreting methane in secret chambers under the mud. Chambers full of explosive power enough to wreck the entire planet that are just waiting for a seismic disturbance triggered by a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean to release the gas and destroy all life on the planet.
I thought we could already detect underground tests with seismographs. That was how we identified the semi-successful.5 kT NK test, and identified a previous explosion in NK of similar magnitude as being non-nuclear in origin.
Yep, that's in TFA and in fact what they used to 'calibrate' this new system. However, having multiple methods of detecting something that people don't want to be detected is often useful.
Yeah a reusable shuttle as a first step seems like an unnecessarily massive and risky undertaking...a rocket w/ Apollo-style return module would be a better idea.
Looking up some thing in the Estes model rocketry catalog would be a better one.
It isn't a shuttle. It's a proof of concept aircraft, aka, a glider, to show they can get the aerodynamics right.
Looks absolutely like what it should look like, for what it is. People build backyard gliders all the time.
You're just racist, and refuse to read.
Well, he isn't even close for aerodynamics. Look at that thing and look at your classic glider. See a few differences? If you're looking for something that might have some sort of horizontal movement if dropped off a B52, it's remotely possible that it would not drop straight out of the sky, but I doubt it.
I also don't see the DC3 they're planning on using as the drop ship. Yeah, it's nice to dream, but those acetone fumes are a real bitch.
Yabut... from TFA, instead of 30 minute timeouts, they went to values like 10 minutes. Strikes a perfectly niave person as perfectly reasonable... 10 minutes on a PORTABLE DEVICE which may wander in and out of tower range (I'm looking at YOU AT&T) seems like a good balance.
I know a CEO like this. He had to have a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air and now he wants all the sales people to have iPad's because nothing else is acceptable except the device with the most elit image even if it is significantly harder to manage and for the users to operate for there tasks.
Sure, and we all have stories about Stupid CEO tricks. In fact, I believe there is a long running comic with that as it's primary gag line. But that isn't the only reason that iPads are popular. They are popular primarily because THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE COMPUTER YOU FIRST PROGRAMMED IN 6TH GRADE BY CANDLELIGHT WHILE HIKING BAREFOOT UPHILL IN THE DARK. I'm constantly amazed at the angst this device has created amongst the Slashdoterati. You all sound very threatened about a 1 pound device that, according to the hive mind here, can't process it's way out of a recycled paper bag.
Calm down, switch to decaf or something. Take a walk. It's something different, an 'uncomputer', an appliance. It doesn't fortell the end of the universe, it isn't George Orwell's worst nightmare.
Jesus, you'd think there was an earthquake or something recently.
you know that there are few things that are worse for electronics than water
That's such a crock. Saltwater is actually an excellent conductor of electricity. Electronics need good conductors. Hence, electronics need saltwater.
So relax and stop it with all that plywood and tarp. Have a beer instead.
Idiot. Modern electronics need SEMICONDUCTORS. Salt water soaked plywood is an excellent semiconductor so it's just perfect. Add the silvery duct tape and you're ready to power up and rock and roll.
Actually, looks like Air France 447 is mainly due to pilot error. Something about Europeans and ice screws them up completely. See Air France 447 and British Airways 38.
tl;dr - Lots of bad things happening in a complicated plane that insists on keeping some level of control in a flight envelope that has minimal room for error and in situations that many pilots don't get adequate training for.
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Which means that kids are just going to go out of their way to either evade the list (rot13 will do), or trigger it creatively in ways that will get calls placed to their parents (who, preferably, would be let in on this by the student and will just have a hearty laugh).
Yeah, if the school called me up and told me my kid was using 'inappropriate' words in a paper, I would just tell them to fuck off.
Yes, that's much more readable than TFS.
Indeed.One thing I find curious, though, is the fact that "wank" is included, while "codswallop" is not, despite the fact that they mean exactly the same thing.
That's because this is a list in English. Not British.
Don't forget "homo" sapiens.
Don't go queering things for us now.
Hitler died in the 1970's on a moon base, and our pathetic monkey public think this is as far as we've gone?
Oh Yeah? If he's so smart, why did he order a bunch of Boeing 787's?
Remove bloated federal government, which WASTES more money than anything, and watch space flight/travel take off...so to speak.
The "government" produces NOTHING.
You channeling Ron Paul or Ann Rand?
Just curious.
Trapping us all on this tiny blue planet until the inevitable end comes
Sob. This tiny blue planet
Sob. The inevitable.
Yeah, the inevitable is that you seem to have stopped your Prozac again. You know, with a little care and foresight this 4 billion year old rock can take care of us for a couple of billion more years. It's a nice planet. You might want to step outside and enjoy it.
My bad. Sorry.
Clap. Clap. Nice soliloquy.
Yeah, I got all excited about this until I looked at the flow rate. About the same as most aquifers. While it is an important discovery and it's mapping may turn out to have useful applications, it's not at all surprising. The planet isn't made of concrete (despite what New Yorkers think).
But I don't think many people really have any sort of concept of what the subterranean world looks like so articles like this are useful. And I'm not sure that it's so bad to name it after Hamza. He seems like one of the earlier pioneers in Amazon hydrology and (I'm guessing) one of the few 'native' scientists.
Strange trend in recent postings, is this still news for nerds?
I'm sure somebody in the Gulf of Mexico is running Linux.
You know, you just might be correct. After all, bacteria have started to colonize the solar system, something humans have yet to do.
I, for one, welcome our colonic overlords....
This would never have happened if we elected Ron Paul.
That's correct. Because time would have frozen solid in surprise if that did mange to occur.
I'm curious, what does 'BP' stand for?
Beyond Petroleum, what else could it mean?
If it's not too bad, then the microbiology will take care of it.
That's right. Humans abdicate responsibility and leave it to some of the most primitive organisms on the planet. I think we should scoop the stuff up and put it in every swimming pool in the Hamptons.
Back to reality. Something expected. Remember, the remains of the rig are still down there and it's entirely possible that something broke.
Or, drifting off again, it might mean that the entire subfloor of the Gulf of Mexico is about to explode due to the oil eating bacteria secreting methane in secret chambers under the mud. Chambers full of explosive power enough to wreck the entire planet that are just waiting for a seismic disturbance triggered by a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean to release the gas and destroy all life on the planet.
I kinda like the second explanation myself.
I thought we could already detect underground tests with seismographs. That was how we identified the semi-successful .5 kT NK test, and identified a previous explosion in NK of similar magnitude as being non-nuclear in origin.
Yep, that's in TFA and in fact what they used to 'calibrate' this new system. However, having multiple methods of detecting something that people don't want to be detected is often useful.
Yeah a reusable shuttle as a first step seems like an unnecessarily massive and risky undertaking...a rocket w/ Apollo-style return module would be a better idea.
Looking up some thing in the Estes model rocketry catalog would be a better one.
It isn't a shuttle. It's a proof of concept aircraft, aka, a glider, to show they can get the aerodynamics right.
Looks absolutely like what it should look like, for what it is. People build backyard gliders all the time.
You're just racist, and refuse to read.
Well, he isn't even close for aerodynamics. Look at that thing and look at your classic glider. See a few differences? If you're looking for something that might have some sort of horizontal movement if dropped off a B52, it's remotely possible that it would not drop straight out of the sky, but I doubt it.
I also don't see the DC3 they're planning on using as the drop ship. Yeah, it's nice to dream, but those acetone fumes are a real bitch.
Verizon
Now we've covered 80+ percent of the US market
Sprint
TMobile
OK, now we're done...
Yabut... from TFA, instead of 30 minute timeouts, they went to values like 10 minutes. Strikes a perfectly niave person as perfectly reasonable... 10 minutes on a PORTABLE DEVICE which may wander in and out of tower range (I'm looking at YOU AT&T) seems like a good balance.
Anyone with real network care to answer?
Or just armchair network engineers?
I know a CEO like this. He had to have a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air and now he wants all the sales people to have iPad's because nothing else is acceptable except the device with the most elit image even if it is significantly harder to manage and for the users to operate for there tasks.
Sure, and we all have stories about Stupid CEO tricks. In fact, I believe there is a long running comic with that as it's primary gag line. But that isn't the only reason that iPads are popular. They are popular primarily because THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE COMPUTER YOU FIRST PROGRAMMED IN 6TH GRADE BY CANDLELIGHT WHILE HIKING BAREFOOT UPHILL IN THE DARK. I'm constantly amazed at the angst this device has created amongst the Slashdoterati. You all sound very threatened about a 1 pound device that, according to the hive mind here, can't process it's way out of a recycled paper bag.
Calm down, switch to decaf or something. Take a walk. It's something different, an 'uncomputer', an appliance. It doesn't fortell the end of the universe, it isn't George Orwell's worst nightmare.
Jesus, you'd think there was an earthquake or something recently.
you know that there are few things that are worse for electronics than water
That's such a crock. Saltwater is actually an excellent conductor of electricity. Electronics need good conductors. Hence, electronics need saltwater.
So relax and stop it with all that plywood and tarp. Have a beer instead.
Idiot. Modern electronics need SEMICONDUCTORS. Salt water soaked plywood is an excellent semiconductor so it's just perfect. Add the silvery duct tape and you're ready to power up and rock and roll.
Caloric restriction does indeed extend life span. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction
Are you a mouse? Or a mushroom?
It's been shown to increase life span in some, but not all animals and fungi. YMMV.
Not so fast Mr. We-Don't-Need-No-Stinkin-Pilots.
Actually, looks like Air France 447 is mainly due to pilot error. Something about Europeans and ice screws them up completely. See Air France 447 and British Airways 38.
It appears to be much more complicated than that.
tl;dr - Lots of bad things happening in a complicated plane that insists on keeping some level of control in a flight envelope that has minimal room for error and in situations that many pilots don't get adequate training for.
Yep, pilot error for sure.
Do everyone a favor. Keep your day job. Don't try your hand at script writing.