Or did the jet fighters wait until he was over a relatively unpopulated area to shoot? They could have used their guns, not missiles (AFAIK, F15 still has a Gatling gun).
Keyswitch is less reliable than a regular mechanical switch. Same even goes for electronic immobilizer systems. It may introduce other problems, like engines being unable to restart in flight or shutting down in flight. Not worth it for a one-in-100-million risk.
Q400 is one of the few planes used by US airlines that is tolerable to fly on. Sadly, they've mostly been phased out on Northeastern flights in the US, though they still do NYC-Toronto-Montreal service.
In all seriousness, glad no one other than the idiot who stole the plane was hurt. I'm surprised he was allowed to take off -- tower must have notices unauthorized movements. Could they have sent a fire truck or two to block it, or would that just have made the situation more dangerous?
It's much more "natural" to take a test in a room in front of a human proctor than staring in front of a camera. It would be nice to be able to go to a proctored center and take the test -- probably cheaper as well, since one proctor can watch 40-50 students.
I'd much rather have the option to take it at a test center, since I'm not feeding them video of my personal living space. Also, taking the test in front of a human proctor feels a lot more "natural" than performing for a camera where someone may or may not be watching you.
Dropbox reads the data unencrypted from an unlocked encrypted filesystem, so it has the unencrypted data anyway. That was my first thought, too, but it doesn't make much sense.
First thought was appeasement of the TLAs (NSA/FBI/CIA and their British/Chinese/Russian equivalents). But that makes no sense either since Dropbox itself has the files and they're not encrypted with a key known only to the user.
Plenty of people in academia do it, because they actually like the research a firm or group is doing. One wants to feel good about their work, and enjoy it when possible.
The Coast Guard was under the DoT until the gross over-reaction from 9/11. So there's precedent for an armed DoT. Coast Guard should be for local protection and lifesaving -- Navy should protect foreign ports (ideally, we'd actually cut a lot of naval bases abroad, though).
Environmental protection is useful. Other maritime laws? Let other countries enforce them or pay us good money to help them, not our problem.
Problem is that an arms race is hugely expensive, and orbiting nukes mean that one fuckup means a city gone or a large part of the country hit by EMP. Dominionist is the wrong term, more like apocalyptic.
Why not use the USAF instead of creating another parallel bureaucracy? Better yet, why not merge all of the branches (cut out the Coast Guard and put it back under DoT control) and share as much bureaucracy as possible?
It's not like we don't have domestic issues (crumbling roads, health care, education, etc) to spend money on. Cut taxes, cut the debt, or start spending money on things that benefit people other than military contractors.
The point where traffic increases sufficiently to reduce incomes enough to limit the number of rideshares may be past the point where increased traffic causes pollution and restricts emergency vehicles from responding. Mr. Market isn't always right.
NY, DC, Boston, Chicago, SF, maybe Philly and Miami are US cities you can live in without a car. Atlanta -- doubt it. MARTA exists, but it's a bit of a toy.
DeBlasio is a hell of a lot better than Bloomberg, whose stated ambition was to turn NYC into a "premier product" i.e. a playground for the wealthy. It's nice to have a mayor that's for the bottom 95% as well as the top 5%.
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Both are about $125, are fast enough for day to day use, have removable battery and upgradable storage.
My worry was, what if he headed for Hanford or downtown Seattle? Would there have been enough time to shoot him down?
Or did the jet fighters wait until he was over a relatively unpopulated area to shoot? They could have used their guns, not missiles (AFAIK, F15 still has a Gatling gun).
Keyswitch is less reliable than a regular mechanical switch. Same even goes for electronic immobilizer systems. It may introduce other problems, like engines being unable to restart in flight or shutting down in flight. Not worth it for a one-in-100-million risk.
Q400 is one of the few planes used by US airlines that is tolerable to fly on. Sadly, they've mostly been phased out on Northeastern flights in the US, though they still do NYC-Toronto-Montreal service.
In all seriousness, glad no one other than the idiot who stole the plane was hurt. I'm surprised he was allowed to take off -- tower must have notices unauthorized movements. Could they have sent a fire truck or two to block it, or would that just have made the situation more dangerous?
It's much more "natural" to take a test in a room in front of a human proctor than staring in front of a camera. It would be nice to be able to go to a proctored center and take the test -- probably cheaper as well, since one proctor can watch 40-50 students.
I'd much rather have the option to take it at a test center, since I'm not feeding them video of my personal living space. Also, taking the test in front of a human proctor feels a lot more "natural" than performing for a camera where someone may or may not be watching you.
Where do you find a British Council in Yoknaphathawa County, Mississippi, USA?
Second monitor split off from the main one or some other form of display mirroring.
Dropbox reads the data unencrypted from an unlocked encrypted filesystem, so it has the unencrypted data anyway. That was my first thought, too, but it doesn't make much sense.
Get a smarter spouse?
Though an email client's a client and a browser's a browser. If she has a problem doing so in Linux, how would a Mac be much different.
It still has access to the unencrypted files once an encrypted filesystem is unlocked, so what's the difference?
You can, but then you lose synchronization, and good luck dealing with large files over a slow connection.
I'm glad I never listened to people who told me what I was "supposed" to do. Obedience is for sheep.
First thought was appeasement of the TLAs (NSA/FBI/CIA and their British/Chinese/Russian equivalents). But that makes no sense either since Dropbox itself has the files and they're not encrypted with a key known only to the user.
Laziness, I guess?
Good luck getting recent immigrants security clearances for military contracts :D
Plenty of people in academia do it, because they actually like the research a firm or group is doing. One wants to feel good about their work, and enjoy it when possible.
If we were fighting our enemies, we'd have blockaded Saudi Arabia's oil ports the week after 9/11. Follow the money.
The Coast Guard was under the DoT until the gross over-reaction from 9/11. So there's precedent for an armed DoT. Coast Guard should be for local protection and lifesaving -- Navy should protect foreign ports (ideally, we'd actually cut a lot of naval bases abroad, though).
Environmental protection is useful. Other maritime laws? Let other countries enforce them or pay us good money to help them, not our problem.
Problem is that an arms race is hugely expensive, and orbiting nukes mean that one fuckup means a city gone or a large part of the country hit by EMP. Dominionist is the wrong term, more like apocalyptic.
Why not use the USAF instead of creating another parallel bureaucracy? Better yet, why not merge all of the branches (cut out the Coast Guard and put it back under DoT control) and share as much bureaucracy as possible?
It's not like we don't have domestic issues (crumbling roads, health care, education, etc) to spend money on. Cut taxes, cut the debt, or start spending money on things that benefit people other than military contractors.
The point where traffic increases sufficiently to reduce incomes enough to limit the number of rideshares may be past the point where increased traffic causes pollution and restricts emergency vehicles from responding. Mr. Market isn't always right.
At the same time, if you want privacy, the DIRTINESS of the taxi payment system (i.e. cash) can be a big advantage.
NY, DC, Boston, Chicago, SF, maybe Philly and Miami are US cities you can live in without a car. Atlanta -- doubt it. MARTA exists, but it's a bit of a toy.
DeBlasio is a hell of a lot better than Bloomberg, whose stated ambition was to turn NYC into a "premier product" i.e. a playground for the wealthy. It's nice to have a mayor that's for the bottom 95% as well as the top 5%.