Who gets damaged when Burger King slanders McDonalds? What's that person's name?
If UPS drives a truck into my house that my bank owns most of, who sues whom? Does I sue the driver? No. My insurance company pays the bank and the insurance company sues UPS and UPS fires the driver and pays my insurance company. Driver A doesn't have the money to pay.
Person-sues-person civil cases (divorces aside) are not only rare, but perpetually trivial. What defines a good suit? What situation puts one individual against another person or entity? John Q. Public owes me $3000? If that's found in your favor, the court doesn't enforce retribution, they only rule. 'You're right, he owes you. NEXT!!'
Is company X going to acknowledge me? Can I afford to defend myself as well as they do? Check out the docket in your local courthouse and read the publically available complaints for one day. You'll have a different ideas of lawsuits.
Class-action lawsuits are a joke to the affected ('damaged')parties, serving only attorneys and rarely public awareness.
There's nothing wrong with a non-human entity bringing suit. Consider Burger King advertising "McNuggets taste like ass." What private citizen gets sued here? There is no Mr. King to sue. Our founding fathers would approve this suit, IMHO.
Liability doesn't always fall on private citizens. Corporate decisions are often made by shareholders' votes; the corporation has liability. CEO decision? again, corporate liability.
It is our right to have our grievances heard in court. Libel is often subjective, but we haven't even seen the start of a potential suit.
If I put one of these screens right next to a cliff wall, I could get Roadrunner to slam into it! I'll do that right now and I'll watch from behind that rock.
if you go 360 kmh, mostly downward in the beginning, your horizontal velocity will be considerably less. did you think he was 6 feet from the water the whole time when he did this?!
imagine a right triangle whose height is 22 miles, base is the English Channel and create its hypotenuse...well, you went to school, you do it.
what is it about $40 that is going to make the music any better? the mp3.com crowd hasn't had a place to go in a while, so bets are on that it's the same bands and most often the same songs. sorry to disappoint.
as far as choosing which bands to include on ITMS, they can just use the existing queries...has [your pathetic band from yorkville] been requested or searched-for? probably not.
distribution is often free with a 40-50% artist commision. i know this is true in big markets. check your weekly rag for replication deals that include distribution for free. spend your $40 on flyers/posters/booking agent bribing/promoters/whatever.
how do you know you're wading through sludge if you've never heard of these bands? you going to listen to 30 seconds of thousands of songs to back that up? isn't sludge variety?
i fully support independent bands. very few people ever mean that sincerely.
there was a free service that had a HUGE following and hype all around it. they sent us checks and a couple tote bags and the exposure got us to a couple music meatmarkets for some A&R people.
it was mp3.com?
if you expect [your awesome destined for greatness band] to be all over one of Apple's pages, forget it. the reason CDBaby will take your $40 is because ~that is all they will make from you.~ ~you~ still need to get people to the ITMS or wherever else they promote. you'll make more money selling your cd's to your mom directly than having her go to some website.
spend your $40 on flyers or bribing the booking guy to play live instead. really.
The mistaken belief that GIF has a limit of 256 colors probably comes from the way GIF was first used when it came out. In the late 1980's, PC video cards generally supported no more than 256 colors. Image exchanges were becoming popular among BBS systems and the Internet and viewer programs were quickly produced. No one tried or needed to generate images with more than 256 colors since they could not be viewed on anything less than high priced graphics workstations. Programs that converted images to GIF worked up a number of methods to reduce the number of colors to 256 or fewer. Some actually did a very good job. GIF files were constructed with just a single image block, even though the GIF standard placed no limit on the number of blocks. Since there was no use for more than 256 colors, there was no use for more than one image block. This practice became effectively ingrained into the computer culture and eventually everyone "knew" that GIF supported no more than 256 colors. The fact is, the programs that generated GIF files supported no more than one image block, and thus didn't have a means to deal with more than 256 colors. The top image shows that a GIF file really can have more than 256 colors.
this info and more (including full color GIF) from here.
As old paper money and coins wear out or become damaged, the Federal Reserve banks collect and return the old money to the U.S. Treasury. Paper money is shredded and burned into mulch, and coins are sent back to the U.S. Mint for melting and recasting.
When the Treasury produces new paper money and coins as replacements, they ship the currency to the 12 Federal Reserve banks, which then put the cash into circulation.
i got this from siainvestor.com; there was much info like this to be had. i have also seen a TV show about this. aside, i bought a pen with a shredded $100 in it from Washington DC a number of years ago as a souvenir for maybe $1.29.
what would stop some sociopath from pushing people onto the subway lines? from hitting them with a shovel? from setting the back of thier clothes on fire with a lighter? from being drunk and smelling like vomit?
it's nothing like occupying a country. it's called preparedness and doesn't violate any innocents.
even though a 9volt can really push some amps, it can't continue pushing them for long.
if we mint 1 coin for each amount of change from 1 to 99 cents, the problems are not with 99 differences and making them distinguishable. a large 47 on both sides will do fine. even if it's the same size as the 83.
the real problems are with usability. it will not take only one coin per transaction, as i will not carry 99 coins in my pocket at all times.
if i have 6 coins in my pocket (as i do now), and i buy something for 89 cents, and i give them the 38, 29 and the 28, how much change do i get? which coin tray does the cashier get my change from?
As old paper money and coins wear out or become damaged, the Federal Reserve banks collect and return the old money to the U.S. Treasury. Paper money is shredded and burned into mulch, and coins are sent back to the U.S. Mint for melting and recasting.
When the Treasury produces new paper money and coins as replacements, they ship the currency to the 12 Federal Reserve banks, which then put the cash into circulation.
i got this from siainvestor.com; there was much info like this to be had. i have also seen a TV show about this. aside, i bought a pen with a shredded $100 in it from Washington DC a number of years ago as a souvenir for maybe $1.29.
1.4 G's? you get more G's than that accelerating from a red light in a poorly-running car, seriously.
from the post-gazette:
Under the proposed standards, front-to-back G-forces cannot exceed 5.6 for more than one second; and side-to-side G-forces cannot exceed 2.5 for more than a minute, although the figures can change, depending on the kinds of restraints.
The G-forces on Kennywood's 85 mph Phantom Revenge range from -1 to 5, said spokeswoman Mary Lou Rosemeyer. Even though this ride goes faster than the Steel Phantom [the former coaster that had a top speed of 82 mph] it's so smooth. The technology is so much more advanced.
Cedar Point spokeswoman Janice Witherow would not release G-forces for individual rides, but said all of the park's 15 coasters, including the nation's fastest and tallest coaster, the 93 mph Millennium Force, have G-forces below 5.
when my daughter says, 'what's that?' and i say 'this is a good site for information,' i am admitting quality in some form, yes.
i love the fucking moronic cowards who are telling me i'm a christian, which i am ~very~ far from being. i'm just suggesting respect to everyone. to slashdot, i offer the following:
can you imagine a 12 year old being told he can't go to slashdot anymore because of this? i can.
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Posted by michael on Fri 09 May 03:15PM
from the keep-remaining-hand-inside-the-car dept.
i am not personally offended, but i don't want my daughter reading GOD DAMN over my shoulder on the front page of a site i tell her is quality.
how will they measure the mass of their new sphere? that's right...against the cube (actually, the cube's specs). when the new kilogram is accepted, will they lend it out to calibrate scales? nope. it will sit in a room as an oddity, just like the cube has for most of its life.
actually, there is no real 'descrambling' in digital cable. remember that digital cable is 2-way. the cable provider simply sends you a clean signal on demand. what a tiny device like the one you see might do is to filter the token that gets sent back to the switch that says you've got that channel on. this is an old trick for a new dog.
the mass doesn't matter, since the vertical motion is directly dependent on your speed (calculated angular velocity) and simple gravity. horizontal velocity is negligible and would be constant for the duration of the flip anyway.
The Real Problems:
1. with a pancake larger than the pan, the area outside the pan does not accelerate with the pan and can adversely affect the angular velocity at time of release.
2. with the calculation of angular velocity in this example, the change in location of the elbow (and thus the upper arm from shoulder) is neglected. try even tossing a pen with your elbow still, as on a desk. not bloody likely.
3. much like the elbow, but more importantly, the wrist is not locked and creates much greater angular momentum than the measure and calculation they use here.
we have theory and practice. pancakes don't need a theory.
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Something can come from nothing, for very large values of nothing.
Who gets damaged when Burger King slanders McDonalds? What's that person's name?
If UPS drives a truck into my house that my bank owns most of, who sues whom? Does I sue the driver? No. My insurance company pays the bank and the insurance company sues UPS and UPS fires the driver and pays my insurance company. Driver A doesn't have the money to pay.
Person-sues-person civil cases (divorces aside) are not only rare, but perpetually trivial. What defines a good suit? What situation puts one individual against another person or entity? John Q. Public owes me $3000? If that's found in your favor, the court doesn't enforce retribution, they only rule. 'You're right, he owes you. NEXT!!'
Is company X going to acknowledge me? Can I afford to defend myself as well as they do? Check out the docket in your local courthouse and read the publically available complaints for one day. You'll have a different ideas of lawsuits.
Class-action lawsuits are a joke to the affected ('damaged')parties, serving only attorneys and rarely public awareness.
There's nothing wrong with a non-human entity bringing suit. Consider Burger King advertising "McNuggets taste like ass." What private citizen gets sued here? There is no Mr. King to sue. Our founding fathers would approve this suit, IMHO.
Liability doesn't always fall on private citizens. Corporate decisions are often made by shareholders' votes; the corporation has liability. CEO decision? again, corporate liability.
It is our right to have our grievances heard in court. Libel is often subjective, but we haven't even seen the start of a potential suit.
not only have there been updates to 10.1 and 10.2, there have historically been updates on 'less-than-newest' MacOS versions.
quick, what was the version of system software immediately before the release of 7.0?
6.0.7. System 7 was released after 6.0.7 and 6.0.8 was released AFTER System 7. When MacOS X came out, how many updates were there to 9.x?
According to their new graphic, it is the l33t3r pa1mOne, which suddenly looks like palimony to me.
If I put one of these screens right next to a cliff wall, I could get Roadrunner to slam into it! I'll do that right now and I'll watch from behind that rock.
-W.E.Coyote
The problem with Sun hardware on submarines...they weigh too much. 10 new Sunfire servers and that sub will never see the surface again.
skinny was here.
why can't I print?
if you go 360 kmh, mostly downward in the beginning, your horizontal velocity will be considerably less.
did you think he was 6 feet from the water the whole time when he did this?!
imagine a right triangle whose height is 22 miles, base is the English Channel and create its hypotenuse...well, you went to school, you do it.
what happens when we want tea? we get
'...a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.'
what is it about $40 that is going to make the music any better? the mp3.com crowd hasn't had a place to go in a while, so bets are on that it's the same bands and most often the same songs. sorry to disappoint.
as far as choosing which bands to include on ITMS, they can just use the existing queries...has [your pathetic band from yorkville] been requested or searched-for? probably not.
distribution is often free with a 40-50% artist commision. i know this is true in big markets. check your weekly rag for replication deals that include distribution for free. spend your $40 on flyers/posters/booking agent bribing/promoters/whatever.
how do you know you're wading through sludge if you've never heard of these bands? you going to listen to 30 seconds of thousands of songs to back that up? isn't sludge variety?
i fully support independent bands. very few people ever mean that sincerely.
there was a free service that had a HUGE following and hype all around it. they sent us checks and a couple tote bags and the exposure got us to a couple music meatmarkets for some A&R people.
it was mp3.com?
if you expect [your awesome destined for greatness band] to be all over one of Apple's pages, forget it. the reason CDBaby will take your $40 is because ~that is all they will make from you.~ ~you~ still need to get people to the ITMS or wherever else they promote. you'll make more money selling your cd's to your mom directly than having her go to some website.
spend your $40 on flyers or bribing the booking guy to play live instead. really.
The mistaken belief that GIF has a limit of 256 colors probably comes from the way GIF was first used when it came out. In the late 1980's, PC video cards generally supported no more than 256 colors. Image exchanges were becoming popular among BBS systems and the Internet and viewer programs were quickly produced. No one tried or needed to generate images with more than 256 colors since they could not be viewed on anything less than high priced graphics workstations. Programs that converted images to GIF worked up a number of methods to reduce the number of colors to 256 or fewer. Some actually did a very good job. GIF files were constructed with just a single image block, even though the GIF standard placed no limit on the number of blocks. Since there was no use for more than 256 colors, there was no use for more than one image block. This practice became effectively ingrained into the computer culture and eventually everyone "knew" that GIF supported no more than 256 colors. The fact is, the programs that generated GIF files supported no more than one image block, and thus didn't have a means to deal with more than 256 colors. The top image shows that a GIF file really can have more than 256 colors.
this info and more (including full color GIF) from here.
As old paper money and coins wear out or become damaged, the Federal Reserve banks collect and return the old money to the U.S. Treasury. Paper money is shredded and burned into mulch, and coins are sent back to the U.S. Mint for melting and recasting.
When the Treasury produces new paper money and coins as replacements, they ship the currency to the 12 Federal Reserve banks, which then put the cash into circulation.
i got this from siainvestor.com; there was much info like this to be had. i have also seen a TV show about this. aside, i bought a pen with a shredded $100 in it from Washington DC a number of years ago as a souvenir for maybe $1.29.
what would stop some sociopath from pushing people onto the subway lines? from hitting them with a shovel? from setting the back of thier clothes on fire with a lighter? from being drunk and smelling like vomit?
it's nothing like occupying a country. it's called preparedness and doesn't violate any innocents.
even though a 9volt can really push some amps, it can't continue pushing them for long.
more info about the smell and its purpose. Google on 'corpse flower' for even more.
if we mint 1 coin for each amount of change from 1 to 99 cents, the problems are not with 99 differences and making them distinguishable. a large 47 on both sides will do fine. even if it's the same size as the 83.
the real problems are with usability. it will not take only one coin per transaction, as i will not carry 99 coins in my pocket at all times.
if i have 6 coins in my pocket (as i do now), and
i buy something for 89 cents, and
i give them the 38, 29 and the 28,
how much change do i get? which coin tray does the cashier get my change from?
payphones would require proprietary tokens, too.
As old paper money and coins wear out or become damaged, the Federal Reserve banks collect and return the old money to the U.S. Treasury. Paper money is shredded and burned into mulch, and coins are sent back to the U.S. Mint for melting and recasting.
When the Treasury produces new paper money and coins as replacements, they ship the currency to the 12 Federal Reserve banks, which then put the cash into circulation.
i got this from siainvestor.com; there was much info like this to be had. i have also seen a TV show about this. aside, i bought a pen with a shredded $100 in it from Washington DC a number of years ago as a souvenir for maybe $1.29.
1.4 G's? you get more G's than that accelerating from a red light in a poorly-running car, seriously.
from the post-gazette:
Under the proposed standards, front-to-back G-forces cannot exceed 5.6 for more than one second; and side-to-side G-forces cannot exceed 2.5 for more than a minute, although the figures can change, depending on the kinds of restraints.
The G-forces on Kennywood's 85 mph Phantom Revenge range from -1 to 5, said spokeswoman Mary Lou Rosemeyer. Even though this ride goes faster than the Steel Phantom [the former coaster that had a top speed of 82 mph] it's so smooth. The technology is so much more advanced.
Cedar Point spokeswoman Janice Witherow would not release G-forces for individual rides, but said all of the park's 15 coasters, including the nation's fastest and tallest coaster, the 93 mph Millennium Force, have G-forces below 5.
lots of interesting info when you google.
when my daughter says, 'what's that?' and i say 'this is a good site for information,' i am admitting quality in some form, yes.
i love the fucking moronic cowards who are telling me i'm a christian, which i am ~very~ far from being. i'm just suggesting respect to everyone. to slashdot, i offer the following:
can you imagine a 12 year old being told he can't go to slashdot anymore because of this? i can.
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Posted by michael on Fri 09 May 03:15PM
from the keep-remaining-hand-inside-the-car dept.
Michael, i am not personally offended, but keep GOD DAMN OFF THE FRONT PAGE.
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Posted by michael on Fri 09 May 03:15PM from the keep-remaining-hand-inside-the-car dept. i am not personally offended, but i don't want my daughter reading GOD DAMN over my shoulder on the front page of a site i tell her is quality.
To calibrate scales.
how will they measure the mass of their new sphere? that's right...against the cube (actually, the cube's specs). when the new kilogram is accepted, will they lend it out to calibrate scales? nope. it will sit in a room as an oddity, just like the cube has for most of its life.
actually, there is no real 'descrambling' in digital cable. remember that digital cable is 2-way. the cable provider simply sends you a clean signal on demand. what a tiny device like the one you see might do is to filter the token that gets sent back to the switch that says you've got that channel on. this is an old trick for a new dog.
the mass doesn't matter, since the vertical motion is directly dependent on your speed (calculated angular velocity) and simple gravity. horizontal velocity is negligible and would be constant for the duration of the flip anyway.
The Real Problems:
1. with a pancake larger than the pan, the area outside the pan does not accelerate with the pan and can adversely affect the angular velocity at time of release.
2. with the calculation of angular velocity in this example, the change in location of the elbow (and thus the upper arm from shoulder) is neglected. try even tossing a pen with your elbow still, as on a desk. not bloody likely.
3. much like the elbow, but more importantly, the wrist is not locked and creates much greater angular momentum than the measure and calculation they use here.
we have theory and practice. pancakes don't need a theory.