Are you here, watching the rescue efforts, or are you armchair quarterbacking from 1000 miles away? Right now they have anywhere between 17-21 ANG choppers working over Boulder and Larimer counties. These guys have no flight plans, nothing - they are shuttling in and out to pick people up wherever they see them. They're asking stranded residents to do anything possible to get their attention, including setting fires, because there are houses all over the place. Our governor was taking a flight tour of the area on Sunday and twice was diverted to pick people up. Having a 2' wide R/C aircraft flying around is exactly the kind of thing these choppers should not have to worry about. Manned aircraft are BIG - big enough to show up on radar, and to be visible through a window when you're focusing all your effort on setting down on a mountain road with 15' clearance between your rotors and trees. They absolutely shouldn't have to concern themselves with an R/C aircraft popping out of nowhere and ruining their day.
FEMA is just getting going, so I don't know how they'll do. But so far everyone from the local fire & police departments, local/county/state governments, and CO & WY National Guard have done a fucking incredible job of getting people out of there. It's been a fantastic response, with very little of the red-tape or bureaucracy you normally hear about.
A 500-year flood doesn't mean it only happens once every 500 years. It means there's a 0.2% chance of it happening any one year. So your rant about it being "twice the age of the USA" has absolutely no bearing on anything. Yes, it's a big flood. Yes, it came out of nowhere and caught everybody off guard. But this is exactly what these folks train for, and they've been amazing. With over 1000 people airlifted out, and a death toll of EIGHT so far, the response is looking beautiful. Note that those 8 all died during the floods - we haven't had anyone sitting on their roof for 3 days watching choppers fly over them and leave them stuck.
They recently put those in along I-70 just west of Denver, and I have never seen them below 65. Even when thick fog makes it suicide to drive faster than about 30, they stay 65. So they don't do much good unless they actually get updated, which is still a manual process.
Podcasting is a term coined in 2004 when the use of RSS syndication technologies became popular for distributing audio content for listening on mobile devices and personal computers
So, it's an open standard (RSS) encapsulating an audio file. All named after a popular portable player. Congrats on jumping the gun!
I use Dreamhost. For $8/mo you get 20 GB disk, which your mailbox comes out of. So if you don't use any web space, you get 20GB of mail. Additionally, they have a gmail-esque thing where they add 160MB/week (I started with 2GB one year ago). So far their service has been fantastic.
Uhhh...what? First, I didn't criticize the cashier, at all. I've actually done a stint at WalMart, and I know exactly what you mean - had someone rung up a TV for $10, I probably wouldn't have cared.
I'm just saying the guy who stole the iPod was stupid. Both for going back to the store, and for making such a huge switch. Had he gotten a $250 Nano for $150, no one would've noticed. Or if he'd put it in with a few items. But one item? The guy is a moron.
Yep, it was the same store. I live in Boulder, and we only have one Target. I'm tempted to swing by his dorm and ask him if he's always been this stupid, or was born that way....
There are other shoratages as well and the damage is massive
It almost seems as if someone should have foreseen this, and ordered an evacuation!
Seriously, what happened to personal responsibility? CNN's front page has a quote - "All that time. This is all we get?" You've been watching this happen for the last THREE MONTHS in EVERY OTHER STORM. Did it not occur to anyone that if they were too stupid/lazy/egotistical to evacuate, they should have gathered some basic necessities (i.e. water & food) to last them a few days until FEMA could get their shit together. If you are too stupid to evacuate, and too stupid to fill your bathtub with water, and too stupid to buy an economy pack of batteries and flashlights, then QUIT BITCHING about how the rest of the country isn't jumping fast enough to slow down evolution by helping you live.
(Not necessarily directed at the parent, just at everyone down there who is complaining)
Not totally on-topic, but in the same vein. Does anyone know of nationwide banks with good security models? My first (local) bank had a system that limited me to a 6 character password, and I immediately dropped them. My current bank lets me have a nice long password, but that's it.
I've seen discussions of European banks issuing keyfobs with pseudo-random numbers, one-time pads, etc. Which banks in the US offer similar protection - something more than a password? Any experience with them in terms of customer service?
Totally offtopic, but do you have a good source for cases to hold a lot of drives? Right now I'm just using a mid-tower, but I'm out of bays. I'd like something with a crapload of 3.5" bays and at least some thought as to air circulation, without paying for an all out server case. Any tips?
Then, you find out they're being asked to censor their maps service, which has nothing at all to do with Google Images. Off the top of my head, I can come up with 5 headlines that explain this better.
I really don't understand why so many people put so much faith in the Government
Because they're taking the initiative & doing it? Qwest can't give me DSL because there are load coils on my line, even though I'm only about 5,000 feet from the CO. And I have to get about 50 neighbors to request DSL with me for them to remove the coils (which isn't easy when there are 50 people within about a square mile around me). Comcast will give me cable, but at $80/month, plus a few hundred to 'install' the cable (drop 100' feet of cable on the ground).
Why must a calendar be integrated with e-mail anyways?
Because it's great to get an invitation via email, which you can add to your calendar with one click, rather than re-entering the info?
Because I leave my email program running all the time, and I'd rather not have to leave another calendar program running as well?
Because both email and calendars have a pretty integral relation to a to-do list, and it's nice not to have to keep track of 2 lists, or do the whole copy-paste thing from one to the other. I just click on an email, mark it for follow-up by X date, and it's in my to-do list. Same with stuff I need to get done before an appointment.
His entire point was that the cameras aren't far enough apart to get much height detail - info he got from the summary. Pull your head out of your ass, fucktard.
1. Immature person tries out the emergency call just to see what happens or if it really works.
They actually don't mind if you call to test right now, though they may put you on hold if it's busy. It's a lot better to find out your address is wrong during a test, than when you can't talk.
2. Creative but malicious person writes virus that triggers this technology.
That's already been done - some guy wrote a virus that made WebTV dial 911 w/o the user knowing. Ended up getting 6 months in jail for it. Link!
So rather than bitching about how stupid everyone is, why not take the time to explain why it is done this way? Take 5 minutes out of your busy escalated-ticket day, and tell us why it works the way it does - at least make an effort, rather than complaining about how much better you are than the rest of the world.
Try nextbus.com. It has a lot of cities, WAP access, and is pretty accurate, at least in Boulder, CO. But it would be amazing with a real time map like this... it has one, but it's a java applet that has trouble zooming, etc.
The other problem with the system is bagging. When do things get bagged?
You do realize both the article AND THE PARENT POST said Self-scanning in aisle -- costumers can scan and bag items while shopping, right? I mean, missing the article I can understand, but the post you just read?
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Are you here, watching the rescue efforts, or are you armchair quarterbacking from 1000 miles away? Right now they have anywhere between 17-21 ANG choppers working over Boulder and Larimer counties. These guys have no flight plans, nothing - they are shuttling in and out to pick people up wherever they see them. They're asking stranded residents to do anything possible to get their attention, including setting fires, because there are houses all over the place. Our governor was taking a flight tour of the area on Sunday and twice was diverted to pick people up. Having a 2' wide R/C aircraft flying around is exactly the kind of thing these choppers should not have to worry about. Manned aircraft are BIG - big enough to show up on radar, and to be visible through a window when you're focusing all your effort on setting down on a mountain road with 15' clearance between your rotors and trees. They absolutely shouldn't have to concern themselves with an R/C aircraft popping out of nowhere and ruining their day. FEMA is just getting going, so I don't know how they'll do. But so far everyone from the local fire & police departments, local/county/state governments, and CO & WY National Guard have done a fucking incredible job of getting people out of there. It's been a fantastic response, with very little of the red-tape or bureaucracy you normally hear about. A 500-year flood doesn't mean it only happens once every 500 years. It means there's a 0.2% chance of it happening any one year. So your rant about it being "twice the age of the USA" has absolutely no bearing on anything. Yes, it's a big flood. Yes, it came out of nowhere and caught everybody off guard. But this is exactly what these folks train for, and they've been amazing. With over 1000 people airlifted out, and a death toll of EIGHT so far, the response is looking beautiful. Note that those 8 all died during the floods - we haven't had anyone sitting on their roof for 3 days watching choppers fly over them and leave them stuck.
Freedom from phone calls!
They recently put those in along I-70 just west of Denver, and I have never seen them below 65. Even when thick fog makes it suicide to drive faster than about 30, they stay 65. So they don't do much good unless they actually get updated, which is still a manual process.
If not drinking water amplifies pain, wouldn't the same be true from a not-so-distant-cousin, pleasure?
If getting shot causes pain, wouldn't the same be true for its not-so-distant-cousin, pleasure?
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Podcasting is a term coined in 2004 when the use of RSS syndication technologies became popular for distributing audio content for listening on mobile devices and personal computers
So, it's an open standard (RSS) encapsulating an audio file. All named after a popular portable player. Congrats on jumping the gun!
I use Dreamhost. For $8/mo you get 20 GB disk, which your mailbox comes out of. So if you don't use any web space, you get 20GB of mail. Additionally, they have a gmail-esque thing where they add 160MB/week (I started with 2GB one year ago). So far their service has been fantastic.
Uhhh...what? First, I didn't criticize the cashier, at all. I've actually done a stint at WalMart, and I know exactly what you mean - had someone rung up a TV for $10, I probably wouldn't have cared.
I'm just saying the guy who stole the iPod was stupid. Both for going back to the store, and for making such a huge switch. Had he gotten a $250 Nano for $150, no one would've noticed. Or if he'd put it in with a few items. But one item? The guy is a moron.
Yep, it was the same store. I live in Boulder, and we only have one Target. I'm tempted to swing by his dorm and ask him if he's always been this stupid, or was born that way....
There are other shoratages as well and the damage is massive
It almost seems as if someone should have foreseen this, and ordered an evacuation!
Seriously, what happened to personal responsibility? CNN's front page has a quote - "All that time. This is all we get?" You've been watching this happen for the last THREE MONTHS in EVERY OTHER STORM. Did it not occur to anyone that if they were too stupid/lazy/egotistical to evacuate, they should have gathered some basic necessities (i.e. water & food) to last them a few days until FEMA could get their shit together. If you are too stupid to evacuate, and too stupid to fill your bathtub with water, and too stupid to buy an economy pack of batteries and flashlights, then QUIT BITCHING about how the rest of the country isn't jumping fast enough to slow down evolution by helping you live.
(Not necessarily directed at the parent, just at everyone down there who is complaining)
Not totally on-topic, but in the same vein. Does anyone know of nationwide banks with good security models? My first (local) bank had a system that limited me to a 6 character password, and I immediately dropped them. My current bank lets me have a nice long password, but that's it.
I've seen discussions of European banks issuing keyfobs with pseudo-random numbers, one-time pads, etc. Which banks in the US offer similar protection - something more than a password? Any experience with them in terms of customer service?
Totally offtopic, but do you have a good source for cases to hold a lot of drives? Right now I'm just using a mid-tower, but I'm out of bays. I'd like something with a crapload of 3.5" bays and at least some thought as to air circulation, without paying for an all out server case. Any tips?
Where's my bittorrent:// protocol??!?!
Waiting for you to write it?
Then, you find out they're being asked to censor their maps service, which has nothing at all to do with Google Images. Off the top of my head, I can come up with 5 headlines that explain this better.
(I know, poor taste, but funny..)
Actually, the taste ain't too bad...
Got a good reseller for the z-wave products? A quick Google turns up more in terms of development kits rather than end-user products. Thanks!
I guess I know what to give my Utah cousins for their 18th birthdays:
2 wives?
Did you actually find anyone who was listed for public urination?... If someone can provide even a single example, then I'll have a conclusive answer.
People who have been convicted as a "sexual offender" for publicly urinating would beg to differ.
You do realize you did exactly what SpecBear just mentioned, and provided nothing close to an actual example?
The buildings to the left and right of the whitehouse seem to have the roofs drawn over, for whatever reason to hide the top
Any chance there'd be anti-aircraft guns up there? Or would they put them further away?
I really don't understand why so many people put so much faith in the Government
Because they're taking the initiative & doing it? Qwest can't give me DSL because there are load coils on my line, even though I'm only about 5,000 feet from the CO. And I have to get about 50 neighbors to request DSL with me for them to remove the coils (which isn't easy when there are 50 people within about a square mile around me). Comcast will give me cable, but at $80/month, plus a few hundred to 'install' the cable (drop 100' feet of cable on the ground).
Why must a calendar be integrated with e-mail anyways?
Because it's great to get an invitation via email, which you can add to your calendar with one click, rather than re-entering the info?
Because I leave my email program running all the time, and I'd rather not have to leave another calendar program running as well?
Because both email and calendars have a pretty integral relation to a to-do list, and it's nice not to have to keep track of 2 lists, or do the whole copy-paste thing from one to the other. I just click on an email, mark it for follow-up by X date, and it's in my to-do list. Same with stuff I need to get done before an appointment.
His entire point was that the cameras aren't far enough apart to get much height detail - info he got from the summary. Pull your head out of your ass, fucktard.
1. Immature person tries out the emergency call just to see what happens or if it really works.
They actually don't mind if you call to test right now, though they may put you on hold if it's busy. It's a lot better to find out your address is wrong during a test, than when you can't talk.
2. Creative but malicious person writes virus that triggers this technology.
That's already been done - some guy wrote a virus that made WebTV dial 911 w/o the user knowing. Ended up getting 6 months in jail for it. Link!
So rather than bitching about how stupid everyone is, why not take the time to explain why it is done this way? Take 5 minutes out of your busy escalated-ticket day, and tell us why it works the way it does - at least make an effort, rather than complaining about how much better you are than the rest of the world.
Try nextbus.com. It has a lot of cities, WAP access, and is pretty accurate, at least in Boulder, CO. But it would be amazing with a real time map like this... it has one, but it's a java applet that has trouble zooming, etc.
The other problem with the system is bagging. When do things get bagged?
You do realize both the article AND THE PARENT POST said Self-scanning in aisle -- costumers can scan and bag items while shopping, right? I mean, missing the article I can understand, but the post you just read?