Right, futures should be illegal, so people cant do things like hedge future exposure against adverse events? Farmers cant lock in prices at the beginning of the season - airlines can't lock in fuel prices as a hedge against rising prices, etc, etc.
Futures have a great many useful and very legitimate trading scenarios - traders who just gamble without hedges are not going to survive for long.
In my prior statement, I was referring to investors, who buy a stock, hoping it will rise on the long term, so I do admit my poor choice of words distorted my meaning somewhat, but otherwise I couldn't disagree more with your other statements
that's a complete misrepresentation of HFT - HFT is more about leveling pricing, and it's effect on the individual investor is positive, by providing a more liquid market with tighter spreads to people who do want to bet on the direction of a stock (HFT is not about betting on the movement one way or the other)
you may be referring to the 'flash order' issue, where participants try to gain insight into the market by probing so called 'dark pools' where market data is not published, but to caracterize HFT as a whole with this dubious practice is to misunderstand the bulk of HFT
Speaking for myself of course, being a programmer I normally view text. I still find the glossy screen to be superior in real use conditions to my previous matte screen. More contrast, less eye strain
Since when do you upload the source code? The binary file would be much smaller in size that the source. Still I agree that it's not likely to contain anything near 100m lines of code
I don't disagree that parents have a responsibility to their kids, but you are taking this to an unworkable extreme. No parent can be absolutely controlling of their children, part of the reason we need to raise kids with parental oversight is that they are not capable of making sound decisions like if this toy is safe to leave around the house or not all the time even when they are 10.
The older they get the more self sufficient / guided they can and should be but you my friend are taking the parental responsibility to an extreme standard no parent could ever attain.
First off, my original post I wasn't making a statement re fault, but just the pointing out that there was no evidence that a parent bought these toys for toddlers (which are indended for older children).
however, to answer your response, I'd say fault is not absolute. Certainly there is a share to be had by the parents, However, being a parent of multiple children, it's impossible for me to be on top of them and what they are or are not playing with all the time. So I can't accept that the parent has primary or sole responsibility. If the parents turned out to be negligent, by making no or little attempt to control/monitor their kids, then that's another matter.
In this case I think this was handled appropriately so far, toys with this kind of potential do not belong on the market when there are readily available substitutes for the substance in question
He knows they were bought for toddlers because a toddler went into a coma.story
you are assuming facts not in evidence, just because a toddler got a hold of them doesn't mean they were bought for the toddler, more likely they were for an older sibling, and got left lying around or something
as a parent of 3 children, the younger kids invariably get their hands on toys meant for older kids. If you have multiple children you'd recognize this.
I've had similar calls here in the us. Some of them show as a 442 area code number - which was assigned but AFAIK never used. It is similar to how some UK caller id's show up (e.g. London) (country code 44, number starts with 2) but it's not long enough to be a UK number
answer it and it's a recording, saying it's your 'customer service department' or somesuch, and to press 1 to talk to someone. After many such calls (I'm on the do not call list) I decided to talk to someone to see if I can find out any useful info. Of course the person who answers the phone is very evasive when asked what company they are representing, and then hangup on me.
I'd love to report it but the phone number is fake and I've got no idea what the name of the company is.
During the last few summer, Chicago was one of the cities that experienced rolling black outs because their electric grid couldn't handle the load
news to me - I've lived in the chicago area for 7 or 8 years now and I've not experienced or heard about any widespread rolling blackouts. ComEd has been under fire in a few communities for having old/unreliable transmission lines causing some outages in high demand periods, but that's not quite the same thing.
Do not use CO2 or Halon directly on a battery fire as the exposed surface of the contained lithium may react with these materials.
what's worse is the cargo fire supression system is Halon, which will not extinguish the fire, and may lead to other bad things happening.
Of course in the passenger cabin Halon is not used, but as you pointed out, the other standard fire extingushing methods (water & CO2) don't work effectively.
they got the ILS turned off, but mostly only the really big planes have that
Virtually every commercial plane has ILS receivers on board, and many can autoland from the ILS signal assuming the installed ILS is sufficiently capable.
However, ILS is only used in low visibility situations, normally approaches are 'visual' (e.g. the pilot lands using mark I eyeballs), perhaps with ILS as a reference. In any case, ILS is not available on all runways and all pilots can land (assuming adequate wx conditions) without it's use.
Sure, there aren't many (any?) TV's that can display 1080p natively, but even without that there's a clear improvement in quality viewing at 720p or 1080i over the SD DVD @ 480i/p. Compare HD broadcast movies to your DVD quality and you'll see a large difference.
I'll definately be looking at these once prices come down and there's a resonable selection of titles available, even though my TV's native res is 720p
Well actually, it's not HDMI that you require, but HDCP support. Many TV's without HDMI but with DVI do support HDCP, so all you need is a DVI to HDMI cable and you'll have full resolution support.
What it should really say is that if your TV doesn't support HDCP, then you'll get downgraded resolutions for some discs
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I'm guessing the 'workaround' is inferior in some respect. otherwise, they would have switched already instead of playing chicken with NTP.
Notice how they don't say much about what the workaround is (other than to say it requires a software update on the blackberry handhelds which they'll preload on new blackberry's if required)
I also watched it live OTA, as we did not have cable tv. Although the story says the networks cut away, I distinctly remember watching the launch live, and the stunned silence on the airways immediately following the explosion.
I was home from school sick that day and it's burnt into my memory as one of those days I'll never forget.
So, I'll add to the myth is busted argument.
You convientently ignore the largest reason for 911 calls - health or injury related
For example, my son was choking, while I performed the Heimlich, my wife dialed 911. Emergency personel on site within 3 minutes. As it turned out just as they were walking in I cleared the obstruction. But it was good to know they were there and could respond quickly
Now imagine if you are home alone, and have a heart attack/stroke. You are able to dial 911, but not to communicate effectively.
Beleive me, there are plently of reasons why having POTS 911 is worth it.
Comcast offers (in most areas) the Motorola 6412 STB, with dual HDTV tuners and PVR functionality. In a few areas, they offer a similar Scientific Atlanta box instead.
I beleive it requires a digital service tier, and costs $10/month on top (or if you already subscribe to HDTV through comcast, it's $5/month more)
What you are quoting are the rules for archival storage of information (that is the rule that requires orginasations to store for 6 years data relating to their transactions for compliance purposes.) This does not apply to all information retained by brokers (but to specific transactional related data), and it most certainly does not apply to regular backup procedures
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And thats exactly what the "ban" does. It provides efficiency targets so efficient incandescent bulbs should they exist would be allowed
While hosting a server is not illegal, if you are knowingly supporting criminal activity with said server then it is actually illegal
Right, futures should be illegal, so people cant do things like hedge future exposure against adverse events? Farmers cant lock in prices at the beginning of the season - airlines can't lock in fuel prices as a hedge against rising prices, etc, etc. Futures have a great many useful and very legitimate trading scenarios - traders who just gamble without hedges are not going to survive for long. In my prior statement, I was referring to investors, who buy a stock, hoping it will rise on the long term, so I do admit my poor choice of words distorted my meaning somewhat, but otherwise I couldn't disagree more with your other statements
that's a complete misrepresentation of HFT - HFT is more about leveling pricing, and it's effect on the individual investor is positive, by providing a more liquid market with tighter spreads to people who do want to bet on the direction of a stock (HFT is not about betting on the movement one way or the other) you may be referring to the 'flash order' issue, where participants try to gain insight into the market by probing so called 'dark pools' where market data is not published, but to caracterize HFT as a whole with this dubious practice is to misunderstand the bulk of HFT
Speaking for myself of course, being a programmer I normally view text. I still find the glossy screen to be superior in real use conditions to my previous matte screen. More contrast, less eye strain
Seconded, I was dubious at first, but I've come to love my glossy screen
Since when do you upload the source code? The binary file would be much smaller in size that the source. Still I agree that it's not likely to contain anything near 100m lines of code
I don't disagree that parents have a responsibility to their kids, but you are taking this to an unworkable extreme. No parent can be absolutely controlling of their children, part of the reason we need to raise kids with parental oversight is that they are not capable of making sound decisions like if this toy is safe to leave around the house or not all the time even when they are 10.
The older they get the more self sufficient / guided they can and should be but you my friend are taking the parental responsibility to an extreme standard no parent could ever attain.
First off, my original post I wasn't making a statement re fault, but just the pointing out that there was no evidence that a parent bought these toys for toddlers (which are indended for older children). however, to answer your response, I'd say fault is not absolute. Certainly there is a share to be had by the parents, However, being a parent of multiple children, it's impossible for me to be on top of them and what they are or are not playing with all the time. So I can't accept that the parent has primary or sole responsibility. If the parents turned out to be negligent, by making no or little attempt to control/monitor their kids, then that's another matter. In this case I think this was handled appropriately so far, toys with this kind of potential do not belong on the market when there are readily available substitutes for the substance in question
I've had similar calls here in the us. Some of them show as a 442 area code number - which was assigned but AFAIK never used. It is similar to how some UK caller id's show up (e.g. London) (country code 44, number starts with 2) but it's not long enough to be a UK number
answer it and it's a recording, saying it's your 'customer service department' or somesuch, and to press 1 to talk to someone. After many such calls (I'm on the do not call list) I decided to talk to someone to see if I can find out any useful info. Of course the person who answers the phone is very evasive when asked what company they are representing, and then hangup on me.
I'd love to report it but the phone number is fake and I've got no idea what the name of the company is.
if it were as simple as that the military would drop some bombs or send some cruise missiles their way - don't need no stinkin' railgun
but of course it's not, so while the US Military have dropped bombs/etc, there's still a lively insurgency in case you haven't read the news lately
You are wrong, in fact the lethal does is around 500uCi's, so you'll need to revist your calcs and calm yourself a bit
what's worse is the cargo fire supression system is Halon, which will not extinguish the fire, and may lead to other bad things happening.
Of course in the passenger cabin Halon is not used, but as you pointed out, the other standard fire extingushing methods (water & CO2) don't work effectively.
Virtually every commercial plane has ILS receivers on board, and many can autoland from the ILS signal assuming the installed ILS is sufficiently capable.
However, ILS is only used in low visibility situations, normally approaches are 'visual' (e.g. the pilot lands using mark I eyeballs), perhaps with ILS as a reference. In any case, ILS is not available on all runways and all pilots can land (assuming adequate wx conditions) without it's use.
Sure, there aren't many (any?) TV's that can display 1080p natively, but even without that there's a clear improvement in quality viewing at 720p or 1080i over the SD DVD @ 480i/p. Compare HD broadcast movies to your DVD quality and you'll see a large difference.
I'll definately be looking at these once prices come down and there's a resonable selection of titles available, even though my TV's native res is 720p
Well actually, it's not HDMI that you require, but HDCP support. Many TV's without HDMI but with DVI do support HDCP, so all you need is a DVI to HDMI cable and you'll have full resolution support.
What it should really say is that if your TV doesn't support HDCP, then you'll get downgraded resolutions for some discs
I'm guessing the 'workaround' is inferior in some respect. otherwise, they would have switched already instead of playing chicken with NTP.
Notice how they don't say much about what the workaround is (other than to say it requires a software update on the blackberry handhelds which they'll preload on new blackberry's if required)
something's rotten
I also watched it live OTA, as we did not have cable tv. Although the story says the networks cut away, I distinctly remember watching the launch live, and the stunned silence on the airways immediately following the explosion. I was home from school sick that day and it's burnt into my memory as one of those days I'll never forget. So, I'll add to the myth is busted argument.
I did this dilligently for years, and while it undoubtedly did stem the tide, I would still receive half a dozen calls per evening every weekday.
Once I signed up for DNC, I have not had a single call from a telemarketer.
That's the difference, and it's real.
You convientently ignore the largest reason for 911 calls - health or injury related
For example, my son was choking, while I performed the Heimlich, my wife dialed 911. Emergency personel on site within 3 minutes. As it turned out just as they were walking in I cleared the obstruction. But it was good to know they were there and could respond quickly
Now imagine if you are home alone, and have a heart attack/stroke. You are able to dial 911, but not to communicate effectively.
Beleive me, there are plently of reasons why having POTS 911 is worth it.
Yes, but where did Agilent come from?
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http://news.com.com/HP+names+spinoff+Agilent/2100
Comcast offers (in most areas) the Motorola 6412 STB, with dual HDTV tuners and PVR functionality. In a few areas, they offer a similar Scientific Atlanta box instead.
I beleive it requires a digital service tier, and costs $10/month on top (or if you already subscribe to HDTV through comcast, it's $5/month more)
http://broadband.motorola.com/dvr/dct6412.asp
What you are quoting are the rules for archival storage of information (that is the rule that requires orginasations to store for 6 years data relating to their transactions for compliance purposes.) This does not apply to all information retained by brokers (but to specific transactional related data), and it most certainly does not apply to regular backup procedures