Sorry, But I really couldn't come up with a good answer to that. Obviously preventing genocide is a "GoodThing" in most peoples views (excepting the people committing the genocide I would assume). The problem is that the US tried the "we'll sit it out, mostly" part in WW2 and it begot us Perl Harbor. It seems ever since then the US has had a policy of proactively attacking situations, both figuratively and literally. We've tried to buy peace with aid, didn't work. We've tried to install peace, via inserting leaders into countries, unilateral failure. What's left as an obvious choice is violence, not going so well. Less obvious choices don't sell well because they don't show well, and sadly our government is mostly about show these last few decades. (looking at Bush, Clinton, and Bush). Honestly I doubt it will get better under Obamma (or McCain FWIW). We could try the hellatiously risky and likely unpopular move of removing all our troops, withdrawing most foreign aid, and hitting the reset button, attempting to come up with a multi decade plan for the country's future, ala The Long Now, and while that may be the most enlightened, since it won't show well, it won't happen. -nB
No, The old boys club part referred to the issue of not getting a refund for monies paid (when the lawyer should have figured out withing the first week, if not days, that the wife was a "former" client), and not being able to find a lawyer in town who would represent him in suing the first lawyer. -nB
to wish I had mod points... I really like igw's post http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1047369&cid=25954607 about attaching a tech writer to a dev. While it may play to the primadonna set (in a bad way) there is some sense in getting those lone wolf types, especially when they have the combination of difficult to teach skills and the unteachable knack of genius for a particular type of problem you may have. I (senior tech) have been attached to such an engineer (hardware dev) who was simply a genius on analog design. His gut feelings for circuit design and layout were closer than most peoples second and third approximations for a PLL or transceiver. Downside was his documentation skills were essentially expressed by 1/(analog design talent). As a result a tech writer and I worked very closely with him when he was nearly done having him walk us through *everything*. I wrote the test plan and the Tech Writer wrote the docs. Worked great, even though he was a stuck up ass. -nB
Fine and dandy (and I'm with you on the savings, I started at 24). But If I am going to be unable to collect the portion of my funds that were annexed for my retirement benefit, then I want those funds back. The disability portion of the funds is reasonable so you can keep those... -nB
suggestion: NAS system something like the Linksys nas, but on steroids and not sucky. That allows adding drives on the fly via SATA, samba server and web UI. -nB
While I genuinely agree with you... 1) The coffee was outside the prescribed temperature bounds. 2) This [1] was not unknown to the staff 3) initally McD's was asshatish and wouldn't cover medical 4) never tell a jury "they had it coming, and we refused their medical bills" 5) ????? 5a) $$$$$$$$$ (re #4)
Honestly? Anything I needed to know about sandwitch making (and much I shouldn't know) I learned from scoobie doo
um.... so there! . . . ?
on an unrelated note I read part of the patent... nothing is non-obvious as far as I can tell... Heck I wrap my kids' PB&J in a paper towel... That's my prior art.
yes, yes you can. pixel noise will start being a problem as all those adapters cause reflections. Also the HDMI signal isn't digital, really, it is a digital bitstream on an analog carrier. (at the frequencies involved everything is analog). -nB
so plexi laminate lead then? stipulating that we are in space and thus need to protect against *everything* while maintaining a reasonable lift weight, I could see the plexi handling alpha, and beta, but what about gamma and x-rays? -nB
BTW: had no idea about plexi shielding beta... how thick is required?
Also as a tech, I simply re-solder any failed component with lead/tin. RoHS be damned. Though I do work in a prototype environment so meh on the production side. -nB
I was under the impression that a materials ability to block radiation was (more or less) proportional to it's density. Lead being the densest cheap metal making it ideal. while the mass may not be a problem once in space, it sure is a heck of a penalty in lift weight to get it there though. -nB
I think that, while you are right in your criticisms, it is still a useful book to have on the shelf. I still refer to mine now and then, though admittedly less so each passing year. -nB
Seconded. My first thought was that it may be below him, but I've 9 years in the industry and still peek at it time to time. He can have my copy 50% off (all pages present, very *very* warn) and I'll go pick up a new one... -nB
I don't know if it would be a violation. They can talk about it, and implement it, just have to cross t's and dot i's carefully. Pay Cannocial to support your platform out of the box (and the drivers will propagate such that you're not tied to ubuntu if you don't want to be. -nB
of course we shouldn't halt funding. But (and this from a seti geek) I think that the funding ratios are about right. I would prefer to vastly reduce funding on lots of things, but reduction does not mean elimination. I would like to see funding increase lots of places.
That all said I think what we (in the states at least) need is a law stating that 1) Congress shall make votes only on one bill at a time (no riders). 2) Congress shall officially call BS on pork spending. 3) military funding shall be diverted to sharks with laser beams on their heads, commanded by dolphins.
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I'll attempt to play advocate here:
ponies.
Sorry,
But I really couldn't come up with a good answer to that. Obviously preventing genocide is a "GoodThing" in most peoples views (excepting the people committing the genocide I would assume). The problem is that the US tried the "we'll sit it out, mostly" part in WW2 and it begot us Perl Harbor. It seems ever since then the US has had a policy of proactively attacking situations, both figuratively and literally. We've tried to buy peace with aid, didn't work. We've tried to install peace, via inserting leaders into countries, unilateral failure. What's left as an obvious choice is violence, not going so well. Less obvious choices don't sell well because they don't show well, and sadly our government is mostly about show these last few decades. (looking at Bush, Clinton, and Bush). Honestly I doubt it will get better under Obamma (or McCain FWIW). We could try the hellatiously risky and likely unpopular move of removing all our troops, withdrawing most foreign aid, and hitting the reset button, attempting to come up with a multi decade plan for the country's future, ala The Long Now, and while that may be the most enlightened, since it won't show well, it won't happen.
-nB
No,
The old boys club part referred to the issue of not getting a refund for monies paid (when the lawyer should have figured out withing the first week, if not days, that the wife was a "former" client), and not being able to find a lawyer in town who would represent him in suing the first lawyer.
-nB
no I think in that order will do.
May cut his assignment in half.
if you travel by way of Darful then may not even have to visit the DRC.
-nB
to wish I had mod points...
I really like igw's post http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1047369&cid=25954607 about attaching a tech writer to a dev. While it may play to the primadonna set (in a bad way) there is some sense in getting those lone wolf types, especially when they have the combination of difficult to teach skills and the unteachable knack of genius for a particular type of problem you may have. I (senior tech) have been attached to such an engineer (hardware dev) who was simply a genius on analog design. His gut feelings for circuit design and layout were closer than most peoples second and third approximations for a PLL or transceiver. Downside was his documentation skills were essentially expressed by 1/(analog design talent). As a result a tech writer and I worked very closely with him when he was nearly done having him walk us through *everything*. I wrote the test plan and the Tech Writer wrote the docs. Worked great, even though he was a stuck up ass.
-nB
wow, a Beowulf cluster of /irony
Couldn't pick a better jurisdiction....
Fine and dandy (and I'm with you on the savings, I started at 24).
But If I am going to be unable to collect the portion of my funds that were annexed for my retirement benefit, then I want those funds back. The disability portion of the funds is reasonable so you can keep those...
-nB
suggestion:
NAS system
something like the Linksys nas, but on steroids and not sucky. That allows adding drives on the fly via SATA, samba server and web UI.
-nB
While I genuinely agree with you...
1) The coffee was outside the prescribed temperature bounds.
2) This [1] was not unknown to the staff
3) initally McD's was asshatish and wouldn't cover medical
4) never tell a jury "they had it coming, and we refused their medical bills"
5) ?????
5a) $$$$$$$$$ (re #4)
Honestly?
Anything I needed to know about sandwitch making (and much I shouldn't know) I learned from scoobie doo
um....
so there!
.
.
.
?
on an unrelated note I read part of the patent... nothing is non-obvious as far as I can tell...
Heck I wrap my kids' PB&J in a paper towel... That's my prior art.
Actually it refers to a machine to load the top and bottom half of a bun in... then you do (something in soubroutine) thne you get a sandwitch.
fuck typiong is hard tonifht.
Thank you.
Pished as I am (nice bottle btw) I can't help but think this is obvious.
What we need is a typing device that can interpret it's drunken owners keystrokes so that a comment like this doesn't take nearly 5 in to type.
you just guaranteed someone a ton of e-mail...
Joe job?
maybe because the license fee is not extortionistic, but rather only covers the cost of staff?
That breaks plenty of contract law and what hardwere manufacture would agree to that type of shit?
All of them, sadly.
yes, yes you can.
pixel noise will start being a problem as all those adapters cause reflections. Also the HDMI signal isn't digital, really, it is a digital bitstream on an analog carrier. (at the frequencies involved everything is analog).
-nB
so plexi laminate lead then?
stipulating that we are in space and thus need to protect against *everything* while maintaining a reasonable lift weight, I could see the plexi handling alpha, and beta, but what about gamma and x-rays?
-nB
BTW: had no idea about plexi shielding beta... how thick is required?
Also as a tech, I simply re-solder any failed component with lead/tin.
RoHS be damned. Though I do work in a prototype environment so meh on the production side.
-nB
I was under the impression that a materials ability to block radiation was (more or less) proportional to it's density. Lead being the densest cheap metal making it ideal. while the mass may not be a problem once in space, it sure is a heck of a penalty in lift weight to get it there though.
-nB
I think that, while you are right in your criticisms, it is still a useful book to have on the shelf. I still refer to mine now and then, though admittedly less so each passing year.
-nB
Seconded.
My first thought was that it may be below him, but I've 9 years in the industry and still peek at it time to time.
He can have my copy 50% off (all pages present, very *very* warn) and I'll go pick up a new one...
-nB
hit refresh a couple times and it usually comes up...
dunno why though.
I don't know if it would be a violation.
They can talk about it, and implement it, just have to cross t's and dot i's carefully.
Pay Cannocial to support your platform out of the box (and the drivers will propagate such that you're not tied to ubuntu if you don't want to be.
-nB
of course we shouldn't halt funding. But (and this from a seti geek) I think that the funding ratios are about right. I would prefer to vastly reduce funding on lots of things, but reduction does not mean elimination. I would like to see funding increase lots of places.
That all said I think what we (in the states at least) need is a law stating that
1) Congress shall make votes only on one bill at a time (no riders).
2) Congress shall officially call BS on pork spending.
3) military funding shall be diverted to sharks with laser beams on their heads, commanded by dolphins.
so,
note to self:
for ransom photos buy a low-end point and shoot, pay cash, toss it in the fire/ocean/whatever when done.
-nB