>He was going 60 in a 55 in the left lane and got a ticket for blocking traffic.
It's not like he's in any position to argue. Had he been doing 55 in a 55 zone, on the other hand, it would be get certain kinds of lawyers drooling. But he was breaking the law, and even though he got cited for the wrong thing, he was speeding. He probably got lucky -- does a "blocking traffic" ticket raise your insurance rates like a speeding fine does?
"Why not? Lets say that I want the second page of 10 results from a query. If I told you that the query results were sorted by tablefoo.date, what query would you use to get results 10-20?"
I *wouldn't*.
I would insist that you either give me a date range, or index the query on some ordinal key.
I would inform you that you need some means of doing the query that supports a cursor, or else you need to accept the consequences of your design error.
And yes, I really would tell you this, even if, especially if, you were paying my consulting rate to analyze your database problems.
"When our government didn't send that Alaskan piece of crap republican straight to jail for threatening to quit if his state didn't get Katrina relief funds so he could build the famous bridge to nowhere..."
Uh.. As much as I dislike Ted Stevens, he did not demand "Katrina relief funds", and the "bridge to nowhere" actually is the only thing connecting a tribal land to the 21st century (it being "nowhere" is a matter of opinion.)
The situations I've been involved in, it's been a case of "I'm going 75, he's going well upwards of a hundred." If the guy behind me hits me at that speed, there's no way I'll keep control, and all of a sudden it's "I'm going 90, the bridge abutment is going 0".
That's into a whole different realm, though. People who *really* speed, past the threshold of racing speeds, should get life without parole on the first offense.
It is every bit the fault of the driver in front, if he is actually intimidated by this sufficiently to break the law.
Seriously -- what's the car *behind you* going to do? Ram your bumper? He's going 70, you're going 75, he speeds up and rams you? You're *intimidated* by this prospect? Hell, this would make my day, no it would make my YEAR. PLEASE assault me with your expensive, well insured vehicle by trying to push me from behind on the highway!
"Sounds like NH needs to beef up its snow removal. I live in the country outside of Ottawa, Canada. Yes it snows heavily, but snow removal equipment clears the snow before it gets too deep for small cars the vast majority of times."
The guys who drive the city's snow plow fleet -- what do they drive to work?
You're trying to imply that folks in Ottowa don't drive big trucks!
"Here is the problem though, you are the type of person who would have bought an SUV 20+ years ago (yea, they've been making several for at least that long)."
Chevy Suburban, in production since 1935.
"When one can go to a center city Chicago car dealership and the lot is more than half full of SUVs most of their clientele isn't buying them to go offroading."
You're sure none of them do backcountry activities down towards Carbondale or up in Michigan? They don't take ski trips and stuff?
I know where you're coming from though. The natural consequences of this kind of decision (to get a larger car than is needed) will either have an effect on the owner, or they won't. Maybe we will see $8 or $12 gas. I don't even know if *that* is enough to reduce traffic, let alone cause people to reconsider the size of their vehicles.
Me, I have two large dogs, and I frequently haul a keyboard rig and racks and amps and speakers and people. Perfect vehicle for me is a Volvo station wagon -- although the Dodge Magnum wagon is tempting.
Costs like insurance, maintenance, and even parking, can make it less economical to go this route (smaller car plus the truck).
If you are one of those people who can afford two vehicles without having to finance either of them, you probably aren't too concerned about gas anyway.
Now, I just want to know what's going through the mind of someone who thinks of peanut butter as the natural thing that comes to mind here. Maybe it's a common activity just not in my town?
>Hard drives used to be huge. As you can see from the article, they used to be as big as a refridgerator.
Disk drives used to be *amazing* technology. They could store several MILLION words of data, in a space no larger than a refrigerator. Computers were being developed that could fit in a single room!
It's not a Stafford loan. If his tuition is paid and he could afford his housing already, he would not get a surplus loan unless he fabriacated information on his FAFSA, which is a federal offense and could cost him the remainder of his education. So surely he is talking about some other kind of loan.
Play Monopoly according to the rules bundled with the game. It turns out it does not take such an enormous amount of time when you do that.
I like to play as a disinterested banker. I don't have a piece on the board, don't move, don't own real estate. I play as banker and auctioneer and referee. That also helps move the game along nicely.
The only problem I've ever had, is finding players who do not insist on the ridiculous idea of putting all tax money in the center of the board and paying it out for "Free Parking." (This is one huge reason Monopoly games can go on for ten hours.)
Generally, I hate the way the self-checkout systems work. I've seen them from a couple of vendors, and there seems to be one dominant player.
Anyway, it is really nice to be able to check myself out with certain varieties of items that I would prefer not to share with anyone, store clerk, or other customers.
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>He was going 60 in a 55 in the left lane and got a ticket for blocking traffic.
It's not like he's in any position to argue. Had he been doing 55 in a 55 zone, on the other hand,
it would be get certain kinds of lawyers drooling. But he was breaking the law, and even though he
got cited for the wrong thing, he was speeding. He probably got lucky -- does a "blocking traffic"
ticket raise your insurance rates like a speeding fine does?
"Why not? Lets say that I want the second page of 10 results from a query. If I told you that the query results were sorted by tablefoo.date, what query would you use to get results 10-20?"
I *wouldn't*.
I would insist that you either give me a date range, or index the query on some ordinal key.
I would inform you that you need some means of doing the query that supports a cursor, or else
you need to accept the consequences of your design error.
And yes, I really would tell you this, even if, especially if, you were paying my consulting rate to analyze your database problems.
"When our government didn't send that Alaskan piece of crap republican straight to jail for threatening to quit if his state didn't get Katrina relief funds so he could build the famous bridge to nowhere..."
Uh.. As much as I dislike Ted Stevens, he did not demand "Katrina relief funds", and the "bridge to nowhere" actually is the only thing connecting a tribal land to the 21st century (it being "nowhere" is a matter of opinion.)
> I have worse news for the elite "I hate the military" types: most vehicle extrication practices come from NASCAR.
The military-haters are practically a superset of the nascar-haters.
The situations I've been involved in, it's been a case of "I'm going 75, he's going well upwards of a hundred." If the guy behind me hits me at that speed, there's no way I'll keep control, and all of a sudden it's "I'm going 90, the bridge abutment is going 0".
That's into a whole different realm, though.
People who *really* speed, past the threshold of racing speeds, should get life without parole on the first offense.
> Obviously, ideal body armor would identify the incoming round and laser it into vapor before it impacted at all.
Wouldn't the vapor have the same kinetic energy as the bullet?
>intimidate them into speeding up or moving over.
It is every bit the fault of the driver in front, if he is actually intimidated by this sufficiently to break the law.
Seriously -- what's the car *behind you* going to do? Ram your bumper? He's going 70, you're going 75, he speeds up and rams you? You're *intimidated* by this prospect? Hell, this would make my day, no it would make my YEAR. PLEASE assault me with your expensive, well insured vehicle by trying to push me from behind on the highway!
"Sounds like NH needs to beef up its snow removal. I live in the country outside of Ottawa, Canada. Yes it snows heavily, but snow removal equipment clears the snow before it gets too deep for small cars the vast majority of times."
The guys who drive the city's snow plow fleet -- what do they drive to work?
You're trying to imply that folks in Ottowa don't drive big trucks!
Those "0.5%" and "99.5%" numbers come from someplace other than your ass?
"Here is the problem though, you are the type of person who would have bought an SUV 20+ years ago (yea, they've been making several for at least that long)."
Chevy Suburban, in production since 1935.
"When one can go to a center city Chicago car dealership and the lot is more than half full of SUVs most of their clientele isn't buying them to go offroading."
You're sure none of them do backcountry activities down towards Carbondale or up in Michigan? They don't take ski trips and stuff?
I know where you're coming from though. The natural consequences of this kind of decision (to get a larger car than is needed) will either have an effect on the owner, or they won't. Maybe we will see $8 or $12 gas. I don't even know if *that* is enough to reduce traffic, let alone cause people to reconsider the size of their vehicles.
Me, I have two large dogs, and I frequently haul a keyboard rig and racks and amps and speakers and people. Perfect vehicle for me is a Volvo station wagon -- although the Dodge Magnum wagon is tempting.
I'd stick with my Volvo even if gas was $8.
>That's why most major airports won't let you land your tiny, personal aircraft that you fly for pleasure.
You can name a major airport that has no GA facilities whatsoever?
>And just why do you feel the need to *drive* there?
If we had to walk we wouldn't actually get to go.
Did they get shipped to GTMO?
And was it a Type I beetle, or one of the new ones? In some kinds of crashes, old bugs
can do pretty well.
When my Volvo wagon gets beyond repair, I will get another Volvo wagon.
Even if gas is $12/gallon.
>Seems like a decent usage model to me.
Costs like insurance, maintenance, and even parking, can make it less economical to go this
route (smaller car plus the truck).
If you are one of those people who can afford two vehicles without having to finance either of them,
you probably aren't too concerned about gas anyway.
Now, I just want to know what's going through the mind of someone who thinks of peanut butter as the
natural thing that comes to mind here. Maybe it's a common activity just not in my town?
Why are you working with row numbers instead of ORDER BY and comparisons to a sortable key?
>Hard drives used to be huge. As you can see from the article, they used to be as big as a refridgerator.
Disk drives used to be *amazing* technology. They could store several MILLION words of data, in a space no larger than
a refrigerator. Computers were being developed that could fit in a single room!
>The whole point of war is to destroy the enemy.
Then why hasn't Baghdad been nuked?
It's a better strategy in war to enslave the conquered people,
annex their lands, and own their treasure...
...has never played Nethack.
It's not a Stafford loan. If his tuition is paid and he could afford his housing already, he would not get a surplus loan unless he fabriacated information on his FAFSA, which is a federal offense and could cost him the remainder of his education. So surely he is talking about some other kind of loan.
Generally, college town real estate is already inflated way beyond what the rent market will bear.
But I think the submitter was a troll, since NOBODY really has the "problem" he complains of having.
Play Monopoly according to the rules bundled with the game. It turns out it does not take
such an enormous amount of time when you do that.
I like to play as a disinterested banker. I don't have a piece on the board, don't move, don't own real estate.
I play as banker and auctioneer and referee. That also helps move the game along nicely.
The only problem I've ever had, is finding players who do not insist on the ridiculous idea of putting all tax money in the center of the board and paying it out for "Free Parking." (This is one huge reason Monopoly games can go on for ten hours.)
Generally, I hate the way the self-checkout systems work. I've seen them from a couple of vendors, and there seems to be one dominant player.
Anyway, it is really nice to be able to check myself out with certain varieties of items that I would prefer not to share with anyone, store clerk, or other customers.
>There's lots of illegal stuff on YouTube
Oh really? Like what? Illegal in what jurisdiction, anyway?