For me it was natural to hold the back with my right hand (hinge side on my middle fingers, other side on my thumb) and then grab the front with my left hand (fingers/thumb along top and bottom). The case just opened beautifully.
Aside from the fact that CD jewel cases aren't very well designed... I'm right-handed and open CDs exactly the same way you do. My "handedness" never occurred to me while using them.
Does your right-handed friend also open the cover of books across his body with his right hand?
Handcuffs are just for restraining drunks. For the real dangerous folks (protesters, students, etc) you use zip ties.
On the other hand, I recall seeing a video a short time ago in which a person volunteered to be zip-tied so they could demonstrate breaking them. It seemed to consist of getting your wrists beneath your backside and forcefully squatting down to snap them. I could be recalling the details wrong, but you can surely find a youtube video of people demonstrating this technique that would presumably not work with handcuffs unless they were already materially compromised in some way.
Situation 5) Fabricate a story of helping assange leave the country, and arrange the expected limo trip to an international airport. Place a costumed mannequin in the back seat with darkened windows on the limo. The UK bobbies will attempt to stop the driver. The driver avoids capture, and causes a scene, with the police escallating response. (Think "OJ simpson car chase"). The embassy plays along with the charade, deploring the UK's behavior in the matter. Once a significant portion of the local police force is engaged in the farce, load assange into the back of a delivery lorry, and discretely drive him nonchalantly to france via the chunnel, and evacuate him via plane that way. When the UK storms the embassy, they will not find him.
Oooh, you were SO close. No, I think the best would be to take the "Thomas Crowne Affair" approach. Invite a few dozen Assange look-alikes to the embassy. Put them all in identical clothing, maybe some makeup (including the real Slim Shady), and send them each out in cars with untinted windows in 15 minute intervals. Send Assange out in car #10 or something like that.
I understand that the most frequent rebuttal to the "look how Israel does it" argument is that their solution couldn't scale up to the magnitude of the USA air travel infrastructure. This seems like a plausible counter-argument, though I don't know much about such things. (for the record, TSA & Patriot Act suck)
Seriously... who the F cares if you guys went to the moon 40 years ago??? you cant even go back anymore !! These guys will !!... And thats what you should worry about !! Stop sitting on your ass America... this is exactly why other countries have stopped looking at you for inspiration... i admire the Chinese and sometimes i wonder if my country would be better off bordering them instead of the once Might US of A...
Sure you guys USED to be tough and strong... now you're just a bunch of fat-asses with useless trophy's on their shelves... i wouldnt be proud of that !
What are you on about with the "you guys" perspective? I don't know who you think you're fooling. It only takes one read of your post and one can deduce from the assortment of grammar and punctuation errors that you're surely a product of the American educational system.
The document, which Drake previously faced years in prison for possessing, is essentially a cheerleading memo, complimenting the Trailblazer project team for a great presentation and demo. It stands in stark contrast to numerous other reports that described the NSA IT project as an overbudget, ineffective, billion dollar seven year boondoggle.
(emphasis mine)
I don't see why it can't be both. I think maybe it's a combination of poor management and cognitive dissonance that leads some to cheer the loudest for projects even if they're failing hard. I think we've probably all seen this phenomenon.
Most websites are "NOT SECURE" enough, so pretending that they are is simply dangerous. Wanna know how secure that website is? The Login is not on a SSL connection. Nuff Said!
Grabbing credentials going over the wire of a non-SSL site is not at the top of my worries, but having SSL certainly gives people a false sense of security. Any idiot (well, almost) can obtain and install an SSL certificate for their webserver, but that doesn't mean said idiot remembered to lock down phpMyAdmin or any other number of stupid things.
Was "ghod forbid" a typo? I like it. There are so many sayings in general use that use the 'g' word that it's to inconvenient to refrain from using. If we use ghod (or Ghod?) then we can use it and release any tie to the big G, who I don't want to attribute any credit to when I say things like "Good Ghod that thing is HUGE!".
Oh, yes, this! How wonderful. I'm putting this one, "ghod", in my collection with other great words like "womyn" and "herstory". What delicious, intriguing, REVISIONIST HYPER-SENSITIVE GARBAGE. It's language, people. For fuck's sake... *shakes head*
That's fine and dandy. But each of the "more info" links goes to a blog posting that discusses the topic just a little bit, and only one of them provides enough information to fix it. Thankfully our sites aren't handling financial transactions of any kind, or I might have to actually locate a fix... how is everyone else fixing this (esp. the renegotiation vulnerability) if there's nothing available to remedy it except for disabling renegotiation?
I put up with the Conway Twitty and other overly-long jokes ridiculousness...
The first time that Conway Twitty went on for more than a minute, I shut it off. It sort of felt like Seth was simply a masochist, relishing in the abuse of his audience. It just felt like, "Ha-ha, you're a fucktard to sit there and keep watching this, but I know you're gonna anyway". So I called his bluff.
Our largest local Indian confederation refers to itself as "Indians". The Indians I've known all call themselves Indians.
The people I've known that get worked up about using "Native American" tend to be white and middle-to-upper class.
Not always the case, either. I remember when I was in college about 10 years ago and was chatting with a classmate I didn't really know that well. He said that he and his family were going to a powwow that weekend. I said, "Oh, you're American Indian?" He gently corrected me, "Yes, Native American."
(amusing sidenote: I checked dictionary.com to see if "powwow" was one word or two. The definition includes the phrase "North American Indian".)
Musicians also know that musical compositions benefit from the appropriate amount of silence between notes. If this algorithm were tweaked a bit to include some relative silence here and there, I think it would help the "listenable" factor. Take the final tune for example, and imagine a four-count measure that contained only one note or instrument (or even bass drum-like sound) playing eighth notes on beats 1,2,3,4. It'd create some anticipation, I think. This is the electronic equivalent of "white guy syndrome" -- too many notes!
Doesn't shock me at all, since the statement "half of all children that attend school perform below average" is THE DEFINITION OF AVERAGE.
*sigh*, this again? No, it's not the definition of average. The statement you're looking for is "half of all children that attend school perform below the median". A quick example:
You and four of your friends take a stupid online quiz. You score 40%, but your four friends all coincidentally score 90%. What's the average score? How many are above the average? How many are below? (Bonus points: what's the mode?)
I have no idea how he can type accurately when walking. When typing on my phone it barely works, and there the keyboard moves with my hands - in that set-up the keyboard is fixed, making movement worse.
I'm lazy and don't feel like digging up the link, but I recall an Instructable (http://www.instructables.com/) in which the author created a treadmill workstation. However, the treadmill was only set to move at something like 1.5mph. This is a very, very casual stroll at best. However, it does keep you off your tuchis and moving. You'll still be a long way from anything resembling "exercise" I suppose, and you won't burn a tremendous amount of calories, but it's certainly an improvement upon sitting all day.
Ok, so now that my post was modded down to -1,with 48 replies, I'm going to make another point.
I've obviously touched a nerve with the amount and content of the replies to this post. People are passionate about what they believe, and want to make sure that there is significant discussion around this topic. Yet, the post was modded down to -1. Why? Because it challenges the status quo?
What are we so passionate about defending, yet we're trying to silence critics. If the critics are wrong, lets move their arguments to the forefront and let them stand/fall on their own merit.
I believe you've been down-modded because others (like me) probably assumed you were trolling. If you say you were not trolling, fine, I accept that. It seems to me that your argument has indeed fallen "on its own merit".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” -- Arthur C. Clarke
Ok, I see these creation vs. evolution stories all the time, and we always assume the creationists are wrong, but what if they aren't? And why is it OK to have multiple points of view in the scientific community, unless you think that the world was created (by a higher power or other means).
I'm pretty sure you're trolling, but I'll bite anyhow.
Science and Faith are different things, no? They don't attempt to answer the same questions, by and large. And there are plenty who believe the "theories" (using this term loosely) proposed by each are not mutually exclusive. There are questions which are the domain of science: how much thrust is needed to lift X tons into a particular orbit? There are questions which are the domain of faith: how can I be a better person? One lends itself to experimentation rather readily, the other (generally speaking) does not.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. Science is not dogma. The greater scientific community is happy to work on multiple, competing testable hypotheses. They don't all have to agree. If we find that a hypothesis is proved false, we take note of what we've learned and move on.
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I don't hear any outrage from the right. I wonder why...
Shhhh! "Job Creation".
Where'd you copy this from? It's called the Book of Revelation. There is no "s".
Unless you were circumcised as an adult, how could you tell the difference?
I happen to know two people who were. They advocate for it.
For me it was natural to hold the back with my right hand (hinge side on my middle fingers, other side on my thumb) and then grab the front with my left hand (fingers/thumb along top and bottom). The case just opened beautifully.
Aside from the fact that CD jewel cases aren't very well designed... I'm right-handed and open CDs exactly the same way you do. My "handedness" never occurred to me while using them.
Does your right-handed friend also open the cover of books across his body with his right hand?
Handcuffs are just for restraining drunks. For the real dangerous folks (protesters, students, etc) you use zip ties.
On the other hand, I recall seeing a video a short time ago in which a person volunteered to be zip-tied so they could demonstrate breaking them. It seemed to consist of getting your wrists beneath your backside and forcefully squatting down to snap them. I could be recalling the details wrong, but you can surely find a youtube video of people demonstrating this technique that would presumably not work with handcuffs unless they were already materially compromised in some way.
Situation 5)
Fabricate a story of helping assange leave the country, and arrange the expected limo trip to an international airport. Place a costumed mannequin in the back seat with darkened windows on the limo. The UK bobbies will attempt to stop the driver. The driver avoids capture, and causes a scene, with the police escallating response. (Think "OJ simpson car chase"). The embassy plays along with the charade, deploring the UK's behavior in the matter. Once a significant portion of the local police force is engaged in the farce, load assange into the back of a delivery lorry, and discretely drive him nonchalantly to france via the chunnel, and evacuate him via plane that way. When the UK storms the embassy, they will not find him.
Oooh, you were SO close. No, I think the best would be to take the "Thomas Crowne Affair" approach. Invite a few dozen Assange look-alikes to the embassy. Put them all in identical clothing, maybe some makeup (including the real Slim Shady), and send them each out in cars with untinted windows in 15 minute intervals. Send Assange out in car #10 or something like that.
In Israel? Zero. And they do not have the TSA, and find them quite laughable. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2010/November/Israeli-Security-Expert-TSA-Procedures-Hysterical/
I understand that the most frequent rebuttal to the "look how Israel does it" argument is that their solution couldn't scale up to the magnitude of the USA air travel infrastructure. This seems like a plausible counter-argument, though I don't know much about such things. (for the record, TSA & Patriot Act suck)
Seriously ... who the F cares if you guys went to the moon 40 years ago??? you cant even go back anymore !! These guys will !! ... And thats what you should worry about !! Stop sitting on your ass America... this is exactly why other countries have stopped looking at you for inspiration... i admire the Chinese and sometimes i wonder if my country would be better off bordering them instead of the once Might US of A ...
Sure you guys USED to be tough and strong... now you're just a bunch of fat-asses with useless trophy's on their shelves... i wouldnt be proud of that !
What are you on about with the "you guys" perspective? I don't know who you think you're fooling. It only takes one read of your post and one can deduce from the assortment of grammar and punctuation errors that you're surely a product of the American educational system.
... die by the sword, obviously.
From TFS:
The document, which Drake previously faced years in prison for possessing, is essentially a cheerleading memo, complimenting the Trailblazer project team for a great presentation and demo. It stands in stark contrast to numerous other reports that described the NSA IT project as an overbudget, ineffective, billion dollar seven year boondoggle.
(emphasis mine)
I don't see why it can't be both. I think maybe it's a combination of poor management and cognitive dissonance that leads some to cheer the loudest for projects even if they're failing hard. I think we've probably all seen this phenomenon.
My wife got an HP Veer ...
That's too bad. I understand there's a vaccine for that now.
Most websites are "NOT SECURE" enough, so pretending that they are is simply dangerous. Wanna know how secure that website is? The Login is not on a SSL connection. Nuff Said!
Grabbing credentials going over the wire of a non-SSL site is not at the top of my worries, but having SSL certainly gives people a false sense of security. Any idiot (well, almost) can obtain and install an SSL certificate for their webserver, but that doesn't mean said idiot remembered to lock down phpMyAdmin or any other number of stupid things.
Was "ghod forbid" a typo? I like it. There are so many sayings in general use that use the 'g' word that it's to inconvenient to refrain from using. If we use ghod (or Ghod?) then we can use it and release any tie to the big G, who I don't want to attribute any credit to when I say things like "Good Ghod that thing is HUGE!".
Oh, yes, this! How wonderful. I'm putting this one, "ghod", in my collection with other great words like "womyn" and "herstory". What delicious, intriguing, REVISIONIST HYPER-SENSITIVE GARBAGE. It's language, people. For fuck's sake... *shakes head*
Yet supposedly the data-mining aspect was the primary reason the CueCat [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat] failed.
I thought it failed because it was a dumb idea.
If you're just running a "1 apache site", that satisfying green bar or "A grade" is just a few config stanzas and a restart away.
I'm not running one, but four. Still, not a big deal. I thought I'd check it out their reporting tool which tells me:
BEAST attack -- Vulnerable INSECURE (more info)
Secure Renegotiation -- Not supported ACTION NEEDED (more info)
Insecure Renegotiation -- Supported INSECURE (more info)
That's fine and dandy. But each of the "more info" links goes to a blog posting that discusses the topic just a little bit, and only one of them provides enough information to fix it. Thankfully our sites aren't handling financial transactions of any kind, or I might have to actually locate a fix... how is everyone else fixing this (esp. the renegotiation vulnerability) if there's nothing available to remedy it except for disabling renegotiation?
I put up with the Conway Twitty and other overly-long jokes ridiculousness...
The first time that Conway Twitty went on for more than a minute, I shut it off. It sort of felt like Seth was simply a masochist, relishing in the abuse of his audience. It just felt like, "Ha-ha, you're a fucktard to sit there and keep watching this, but I know you're gonna anyway". So I called his bluff.
Quoth TFS:
Nature just published this study of sea-level rise and how global warming does not force the it to happen everywhere at the same rate.
Imagine what would happen if the editors accidentally the whole summary?
Yes, the law called them Indians.
Our largest local Indian confederation refers to itself as "Indians". The Indians I've known all call themselves Indians.
The people I've known that get worked up about using "Native American" tend to be white and middle-to-upper class.
Not always the case, either. I remember when I was in college about 10 years ago and was chatting with a classmate I didn't really know that well. He said that he and his family were going to a powwow that weekend. I said, "Oh, you're American Indian?" He gently corrected me, "Yes, Native American."
(amusing sidenote: I checked dictionary.com to see if "powwow" was one word or two. The definition includes the phrase "North American Indian".)
Musicians also know that musical compositions benefit from the appropriate amount of silence between notes. If this algorithm were tweaked a bit to include some relative silence here and there, I think it would help the "listenable" factor. Take the final tune for example, and imagine a four-count measure that contained only one note or instrument (or even bass drum-like sound) playing eighth notes on beats 1,2,3,4. It'd create some anticipation, I think. This is the electronic equivalent of "white guy syndrome" -- too many notes!
Doesn't shock me at all, since the statement "half of all children that attend school perform below average" is THE DEFINITION OF AVERAGE.
*sigh*, this again? No, it's not the definition of average. The statement you're looking for is "half of all children that attend school perform below the median". A quick example:
You and four of your friends take a stupid online quiz. You score 40%, but your four friends all coincidentally score 90%. What's the average score? How many are above the average? How many are below? (Bonus points: what's the mode?)
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I have no idea how he can type accurately when walking. When typing on my phone it barely works, and there the keyboard moves with my hands - in that set-up the keyboard is fixed, making movement worse.
I'm lazy and don't feel like digging up the link, but I recall an Instructable (http://www.instructables.com/) in which the author created a treadmill workstation. However, the treadmill was only set to move at something like 1.5mph. This is a very, very casual stroll at best. However, it does keep you off your tuchis and moving. You'll still be a long way from anything resembling "exercise" I suppose, and you won't burn a tremendous amount of calories, but it's certainly an improvement upon sitting all day.
Ok, so now that my post was modded down to -1,with 48 replies, I'm going to make another point.
I've obviously touched a nerve with the amount and content of the replies to this post. People are passionate about what they believe, and want to make sure that there is significant discussion around this topic. Yet, the post was modded down to -1. Why? Because it challenges the status quo?
What are we so passionate about defending, yet we're trying to silence critics. If the critics are wrong, lets move their arguments to the forefront and let them stand/fall on their own merit.
I believe you've been down-modded because others (like me) probably assumed you were trolling. If you say you were not trolling, fine, I accept that. It seems to me that your argument has indeed fallen "on its own merit".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” -- Arthur C. Clarke
Ok, I see these creation vs. evolution stories all the time, and we always assume the creationists are wrong, but what if they aren't? And why is it OK to have multiple points of view in the scientific community, unless you think that the world was created (by a higher power or other means).
I'm pretty sure you're trolling, but I'll bite anyhow.
Science and Faith are different things, no? They don't attempt to answer the same questions, by and large. And there are plenty who believe the "theories" (using this term loosely) proposed by each are not mutually exclusive. There are questions which are the domain of science: how much thrust is needed to lift X tons into a particular orbit? There are questions which are the domain of faith: how can I be a better person? One lends itself to experimentation rather readily, the other (generally speaking) does not.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. Science is not dogma. The greater scientific community is happy to work on multiple, competing testable hypotheses. They don't all have to agree. If we find that a hypothesis is proved false, we take note of what we've learned and move on.
Perhaps if they're painted like a police box, nobody will even notice they're present?