> I thought the US was supposed to be a christian country and slashdot was supposed to be am mostly american site (I say mostly because I am actually british)? Yes, but/. is also a site where most people refuse to RTFA (hell, the term was INVENTED here!) and generally misquote everything, so the few/.-ers who have *ACTUALLY* read the Bible still probably misquote it.
openSUSE *does* provide a drop-down at login for the user to select their desktop of choice, and you *can* install multiple desktops at install time. (You just have to manually add them in addition to the desktop you chose in an earlier step.)
I think it will even remember the desktop you used on your last session and launch that one for you. (Although admittedly I haven't played around with that feature.)
I don't even think these features are specific to openSUSE - I think both the KDM and GDM login managers have them. If Ubuntu doesn't have them I think they were removed.
Our tax guy loves to say "Tax software is no substitution for tax knowledge."...and how very true it is.
Software technically works fine, but it can't know *YOUR* personal situation and all the ins and outs of the many, many, many, MANY tax laws and how they affect YOU.
*Disclaimer* I did not read the article. (Anyone surprised) By claiming that their 4th amendment rights were violated, they basically just pled guilty. The proper defense is "ZOMG some sicko hacked my WiFi!"
This is actually a really good idea - take something that is designed to turn our kids into useless mush, and turn it around into a teaching opportunity on peaceful resistance and demonstration.
The fact that they announced this means 1 of 2 things. 1. The SR-72 has been in service for quite a while already. -or- 2. Lockheed Martin proposed this to the military a while ago and they turned it down.
You really think *this* government would actually tell us about the latest and greatest?
You are making a pretty big assumption there that what you are plugging in is actually a storage device. It could easily be a device which shows up as an HID device and plays back a macro. "Alt-F2, 'xterm', Enter, 'rm -rf/', Enter" would be pretty devastating on your secure Linux box which doesn't run anything from removable media.
Just because it looks like a thumb drive, doesn't mean it is one!
Voice recognition technology is still poor. When the TCAS system says "TCAS Alert! Traffic! Descend! Descend!" you need to be CERTAIN that the drone will analyze that correctly and actually descend, instead of responding "I think you said 'Check my balance'. Is that correct?"
Yes and no... > Is the water you drink clean? In some places, the local government is in charge of the water supply. In others it's subsidized and regulated by them. Either way, the government is in the loop.
> Is your food supply safe? While this is always provided by private industry in this country, it is rather heavily regulated by the government at all levels to ensure a safe food supply.
> Do the lights come on when you flip a switch? Again, in some places, the local government is in charge of the electricity supply while in others it's subsidized and regulated by them. Either way, the government is in the loop.
> Can you travel through the air at nearly the speed of sound for a few hundred dollars? While the actual air travel is provided by private industry, you can thank the government for not having to worry about crashing into other planes midair, parts falling off the planes, (Due to safety regulations) and safety from terrorists and other baddies on planes. (#3 is debatable, although they are *trying*...)
> When you turn on the radio in your car, do you hear voices/music coming out of the speakers? This is another area where, although private industry provides the actual service, the government makes it possible. The FCC licenses frequencies to certain groups and ensures they don't interfere with each other. Think of the madness if anyone could broadcast anything they wanted on any frequency!
> Can you read this message? > Are you speaking English? Although there is private education in this country, there is also free public education. It's highly likely that a person picked at random went to public school and learned to read and write there.
The government may not be perfect - none is - but it is functioning on some level and you are getting services from it, whether you like it or not. Your job as a citizen is to try to fix the parts of it which are broken.
I'm just an armchair-sim pilot, but IMHO the KSFO approach is SUPER easy compared to some other ones. There aren't really any turns for noise abatement or any other weird things like some approaches have. All planes are basically put into 2 single files lines south of SFO, turned towards the runway, (28L or R generally depending on if they are arriving from the East or West) and go. Contact SFO tower when they are over the San Mateo bridge, and that's it. Fly straight and on the correct glideslope, nothing out of the ordinary to worry about. Occasionally ATC will ask them to change runways, so they should have the charts for the alternate ready to go, as well as the autopilot ready to re-configure, but that probably only happens 10-20% of the time. (AFAIK it didn't happen for the Asiana flight, not sure about this one.)
It's too bad Google can't force the car companies to design an innovative car they way Google forces cell phone companies to innovate.
Google *IS* innovating the car - it just isn't out yet as it's still in their internal testing, but I've seen several cars driving around the area with funny sensors mounted on them. Maybe it's not *electric* innovation, but it is innovation.
You should be talking to your Representative, not your Congressman. The Representatives are the ones who are supposed to voice the will of the people - Congressmen voice the will of the state. That is why there are only 2 Congressmen per state, but multiple Representatives based on the population.
Representatives have your best interest in mind, Congressmen have your states. (Well, that's the theory at least.)
And I certainly can't envision using aerial drones to help with wildfire control. Or environmental surveys. Or mapping. Or weather. Or any number of legitimate government functions. It's all to spy on intermodal
I can envision all of those uses for drones. Just not by our federal government.
Give the firefighters wildfire drones. Give the USGS mapping drones. Give the NOAA environmental and weather. Make *ALL* drone data public!
That I would be OK with, especially if said drones were customized to the task at hand. (ie: wildfire drones carry some water/retardant to spray and heat-sensitive camera tuned to look specifically for fire.)
But the NSA/FBI/Big Brother have no legitimate use for drones, ESPECIALLY ones that are aloft 24/7.
So, I am confused how this is better than longitude and latitude? I can use L&L offline, and it can have almost an infinite precision. Also, with my memory I am no more likely to remember the 3 words here than a long string of numbers.
*ALMOST* infinite precision? Add another decimal place and you get better precision. Keep adding them and you get infinite precision. Hell, you could keep adding decimal places until you get down to a specific atom! (Although that would be rather silly and probably impossible to actually measure with today's technology.)
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So your fancy new laser system can shoot down several mortars in a small amount of time?
Challenge Accepted! ...oh, and BTW, challenge already won; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_9_RgMPCE#t=82
> I thought the US was supposed to be a christian country and slashdot was supposed to be am mostly american site (I say mostly because I am actually british)? /. is also a site where most people refuse to RTFA (hell, the term was INVENTED here!) and generally misquote everything, so the few /.-ers who have *ACTUALLY* read the Bible still probably misquote it.
Yes, but
> And I don't think there are many people who would argue that the Old Testament was too lenient...
Challenge accepted!
openSUSE *does* provide a drop-down at login for the user to select their desktop of choice, and you *can* install multiple desktops at install time. (You just have to manually add them in addition to the desktop you chose in an earlier step.)
I think it will even remember the desktop you used on your last session and launch that one for you. (Although admittedly I haven't played around with that feature.)
I don't even think these features are specific to openSUSE - I think both the KDM and GDM login managers have them. If Ubuntu doesn't have them I think they were removed.
if($string = "100 percent efficiency"){
printf("Bullshit!");
}
Our tax guy loves to say "Tax software is no substitution for tax knowledge." ...and how very true it is.
Software technically works fine, but it can't know *YOUR* personal situation and all the ins and outs of the many, many, many, MANY tax laws and how they affect YOU.
*Disclaimer* I did not read the article. (Anyone surprised)
By claiming that their 4th amendment rights were violated, they basically just pled guilty. The proper defense is "ZOMG some sicko hacked my WiFi!"
I don't understand these "bits" you talk about... how many punch cards is that?
This is actually a really good idea - take something that is designed to turn our kids into useless mush, and turn it around into a teaching opportunity on peaceful resistance and demonstration.
You don't have to be "trained in visual speed observation" to tell someone is speeding when they are doing 90+ in a 65.
Judge/lawyer: How fast was he going?
You: F***ING!!!
The fact that they announced this means 1 of 2 things.
1. The SR-72 has been in service for quite a while already.
-or-
2. Lockheed Martin proposed this to the military a while ago and they turned it down.
You really think *this* government would actually tell us about the latest and greatest?
Mod points! My kingdom for some mod points! Mod parent up! +10 Insightful!
You are making a pretty big assumption there that what you are plugging in is actually a storage device. It could easily be a device which shows up as an HID device and plays back a macro. "Alt-F2, 'xterm', Enter, 'rm -rf /', Enter" would be pretty devastating on your secure Linux box which doesn't run anything from removable media.
Just because it looks like a thumb drive, doesn't mean it is one!
Voice recognition technology is still poor. When the TCAS system says "TCAS Alert! Traffic! Descend! Descend!" you need to be CERTAIN that the drone will analyze that correctly and actually descend, instead of responding "I think you said 'Check my balance'. Is that correct?"
Half-Life was meant to be a trilogy of songs... Sadly the 3rd will never be heard.
Yes and no...
> Is the water you drink clean?
In some places, the local government is in charge of the water supply. In others it's subsidized and regulated by them. Either way, the government is in the loop.
> Is your food supply safe?
While this is always provided by private industry in this country, it is rather heavily regulated by the government at all levels to ensure a safe food supply.
> Do the lights come on when you flip a switch?
Again, in some places, the local government is in charge of the electricity supply while in others it's subsidized and regulated by them. Either way, the government is in the loop.
> Can you travel through the air at nearly the speed of sound for a few hundred dollars?
While the actual air travel is provided by private industry, you can thank the government for not having to worry about crashing into other planes midair, parts falling off the planes, (Due to safety regulations) and safety from terrorists and other baddies on planes. (#3 is debatable, although they are *trying*...)
> When you turn on the radio in your car, do you hear voices/music coming out of the speakers?
This is another area where, although private industry provides the actual service, the government makes it possible. The FCC licenses frequencies to certain groups and ensures they don't interfere with each other. Think of the madness if anyone could broadcast anything they wanted on any frequency!
> Can you read this message?
> Are you speaking English?
Although there is private education in this country, there is also free public education. It's highly likely that a person picked at random went to public school and learned to read and write there.
The government may not be perfect - none is - but it is functioning on some level and you are getting services from it, whether you like it or not. Your job as a citizen is to try to fix the parts of it which are broken.
Since when does Slashdot provide a private blogging platform on the front page?
You must be new here.
I'm just an armchair-sim pilot, but IMHO the KSFO approach is SUPER easy compared to some other ones. There aren't really any turns for noise abatement or any other weird things like some approaches have. All planes are basically put into 2 single files lines south of SFO, turned towards the runway, (28L or R generally depending on if they are arriving from the East or West) and go. Contact SFO tower when they are over the San Mateo bridge, and that's it. Fly straight and on the correct glideslope, nothing out of the ordinary to worry about. Occasionally ATC will ask them to change runways, so they should have the charts for the alternate ready to go, as well as the autopilot ready to re-configure, but that probably only happens 10-20% of the time. (AFAIK it didn't happen for the Asiana flight, not sure about this one.)
Read the KSFO NOTAMs - the PAPI was operational at the time of the Asiana crash.
It's too bad Google can't force the car companies to design an innovative car they way Google forces cell phone companies to innovate.
Google *IS* innovating the car - it just isn't out yet as it's still in their internal testing, but I've seen several cars driving around the area with funny sensors mounted on them. Maybe it's not *electric* innovation, but it is innovation.
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Err.... where's the edit button?
I confused "Congress" with "Senate". Senators and Representatives are both in Congress. Congressman can refer to either.
You should be talking to your Representative, not your Congressman. The Representatives are the ones who are supposed to voice the will of the people - Congressmen voice the will of the state. That is why there are only 2 Congressmen per state, but multiple Representatives based on the population.
Representatives have your best interest in mind, Congressmen have your states. (Well, that's the theory at least.)
And I certainly can't envision using aerial drones to help with wildfire control. Or environmental surveys. Or mapping. Or weather. Or any number of legitimate government functions. It's all to spy on intermodal
I can envision all of those uses for drones. Just not by our federal government.
Give the firefighters wildfire drones.
Give the USGS mapping drones.
Give the NOAA environmental and weather.
Make *ALL* drone data public!
That I would be OK with, especially if said drones were customized to the task at hand. (ie: wildfire drones carry some water/retardant to spray and heat-sensitive camera tuned to look specifically for fire.)
But the NSA/FBI/Big Brother have no legitimate use for drones, ESPECIALLY ones that are aloft 24/7.
So, I am confused how this is better than longitude and latitude? I can use L&L offline, and it can have almost an infinite precision. Also, with my memory I am no more likely to remember the 3 words here than a long string of numbers.
*ALMOST* infinite precision? Add another decimal place and you get better precision. Keep adding them and you get infinite precision. Hell, you could keep adding decimal places until you get down to a specific atom! (Although that would be rather silly and probably impossible to actually measure with today's technology.)