Maybe this doesn't apply to you specifically, but hearing "natural family planning" irritates me to no end.
I went to a Catholic wedding last year. And they just went on and on and on and on and on and on about welcoming children and praying for the souls of women who'd had abortions and on and on about their natural family planning program at their church. And more about welcoming children, etc. etc. etc.
Then for the life of me I couldn't find a restroom with a changing table for my daughter.
This treatment works by restricting a hormone that helps regulate our stress levels. Isn't it maybe a bad idea to go fucking around with that just because we want a full head of hair?
I'm still surprised at US schools that have optional courses.
I'm surprised that there are places with no options.
Actually, no, I'm not.
I'm also not surprised that there are places where different courses are "optional".
And maybe I'm sounding immune to surprise -- but I not, really -- but I'm not surprised that other places within and without the US have different "basics" than i experienced. I mean, of course the "basics" aren't optional. They're the "basics", right? But is it possible that the "basics" could vary by location?
. . . and included some things the US only starts with in classes for bachelors and up.
And then you added this little condescending quip. Thanks.
Last I recall the math sequence 'way back in my day' was Algebra 1 - Geometry - Algebra 2 - Trig.
The old gag I remember from my bright college days was: "you never really understand geometry until you've had trig, you don't really understand trig until you've had calculus, you don't understand calculus till differential equations and you don't really understand differential equations."
This ^. My kids already are enjoying Khan Academy.
Also, it took quite a few seconds before I remembered that Algebra II was optional at my high school (back in '94), though I partook.
I have to wonder if that's the real predictor: the willingness to take Algebra II, rather than the act of taking it itself. And perhaps the willingness to take it is based at least in part on aptitude in math in particular or academics in general.
Did they use Epsilon to send out the security alert warning emails?
>Received: from
> by pimta03.epsiloninteractive.com
Looks like it.... Hmmm... what does that say about it?
If I were Best Buy or whoever, I would be telling Epsilon "you broke it, you fix it." Which in this case means -- at a minimum -- sending out these notices. So I'm really not surprised. Maybe surprised little at first.
I received two this morning. Best Buy and Robert Half. I'm sure there will be more coming. And I wonder what the impact will be. Really, the spam blocker hardware and software technology really do a decent job of reducing the trash.
That's an interesting point. It's not like spammers have a lack of email addresses. Most spam to mine -- like yours -- is blocked by spam blockers at the POP level, not because my primary email address isn't already out there.
So were "they" after something more than just a collection of addresses they could have obtained in less dramatic ways? I have to suppose that more than just addresses were lost, because otherwise, what's the point?
At first I thought maybe they wanted more up-to-date and valid information. But would this collection be necessarily of any higher quality? Surely plenty of these addresses are no good anymore just do to address churn switching ISPs. Right?
nobody worries about other criminals who won't be able to meet their financial commitments if they do a stretch in the workhouse, so why should we worry about that when it's a corporate "person"?
Like Soylent Green, corporations are made of people. How many innocent investors and employees are you willing to punish for the malicious actions of a few? What if the company provides a vital service to its customers? Draconian solutions rarely work out well in practice. A fine many times larger than any possible profit creates the same disincentive, without suddenly telling a bunch of unrelated workers "sorry, no paycheck for you this month".
Common human criminals have friends and families, too. So? Oh, yeah, they should have known better than to associate with a criminal . . .
Is this all for 100% with proof, or is this media making a case out of something that was supposed to resemble the drone, and the auctioneer used that name to get attention to his homebrew drone...???
That thought occurred to me, too.
If you've ever searched eBay for a particularly popular cellphone -- for example -- you've certainly noticed the wide range of knock-offs you get in the results. Some are obvious or even upfront about being a look-alike. Others less so. It certainly is at least plausible that this guy was selling a knockoff.
Why would losing the drone compromise the secure communications channel? The drone should have a unique private key, as should HQ.
And furthermore, I can't imagine they don't expect to lose quite a few of these things. The size alone tells you they're obviously built to be expendable.
Ever try to buy a 3rd party phone back in the day without paying an extra monthly fee for the privilege of hooking it up to the Bell system? Or buy a phone at all, for that matter, instead of leasing it for an exorbitant monthly fee?
Yes, so did lots of other people. I also ran my own extra phone outlets. Then again, I also got shocked at a friends who had crossed the yellow/black power lines with the red/green signal lines, so I can understand their concerns.
You had four wires? Parent is referring to a time a little before that. Best to get off his lawn.
But seriously, he's not talking about just pre-breakup. It's the time back up till the early-to-mid seventies when you really couldn't buy a phone instrument above board. If you managed to get one, you had to hide it in the fridge if the Bell repairman ever came to the house. Here's a somewhat satirical take on the situation.But you really didn't want to let the phone company know you did any repair or installation. They considered all the phone system their property. That included not just the COs and the lines running around the country and through your neighborhood, but the drop to you house, and even the wiring and the instruments in your home.
True you could buy a fancy phone instrument -- well not really -- you could buy a fancy housing for a phone instrument. The guts remained Bell property and leased, not sold.
What, that's not enough? You are so spoiled. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't have Internet access for there would be none. Even the home PC could have been set back another 10 years or more. The transistor changed everything.
I suggest you look into Glenn Gould's work with the Goldberg Variations if you really think that.
He is the closest thing to God that's ever played them...
A concert violinist dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter shows him around, telling him they're delighted that he's here to play in the heavenly symphony orchestra. They look in on a rehearsal and there's a tyrannical bearded white-haired conductor. "Who's that?" asks the violinist. "Oh that's God," says Peter, "he thinks he's Von Karajan."
OP talks about preparing for a natural disaster
What you going to do, shoot the water as it swirls round your feet
While people are lining up outside relief tents to get their MREs or Spam, we can be out hunting deer, turkey, dove, quail, etc. While you're eating rehydrated bread, we can be dining on some roast duck or deer tenderloin steak. You think during a flood you'll be able to drive down to the local McDonald's and order up a burger?
While you're out, could you gun down a 140-count box of Pampers for me, please? Size 4, but 5 will do in a pinch.You can have some peanut butter . . .
Maybe Moriarty makes some good points here, but I'm more impressed by his diversions and fallacies.
I'll try to sum up my objections in really tiny one- or two-sentence paragraphs. I think Moriarty would respect that.
Consider his argument that: Dice and Chess are games. Dice and Chess are not art. No other game is art. Doom is a game. Doom is not art.
I'm not saying if Doom is art or not -- I just used it as an example of title everyone knows, and it's mentioned in TFA -- I'm just saying that just because every game Moriarty can think of is not art, then all games are not art is not a really wonderful argument.
Then there's his assertion that anything commercial can't be art. Of course he makes an exception for art commissioned by the wealthy back in the olden days, because that's art and not kitch. He seems to imply it's art because it's thought provoking and unaffordable.
But lets move on to "kitch". He states:
Three (and most important): Kitsch does not substantially enrich our associations relating to the depicted objects or themes.
The last thing kitsch wants to be is challenging. Pure kitsch is never ironic, ambiguous, troubling, or innovative.
So if it's commercial, it's kitch. But if it's a little thought-provoking, it's not pure kitch. I guess maybe there's a little art in it . . . Isn't this an example of "No true Scotsman"?
But I think my biggest beef with Moriarty is he is defending Ebert by invoking Ebert!
If a connoisseur's disinterested exercise of taste earns the agreement of many over time, he or she is called an expert.
Such an expert is Roger Ebert.
Here is a point I hope we can all agree on. Roger Ebert knows movies.
Appeal to the very authority you are trying to validate? Really?
So my understanding of the apology is this: "I can define art in restrictive enough terms that it excludes video games and games in general."
The slight longer form: "Anything that is commercial is not art. Anything that isn't sufficiently thought-provoking isn't art. Anything interactive isn't art. Anything that can be fully appreciated in one viewing isn't art. Anything that isn't sufficiently expensive or is too broadly available isn't art. If someone might accidentally throw it away, it's not art. If it's inspired by something else, it's not art. And pretty much nothing new is art."
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Just how much of an improvement is a keyboard, mouse, and display over Hollerith Cards?
The Osborne came with a keyboard . . .
I wanna see the Model T vs 2011 Kia Rio offroad challenge!!
How about the Model T vs 2003 Hummer offiroad challenge?
Natural family planning.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070221065200.htm
Maybe this doesn't apply to you specifically, but hearing "natural family planning" irritates me to no end.
I went to a Catholic wedding last year. And they just went on and on and on and on and on and on about welcoming children and praying for the souls of women who'd had abortions and on and on about their natural family planning program at their church. And more about welcoming children, etc. etc. etc.
Then for the life of me I couldn't find a restroom with a changing table for my daughter.
My guess is couples using condoms feel much more comfortable not withdrawing than couples using the pill . . .
Ahh -- Good old "pull and pray".
...million of women mess around with their hormones every month just as a method of birth control...
And birth control can cause heart attack or stroke
Ever thought you might have gotten someone pregn . . . never mind.
This treatment works by restricting a hormone that helps regulate our stress levels. Isn't it maybe a bad idea to go fucking around with that just because we want a full head of hair?
Just a thought.
Still got your hair, I guess.
I'm still surprised at US schools that have optional courses.
I'm surprised that there are places with no options.
Actually, no, I'm not.
I'm also not surprised that there are places where different courses are "optional".
And maybe I'm sounding immune to surprise -- but I not, really -- but I'm not surprised that other places within and without the US have different "basics" than i experienced. I mean, of course the "basics" aren't optional. They're the "basics", right? But is it possible that the "basics" could vary by location?
. . . and included some things the US only starts with in classes for bachelors and up.
And then you added this little condescending quip. Thanks.
Last I recall the math sequence 'way back in my day' was Algebra 1 - Geometry - Algebra 2 - Trig.
The old gag I remember from my bright college days was: "you never really understand geometry until you've had trig, you don't really understand trig until you've had calculus, you don't understand calculus till differential equations and you don't really understand differential equations."
p.s. I know you can, it's a joke after all.
This ^. My kids already are enjoying Khan Academy.
Also, it took quite a few seconds before I remembered that Algebra II was optional at my high school (back in '94), though I partook.
I have to wonder if that's the real predictor: the willingness to take Algebra II, rather than the act of taking it itself. And perhaps the willingness to take it is based at least in part on aptitude in math in particular or academics in general.
Did they use Epsilon to send out the security alert warning emails?
>Received: from > by pimta03.epsiloninteractive.com
Looks like it.... Hmmm... what does that say about it?
If I were Best Buy or whoever, I would be telling Epsilon "you broke it, you fix it." Which in this case means -- at a minimum -- sending out these notices. So I'm really not surprised. Maybe surprised little at first.
I received two this morning. Best Buy and Robert Half. I'm sure there will be more coming. And I wonder what the impact will be. Really, the spam blocker hardware and software technology really do a decent job of reducing the trash.
That's an interesting point. It's not like spammers have a lack of email addresses. Most spam to mine -- like yours -- is blocked by spam blockers at the POP level, not because my primary email address isn't already out there.
So were "they" after something more than just a collection of addresses they could have obtained in less dramatic ways? I have to suppose that more than just addresses were lost, because otherwise, what's the point?
At first I thought maybe they wanted more up-to-date and valid information. But would this collection be necessarily of any higher quality? Surely plenty of these addresses are no good anymore just do to address churn switching ISPs. Right?
So far I've gotten two. Best Buy and Home Shopping Network.
I'd forgotten I'd even had accounts there. I wonder what other news of my past I'll be receiving this week.
AFAIR, Belkin payed off bloggers/reviewers to post good reviews of their products...
They did? Maybe so, but AFAICR, they must have paid too much.
nobody worries about other criminals who won't be able to meet their financial commitments if they do a stretch in the workhouse, so why should we worry about that when it's a corporate "person"?
Like Soylent Green, corporations are made of people. How many innocent investors and employees are you willing to punish for the malicious actions of a few? What if the company provides a vital service to its customers? Draconian solutions rarely work out well in practice. A fine many times larger than any possible profit creates the same disincentive, without suddenly telling a bunch of unrelated workers "sorry, no paycheck for you this month".
Common human criminals have friends and families, too. So? Oh, yeah, they should have known better than to associate with a criminal . . .
Is this all for 100% with proof, or is this media making a case out of something that was supposed to resemble the drone, and the auctioneer used that name to get attention to his homebrew drone...???
That thought occurred to me, too.
If you've ever searched eBay for a particularly popular cellphone -- for example -- you've certainly noticed the wide range of knock-offs you get in the results. Some are obvious or even upfront about being a look-alike. Others less so. It certainly is at least plausible that this guy was selling a knockoff.
Why would losing the drone compromise the secure communications channel? The drone should have a unique private key, as should HQ.
And furthermore, I can't imagine they don't expect to lose quite a few of these things. The size alone tells you they're obviously built to be expendable.
Ever try to buy a 3rd party phone back in the day without paying an extra monthly fee for the privilege of hooking it up to the Bell system? Or buy a phone at all, for that matter, instead of leasing it for an exorbitant monthly fee?
Yes, so did lots of other people. I also ran my own extra phone outlets. Then again, I also got shocked at a friends who had crossed the yellow/black power lines with the red/green signal lines, so I can understand their concerns.
You had four wires? Parent is referring to a time a little before that. Best to get off his lawn.
But seriously, he's not talking about just pre-breakup. It's the time back up till the early-to-mid seventies when you really couldn't buy a phone instrument above board. If you managed to get one, you had to hide it in the fridge if the Bell repairman ever came to the house. Here's a somewhat satirical take on the situation.But you really didn't want to let the phone company know you did any repair or installation. They considered all the phone system their property. That included not just the COs and the lines running around the country and through your neighborhood, but the drop to you house, and even the wiring and the instruments in your home.
True you could buy a fancy phone instrument -- well not really -- you could buy a fancy housing for a phone instrument. The guts remained Bell property and leased, not sold.
What, that's not enough? You are so spoiled. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't have Internet access for there would be none. Even the home PC could have been set back another 10 years or more. The transistor changed everything.
"Aw, peace. Shaddup!!"
I think you mean it's "a pastime". . . .
No, I don't think he did.
Idiot.
Tch. Tch. Tch.
I had a girlfriend who's mom would freak out at the most silly things . . .Should have seen her when I accidentally ran over her cat.
Well, replace the word "accidentally" with "repeatedly" and the word "cat" with "daughter".
...would pay $500 for a table?
If it were really nice, maybe. But I sure as hell wouldn't go beating on it with my laptop. Sounds like a good way to waste 700 bucks!
The point is, wouldn't making more efficient buildings have a better payback than slapping solar cells on the side of a sealed glass cage?
Which choice would be more efficient in part depends if you're starting with a building or with an empty lot.
I suggest you look into Glenn Gould's work with the Goldberg Variations if you really think that.
He is the closest thing to God that's ever played them...
A concert violinist dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter shows him around, telling him they're delighted that he's here to play in the heavenly symphony orchestra. They look in on a rehearsal and there's a tyrannical bearded white-haired conductor. "Who's that?" asks the violinist. "Oh that's God," says Peter, "he thinks he's Von Karajan."
Bit of a silly response, don't you think?
OP talks about preparing for a natural disaster What you going to do, shoot the water as it swirls round your feet
While people are lining up outside relief tents to get their MREs or Spam, we can be out hunting deer, turkey, dove, quail, etc. While you're eating rehydrated bread, we can be dining on some roast duck or deer tenderloin steak. You think during a flood you'll be able to drive down to the local McDonald's and order up a burger?
While you're out, could you gun down a 140-count box of Pampers for me, please? Size 4, but 5 will do in a pinch.You can have some peanut butter . . .
Maybe Moriarty makes some good points here, but I'm more impressed by his diversions and fallacies.
I'll try to sum up my objections in really tiny one- or two-sentence paragraphs. I think Moriarty would respect that.
Consider his argument that: Dice and Chess are games. Dice and Chess are not art. No other game is art. Doom is a game. Doom is not art.
I'm not saying if Doom is art or not -- I just used it as an example of title everyone knows, and it's mentioned in TFA -- I'm just saying that just because every game Moriarty can think of is not art, then all games are not art is not a really wonderful argument.
Then there's his assertion that anything commercial can't be art. Of course he makes an exception for art commissioned by the wealthy back in the olden days, because that's art and not kitch. He seems to imply it's art because it's thought provoking and unaffordable.
But lets move on to "kitch". He states:
Three (and most important): Kitsch does not substantially enrich our associations relating to the depicted objects or themes.
The last thing kitsch wants to be is challenging. Pure kitsch is never ironic, ambiguous, troubling, or innovative.
So if it's commercial, it's kitch. But if it's a little thought-provoking, it's not pure kitch. I guess maybe there's a little art in it . . . Isn't this an example of "No true Scotsman"?
But I think my biggest beef with Moriarty is he is defending Ebert by invoking Ebert!
If a connoisseur's disinterested exercise of taste earns the agreement of many over time, he or she is called an expert.
Such an expert is Roger Ebert.
Here is a point I hope we can all agree on. Roger Ebert knows movies.
Appeal to the very authority you are trying to validate? Really?
So my understanding of the apology is this: "I can define art in restrictive enough terms that it excludes video games and games in general."
The slight longer form: "Anything that is commercial is not art. Anything that isn't sufficiently thought-provoking isn't art. Anything interactive isn't art. Anything that can be fully appreciated in one viewing isn't art. Anything that isn't sufficiently expensive or is too broadly available isn't art. If someone might accidentally throw it away, it's not art. If it's inspired by something else, it's not art. And pretty much nothing new is art."