Knowing precisely where a loco is on the track is the single most important aspect of rail safety, so that train control can switch a train onto another section of track, or into a siding to avoid collision, or can warn the driver to speed up or slow down to achieve the same result.
Given the degree of accuracy of a GPS is about 3m radius, how can GPS even tell whether the train is travelling on the right track?
Perhaps it would be more accurate to lay down RFID along side the tracks and have wired communications that way. Plus, how well does GPS work under bridges and tunnels?
Well, suppose you get a letter stating you have downloaded copyright material and you are being sued to the tune of $$$.
Would it not be cheaper just to run over to the local Walmart and purchase all the stuff that was downloaded? Buying real copies from Walmart to prove prior ownership has got to be way cheaper than paying the fine/legal charges/etc.
This way, you can say that you actually have the copies and you were downloading mp3s, dvds to have backups and different formats.
As far as I know, you can legally record television programs using your VCR for personal use. So for instance I tape a program that I paid for through "cable" fees so that I can watch later.
Why can't I download that same episode using P2P?
Is it a matter of different technology? Recording is recording.
I honestly don't think Humans are capable of peace. Survival traits such as greed and agressiveness were encoded into the Human genome a long time ago. To have ideal 'peace on earth' would require either Humans to leave the place (either to go somewhere else or to be exterminated) or be geneticly reprogrammed.
That's not entirely true. For humans to have peace amongst themselves, they need to have a common enemy. And as crazy as this sounds, aliens would be the solution to that. For any alien thinking of coming to earth in peace... haha... good luck.
Put it this way: you're stuck in a jail cell with another prisoner who's acting erratically. Think Charles Manson. Is the best solution for you to have a gun, for you both to have guns, or for neither of you to have a gun?
That's a pretty interesting scenario. But what if Charles already has a gun, and you only have the parts to make the gun? I'm pretty sure you'd be secretly assembling it behind his back, and when completed, you'll tell him, "Look, don't be waving that gun in my face, 'cause I've got one too now, so back off!"
That's exactly how NK is feeling right now. And to their credit, NK hasn't done anything with their military outside their own borders unlike the US/British coalition.
In the world's eyes, the US is walking a very thin line.
If you think about it, which country is most likely in the coming year or two to be invading another country?
As stated on CNN, the Pentagon has "updated Iran war plans". If there wasn't an intention, there wouldn't be a plan. I'd be curious if the Pentagon has war plans for the invasion of the Bahamas. Probably not.
What country wouldn't be scared if they hear about the US military pointing the barrel in their direction? A large problem is that Americans have never experienced what it is like to be starring at the business end of the shotgun. If they understood this, they'd see a lot of things in a different light.
Simply put, the world right now is like a bunch of paranoid people locked into a room together. Everyone is reaching for the lead pipes to protect themselves from the other guy looking to protect himself.
Of course you need to be careful about what you say about the company you are working for. Anything you do should be in the best interests of the place that employs you, otherwise, you'll be out of a job.
Think about this, let's say you owned a burger joint, call it McDonald's. But you don't eat there, you instead go to another place called Burger King. Everyone knows you own McDonald's, but sees you eating at Burger King. Do you want to take a guess at what will happen to McDonald's?
There are things you can and can't say. Perhaps Mark over stepped his boundaries. Even vague financial statements can give the competition an edge. Or perhaps, he may have mentioned other "secrets". We'll never know since we haven't seen the original untampered version of his blog.
Besides, why would anyone want to work with a guy who bad mouths their work environment. It's not like Google owed a guy who didn't like where he worked.
Whether he was fired, or he quit voluntarily hasn't been confirmed. In anycase, separating themselves after this is probably in the best interests of both parties.
Case in point Roman Empire(~1000years) -> French(~100years) -> US(>100years) ~~> China(???years).
This analysis is amazingly stupid. I'm used to a poor understanding of history, but that takes the fucking cake.
So I made a typo with the US, should be (100years). But in anycase, look it up. Every superpower has a shorter and shorter duration of power as time went on.
How you got modded "Insightful" without stating anything is beyond me.
It's true that China seems to be starting to take the torch from USA as a superpower, but their eventual reign may not last long.
Through history, every subsequent "empire" was shorter than the last.
Case in point Roman Empire(~1000years) -> French(~100years) -> US(>100years) ~~> China(???years). Obviously I've left some empires out, and I've done some estimating, but the trend is each Empire is shorter and not as far reaching.
I'm not sure whether it can be attributed to China wanting more success than the US, but perhaps just an evolution of power?
How are we supposed to get it to stay there on Mars? If Mars could successfully hold an atmosphere, wouldn't it still have one? I was under the impression that Mars' low gravity and weak magnetic field allowed radiation to strip away any gases on Mars' surface.
If Mars didn't have an atmosphere, how come they used a parachute to slow the rover when they sent it down? There has to be something there that the chute is slowing itself with.
It must have been amazing for you to be able to parse out the html in your head to surf the internet before you fully understood the inner workings of a browser.
I suppose you understand how pharmaceuticals fully interact with your body? Or I suppose you fully understand every working part in your car?
There are plenty of things people use that they have very little understanding of. They may know the interface of that device or system, but beyond that, it's all a black box to them. Browsers included.
If you go by your statement of "if you don't understand it, don't use it", I'm sure there are plenty of things you can eliminate out of your own life as well.
Another thing as well, this can't really be counted as a Linux vulnerability, if you look at the source code either in an email message or in the browser, it's clear as day that it's not going to the real paypal.com
You are assuming everyone double checks their links by reading the source code.
And I *really* would not appreciate having to come in to work on a Monday morning a kick a bum out of my desk. And God knows what he was doing on my computer...
Even worse would be if he did YOUR work and finished it. Then they'd hire him and fire you.
I see bad things coming out of office sharing with the homeless. Baaad things....
Then you would have to worry about the logistics of keeping the office space clean and sterile after the homeless use it. Many of the homeless are drunks and drug users, and living out on the streets does not provide them the level of hygiene one may hope they have.
Imagine the next morning coming in to your office to find drug paraphernalia, or garbage, or possibily commutable diseases and parasites.
It is unfortunate that the offices are unused at night, but it would be better to build more shelters and facilities specially made to handle this type of usage.
If you guys could just aim the asteroid at this Best Buy near my house that would be great. They screwed up the wiring of my car stereo and wouldn't honour their warranty. I told them they'll get their karmic justice.
If you can do this, you guys can all come over to my place for a front seat view of the resulting fireworks.
My eyes will be too old to see it by then. And chances are from now till then, I'll likely look directly into lasers before I'll get a chance to look at the asteroid.
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Knowing precisely where a loco is on the track is the single most important aspect of rail safety, so that train control can switch a train onto another section of track, or into a siding to avoid collision, or can warn the driver to speed up or slow down to achieve the same result.
Given the degree of accuracy of a GPS is about 3m radius, how can GPS even tell whether the train is travelling on the right track?
Perhaps it would be more accurate to lay down RFID along side the tracks and have wired communications that way. Plus, how well does GPS work under bridges and tunnels?
Or, they could just pay the actors a "reasonable" amount and spread the wealth.
Well, suppose you get a letter stating you have downloaded copyright material and you are being sued to the tune of $$$.
Would it not be cheaper just to run over to the local Walmart and purchase all the stuff that was downloaded? Buying real copies from Walmart to prove prior ownership has got to be way cheaper than paying the fine/legal charges/etc.
This way, you can say that you actually have the copies and you were downloading mp3s, dvds to have backups and different formats.
As far as I know, you can legally record television programs using your VCR for personal use. So for instance I tape a program that I paid for through "cable" fees so that I can watch later.
Why can't I download that same episode using P2P?
Is it a matter of different technology? Recording is recording.
I honestly don't think Humans are capable of peace. Survival traits such as greed and agressiveness were encoded into the Human genome a long time ago. To have ideal 'peace on earth' would require either Humans to leave the place (either to go somewhere else or to be exterminated) or be geneticly reprogrammed.
That's not entirely true. For humans to have peace amongst themselves, they need to have a common enemy. And as crazy as this sounds, aliens would be the solution to that. For any alien thinking of coming to earth in peace... haha... good luck.
Put it this way: you're stuck in a jail cell with another prisoner who's acting erratically. Think Charles Manson. Is the best solution for you to have a gun, for you both to have guns, or for neither of you to have a gun?
That's a pretty interesting scenario. But what if Charles already has a gun, and you only have the parts to make the gun? I'm pretty sure you'd be secretly assembling it behind his back, and when completed, you'll tell him, "Look, don't be waving that gun in my face, 'cause I've got one too now, so back off!"
That's exactly how NK is feeling right now. And to their credit, NK hasn't done anything with their military outside their own borders unlike the US/British coalition.
Weird. I can only count one.
USA
Too bad you got modded troll.
In the world's eyes, the US is walking a very thin line.
If you think about it, which country is most likely in the coming year or two to be invading another country?
As stated on CNN, the Pentagon has "updated Iran war plans". If there wasn't an intention, there wouldn't be a plan. I'd be curious if the Pentagon has war plans for the invasion of the Bahamas. Probably not.
What country wouldn't be scared if they hear about the US military pointing the barrel in their direction? A large problem is that Americans have never experienced what it is like to be starring at the business end of the shotgun. If they understood this, they'd see a lot of things in a different light.
Simply put, the world right now is like a bunch of paranoid people locked into a room together. Everyone is reaching for the lead pipes to protect themselves from the other guy looking to protect himself.
If he's American, I doubt it, they legally aren't suppose to be in Cuba.
4. Google allows side projects which likely hold more interest than actual business projects, hence are produced with creativity and passion.
Of course you need to be careful about what you say about the company you are working for. Anything you do should be in the best interests of the place that employs you, otherwise, you'll be out of a job.
Think about this, let's say you owned a burger joint, call it McDonald's. But you don't eat there, you instead go to another place called Burger King. Everyone knows you own McDonald's, but sees you eating at Burger King. Do you want to take a guess at what will happen to McDonald's?
There are things you can and can't say. Perhaps Mark over stepped his boundaries. Even vague financial statements can give the competition an edge. Or perhaps, he may have mentioned other "secrets". We'll never know since we haven't seen the original untampered version of his blog.
Besides, why would anyone want to work with a guy who bad mouths their work environment. It's not like Google owed a guy who didn't like where he worked.
Whether he was fired, or he quit voluntarily hasn't been confirmed. In anycase, separating themselves after this is probably in the best interests of both parties.
Lesson here: Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Case in point Roman Empire(~1000years) -> French(~100years) -> US(>100years) ~~> China(???years).
This analysis is amazingly stupid. I'm used to a poor understanding of history, but that takes the fucking cake.
So I made a typo with the US, should be (100years). But in anycase, look it up. Every superpower has a shorter and shorter duration of power as time went on.
How you got modded "Insightful" without stating anything is beyond me.
It's true that China seems to be starting to take the torch from USA as a superpower, but their eventual reign may not last long.
Through history, every subsequent "empire" was shorter than the last.
Case in point Roman Empire(~1000years) -> French(~100years) -> US(>100years) ~~> China(???years). Obviously I've left some empires out, and I've done some estimating, but the trend is each Empire is shorter and not as far reaching.
I'm not sure whether it can be attributed to China wanting more success than the US, but perhaps just an evolution of power?
First one to open a Starbucks is the King of the Castle!
How are we supposed to get it to stay there on Mars? If Mars could successfully hold an atmosphere, wouldn't it still have one? I was under the impression that Mars' low gravity and weak magnetic field allowed radiation to strip away any gases on Mars' surface.
If Mars didn't have an atmosphere, how come they used a parachute to slow the rover when they sent it down? There has to be something there that the chute is slowing itself with.
It must have been amazing for you to be able to parse out the html in your head to surf the internet before you fully understood the inner workings of a browser.
All hail "Tibor the GREAT"!!
I suppose you understand how pharmaceuticals fully interact with your body? Or I suppose you fully understand every working part in your car?
There are plenty of things people use that they have very little understanding of. They may know the interface of that device or system, but beyond that, it's all a black box to them. Browsers included.
If you go by your statement of "if you don't understand it, don't use it", I'm sure there are plenty of things you can eliminate out of your own life as well.
Another thing as well, this can't really be counted as a Linux vulnerability, if you look at the source code either in an email message or in the browser, it's clear as day that it's not going to the real paypal.com
You are assuming everyone double checks their links by reading the source code.
And I *really* would not appreciate having to come in to work on a Monday morning a kick a bum out of my desk. And God knows what he was doing on my computer...
Even worse would be if he did YOUR work and finished it. Then they'd hire him and fire you.
I see bad things coming out of office sharing with the homeless. Baaad things....
Then you would have to worry about the logistics of keeping the office space clean and sterile after the homeless use it. Many of the homeless are drunks and drug users, and living out on the streets does not provide them the level of hygiene one may hope they have.
Imagine the next morning coming in to your office to find drug paraphernalia, or garbage, or possibily commutable diseases and parasites.
It is unfortunate that the offices are unused at night, but it would be better to build more shelters and facilities specially made to handle this type of usage.
This thing you call "conversation", tell me more about it. It intrigues me. I must try this one day.
Say I!
Logging of IPs, files... talk about smoking gun.
Isn't it possible that you can release your IP, let it expire and get a new one? Or, how about those that have dynamic IPs? How does it work for them?
Just out of curiousity, who did they list in spot #007?
"James Bondokovski"?
Yes, but we better be prepared to defend from alian civilizations wanting to steal our roids.
If they want our roids, by all means let them take our roids.
Quite frankly, I've just about had it up to here *points at neck* with having to use with Preparation H.
If you guys could just aim the asteroid at this Best Buy near my house that would be great. They screwed up the wiring of my car stereo and wouldn't honour their warranty. I told them they'll get their karmic justice.
If you can do this, you guys can all come over to my place for a front seat view of the resulting fireworks.
My eyes will be too old to see it by then. And chances are from now till then, I'll likely look directly into lasers before I'll get a chance to look at the asteroid.
Whoa is me!