Yeah, because the dissenting view wasn't trying to please the Brady Campaign.
At least I provided a source for my original argument. You're just trolling. Keep your opinions in the E.U......while you're still allowed to have them.
"That's aside from the more practical argument that you couldn't even remotely take down an M1 with any of the weapons officially protected by the 2nd amendment."
Some of us like to create test labs that will outlast the 30-180 day expiration date associated with MS evaluation periods (such as with SQL Server or BizTalk). An MSDN susbscription is more expensive than TechNet by the order of several magnitude.
I'm not sure what's going on with MS these days. They release a monstrosity of a desktop OS (Win8), a sub-par hermaphrodite laptop/tablet to go with it (Surface), and they are now giving their loyal developers the finger.
No offense, a quick fact check shows that Mary Tyler Moore is a Type 1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore
Thank you for your service, I don't think enough people are appreciative of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs#Second_World_War
It wasn't actually that long. Although the general public didn't find out until after the fact, the information had already been leaked to several world governments.
When Truman first hinted to Stalin that such a weapon was being developed, Stalin already knew about it and wasn't at all surprised.
I'm a Type 1 who's been wearing a pump for the past 6 years. I also have the relatively new real-time glucose monitoring attachment.
I haven't read through the fine details of the article, but if the nanoparticles are somehow able to determine when to release insulin without intervention, that would be a definite benefit over the current pump technology. As it stands right now, the real-time monitoring only tells you that your blood-sugar levels are high, and requires manual intervention to make corrections. The sensors are also wildly inaccurate, and require that the user still check their blood-sugar on a regular basis for calibration. I quit using the sensors for that reason (since I still end up checking my blood sugar 6-10 times daily anyways, there's no point).
FWIW, the pump is a huge improvement over old-school syringe injections. Having insulin delivered in small quantities throughout the day has improved my blood-sugar levels considerably. Using a pump has also made the entire process much more convenient; I don't need to cary syringes and insulin bottles with me when I go out to eat at a restaurant, and I'm less worried about blood sugar spikes while I'm sleeping.
According to the article, they obtained the information through "Freedom of Information" laws. By your reasoning, shouldn't I be able to obtain your social security number, credit score, and medical information through the same laws?
While I agree with you on principle, you're post is wrong on quite a few levels.
A Class 3 permit or NFA tax stamp is required for purchasing a fully-automatic weapon. Extensive background checks are required, some states have restrictions of the types of weapons, and your local sheriff has to approve it. The entire process usually takes about 6 months (my Dad has purchased two NFA weapons before). A quick Wikipedia search states this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
Please, think about what you're saying before spouting off this type of stuff. It's misinformation like this that's causing people to freak out over the current gun policies.
You're right, synchronous is definitely the better option for local fail-over. I was confused about which option was available in Standard Edition...which only supports synchronous.
Exactly. FWIW, he could also do asynchronous DB Mirroring with SQL 2008, and have pretty good fail-over if his POS software supports the necessary connection string options.
I'm having a hard time understanding the option with VMWare. Is he talking about having two nodes with bare-bones ESXi (and no VMotion)? He's still going to need shared storage to bring the SQL guest up on the other node even without VMotion).
But seriously, is he really having problems with uptime? I've seen single-node SQL Servers that have been up for a year or more without a single reboot....and that was even in the SQL Server 2000 days. A decent mid-range server with a few redundant systems (fans, drives, PSU, etc) should suffice.
Ditto. I recently bought a Mac Mini (mid 2011) model. Got the 500 GB Momentus XT at Best Buy on sale for $100. I notice a pretty significant increase in performance over the crappy stock 5400 RPM drive that comes in the Mini. I attribute this to the 7200 RPM, but I'm sure the 4 GB SSD cache also helps with the read speed.
I already happen to have an 80 GB Intel SSD handy, but with the limited drive space and two drive bays in the Mini, I didn't really thing this would be a good fit. A 512 GB Crucial SSD goes for $780 GB on NewEgg right now (more than I paid for the Mini!), so the Momentus is a really nice compromise between performance and drive space.
Your mileage may vary.
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project was supposed to solve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamlined_Sales_Tax_Project) was supposed to solve this. I don't believe every state has signed on yet, and having consulted for Revenue departments in 4 different states, you're right about the integration nightmare this is going to be. I'm not even sure if the revenue gained from taxing Internet sales will recoup the investment cost from system upgrades and rewrites.....projects that have the potential to span an entire decade, and not even be assured of success.
I happen to have an old Enorex box that uses an Alpha CPU. It was running Windows NT 4.0 on it when I got it (although it has since been switched over to Linux).
The only way to get x86 Windows code running on this box was to use FX!32 from DEC, which was an emulation layer. You took a huge performance hit when trying to do this, and not all software worked correctly.
Granted, things have come a LONG way since then, but I'm not sure that emulation/virtualization is the way that we'd want to go.
I've been wondering the same thing. What about SDK's? Will there be a separate version of Visual Studio strictly for ARM? I know Visual Studio is mostly targeted towards.NET, but for native apps, will you be able to compile ARM code on the x86?
Since you have to pair it with an existing BlackBerry for 3G connectivity, I'd assume that subsidized pricing can be ruled out....unless they offer it alongside phones with new contracts (much like AT&T giving out free Netbooks with new contracts).
Going on the assumption that you're male, I hope you do understand that sex is the goal of EVERYTHING that you do. It was one of Freud's basic pleasure principles. Sure the guy may have been coked up, but he did have some pretty good insights into the human psych.
"What about an entire Afghan society that can't make any progress because we invaded their country in order to go after a few terrorists?"
I can't think of any time during the past 30 years where the entire Afghan society was making any progress, especially under Taliban rule. It's not like they were on the road to economical and social recovery when the US invaded.
"There was more justification for invading Afghanistan than there was for invading Iraq, but that ain't saying much"
It's saying quite a lot actually. Are you suggesting that we shouldn't have invaded Afghanistan to put down Al Qaeda? If not, then what are you suggesting?
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Yeah, because the dissenting view wasn't trying to please the Brady Campaign.
At least I provided a source for my original argument. You're just trolling. Keep your opinions in the E.U......while you're still allowed to have them.
I think you're the one to misread the constitution:
"the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
This was clarified in District of Columbia v. Heller:
"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
Pics or it didn't happen.
No, really, it didn't happen if there aren't any.
*DUCKS*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg0pMbc7Opk
"That's aside from the more practical argument that you couldn't even remotely take down an M1 with any of the weapons officially protected by the 2nd amendment."
Try telling that to these guys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietcong
Some of us like to create test labs that will outlast the 30-180 day expiration date associated with MS evaluation periods (such as with SQL Server or BizTalk). An MSDN susbscription is more expensive than TechNet by the order of several magnitude.
I'm not sure what's going on with MS these days. They release a monstrosity of a desktop OS (Win8), a sub-par hermaphrodite laptop/tablet to go with it (Surface), and they are now giving their loyal developers the finger.
No offense, a quick fact check shows that Mary Tyler Moore is a Type 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore Thank you for your service, I don't think enough people are appreciative of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs#Second_World_War It wasn't actually that long. Although the general public didn't find out until after the fact, the information had already been leaked to several world governments. When Truman first hinted to Stalin that such a weapon was being developed, Stalin already knew about it and wasn't at all surprised.
I'm a Type 1 who's been wearing a pump for the past 6 years. I also have the relatively new real-time glucose monitoring attachment.
I haven't read through the fine details of the article, but if the nanoparticles are somehow able to determine when to release insulin without intervention, that would be a definite benefit over the current pump technology. As it stands right now, the real-time monitoring only tells you that your blood-sugar levels are high, and requires manual intervention to make corrections. The sensors are also wildly inaccurate, and require that the user still check their blood-sugar on a regular basis for calibration. I quit using the sensors for that reason (since I still end up checking my blood sugar 6-10 times daily anyways, there's no point).
FWIW, the pump is a huge improvement over old-school syringe injections. Having insulin delivered in small quantities throughout the day has improved my blood-sugar levels considerably. Using a pump has also made the entire process much more convenient; I don't need to cary syringes and insulin bottles with me when I go out to eat at a restaurant, and I'm less worried about blood sugar spikes while I'm sleeping.
You mean armed in the same fashion as these guys? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
No specific incidents, but I'm sure they are in here somewhere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
Except those facts clearly state acts of suicide and self-defense. Move along please.
According to the article, they obtained the information through "Freedom of Information" laws. By your reasoning, shouldn't I be able to obtain your social security number, credit score, and medical information through the same laws?
While I agree with you on principle, you're post is wrong on quite a few levels. A Class 3 permit or NFA tax stamp is required for purchasing a fully-automatic weapon. Extensive background checks are required, some states have restrictions of the types of weapons, and your local sheriff has to approve it. The entire process usually takes about 6 months (my Dad has purchased two NFA weapons before). A quick Wikipedia search states this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act Please, think about what you're saying before spouting off this type of stuff. It's misinformation like this that's causing people to freak out over the current gun policies.
You're right, synchronous is definitely the better option for local fail-over. I was confused about which option was available in Standard Edition...which only supports synchronous.
Exactly. FWIW, he could also do asynchronous DB Mirroring with SQL 2008, and have pretty good fail-over if his POS software supports the necessary connection string options. I'm having a hard time understanding the option with VMWare. Is he talking about having two nodes with bare-bones ESXi (and no VMotion)? He's still going to need shared storage to bring the SQL guest up on the other node even without VMotion). But seriously, is he really having problems with uptime? I've seen single-node SQL Servers that have been up for a year or more without a single reboot....and that was even in the SQL Server 2000 days. A decent mid-range server with a few redundant systems (fans, drives, PSU, etc) should suffice.
Ditto. I recently bought a Mac Mini (mid 2011) model. Got the 500 GB Momentus XT at Best Buy on sale for $100. I notice a pretty significant increase in performance over the crappy stock 5400 RPM drive that comes in the Mini. I attribute this to the 7200 RPM, but I'm sure the 4 GB SSD cache also helps with the read speed. I already happen to have an 80 GB Intel SSD handy, but with the limited drive space and two drive bays in the Mini, I didn't really thing this would be a good fit. A 512 GB Crucial SSD goes for $780 GB on NewEgg right now (more than I paid for the Mini!), so the Momentus is a really nice compromise between performance and drive space. Your mileage may vary.
The Streamlined Sales Tax Project was supposed to solve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamlined_Sales_Tax_Project) was supposed to solve this. I don't believe every state has signed on yet, and having consulted for Revenue departments in 4 different states, you're right about the integration nightmare this is going to be. I'm not even sure if the revenue gained from taxing Internet sales will recoup the investment cost from system upgrades and rewrites.....projects that have the potential to span an entire decade, and not even be assured of success.
I happen to have an old Enorex box that uses an Alpha CPU. It was running Windows NT 4.0 on it when I got it (although it has since been switched over to Linux). The only way to get x86 Windows code running on this box was to use FX!32 from DEC, which was an emulation layer. You took a huge performance hit when trying to do this, and not all software worked correctly. Granted, things have come a LONG way since then, but I'm not sure that emulation/virtualization is the way that we'd want to go.
I've been wondering the same thing. What about SDK's? Will there be a separate version of Visual Studio strictly for ARM? I know Visual Studio is mostly targeted towards .NET, but for native apps, will you be able to compile ARM code on the x86?
XBox? DirectX?
Since you have to pair it with an existing BlackBerry for 3G connectivity, I'd assume that subsidized pricing can be ruled out....unless they offer it alongside phones with new contracts (much like AT&T giving out free Netbooks with new contracts).
"I've not considered having sex a goal"
Going on the assumption that you're male, I hope you do understand that sex is the goal of EVERYTHING that you do. It was one of Freud's basic pleasure principles. Sure the guy may have been coked up, but he did have some pretty good insights into the human psych.
Well that really doesn't answer the question....if we didn't go to war, what should we have done? Certainly we couldn't just do nothing.
"What about an entire Afghan society that can't make any progress because we invaded their country in order to go after a few terrorists?"
I can't think of any time during the past 30 years where the entire Afghan society was making any progress, especially under Taliban rule. It's not like they were on the road to economical and social recovery when the US invaded.
"There was more justification for invading Afghanistan than there was for invading Iraq, but that ain't saying much"
It's saying quite a lot actually. Are you suggesting that we shouldn't have invaded Afghanistan to put down Al Qaeda? If not, then what are you suggesting?