Yes, but the original commenter was wondering what happens if you, say, break your hand and are suddenly not typing the way your normally do. Either the system can't be disabled, which means the legitimate user is locked out whenever they have any sort of minor injury, or it can be disabled, which means it's useless for security because the other person jumping on the computer will just disable it right away.
where a private sector customer may be queuing up their lawyers to punish an incompetent vendor, the public sector often lets them completely off the hook and just looks for the next vendor promising the moon and stars on something else.
Usually because the vendor has actually delivered everything they were contracted to deliver and it works properly. The problem is the government didn't really know what it wanted when it made the purchase and has something completely unsuitable to it's actual needs. It's hard to sue a Lamborghini dealer when your car can't tow a trailer because you put out competetive bids for a sports car when what your really needed was a pickup truck. That doesn't mean the Lamborghini is defective.
If a 12 / 7 / 1941 attack occurred on the US every month in 1941, you'd still be statistically more likely to die in a car accident than in a Japanese attack.
And indeed we seem to be putting very little effort into protecting Hawaii from Japanese sneak attacks right now.
If a 9/11 scale attack occurred in the US every month, you'd still be statistically more likely to die in a car accident than in a terror attack. The degree to which we fear terrorism relative to the actual risk is way out of proportion. If someone proposed things like indefinite detention or wide scale monitoring to prevent bad driving, they'd rightly be seen as a paranoid nut.
They really need to rename that Bureau. When I first read your comment, I was trying to figure out how calling the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would help.
It's enough if you exchange the Venezuelan currency to dollars at the official exchange rate. Of course only a complete fool would exchange dollars for bolivars at the official exchange rate. If you do at the rate people who actually do have dollars will agree to, then the store is only getting like 10% of what they paid for the electronics.
1. The allies were perfectly aware of what was going on in the concentration camps. They just did not consider dealing it to be a priority. So your proposed course of action would have absolutely zero effect on what happened.
2. The Red Cross (along with the AMA and AABB) has been against the ban on MSM blood donation since 2006.
Obviously, London skyscrapers are simply more worthy than SHIELD's helicarrier, thus making it impossible for the hammer to smash through them. It's the same reason Thor was able to hang Moljnir on that very worthy coathook without it ripping off the wall from the weight.
The extra scene at the end of the credits (like in every Marvel movie) left some interesting loose ends.
One of the loose ends is supposedly getting cleaned up in the Agents of SHIELD TV Show, in an episode where they have to go to London to deal with the aftermath of this film.
Actually, she says "Mew Mew" which was a call back to a gag in the first film where she can't remember what the actual name is whenever she has to refer to it in conversation.
And you've personally verified that QuickBooks correctly calculates the sales tax for each and every product in each and every jurisdiction? Even all the bizarre rules like that fact in Pennsylvania that mounds are taxable because they're candy but Almond Joys aren't because the almonds make it food instead of candy? Or like the fact in New York that milk in a carton is non-taxable but milk in a cup is taxable?
Or is it more likely that there's all kinds of oversights or outright errors in the database and most people just don't bother to check?
That's a problem, because New Jersey does not tax shipping and handling as I confirmed on the state's web site.
Which is precisely the problem with taxing internet transactions. There are almost ten thousand different sales tax jurisdictions in the US. It's ridiculous to expect Amazon to keep track of minor variations in sales tax rules for all of them.
My point wasn't that elevators are completely safe (indeed, several dozen people in the US die every year in elevator accidents). My point is that it never occurs to us that they shouldn't be trusted without a human operator.
My point is that neoritter's fear of computer controlled cars is more an instinctive reaction to their novelty rather than a rational assessment of their dangers. He doesn't trust cars not controlled by humans because, based on his past experience, cars are supposed to have human operators. He has no problem with elevators no longer having human operators because, based on his past experience, elevators are supposed to be fully automated.
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But then how is this system any more effective than just a lockscreen that requires the password?
Yes, but the original commenter was wondering what happens if you, say, break your hand and are suddenly not typing the way your normally do. Either the system can't be disabled, which means the legitimate user is locked out whenever they have any sort of minor injury, or it can be disabled, which means it's useless for security because the other person jumping on the computer will just disable it right away.
Wouldn't anyone trying to break in just do that then? So what good is it for security?
Best explanation ever of how government contracting actually works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA
It's easy to blame the contractors, but the reality is that most of the problems stem from a customer that can't make up its mind about what it wants.
Usually because the vendor has actually delivered everything they were contracted to deliver and it works properly. The problem is the government didn't really know what it wanted when it made the purchase and has something completely unsuitable to it's actual needs. It's hard to sue a Lamborghini dealer when your car can't tow a trailer because you put out competetive bids for a sports car when what your really needed was a pickup truck. That doesn't mean the Lamborghini is defective.
Also note these trackers are being put on the cruisers, not the officers.
If this informant is so worried about being seen talking to the police, why the hell are you going to meet him IN YOUR POLICE CRUISER?
And indeed we seem to be putting very little effort into protecting Hawaii from Japanese sneak attacks right now.
If a 9/11 scale attack occurred in the US every month, you'd still be statistically more likely to die in a car accident than in a terror attack. The degree to which we fear terrorism relative to the actual risk is way out of proportion. If someone proposed things like indefinite detention or wide scale monitoring to prevent bad driving, they'd rightly be seen as a paranoid nut.
The report was submitted by the BBC's new robot field correspondent.
They really need to rename that Bureau. When I first read your comment, I was trying to figure out how calling the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would help.
Or that guy who sounds like he's working on his novel during the game.
Venezuelans cannot by dollars from the government for any number of Bolivars. It's illegal for them to have any currency other than Bolivars.
No, you didn't read my comment.
Hence the "only a complete fool would exchange dollars for bolivars at the official exchange rate" in my comment.
It's enough if you exchange the Venezuelan currency to dollars at the official exchange rate. Of course only a complete fool would exchange dollars for bolivars at the official exchange rate. If you do at the rate people who actually do have dollars will agree to, then the store is only getting like 10% of what they paid for the electronics.
1. The allies were perfectly aware of what was going on in the concentration camps. They just did not consider dealing it to be a priority. So your proposed course of action would have absolutely zero effect on what happened.
2. The Red Cross (along with the AMA and AABB) has been against the ban on MSM blood donation since 2006.
What exactly do you expect them to have done? Send one of their armored divisions to overthrow Hitler?
Because federal law won't let them.
Obviously, London skyscrapers are simply more worthy than SHIELD's helicarrier, thus making it impossible for the hammer to smash through them. It's the same reason Thor was able to hang Moljnir on that very worthy coathook without it ripping off the wall from the weight.
One of the loose ends is supposedly getting cleaned up in the Agents of SHIELD TV Show, in an episode where they have to go to London to deal with the aftermath of this film.
Actually, she says "Mew Mew" which was a call back to a gag in the first film where she can't remember what the actual name is whenever she has to refer to it in conversation.
It helps him think.
Except no, because of the Jevon's Paradox. Making the use of a resource more efficient actually increases total demand.
And you've personally verified that QuickBooks correctly calculates the sales tax for each and every product in each and every jurisdiction? Even all the bizarre rules like that fact in Pennsylvania that mounds are taxable because they're candy but Almond Joys aren't because the almonds make it food instead of candy? Or like the fact in New York that milk in a carton is non-taxable but milk in a cup is taxable?
Or is it more likely that there's all kinds of oversights or outright errors in the database and most people just don't bother to check?
Which is precisely the problem with taxing internet transactions. There are almost ten thousand different sales tax jurisdictions in the US. It's ridiculous to expect Amazon to keep track of minor variations in sales tax rules for all of them.
My point wasn't that elevators are completely safe (indeed, several dozen people in the US die every year in elevator accidents). My point is that it never occurs to us that they shouldn't be trusted without a human operator.
And such a device could easily be put on a car.
My point is that neoritter's fear of computer controlled cars is more an instinctive reaction to their novelty rather than a rational assessment of their dangers. He doesn't trust cars not controlled by humans because, based on his past experience, cars are supposed to have human operators. He has no problem with elevators no longer having human operators because, based on his past experience, elevators are supposed to be fully automated.