That's actually pretty funny. When Obama was criticized for pulling the troops out of Iraq, his supporters responded by saying he was only following the timetable established by Bush.
While I agree that this is a big step forward, 25,000 psi is more than "not much of a caveat". Your PC is going to gain a lot of weight when you add a pressure vessel capable of containing that safely. Then there's the additional challenge of getting wires from inside to outside without compromising the vessel. I'd like to see the hermetic connectors they use for that.
Will you knock it off with this "$22 trillion a year in fossil fuel subsidies" bullshit? It only makes you look stupid. Total Federal revenue for 2019 is forecast to be $3.422 trillion, with a budget deficit of about $900 billion. Total US GDP is around $19 trillion. So enough of this nonsense.
There are an awful lot of people who doubt that California's high speed rail project will ever be completed. The original bond was for $10 billion, when the estimated cost at completion was $40 billion. The other $30 billion was supposed to have come from private investment, which has failed to materialize. Today the estimated cost to complete is $100 billion, and is expected to grow even more. More information here.
So my question for the assembled multitude is this: What would be -sufficient proof- this didn't happen? Or is this one of those things where you won't accept any explanation from "the deep state"/"vested interests"/etc?
This is a significant issue for tech in general, as we need some widely accepted way to show systems are free from hidden vulnerabilities.
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
An summary pointing to an article about the biggest building in the world, that doesn't contain any information about how large the building actually is. Nice job, Slashdot.
Spoiler from TFA: it occupies 72 million cubic feet (13.3 million cubic metres).
A large aerospace company I used to work for did this a couple of times back in the 1980s and 1990s. They offered 2 weeks of pay for every year of service, plus company-paid health insurance for some lengthy period I don't remember. The people who took the offers were almost exclusively long-term employees who were just about ready for retirement. Turned out to be great deals for them.
There are billions of micro-organisms in a pot of yogurt. Did you mean billions of species, or billions of tons?
I assume you're addressing the difference between the title of TFS (billions of organisms and the content of TFS ("billions of tonnes"). I guess they should have cited the conversion factor.
One source I found says, "The human body has 10^13 human cells and hosts 9x10^13 bacterial cells." and "mass of bacterial cells in one human body = (0.95×10^15 * 9x10^13) kg = 0.0855 kg = 86 g". So, 1 gram of bacterial cells comprises 9 * 10^13 cells / 86, or 1,058,823,529,412. A metric ton (tonne) is a million grams, so it would comprise roughly 1.06 * 10^18 cells. Of course, that assumes that the average size of the microorganisms is the same as e. coli.
it would be really interesting to know how many Android devices of that vintage are still in use even after such a long period
Would it be interesting enough to read TFA? According to official Android figures, Ice Cream Sandwich is running on just 0.3 percent of devices, but given that well over 2 billion devices are running Android, as many as 7 million people could be impacted by these changes.
Are you out of your mind, the President just sent the military to protect Texas from 5,000 job and safety seeking terrorists. How is that the ability to survive on its own.
It looks like you missed out on the whole "supremacy clause" discussion when Arizona attempted to enforce border security under our previous Dear Leader. I'm sure the state of Texas would be more than capable of protecting itself from the caravan invasion if allowed to do so by the Federal government.
What makes you think the claimed reasons are the true reasons?
What makes you believe they aren't? The wording is pretty simple and straightforward. Are you reaching back across the centuries to read the minds of our Founding Fathers? Or have life's little disappointments left you cynical and bitter? Perhaps you have some enlightened insight you'd like to share?
The "cruel and unusual" thing is not to reserve such punishments to the extra-vile. It is what such punishment says about those dishing it out and what it does to them.
First, the "cruel and unusual" thing isn't a "thing"; it's part of the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Second your assertion about its purpose is wrong. Its purpose is to protect you from the possibility of a tyrannical government imposing harsh punishments for minor infractions. Find out more here.
Here's an idea: search Google for 'closely held corporation legal definition'. The term does indeed have a legal meaning, and it is, as you put it, fuzzy. You'll probably be disappointed, but life is full of disappointment. You'll get over it.
Unless "closely held" means something significant? I invite you to clarify.
I don't know what you mean by "significant". However, "closely held" does have a very specific meaning. Here you go.
Aside from that, your assertion that "Corporation = partnership = people" is flawed. A closely held corporation is a partnership between individuals. Those individuals are people, but the closely held corporation is not people; it's a relationship between people.
Really? You've found a solution to the free rider problem as it applies to creative works?
Careful there, friend. There are lots of people here who will be happy to inform you that the free rider problem is not a problem at all, but a birthright.
That's a terrible attitude. Instead, let's do something so we can say we did. Oh, wait - not doing something specific isn't the same as doing nothing ever. Never mind.
Wow. Not using credit is bad for your credit score? Who could have possibly predicted that?
Why should not needing credit indicate a lack of credit-worthiness?
I don't think you've thought this through.
I get it. You' one of those people who believe that not being tested demonstrates your ability to pass a test.
You seem to need to have a lot of simple concepts explained to you. Not USING credit is not equivalent to not NEEDING credit. If you never use CREDIT, you have no CREDIT history. If you have no CREDIT history, you have nothing upon which to base a CREDIT score. In other words, if you've never repaid a debt, you haven't proven that you posess the ability and self-discipline to do so. There are plenty of credit card companies out there that will jump at the chance to give you the opportunity to start your credit history. Of course, if you lack the ability and self-discipline to manage credit card use, you'll end up with a crappy credit score anyway.
You appear to feel that the world should work according to a different set of rules, to be more fair. I suspect you have what you think is more than your fair share of disappointment in your life.
The Chinese system is more social than financial, and is being used by the government to shape individual behavior. Smoke in public? Bad. Jaywalk? Bad. Dog bark too much? Bad.
They are both used to shape individual behavior and they are both involuntary.
Also, you skipped "only using cash and not using credit? Bad"
Wow. Not using credit is bad for your credit score? Who could have possibly predicted that?
The Chinese system is more social than financial, and is being used by the government to shape individual behavior. Smoke in public? Bad. Jaywalk? Bad. Dog bark too much? Bad.
They are both used to shape individual behavior and they are both involuntary.
Also, you skipped "only using cash and not using credit? Bad"
Yesterday, we saw an article about China's "social credit" policy, and there was much outrage and gnashing of teeth and moral superiority. People were all like, "why do we do business with China?" and so forth.
Someone please tell me how this is different from China's social credit policies.
OK. Let''s see now...
The US system is based upon the financial state and behavior of the individual, and is used to evaluate the likelihood that an individual will repay a debt. High debt/income ratio? Bad. Bankruptcies? Bad. Late credit card payments? Bad. Does this system discriminate against the poor, or those who have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own? You bet it does - it doesn' care why you're a poor credit risk; only that you are
The Chinese system is more social than financial, and is being used by the government to shape individual behavior. Smoke in public? Bad. Jaywalk? Bad. Dog bark too much? Bad.
A car accident is called an accident because: it is a an accident.
If you want to nitpick, yes: some of them could have been avoided 'somehow'. Nevertheless it is kinda if "karma" or "misfortune" or "destiny" to die in an accident.
32 infections by a deadly strand of e. coli: most certainly can be avoided. And on the other hand: not dying in a car accident is super simple: don't be there. Not dying to e. coli is not to simple, it can be in any lettuce or vegetable.
So, we have 32 cases. Agency issues warning. People stop eating the lettuce in question. Nothing happens, no one (or only the 32 die), your conclusion: stupid fear mongers, it was not that dangerous after all!
You are just like the idiots in germany who every year shout: "why do we have stupid storm warnings? Never ever anything is happening than a roof here or there destroyed!" Nevertheless we have always idiots ignoring the warnings because of fore said mantra. And about 10 die every year. And what do the survivours say: "oh! oh! no one told us it was so serious, it looked like a 'standard' warning like EVERY YEAR!" For Funk Sake: if there IS A WARNING it is SERIOUS!
Wow, you need to calm down. I didn't say the CDC are "stupid fear mongers" or that e. coli isn't dangerous; I said the numbers are small, people shouldn't panic, and the bad stuff should be avoided. I stand by that. I don't understand why you think this is connected in any sane way to prople who ignore storm warnings because "it won't happen to me" and then whine when it does happen to them.
As to accidents: if you think it's "misfortune" to join the tens of thousands of people killed in cars every year, but not to be one of 32 in a population of 320 million to eat a bad leaf of lettuce, you need to re-examine the logic that got you there.
No, dead is a lot sick. I don't know how many of the 32 US people who were diagnosed with e. coli actually died from the disease; do you? At any rate, I think the post you were replying to was just suggesting a bit of perspective. In a country where 40,000 people per year die in automobile accidents, 32 people getting sick - whether it's a little or a lot - doesn't seem like something that should cause a lot of hand-wringing. The CDC has issued their warning and investigators will eventually get to the root cause. In the meantime, avoid the stuff that might be bad.
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p>Also Obama, a democrat, ended the war in Iraq
That's actually pretty funny. When Obama was criticized for pulling the troops out of Iraq, his supporters responded by saying he was only following the timetable established by Bush.
While I agree that this is a big step forward, 25,000 psi is more than "not much of a caveat". Your PC is going to gain a lot of weight when you add a pressure vessel capable of containing that safely. Then there's the additional challenge of getting wires from inside to outside without compromising the vessel. I'd like to see the hermetic connectors they use for that.
Will you knock it off with this "$22 trillion a year in fossil fuel subsidies" bullshit? It only makes you look stupid. Total Federal revenue for 2019 is forecast to be $3.422 trillion, with a budget deficit of about $900 billion. Total US GDP is around $19 trillion. So enough of this nonsense.
There are an awful lot of people who doubt that California's high speed rail project will ever be completed. The original bond was for $10 billion, when the estimated cost at completion was $40 billion. The other $30 billion was supposed to have come from private investment, which has failed to materialize. Today the estimated cost to complete is $100 billion, and is expected to grow even more. More information here.
So my question for the assembled multitude is this: What would be -sufficient proof- this didn't happen? Or is this one of those things where you won't accept any explanation from "the deep state"/"vested interests"/etc?
This is a significant issue for tech in general, as we need some widely accepted way to show systems are free from hidden vulnerabilities.
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
An summary pointing to an article about the biggest building in the world, that doesn't contain any information about how large the building actually is. Nice job, Slashdot.
Spoiler from TFA: it occupies 72 million cubic feet (13.3 million cubic metres).
A large aerospace company I used to work for did this a couple of times back in the 1980s and 1990s. They offered 2 weeks of pay for every year of service, plus company-paid health insurance for some lengthy period I don't remember. The people who took the offers were almost exclusively long-term employees who were just about ready for retirement. Turned out to be great deals for them.
There are billions of micro-organisms in a pot of yogurt. Did you mean billions of species, or billions of tons?
I assume you're addressing the difference between the title of TFS (billions of organisms and the content of TFS ("billions of tonnes"). I guess they should have cited the conversion factor.
One source I found says, "The human body has 10^13 human cells and hosts 9x10^13 bacterial cells." and "mass of bacterial cells in one human body = (0.95×10^15 * 9x10^13) kg = 0.0855 kg = 86 g". So, 1 gram of bacterial cells comprises 9 * 10^13 cells / 86, or 1,058,823,529,412. A metric ton (tonne) is a million grams, so it would comprise roughly 1.06 * 10^18 cells. Of course, that assumes that the average size of the microorganisms is the same as e. coli.
That's an easy one to answer: Ice Cream Sandwich is in use by 0.3% of Android devices: https://developer.android.com/...
Even easier to answer if you'd just, you know, read TFA.
it would be really interesting to know how many Android devices of that vintage are still in use even after such a long period
Would it be interesting enough to read TFA? According to official Android figures, Ice Cream Sandwich is running on just 0.3 percent of devices, but given that well over 2 billion devices are running Android, as many as 7 million people could be impacted by these changes.
Are you out of your mind, the President just sent the military to protect Texas from 5,000 job and safety seeking terrorists. How is that the ability to survive on its own.
It looks like you missed out on the whole "supremacy clause" discussion when Arizona attempted to enforce border security under our previous Dear Leader. I'm sure the state of Texas would be more than capable of protecting itself from the caravan invasion if allowed to do so by the Federal government.
What makes you think the claimed reasons are the true reasons?
What makes you believe they aren't? The wording is pretty simple and straightforward. Are you reaching back across the centuries to read the minds of our Founding Fathers? Or have life's little disappointments left you cynical and bitter? Perhaps you have some enlightened insight you'd like to share?
The "cruel and unusual" thing is not to reserve such punishments to the extra-vile. It is what such punishment says about those dishing it out and what it does to them.
First, the "cruel and unusual" thing isn't a "thing"; it's part of the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Second your assertion about its purpose is wrong. Its purpose is to protect you from the possibility of a tyrannical government imposing harsh punishments for minor infractions. Find out more here.
Here's an idea: search Google for 'closely held corporation legal definition'. The term does indeed have a legal meaning, and it is, as you put it, fuzzy. You'll probably be disappointed, but life is full of disappointment. You'll get over it.
Lying to Congress is illegal, derp.
You're right. Now, point to where the TFA says they lied to Congress. Oops.
Unless "closely held" means something significant? I invite you to clarify.
I don't know what you mean by "significant". However, "closely held" does have a very specific meaning. Here you go.
Aside from that, your assertion that "Corporation = partnership = people" is flawed. A closely held corporation is a partnership between individuals. Those individuals are people, but the closely held corporation is not people; it's a relationship between people.
Really? You've found a solution to the free rider problem as it applies to creative works?
Careful there, friend. There are lots of people here who will be happy to inform you that the free rider problem is not a problem at all, but a birthright.
Yea, lets just do nothing ever!
That's a terrible attitude. Instead, let's do something so we can say we did. Oh, wait - not doing something specific isn't the same as doing nothing ever. Never mind.
You forgot the "Handmaid's Tale" attribution. Expect an instructive visit from Aunt Lydia.
Why should not needing credit indicate a lack of credit-worthiness?
I don't think you've thought this through.
I get it. You' one of those people who believe that not being tested demonstrates your ability to pass a test.
You seem to need to have a lot of simple concepts explained to you. Not USING credit is not equivalent to not NEEDING credit. If you never use CREDIT, you have no CREDIT history. If you have no CREDIT history, you have nothing upon which to base a CREDIT score. In other words, if you've never repaid a debt, you haven't proven that you posess the ability and self-discipline to do so. There are plenty of credit card companies out there that will jump at the chance to give you the opportunity to start your credit history. Of course, if you lack the ability and self-discipline to manage credit card use, you'll end up with a crappy credit score anyway.
You appear to feel that the world should work according to a different set of rules, to be more fair. I suspect you have what you think is more than your fair share of disappointment in your life.
They are both used to shape individual behavior and they are both involuntary.
Also, you skipped "only using cash and not using credit? Bad"
Wow. Not using credit is bad for your credit score? Who could have possibly predicted that?
They are both used to shape individual behavior and they are both involuntary.
Also, you skipped "only using cash and not using credit? Bad"
Yesterday, we saw an article about China's "social credit" policy, and there was much outrage and gnashing of teeth and moral superiority. People were all like, "why do we do business with China?" and so forth.
Someone please tell me how this is different from China's social credit policies.
OK. Let''s see now...
The US system is based upon the financial state and behavior of the individual, and is used to evaluate the likelihood that an individual will repay a debt. High debt/income ratio? Bad. Bankruptcies? Bad. Late credit card payments? Bad. Does this system discriminate against the poor, or those who have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own? You bet it does - it doesn' care why you're a poor credit risk; only that you are
The Chinese system is more social than financial, and is being used by the government to shape individual behavior. Smoke in public? Bad. Jaywalk? Bad. Dog bark too much? Bad.
See the difference?
A car accident is called an accident because: it is a an accident. If you want to nitpick, yes: some of them could have been avoided 'somehow'. Nevertheless it is kinda if "karma" or "misfortune" or "destiny" to die in an accident.
32 infections by a deadly strand of e. coli: most certainly can be avoided. And on the other hand: not dying in a car accident is super simple: don't be there. Not dying to e. coli is not to simple, it can be in any lettuce or vegetable.
So, we have 32 cases. Agency issues warning. People stop eating the lettuce in question. Nothing happens, no one (or only the 32 die), your conclusion: stupid fear mongers, it was not that dangerous after all!
You are just like the idiots in germany who every year shout: "why do we have stupid storm warnings? Never ever anything is happening than a roof here or there destroyed!" Nevertheless we have always idiots ignoring the warnings because of fore said mantra. And about 10 die every year. And what do the survivours say: "oh! oh! no one told us it was so serious, it looked like a 'standard' warning like EVERY YEAR!" For Funk Sake: if there IS A WARNING it is SERIOUS!
Wow, you need to calm down. I didn't say the CDC are "stupid fear mongers" or that e. coli isn't dangerous; I said the numbers are small, people shouldn't panic, and the bad stuff should be avoided. I stand by that. I don't understand why you think this is connected in any sane way to prople who ignore storm warnings because "it won't happen to me" and then whine when it does happen to them.
As to accidents: if you think it's "misfortune" to join the tens of thousands of people killed in cars every year, but not to be one of 32 in a population of 320 million to eat a bad leaf of lettuce, you need to re-examine the logic that got you there.
So dead is "a litte sick"?
No, dead is a lot sick. I don't know how many of the 32 US people who were diagnosed with e. coli actually died from the disease; do you? At any rate, I think the post you were replying to was just suggesting a bit of perspective. In a country where 40,000 people per year die in automobile accidents, 32 people getting sick - whether it's a little or a lot - doesn't seem like something that should cause a lot of hand-wringing. The CDC has issued their warning and investigators will eventually get to the root cause. In the meantime, avoid the stuff that might be bad.