My favorite is some type of squid, who is tiny, but a sting of it will kill an adult human in about two minutes.
I think you are talking about the blue-ringed octopus. They look pretty, but don't touch them! Actually what they do is completely paralyse your body so that you cannot breathe anymore. If you are lucky and someone else is around to help or call an ambulance, they can continue to perform CPR until the toxin wears off and then you will survive.
To give you an idea of how sparsely populated Western Australia is, here are some facts: The state of Western Australia occupies about 1/3 of the entire Australian continent (over 2.5 million km^2). The entire population of the state is about 2.3 million. Of those 2.3 million, 1.6 million live in one city (Perth).
I think the actual legislation in this case forms part of the marketing campaign. Sure, texting whilst driving is illegal because it is covered under distracted driving laws, but if enough people are doing it then it becomes worthwhile having a specific law to draw people's attention to the fact that it is illegal.
The technique is known in Australia. At times I flash my lights at people even when there are no cops around, in the hope that if people are speeding they will at least slow down for a while (since there is a statistical correlation between speed and rate of accidents).
No, the Heisenberg treatment would be that if we can't measure the exact position of life outside of Earth, then we can measure exactly how fast it is going. So try measuring the speed of life outside of Earth, if you don't succeed then it is proof that life outside of Earth doesn't exist (or we'd know exactly where it was).
From the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary entry for paraplegic: : an individual affected with paraplegia
And from the entry for paraplegia: : paralysis of the lower half of the body with involvement of both legs usually due to disease of or injury to the spinal cord
So it seems you are correct. While there are people who lack the use of their arms while maintaining the use of their legs, the term paraplegics does not appear to be generally applicable to them. So what do you call them?
It's a fact that the universe exists and *something* caused the universe to exist.
It's not a fact that something caused the universe to exist, that is just speculation. We currently have no way of knowing if something caused the universe to exist, or if it just sprung out of nothing with no causality whatsoever.
How can (80) he say (114) that being (105) on computers or the (110) Internet fills your head (99) with numbers (101)? After all (32), I'm online quite a lot (99) during the day (97) and night (110) and my head's (32) not filled up (98) with numbers (105). I think (116) I'd notice (101) such a (32) thing (109). It's quite (121) silly when (32) you think of it. What (115) would computers (104) be doing (105) filling our heads (110) with numbers (121) anyway (32)? It's not (109) like they try (101) to insert (116) subliminal (97) messages (108) into comments (32) that we type (97) out on online (115) forums (115) or anything (33).
I have no idea what you are talking about, but Prince can bite my shiny metal ass!
Sounds like you need a business analyst more than a senior technical person. I find it interesting that there is so little mention of BAs on this website - it's all code, code, code.
Part of the difficulty is that the opposition doesn't have access to the same level of detail about the economy and state of the government as the incumbent. Therefore the opposition has the unenviable task of working out policies that will be popular, and evaluating their feasibility based on nothing more than estimates or wild guesses about the costs. It's only once the opposition gets in that they can do detailed estimates of their election promises, which can lead to the unfortunate result that sometimes their promises are just not possible to implement. It's just something we have to accept: politicians are going to lie, sometimes out of malice and sometimes out of ignorance; all we can do is be grateful that they only have 4 years to do any damage before they can be voted out.
It's worth noting that in Australia we do have the Govenor-General, who is representative of the Queen, and has the power in the last resort to dismiss the Prime Minister (which has only happened once).
I don't know where you are getting your rules from. Here is the VicRoads page on roundabouts: Roundabouts
I see nothing about u-turns at roundabouts in there. I also checked the Road Safety Road Rules 2009[PDF warning] Statutory Rule, and on page 132 it actually shows a diagram of a vehicle doing a u-turn at a roundabout to illustrate a legal manouvre.
I don't understand why you think turning right into a driveway and reversing back out is illegal either. What if you were turning into your friend's house, then immediately realised you forgot to bring a cake and decided to leave straight away? How long would you have to wait until it wasn't counted as a u-turn?
Frink: "N'hey hey! Ahem, n'hey.... So the compression and expansion of the longitudinal waves cause the erratic oscillation -- you can see it there -- of the neighbouring particles. Yes, what is it? What? What is it?"
Little Girl: "Can I play with it?"
Frink: "No, you can't play with it; you won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do.... Mm-hai bw-ha whoa-hoa. The colours, children! Mwa-ha-lee!"
I took your challenge and went back to Germany in the 20's and said to some Germans: "Within 20 years, your country will elect one of the most intolerant demagogues in world history as dictator and begin systematically committing the genocide of a sizable portion of your population." Unfortunately none of them spoke English. So instead I said "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!" and they died of laughter! Oh, the fun you can have with time travel.
In Australia we have a number of speed bumps that have gaps in them. The gaps are far enough apart that emergency vehicles such as firetrucks can easily go past without being hindered, whereas ordinary cars must cross the bump with the wheels of at least one side. Sure, it won't slow down everybody, but it slows down most traffic.
The Portuguese system sounds great - it's instantaneous feedback which is much better for prevention. I've seen similar in Australia at times, usually in remote areas, they have a sign showing you your speed (and in one case they even showed a sad or smiley face depending on if you were going too fast!). After you've been driving for 2-3 hours at 100km/h and have to drop to 50km/h to go through a town, it's helpful to have a little feedback.
In Australia we have a lot of speed cameras which I imagine are much less effective because you don't find out you were caught speeding until a week or so later.
I was watching a documentary about an Aussie prison (I forget which one, it was somewhere in West Australia). One of the inmates was from the US, but for whatever reason was being allowed to serve his sentence in the Australian prison. He actually said that he has really good incentive to be a good inmate because if he does anything wrong he could get deported to serve out his sentence in an American prison, and the US prisons are apparently much much worse than the Australian ones. So there's a citation for you, a documentary that I can't remember the title of about a prison I can't remember the name of...
Actually, by it's very definition USA is a first world country. I quote: "The concept of the First World first originated during the Cold War, where it was used to describe countries that were aligned with the United States."
I always called them "Lego brand building blocks". As in, "Hey Timmy, want to come to my house after kindy to play with my Lego brand building blocks?". Timmy never came to my house though.
On an unrelated note, my father was a trademark lawyer.
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the value of the findings vary depending on the observer.
That's why it's so hard to get string theory off the ground - because at a quantum level you change the value of the findings by observing them!
My favorite is some type of squid, who is tiny, but a sting of it will kill an adult human in about two minutes.
I think you are talking about the blue-ringed octopus. They look pretty, but don't touch them! Actually what they do is completely paralyse your body so that you cannot breathe anymore. If you are lucky and someone else is around to help or call an ambulance, they can continue to perform CPR until the toxin wears off and then you will survive.
To give you an idea of how sparsely populated Western Australia is, here are some facts: The state of Western Australia occupies about 1/3 of the entire Australian continent (over 2.5 million km^2). The entire population of the state is about 2.3 million. Of those 2.3 million, 1.6 million live in one city (Perth).
The appropriate terminology is "Toorak Tractor".
I think the actual legislation in this case forms part of the marketing campaign. Sure, texting whilst driving is illegal because it is covered under distracted driving laws, but if enough people are doing it then it becomes worthwhile having a specific law to draw people's attention to the fact that it is illegal.
The technique is known in Australia. At times I flash my lights at people even when there are no cops around, in the hope that if people are speeding they will at least slow down for a while (since there is a statistical correlation between speed and rate of accidents).
It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide!
No, the Heisenberg treatment would be that if we can't measure the exact position of life outside of Earth, then we can measure exactly how fast it is going. So try measuring the speed of life outside of Earth, if you don't succeed then it is proof that life outside of Earth doesn't exist (or we'd know exactly where it was).
Human urine is quite sterile, believe it or not.
Assuming healthy kidneys and no bladder or urinary tract infection...
From the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary entry for paraplegic:
: an individual affected with paraplegia
And from the entry for paraplegia:
: paralysis of the lower half of the body with involvement of both legs usually due to disease of or injury to the spinal cord
So it seems you are correct. While there are people who lack the use of their arms while maintaining the use of their legs, the term paraplegics does not appear to be generally applicable to them. So what do you call them?
Mostly armless?
Why do Americans call pizza a "pie"? A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Pizza is nothing like pie, pizza has a bread base, and is not covered.
It's not a fact that something caused the universe to exist, that is just speculation. We currently have no way of knowing if something caused the universe to exist, or if it just sprung out of nothing with no causality whatsoever.
I have no idea what you are talking about, but Prince can bite my shiny metal ass!
Sounds like you need a business analyst more than a senior technical person. I find it interesting that there is so little mention of BAs on this website - it's all code, code, code.
Part of the difficulty is that the opposition doesn't have access to the same level of detail about the economy and state of the government as the incumbent. Therefore the opposition has the unenviable task of working out policies that will be popular, and evaluating their feasibility based on nothing more than estimates or wild guesses about the costs. It's only once the opposition gets in that they can do detailed estimates of their election promises, which can lead to the unfortunate result that sometimes their promises are just not possible to implement. It's just something we have to accept: politicians are going to lie, sometimes out of malice and sometimes out of ignorance; all we can do is be grateful that they only have 4 years to do any damage before they can be voted out.
It's worth noting that in Australia we do have the Govenor-General, who is representative of the Queen, and has the power in the last resort to dismiss the Prime Minister (which has only happened once).
They are using millions of Microsoft Access databases, linked to a few excel spreadsheets for reporting.
I don't know where you are getting your rules from. Here is the VicRoads page on roundabouts: Roundabouts
I see nothing about u-turns at roundabouts in there. I also checked the Road Safety Road Rules 2009 [PDF warning] Statutory Rule, and on page 132 it actually shows a diagram of a vehicle doing a u-turn at a roundabout to illustrate a legal manouvre.
I don't understand why you think turning right into a driveway and reversing back out is illegal either. What if you were turning into your friend's house, then immediately realised you forgot to bring a cake and decided to leave straight away? How long would you have to wait until it wasn't counted as a u-turn?
Frink: "N'hey hey! Ahem, n'hey.... So the compression and expansion of the longitudinal waves cause the erratic oscillation -- you can see it there -- of the neighbouring particles. Yes, what is it? What? What is it?"
Little Girl: "Can I play with it?"
Frink: "No, you can't play with it; you won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do.... Mm-hai bw-ha whoa-hoa. The colours, children! Mwa-ha-lee!"
So Toyota needs a semi-colonoscopy?
I took your challenge and went back to Germany in the 20's and said to some Germans: "Within 20 years, your country will elect one of the most intolerant demagogues in world history as dictator and begin systematically committing the genocide of a sizable portion of your population." Unfortunately none of them spoke English. So instead I said "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!" and they died of laughter! Oh, the fun you can have with time travel.
In Australia we have a number of speed bumps that have gaps in them. The gaps are far enough apart that emergency vehicles such as firetrucks can easily go past without being hindered, whereas ordinary cars must cross the bump with the wheels of at least one side. Sure, it won't slow down everybody, but it slows down most traffic.
The Portuguese system sounds great - it's instantaneous feedback which is much better for prevention. I've seen similar in Australia at times, usually in remote areas, they have a sign showing you your speed (and in one case they even showed a sad or smiley face depending on if you were going too fast!). After you've been driving for 2-3 hours at 100km/h and have to drop to 50km/h to go through a town, it's helpful to have a little feedback.
In Australia we have a lot of speed cameras which I imagine are much less effective because you don't find out you were caught speeding until a week or so later.
I was watching a documentary about an Aussie prison (I forget which one, it was somewhere in West Australia). One of the inmates was from the US, but for whatever reason was being allowed to serve his sentence in the Australian prison. He actually said that he has really good incentive to be a good inmate because if he does anything wrong he could get deported to serve out his sentence in an American prison, and the US prisons are apparently much much worse than the Australian ones. So there's a citation for you, a documentary that I can't remember the title of about a prison I can't remember the name of...
Actually, by it's very definition USA is a first world country. I quote: "The concept of the First World first originated during the Cold War, where it was used to describe countries that were aligned with the United States."
I always called them "Lego brand building blocks". As in, "Hey Timmy, want to come to my house after kindy to play with my Lego brand building blocks?". Timmy never came to my house though.
On an unrelated note, my father was a trademark lawyer.