The funny thing, of course, is that often enough if we're going to the same place they manage (over 5 miles or so) to get there and then get stuck at the same red light as me (a couple cars back).
Whenever this happens to me and I get near the tailgater at a red light, I point and laugh, for he has spent more fuel & brakes than me. Loser.
Whenever someone tailgates me in the right (slower) lane I cut my speed. Not by braking, thou. I do gearbox reduction just to make him panic.
I'm not sure about your locale, but in my country this is forbidden. Driving in reverse is limited to 15 meters or for small manouvers (such as parking, three-point turn, etc).
thank you, I saw this post from other angles, but couldn't see the street name from other angles. Makes me wonder if the driver's have any means to shut off the cameras in situations like this.
Not that simple, I believe. Impacted area increases in a quadratic manner (remember A = PI.r^2). It is very likely that the energy needed to blast that area/volume is on higher polynomial (ie, being a r^4 or r^5). Much like getting a spaceship near c, there is a point where energy requirements get prohibitive.
Unfortunately our potential has limitations. There is just so much energy we can extract from our environment (read: sun). Maybe our best shot is building something like a dyson killer star
Get your words right! A turing machine is a hypothetical computer theory device used in the basic definitions of computation and algorithm. The program you design is one designed to (attempt to) pass the turing test.
Yours Truly,
--
Comp. Sci. Nazi Association of America
ok, it was on a highway, but it is still not clear to me. Please tell me if my interpretation is correct:
While I was moving, I had to block traffic with my car so my parents and my stuff could move back over into the left lane. They (your parents?) passed a slow truck and everyone was so impatient to get around they just started squeezing by on the right until I got in their way.
So, your parents and the slow truck were on the right. Your parents changed to the passing lane, passed the slow truck and, before your parents could return to the slow lane, people started to squeeze their way between the truck and your parents, passing your parents thru the right lane. In this case, if your parents failed to..
turn their right-turn-sign on whilst passing the truck (to indicate they would return to the slow lane)
move to the right lane as soon as they clear the truck (given a safe distance, of course)
...they were wrong. If they did 1) and 2), the squeezing drivers were wrong.
Of course, it should be added that you should only move to the passing lane to pass another vehicle if no one is coming thru the passing lane to pass you. That's quite obvious.
Anyway, in my experience, most of the traffic violations and bad habits happen inside cities. In my city, if there is a 2-3 lane avenue, no parking, all clear ahead, ALL MORONS drive on the left lane. And then they complain when I flash my lights at them, asking for passage. Pisses me off.
So... you believe you are entitled to block a (presumably) no-parking-allowed lane just to move stuff? This sort of activity should be done in proper areas (places parking is allowed) or, if unavoidable, cleared by traffic authority and proper signage. It pisses me off when drivers think their hazard lights are a "do-whatever-you-want" card. If a vehicle is parked in a manner that causes trouble to traffic flow, it should be towed.
I see some imediate design errors that could be corrected without images or clumsy javascript, just css:
* text is too wide, 66 characters is said to be the ideal. At my resolution, I got lines with >150 chars, * some separation between each post would help, * some background color or border separating the menu and the header area from the body would help
I Am Not An Astronomer, but I'm not sure direct, linear comparisons are valid in the context of energy/radiation propagation in a 3d space. Could anyone enlighten me here?
The 700 mile SF to LA high speed rail route (conventional rail, not maglev) is estimated at $37B. LA to NY is about 4 times the distance, so figure around $150B to do the whole thing.
I haven't RTFA, but I believe only one species is to be targeted, namely the Aedis Egyptis. If you consider the large number of species of mosquitoes existing in any tropical forest, killing a single species doesn't sound like a big problem.
The idea is not eliminate all sorts of mosquitoes, but rather a single species, the Aedis Egyptis, which is the carrier/vector for the Dengue virus (bacteria? can't remember). IMO, In the context of the tropical forests, eliminating one species is hardly a problem, considering the mind-bogglingly large number of species on the same niche that will survive. It could become a problem, however, if somehow the virus adapts itself do be carried by another species.
am I the only one who finds the lack of "delete", "home", "insert", "end", "page up", "page down" in a keyboard extremely irritating? Or is it common in Macs and/or there is a more apple-ish way to achieve those commands?
Hmmm, and I thought cars were invented by zee Germans.
Digital computers were achieved by Germans and Americans sorta simultaneously in the heat of WWII, but the American ones obviously lived longer (which makes me wonder: did the Soviets invent their own computers during the cold war?).
The earliest incandescent light bulbs were done by brits, but weren't so efficient or practical. Edison took the fame for having the most refined solution and for good marketing, but Swan (British) had already commercialized some of his models.
Another thing Americans love to boast as being their own invention is the airplane. This is, guess what, disputed! (personally, I side for Alberto Santo Dummont's).
Please understand I don't claim the US hasn't contributed to the current technology. They did, a lot, in refining details and improving production techniques. The initial "breaktrough", however, is not reserved to Americans in all instances as some people seem to think.
Slashdot Mirror
besides, news (in this sense) is ALWAYS plural.
Whenever this happens to me and I get near the tailgater at a red light, I point and laugh, for he has spent more fuel & brakes than me. Loser.
Whenever someone tailgates me in the right (slower) lane I cut my speed. Not by braking, thou. I do gearbox reduction just to make him panic.
I'm not sure about your locale, but in my country this is forbidden. Driving in reverse is limited to 15 meters or for small manouvers (such as parking, three-point turn, etc).
thank you, I saw this post from other angles, but couldn't see the street name from other angles. Makes me wonder if the driver's have any means to shut off the cameras in situations like this.
are they visible in the photo sets? Can anyone provide a streetview link showing them?
ot: slashdot is getting so ridiculously ajaxy! the preview "loading" pane is pink!
But... is it a economically sustainable scenario? With no demand for food/anything production. What would people do?
Not that simple, I believe. Impacted area increases in a quadratic manner (remember A = PI.r^2). It is very likely that the energy needed to blast that area/volume is on higher polynomial (ie, being a r^4 or r^5). Much like getting a spaceship near c, there is a point where energy requirements get prohibitive.
Unfortunately our potential has limitations. There is just so much energy we can extract from our environment (read: sun). Maybe our best shot is building something like a dyson killer star
Get your words right! A turing machine is a hypothetical computer theory device used in the basic definitions of computation and algorithm. The program you design is one designed to (attempt to) pass the turing test. Yours Truly, -- Comp. Sci. Nazi Association of America
shareware != free
ok, it was on a highway, but it is still not clear to me. Please tell me if my interpretation is correct:
So, your parents and the slow truck were on the right. Your parents changed to the passing lane, passed the slow truck and, before your parents could return to the slow lane, people started to squeeze their way between the truck and your parents, passing your parents thru the right lane. In this case, if your parents failed to..
...they were wrong. If they did 1) and 2), the squeezing drivers were wrong.
Of course, it should be added that you should only move to the passing lane to pass another vehicle if no one is coming thru the passing lane to pass you. That's quite obvious.
Anyway, in my experience, most of the traffic violations and bad habits happen inside cities. In my city, if there is a 2-3 lane avenue, no parking, all clear ahead, ALL MORONS drive on the left lane. And then they complain when I flash my lights at them, asking for passage. Pisses me off.
So... you believe you are entitled to block a (presumably) no-parking-allowed lane just to move stuff? This sort of activity should be done in proper areas (places parking is allowed) or, if unavoidable, cleared by traffic authority and proper signage. It pisses me off when drivers think their hazard lights are a "do-whatever-you-want" card. If a vehicle is parked in a manner that causes trouble to traffic flow, it should be towed.
Taken from the web, eh? I hope they consider copyright issues then...
and, AFAIK, you may change your registration data at any time, effectively opting-out of a said church.
side question: is this system also in use for other religions (Islam, etc?)
Can an US citizen be denied entry in USA? Is this possible at all?
Yeah because, for some reason, NOT having tactile feedback is a good idea. See iPhone: perfect for typing long texts!
Yes, they're big, but I doubt they have so enough public-facing machines to justify that many adresses.
Funny noone mentioned yet: the map of the internet. Pardon my ignorange, but why can't we use some of those "green" blocks?
Oh, you're Danish? Don't worry then, even if you neighbor could intercept your calls, they wouldn't be able to understand the meaningless, gutural sounds to which Danish evolved.
I see some imediate design errors that could be corrected without images or clumsy javascript, just css:
* text is too wide, 66 characters is said to be the ideal. At my resolution, I got lines with >150 chars,
* some separation between each post would help,
* some background color or border separating the menu and the header area from the body would help
I Am Not An Astronomer, but I'm not sure direct, linear comparisons are valid in the context of energy/radiation propagation in a 3d space. Could anyone enlighten me here?
I haven't RTFA, but I believe only one species is to be targeted, namely the Aedis Egyptis. If you consider the large number of species of mosquitoes existing in any tropical forest, killing a single species doesn't sound like a big problem.
The idea is not eliminate all sorts of mosquitoes, but rather a single species, the Aedis Egyptis, which is the carrier/vector for the Dengue virus (bacteria? can't remember). IMO, In the context of the tropical forests, eliminating one species is hardly a problem, considering the mind-bogglingly large number of species on the same niche that will survive. It could become a problem, however, if somehow the virus adapts itself do be carried by another species.
great vid! The water droplets part was amazing!
am I the only one who finds the lack of "delete", "home", "insert", "end", "page up", "page down" in a keyboard extremely irritating? Or is it common in Macs and/or there is a more apple-ish way to achieve those commands?
Hmmm, and I thought cars were invented by zee Germans.
Digital computers were achieved by Germans and Americans sorta simultaneously in the heat of WWII, but the American ones obviously lived longer (which makes me wonder: did the Soviets invent their own computers during the cold war?).
The earliest incandescent light bulbs were done by brits, but weren't so efficient or practical. Edison took the fame for having the most refined solution and for good marketing, but Swan (British) had already commercialized some of his models.
Telephone invention is widely disputed
Another thing Americans love to boast as being their own invention is the airplane. This is, guess what, disputed! (personally, I side for Alberto Santo Dummont's).
Please understand I don't claim the US hasn't contributed to the current technology. They did, a lot, in refining details and improving production techniques. The initial "breaktrough", however, is not reserved to Americans in all instances as some people seem to think.