Her story doesn't line up with the surveillance video that the TSA released. She claims that she was the only person picked to be body scanned when she clearly isn't. There is a steady stream of people going through the scanner the whole time. In addition to that she claims she wasn't allowed to wipe her face when you can see the TSA agent give her a towel of some sort which she then uses.
Don't do it unless you've played it first. The balance board is a really fun control scheme, but I find that the game is very tedious since most of the runs are very short. You end up messing around in the menu more than actually snowboarding.
That's really more of a function of the owner and where they use it.
I took my laptop to Iraq. While I was there I had to replace the dvd drive twice. I assume because of dust issues, but I never bothered to find out that conclusively. The last one I installed was a slot loader and I'd recommend that.
I didn't have much of a problem with the fans, but I'd recommend something without fans on the bottom. Dust tends to settle on tables and the fans just suck it up.
The power brick broke once while I was there and once shortly after I got back. It was running on generator power and the generator had a lot of problems, so if I had to give a cause it would be dirty power and extreme temperature cycling. The room temperature varied between 120F and 60F throughout the day.
For what it's worth I was using an emachines M6809. Nobody I know actually lost a laptop to anything other than a broken screen.
Sometimes I should remind myself to think more before I post. My idea does nothing to cover a pedestrian hit by an uninsured motorist. I guess that's why nobody asks my opinion when they're thinking up grand schemes.
The way the insurance system works currently is incredibly convoluted. It seems like it would be a better idea to move to an at-your-own-risk sort of system.
If everyone's insurance only covered their own vehicle (and whatever they hit if the collision wasn't with another vehicle) then the uninsured motorist problem becomes a non-issue. People without insurance would be out of luck in the event of a collision, but that's the risk they took.
Gone would be the days of dealing with someone else's insurance company or massive lawsuits when the person who hit you didn't have insurance. Motorists would only have to cover their own ass, not everyone else's.
Come on. Do you really think this is a useful idea? That it will ever be more than an arbitrary patent? I seriously doubt the system is designed with any sort of real life limitations in mind. Typical concept whore "Oh shit, that's a good idea" attitude.
My point was that the "Keep It Simple Stupid" rule still applies. I've seen people get blown up by their own bomb they were trying to plant. Not a suicide bombing, just a big fuck-up.
It's far less complicated to just keep an eye on the bomb and detonate manually. You can avoid killing the locals even better that way because barring a malfunction you have complete control. Also, with manual detonation if someone finds it you just blow it up.
Sure, the RFID enabled mine could probably be considered a terrorist's wet dream. Think about it for a bit though.
It's going to need to be inconspicuous and run off of battery power. Because of these requirements the antenna is going to be less than optimal and it won't have much power at its disposal. If you compensate and let it draw lots of power it won't have much run time.
It's also going to need a logic package to analyze the signal it's getting back from the tags and determine if the situation is explosion worthy. This also needs power, further decreasing the run time.
You will never get the components back in the event of a successful detonation, so there's the cost factor of the ingredients. Every time one is used that's going to be a few hundred dollars of equipment going with it.
Basically, it would be way easier to keep using the current method with human observation. The RFID bomb is too impractical.
It's just one of the crazy rules of war. You're not supposed to shoot anyone who is incapacitated or tending to the wounded. In the same line of conduct medics are not supposed to fire at the enemy. Of course this isn't always followed, but it's sort of a courtesy thing.
After all, medical personnel are supposed to attend to both friendly and enemy wounded. I've seen it in practice and I must say I respect them highly for it.
I've been there, and we didn't pre-apply them. We did each carry one in our cargo pocket though. You're partially right about the "sacrifice a limb..." thing, but if properly monitored a tourniquet isn't necessarily the end of your limb. It is, however, a last resort.
I can assure you that the general state of mind is not quite as somber as you would assume. Perhaps it's repression of the situation or just plain brain washed insanity, but we were always quite jovial until the shit started flying.
It currently costs over $400k per death considering the insurance and other death benefits. They don't pay nearly that much for post-separation education. Add to that the cost of training a replacement and you can rest assured that it's quite a hit to the pocketbook when someone dies.
I'd place the price tag of losing a soldier somewhere between $600,000-$800,000 depending on rank and job.
They have to tell everyone it was a parody because they wanted one so bad that they spent an hour looking for it in the apple store. They're doing other idiots like themselves a favor because everyone who reads their comment will then only have to spend 20 minutes searching for the item before they believe it was fake.
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Actually I'm in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Interestingly enough my city has its own fiber to the home setup. It's astonishingly cheap, reliable, and fast.
I have a 10Mbps symmetrical internet connection and phone for less than 50 dollars a month. The best part of course is that I get the speed I pay for.
I do have a 1 terrabit cap, but no mention is made of what happens if I go over it.
Her story doesn't line up with the surveillance video that the TSA released. She claims that she was the only person picked to be body scanned when she clearly isn't. There is a steady stream of people going through the scanner the whole time. In addition to that she claims she wasn't allowed to wipe her face when you can see the TSA agent give her a towel of some sort which she then uses.
http://wewontfly.com/tsa-videos-meg-mclain
Yes.
No Mr. Tide. They expect you to die!
Don't do it unless you've played it first. The balance board is a really fun control scheme, but I find that the game is very tedious since most of the runs are very short. You end up messing around in the menu more than actually snowboarding.
That's really more of a function of the owner and where they use it.
I took my laptop to Iraq. While I was there I had to replace the dvd drive twice. I assume because of dust issues, but I never bothered to find out that conclusively. The last one I installed was a slot loader and I'd recommend that.
I didn't have much of a problem with the fans, but I'd recommend something without fans on the bottom. Dust tends to settle on tables and the fans just suck it up.
The power brick broke once while I was there and once shortly after I got back. It was running on generator power and the generator had a lot of problems, so if I had to give a cause it would be dirty power and extreme temperature cycling. The room temperature varied between 120F and 60F throughout the day.
For what it's worth I was using an emachines M6809. Nobody I know actually lost a laptop to anything other than a broken screen.
I'm too scared to be unidentified.
I think this is pretty funny and hope it stays around.
Thank god it was patented. The copyright would still be going strong.
I'd argue that it's worked equally well for Warhammer Online. Since it's basically a palette swap of World of Warcraft.
Of course that's not what they want. They want to get paid for their content while receiving free publicity without hosting costs.
These people expect to get paid for what should be a hobby while the majority of other people have to shell out money for theirs.
Sometimes I should remind myself to think more before I post. My idea does nothing to cover a pedestrian hit by an uninsured motorist. I guess that's why nobody asks my opinion when they're thinking up grand schemes.
The way the insurance system works currently is incredibly convoluted. It seems like it would be a better idea to move to an at-your-own-risk sort of system.
If everyone's insurance only covered their own vehicle (and whatever they hit if the collision wasn't with another vehicle) then the uninsured motorist problem becomes a non-issue. People without insurance would be out of luck in the event of a collision, but that's the risk they took.
Gone would be the days of dealing with someone else's insurance company or massive lawsuits when the person who hit you didn't have insurance. Motorists would only have to cover their own ass, not everyone else's.
I don't understand the problem even with perpetual rights to the creative works you post. A few questions come to mind:
1. Why post them in the first place?
2. If they're photos, why does the horrible quality image that they offer even matter?
3. What else is there if it isn't photos?
Mostly because the people up in arms about it have no idea what a backup is.
Someone told them the new TOS was bad and they jumped on the bandwagon. I doubt many of them ever read the old one or the new one.
Come on. Do you really think this is a useful idea? That it will ever be more than an arbitrary patent? I seriously doubt the system is designed with any sort of real life limitations in mind. Typical concept whore "Oh shit, that's a good idea" attitude.
My point was that the "Keep It Simple Stupid" rule still applies. I've seen people get blown up by their own bomb they were trying to plant. Not a suicide bombing, just a big fuck-up.
It's far less complicated to just keep an eye on the bomb and detonate manually. You can avoid killing the locals even better that way because barring a malfunction you have complete control. Also, with manual detonation if someone finds it you just blow it up.
Wait till you hear that part of it is called the "Death Gratuity"
Sure, the RFID enabled mine could probably be considered a terrorist's wet dream. Think about it for a bit though.
It's going to need to be inconspicuous and run off of battery power. Because of these requirements the antenna is going to be less than optimal and it won't have much power at its disposal. If you compensate and let it draw lots of power it won't have much run time.
It's also going to need a logic package to analyze the signal it's getting back from the tags and determine if the situation is explosion worthy. This also needs power, further decreasing the run time.
You will never get the components back in the event of a successful detonation, so there's the cost factor of the ingredients. Every time one is used that's going to be a few hundred dollars of equipment going with it.
Basically, it would be way easier to keep using the current method with human observation. The RFID bomb is too impractical.
It's just one of the crazy rules of war. You're not supposed to shoot anyone who is incapacitated or tending to the wounded. In the same line of conduct medics are not supposed to fire at the enemy. Of course this isn't always followed, but it's sort of a courtesy thing.
After all, medical personnel are supposed to attend to both friendly and enemy wounded. I've seen it in practice and I must say I respect them highly for it.
I've been there, and we didn't pre-apply them. We did each carry one in our cargo pocket though. You're partially right about the "sacrifice a limb..." thing, but if properly monitored a tourniquet isn't necessarily the end of your limb. It is, however, a last resort.
I can assure you that the general state of mind is not quite as somber as you would assume. Perhaps it's repression of the situation or just plain brain washed insanity, but we were always quite jovial until the shit started flying.
That's what you think.
It currently costs over $400k per death considering the insurance and other death benefits. They don't pay nearly that much for post-separation education. Add to that the cost of training a replacement and you can rest assured that it's quite a hit to the pocketbook when someone dies.
I'd place the price tag of losing a soldier somewhere between $600,000-$800,000 depending on rank and job.
They have to tell everyone it was a parody because they wanted one so bad that they spent an hour looking for it in the apple store. They're doing other idiots like themselves a favor because everyone who reads their comment will then only have to spend 20 minutes searching for the item before they believe it was fake.
His name is Henry Paulson.