Print Screen is actually useful; in Windows it copies the current screen or window to the clipboard, which is useful for people writing manuals.
In 32 years of writing software, I don't recall ever using the Scroll Lock or Break key for anything... and I'm not really sure what they are supposed to do. I think Break was supposed to used with modems; not much call for that anymore.
I have a different (possibly more stupid) question: why are computer numeric keypads and phone keypads reversed from each other? This gets even worse when entering your pin for a bank; I've seen both layouts used by banks.
I think the answer is, "That's the way we've always done it!" Somebody made an arbitrary and capricious decision many years ago, and nobody has had the wherewithall to change it.
Another "standard" that bothers me: In the transition to digital video, they had the chance to do away with the PAL/NTSC dual-standard nonsense... but they still chose to support both 50 and 60 FPS video?!? As I understand, even 4K video comes in both 50 and 60 frames per second variety, because obviously we still need to synchronize our video to our AC line current...
The flaws in height-based segmentation of airspace are obvious: you've got to cross through the lower, unregulated height zones to get to the other zones!
What zones to they recommend reserving for pistol-equipped drones?
They are already talking about running massive data servers entirely in flash: https://newsoffice.mit.edu/201...
I'm thinking using this instead would be an obvious improvement. Of course, that assumes they actually deliver decent price-per-byte of memory. You'll probably see this first in massive NSA data farms... or rather, it will probably be used in them, and nobody will tell you about it, so you won't see it at all.
Magnetic memory (the re-invention of core memory with much higher density) has already been done. I believe the advantage was non-volatility, just like magnetic core memory.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
Since it is trivial to convert Fahrenheit to Celcius or Kelvin (just type in into Google, duh!) I don't think it really matters what units are used, as long as they are clearly labeled.
Magnetic containment vessels, just like they use for fusion reactors? Not sure about the vacuum requirements, but I agree, manufacturing anything with this alloy would be ridiculously expensive, perhaps even more expensive than using diamond vapor deposition.
Is this kind of liking finding an acid that will dissolve any substance -- what do you store it in?
Exactly what do you use as a cauldron for forging parts with the substance with the highest melting point ever? (Yeah, probably magnetic containment.)
Regardless, it seems rather difficult to make anything out of this stuff; if it was easy, they have produced a working sample, instead of a theoretical substance based on a computer simulation.
You don't need a prosecutor or DA to file a civil suite for libel and restraint of trade. All you need is lawyers, and I'm pretty sure Google has a lot of those.
Hmm... if the watch could keep track of where you are and turn lights and climate control on and off as you enter and leave rooms, that might be a killer app. (Hue controls lights, right?)
The Samsung Gear S watch actually does this, it has it's own cellular/data service, so you can use it independent of a phone. However, I have one (got it for exercising), and I almost never use it.
A Dick Track watch is a cool thing for communication, but yes, I can't think of too many apps that would do as well on a tiny watch screen as they would on a larger phone screen. Maybe with and external controller, you could do some decent games. The only apps it makes sense to do on a watch are already supplied by Apple: navigation, phone, facetime? Hmm... actually, a watch might make a decent universal remote control, if it had an infrared transmitter, which I don't believe the Apple watch does. My watch has a built-in cell phone, but I still never use it.
Sure, you can be sued for violating the copyright on your own creation. John Fogerty was, in one of the most egregious misuses of copyright law to date: http://mentalfloss.com/article...
Yeah, John Fogerty got sued for writing a song that sounded too much like a John Forgerty song. Go figure...
Gays and lesbians frequently do have babies, I think what you mean to say is that the incidence of _unintended_ pregnancy is very low for gays and lesbians. This is what I regard as the only tangible difference between homo and hetero couples.
Churches DO approve of sex, but only if it is done expressly for the creation of more tithers. The Catholic Church appears to have always preferred quantity of life over quality of life. They took over 300 years to "forgive" Galileo, so I doubt of they will be changing their stance on creating as many Catholic baptized babies as humanly possible any time in the near future. Homosexuality has traditionally been discouraged precisely because it lowers the birth rate; see the history of Sparta as a case in point.
The problem is that there is crossover between the religious tradition of marriage and the legal status of marriage. My recommendation would be to make the two completely independent, thus finally achieving the ideal of separation of church and state. Churches have the right to not consecrate unions they disapprove of, for whatever reasons. But the state should not be allowed to discriminate, especially when that discrimination is based on religious mythology, not scientific evidence.
Refusing to grant same-sex couples the same legal status as other couples is blatant discrimination against the children of same-sex couples, of which their are many, regardless of whether or not you consider them "natural". Eliminating this discrimination is a fundamental civil rights issue. Yes, we probably should have a discussion regarding whether or not all the legal advantages conferred with the legal status of marriage are appropriate, but it appears obvious that you can't grant rights to some families while denying those same rights to other families -- that flies against the basic principles upon which our nation (USA) was founded. Is Ireland different? There the state has traditionally deferred to the church in ways that make uncomfortable those of us that believe in the principle of separation of church and state, but I believe the same civil rights arguments apply universally.
Which points out a basic flaw of the system: taxpayers are punished for the law enforcement officer's failure to follow the rules, and the law enforcement officers themselves are apparently not held accountable for their own actions. Granted, people would be reluctant to work as police if they could be held personally responsible for any damage they cause, but couldn't we strike a better balance? Doctors are required to pay exorbitant sums for insurance to cover their mistakes, but police are bailed out by the state even in blatant cases of willful misconduct... something doesn't sound right about that. The advantage of making cops self-insured would be that eventually bad cops would find it too expensive to continue in that field, as their insurance rates would skyrocket after multiple claims.
My high school English teacher recommended we watch "I, Claudius" to learn about Roman history. It was on PBS, and shockingly to me at the time, contained a significant amount of bare breasts. The real irony was that my high school English teacher was a fairly conservative Catholic Nun!
Cosmo? I've seen images in Cosmo that I consider pornographic, although it does contain mostly glamour shots to break down women's self image so that they'll buy more stuff they don't need... and that, my friends, is truly obscene!
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Print Screen is actually useful; in Windows it copies the current screen or window to the clipboard, which is useful for people writing manuals. In 32 years of writing software, I don't recall ever using the Scroll Lock or Break key for anything... and I'm not really sure what they are supposed to do. I think Break was supposed to used with modems; not much call for that anymore.
I have a different (possibly more stupid) question: why are computer numeric keypads and phone keypads reversed from each other? This gets even worse when entering your pin for a bank; I've seen both layouts used by banks. I think the answer is, "That's the way we've always done it!" Somebody made an arbitrary and capricious decision many years ago, and nobody has had the wherewithall to change it. Another "standard" that bothers me: In the transition to digital video, they had the chance to do away with the PAL/NTSC dual-standard nonsense... but they still chose to support both 50 and 60 FPS video?!? As I understand, even 4K video comes in both 50 and 60 frames per second variety, because obviously we still need to synchronize our video to our AC line current...
The flaws in height-based segmentation of airspace are obvious: you've got to cross through the lower, unregulated height zones to get to the other zones! What zones to they recommend reserving for pistol-equipped drones?
They are already talking about running massive data servers entirely in flash: https://newsoffice.mit.edu/201... I'm thinking using this instead would be an obvious improvement. Of course, that assumes they actually deliver decent price-per-byte of memory. You'll probably see this first in massive NSA data farms... or rather, it will probably be used in them, and nobody will tell you about it, so you won't see it at all.
Hey! I've still got a half-dozen boxes with IDE-only disks! (Would you like one? I'm willing to part with them for cheap!)
Magnetic memory (the re-invention of core memory with much higher density) has already been done. I believe the advantage was non-volatility, just like magnetic core memory. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
Since it is trivial to convert Fahrenheit to Celcius or Kelvin (just type in into Google, duh!) I don't think it really matters what units are used, as long as they are clearly labeled.
Magnetic containment vessels, just like they use for fusion reactors? Not sure about the vacuum requirements, but I agree, manufacturing anything with this alloy would be ridiculously expensive, perhaps even more expensive than using diamond vapor deposition.
"Nowhere near an engineer"... so, you're riding in the caboose, then?
Is this kind of liking finding an acid that will dissolve any substance -- what do you store it in? Exactly what do you use as a cauldron for forging parts with the substance with the highest melting point ever? (Yeah, probably magnetic containment.) Regardless, it seems rather difficult to make anything out of this stuff; if it was easy, they have produced a working sample, instead of a theoretical substance based on a computer simulation.
You don't need a prosecutor or DA to file a civil suite for libel and restraint of trade. All you need is lawyers, and I'm pretty sure Google has a lot of those.
I'm pretty sure "hipsters" was exactly the target market Apple was aiming for with the Apple watch...
Hmm... if the watch could keep track of where you are and turn lights and climate control on and off as you enter and leave rooms, that might be a killer app. (Hue controls lights, right?)
The Samsung Gear S watch actually does this, it has it's own cellular/data service, so you can use it independent of a phone. However, I have one (got it for exercising), and I almost never use it.
A Dick Track watch is a cool thing for communication, but yes, I can't think of too many apps that would do as well on a tiny watch screen as they would on a larger phone screen. Maybe with and external controller, you could do some decent games. The only apps it makes sense to do on a watch are already supplied by Apple: navigation, phone, facetime? Hmm... actually, a watch might make a decent universal remote control, if it had an infrared transmitter, which I don't believe the Apple watch does. My watch has a built-in cell phone, but I still never use it.
Sure, you can be sued for violating the copyright on your own creation. John Fogerty was, in one of the most egregious misuses of copyright law to date: http://mentalfloss.com/article... Yeah, John Fogerty got sued for writing a song that sounded too much like a John Forgerty song. Go figure...
Gays and lesbians frequently do have babies, I think what you mean to say is that the incidence of _unintended_ pregnancy is very low for gays and lesbians. This is what I regard as the only tangible difference between homo and hetero couples.
Churches DO approve of sex, but only if it is done expressly for the creation of more tithers. The Catholic Church appears to have always preferred quantity of life over quality of life. They took over 300 years to "forgive" Galileo, so I doubt of they will be changing their stance on creating as many Catholic baptized babies as humanly possible any time in the near future. Homosexuality has traditionally been discouraged precisely because it lowers the birth rate; see the history of Sparta as a case in point.
The problem is that there is crossover between the religious tradition of marriage and the legal status of marriage. My recommendation would be to make the two completely independent, thus finally achieving the ideal of separation of church and state. Churches have the right to not consecrate unions they disapprove of, for whatever reasons. But the state should not be allowed to discriminate, especially when that discrimination is based on religious mythology, not scientific evidence.
Refusing to grant same-sex couples the same legal status as other couples is blatant discrimination against the children of same-sex couples, of which their are many, regardless of whether or not you consider them "natural". Eliminating this discrimination is a fundamental civil rights issue. Yes, we probably should have a discussion regarding whether or not all the legal advantages conferred with the legal status of marriage are appropriate, but it appears obvious that you can't grant rights to some families while denying those same rights to other families -- that flies against the basic principles upon which our nation (USA) was founded. Is Ireland different? There the state has traditionally deferred to the church in ways that make uncomfortable those of us that believe in the principle of separation of church and state, but I believe the same civil rights arguments apply universally.
So Gerald Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzgerald can now finally get married? They don't call them "Gaelics" for nothing!
Which points out a basic flaw of the system: taxpayers are punished for the law enforcement officer's failure to follow the rules, and the law enforcement officers themselves are apparently not held accountable for their own actions. Granted, people would be reluctant to work as police if they could be held personally responsible for any damage they cause, but couldn't we strike a better balance? Doctors are required to pay exorbitant sums for insurance to cover their mistakes, but police are bailed out by the state even in blatant cases of willful misconduct... something doesn't sound right about that. The advantage of making cops self-insured would be that eventually bad cops would find it too expensive to continue in that field, as their insurance rates would skyrocket after multiple claims.
I'm sure I'm just walking into this one, but... what's Uranus named after?
My high school English teacher recommended we watch "I, Claudius" to learn about Roman history. It was on PBS, and shockingly to me at the time, contained a significant amount of bare breasts. The real irony was that my high school English teacher was a fairly conservative Catholic Nun!
Cosmo? I've seen images in Cosmo that I consider pornographic, although it does contain mostly glamour shots to break down women's self image so that they'll buy more stuff they don't need... and that, my friends, is truly obscene!