That's interesting. I guess I've never searched for "how to make a suicide vest" on YouTube, so I have no basis for how much/little of this stuff was on their site. It's sad that there should have to be such a policy change to keep this type of stuff relegated to the "darker corners", but if what you say is true, I guess it wasn't an obvious requirement to Google or YouTube.
Is this really necessary? I mean, prior to this recommendation, was Google/YouTube receptive to "terrorist" or "extremist" videos being posted on their site? I'm all for trying to keep that kind of trash off the internet where one can (and with proper controls so the process doesn't get abused and applied to things other than "terrorist" threats) but this just sounds kind of like a silly policy that states the obvious. Just sounds like some politicking to me. Not to mention the fact that there are so many other places that this stuff lurks, I'm not sure how significant this would be.
I agree. Plus, even though they mention the Rittal units, no one seems to be able to answer how the water cooled units plan for redundancy. It might not be pretty, but at least in a "traditional" raised floor/forced air solution, you can deploy spot coolers and/or fans as you need to mitigate an outage or allow for maintenance. What do you do when you burst a cooling water pipe as it distributes to a row of equipment?
We are at war, but it isn't national war, like Britain(1812), WWI, II, Korea, Vietnam....I'll agree, that we have our troops in places they shouldn't be. But to call it a "war" is nothing more than trying to make a stupid point that doesn't exist
See? Even in your own post, you prove my point that to argue semantics based on whether or not we are at war kind of misses the point. I agree with you that Bush and Co. have us technically at war with an ideology (terror) as ludicrous as that is, and that this is an unwinnable war if for no other reason than there is an endless supply of people/groups to name "terrorists". I also agree that this was foolish, short-sighted and doesn't make any sense. In spite of the technicalities, we are, in essence at war and are spending enormous amounts of money, energy, and lives for good reason.
I'm a little more in the center, so I'll also agree with you that we cannot win any of the wars you mentioned because they are wars on ideologies that are largely subjective. But come on, man, ease off the "we're not at war" stuff. It just ends up sounding like a red herring.
What two wars are we fighting? I don't see any declared hostility with any nation
Are you serious? Are you trying to imply that because there hasn't been a technical, formal declaration incorporating the word war that we're supposed to believe you have no awareness of the War in Afghanistan or the War in Iraq?
I agree there is far too much devisiveness and name calling when it comes to the 2 "sides", but to pretend there aren't any wars going on is just...well...stupid.
The parent was making a claim that sounded as though a landlord may refuse ANY type of satellite installation, and I am arguing that this is not true. While your point that a renter cannot install a satellite dish in the common areas of a building is true, it's not the point I was making. I was trying to clear up the misconception that the FCC has NO involvement in the laws regarding this issue.
I thought the same thing. You could understand if the guy had a souvlaki, well he could put an eye out, but how much damage can one do with a pastry? Thank goodness he wasn't packing any tzatziki, imagine the horror.
Just remember that C.O.P. is a very important factor here. Refrigerants aren't just chosen for the temperature drop they can produce, but for the overall volume of heat they can transfer and at what rates they can transfer that heat. True enough, a Condenser Water Loop on a Water Source Heat Pump system might only experience a +/- 10F fluctuation, but it is the volume of heat (in BTUs) that is probably more significant. This is why you need make up water in the cooling tower(s).
OK, no one likes programming in COBOL, but to argue that these systems can't be updated because the language is obsolete is just an all out lie. Plenty of major corporations still use COBOL/CICS because it just works.
If (as someone above stated) a programmer is required to update what should undoubtedly be database fields containing salary information, then it sounds like a problem of implementation, and not one of technology/language of choice.
1. OK, I missed the subtle "jab" at the KJV Only types, as I misinterpreted your statement. Given that you were responding to someone who was taking issue with the KJV Only types, it sounded as if your statement was a rebuttal.
2. I certainly don't think I'm the ONLY person to have ever suggested that KJV could have and did influence the translation. While I agree, it is quite difficult to unearth ANY scholarly work on the topic at all (other than re-interpretations of what has already been done) let alone documentation of the various changes/influence, I still don't think the idea is out of this world. I guess I can't understand why someone would find it implausible that King James I, who essentially thought that he, as King of England should also be head of the Church (and thus semi-divine), along with his "Chief Overseer" Archbishop Richard Bancroft who had an uncanny ability to rise through the ranks of the church and gain significant power/influence might have had vested interests in shaping how words/passages were interpreted. There are plenty of others who have researched this history and found it to be...well...suspect at the very best.
In short, ANY time there is a fundamentalist agenda (regardless of religious, social, governmental, etc) you can bet your ass that someone is shaping things to his/her favor in one way or another. I hate to be the wet blanket on the fire, but claiming that there is little room for argument as to the "authenticity" of the KJV (or really any version of what was an oral tradition for hundreds of years) is ridiculous. It's immaterial in the sense that it's up to the individual to decide what moves him/her spiritually, but to try to corroborate one's faith through "official" documents is probably missing the point.
That's fine, but you can understand how a lot of people might not think too highly of King James. When you read about his life and consider the implications of relying on a "translation" that was written at the direction of a man who believed that, as a king, he had divine capabilities, it's not exactly a huge mental leap to reach a place of significant distrust in the "translation's" accuracy.
Once you climb up towards management, hourly pay generally is no longer an option
That's exactly right. Once you progress to a certain "altitude", you have to stop thinking about your salary in terms of what you're being paid by the hour, and start thinking in terms of what you're being paid by what you're getting accomplished. I know, it sounds like some of that "Who moved my cheese" crap, but it's true. It also works both ways. That is, if you can get it done in 32 hours a week (or working remotely) no problem.
Sometimes you'll have to work harder/longer, other times you'll be able to get things accomplished quicker than you expected. All that combined with good compensation negotiation, and you'll be fine.
Well crap! That's what I get for reading too quickly before jumping on my manual-transmission-soapbox. Thanks for the well deserved re-direct (and apologies to Profplump for the friendly fire).
There are legitimate reasons you might not want an automatic transmission -- you might like the additional control, better fuel economy, improved failure modes, etc. According to this and many other things I've read it would seem you are incorrect. Furthermore, as an owner of a standard transmission vehicle, I would say that a driver is MUCH more in control of a standard transmission vehicle than an automatic (particularly in rain/snow/ice). So if you want to be impressed with yourself that you can afford (and for some reason are willing to spend extra money for) an automatic transmission, go right ahead, but please spare us your "facts" supporting your decision.
You could also drop that down by half most of the year if you use the cooling towers as dry coolers at night. Small nitpick here, you mean Water-Side Economizer, not dry cooler. There is no way to use a cooling tower as a dry cooler since the condenser water is exposed to the atmosphere and thus subject to evaporation. A dry cooler, on the other hand, circulates a fluid through sealed coils which in turn have air forced across them to encourage heat exchange. The ability to use a water-side economizer would definitely be dependent on outdoor temperature.
he generator test failed and the operators didn't notice they had no power until the UPS died 15 minutes later...We've since made a big push to improve the UPS and reduce the number of physical servers in the data center Might I suggest you replace your Engineering Staff as well? If your "operators" didn't notice their generator wasn't online and that you were on batteries, they have no business being anywhere near a data center.
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Makes me wonder if they both like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
That's interesting. I guess I've never searched for "how to make a suicide vest" on YouTube, so I have no basis for how much/little of this stuff was on their site. It's sad that there should have to be such a policy change to keep this type of stuff relegated to the "darker corners", but if what you say is true, I guess it wasn't an obvious requirement to Google or YouTube.
Is this really necessary? I mean, prior to this recommendation, was Google/YouTube receptive to "terrorist" or "extremist" videos being posted on their site? I'm all for trying to keep that kind of trash off the internet where one can (and with proper controls so the process doesn't get abused and applied to things other than "terrorist" threats) but this just sounds kind of like a silly policy that states the obvious. Just sounds like some politicking to me. Not to mention the fact that there are so many other places that this stuff lurks, I'm not sure how significant this would be.
I agree. Plus, even though they mention the Rittal units, no one seems to be able to answer how the water cooled units plan for redundancy. It might not be pretty, but at least in a "traditional" raised floor/forced air solution, you can deploy spot coolers and/or fans as you need to mitigate an outage or allow for maintenance. What do you do when you burst a cooling water pipe as it distributes to a row of equipment?
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".
in essence at war and are spending enormous amounts of money, energy, and lives for no good reason.
Sorry, left out a very key word there (emphasis mine)
We are at war, but it isn't national war, like Britain(1812), WWI, II, Korea, Vietnam ....I'll agree, that we have our troops in places they shouldn't be. But to call it a "war" is nothing more than trying to make a stupid point that doesn't exist
See? Even in your own post, you prove my point that to argue semantics based on whether or not we are at war kind of misses the point. I agree with you that Bush and Co. have us technically at war with an ideology (terror) as ludicrous as that is, and that this is an unwinnable war if for no other reason than there is an endless supply of people/groups to name "terrorists". I also agree that this was foolish, short-sighted and doesn't make any sense. In spite of the technicalities, we are, in essence at war and are spending enormous amounts of money, energy, and lives for good reason.
I'm a little more in the center, so I'll also agree with you that we cannot win any of the wars you mentioned because they are wars on ideologies that are largely subjective. But come on, man, ease off the "we're not at war" stuff. It just ends up sounding like a red herring.
What two wars are we fighting? I don't see any declared hostility with any nation
Are you serious? Are you trying to imply that because there hasn't been a technical, formal declaration incorporating the word war that we're supposed to believe you have no awareness of the War in Afghanistan or the War in Iraq?
I agree there is far too much devisiveness and name calling when it comes to the 2 "sides", but to pretend there aren't any wars going on is just...well...stupid.
The parent was making a claim that sounded as though a landlord may refuse ANY type of satellite installation, and I am arguing that this is not true. While your point that a renter cannot install a satellite dish in the common areas of a building is true, it's not the point I was making. I was trying to clear up the misconception that the FCC has NO involvement in the laws regarding this issue.
The FCC can not tell a property owner he or she must allow an antenna
I don't think that's true. This seems pretty clear.
I thought the same thing. You could understand if the guy had a souvlaki, well he could put an eye out, but how much damage can one do with a pastry? Thank goodness he wasn't packing any tzatziki, imagine the horror.
good will doesn't accept ANY electronics items other than printers, and software
Not true. According to this they'll take computers (and even help you clean them up).
Just remember that C.O.P. is a very important factor here. Refrigerants aren't just chosen for the temperature drop they can produce, but for the overall volume of heat they can transfer and at what rates they can transfer that heat. True enough, a Condenser Water Loop on a Water Source Heat Pump system might only experience a +/- 10F fluctuation, but it is the volume of heat (in BTUs) that is probably more significant. This is why you need make up water in the cooling tower(s).
OK, no one likes programming in COBOL, but to argue that these systems can't be updated because the language is obsolete is just an all out lie. Plenty of major corporations still use COBOL/CICS because it just works.
If (as someone above stated) a programmer is required to update what should undoubtedly be database fields containing salary information, then it sounds like a problem of implementation, and not one of technology/language of choice.
Uh, two problems.
1. OK, I missed the subtle "jab" at the KJV Only types, as I misinterpreted your statement. Given that you were responding to someone who was taking issue with the KJV Only types, it sounded as if your statement was a rebuttal.
2. I certainly don't think I'm the ONLY person to have ever suggested that KJV could have and did influence the translation. While I agree, it is quite difficult to unearth ANY scholarly work on the topic at all (other than re-interpretations of what has already been done) let alone documentation of the various changes/influence, I still don't think the idea is out of this world. I guess I can't understand why someone would find it implausible that King James I, who essentially thought that he, as King of England should also be head of the Church (and thus semi-divine), along with his "Chief Overseer" Archbishop Richard Bancroft who had an uncanny ability to rise through the ranks of the church and gain significant power/influence might have had vested interests in shaping how words/passages were interpreted. There are plenty of others who have researched this history and found it to be...well...suspect at the very best.
In short, ANY time there is a fundamentalist agenda (regardless of religious, social, governmental, etc) you can bet your ass that someone is shaping things to his/her favor in one way or another. I hate to be the wet blanket on the fire, but claiming that there is little room for argument as to the "authenticity" of the KJV (or really any version of what was an oral tradition for hundreds of years) is ridiculous. It's immaterial in the sense that it's up to the individual to decide what moves him/her spiritually, but to try to corroborate one's faith through "official" documents is probably missing the point.
That's fine, but you can understand how a lot of people might not think too highly of King James. When you read about his life and consider the implications of relying on a "translation" that was written at the direction of a man who believed that, as a king, he had divine capabilities, it's not exactly a huge mental leap to reach a place of significant distrust in the "translation's" accuracy.
Well it is a GOLDEN opportunity.
For the uninitiated
God I miss that show. "Hello cheese? No! Cheese can't answer the phone"...classic.
Once you climb up towards management, hourly pay generally is no longer an option
That's exactly right. Once you progress to a certain "altitude", you have to stop thinking about your salary in terms of what you're being paid by the hour, and start thinking in terms of what you're being paid by what you're getting accomplished. I know, it sounds like some of that "Who moved my cheese" crap, but it's true. It also works both ways. That is, if you can get it done in 32 hours a week (or working remotely) no problem.
Sometimes you'll have to work harder/longer, other times you'll be able to get things accomplished quicker than you expected. All that combined with good compensation negotiation, and you'll be fine.
Hi Marcus. I have a Snicker's and some new pens for your crazy pocket.
True, Cb is good, but D minor is the best, as we all know it is the saddest of all keys.
Well crap! That's what I get for reading too quickly before jumping on my manual-transmission-soapbox. Thanks for the well deserved re-direct (and apologies to Profplump for the friendly fire).
According to this and many other things I've read it would seem you are incorrect. Furthermore, as an owner of a standard transmission vehicle, I would say that a driver is MUCH more in control of a standard transmission vehicle than an automatic (particularly in rain/snow/ice). So if you want to be impressed with yourself that you can afford (and for some reason are willing to spend extra money for) an automatic transmission, go right ahead, but please spare us your "facts" supporting your decision.
Small nitpick here, you mean Water-Side Economizer, not dry cooler. There is no way to use a cooling tower as a dry cooler since the condenser water is exposed to the atmosphere and thus subject to evaporation. A dry cooler, on the other hand, circulates a fluid through sealed coils which in turn have air forced across them to encourage heat exchange. The ability to use a water-side economizer would definitely be dependent on outdoor temperature.
Might I suggest you replace your Engineering Staff as well? If your "operators" didn't notice their generator wasn't online and that you were on batteries, they have no business being anywhere near a data center.