I don't think they're actually filtering anything. You use one of their addresses when you have to "give us your e-mail" for something to continue. Probably, a good number of people didn't want any mail to come in from Apple, so they put in one of these addresses.
All they're doing is listing where the e-mail they receive is coming from. It isn't all spam, so their wording could be better, I'll agree.
Yes, I do pump the brakes a couple times to make sure I don't have a problem in the brake lines (as well as check the brake fluid with my finger to determine if I should flush the brake system), I check my turn signals regularly, and if I plan to be out past dark I usually flip my headlights on and off to make sure they're still working.
I also give the tires a cursory examination for obvious signs of wear, I make sure that there aren't any large new streaks of rust on the wheels, and I tend to check the oil every time I get gas as well.
You were saying?
It's called safety.
Thanks for the info. Most of my knowledge comes from a college astronomy course, not an actual physics background, so I'm a little shakey on the details.
It is gravitation that tends to cause the spin to slow down. The moon is locked into a 1:1 ratio of rotation:revolution, so it always presents the same "side" to the earth (no, not the "dark side of the moon v. light side of the moon bit. Even when the moon is a waning crescent, it is presenting the same surface features towards the Earth).
What will be interesting for Earth is to see which of the two largest bodies in terms of gravitation wins out, or if there will always be some form of resonance. Will we always present the same portion of Earth to the sun, so that one side of the planet bakes while the other freezes (which I believe is where Mercury is headed. Try going here: http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/092/text/txt001x. htm for a description of Mercury's rotational period), or will we always present the same surface to the moon while we orbit the sun?
Dammit, if this double posts, I'm sorry, but the first one isn't showing up still.
You mean base-16, right? You weren't going to try and sound like a nerd on a site full of admins and programmers by thinking that 0-9 (10 digits) plus a-f (6 digits) somehow turns into a base-17 system?
You mean base-16, right? As in, hexadecimal, which runs from 0-F?
Or are you implying that through careful password choosing, you can get the letter G in there and you meant it runs from 0-9 and a-g?
Working as a package handler - inbound or outbound- is atrocious.
Working as a contractor can be quite rewarding, but for many people it is not. I can only speak from what I've seen at two different locations in Michigan, and only for Ground. Technically, the Express, Custom Critical, and Freight services are all seperate entities. Even so, the contractors are not treated as contractors, and if a manager says you are taking a stop from someone else, you will take it. The requirements for a days work varies by route, but often drive time to or from your area is not taken into consideration, nor is the overall area you must cover. FedEx Ground does not give two shits about its contractors.
Any place that has an average turnover rate of more than 50% in 3 months (package handling) has some problems. We were given one set of standards- including things such as anything over X weight, get help, don't throw boxes, etc.- but routinely expected to lift the 125lb spool of wire up and onto a conveyor system by ourselves. Stopping because the belt jammed up? No way! It has to stay moving, moving. Stopping because everything coming down the belt is for one truck, and people can't come up? Not an option! But can we at least get some help? Nope! Sorry!
As someone who was once a package handler (no jokes please, I've heard them all) and a driver under a contractor for FedEx Ground, I can say it is no better there. Possibly worse, as there is no union to stand up to management.
The delivery vans are roughly 200-300 packages each, but if you have a straight truck to deal with it gets to be more, and the poor bastards who have to load the freight trailers should be shot on site like you would a lame horse. It is that bad.
I'm more concerned with non-MS titles. Halo 2 was not that impressive. In fact, I play the original much more than I ever touch Halo 2. Neither game is why I bought an XBox, and if my 3rd party games don't work correctly, no 360 for me.
As over-stated as this is, that entirely depends on the software available at launch. It doesn't matter how great the console is, if they can't get 3rd party support from the beginning, they won't have a leg to stand on.
It's a similar problem to what happened to the 'cube and the original XBox. Not enough opening day software caused diminished sales. I worked opening night for the XBox release, and it wasn't that they didn't have a good system, and it wasn't that they didn't advertise- there weren't enough decent games at release time. Many of the ones that were there were pathetic, simple-minded, boring as hell games.
Here's to hoping that the system gets some 3rd party support before release. I own both an XBox and a PS2, and I'm probably going to own both new systems as well. I'm not going to a 360, however, until there is a decent library for it. At least the specs on the PS3 say it is backwards compatible, instead of mostly backwards compatible.
IIRC, there were some issues when the http://www.google.com/ig portal was released. I don't remember if it was/.'s mistake, or google's, but the RSS feed for slashdot was often messed up. I think it was that google was polling the slashdot feed too often, but I could be wrong. I haven't had any problems since the first week, so I'm assuming it was taken care of correctly.
Umm...charge me premium prices? I don't pay that much for my limited number of phone minutes + unlimited two-way.
It isn't just like speakerphone, either. The time spent on two-way only accumulates as you TALK. I beep you, talk for a short period of time, and then wait for your response. I don't lose time waiting for you to get back to me. Also, the fact that it isn't a true speakerphone means that if there is noise on the other end, it doesn't interrupt what I'm trying to say. Try doing that with speakerphone.
Until you have one and use it, you don't realize how convenient it can be. If people would be a little more polite about it, you wouldn't notice it as much.
Regarding silent mode: Still, the fact that a single beep (or buzz, in silent mode) can let me know someone is trying to reach me is a lot nicer than the continual buzzing of a phone ringer while I'm talking to a client or in a line somewhere.
It's called letting our phone work for us. With the two-way feature, I can talk to someone with the phone sitting on my chest while I'm laying down trying to track network cable. In the car, I can beep someone, and if they are available they can talk- if not, they aren't interrupted by a continuous phone ring.
Some people misuse it, this is true. Explain to them that the little "speaker" button on the top of their phone turns off the speaker-phone aspect. This means they have to hold it like a regular phone, but when they are in public it doesn't irritate as many people.
I could care less if they prohibit sales to minors or if it gets an AO rating. I've never liked any of the GTA games to begin with.
Aside from that, parents need to actually take charge and raise their kids. My movie watching/game playing was monitored as a youth. I didn't get to watch R rated movies until I was 16 or so, and even then it was closely monitored. Sure, I snuck one in here or there at a friend's house, but not at home.
Maybe these parents should actually take an interest in what their children are doing, instead of trying to force the video game industry to be nannies?
The point is that the game was already *illegal* for sale to minors in the UK!
Well, did you read his first statement? His point was that a mature-rated game is a mature-rated game, and that American parents should have caught on to the fact that these games may have content not suitable for minors. That's the fuss over nothing- you already bought the damn game for your kid when it was rated 17+, so what's the big deal?
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I would suggest checking out The Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. I haven't tried his other Sci-Fi yet, but I enjoyed the rest of his fantasy.
That's freaking priceless!
On-topic: Yes, better for them to have at least admitted that Dennis might be a problem than to ignore it. THink of the bad publicity if teh shuttle was destroyed- even if nobody was in it.
Dear sweet mother of Odin, that's a bad policy to have in place!
From an IT perspective it is just stupid. And as someone who has to manage such things, "a lot of time and engery" is a gross overstatement of how much effort it takes server side to change those policies.
In the periods of time you are referring to, the cost of copying a literary work involved paying a scribe to copy it by hand.
No photocopiers, no OCR- the technologies available made large-scale copying like we see now impossible without great cost.
American animation is still, in a lot of cases, more realistic than Japanimation
Who says realism is the best thing for animation? Some people want realism, some don't. 90% of the characters look alike? Try watching something that isn't on network television. Go pick up RaXephon, or Noir, Cowboy Bebop (yes, yes, it is/was on network TV, but it's a good example). Watch Serial Experiments: Lain.
Dragonball Z is drawn such that the eye follows the action more than the scenery. It fits the series. Samurai Jack has incredible story-telling ability- it's almost like watching a comic book come to life.
The enormous eyes have an easy answer. To the Japanese (and other oriental cultures, I believe) the eyes are seen as beautiful and expressive. So, one reason the eyes are so big is so that they can draw in all that expression. Of course, if you watch some of those listed above (I really recommend RaXephon) then you might change your mind a bit.
Technically, in the US, you have the right to sue anyone for anything. In other words- they have the right to bring up the lawsuit. Doesn't mean it has to be heard in courts, it can be dismissed as frivolous, etc., but you do have the right to register a suit against anyone for any reason. That doesn't make it acceptable, either, but you technically do have the right to do so.
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It's afternoon somewhere. Go ahead and take a shot or two.
I don't think they're actually filtering anything. You use one of their addresses when you have to "give us your e-mail" for something to continue. Probably, a good number of people didn't want any mail to come in from Apple, so they put in one of these addresses.
All they're doing is listing where the e-mail they receive is coming from. It isn't all spam, so their wording could be better, I'll agree.
Yes, I do pump the brakes a couple times to make sure I don't have a problem in the brake lines (as well as check the brake fluid with my finger to determine if I should flush the brake system), I check my turn signals regularly, and if I plan to be out past dark I usually flip my headlights on and off to make sure they're still working. I also give the tires a cursory examination for obvious signs of wear, I make sure that there aren't any large new streaks of rust on the wheels, and I tend to check the oil every time I get gas as well. You were saying? It's called safety.
Thanks for the info. Most of my knowledge comes from a college astronomy course, not an actual physics background, so I'm a little shakey on the details.
It is gravitation that tends to cause the spin to slow down. The moon is locked into a 1:1 ratio of rotation:revolution, so it always presents the same "side" to the earth (no, not the "dark side of the moon v. light side of the moon bit. Even when the moon is a waning crescent, it is presenting the same surface features towards the Earth).
. htm for a description of Mercury's rotational period), or will we always present the same surface to the moon while we orbit the sun?
What will be interesting for Earth is to see which of the two largest bodies in terms of gravitation wins out, or if there will always be some form of resonance. Will we always present the same portion of Earth to the sun, so that one side of the planet bakes while the other freezes (which I believe is where Mercury is headed. Try going here: http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/092/text/txt001x
Dammit, if this double posts, I'm sorry, but the first one isn't showing up still.
You mean base-16, right? You weren't going to try and sound like a nerd on a site full of admins and programmers by thinking that 0-9 (10 digits) plus a-f (6 digits) somehow turns into a base-17 system?
You mean base-16, right? As in, hexadecimal, which runs from 0-F? Or are you implying that through careful password choosing, you can get the letter G in there and you meant it runs from 0-9 and a-g?
It's an interesting dichotomy:
Working as a package handler - inbound or outbound- is atrocious.
Working as a contractor can be quite rewarding, but for many people it is not. I can only speak from what I've seen at two different locations in Michigan, and only for Ground. Technically, the Express, Custom Critical, and Freight services are all seperate entities. Even so, the contractors are not treated as contractors, and if a manager says you are taking a stop from someone else, you will take it. The requirements for a days work varies by route, but often drive time to or from your area is not taken into consideration, nor is the overall area you must cover. FedEx Ground does not give two shits about its contractors.
Any place that has an average turnover rate of more than 50% in 3 months (package handling) has some problems. We were given one set of standards- including things such as anything over X weight, get help, don't throw boxes, etc.- but routinely expected to lift the 125lb spool of wire up and onto a conveyor system by ourselves. Stopping because the belt jammed up? No way! It has to stay moving, moving. Stopping because everything coming down the belt is for one truck, and people can't come up? Not an option! But can we at least get some help? Nope! Sorry!
Dammit, shot on sight, not site.
As someone who was once a package handler (no jokes please, I've heard them all) and a driver under a contractor for FedEx Ground, I can say it is no better there. Possibly worse, as there is no union to stand up to management.
The delivery vans are roughly 200-300 packages each, but if you have a straight truck to deal with it gets to be more, and the poor bastards who have to load the freight trailers should be shot on site like you would a lame horse. It is that bad.
I'm more concerned with non-MS titles. Halo 2 was not that impressive. In fact, I play the original much more than I ever touch Halo 2. Neither game is why I bought an XBox, and if my 3rd party games don't work correctly, no 360 for me.
As over-stated as this is, that entirely depends on the software available at launch. It doesn't matter how great the console is, if they can't get 3rd party support from the beginning, they won't have a leg to stand on.
It's a similar problem to what happened to the 'cube and the original XBox. Not enough opening day software caused diminished sales. I worked opening night for the XBox release, and it wasn't that they didn't have a good system, and it wasn't that they didn't advertise- there weren't enough decent games at release time. Many of the ones that were there were pathetic, simple-minded, boring as hell games.
Here's to hoping that the system gets some 3rd party support before release. I own both an XBox and a PS2, and I'm probably going to own both new systems as well. I'm not going to a 360, however, until there is a decent library for it. At least the specs on the PS3 say it is backwards compatible, instead of mostly backwards compatible.
IIRC, there were some issues when the http://www.google.com/ig portal was released. I don't remember if it was /.'s mistake, or google's, but the RSS feed for slashdot was often messed up. I think it was that google was polling the slashdot feed too often, but I could be wrong. I haven't had any problems since the first week, so I'm assuming it was taken care of correctly.
Umm...charge me premium prices? I don't pay that much for my limited number of phone minutes + unlimited two-way.
It isn't just like speakerphone, either. The time spent on two-way only accumulates as you TALK. I beep you, talk for a short period of time, and then wait for your response. I don't lose time waiting for you to get back to me. Also, the fact that it isn't a true speakerphone means that if there is noise on the other end, it doesn't interrupt what I'm trying to say. Try doing that with speakerphone.
Until you have one and use it, you don't realize how convenient it can be. If people would be a little more polite about it, you wouldn't notice it as much.
Regarding silent mode: Still, the fact that a single beep (or buzz, in silent mode) can let me know someone is trying to reach me is a lot nicer than the continual buzzing of a phone ringer while I'm talking to a client or in a line somewhere.
It's called letting our phone work for us. With the two-way feature, I can talk to someone with the phone sitting on my chest while I'm laying down trying to track network cable. In the car, I can beep someone, and if they are available they can talk- if not, they aren't interrupted by a continuous phone ring.
Some people misuse it, this is true. Explain to them that the little "speaker" button on the top of their phone turns off the speaker-phone aspect. This means they have to hold it like a regular phone, but when they are in public it doesn't irritate as many people.
Aside from that, parents need to actually take charge and raise their kids. My movie watching/game playing was monitored as a youth. I didn't get to watch R rated movies until I was 16 or so, and even then it was closely monitored. Sure, I snuck one in here or there at a friend's house, but not at home.
Maybe these parents should actually take an interest in what their children are doing, instead of trying to force the video game industry to be nannies?
Well, did you read his first statement? His point was that a mature-rated game is a mature-rated game, and that American parents should have caught on to the fact that these games may have content not suitable for minors. That's the fuss over nothing- you already bought the damn game for your kid when it was rated 17+, so what's the big deal?
I would suggest checking out The Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. I haven't tried his other Sci-Fi yet, but I enjoyed the rest of his fantasy.
That's freaking priceless! On-topic: Yes, better for them to have at least admitted that Dennis might be a problem than to ignore it. THink of the bad publicity if teh shuttle was destroyed- even if nobody was in it.
Dear sweet mother of Odin, that's a bad policy to have in place! From an IT perspective it is just stupid. And as someone who has to manage such things, "a lot of time and engery" is a gross overstatement of how much effort it takes server side to change those policies.
In the periods of time you are referring to, the cost of copying a literary work involved paying a scribe to copy it by hand. No photocopiers, no OCR- the technologies available made large-scale copying like we see now impossible without great cost.
Who says realism is the best thing for animation? Some people want realism, some don't. 90% of the characters look alike? Try watching something that isn't on network television. Go pick up RaXephon, or Noir, Cowboy Bebop (yes, yes, it is/was on network TV, but it's a good example). Watch Serial Experiments: Lain.
Dragonball Z is drawn such that the eye follows the action more than the scenery. It fits the series. Samurai Jack has incredible story-telling ability- it's almost like watching a comic book come to life.The enormous eyes have an easy answer. To the Japanese (and other oriental cultures, I believe) the eyes are seen as beautiful and expressive. So, one reason the eyes are so big is so that they can draw in all that expression. Of course, if you watch some of those listed above (I really recommend RaXephon) then you might change your mind a bit.
Technically, in the US, you have the right to sue anyone for anything. In other words- they have the right to bring up the lawsuit. Doesn't mean it has to be heard in courts, it can be dismissed as frivolous, etc., but you do have the right to register a suit against anyone for any reason. That doesn't make it acceptable, either, but you technically do have the right to do so.
So people can see that this is talked about elsewhere...