>To say nothing of the difficulties in relying on market forces when consumers lack any clear way of judging the safety of a flight they are planning to buy a ticket on.
You can check out the NTSB's accident database here (only for US based carriers/aircraft). It provides the accident history for an airline, aircraft type, etc.
So, will they have to be turned off during the takeoff and landing phases of the flight per FAA AC 91.21. Seems like these are the most useful phases of the flight to record. I can just image it: "At this time the cabin crew would like to remind the flight crew to turn off the flight recorder. We'll let you know when we reach cruising altitide and it is safe to turn the device back on".
Before anyone feels the need to inform me that Advisory Circulars are not the same as FAA regulations, I know already!
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Are you kidding? I've been using Vista since RTM on my main work system and the UAC prompts are enough to either:
1: Drive one completely insane. 2: Insensitize one to the point where one clicks 'Yes' on any dialog that pops up. 3: Cause one to disable UAC prompting.
Examples: You want to look at the event log... well you're gonna need some extra admin priviledges. Are you sure you want to look at the event log?
You want to run visual studio 2005... that complains too. Would someone please explain to me WTF running an IDE requires admin fucking rights!
Microsoft's approach of security by nagging the user to death is fundamentally flawed.
I swear, if I hadn't turned of UAC prompting, there would be a craig's list posting right now for a slighty shot-gunned compy.
Snopes has an article sourced from AP about 3 Israelis who died as a result from suffocation in a duct tape and plastic sheeted room. Technically they died because their coal burning heat source consumed all of the oxygen, but that probably only changed the length of time before they ran out of air...
Also, the article summary states that Boston and the feds are treating the sign board debacle as an "Act of terrorism". TFA, uses the term "fears or terrorism". For fuck's sake, can we have a little honesty in the headlines? Pretty please.
And lastly, it's a little bit ironic that the agency responsible for the campaign is called Interference, Inc...
Actually, it's not even that close. A 2x4 over here is 1.5" x 3.5" nominal. A real 4 x 2 from the old country used to be just that. So I guess a US 2x4 will end up being 89mm x 38mm, which will be a real pain in the ass:)
There is no reference that I could find to braking as a resolution to tailgating. I don't know if you're suggesting that it condones hard breaking, or a light application of brakes in order to gradually reduce speed. Panic breaking for no reason is certainly illegal is Washington State, and in the UK it's probably covered under the careless or inconsiderate driving law, which carries a GBP2500 fine. It also runs the risk of the person not reacting in time and slamming in to you. No amount of personal satisfaction should be worth the risk of causing a serious accident.
Before I left the UK, I took my Advanced Drivers License (or whatever it's called these days), and the course taught a progressive reduction in speed until the driver behind is at a safe stopping distance.
The sad reality is that everyone on the road thinks that they are more important and have busier schedules that everyone else on the road. This is evidenced by people who run red lights and stop signs, just to save a few minutes on their journey.
The other sad reality is that most drivers have no idea what their reaction and stopping distance is, or how that distance is affected by different road conditions.
In the UK, the Highway Code lists average stopping distance at various speeds, along with a relative number of car lengths. I didn't see anything similar on the Washington or Idaho license exams (granted I didn't have to take the lessons).
Right wing (or in fact, any wing) religious extremists are always interesting to observe. The whole "I am right and you are wrong because you disagree with me. And incidentally, did I mention that I know that I'm right because it says so in an ancient book full of allegorical stories that has had a very dodgy history of translation and reproduction by illiterate monks" attitude leaves no basis for rational discussion. I wonder if there are any other groups of people in the world with similar blinkered views? Hmmm, let me think...
Were I a citizen having this kind of crap foisted on me by my government, I think they'd better have some pretty well defined and measurable objectives. Otherwise, it becomes a bit, well, Operation Iraqi Freedom-esq:
"We're certain he has WMDs, what - he doesn't? Err...I mean we're certain that he has a WMD program...Ok, so we absolutely sure he's in collaboration with terrorists... Right, so the point is, that he wan't a very nice chap at all and he had to go"
The whole point of the segment was not about Wikipedia. It's about the willingness of people to believe whatever 'truths' are spoon-fed to them by the media, particularly the current administration's spin machine (and before all the republican slashdotters kill my dog, I'm sure this will also apply to future democrat administrations too).
Wikipedia was simply used as a pop-culture vehicle with which his audience could identify.
There is a big difference between saying that you have nothing to hide and posting the information that you listed on a public forum. Nothing to hide means that your life could endure legal or moral scrutiny without fear. Posting personal information on a public forum is an invitation to identity theft, stalking, child abduction, etc., and the comparison is lame.
Your financial records may be impeccable, but you don't leave a pile of money on your driveway for any passer-by to inspect.
Nor is it required that a sexual act be performed. In fact, the mere offer of money in exchange for "the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity" will subject a person to criminal liability.
For example, if four (4) college males were driving in a car, and they yelled out "hey baby, how much?", and it turned out they were speaking to an undercover Officer (not a prostitute), then they probably will be arrested.
From the Geneva Convention Ammended Mine Protocol:
4. International signs for minefields and mined areas
Signs similar to the example attached and as specified below shall be utilized in the marking of minefields and mined areas to ensure their visibility and recognition by the civilian population:
(a) size and shape: a triangle or square no smaller than 28 centimetres (11 inches) by 20 centimetres (7.9 inches) for a triangle, and 15 centimetres (6 inches) per side for a square;
(b) colour: red or orange with a yellow reflecting border;
(c) symbol: the symbol illustrated in the Attachment, or an alternative readily recognizable in the area in which the sign is to be displayed as identifying a dangerous area;
(d) language: the sign should contain the word "mines" in one of the six official languages of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and the language or languages prevalent in that area; and
(e) spacing: signs should be placed around the minefield or mined area at a distance sufficient to ensure their visibility at any point by a civilian approaching the area."
The Geneva convention (or maybe one of the Hagues) requires that all mine fields are documented and IIRC from my days in the infantry, sign posted around the field itself. I wonder how moving mines will update the sign posts.
>Actually, bandwidth through the airwaves belongs to the people, dumb-ass
Yes, but at some point you have to convert that air-borne signal into bits on the wire, which means investing in circuits, peering points, etc. Go price the cost of a dark circuit, such as a point to point DS/3. Then go price the cost of a DS/3 with IP though an ISP. The majority of the cost is the IP access.
>Linux is less easy for a new person to learn and get running
Where did the assumption come from that a server admin could be 'new person'. If your company is hiring 'new people' to run mission critical systems, you've got other problems.
I think that this is the root cause of the Microsoft problem. They've made the install so easy that anyone can do it without understanding any part of the underlying system, which in turn leads to too many PFM (Pure Fucking Magic) administrators.
I don't think that 99c per song is too expensive, regardless of how the money splits, but I'd prefer better quality. When you work out the cost per hour for enjoying music, it's pretty low.
I always find that a good day playing paintball helps relieve the stress. There's a tangible sense of sastisfaction when you tag someone, and enough of a sting when you get hit to make you want to avoid getting hit. Rec. ball is better than speed ball though (IMHO).
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>To say nothing of the difficulties in relying on market forces when consumers lack any clear way of judging the safety of a flight they are planning to buy a ticket on.
You can check out the NTSB's accident database here (only for US based carriers/aircraft). It provides the accident history for an airline, aircraft type, etc.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp
So, will they have to be turned off during the takeoff and landing phases of the flight per FAA AC 91.21. Seems like these are the most useful phases of the flight to record.
I can just image it: "At this time the cabin crew would like to remind the flight crew to turn off the flight recorder. We'll let you know when we reach cruising altitide and it is safe to turn the device back on".
Before anyone feels the need to inform me that Advisory Circulars are not the same as FAA regulations, I know already!
Are you kidding? I've been using Vista since RTM on my main work system and the UAC prompts are enough to either:
1: Drive one completely insane.
2: Insensitize one to the point where one clicks 'Yes' on any dialog that pops up.
3: Cause one to disable UAC prompting.
Examples:
You want to look at the event log... well you're gonna need some extra admin priviledges. Are you sure you want to look at the event log?
You want to run visual studio 2005... that complains too. Would someone please explain to me WTF running an IDE requires admin fucking rights!
Microsoft's approach of security by nagging the user to death is fundamentally flawed.
I swear, if I hadn't turned of UAC prompting, there would be a craig's list posting right now for a slighty shot-gunned compy.
Snopes has an article sourced from AP about 3 Israelis who died as a result from suffocation in a duct tape and plastic sheeted room. Technically they died because their coal burning heat source consumed all of the oxygen, but that probably only changed the length of time before they ran out of air...
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/ducttape.asp
Also, the article summary states that Boston and the feds are treating the sign board debacle as an "Act of terrorism". TFA, uses the term "fears or terrorism". For fuck's sake, can we have a little honesty in the headlines? Pretty please.
And lastly, it's a little bit ironic that the agency responsible for the campaign is called Interference, Inc...
Actually, it's not even that close. A 2x4 over here is 1.5" x 3.5" nominal. A real 4 x 2 from the old country used to be just that. So I guess a US 2x4 will end up being 89mm x 38mm, which will be a real pain in the ass :)
I just read the Highway Code at http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/index.htm
There is no reference that I could find to braking as a resolution to tailgating. I don't know if you're suggesting that it condones hard breaking, or a light application of brakes in order to gradually reduce speed. Panic breaking for no reason is certainly illegal is Washington State, and in the UK it's probably covered under the careless or inconsiderate driving law, which carries a GBP2500 fine. It also runs the risk of the person not reacting in time and slamming in to you. No amount of personal satisfaction should be worth the risk of causing a serious accident.
Before I left the UK, I took my Advanced Drivers License (or whatever it's called these days), and the course taught a progressive reduction in speed until the driver behind is at a safe stopping distance.
The sad reality is that everyone on the road thinks that they are more important and have busier schedules that everyone else on the road. This is evidenced by people who run red lights and stop signs, just to save a few minutes on their journey.
The other sad reality is that most drivers have no idea what their reaction and stopping distance is, or how that distance is affected by different road conditions.
In the UK, the Highway Code lists average stopping distance at various speeds, along with a relative number of car lengths. I didn't see anything similar on the Washington or Idaho license exams (granted I didn't have to take the lessons).
Right wing (or in fact, any wing) religious extremists are always interesting to observe. The whole "I am right and you are wrong because you disagree with me. And incidentally, did I mention that I know that I'm right because it says so in an ancient book full of allegorical stories that has had a very dodgy history of translation and reproduction by illiterate monks" attitude leaves no basis for rational discussion. I wonder if there are any other groups of people in the world with similar blinkered views? Hmmm, let me think...
>North Korea is an island
s /kn.html
I hope you mean that metaphorically, because geographically speaking, how can I put this... it's not, its a peninsula.
It shares a 1416km border with China, and a 19km border with Russia.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geo
>possible objectives
Possible objectives?!
Were I a citizen having this kind of crap foisted on me by my government, I think they'd better have some pretty well defined and measurable objectives. Otherwise, it becomes a bit, well, Operation Iraqi Freedom-esq:
"We're certain he has WMDs, what - he doesn't? Err...I mean we're certain that he has a WMD program...Ok, so we absolutely sure he's in collaboration with terrorists... Right, so the point is, that he wan't a very nice chap at all and he had to go"
Nope, don't think so. Any time the possessive is used in a word that ends in an 's', the 's' is ommitted after the apostraphe.
Boss' = singluar, possessive.
Bosses' = plural, possessive.
http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm
The whole point of the segment was not about Wikipedia. It's about the willingness of people to believe whatever 'truths' are spoon-fed to them by the media, particularly the current administration's spin machine (and before all the republican slashdotters kill my dog, I'm sure this will also apply to future democrat administrations too).
Wikipedia was simply used as a pop-culture vehicle with which his audience could identify.
Particularly when the company in question has a very clearly articulated sexual harrasment policy. Used to work for HP, so I know this for a fact.
There is a big difference between saying that you have nothing to hide and posting the information that you listed on a public forum. Nothing to hide means that your life could endure legal or moral scrutiny without fear. Posting personal information on a public forum is an invitation to identity theft, stalking, child abduction, etc., and the comparison is lame.
Your financial records may be impeccable, but you don't leave a pile of money on your driveway for any passer-by to inspect.
You want to provide some more detail to back that up? The statutes vary by juristidiction, but here's an example from Florida:
n t_ID=74&category_ID=5
i on.php
http://www.defensehelp.com/show_content.asp?conte
The pertinant part:
Nor is it required that a sexual act be performed. In fact, the mere offer of money in exchange for "the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity" will subject a person to criminal liability.
From a AZ lawyer's site:
http://www.dmcantor.com/solicitation_of_prostitut
For example, if four (4) college males were driving in a car, and they yelled out "hey baby, how much?", and it turned out they were speaking to an undercover Officer (not a prostitute), then they probably will be arrested.
Want more examples?
By the time you've asked the cop how much, you are already guilty of soliciting prostitution.
From the Geneva Convention Ammended Mine Protocol:
4. International signs for minefields and mined areas
Signs similar to the example attached and as specified below shall be utilized in the marking of minefields and mined areas to ensure their visibility and recognition by the civilian population:
(a) size and shape: a triangle or square no smaller than 28 centimetres (11 inches) by 20 centimetres (7.9 inches) for a triangle, and 15 centimetres (6 inches) per side for a square;
(b) colour: red or orange with a yellow reflecting border;
(c) symbol: the symbol illustrated in the Attachment, or an alternative readily recognizable in the area in which the sign is to be displayed as identifying a dangerous area;
(d) language: the sign should contain the word "mines" in one of the six official languages of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and the language or languages prevalent in that area; and
(e) spacing: signs should be placed around the minefield or mined area at a distance sufficient to ensure their visibility at any point by a civilian approaching the area."
The Geneva convention (or maybe one of the Hagues) requires that all mine fields are documented and IIRC from my days in the infantry, sign posted around the field itself. I wonder how moving mines will update the sign posts.
Almost as bad as a møøse bite.
The only realy benefit is a reduction in slow frame-rate induced nausea.
>Actually, bandwidth through the airwaves belongs to the people, dumb-ass
Yes, but at some point you have to convert that air-borne signal into bits on the wire, which means investing in circuits, peering points, etc. Go price the cost of a dark circuit, such as a point to point DS/3. Then go price the cost of a DS/3 with IP though an ISP. The majority of the cost is the IP access.
>Linux is less easy for a new person to learn and get running
Where did the assumption come from that a server admin could be 'new person'. If your company is hiring 'new people' to run mission critical systems, you've got other problems.
I think that this is the root cause of the Microsoft problem. They've made the install so easy that anyone can do it without understanding any part of the underlying system, which in turn leads to too many PFM (Pure Fucking Magic) administrators.
Just my 2c. worth...
I don't think that 99c per song is too expensive, regardless of how the money splits, but I'd prefer better quality. When you work out the cost per hour for enjoying music, it's pretty low.
The British BPI...The British British Phonographic Industry? Do you work for the Department of Redundancy Department. ?
I always find that a good day playing paintball helps relieve the stress. There's a tangible sense of sastisfaction when you tag someone, and enough of a sting when you get hit to make you want to avoid getting hit. Rec. ball is better than speed ball though (IMHO).