Contract workers is effectively "try before you buy" on an employee.
I prefer "rent to own"...
Actually, my favorite story was that a certain place wanted me to start earlier, so they moved money out of their furniture budget to pay me. So there was a running joke about my name being "Otto Man" or "Chester Field".
First, the iPhone in question was--in theory--one of 300 stolen (e.g., around $300,000 worth). I'm sure if your bike was one of 300 stolen from a bike shop, they'd put more effort into it. Second, I don't know how much your bike is worth, but if it's less than $1000, California considers that petty theft and, yeah, the cops aren't going to put in as much effort.
Don't like it? Then why did you vote for Prop. 47?
Did you have a couple of elephants sit on your fence before you planted the tree? If so, and you planted the tree, you might be able to make that claim. But if you never had the problem to begin with, there's no causation because the status-quo didn't change.
Keep in mind there's a little bit of weasel word in there: "major wars". It's not that nuclear weapons have prevented wars--just major ones. And you can always play with what you consider to be a "major" war.
Well, while the obvious jokes about hydro and wind made me laugh, the solar one is at least half-way serious. Just thinking about the Moon, the answer is obviously that the 336-hour nights would make solar kind of tricky.
In the case of Mars, though, I thought it was interesting that one of the theories behind the short lifespan of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers was that dust would form on the solar panels and the rovers would die within 90 days. Turned out that the breeze and dust-devils kept the solar panels relatively clean.
Now don't get me wrong--I'm pretty sure you'd run into problems if you drove Spirit & Opportunity into a dust storm. And if we're spending trillions of dollars to send people to Mars, I'd rather they not get turned back because of a dust storm. So the nuclear reactor seems like a pretty good idea.
In my experience, the people you meet in most red states are wildly more affable, warm, friendly, and polite than most you'll meet in the increasingly effete, shrill, divisive, identity-politics-obsessed wastelands of political-correctness-paralyzed lands of blue.
...as long as your skin is the same color as theirs.
Actually, I remember reading a short story years ago about a nuclear missile that came out of nowhere and destroyed Washington DC. The US was about to launch missiles at the Soviet Union when somebody figured out it was a meteor.
Well, I think the concept is that if the robot gets into a situation where it can't figure out what to do, it will stop and signal an operator.
That person may be able to remote drive the robot or call out (audio) or signal the hotel staff.
For example, imagine a luggage cart blocking the hallway. Us humans would move it out the way. The robot may not have that capability. So it stops and signals. The operator looks at the situation, maneuvers the robot to one end of the cart and moves it slowly forward, pushing the cart out of the way. The robot continues on. Or the operator calls out, "Hey! Can somebody move this luggage cart?" The person responsible hears this, comes out, and moves the cart.
Of course, the next thing we run into is the automated luggage cart that blocks the robot and the robot that blocks the luggage cart...
So if I have a "fixed" connection that is 10/1--which would not be considered broadband--and this goes through, I now am considered to have broadband.
Sounds like the time I got AT&T upgraded me (for free!) from 3G to 4G. My connection wasn't any faster, but it now said "4G" on my phone instead of 3G.
you go to DMV with something like a birth certificate or SS card and you get a voter ID free of charge.
What if they close the DMV offices around you? So you have to travel 40 miles to the nearest DMV office to get a Voter ID, what's the big deal? You don't have a car? Can't afford one? And there's no way to get there by bus or you'd have to take an entire day off from work to do it?
it requires passengers embarking on foreign flights to undergo facial recognition scans to ensure they haven't overstayed visas.
Okay, maybe I’m missing something...
So if I’m visiting the US and I overstay my visa. Now I’m getting on an airplane to leave the country and they want to make sure that I didn’t overstay?
Hello? I’m leaving...
What, you’re going to arrest me for overstaying my visa while I’m leaving? And you’re going to spend a billion dollars to catch me as I do just what you want me to do—leave!
Exactly. This one would be switched off immediately.
I mean, Emergency Alerts? Yeah, definitely. If there's a tornado or wildfire or something bearing down on me, it'd be nice to be notified (and not necessarily have to sit there with a TV/Radio on, just in case). AMBER alerts? Well, okay, I suppose that's helpful in certain situations and, besides, I turn it off anyway for much the same reason. I'd leave it on if it could be made smarter. I don't need this alert at 4:00AM when I'm sleeping, but it might be nice if it would store it so that when I start driving to work, it'll pop-up and say, "Hey, keep an eye out for a blue chevy..."
I might understand something like this for a very narrow area--for example, if police are looking for a suspect hiding in your area, an alert to the people the, say, 12 block cordoned-off area saying that they should lock their doors and be on the lookout for a guy in a green hoodie might be useful. But I think this already exists.
Again, this system is supposed to be useful for me. How is this proposed system helpful for me?
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let myValue = anOptionalInstance?.someMethod()
let leaseStart = aBuilding.TenantList[5].leaseDetails?.startDate
And with that, I ran screaming into the night.
LET statements? Really? I thought those went away in the 1970s...
I gotta admit, my first question is whether they have used the Dolly Method to clone llamas, just so they can have "Dolly Llamas."
I'll be here all week. Try the veal!
Contract workers is effectively "try before you buy" on an employee.
I prefer "rent to own"...
Actually, my favorite story was that a certain place wanted me to start earlier, so they moved money out of their furniture budget to pay me. So there was a running joke about my name being "Otto Man" or "Chester Field".
Judge (daydreaming): Bailiff, please tase this lawyer in the balls repeatedly until he stop this bullshit.
I think you mean:
Judge (daydreaming): Bailiff, whack his pee-pee!
Well, it may depend.
First, the iPhone in question was--in theory--one of 300 stolen (e.g., around $300,000 worth). I'm sure if your bike was one of 300 stolen from a bike shop, they'd put more effort into it. Second, I don't know how much your bike is worth, but if it's less than $1000, California considers that petty theft and, yeah, the cops aren't going to put in as much effort.
Don't like it? Then why did you vote for Prop. 47?
Did you have a couple of elephants sit on your fence before you planted the tree? If so, and you planted the tree, you might be able to make that claim. But if you never had the problem to begin with, there's no causation because the status-quo didn't change.
Keep in mind there's a little bit of weasel word in there: "major wars". It's not that nuclear weapons have prevented wars--just major ones. And you can always play with what you consider to be a "major" war.
(I wish slashdot had an edit button)
The return of the Ford Nucleon!
You could stick it in your electric car and have a year-long cross country police chase!
Well, while the obvious jokes about hydro and wind made me laugh, the solar one is at least half-way serious. Just thinking about the Moon, the answer is obviously that the 336-hour nights would make solar kind of tricky.
In the case of Mars, though, I thought it was interesting that one of the theories behind the short lifespan of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers was that dust would form on the solar panels and the rovers would die within 90 days. Turned out that the breeze and dust-devils kept the solar panels relatively clean.
Now don't get me wrong--I'm pretty sure you'd run into problems if you drove Spirit & Opportunity into a dust storm. And if we're spending trillions of dollars to send people to Mars, I'd rather they not get turned back because of a dust storm. So the nuclear reactor seems like a pretty good idea.
In my experience, the people you meet in most red states are wildly more affable, warm, friendly, and polite than most you'll meet in the increasingly effete, shrill, divisive, identity-politics-obsessed wastelands of political-correctness-paralyzed lands of blue.
...as long as your skin is the same color as theirs.
Actually, I remember reading a short story years ago about a nuclear missile that came out of nowhere and destroyed Washington DC. The US was about to launch missiles at the Soviet Union when somebody figured out it was a meteor.
Rather than blaming it on the Moon, I'll blame it on the sun.
Look, DickBreath, if you keep up this mindless prattle, I'm gonna send you...To The Moon!
I'm more of ramblin' guy myself.
China Builds 'World's Biggest Air Purifier' That Actually Works
Whenever I see stuff like this, I always have questions:
Well, I think the concept is that if the robot gets into a situation where it can't figure out what to do, it will stop and signal an operator.
That person may be able to remote drive the robot or call out (audio) or signal the hotel staff.
For example, imagine a luggage cart blocking the hallway. Us humans would move it out the way. The robot may not have that capability. So it stops and signals. The operator looks at the situation, maneuvers the robot to one end of the cart and moves it slowly forward, pushing the cart out of the way. The robot continues on. Or the operator calls out, "Hey! Can somebody move this luggage cart?" The person responsible hears this, comes out, and moves the cart.
Of course, the next thing we run into is the automated luggage cart that blocks the robot and the robot that blocks the luggage cart...
Walk over to a payphone and call Uber.
What is this "payphone" of which you speak?
So if I have a "fixed" connection that is 10/1--which would not be considered broadband--and this goes through, I now am considered to have broadband.
Sounds like the time I got AT&T upgraded me (for free!) from 3G to 4G. My connection wasn't any faster, but it now said "4G" on my phone instead of 3G.
you go to DMV with something like a birth certificate or SS card and you get a voter ID free of charge.
What if they close the DMV offices around you? So you have to travel 40 miles to the nearest DMV office to get a Voter ID, what's the big deal? You don't have a car? Can't afford one? And there's no way to get there by bus or you'd have to take an entire day off from work to do it?
Gosh...if only we had something like that on ISS. That would have been a great idea.
Jonathan?
I'm not saying it's pirates...but it's pirates.
it requires passengers embarking on foreign flights to undergo facial recognition scans to ensure they haven't overstayed visas.
Okay, maybe I’m missing something...
So if I’m visiting the US and I overstay my visa. Now I’m getting on an airplane to leave the country and they want to make sure that I didn’t overstay?
Hello? I’m leaving...
What, you’re going to arrest me for overstaying my visa while I’m leaving? And you’re going to spend a billion dollars to catch me as I do just what you want me to do—leave!
Really? My tax dollars at work...
Exactly. This one would be switched off immediately.
I mean, Emergency Alerts? Yeah, definitely. If there's a tornado or wildfire or something bearing down on me, it'd be nice to be notified (and not necessarily have to sit there with a TV/Radio on, just in case). AMBER alerts? Well, okay, I suppose that's helpful in certain situations and, besides, I turn it off anyway for much the same reason. I'd leave it on if it could be made smarter. I don't need this alert at 4:00AM when I'm sleeping, but it might be nice if it would store it so that when I start driving to work, it'll pop-up and say, "Hey, keep an eye out for a blue chevy..."
I might understand something like this for a very narrow area--for example, if police are looking for a suspect hiding in your area, an alert to the people the, say, 12 block cordoned-off area saying that they should lock their doors and be on the lookout for a guy in a green hoodie might be useful. But I think this already exists.
Again, this system is supposed to be useful for me. How is this proposed system helpful for me?
Exactly. I mean, why should clean air be free? If clean air is such a valuable thing, people should have to pay for it.