... Monday the 24th will become the worst day of the year. Everyone, reacting to the fear that Monday the 24th will be the worst day of the year, stays in bed resulting in the collapse of society as we know it.
On the plus side, at least we know that after the 24th, things will not be that bad again for at least another 11 and a bit months
... afterall, the wing span is specified in both metric and imperial units, the length is specified in metric units only, the weight is specified in 'tons', which is probably imperial but could be metric, and pounds, and the range is specified in nautical imperial units that probably don't mean much to the average person. Didn't they have this sort of problem with a mars probe?
Until they properly release the specifications in units everyone understands (rods and hogsheads), i'm going to stay away.
wouldn't be a worm or virus then, unless it somehow propogated. If would be a worm though if it _first_ looked for local web servers with write permission allowed from the current user (eg on same intranet), infected those, then deleted files from the users computer.
This is slashdot. My assumption is based on pure uninformed speculation. Did you expect anything else???
To be honest, I did read the article but somehow missed the picture of the (t?)wheel in the top left corner and so my imagination came up with something else. Something a lot more inclined to disintegrate.
That's one advantage of the modern wheel+tyre combination, the tyre might explode but the approximate shape of the wheel will probably be preserved in all but the worst incidents (where a flat tyre is probably the least of your worries).
Having the entire _wheel_ disintegrate would put a serious damper on your ability to retain control of your vehicle.
I have had approx 6 flat tyres in my car-owning life.
1. ~1995, Leyland Mini, real right tyre, nail 2. ~1998, Morris 850 (Mini), rear left tyre exploded at 60mph due to friction with the shock absorber. My bad. 3. ~2004, Holden Commodore, rear right tyre, nail. 4. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, slow leak of unkown cause 5. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, slow leak due to bad repair of #4. This is how you learn which tyre shops to stay away from. 6. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, nail.
If you are implying that modern cars don't get punctures, then you are wrong. A nail through a tyre is going to put a hole in it.
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In one of my classes at high school or uni, we were told all about this style of job seeking, but I always thought that if I was the one doing the hiring and I had told an interviewee that they would hear from us in two weeks, and they kept calling up, I would just get pissed off with them.
So you'd want to judge the interviewer fairly carefully and think about about how they will relate to your direct or indirect disobedience of their instructions. If you were going for a telemarketing job and you kept calling back persistently, you'd probably be hired on the spot:)
What about using those high altitude blimps that we're going to put up there anyway to supply us with wireless broadband? That way the cable wouldn't have to be as strong, and therefore not as heavy. And if you made the weak point of the cable close-ish to the ground, most of a snapped cable would dangle from the blimp rather than fall to the ground.
Or maybe i've got my altitude's wrong... maybe we need kite's launched from the blimps?
The "all your eggs in one basket" metaphor only works if all the baskets are equal. And if you are comparing iSCSI/FC to internal storage, you're talking about completely different 'baskets'.
I could have a lot of fun with that metaphor but i'm sure you get the point without it.
I think the last time i ever wondered about anything like this was when I got an email saying that one of my friends had acquired x number of shares in a company simply by giving them my email address, and that I could do the same. Given that nothing is free, I concluded that my email address must be of value to them, and that I would now be getting more junk email.
That was some time between 94 and 97, and I haven't really wondered about it since, except to wonder if the spammers will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
and as an extensions, a peril sensitive windshield. At the first sign of peril (eg you're about to hit a tree) it turns completely opaque, thus saving the driver and passengers from being aware of their impending doom.
Postal service employees came up quite an effective solution to this problem. It may even be that their new placement as a result of this solution was less stressful than their old one.
Now that gives me an idea. Load the ship up with about 10-20 more people than required. Install hidden cameras all over the place. The audience would be able to vote 1 person off the ship at regular intervals (hence the extras:).
Selling the show to the highest bidder would probably fund the whole trip!
I always thought the problem with anti-bacterial products is that they deprive your body of low-level exposure to bacteria & other bugs and hence it doesn't build up a good immunity. So I don't think your analogy was a good one.
Sampling your own nasal secretions (snot:) is also supposed to help you boost your immune system, but I think it's better if you do it as a kid.
3) spread rumors that you and anyone else with the right equipment can listen to cordless phone conversations in the building. A few additional rumors about 'things you heard while sniffing phone conversations' will also help a bit. Students are a gullible lot.
If you can't get, or don't want the new drive to be identical to the old, make sure that the new drive you get is within the heat specs of the laptop. Laptop drives are slow for two reasons - fast drives run hotter, and fast drives consume more power.
Depending on how much you care, have a look at the noise specs too.
There are other ways to find the perverts without making the rest of us live in a police state.
and these are? My feeble mind cannot think of any that would not inflict at least some level of 'police state' upon everyone else. I think it's a matter of what level of authority you are willing to permit. My idea of a true police state is one where there are no legal means of questioning and debating, publicly, the means in which you are policed.
I wonder how his insurance company would handle such a thing, especially if it couldn't be proven that the drive by wire system malfunctioned. Probably not his greatest concern at the time though but there are certain risks associated with slamming into a barrier anyway.
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... Monday the 24th will become the worst day of the year. Everyone, reacting to the fear that Monday the 24th will be the worst day of the year, stays in bed resulting in the collapse of society as we know it.
On the plus side, at least we know that after the 24th, things will not be that bad again for at least another 11 and a bit months
... afterall, the wing span is specified in both metric and imperial units, the length is specified in metric units only, the weight is specified in 'tons', which is probably imperial but could be metric, and pounds, and the range is specified in nautical imperial units that probably don't mean much to the average person. Didn't they have this sort of problem with a mars probe?
Until they properly release the specifications in units everyone understands (rods and hogsheads), i'm going to stay away.
That's the first thing I thought of. Presumably the bluetooth interface is there as a link up to a peril detector that you carry in your pocket.
wouldn't be a worm or virus then, unless it somehow propogated. If would be a worm though if it _first_ looked for local web servers with write permission allowed from the current user (eg on same intranet), infected those, then deleted files from the users computer.
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I must be lysdexic.
This is slashdot. My assumption is based on pure uninformed speculation. Did you expect anything else???
To be honest, I did read the article but somehow missed the picture of the (t?)wheel in the top left corner and so my imagination came up with something else. Something a lot more inclined to disintegrate.
That's one advantage of the modern wheel+tyre combination, the tyre might explode but the approximate shape of the wheel will probably be preserved in all but the worst incidents (where a flat tyre is probably the least of your worries).
Having the entire _wheel_ disintegrate would put a serious damper on your ability to retain control of your vehicle.
I have had approx 6 flat tyres in my car-owning life.
1. ~1995, Leyland Mini, real right tyre, nail
2. ~1998, Morris 850 (Mini), rear left tyre exploded at 60mph due to friction with the shock absorber. My bad.
3. ~2004, Holden Commodore, rear right tyre, nail.
4. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, slow leak of unkown cause
5. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, slow leak due to bad repair of #4. This is how you learn which tyre shops to stay away from.
6. ~2004, Same Holden Commodore, same tyre, nail.
If you are implying that modern cars don't get punctures, then you are wrong. A nail through a tyre is going to put a hole in it.
In one of my classes at high school or uni, we were told all about this style of job seeking, but I always thought that if I was the one doing the hiring and I had told an interviewee that they would hear from us in two weeks, and they kept calling up, I would just get pissed off with them.
:)
So you'd want to judge the interviewer fairly carefully and think about about how they will relate to your direct or indirect disobedience of their instructions. If you were going for a telemarketing job and you kept calling back persistently, you'd probably be hired on the spot
What about using those high altitude blimps that we're going to put up there anyway to supply us with wireless broadband? That way the cable wouldn't have to be as strong, and therefore not as heavy. And if you made the weak point of the cable close-ish to the ground, most of a snapped cable would dangle from the blimp rather than fall to the ground.
Or maybe i've got my altitude's wrong... maybe we need kite's launched from the blimps?
The "all your eggs in one basket" metaphor only works if all the baskets are equal. And if you are comparing iSCSI/FC to internal storage, you're talking about completely different 'baskets'.
I could have a lot of fun with that metaphor but i'm sure you get the point without it.
I think the last time i ever wondered about anything like this was when I got an email saying that one of my friends had acquired x number of shares in a company simply by giving them my email address, and that I could do the same. Given that nothing is free, I concluded that my email address must be of value to them, and that I would now be getting more junk email.
That was some time between 94 and 97, and I haven't really wondered about it since, except to wonder if the spammers will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
I'm not sure exactly how much i'd relax if my windscreen went opaque though.
and as an extensions, a peril sensitive windshield. At the first sign of peril (eg you're about to hit a tree) it turns completely opaque, thus saving the driver and passengers from being aware of their impending doom.
Postal service employees came up quite an effective solution to this problem. It may even be that their new placement as a result of this solution was less stressful than their old one.
Now that gives me an idea. Load the ship up with about 10-20 more people than required. Install hidden cameras all over the place. The audience would be able to vote 1 person off the ship at regular intervals (hence the extras :).
Selling the show to the highest bidder would probably fund the whole trip!
Because at the end of the travel time, there will be real work to be done, and geeks don't do that :)
They need to find people who are suitable for the trip and the destination.
I always thought the problem with anti-bacterial products is that they deprive your body of low-level exposure to bacteria & other bugs and hence it doesn't build up a good immunity. So I don't think your analogy was a good one.
:) is also supposed to help you boost your immune system, but I think it's better if you do it as a kid.
Sampling your own nasal secretions (snot
OR
3) spread rumors that you and anyone else with the right equipment can listen to cordless phone conversations in the building. A few additional rumors about 'things you heard while sniffing phone conversations' will also help a bit. Students are a gullible lot.
of course. Rat brains would be used to run Microsoft operating systems
or maybe...
but I thought linux could run on anything!
it means "I Don't Kare"
(this is slashdot, even the TLA's are misspelt!)
If you can't get, or don't want the new drive to be identical to the old, make sure that the new drive you get is within the heat specs of the laptop. Laptop drives are slow for two reasons - fast drives run hotter, and fast drives consume more power.
Depending on how much you care, have a look at the noise specs too.
There are other ways to find the perverts without making the rest of us live in a police state.
and these are? My feeble mind cannot think of any that would not inflict at least some level of 'police state' upon everyone else. I think it's a matter of what level of authority you are willing to permit. My idea of a true police state is one where there are no legal means of questioning and debating, publicly, the means in which you are policed.
I wonder how his insurance company would handle such a thing, especially if it couldn't be proven that the drive by wire system malfunctioned. Probably not his greatest concern at the time though but there are certain risks associated with slamming into a barrier anyway.
This opens up huge possibilities for sabotage.
The same cannot be said if you drop a ball of plutonium on another ball of plutonium though.