Dumfrac's noting the fact that the Galaxy Nexus is a directly supported Google device that is stuck on 4.3 because Texas Instruments stopped supporting its CPU hardware when they got out of the CPU manufacturing business. Since Google directly pushes the updates for Nexus devices, there's no manufacturer or carrier interference to speak of. However, my Galaxy Nexus is running 4.4 since I installed a ROM of it months ago.
My first election after I turned 18 (Genesee County, Michigan 2003) was the first time they used optical scan here. It's an excellent system for its accountability. You get most of the benefits of a digital system (easier tabulation of votes/easy to tell when someone spoils a ballot) and the re-countability of paper ballots all in one system. The only issue is the paper waste and that can be alleviated by recycling the paper ballots after a set amount of time (I hope they keep them for at least two years but I don't know how long they do).
Each year the competition is different but, this year the primary goal is to move two foot diameter balls into either a low goal for one point or a seven foot high goal for 10 points. All with a robot that isn't allowed to be more than five feet tall. There are ways to work with the teams on your alliance to score more points per ball as well as a 62 inch tall truss at mid field to shoot over for an additional 10 points. Even though I work with a high school team every year (FIRE Team #0322), some years the scoring is...interesting to try to explain. Here is an animation created by FIRST to explain this years game. It'll probably do a better job than I can.
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A federal judge recently ruled that the FAA has no authority over "small unmanned aircraft." Which effectively kills the FAA's regulations that said commercial drone use in the US was illegal.
As far as liability in case of death is concerned, it'll probably be handled similarly to any other accident. If it is determined that malice, negligence, or recklessness is involved then there will probably be jail time. If it's just an unfortunate and/or unavoidable accident then probably not.
There is one potential issue. I only found it when I was using a smaller regional ISP while I dealt with a billing dispute with Charter. If your ISP uses extreme levels of NAT and is used primarily by tech-savvy people (those who would be likely to use Google DNS in the first place). It may look to Google like a single IP address is hammering their DNS servers with queries and they may block that particular public IP address. I got that one explained to me by the president of that small ISP about a year ago when I asked why my DNS queries weren't going through and ended up being escalated to the top.
Legally speaking, every male American citizen between the ages of 17-45 who is not an active duty member of the armed forces and every female member of the National Guard is a member of the 'militia of the United States' by federal law (10 USC 311). That militia is formed for the purpose of draft selection but, it's still a militia set up by federal law and if that doesn't meet the requirements for "A well regulated Militia" then I don't know what does. I, being a 28 year old male citizen of the United States, therefore consider myself to be a member of the well regulated militia of the United States and therefore have the right to bear arms. Even if I have not to this point chosen to exercise that particular right.
You do know that only treason, murder, and (in a few states) child rape are punishable by the death penalty in the United States, right? Keeping these people locked up for life is also an excellent way to prevent re-offending. In fact, it's cheaper to keep them locked up than it is to execute them in most cases.
The problem with your statement is the fact that, until a certain point in gestation when the fetus is capable of living unsupported by its host, a fetus is simply a parasite living off of said host for a number of months until birth. I can't bring myself to grant the full rights of personhood to a being who literally draws all of its oxygen, water, and food (not to mention waste processing) from another living being without giving its host a say in whether or not she wishes to remain a victim of parasitism.
Now before anyone posts trying to 'remind' me that I was the same way, yes, I was also a parasite in my mothers body for a significant fraction of a year. She chose to allow me to remain there, causing all sorts of physiological issues, until I was done gestating. That was her choice and I don't want others to be denied theirs.
Yes, it makes sense to pay up your pension fund in advance...not 75 years in advance though! By paying into your pension fund 75 years in advance, you are funding the pensions of employees who haven't even been born yet. I can see requiring that the next 25 years worth of pensions are funded in advance but 75 years is insanity and for most businesses would be completely untenable.
O_O Michigan's vehicle registration is ad valorem too, and for vehicles initially registered in 2012, the base rate was between $33 and $148. It even declines 10% every year for the first five and the 5-year-old rate is the one for the life of the vehicle from there on out. That means that if you bought a new $10,000 car it'd cost you $33 to register last year and a $100,000 car would still only cost $148. That $436 registration fee is a very good example of the vast differences in cost of living in this country.
Thank heavens for living in Michigan, a state without emissions tests of any kind. As long as I have basic auto insurance and pay my annual registration fee (linked to the MSRP of the vehicle when new), I get a new registration sticker for my license plate ^_^
I read your comment and have been trying to understand what the issue is. This plane has flown at night before. It collects more solar energy during daytime flight than it uses for power and stores the remainder in batteries for use during nighttime flight. Even if it couldn't, this aircraft is quite slow so, it wouldn't outrun the sun in an east-to-west flight.
What focus group agenda? I was actually swept into a focus group for that idiotic movie Welcome to Mooseport back in 2003. I was at the mall down in Daytona Beach, Florida and my roommate and I were asked to join a focus group watching clips from the movie and giving our opinions on them. Many of these groups are just made up of random people in shopping centers and other public places. I don't see where an 'agenda' could be gleaned from that.
When I was in High School (graduated 2003), we were required to have at least 2 years of science but, we were allowed to choose our science classes (Biology, Physics, or Chemistry). I knew that I had certain...issues back then and probably shouldn't be allowed near dangerous chemicals so I took one year of Biology followed by two of Physics (I liked it quite a bit after my first year and so I took a second one as an elective). I had enough layman's knowledge to cause enough trouble so, I really didn't want to add any actual education to that. Now that I'm almost a decade removed from that situation and have spoken with some of my fellow graduates, I've discovered that I was probably correct in keeping myself away. Those fun experiments where you learn about exothermic reactions would have just sounded like detonators to me back then.
I understand the entire copyright thing but how the HELL is a software engineer supposed to remember every line of code that he's ever written? If he later goes to work at a different company and re-writes the same lines for a relatively simple function like this one what happens? Can it always end like this with a lawsuit?
It just feels to me that it's a waste of time to go to court over a few lines of, potentially copied, code written by one man twice.
You know, I've always wondered why there's not more fantasy where you see technological advancement as well. I'd have to imagine that there would have to be some smart individuals that are incapable of using magic in these worlds and therefore try to find other ways of doing things. I'd still understand that the developments may take longer since magic would be 'easier' and is already there, (for example, the fact that clean energy is taking so long to develop in reality since coal and oil are still quite abundant) but, most fantasy worlds where magic is abundant and generally known about, are stuck quite firmly in the feudal period.
The only part that Apple is sourcing from this Samsung plant is the A5 processor. I don't think that any Android phone or tablet uses this chip so that's not the issue at all.
Most of the issue with AT&T buying T-Mobile is that then AT&T would become the only national GSM cellular provider. The main point of GSM type providers from my consumer related point of view is that you can buy an unlocked phone and jump between services with a simple switch of the SIM card. You can't do that with Verizon or Sprint. Honestly, If I thought that Verizon would become GSM based, I'd be happy to see them buy T-Mobile but that would cost them a fortune in network changes so I don't think that'd happen. However, if Sprint bought T-Mobile and started switching to a GSM/LTE network then they could just phase out their current devices over the next five years or so and just build out T-Mobile's current towers. Therefore, there would still be two GSM providers and the current bottom two players in the national cellular scene would become more competitive with the 'big boys'.
This is my issue. I generally install the latest stable version of Firefox with AdBlock Plus on my computer repair customers systems after telling them about the issues inherent with IE. However, this move is going to make me switch to Chrome for my customers even though that means installing for each individual user account since Google decided that it was a good idea to install into the AppData directory....
Because I can't drill holes in floors and walls that I don't own in order to run cables. I know others who only have Internet access via wireless connections. Neither one of these scenarios are that obscure.
I'm just running a 50 foot Cat 6 cable across the first floor, up the stairs, and across the hall to the room where this desktop is. No drilling required. Also the wireless interference around here is horrible. Too many people who know just enough to switch to 802.11n but not enough to reduce transmit power or check for interference *sigh*
There was a case like this in the local newspaper recently. An older woman cashed 6 $20 gold coins. The teller gave up $120 cash out of his pocket and pocketed the coins. He was subsequently fired and the bank (IIRC a Chase branch) manager noted that their tellers are supposed to inform patrons of the true value of their coins before accepting them.
Hmm I'm involved with a FIRST robotics team at a local high school and I've seen rivets used on some quite advanced machines recently. I've even seen what happens when a persons hand ends up where the pieces of metal to be joined are supposed to be. Lets just say that I'll be quite careful not to repeat that mans mistake.
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Dumfrac's noting the fact that the Galaxy Nexus is a directly supported Google device that is stuck on 4.3 because Texas Instruments stopped supporting its CPU hardware when they got out of the CPU manufacturing business. Since Google directly pushes the updates for Nexus devices, there's no manufacturer or carrier interference to speak of. However, my Galaxy Nexus is running 4.4 since I installed a ROM of it months ago.
My first election after I turned 18 (Genesee County, Michigan 2003) was the first time they used optical scan here. It's an excellent system for its accountability. You get most of the benefits of a digital system (easier tabulation of votes/easy to tell when someone spoils a ballot) and the re-countability of paper ballots all in one system. The only issue is the paper waste and that can be alleviated by recycling the paper ballots after a set amount of time (I hope they keep them for at least two years but I don't know how long they do).
Each year the competition is different but, this year the primary goal is to move two foot diameter balls into either a low goal for one point or a seven foot high goal for 10 points. All with a robot that isn't allowed to be more than five feet tall. There are ways to work with the teams on your alliance to score more points per ball as well as a 62 inch tall truss at mid field to shoot over for an additional 10 points. Even though I work with a high school team every year (FIRE Team #0322), some years the scoring is...interesting to try to explain. Here is an animation created by FIRST to explain this years game. It'll probably do a better job than I can.
A federal judge recently ruled that the FAA has no authority over "small unmanned aircraft." Which effectively kills the FAA's regulations that said commercial drone use in the US was illegal. As far as liability in case of death is concerned, it'll probably be handled similarly to any other accident. If it is determined that malice, negligence, or recklessness is involved then there will probably be jail time. If it's just an unfortunate and/or unavoidable accident then probably not.
There is one potential issue. I only found it when I was using a smaller regional ISP while I dealt with a billing dispute with Charter. If your ISP uses extreme levels of NAT and is used primarily by tech-savvy people (those who would be likely to use Google DNS in the first place). It may look to Google like a single IP address is hammering their DNS servers with queries and they may block that particular public IP address. I got that one explained to me by the president of that small ISP about a year ago when I asked why my DNS queries weren't going through and ended up being escalated to the top.
Legally speaking, every male American citizen between the ages of 17-45 who is not an active duty member of the armed forces and every female member of the National Guard is a member of the 'militia of the United States' by federal law (10 USC 311). That militia is formed for the purpose of draft selection but, it's still a militia set up by federal law and if that doesn't meet the requirements for "A well regulated Militia" then I don't know what does. I, being a 28 year old male citizen of the United States, therefore consider myself to be a member of the well regulated militia of the United States and therefore have the right to bear arms. Even if I have not to this point chosen to exercise that particular right.
You do know that only treason, murder, and (in a few states) child rape are punishable by the death penalty in the United States, right? Keeping these people locked up for life is also an excellent way to prevent re-offending. In fact, it's cheaper to keep them locked up than it is to execute them in most cases.
The problem with your statement is the fact that, until a certain point in gestation when the fetus is capable of living unsupported by its host, a fetus is simply a parasite living off of said host for a number of months until birth. I can't bring myself to grant the full rights of personhood to a being who literally draws all of its oxygen, water, and food (not to mention waste processing) from another living being without giving its host a say in whether or not she wishes to remain a victim of parasitism. Now before anyone posts trying to 'remind' me that I was the same way, yes, I was also a parasite in my mothers body for a significant fraction of a year. She chose to allow me to remain there, causing all sorts of physiological issues, until I was done gestating. That was her choice and I don't want others to be denied theirs.
Strictly speaking, the center of the observable universe is wherever the observer happens to be at that moment.
Everything isn't available in the Netflix 'Instant Queue' to be streamed. Therefore, some things require optical disc's by mail.
Yes, it makes sense to pay up your pension fund in advance...not 75 years in advance though! By paying into your pension fund 75 years in advance, you are funding the pensions of employees who haven't even been born yet. I can see requiring that the next 25 years worth of pensions are funded in advance but 75 years is insanity and for most businesses would be completely untenable.
Doesn't Verizon use SIM cards for their 4G LTE service?
O_O Michigan's vehicle registration is ad valorem too, and for vehicles initially registered in 2012, the base rate was between $33 and $148. It even declines 10% every year for the first five and the 5-year-old rate is the one for the life of the vehicle from there on out. That means that if you bought a new $10,000 car it'd cost you $33 to register last year and a $100,000 car would still only cost $148. That $436 registration fee is a very good example of the vast differences in cost of living in this country.
Thank heavens for living in Michigan, a state without emissions tests of any kind. As long as I have basic auto insurance and pay my annual registration fee (linked to the MSRP of the vehicle when new), I get a new registration sticker for my license plate ^_^
I read your comment and have been trying to understand what the issue is. This plane has flown at night before. It collects more solar energy during daytime flight than it uses for power and stores the remainder in batteries for use during nighttime flight. Even if it couldn't, this aircraft is quite slow so, it wouldn't outrun the sun in an east-to-west flight.
What focus group agenda? I was actually swept into a focus group for that idiotic movie Welcome to Mooseport back in 2003. I was at the mall down in Daytona Beach, Florida and my roommate and I were asked to join a focus group watching clips from the movie and giving our opinions on them. Many of these groups are just made up of random people in shopping centers and other public places. I don't see where an 'agenda' could be gleaned from that.
When I was in High School (graduated 2003), we were required to have at least 2 years of science but, we were allowed to choose our science classes (Biology, Physics, or Chemistry). I knew that I had certain...issues back then and probably shouldn't be allowed near dangerous chemicals so I took one year of Biology followed by two of Physics (I liked it quite a bit after my first year and so I took a second one as an elective). I had enough layman's knowledge to cause enough trouble so, I really didn't want to add any actual education to that. Now that I'm almost a decade removed from that situation and have spoken with some of my fellow graduates, I've discovered that I was probably correct in keeping myself away. Those fun experiments where you learn about exothermic reactions would have just sounded like detonators to me back then.
I understand the entire copyright thing but how the HELL is a software engineer supposed to remember every line of code that he's ever written? If he later goes to work at a different company and re-writes the same lines for a relatively simple function like this one what happens? Can it always end like this with a lawsuit? It just feels to me that it's a waste of time to go to court over a few lines of, potentially copied, code written by one man twice.
You know, I've always wondered why there's not more fantasy where you see technological advancement as well. I'd have to imagine that there would have to be some smart individuals that are incapable of using magic in these worlds and therefore try to find other ways of doing things. I'd still understand that the developments may take longer since magic would be 'easier' and is already there, (for example, the fact that clean energy is taking so long to develop in reality since coal and oil are still quite abundant) but, most fantasy worlds where magic is abundant and generally known about, are stuck quite firmly in the feudal period.
The only part that Apple is sourcing from this Samsung plant is the A5 processor. I don't think that any Android phone or tablet uses this chip so that's not the issue at all.
Most of the issue with AT&T buying T-Mobile is that then AT&T would become the only national GSM cellular provider. The main point of GSM type providers from my consumer related point of view is that you can buy an unlocked phone and jump between services with a simple switch of the SIM card. You can't do that with Verizon or Sprint. Honestly, If I thought that Verizon would become GSM based, I'd be happy to see them buy T-Mobile but that would cost them a fortune in network changes so I don't think that'd happen. However, if Sprint bought T-Mobile and started switching to a GSM/LTE network then they could just phase out their current devices over the next five years or so and just build out T-Mobile's current towers. Therefore, there would still be two GSM providers and the current bottom two players in the national cellular scene would become more competitive with the 'big boys'.
This is my issue. I generally install the latest stable version of Firefox with AdBlock Plus on my computer repair customers systems after telling them about the issues inherent with IE. However, this move is going to make me switch to Chrome for my customers even though that means installing for each individual user account since Google decided that it was a good idea to install into the AppData directory....
Because I can't drill holes in floors and walls that I don't own in order to run cables. I know others who only have Internet access via wireless connections. Neither one of these scenarios are that obscure.
I'm just running a 50 foot Cat 6 cable across the first floor, up the stairs, and across the hall to the room where this desktop is. No drilling required. Also the wireless interference around here is horrible. Too many people who know just enough to switch to 802.11n but not enough to reduce transmit power or check for interference *sigh*
There was a case like this in the local newspaper recently. An older woman cashed 6 $20 gold coins. The teller gave up $120 cash out of his pocket and pocketed the coins. He was subsequently fired and the bank (IIRC a Chase branch) manager noted that their tellers are supposed to inform patrons of the true value of their coins before accepting them.
Hmm I'm involved with a FIRST robotics team at a local high school and I've seen rivets used on some quite advanced machines recently. I've even seen what happens when a persons hand ends up where the pieces of metal to be joined are supposed to be. Lets just say that I'll be quite careful not to repeat that mans mistake.