As to the Interstate Highway system, that was built for Military Troop Movements and Commerce, it wasn't built for every god damn yahoo that thinks they're a great driver to get out and play with the trucks. Yes I used to drive and averaged over 120,000 miles a year w/o an accident for a decade and the funniest thing is, those trucks everyone screams about pay their share of taxes between fuel and highway (miles driven) to every state they drive in.
Not sure which states you drive (drove?) through, but I really don't mind truckers. They're usually the most polite drivers on the Interstate around here. It's the assholes in their BMWs doing 20+ MPH faster than the flow of traffic, weaving in and out, when it's busy, that are the most obnoxious.
I've been in that boat before. You do bring up something odd though: I find that open plan offices drive me crazy (my favorite thus far has been pair programming with another person in our own shared office, just the two of us), but I also notice that I can work productively in a coffee shop (usually with headphones). For some reason, that doesn't translate into an open office...
And the CEO was probably a full-on extrovert. Some people need peace and quiet and no distractions. If I'm coding something, I've got the entire chunk of code I'm working on and the state of the system in my head, as well as plans for what's getting done next and where. Interrupt me for something menial at the wrong moment, and I've got to spend the next 15-20 minutes trying to get my mental state back to what it was for efficiently working. Open plan offices encourage this bad behavior. Other jobs are less demanding of silence, however.
have a girlfriend. Very, very fortunately she doesn't live with me
You won't have one very long if that's your attitude toward coming home to her. Pro-tip: women usually expect you to move in with them (or vice versa) after a while.
Nuclear is by far the cleanest technology available when you factor in the environmental impact of the materials used in constructing solar panels, but it also doesn't scale well which means until good energy storage comes available, only coal and natural gas are capable of powering the grid and match the demand.
Emphasis mine. Have you looked at the density of energy stored in nuclear fuels lately? Say, perhaps tried comparing it to gasoline? Heck, there's even an XKCD on it. Batteries, flywheels, pumping water uphill: all less dense forms of storage. Nuclear fuel IS good energy storage. (Yes, like every other form of energy storage, it suffers from *some* losses while sitting, but so does your pool of water you pumped up a hill, so does a flywheel, so do batteries...)
comprise transitive verb \km-prz\
1: to include especially within a particular scope (civilization as Lenin used the term would then certainly have comprised the changes that are now associated in our minds with “developed” rather than “developing” states — Times Literary Supplement)
2: to be made up of (a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings — Jane Jacobs)
Back to grammar school with you! Denying that a definition of a word exists is ridiculous. Words have multiple definitions.
The design is hideous, and that stupid font everyone uses for their icons now doesn't work for me. Not quite sure why, it just doesn't seem to render happily on Iceweasel (Debian Testing). I get W's for + signs, and various other garbage. Happens on other websites too. Anyone got a clue what's up?
The problem lies not with him posting. It lies with him posting in a manner that's effectively off-limits to the rest of us. Do you see ANYONE else routinely (every day, every other day, whatever) making Slashdot's front page and being able to put what amounts to an opinion piece in TFS? This is an ethical problem. He's a contributor, like the rest of us--he should have to do it the same way we're stuck doing it. There is a well established norm here, and Bullshit Hasselton continually violates it, with the knowing support of the editors.
Did I not just say to use your journal, which IS posting it to Slashdot? Did I not just say to link to it, which is ALSO posting on Slashdot? I didn't say not to post anymore. I said something to the effect of "do it the same way as the rest of us." You need to work on your reading comprehension.
Screw your post. I don't care WHAT it says. Use Slashdot like the rest of us, not like your personal blog. Post it to your journal if you desire to use Slashdot as hosting, then LINK to your goddamn "article". I'm SURE they'll happily post it, but goddamn, stop posting this garbage in the summaries.
Aren't especially friendly? What do you call all their fusion centers and data sharing agreements? The NSA is the intelligence arm. Those other agencies are tasked with enforcement.
I did a bit more digging. It turns out that the NYT edited their article after that was quoted by TFA. TFA was correct, and if you google that phrase, you'll find it quoted elsewhere, by many many other sources. The NYT deigned not to mention their edit.
What part of "the Ukrainian government used telephone technology" implies that the carriers gave location data to the government? You may assume, but it does not logically imply it. That says that the Ukrainian government used the technology, not the carriers. Otherwise it might read, "the Ukrainian government received location information from cell phone carriers".
I think what's holding up space travel is the ability to stay up there (and not in the ISS...). Reduced gravity isn't great for humans, we haven't established large permanent structures (the ISS does not count) for colonization. We also haven't worked out how to mine useful resources up there and sustain life with them. Until we do, gravity wells will be an issue (short of sufficiently advanced technology/magic). If you want people to inhabit a new environment, you have to figure out how to keep them alive without bringing them back all the time. The first permanent inhabitants are likely to be miners operating ROVs. All of this should be taken with a healthy grain of IMHO.
You'd be surprised how much damage a drunk guy on a bike crashing into something could do to a pedestrian, another cyclist, an animal, a car, etc.. Speaking as a former competitive cyclist here. Crashed into lots of stuff.
I'm asking this in all seriousness (no sarcasm intended): what about a sign asking all weapon holders to leave the premises? Are you guilty of criminal trespass ala EULA?
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As to the Interstate Highway system, that was built for Military Troop Movements and Commerce, it wasn't built for every god damn yahoo that thinks they're a great driver to get out and play with the trucks. Yes I used to drive and averaged over 120,000 miles a year w/o an accident for a decade and the funniest thing is, those trucks everyone screams about pay their share of taxes between fuel and highway (miles driven) to every state they drive in.
Not sure which states you drive (drove?) through, but I really don't mind truckers. They're usually the most polite drivers on the Interstate around here. It's the assholes in their BMWs doing 20+ MPH faster than the flow of traffic, weaving in and out, when it's busy, that are the most obnoxious.
I've been in that boat before. You do bring up something odd though: I find that open plan offices drive me crazy (my favorite thus far has been pair programming with another person in our own shared office, just the two of us), but I also notice that I can work productively in a coffee shop (usually with headphones). For some reason, that doesn't translate into an open office...
IOW, he'd fit right in with /. trolls.
And the CEO was probably a full-on extrovert. Some people need peace and quiet and no distractions. If I'm coding something, I've got the entire chunk of code I'm working on and the state of the system in my head, as well as plans for what's getting done next and where. Interrupt me for something menial at the wrong moment, and I've got to spend the next 15-20 minutes trying to get my mental state back to what it was for efficiently working. Open plan offices encourage this bad behavior. Other jobs are less demanding of silence, however.
have a girlfriend. Very, very fortunately she doesn't live with me
You won't have one very long if that's your attitude toward coming home to her. Pro-tip: women usually expect you to move in with them (or vice versa) after a while.
I always thought Cold Fjord got pretty creative... ;)
Nuclear is by far the cleanest technology available when you factor in the environmental impact of the materials used in constructing solar panels, but it also doesn't scale well which means until good energy storage comes available, only coal and natural gas are capable of powering the grid and match the demand.
Emphasis mine. Have you looked at the density of energy stored in nuclear fuels lately? Say, perhaps tried comparing it to gasoline? Heck, there's even an XKCD on it. Batteries, flywheels, pumping water uphill: all less dense forms of storage. Nuclear fuel IS good energy storage. (Yes, like every other form of energy storage, it suffers from *some* losses while sitting, but so does your pool of water you pumped up a hill, so does a flywheel, so do batteries...)
Too late.
: to be made up of (something) : to include or consist of (something)
: to make up or form (something)
comprise transitive verb \km-prz\
1: to include especially within a particular scope (civilization as Lenin used the term would then certainly have comprised the changes that are now associated in our minds with “developed” rather than “developing” states — Times Literary Supplement)
2: to be made up of (a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings — Jane Jacobs)
Back to grammar school with you! Denying that a definition of a word exists is ridiculous. Words have multiple definitions.
The design is hideous, and that stupid font everyone uses for their icons now doesn't work for me. Not quite sure why, it just doesn't seem to render happily on Iceweasel (Debian Testing). I get W's for + signs, and various other garbage. Happens on other websites too. Anyone got a clue what's up?
It's not a bug; it's a *feature!
*Feature intended only for official government use. Unauthorized users will be penetrated to the full extent of gangrape.
The problem lies not with him posting. It lies with him posting in a manner that's effectively off-limits to the rest of us. Do you see ANYONE else routinely (every day, every other day, whatever) making Slashdot's front page and being able to put what amounts to an opinion piece in TFS? This is an ethical problem. He's a contributor, like the rest of us--he should have to do it the same way we're stuck doing it. There is a well established norm here, and Bullshit Hasselton continually violates it, with the knowing support of the editors.
Did I not just say to use your journal, which IS posting it to Slashdot? Did I not just say to link to it, which is ALSO posting on Slashdot? I didn't say not to post anymore. I said something to the effect of "do it the same way as the rest of us." You need to work on your reading comprehension.
Screw your post. I don't care WHAT it says. Use Slashdot like the rest of us, not like your personal blog. Post it to your journal if you desire to use Slashdot as hosting, then LINK to your goddamn "article". I'm SURE they'll happily post it, but goddamn, stop posting this garbage in the summaries.
Aren't especially friendly? What do you call all their fusion centers and data sharing agreements? The NSA is the intelligence arm. Those other agencies are tasked with enforcement.
No enforcement arm? Like DHS, FBI, DEA, *insert TLA here* that have institutional procedures to falsify the origin of the evidence?
I did a bit more digging. It turns out that the NYT edited their article after that was quoted by TFA. TFA was correct, and if you google that phrase, you'll find it quoted elsewhere, by many many other sources. The NYT deigned not to mention their edit.
What part of "the Ukrainian government used telephone technology" implies that the carriers gave location data to the government? You may assume, but it does not logically imply it. That says that the Ukrainian government used the technology, not the carriers. Otherwise it might read, "the Ukrainian government received location information from cell phone carriers".
Good point, I confused it with that other disaster. Mea culpa.
I think what's holding up space travel is the ability to stay up there (and not in the ISS...). Reduced gravity isn't great for humans, we haven't established large permanent structures (the ISS does not count) for colonization. We also haven't worked out how to mine useful resources up there and sustain life with them. Until we do, gravity wells will be an issue (short of sufficiently advanced technology/magic). If you want people to inhabit a new environment, you have to figure out how to keep them alive without bringing them back all the time. The first permanent inhabitants are likely to be miners operating ROVs. All of this should be taken with a healthy grain of IMHO.
Well, they got her into space in one piece. It's the whole "getting them back down in one piece" that was tricky.
You'd be surprised how much damage a drunk guy on a bike crashing into something could do to a pedestrian, another cyclist, an animal, a car, etc.. Speaking as a former competitive cyclist here. Crashed into lots of stuff.
I'm asking this in all seriousness (no sarcasm intended): what about a sign asking all weapon holders to leave the premises? Are you guilty of criminal trespass ala EULA?
The right to offend is more important than the right to not be offended.