I'll only shave with a straight razor (best results)
How much better are the results?
I tend to shave in the shower with my Gilette something-power razor, and love the results I get. The optional vibro-blade effect seems remarkably effective; I have a hard time imagining how the results could be better with a straight (or safety) razor -- I don't get nicks or dings, I've never noticed razor burn, and I'm not sure how my shave could be any smoother. How do you measure the quality of a shave's results?
I'd rather have a number. Tech 24601 makes me feel more secure in my ability to trace who I talked to (or get transferred to) than knowing it was "Judy" or "Frank".
Assuming it doesn't get overused, that actually sounds like a really useful communication tool. A lot of stress would be averted if you knew someone wasn't ignoring you, but rather had never actually heard you (or understood you).
Windows (Xp, Vista, and I assume 7) does this too.
You can choose to either have a low-level sleep (which boots in a few seconds for me), or if your machine does not support that (or you want to save a laptop's battery life), you can use the Hibernate feature. It's not often the default option, but I like it, and it does exactly what you think.
And that is the problem the TSA hires idiots that are nothing more than rent-a-cops that do what they are told without thought.
Instead they need to hire people that sit and think, if I wanted to do X what would I do....... and then follow up on that
I think it might be better to hire actuaries to actually look at the risk of death from each attack vector. And then compare them to all the other ways we can die (car accidents, heart disease, child drownings, etc), and think carefully about where we should be spending our money to optimize death prevention.
1. It doesn't take a big boom to take a plane down.
Why would someone specifically care to target a plane? The only reason planes were used in 9/11 was to deliver a spectacular amount of explosive (fuel) to the WTC, and because at the time people thought the proper response in a terrorist situation was to wait to be rescued once you landed in Elbonia. Anyone wanting now to actually cause fear and chaos would target large groups of unsecured, squishy people. I'm surprised we haven't seen an attack on the line to get through TSA.
Except, he's not impersonating them. He never offers to receive mail for them, he merely suggests that a (hypothetical) user (who accesses the generator in ways that no real user would) use a Gmail or Yahoo account for whatever.
The formula for TNT or nuclear weapons are available too, but I couldn't make them on an airplane: they require too stable of a workspace, and that's something which is extremely unlikely to be feasible on a moving airplane. Burris' link to the Register covers that part pretty well.
Unfortunately, the TSA has an effective monopoly on air flight for Most People. Short of a private airplane, the only way to avoid them is Not To Fly. That won't last forever, either, as I'd be surprised if they don't want to expand their coverage to trans and buses as soon as it's feasible.
You know, it's indescribably cool (even if this is off-topic) to have the person referenced in a post reply to it with even more info.:-D It's tempting to go read your book, as it sounds tremendously interesting.
Does it matter? I mean, we all know (or, believe we know) Facebook's intentions: Monetize everything about you, and keep it Forever. We know this, whether they told us that or not. Should our actions be differentiated by whether they told us about it, when the intentions are generally similar? (FWIW, I trust Google to treat information about me better, for reasons I don't know.)
His point was that while it may claim to be open source, the usage restrictions in their license mean that their license would not be considered "open source" by the OSI. It doesn't really matter what the Crafty web page claims, what matters is what the license claims. (It doesn't make the license invalid, either -- it just makes it Not Open Source.)
I thought you merely had to provide the source, if asked for it? E.g., a separate download, a printed book with a printout, etc? I suppose it depends heavily on the terms of the partcular license.
Well, the waves will be going through your head anyway, may as well cause them to take a path that is beneficial insofar as it gets a signal to your car better, right?
I think the whole "based on users blocking it from news feed" stuff is asinine.
Agreed. I may not want to see updates from friends or family about their mafia wars, farms, virtual pets, or any other stuff like that, but it seems silly to prevent them from playing it for that reason.
Will those kids use their knowledge to pick the lock to your liquor cabinet? You bet they will! And they'll get drunk and have a hangover the size of Kansas the next day. Which is by some margin more teaching and less dangerous than you luckily keeping them away from liquor 'til they 18 so they get their first contact with (lots of) it at spring break
While I agree that mistakes could be made in a safer environment than spring break or other college-colocated activities, I suspect that the relative safety of drinking relates a lot to body mass. Alcohol poisoning is probably a lot easier to reach with a small child, so I believe that a kid having unrestricted access (after having picked the lock) to a liquor cabinet is still pretty dangerous.
I imagine that any job that forces you to treat everyone as Potential Terrorists, all the time, and shows you that nearly everyone wants to get away with Something Against The Rules (oh no! some water!), will slowly erode your views of humanity.
Well said! Being polite to other people costs us very little, and often helps avoid confrontations. Even in the unavoidable situations, being polite helps keep you and the others calmer. Railing at the indignities and safety issues that surround nearly all dealings with the TSA will do very little at the time they occur, other than perhaps subject you to even more of them. The time and place to rail against them is in in well-reasoned (and polite) prose to newspapers, politicians, and other policy makers. Doing otherwise just brands you as a malcontent, and you'll be ignored by most.
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I'll only shave with a straight razor (best results)
How much better are the results?
I tend to shave in the shower with my Gilette something-power razor, and love the results I get. The optional vibro-blade effect seems remarkably effective; I have a hard time imagining how the results could be better with a straight (or safety) razor -- I don't get nicks or dings, I've never noticed razor burn, and I'm not sure how my shave could be any smoother. How do you measure the quality of a shave's results?
I'd rather have a number. Tech 24601 makes me feel more secure in my ability to trace who I talked to (or get transferred to) than knowing it was "Judy" or "Frank".
Assuming it doesn't get overused, that actually sounds like a really useful communication tool. A lot of stress would be averted if you knew someone wasn't ignoring you, but rather had never actually heard you (or understood you).
Windows (Xp, Vista, and I assume 7) does this too.
You can choose to either have a low-level sleep (which boots in a few seconds for me), or if your machine does not support that (or you want to save a laptop's battery life), you can use the Hibernate feature. It's not often the default option, but I like it, and it does exactly what you think.
And that is the problem the TSA hires idiots that are nothing more than rent-a-cops that do what they are told without thought.
Instead they need to hire people that sit and think, if I wanted to do X what would I do....... and then follow up on that
I think it might be better to hire actuaries to actually look at the risk of death from each attack vector. And then compare them to all the other ways we can die (car accidents, heart disease, child drownings, etc), and think carefully about where we should be spending our money to optimize death prevention.
1. It doesn't take a big boom to take a plane down.
Why would someone specifically care to target a plane? The only reason planes were used in 9/11 was to deliver a spectacular amount of explosive (fuel) to the WTC, and because at the time people thought the proper response in a terrorist situation was to wait to be rescued once you landed in Elbonia. Anyone wanting now to actually cause fear and chaos would target large groups of unsecured, squishy people. I'm surprised we haven't seen an attack on the line to get through TSA.
Except, he's not impersonating them. He never offers to receive mail for them, he merely suggests that a (hypothetical) user (who accesses the generator in ways that no real user would) use a Gmail or Yahoo account for whatever.
You just about made me spit out my soda, sir. Well played!
Also, everyone will eventually be an old person, whereas only some of us have kids (or are kids).
The formula for TNT or nuclear weapons are available too, but I couldn't make them on an airplane: they require too stable of a workspace, and that's something which is extremely unlikely to be feasible on a moving airplane. Burris' link to the Register covers that part pretty well.
Unfortunately, the TSA has an effective monopoly on air flight for Most People. Short of a private airplane, the only way to avoid them is Not To Fly. That won't last forever, either, as I'd be surprised if they don't want to expand their coverage to trans and buses as soon as it's feasible.
You know, it's indescribably cool (even if this is off-topic) to have the person referenced in a post reply to it with even more info. :-D It's tempting to go read your book, as it sounds tremendously interesting.
Wouldn't you rather have one with a working filesystem?
... but they might vote.
Well, at least it was a more reputable news source than Fox ... ;)
Does it matter? I mean, we all know (or, believe we know) Facebook's intentions: Monetize everything about you, and keep it Forever. We know this, whether they told us that or not. Should our actions be differentiated by whether they told us about it, when the intentions are generally similar? (FWIW, I trust Google to treat information about me better, for reasons I don't know.)
His point was that while it may claim to be open source, the usage restrictions in their license mean that their license would not be considered "open source" by the OSI. It doesn't really matter what the Crafty web page claims, what matters is what the license claims. (It doesn't make the license invalid, either -- it just makes it Not Open Source.)
Oh, come on, what are the odds of some company like IBM building a chess engine?
I thought you merely had to provide the source, if asked for it? E.g., a separate download, a printed book with a printout, etc? I suppose it depends heavily on the terms of the partcular license.
Well, the waves will be going through your head anyway, may as well cause them to take a path that is beneficial insofar as it gets a signal to your car better, right?
I think the whole "based on users blocking it from news feed" stuff is asinine.
Agreed. I may not want to see updates from friends or family about their mafia wars, farms, virtual pets, or any other stuff like that, but it seems silly to prevent them from playing it for that reason.
Will those kids use their knowledge to pick the lock to your liquor cabinet? You bet they will! And they'll get drunk and have a hangover the size of Kansas the next day. Which is by some margin more teaching and less dangerous than you luckily keeping them away from liquor 'til they 18 so they get their first contact with (lots of) it at spring break
While I agree that mistakes could be made in a safer environment than spring break or other college-colocated activities, I suspect that the relative safety of drinking relates a lot to body mass. Alcohol poisoning is probably a lot easier to reach with a small child, so I believe that a kid having unrestricted access (after having picked the lock) to a liquor cabinet is still pretty dangerous.
At $160 a year, I'd buy my own and wear it covertly if I worked there.
I imagine that any job that forces you to treat everyone as Potential Terrorists, all the time, and shows you that nearly everyone wants to get away with Something Against The Rules (oh no! some water!), will slowly erode your views of humanity.
Well said! Being polite to other people costs us very little, and often helps avoid confrontations. Even in the unavoidable situations, being polite helps keep you and the others calmer. Railing at the indignities and safety issues that surround nearly all dealings with the TSA will do very little at the time they occur, other than perhaps subject you to even more of them. The time and place to rail against them is in in well-reasoned (and polite) prose to newspapers, politicians, and other policy makers. Doing otherwise just brands you as a malcontent, and you'll be ignored by most.