this got introduced in Australia (at least Victoria) after the bushfires nearly 2 years ago.
would have been better before the fires, but nm.
it doesn't cost the user anything, costs a trivial amount to the gov't (when you take into account the running around they have to do before sending the warning, the cost of actually sending it is not bad), and it hasn't been abused so far.
basically you get (or maybe not, or maybe you get it hours late) a message saying "WARNING. EXTREME WEATHER ALERT AT 8PM. STAY INDOORS" or something of the kind.
i think only 1 warning was sent when there were some very hot gale force winds in the city. it was probably more as a test than anything.
they didn't send one when the bowling ball sized hail smashed all our cars up though.
i know i shouldn't feed a troll (who should be modded as such btw), but let's cut a deal: you read up about cosmology, and i'll read the bible. we'll compare notes.
FTA: "the press releases by NASA make it seem a lot more certain this is a black hole, but I think that’s premature; beware of news article making the same claim"
it seems to me though, that a pulsar would not be giving a continuous x-ray level, but, maybe, pulses?
time slows down approaching the event horizon, where it stops completely (which is why it's called the "event" horizon). time has no meaning beyond the event horizon.
I can see exactly why they didn't put Flash on the iPhone: performance.
me:
apple didn't like flash because it ran badly on their device...
reading is fun.
my main issue with flash is it's easier to make a slow page than a fast one. but that's true of almost any development environment. i've seen some truly amazing stuff done in flash that runs quite fast (probably runs terribly on a phone mind). there's tricks that can increase speed hugely.
you ever tried supplying a client with video assets? go see how many options you have for digital media.
even if you can produce a multitude of different open formats (usually better quality, faster, whatever), you'll still have to supply a lowest-common-denominator ProRes file and supply it on a firewire hard disk.
interoperability goes beyond just the apple users.
apple didn't like flash because it ran badly on their device, and presented multi-tasking problems (like running several flash things on a page, or in a different tab, whatever.
the decision is purely political. no company makes decisions on conscience, and it's folly to think they might just because the outcome they eventually reach aligns with your opinion.
flash shits me too, but to think apple are fighting it for noble reasons is stupid, and has unfortunate implications ("i don't think this perfectly legit and useful technology should exist because it's not in the world's best interest" sounds like a call i would not want any one company to make on my behalf).
i don't understand how apple fanboys got the way they were. it's really beyond me how so many people would be willing to give a company so much free advertising, and defend them tooth and nail against all criticism no matter how minor. you think us normal people don't know (and dismiss in most cases) every argument you guys can come up with?
if the bot's performance is the sum total of the director's intent, they will suck.
directors prefer certain actors over others because of what they bring and how they interpret the material.
a director that is under the illusion of having complete control is a nightmare to work with, and they produce crap....that said, this robot's giving better performances than some i've seen.
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i can see Todd Solondz slated to direct an internet effort: The Adventures Of Pedobear In A Series Of Tubes
seriously, this has far more potential to go bad than do good.
that said, Snakes On A Plane was pretty cool for what it was.
no, he just hates bartenders.
actually, big tobacco don't particularly care.
therapeutic nicotine is still made from tobacco, costs a lot and can be advertised with impunity. they're riding the "let's quit" gravy train.
this got introduced in Australia (at least Victoria) after the bushfires nearly 2 years ago.
would have been better before the fires, but nm.
it doesn't cost the user anything, costs a trivial amount to the gov't (when you take into account the running around they have to do before sending the warning, the cost of actually sending it is not bad), and it hasn't been abused so far.
basically you get (or maybe not, or maybe you get it hours late) a message saying "WARNING. EXTREME WEATHER ALERT AT 8PM. STAY INDOORS" or something of the kind.
i think only 1 warning was sent when there were some very hot gale force winds in the city. it was probably more as a test than anything.
they didn't send one when the bowling ball sized hail smashed all our cars up though.
i think there's a slight misunderstanding of how rights work here...
people who wear orthotics are often let through with shoes on (they're impossible to put back on after a long flight what with all the swelling)
not always though. there's often some insensitive cun-... clod who refuses.
planes don't explode from a little hole like it's total recall (i love than movie).
because V in a majority of languages is pronounced like W.
like "wolksvagen" or "wodka"
there are blue eyed persians, some arabs, and northern indians.
just because you haven't seen them on TV...
jobs being a golden cow, worshipped by the masses
maybe the symbol shouldn't be a trident - it should be a yin-yang.
because no matter how you hold it, you'll always have a 50-50 chance of plugging the thing in the wrong way.
"negative. it did not go in. it just impacted on the surface"
am i the only one who read that as "Goatse Universe"?
oh, ffs.
i know i shouldn't feed a troll (who should be modded as such btw), but let's cut a deal:
you read up about cosmology, and i'll read the bible.
we'll compare notes.
i didn't say the dick was not erogenous, or that the nipple was more erogenous.
but have someone touch your nips and see if it feels the same as 5 cm to the left of them...
does this apply to gaming as well?
my wife only has full use of one hand... she's the only person i've ever known to actually throw the wiimote at the TV.
who says my male, erogenous nipples go unused?
FTA:
"the press releases by NASA make it seem a lot more certain this is a black hole, but I think that’s premature; beware of news article making the same claim"
it seems to me though, that a pulsar would not be giving a continuous x-ray level, but, maybe, pulses?
still cool either way.
time slows down approaching the event horizon, where it stops completely (which is why it's called the "event" horizon). time has no meaning beyond the event horizon.
I can see exactly why they didn't put Flash on the iPhone: performance.
me:
apple didn't like flash because it ran badly on their device...
reading is fun.
my main issue with flash is it's easier to make a slow page than a fast one. but that's true of almost any development environment. i've seen some truly amazing stuff done in flash that runs quite fast (probably runs terribly on a phone mind). there's tricks that can increase speed hugely.
the best way to get Mars explored is to announce the discovery of oil on Mars.
holy shit you'd better buy his book then!
you ever tried supplying a client with video assets? go see how many options you have for digital media.
even if you can produce a multitude of different open formats (usually better quality, faster, whatever), you'll still have to supply a lowest-common-denominator ProRes file and supply it on a firewire hard disk.
interoperability goes beyond just the apple users.
i love the arse-backward logic there.
apple didn't like flash because it ran badly on their device, and presented multi-tasking problems (like running several flash things on a page, or in a different tab, whatever.
the decision is purely political. no company makes decisions on conscience, and it's folly to think they might just because the outcome they eventually reach aligns with your opinion.
flash shits me too, but to think apple are fighting it for noble reasons is stupid, and has unfortunate implications ("i don't think this perfectly legit and useful technology should exist because it's not in the world's best interest" sounds like a call i would not want any one company to make on my behalf).
i don't understand how apple fanboys got the way they were. it's really beyond me how so many people would be willing to give a company so much free advertising, and defend them tooth and nail against all criticism no matter how minor. you think us normal people don't know (and dismiss in most cases) every argument you guys can come up with?
but then our error rate is made up of the sum of false positives and negatives...
now of course there are less terrorists than innocents out there, but you would expect that 3,600,000 to include some false negatives as well.
if the bot's performance is the sum total of the director's intent, they will suck.
directors prefer certain actors over others because of what they bring and how they interpret the material.
a director that is under the illusion of having complete control is a nightmare to work with, and they produce crap. ...that said, this robot's giving better performances than some i've seen.