...a quotation mark, which means "look for this exact phrase".
I did a Cuil search on my name the other day, just to try it out, and it didn't seem to make a difference whether I used quotes or not. They seem to be the only super-hyped search engine out there that doesn't have any search options.
If you ask me, their whole business plan is to live like kings until the VC runs out, declare a whopping big loss due to "the uncertainties of the market", then sell the book rights to "How You Can Legally Steal $30 Million from VC Suckers".
The article is about charging stations, but the Volt and competitors will charge just fine on 220V in your garage overnight.
Given that, these cars should be an easy sell in the colder parts of Canada, where we already have "charging stations" outside everyone's house, and in most office and apartment parking lots. It's 120V, not 220V, but with juice available all day while you're at work as well as all night when you're at home, it should provide plenty of timne for a full charge.
Of course, this assumes the Volt won't have any more cold weather problems than a regular gas vehicle.
But, diamond is one of the hardest metals [sic] (If not THE hardest metal) known the man!
And graphite is one of the softest materials known to "the man". Your point?
I'ts kind of like wearing a suit made of ice as PPE in a blast furnace. It will protect you as long as it remains ice... but that won't be for very long.
Other than the 10 weeks or so off in the summer, teachers don't really work that little. Most teachers I've known (including mine) put in around 10-12 hours per day and a good chunk on the weekends. Okay, any good teacher.
Been there, done that, got the headache from watching the less-than-good teachers get the same rewards while being in school for only as much time as the kids. So I left, and years later I'm an environmental manager, trying to convince a bunch of longshoremen not to throw garbage in the recycling bins and dealing with unresponsive management.
My fear is that someone would mis-interpret an incoming meteor as a nuclear weapon and initiate a launch on their perceived threats.
Not a fear likely to be realized, fortunately. If a major strategic city is vaporized, it's almost a certainty that it was destroyed by a strategic nuke. If a random area of countryside or open ocean is vaporized, it's almost certainly a meteotie/asteroid/comet.
The percentage of Earth's surface covered by major strategic cities is miniscule. If an asteroid ever does hit one square on, that will be a sign that someone up there has decided to pull another Sodom & Gamorrah.
...the 1.2 billion chinese that are poised to invade Taiwan.
They're all going? That's easy, then. Just find out when they're planning to stop by, then have all 23 million Taiwanese people slip out the back door and occupy the mainland while no one is home.
Since everyone in mainland China ia politically conditioned to believe that Taiwan = China, the Chinese invaders will never figure out that the Taiwanese are gone, and will continue fighting amongst themselves while the Taiwanese population sets up shop in their new, roomier lodgings.
Actually, the way I see that episode is that they eliminated everything except collateral damage. They 'fought' on, inflicting their calculated casualties, never achieving any military objectives. "We have always been at war with Oceania" comes to mind.
When you think of all the times helicopters sent to deal with terrorists in Gaza accidentally killed/injured civilians from collateral damage...
Ironically, many saw the invention of aircraft as a way to prevent massive casualties in war. Pairs of airborne 'knights' would duel without the need to send in huge infantries. Of course, infantry battles only increased, and World War II saw the introduction of carpet bombing.
Much later, laser-guided bombs and other forms of 'surgical strike' were supposed to eliminate civilian casualties. Of course, 'military intelligence' brought us the bombing of non-military targets, with massive civilian casualties for no military gain.
Now the giant frickin' laser beam is supposed to bring 'surgical strikes' to a new level. Unfortunately, it's still the same people directing the scalpel.
If there is one constant in human history: War kills people. Always has, always will.
I found a copy of the original correspondence between the village and the TeleAtlas:
)Dear TeleAtlas: Please wipe us off the map.
Dear Barrow Gurney council: We have contacted the Ministry of Defence. Unfortunately, they do not have the capacity to fulfill your request. They have contracted an ex-government organization in the Ukraine that has a surplus device that will suit your needs. Please have everyone at a minimum safe distance of 20 miles by 6 o'clock this morning. We apologize for the delay in sending this response, however... um... never mind.
Public folders have gone away in Exchange 2007; big mistake if you ask me. It was a selling point for Exchange.
As someone who used to administer an Exchange server that had 24,000 public folders by the time I inhereited it--in a 30-person office--all I can say is good riddance!
You'll be able to squeeze in a trip to Starbucks between reboots.
I was just thinking along those lines the other day, as I was waiting for a Facebook page to load. I made a few personal websites back in the early days of HTML, and my philosophy was that if my page took longer than 5 seconds to load, the viewer would hit 'Back' and go somewhere else.
Nowadays I always browse in multiple tabs so I don't have to sit idle while each page loads--which can take close to a minute.
I don't know what the user experience of the future will be like, but I guarantee it will involve many progress bars.*
*Probably the most ironically named item since Microsoft Works.
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You must be new to Amerika.
If you define 'innovation' as copying someone else's idea in almost every detail.
I did a Cuil search on my name the other day, just to try it out, and it didn't seem to make a difference whether I used quotes or not. They seem to be the only super-hyped search engine out there that doesn't have any search options.
If you ask me, their whole business plan is to live like kings until the VC runs out, declare a whopping big loss due to "the uncertainties of the market", then sell the book rights to "How You Can Legally Steal $30 Million from VC Suckers".
Yeah, but they'll fall after I sue them for stealing the secret formula for my magic spray that repels tigers*:
- 250 mL distilled water
- 25 mg proylene glycol
- 10 mg "secret ingredient"
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*Not intended for use in Asia.
Given that, these cars should be an easy sell in the colder parts of Canada, where we already have "charging stations" outside everyone's house, and in most office and apartment parking lots. It's 120V, not 220V, but with juice available all day while you're at work as well as all night when you're at home, it should provide plenty of timne for a full charge.
Of course, this assumes the Volt won't have any more cold weather problems than a regular gas vehicle.
Sorry, didn't catch the reference. Woosh comment deserved.
And graphite is one of the softest materials known to "the man". Your point?
I'ts kind of like wearing a suit made of ice as PPE in a blast furnace. It will protect you as long as it remains ice... but that won't be for very long.
Been there, done that, got the headache from watching the less-than-good teachers get the same rewards while being in school for only as much time as the kids. So I left, and years later I'm an environmental manager, trying to convince a bunch of longshoremen not to throw garbage in the recycling bins and dealing with unresponsive management.
The more things change...
Not a fear likely to be realized, fortunately. If a major strategic city is vaporized, it's almost a certainty that it was destroyed by a strategic nuke. If a random area of countryside or open ocean is vaporized, it's almost certainly a meteotie/asteroid/comet.
The percentage of Earth's surface covered by major strategic cities is miniscule. If an asteroid ever does hit one square on, that will be a sign that someone up there has decided to pull another Sodom & Gamorrah.
Apparently, your software doesn't recognize when you hit the Shift key. :P
You're new around here, aren't you?
They're all going? That's easy, then. Just find out when they're planning to stop by, then have all 23 million Taiwanese people slip out the back door and occupy the mainland while no one is home.
Since everyone in mainland China ia politically conditioned to believe that Taiwan = China, the Chinese invaders will never figure out that the Taiwanese are gone, and will continue fighting amongst themselves while the Taiwanese population sets up shop in their new, roomier lodgings.
I did a mental double-take before mentally inserting the capital letter on "Southwest". Like, wha? He hates California or something? :p
No, he means that the publishers live in the middle of the system...
There, fixed that for you.
Actually, the way I see that episode is that they eliminated everything except collateral damage. They 'fought' on, inflicting their calculated casualties, never achieving any military objectives. "We have always been at war with Oceania" comes to mind.
Ironically, many saw the invention of aircraft as a way to prevent massive casualties in war. Pairs of airborne 'knights' would duel without the need to send in huge infantries. Of course, infantry battles only increased, and World War II saw the introduction of carpet bombing.
Much later, laser-guided bombs and other forms of 'surgical strike' were supposed to eliminate civilian casualties. Of course, 'military intelligence' brought us the bombing of non-military targets, with massive civilian casualties for no military gain.
Now the giant frickin' laser beam is supposed to bring 'surgical strikes' to a new level. Unfortunately, it's still the same people directing the scalpel.
If there is one constant in human history: War kills people. Always has, always will.
That's why the Chinese Olympic swimming team was disqualified in 2004 for trying to compete with cheap AK-47 knockoffs slung on their backs.
Made 'ya Google!
When did Britons over the age of 30 start using the Metric system?
I found a copy of the original correspondence between the village and the TeleAtlas:
That's easy. If they can say "VAX" and "progressive" in the same sentence, they're senile... or at least really, really old. :p
As someone who used to administer an Exchange server that had 24,000 public folders by the time I inhereited it--in a 30-person office--all I can say is good riddance!
Tell that to Jon-Erik Hexum. Okay, so that gun had wadding in it, but it was mainly the force of the gas that did him in.
I was just thinking along those lines the other day, as I was waiting for a Facebook page to load. I made a few personal websites back in the early days of HTML, and my philosophy was that if my page took longer than 5 seconds to load, the viewer would hit 'Back' and go somewhere else. Nowadays I always browse in multiple tabs so I don't have to sit idle while each page loads--which can take close to a minute.
I don't know what the user experience of the future will be like, but I guarantee it will involve many progress bars.*
*Probably the most ironically named item since Microsoft Works.
Calm down, Syndrome!
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((Extra text to bypass the lame-ass lameness filter that activated because the quoted text has too many caps.))