Cool, thanks for the help. We didn't really understand the cross-section part because a sphere has a really-high cross section (if you think slicing it in half), but since the edges are rounded it is aerodynamic.
So, why hasn't the moon fallen into the Earth's orbit yet? Because it's far enough outside the atmosphere? I always thought that "orbit" was really just a planet trying to crash into another -- IE, the moon is attracted to the earth, so it goes towards it, but the earth is also doing the same thing to the sun, so they just end up following each other.
A lightweight object with a large cross section at a 180km orbit may take only a day to reenter. A heavy object with a small cross section at 450 km may stay up for a decade.
I thought objects fall at the same speed regardless of mass. Didn't some old scientist dude try this out at the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
You're supposedly "banned" from swiping them more than once every 10 or 15 minutes.
I never get them because 30-days worth normally costs $80 anyway. I take off at least one day sick each month, and usually another day off from holiday. Catch a ride in once or twice -- it always ends up costing the average person more.
Heh, I was being silly. Though I appreciate your support
While at my place they're generally instantly forgiving if I'm loafing because someone else has locked the database or neglected to make a bugfix for a deadline, you'll still lose prestiege in the eyes of some bosses even if it's completely out of your hands. Regardless of even being aware that its not your fault, they'll still subconsciously be thinking "well, he is getting paid for nothing..."
You also run the risk of the boss discovering he actually didn't need you in the first place. They might be doing fine even if you can't get access. So you gotta be proactive after a certain point. Start going over people's shoulders and sneaking access (like he said with getting a friend to let him in) to prove you're willing to break a few unimportant protocols to better the company.
suffered a financial loss from computer security incidents
Whoa, whoa. Back the truck up here, pal. Define "loss." I'm betting the overwhelming majority of the reported un-cash is probably:
1) "Lost" sales -- which is money the company didn't have in the first place
2) Money paid to try and prevent computer crime (which was their choice, and obviously didn't work
3) Money paid to chase criminals after the fact (which, though necessary, shouldn't be lumped together with what a robber stole)
That leaves a very small percentage of money that was actually substracted from a bank account somewhere.
Sit at your desk with no work to do, buddy. Just be sure to set something in motion to get someone else who's job it is to fix these sort of problems on it.
Why should you trouble yourself if the company's assclown policies are preventing you from doing work?
It appears that terrorists are now using the advanced "oppossable thumb" technology and a secret apparatus known as "PED" to carry out their sick plots.
To ensure freedom, we must ban hands and feet. Please do not be alarmed by the chopping squads that will begin making their rounds in your city in just a few days.
The forum (hosted at metalgearsolid.org) has been taken offline at the request of Government agencies following these news reports."
"Government agencies" can take down websites without even determining if a crime has taken place? Land of the free, hmm? I can see where this is going...
"Hay guys, it's Bill again. I think that apple.com is actually a secret code for terrorists. You should close it for a few years until your investigation is done."
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Don't fill out your parents' phone number. Make up a clearly bogus one, it's much more satisfying.
My Waldbaums card is the proud property of OSCAR GROUCH at 123 SEASAME STREET. Phone number? (123) 456-7890, of course.
Buy a cheap microwave, take the magnetron out and construct your own irradiating chamber. I'm pretty sure they've done this at least once on mythbusters.
Be sure to get some lead pantaloons on first, though. Just in case.
Investigating criminal activity is the job of the judicial branch (courts, police). Bush and his pals are in the administrative branch. This is fifth-grade social studies.
Are you familiar with the last time this happened? The Salem Witch trials? As long as you're tainted by accusation, you're guilty. Everyone's too afraid to say otherwise.
Well, the MUD I saw it implemented on had it as an option, designed for higher-level players. I guess you could use it as a newbie character, but what would be the point?:) No maxxed people to beg "u get weps 4 me??!?" from...
The reason the government wants to fight against smoke-and-mirrors (war on drugs, war on homelessness, war on terrorism) is because they're guaranteed constants in any civilization. It's like the stairs in world 1-3 of Super Mario Brothers -- a 1-up that keeps on giving.
Eh, let 'em on. There's an easy way I've seen to prevent crashing. Let players temporarily stop seeing others players of less than X level. Thematically, they're "too unimportant in the war" to be noticed by a Mighty Dark Blademaster such as yourself.
That's actually one of their controller adaptors. We've already seen a motion-sensitive one for sword swinging in Zelda, and an aerodynamic one for flight in Mario. But I actually work for Nintendo, and they're also building a self-destruct module. If you go online to gripe about the system or even question its capabilities in your mind, the box immediately explodes without warning, taking any infidels with it.
We can't disclose the Revolution's release period yet
Be a man. Just say "we haven't decided yet, and any dates that are being thrown around are purely speculation at this point, as alot can happen to speed up or delay the process over a period of ten frigging months"
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Cool, thanks for the help. We didn't really understand the cross-section part because a sphere has a really-high cross section (if you think slicing it in half), but since the edges are rounded it is aerodynamic.
So, why hasn't the moon fallen into the Earth's orbit yet? Because it's far enough outside the atmosphere? I always thought that "orbit" was really just a planet trying to crash into another -- IE, the moon is attracted to the earth, so it goes towards it, but the earth is also doing the same thing to the sun, so they just end up following each other.
When you've a large industrial complex up there...
That's no moon...
My whole team's arguing about this:
A lightweight object with a large cross section at a 180km orbit may take only a day to reenter. A heavy object with a small cross section at 450 km may stay up for a decade.
I thought objects fall at the same speed regardless of mass. Didn't some old scientist dude try this out at the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
You're supposedly "banned" from swiping them more than once every 10 or 15 minutes.
I never get them because 30-days worth normally costs $80 anyway. I take off at least one day sick each month, and usually another day off from holiday. Catch a ride in once or twice -- it always ends up costing the average person more.
Heh, I was being silly. Though I appreciate your support
While at my place they're generally instantly forgiving if I'm loafing because someone else has locked the database or neglected to make a bugfix for a deadline, you'll still lose prestiege in the eyes of some bosses even if it's completely out of your hands. Regardless of even being aware that its not your fault, they'll still subconsciously be thinking "well, he is getting paid for nothing..."
You also run the risk of the boss discovering he actually didn't need you in the first place. They might be doing fine even if you can't get access. So you gotta be proactive after a certain point. Start going over people's shoulders and sneaking access (like he said with getting a friend to let him in) to prove you're willing to break a few unimportant protocols to better the company.
suffered a financial loss from computer security incidents
Whoa, whoa. Back the truck up here, pal. Define "loss." I'm betting the overwhelming majority of the reported un-cash is probably:
1) "Lost" sales -- which is money the company didn't have in the first place
2) Money paid to try and prevent computer crime (which was their choice, and obviously didn't work
3) Money paid to chase criminals after the fact (which, though necessary, shouldn't be lumped together with what a robber stole)
That leaves a very small percentage of money that was actually substracted from a bank account somewhere.
Sit at your desk with no work to do, buddy. Just be sure to set something in motion to get someone else who's job it is to fix these sort of problems on it.
Why should you trouble yourself if the company's assclown policies are preventing you from doing work?
And, most importantly, ends up costing you another fare.
Ever try a ride longer than a half-hour after you've been out drinking all night? Having to pay another $2 just to pee isn't exactly fair.
It appears that terrorists are now using the advanced "oppossable thumb" technology and a secret apparatus known as "PED" to carry out their sick plots.
To ensure freedom, we must ban hands and feet. Please do not be alarmed by the chopping squads that will begin making their rounds in your city in just a few days.
This reminds me of that Family Show bit...
111-1111... Lois? (train starts moving and enters tunnel) Damn!
111-1112... Lois? (train starts moving and enters tunnel) Damn!
E)Elbereth
While the Light of the Elves is indeed powerful, especially against maiar in the form of giant spiders, it should not be overtly harmful to a DS
The forum (hosted at metalgearsolid.org) has been taken offline at the request of Government agencies following these news reports."
"Government agencies" can take down websites without even determining if a crime has taken place? Land of the free, hmm? I can see where this is going...
"Hay guys, it's Bill again. I think that apple.com is actually a secret code for terrorists. You should close it for a few years until your investigation is done."
Don't fill out your parents' phone number. Make up a clearly bogus one, it's much more satisfying.
My Waldbaums card is the proud property of OSCAR GROUCH at 123 SEASAME STREET. Phone number? (123) 456-7890, of course.
Buy a cheap microwave, take the magnetron out and construct your own irradiating chamber. I'm pretty sure they've done this at least once on mythbusters.
Be sure to get some lead pantaloons on first, though. Just in case.
Logical fallacy: non-sequitor
A kid having some beer sold from my store does not prove that I sold it to him. My lack of a defense in no way implies guilty.
Hey, it's only 10am :)
Balance of powers, my friend. Do you speak it?
Investigating criminal activity is the job of the judicial branch (courts, police). Bush and his pals are in the administrative branch. This is fifth-grade social studies.
Um, they don't care?
Are you familiar with the last time this happened? The Salem Witch trials? As long as you're tainted by accusation, you're guilty. Everyone's too afraid to say otherwise.
This isn't a criminal investigation. No one can seize records from a private company in order to do a "study," right?
Well, the MUD I saw it implemented on had it as an option, designed for higher-level players. I guess you could use it as a newbie character, but what would be the point? :) No maxxed people to beg "u get weps 4 me??!?" from...
Long war? You must mean endless war.
The reason the government wants to fight against smoke-and-mirrors (war on drugs, war on homelessness, war on terrorism) is because they're guaranteed constants in any civilization. It's like the stairs in world 1-3 of Super Mario Brothers -- a 1-up that keeps on giving.
Eh, let 'em on. There's an easy way I've seen to prevent crashing. Let players temporarily stop seeing others players of less than X level. Thematically, they're "too unimportant in the war" to be noticed by a Mighty Dark Blademaster such as yourself.
That's actually one of their controller adaptors. We've already seen a motion-sensitive one for sword swinging in Zelda, and an aerodynamic one for flight in Mario. But I actually work for Nintendo, and they're also building a self-destruct module. If you go online to gripe about the system or even question its capabilities in your mind, the box immediately explodes without warning, taking any infidels with it.
We can't disclose the Revolution's release period yet
Be a man. Just say "we haven't decided yet, and any dates that are being thrown around are purely speculation at this point, as alot can happen to speed up or delay the process over a period of ten frigging months"
Because every price in the country would have to round to numbers divisible by five. And guess which direction they'll all choose? (UP)
Sales tax going from 8.25% to 10% won't be too bad, but wait until the federal/state/city taxes jump from like 16% to 20%. Each.