Do you have any link? I'm not questioning your memory of the story. But I would be interested to know if the AP retracted the photo and disciplined the photographer once his/her photos had been found to be doctored. Because that would then be consistent with their policy, a photographer can break their rules but their HQ should be able to re-enforce their policies after the event. If anything it shows why they have to be so strict, as a news agency they are doing business on the accuracy of their information.
But this isn't about whether the image is an accurate image of the General. It is about the integrity of the Associated Press, they have to be strict otherwise people would be calling their photos into question the whole time.
QoS was an enjoyable watch but it was much closer to the action films I hate than the brooding character development of Casino Royale.
They just seemed to forget the "nothing unrealistic, not much silly action" nature that made CR the first 'proper' Bond film and made a silly "Bond is invincible" film. That and they seemed to be bringing a clandestine Spectre-like organisation back.
Agreed. In the UK in the nineties we were taught to warm up and then to hold a stretch for 8-10 seconds (it was really just 8 but 10 was taught as it was 'easier' to remember). This hasn't really changed in gym practice, although some sports coaching has embraced dynamic stretches. Personally I have tried dynamic stretching and found that it didn't go far enough. It possibly doesn't help that I swear by static stretching (after warming up and at the end of exercise) and am quite limber in many areas.
The 20+ second stretches were never taught, it was 16 post exercise.
Now I know there is a lot of evidence to suggest that pre-exercise stretches are not-necessary but personal preference. I personally would not do anything that puts my joints to the limit (such as kicking or dumbbell flys, etc) without stretching the relevant muscles beforehand. I guess the principle for me is that a static stretch, takes the muscle further than the acutal action and therefore loosens the hamstrings et al so they don't snap when used in anger.
The problem many people have is that they stretch when cold and that is simply counter productive or just plain dangerous.
Look to a sibling reply above. The clerk was ordered to stop inputting the names. Which means that it was taking a long time to input if a judge had time to order a dismissal.
I have a feeling they won't be able to locate "Elson John", "Area 69", or the "Kyoto Protocol", the first because it's spelled wrong, the second because its the wrong number, and the third because it's a treaty and you can't sue a treaty. i wonder whether this list has any rhyme or reason to it, or whether it's just nonsense he randomly thought of. HAHA "verne the mini me" that one just makes it for me.
You fool, of course the government don't want you to think area 69 is real. Area 51 is the decoy.
Third, tell me again what is wrong with our healthcare system? Is it that 44 million citizens don't have insurance, AND YET ARE TREATED WITH THE WORLD'S FINEST HEALTHCARE ANYWAY?
I'm impressed that the US has voted in a guy intelligent enough to actually look like he could be in high office - "My god he can speak in public!". I didn't mind McCain pre-election but during the election he couldn't string a sentence together and Palin simply is an embarrassment. Europe couldn't believe Bush was even in any official office let alone The Oval office. We can believe Obama can take that job, we feared a Palin presidency. Crazy old-worldians that we are we actually want someone in the most important job in the world to be smart.
If you actually read my post, then you could see that I was impressed that the Americans have voted for the person with a positive message not the one trying to namecall and making ridiculous links between his opponent and terrorism or some 'evil ideology' (but not to his face.)
Oh dear I think I missed the sign that told me not to feel the troll.
I'm not convinced that the fundamentalist rhetoric of fear is entirely dead as a powerful tactic. But it didn't work this time and I am genuinely impressed with the US that it didn't. The beeb commentator (I think it was) said that it was the victory of hope over fear. That might be empty rhetoric to a cynic like me but it is somehow heartwarming.
The best bit about the victory is that it pisses off exactly the people I want to see pissed off. (Those all-or-nothing, fear and loathing 'conservatives' who hate everything socialist so much that they are the red party?)
Thanks, it is just something that annoys me more lately than ever.
Essentially everyone tries to align themselves either side of an imaginary line. The idea that the principles that are the one side of that line are the thing to do always in every situation is just absurd. It's the reason that the ideologies fall apart is because they can't cover everything. For instance, capitalism is 'right' or 'left', capitalism tells you that it is often better to make/employ foreign goods/staff which neither the right or left like. Both the right and left want to censor just different things but censorship is supposedly against the principles of both, one because of freedom the other liberty.
This is probably difficult to follow (we had some fireworks in Britain to celebrate and I have had a drink!) but that's because the whole polar opposites in an imaginary world is plain silly. It gets a lot worse when people get 'loyal', to a concept.
I am sure people will point out that McCain!= Bush, and I will admit that McCain himself seems to be a man of integrity. However, much of the republican leadership is not. Palin serves as a perfect example.
As a European who has paid an interested attention to this election, it seems to me that the McCain who gave the concession speech and sat 'debating' next to John Stewart (essentially the enemy) was a man of integrity and I was impressed that he was willing to give his views to an audience that disagreed. Unfortunately the McCain on the campaign trail, the stupid negative namecalling (when Obama wasn't there), putting a 'below-Bush-intellect' Palin on the ticket, the whole 'small-towns' thing was not a man of integrity, it was a man who let too many Bush advisors on his team. A shame because he would have had better chance without them.
What's so bad about socialism? Do you honestly think that voting in Obama is going to turn the states into some sort of Soviet Russia just because SOME of his plans are similar to those in Western Europe?
Wake up and realise that it doesn't matter what the idealogical principle is. All that matters is that you do the correct action for the situation. Sometimes that action is one that reflects libertarianism, sometimes conservatism, sometimes socialism, sometimes environmentalism, sometimes etc.
Your healthcare system NEEDS drastic change, perhaps socialism. No one is suggesting a British style NHS (certainly not the British). But quite simply, whether you are proud of you country or not (and when did that matter to anything) you should be ashamed of your healthcare system.
I did wonder but as I said above there was another similar sibling post to yours, so I thought I would clarify. The problem with sarcasm is one I keep finding - people just don't know when you're being sincere and when you're joking.
Ah I see. The thing is unlike most democratic political bodies the EU isn't really worried about popularity (hardly anyone votes or cares). If one of the nations' governments upset a popular company then they would be brave but the EU could outlaw kittens and it wouldn't make a dent in the next European elections.
I must admit I wasn't sure if the GP was joking or unaware of the phrase. The fact that two replies on the same level made me think that I might just have to clarify.
I wondering if the phrase "common or garden" doesn't cross the Atlantic. In the UK it means something 'normal' for the task, not specialist or unusual, the kind of thing anyone would expect to find at home. It doesn't literally mean 'garden tools'.
A 'common or garden tool' for iPod battery replacement would be something like a screwdriver or Allen key.
The article implied that they have been thinking about this for years. The difference is now they think they may have a liquid they can use - ionic liquids. On earth they use Mercury as the liquid but that is too heavy to lift to space and it will evaporate. Also the costs involved are now demonstrating it is viable for lunar use.
I think you misunderstand the article. This is not that the spammers have backed Obama with their support. It is that more spam delivered has the string 'Obama' than 'McCain' - it is a crude (but independant) measure of the popularity or current awareness of each individual.
While I agree, sometimes being an engineer or analyst means working with one or two or six hands tied behind your back because... IT-imposed user-permissions.
That's was why I had to do data analysis on the payroll of over 100k employees in VBA. Large organisations don't just allow any new software and this was task was to be performed for only 12 months. I had to use what was available (which was Excel & Access). Books like this could be very useful for many people who have to do serious work in an environment when they don't have a choice what tool to use.
This is one reason the VB scripting turns out to be highly useful.
I recently had to do a project in VBA/Excel after years away from it, and it made me want to dig my eyes out with a spoon.
Don't ever write custom functions... ever. You'll thank me when you don't have to worry about whether or not they silently fail.
I second that, I spent about a year developing some data analysis tools and processes using vba in excel/Access (At my work we were very limited by the tools we had available, we didn't have any data analysis tools so I had to Heath Robinson it) It would have been so much easier and cleaner if I was able to get the functions to work but they would either not be recognised by the modules or would return unfathomable error messages.
VBA is fine for automating usual spreadsheet business tasks that you would or could do manually, very helpful for simple but repetitive data manipulation. Especially when having an audit-able trail is necessary. I did all data manipulation by VBA no matter how simple because I could demonstrate and repeat it.
But anything difficult should be done on a proper tool, it's just there to automate Excel not extend it. In our organisation it is used to reduce the number of applications.
But did they ensure his data was not lost? After all the valuable items were on his PC not the PC itself. This is a story about the value of data being more important than the value of the hardware. MI6 didn't get that.
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It made me laugh. I call funny not Flamebait
Do you have any link? I'm not questioning your memory of the story. But I would be interested to know if the AP retracted the photo and disciplined the photographer once his/her photos had been found to be doctored. Because that would then be consistent with their policy, a photographer can break their rules but their HQ should be able to re-enforce their policies after the event.
If anything it shows why they have to be so strict, as a news agency they are doing business on the accuracy of their information.
But this isn't about whether the image is an accurate image of the General.
It is about the integrity of the Associated Press, they have to be strict otherwise people would be calling their photos into question the whole time.
QoS was an enjoyable watch but it was much closer to the action films I hate than the brooding character development of Casino Royale.
They just seemed to forget the "nothing unrealistic, not much silly action" nature that made CR the first 'proper' Bond film and made a silly "Bond is invincible" film. That and they seemed to be bringing a clandestine Spectre-like organisation back.
Agreed. In the UK in the nineties we were taught to warm up and then to hold a stretch for 8-10 seconds (it was really just 8 but 10 was taught as it was 'easier' to remember). This hasn't really changed in gym practice, although some sports coaching has embraced dynamic stretches. Personally I have tried dynamic stretching and found that it didn't go far enough. It possibly doesn't help that I swear by static stretching (after warming up and at the end of exercise) and am quite limber in many areas.
The 20+ second stretches were never taught, it was 16 post exercise.
Now I know there is a lot of evidence to suggest that pre-exercise stretches are not-necessary but personal preference. I personally would not do anything that puts my joints to the limit (such as kicking or dumbbell flys, etc) without stretching the relevant muscles beforehand. I guess the principle for me is that a static stretch, takes the muscle further than the acutal action and therefore loosens the hamstrings et al so they don't snap when used in anger.
The problem many people have is that they stretch when cold and that is simply counter productive or just plain dangerous.
Look to a sibling reply above. The clerk was ordered to stop inputting the names. Which means that it was taking a long time to input if a judge had time to order a dismissal.
I have a feeling they won't be able to locate "Elson John", "Area 69", or the "Kyoto Protocol", the first because it's spelled wrong, the second because its the wrong number, and the third because it's a treaty and you can't sue a treaty. i wonder whether this list has any rhyme or reason to it, or whether it's just nonsense he randomly thought of. HAHA "verne the mini me" that one just makes it for me.
You fool, of course the government don't want you to think area 69 is real. Area 51 is the decoy.
Third, tell me again what is wrong with our healthcare system? Is it that 44 million citizens don't have insurance, AND YET ARE TREATED WITH THE WORLD'S FINEST HEALTHCARE ANYWAY?
Wow, where to take that comment.
Citation please.
I'm impressed that the US has voted in a guy intelligent enough to actually look like he could be in high office - "My god he can speak in public!". I didn't mind McCain pre-election but during the election he couldn't string a sentence together and Palin simply is an embarrassment.
Europe couldn't believe Bush was even in any official office let alone The Oval office. We can believe Obama can take that job, we feared a Palin presidency. Crazy old-worldians that we are we actually want someone in the most important job in the world to be smart.
If you actually read my post, then you could see that I was impressed that the Americans have voted for the person with a positive message not the one trying to namecall and making ridiculous links between his opponent and terrorism or some 'evil ideology' (but not to his face.)
Oh dear I think I missed the sign that told me not to feel the troll.
I'm not convinced that the fundamentalist rhetoric of fear is entirely dead as a powerful tactic. But it didn't work this time and I am genuinely impressed with the US that it didn't.
The beeb commentator (I think it was) said that it was the victory of hope over fear. That might be empty rhetoric to a cynic like me but it is somehow heartwarming.
The best bit about the victory is that it pisses off exactly the people I want to see pissed off. (Those all-or-nothing, fear and loathing 'conservatives' who hate everything socialist so much that they are the red party?)
Thanks, it is just something that annoys me more lately than ever.
Essentially everyone tries to align themselves either side of an imaginary line. The idea that the principles that are the one side of that line are the thing to do always in every situation is just absurd.
It's the reason that the ideologies fall apart is because they can't cover everything. For instance, capitalism is 'right' or 'left', capitalism tells you that it is often better to make/employ foreign goods/staff which neither the right or left like. Both the right and left want to censor just different things but censorship is supposedly against the principles of both, one because of freedom the other liberty.
This is probably difficult to follow (we had some fireworks in Britain to celebrate and I have had a drink!) but that's because the whole polar opposites in an imaginary world is plain silly.
It gets a lot worse when people get 'loyal', to a concept.
I am sure people will point out that McCain!= Bush, and I will admit that McCain himself seems to be a man of integrity. However, much of the republican leadership is not. Palin serves as a perfect example.
As a European who has paid an interested attention to this election, it seems to me that the McCain who gave the concession speech and sat 'debating' next to John Stewart (essentially the enemy) was a man of integrity and I was impressed that he was willing to give his views to an audience that disagreed. Unfortunately the McCain on the campaign trail, the stupid negative namecalling (when Obama wasn't there), putting a 'below-Bush-intellect' Palin on the ticket, the whole 'small-towns' thing was not a man of integrity, it was a man who let too many Bush advisors on his team.
A shame because he would have had better chance without them.
What's so bad about socialism?
Do you honestly think that voting in Obama is going to turn the states into some sort of Soviet Russia just because SOME of his plans are similar to those in Western Europe?
Wake up and realise that it doesn't matter what the idealogical principle is. All that matters is that you do the correct action for the situation. Sometimes that action is one that reflects libertarianism, sometimes conservatism, sometimes socialism, sometimes environmentalism, sometimes etc.
Your healthcare system NEEDS drastic change, perhaps socialism. No one is suggesting a British style NHS (certainly not the British). But quite simply, whether you are proud of you country or not (and when did that matter to anything) you should be ashamed of your healthcare system.
Regards
Person-bored-with-meaningless-election-fearmongering-but-honestly-impressed-with-the-US-people.
The best punishment would be to order him to undergo some psychoanalysis. We should recommend some therapists, that would help.
I did wonder but as I said above there was another similar sibling post to yours, so I thought I would clarify. The problem with sarcasm is one I keep finding - people just don't know when you're being sincere and when you're joking.
Ah I see.
The thing is unlike most democratic political bodies the EU isn't really worried about popularity (hardly anyone votes or cares). If one of the nations' governments upset a popular company then they would be brave but the EU could outlaw kittens and it wouldn't make a dent in the next European elections.
I must admit I wasn't sure if the GP was joking or unaware of the phrase. The fact that two replies on the same level made me think that I might just have to clarify.
I find it hard to believe EU (or any other) authorities will have the balls to stand up to Apple.
Apple isn't Microsoft, why would going against Apple be in any way brave?
I wondering if the phrase "common or garden" doesn't cross the Atlantic. In the UK it means something 'normal' for the task, not specialist or unusual, the kind of thing anyone would expect to find at home. It doesn't literally mean 'garden tools'.
A 'common or garden tool' for iPod battery replacement would be something like a screwdriver or Allen key.
The article implied that they have been thinking about this for years.
The difference is now they think they may have a liquid they can use - ionic liquids. On earth they use Mercury as the liquid but that is too heavy to lift to space and it will evaporate. Also the costs involved are now demonstrating it is viable for lunar use.
I think you misunderstand the article.
This is not that the spammers have backed Obama with their support. It is that more spam delivered has the string 'Obama' than 'McCain' - it is a crude (but independant) measure of the popularity or current awareness of each individual.
While I agree, sometimes being an engineer or analyst means working with one or two or six hands tied behind your back because ... IT-imposed user-permissions.
That's was why I had to do data analysis on the payroll of over 100k employees in VBA.
Large organisations don't just allow any new software and this was task was to be performed for only 12 months. I had to use what was available (which was Excel & Access). Books like this could be very useful for many people who have to do serious work in an environment when they don't have a choice what tool to use.
This is one reason the VB scripting turns out to be highly useful.
I recently had to do a project in VBA/Excel after years away from it, and it made me want to dig my eyes out with a spoon.
Don't ever write custom functions... ever. You'll thank me when you don't have to worry about whether or not they silently fail.
I second that, I spent about a year developing some data analysis tools and processes using vba in excel/Access (At my work we were very limited by the tools we had available, we didn't have any data analysis tools so I had to Heath Robinson it) It would have been so much easier and cleaner if I was able to get the functions to work but they would either not be recognised by the modules or would return unfathomable error messages.
VBA is fine for automating usual spreadsheet business tasks that you would or could do manually, very helpful for simple but repetitive data manipulation. Especially when having an audit-able trail is necessary. I did all data manipulation by VBA no matter how simple because I could demonstrate and repeat it.
But anything difficult should be done on a proper tool, it's just there to automate Excel not extend it. In our organisation it is used to reduce the number of applications.
But did they ensure his data was not lost? After all the valuable items were on his PC not the PC itself.
This is a story about the value of data being more important than the value of the hardware. MI6 didn't get that.
Informative?
Heads out of the sand moderators. This is "satire".