One annoying thing with Greasemonkey is that sites can detect that you have it, even if you're not using it on their site. There are sites (neopets.com, for one) that will have different behavior for their pages if you have greasemonkey. Is there any way to avoid that?
The problem here is often lazy professors who set the same paper topics every year.
Vaguely on-topic story.
In grad school, I had a class where the teacher gave extra credit for finishing tests quickly. These tests were open-book, open-note. I didn't do so well on the first test, and barely finished in the time alloted, so I went to some grad students and got a copy of one of his old tests so I could practice the sort of problems that would be on the test.
On test day, the teacher handed out the test. It was an *exact* same test he'd given the other grad students. I finished that test pretty quickly...
$1.29/track. 256K AAC encoding. Starting in May. These are known unknowns, RTFA. They'll even still sell the DRM'ed, lower encoding rate ones so you can choose.
A far better answer than a single classification (XXX or not XXX) is a system like ICRA, with its self-reporting and multiple parameters. The problem for me as a parent, though, is that there's not a built-in system for using it in most OS/browser combinations. Or is there? Is there a way to use ICRA cleanly with Macs or Windows, esp. without having to buy some piece of software for all of my various machines?
On the business side, if we COULD build more nuclear power plants in the US with modern technology, someone would do it...SOMEONE would think long term on that measure and pull it off somewhere. This IS America, after all.
There is no law preventing the building of nuclear power plants. The problem IS the business side; it is simply not economical to build them.
Granted, much of the economics is due to the high safety standards required by law, but you can't argue that nuke plants can be built to a high level of safety, and then argue against requirements that they be built to that level.
Now, if only they can make it draw sugar from human blood and make the device and all its waste products fully biocompatible, they will revolutionize the parts of the medical industry that deal with electrically powered implants.
Not to mention the weight loss industry. "Burn calories while contributing to Folding@Home!"
In my area, many people have 30 to 45 minute commutes. 90% of the taxi trips from the city center to the 'burbs would be empty, and a given cab couldn't do that many trips during one rush "hour."
Seriously, unless you have an emergency or dire need for something, does anyone actually buy much from B&M stores these days? I use them to go see something physically....then go to Amazon or wherever, to find the best deal with free shipping and no tax.
I figure if I've used the store's service to see the item in question, they've earned the right to a higher price and I buy it from them. But then, who can afford ethics these days?
If everyone has their own car, road performance is limited by parking bandwidth. Now, if everyone used a taxi...
In some situations, this might actually be the solution. You don't own a vehicle, you have taxi service with an autonomous taxi. It drops you off at work, and then drives on to its next pickup. Smart algorithms mean it moves on to the nearest person with autonomous taxi needs. Smarter algorithms might allow the taxi to share taxi service, perhaps with isolated compartments for each person.
You run into the problem, though, of commuter patterns, as you have a large group of people moving from the 'burbs to the city in the morning, and then all moving back in the afternoon. Perhaps taxis that drop you off at bus and train services would be the key.
No. People have lots of kids in large part because many won't survive, and they want kids who will help then in their old age. By increasing the odds that children will survive, you decrease the number they need for that support. Moreover, people with malaria are less productive and consume resources that could be devoted to other things.
However, my requirement for alternative fuels is still 400+ miles (note 200-300km from the article is only 124 to 186 miles) on a single "charge", and able to get a complete charge in 5 minutes, for $30 or less, with no nominal increase in vehicle cost.
I filled up my tank today for $2.519 for regular, so $30 = ~12 gallons. 400 miles / 12 gallons = 33.3 mpg. According to Consumer Reports' auto buying guide, the only new cars that fit your rules are the Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit. (The Prius, hybrid Civic and hybrid Camry get the mileage, but at an increased cost.) So are those the only two cars you would consider buying now? Or are you considering non-car vehicles, or substantially lower speeds?
It seems a bit unfair to subject alternative fuel to higher requirements than conventional vehicles.
Ummm, yeah... Assuming the WORST case estimates over the last 40 years that CO2, methane, and NOx have doubled it still accounts for less than 0.036% of the Earth's atmosphere.
So? If I feed you 50 mg of arsenic, it'll make up even less of a percentage of your body -- but it'll still be a lethal dose. If X% of C02 has a certain greenhouse effect, 2X% of C02 will have a dramatically greater effect.
There's something to that. Those who argue against human-influenced global warming often claim that the prediction was global cooling in the 70's. The truth is there was concern about a short term cooling trend, most likely triggered by global dimming, due to pollution particulates. (It was also noted at the time that CO2 might counteract it by acting as a greenhouse gas.) We improved our pollution controls, and the dimming abated -- and global warming has accelerated since. No smog is good, though, even if it does mean we have to reduce C02 to avoid global warming.
keep in mind any evidence submitted can be refuted by the defendants lawyer.
The lawyer doesn't do the refuting, he queries an expert (possibly the prosecution's expert) regarding possible problems with the evidence. You might, for example, get someone from Google who would testify that "How to murder" has been searched 4,000,000 times in the last year, or present as counter evidence notes from a novel that the defendant or a relative with access to the house was working on.
They admit the actual file records as part of her testimony. Defense queries expert witness as to credentials, then asks what she's discovered, she describes and verifies the it, and it's entered into evidence by the judge if he's satisfied with the procedure.
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One annoying thing with Greasemonkey is that sites can detect that you have it, even if you're not using it on their site. There are sites (neopets.com, for one) that will have different behavior for their pages if you have greasemonkey. Is there any way to avoid that?
He is jesting, but don't call him "Shirley."
What about the R.O.U.S.'s?
The problem here is often lazy professors who set the same paper topics every year.
Vaguely on-topic story.
In grad school, I had a class where the teacher gave extra credit for finishing tests quickly. These tests were open-book, open-note. I didn't do so well on the first test, and barely finished in the time alloted, so I went to some grad students and got a copy of one of his old tests so I could practice the sort of problems that would be on the test.
On test day, the teacher handed out the test. It was an *exact* same test he'd given the other grad students. I finished that test pretty quickly...
I was thinking of a particular, uh, "haircut" myself...
nor is alcohol anywhere near as dangerous in moderate quantities.
Indeed. You can only kill yourself, or kill others while driving drunk, or get enough to cause your fetus to develop birth defects.
How can anything else be more dangerous?
$1.29/track. 256K AAC encoding. Starting in May. These are known unknowns, RTFA. They'll even still sell the DRM'ed, lower encoding rate ones so you can choose.
let your kids see porn, what proof do you have that it is harmful???
Plenty. For one thing, there's all the bruises I get from my wife hitting me if they do!
A far better answer than a single classification (XXX or not XXX) is a system like ICRA, with its self-reporting and multiple parameters. The problem for me as a parent, though, is that there's not a built-in system for using it in most OS/browser combinations. Or is there? Is there a way to use ICRA cleanly with Macs or Windows, esp. without having to buy some piece of software for all of my various machines?
On the business side, if we COULD build more nuclear power plants in the US with modern technology, someone would do it...SOMEONE would think long term on that measure and pull it off somewhere. This IS America, after all.
There is no law preventing the building of nuclear power plants. The problem IS the business side; it is simply not economical to build them.
Granted, much of the economics is due to the high safety standards required by law, but you can't argue that nuke plants can be built to a high level of safety, and then argue against requirements that they be built to that level.
But at least the carpet matches the drapes.
Sadly, even Australia seems to be giving us a run for our money, even with that nice climate and beautiful beaches: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6494117.st m
"Studies estimate that 67% of Australian men and over half of all women aged over 25 are overweight or obese."
Now, if only they can make it draw sugar from human blood and make the device and all its waste products fully biocompatible, they will revolutionize the parts of the medical industry that deal with electrically powered implants.
Not to mention the weight loss industry. "Burn calories while contributing to Folding@Home!"
Blame the RIAA. "WKRP.." hasn't made it onto DVD (last I checked) due to music licensing issues.
In my area, many people have 30 to 45 minute commutes. 90% of the taxi trips from the city center to the 'burbs would be empty, and a given cab couldn't do that many trips during one rush "hour."
Seriously, unless you have an emergency or dire need for something, does anyone actually buy much from B&M stores these days? I use them to go see something physically....then go to Amazon or wherever, to find the best deal with free shipping and no tax.
I figure if I've used the store's service to see the item in question, they've earned the right to a higher price and I buy it from them. But then, who can afford ethics these days?
You dare question his post? I should kill you where you stand!
If everyone has their own car, road performance is limited by parking bandwidth. Now, if everyone used a taxi...
In some situations, this might actually be the solution. You don't own a vehicle, you have taxi service with an autonomous taxi. It drops you off at work, and then drives on to its next pickup. Smart algorithms mean it moves on to the nearest person with autonomous taxi needs. Smarter algorithms might allow the taxi to share taxi service, perhaps with isolated compartments for each person.
You run into the problem, though, of commuter patterns, as you have a large group of people moving from the 'burbs to the city in the morning, and then all moving back in the afternoon. Perhaps taxis that drop you off at bus and train services would be the key.
take a look at the "War and Emergency Powers Act" sometime
The only references I could find to that make no mention of Clinton. Explain? The rest of your stuff is too vague to check.
I didn't vote for Clinton, but the current admin makes me nostalgic for him.
No. People have lots of kids in large part because many won't survive, and they want kids who will help then in their old age. By increasing the odds that children will survive, you decrease the number they need for that support. Moreover, people with malaria are less productive and consume resources that could be devoted to other things.
However, my requirement for alternative fuels is still 400+ miles (note 200-300km from the article is only 124 to 186 miles) on a single "charge", and able to get a complete charge in 5 minutes, for $30 or less, with no nominal increase in vehicle cost.
I filled up my tank today for $2.519 for regular, so $30 = ~12 gallons. 400 miles / 12 gallons = 33.3 mpg. According to Consumer Reports' auto buying guide, the only new cars that fit your rules are the Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit. (The Prius, hybrid Civic and hybrid Camry get the mileage, but at an increased cost.) So are those the only two cars you would consider buying now? Or are you considering non-car vehicles, or substantially lower speeds?
It seems a bit unfair to subject alternative fuel to higher requirements than conventional vehicles.
Ummm, yeah... Assuming the WORST case estimates over the last 40 years that CO2, methane, and NOx have doubled it still accounts for less than 0.036% of the Earth's atmosphere.
So? If I feed you 50 mg of arsenic, it'll make up even less of a percentage of your body -- but it'll still be a lethal dose. If X% of C02 has a certain greenhouse effect, 2X% of C02 will have a dramatically greater effect.
There's something to that. Those who argue against human-influenced global warming often claim that the prediction was global cooling in the 70's. The truth is there was concern about a short term cooling trend, most likely triggered by global dimming, due to pollution particulates. (It was also noted at the time that CO2 might counteract it by acting as a greenhouse gas.) We improved our pollution controls, and the dimming abated -- and global warming has accelerated since. No smog is good, though, even if it does mean we have to reduce C02 to avoid global warming.
keep in mind any evidence submitted can be refuted by the defendants lawyer.
The lawyer doesn't do the refuting, he queries an expert (possibly the prosecution's expert) regarding possible problems with the evidence. You might, for example, get someone from Google who would testify that "How to murder" has been searched 4,000,000 times in the last year, or present as counter evidence notes from a novel that the defendant or a relative with access to the house was working on.
They admit the actual file records as part of her testimony. Defense queries expert witness as to credentials, then asks what she's discovered, she describes and verifies the it, and it's entered into evidence by the judge if he's satisfied with the procedure.