That's why I made that xenophobic reference - it is now common opinion that the majority of US citizens lead carefree hedonistic life. And it's nobody's fault but their own. Reading the previous comments made my head spin.
Homework is many things:
- Practice what was taught in class to make it familiar (Math)
- Absorbing information and analyzing it (English, History)
- Learning to teach yourself
Sure there are people who don't need all of this and just get it.
Well, it's all irrelevant anyways, because if you want to compare damage, duration is just as important as energy. A one second laser pulse is nothing like a millisecond bullet impact. And furthermore, how the heck are you going to keep the beam on a single spot for a whole second, esp. at any sort of distance? Perhaps if you're talking stationary armor or something and you've got a tripod...
One of these cells may leave a nasty burn or blind you, but it's not going to kill you.
(Speaking of blinding: if serious lethal laser weapons ever do become common, that's going to be a new horror of war. Even the tangential reflections from any laser powerful enough to rapidly kill a person -- or worse, cut through armor -- are going to do catastrophic eye damage to everyone around them.)
Two thoughts:
1. To avoid eye damage, I bet soldiers will be issued goggles for protection.
2. Lasers have a very small area of effect. Even if you fired one of these guns and pierced the enemy soldier's body, the blood loss will be small if any due to 1) the small size and 2) the bleed-stopping effect of the heat. A hit on the heart might cause internal bleeding, but I can't imagine even a hit on lungs having much of a take-down effect. On the other hand, if you see bullets fired through blocks of clay or ballistics jell you see the damage area is far large than the bullet due to the impact and the spinning of the bullet.
That part about "flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting" is what got them--not a big fat swastika but some more obscure symbols.
One reason not to wear a biker shirt or jacket over there. Around where I live (U.S.), it seems that most logos have symbols from WWII Germany. Granted, a yank wearing an iron cross in 1946 said less about his politics and more about who he killed in the war.
but censorship by the masses is very alive and very well here in these United States.
Please explain to me how "censorship by the masses" is different from plain old "voting with your wallet." For my part, I see a huge, fundamental difference between the people saying, "No, we're not interested," and the government saying, "No, you will not be interested."
Voting with your wallet only involves not buying said product. Censorship by the masses includes protests, book burnings (if applicable), and boycotting stores (which is a little more than voting w/ wallet).
Probably the best example in recent time was some groups burning Harry Potter books because they teach sorcery.
I have a 4 year degree and have taken graduate classes after working for a few years. My undergrad school forced me to use different languages, including some unfamiliar and mildly uncomfortable to me at the time (e.g. scheme and perl). I didn't learn exclusively in the C-like syntax world.
Because of this training (not learning a language but to program independent of language), I pick up new languages very quickly. Sure, learning obscure languages isn't helpful and I avoid it. But I have 4 different languages on my short list that I get paid for. With the exception of 1, if I didn't know/learn the language I wouldn't have been on the project. In the other case, it was by far the best tool in the toolbox for my task, so I learned it.
Most people I know who skipped the 4-year college only know one language and aren't interested in learning others.
So it's not only about the status update. Also, I would think a murder case would get more investigation than a robbery too.
Agreed. Finger prints, DNA, blood stains, etc. This is just enough to get you off on "reasonable doubt" for a lighter crime as it will not be investigated as fully nor result in as much evidence (robber leaves finger prints, murder causes DNA to fly all over the place).
I primarily drive around town. Seldom at more than 40-45 MPH. My car is low to the ground, and I have a few hundred thousand miles of driving experience. My most likely accident scenarios are minor fender scratchers.
You'd be surprise how little speed it requires to eject a passenger. I've seen a car that was not recognizable after crashing at about 50 mph. The occupant not wearing the seatbelt was ejected.
You're also ignoring the distracted, drunk, and/or bad drivers who may or may not be in bigger vehicles.
Motorcycle helmet law = nanny state.
Banning violent video games = nanny state.
Seat belt law = nanny state.
There is a key difference between the items listed above and attempts to stop distracted driving. Items listed above are an attempt to protect us from ourselves. Distracted (or drunk) driving is an attempt to protect you or me from someone else, notably the nut texting her boyfriend who plows her 8 ton SUV into the side of your Prius.
Helmet and seat belt laws != banning violent video games.
When someone has been in an accident, first responders show up and give medical attention regardless of whether the person wore a helmet or had their seat belt on. If the person didn't die, they are more likely to be in critical condition, requiring more expensive care. If this person who did not wear a helmet or seat belt also does not have insurance coverage and can't pay (or less likely, chose not to) their bill, then the rest of us pay it for them.
If someone really wants to not wear a helmet or a seat belt, it's their choice as long as I'm not paying their insurance.
Why shouldn't I be able to specify what happens with the software I write? Why shouldn't I be able to specify "you must run this on my hardware" as a condition of sale?
Years ago, it was ruled that artificial limitations (as opposed to technological limitations) were illegal. Granted, this was back in the Fair Use era; decades before the DRM, DCMA, and other whittling of our writes as customers.
Virtualization is useful and has its place, as does "cloud computing" (which seems to mean different things to different people, but regardless it has its uses).
This has annoyed me quite a bit. "Cloud Computing" means something fairly specific, yet when many tech bloggers and journalists write about it the first comment often should be "That word does not mean what you think it means." One even defended it saying "it means whatever the speaker thinks it means", which is one of the dumbest things I've heard. Good thing he wasn't an English major...
Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil. I would make a comment about it being a pyramid scheme religion, but that does apply to too many religions for it have any punch.
Please elaborate. Which religions, in your opinion, are "pyramid schemes"?
As I understand it, a pyramid scheme involves money going from many (at the bottom) to the few (at the top) with everyone along the way getting their cut. I am not aware of any other religion having such a characteristic. There are many religions organizations that seek donations (whether it at a Shinto shrine or a church). However, (faults aside) the priests and monks who would be "at the top" are not exactly enjoying riches like Madoff was.
(not responding to so much as adding to your point)
Yes, but think of how many people would skip flying if they couldn't use battery-powered entertainment. I definitely won't travel internationally (8 to 12 hours) and would be less inclined to travel domestically (4 hours for me, usually) if I can't use my laptop, watch a DVD, or even just listen to my iPod.
In the case of liquids, there was backlash and inconvenience that people put up with. Then there is "no way am I flying" backlash. This would fall under that category for me.
Uh... if by "higher grade" you mean higher octane, you're mistaken. In fact, if the "cheap gas" doesn't cause pinging in your engine, the "higher grade" fuel gives you nothing but more expensive exhaust gases.
Unless, of course, your engine was designed for the higher octane (i.e. sports cars / turbo cars). You'll destroy your engine. Or your ECU programming from the factory was crap and it pings on a hot day (I've seen this).
But yes, in your Honda Civic it won't give you much (if anything).
A ground-breaking ruling against an Australian man accused of pirating software, games and music worth over $50 million should have all pirates in the world scared. Hew Raymond Griffiths who went by the online name BanDiDo, has never been to the United States but will be tried in a U.S. court after the U.S. won the battle to extradite him.
Also, as I understand it extradition applies to criminal and not civil cases. Even in criminal cases, the charge probably needs to be something higher than "this person smoked pot once."
This is, of course, ignoring the fact that the RIAA and the like have been hyping the crime as equal to terrorism. In 10 years, will gitmo be full of file sharers?
Also, "leave your laptop in the car". Erm, what car? I couldn't even tell you where the nearest cinema with a car park is...
Next time I travel to "the other side of the pond" as some say, I might be in some of these areas you speak of (but not to buy DVDs). Clearly, any UK instruction involving "leaving your laptop in the car" was written by someone who watches too much Top Gear and thinks everyone has a car or by someone thinking of the colonies.
Silverjet was just that, but they only lasted for about a year (killed off by the oil crisis). I think it was founded by the guy who owns Virgin, so he obviously had a clue of how to run an airline.
I don't follow. Handouts are good. We are in a liquidity trap.
I've never heard the term "liquidity trap" before, but yes, we do need the government to pump more money into the economy.
However, there are much more effective ways, such as improving infrastructure (see 1930s and the building projects). More jobs are created for the same amount of cash (although lower salaries as they are blue color; still means less people filing unemployment). Less money is spent on products made overseas (you make your concrete locally, but those server parts are coming from Asia). More roads are built or updated, which help the rest of the economy.
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That's why I made that xenophobic reference - it is now common opinion that the majority of US citizens lead carefree hedonistic life. And it's nobody's fault but their own. Reading the previous comments made my head spin.
Homework is many things:
- Practice what was taught in class to make it familiar (Math)
- Absorbing information and analyzing it (English, History)
- Learning to teach yourself
Sure there are people who don't need all of this and just get it.
Well, it's all irrelevant anyways, because if you want to compare damage, duration is just as important as energy. A one second laser pulse is nothing like a millisecond bullet impact. And furthermore, how the heck are you going to keep the beam on a single spot for a whole second, esp. at any sort of distance? Perhaps if you're talking stationary armor or something and you've got a tripod...
One of these cells may leave a nasty burn or blind you, but it's not going to kill you.
(Speaking of blinding: if serious lethal laser weapons ever do become common, that's going to be a new horror of war. Even the tangential reflections from any laser powerful enough to rapidly kill a person -- or worse, cut through armor -- are going to do catastrophic eye damage to everyone around them.)
Two thoughts:
1. To avoid eye damage, I bet soldiers will be issued goggles for protection.
2. Lasers have a very small area of effect. Even if you fired one of these guns and pierced the enemy soldier's body, the blood loss will be small if any due to 1) the small size and 2) the bleed-stopping effect of the heat. A hit on the heart might cause internal bleeding, but I can't imagine even a hit on lungs having much of a take-down effect. On the other hand, if you see bullets fired through blocks of clay or ballistics jell you see the damage area is far large than the bullet due to the impact and the spinning of the bullet.
You can't stop the signal.
One scotch on the rocks, please.
That part about "flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting" is what got them--not a big fat swastika but some more obscure symbols.
One reason not to wear a biker shirt or jacket over there. Around where I live (U.S.), it seems that most logos have symbols from WWII Germany. Granted, a yank wearing an iron cross in 1946 said less about his politics and more about who he killed in the war.
but censorship by the masses is very alive and very well here in these United States.
Please explain to me how "censorship by the masses" is different from plain old "voting with your wallet." For my part, I see a huge, fundamental difference between the people saying, "No, we're not interested," and the government saying, "No, you will not be interested."
Voting with your wallet only involves not buying said product. Censorship by the masses includes protests, book burnings (if applicable), and boycotting stores (which is a little more than voting w/ wallet).
Probably the best example in recent time was some groups burning Harry Potter books because they teach sorcery.
I'll throw out my 2 cents.
I have a 4 year degree and have taken graduate classes after working for a few years. My undergrad school forced me to use different languages, including some unfamiliar and mildly uncomfortable to me at the time (e.g. scheme and perl). I didn't learn exclusively in the C-like syntax world.
Because of this training (not learning a language but to program independent of language), I pick up new languages very quickly. Sure, learning obscure languages isn't helpful and I avoid it. But I have 4 different languages on my short list that I get paid for. With the exception of 1, if I didn't know/learn the language I wouldn't have been on the project. In the other case, it was by far the best tool in the toolbox for my task, so I learned it.
Most people I know who skipped the 4-year college only know one language and aren't interested in learning others.
I imagine it would be difficult to use a scope, though...
Don't worry, he will no-scope it.
(I voted for Obama, but mostly because he wasn't McCain-Palin, not because I thought he was going to be so different than his predecessors)
I did too. I kind of wish McCain of 2000 was running in the last election instead of McCain of 2008.
So it's not only about the status update. Also, I would think a murder case would get more investigation than a robbery too.
Agreed. Finger prints, DNA, blood stains, etc. This is just enough to get you off on "reasonable doubt" for a lighter crime as it will not be investigated as fully nor result in as much evidence (robber leaves finger prints, murder causes DNA to fly all over the place).
Mod parent up.
Hardware and content providers have been trying to suppress the used market for years since they don't see a dime from the re-sale.
For example, if you've been banned you can't install games to your local hard drive anymore.
I think if you've modded, depending on the nature of the mod this is no longer a problem.
I primarily drive around town. Seldom at more than 40-45 MPH. My car is low to the ground, and I have a few hundred thousand miles of driving experience. My most likely accident scenarios are minor fender scratchers.
You'd be surprise how little speed it requires to eject a passenger. I've seen a car that was not recognizable after crashing at about 50 mph. The occupant not wearing the seatbelt was ejected.
You're also ignoring the distracted, drunk, and/or bad drivers who may or may not be in bigger vehicles.
I agree the policy may not be perfect.
Motorcycle helmet law = nanny state. Banning violent video games = nanny state. Seat belt law = nanny state. There is a key difference between the items listed above and attempts to stop distracted driving. Items listed above are an attempt to protect us from ourselves. Distracted (or drunk) driving is an attempt to protect you or me from someone else, notably the nut texting her boyfriend who plows her 8 ton SUV into the side of your Prius.
Helmet and seat belt laws != banning violent video games.
When someone has been in an accident, first responders show up and give medical attention regardless of whether the person wore a helmet or had their seat belt on. If the person didn't die, they are more likely to be in critical condition, requiring more expensive care. If this person who did not wear a helmet or seat belt also does not have insurance coverage and can't pay (or less likely, chose not to) their bill, then the rest of us pay it for them.
If someone really wants to not wear a helmet or a seat belt, it's their choice as long as I'm not paying their insurance.
Why shouldn't I be able to specify what happens with the software I write? Why shouldn't I be able to specify "you must run this on my hardware" as a condition of sale?
Years ago, it was ruled that artificial limitations (as opposed to technological limitations) were illegal. Granted, this was back in the Fair Use era; decades before the DRM, DCMA, and other whittling of our writes as customers.
Virtualization is useful and has its place, as does "cloud computing" (which seems to mean different things to different people, but regardless it has its uses).
This has annoyed me quite a bit. "Cloud Computing" means something fairly specific, yet when many tech bloggers and journalists write about it the first comment often should be "That word does not mean what you think it means." One even defended it saying "it means whatever the speaker thinks it means", which is one of the dumbest things I've heard. Good thing he wasn't an English major...
Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil. I would make a comment about it being a pyramid scheme religion, but that does apply to too many religions for it have any punch.
Please elaborate. Which religions, in your opinion, are "pyramid schemes"?
As I understand it, a pyramid scheme involves money going from many (at the bottom) to the few (at the top) with everyone along the way getting their cut. I am not aware of any other religion having such a characteristic. There are many religions organizations that seek donations (whether it at a Shinto shrine or a church). However, (faults aside) the priests and monks who would be "at the top" are not exactly enjoying riches like Madoff was.
(not responding to so much as adding to your point)
Yes, but think of how many people would skip flying if they couldn't use battery-powered entertainment. I definitely won't travel internationally (8 to 12 hours) and would be less inclined to travel domestically (4 hours for me, usually) if I can't use my laptop, watch a DVD, or even just listen to my iPod.
In the case of liquids, there was backlash and inconvenience that people put up with. Then there is "no way am I flying" backlash. This would fall under that category for me.
Uh... if by "higher grade" you mean higher octane, you're mistaken. In fact, if the "cheap gas" doesn't cause pinging in your engine, the "higher grade" fuel gives you nothing but more expensive exhaust gases.
Unless, of course, your engine was designed for the higher octane (i.e. sports cars / turbo cars). You'll destroy your engine. Or your ECU programming from the factory was crap and it pings on a hot day (I've seen this).
But yes, in your Honda Civic it won't give you much (if anything).
Well, this guy was extradited from Australia to USA for copyright infringement
Australian pirate to be extradited to the United States
A ground-breaking ruling against an Australian man accused of pirating software, games and music worth over $50 million should have all pirates in the world scared. Hew Raymond Griffiths who went by the online name BanDiDo, has never been to the United States but will be tried in a U.S. court after the U.S. won the battle to extradite him.
Ouch.
Also, as I understand it extradition applies to criminal and not civil cases. Even in criminal cases, the charge probably needs to be something higher than "this person smoked pot once."
This is, of course, ignoring the fact that the RIAA and the like have been hyping the crime as equal to terrorism. In 10 years, will gitmo be full of file sharers?
Also, "leave your laptop in the car". Erm, what car? I couldn't even tell you where the nearest cinema with a car park is...
Next time I travel to "the other side of the pond" as some say, I might be in some of these areas you speak of (but not to buy DVDs). Clearly, any UK instruction involving "leaving your laptop in the car" was written by someone who watches too much Top Gear and thinks everyone has a car or by someone thinking of the colonies.
And submitters who think movie "pirates" would be interested in stealing peoples laptops out of their cars.
Or that the pirates are even in it for the money in the first place.
Silverjet was just that, but they only lasted for about a year (killed off by the oil crisis). I think it was founded by the guy who owns Virgin, so he obviously had a clue of how to run an airline.
I don't follow. Handouts are good. We are in a liquidity trap.
I've never heard the term "liquidity trap" before, but yes, we do need the government to pump more money into the economy.
However, there are much more effective ways, such as improving infrastructure (see 1930s and the building projects). More jobs are created for the same amount of cash (although lower salaries as they are blue color; still means less people filing unemployment). Less money is spent on products made overseas (you make your concrete locally, but those server parts are coming from Asia). More roads are built or updated, which help the rest of the economy.