Given the government's poor record with computer security, I wouldn't open ANY documents emailed me. DEAR SIR,
I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF PRINCE GONDWALE EPA OF NIGERIA, AND ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAWS OF NIGERIA (SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT), WE CAN NOW FREE $20,000,000 IN PREVIOUSLY FROZEN ASSETS. BUT WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE....
Really? What about the damage done by increased congestion and sprawl?
Plus, if someone gets a $1000 rebate for buying a Prius, which has about 1/3 less fuel consumption than a regular car, then why don't people get a $3000 rebate for buying a bicycle, which has about 3/3 less fuel consumption than a regular car?
And what happens to their old car? Before we had the person's old car on the roads, now we have the person's old car (now being driven by somebody else) AND a Prius. If they didn't have a car previously, then we're still adding a Prius' fuel consumption and emissions to the equation. And it would take tremendous amounts of energy to scrap all (most) old cars and replace them with new, incrementally-more-efficient hybrid vehicles in one fell swoop.
We cannot continue to expand our energy consumption and think that more technology and more advanced technology will solve all our problems.
Maybe in the US, but up here in Canada, I prefer visiting.ca sites, because I know that it has more local content (for example, Dell.ca has prices in Canadian dollars, etc.).
When I can't remember whether the domain name of a local-ish store ends in.ca or.com, I'm quite unpleasantly surprised when it isn't dot-ca. Maybe it's just blind patriotism, but it's like, "are they too ashamed of being Canadian to get a.ca domain?"
I can only assume that other non-US countries are the same way, particularly those which don't speak English.
Speaking purely speculatively, that might simply become a cost of doing business for people who employ sumo wrestlers.
Iff you accept the implied argument that anyone with a waist over a certain size costs more to the health system without exception, then it follows that sumo wrestlers would also not be an exception.
As someone whose "programming" experience goes no further than html, I'm having difficulty understanding how you can have code sample A in front of you (under NDA) but write code sample B "from scratch" that does the same thing without infringing on the copyright/patent of code sample A.
Can someone explain how this is done? Or give an analogy of sorts?
Ok, now tell me of an ISP that doesn't either packet-shape, throttle or anything else for a cheap connection, that is fast. My ISP doesn't; however, my traffic is still shaped because my ISP must use Bell's (publicly-subsidized) backbone.
Perhaps you have never ridden a bike in the winter, which is why you're such an expert on it? I've never had my wheels "suddenly just jerk sideways". If you have, maybe you're going too fast for the conditions.
Also, you actually have to dress as though it's a lot warmer when winter cycling, because the physical activity makes you very warm very fast. Yes, you need to cover your hands and feet, but there are plenty of ways to do that. I use winter boots, and they work just fine.
Not to mention that Montreal clears the bike paths of snow and publishes a list of which paths are cleared.
Also, 9 times out of 10, it isn't snowing and the roads a clear. Winter cycling really isn't very hard at all. It sure beats standing still waiting for the #$@&! bus.
Can this process be done without damaging the object, though? I don't think many archaeologists would want to risk the destruction of an artefact simply because there *might* be a fingerprint on it which *might* have belonged to so-and-so.
Not surprising? Last I checked, Google is the #1 search engine, but you could still access it 100% with IE.
This is like if GM was the primary sponsor for Six Flags amusement parks, and the parking attendants direct you to park at the far end of the parking lot because you drive a Toyota, but they don't explicitly say that they do so, and even though there's no technical reason why your car can't park in the more convenient spots.
You could do it at home by yourself, without incurring any extra cost. Not so simply. I am typing this on a Dell Vostro, and I had to get my hard drive replaced a couple months ago. I had to wipe the new drive and reinstall Windows XP and the many Dell drivers that came with it from the CDs that originally came with the computer.
Finally, on the third try, I phoned up Dell's tech support to walk me through it, because the computer doesn't work properly if you don't install the drivers in exactly the right order.
Had I not purchased the computer with XP, I doubt I would have gotten that help--which included "oh yeah, some of those don't show up because they didn't update the list when they updated the drivers" or "yeah, some of those drivers aren't being noticed because you're running XP; you have to do this and that".
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I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF PRINCE GONDWALE EPA OF NIGERIA, AND ACCORDING TO THE NEW LAWS OF NIGERIA (SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT), WE CAN NOW FREE $20,000,000 IN PREVIOUSLY FROZEN ASSETS. BUT WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE....
No wonder they didn't open it!
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I tried using a similar input device on my computer, but whenever I showed it my face, the computer would crash.
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Really? What about the damage done by increased congestion and sprawl?
Plus, if someone gets a $1000 rebate for buying a Prius, which has about 1/3 less fuel consumption than a regular car, then why don't people get a $3000 rebate for buying a bicycle, which has about 3/3 less fuel consumption than a regular car?
And what happens to their old car? Before we had the person's old car on the roads, now we have the person's old car (now being driven by somebody else) AND a Prius. If they didn't have a car previously, then we're still adding a Prius' fuel consumption and emissions to the equation. And it would take tremendous amounts of energy to scrap all (most) old cars and replace them with new, incrementally-more-efficient hybrid vehicles in one fell swoop.
We cannot continue to expand our energy consumption and think that more technology and more advanced technology will solve all our problems.
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The Soylent Corporation has spent a lot of money locating its factories and offices where nobody would find it.
What, you thought it wasn't real? No, that's just ROI.
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Really? I've had great success sending attachments to my messages.
Then again, I've only tested with sending snails as attachments...
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http://best.idea.ever
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Maybe in the US, but up here in Canada, I prefer visiting .ca sites, because I know that it has more local content (for example, Dell.ca has prices in Canadian dollars, etc.).
When I can't remember whether the domain name of a local-ish store ends in .ca or .com, I'm quite unpleasantly surprised when it isn't dot-ca. Maybe it's just blind patriotism, but it's like, "are they too ashamed of being Canadian to get a .ca domain?"
I can only assume that other non-US countries are the same way, particularly those which don't speak English.
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Speaking purely speculatively, that might simply become a cost of doing business for people who employ sumo wrestlers.
Iff you accept the implied argument that anyone with a waist over a certain size costs more to the health system without exception, then it follows that sumo wrestlers would also not be an exception.
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PBS recently did a documentary comparing the US system with a bunch of others around the world. I highly recommend it. You can watch it online here.
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That's why I never venture onto .de sites without first turning on my G-dar.
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As someone whose "programming" experience goes no further than html, I'm having difficulty understanding how you can have code sample A in front of you (under NDA) but write code sample B "from scratch" that does the same thing without infringing on the copyright/patent of code sample A.
Can someone explain how this is done? Or give an analogy of sorts?
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If carbon is black when it's uncoated, then what color is it when it's coated?
(please phrase all serious answers in the form of a whooshing sound)
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Well, no. That's just step 3. Step 5 is Profit!
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Perhaps you have never ridden a bike in the winter, which is why you're such an expert on it? I've never had my wheels "suddenly just jerk sideways". If you have, maybe you're going too fast for the conditions.
Also, you actually have to dress as though it's a lot warmer when winter cycling, because the physical activity makes you very warm very fast. Yes, you need to cover your hands and feet, but there are plenty of ways to do that. I use winter boots, and they work just fine.
But thanks for the FUD.
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Not to mention that Montreal clears the bike paths of snow and publishes a list of which paths are cleared.
Also, 9 times out of 10, it isn't snowing and the roads a clear. Winter cycling really isn't very hard at all. It sure beats standing still waiting for the #$@&! bus.
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Can this process be done without damaging the object, though? I don't think many archaeologists would want to risk the destruction of an artefact simply because there *might* be a fingerprint on it which *might* have belonged to so-and-so.
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Not surprising? Last I checked, Google is the #1 search engine, but you could still access it 100% with IE.
This is like if GM was the primary sponsor for Six Flags amusement parks, and the parking attendants direct you to park at the far end of the parking lot because you drive a Toyota, but they don't explicitly say that they do so, and even though there's no technical reason why your car can't park in the more convenient spots.
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Yeah, and be careful when you do it, too. All my videos got stored backwards because I plugged the cable in the wrong way.
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I think of it as "Wunderbar", only less chocolatey and more chewy.
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I live in Canada, and I just got a letter back from an idiot government MP about prison.
You see, by sending this kid to jail, we somehow help prevent the crime that he committed.
That is the "logic" of these people in government who create these policies--ironically, to "protect our children".
Here, I posted the MP's letter to my blog with commentary here.
(Claimer: there are no ads on my blog and I make no revenue from traffic)
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Finally, on the third try, I phoned up Dell's tech support to walk me through it, because the computer doesn't work properly if you don't install the drivers in exactly the right order.
Had I not purchased the computer with XP, I doubt I would have gotten that help--which included "oh yeah, some of those don't show up because they didn't update the list when they updated the drivers" or "yeah, some of those drivers aren't being noticed because you're running XP; you have to do this and that".
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Let me get this straight: in North America, it's called "Market Research"; in Africa, it's called "Anthropology"?
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What do you mean I can't return it?? A warranty that doesn't last at least 55 million years isn't worth the paper it's written on!
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