Visit just about any laboratory in the world and you'll see Ph.D. students operating equipment that costs millions of dollars under the direction of senior faculty. Without some pretty specific citations I find it hard to believe that astronomy is any different.
There is so much wrong here, it's hard to know where to even start... oh wait, you nicely numbered it. Sweet.
1) Bullshit, blood tests are accurate while breath tests are all across the board in terms of accuracy. If you think you are under the limit, always go with the blood test because the breathalyser is more likely to screw you. 2) Urban myth. Everyone and their mother has a breathalyser cheat method. 3) If the cop thinks you are purposely delaying, you're screwed. Furthermore, admitting *anything* to a police officer is always a retarded idea. Save it for the judge, nothing you can say to a police officer can improve your situation. 4) Women get more intoxicated for the same volume of alcohol. BAC tests don't have a sex bias, drinking does.
The difference is DPI. TVs are massive because they're meant to be viewed from a distance by several people at once, while monitors tend to much smaller, and more suitable for reading text at non-eye-straining distances.
Whether or not you agree with the conclusions wikileaks came up with from the video, it's pretty undeniable that the soldiers involved were having a grand time.
Begging a dying man to go for a weapon so he could be finished off is sick.
Luckily the core is pretty absurdly massive. It's not going to suddenly lose all of it's kinetic energy without dumping it somewhere, a process which undoubtedly would be pretty impressive and noticeable.
Also, that movie was terrible.;) (and not just for it's absurd physics, because Sunshine (with an even more absurd premise) was actually pretty good)
Even with the assumption that the scheme is secure (a bad assumption) automatically making the consumer liable for PIN transactions on a credit-card is a pretty lame idea. We already know from ATM skimmers that PINs are quite easy for fraudsters to acquire. I don't see why credit-cards would ever be desirable over debit-cards with this scheme and law.
After a brief googling, the internets (who have been known to lie) seem to indicate that they will claim that if somebody managed to preform a fraudulent PIN transaction, that you were negligent (by allowing your PIN to become known).
Since this exploit seems to allow you to preform fraudulent PIN transactions without actually knowing the PIN, it really does kind of seem like in the case of fraud with this system and this exploit, the system is designed to place liability on the consumer. And if liability is being placed on the consumer, you might as well just use a debit card...
And to elaborate: if you don't think linux is a large enough market to warrant the (non-trivial) effort it takes to release on, then just don't do it. I'm used to games not releasing on linux, you won't hurt my feelings. Just don't get my hopes up and encourage me to spend money for something you didn't bother to test.
This. For instance, CortexCommand on linux segfaults whenever I kill crabs. This isn't exactly the sort of thing that would make me happy I spent money on software.
About 5 minutes of playtesting on linux would have caught this, I guess having major industry backing for your game really is worth something after all.
Despite your average patient knowing next to nothing about medicine, you can be sure that the vast majority of them know that patients are not supposed to be told that they are taking a placebo. Being otherwise unfamiliar with testing procedure, it is quite likely that patients who were truthfully told they were taking a placebo suspected deception nevertheless. Basically, being told you are taking a placebo is different from 'knowing' you are taking a placebo.
But hell, maybe I'm wrong and the next time you get sick you should spin in a circle three times instead of going to the doctor. After all, even though you know it's bullshit it should still be just as effective, right? Right?
Laws like the US Patriot Act, organizations like the TSA, and wars like Iraq are ill-conceived and ineffective; they are not part of an evil master plan to subjugate Americans or take over the world.
Don't be a fool. Apparent intent is meaningless, effect is all that matters.
"Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."
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There have been Linux drivers for the kinect since the first day it was opened up, where have you been?
Who gives a shit if they "allow" it? The cat is out of the bag, they had their chance to try to 'secure' the device and they blew it.
Visit just about any laboratory in the world and you'll see Ph.D. students operating equipment that costs millions of dollars under the direction of senior faculty. Without some pretty specific citations I find it hard to believe that astronomy is any different.
Alternatively, his post suggests that be believes Zimbabwe has infrastructure problems, and you are the one bringing up racism.
The phrase "get your mind out of the gutter" comes to mind...
There is so much wrong here, it's hard to know where to even start... oh wait, you nicely numbered it. Sweet.
1) Bullshit, blood tests are accurate while breath tests are all across the board in terms of accuracy. If you think you are under the limit, always go with the blood test because the breathalyser is more likely to screw you.
2) Urban myth. Everyone and their mother has a breathalyser cheat method.
3) If the cop thinks you are purposely delaying, you're screwed. Furthermore, admitting *anything* to a police officer is always a retarded idea. Save it for the judge, nothing you can say to a police officer can improve your situation.
4) Women get more intoxicated for the same volume of alcohol. BAC tests don't have a sex bias, drinking does.
The joke is that they had to "pull the power / reboot" it, in a sense.
Lighten up dude.
I suspect he is wondering why he can't use multiple controllers all at once.
Of course the answer is probably again: "bad design".
The difference is DPI. TVs are massive because they're meant to be viewed from a distance by several people at once, while monitors tend to much smaller, and more suitable for reading text at non-eye-straining distances.
Are racecar drivers better at going fast than kids on tricycles?
Whether or not you agree with the conclusions wikileaks came up with from the video, it's pretty undeniable that the soldiers involved were having a grand time.
Begging a dying man to go for a weapon so he could be finished off is sick.
Try watching the "Collateral Murder" video, and tell me those guys weren't enjoying themselves.
It will be like when you forget to wax your nice sportscar, and the elements strip off the nice red shine.
Luckily the core is pretty absurdly massive. It's not going to suddenly lose all of it's kinetic energy without dumping it somewhere, a process which undoubtedly would be pretty impressive and noticeable.
Also, that movie was terrible. ;) (and not just for it's absurd physics, because Sunshine (with an even more absurd premise) was actually pretty good)
The only reason you would ever run foul of this is if you were sending out unsolicited commercial email... SPAM!
In that case, fuck you. I have no sympathy.
Signatures don't transfer liability to the consumer.
Therefore, far less laughable. The only reason I use a credit-card is because they remove liability from myself.
Not saying it is correct, but wikipedia suggests that the pin is verified by the card.
Even with the assumption that the scheme is secure (a bad assumption) automatically making the consumer liable for PIN transactions on a credit-card is a pretty lame idea. We already know from ATM skimmers that PINs are quite easy for fraudsters to acquire. I don't see why credit-cards would ever be desirable over debit-cards with this scheme and law.
After a brief googling, the internets (who have been known to lie) seem to indicate that they will claim that if somebody managed to preform a fraudulent PIN transaction, that you were negligent (by allowing your PIN to become known).
Since this exploit seems to allow you to preform fraudulent PIN transactions without actually knowing the PIN, it really does kind of seem like in the case of fraud with this system and this exploit, the system is designed to place liability on the consumer. And if liability is being placed on the consumer, you might as well just use a debit card...
And to elaborate: if you don't think linux is a large enough market to warrant the (non-trivial) effort it takes to release on, then just don't do it. I'm used to games not releasing on linux, you won't hurt my feelings. Just don't get my hopes up and encourage me to spend money for something you didn't bother to test.
This. For instance, CortexCommand on linux segfaults whenever I kill crabs. This isn't exactly the sort of thing that would make me happy I spent money on software.
About 5 minutes of playtesting on linux would have caught this, I guess having major industry backing for your game really is worth something after all.
And what about the liability for PIN transactions?
Not trolling here, I actually don't know.
It's pretty rare that an organization will refuse to correspond with you with snail-mail instead of email.
What to you propose they use for formal correspondence? Snail-mail? Faxes?
Email is very simply the best system we currently have.
Despite your average patient knowing next to nothing about medicine, you can be sure that the vast majority of them know that patients are not supposed to be told that they are taking a placebo. Being otherwise unfamiliar with testing procedure, it is quite likely that patients who were truthfully told they were taking a placebo suspected deception nevertheless. Basically, being told you are taking a placebo is different from 'knowing' you are taking a placebo.
But hell, maybe I'm wrong and the next time you get sick you should spin in a circle three times instead of going to the doctor. After all, even though you know it's bullshit it should still be just as effective, right? Right?
Don't be a fool. Apparent intent is meaningless, effect is all that matters.
"Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."