I'm OK with it too, I'm also happy to give them some money. I'm old enough to remember the days when gaining access to Wikipedia type info cost many multiples of my Dad's monthly pay, and took up a whole book shelf at home. It also wasn't updated all the time.
I'm pretty sure processes can be killed in Linux - with the "kill" command
e.g. sudo ps -fu user to find the process
then sudo kill xxxx (where xxxx is the process id).
I'm sure there are much cleverer ways of killing stuff than that, but it's what I use.
True, I travelled from Paddington (or St. Pancras I can't remember which) to York, a distance of about 200 miles for 22 pounds or so a couple of years ago.
It took a morning really, was pleasant and fast (top speed of 125 mph according to the friendly conductor).
When we got to York, we commented to my wife's cousin about how great the trains are in the UK, and she laughed. "You should go to Germany, theirs are twice as good and half the price".
My Mother's partner FLT/SGT Hudson of the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew in a couple of those bombers during the recent unpleasantness with Germany.
His favourite bomber, as a gunner, was the Wellington though, he said that it was possible to shoot huge holes in those and they just kept flying home.
In a memoir he dictated before his death, he told of a raid where his aircraft was jumped by two BF-110's over Holland. He managed to shoot one down, but the other one shot out one of the Wellington's engines and blew huge holes in the wings and fuselage. Although the navigator was killed, they made it home for a crash landing.
I think the pilot on that flight was 21 years old.
I have always wondered if the CCP keep such a tight grip on power because they know the history of China, and they know that when China does not have a strong central government millions of people die.
I looked at this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
and of the top ten deadliest wars in history, 8 involved China, and huge death tolls.
Just looking at WWII, the US lost about 400,000 dead, China lost 15 - 20 million. I wonder if the CCP just want to prevent any sort of repeat of this, and figure that a tough authoritarian central government is the only way to achieve this.
Australia has some really old rocks alright.
My favourite is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...
Named after some hills in South Australia.
Some weird animals there. (If they are even animals. Or plants. Both?).
The alternatives were land, or coastal waters, as the comment below.
Seals and turtles among other mostly marine animals lay eggs or give birth on land, so it may have been possible for Mosasaurs.
Except that these researchers are saying that it wasn't.
What I did when I was in a similar, (not exactly the same), position, was tell the boss "sure, no problem" then tell the replacement guy either nothing, or bullshit, then when the boss wanted to know why he couldn't do the job yet, I would say "I've already shown him how to do that".
By the time they figured it out my notice was up and I left.
It really helped that the replacement was Indian and really poorly educated. He claimed to speak three languages as well as English, (which was probably true), but if his other language skills were as poor as his English it's a wonder he could communicate with anyone at all.
He was hired specifically to do my job, but there was no indication he had any experience at all. I think he lasted about 2 weeks after I left.
I stopped reading the stupid article when the third paragraph quoted F A Hayek, a fucking idiot economist, as if he ever had anything useful to say about anything.
Obvious bullshit propaganda.
That is all very interesting, and no doubt true, but as Top Gear runs on BBC which does not accept advertising, and the other channels in the UK are all commercial channels, he will not be free to slag off the various cars they drive, because the advertisers will get upset.
That removes about half the fun of the show, and is one of the major weaknesses of the Top Gear US and Top Gear Australia shows I've seen.
Australia has a couple of big media companies that dominate the media landscape, just as most Western economies do.
Those media companies and the two big political parties make use of each, once again just like most western countries.
ChunderDownunder has the right idea, but Rupert and the rest won't let the Greens, (or any other disrupters) get any power.
That's a good post, well thought out, and well put too.
I think you're missing an important point here though, and that is that we are talking about power and money here, and as soon as the two incumbents see either of those put at risk the rules will change pretty damn quick.
The two party system is really a one party system.
"Pounded by the Biker Rainbow Come to Life...first time gay paranormal m/m taboo" by "Max Wood".
Has to be the single greatest book title ever. Ever.
Shakespeare ought to be ashamed he never thought of it.
I wear a Citizen Quartz watch which cost me about $NZ100 in about 2006. It is a nice watch, it keeps pretty accurate time and shows the day and date.
When I bought it there were lots of other watches for sale. I could have spend $20 or $8,000, but around $100 seemed the appropriate price based on my income and the quality on offer.
When the time comes for me to replace my watch, I will need to consider whether a connection to my smartphone is something I need, so I will consider whatever smartwatches are available when that time comes.
However $100 or so is really the most I would be prepared to spend, so the various Samsung watches I see around ($300 - $400) and now this Apple watch ($350 US which will wind up being NZ$800 or so) are just too expensive.
I suspect I am reasonably typical among the watch wearing public too, based on how few of these items seem to sell.
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I'm OK with it too, I'm also happy to give them some money. I'm old enough to remember the days when gaining access to Wikipedia type info cost many multiples of my Dad's monthly pay, and took up a whole book shelf at home. It also wasn't updated all the time.
I'm pretty sure processes can be killed in Linux - with the "kill" command e.g. sudo ps -fu user to find the process then sudo kill xxxx (where xxxx is the process id). I'm sure there are much cleverer ways of killing stuff than that, but it's what I use.
True, I travelled from Paddington (or St. Pancras I can't remember which) to York, a distance of about 200 miles for 22 pounds or so a couple of years ago. It took a morning really, was pleasant and fast (top speed of 125 mph according to the friendly conductor). When we got to York, we commented to my wife's cousin about how great the trains are in the UK, and she laughed. "You should go to Germany, theirs are twice as good and half the price".
My Mother's partner FLT/SGT Hudson of the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew in a couple of those bombers during the recent unpleasantness with Germany. His favourite bomber, as a gunner, was the Wellington though, he said that it was possible to shoot huge holes in those and they just kept flying home. In a memoir he dictated before his death, he told of a raid where his aircraft was jumped by two BF-110's over Holland. He managed to shoot one down, but the other one shot out one of the Wellington's engines and blew huge holes in the wings and fuselage. Although the navigator was killed, they made it home for a crash landing. I think the pilot on that flight was 21 years old.
I have always wondered if the CCP keep such a tight grip on power because they know the history of China, and they know that when China does not have a strong central government millions of people die. I looked at this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... and of the top ten deadliest wars in history, 8 involved China, and huge death tolls. Just looking at WWII, the US lost about 400,000 dead, China lost 15 - 20 million. I wonder if the CCP just want to prevent any sort of repeat of this, and figure that a tough authoritarian central government is the only way to achieve this.
I'm a little unsure why you would assume there is anything like a free market in producing food in the US. http://www.newrepublic.com/art... http://www.economist.com/news/...
Not just him, I am too.
Mercury also has no atmosphere, so I don't think Messenger was going 12 times the speed of sound either.
I understand the camera has RAW support, and manual mode. Sounds like a proper camera, not just a selfie snapper.
What's Mercury got to do with vaccines?
Australia has some really old rocks alright. My favourite is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E... Named after some hills in South Australia. Some weird animals there. (If they are even animals. Or plants. Both?).
The alternatives were land, or coastal waters, as the comment below. Seals and turtles among other mostly marine animals lay eggs or give birth on land, so it may have been possible for Mosasaurs. Except that these researchers are saying that it wasn't.
What I did when I was in a similar, (not exactly the same), position, was tell the boss "sure, no problem" then tell the replacement guy either nothing, or bullshit, then when the boss wanted to know why he couldn't do the job yet, I would say "I've already shown him how to do that". By the time they figured it out my notice was up and I left. It really helped that the replacement was Indian and really poorly educated. He claimed to speak three languages as well as English, (which was probably true), but if his other language skills were as poor as his English it's a wonder he could communicate with anyone at all. He was hired specifically to do my job, but there was no indication he had any experience at all. I think he lasted about 2 weeks after I left.
I stopped reading the stupid article when the third paragraph quoted F A Hayek, a fucking idiot economist, as if he ever had anything useful to say about anything. Obvious bullshit propaganda.
That is all very interesting, and no doubt true, but as Top Gear runs on BBC which does not accept advertising, and the other channels in the UK are all commercial channels, he will not be free to slag off the various cars they drive, because the advertisers will get upset. That removes about half the fun of the show, and is one of the major weaknesses of the Top Gear US and Top Gear Australia shows I've seen.
Australia has a couple of big media companies that dominate the media landscape, just as most Western economies do. Those media companies and the two big political parties make use of each, once again just like most western countries. ChunderDownunder has the right idea, but Rupert and the rest won't let the Greens, (or any other disrupters) get any power.
That's a good post, well thought out, and well put too. I think you're missing an important point here though, and that is that we are talking about power and money here, and as soon as the two incumbents see either of those put at risk the rules will change pretty damn quick. The two party system is really a one party system.
"Pounded by the Biker Rainbow Come to Life...first time gay paranormal m/m taboo" by "Max Wood". Has to be the single greatest book title ever. Ever. Shakespeare ought to be ashamed he never thought of it.
I wish I had mod points. This name is both descriptive and true.
Will Microsoft Spartan go down well in the Athenian market though?
I can't believe Nintendo is still going. I thought they went bankrupt years ago. Clueless idiots.
Well, you Americans will insist on having a Government run by family dynasties.
Jesus of Nazareth was a black jew.
I'm not convinced Jesus of Nazareth existed at all.
I wear a Citizen Quartz watch which cost me about $NZ100 in about 2006. It is a nice watch, it keeps pretty accurate time and shows the day and date. When I bought it there were lots of other watches for sale. I could have spend $20 or $8,000, but around $100 seemed the appropriate price based on my income and the quality on offer. When the time comes for me to replace my watch, I will need to consider whether a connection to my smartphone is something I need, so I will consider whatever smartwatches are available when that time comes. However $100 or so is really the most I would be prepared to spend, so the various Samsung watches I see around ($300 - $400) and now this Apple watch ($350 US which will wind up being NZ$800 or so) are just too expensive. I suspect I am reasonably typical among the watch wearing public too, based on how few of these items seem to sell.
I used to see the sad Mac icon about twice a day on average. Early 90's trying to use Photoshop. We would restart at least twice during the day.