I think the point is that when someone complains about "the TSA", their complaints are usually, though not always, about the policy decisions made by high-level officials in the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA employees that are working at the airports don't make policy decisions, and neither does the union representing them.
If I'm understanding the summary correctly, the purpose isn't to have a way for the drones to defend themselves, but to have drones that can defend a Navy ship, an army base, etc.
(oh, and touching it wasn't forbidden, just eating the fruit. [Genesis 2:16-17).
In a way, it depends on which verse you look at. In 3:3, Eve tells the serpent that even touching the fruit was forbidden. Naturally, that raises the question of why Eve would change what they were told.
There's a lot more subtle detail to this stuff than most people realize.
...of the missing, Maine has a Tea Party Republican governor.
He only won because nearly two thirds of the state split their votes between the Democrat and the liberal Independent. He's been a complete disgrace to the state. Maine won't make that mistake next time.
I wouldn't be surprised if Maine joins this group after the next election.
In theory, any managers or executives who cost their company half a billion dollars would never be hired by anyone else, since they've clearly demonstrated that they aren't competent at their jobs.
I kept getting an error message when I tried to post a comment on someone else's post, but other people were posting comments at the same time. At least at some point this morning, it wasn't a universal error.
ACA Planner A: What? And waste all that money? Nonsense. We'll just make do with a few dozen servers from the beginning. We don't want to be accused of wasting taxpayer dollars.
Being "accused of wasting taxpayer dollars" is exactly what would happen. If you can't imagine the headlines for the "investigative journalism" pieces, you aren't trying.
This is different because they had to build a site and then, on the first day, turn on the fire hydrant all the way.
Not only that, but after the initial high volume, there will never again be anything close to this much of a load on the sign-up system. While that certainly isn't an insurmountable problem, it does add yet another issue to consider.
Well the direction I think it really ought to go is one OS multiple interfaces. I don't *need* a different filesystem on phone vs laptop, certainly don't want different calendar apps, mail apps, etc.
This has been KDE's goal with Plasma for a while now. I haven't had a chance to play around with Plasma Active yet, so I don't know how well they've done it so far, but that's their plan.
I don't have the ability to "speak with my wallet" when I am dissatisfied that the money being taken from me is being misused.
The phrase is "vote with your wallet." And you don't really need the ability to vote with your wallet when you have the ability to vote with your vote.
The problem they are experiencing is the same one that most small towns (and some big ones) experience when they tie all their hopes and dreams on one industry instead of using tax revenues generated from that industry to help pull additional industries into their city.
This is Wiscasset, Maine. Other than competing with every other town along the coast for tourism, there aren't any other industries that they could hope to attract.
The real solution is to raise the standards for examiners and pay them better. A huge problem with the PTO right now is that a significant portion of their revenue generated by fees paid to the PTO is siphoned off and put in the general fund of the US government. In other words, the PTO generates a "profit" for the US government that is spent elsewhere. If the PTO were able to use all of the money that they generate, they could hire more examiners with higher standards, pay them better, and require higher levels of training. The PTO could also potentially make it cheaper to challenge issued patents later on after the application process is complete.
Wasn't that one of the most important and least mentioned changes in the AIA? I remember seeing that the PTO gets to keep their money now and use it to hire more examiners.
Awesome! We find a new snail species, collect only known specimen, and then will promptly end up killing it by doing so!
Is there anything in the scientific method about the ethics of species discovery and potential extinction? Have to wonder how much discovery has led to species extinction in the past 100 years
Um, if they just took the only living member of the species out of the cave, I'm pretty sure that the species was already doomed to become extinct in the very near future.
If I we're on a desert island and was going to find roots (any root, not just square roots) manually today, I'd probably use newtons method if i needed precision, or an intuition guided "binary search" if I was trying to do it in my head and just needed to be in the ball park.
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Too bad they made sequels to The Matrix, too.
No they didn't. What are you talking about? There were never any sequels to The Matrix. You must be hallucinating them.
I think the point is that when someone complains about "the TSA", their complaints are usually, though not always, about the policy decisions made by high-level officials in the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA employees that are working at the airports don't make policy decisions, and neither does the union representing them.
Got it. Guess I didn't understand the summary correctly.
My idea is cooler, though. I was thinking of Protoss Carriers and Interceptors from Starcraft.
If I'm understanding the summary correctly, the purpose isn't to have a way for the drones to defend themselves, but to have drones that can defend a Navy ship, an army base, etc.
Getting a laser to blind optical sensors requires a $10 Radio Shack gift card.
I don't see how $10 towards a cell phone would help blind the sensors on a missile.
(oh, and touching it wasn't forbidden, just eating the fruit. [Genesis 2:16-17).
In a way, it depends on which verse you look at. In 3:3, Eve tells the serpent that even touching the fruit was forbidden. Naturally, that raises the question of why Eve would change what they were told.
There's a lot more subtle detail to this stuff than most people realize.
Because power outlets are as difficult and expensive to install as gas pumps, right?
I like how you assume that there would be exactly the same number of parking spots with power outlets as there are gas pumps now.
...of the missing, Maine has a Tea Party Republican governor.
He only won because nearly two thirds of the state split their votes between the Democrat and the liberal Independent. He's been a complete disgrace to the state. Maine won't make that mistake next time.
I wouldn't be surprised if Maine joins this group after the next election.
It's quite enough that he's required to pass a competency exam and forbidden from driving while impaired.
Either you've never driven on public roads with other drivers around you, or you have very unusual definitions of "competency" and "forbidden".
In theory, any managers or executives who cost their company half a billion dollars would never be hired by anyone else, since they've clearly demonstrated that they aren't competent at their jobs.
In theory.
I kept getting an error message when I tried to post a comment on someone else's post, but other people were posting comments at the same time. At least at some point this morning, it wasn't a universal error.
ACA Planner A: What? And waste all that money? Nonsense. We'll just make do with a few dozen servers from the beginning. We don't want to be accused of wasting taxpayer dollars.
Being "accused of wasting taxpayer dollars" is exactly what would happen. If you can't imagine the headlines for the "investigative journalism" pieces, you aren't trying.
If not a single Republican had any input on the ACA, why didn't we end up with the actual universal health care that the Democrats wanted?
This is different because they had to build a site and then, on the first day, turn on the fire hydrant all the way.
Not only that, but after the initial high volume, there will never again be anything close to this much of a load on the sign-up system. While that certainly isn't an insurmountable problem, it does add yet another issue to consider.
Well the direction I think it really ought to go is one OS multiple interfaces. I don't *need* a different filesystem on phone vs laptop, certainly don't want different calendar apps, mail apps, etc.
This has been KDE's goal with Plasma for a while now. I haven't had a chance to play around with Plasma Active yet, so I don't know how well they've done it so far, but that's their plan.
No. Boron first absorbs a proton (fusion) and becomes an unstable isotope of carbon...
That can't be right, can it? B-11 + H-1 would be C-12, which I'm pretty sure is a rather stable isotope.
I don't have the ability to "speak with my wallet" when I am dissatisfied that the money being taken from me is being misused.
The phrase is "vote with your wallet." And you don't really need the ability to vote with your wallet when you have the ability to vote with your vote.
Must be a Yankees fan.
So how are them Giants doing?
The problem they are experiencing is the same one that most small towns (and some big ones) experience when they tie all their hopes and dreams on one industry instead of using tax revenues generated from that industry to help pull additional industries into their city.
This is Wiscasset, Maine. Other than competing with every other town along the coast for tourism, there aren't any other industries that they could hope to attract.
The real solution is to raise the standards for examiners and pay them better. A huge problem with the PTO right now is that a significant portion of their revenue generated by fees paid to the PTO is siphoned off and put in the general fund of the US government. In other words, the PTO generates a "profit" for the US government that is spent elsewhere. If the PTO were able to use all of the money that they generate, they could hire more examiners with higher standards, pay them better, and require higher levels of training. The PTO could also potentially make it cheaper to challenge issued patents later on after the application process is complete.
Wasn't that one of the most important and least mentioned changes in the AIA? I remember seeing that the PTO gets to keep their money now and use it to hire more examiners.
Yeah, I kinda liked the PT Cruiser too. I thought about getting one when I needed a new car about 5 years ago.
Ugh, the only thing uglier than an Aztec is a banana yellow Aztec.
Awesome! We find a new snail species, collect only known specimen, and then will promptly end up killing it by doing so!
Is there anything in the scientific method about the ethics of species discovery and potential extinction? Have to wonder how much discovery has led to species extinction in the past 100 years
Um, if they just took the only living member of the species out of the cave, I'm pretty sure that the species was already doomed to become extinct in the very near future.
If I we're on a desert island and was going to find roots (any root, not just square roots) manually today, I'd probably use newtons method if i needed precision, or an intuition guided "binary search" if I was trying to do it in my head and just needed to be in the ball park.
I think you'd be better off using a shovel.