Re: More Concerned About Safety Gear
> First thing I noticed was that she ... didn't have ear protection.
Quite right. This photo would have been much improved if it showed ladies muffs.
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OS X EULA's generally allow the installation of the operating system on an "Apple-branded computer".
I've seen the argument advanced on Hackintosh forums that any computer can be considered Apple-branded, provided it displays Apple's name or distinctive logo.
Add an Apple sticker to the side of your computer case and you should be fine*.
* not really
I had been considering LightwaveRF sockets recently. However, I was disappointed to see from Amazon.uk reviews that the sockets have a high failure rate - perhaps related to the quality of the socket components.
I'd be interested in any commentard's long-term experience with these sockets.
> Now, Cameron has to make a snap judgment about who will replace the Conservative MP for Basingstoke at the Ministry of Fun.
Please make it Claire Perry. Please make it Claire Perry. Please make it Claire Perry.
We need someone that will stand up to those that sponsor hacking on broadband networks.
If you'd bothered to read the article:
"We would like to reiterate that your stored data was not affected by this service interruption. The purpose of our servers is to authenticate access to your device remotely, while your data remains safe on your own home network."
Still, why the let facts get in the way of a good old-fashioned troll.
I was under the impression NEST simply provided username/password authentication to facilitate a secure remote connection to your home device. For that reason the NEST system hardly qualifies as cloud computing; it does not require access to remotely stored data in the cloud in order to function and if the company fails then a VNC server could provide remote access to the device. The worst that could happen is a loss of the software updates.
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> being dim is also more likely to put men in situations where they meet more women - washing-up in restaurants, cleaning, factory assembly lines.
<cringe>
If you think you're more likely to find women washing up, cleaning or performing other menial work, then your uni level 'education' may not be the reason women shun you...
If its my 15 year old watching a video of a couple enjoying sex, then I don't have a problem.
If its my 15 year old watching a video of a gang rape, then I have a big problem with that.
The real problem is parents that don't know what their 15 year old's are doing.
It annoys me that parents are not satisfied that the State contributes towards the upkeep of their offspring, but also expect the State to assume parental responsibilities.
However ... Government cash would be better spent promoting GOOD PARENTING rather than unworkable schemes preventing underage access to adult content.
In retrospect, it was a mistake to put Father Jack in charge of marketing ...
> I don't know about... but it seems like there ought to be potential there
I've had a go at the Tomnod web search and it's edifying to see the problem first hand. In addition to the waves themselves, there is a surprising number of breakers and loads of foam from breaking waves visible in the images. Unfortunately these features are at the same scale as the wreckage / life rafts.
These ephemeral features mean the best approach would be to compare fairly short time difference images and look for features that haven't changed. Obviously, collecting almost identical data on the off-chance it will be useful in a search would not be a very cost effective use of satellite imaging gear. Therefore, I'd imagine that rules out purely visual sea searches by satellite.
As far as i know, the 'analysis' carried out in this case was simply matching a visual image to a radar signal.
> No, Lucas is Xenon's nemesis. And also the reason Brits drink warm beer
Don't forget ... according to mythology Lucas is often accompanied by minor deity who acts as his assistant - an anonymous goddess associated with a health-giving elixir that counters the after-effects of warm beer. In many cultures this Lucoz-ade is more renowned than Lucas himself ...
> It's probably the least efficient way of calculating Pi but it works.
I'd venture that the 'persuade a wounded soldier to do all the work' method is less efficient -
"On June 5, 1872 Hall submitted an article entitled "On an Experimental Determination of Pi" to the journal Messenger of Mathematics. [...] In this article Hall reported the results of an experiment in random sampling that Hall had persuaded his friend, Captain O.C. Fox, to perform when Fox was recuperating from a wound received at the Second Battle of Bull Run. The experiment involved repetitively throwing at random a fine steel wire onto a plane wooden surface ruled with equidistant parallel lines."
I celebrate Pie Day on William Foulke's birthday.
Surveillance (or surveillance related data acquisition) is a distinct activity carried out "for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting" people or property.
Simply using a camera to record the flight of a small unmanned aircraft (as in the Nancy video) does not equate to surveillance. Indeed, photographs of individuals in a public place and photographs where an individual is not readily identifiable are excluded from the Data Protection Act.
Therefore I would argue that the need for CAA permission (and indeed the whole of par 167 of the Air Navigation Order 2009 - relating to small unmanned surveillance aircraft) in circumstances similar to the Nancy flight is moot.
The only relevant law in the UK is par 166 of the Air Navigation Order which deals with safety - particularly166(2) "The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft may only fly the aircraft if reasonably satisfied that the flight can safely be made."
> assuming it's similar to the Dupont Krytox used on boats
That's a big assumption to make.
As far as I know, PFPE (perfluoropolyether) is relatively inert and non-flammable.
Also, sodium nitrite is not carcinogenic, although that fact has no significance to the article.