Posts by Clunking Fist 610 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Dec 2012
"Donald Trump is not going to recognise the outcome of the US Presidential Elections if he doesn't win at least 75%."
WTF? Are you trying to illustrate an example of a conspiracy theory? Or demonstrating that you believe in one? Do you or did you believe that Trump was a Russian agent? That the evidence was "overwhelming"? Or did you believe he was "literally Hitler" and that Madonna was correct to call for the bombing of the White House?
"hides critical information about the means of intelligence gathering from your own side, especially politicians"
We tried that, it was called fascism.
(But you're not wrong,witness how Obama has got himself in hot water by acknowledging that he knew all about General Flynn's phone call to the Russian Ambassador to the US...)
Yeah, my first thought was "So this will be how civilisation ends: when Ryugu's new orbit brings it to earth in x years time" Now would be a good time for someone to point out that it is so small, it would simply burn up in our atmosphere. However, the larger asteroid it will nudge is the one I'm worrying about.
They haven't fucked up: they are running out of bandwidth and are working with a number of folk (incl Linus TechTips with their 10Gb fibre link) to move some of the server load off-site. They are also in the process of ramping up the work pipeline, as they are pleasantly overwhelmed by the sudden uptake: at least 3 publications have highlighted what they are doing, all at the same time (some folk have switched from SETi to fold@home). Plus they are a university programme, not a corporation. So maybe give them a break?
I'm running it on 3 machines.
One is a Q6600 that we only use to watch netflicks on our dumb tele. I opted for full, but haven't noticed extra noise... but it is a noisy machine at idle anyway.
The other is a i7-2600 for watching netflx on our other dumb tv, and that doesn't seem any noisy than usual.
The third is a i7-6700 built in an old case that isn't particularly quiet, but doesn't seem any noisy than usual either.
They are normally sleeping or hibernating, so having them on is noticeable if you are in the same room. But they aren't in bedrooms, so they can run all night without disturbing us. And keep us warm.
"He is an old man with an unhealthy lifestyle, no amount of money can offset that." Indeed, that's why we have to hope that Biden, Sanders or Bloomberg can replace him! preferably Biden, so there's a chance that sniffing young girls hair is legalised. Actually Bllomberg would be good, so we can bring in racial profiling and get rid of farmers. No, Sanders would be good, cos free stuff.
Joe, you're doing it wrong. The rich travel around in private jets fretting about YOUR carbon footprint. They take taxes off you to pay the salaries of their university educated children as policy analysts and stakeholder relations officers. And you are asked to contribute to the give a little pages of victims of crimes or unfortunate illnesses.
After all, housing and support for for ex-cons, rehab centres for the addicted, none of that is sexy.
I'm actually disagreeing with the sentiment. In the olden days, no one needed a watch. We looked at the sky and had a fairly good idea whether we were hungry because it was lunch time or dinnertime.
A watch back then cost a packet, so only the wealthy had them. Now most people can afford to carry the time and their calendar with them. Plus a camera. And make phone calls.
Having a watch was an improvement on not having a watch. Having a timepiece that can make phone calls and take 4K video for less than a fortnight's salary is an improvement. Why make it last more than 2-3 year, when there will be amazing new features that we'll all want.
Years ago an Omega, etc was a status symbol, not merely a time piece. So too is the S20. But a J5 will do the job...
... what's a "watch"?
I was startled when my teenage children looked at me blankly when I mentioned "CDs".
"Kinda like a DVD for music" I explained. They were somewhat aware of DVDs.
"They came after records and cassettes and before mp3"
"Empee what?" they asked...
I point to the big mast on the hill and they laugh when I try and explain broadcast TV and radio.
"What my above statement boils down to is that Governments should have never let greedy Corps move manufacturing to lower cost centers. That stupidity is coming back to bite us even harder than it already has."
So you agree with Trump and his stance on these matters? Careful there!
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