Posts by Chris G

Re: Point defense?

Shhh! the defence industry is probably listening.

Re: Pie in the sky safe harbour disclaimers?

"More information about factors that potentially could affect xyz.com's financial results is included "

That would be the final statement ' We will never have the product we said we would have'.

Re: He's screwed

"This explains why poor people, especially minorities, find them selves in jail for decades for what are often quite trivial charges. A foreigner without resources doesn't stand a chance in this environment, especially against Federal prosecutors, so I'd guess he's screwed"

That part of the system is stacked to keep the prison operating corps' supplied with a continuous labour pool.

Re: The more complex the plumbing...

I have a pair of Danish made Jamo speakers running through a satisfyingly heavy Denon amp, I have not heard anything that sounds better including a pair of Neuman studio monitors I have.

Re: So, now it's back to Think Of The Children

If Interpol et al are really thinking of the children, they should get out from behind their evesdropping desks and make a start in India where a child goes missing about every ten minutes. That's something like 55,000 a year, obviously not all of them are the victims of paedo gangs but a high percentage fall victim to trafficking.

I doubt if the internet and/or encryption has anything to do with anything but a tiny percentage of those numbers.

And that's just India, never mind the rest of the World where encryption is unlikely to play much of a role.

Re: Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds

The US um Justice System has no concerns whatever regarding the decisions of foreign courts, if they want to prosecute you, then by god they will.

Re: they already exist

Human skin cell culture is already common for burn victims.

Skin is taken from a victim and cultured to graft on to severely burned areas without rejection problems.

I imagine if it was possible to produce in bulk for a skin bank somebody would already be doing it.

Re: Well that was a waste...

Solar backup has sparkplugs that can foul?

Damn! I must look in my installation manual to see how to clean them regularly.

Diesel generators are far more reliable for standby.

Re: Shoebox sized eh...

I was thinking of upscaling a little, say hollowed out volcano scale, it could be interesting.

Re: Possible scenarios...

Being Middle of the Road with possible partners going both ways, I think this is a case of jealousy.

Re: Cheese bias

Indeed, modern mice have digital showing a preference for vital cable insulation over cheese, up to nine times out of ten.

I am curious as to the effects of exposure to different categories of images to mice.

For example hours of mouse porn or millions of cat pictures, something like that could bring down the internet.

Re: Why a 3D printed gun?

Can any idiot print the ammo as well, or is that freely available over the counter in most repressive states?

Re: No problem

One of the places where you can- gasp- walk across the border?.

That would be the Shengen treaty zone, 26 sovereign countries who permit free passage to all.

Re: Which is it

Bugs traditionally, are what spies and government agencies use to eavesdrop and spy on you.

Sounds to me that that is exactly what it is here.

I bet FB has perfect back up for all of it's data in Utah.

Re: He then argued that everyone should be forgiven.

" instant body-disposal devices"

That'll be the new upcoming front loader shovel and a hopper in the back.

Soylent Green anybody?

Re: "rural types come from a very "independent" mindset"

The subsidies that farmers recieve is more about underpinning the industries that buy from farmers and not only in the US.

Supermarket chains and food processing drive the price of farm goods so low that without subsidies, farming would go out of business, it's also an aid to slow down the takeover of farming completely by megacorp farming companies. When that happens expect the quality of the world's food to be even more suspect.

Re: I don't expect a trade deal under this administraion, if ever

You are in danger of being labeled a conspiracist not least because you are correct. Manifest Destiny was the cry that justified the wars against Mexico and annexation of what became most of the South Western US, it was also the cry used to justify the appalling treatment and breaking of treaties with the native peoples of North America.

Many will tell you Manifest Destiny was a thing in the mid nineteenth century but in fact it never went away.

For stair climbing Daleks you need to install the patented Acme Dalek detecting self straightening stairway.

Re: Dear AC

If humanity was driven only by what is practical and/or relevant, we would be living in a poorer and less interesting world. Besides, you never know what might be found to be useful later on, in the apparently irrelevant knowledge the Bloodhound team gain from this endeavour.

Re: Could this reduce friction?

I have worked on a fair number of sailing and motor yachts, including doing the prep and application of anti foul, it doesn't matter which one you use, sometimes the little critters in the water just decide they like it and grow there.

Barnacles and the like start life as microscopic organisms that would probably regard a microscopically laser roughed surface as an invitation to set up home.

Re: Value added!

There's the crucial bit ' assembled' .

As I understand it, you can buy all of the components for an item, from abroad and then assemble them in America and then legally slap a Made In America label on it.

After 13 years I assume most of this stuff worked okay.

Re: Oh, dear, I think you will find reality has gone on the blink again

"SSiiiighh! I've got a brain the size of a planet and here I am making inane Reddit comments to myself.

“The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.”

With my luck I would have walked in on Comic Book Guy dressed in a gimp suit and then had to fight my way out.

I have had a Gutenberg download for some time, there is a huge amount of good reading on there.

I used to rent a smallholding on Downe Bank, one of the places that Darwin used to walk and that he studied. There are a couple of plants that grow there and nowhere else in the World, it sparked my interest in wild flowers and plants, the diversity in such a small area is amazing.

Re: Obligatory PTerry reference

" probably looked a lot like a rodent"

That explains a lot about the behaviour and looks of one or two acquaintances.