I thought we used /. so we didn't have to read the article. someone posts a story, a brief exert and we move on.

As long as the zombies don't figure out how to mass zap the firearms before their up rising, we'll be fine.

What safe guards are there to prevent MY firearm from being "mistakenly" deactivated?

Who would have access to deactivate my firearm?

Would the system be EMP rugged?

Typical legislation, lets require it then figure out the details, cost, and implementation later.

Stop confusing peoples feel good stories with facts...

Sounds pretty accurate to me...

"low income"/"under privlaged"/"didn't bother to pay attention in HS" student pays for a years worth of classes that dont go on their record so they can be up to the level they should be to enter college.

colleges yet again, lowering their standards.

I've gone thru a few managers in the engineering field.

the worst ones are the managers that get too bogged down in the details and don't trust their subject matter experts. The best know to let the people they hired do what they were hired to do and provide an opportunity to expand what they do best.

Managers need to know just enough on a subject to know when they are being bullshitted. Other than that, all a manager is good for is signing vacation requests and approving expenses.

As far as training managers, put together a presentation of what you're doing, why your doing it, two or three options for other ways to do it. the benefits to each option, and have a meeting on it. Smaller companies seem to be a bit tighter on money for somethings, other times not so bad. as long as there is a benefit. Everyone runs an ERP of some sorts whether its SAP, or Excel. They have to have a way of planning and tracking what is being done.

I read Mechanical Engineering magazine from ASME. By read I mean I flip thru it, read the headlines and maybe the first few lines of text. if it hasn't gotten my attention by then, I move on then toss it. I get a couple other engineering magazines that I read one regular section out of and toss it.

but can you record your own AND watch someone else at the same time, hands free...

or better yet, windows update is disabled. We only get updated when out IT department deems it necessary.

its possible.

We blow up a transformer somewhere in the neighborhood atleast once a summer. LA went thru rolling blackouts the last few years.

Take system that is pushed to the max, everyone gets home at 1730hr and plugs in their car, BOOM. your in the dark till about 2000 hr waiting on the power company to go change a transformer. larger cities, better planned neighborhoods have multiple feeds and larger transformers.

one thing I do think he missed is ohms law. sure, you can turn one on or off remotely, but turning one on while not plugged in doesn't draw much power. Just enough to run the circuitry. not enough to blow the grid up.

or something that might be mistaken as a food source...

better yet, just don't stand in the way of a Marine. You might become a food source.

Not quite the same.

the worker gets an hourly wage.

the shop charges an hourly rate to cover wage and overhead

most reliable shops charge a standard and will talk to the you if they think they will go over the standard

you don't have your car serviced and get hit with an extra $50 because the tech cross threaded a lugnut and it took 30 minutes to change it. They are gonna charge you a 1/2 hour up front for the oil change and tire rotation and be done in 20 minutes.

if teachers knew the subject they were teaching and wrote tests based on what they taught, then they could tell if a student knew the material or not. Let the grades reflect the level of effort put into the subject. Instead, we have standardized/normalized/lowered to the LCD test that will allow a brain damaged spider monkey to pass the course.

Some classes just have dry reading material. Some classes, you're required to take and have no interest in the subject. Having big brother watch you to make sure you do the required reading isn't the answer. The student can blankly stare at the pages long enough to "read" the words to promptly forget them. With a little effort from the teacher, a bit of interest can be developed and more will be learned and retained past the end of the page.

neither does stainless steel Omega watches.

but based on the comments, it sounds a whole lot like her US counterpart.

Reagan caught a lot of flack after he left office, but history has been kind to him. Perhaps in a few years Maggie will be seen in a kinder light. Or maybe not. The brits aren't too fond of the eastern european influx that have shown up for free medical.

I think its more of a first world problem. The US and the UK both are screwed over by their cellular carriers. Example, AT&T charges $3.99/minute to use my cell phone in Indonesia. For a $10 sim card with a local number, I got 1000 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data. Calling home on that card, would last about 13 minutes. less than 1/4 of what it cost to use my ATT sim card. Reloads on that card were even cheaper. I've been in the middle of nowhere Kazakhstan talking on my phone, but get a dropped call in the middle of Houston going over a bridge. The big difference I seen is internationally, they have to buy the phone. so EVERYONE sells phones and there is competition. You can buy a cheap block phone for $20 to a nice smart phone for $300 or $400 for the latest.