I usually don't use the area code when dialing a number within the same area code, so I'm fairly sure there's no requirement to use the area code. Of course, that's only for the handful of numbers I actually hand-dial rather than just picking from my list of contacts.
On another note - anyone know of a similar tool that lets you view the orbit/track in 3D? It would be cool to watch, and would give a much simpler to understand view of the eccentricity etc.
Looks like it is headed for S. Korea in about 10 minutes - this should be fun. Of course, it might have done that already and I just missed it; the orbit track only goes back about 1 orbit (~90 min).
Have you ever been detained pre-trial in a third-world prison?
Well, you kind of have to expect that possibility when you flee first world countries to avoid lawsuits/prison (the reason Mcaffee is in Belize in the first place).
"Buy your fuel on cold days, you get a *little* more for your $50 than you do on a hot day (hence airlines buy fuel by weight, not volume)."
Used to be more true than it is now. Most fuel station tanks in the USA are 2-3 ft underground, below the frost line, so the stored fuel temperature stays at a relatively constant 50 or 60-something degrees even on the hottest summer days. Sure, if it's a bloody hot day at a station that isn't used much, the fuel that's actually in the pump may warm up a little, but they retain very little gas.
Unless, of course, you lived in Centralia, PA. Then....then you have a very good point.
Surprisingly, even UST's have a pretty large temperature variation. Gas is usually refined, distributed and trucked above ground, so the fuel in a 10000 gallon UST at a station may not reach ground temperature before the next delivery of hot or cold liquid if it's selling fast enough.
But it still isn't really affected by air temperature. The tanker pulls its load from a very large above-ground tank that keeps a fairly stable temperature (a 40-90,000 barrel tank doesn't fluctuate very rapidly), which in turn is generally fed by underground pipeline from the refinery (where it was probably stored for a few weeks prior to delivery). Then the tanker drives it for perhaps a couple hours at most to your local station (maybe a little longer for very remote locations). Even on a hot day 8,000 gallons isn't going to warm up a whole lot in an hour or two, so you have relatively cool fuel going into the underground tank. Likely warmer than ground temperature a few feet down (so you're right, the temperature in the UST will fluctuate), but not really affected by ambient air temperature.
Why treat mobile apps as a special case? All software applications, client-side or web based should be treated the same way.
They aren't treated as special cases. The rules apply to any online applications, which includes pretty much all mobile apps. It's just that mobile app makers have been very poor at following the rules, likely because so many of them are small fly-by-night companies that don't have a legal department telling them what they are supposed to be doing. So 100 companies get notices that they need to have privacy policies posted, it gets splashed all over the news, and hopefully this will wake the others up to the fact that they need to be doing this just like the big boys.
The controller raises a lot of interesting possibilities (though it's a little bulky for my tastes). And, unlike some, I think that the $300-$350 price tag is fine (compared to the $600 debut price tag of the PS3, that's a frickin' bargain bin price!). But I haven't been hearing a lot of buzz about it, considering it's supposed to be launching next month. I know it's supposed to be as powerful as the PS3/360. And, of course, I know about the controller. But I haven't heard much about the debut game lineup. And even gamer podcasts and shows don't seem to be giving it much attention.
Frankly I think Nintendo, for all their faults (most notably, their admittedly piss-poor online support), kind of gets the short-shrift in the gaming community. Their systems may not have the cutting edge CPU's and GPU's, but they do what they do pretty well. And they offer a pretty good bargain most of the time. I think they're underrated myself and wish they got more respect. Not every console and handheld has to cater 100% to hardcore gamers, you know.
I think you've kind of answered your own questions. $300-$350 for a console with the same power as consoles that have been out for five years (and that you can get for less). A focus on casual gamers for the previous console generation (or two), which doesn't exactly attract a lot of attention in the gaming world. A control scheme significantly different from the other main consoles, which means it will only really shine with games exclusive to that console - but a worrying lack of information on launch and first-party titles doesn't exactly instill confidence that there will be a decent library.
Now news that they are going to release an under-powered console, with a limited selection of games, at a loss. That doesn't exactly help me feel confident about the future of the console (or of Nintendo, for that matter). It will probably do just fine, but I don't really see much to get excited about. I know lots of people that bought a Wii, used it for a few months, and basically gave up on it because every game that was released that made use of the unique control scheme seemed to be more of a tech demo than a game. Maybe some really cool games did eventually come out, but if so it was long after interest had waned. The WiiU seems to be a repeat of that - interesting concept, great potential, but unless they have some full-fledged, finished games at launch that make good use of the controllers, it's not going to get much attention from the gaming community.
Not exactly prominently displayed on their website. You can find it, but only if you're looking for it.
Neither there is scientific evidence that a wall will crumble or that an electric plant will cause an electric shock when engineers deny qualifications to buildings. Neither there is scientific evidence that you will be eaten by a shark if you dive into the sea of Tasmania, though there could be a "SHARKS no swimming" sign nearby. It's a matter of reasonable risks, often codified with technical rules, norms and laws.
There was an earthquake swarm going on for months when they said there weren't risks. In many Italian towns you cannot drive trucks, and oftentimes even cars, to the center of the city because vehicles produced vibrations can damage old buildings (and that's true), yet after months of strong vibrations they just reassured the population without considering a check-up of the many old buildings of the area, nor of the important buildings (e.g. hospitals, offices) that should work 100% in case of disasters.
If I, as an engineer, certify that a plant is safe when it may be not, I can be jailed. I can't see why the same can't apply to this case.
That simply isn't true. The scientific group didn't say there was no risk, they said that the earthquake swarm did not mean a larger quake would happen. That doesn't mean a larger earthquake won't happen, just that the swarm isn't evidence that one will - there is a history in that area of minor earthquake swarms leading to nothing (with occasional exceptions). Of course, the bureaucrat mentioned did issue a statement that said there was nothing to worry about, so he at least deserves his sentence.
As for the safety of buildings in the area, the group pointed out that building construction was not sufficient to withstand a moderate earthquake. Unless the local government was willing to force everyone living in such a building to vacate for an unknown (and unknowable) period of time, there wasn't that much they could do about it other than say building codes needed to be more stringent.
The pay-what-you-want is actually only for 20 games, and you have to pay more than the average. The 32 games you get for $35. Just pointing that out, still a pretty good deal. Played Castles last night - exactly as I remembered it, incomprehensible. Might have to read the manual to remember how to get my idiots to actually start building; the music transported me directly back to 1991, though. Love that awesome midi sound.
Nuggets the size of your fist! Don't tell anyone!
There. That always works to get the next territory settled.
What's the equivalent of jeans on Mars? Better start investing now...
Hey, haz waste is getting expensive to dispose of!
Actually, I do kind of wonder if it is getting to the point where it would have been cheaper just to launch rad waste into space rather than pay for all the studies and eventual construction costs associated with building a permanent disposal site.
Dammit, messed up the end blockquote tag....
I bet you're using a Microsoft keyboard, aren't you.
If Dyson Spheres exist, they promise to give off a very particular kind of heat signature, a signature that we should be able to see through our infrared telescopes. 'A Dyson Sphere would appear very bright in the mid-infrared,' says project leader Jason Wright.
Right, because there's no way a civilization advanced enough to build 282743338860000000 square kilometers of solar panels is going to be able to build solar panels capable of absorbing and using mid-infrared light (heat). If the supposition is that they inevitably build Dyson spheres to capture all of the available energy coming off their star, why would they let a whole bunch of it escape as heat?
Seems like a giant waste of time and money, but I suppose they will be generating useful data while they look. Still, their chances of finding one are likely ludicrously close to zero even if one does exist. I also find the whole premise to be rather poorly thought out, I have to admit; even if a civilization is capable of building a Dyson sphere, I'm not sure it makes any sense to actually do it.
By abandon do you mean rolling out an all electric RAV4?
Which they co-developed with Tesla...
Sounds like they just don't think they can do better than Tesla at the moment, and don't think electrics can be built at a price point that appeals to the massive numbers of customers they are used to catering to. Even at the 2500-3000 vehicles per month I've heard Tesla is targeting they will be a niche producer for the foreseeable future (assuming they survive).
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard
