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by Anechoic 13y ago
I get the message that Carey was trying to convey but I disagree strongly. I went to MIT in the 1990's. One kid in our dorm killed himself. A group of friends and I had to convince another student to not kill herself. The problem has b
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by Anechoic 13y ago
" https://www.google.com/search?q=mit+airport+arrest"
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But the part of that chair? Manufactured in facilities running on, you guess it, Microsoft software. Transported in trucks built by Microsoft software, on roads built by Microsoft software, sold by companies running Microsoft software. I
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by Anechoic 13y ago
The comments in that article link to another interesting perspective from a developer who built a mugshot gallary for the Tampa Bay Times: http://source.mozillaopennews.org/en-US/learning/public-info...
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I think having that information public in the moment is valuable in that it alerts a community to a possible danger and allows for the community to verify the indignity of the arrestee (for example if the arrested person is using an assum
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One of the local NPR media shows brought up this issue a while back, in regards to both mugshots and arrest records, and the embarrassment these public records can cause to people who were exonerated, or may have been guilty but turned arou
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PayPal Working Capital(paypal.com)
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I guess this dude has never been to any of the Delta terminals in Atlanta, hard to do given it's a Delta hub. Not really, I've been to/through ATL five times this year, but my flights are on US Air and their gates are a dis
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Can anyone recall any others? Diamonds, and the various "Hallmark" holidays come to mind.
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This Camera Weighs Less Than 4 Oz & Can Reduce Complaints Against Police by 88%(theatlanticcities.com)
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Agreed it's a silly policy. Anecdotally I was asked to remove my headphones during a flight I took about three weeks ago. My headphones are Etymotic mc3 which I use as earplugs during takeoff and landings. I was sitting in an exit row
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I know folks love to have on Gruber, but looking at df.net I don't see where he has compared the security of TouchID to other fingerprint readers - rather he's compared the convenience and performance of TouchID to other fingerpri
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I do wonder why they haven't been used yet to track speeding violations. This question was answered for me by a Maryland DOT person a few back during a tour of one of their operations center. The upshot is that the intended purpose o
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Source? Looking at the HEA numbers from 2003-2006, the difference in graduation rates between whites and black students at MIT ranged from 22pts in 2003 to 10 pts in 2006. http://web.mit.edu/ir/pop/students/gr
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To my daughter's high school programming teacher(usenix.org)
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Swartz report spurs MIT to hold forums on open access, computer crime(tech.mit.edu)
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by Anechoic 13y ago
The one source I know of [2] claims 216,000 victims of "sexual abuse", but doesn't say specifically is sexual abuse means "rape" or if those numbers are only for male prisoners. 1. http://nplusonemag.com
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by Anechoic 13y ago
If gender is to be elevated above merit It could be that gender (in this case, the male gender) was previously elevated about merit, and the new standards restore the use of merit as the ultimate criteria for admissions. That was rayin
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but it had some clear effects Such as?
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Boeing moves advanced concepts engineering to California(seattletimes.com)
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I speculate that Microsoft snapped up Nokia because they threatened starting an Android line of phones. Remember that MS makes money off Android phones. MS also gets a nice patent bonus along [..] Apple admitted defeat in its patent fig
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by Anechoic 13y ago
It would be logical to do that if it were a section that would see some measure if high speed use. Not necessarily - a lightly traveled starter corridor works well for a new system in terms of minimizing disruptions when the inevitable pr
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by Anechoic 13y ago
A reduction of 10 million miles a day would be about 2%, In highway terms, that's a significant reduction. A reduction on the order of 1-3% (it depends on a number of factors including number of lanes, and distance between exits) can
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by Anechoic 13y ago
The section they are construction is a section that a) will need to be built anyway, and b) be used as a test section to iron out the inevitable kinks that will pop up. The logic is that if a project is going to run into problems (which any
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by Anechoic 13y ago
* How often do people travel between LA and SF anyways?* According to the WSJ, 6 million people per year travel between LA & SF via air every year. I can't find highway numbers, but I gotta believe it's about the same order of
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Maglev is quieter (much quieter) than conventional rail at lower speeds (below ~ 90 mph) but at higher speeds, once the aerodynamic noise region kicks in, they get very loud very quickly.
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by Anechoic 13y ago
California will never build their line. CA HSR authority signed a construction contract with Tutor Perini to start construction in the coming weeks. It's happening. * In the meantime, projects like the Southeastern High Speed Rail Co
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Unless it's raining/snowing/windy in Denver or SF (or even an unrelated location like Chicago or Boston which might prevent your aircraft from getting to DEN in the first place) in which case you might be sleeping in an airpo
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by Anechoic 13y ago
I would think that contractors need to dig a deep hole to ensure the foundations of the building are secure - get into the bedrock, especially in earthquake zones Not necessarily, spread footings or piles can work if designed properly and
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by Anechoic 13y ago
Could such a system, on a more grand scale, replace railroads as conveyors of passengers and freight? The vision is not new-fangled, and a modern day visionary insists it could be a better alternative to high speed passenger rail. The int

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