Anechoic

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by Anechoic 14y ago
Saying "its as easy to do in OS X as it is in Linux" isn't really a fair defense. If it's "easy" that she wants: drag and drop her music/pictures from iTunes/iPhoto window to a network drive/USB drive/Firewire drive.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
And yet another Jefferson quote: "Happy for us, that when we find our constitutions defective and insufficient to secure the happiness of our people, we can assemble with all the coolness of philosophers and set it to rights, while every ot
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by Anechoic 14y ago
and ~200 million gun owners Where are you getting this number from? 200 million gun owners means that nearly 2 in 3 US citizens owns a gun which doesn't sound close to correct. http://rense.com/general62/gns.htm says 80 million gun owne
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by Anechoic 14y ago
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Apocryphal? From http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/strongest-reason-pe... :
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by Anechoic 14y ago
He was shown the rule, thought about it, and then objected, implying future rule breaking was in store. Really? Saying that you don't like a rule imply's thay he would break the rule, thereby meaning (according to DanBC & Terretta)
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Unless it really wants Android to be recognized as Galaxy then God save Android. A few weeks ago I heard a CNN reporter refer to the "iPad and Galaxy ecosystems." I wonder if it's already too late.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Again, how is that willfully breaking the rules? Am I will breaking the rules here becaus I don't explicitly state that I am following HN guidelines in all my posts?
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by Anechoic 14y ago
In their shoes, I'd point out that by his own explanation, he was wilfully breaking the rules. He took one picture when he was unaware of the rule. Once informed of the rule, he immediately stopped. How is that "willfuly breaking the ru
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by Anechoic 14y ago
continuously plan the best light cycles for any given situation Because there are a lot of "any given situation[s]" that might the scenario overly complex. Take a school for instance - you have students crossing the street that want pedes
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Why is this true of felons, but 80% of illegal immigrants don't commit felonies? I wonder if perhaps the added deterrence of getting kicked out of the country has an effect at reducing felonies among undocumented immigrants. Also, immigra
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by Anechoic 14y ago
and end up bettering themselves? What is the percentage of undocumented workers that end up truly bettering themselves while staying outside the immigration system? Quite possibly has a stable family structure already in place That's no
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Any job an illegal immigrant can get, a felon can as well. Yes, and they frequently do, and frequently experience the same abuses that undocumented workers do.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
There's a simple reason: cyclists slow you down. As a driver/cyclist as well, I think you're absolutely right and not just from the perspective of a car driver - one of the most rage-inducing things I can experience while on my bike is wh
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by Anechoic 14y ago
We're talking about Harvard. Home of the Berkman Center and a shitload of politically connected lawyers. I'm sure he cold have coordinated with counsel to make sure he was protected.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
That research work led to his position as Harvard Fellow continuing that specific work of analyzing large journal datasets to find corruption. That is why he downloaded the journals - to continue his research into analyzing large datasets
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by Anechoic 14y ago
They are gonna have to wait a year since the sun sets later than it did on January 23 (5:03pm vs 5:30pm now: http://www.calendar-365.com/calendar/2013/February.html ).
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by Anechoic 14y ago
take a good look and explain to any reasonable person how can anybody miss the tesla charging station It was dark (5:45pm), on an I-95 rest stop during rush hour. That parking lot was likely jammed with cars and pedestrians moving around,
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by Anechoic 14y ago
he did add some gratuitous miles Two miles is "gratuitous"? That's a rounding error, even on my bicycle! and he exceeded the speed limit as Musk claimed Does Tesla expect drivers to adhere to posted speed limits even when prevailing spe
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by Anechoic 14y ago
There are a number of incompatibilities caused by outright different function names ("tfeestimate" in Matlab vs "tfe" in Octave for transfer function computations for example) or the order of input arguments in functions. Also, there are se
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Who uses Octave? Me. If you had access to Matlab, would you use it instead? Probably. Why not Python/R/Julia? I know the Matlab syntax/commands/language and that enables me to be productive with Octave quickly. I just don't have the t
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Being good at what you do amplifies the utility of your connections. Absolutely, as well as initiative and passion. Perhaps the lesson here is to a) to the best you can to put yourself into a situation where you can succeed, and b) act on
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Your story reminded me of something that happened to me the summer before my freshman year in college. I was working two jobs at the time, 40 hours doing an engineering internship at a large company, and another 20+ hours working as a stock
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by Anechoic 14y ago
The issue I have with his story is when he says "When I was 18, at Berklee College of Music" he's basically saying "When I was 18, at [the MIT/Harvard/CMU/Stanford of Music]" - that is, just being at that institution gave him the opportunit
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Is there any evidence, out side of statements made during the campaign, that Romney actually holds views towards gays and women that are substantially different than Obama's? As governor, Romney spoke out against same-sex marriage and tie
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by Anechoic 14y ago
how many construction workers are concerned with keeping their work boots and gloves free of dirt stains Many actually, especially toward the completion of projects when interior decorations are starting to be installed and the architect/
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by Anechoic 14y ago
You are perfectly welcome to start your own mass transit system (rail, bus, boat, helicopter, etc). Chances are that you'll quickly find that between he high capital investment, highly variable fuel prices, environmental requirements, and d
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by Anechoic 14y ago
It is well known that Aaron by way of his associations with MIT had the right to download JSTOR articles there. He also had "legal" access through his fellowship at Harvard, he could have downloaded his articles while at work.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Isn't MIT network open "MIT running an open network" is not the same as "MIT allows anyone to do anything on their network." MIT runs an open network because it trusts users to use it responsibility. If someone does something that MIT a
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by Anechoic 14y ago
In fact, both private delivery companies come to my rural doorstep while the USPS won't deliver to my home at all. Where is this? I ship a lot of packages and have experienced this opposite, I've never seen the situation you describe.
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by Anechoic 14y ago
As other posters have mentioned, one big drawback of the Dyson Airblade (stand alone unit) is that it's loud . 90 dBA loud [1]. I've never seen more than two Airblades in one restroom, with this combo unit, there could be double that numbe

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