Wouldn't the titanium car be made with thinner sheets of metal, which would make it even lighter and allow more give during an impact. The fuel efficiency of a car is directly related to the weight of the vehicle, when the other factors remain static. If the engine block alone was made from titanium that would save a lot of weight. I know some engine blocks are currently made of aluminium but I believe there are some problems with these due to the softness of aluminium.
Thats what I'm talking about! When the rootkit news broke, I had a lot of arguments with slashdotters about the power of boycotts. They were mostly lazy apathetic idiots who don't vote IMO. I'm not buying anything Sony produce for 10 years. Glad to see I have some company:)
Assuming you're counting down in seconds, it should be out around the end of August.
I've tried the free trial version and in only 4 hours I did the tutorials and slapped together a pretty detailed 3d model of my house. On the other hand I've spent over 24 hours messing with blender and barely managed to get a few cubes attached to each other.
Your comment is purely based on the theories of Stephen Hawkings. I've read a lot of his work and I think he is mostly full of shit. For some reason he has been put on an intellectual pedestal by his peers in the field of theoretical physics. I don't believe that this is for the right reasons though, but I won't speculate what the reasons actually were. I think his theories are having a harmful effect on physics as a whole, because (1) like i said above, he's full of shit, and (2) any new breakthroughs that contradict his work are usually ignored, because they contradict him. Science advances generation by generation because its often very hard to refute a great scientists work until after he has died. I sincerely hope that he has written his last book. I sick of hearing dumbasses quoting from A Brief History of Time to support some bullshit they are trying to make me believe in.
Same here. Philips make good hardware, and afaik they don't have any media/content divisions in the company. They don't have any reason to use DRM in their gear. I'm looking forward to seeing them beat the hell out of Sony in this market.
I've got a question about mandatory hardware DRM. How the hell is anyone supposed to develop and test software on a platform like this? Even under windows? Suppose I write a brand new Hello Planet program. I compile it with my government sanctioned compiler, but it won't run until I fill out 20 forms in triplicate and pay $??? to get it certified and signed. How the hell are schools and colleges gonna teach anyone to program? Anyone got a clue how this plan is ever supposed to work?
Erm dude, I really don't understand how you can believe its had no effect. The bigger the company the more of an effect your boycott can have on them, in absolute terms anyway. In relative terms it appears smaller, but its still significant. I hate repeating myself, but over a number of years (or a lifetime) anyone can hit large multinationals like Sony for thousands of $CURRENCY. The thousands are still like 1/millionth of their market cap, but thats not the point its still thousands. Consider this, Sony are ordered to give every customer that bought 1 of those CDs $1000. Do you think that would have an effect? Sure it would, and thats the point I'm making.
Apathetic people like you are part of the problem mate. For instance, if 100 lazy Florida Democrats had gotten off there fat arses 5 years ago and voted for Gore, 100,000 Iraqis wouldn't be orphans today. Of course I can't make 100 people do anything, I only have control over 1 life, that's mine and I'll do what I want with it. Becoming as apathetic as everyone else isn't gonna help at all.
Maybe you work for Sony and your post was part of their damage recovery strategy.;)
I've been boycotting 3 big companies for over 10 years and I can roughly measure the money it's cost them. They don't know I'm boycotting them but when I can deny them the funds to pay someone a years salary, thats a measureable amount of hurt. Of course all 3 companies are still in business, they are leaders in their field, but that doesn't mean my personal boycott has had no effect. Its a double whammy actually because 2 of those companies are food companies, and I gotta eat, so their competitors are getting my green. MS is the 3rd company and I've contributed to the FOSS community in several ways since I started boycotting them.
Also I haven't bought or rented music or DVDs since the DVD Jon debacle, because I don't like the idea of my money going to companies that will spend it on that kind of thing. I'll continue to do so, for at least 10 years.
Its like voting in elections, if you don't vote its quite likely that the same people will get elected anyway, but I believe its still worth voting.
Micheal Foale a British born astronaut with dual US/UK citizenship has spent 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes in space. I believe this is the extra-Russian record.
the antec aria cube case. http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID= 08130 i recently bought one with a miniatx board an a 3700+ athlon 64. its not completely silent but its quieter than the rest of the ambient noise in my house. you really have to put your head down by the case to hear anything from it. It also very easy to open and gives access to any part of the innards.
I never, ever wore sunscreen until a couple of years ago. I've only have sunburn once, when i went to Australia. The sun down there is vicious. I survived the first few days because i was in cities with some shelter from the buildings. The first day i went to the beach i fell asleep and woke up 2 hours later in horrible pain. I learnt my lesson, wear sunscreen in Australia.
try going upstairs, ask your mom where the front door is and step outside. now, if you look over your shoulder you can get a preview of what your 3D house will look like when its available on googlemaps.
absolutely. but why bother bringing people back? theres plenty of people who would like to spend the rest of their lifes out there. why double the costs with a return journey. the first settlers could start building infrastructure to support more colonists and if we send 5-6 people every 2 years in 20 years there'll be a sizable village up there. nobody seems to be interested in colonisation at all and thats the real way to explore a new world.
sounds interesting but i can see a possible problem straight away. suppose the triangle is perpendicular to the camera angle, ie you are looking at the triangle straight on. if you rotate the triangle so the top point stays stationary, the left point moves away from you and the right point moves towards you, if will look exactly the same in 2 dimensions as if left point is moving towards you and the right point is moving away. you would need to use circles at the points and measure the size of them to diffrentiate between these cases. all imho of course.
Do people really drive around in a ton of metal and not know in advance how it operates when bad things happen to it? When, exactly, are they planning on learning? The time to learn what happens when you slam on the brakes on a puddle of water is not in the middle of traffic. I once had an early antilock system that pulsed the brakes really oddly...there was a lag between losing traction and the unlocking of the brake, or something, I never really figured it out.
Yes they do, and some of them think people like us are nuts.
Like you, I have spent some time experimenting with the limits of my cars. I've always done my experiments when theres no other traffic around, and yes I've checked the max speed of my cars in these conditions too. On a few occasions this has come up in conversation and some people have berated me for risking my life. I've tried explaining to these sheepheads the value of the knowledge I've collected, but they're response is usually along the lines of "if you drive according to the regulations nothing will every go wrong". Bullshit!
I've had one highspeed crash (60kph) when my car aquaplaned on a slight bend. Thanks to the fact that I had done some experimental driving, I didn't panic, got the car back under some kind of control and didn't cross into the other lane of oncoming traffic. Sure I hit a signpost and damaged the front of my car, but I drove away afterwards and nobody got hurt.
lifegem is a company (no affiliation with me btw) that will create a diamond from the ashes of deceased relatives. personally i think its a pretty cool way to go. of course if humans are still on this rock millions of years from now it could be a nasty form of pollution.
versions 3.1 and 5.0 iirc. and i sold copies of it to a couple of local companies and got repeat business to support the servers they used it on. its turned out to be a very good deal for me. i think microsoft should buy debian instead though. thats what i use on all my servers these days.
Huh? the whole point of this article is about how some people at NASA are thinking of introducing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere of Mars to warm it up. You agree with this plan while stating that the theories about global warming here on Earth has been proven to be incorrect! Go get some sleep and come back to me next week.
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Wouldn't the titanium car be made with thinner sheets of metal, which would make it even lighter and allow more give during an impact. The fuel efficiency of a car is directly related to the weight of the vehicle, when the other factors remain static. If the engine block alone was made from titanium that would save a lot of weight. I know some engine blocks are currently made of aluminium but I believe there are some problems with these due to the softness of aluminium.
Thats what I'm talking about! When the rootkit news broke, I had a lot of arguments with slashdotters about the power of boycotts. They were mostly lazy apathetic idiots who don't vote IMO. I'm not buying anything Sony produce for 10 years. Glad to see I have some company :)
But it would take forever to boot up
I've tried the free trial version and in only 4 hours I did the tutorials and slapped together a pretty detailed 3d model of my house. On the other hand I've spent over 24 hours messing with blender and barely managed to get a few cubes attached to each other.
So do it on the moon then. I'm sure the X-Prize Foundation would be happy to give the prize to you. :)
Your comment is purely based on the theories of Stephen Hawkings. I've read a lot of his work and I think he is mostly full of shit. For some reason he has been put on an intellectual pedestal by his peers in the field of theoretical physics. I don't believe that this is for the right reasons though, but I won't speculate what the reasons actually were. I think his theories are having a harmful effect on physics as a whole, because (1) like i said above, he's full of shit, and (2) any new breakthroughs that contradict his work are usually ignored, because they contradict him. Science advances generation by generation because its often very hard to refute a great scientists work until after he has died. I sincerely hope that he has written his last book. I sick of hearing dumbasses quoting from A Brief History of Time to support some bullshit they are trying to make me believe in.
Same here. Philips make good hardware, and afaik they don't have any media/content divisions in the company. They don't have any reason to use DRM in their gear. I'm looking forward to seeing them beat the hell out of Sony in this market.
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I need fast video as I do tend to swap between windows at incredible speed
I don't believe you.
afaik, gunpowder makes city walls obselete.
I've got a question about mandatory hardware DRM. How the hell is anyone supposed to develop and test software on a platform like this? Even under windows? Suppose I write a brand new Hello Planet program. I compile it with my government sanctioned compiler, but it won't run until I fill out 20 forms in triplicate and pay $??? to get it certified and signed. How the hell are schools and colleges gonna teach anyone to program? Anyone got a clue how this plan is ever supposed to work?
Erm dude, I really don't understand how you can believe its had no effect. The bigger the company the more of an effect your boycott can have on them, in absolute terms anyway. In relative terms it appears smaller, but its still significant. I hate repeating myself, but over a number of years (or a lifetime) anyone can hit large multinationals like Sony for thousands of $CURRENCY. The thousands are still like 1/millionth of their market cap, but thats not the point its still thousands. Consider this, Sony are ordered to give every customer that bought 1 of those CDs $1000. Do you think that would have an effect? Sure it would, and thats the point I'm making.
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Apathetic people like you are part of the problem mate. For instance, if 100 lazy Florida Democrats had gotten off there fat arses 5 years ago and voted for Gore, 100,000 Iraqis wouldn't be orphans today. Of course I can't make 100 people do anything, I only have control over 1 life, that's mine and I'll do what I want with it. Becoming as apathetic as everyone else isn't gonna help at all.
Maybe you work for Sony and your post was part of their damage recovery strategy.
Bullsh!t boycotts don't work.
I've been boycotting 3 big companies for over 10 years and I can roughly measure the money it's cost them. They don't know I'm boycotting them but when I can deny them the funds to pay someone a years salary, thats a measureable amount of hurt. Of course all 3 companies are still in business, they are leaders in their field, but that doesn't mean my personal boycott has had no effect. Its a double whammy actually because 2 of those companies are food companies, and I gotta eat, so their competitors are getting my green. MS is the 3rd company and I've contributed to the FOSS community in several ways since I started boycotting them.
Also I haven't bought or rented music or DVDs since the DVD Jon debacle, because I don't like the idea of my money going to companies that will spend it on that kind of thing. I'll continue to do so, for at least 10 years.
Its like voting in elections, if you don't vote its quite likely that the same people will get elected anyway, but I believe its still worth voting.
Micheal Foale a British born astronaut with dual US/UK citizenship has spent 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes in space. I believe this is the extra-Russian record.
who the fuck cares what esr has to say? that guy is a boil on the arse of our community!
the antec aria cube case. http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID= 08130
i recently bought one with a miniatx board an a 3700+ athlon 64. its not completely silent but its quieter than the rest of the ambient noise in my house. you really have to put your head down by the case to hear anything from it. It also very easy to open and gives access to any part of the innards.
I never, ever wore sunscreen until a couple of years ago. I've only have sunburn once, when i went to Australia. The sun down there is vicious. I survived the first few days because i was in cities with some shelter from the buildings. The first day i went to the beach i fell asleep and woke up 2 hours later in horrible pain. I learnt my lesson, wear sunscreen in Australia.
try going upstairs, ask your mom where the front door is and step outside. now, if you look over your shoulder you can get a preview of what your 3D house will look like when its available on googlemaps.
hmmm, really, i make it 396.5 million kms. oh you were trying to be funny. i see.
absolutely. but why bother bringing people back? theres plenty of people who would like to spend the rest of their lifes out there. why double the costs with a return journey. the first settlers could start building infrastructure to support more colonists and if we send 5-6 people every 2 years in 20 years there'll be a sizable village up there. nobody seems to be interested in colonisation at all and thats the real way to explore a new world.
sounds interesting but i can see a possible problem straight away. suppose the triangle is perpendicular to the camera angle, ie you are looking at the triangle straight on. if you rotate the triangle so the top point stays stationary, the left point moves away from you and the right point moves towards you, if will look exactly the same in 2 dimensions as if left point is moving towards you and the right point is moving away. you would need to use circles at the points and measure the size of them to diffrentiate between these cases. all imho of course.
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Yes they do, and some of them think people like us are nuts.
Like you, I have spent some time experimenting with the limits of my cars. I've always done my experiments when theres no other traffic around, and yes I've checked the max speed of my cars in these conditions too. On a few occasions this has come up in conversation and some people have berated me for risking my life. I've tried explaining to these sheepheads the value of the knowledge I've collected, but they're response is usually along the lines of "if you drive according to the regulations nothing will every go wrong". Bullshit!
I've had one highspeed crash (60kph) when my car aquaplaned on a slight bend. Thanks to the fact that I had done some experimental driving, I didn't panic, got the car back under some kind of control and didn't cross into the other lane of oncoming traffic. Sure I hit a signpost and damaged the front of my car, but I drove away afterwards and nobody got hurt.
lifegem is a company (no affiliation with me btw) that will create a diamond from the ashes of deceased relatives. personally i think its a pretty cool way to go. of course if humans are still on this rock millions of years from now it could be a nasty form of pollution.
versions 3.1 and 5.0 iirc. and i sold copies of it to a couple of local companies and got repeat business to support the servers they used it on. its turned out to be a very good deal for me. i think microsoft should buy debian instead though. thats what i use on all my servers these days.
Huh? the whole point of this article is about how some people at NASA are thinking of introducing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere of Mars to warm it up. You agree with this plan while stating that the theories about global warming here on Earth has been proven to be incorrect! Go get some sleep and come back to me next week.