The C6 has been in our (aerospace engineering) building for years, how are they just now having a grand opening? I'm sure I only don't know because they actually do little to no aerospace research in that thing. It just takes up half our building because it looks all cool and high tech.
Don't mind me, I'm just bitter about never getting to go inside and watch them fold corn proteins:\
And yet, by and large, he had accurately, chillingly, prophesied an entire decade or two of software and hardware development.
Must be one of the perks of becoming the head of a monopoly powerful enough to dictate an entire market. He got to fulfill his own prophecies, whether they were good ideas or not.
As commercial software products have matured, it no longer makes sense for organizations to develop software from scratch. Accounting packages, enterprise resource packages, customer relationship management systems are the order of the day: stable, well-proven and easily available.
And who is going to make this software? Or are we going to use this same suite of software packages for the rest of the lifetime of the computer? There will always be a need for new developments in algorithm design, and for the foreseeable future someone will fulfill that need.
I think someone was either confused or dangerously lazy. Thet really looks like the form letter response to "why can't I use the IRS website to e-file my taxes?" I don't think they understood the question.
You never realize how great fry's is until you are without. I go to school out in Iowa, and its impossible to get anything. Forget getting pots or timer ICs, I'd like to be able to get a NIC at a decent price. Or an IO board with RS-232. Or maybe a firewire card. To get anything at all out here you have to turn to the internet and wait for it to be shipped to you.
I remember that the support at Fry's was horrible, and there were blank stares galore, but they had a decent collection of stuff for when you forgot that one part on your newegg/digikey order and you needed it today.
Canadian law already possessed draconian measures to detain suspects indefinitely without charge, the ability to try them without ever revealing the charges, and to use evidence that they and their lawyers are not allowed to see.
Do you know where I could find more information about these laws? I'm curious now.
I understand the concept of a crush depth. But the thing that gets crushed is the sub, not the depth. The headline is(was... looks like they fixed it) just miserable. Does no-one proofread any more?
Not quite a 'move along' moment yet. These guys are talking about 3D printers made of self-folding paper. I've yet to see anything like that. Although it looks like it'll be some time before they manage to make actual printers out of it.
Indeed, these lawyer-companies are really impossible to tell apart. My new favorites are the ones that buy debt from third world countries before its written off and then sue for the value + interest. I really don't understand where these companies get the nerve.
I've only taken one course in orbital mechanics (actually, astrodynamics), but I think its safe to say that calculating the trajectory of a heavenly body based on measurements of its velocity is a bit more of an exact science than trying to figure out whether some historical account was referring to a meteor strike in the middle of an ocean hundreds of miles from the closest historian.
You've got to keep in mind that with the kinds of distances we're talking about here, a 1deg difference in measured trajectory can be the difference between a "near miss" (1000s of miles) and a direct hit. So the real science here is taking accurate measurements of its velocities, and updating those measurements as it gets closer to account for perturbations. Of course, you've also got to make sure you've got a decent model of the solar systems to put those measurements in. I'm guessing the 2-body approximation ain't gonna cut it here.
I say the MPAA is a menace to the public and serves no purpose other than to make frivolous lawsuits on the behalf of big record companies
With the amount of people who have already pointed it out, you'd think people would begin to get which one the RIAA is and which one the MPAA is. (hint: think audio-recordings vs. Movies)
That is a most excellent idea. I've never bothered to register on the wikipedia, but when I've got time to kill and see something wrong, I fix it. If I'm busy or unsure, I try to at least point it out on the talk page.
Disallowing casual editors like myself would probably hurt the wikipedia, but there's no reason that every passer-by should be able to implement immediate changes to the most visible pages.
Make all changes that anonymous users post show up on the talk page under some kind of 'Anon User proposes the following changes:...' and allow a registered used to just click a button and merge the changes.
Yes, I think we all like consumer protection. But on a practical note, think for a second about how this is going to be implemented? That's right, DRM! DRM that will allow the seller to revoke your "license" to list to the music.
I'd hate it the first time the server malfunctions and revokes my entire music collection.
However, being here (Ames, Iowa) really gives you a good eye for why ethanol is suddenly so popular. The farmers in this region are really loving it, and its clear that the politicians see this as a win/win situation for both reducing dependence on foreign oil and empowering their own constituency. That is what we want our politicians to do, but sadly it seems that they failed to do their homework. Still, I'll be going to hear Obama speak in a few hours, and hopefully the politicians will realize their mistake in placing all their faith in ethanol.
Maybe spamming would be a crime where being banned from the internet would be a suitable punishment? Obviously this only works if you're spamming and not just trading in people's info.
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It cracks me up how sometimes irony will get you +5 Funny, and other times its +5 Insightful. If that's not ironic...
The C6 has been in our (aerospace engineering) building for years, how are they just now having a grand opening? I'm sure I only don't know because they actually do little to no aerospace research in that thing. It just takes up half our building because it looks all cool and high tech.
Don't mind me, I'm just bitter about never getting to go inside and watch them fold corn proteins :\
Must be one of the perks of becoming the head of a monopoly powerful enough to dictate an entire market. He got to fulfill his own prophecies, whether they were good ideas or not.
And who is going to make this software? Or are we going to use this same suite of software packages for the rest of the lifetime of the computer? There will always be a need for new developments in algorithm design, and for the foreseeable future someone will fulfill that need.
I think someone was either confused or dangerously lazy. Thet really looks like the form letter response to "why can't I use the IRS website to e-file my taxes?" I don't think they understood the question.
You never realize how great fry's is until you are without. I go to school out in Iowa, and its impossible to get anything. Forget getting pots or timer ICs, I'd like to be able to get a NIC at a decent price. Or an IO board with RS-232. Or maybe a firewire card. To get anything at all out here you have to turn to the internet and wait for it to be shipped to you.
I remember that the support at Fry's was horrible, and there were blank stares galore, but they had a decent collection of stuff for when you forgot that one part on your newegg/digikey order and you needed it today.
Do you know where I could find more information about these laws? I'm curious now.
I understand the concept of a crush depth. But the thing that gets crushed is the sub, not the depth. The headline is(was... looks like they fixed it) just miserable. Does no-one proofread any more?
How does a sub dive crush "depths"? Depths can't be crushed, AFAIK. This headline is phenomenally confusing.
Walmart sold Linux laptops?
Haha Verizon math. But seriously, what telecom has between 4 and 400 billion customers?
Not quite a 'move along' moment yet. These guys are talking about 3D printers made of self-folding paper. I've yet to see anything like that. Although it looks like it'll be some time before they manage to make actual printers out of it.
Aren't these things intended for children? Who invades and deprives just the children of information?
Indeed, these lawyer-companies are really impossible to tell apart. My new favorites are the ones that buy debt from third world countries before its written off and then sue for the value + interest. I really don't understand where these companies get the nerve.
You know you have too many tech toys when you forget what color the sky is.
I've only taken one course in orbital mechanics (actually, astrodynamics), but I think its safe to say that calculating the trajectory of a heavenly body based on measurements of its velocity is a bit more of an exact science than trying to figure out whether some historical account was referring to a meteor strike in the middle of an ocean hundreds of miles from the closest historian.
You've got to keep in mind that with the kinds of distances we're talking about here, a 1deg difference in measured trajectory can be the difference between a "near miss" (1000s of miles) and a direct hit. So the real science here is taking accurate measurements of its velocities, and updating those measurements as it gets closer to account for perturbations. Of course, you've also got to make sure you've got a decent model of the solar systems to put those measurements in. I'm guessing the 2-body approximation ain't gonna cut it here.
With the amount of people who have already pointed it out, you'd think people would begin to get which one the RIAA is and which one the MPAA is. (hint: think audio-recordings vs. Movies)
Well, why not?
That is a most excellent idea. I've never bothered to register on the wikipedia, but when I've got time to kill and see something wrong, I fix it. If I'm busy or unsure, I try to at least point it out on the talk page.
Disallowing casual editors like myself would probably hurt the wikipedia, but there's no reason that every passer-by should be able to implement immediate changes to the most visible pages.
Make all changes that anonymous users post show up on the talk page under some kind of 'Anon User proposes the following changes: ...' and allow a registered used to just click a button and merge the changes.
Yes, I think we all like consumer protection. But on a practical note, think for a second about how this is going to be implemented? That's right, DRM! DRM that will allow the seller to revoke your "license" to list to the music.
I'd hate it the first time the server malfunctions and revokes my entire music collection.
However, being here (Ames, Iowa) really gives you a good eye for why ethanol is suddenly so popular. The farmers in this region are really loving it, and its clear that the politicians see this as a win/win situation for both reducing dependence on foreign oil and empowering their own constituency. That is what we want our politicians to do, but sadly it seems that they failed to do their homework. Still, I'll be going to hear Obama speak in a few hours, and hopefully the politicians will realize their mistake in placing all their faith in ethanol.
Maybe spamming would be a crime where being banned from the internet would be a suitable punishment? Obviously this only works if you're spamming and not just trading in people's info.
Hey, don't forget there's still Mexico. And they speak their own language down there, so there's no way to know how they're doing.
You know, there needs to be a "+5, Exactly", for all of us who have used Vista for more than five minutes.