I've been riding a bicycle for awhile, but lately some friends of mine need me to give them a ride around town. I've been looking at cars, preferably something where I don't have to learn how to drive. I just want to go from one place to another with it. Any suggestions?
This is how thousands (millions?) of Wongs have approached your transportation problem: Cycle rickshaw.
So, is "Newb-friendly Linus" is an oxymoron? Ouch.
What are the actual downsides? Really, what are they?
Nothing conjures up cost-is-no-object solutions like a high-impact threat to a three year old. The unspoken "cost," of course, is that our children are growing up in a climate of fear: They spend more time sitting indoors or being hovered over by helicopter parents... but they are "safe"... and putting on weight... and failing to develop healthy social, physical, and problem-solving skills.
>Yes, take 3 hydrogen atoms and bond them to a carbon atom
Wanted: monovalent to occupy vacant orbital. It's a quad, but the other three spots are spoken for. If you are an H, we'll be an alkane. If you're a hydroxyl, we'll be an alcohol.
I was quite eager (as in "Isn't the eager beaver our national mammal, eh?") to see explanations of the Reverse Rick Moranis, Montreal Meatpie, and Saskatoon Totem Pole. But alas, instead I was served some witty "our site is having trouble" messages. Damnation.
In a related story, the Department of Redundancy Department has announced funding for a new project to confirm the existence of the Earth's antimatter suspenders. A spokesman for the department explained that current theory requires both to exist. A second spokesman for the department explained both must exist, according to current theory.
Agreed, but the alternative -- waiting for IT to build something -- is simply unacceptable.
I build budgeting and forecasting systems (Essbase and relational). As such, I dwell in the land of the undead zombies midway between Finance and I.T. Finance wants it good and fast. I.T. wants it cheap and stable. VBA macros in Excel make it possible for me to get the job done and move along to the next project.
In 1948, George Orwell arrived on the cultural scene with his novel 1984. In it, citizens are watched at every minute and suspicious activity results in search and seizure by secret police.
In 1984, Apple computer arrived on the cultural scene with their 1984 television ad. In it, the Macintosh computer is introduced as a means to individual expression and freedom from oppression.
In 2011, Kyle McDonald arrived on the cultural scene with his People Staring at Computers art project. In it, he demonstrates the use of Apple computers to observe citizens every minute. Apple's complaint results in search and seizure by Secret Service.
The parallels go on and on... the US is a country in a continuous state of war, school was caught using Apple computer technology to accuse a student observed eating pill-shaped candy in his home of drug use, there are certainly parallels between Bradley Manning's and Winston Smith's incarcerations, state secrets are sacrosanct and facts are routinely rewritten. Happy 1984.
Despite Martin Jetpack's talk of its usefulness for remote search and rescue, the real money is for military purposes. This piece describes the first practical uses of helicopters in Korea for reconnaissance, supply, and medivac. A decade later, the next generation of choppers -- Chinooks and Hueys -- were doing serious delivery work in combat.
I, for one, welcome our new kiwi jetpack flying overlords.
TFA: "Borosilicate glass, also known as soda-lime glass..." That's like saying "Bronze, also known as brass..." The two are compositionally quite different.
Pyrex (R) is Corning's trademark for the borosilicate type and it is commonly used for laboratory ware, oven windows and such. It was also used for the big 200 inch (a bit under 5 meters) mirror at Mt Palomar.
Soda lime glass is the more common type used for windows and beer bottles. You can quickly tell the two apart by looking edge-on into the piece, soda lime glass has a greenish cast.
One way to keep your tracking app from being used against you in a court of law is to destroy its credibility by filling it with implausible information.
Attorney: "Would it be correct to say that you have relied on the defendant's phone location database to place him at the protest rally?"
Cop: "That's correct."
Attorney: "According to my client's phone records, he had breakfast that day in Berlin, lunch in Sydney, dinner in Vancouver, an a nightcap in Santiago. Can you explain how that is possible?"
Cop: "I guess he has fairy dust and a magic sleigh."
Attorney: "No further questions, your Honor."
What would happen if someone wrote an app that inserts enough random information into the various nooks and crannies of a smart phone to render it useless for forensic purposes? Hmmmmm.
Point well made... it depends on circumstances. And it also depends on cost / value.
My current project is mounting an Android tablet on a touring motorcycle. I rode 9,000 miles last year with a mounted iPhone; vibration and weather were not a problem. Why not take it up a notch this year with a full-on HUD? The tablet provides phone, music, maps, video recording, location tracking, and more... and most functions are hands free with voice control through an in-helmet bluetooth headset.
For this application, a cellular data connection is a vital component. And for me, the extra cost is well worth it.
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Even Facebook was conceived in a university environment, if not as a part of any specific research.
Careful now, fella. You are coming darn close to saying something nice about Bill Gates. This *is* Slashdot, ya know.
Would this be a Quantum Tunnel?
It might be. It might not be. And it might be and not be simultaneously.
Dear Slashdot,
I've been riding a bicycle for awhile, but lately some friends of mine need me to give them a ride around town. I've been looking at cars, preferably something where I don't have to learn how to drive. I just want to go from one place to another with it. Any suggestions?
This is how thousands (millions?) of Wongs have approached your transportation problem: Cycle rickshaw.
So, is "Newb-friendly Linus" is an oxymoron? Ouch.
Where are those mod points when you need them? Mod parent up!
What are the actual downsides? Really, what are they?
Nothing conjures up cost-is-no-object solutions like a high-impact threat to a three year old. The unspoken "cost," of course, is that our children are growing up in a climate of fear: They spend more time sitting indoors or being hovered over by helicopter parents ... but they are "safe" ... and putting on weight ... and failing to develop healthy social, physical, and problem-solving skills.
Safety isn't as safe as we think it is.
A logical alternative to the false dichotomy: Agree / Disagree.
How precisely did they measure the 732km?
Alternate explanation: Their measurements reveals c= 299,792,475.99 meters per second. instead of 299,792,458.
... I want my warp drive.
Imagine the possiblilities. /. on steroids.
Is it?
Wanted: monovalent to occupy vacant orbital. It's a quad, but the other three spots are spoken for. If you are an H, we'll be an alkane. If you're a hydroxyl, we'll be an alcohol.
I was quite eager (as in "Isn't the eager beaver our national mammal, eh?") to see explanations of the Reverse Rick Moranis, Montreal Meatpie, and Saskatoon Totem Pole. But alas, instead I was served some witty "our site is having trouble" messages. Damnation.
In a related story, the Department of Redundancy Department has announced funding for a new project to confirm the existence of the Earth's antimatter suspenders. A spokesman for the department explained that current theory requires both to exist. A second spokesman for the department explained both must exist, according to current theory.
Agreed, but the alternative -- waiting for IT to build something -- is simply unacceptable. I build budgeting and forecasting systems (Essbase and relational). As such, I dwell in the land of the undead zombies midway between Finance and I.T. Finance wants it good and fast. I.T. wants it cheap and stable. VBA macros in Excel make it possible for me to get the job done and move along to the next project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_cage
CH4 + H2S = FaRt
Ummm. A high percentage of interstate highways in Florida ("The Sunshine State") are white - the color of concrete. Not a problem there.
Cue Schrodinger's Goatse in 3-2-1...
In 1948, George Orwell arrived on the cultural scene with his novel 1984. In it, citizens are watched at every minute and suspicious activity results in search and seizure by secret police.
In 1984, Apple computer arrived on the cultural scene with their 1984 television ad. In it, the Macintosh computer is introduced as a means to individual expression and freedom from oppression.
In 2011, Kyle McDonald arrived on the cultural scene with his People Staring at Computers art project. In it, he demonstrates the use of Apple computers to observe citizens every minute. Apple's complaint results in search and seizure by Secret Service.
The parallels go on and on ... the US is a country in a continuous state of war, school was caught using Apple computer technology to accuse a student observed eating pill-shaped candy in his home of drug use, there are certainly parallels between Bradley Manning's and Winston Smith's incarcerations, state secrets are sacrosanct and facts are routinely rewritten. Happy 1984.
Now we know exactly how many angels can dance on the head of a pin: 2.6.39. Move along, nothing to see here.
Despite Martin Jetpack's talk of its usefulness for remote search and rescue, the real money is for military purposes. This piece describes the first practical uses of helicopters in Korea for reconnaissance, supply, and medivac. A decade later, the next generation of choppers -- Chinooks and Hueys -- were doing serious delivery work in combat.
I, for one, welcome our new kiwi jetpack flying overlords.
TFA: "Borosilicate glass, also known as soda-lime glass..." That's like saying "Bronze, also known as brass..." The two are compositionally quite different.
Pyrex (R) is Corning's trademark for the borosilicate type and it is commonly used for laboratory ware, oven windows and such. It was also used for the big 200 inch (a bit under 5 meters) mirror at Mt Palomar.
Soda lime glass is the more common type used for windows and beer bottles. You can quickly tell the two apart by looking edge-on into the piece, soda lime glass has a greenish cast.
One way to keep your tracking app from being used against you in a court of law is to destroy its credibility by filling it with implausible information.
Attorney: "Would it be correct to say that you have relied on the defendant's phone location database to place him at the protest rally?"
Cop: "That's correct."
Attorney: "According to my client's phone records, he had breakfast that day in Berlin, lunch in Sydney, dinner in Vancouver, an a nightcap in Santiago. Can you explain how that is possible?"
Cop: "I guess he has fairy dust and a magic sleigh."
Attorney: "No further questions, your Honor."
What would happen if someone wrote an app that inserts enough random information into the various nooks and crannies of a smart phone to render it useless for forensic purposes? Hmmmmm.
Point well made ... it depends on circumstances. And it also depends on cost / value.
My current project is mounting an Android tablet on a touring motorcycle. I rode 9,000 miles last year with a mounted iPhone; vibration and weather were not a problem. Why not take it up a notch this year with a full-on HUD? The tablet provides phone, music, maps, video recording, location tracking, and more ... and most functions are hands free with voice control through an in-helmet bluetooth headset.
For this application, a cellular data connection is a vital component. And for me, the extra cost is well worth it.
Yes, but they cost $544,680.