Yes, "PC" has come to be sloppy shorthand... as a counter to the dapper "Mac". Just hours ago, someone ranted about use of "arduino" without suggesting a solution. And while we are at it, let's solve the problems with the terms "server", "memory", "disk" and "battery". Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.
Wow. The article lays out the analysis and correct answer quite clearly. I am stunned at the number of/.ers who STILL post diatribes that are completely off the mark. Well done slashdot!!
Sorry Hollywood, you've already screened this plot line.
In the 1979 movie, "The Jerk", Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) comes up with a fix for a fast-talking salesman customer whose eyeglasses keep slipping off his nose. It is a wire loop with a nose brace. The grateful man promises Navin 50% of any profits. Navin's invention is a huge success. Just as it look as if life cannot get any better, he is sued by purchasers of the "Opti-Grab" device: It makes wearers cross-eyed.
The transcript in the third link mis-quotes Musk as saying "The tanks are friction steel welding". He actually said "friction stir welding". The articles fail to mention that this technology is used in aerospace " including welding the seams of the aluminum main Space Shuttle external tank, Orion Crew Vehicle test article, Boeing Delta II and Delta IV Expendable Launch Vehicles." Very Light Jet (VLJ) maker Eclipse Aviation uses the technology to produce a passenger-certified fuselage with far fewer labor-intensive rivets.
Most US casinos are operated by native American tribes. Their reservations are their own legal jurisdictions. If you have a problem, your recourse is to sue them in tribal court... which, of course, is operated by the casino owner. Good luck with those odds. Pity the customer. And how about the employees? The casino employees I know here in Minnesota are keenly aware that their employment rights are severely limited.
I am confused. What exactly is the sprawling, flexible, fully staffed, heavily equipped, mult-billion dollar scientific research platform for? Apparently it is NOT to be used for astronomy, Earth imaging, or climate data collection. That leaves.... ummm... growing seeds and crystals in microgravity... and.... ummm... shrinking bones and muscles in microgravity. But she shore is purty when she passes overhead. Sheesh.
Drilling oil wells through three miles of rock while floating a mile above the wellhead is really hard and dangerous and - oh my - there were documents that say exactly that.
The patent system was originally designed to protect the small inventor from a large business entity that could simply absorb the product into their existing product line and mass-produce it at a lower cost.
Wikipedia disagrees: "The Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi received a three-year patent for a barge with hoisting gear, that carried marble along the Arno River in 1421. In 1449, King Henry VI granted the first patent with a license of 20 years to John of Utynam for introducing the making of colored glass to England." Mass production didn't arise until centuries later.
I wonder if this delay extends the set of contingencies (such as reboost, de-orbit, or repair) for the experimental unmanned space plane currently on orbit. The recent X37B liftoff was on a much lower inclination than the ISS's and "is designed to fly at altitudes between 110 and 500 nautical miles, or 126 to 575 statute miles" according to SpaceflightNow. This puts it within reach of Endeavor. The last time a supersecret bird went awry, they had to shoot it before it fell to keep it from raining hydrazine and beryllium on populated areas... or so they said.
So... Apple cooked this up knowing that we would think it was a marketing ploy if they didn't fire the guy, but then knowing that we would still suspect hijinks even if they DID fire the guy, and so they would fire the guy anyway just to throw us off the scent, which of course would not work because we would suspect them of concocting a clever marketing gambit no matter what. Right? The dude is screwed.
We sent the wrong guy first. Neil Armstrong has chosen to stay almost entirely out of the limelight. He could have done so much more. But rather than use his voice to speak for man's future off this little blue marble he has been NASA's equivalent of JD Salinger the last forty years. But now... ta-da... he breaks decade of silence in a document that drips with politics.
Here, let me help you. The article reads: The role of the pigments is “to act as an antenna to capture the light,” Belcher explains, “and then transfer the energy down the length of the virus, like a wire. The virus is a very efficient harvester of light, with these porphyrins attached."
"I’m emulating a natural ocean phenomenon and amplifying it just by changing the physics—the ingredients remain the same." This makes me wonder if cycles of bubbles on a very large scale (and changes in reflectivity) could be a contributing factor to oceanic El Nino / La Nina cycles? Don Ho had it when he sang "Tiny Bubbles."
Next request... "I am working on a project to understand women (or men). Is there documentation on how to do it? Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point."
Yeah, like monkeys need pants. Haven't we had enough of you-hide-it-we-find-it accounting? The cost of this work should be realized when the funds are spent, not in some theoretical future when the benefits of FOSS may come back to the roost. Why? Because the primary benefit of FOSS is the avoidance of those costs in the future. To handle it otherwise would be double counting the benefit.
Sensational numbers! My heads almost didn't stay unexploded when I read 775,000 picocuries per liter. Somehow.775 microcuries per liter doesn't grab the nuke-fearing soul quite the same way.
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Yes, "PC" has come to be sloppy shorthand ... as a counter to the dapper "Mac". Just hours ago, someone ranted about use of "arduino" without suggesting a solution. And while we are at it, let's solve the problems with the terms "server", "memory", "disk" and "battery". Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.
Wow. The article lays out the analysis and correct answer quite clearly. I am stunned at the number of /.ers who STILL post diatribes that are completely off the mark. Well done slashdot!!
In the 1979 movie, "The Jerk", Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) comes up with a fix for a fast-talking salesman customer whose eyeglasses keep slipping off his nose. It is a wire loop with a nose brace. The grateful man promises Navin 50% of any profits. Navin's invention is a huge success. Just as it look as if life cannot get any better, he is sued by purchasers of the "Opti-Grab" device: It makes wearers cross-eyed.
It would also be a great name for a skin flick. But great rock band names often are. (White Snake, Badfinger, Molly's Obsession, ...)
Isn't it ironic? While serving her jail time, she will be rewarded with free room and board.
The transcript in the third link mis-quotes Musk as saying "The tanks are friction steel welding". He actually said "friction stir welding". The articles fail to mention that this technology is used in aerospace " including welding the seams of the aluminum main Space Shuttle external tank, Orion Crew Vehicle test article, Boeing Delta II and Delta IV Expendable Launch Vehicles." Very Light Jet (VLJ) maker Eclipse Aviation uses the technology to produce a passenger-certified fuselage with far fewer labor-intensive rivets.
Or am I missing something important here?
Most US casinos are operated by native American tribes. Their reservations are their own legal jurisdictions. If you have a problem, your recourse is to sue them in tribal court ... which, of course, is operated by the casino owner. Good luck with those odds. Pity the customer. And how about the employees? The casino employees I know here in Minnesota are keenly aware that their employment rights are severely limited.
I am confused. What exactly is the sprawling, flexible, fully staffed, heavily equipped, mult-billion dollar scientific research platform for? Apparently it is NOT to be used for astronomy, Earth imaging, or climate data collection. That leaves .... ummm ... growing seeds and crystals in microgravity ... and .... ummm ... shrinking bones and muscles in microgravity. But she shore is purty when she passes overhead. Sheesh.
Drilling oil wells through three miles of rock while floating a mile above the wellhead is really hard and dangerous and - oh my - there were documents that say exactly that.
Prior artists
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The patent system was originally designed to protect the small inventor from a large business entity that could simply absorb the product into their existing product line and mass-produce it at a lower cost.
Wikipedia disagrees: "The Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi received a three-year patent for a barge with hoisting gear, that carried marble along the Arno River in 1421. In 1449, King Henry VI granted the first patent with a license of 20 years to John of Utynam for introducing the making of colored glass to England." Mass production didn't arise until centuries later.
I wonder if this delay extends the set of contingencies (such as reboost, de-orbit, or repair) for the experimental unmanned space plane currently on orbit. The recent X37B liftoff was on a much lower inclination than the ISS's and "is designed to fly at altitudes between 110 and 500 nautical miles, or 126 to 575 statute miles" according to SpaceflightNow. This puts it within reach of Endeavor. The last time a supersecret bird went awry, they had to shoot it before it fell to keep it from raining hydrazine and beryllium on populated areas ... or so they said.
"Shall we play a game?"
So ... Apple cooked this up knowing that we would think it was a marketing ploy if they didn't fire the guy, but then knowing that we would still suspect hijinks even if they DID fire the guy, and so they would fire the guy anyway just to throw us off the scent, which of course would not work because we would suspect them of concocting a clever marketing gambit no matter what. Right? The dude is screwed.
We sent the wrong guy first. Neil Armstrong has chosen to stay almost entirely out of the limelight. He could have done so much more. But rather than use his voice to speak for man's future off this little blue marble he has been NASA's equivalent of JD Salinger the last forty years. But now ... ta-da ... he breaks decade of silence in a document that drips with politics.
Here, let me help you. The article reads: The role of the pigments is “to act as an antenna to capture the light,” Belcher explains, “and then transfer the energy down the length of the virus, like a wire. The virus is a very efficient harvester of light, with these porphyrins attached."
Thank you, Zorg
There, fixed that.
"I’m emulating a natural ocean phenomenon and amplifying it just by changing the physics—the ingredients remain the same." This makes me wonder if cycles of bubbles on a very large scale (and changes in reflectivity) could be a contributing factor to oceanic El Nino / La Nina cycles? Don Ho had it when he sang "Tiny Bubbles."
>The eggshells were probably used as containers, and the markings may have indicated either the shells' contents or their owner.
Next request ... "I am working on a project to understand women (or men). Is there documentation on how to do it? Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point."
Yeah, like monkeys need pants. Haven't we had enough of you-hide-it-we-find-it accounting? The cost of this work should be realized when the funds are spent, not in some theoretical future when the benefits of FOSS may come back to the roost. Why? Because the primary benefit of FOSS is the avoidance of those costs in the future. To handle it otherwise would be double counting the benefit.
Stories about Vespas maybe, but chick magnet high performance European two-seater autos ... out of bounds for too many reasons to count.
Sensational numbers! My heads almost didn't stay unexploded when I read 775,000 picocuries per liter. Somehow .775 microcuries per liter doesn't grab the nuke-fearing soul quite the same way.