I thought by now everyone got the point that Acrobat Reader is a bloated crashware and have switched to Foxit or other alternatives. I'm not saying Foxit is more secure (I don't really know), but I thought that the abomination that emanates from Acrobat Reader has shrank their marketshare so much that any security issues it may have, would be irrelevant.
The trend is towards larger and slower wind turbines, because they are more efficient. At the same time, slower moving blades are safer (actually, with contemporary wind turbines, completely safe) for birds and bats. Also, bladeless designs are becoming more popular, again because they are more efficient. These bladeless designs are completely safe, regardless of size.
Yes for the Taiyo Yuden media. Very few companies (about 10 in total) in the world actually produce DVD R or CD-R media anymore. In fact, even Verbatim doesn't, not even (as far as I know, unless that changed in the last 18 months) for their Datalife series.
But you must buy your Taiyo Yuden (or any other presumed reliable) media from trusted sources! Because it is so simple to forge the media ID of CDs and DVDs, the market is flooded with media that is not what the ID seems to indicate. That's why people in the know by from trusted sources such as Nierle
Just like with illegal drugs or any other unregulated or hard-to-regulate market, reputation of the seller is everything.
I'd like to add also: do not buy any media off eBay, if the seller is from China, Hong-Kong, Australia or New Zealand. The latter two countries are not the origin of the forged products, but are usually used for fronts on eBay. I guarantee with 100% certainty that no CD-R, DVD-R, SD, CF or other Flahs product, is genuine. And the reason is, nobody who would sell genuine products from those countries, would be able to stay in business competing with the people who sell forgeries. A forged Flash product will, for instance, not be from the manufacturer and brand that is supposed to be, it will NOT be SLC but only MLC (in spite of what you were lead to believe) and often times not even the capacity will be the one you expected, let alone access and write speeds, or longevity.
People, be vigilant, or you will end up buying unreliable products and rewarding criminals.
If Ben Cohen is VHDLCohen, then +2. Until about half a decade ago I had done chip design and verification for almost two decades and VHDLCohen was one of the few people on the planet I'd run into who understood the language better than myself.
Yep, that's him:o) By the way, from the way you describe yourself, you seem to be an author/researcher in VHDL yourself?
Buying used CDs will most likely result in a net benefit for the labels, because the person who sold you his/her used CD will promptly go to the store and buy some other (RIAA) CD.
1. Drastic increase of DRM disruptiveness and intrusiveness. This makes playing inconvenient. 2. Gameplay did not progress at all. I would say it stagnated, which means, no incentive to buy new games. Maybe people are NOT that infatuated with pretty graphics, after all? 3. Weak economy.
These three factors don't just add up, but multiply each other.
It is likely that shareholders owning 62% of Sun stock voted for the Oracle deal. This is slightly different than 62% of shareholders (for instance, if 1 person owned 50% of the company, another owned 12%, and 15,000 people owned the rest, 0.013% of the shareholders would have 62% of the vote).
Slightly different? The difference is huge. The number of shareholders means squat. The number of voting shares means everything.
Usually, it's the institutional shareholders that decide these deals, not the individual ones, unless you are Buffet or Soros.
Well, since most have already suggested the devkits of their choice (of which I have personally used at least a few), and which you could have come up with a Google search... I thought I'd rather advise on an excellent book (and which excellent cromulance you would not have been able to find with Google that easily): "VHDL Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" by Ben Cohen. Even though it has "FAQ" in the title, this books is actually an excellently structured textbook on VHDL. In fact, it's probably THE best book on VHDL for beginners and advanced beginners.
BMI is a bogus and misleading measure. Try percent body fat instead.
I generally agree that body fat percent is way more sensible, but at BMI of 40, we're talking about evident obesity. That, or phenomenal muscle mass, which wasn't the case here.
At this point, I actually agree. I realized that this evil (RIAA and associated companies and "artists") will not be brought down by legal means. They have that domain completely cornered. No, what will bring them down is two things: themselves + fucking pirating their shit (or at least, never, ever pay a dime for any music from the labels, ever.)
Yes, Germanium has an indirect band-gap, but SiC, I thought, had a direct one. The problem with SiC was (is?) to grow a crystal of a determined orientation. As it is now, the crystal structure of SiC is pretty much random. That said, growing a thin layer of SiC (by simple CVD) on Si is promising.
Meanwhile, as of just six weeks ago, you have GM clinging to the old line [usatoday.com]: "as long as gas is cheap, Americans will want big, powerful vehicles. He compared [Obama's] policy to trying to fight obesity by having the government require that clothing only be made in small sizes." This after GM already went broke pursuing that strategy, while Toyota is poised to make a killing on their small fuel-efficient cars!
While the GM executive's approach is boneheaded to the max, what he said is essentially true: the Obama administration's lawmakers have created a host of laws that (I'm simplifying somewhat) are aimed at curbing the mpg of new vehicles. That's not the way to do it! The natural way to achieve lower mpg from new (or even all) cars, trucks etc. is by taxing gasoline and diesel. Right now, gasoline is subsidized in the USA, for Pete's sake! In Europe we pay way more for gas than people in the USA (to the tune of twice to thrice). By taxing gasoline, in draconian ways if needs be, every stakeholder in the process will have a vital motivation to decrease mpg.
Why the current administration didn't opt for such solution, is anyone's guess - so I will make one myself: it would be too drastic a move for which middle america is just unprepared. Also, lobbying power of oil companies - lots and lots of lobbying power...
It is very sad that the company behind the Altamont Pass windfarm is not giving two shits about the situation, and is resisting all appeals from NGOs as well as some state commissions to ameliorate their installation to avoid such a large number of bird deaths (apparently, in the thousands per year).
I am a great supporter of wind and solar energies, and am moderately invested in both. But at the same time I hate the corporate mentality where nothing is sacred but the profit.
Gases are compressible. Gallon is a measure of volume. Theoretically, highly compressed hydrogen would give you liquid hydrogen. Hydrogen compressed occupies 3 times more volume than gasoline for the same energy. http://www.planetforlife.com/h2/h2swiss.html [planetforlife.com]
Even more interesting than that is the fact that hydrogen can be compressed to a higher density than liquid hydrogen. That's right, at high pressures, you can obtain hydrogen gas with higher specific mass than liquid hydrogen. AND it is not even a very exotic pressure we're talking about: this gas was suggested (in a scientific article I read last year) as the most convenient way to store hydrogen for automotive purposes.
You brought up two excellent examples. I will only point out that First Solar, unlike Nanosolar, has sold a shitload of solar panels and has contracts for building several PV solar plants. They have so much business that they don't, as far as I know, even sell to common mortals like you and me. Nanosolar, on the other hand, has yet to make a single sale, and while it raked up a lot of venture capital, is a huge question mark, IMHO. That said, if I could, I'd invest in Nanosolar, if nothing else to benefit from the hype-factor they possess.
Sir Stephen Hawking is a very smart man, and I have the utmost respect for him.
However, he should stick to the areas of his expertise and let biologists talk about evolution, because that's their area of expertise.
I wouldn't expect anyone to take Dr. Richard Dawkins' thoughts on quantum mechanics as definitive, and this is no different.
This is a pure ad-hominem attack. You show absolutely no understanding of the message, you don't even mention it with one single word, but you feel you can bash the messenger.
The interesting fact is, Hawkings has not even taken on genetics itself (of which he is no expert), he states taht human evolution is determined by more than just genes, as we are a species that leaves behind us more information than just what is stored in our genes. So he wasn't even talking from the podium of a geneticist; his was a larger-picture stance looking at humankind as more than just an animal species.
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I thought by now everyone got the point that Acrobat Reader is a bloated crashware and have switched to Foxit or other alternatives. I'm not saying Foxit is more secure (I don't really know), but I thought that the abomination that emanates from Acrobat Reader has shrank their marketshare so much that any security issues it may have, would be irrelevant.
Here you an find a plethora of companies making such devices, I hope this helps.
The trend is towards larger and slower wind turbines, because they are more efficient. At the same time, slower moving blades are safer (actually, with contemporary wind turbines, completely safe) for birds and bats. Also, bladeless designs are becoming more popular, again because they are more efficient. These bladeless designs are completely safe, regardless of size.
Yes for the Taiyo Yuden media. Very few companies (about 10 in total) in the world actually produce DVD R or CD-R media anymore. In fact, even Verbatim doesn't, not even (as far as I know, unless that changed in the last 18 months) for their Datalife series.
But you must buy your Taiyo Yuden (or any other presumed reliable) media from trusted sources! Because it is so simple to forge the media ID of CDs and DVDs, the market is flooded with media that is not what the ID seems to indicate. That's why people in the know by from trusted sources such as Nierle
Just like with illegal drugs or any other unregulated or hard-to-regulate market, reputation of the seller is everything.
I'd like to add also: do not buy any media off eBay, if the seller is from China, Hong-Kong, Australia or New Zealand. The latter two countries are not the origin of the forged products, but are usually used for fronts on eBay. I guarantee with 100% certainty that no CD-R, DVD-R, SD, CF or other Flahs product, is genuine. And the reason is, nobody who would sell genuine products from those countries, would be able to stay in business competing with the people who sell forgeries. A forged Flash product will, for instance, not be from the manufacturer and brand that is supposed to be, it will NOT be SLC but only MLC (in spite of what you were lead to believe) and often times not even the capacity will be the one you expected, let alone access and write speeds, or longevity.
People, be vigilant, or you will end up buying unreliable products and rewarding criminals.
If Ben Cohen is VHDLCohen, then +2. Until about half a decade ago I had done chip design and verification for almost two decades and VHDLCohen was one of the few people on the planet I'd run into who understood the language better than myself.
Yep, that's him :o)
By the way, from the way you describe yourself, you seem to be an author/researcher in VHDL yourself?
Their solution is "boycott artists on major labels". Don't buy them new, don't buy them used, don't listen to them.
No pirating necessary.
Exactly. This is what I would have answered the GP, if you hadn't preceded me.
Buy used CDs instead whenever possible
Buying used CDs will most likely result in a net benefit for the labels, because the person who sold you his/her used CD will promptly go to the store and buy some other (RIAA) CD.
1. Drastic increase of DRM disruptiveness and intrusiveness. This makes playing inconvenient.
2. Gameplay did not progress at all. I would say it stagnated, which means, no incentive to buy new games. Maybe people are NOT that infatuated with pretty graphics, after all?
3. Weak economy.
These three factors don't just add up, but multiply each other.
It is likely that shareholders owning 62% of Sun stock voted for the Oracle deal. This is slightly different than 62% of shareholders (for instance, if 1 person owned 50% of the company, another owned 12%, and 15,000 people owned the rest, 0.013% of the shareholders would have 62% of the vote).
Slightly different? The difference is huge. The number of shareholders means squat. The number of voting shares means everything.
Usually, it's the institutional shareholders that decide these deals, not the individual ones, unless you are Buffet or Soros.
Is there a shortage of electrons?
No, they have a surplus of electrons, so they can't make enough 0's.
Well, since most have already suggested the devkits of their choice (of which I have personally used at least a few), and which you could have come up with a Google search... I thought I'd rather advise on an excellent book (and which excellent cromulance you would not have been able to find with Google that easily): "VHDL Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" by Ben Cohen. Even though it has "FAQ" in the title, this books is actually an excellently structured textbook on VHDL. In fact, it's probably THE best book on VHDL for beginners and advanced beginners.
BMI is a bogus and misleading measure. Try percent body fat instead.
I generally agree that body fat percent is way more sensible, but at BMI of 40, we're talking about evident obesity. That, or phenomenal muscle mass, which wasn't the case here.
Adobe, the purveyors of the biggest, buggiest and least secure bloatware on your computer.
Are you referring to Acrobat Reader?
At this point, I actually agree. I realized that this evil (RIAA and associated companies and "artists") will not be brought down by legal means. They have that domain completely cornered. No, what will bring them down is two things: themselves + fucking pirating their shit (or at least, never, ever pay a dime for any music from the labels, ever.)
Germanium-based LEDs have most definitely NOT been developed before. The first ever LED was GaAs-based, and it was deep in the infrared.
Yes, Germanium has an indirect band-gap, but SiC, I thought, had a direct one. The problem with SiC was (is?) to grow a crystal of a determined orientation. As it is now, the crystal structure of SiC is pretty much random. That said, growing a thin layer of SiC (by simple CVD) on Si is promising.
Meanwhile, as of just six weeks ago, you have GM clinging to the old line [usatoday.com]: "as long as gas is cheap, Americans will want big, powerful vehicles. He compared [Obama's] policy to trying to fight obesity by having the government require that clothing only be made in small sizes." This after GM already went broke pursuing that strategy, while Toyota is poised to make a killing on their small fuel-efficient cars!
While the GM executive's approach is boneheaded to the max, what he said is essentially true: the Obama administration's lawmakers have created a host of laws that (I'm simplifying somewhat) are aimed at curbing the mpg of new vehicles. That's not the way to do it! The natural way to achieve lower mpg from new (or even all) cars, trucks etc. is by taxing gasoline and diesel. Right now, gasoline is subsidized in the USA, for Pete's sake! In Europe we pay way more for gas than people in the USA (to the tune of twice to thrice). By taxing gasoline, in draconian ways if needs be, every stakeholder in the process will have a vital motivation to decrease mpg.
Why the current administration didn't opt for such solution, is anyone's guess - so I will make one myself: it would be too drastic a move for which middle america is just unprepared. Also, lobbying power of oil companies - lots and lots of lobbying power...
It is very sad that the company behind the Altamont Pass windfarm is not giving two shits about the situation, and is resisting all appeals from NGOs as well as some state commissions to ameliorate their installation to avoid such a large number of bird deaths (apparently, in the thousands per year).
I am a great supporter of wind and solar energies, and am moderately invested in both. But at the same time I hate the corporate mentality where nothing is sacred but the profit.
Gases are compressible. Gallon is a measure of volume. Theoretically, highly compressed hydrogen would give you liquid hydrogen. Hydrogen compressed occupies 3 times more volume than gasoline for the same energy. http://www.planetforlife.com/h2/h2swiss.html [planetforlife.com]
Even more interesting than that is the fact that hydrogen can be compressed to a higher density than liquid hydrogen. That's right, at high pressures, you can obtain hydrogen gas with higher specific mass than liquid hydrogen. AND it is not even a very exotic pressure we're talking about: this gas was suggested (in a scientific article I read last year) as the most convenient way to store hydrogen for automotive purposes.
It's main selling points are speed, simplicity, security and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Did you just describe a typical Jesuit?
You brought up two excellent examples. I will only point out that First Solar, unlike Nanosolar, has sold a shitload of solar panels and has contracts for building several PV solar plants. They have so much business that they don't, as far as I know, even sell to common mortals like you and me. Nanosolar, on the other hand, has yet to make a single sale, and while it raked up a lot of venture capital, is a huge question mark, IMHO. That said, if I could, I'd invest in Nanosolar, if nothing else to benefit from the hype-factor they possess.
...but it will get you a blowjob easier than a PHD in physics would. :o(
Sir Stephen Hawking is a very smart man, and I have the utmost respect for him.
However, he should stick to the areas of his expertise and let biologists talk about evolution, because that's their area of expertise.
I wouldn't expect anyone to take Dr. Richard Dawkins' thoughts on quantum mechanics as definitive, and this is no different.
This is a pure ad-hominem attack. You show absolutely no understanding of the message, you don't even mention it with one single word, but you feel you can bash the messenger.
The interesting fact is, Hawkings has not even taken on genetics itself (of which he is no expert), he states taht human evolution is determined by more than just genes, as we are a species that leaves behind us more information than just what is stored in our genes. So he wasn't even talking from the podium of a geneticist; his was a larger-picture stance looking at humankind as more than just an animal species.
It says "Database Error" - that's English!
I would so much love to see a movie based on Castle Wolfenstein! The atmosphere of that game would make for a terrific sci-fi/horror.