That's neat. I was actually thinking of how you could construct a visual display of music being played.
Maybe set up something like a rack of lucite rods and have the lasers to point end-on into them. Have a rod light up when the corresponding note is played, either based on a MIDI file or such, or by depressing the key of a keyboard (which is similar to the laser harp).
The only way hardware manufacturers could get out of that pain is by releasing the source
Why is this?
My experience causes me to disagree with you. By me NVidia has done just fine by releasing the "source code"" that wraps around their pre-compiled gfx binary drivers.
In fact, the only time I've had problems with NVidia was when I was using their pre-compiled RPMS they for whatever version X.Y of standard RedHat -- I've always rolled my own.
As I recall correctly, this is not a new idea, but perhaps its implementation is. I had a professor who described this concept in the classroom over 10 years ago.
People wanting more info should STF(ree)W for Irving Langmuir or Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers, e.g.,
The crowning achievement of any chemist's career must be the honor of winning a Nobel Prize. This accomplishment was realized by Irving Langmuir in 1932. Langmuir was fascinated with surface chemistry and it was for his efforts in this area that he became the first non-academic chemist to receive the Nobel Prize. Along with Dr. Katherine B. Blodgett, he studied thin films and how substances are adsorbed on surfaces. Through their efforts, surface chemistry became a full-fledged scientific discipline. In addition to their interest in these surfaces, they also wanted to know more about interfaces, where phases come together. The studies led to clarification of the true nature of surface adsorption and established the existence of monolayers. Monolayers are surface films a single atom or molecule thick which have peculiar, two-dimensional qualities. Thin layers on surfaces such as living membranes are important in the action of enzymes, toxins, antitoxins and other biological substances. Again turning to the practical, this discovery led to the possibility of measuring molecular sizes of viruses and toxins, a significant step forward in the eyes of biologists. Langmuir developed experimental techniques for the study of proteins. The studies on monolayers also led to the development of almost perfectly transparent glass, made by placing a thin film of a flourine compound on the surface.
I know what you mean, but this printer is taking just as long to start printing after either it is just powered up (and the printer has gone through its POST) or has been sitting there idle for a while in the "Ready" state. YMMV.
That's pretty much my experience with an LJ 5. Had to spend maybe ~$60 at Staples for the one and only toner cartridge replacement in the last 9 years.
With these LaserJets though, I would want to unplug them when they are not in use. In fact, I don't toggle the on/off button, just pull the plug. I would think these older printers' fusers still draw a fair amount of power just to keep warm. (I should probably confirm that sometime....)
Those who work on computers for a living are facing this more and more as the enabling technology (i.e., computer clustering) has become commodity.
However, it's just as important not to underestimate how abundances can create opportunity via a "domino effect" and not just look at "more X means Y", which is the approach the article takes.
In this case, it's because we can generate or gather many-fold times more data than previously, new career opportunities can arise in data mining, database development, security industry, watchdog groups, politicians, etc. Now, whether any of these things is useful, well, those are entirely their own topics.
I think I can see how to do this. Basically, you would have to do a spidering of the entire book. Since you are given some text on either side of your search term, you could piece together via a "genome gunshot" approach to reassemble the text by overlapping the text search snippets.
I think another way of looking at it would be to consider keys. your landlord can't stop you from lending your key to someone else, but I'd think that making copies of it and distributing it to all of your friends would create a bit of a stir, as would selling your key: and the key is also one of your "rivalrous assets".
I was thinking along the same lines. Locksmiths in general do follow a restrictive key duplication policy: if the key is stamped "Do Not Duplicate" then they shouldn't make a copy, except for the original key owner (here, landlord).
Obviously there's the liability issue, but locksmiths have to some kind of morals because they could make any key from scratch.
a hard drive mouted in between two layers of ice cream sandwiches. After the sandwiches have melted, replace them with new frozen sandwiches. That'll keep your drive chilled! However, this approach can get pretty expensive pretty quickly....
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is issuing the new US$20 note to banks today. The newly redesigned Series 2004 $20 notes have
The US Government is spending $53,000,000[emph.] over the next 5 years to make sure everybody knows that this is a real note, so go get acquainted with one."
Heh. As they say in the investment world, it really does take money to make money! I guess counter-counterfeiting is the investment here.
'Scuse me? Money has to be promoted to the public? Oh what a waste. In my lifetime the 2 USD bill was a fairly special item to receive, so we saved them:) Susan B's were fairly common yet mistaken for 25-cent pieces. I haven't seen much of the lightly golden tinted Sacajaweha(sp) 1 USD piece, which are also mistaken for quarters from what I hear.
I wonder if someone could put together information on these:
A. How much money has overall been spent in advertising newly issued US currency?
B. How much was spent advertising the Euro?
Accordingly, it's rather interesting that American society associates Einstein (or his icon) with genius. In conversation you might here something like "Yeah, Jimmy over there is soooo smart! He's such an Einstein!".
(Of course then, you have to wonder why the US lags behind some other countries in science education....)
I think either SCI-FI or PBS could end up showing a "one time" episode (like how the movie was on FOX).
In the case with PBS, it would happen during one of their quarterly pledge drives. (Clue: PBS holds drives because (1) there's no per-TV set fee as in parts of Europe and (2) they claim ever-decreasing revenues from public institutional contributions.)
Accordingly I would expect a new series to appear on SCI-FI way before PBS.
After lugging a couch home, having broken the wrapping and discarded it, and lifting up the cushion, I found this:
IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA")B
is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single
entity) and the manufacturer ("Manufacturer") of the seating system
or seating system component ("SEATING") with which you acquired the
Dell(TM) product identified above. The Dell(TM) product is a
combination of software ("SOFTWARE"), and a hardware device
("HARDWARE") which also accompanied the new SEATING. If the SOFTWARE
is not accompanied by a new SEATING, you may not use or copy the
SOFTWARE. The SOFTWARE includes seating software, the associated
media, any printed materials, and any "online" or electronic
documentation. Any other software provided provided to you along with
the SOFTWARE with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to
you under the terms of that license agreement. By installing, copying,
downloading, accessing or otherwise using the SOFTWARE, you agree to
be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms
of this EULA, Manufacturer and Dell(TM) Licensing, Inc. are unwilling
to license the SOFTWARE to you. In such event, you may not use or copy
the SOFTWARE, and you should promptly contact Manufacturer for
instructions on return of the product for a refund.
I called the store from which I bought this and they said they didn't know about any EULA and said that any documentation that the customer would need could be obtained from the company's website.
Such a useful service smells of another link in the chain toward a blockbuster initial public offering of stock, though the company has maintained staying private during 2003.
Microsoft has declared that its software dies, regardless of how many users it has.
Linux, in contrast, offers software that lives forever,
Yes, it's really as simple as that, I'm realizing. As far as software/OSes go, linux is eternal, once you've got the drivers or have written your own. It's probably also important to point out that linux vendors also declare death of version support (ie., RedHat). However, since linux is freely available, in direct contrast to the closed-source Windows software, users can in principle support themselves. (I'd like to know whether Gnome2 could work under RH7.x, for example.)
YMMV but I have been learning how to make most of my food from non-processed ingredients, and for me it's generally more satisfying psychologically as well as physically. For example, something like toast and one of those high fructose fruit on the bottom yogurts don't satisfy for me for very long. Something like oatmeal (not the instant kind) with fruit takes longer to digest, causing less of a need to snack in between meals. Americans could probably intake a lot fewer calories by not snacking. And fewer trips to the vending machine saves time, money, and often poorer nutrition.
Sometimes it can take up a lot time, cooking. I have learned not to underappreciate the people who prepare food in this manner.
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Where we live, those red dots are the seasonal influx of shelter-seeking ladybugs!
Anyone stop to consider how this might have been (will be?) how the Borg got started?
That's neat. I was actually thinking of how you could construct a visual display of music being played.
Maybe set up something like a rack of lucite rods and have the lasers to point end-on into them. Have a rod light up when the corresponding note is played, either based on a MIDI file or such, or by depressing the key of a keyboard (which is similar to the laser harp).
Unfortunately, NASA will (mis)manage this cluster to running at 0.245 trillion ops per second.
Last time I checked, profits are made on selling at a higher cost than what you paid. Essentially, profit
Why is this?
My experience causes me to disagree with you. By me NVidia has done just fine by releasing the "source code"" that wraps around their pre-compiled gfx binary drivers.
In fact, the only time I've had problems with NVidia was when I was using their pre-compiled RPMS they for whatever version X.Y of standard RedHat -- I've always rolled my own.
People wanting more info should STF(ree)W for Irving Langmuir or Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers, e.g.,
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/ institutes/1992/Langmuir.html
I know what you mean, but this printer is taking just as long to start printing after either it is just powered up (and the printer has gone through its POST) or has been sitting there idle for a while in the "Ready" state. YMMV.
That's pretty much my experience with an LJ 5. Had to spend maybe ~$60 at Staples for the one and only toner cartridge replacement in the last 9 years.
With these LaserJets though, I would want to unplug them when they are not in use. In fact, I don't toggle the on/off button, just pull the plug. I would think these older printers' fusers still draw a fair amount of power just to keep warm. (I should probably confirm that sometime....)
Interesting topic. Incredible topic, actually.
Those who work on computers for a living are facing this more and more as the enabling technology (i.e., computer clustering) has become commodity.
However, it's just as important not to underestimate how abundances can create opportunity via a "domino effect" and not just look at "more X means Y", which is the approach the article takes.
In this case, it's because we can generate or gather many-fold times more data than previously, new career opportunities can arise in data mining, database development, security industry, watchdog groups, politicians, etc. Now, whether any of these things is useful, well, those are entirely their own topics.
Ah, yes....reminiscent of what I call the "Caller ID" paradigm.
Where I live bicycles don't trigger these "smart" traffic lights (a design flaw IMO), so if it's all clear, f*ck it -- I'll ride through a red light.
I think I can see how to do this. Basically, you would have to do a spidering of the entire book. Since you are given some text on either side of your search term, you could piece together via a "genome gunshot" approach to reassemble the text by overlapping the text search snippets.
No doubt there are other methods.
I was thinking along the same lines. Locksmiths in general do follow a restrictive key duplication policy: if the key is stamped "Do Not Duplicate" then they shouldn't make a copy, except for the original key owner (here, landlord).
Obviously there's the liability issue, but locksmiths have to some kind of morals because they could make any key from scratch.
a hard drive mouted in between two layers of ice cream sandwiches. After the sandwiches have melted, replace them with new frozen sandwiches. That'll keep your drive chilled! However, this approach can get pretty expensive pretty quickly....
My version of this sentiment (Microsoft speaking):
We don't like other vendors limiting our customers' choices...only WE know how to do that best!
I think I've decided to reserve my opinion on the matter until I hear g*d's view, if Ms. Walters can get the exclusive interview .
'Scuse me? Money has to be promoted to the public? Oh what a waste. In my lifetime the 2 USD bill was a fairly special item to receive, so we saved them
I wonder if someone could put together information on these:
A. How much money has overall been spent in advertising newly issued US currency?
B. How much was spent advertising the Euro?
Accordingly, it's rather interesting that American society associates Einstein (or his icon) with genius. In conversation you might here something like "Yeah, Jimmy over there is soooo smart! He's such an Einstein!".
(Of course then, you have to wonder why the US lags behind some other countries in science education....)
I think either SCI-FI or PBS could end up showing a "one time" episode (like how the movie was on FOX). In the case with PBS, it would happen during one of their quarterly pledge drives. (Clue: PBS holds drives because (1) there's no per-TV set fee as in parts of Europe and (2) they claim ever-decreasing revenues from public institutional contributions.) Accordingly I would expect a new series to appear on SCI-FI way before PBS.
After lugging a couch home, having broken the wrapping and discarded it, and lifting up the cushion, I found this:
IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA")B is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and the manufacturer ("Manufacturer") of the seating system or seating system component ("SEATING") with which you acquired the Dell(TM) product identified above. The Dell(TM) product is a combination of software ("SOFTWARE"), and a hardware device ("HARDWARE") which also accompanied the new SEATING. If the SOFTWARE is not accompanied by a new SEATING, you may not use or copy the SOFTWARE. The SOFTWARE includes seating software, the associated media, any printed materials, and any "online" or electronic documentation. Any other software provided provided to you along with the SOFTWARE with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to you under the terms of that license agreement. By installing, copying, downloading, accessing or otherwise using the SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, Manufacturer and Dell(TM) Licensing, Inc. are unwilling to license the SOFTWARE to you. In such event, you may not use or copy the SOFTWARE, and you should promptly contact Manufacturer for instructions on return of the product for a refund.
I called the store from which I bought this and they said they didn't know about any EULA and said that any documentation that the customer would need could be obtained from the company's website.
Such a useful service smells of another link in the chain toward a blockbuster initial public offering of stock, though the company has maintained staying private during 2003.
Here's a recent article at Mercury News.
Hrmmmmmm...scratch those links. These should work: WAVE
Other sounds of Homer
Here's a WAVE file for it, among many others. Enjoy!
(Hope it works 'cuz my sound card is kaputt.)
Difficult perhaps, but not impossible.
YMMV but I have been learning how to make most of my food from non-processed ingredients, and for me it's generally more satisfying psychologically as well as physically. For example, something like toast and one of those high fructose fruit on the bottom yogurts don't satisfy for me for very long. Something like oatmeal (not the instant kind) with fruit takes longer to digest, causing less of a need to snack in between meals. Americans could probably intake a lot fewer calories by not snacking. And fewer trips to the vending machine saves time, money, and often poorer nutrition.
Sometimes it can take up a lot time, cooking. I have learned not to underappreciate the people who prepare food in this manner.