For some people it might be pain in the ass, but for me reading on a pda is far superior to reading a paper book.
I've read tens of thousands of pages (including some pretty thick tomes like "Cryptonomicon" and "The Count of Monte Cristo") from my Handspring Visor and ipaq.
I like ebooks on my PDA because, as another poster noted, I can read one handed. I can read in the dark. I can take several books with me without carring a single extra thing. My ebooks don't take up space on my shelves. It's easier to push a button than to turn a page. I don't lose my place.
It is so much more convenient in every way that I would hate to give it up.
If you wan't to talk about race technology being applied to production cars NASCAR is the worst place I can think to start.
Last time I looked, the level of technology applied to NASCAR was revolutionary 60 years ago. They are forced to use carburetors, non-independant live axle rear suspension, minimal aerodynamic devices, pushrod valve actuation, etc.
The actual production cars that they are supposed to look like (but have no actual relation to) are more technologicaly advanced in nearly every way.
Hydraulic brake systems aren't sealed until the pedal is pushed slightly and the master cylinder piston closes off the port to the fluid reservoir. If your brake fluid were to boil while you were braking the resulting volume increase would increase brake pressure - until it forced back the master cylinder or you released the pedal. At that point the steam pressure would escape through the fluid reservoir and you would be left with low pressure steam in your brake lines and thus you have no brakes.
Anyone notice Darl's comment toward the end of the interview?
What's odd to people is you have SCO against the world on one level. On another level, you have intellectual-property people who think operating systems shouldn't be free in our camp, and you have people over there who think operating systems should be free in IBM's camp.
This guy actually believes in a blanket statement like that?
According to the NASA/JPL Aerogel FAQ linked further up the page, aerogel costs about $1 per cc in 1 litre quantities. Since 6 cubic inches is 98.322384 cc, $160 seems a little over priced.
And what about companies that receive faxed orders from customers? How are they supposed to block junk faxes? How is this any fundamentally different from a company selling it's services over the web receiving a DOS attack? How about telemarketers calling people on their cell phones and causing them extra service fees? Maybe I'll drive over to your house in the middle of the night to wash my car in your driveway with water from you spigot? Just because a system can be abused doesn't make it legal, fair, moral, or scrupulous to do so.
Actually, Moore's Law originally refered to the number of transistors that could be packed onto an integrated circuit - it didn't directly refer to speed or size at all.
Right. Let's put all of humanity's other efforts on the back burner until your pet causes have been resolved. Tomorrow we'll all drop everything until we've got breast cancer figured out. After that we can work on AIDS, SARS, malaria, TB, and influenza; in that order. Once these pressing issues are out of the way we can lat NASA go back to playing with their rockets.
What's not to like about Rush? Between having the best drummer in the world, one of the coolest driving songs ever written, a few led-zeppelin-esque tolkien inspired songs, an entire side of an album inspired by Ayn Rand's "Anthem", and numerous other geeky delights in their music, how can any sloshdotter really dislike Rush? Oh well, pearls before swine, I guess.
Why would you want to create scarcity where none exists? For that matter, how could you possibly form the leverage to artificially create scarcity if everyone elses resources are just as infinite as your own? Who cares if a system breaks down when it's truly no longer needed?
Can you tell us why, in the absense of patents, there couldn't simply be contracts between the catalyst manufacturers and the companies that need catalysts? The contract could spell out exactly what the buyer was allowed to do with their catalysts and restrict them from jepordizing their exclusivity. If there are companies able to make money by liscensing these catalysts and companies that need catalysts and are willing to pay the liscensing costs, I don't see how patents need to play into it at all.
The only benefit that I can see from patents in this situation, is that when the patents runs out, the rest of us can use the patent record to duplicate the catalyst.
The article says this work was done to improve the boot time of embedded devices, but I don't see anywhere why these changes couldn't be applied to any other computers running linux.
But why should you or I or anyone else give a damn wether or not sombody else is getting something for free undeservingly? If it truly has no impact on the lives of the rest of us, then why should John Q. Pirate answer to anyone but karma and his own conscience? Why the hell should you care? Mind your own business and don't worry what the other guy might be getting away with.
He means low rolling resistance tires. Rolling resistance is primarily due to the sidewalls of the tire flexing (resulting in friction within the tire) as it rolls. This resistance can be reduced by stiffening the sidewalls and using rubber compounds that are more elastic in the sidewalls. To see an extreme example of rolling resistance try pushing your car accross level ground with the tires inflated to the reccomended pressure, then do it again with the tires inflated to half their nominal pressure. Big difference huh? This is why underinflated tires can overheat and catastrophicly fail cough*firestone*cough.
You forgot to mention that an A-10 will never actually fire 4200 rounds in a single minute. The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger seven barreled 30 mm Gatling rotary cannon is designed to fire in two-second bursts with a sixty-second cooling off period between bursts. That's still a lot of DU, but only 3.2% of what you implied the rate would be.
Question: Which of these are "rifle ammo," and which are "handgun ammo?".357 S&W Mag.::.45-70 Gov't::.223 Rem.::.44 Rem. Mag.
(hint: it's a trick question)
Yes, I know there are rifles and handguns chambered for all these calibers (in fact the Thopmson/Center 'Contender' was chambered for every one of these calibers). Typicaly, when an over 18 and under 21 purchaser is buying ammunition which could be for a pistol or rifle the retailer just asks which it's for, savvy buyers will know to always say the ammo is for a rifle.
You are correct that state and local laws apply as well, but there aren't that many. Ammoman.com says they will not ship to Alaska, Hawaii, or New Jersey (AK & HI because of cost I think, NJ for legal reasons), no sales period to Massachusetts, and Illinois residents must provide a copy of their F.O.I.D. card. That still leaves 45 states without any issues for ordering. My point was just that the legal isssues surrounding owning/purchasing/shipping ammunition aren't as resrictive as many people assume, and.50 BMG isn't any more restricted than.22lr.
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For some people it might be pain in the ass, but for me reading on a pda is far superior to reading a paper book.
I've read tens of thousands of pages (including some pretty thick tomes like "Cryptonomicon" and "The Count of Monte Cristo") from my Handspring Visor and ipaq.
I like ebooks on my PDA because, as another poster noted, I can read one handed. I can read in the dark. I can take several books with me without carring a single extra thing. My ebooks don't take up space on my shelves. It's easier to push a button than to turn a page. I don't lose my place.
It is so much more convenient in every way that I would hate to give it up.
You've probably seen his page before because this story is a three-year-old dupe(posted by the same editor no less).
If you wan't to talk about race technology being applied to production cars NASCAR is the worst place I can think to start.
Last time I looked, the level of technology applied to NASCAR was revolutionary 60 years ago. They are forced to use carburetors, non-independant live axle rear suspension, minimal aerodynamic devices, pushrod valve actuation, etc.
The actual production cars that they are supposed to look like (but have no actual relation to) are more technologicaly advanced in nearly every way.
Hydraulic brake systems aren't sealed until the pedal is pushed slightly and the master cylinder piston closes off the port to the fluid reservoir. If your brake fluid were to boil while you were braking the resulting volume increase would increase brake pressure - until it forced back the master cylinder or you released the pedal. At that point the steam pressure would escape through the fluid reservoir and you would be left with low pressure steam in your brake lines and thus you have no brakes.
Hello Kettle, I'm Pot. Would you like to step inside my glass house?
This guy actually believes in a blanket statement like that?
This is a plagarized post! See the original here. Someone pleas mod this jerk down.
According to the NASA/JPL Aerogel FAQ linked further up the page, aerogel costs about $1 per cc in 1 litre quantities. Since 6 cubic inches is 98.322384 cc, $160 seems a little over priced.
And what about companies that receive faxed orders from customers? How are they supposed to block junk faxes? How is this any fundamentally different from a company selling it's services over the web receiving a DOS attack? How about telemarketers calling people on their cell phones and causing them extra service fees? Maybe I'll drive over to your house in the middle of the night to wash my car in your driveway with water from you spigot? Just because a system can be abused doesn't make it legal, fair, moral, or scrupulous to do so.
Actually, Moore's Law originally refered to the number of transistors that could be packed onto an integrated circuit - it didn't directly refer to speed or size at all.
Right. Let's put all of humanity's other efforts on the back burner until your pet causes have been resolved. Tomorrow we'll all drop everything until we've got breast cancer figured out. After that we can work on AIDS, SARS, malaria, TB, and influenza; in that order. Once these pressing issues are out of the way we can lat NASA go back to playing with their rockets.
What's not to like about Rush? Between having the best drummer in the world, one of the coolest driving songs ever written, a few led-zeppelin-esque tolkien inspired songs, an entire side of an album inspired by Ayn Rand's "Anthem", and numerous other geeky delights in their music, how can any sloshdotter really dislike Rush? Oh well, pearls before swine, I guess.
Have sex with Shannen Doherty in an elevator?
Not only that, but it would be far more trivial to produce a few million more X3D Fritzes than a few million more Kasparovs.
Personally, if the choice is "kill or be killed", I'd rather be at the left end...
Why would you want to create scarcity where none exists? For that matter, how could you possibly form the leverage to artificially create scarcity if everyone elses resources are just as infinite as your own? Who cares if a system breaks down when it's truly no longer needed?
Can you tell us why, in the absense of patents, there couldn't simply be contracts between the catalyst manufacturers and the companies that need catalysts? The contract could spell out exactly what the buyer was allowed to do with their catalysts and restrict them from jepordizing their exclusivity. If there are companies able to make money by liscensing these catalysts and companies that need catalysts and are willing to pay the liscensing costs, I don't see how patents need to play into it at all.
The only benefit that I can see from patents in this situation, is that when the patents runs out, the rest of us can use the patent record to duplicate the catalyst.
The article says this work was done to improve the boot time of embedded devices, but I don't see anywhere why these changes couldn't be applied to any other computers running linux.
Damn, make that 1.2TB to play with.
3MB probably didn't seem like very much once had had 3TB to play with...
But why should you or I or anyone else give a damn wether or not sombody else is getting something for free undeservingly? If it truly has no impact on the lives of the rest of us, then why should John Q. Pirate answer to anyone but karma and his own conscience? Why the hell should you care? Mind your own business and don't worry what the other guy might be getting away with.
He means low rolling resistance tires. Rolling resistance is primarily due to the sidewalls of the tire flexing (resulting in friction within the tire) as it rolls. This resistance can be reduced by stiffening the sidewalls and using rubber compounds that are more elastic in the sidewalls. To see an extreme example of rolling resistance try pushing your car accross level ground with the tires inflated to the reccomended pressure, then do it again with the tires inflated to half their nominal pressure. Big difference huh? This is why underinflated tires can overheat and catastrophicly fail cough*firestone*cough.
You forgot to mention that an A-10 will never actually fire 4200 rounds in a single minute. The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger seven barreled 30 mm Gatling rotary cannon is designed to fire in two-second bursts with a sixty-second cooling off period between bursts. That's still a lot of DU, but only 3.2% of what you implied the rate would be.
That's great if you totally trust all your users and aren't concern about local exploits.
Yes, I know there are rifles and handguns chambered for all these calibers (in fact the Thopmson/Center 'Contender' was chambered for every one of these calibers). Typicaly, when an over 18 and under 21 purchaser is buying ammunition which could be for a pistol or rifle the retailer just asks which it's for, savvy buyers will know to always say the ammo is for a rifle.
You are correct that state and local laws apply as well, but there aren't that many. Ammoman.com says they will not ship to Alaska, Hawaii, or New Jersey (AK & HI because of cost I think, NJ for legal reasons), no sales period to Massachusetts, and Illinois residents must provide a copy of their F.O.I.D. card. That still leaves 45 states without any issues for ordering. My point was just that the legal isssues surrounding owning/purchasing/shipping ammunition aren't as resrictive as many people assume, and .50 BMG isn't any more restricted than .22lr.