I've actually gotten a chance to play with a surgical robot once, they are amazing. The particular one I worked with had 2 cameras, and coordinating monitors/eyepieces to view through, so you have the proper depth perception to work with. Truly amazing.
It all goes back to the fact that by mass, Ethanol provides far less energy than gasoline does. Cleaner yes, but you have to redesign cars to handle it, and it'll take far more of the stuff to provide the same power that gasoline provided.
Right. That's always been the argument against plug in cars "The power comes from the dirty powerplant!"
Except, there's one simple fact, larger power plants will always be cleaner, and more efficient per Watt of power, than cars will be. So while you still need the energy from somewhere, it's cheaper, and cleaner overall. However, it'll greatly increase the strain on an already drawn-thin power grid. Nothing is free.
Oh grow up. Everyone is all Mr. "Let's celebrate cultural differences" until someone makes a point to say that one cultural system has some draw backs, then everyone is up in arms.
Don't buy it? Disprove it. But grow some thicker skin already.
Right, but that's for the next version of Safari, that will use Webkit. Safari 3.1 is currently out in the wild, and Firefox 3 will be soon, so they're comparable. Whereas we won't see the version of Safari that completely passes Acid3 for a long, long time.
Well, that'd work if it weren't for tech specs that include "Wraplineslikeword95." As soon as you can tell me what the heck that means, then I'll make you a converter.
Then there's the whole issue that nobody has implemented the standard the ISO passed, not even Microsoft. So we have no way of telling if it's even possible from them, let alone anyone who doesn't have access to the 18 or so patents they have covering OOXML.
That's not what it is, it's a fee to free the ISP's from the legal responsibilities of their services being used for piracy. The pirate still could be sued under these terms, and legal users are in effect being charged twice.
It was mentioned above that CANDU reactors were created to use un-enriched Uranium. This makes it cheaper to feed, and also prevents other nations from using them to produce Plutonium, for weapons.
Also, the Japanese had a Sodium coolant leak a while ago, it wasn't particularly pretty. So perhaps high pressure steam isn't a bad thing, you can always condense it if it leaks, right?
I would go through and argue out each point in detail, but I think a rough outline will do. The Palestinians do occasionally launch rocket attacks in large numbers simultaneously. They have a whole country to hide in. And while 30 seconds of firing time is a long time for the short bursts it uses, the land system (to my knowledge) doesn't have an alternative feed system. The result is there is a risk of the system running dry, or being overwhelmed. The issue with metal in the air, and firing angle is solvable, but it does reduce the effectiveness of the system against some attacks (possibly, not totally sure on that though). Granted, that short coming would apply to almost any CIWS system.
Overall, the system isn't bad, don't get me wrong. There are some short comings, although I think in general it'll probably break down to the cost/benefit of the system. They're expensive to buy, place, man, and feed. And once they set a precedence of putting up one in every town that takes a rocket, each town within rockets reach will demand one.
Personally, I'd rather see both sides stop trying to kill each other, but I doubt that's gonna happen anytime soon.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad idea (the US has used it before apparently). But understand these things were designed for anti-missile work on a ship, so there are a few limitations.
It was never intended to take on multiple targets in a continuous stream, in fact at highest firing rate, the ammunition supply will not last a full minute. During a long, continued attack, it'll run out, or be incapable of engaging the targets fast enough. But it will get some, and it will deffinately stop the occasional pot shot across the border. And since terrorists often love to fight in long, slow streams to break moral, this would take another tool out of their tool box.
My main issue is that the rounds are explosive, and go off at a range pre-determined by the firing system. This makes each round more damaging, but dangerous in and of itself. On a ship, you can fire at missiles over the water, and not be concerned about the shrapnel generated, so long as you don't hit a friendly ship. Over land, this just drastically increases the amount of hot metal in the air. While at certain altitudes, the pieces will slow to their terminal velocity, and merely be an annoyance. Engage too closely to the ground, and the question "What's worse? The problem or the solution?" takes on a deadly meaning.
I'd like to point out that the last sentence is pretty much true of both parties. People tend to forget that politicians in the Democrat party are also fabulously rich, and are magically "Just like us" because they're a Democrat. Mostly they're just angry that the Republicans got to abuse the system, and they didn't.
Ever heard of error checking? One database is a major pain to correct, especially since databases of this size tend to be "Correct until proven otherwise."
I'm also not particularly fond of a system where you have to hope that when (not if) your information gets leaked, you're too small of a target to get noticed. But then again, that's an issue we have already.
I think he mentions it because traditionally, the Catholic faith has been seen as resistant to change, as compared to the Protestants (who were formed in an attempt to break free of the Catholic church, which they saw as corrupt and dogmatic). But now it's switched, and the Catholics are moving into the new world, and the Protestants refuse to adapt. Or they won't evolve, if you will.
And hopefully people will stop using Comcast if they do that. I think most users who don't use any p2p technology assume that Comcast isn't lying when they say they're throttling pirates, but if they start throttling everyone, they'll find most users will have a very negative response.
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Of course. But at the reliability rate of current proprietary software, I wouldn't want some company saying "It works, we tested it, trust us!"
I've actually gotten a chance to play with a surgical robot once, they are amazing. The particular one I worked with had 2 cameras, and coordinating monitors/eyepieces to view through, so you have the proper depth perception to work with. Truly amazing.
Or you could label yourself as a poor odd philosopher with a "All Prosecutors will be Transgressicuted" sign.
Amen! It's not fun if it's easy.
Who are they going to fact check against? Wikipedia?
It all goes back to the fact that by mass, Ethanol provides far less energy than gasoline does. Cleaner yes, but you have to redesign cars to handle it, and it'll take far more of the stuff to provide the same power that gasoline provided.
Right. That's always been the argument against plug in cars "The power comes from the dirty powerplant!"
Except, there's one simple fact, larger power plants will always be cleaner, and more efficient per Watt of power, than cars will be. So while you still need the energy from somewhere, it's cheaper, and cleaner overall. However, it'll greatly increase the strain on an already drawn-thin power grid. Nothing is free.
There's a difference between "Work in progress" and "Oh bugger, that's broken."
Oh grow up. Everyone is all Mr. "Let's celebrate cultural differences" until someone makes a point to say that one cultural system has some draw backs, then everyone is up in arms.
Don't buy it? Disprove it. But grow some thicker skin already.
I missed an opportunity to surf the greatest wave ever?
Right, but that's for the next version of Safari, that will use Webkit. Safari 3.1 is currently out in the wild, and Firefox 3 will be soon, so they're comparable. Whereas we won't see the version of Safari that completely passes Acid3 for a long, long time.
Well, that'd work if it weren't for tech specs that include "Wraplineslikeword95." As soon as you can tell me what the heck that means, then I'll make you a converter.
Then there's the whole issue that nobody has implemented the standard the ISO passed, not even Microsoft. So we have no way of telling if it's even possible from them, let alone anyone who doesn't have access to the 18 or so patents they have covering OOXML.
Ah, I stand corrected then.
That's not what it is, it's a fee to free the ISP's from the legal responsibilities of their services being used for piracy. The pirate still could be sued under these terms, and legal users are in effect being charged twice.
It was mentioned above that CANDU reactors were created to use un-enriched Uranium. This makes it cheaper to feed, and also prevents other nations from using them to produce Plutonium, for weapons.
Also, the Japanese had a Sodium coolant leak a while ago, it wasn't particularly pretty. So perhaps high pressure steam isn't a bad thing, you can always condense it if it leaks, right?
I would go through and argue out each point in detail, but I think a rough outline will do. The Palestinians do occasionally launch rocket attacks in large numbers simultaneously. They have a whole country to hide in. And while 30 seconds of firing time is a long time for the short bursts it uses, the land system (to my knowledge) doesn't have an alternative feed system. The result is there is a risk of the system running dry, or being overwhelmed. The issue with metal in the air, and firing angle is solvable, but it does reduce the effectiveness of the system against some attacks (possibly, not totally sure on that though). Granted, that short coming would apply to almost any CIWS system.
Overall, the system isn't bad, don't get me wrong. There are some short comings, although I think in general it'll probably break down to the cost/benefit of the system. They're expensive to buy, place, man, and feed. And once they set a precedence of putting up one in every town that takes a rocket, each town within rockets reach will demand one.
Personally, I'd rather see both sides stop trying to kill each other, but I doubt that's gonna happen anytime soon.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad idea (the US has used it before apparently). But understand these things were designed for anti-missile work on a ship, so there are a few limitations.
It was never intended to take on multiple targets in a continuous stream, in fact at highest firing rate, the ammunition supply will not last a full minute. During a long, continued attack, it'll run out, or be incapable of engaging the targets fast enough. But it will get some, and it will deffinately stop the occasional pot shot across the border. And since terrorists often love to fight in long, slow streams to break moral, this would take another tool out of their tool box.
My main issue is that the rounds are explosive, and go off at a range pre-determined by the firing system. This makes each round more damaging, but dangerous in and of itself. On a ship, you can fire at missiles over the water, and not be concerned about the shrapnel generated, so long as you don't hit a friendly ship. Over land, this just drastically increases the amount of hot metal in the air. While at certain altitudes, the pieces will slow to their terminal velocity, and merely be an annoyance. Engage too closely to the ground, and the question "What's worse? The problem or the solution?" takes on a deadly meaning.
I'd like to point out that the last sentence is pretty much true of both parties. People tend to forget that politicians in the Democrat party are also fabulously rich, and are magically "Just like us" because they're a Democrat. Mostly they're just angry that the Republicans got to abuse the system, and they didn't.
I would like to point out that Safari's HTML renderer, Webkit, is indeed open source.
Ever heard of error checking? One database is a major pain to correct, especially since databases of this size tend to be "Correct until proven otherwise."
I'm also not particularly fond of a system where you have to hope that when (not if) your information gets leaked, you're too small of a target to get noticed. But then again, that's an issue we have already.
Multi-headed. What isn't allowed is logging in on Aim, and messaging MSN, ICQ, Jabber, etc. clients with your AIM account.
No radicals screaming "If we vaccinate everyone now, everyone will feel free to go and have promiscuous sex!"? I'm disappointed.
I think he mentions it because traditionally, the Catholic faith has been seen as resistant to change, as compared to the Protestants (who were formed in an attempt to break free of the Catholic church, which they saw as corrupt and dogmatic). But now it's switched, and the Catholics are moving into the new world, and the Protestants refuse to adapt. Or they won't evolve, if you will.
But it's stated that they consumed each other before nuclear fusion could start. Wouldn't this make them more like short lived dark dwarfs?
And hopefully people will stop using Comcast if they do that. I think most users who don't use any p2p technology assume that Comcast isn't lying when they say they're throttling pirates, but if they start throttling everyone, they'll find most users will have a very negative response.