It's not the pressure that turns the ice temporarily to water, it's the friction applied to the surface, as well as the temperature difference.
Put a frozen bag of veggies on an ice cube in the freezer. Let it sit for an hour. Go back, check it. Both are still frozen, although the back of veggies was exerting a small amount of pressure (due to gravity) on the ice cube.
For your skate theory, the coefficient of friction between the skate and the surface of the ice, as well as the skate itself being above 32 degrees (I've never worn a frozen skate to go ice skating...), combine to produce the temporary effect that you are referring to.
Increased pressure would also require that the temperature be LOWER to keep it frozen. This is where barometric pressure and meteorology would come into play. It's the friction of the air against the surface of the ice that would be at issue.
I can't claim to have the precise answer to your question, but I can point out a few things that won't work.
... smart enough to know that by "sell", Billy-Bob meant shipped, or dupilicated, or licensed, or any combination thereof.
I'm guessing his 40 million sales include: - retail boxes - pc manufacturer burns/ships - company used copies - VLK's - any other outlet for which they may have received at least 1 cent in revenue from.
The bigger questions for me are: - What % of Microsoft's employees use Vista at work on a day-to-day basis? - How many PIRATED copies are in use?
I bought a new laptop back in January before Vista was released and was given a coupon for a free "Vista Home Premium" upgrade. Needless to say, some lucky bacteria/worms in a landfill somewhere will be having a tasty snack at MS's expense.
This will go on/off topic as I stream of thought this, but here goes:
Why do we even have to pay for television? Look at terrestrial radio: Commercials, talking, etc., but it's free. It's supported by advertising. Why isn't television the same way? Why should I have to pay $40/month for basic cable and still have to be bombarded by crap advertisements and junk I don't want to see? I understand the need to recup the initial hardware fees and such. It costs money to lay cable lines, install outlets in homes, etc. That's why there are up-front installation costs. After that, I shouldn't be required to pay to watch crap I don't want to watch. Satellite radio: $10-$15 a month, commercial free. I'd gladly pay for that. (Yes, I know that tv/radio are very different forms of communication, so keep reading...)
This goes back to the whole theory of people being overpaid. My cable bill is high because athletes and actors are way overpaid to do what they do. Yes, I understand that most athletes and actors are the best at what they do. No, I couldn't personally go grab a basketball and dunk over Shaq. That's not my point here. The concepts revolve around the fact that there are TONS of people who would love to act, play basketball, etc. and would do it for less money. It's why a movie ticket is now almost $10, and the cost to get an NBA nosebleed seat is nearly $40. And so what happens when "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" comes out on cable? Nearly 45 minutes of it's 2 1/2 hour timeslot are junk crap commercials. What's the special notation at the beginning of the movie? "Movie has been formatted to fit your screen" and "Edited for time". Don't edit it for time! CUT OUT THE DAMN COMMERCIALS! Maybe an actor does deserve to get paid a lot. Problem is, not every movie that comes out is like "The Green Mile" or "T2". There are plenty of "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" movies to go around.
And so then we stand back and get to the point where people record shows on their TiVo and computers, cut out the commercials, and post on the internet. Then, the production and broadcast companies yell and scream because people are skipping their commercials. Hmm... I'm not going to waste my life away watching your stupid advertising just because you think I need to be bombarded for another 15-20 minutes by tampon, erectile dysfunction, and overpriced consumer commodity commercials.
Solution? There's on-demand movie channels... So make on-demand advertising channels. In the market to buy a new car? Flip to channel 121 to see ads from Ford/Chevy/Toyota/etc. Want the newest drug to keep your penis erect? Flip to 167 to watch the newest pharmaceutical ads. Want to see ads for new products that have been around for 6 months or less that you don't know about yet? There'll be another channel for that. Let people target themselves for their advertising! Don't try to fit me into some demographic slot and then shove crappy commercials at me.
So to get back on topic (I told you I'd be meandering here), I completely understand why people pay for ad-free tv shows. I just hope they're not screwing themselves and double-dipping by paying a cable bill as well. The market for iVideo dying? Doubt it. Those who can pay for it will. Those who can't will still download off the net. And the have-nots, well, they won't be reading this post because they are too busy trying to pay their rent to worry about broadband or cable bills. At least we are fortunate enough to have the problem of getting to complain about too many commercials.
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$699? Hell, the PS3 has a linux based OS in it. At least for my $699 I'd be able to get a game console.
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Does this mean that MS will get to sue Sony now? This is quite ironic, especially given Sony's reputation for using proprietary coding and software.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/14043/PS3-Holy-Gr
(link for PS3 Linux reference)
It's not the pressure that turns the ice temporarily to water, it's the friction applied to the surface, as well as the temperature difference.
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Put a frozen bag of veggies on an ice cube in the freezer. Let it sit for an hour. Go back, check it. Both are still frozen, although the back of veggies was exerting a small amount of pressure (due to gravity) on the ice cube.
For your skate theory, the coefficient of friction between the skate and the surface of the ice, as well as the skate itself being above 32 degrees (I've never worn a frozen skate to go ice skating...), combine to produce the temporary effect that you are referring to.
For some additional reading and a more technical explanation, check out the following link:
http://faculty.virginia.edu/lehmannlab/badchemist
(courtesy of the University of Virginia Chemistry Dept.)
Increased pressure would also require that the temperature be LOWER to keep it frozen. This is where barometric pressure and meteorology would come into play. It's the friction of the air against the surface of the ice that would be at issue.
I can't claim to have the precise answer to your question, but I can point out a few things that won't work.
... smart enough to know that by "sell", Billy-Bob meant shipped, or dupilicated, or licensed, or any combination thereof.
I'm guessing his 40 million sales include:
- retail boxes
- pc manufacturer burns/ships
- company used copies
- VLK's
- any other outlet for which they may have received at least 1 cent in revenue from.
The bigger questions for me are:
- What % of Microsoft's employees use Vista at work on a day-to-day basis?
- How many PIRATED copies are in use?
I bought a new laptop back in January before Vista was released and was given a coupon for a free "Vista Home Premium" upgrade. Needless to say, some lucky bacteria/worms in a landfill somewhere will be having a tasty snack at MS's expense.
This will go on/off topic as I stream of thought this, but here goes:
Why do we even have to pay for television? Look at terrestrial radio: Commercials, talking, etc., but it's free. It's supported by advertising. Why isn't television the same way? Why should I have to pay $40/month for basic cable and still have to be bombarded by crap advertisements and junk I don't want to see? I understand the need to recup the initial hardware fees and such. It costs money to lay cable lines, install outlets in homes, etc. That's why there are up-front installation costs. After that, I shouldn't be required to pay to watch crap I don't want to watch. Satellite radio: $10-$15 a month, commercial free. I'd gladly pay for that. (Yes, I know that tv/radio are very different forms of communication, so keep reading...)
This goes back to the whole theory of people being overpaid. My cable bill is high because athletes and actors are way overpaid to do what they do. Yes, I understand that most athletes and actors are the best at what they do. No, I couldn't personally go grab a basketball and dunk over Shaq. That's not my point here. The concepts revolve around the fact that there are TONS of people who would love to act, play basketball, etc. and would do it for less money. It's why a movie ticket is now almost $10, and the cost to get an NBA nosebleed seat is nearly $40. And so what happens when "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" comes out on cable? Nearly 45 minutes of it's 2 1/2 hour timeslot are junk crap commercials. What's the special notation at the beginning of the movie? "Movie has been formatted to fit your screen" and "Edited for time". Don't edit it for time! CUT OUT THE DAMN COMMERCIALS! Maybe an actor does deserve to get paid a lot. Problem is, not every movie that comes out is like "The Green Mile" or "T2". There are plenty of "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" movies to go around.
And so then we stand back and get to the point where people record shows on their TiVo and computers, cut out the commercials, and post on the internet. Then, the production and broadcast companies yell and scream because people are skipping their commercials. Hmm... I'm not going to waste my life away watching your stupid advertising just because you think I need to be bombarded for another 15-20 minutes by tampon, erectile dysfunction, and overpriced consumer commodity commercials.
Solution? There's on-demand movie channels... So make on-demand advertising channels. In the market to buy a new car? Flip to channel 121 to see ads from Ford/Chevy/Toyota/etc. Want the newest drug to keep your penis erect? Flip to 167 to watch the newest pharmaceutical ads. Want to see ads for new products that have been around for 6 months or less that you don't know about yet? There'll be another channel for that. Let people target themselves for their advertising! Don't try to fit me into some demographic slot and then shove crappy commercials at me.
So to get back on topic (I told you I'd be meandering here), I completely understand why people pay for ad-free tv shows. I just hope they're not screwing themselves and double-dipping by paying a cable bill as well. The market for iVideo dying? Doubt it. Those who can pay for it will. Those who can't will still download off the net. And the have-nots, well, they won't be reading this post because they are too busy trying to pay their rent to worry about broadband or cable bills. At least we are fortunate enough to have the problem of getting to complain about too many commercials.