D-D is supposed to work in a Farnsworth Fusor, an invention of Philo Farnsworth (one of the great geeks in history). I am not a physicist, but it seems they want the nuetrons (captured by the cathode sphere which heats up and becomes an energy source in adition to the field source IIRC). Uses Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (virtual electrodes... very neat) rather than magnetic bottles, has produced stable fusion reactions for periods of up to 10 minutes, and it is easily controlled. Plus you can build one yourself!... ok so it's just an ion compactor without serious vaccum and some duterium, but it makes plasma and looks cool.
I have not had such results from server macs. We run a G4/OSX-S webserver that has uptimes of months. The only thing I have ever seen bring it down regularly was 4D when we ran it as our 4D server as well as web/ftp/mail/QT streaming. Typical of Apple equipment, we had to turn it off and then back on again. We also have an old mac (8150-G3uped w/OS8.6)in use as a database server (Filemaker and Cumulus) that has never crashed in the nearly 2 years I have worked here.
G4 desktop machines OTOH were twitchy as all getout until OS 9.0.4 came out... now they are just a bit twitchy. And while we do have a beige G3 that crashes constantly (I still maintain that it's prob is a screw loose in the operator), we also have several that are solid as rocks. Mac's problems, in my experience, tend to lie in the OS not the hardware.
While this whole thing is cool and all, it's really only in existance at the whim of states like Britain and France. Believe me, if Havenco does something to really annoy Britain then one night Havenco will simply disapear. SAS and SBS commandos (GIGN or the 2nd REP if it's France) will do away with what they don't like and nobody will be the wiser. No need to shell it, no need to blockade it, no need to face international court. Unless Sealand has some seriously heavy duty millitary and security equipment they will not stand a chance against a good commando team, and the British SAS are commonly held to be the best in the world.
"As I'm sure you know, the concept you are suggesting is commonly known as "communism", whereas I am avocating "capitolism"."
How in hell is government support of industry via legislation (copyright law) capitolism? Just because legislative influence on the economy favors the corporate interests doesn't mean it's not socialism.
Parallel. There was a Parallel Zip driver for 4.x, but it was spotty at best and completely non-functional under R5. It's not that big a deal since I got my CDRW drive, but I still use it sometimes.
From the BeOS FAQ: "BeOS supports ATAPI and SCSI Zip drives...." I knew I shoulda gone SCSI:)
What's wrong with a turbo Civic? That guy was churning out 600 ponys in a 2500lb car! The guy in my link is pulling sub 10 second 1/4 miles at nearly 150mph! So what if it's FWD and ugly? It, unlike the flourinert cooled system, is probably no more expensive than a comparably performing stock car. I know the Civic in my link cost about 25K and easily outperforms stock Diablos and Vipers... in a 1/4 mile that is;).
Got to love those old Crays though. Friend of mine and I finagled our way into the supercomputer center in Huntsville, AL once and just slobbered over their Crays.
That looks great. Photoshop is one of the four things that I still use Windows for (Gobe Productive, while a fine wordprocessor, isn't the greatest image manipulator). So when Pixel32 and the Quake3 port arrive for BeOS I will only be missing a soft DVD player and a functional Zip driver to achieve windowslessness. Any info on those last two?
I've never messed with oldsmobile engines and figured they used the same block that Chevy used. I was absolutely incorrect. I have seen it done with a chevy 350 though.
Doh! My bad, the prelude uses a 200HP 2.2 litre I4. Funky assed block, leans the opposite way than most Hondas. We wanted to put one of these in an '85 CRX (200HP, 1800lbs... woohoo!) but it wouldn't bolt up without major mods.
Sabres, like Katanas, are not necesarily curved. British Heavy Cavalry sabres in the Napoleonic era were strait for instance. A sabre is a single edged sword with a heavy backbone (also an apt description of a Katana, although sabres were less of a wedge generally).
There was great debate in that era concerning sabres. The curved blade made a more devastating cut against non-armored foes, but a strait blade could be used from horseback to stab a man lying prone. Strangely enough, the french did not sharpen their sabres. The reasoning being that the most common sabre blow was delivered backhand to the face of an infantryman as the cavalryman passed him. The unsharpened blade produced a hideous injury rather than killing outright, thereby taking manpower to treat the wounded.
I too have never heard 'bastard sword' used historicly, but Romans described Celtic swords as 'long swords'. But hell, most any sword is long compared to a gladius.
190HP from 5.7 Litres!? That sucks for a performance engine these days... four cylinder performance engines that is. Honda's got a 240HP 2.0 litre (S2000) and a 190HP 1.8 litre (Integra/Civic/Prelude) 4 cylinder... stock... naturally aspirated... better mileage... and cleaner. Late 70s and early 80s american v8s are dogs (that 350 had 300HP in '72 and has 320HP today) due to the emissions restrictions, but they do run fairly clean.
BTW, no need for a total engine rebuild to get 300 ponys. Rip the smog pump off and put a 305 head on it (get you up to about 13:1 compression) and you'll get gobs of easy cheap power. 350s are soooo easy to work on it should be a crime.
Patrick Henry said "(I know not what course others may take; but as for me,) give me liberty or give me death!" in 1775. "Live free or Die" is the state motto of New Hampshire; it was originally written by General John Stark in 1809.
Can you imagine Thomas Jefferson jumping on the table and yelling "First ammendment, suXors!.. I rule! I am the 'leetest revolutionary in the hazouse!"
"What then? Inter-species transfer of genetic materal so enable children to do things that God never intended them to do? This may seem somewhat farfetched, but the hubris of scientists and the greed of corporations guarantees that all this, and more, will happen, and sooner than you'd think."
How is the hubris of scientists greater than yours when you claim to know the mind of god?
Strangeley enough I agree with your point, why burden it with questionable theology?
"Every religion has a soft spot, a weakness through which we may controll it: Who differentiates between hubris and revelation?" -Inner Teachings of the Missionara Protectiva
I'll have you know I've never sexually abused any of my monkeys... mutch less ole' Scratch the devil monkey.
Reminds me of a joke: Two british fellows were talking over lunch and one remarks "Once in Africa our friend Smithers was cohabitating with a monkey". His fellow asks "Was the monkey a male or female?". To which he replys "Female of course, nothing queer about old Smithers".
My hyperintelegent monkeys have a side project going making a hyperintelegent me. They have promised to release the source (Under the General People Liscense) and want to call it "Gnubermensch".
Guess it's time to apply a little more current to the testicles of my squad of hyperintelegent monkeys and get them cracking on debugging the 200Mhz ferrite core memory I've had them working on. I have lost a few monkeys due to iron donuts flying out of the machines and blowing fair sized holes in them. Fair sized holes in the laboratory ceilings too as the core passes through them on the way to orbit. It's looking like the next batch of monkeys will need much quicker reflexes.
"The last major climatic event (being Krakatoa going bang) in the dark ages was probably responsible for the death of King Arthur."
That is stretching it a bit. Especialy seeing as how there is no strong evidence for 'King Arthur' being a historical figure, rather the legends seem to be a conglomerate of different petty- kings ranging from the retreat of the legions (ca. 420AD) to the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty (Egbert in 802AD). If he was a historical figure he probably lived in the 6th century (Battle of Badon Hill was around 500AD).
A better example of disruptions to society due to volcanic activity is the explosion of Therea in the eastern mediteranean circa 1200BC. This event destroyed the Cretan civilisation, brought an Egyptian dynasty down, and led to mass migrations all over the mediteranean area (including, probably, the Etruscans). The ensuing chaos allowed invaders from the steppes (Dorians, Persians, and Celts amongst others) and deserts (various semitic peoples including Hebrews and Arabs) to establish the civilisations that spawned our own.
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Seeing as how my boss requires my help to use Amazon, No.
Pluto.
G4 desktop machines OTOH were twitchy as all getout until OS 9.0.4 came out... now they are just a bit twitchy. And while we do have a beige G3 that crashes constantly (I still maintain that it's prob is a screw loose in the operator), we also have several that are solid as rocks. Mac's problems, in my experience, tend to lie in the OS not the hardware.
Nope, I immediately think redneck when I see cracker too.
We've actually sufered from a 'cracker' attack; some hick in Georgia managed to take out a UUnet backbone with a shotgun about 2 months ago.
How in hell is government support of industry via legislation (copyright law) capitolism? Just because legislative influence on the economy favors the corporate interests doesn't mean it's not socialism.
From the BeOS FAQ: "BeOS supports ATAPI and SCSI Zip drives...." I knew I shoulda gone SCSI :)
Got to love those old Crays though. Friend of mine and I finagled our way into the supercomputer center in Huntsville, AL once and just slobbered over their Crays.
I just finished Heritics of Dune and the Bene Tleilaxu use a very similar statement to describe genetics: "The language of God"
Somehow I always suspected Clinton was a face-dancer. What we need is a ghola of LBJ.
There was great debate in that era concerning sabres. The curved blade made a more devastating cut against non-armored foes, but a strait blade could be used from horseback to stab a man lying prone. Strangely enough, the french did not sharpen their sabres. The reasoning being that the most common sabre blow was delivered backhand to the face of an infantryman as the cavalryman passed him. The unsharpened blade produced a hideous injury rather than killing outright, thereby taking manpower to treat the wounded.
I too have never heard 'bastard sword' used historicly, but Romans described Celtic swords as 'long swords'. But hell, most any sword is long compared to a gladius.
BTW, no need for a total engine rebuild to get 300 ponys. Rip the smog pump off and put a 305 head on it (get you up to about 13:1 compression) and you'll get gobs of easy cheap power. 350s are soooo easy to work on it should be a crime.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; If I'm payin' 100k+ for a car it will have a prancing pony on it.
Can you imagine Thomas Jefferson jumping on the table and yelling "First ammendment, suXors!.. I rule! I am the 'leetest revolutionary in the hazouse!"
I'll name mine 'Noonian'.
How is the hubris of scientists greater than yours when you claim to know the mind of god?
Strangeley enough I agree with your point, why burden it with questionable theology?
"Every religion has a soft spot, a weakness through which we may controll it: Who differentiates between hubris and revelation?" -Inner Teachings of the Missionara Protectiva
Reminds me of a joke: Two british fellows were talking over lunch and one remarks "Once in Africa our friend Smithers was cohabitating with a monkey". His fellow asks "Was the monkey a male or female?". To which he replys "Female of course, nothing queer about old Smithers".
That is stretching it a bit. Especialy seeing as how there is no strong evidence for 'King Arthur' being a historical figure, rather the legends seem to be a conglomerate of different petty- kings ranging from the retreat of the legions (ca. 420AD) to the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty (Egbert in 802AD). If he was a historical figure he probably lived in the 6th century (Battle of Badon Hill was around 500AD).
A better example of disruptions to society due to volcanic activity is the explosion of Therea in the eastern mediteranean circa 1200BC. This event destroyed the Cretan civilisation, brought an Egyptian dynasty down, and led to mass migrations all over the mediteranean area (including, probably, the Etruscans). The ensuing chaos allowed invaders from the steppes (Dorians, Persians, and Celts amongst others) and deserts (various semitic peoples including Hebrews and Arabs) to establish the civilisations that spawned our own.