Ach, stupid me... The air rotates, not the drum... but then, how would you "rotate" air to such obscene speeds? It mentions a compressor, but if I had the energy to operate a compressor, why wouldn't I have the energy to to run a freezer?
I thought of that right after posting, yet despite "excellent" karma, I still have to wait 5 minutes before posting...
From the Wikipedia link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube): > The vortex tube, also known as the Hilsch-Ranque vortex tube, is a heat pump with no moving parts > ressurized gas is injected into a specially designed chamber and accelerated to a high rate of rotation (over 1,000,000 rpm).
How can you rotate anything without moving parts???
Wow, I can't imagine teeth like that would be horribly useful for doing much more than killing and pulverizing something into a fine mess of gore on the ground. Actually eating and swallowing would be quite a task indeed!
> The only people I ever really saying that a CS degree is worthless are the ones that don't have one.
Because the ones who DO have them think (incorrectly) that their degree got them their job, or their pay rate. It did not: it is your talent and abilities. If you don't have a degree but still have the talent, you can still find work pretty easily. And yes, I am without a degree, two classes short, neither in CS/IT. I have no intention to finish because it IS worthless.
If you don't mind your computer system not being able to DO anything! This guy obviously does not work in the setting he is writing for.
Deleting all EXEs from EMail will cause people to lose legitimate information, and when the CEO doesn't get that self-executing ppt slideshow in his EMail, it's your fault for deleting it and giving no warning. Of course, the alternative to this would be educating the users... which is also a bad idea, according to this dumb motherfucker.
Sure, some of the points are good, but if you were to implement them all, your system (for most businesses) is a very expensive pile of plastic, silicon, and metal that can't do anything useful.
As for the patching one, sorry to burst your little fantasy bubble, but bugs in software happen. His claim that entirely secure software is easy to write is complete BS. Assuming, of course, your software does something that requires accessing some other source of information, there will be bugs. Shit happens.
"We're not a target" - yes you are
Guess what, jackass, sometimes, someone ISN'T a target. No one wants to break into the Bummsville True Value hardware store servers. Oh, and worms being able to spread to your system does NOT mean you were a target. You are a civilian casualty.
My favorite non-sequitur of the article "We don't need a firewall, we have good host security" - no, you don't. If your network fabric is untrustworthy every single application that goes across the network is potentially a target. 3 words: Domain Naming System.
WHAT THE FUCK DOES DNS HAVE TO DO WITH FIREWALLS??? Is he suggesting that a firewall would do shit against a DNS Hijack/Attack? Does he know what a root server is?
> "We can't stop the occasional problem" - yes, you can. Would you travel on commercial airliners if you thought that the aviation industry took this approach with your life? I didn't think so.
This guy is actually suggesting there are no problems with the airline industry??? AND HE CLAIMS HE WAS A CEO AT ONE POINT??? Obviously this CEO never left his office... or has never seen a stand up comedian... or late-night talk show host, or a sitcom... you get the point.
And finally, sometimes the "whizz-bang idea of the week" really is a good idea. It's rare, but it happens. If I look at something and think it will actually help, I'm going to freaking buy it, regardless if it's pretty darn new!
> Why are they going to start colonizing other planets the same year I start to hit a midlife crisis?
So all the people who got rich during the 90s (and managed to invest sanely) will be able to afford extremely expensive tickets to space for their midlife crises, instead of the usual sports car.
> There was a very weird and out of place scene where an "angel/elf" flips out for two seconds and looks like she's going to eat Frodo, then the next moment she's back to normal. What was that all about?
It was to demonstrate the addictive (?) and corruptive power of The Ring.
> it's probably not the best idea to have everyone in the business of storing large quantities of volatile liquids
Yeah, I thought of that after posting & slapped myself... I also guess there might be federal (or at least state) regulations about keeping large quantities of gasoline, although I don't really know.
I thought "ordinary market forces" were based off of "Supply & Demand?" When supply is artificially limited* or demand forcibly lowered (as in the case of modifying price to do so), does that not break down? Obviously, I'm no economist, so I am probably looking at it too simplistically...
* I don't mean to say there is no actual in-ground limit, but intentional limitations on production
> Come on folks, there has to be something that makes these things completely impractical
Well, it doesn't render them totally useless, but it takes energy to store energy. Since the beginning energy can't also be hydrogen, it's probably powered by burning coal (ergo, still causes pollution indirectly).
This, of course, would not be the same issue if they were energized via nuclear power. Then, there's the radiocative waste... Solar, wind, or something (or geothermal: I suppose the pellet factories could all be located on the coasts), but for every type of energy production, there's a million people who will scream that it's horrible for some reason.
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Of course, I meant 247.8 year per rev... the other way 'round would be a very impressive speed!
.0000000007679 RPM? Not sure if that's accurate...
247.8 rev per year * 365.25 (dy/yr) * 24 (hr/day) * 60 (min/hr) gives 1,303,328,880 Min/Rev. Divide that into one to make it Rev/Min... Right?
Ach, stupid me... The air rotates, not the drum... but then, how would you "rotate" air to such obscene speeds? It mentions a compressor, but if I had the energy to operate a compressor, why wouldn't I have the energy to to run a freezer?
I thought of that right after posting, yet despite "excellent" karma, I still have to wait 5 minutes before posting...
From the Wikipedia link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube):
> The vortex tube, also known as the Hilsch-Ranque vortex tube, is a heat pump with no moving parts
> ressurized gas is injected into a specially designed chamber and accelerated to a high rate of rotation (over 1,000,000 rpm).
How can you rotate anything without moving parts???
Wow, I can't imagine teeth like that would be horribly useful for doing much more than killing and pulverizing something into a fine mess of gore on the ground. Actually eating and swallowing would be quite a task indeed!
> The only people I ever really saying that a CS degree is worthless are the ones that don't have one.
Because the ones who DO have them think (incorrectly) that their degree got them their job, or their pay rate. It did not: it is your talent and abilities. If you don't have a degree but still have the talent, you can still find work pretty easily. And yes, I am without a degree, two classes short, neither in CS/IT. I have no intention to finish because it IS worthless.
If you don't mind your computer system not being able to DO anything! This guy obviously does not work in the setting he is writing for.
Deleting all EXEs from EMail will cause people to lose legitimate information, and when the CEO doesn't get that self-executing ppt slideshow in his EMail, it's your fault for deleting it and giving no warning. Of course, the alternative to this would be educating the users... which is also a bad idea, according to this dumb motherfucker.
Sure, some of the points are good, but if you were to implement them all, your system (for most businesses) is a very expensive pile of plastic, silicon, and metal that can't do anything useful.
As for the patching one, sorry to burst your little fantasy bubble, but bugs in software happen. His claim that entirely secure software is easy to write is complete BS. Assuming, of course, your software does something that requires accessing some other source of information, there will be bugs. Shit happens.
"We're not a target" - yes you are
Guess what, jackass, sometimes, someone ISN'T a target. No one wants to break into the Bummsville True Value hardware store servers. Oh, and worms being able to spread to your system does NOT mean you were a target. You are a civilian casualty.
My favorite non-sequitur of the article
"We don't need a firewall, we have good host security" - no, you don't. If your network fabric is untrustworthy every single application that goes across the network is potentially a target. 3 words: Domain Naming System.
WHAT THE FUCK DOES DNS HAVE TO DO WITH FIREWALLS??? Is he suggesting that a firewall would do shit against a DNS Hijack/Attack? Does he know what a root server is?
> "We can't stop the occasional problem" - yes, you can. Would you travel on commercial airliners if you thought that the aviation industry took this approach with your life? I didn't think so.
This guy is actually suggesting there are no problems with the airline industry??? AND HE CLAIMS HE WAS A CEO AT ONE POINT??? Obviously this CEO never left his office... or has never seen a stand up comedian... or late-night talk show host, or a sitcom... you get the point.
And finally, sometimes the "whizz-bang idea of the week" really is a good idea. It's rare, but it happens. If I look at something and think it will actually help, I'm going to freaking buy it, regardless if it's pretty darn new!
> no way to send executable attachments
I'm not familiar with Macs made in the last 5 years, but wouldn't that be a feature (or limitation, IMO) of the Email application?
> didn't you people see this
I wouldn't think it's a good idea to base your opinion of scientific concepts off of The Simpsons.
The way I see it, Exxon makes money off the ridiculous fees they charge on top of the refined oil price.
> I'm sure part of the business plan is selling rover parts on eBay.
Interesting. I wonder if, by the time they get there, the rovers will have been dead long enough to be considered abandoned and legally salvageable.
If so, I'd bet they could make a bit of money selling the parts to future space/history buffs.
Don't know about 100% return, but enough to help...
> at least reserving any judgement at all until scientific efforts have solidly made a determination beyond all doubt
Unfortunately, due to the nature of.. uh, everything, it's not really possible (AFAICT) to know for sure what happened "In the Beginning..."
Otherwise, I agree.
> Why are they going to start colonizing other planets the same year I start to hit a midlife crisis?
So all the people who got rich during the 90s (and managed to invest sanely) will be able to afford extremely expensive tickets to space for their midlife crises, instead of the usual sports car.
> The only people who benefit from that are the ticket scalpers.
So are you claiming that poor Ticketmaster isn't still making a boatload of money off of those ticket sales as well? They are...
Good point, you are probably right about the bond, or at least some kind of legal liability.
> There was a very weird and out of place scene where an "angel/elf" flips out for two seconds and looks like she's going to eat Frodo, then the next moment she's back to normal. What was that all about?
It was to demonstrate the addictive (?) and corruptive power of The Ring.
> did you actually just say that FF was a good movie?
Compared to the first FF attempt, yes, it was spectacular.
> it's probably not the best idea to have everyone in the business of storing large quantities of volatile liquids
Yeah, I thought of that after posting & slapped myself... I also guess there might be federal (or at least state) regulations about keeping large quantities of gasoline, although I don't really know.
> you can post something every two minutes (not 30 seconds) IF your karma is Excellent.
I have "Excellent" Karma, yet sometimes it makes me wait for 3, 4, or 15 minutes. There's almost no consistency to it.
I thought "ordinary market forces" were based off of "Supply & Demand?" When supply is artificially limited* or demand forcibly lowered (as in the case of modifying price to do so), does that not break down? Obviously, I'm no economist, so I am probably looking at it too simplistically...
* I don't mean to say there is no actual in-ground limit, but intentional limitations on production
Wait till they try to figure out how that gas becomes a solid pellet!
> Come on folks, there has to be something that makes these things completely impractical
Well, it doesn't render them totally useless, but it takes energy to store energy. Since the beginning energy can't also be hydrogen, it's probably powered by burning coal (ergo, still causes pollution indirectly).
This, of course, would not be the same issue if they were energized via nuclear power. Then, there's the radiocative waste... Solar, wind, or something (or geothermal: I suppose the pellet factories could all be located on the coasts), but for every type of energy production, there's a million people who will scream that it's horrible for some reason.
> And if we can figure out a way to have these hamsters produce hydrogen pellets
Assuming it doesn't cost more to feed them than the market value of what they produce....
> Though you'd need pretty serious lobbying to get past the corrupt officials.
Which requires serious lobbyists, who are a part of the corruption (generally, I'm sure there are some who are not total scumbags).
> Why would you need to drive to such a station in order to drop a small pellet into your pellet tank?
Because it is not just one pellet you would have to drop in, it's quite a few pellets. So therefore, you would have to store a lot of them somewhere.
With that in mind, you could argue that you can just buy a storage tank for gasoline and put it in your yard, never needing to go to the gas station.
You would have to refill your little silo of pellets somehow, just like you would have to refill your tank of gasoline.