Many of those gauges are driven by stepper motors and so are not really analogue in the true sense.
In fact one of the common complaints of one of the cars I own is that the water temperature and oil pressure gauges are "computer stabilized" such that as long as the car thinks the temperature and oil pressure are within acceptable parameters, the needles will always point at the exact same spot. So the first thing you know if something is going wrong is that the gauges suddenly jump from "Everythings copacetic" to "OMG, OMG. OMG". (Though oil pressure tends to be a 1/0 proposition anyway)
The distributed nature of torrents means that there's a good chance that your download is coming from someone or someones closer than the "closest one" of whatever you're downloading unless that item is particularly well mirrored.
Seems more like NVidia should be providing some kind of generic global driver and the display software (whichever it may be) should interface with it. I thought we were past the point of each piece of software needing special drivers to interface with hardware. Isn't this the whole point of a modern OS? What happens when "the next big thing" comes alone?
The case for AGW has in no way been made in the same way as that as for gravity. In fact, were Newton to present his research in a similar manner, it's as if you walked up and found the apple nailed to the table.
And those who have alternative theories to dark matter don't have people standing around them, pointing and jeeringly repeating "Consensus, consensus, consensus...". Nor get denied employment nor find it hard to publish their research.
Yes, it's corporations that can't buy incandescent light bulbs any more and have the small engines on their gardening equipment ruined by ethanol in gas and have their tax money given over as subsidies to "green" companies that can't make a go of it.
Good point. The offense against the foreign server is one thing, the violation of the rights of the US citizen holding his data there is another and would appear to be what is at issue here.
I'm sure this is somewhat of an incident of (understandable) myopia by the founding fathers. The US government was to be responsible for what happened within its borders and could not control what was happening outside and the constitution was written with a somewhat isolationist view of the US. They could not possibly have envisioned the kind of interconnectedness of our communications (nor indeed the capabilities of military weaponry) so it was not written with the rights of those outside of the US in mind at all.
I'd like to think that if they had had more foresight, they would have been a little more broad in the rights protected by the constitution and would have been more comprehensive on restricting how the US government would operate abroad (except, perhaps, during a war legally authorized by congress). Or maybe they were just all Xenophobes. Either way, the constitution is written as it is written and offers little protection for non-US citizens.
But it is "the people", not "people" which has different semantic meaning within the context of the constitution. Though it's not like this is surprising, it's just a logical extension of sending out drones to kill whoever the fuck you want without a warrant. Ideally skirmishes into foreign territories (which is what this is the equivalent of) is frowned upon but the US govt just doesn't give a damn anymore. It has slippery-sloped itself into a psychotic entity.
Yes. And for those who aren't aware, this kind of thing has been going on for decades (if not longer). GCHQ and the NSA exchanging data on each others citizens to circumvent the laws (supposedly a contract between a government and its citizens). Largely this has been for industrial espionage purposes to, *not* to protect the interests of the nation.
Most dash readouts that I know of display both instantaneous MPG and average. They can still be inaccurate but the average should only be off by a factor as modern cars know exactly how much fuel they're allowing into the engine.
I always thought that the best way to increase fuel economy would be to have a MPG indicator on the dash of every vehicle. If you could tie it into a local average fuel price to give cost per mile, even better. I know when I had it on my car, I was more inclined to preserve my money.
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Yep. Tachos are cool but completely non-essential unless you're deaf or your engine is incredibly well sound insulated.
Context is important. When things are ambiguous, it's better to qualify than get into a semantics argument. I'd divide them into three categories
Digital
Digitally driven analog
True analog
Yeah, cause digital dive computers are 6-10-30 times the cost of analog gauges. :)
analogue fuel gauges are way too inaccurate for parallax to be an issue.
Many of those gauges are driven by stepper motors and so are not really analogue in the true sense.
In fact one of the common complaints of one of the cars I own is that the water temperature and oil pressure gauges are "computer stabilized" such that as long as the car thinks the temperature and oil pressure are within acceptable parameters, the needles will always point at the exact same spot. So the first thing you know if something is going wrong is that the gauges suddenly jump from "Everythings copacetic" to "OMG, OMG. OMG". (Though oil pressure tends to be a 1/0 proposition anyway)
American news is horribly, terribly insular. I mean really, really bad.
The UK has private, public and state schools. Each is a different thing.
And has a nice bowl of Ramens for dinner.
The distributed nature of torrents means that there's a good chance that your download is coming from someone or someones closer than the "closest one" of whatever you're downloading unless that item is particularly well mirrored.
Obwhoosh.
Patch Tuesday will be the new weekend.
Seems more like NVidia should be providing some kind of generic global driver and the display software (whichever it may be) should interface with it. I thought we were past the point of each piece of software needing special drivers to interface with hardware. Isn't this the whole point of a modern OS? What happens when "the next big thing" comes alone?
Now drop the mike :)
To keep the system as it is means to continue burning fossil fuels at a constant rate.
The case for AGW has in no way been made in the same way as that as for gravity. In fact, were Newton to present his research in a similar manner, it's as if you walked up and found the apple nailed to the table.
And those who have alternative theories to dark matter don't have people standing around them, pointing and jeeringly repeating "Consensus, consensus, consensus...". Nor get denied employment nor find it hard to publish their research.
Yes, it's corporations that can't buy incandescent light bulbs any more and have the small engines on their gardening equipment ruined by ethanol in gas and have their tax money given over as subsidies to "green" companies that can't make a go of it.
Only corporations.
Might be nice if as well as searching for some answers, you would also search to see if you're asking the right questions.
Good point. The offense against the foreign server is one thing, the violation of the rights of the US citizen holding his data there is another and would appear to be what is at issue here.
I'm sure this is somewhat of an incident of (understandable) myopia by the founding fathers. The US government was to be responsible for what happened within its borders and could not control what was happening outside and the constitution was written with a somewhat isolationist view of the US. They could not possibly have envisioned the kind of interconnectedness of our communications (nor indeed the capabilities of military weaponry) so it was not written with the rights of those outside of the US in mind at all.
I'd like to think that if they had had more foresight, they would have been a little more broad in the rights protected by the constitution and would have been more comprehensive on restricting how the US government would operate abroad (except, perhaps, during a war legally authorized by congress). Or maybe they were just all Xenophobes. Either way, the constitution is written as it is written and offers little protection for non-US citizens.
Laws apply wherever. It's the ability to enforce them that is at issue.
But it is "the people", not "people" which has different semantic meaning within the context of the constitution. Though it's not like this is surprising, it's just a logical extension of sending out drones to kill whoever the fuck you want without a warrant. Ideally skirmishes into foreign territories (which is what this is the equivalent of) is frowned upon but the US govt just doesn't give a damn anymore. It has slippery-sloped itself into a psychotic entity.
Yes. And for those who aren't aware, this kind of thing has been going on for decades (if not longer). GCHQ and the NSA exchanging data on each others citizens to circumvent the laws (supposedly a contract between a government and its citizens). Largely this has been for industrial espionage purposes to, *not* to protect the interests of the nation.
Most dash readouts that I know of display both instantaneous MPG and average. They can still be inaccurate but the average should only be off by a factor as modern cars know exactly how much fuel they're allowing into the engine.
I always thought that the best way to increase fuel economy would be to have a MPG indicator on the dash of every vehicle. If you could tie it into a local average fuel price to give cost per mile, even better. I know when I had it on my car, I was more inclined to preserve my money.
Though that's still an improvement over "Not being George W Bush"