But only ATM machines with specific UPC codes and LCD displays will do this. And you should make sure your PC computer has enough RAM memory and is setup to run on AC current using only RF frequencies to communicate. Always back up these transactions to a DAT tape or CD disks. If you do this right, you should be able to avoid any VAT taxes so you can afford more KFC chicken.
Summary says 12 kilometers, article says 12 miles in diameter. Is it really that hard to get right?
You could always say it's 3,862,425,600,000 beard seconds in diameter...
If you don't get anything in return for that $1000 jewelry or $100 bottle of water, then you're doing it wrong. I buy my wife jewelry, she buys me other stuff. Or in a similar fashion, she spends $500 on clothes, I spend $500 on hookers^h^h^h^h^h^h^h um...stuff. It all evens out in the end. Except she doesn't get nearly as many STDs.
And when another commander takes over on the promise that it will all end with him, he should remain there for at least 2 more years with no exit strategy.
High frequency trading adds a lot to the market. Just not the way you think it should. I for one like the fact that there is ALWAYS someone buying or selling EVERYTHING. That makes it easier for me to buy and sell. Liquidity is not something that should be overlooked as a great thing to have.
This is a myth. HFT adds volume which creates the illusion of liquidity. 1,000 shares passed back and forth 1,000 times will show up as 1,000,000 transactions. This artificially created liquidity makes it appear as if the stock is liquid when it is in fact, not. It's only 1,000 stocks. Someone that wants to buy 10,000 stocks would think 1,000,000 volume is fantastic, when in fact there is no real volume there. This all happens in milliseconds, before anyone without a million dollar computer hooked up next door to Wall St. can react. Sure, you can still make money on the stock, but the HFT have already skimmed off a nice GUARANTEED profit.
Sketchup does have a very valuable role in the architectural design process, and can be a useful tool for archviz, but really as an intermediary step, or for schematic uses.
I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with this too. While I agree all architects, not just the poor ones, are the target market for this book, people just need to stop using SketchUp, period. If you have access to quality design/BIM software such as Autodesk's Revit, SketchUp can only slow down and complicate your process. When I do space/mass modeling in a true architectural software, I get real time area and volume updates. I can apply materials to the walls that display properly on the face as well as showing the proper thickness in sections. The model needs no converting formats and heavy editing to become the actual paper documents. The list of positives is endless. The only negatives I hear are from people that are stuck in their ways.
I can't tell you how many SketchUp models I've had to fix thanks to designers just using their imagination. Square footages were off, material transitions weren't fully thought out, spaces were left out, etc... I'm all for thoughtful and uninhibited design process, but there's no sense in making a beautiful design if the program doesn't fit or the materials don't work. Now that I'm the one doing the designing, all these things have to be solved during the initial design process, making for a better building and less headaches in the construction process. All that = Time & Money. A value FAR beyond the cost of the software.
So, I guess the president should have free reign to shut down however many businesses he wants for what ever reason without any sort of "check and balances" or due process of the law. Yeah, I don't see anything going wrong with that at all.
With the way the economy has hit the arch/construction industry, I find this hard to believe. Hell, I'd do it if you were in Houston. I know plenty of guys working for bigger firms taking work on the side, and a 1,400s.f. home is perfect for side work. They might not be openly advertising their services though...
Problem is most homes are built wrong. the same damn cookie cutter McMansions that are designed by idiot architects.
Designing by your principles won't pay the bills. It's not like architects are actively trying to push the worst home on their clients. Have you even talked to an architect this century? The last thing we want to do is design an inefficient building that the owner will hate. 90% of our business is "word of mouth" or repeat customers. Every employee in my firm is required to go through a pretty rough "green" building indoctrination when hired, and we have to maintain a certain amount of continuing education. Over the past ten years, this has become the standard, not the exception, in most major firms in the US.
Now if you meant to say home builders instead of architects, I couldn't agree more, with a few rare exceptions.
And FWIW, the A/C, windows, insulation is a good start. But, you can't just throw "efficient" and "green" products at your 4,000s.f. home expecting it will give you $50 electric bills. Until people go back to thinking 1,400s.f. is an appropriate home size, the problem will always exist.
Because I want the latest fancy phone/gadget so people think I'm cool. And because I want to appear important by having two phones. In fact, even when I'm not on call I'll carry both phones.
"Nearly" is the operative word here. Repeat a 'near' difference 2000 times and tell me how inconsequential it is, especially when it comes to shifting the weight of a structure over and over again.
That's not really how it works. After the concrete cures the concrete and steel are at a sort of equilibrium. Whenever the structure is at or close to that temperature, everything is peachy. It's at extreme temperatures when you start to see expansion(or contraction). The coefficient of thermal expansion for concrete and steel are not only very close, they are extremely low. Meaning you'd need un-earthly variations before you'd see any detectable amount of variation.
We actually do have a common factor with volcanic ash called fly ash. It's properties are very similar to volcanic ash and quite easy to come by with all the coal power plants around. As stated above, Roman's built strong concrete because it was incredibly thick. Modern concrete at the same thickness would last far longer, but it's prohibitively expensive and bulky.
It's the iron inside the concrete that contributes to its decay, because the metal expands and contracts with seasonal changes in temperature.
Uh, so does concrete. Actually, they expand and contract at nearly the same exact rate depending on the composition of the steel and concrete. Without the steel you'd need a ridiculous amount of concrete to make up for it because concrete has a lower tensile strength. Adding enough concrete to make it work properly would make concrete structures very bulky and would limit their height considerably.
(Hence why the Romans' stuff is still around.)
The Roman stuff is still around because it was VERY thick, not because it didn't have steel. It probably would be in significantly better shape if they used steel.
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They were using metric years?
Damn it I need precise measurements!
It's less than 272,000 beard seconds thick.
But only ATM machines with specific UPC codes and LCD displays will do this. And you should make sure your PC computer has enough RAM memory and is setup to run on AC current using only RF frequencies to communicate. Always back up these transactions to a DAT tape or CD disks. If you do this right, you should be able to avoid any VAT taxes so you can afford more KFC chicken.
They'd much rather you buy another console and game.
Summary says 12 kilometers, article says 12 miles in diameter. Is it really that hard to get right? You could always say it's 3,862,425,600,000 beard seconds in diameter...
If you don't get anything in return for that $1000 jewelry or $100 bottle of water, then you're doing it wrong. I buy my wife jewelry, she buys me other stuff. Or in a similar fashion, she spends $500 on clothes, I spend $500 on hookers^h^h^h^h^h^h^h um...stuff. It all evens out in the end. Except she doesn't get nearly as many STDs.
In Soviet Russia, terrorism prevents rocks.
And when another commander takes over on the promise that it will all end with him, he should remain there for at least 2 more years with no exit strategy.
Yeah, the other 5% of us aren't that smart.
High frequency trading adds a lot to the market. Just not the way you think it should. I for one like the fact that there is ALWAYS someone buying or selling EVERYTHING. That makes it easier for me to buy and sell. Liquidity is not something that should be overlooked as a great thing to have.
This is a myth. HFT adds volume which creates the illusion of liquidity. 1,000 shares passed back and forth 1,000 times will show up as 1,000,000 transactions. This artificially created liquidity makes it appear as if the stock is liquid when it is in fact, not. It's only 1,000 stocks. Someone that wants to buy 10,000 stocks would think 1,000,000 volume is fantastic, when in fact there is no real volume there. This all happens in milliseconds, before anyone without a million dollar computer hooked up next door to Wall St. can react. Sure, you can still make money on the stock, but the HFT have already skimmed off a nice GUARANTEED profit.
Sketchup does have a very valuable role in the architectural design process, and can be a useful tool for archviz, but really as an intermediary step, or for schematic uses.
I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with this too. While I agree all architects, not just the poor ones, are the target market for this book, people just need to stop using SketchUp, period. If you have access to quality design/BIM software such as Autodesk's Revit, SketchUp can only slow down and complicate your process. When I do space/mass modeling in a true architectural software, I get real time area and volume updates. I can apply materials to the walls that display properly on the face as well as showing the proper thickness in sections. The model needs no converting formats and heavy editing to become the actual paper documents. The list of positives is endless. The only negatives I hear are from people that are stuck in their ways.
I can't tell you how many SketchUp models I've had to fix thanks to designers just using their imagination. Square footages were off, material transitions weren't fully thought out, spaces were left out, etc... I'm all for thoughtful and uninhibited design process, but there's no sense in making a beautiful design if the program doesn't fit or the materials don't work. Now that I'm the one doing the designing, all these things have to be solved during the initial design process, making for a better building and less headaches in the construction process. All that = Time & Money. A value FAR beyond the cost of the software.
So, I guess the president should have free reign to shut down however many businesses he wants for what ever reason without any sort of "check and balances" or due process of the law. Yeah, I don't see anything going wrong with that at all.
With the way the economy has hit the arch/construction industry, I find this hard to believe. Hell, I'd do it if you were in Houston. I know plenty of guys working for bigger firms taking work on the side, and a 1,400s.f. home is perfect for side work. They might not be openly advertising their services though...
Problem is most homes are built wrong. the same damn cookie cutter McMansions that are designed by idiot architects.
Designing by your principles won't pay the bills. It's not like architects are actively trying to push the worst home on their clients. Have you even talked to an architect this century? The last thing we want to do is design an inefficient building that the owner will hate. 90% of our business is "word of mouth" or repeat customers. Every employee in my firm is required to go through a pretty rough "green" building indoctrination when hired, and we have to maintain a certain amount of continuing education. Over the past ten years, this has become the standard, not the exception, in most major firms in the US.
Now if you meant to say home builders instead of architects, I couldn't agree more, with a few rare exceptions.
And FWIW, the A/C, windows, insulation is a good start. But, you can't just throw "efficient" and "green" products at your 4,000s.f. home expecting it will give you $50 electric bills. Until people go back to thinking 1,400s.f. is an appropriate home size, the problem will always exist.
I'm so effing cool.
I may not always get x-rays, but when I do, I get 100 of them.
Or put down Left for Dead 2 and kill some real zombies!
My boss just walked by my desk and saw me holding a 12" drafting scale and cell phone to my forehead. Thank you slashdot.
That last sentence almost made sense. But it's 5 o'clock and I'm going home so I don't care.
"Nearly" is the operative word here. Repeat a 'near' difference 2000 times and tell me how inconsequential it is, especially when it comes to shifting the weight of a structure over and over again.
That's not really how it works. After the concrete cures the concrete and steel are at a sort of equilibrium. Whenever the structure is at or close to that temperature, everything is peachy. It's at extreme temperatures when you start to see expansion(or contraction). The coefficient of thermal expansion for concrete and steel are not only very close, they are extremely low. Meaning you'd need un-earthly variations before you'd see any detectable amount of variation.
We actually do have a common factor with volcanic ash called fly ash. It's properties are very similar to volcanic ash and quite easy to come by with all the coal power plants around. As stated above, Roman's built strong concrete because it was incredibly thick. Modern concrete at the same thickness would last far longer, but it's prohibitively expensive and bulky.
It's the iron inside the concrete that contributes to its decay, because the metal expands and contracts with seasonal changes in temperature.
Uh, so does concrete. Actually, they expand and contract at nearly the same exact rate depending on the composition of the steel and concrete. Without the steel you'd need a ridiculous amount of concrete to make up for it because concrete has a lower tensile strength. Adding enough concrete to make it work properly would make concrete structures very bulky and would limit their height considerably.
(Hence why the Romans' stuff is still around.)
The Roman stuff is still around because it was VERY thick, not because it didn't have steel. It probably would be in significantly better shape if they used steel.
Stop the looting, start the prosecuting.
Only if he gets a line and a left facing L piece.
It's exactly as long as a 235ft long piece of cheese.