Yeah, DI water doesn't conduct electricity very well at all. It also has a pretty high dielectric constant of about 80. Unfortunately it becomes a pretty good conductor once enough ions leak into it. Was the purifying system on while the demo was running?
If the inside of the system is all made of one material couldn't you just put in deionized water and hope for the best? Copper, silver, and silicon are pretty water-resistant when there isn't anything in there with them to catalyze the reaction.
I envision it as more of a slow burn than a series of explosions. The bullet's wake should be almost a vacuum with an influx of air [matter] from the sides which will annihilate on contact producing an effect similar to what would be expected from a highly radioactive substance, such as a polonium slug.
If anti-matter has anti-mass and thus is anti-effected by gravity, wouldn't it have anti-momentum?
That's an interesting idea you have there with the plain-matter projectile as a sort of, "shell" filled with antimatter. I was thinking if you shoot a bullet and have a slug of antimatter follow it closely behind - "drafting" I believe it's called in racing terms.What little air it does encounter will form a nice, "tracer" effect anyway.
If you are going to pirate a movie, don't tip-toe around it. Just download the thing from the Internet.
Yes, but someone has to upload the movie originally. Internet movies don't just appear like hawking radiation next to some sort of internet black-hole, do they?
You just need to fire a beam with more mass than the air between you and the target. You could help it along by firing a laser-pulse or even a plain matter projectile to clear a path. Think weaponized laser or air-tazer.
I care, 'cause most devs I know get lazy about that sort of thing and check-your-work-in-browsers-you-don't-normally-use-day ends of becoming an entertaining office event.
Why is it that web designers and developers - and I'm guilty of this too - almost always knowingly use a browser that most of their users won't? I guess it's not so much of a problem anymore, but back in the day developing in Firefox, Opera, or any browser that wasn't IE was a sure way to run into interesting and convoluted issues when your users views your page in IE and it renders all differently.
Probably not too much, but they could always use it as an excuse to lower the amount of luggage one may take on a flight.
2. If it detects a terrorist attack, what can anyone do about it while the plane is in the air?
Most terrorist attacks involve people doing something, so if someone looks suspicious you can tie the suspect up and search (and hopefully defuse) his/her belongings. In an extreme case where they find a ticking time bomb with multi-colored wires to cut, (where did that cliche come from, anyway?) a broken vial of some toxin or bio-weapon, or anything else that requires professional assistance they could usually just land the plane.
That was hardly a "harmless hack". There is a lot of money tied to that domain and when it's down, it's a serious problem for a lot of people. That said, I agree that charging them as cyber-terrorists would be severe overkill. And if they had been from China, Iran, Pakistan, or Syria, would you still think the same thing?...
Well, of course not! Those countries are all theocracies. Theocracies are evil, or so my Christian leader tells me... This is a joke, obviously, but what interest would Syrian hackers have in Comcast?
So copy protection is immoral? No one is forcing you to buy it.
Well, that's my opinion, but I guess it's an unpopular one today. GP posted AC, so it seemed logical that he probably would have agreed, at least in public. For the record I don't foresee myself buying this game and I'm sorry you don't like my choice of flavr-aide.
Both sides of the DRM debate are really irrational about the whole issue; it's not a "moral" issue on either side. The seller wants to be fairly compensated for their product, the buyer wants to have full access to the thing that they buy, and they don't want to lose access at some later date because of issues with the DRM.
If these issues can be worked out, then there is no problem. So saying that people are losing their morals as the hassle goes away is pretty ridiculous.
Well, you're right that the extremists on either side are a vocal minority, but it most definitely is still a moral issue. To use a car analogy, if your brand-new sports car emailed the dealership a picture of you the first time you started it up - ostensibly to be sure you were the person who has a right to drive it. Most people wouldn't care, but it's still an invasion of privacy.
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After the initial activation, you never again need a check or even an internet connection to play. That's the kind of copy protection I am comfortable with, and that's why it didn't stop me from purchasing it.
It's amazing how people's morals crumble when a certain level of convenience is reached.
Eating out at work can have other benefits too.. such as escaping the office environment for some mental recovery. Complaining about the bureaucracy with co-workers can be very therapeutic.;)
Plus the deli around the corner makes pretty decent salads without the overhead of acquiring, storing, preparing, and transporting vegetables.
... Little stuff like kicking your legs (Pretend that someone cares, you are alone in that dark room and you know it) can help lots. I personally have a set of 15lb dumbbells under the desk...
Speak for yourself. I work in a cube-farm where every time I so much as uncurl a limb I feel like the proverbial bull-in-a-china-shop. It just isn't economical to provide enough space for frivolous things like moving about the office. I agree that physical activity is a good and obvious remedy, but swing barbels and kicking legs around here would be a great way to break something or someone.
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Yeah, DI water doesn't conduct electricity very well at all. It also has a pretty high dielectric constant of about 80. Unfortunately it becomes a pretty good conductor once enough ions leak into it. Was the purifying system on while the demo was running?
If the inside of the system is all made of one material couldn't you just put in deionized water and hope for the best? Copper, silver, and silicon are pretty water-resistant when there isn't anything in there with them to catalyze the reaction.
... And is stacking the chips better than laying them flat and in a strip (like Pentium M)?Sure. The interconnects could be shorter and thus impose much less lag. Core one wouldn't need to go through core two to talk to core three, etc.
Couldn't we just make gravitons really really small, then?
I envision it as more of a slow burn than a series of explosions. The bullet's wake should be almost a vacuum with an influx of air [matter] from the sides which will annihilate on contact producing an effect similar to what would be expected from a highly radioactive substance, such as a polonium slug.
If anti-matter has anti-mass and thus is anti-effected by gravity, wouldn't it have anti-momentum?
That's an interesting idea you have there with the plain-matter projectile as a sort of, "shell" filled with antimatter. I was thinking if you shoot a bullet and have a slug of antimatter follow it closely behind - "drafting" I believe it's called in racing terms.What little air it does encounter will form a nice, "tracer" effect anyway.
What, you can't multiply and divide by 1.8 in your head?
Yes, but someone has to upload the movie originally. Internet movies don't just appear like hawking radiation next to some sort of internet black-hole, do they?
I'm pretty sure we can agree to the existence of at least one anti-photon.
You just need to fire a beam with more mass than the air between you and the target. You could help it along by firing a laser-pulse or even a plain matter projectile to clear a path. Think weaponized laser or air-tazer .
I care, 'cause most devs I know get lazy about that sort of thing and check-your-work-in-browsers-you-don't-normally-use-day ends of becoming an entertaining office event.
Why is it that web designers and developers - and I'm guilty of this too - almost always knowingly use a browser that most of their users won't? I guess it's not so much of a problem anymore, but back in the day developing in Firefox, Opera, or any browser that wasn't IE was a sure way to run into interesting and convoluted issues when your users views your page in IE and it renders all differently.
...the Twitter team has been making a concerted effort to affect better communication...From what I've heard the only affect twitter's had on communication isn't one worth bragging about.
Probably not too much, but they could always use it as an excuse to lower the amount of luggage one may take on a flight.
2. If it detects a terrorist attack, what can anyone do about it while the plane is in the air?Most terrorist attacks involve people doing something, so if someone looks suspicious you can tie the suspect up and search (and hopefully defuse) his/her belongings. In an extreme case where they find a ticking time bomb with multi-colored wires to cut, (where did that cliche come from, anyway?) a broken vial of some toxin or bio-weapon, or anything else that requires professional assistance they could usually just land the plane.
Does it say anywhere that you get 72 personal virgins? I always figured you'd eventually have to share.
How does it deal with people who are upset at being watched and have to pee? (there's usually a bathroom up by the cockpit)
Well, of course not! Those countries are all theocracies. Theocracies are evil, or so my Christian leader tells me... This is a joke, obviously, but what interest would Syrian hackers have in Comcast?
Well, that's my opinion, but I guess it's an unpopular one today. GP posted AC, so it seemed logical that he probably would have agreed, at least in public. For the record I don't foresee myself buying this game and I'm sorry you don't like my choice of flavr-aide.
Both sides of the DRM debate are really irrational about the whole issue; it's not a "moral" issue on either side. The seller wants to be fairly compensated for their product, the buyer wants to have full access to the thing that they buy, and they don't want to lose access at some later date because of issues with the DRM. If these issues can be worked out, then there is no problem. So saying that people are losing their morals as the hassle goes away is pretty ridiculous.Well, you're right that the extremists on either side are a vocal minority, but it most definitely is still a moral issue. To use a car analogy, if your brand-new sports car emailed the dealership a picture of you the first time you started it up - ostensibly to be sure you were the person who has a right to drive it. Most people wouldn't care, but it's still an invasion of privacy.
It's amazing how people's morals crumble when a certain level of convenience is reached.
Well, it does seem informative if you didn't know better. Sometimes credulous people get mod points.
I kid, I kid!
Problem is now they won't matter to a lot more people and you won't be able to sue once Bush gets out of office.
Seriously, what is it with ubuntu that everyone feels the need to speak about it? ...
Regular updates, good marketting, and it's just plain fun to say out loud.
Plus the deli around the corner makes pretty decent salads without the overhead of acquiring, storing, preparing, and transporting vegetables.
... Little stuff like kicking your legs (Pretend that someone cares, you are alone in that dark room and you know it) can help lots. I personally have a set of 15lb dumbbells under the desk...Speak for yourself. I work in a cube-farm where every time I so much as uncurl a limb I feel like the proverbial bull-in-a-china-shop. It just isn't economical to provide enough space for frivolous things like moving about the office. I agree that physical activity is a good and obvious remedy, but swing barbels and kicking legs around here would be a great way to break something or someone.