I must point out that despite the center of mass being the more correct way to describe it under all scenarios, in this case I'm correct. During lift-off, gravity still acts on the object uniformally. If it is not placed in correct alignment based in its center of mass/gravity, the shuttle will be off balance, if even by a little bit, and would need a course-correction. In practice it wouldn't make much of a difference, but still...
Hmm... Center of gravity... For space... These days I'm more and more convinced that these scientists are just pulling our leg.
They probably did spend way too much money doing it, but testing for the center of gravity is important if you actually want it to get into space and in the right direction. And in the extreme case, it keeps the rocket from arching back down to earth.
They did not, so wouldn't you hold them accountable? Or do you want to spout more straw man bull shit?
I would not hold them accountable. I realize not all forums work like/., and please learn the difference between a "straw man" argument and an example.
That is Adobe's issue...but try Flash 10 Beta 2 (instructions are on the Ubuntu forums). That fixed *nearly* all of the problems for me, even on 64bit.
Why do we have to prove anything to you, anyway? If you want to live in your insular bubble with your eyes closed, so be it.
If you want to see for yourself, though, type some words into a search engine and...voila. Stop asking for us to do your research simply because you're too lazy to do it yourself (your ignorance on the matter is inviting the hostility, by the way. My apologies; someone would have said it to you eventually.).
if it's a fragmented, distributed, encrypted file system, it's probably safer than having it on your home machine
Depends on the user;)
But good point. If I was ever forced to use this, I would most certainly encrypt all of the "important" files with GnuPG or the like (preferably something that encrypts large groups of files easily) and keep the key on a flash drive. I would still prefer to keep everything locally, though, especially since I already encrypt things like tax records.
Yeah, I'm talking about personal data. The "whole IT team" is me alone. And I still would rather do it myself.
Besides, letting somebody else deal with it also offloads a good bit of liability.
Tell that to your customers if they ever sue you. One thing I've learned from handling sensitive information in the workplace is that if you collect it, you are responsible for it no matter where you store it/send it.
All data and stuff gets placed into Microsoft server and you are using your terminal only to access it - from anywhere that you want.
I'm sorry: I trust no company with all of my data. That's why I don't use Google docs or Microsoft's current document offering. And now they want to store all of my data? I, for one, will gladly continue using Linux.
What do people hate about it? I'm genuinely curious.
People hate it because people, in general, hate change, and the Slashdot community is no exception to that rule. It seems to me that while some people tried it and genuinely did not like it (which is ok), most people tried it a few times (not nearly long enough to build the history database), got frustrated, and then declared that the Awesome Bar was evil and the bane of FF3.
At least they half acknowledged that by lowering the overall standard the results were no longer valid, even if it was mentioned only in passing and not the focus of the article. Now, if it wasn't for the misleading headline and all that text...
I don't doubt that girls can be equally good at math as boys, but I've noticed that the interest is often just not there. And that's the real reason why men outnumber women in the math-intensive fields of science. Not because we're better at it, but because we're actually interested.
And while it may not be society's fault, it IS society's problem and unfortunately, it is up to society to fix it.
Well, that's the first main problem: I trust society about as far as I can throw it, especially when it comes to knowing "what's right" for it's citizens. Call me a cynic if you must.
And by the way: having mandated software locks doesn't force parents to adopt good habits, because (for the moment) no one is saying that parents have to use it.
You mean a mandated tool. As in, parents don't simply exercise good parenting and choose a console model with the ability to lock out games (or actually monitor their kids, but we don't talk about that now do we?). Every console will be required to have the functionality to lock-out content at the consumer's cost.
I realize that there is no direct contradiction to freedom of speech/expression, but two problems arise. First, by including this backdoor all the pieces are in place for an immediately enforceable ban. Second, the law is done in the "think of the children" vein, which seems to validate poor parenting skills by making it society's fault. And that makes it a silly law.
Slashdot Mirror
Ah, the lessons learned from Mr. T...
Please...think of the grandmothers.
Center of *gravity* on an ungravity scenario?
I must point out that despite the center of mass being the more correct way to describe it under all scenarios, in this case I'm correct. During lift-off, gravity still acts on the object uniformally. If it is not placed in correct alignment based in its center of mass/gravity, the shuttle will be off balance, if even by a little bit, and would need a course-correction. In practice it wouldn't make much of a difference, but still...
I'll keep my card, thank you very much.
Hmm... Center of gravity... For space... These days I'm more and more convinced that these scientists are just pulling our leg.
They probably did spend way too much money doing it, but testing for the center of gravity is important if you actually want it to get into space and in the right direction. And in the extreme case, it keeps the rocket from arching back down to earth.
They did not, so wouldn't you hold them accountable? Or do you want to spout more straw man bull shit?
I would not hold them accountable. I realize not all forums work like /., and please learn the difference between a "straw man" argument and an example.
You do realize the way /. moderation works, right? Are we all, then, responsible for uncensored hate speech?
That is Adobe's issue...but try Flash 10 Beta 2 (instructions are on the Ubuntu forums). That fixed *nearly* all of the problems for me, even on 64bit.
Why do we have to prove anything to you, anyway? If you want to live in your insular bubble with your eyes closed, so be it.
If you want to see for yourself, though, type some words into a search engine and...voila. Stop asking for us to do your research simply because you're too lazy to do it yourself (your ignorance on the matter is inviting the hostility, by the way. My apologies; someone would have said it to you eventually.).
Don't throw arrows. Be diplomatic.
You're right, that would be ineffective without a bow. Throw spears instead.
if it's a fragmented, distributed, encrypted file system, it's probably safer than having it on your home machine
Depends on the user ;)
But good point. If I was ever forced to use this, I would most certainly encrypt all of the "important" files with GnuPG or the like (preferably something that encrypts large groups of files easily) and keep the key on a flash drive. I would still prefer to keep everything locally, though, especially since I already encrypt things like tax records.
Yeah, I'm talking about personal data. The "whole IT team" is me alone. And I still would rather do it myself.
Besides, letting somebody else deal with it also offloads a good bit of liability.
Tell that to your customers if they ever sue you. One thing I've learned from handling sensitive information in the workplace is that if you collect it, you are responsible for it no matter where you store it/send it.
All data and stuff gets placed into Microsoft server and you are using your terminal only to access it - from anywhere that you want.
I'm sorry: I trust no company with all of my data. That's why I don't use Google docs or Microsoft's current document offering. And now they want to store all of my data? I, for one, will gladly continue using Linux.
What do people hate about it? I'm genuinely curious.
People hate it because people, in general, hate change, and the Slashdot community is no exception to that rule. It seems to me that while some people tried it and genuinely did not like it (which is ok), most people tried it a few times (not nearly long enough to build the history database), got frustrated, and then declared that the Awesome Bar was evil and the bane of FF3.
Or, having tried that, clearing your cache?
What a surprise! They were exploited by an actual hacker. Whodathunkit?
I guess it's time for all of us to retreat to the FreeNet/DarkNet...which would consequently improve it greatly.
When it's a vast improvement over the (dot)0? Yes.
At least they half acknowledged that by lowering the overall standard the results were no longer valid, even if it was mentioned only in passing and not the focus of the article. Now, if it wasn't for the misleading headline and all that text...
I don't doubt that girls can be equally good at math as boys, but I've noticed that the interest is often just not there. And that's the real reason why men outnumber women in the math-intensive fields of science. Not because we're better at it, but because we're actually interested.
And while it may not be society's fault, it IS society's problem and unfortunately, it is up to society to fix it.
Well, that's the first main problem: I trust society about as far as I can throw it, especially when it comes to knowing "what's right" for it's citizens. Call me a cynic if you must.
And by the way: having mandated software locks doesn't force parents to adopt good habits, because (for the moment) no one is saying that parents have to use it.
You mean a mandated tool. As in, parents don't simply exercise good parenting and choose a console model with the ability to lock out games (or actually monitor their kids, but we don't talk about that now do we?). Every console will be required to have the functionality to lock-out content at the consumer's cost.
I realize that there is no direct contradiction to freedom of speech/expression, but two problems arise. First, by including this backdoor all the pieces are in place for an immediately enforceable ban. Second, the law is done in the "think of the children" vein, which seems to validate poor parenting skills by making it society's fault. And that makes it a silly law.
COPA Suffers Yet Another Court Defeat
Better it than us. I'm tired of everything moving towards a nanny state.
The paper is for the transistors, not snorting cocaine...
Ok, guys: the critical date is December 28, 2001.
First person to post prior art gets a big pat on the back!
It's ok. The rest of the PC uses magic and fireflies to run. I'd say that's somewhere around 8 watts.
Same thing I was thinking. And I seriously doubt a PC like this would run it with Wine.