Not only would lofting water into space be a colossal waste of energy and water, it would only exacerbate the problem!
"Lofting water into space" does not mean putting the water into orbit. Launching the water into space sub-orbitally means the water will return to earth and would use substantially less energy compared to an orbital launch.
But the humans won't stop there. They'll make bigger boards and bigger nails, and soon, they will make a board with a nail so big, it will destroy them all!
If I lived in the UK, I'd have to go with a crossbow.
That explains the continued success of Coors and Busweiser.
+1 The more of this thread I read, the more I begin to think I'm a snob. I don't think I ask for much, just music without compression artifiacts, freshly brewed coffee, and beer with taste.
They could never explain how they were exempt from copyright law, considering they're a Radio Station.
Some radio stations think they are exempt since they usually don't pay for the music they play. They simply are misinformed. Radio stations don't pay for their music because the recording industry views radio as advertising for it's product.
Neil Young thinks otherwise. Of course, not everyone is an audiophile like him. It kind of makes me wonder if Sony pays him big to push SACD and Blue-Ray.
Personally, I have no idea what he's talking about in the first place. Unless it's an abysmally low-quality rip, MP3 sounds just like any other format. No sizzle, nothing.
Most people don't notice it consciously. That's why MP3s are such a great invention. However, certain sounds, most notably cymbals, sound distinctly different on an MP3.
I first noticed this back in the Napster days when I would accidentally download multiple copies of the same song at different bit rates. I would say the difference between 96 kbit/s to 128 kbit/s is more noticeable than 128 kbit/s to 192 kbit/s. However, a 320 kbit/s file sounds far superior to a 128 kbit/s file. In other words, the relationship between the way the file sounds and the bit rate is not linear.
I have a friend who is a percussionist and the sizzle sounds of MP3 files drives him nuts.
People are used to hearing music over lower quality mediums like FM radio...
Not to mention that fact that many FM radio stations store their music in compressed formats these days. Also, many syndicated radio shows, and even entire programing for some stations, is produced somewhere else and streamed to local stations over the internet.
Thanks Clear Channel for degrading the quality of our FM radio even more.
While Walter is a great character, I just feel dumber after watching this show. I think they immerse the viewer into the paranormal too quickly. There was never a plausible moment in the show. Instead of being about "fringe science," it's about stuff that completely off the wall impossible.
Well Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker! Although I must admit, your dastardly plot is much more entertaining than say... shutting down every vital computer network in the world for financial gain.
Don't just chuck them. Look for a high-school that has a proper computer engineering program, and drop them off there.
Not only young people, but old people too. My parents and in-laws have just discovered these little devices. They're apparently still using floppy disks! I'm planning on ordering a bunch of them and giving them as mother's/father's day presents.
I live in a city so the light pollution messes up any chances I have at looking at a starry sky.
I live in the suburbs. Fortunately for me, the light pollution isn't bad enough to make star gazing difficult. I've recently become interested in astronomy. Thanks to Stellarium, I can easily pick out Venus in the night's sky, and am working on other stars and planets.
However, I live in the flight path of a nearby airport. How can I tell the difference between ISS, and a passing plane?
I've heard of the "click of death" on the Zip drive. More people know about the problems with the Zip since it was more widely adopted than the Jaz (likely due to the Jaz drive's price).
However, I should add, this failure occurred within a mater of months/weeks after the hardware was purchased. In contrast, I own several Zip drives and have never experienced the "click of death."
I worked with a bunch of Jaz Drives back in the day. One person dropped a disk, and it failed. The disk was inserted into a drive, and the drive failed. Another disk was inserted into that drive, and that disk failed. It spread like a plague through all of the machines.
All of the money and data lost due to those things still makes me cringe.
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When I first heard about this, all I could think was, "what happens if the space debris hits the Soyuz?"
Timothy strikes again!
Not only would lofting water into space be a colossal waste of energy and water, it would only exacerbate the problem!
"Lofting water into space" does not mean putting the water into orbit. Launching the water into space sub-orbitally means the water will return to earth and would use substantially less energy compared to an orbital launch.
Mod Parent Up! Parent has a very valid and insightful post.
If I lived in the UK, I'd have to go with a crossbow.
Correlation is causation! Mwahaha.
If you ask me, the UK government is in denial over the correlation between the rise in knife violence and its ban on firearms.
Only people with abnormally acute hearing can hear past the nyquist frequency. This doesn't even take into account the fact that older people lose the ability to hear frequencies that high.
That explains the continued success of Coors and Busweiser.
+1 The more of this thread I read, the more I begin to think I'm a snob. I don't think I ask for much, just music without compression artifiacts, freshly brewed coffee, and beer with taste.
They could never explain how they were exempt from copyright law, considering they're a Radio Station.
Some radio stations think they are exempt since they usually don't pay for the music they play. They simply are misinformed. Radio stations don't pay for their music because the recording industry views radio as advertising for it's product.
CD quality is already overkill
Neil Young thinks otherwise. Of course, not everyone is an audiophile like him. It kind of makes me wonder if Sony pays him big to push SACD and Blue-Ray.
Personally, I have no idea what he's talking about in the first place. Unless it's an abysmally low-quality rip, MP3 sounds just like any other format. No sizzle, nothing.
Most people don't notice it consciously. That's why MP3s are such a great invention. However, certain sounds, most notably cymbals, sound distinctly different on an MP3.
I first noticed this back in the Napster days when I would accidentally download multiple copies of the same song at different bit rates. I would say the difference between 96 kbit/s to 128 kbit/s is more noticeable than 128 kbit/s to 192 kbit/s. However, a 320 kbit/s file sounds far superior to a 128 kbit/s file. In other words, the relationship between the way the file sounds and the bit rate is not linear.
I have a friend who is a percussionist and the sizzle sounds of MP3 files drives him nuts.
People are used to hearing music over lower quality mediums like FM radio...
Not to mention that fact that many FM radio stations store their music in compressed formats these days. Also, many syndicated radio shows, and even entire programing for some stations, is produced somewhere else and streamed to local stations over the internet.
Thanks Clear Channel for degrading the quality of our FM radio even more.
While Walter is a great character, I just feel dumber after watching this show. I think they immerse the viewer into the paranormal too quickly. There was never a plausible moment in the show. Instead of being about "fringe science," it's about stuff that completely off the wall impossible.
How's that for admitting a felony online?
Well Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker! Although I must admit, your dastardly plot is much more entertaining than say... shutting down every vital computer network in the world for financial gain.
Reading this page is required material for people switching to Ubuntu.
Don't just chuck them. Look for a high-school that has a proper computer engineering program, and drop them off there.
Not only young people, but old people too. My parents and in-laws have just discovered these little devices. They're apparently still using floppy disks! I'm planning on ordering a bunch of them and giving them as mother's/father's day presents.
I live in a city so the light pollution messes up any chances I have at looking at a starry sky.
I live in the suburbs. Fortunately for me, the light pollution isn't bad enough to make star gazing difficult. I've recently become interested in astronomy. Thanks to Stellarium, I can easily pick out Venus in the night's sky, and am working on other stars and planets.
However, I live in the flight path of a nearby airport. How can I tell the difference between ISS, and a passing plane?
At hospitals, motorcycle riders are referred to only as organ donors.
As an organ donor, I resent that statement.
In fact, the contest rules state that the poll is not binding and they'll choose whatever name they like. Sucks, really.
Tell me about it. My alma matter had the same rules when it voted for a new mascot. Nobody ended up happy.
Jump'n Jesuits baby!
But someone did post the bug report in Adobe's bug tracker [adobe.com]. What's the next step?
Vote it up.
Sales tax in NYC is 8.375%, I believe. I would be happy to pay that same percentage on free software.
Whoosh!
Contact information is here. Don't try to contact them using the link in the summary, it doesn't work.
I've heard of the "click of death" on the Zip drive. More people know about the problems with the Zip since it was more widely adopted than the Jaz (likely due to the Jaz drive's price).
However, I should add, this failure occurred within a mater of months/weeks after the hardware was purchased. In contrast, I own several Zip drives and have never experienced the "click of death."
$200 is too low. I want to be able to deduct my MacBook Pro. But hey, New York is leading the way.
Be thankful, given the past history, I'm surprised they aren't charging sales tax on free software.
I worked with a bunch of Jaz Drives back in the day. One person dropped a disk, and it failed. The disk was inserted into a drive, and the drive failed. Another disk was inserted into that drive, and that disk failed. It spread like a plague through all of the machines.
All of the money and data lost due to those things still makes me cringe.