When I was in engineering school, my manufacturing professor held up two screws. Both screws were nearly identical, except one was for orthopedic surgery and the other was not. He told us the orthopedic screw cost 100 times what the other screw cost, and asked us to come up with reasons why. Most peoples said things like quality control, tighter tolerances, different materials, or cleanliness specs. The correct answer was insurance.
Next time you take your pet to the animal hospital, look at the prices, then look at the prices at a human hospital. In most cases the treatments are exactly the same. The products probably come from the same factory, the products designed for humans just cost ten to twenty times more. (animal care products have insurance costs too, just not as much.)
It was only later that gasoline demand started getting high enough that they started running short on the higher octanes, and needed to mix in lesser octane hydrocarbons.
Nope, it was the EPA making the refiners stop using lead. Otherwise you are correct, gasoline used to have a much higher octane rating.
You can probably get the goggles working fine, the problem is finding content for them. In my opinion, this is really the only thing standing in the way wide adoption of VR goggles or LCD shutter glassses. We have the technology to do it, and I think gamers are willing to spend the money, someone just needs to write the code.
I bet customs will have some fun trying to look at all of your files on that thing. I've only played around with OpenSolaris for a few hours in a virtual machine, but from what I've seen, it's locked down pretty tight.
I think 2008 already was the year of the Linux desktop. It wasn't as big and flashy as everyone hoped, but for the first time I've seen a non-computer geek running Linux on their laptop
For the first time in my life, I have spent the entire year using Linux on my desktop computer. So to me, 2008 was the year of the Linux Desktop.
From reading this page, it seems quite a few people agree with me. 2008 was the year of the Linux desktop. Now lets have more of them!
The polarization techniques Land developed are a major component to the LCD screens we use every day. With a bit more aggressive research and design strategy, Polaroid could have been a major player in the LCD market. Instead, they invested heavily in instant cameras, which were supplanted by the digital.
well if they had some space age, heat resistant pipes to shove down there into the magma, then run some liquid through the pipes to transmit the heat to a steamer
I believe those pipes would need to be made from an alloy known as 'unobtainium'.
Hold a lighter up to the bottom of a plastic water bottle. No, it won't melt. The water keeps it cool. As long as those pipes are always filled with water they won't melt.
Just about every method we use for creating steam uses this concept, from locomotive boilers, to hot water heaters, to the kettle on your stove. Just make sure they don't run dry, or bad things will happen.
This whole thing makes me wonder if they are in fact dealing with lava and not magma (yes, there is a difference). Lava is known to form lava tubes, which could be mistaken for magma. Hey, I'm no geologist, I'm just saying... how are they so sure?
The average desktop draws 89 watts per hour. If it's left on overnight for 16 hours, it consumes 1.42kW. It's impossible for the power surge that occurs when powering on a PC to rival that figure: "You would be drawing energy at a rate of 17 kWh"
That should be
The average desktop draws 89 watts. If it's left on overnight for 16 hours, it consumes 1.42kWh. It's impossible for the power surge that occurs when powering on a PC to rival that figure: "You would be drawing energy at a rate of 17 kW"
The average desktop draws 89 watts per hour. If it's left on overnight for 16 hours, it consumes 1.42kW. It's impossible for the power surge that occurs when powering on a PC to rival that figure: "You would be drawing energy at a rate of 17 kWh"
Energy is kWh power is kW. "Energy at a rate" is power, and should be in kW not kWh.
Do they understand that GPS is currently intended for civilian use? The United States, being the owner of the system, can shut it off at any time. One of the primary reasons they will shut it off is in the case of foreign military use.
I recall reading a similar article, where a hospital used six sigma techniques to develop similar checklists. The program was shut down because the FDA claimed it's approval was needed before the checklists could be implemented.
The changes need to be made at the FDA, then health care will improve.
Sadly, many print reporters are now following the bloggers and are no longer acting as journalists and should be stripped of their journalistic protections.
Who are you to decide? I wish journalists had more integrity too, but this is the 21st century, we're all journalists now. Even you!
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When I was in engineering school, my manufacturing professor held up two screws. Both screws were nearly identical, except one was for orthopedic surgery and the other was not. He told us the orthopedic screw cost 100 times what the other screw cost, and asked us to come up with reasons why. Most peoples said things like quality control, tighter tolerances, different materials, or cleanliness specs. The correct answer was insurance.
Next time you take your pet to the animal hospital, look at the prices, then look at the prices at a human hospital. In most cases the treatments are exactly the same. The products probably come from the same factory, the products designed for humans just cost ten to twenty times more. (animal care products have insurance costs too, just not as much.)
It was only later that gasoline demand started getting high enough that they started running short on the higher octanes, and needed to mix in lesser octane hydrocarbons.
Nope, it was the EPA making the refiners stop using lead. Otherwise you are correct, gasoline used to have a much higher octane rating.
A hitherto unknown scientist offers an easy solution to greenhouse gases that's actually going to wipe out humanity?
Did anyone else read that headline as:
...his plan to destroy the world?
"A Little Known Mad Scientist Has Made Public"
Mod parent up!
It doesn't work without head-tracking of course, but it was so immersive that it "felt" like it would work.
Strap a Wiimote to your head.
Seriously, the Wii has proven that simple motion capture can be done inexpensively. Head-tracking technology is now trivial.
This is a dupe from two weeks ago.
that new 64-bit Java plugin for Linux is smokin! No waiting for applets to load or anything.
You can probably get the goggles working fine, the problem is finding content for them. In my opinion, this is really the only thing standing in the way wide adoption of VR goggles or LCD shutter glassses. We have the technology to do it, and I think gamers are willing to spend the money, someone just needs to write the code.
you and a few others seem to have missed the contextual reference to the movie The Core
People actually saw that movie...for shame!
I bet customs will have some fun trying to look at all of your files on that thing. I've only played around with OpenSolaris for a few hours in a virtual machine, but from what I've seen, it's locked down pretty tight.
I think 2008 already was the year of the Linux desktop. It wasn't as big and flashy as everyone hoped, but for the first time I've seen a non-computer geek running Linux on their laptop
For the first time in my life, I have spent the entire year using Linux on my desktop computer. So to me, 2008 was the year of the Linux Desktop.
From reading this page, it seems quite a few people agree with me. 2008 was the year of the Linux desktop. Now lets have more of them!
To the tune of Just a Gigolo
I'm just a CEO
and every where I go
people know the part
I'm playing
There will be a chance
to genuinely advance
the amount of money customer's
are paying
There will come a day
when I will pass away
then what will they say
about me
When the end comes I know
they'll say just a CEO
as life goes on
without me
There has been a hole in the magnetic field for years, it's called the South Atlantic Anomaly.
Mod parent up! Diamond Rio was out way before the iPod. The iPod's major accomplishment was the user interface.
The polarization techniques Land developed are a major component to the LCD screens we use every day. With a bit more aggressive research and design strategy, Polaroid could have been a major player in the LCD market. Instead, they invested heavily in instant cameras, which were supplanted by the digital.
Funny because it's true, Steve Jobs is Disney's largest shareholder and is a member of the board of directors.
Been reading Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash [amazon.com] , have you?
It was also in the 1997 movie Spawn.
Windows on a submarine? What's next... a screen door?
well if they had some space age, heat resistant pipes to shove down there into the magma, then run some liquid through the pipes to transmit the heat to a steamer
I believe those pipes would need to be made from an alloy known as 'unobtainium'.
Hold a lighter up to the bottom of a plastic water bottle. No, it won't melt. The water keeps it cool. As long as those pipes are always filled with water they won't melt.
Just about every method we use for creating steam uses this concept, from locomotive boilers, to hot water heaters, to the kettle on your stove. Just make sure they don't run dry, or bad things will happen.
This whole thing makes me wonder if they are in fact dealing with lava and not magma (yes, there is a difference). Lava is known to form lava tubes, which could be mistaken for magma. Hey, I'm no geologist, I'm just saying... how are they so sure?
The average desktop draws 89 watts per hour. If it's left on overnight for 16 hours, it consumes 1.42kW. It's impossible for the power surge that occurs when powering on a PC to rival that figure: "You would be drawing energy at a rate of 17 kWh"
That should be
There, fixed it for them!
Energy is kWh power is kW. "Energy at a rate" is power, and should be in kW not kWh.
Do they understand that GPS is currently intended for civilian use? The United States, being the owner of the system, can shut it off at any time. One of the primary reasons they will shut it off is in the case of foreign military use.
I recall reading a similar article, where a hospital used six sigma techniques to develop similar checklists. The program was shut down because the FDA claimed it's approval was needed before the checklists could be implemented.
The changes need to be made at the FDA, then health care will improve.
Sadly, many print reporters are now following the bloggers and are no longer acting as journalists and should be stripped of their journalistic protections.
Who are you to decide? I wish journalists had more integrity too, but this is the 21st century, we're all journalists now. Even you!