This is the calculator I've used for past builds. It does seem to estimate on the high side, though. It recommends a ~650 watt PSU for my computer (with aging taken into account), but I've never seen mine draw more than ~350 when gaming.
For instance, some scientists invented a new alloy which they suggest will revolutionize crumple-zones in cars. This alloy includes palladium, a rare-metal. Indeed so rare, if all the palladium on earth were to be used to make this new alloy, we'd get about a cubic meter of the stuff.
What?? Global palladium production was 222 metric tons in 2006 (source). According to the article, this alloy was light enough to float in water. Thus, its density must be less than that of water. Water has a mass of 1 metric ton per cubic meter. Thus, if the alloy were pure palladium, global production could provide for 222 cubic meters annually. I highly doubt that the alloy is pure palladium; in fact, it probably only accounts for a small percentage of the total mass. Do you have some source to cite in defense of your claim? While I agree with your point, I fail to see the reasoning behind this example...
Presumably it could be laminated with some water-proofing material. Wax-paper armor just didn't sound as good. (Of course there would be some material better suited to this than wax.)
I wonder if this could be used in the construction of body armor. Paper armor was employed in medieval Japan, and it'd be interesting to see a resurgence. Being paper, it should be fabulously lightweight; I wonder how it stacks up against ballistic impacts...
Atheists (at least most) are scientifically minded, and thus, they don't tend to deny the possibility outright. In the manner of good scientists, they just feel that an overwhelming majority of the evidence presented seems to suggest that there is no god/God/gods. This does not mean that we would be unwilling to change our beliefs if new evidence presented itself. If god/God suddenly appeared in front of an atheist and started performing miracles right and left (and it were fairly clear that this was not an instance of hallucination), that atheist would probably reconsider his views. There is no certainty in science; it's simply about modeling and understanding the world to the best of one's ability with what information you have at the current time.
But how would you possibly enforce that? Once my computer has queried a DNS, it still communicates with a particular IP. How could you possibly distinguish between an IP that was looked up on a DNS and just an IP?
I do, thanks, since I live in the US, where it doesn't matter if you're downloading, uploading, previewing the CD or living in a cardboard box with no computer access. (Exaggerating slightly) Since anything I do seems to be illegal, I might as well be useful doing it...
Yes, but the fear is not that it will be used to give BT lower priority (which would rarely have much effect). The fear is that it will be used to block P2P outright. Or at least try; bittorrent will start to look more and more like "legitimate" internet usage with time. ISPs should just face the fact that they are on the reactionary side here; P2P will always have some new development that lets them bypass the latest blocking mechanisms, simply because it's much easier to break a defense than to defend against a future attack, the nature of which is uncertain.
This makes me glad I was homeschooled. How long before all schoolchildren have one that monitors them and complains if they aren't doing their homework?
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I would agree. I'm even fine with something like CoD4, where who you are changes, because at any given time, you are who you are. You may control different people, but you are never the detached, omniscient observer of 3rd person narratives. Plus, I think there was something incredibly cool about the fact that you get to die in the first person in CoD4.
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Who cares about ninjas! Do they detect raptors?!?!
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
This is the calculator I've used for past builds. It does seem to estimate on the high side, though. It recommends a ~650 watt PSU for my computer (with aging taken into account), but I've never seen mine draw more than ~350 when gaming.
For instance, some scientists invented a new alloy which they suggest will revolutionize crumple-zones in cars. This alloy includes palladium, a rare-metal. Indeed so rare, if all the palladium on earth were to be used to make this new alloy, we'd get about a cubic meter of the stuff.
What?? Global palladium production was 222 metric tons in 2006 (source). According to the article, this alloy was light enough to float in water. Thus, its density must be less than that of water. Water has a mass of 1 metric ton per cubic meter. Thus, if the alloy were pure palladium, global production could provide for 222 cubic meters annually. I highly doubt that the alloy is pure palladium; in fact, it probably only accounts for a small percentage of the total mass. Do you have some source to cite in defense of your claim? While I agree with your point, I fail to see the reasoning behind this example...I for one Welcome our new Hot Coffee overlords!
We have overlords that come with a playable NC-17 minigame?! Who wouldn't welcome that!Ah hell, does that mean I owe you a licensing fee?
Not to be too inanely picky, but 1920x1080 isn't actually WUXGA. 1920x1200 is. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA
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Gah! Dr Pepper on my Thinkpad!!
Presumably it could be laminated with some water-proofing material. Wax-paper armor just didn't sound as good. (Of course there would be some material better suited to this than wax.)
I wonder if this could be used in the construction of body armor. Paper armor was employed in medieval Japan, and it'd be interesting to see a resurgence. Being paper, it should be fabulously lightweight; I wonder how it stacks up against ballistic impacts...
Atheists (at least most) are scientifically minded, and thus, they don't tend to deny the possibility outright. In the manner of good scientists, they just feel that an overwhelming majority of the evidence presented seems to suggest that there is no god/God/gods. This does not mean that we would be unwilling to change our beliefs if new evidence presented itself. If god/God suddenly appeared in front of an atheist and started performing miracles right and left (and it were fairly clear that this was not an instance of hallucination), that atheist would probably reconsider his views. There is no certainty in science; it's simply about modeling and understanding the world to the best of one's ability with what information you have at the current time.
Next time I have a few spare computers laying around, I'm going to have to try it... It sure beats the aquarium screensaver... :-)
Virus tank! http://www.xkcd.com/350/
But how would you possibly enforce that? Once my computer has queried a DNS, it still communicates with a particular IP. How could you possibly distinguish between an IP that was looked up on a DNS and just an IP?
The cake is a lie.
So, you're saying that you're not "dumbish," you're just DUMB!
For what it's worth, I've never had a single crash with Firefox 2 on my Linux box (Fedora Core 8 x86_64). I haven't upgraded to Firefox 3 yet, though.
I seem to be doing this a lot lately, but...
Obligatory Ctrl-Alt-Del:
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20070428
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060419
You mean like this?
I do, thanks, since I live in the US, where it doesn't matter if you're downloading, uploading, previewing the CD or living in a cardboard box with no computer access. (Exaggerating slightly) Since anything I do seems to be illegal, I might as well be useful doing it...
Yes, but the fear is not that it will be used to give BT lower priority (which would rarely have much effect). The fear is that it will be used to block P2P outright. Or at least try; bittorrent will start to look more and more like "legitimate" internet usage with time. ISPs should just face the fact that they are on the reactionary side here; P2P will always have some new development that lets them bypass the latest blocking mechanisms, simply because it's much easier to break a defense than to defend against a future attack, the nature of which is uncertain.
This makes me glad I was homeschooled. How long before all schoolchildren have one that monitors them and complains if they aren't doing their homework?
http://polishlinux.org/apps/ssh-tunneling-to-bypass-corporate-firewalls/
You anonymous coward!
I would agree. I'm even fine with something like CoD4, where who you are changes, because at any given time, you are who you are. You may control different people, but you are never the detached, omniscient observer of 3rd person narratives. Plus, I think there was something incredibly cool about the fact that you get to die in the first person in CoD4.