REDMOND, WA--Microsoft head Bill Gates, already considered by many to be among the most powerful men in the world, further increased his powers Monday, augmenting several of his key statistics to near-immortal levels.
I've thought for a long time that the only way to properly present Dune on the big screen, and be 100% true to the details of the book, was to make it into an epic Anime. Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind was strongly influenced by Dune -- for instance, the Ohmu fill the role of the Sandworms. I've heard that Nausicaa herself supposedly was created in part around the question of "How would the Kwisatz Haderach be different, had it been born a woman?"
Quick question: Any translators on Slashdot (unfortunately, I can speak but not write Chinese) that could interpret some of the English literature out there? I'm wondering how much awareness the Chinese public has about the sort of information you find at Groklaw and such.
Their democratic revolution followed the US lead, and even went so far as to execute their tyrant, not just kick him out. They executed a lot of other people as well, in the spectacular bloodbath that was the French Revolution. The chemist Lavosier is a good example -- when his scientific worked was offered as a defense during the trial, the judge commented, "The Republic needs neither scientists nor chemists; the trial can not be restrained."
The guy who runs donotreply.com is Chet Faliszek, one half of the "Chet and Erik" who ran the gaming humor site Old Man Murray and then went on to write the dialogue for Portal.
Incidentally, they never did send me a prize for winning that CrateMaster contest. Bastards! Let me contact our legal department. We'll have Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire.
For example, the FCC shortened the amount of time that the winners would have to build their networks. "All that did was prevent small businesses from coming in. They were scared of the build-out requirements," he said." It probably also prevents speculators with no intention of building a network from camping on bandwidth in hopes of flipping it for a profit.
Don't say "you're as dense as a Pomeranian" when "as a dog" will do. In all fairness, I'd like to point out the overall density of Pomeranians is pretty low, as they are mostly comprised of Foof, with only a small core of actual Dog.
the most powerful and energy efficient fan of its size. "Of its size" is the important part. From what I can tell, it's not that the device is so much more efficient that rotary fans in general, but that rotary fans do not scale down in size -- if you look at a 25mm PC cooling fans, the motor hub takes up most of the tiny cross-section available, leaving little stubby fins that manage to move only a pittance despite whining at high RPMs.
Yeah, that 0.1% that it backfires on, that's not enough people to really care about now is it? A few nice bribes to the FDA and no problems, right? The medical community would be absolutely thrilled at a "0.1%" rate. Remember to compare with the mortality and quality-of-life of untreated and conventionally treated brain tumors.
Oh, and FDA inspectors (at least the rank-and-file that I've encountered) are known for being very scrupulous -- they follow an strict inspection procedure that is openly published for examination, and are not allowed to accept even a cheap lunch.
Like most/. comments, the above adds nothing to the conversation, fails to inform, enlighten or educate. It also improperly uses a semi-colon. I would consider this an improvement over the improper use of a colon, which is also quite common on Slashdot (and involves JPGs).
I'm curious if the material material still works in wet or humid conditions. Since water forms a strong hydrogen bond, I'm wondering if having H2O present in the interface of two pieces will "cap" the polymer's bonds and slow or disrupt the self-repair.
In addition, I'm also wondering how permeable the material is to water or water vapor, and if there is any swelling when exposed.
I see the process uses Synthesis Gas (Syngas) as an intermediate, which is has long been produced on a bulk scale for industrial use (so it has been fairly well optimized for cost-efficiency) -- mostly from either coal or municipal waste. While various eco-friendly sources may make for good press and grant money, I would expect any widescale adoption of this technology to eventually migrate to the cheapest available syngas source.
Since Syngas production is a fairly mature technology, whether or not this becomes economically feasible will depend on the efficiency of their bacterial fermentation -- if the value of the EtOH produced is less than that of the syngas feedstock, then there's really no point in making the conversion.
I'm afraid the answer varies depending on if they were African or European Eagles -- in particular, due to their relative airspeeds when carrying coconuts as decoys (lunches, not albums, of course). A sensible precaution on their part, considering their predator's excellent eyesight and ability to gain flying for 0 mana and -1/-0 until end of turn.
Caveman Ogg take food from Old Woman because Old Woman Weaker, Ogg Stronger! Caveman Ogg cheat Bearskin from Ugg while hunting because Ugg Dumber, Ogg Smarter! Against Tribal rule, but not against Ogg rule because Ogg Stronger and Smarter!!!
But Ogg get sick from food. Ogg think Old Lady sneak in purple mushrooms. Ogg think Tribe need rule against purple mushrooms! Caveman Thugg take Ogg's favorite club and hit Ogg head while Ogg sick and weak! Ogg think Tribe need rule against taking Ogg favorite club and hitting Ogg head!!!
Upon reading the description of "Killing Star", my first thought was immediately that it sounded rather like Charles Pellegrino's "Flying to Valhalla". Then I saw the author's names on Killing Star -- yup, same guy is co-author.
Bought a shrinkwrapped All-In-Wonder video card at one of those big-box stores, opened it up, and found an ancient ATI card from years ago inside. Either they re-wrapped a returned card and sold it as new (not legal), or there was an inside job by an employee.
Fortunately for me, the manager let me return it (I had never returned anything I bought from them before, so maybe that helped). Nowadays, whenever I go shopping for computer parts (or small-and-pricey things in general), if the box doesn't have a transparent window or some sort of manufacturer's seal (beyond shrinkwrap, which is too easy to re-do), then as soon as I pass the checkout counter, I tell the cashier that I'm going to take a peek inside. I step back a little so I don't block the next customer, and I open the box right there before exiting the store.
Actually, my dentist told me what she had to go though to get her daughters computer reactivated, it doesn't just take a few minutes. Yeah, and this testimony about Vista is from someone who *knows* about how to inflict pain!
Take a look at any of the huge number of Japanese Galgames, where the focus is on the story and the emotions. Indeed, taken to their extreme, they turn into visual novels like Kanon where the gameplay is reduced to making a few choices, or something like Planetarian, where it is essentially absent.
after careful consideration I've come to the conclusion that your new defence system sucks. But... But... it features Lotus Notes and a Machine Gun! It is the finest available!
I don't see how this is biotech.
This nanostructured technique is quite bio-mimetic, as the technique directly comes from study of Mother-of-pearl's microscopic structure. It has been studied for quite some time (this is not the first synthetic analogue created by materials scientists, there have been quite a few previous others), for its ability to take a brittle material (Calcium Carbonate -- Chalk) and increase its strength manyfold.
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Bill Gates Grants Self 18 Dexterity, 20 Charisma
REDMOND, WA--Microsoft head Bill Gates, already considered by many to be among the most powerful men in the world, further increased his powers Monday, augmenting several of his key statistics to near-immortal levels.
Quick question: Any translators on Slashdot (unfortunately, I can speak but not write Chinese) that could interpret some of the English literature out there? I'm wondering how much awareness the Chinese public has about the sort of information you find at Groklaw and such.
Incidentally, they never did send me a prize for winning that CrateMaster contest. Bastards! Let me contact our legal department. We'll have Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire.
Oh, and FDA inspectors (at least the rank-and-file that I've encountered) are known for being very scrupulous -- they follow an strict inspection procedure that is openly published for examination, and are not allowed to accept even a cheap lunch.
I'm curious if the material material still works in wet or humid conditions. Since water forms a strong hydrogen bond, I'm wondering if having H2O present in the interface of two pieces will "cap" the polymer's bonds and slow or disrupt the self-repair.
In addition, I'm also wondering how permeable the material is to water or water vapor, and if there is any swelling when exposed.
I see the process uses Synthesis Gas (Syngas) as an intermediate, which is has long been produced on a bulk scale for industrial use (so it has been fairly well optimized for cost-efficiency) -- mostly from either coal or municipal waste. While various eco-friendly sources may make for good press and grant money, I would expect any widescale adoption of this technology to eventually migrate to the cheapest available syngas source.
Since Syngas production is a fairly mature technology, whether or not this becomes economically feasible will depend on the efficiency of their bacterial fermentation -- if the value of the EtOH produced is less than that of the syngas feedstock, then there's really no point in making the conversion.
I just look at the code and see, "Blonde, Brunette, Redhead..."
I'm afraid the answer varies depending on if they were African or European Eagles -- in particular, due to their relative airspeeds when carrying coconuts as decoys (lunches, not albums, of course). A sensible precaution on their part, considering their predator's excellent eyesight and ability to gain flying for 0 mana and -1/-0 until end of turn.
Caveman Ogg take food from Old Woman because Old Woman Weaker, Ogg Stronger! Caveman Ogg cheat Bearskin from Ugg while hunting because Ugg Dumber, Ogg Smarter! Against Tribal rule, but not against Ogg rule because Ogg Stronger and Smarter!!!
But Ogg get sick from food. Ogg think Old Lady sneak in purple mushrooms. Ogg think Tribe need rule against purple mushrooms! Caveman Thugg take Ogg's favorite club and hit Ogg head while Ogg sick and weak! Ogg think Tribe need rule against taking Ogg favorite club and hitting Ogg head!!!
Upon reading the description of "Killing Star", my first thought was immediately that it sounded rather like Charles Pellegrino's "Flying to Valhalla". Then I saw the author's names on Killing Star -- yup, same guy is co-author.
M: "deadpalestinianterroristsayswhat"
PT:"What?" KA-BOOM! Pang Chuan dies under this tree.
Bought a shrinkwrapped All-In-Wonder video card at one of those big-box stores, opened it up, and found an ancient ATI card from years ago inside. Either they re-wrapped a returned card and sold it as new (not legal), or there was an inside job by an employee.
Fortunately for me, the manager let me return it (I had never returned anything I bought from them before, so maybe that helped). Nowadays, whenever I go shopping for computer parts (or small-and-pricey things in general), if the box doesn't have a transparent window or some sort of manufacturer's seal (beyond shrinkwrap, which is too easy to re-do), then as soon as I pass the checkout counter, I tell the cashier that I'm going to take a peek inside. I step back a little so I don't block the next customer, and I open the box right there before exiting the store.
"The man makes a good point." -- how the heck does a simple me-too comment like this get modded up? I find this rather upsetting, somehow.
Take a look at any of the huge number of Japanese Galgames, where the focus is on the story and the emotions. Indeed, taken to their extreme, they turn into visual novels like Kanon where the gameplay is reduced to making a few choices, or something like Planetarian, where it is essentially absent.