I might as well ask my physics question here. How is it that light has momentum when it has no mass?
It has energy, and energy is equivalent to mass according to this formula: e=mc**2. Some guy named Al figured it out at the beginning of the 20th century. He became quite famous.
spent coffee grounds can potentially add 340 million gallons of biodiesel to the world's fuel supply
Approximately 2 gallons per car in the USA, or one gallon per American, or 1 liter per "first world" citizen (N.America, Europe, Japan and a few others)
Here's a solution in 14 lines of APL. I'm pretty sure they could've made it shorter, but readability would've been even worse. APL has been called a "write-only language".
A spell checker can be your best friend, but sometimes your friends will betray you.
A power chord is a note plus the note a fifth above, usually played on electric guitar.
A power cord is a cord or cable that temporarily connects an electrical appliance to the distribution circuits of an electrical power source via a wall socket or extension cord.
The goal is for people to have a standard way to communicate, not to pick a standard tool.
Standardize on a multiplatform protocol (MSN, Yahoo, whatever) then pick a "best of breed client" for each platform (windoze, mac, linux, etc.)
Do not force people on different platforms to use the same application. You'll be fitting them to a Procrustean bed.
The hungry and cold unemployed masses aren't going to continue giving away their intellectual labor on the Internet in the speculative hope that they might get some "back end" revenue
They never did. These people don't get it. No doubt they also believe that artists will stop creating art if they are not well paid...
Physicians and biologists say "viruses", but some geeks insist on using "virii" instead of "viruses". It probably started as a joke, but many geeks now believe that it is the correct word. My opinion is that they probably have a limited vocabulary outside the world of computers.
Five years ago, back in 2003, the University of Calgary offered a similar course. I wonder if we'll see the same reactions and tired old positions as last time.
But your chances of surviving the collision in the SUV are enhanced at the expense of a greater chance of death to occupants in the other vehicle
You're half right. Your odds of dying do not change, but you are more likely to kill the occupants of a smaller vehicle. You might feel safer in an SUV, but it's an illusion. Also, because of the SUV's poor handling, you are more likely to crash in the first place.
This just in: dimmer switches simulate a range of brightnesses from on to off by "temporal dithering" of the electric current supplying the bulb.... that is, they send longer or shorter pulses of electricity, which correspond to more or less light. These pulses "smoothed out" to some extent by the lightbulb itself, but any remaining flicker is smoothed out by the human eye.
From 2001 to 2005, CIBC, a large Canadian bank sent faxes containing customers' fund transfer requests to a West Virginia scrapyard. The faxes didn't stop until the bank was publicly embarrased in the national media.
hmmm... on reflection, I think that it probably wouldn't work. The cleaning happens on exposure to sunlight and the beads are put "where the sun don't shine"
Apple has a $1000 desktop and it is built with some laptop components. Not many laptops have a 3.5 inch hard drive. Very few $1000 laptops have a 20" monitor.
What are we going to do for dimmer switches with compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs? I have several dimmer switches in my home, they adjust the brighteness, rather than just switching the lights on or off. How do you accomplish that with CF bulbs?
Gigabit NAS is nice, as long as you've got the money to pay for it, and also have gigabit network hardware (which most people at home don't these days..
All Macs and all apple networking gear have had gigabit ethernet for several years now, so while it's true that most people don't the hardware, it's also true that most Mac owners do.
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No. Light has energy, which is equivalent, but not the same thing
It has energy, and energy is equivalent to mass according to this formula: e=mc**2. Some guy named Al figured it out at the beginning of the 20th century. He became quite famous.
Approximately 2 gallons per car in the USA, or one gallon per American, or 1 liter per "first world" citizen (N.America, Europe, Japan and a few others)
Execution? Do you mean execution of the program or the execution of Ken Iverson? You're too late for the latter... he died in 1984, at the age of 83.
Here's a solution in 14 lines of APL. I'm pretty sure they could've made it shorter, but readability would've been even worse. APL has been called a "write-only language".
The goal is for people to have a standard way to communicate, not to pick a standard tool. Standardize on a multiplatform protocol (MSN, Yahoo, whatever) then pick a "best of breed client" for each platform (windoze, mac, linux, etc.)
Do not force people on different platforms to use the same application. You'll be fitting them to a Procrustean bed.
They never did. These people don't get it. No doubt they also believe that artists will stop creating art if they are not well paid...
That would be a POSTgraduate degree
Nah. He's just recognized that one partner is much better than none at all.
In the English language, the plural of virus is viruses.
Physicians and biologists say "viruses", but some geeks insist on using "virii" instead of "viruses". It probably started as a joke, but many geeks now believe that it is the correct word. My opinion is that they probably have a limited vocabulary outside the world of computers.
Five years ago, back in 2003, the University of Calgary offered a similar course. I wonder if we'll see the same reactions and tired old positions as last time.
Back in 2002 Cringley found a solution to this very problem
This just in: dimmer switches simulate a range of brightnesses from on to off by "temporal dithering" of the electric current supplying the bulb.... that is, they send longer or shorter pulses of electricity, which correspond to more or less light. These pulses "smoothed out" to some extent by the lightbulb itself, but any remaining flicker is smoothed out by the human eye.
From 2001 to 2005, CIBC, a large Canadian bank sent faxes containing customers' fund transfer requests to a West Virginia scrapyard. The faxes didn't stop until the bank was publicly embarrased in the national media.
hmmm... on reflection, I think that it probably wouldn't work. The cleaning happens on exposure to sunlight and the beads are put "where the sun don't shine"
OK. So it's safe on the skin, but what's the chance of inhaling or swallowing this stuff? What are the effects if it's taken internally?
Apple has a $1000 desktop and it is built with some laptop components. Not many laptops have a 3.5 inch hard drive. Very few $1000 laptops have a 20" monitor.
What are we going to do for dimmer switches with compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs? I have several dimmer switches in my home, they adjust the brighteness, rather than just switching the lights on or off. How do you accomplish that with CF bulbs?
Clearly, while Jim Prentice has talked to "many CEOs", about proposed changes to Canada's copyright law, he forgot to consult Ted Rogers
Does Rogers lose common carrier status if they try this?
All Macs and all apple networking gear have had gigabit ethernet for several years now, so while it's true that most people don't the hardware, it's also true that most Mac owners do.