While the distinction between a planet and brown dwarf is not clear, especially with the discoveries of a number of planets that are 10 Jupiter masses or more, one thing hasn't changed. A body must be about 75 times as massive as Jupiter for a star to be born. Planets of the size described in the article are not unexpected, nor are they uncommon.
The astronomers in the article are excited from the fact that current theories of planetary (and stellar) formation are obviously lacking and need to be modified.
Did you even read the article? The park open to the public, and the monolith is on an island some 50 yards offshore. Park officials have already stated that they will not remove the monolith, and no one has to disrupt the bird sanctuary to go see it.
Hogwash. The on-air broadcasters are streaming you a perfectly good, analog copy of the music that you can retain and play back at your leisure. You could even make an MP3 of it.
What's the difference? Careful here... don't say the digital version is a perfect copy. MP3 compression is lossy. It is not a perfect copy. Neither is the analog broadcast.
It ultimately comes down to money. The RIAA sees a chance to make a few dollars, and jumps on it. Too bad most people in power don't understand the technology. They just believe whatever is spoonfed to them.
Is anybody on Slashdot really prepared to take
the position that mechanical devices -- particularly 40 year-old mechanical devices -- can do everything automatically and never need human intervention?
Well, there's the problem. Those machines you are talking about are the state-approved way of counting said ballots. BOTH sides knew how the elections would be conducted, and yet no one said anything until the results were so close that they fell within the margin of error for the mechanical counters. No matter how unfair you think it is, the election was conducted according to the law, counted according to the law, and certified according to the law. If Gore doesn't like it, he should stop being a child, concede the election and work to change the outdated system.
So we counted some of the votes, and we didn't know who won, and then we counted some of them again, and didn't know who won, and then in two counties we counted all of the votes.
And apart from those two counties, we still don't know who won. And we won't until we count all the votes.
We will never have an accurate count. How else do you explain that after they were done with the hand recount, there was a pile of chads lying on the floor? No, human counting brings even more possiblility for human error and human corruption.
You argument sounds suspiciously like the one from the Gore camp... "recount until we get the result we like".
For the record, I would rather not see either of the Republicrats in the oval office; I voted for Harry Browne.
You think they are actually going to be able to collect the money from whatever 12 year old that made the bid? Nope. Bidding by 12 year olds is against ebay policy, so either the bids would be disallowed, or since a minor can't enter into contracts anyway...
but I doubt many will actually receive their money. I have tried selling consoles and console related items on ebay and found that many of the bidders for them don't follow through, for whatever reason. Some actually bid for the same item in 10 or so auctions, then just pay the lowest (or first) winning bid. I have a feeling that's because many of the bidders have the mentality of the console market... 12 year olds.
BTW, many of the PS2 autions of $500+ are being bid by the same person... "cillbosby". Just food for the conspiracy theorists.
Well, perhaps you haven't truly experienced the advantages of freedom to contrast with socialism. But, even so, I suggest you read an excellent book called "The Road to Serfdom", by F. Hayek. It may change your mind.
Of course, if you do read the last two paragraphs of the article, they mention that the "twisting" was the wake that the meteor left through the atmosphere, and the mangetic field trapped in the wake gererated very long radio waves. It did not mention sparking, just that the radio waves interacting with almost anything on the ground would produce sound.
I'm not up on my physics, so would someone who is care to explain this so called "electrophonic" effect?
Well, I hate to break it to you, but maybe you should take a look at this.
It seems AMD has been planning to release a 266MHz FSB processor in 2000 for a while (Note the slide is from Comdex in the Fall of '99). Now, whether or not this will actually happen is up for discussion.
Oh, and by the way, this preview was on Anand's web page on the 14th of this month... how do things slip through the cracks so often here?
Exactly what "crappy" products has Intel released? As far as I can remember, the fastest chip on the block is still the PIII 1.13 GHz.
Well, maybe you haven't been paying attention, but
Intel did recall the 1.13GHz parts, and it's still hard to find 1GHz parts on the market. Intel is scared, and they have every right to be.
Talk about a tortise and hare story... Intel relaxed in their advantage over everyone else, while AMD was busy catching up. Now the game is reversed and Intel has to prove it can keep up with AMD. How else can you explain the rushed to market 1.13GHz part?
Intel should be glad that IT managers still seem to find solace in an "Intel Inside" label.
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Actually, I'll make you a deal. You remember him the way you want to, and I will remember him the way I want to. Sound fair?
We each have our own memories of him, and his loss
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The astronomers in the article are excited from the fact that current theories of planetary (and stellar) formation are obviously lacking and need to be modified.
Did you even read the article? The park open to the public, and the monolith is on an island some 50 yards offshore. Park officials have already stated that they will not remove the monolith, and no one has to disrupt the bird sanctuary to go see it.
Well, they also didn't mention the practical limitations to transferring several GBs of data over the Internet...
What's the difference? Careful here... don't say the digital version is a perfect copy. MP3 compression is lossy. It is not a perfect copy. Neither is the analog broadcast.
It ultimately comes down to money. The RIAA sees a chance to make a few dollars, and jumps on it. Too bad most people in power don't understand the technology. They just believe whatever is spoonfed to them.
Well, there's the problem. Those machines you are talking about are the state-approved way of counting said ballots. BOTH sides knew how the elections would be conducted, and yet no one said anything until the results were so close that they fell within the margin of error for the mechanical counters. No matter how unfair you think it is, the election was conducted according to the law, counted according to the law, and certified according to the law. If Gore doesn't like it, he should stop being a child, concede the election and work to change the outdated system.
So we counted some of the votes, and we didn't know who won, and then we counted some of them again, and didn't know who won, and then in two counties we counted all of the votes.
And apart from those two counties, we still don't know who won. And we won't until we count all the votes.
We will never have an accurate count. How else do you explain that after they were done with the hand recount, there was a pile of chads lying on the floor? No, human counting brings even more possiblility for human error and human corruption. You argument sounds suspiciously like the one from the Gore camp... "recount until we get the result we like".
For the record, I would rather not see either of the Republicrats in the oval office; I voted for Harry Browne.
You think they are actually going to be able to collect the money from whatever 12 year old that made the bid? Nope. Bidding by 12 year olds is against ebay policy, so either the bids would be disallowed, or since a minor can't enter into contracts anyway...
BTW, many of the PS2 autions of $500+ are being bid by the same person... "cillbosby". Just food for the conspiracy theorists.
Well, perhaps you haven't truly experienced the advantages of freedom to contrast with socialism. But, even so, I suggest you read an excellent book called "The Road to Serfdom", by F. Hayek. It may change your mind.
I'm not up on my physics, so would someone who is care to explain this so called "electrophonic" effect?
It seems AMD has been planning to release a 266MHz FSB processor in 2000 for a while (Note the slide is from Comdex in the Fall of '99). Now, whether or not this will actually happen is up for discussion.
Oh, and by the way, this preview was on Anand's web page on the 14th of this month... how do things slip through the cracks so often here?
Intel should be glad that IT managers still seem to find solace in an "Intel Inside" label.
We each have our own memories of him, and his loss is a great one.
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LRP is a Linux based router that boots from a floppy. It now comes in many flavors, sure to meet your needs. I'm running it on a 486SX/25 that I picked up for $10. How's that for a cheap router?