Do any other manufacturers produce an equivalent to the 30" display?
If they're using commodity panels, you'd think someone would have come out with a competing model by now. I'm not aware of anything in that size (with that resolution).
I imagine it would be fairly trivial to modify this scheme to use a generated sound or audio clip instead of an image. People are probably not as good at distinguishing different sounds, but I'm sure the ability is more than adequate for this scenario.
"A more useful, but still not relavent, comparision would the most fuel efficient car and the most fuel efficient plane. Diesel hybrid cars get something like 80mpg... that is almost 4 times better than the most efficient plane."
If it is not relevant then why don't you suggest a relevant comparison and we can examine the facts.
"It does hold true despite your distortions and useless comparisons. It is a fact that for a given mass, it takes more energy to fy than to to roll. I don't see how you have disputed this."
If, as you suggest, my statements of fact are distortions and useless comparisons, then state your own, valid comparisons.
I do not dispute the relative energy required to fly vs. roll, if you read the OP, you can see that I responded to his statement that
"keeping a mass, such as an air car, airborne consumes more energy than a ground based rolling car"
That is a generalization and it is patently false as stated. It implies that anything that is airborne requires more energy than "a ground based rolling car".
"For what looks like the equivalent of an extremely tiny compact economy car. You sacrifice a lot by going airborne- you get SUV-like mileage with a cramped interior space.
"I'd like to see the mileage of one that's comparable to the ground-based vehicle it's replacing- typically used for four screaming kids and a load of groceries."
First of all, 30mpg is hardly SUV-like mileage. I think the DA40TDI has been reported to use as little as 3gph - at over 100mpg that's better than 33mpg.
The DA40 is not as small as it might appear; I've flown one and found it to be quite roomy compared with many other planes in its class.
Obviously, you're not going to find many planes with the cargo capacity of a Suburban. Keep in mind that these types of planes are used for transporting people, not soccer equipment, camping gear, etc.
That said, there are some fairly large aircraft, such as the Cessna Stationair - described as a "flying SUV" - that get around 13 gph, flying at about 130 mph, yielding about 10mpg. This is with a useful load of 1435 lbs. I think this still compares quite favorably to any land-based SUV. Also keep in mind that this is traveling at 128mph. I'd like to see what kind of mileage even a Honda Accord gets at those speeds.
Additionally, the Cessna Stationair has a 300hp gas (aviation fuel) powered engine. If a comparable plane was equipped with a diesel, the figures would be even more impressive.
"It's a physics based fact that keeping a mass, such as an air car, airborne consumes more energy than a ground based rolling car"
That would only be true for a given mass. There are diesel powered airplanes in production that get the equivalent of 20-30 mpg (US). Compare this to a Ford Excursion or Chevy Suburban and you will see that the airplane is actually more economical in fuel usage. It may well be more economical in total energy picture, factoring in manufacturing as well.
In addition, the DA40TDI runs on diesel. It is not currently certified to operate on biodiesel, but there is probably no technical reason it could not do so. (Yeah, yeah, the standard arguments against biodiesel like supposedly taking up all of our farmland to grow fuel, blah blah blah)
So your blanket statement does not hold up even with present technology.
I have *eight* Maxtor 160GB drives in a RAID5 array. If the drives were that bad, I would have had problems. Statistically, one is more likely to encounter a drive failure when there are more of them that could fail at any given time.
Mind you, I'm using these by *choice*. I also use the Cheetah 15K for non-bulk storage. They both have their uses, but I've found it difficult to beat the Maxtors for cost and reliability.
'"spelt", "learnt", "earnt", "burnt" and quite a few others are not only acceptable, but often taught (not teached) as the only way outside of the USA.'
I will concede that it is a 'legitimate' spelling according to dictionary.com, but I am not alone in considering the usage of 'spelt' inferior to 'spelled.' Of course, it is a contentious issue - 10 vs. 8.
From the BBS (outside of the USA, naturally) h2g2 guide:
Please use the word spelled rather than spelt. There was a long-running discussion about it and 'spelled' won 10 votes to 8. Besides, loads of people thought that 'spelt' was a type of wheat. Schpelled and spellted were among the other suggestions. But no, you can't use them.
Just great. This usually just ends up screwing over those of us who *want* to contract. I've been doing it for a while and get a fair price for my services, but I and many others end up suffering under policies designed to prevent these types of lawsuits. E.g. - Many companies now have a maximum period of time that you can contract before they must terminate your contract. This means that you basically need to get laid off every six (or nine or twelve) months and take a three month break (or more) before you can work for them again. This happened after the Microsoft lawsuit.
I sympathize with the plight of some of those other contractors, but the bottom line is that you need to negotiate your pay rate, and it should be in excess of what an equiavalent employee would make in order to mitigate your additional risk, lack of benefits, lack of stock options, and time out of work. When you consider these factors, it becomes apparent why contract rates are from 50-100% higher than an equivalent salary position.
If you've done a poor job negotiating your contract terms, blame yourself or your contracting agency, not the company for which you work.
Average spelling and grammar abilities should be high enough that someone can quickly spew something out, and be relatively certain that it makes sense, and is
spelt right _without_ the use of spell checkers or anything more than a quick read through.
...<sigh>...
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I can't afford to reboot my box to try the LiveCD because I'm currently running a computation.
Perhaps time for some groups to think about forking the kernel and having the forked maintainer dictators actually *care* about userland?
Naturally, anyone can fork the kernel, but really, what would be accomplished by this other than fragmenting development, assuming that you could even get much developer support for such a fork.
How would userspace applications be helped by forking the kernel? I can't think of anything obviously missing from current kernel builds, but please state what is absent, if anything. Even if it is the case that some functionality is missing, how would creating a fork be more efficient than simply submitting the patches to accomplish that?
Finally, userspace standards really don't need to be present at the kernel level. They're almost exclusively the domain of the toolkits and display / window managers in the current system. One of the best features of linux is its flexibility. I'd rather reinstall just X.org or Gnome than have to recompile my kernel and take down my system just because someone improved the clipboard implementation.
"We found that 20 percent of Internet users believe that some of the larger dating services do background checks when in fact they do not. We believe there's a false sense of security out there that needs to be corrected through disclosure."
In other news, 20% of internet users believe that clicking on Bonzi Buddy could win them a prize.
The point is not that one may be requested to show ID. There's not necessarily anything unusual about such a requirement. The issue at stake is that if there is such a law, then it should be stated explicitly as such, and available for public viewing. Is is unreasonable to expect citizens to comply with secret laws.
Okay...You're *totally* missing the point. In fact, you're arguing my point.
What part of this don't you understand? If you have to ask...The answer is no. This does not imply the converse
You always have to, unless you want to risk being jailed for sexual harassment, like it happened before to men being that arrogant.
1. You're taking the comment *way* too seriously
2. It has nothing to do with arrogance, but perhaps *ignorance*. I reiterate...If you can't tell...She's not.
3. Sexual harassment is something entirely different. I don't think it's a good idea to just approach anyone out of the blue and suggest the commencement of sexual relations. Again...If you have to ask...The answer is no. This does not imply the converse, a point perhaps lost on you.
"Why don't they invent one even more useful to:
* Detect when women are horny
* Detect when a woman has had enough to drink and will sleep with almost anyone
* Detect when a woman has just broken up with a boy friend, and wants to 'show him' by sleeping with another man..
* Warn you when YOU are drunk and hitting on the boss's wife at a party
* One that shows she's gonna sleep with you, and not just leeching drinks off you at the bar"
Answers:
1. If you have to ask, she isn't
2. If you need a ring for this, it won't be with you, anyway.
3. See #2
4. If you don't know if you're hitting on a woman or not, the answers to 1-3,5 shouldn't surprise you.
5. She's not going to sleep with you, and yes, she is just leeching drinks off of you.
Like if a bunch of mechanics openned a garage after work and fixed cars for free, wouldn't that hurt the income of the mechanics who are open for business in their off-shift?
I don't think your analogy is very good. A better analogy might be a bunch of mechanics that decided to make cars after work and give them away for no other reason than that they enjoyed making cars with better performance than those available from industry. Yes, the car dealers might lose some sales, but some people will prefer to go to a dealer to get the after sales support. It will do little harm, and would probably help other mechanies, gas stations, tire retailers, paint shops, car accessory shops, etc.
Will all car dealers go out of business? No, at least, not in any short term. Some people will want cars that are too specialized or just not made by the guys doing it for free - station wagons, minivans, buses, pickup trucks.
Plus, car manufacturers are free to use the technology developed, as long as they don't try to lock up the what they received for free.
An imperfect analogy, I know, but continuing on your line of 'cars' & 'mechanics'
It is official -- Netcraft confirms: intelligent life is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered intelligent life community when IDC confirmed that intelligent life planetary share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all systems. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that intelligent life has lost more planetary share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. intelligent life is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [popularplanetsmag.com] in the recent comprehensive planetary survey.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict intelligent life's future. The hand writing is on the wall: intelligent life faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for intelligent life because intelligent life is dying. Things are looking very bad for intelligent life. As many of us are already aware, intelligent life continues to lose planetary share. The wave of red giant suns flows like a river of blood.
Humankind is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core population. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time humans only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Humankind is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
All major surveys show that intelligent life has steadily declined in planetary share. Intelligent life is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. Intelligent life continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, intelligent life is dead.
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Do any other manufacturers produce an equivalent to the 30" display?
If they're using commodity panels, you'd think someone would have come out with a competing model by now. I'm not aware of anything in that size (with that resolution).
I'd love to find a cheaper 2560x1600 display...
I imagine it would be fairly trivial to modify this scheme to use a generated sound or audio clip instead of an image. People are probably not as good at distinguishing different sounds, but I'm sure the ability is more than adequate for this scenario.
First of all, 30mpg is hardly SUV-like mileage. I think the DA40TDI has been reported to use as little as 3gph - at over 100mpg that's better than 33mpg.
The DA40 is not as small as it might appear; I've flown one and found it to be quite roomy compared with many other planes in its class.
Obviously, you're not going to find many planes with the cargo capacity of a Suburban. Keep in mind that these types of planes are used for transporting people, not soccer equipment, camping gear, etc.
That said, there are some fairly large aircraft, such as the Cessna Stationair - described as a "flying SUV" - that get around 13 gph, flying at about 130 mph, yielding about 10mpg. This is with a useful load of 1435 lbs. I think this still compares quite favorably to any land-based SUV. Also keep in mind that this is traveling at 128mph. I'd like to see what kind of mileage even a Honda Accord gets at those speeds.
Additionally, the Cessna Stationair has a 300hp gas (aviation fuel) powered engine. If a comparable plane was equipped with a diesel, the figures would be even more impressive.
That would only be true for a given mass. There are diesel powered airplanes in production that get the equivalent of 20-30 mpg (US). Compare this to a Ford Excursion or Chevy Suburban and you will see that the airplane is actually more economical in fuel usage. It may well be more economical in total energy picture, factoring in manufacturing as well.
In addition, the DA40TDI runs on diesel. It is not currently certified to operate on biodiesel, but there is probably no technical reason it could not do so. (Yeah, yeah, the standard arguments against biodiesel like supposedly taking up all of our farmland to grow fuel, blah blah blah)
So your blanket statement does not hold up even with present technology.
I have *eight* Maxtor 160GB drives in a RAID5 array. If the drives were that bad, I would have had problems. Statistically, one is more likely to encounter a drive failure when there are more of them that could fail at any given time.
Mind you, I'm using these by *choice*. I also use the Cheetah 15K for non-bulk storage. They both have their uses, but I've found it difficult to beat the Maxtors for cost and reliability.
Just great. This usually just ends up screwing over those of us who *want* to contract. I've been doing it for a while and get a fair price for my services, but I and many others end up suffering under policies designed to prevent these types of lawsuits. E.g. - Many companies now have a maximum period of time that you can contract before they must terminate your contract. This means that you basically need to get laid off every six (or nine or twelve) months and take a three month break (or more) before you can work for them again. This happened after the Microsoft lawsuit.
I sympathize with the plight of some of those other contractors, but the bottom line is that you need to negotiate your pay rate, and it should be in excess of what an equiavalent employee would make in order to mitigate your additional risk, lack of benefits, lack of stock options, and time out of work. When you consider these factors, it becomes apparent why contract rates are from 50-100% higher than an equivalent salary position.
If you've done a poor job negotiating your contract terms, blame yourself or your contracting agency, not the company for which you work.
You could probably boot it from withinQEMU
Naturally, anyone can fork the kernel, but really, what would be accomplished by this other than fragmenting development, assuming that you could even get much developer support for such a fork.
How would userspace applications be helped by forking the kernel? I can't think of anything obviously missing from current kernel builds, but please state what is absent, if anything. Even if it is the case that some functionality is missing, how would creating a fork be more efficient than simply submitting the patches to accomplish that?
Finally, userspace standards really don't need to be present at the kernel level. They're almost exclusively the domain of the toolkits and display / window managers in the current system. One of the best features of linux is its flexibility. I'd rather reinstall just X.org or Gnome than have to recompile my kernel and take down my system just because someone improved the clipboard implementation.
The point is not that one may be requested to show ID. There's not necessarily anything unusual about such a requirement. The issue at stake is that if there is such a law, then it should be stated explicitly as such, and available for public viewing. Is is unreasonable to expect citizens to comply with secret laws.
WTF?
I thought it was a feeder for a linux-based cat
It's become clear to me that I cannot overcome your lack of comprehension of the original post. Don't both replying.
Okay...You're *totally* missing the point. In fact, you're arguing my point. What part of this don't you understand?
If you have to ask...The answer is no. This does not imply the converse
I'm studying nuclear science
I love my classes
I have a crazy teacher - he wears dark glasses.
Things are going great
And they're only getting better.
[oblig. 80's music ref]
1. You're taking the comment *way* too seriously
2. It has nothing to do with arrogance, but perhaps *ignorance*. I reiterate...If you can't tell...She's not.
3. Sexual harassment is something entirely different. I don't think it's a good idea to just approach anyone out of the blue and suggest the commencement of sexual relations. Again...If you have to ask...The answer is no. This does not imply the converse, a point perhaps lost on you.
It is official -- Netcraft confirms: intelligent life is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered intelligent life community when IDC confirmed that intelligent life planetary share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all systems. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that intelligent life has lost more planetary share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. intelligent life is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last [popularplanetsmag.com] in the recent comprehensive planetary survey.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict intelligent life's future. The hand writing is on the wall: intelligent life faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for intelligent life because intelligent life is dying. Things are looking very bad for intelligent life. As many of us are already aware, intelligent life continues to lose planetary share. The wave of red giant suns flows like a river of blood.
Humankind is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core population. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time humans only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Humankind is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
All major surveys show that intelligent life has steadily declined in planetary share. Intelligent life is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. Intelligent life continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, intelligent life is dead.
Fact: intelligent life is dying