Wish I had mod points... hillarious reference to "Who's Who" lists... (fwiw I was listed on a Who's Who list of some kind a long time ago... might've been something like Who's Who Among High School Students, or something along those lines)
The video clip you linked to wasn't too enlightening as to how the car supposedly runs on *water*, but as far as I can tell it was a bit misleading. The only time the man in the video mentions anything about how it works, he says "you take electricity and water", and through their magical electrolysis, you get HHO gas which is what I assume is burning for the torch and powering the car.
Therefore, there is no magic water->energy process happening, as far as I can tell. With the electricity requirement that the demo almost completely ignores, I doubt that this is any better than simply going 100% electric with the cars. And we all know that electricity *can* be even "dirtier" than running cars on 100% petroleum-based fuels.
The story page wouldn't load for me, so I'm responding without having RTFA unfortunately.
But what can they hope to obtain from the RAM? Isn't it considered volatile memory because it loses any data once power is lost? Am I missing something? Are there some remnants of the data previously stored in the RAM remain once power is lost?
At the sake of being modded redundant, I too would like to express my condolences. I also watched Mr. Wizard as a kid (born in '78) and I had to reply to parent's post because one of the episodes that I recall is the exact one you mentioned: the giant, two-story straw. I can honestly say that Mr. Wizard got me interested in the sciences, and I haven't looked back (got a M.Eng. degree).
The Courier-Journal is hardly a "no-name newspaper." In fact, it's #41 of the top 100 daily newspapers in the country. With a circulation of 218,796 daily and 266,594 on Sundays, it beats out others such as The Boston Herald and the Salt Lake Tribune.
I agree, it's hardly a no-name newspaper. However, I tend to be skeptical as to its reach beyond the city limits of Louisville, and that may be what the original poster was referring to. FWIW I've lived in Louisville for 11 years now.
First of all, let me say that I sympathize with those who'd like to see things like journal articles more freely available. I completed a thesis in computer engineering/science a couple of years ago and ended up with 30+ references, so I know what lengths one must go to in order to find what you're looking for.
But, my guess as to why access to said articles are so prohibitively expensive is because the authors want to get them published in established journals in order to reach a wider audience. In doing so, I would imagine that these journals require the authors to hand over some or all of the copyright. I would guess that the motive for making this sacrifice is so that the author's research/ideas get more attention/acceptance more quickly. Since the first priority of these "mainstream" journals are (seemingly) to make money, they require anyone who may want access to their articles to either purchase an out-of-print edition or purchase it in digital form on the web.
The obligatory disclaimer IANAPA (I Am Not A Published Author) applies, at least for scientific journals.
I'll never understand why people such as yourself feel it necessary to tell such blatent lies (that are so easily disproved)
...and I'll never understand how people think that telling another (albeit opposing) specific, personal experience "disproves" another's specific, personal experience. Saying your machine with setup X does Y does not disprove anything. It's the same post as the parent, just with opposite results. I don't see how your post, which comes off as nothing but flamebait, could be modded up either.
I'm not trying to come up with possible legal problems. The state of our legal system is a sham. It's sad and depressing how many frivilous lawsuits flood the US courts.
I was merely musing on the possible risks that the practical joke could bring upon him.
It is sad that I thought of it though... just goes to show how f****d up the legal system, and the culture surrounding it, has gotten here.
I'd doubt that the unauthorized user would have any legal recourse with regards to what they were getting from neighbor's router.
However, what I wonder, is if folks like Amazon.com or whoever's images were getting mangled (turned upside down) would have any legal recourse with regards to missrepresenting their website without permission.
Yeah, I agree. That's the first thing I thought when I read the summary: I rarely see search results that are actually meaningful after page 3.
It's also hard for me to believe that if one cannot find something that applies to what they're looking for within the first 30 results, then their search terms either need to be refined, or they need a new search engine, or it's just not out there.
Not everyone views the web as "read-only", so to speak. I use quite a few sites as tools that give me access to data or features provided by someone that I wouldn't normally have access to. Examples include bank sites and stock brokerage firm sites.
One additional response to your comment: how about providing insight as to the "more secure" alternatives to AJAX that provide the same functionality and fill the same niche rather than simply saying it "should die".
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I feel the same way about the commentary provided by folks regarding those aforementioned "twenty people" (that'd be you).
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Wish I had mod points... hillarious reference to "Who's Who" lists...
(fwiw I was listed on a Who's Who list of some kind a long time ago... might've been something like Who's Who Among High School Students, or something along those lines)
Yeah, really. Informative?
Someone REALLY missed your joke. It's a shame, too; it was a good one.
I had always heard that Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA was first...
Thanks for the clarification!
...and they've admitted to that.
At least PepsiCo and Nestle have...
Weird, I took it as meaning and so on, implying there's a discrete list...
Hillarious...
I'd give you all my mod points, if I had any and could do so.
Speaking of which, where did I put my mod points...
... and all these newbs with UID > 2^17 commenting on long UIDs
:-)
The video clip you linked to wasn't too enlightening as to how the car supposedly runs on *water*, but as far as I can tell it was a bit misleading. The only time the man in the video mentions anything about how it works, he says "you take electricity and water", and through their magical electrolysis, you get HHO gas which is what I assume is burning for the torch and powering the car.
Therefore, there is no magic water->energy process happening, as far as I can tell. With the electricity requirement that the demo almost completely ignores, I doubt that this is any better than simply going 100% electric with the cars. And we all know that electricity *can* be even "dirtier" than running cars on 100% petroleum-based fuels.
The story page wouldn't load for me, so I'm responding without having RTFA unfortunately.
But what can they hope to obtain from the RAM? Isn't it considered volatile memory because it loses any data once power is lost? Am I missing something? Are there some remnants of the data previously stored in the RAM remain once power is lost?
At the sake of being modded redundant, I too would like to express my condolences.
I also watched Mr. Wizard as a kid (born in '78) and I had to reply to parent's post because one of the episodes that I recall is the exact one you mentioned: the giant, two-story straw.
I can honestly say that Mr. Wizard got me interested in the sciences, and I haven't looked back (got a M.Eng. degree).
Thanks for everything Mr. Wizard, RIP.
First of all, let me say that I sympathize with those who'd like to see things like journal articles more freely available. I completed a thesis in computer engineering/science a couple of years ago and ended up with 30+ references, so I know what lengths one must go to in order to find what you're looking for.
But, my guess as to why access to said articles are so prohibitively expensive is because the authors want to get them published in established journals in order to reach a wider audience. In doing so, I would imagine that these journals require the authors to hand over some or all of the copyright. I would guess that the motive for making this sacrifice is so that the author's research/ideas get more attention/acceptance more quickly. Since the first priority of these "mainstream" journals are (seemingly) to make money, they require anyone who may want access to their articles to either purchase an out-of-print edition or purchase it in digital form on the web.
The obligatory disclaimer IANAPA (I Am Not A Published Author) applies, at least for scientific journals.
If the author had meant their copyrighted material to be freely available, they would have made it available.
What're you saying again?
...McAfee Inc.'s stock is... up ?
I'm not trying to come up with possible legal problems. The state of our legal system is a sham. It's sad and depressing how many frivilous lawsuits flood the US courts.
I was merely musing on the possible risks that the practical joke could bring upon him.
It is sad that I thought of it though... just goes to show how f****d up the legal system, and the culture surrounding it, has gotten here.
I'd doubt that the unauthorized user would have any legal recourse with regards to what they were getting from neighbor's router.
However, what I wonder, is if folks like Amazon.com or whoever's images were getting mangled (turned upside down) would have any legal recourse with regards to missrepresenting their website without permission.
Just a thought...
Yeah, I agree. That's the first thing I thought when I read the summary: I rarely see search results that are actually meaningful after page 3.
It's also hard for me to believe that if one cannot find something that applies to what they're looking for within the first 30 results, then their search terms either need to be refined, or they need a new search engine, or it's just not out there.
Not everyone views the web as "read-only", so to speak.
I use quite a few sites as tools that give me access to data or features provided by someone that I wouldn't normally have access to. Examples include bank sites and stock brokerage firm sites.
One additional response to your comment: how about providing insight as to the "more secure" alternatives to AJAX that provide the same functionality and fill the same niche rather than simply saying it "should die".
Try re-reading GP post...
I went to college for at most $183 a semester (12 to 14 hour load).
The $183 they mentioned was for a full-time (reason for mentioning 12-14 hour load) semester, total.
Very well put. If I currently had mod points, I'd mod you up.
(coming from someone who BELIEVES more in evolution than intelligent design)
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I feel the same way about the commentary provided by folks regarding those aforementioned "twenty people" (that'd be you).