This is something we don't hear about very much. I was deeply distrubed when the news and government started to only report U.S. fatalities. Every other report of war I'd ever heard talked about casualties, as in soldiers taken out of combat by death or injury. It sounded very suspicious -- the numbers sounded fairly low (at the time) relative to other conflicts, but all I knew about other conflicts were casualties, which are always several times higher than the number outright killed. Yet those numbers weren't being mentioned, making it sound like a deliberate attempt to hide the larger and thus more depressing number.
This is no different to road death statistics. If road toll statistics included the number of people seriously injured as well as the fatalities, it would probably give drivers a much needed wake-up call (but not enough to stop them driving like dickheads.)
The only "questionable" part is this mystery semiconductor that conducts electrons a lot better than it conducts heat.
Their patent on the solid state energy converter mentions that they have been experimenting with indium antimonide (InSb).
They also hold a patent for a way to make N-type semiconducting diamond, which may hint to where they're heading with this (or not.)
If anything, the existence of vestigial structures make intelligence design/creationists look stupid. Why would an intelligence designer create a structure that serves no purpose, (though the same structure exists in other "lower" animals that the organism and the animal both likely evolved from a common ancestor)?
Obligatory "Time Bandits" quote:
Evil Genius: God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
Define "on fire". For example, white dwarves that orbit a star (e.g. Type Ia supernova progenitors) are hot, but not "on fire" ("burning" nuclear fuel); are they "planets"?
Why does the onboard computer need to know the date? To send greeting cards on the astronauts' birthdays? Does a date even make sense when you orbit the Earth several times each day?
What are the chances of this being, at least in part, due to North Korea trying to sow disunity and chaos amongst the South?
For some reason, the mental image of Kim Jong-Il yelling across the DMZ: "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!" seems rather appropriate.
The real question for Americans (and Australians, for that matter) is: What are you going to do about it at the next election? Wring your hands and say "Oh my", or send them a message at the ballot box?
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson.
This is of course assuming I actually want all of the songs on a given CD, which is rarely the case.
It depends on the kind of music you listen to, I guess.
The bands I usually listen to produce albums - a musical work than means something as a whole, not just a collection of singles. I refuse to buy music track-by-track and I want to choose how to rip it to my media player: fixed vs. variable bit rate, MP3 vs. AAC etc. Ergo, I buy CDs.
I use on-line music sources to determine which bands are worth buying, which unfortunately isn't many these days. It seems to be very black and white: a band either has one or two reasonable tracks but the rest is rubbish, or their entire discography is excellent - there's very little in between.
If EMI are proposing to include music videos on the CDs, fine. Don't waste my time with pre-ripped tracks or rootkits, though.
The only sane thing you could do is get out your favourite paint program (not score program, they probably copyright the output of it) and draw your own score
No it isn't. Having the capability to access your boss's email, i.e. root/Administrator privileges, is one thing; there is a very small set of situations where that capability is actually needed to do your job. Having such privileges (not "rights") is a position of trust; reading your boss's email is a breach of that trust, and can - and will - get you fired.
(I used to think this was funny until a co-worker was accused of it and forced to resign or be sacked - it's no laughing matter.)
Not everyone is driven by the almighty dollar. You could do a lot worse than working in a "fairly cushy job in a really good environment": not being outsourced next week or a burnt-out wreck by age 30 is worth a lot more than $10k if you look at the bigger picture (i.e. life, not the job.)
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This is something we don't hear about very much. I was deeply distrubed when the news and government started to only report U.S. fatalities. Every other report of war I'd ever heard talked about casualties, as in soldiers taken out of combat by death or injury. It sounded very suspicious -- the numbers sounded fairly low (at the time) relative to other conflicts, but all I knew about other conflicts were casualties, which are always several times higher than the number outright killed. Yet those numbers weren't being mentioned, making it sound like a deliberate attempt to hide the larger and thus more depressing number.
This is no different to road death statistics. If road toll statistics included the number of people seriously injured as well as the fatalities, it would probably give drivers a much needed wake-up call (but not enough to stop them driving like dickheads.)
You're forgetting data compression...
(It's turkey day...)
Hmmm, perhaps a large anti-competitive turkey didn't want their head cut off today.
The only "questionable" part is this mystery semiconductor that conducts electrons a lot better than it conducts heat.
Their patent on the solid state energy converter mentions that they have been experimenting with indium antimonide (InSb).
They also hold a patent for a way to make N-type semiconducting diamond, which may hint to where they're heading with this (or not.)
I for one don't welcome our new sleepless, truck-driving zombie overlords.
Obligatory "Time Bandits" quote:
Define "on fire". For example, white dwarves that orbit a star (e.g. Type Ia supernova progenitors) are hot, but not "on fire" ("burning" nuclear fuel); are they "planets"?
Vitamin B17 isn't bad, but vitamin B52 packs more punch.
I keep all my ISK In the Eve Intergalactic Bank - as safe as 1.0 space!
Why does the onboard computer need to know the date? To send greeting cards on the astronauts' birthdays? Does a date even make sense when you orbit the Earth several times each day?
Those cavemen must have burned a hell of a lot of oil to cause sufficient greenhouse gas to get the earth to warm up again.
That was the Golgafrinchams burning the forests to solve the inflation problem caused by making leaves legal tender.
What are the chances of this being, at least in part, due to North Korea trying to sow disunity and chaos amongst the South?
For some reason, the mental image of Kim Jong-Il yelling across the DMZ: "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!" seems rather appropriate.
Microsoft does something unbelievably well?
The real question for Americans (and Australians, for that matter) is: What are you going to do about it at the next election? Wring your hands and say "Oh my", or send them a message at the ballot box?
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson.
Why can't you give due diligence? Why is it so expensive to read a EULA online?
Anyone can read an EULA, but it takes a lawyer to understand it.
Quit whinging. My first work experience was six months of grinding uranium ore. By hand. With a mortar and pestle.
Luxury. We had to grind uranium ore in our teeth!
This is of course assuming I actually want all of the songs on a given CD, which is rarely the case.
It depends on the kind of music you listen to, I guess.
The bands I usually listen to produce albums - a musical work than means something as a whole, not just a collection of singles. I refuse to buy music track-by-track and I want to choose how to rip it to my media player: fixed vs. variable bit rate, MP3 vs. AAC etc. Ergo, I buy CDs.
I use on-line music sources to determine which bands are worth buying, which unfortunately isn't many these days. It seems to be very black and white: a band either has one or two reasonable tracks but the rest is rubbish, or their entire discography is excellent - there's very little in between.
If EMI are proposing to include music videos on the CDs, fine. Don't waste my time with pre-ripped tracks or rootkits, though.
The only sane thing you could do is get out your favourite paint program (not score program, they probably copyright the output of it) and draw your own score
Try LilyPond: "music notation for everyone."
... cream pies.
or (B) they fluoresce.
Natural diamonds fluoresce, too.
It is all part of the job
No it isn't. Having the capability to access your boss's email, i.e. root/Administrator privileges, is one thing; there is a very small set of situations where that capability is actually needed to do your job. Having such privileges (not "rights") is a position of trust; reading your boss's email is a breach of that trust, and can - and will - get you fired.
(I used to think this was funny until a co-worker was accused of it and forced to resign or be sacked - it's no laughing matter.)
Not everyone is driven by the almighty dollar. You could do a lot worse than working in a "fairly cushy job in a really good environment": not being outsourced next week or a burnt-out wreck by age 30 is worth a lot more than $10k if you look at the bigger picture (i.e. life, not the job.)
More like: "All your space are belong to US."
Worse, the word Spam gets a negative notion.
Obviously you've never tried Spam (the "food")...
Intel: 4=2x2
;-)
4=2x2, or 4=2+2? And where does AMD's 4x4(=16?) fit in?
1st grade maths, yet I'm still confused by what it all means...