Don't underestimate kids. They may be immature and annoying but they aren't stupid (naive and ignorant maybe but not stupid). Give them the tools and they will learn. I had my first computers (commodore 64 and a vic 20) at around 6 years old. I learned dos by 10 and had fixed dozens of electronic, computer, and mechanical devices around the house with no help from anyone (not even books). I'd be willing to bet that this anecdotal evidence is a mere drop in the pond compared to others on slashdot. I consider myself intelligent but I've seen tons of kids that blow me out of the water. The trick is just to find the right spark to get their curiosity going. (and each kid differs a lot in that realm)
I love the Tesla, however I'd never be able to afford it. How about they keep the body style, keep the range (maybe allow as low as 100 mile range) and skimp on that 0-60 in like 4 seconds. Get the price dropped to about $30-35k and they can sign me up.
Ya know I get really tired of hearing this crap. You people are assholes! Pay the people what they are due and get over it.
Yeah! We should only be paying them for actually performing and not recording one album one time that I wasn't there to see!...oh wait, that's not what you meant was it? hmm...
15 cent royalties? The damn mp3s should only cost 15 cents a piece. You're getting 1/3 the quality of a lossless track at most. And you are paying the same or more than a physical cd would cost from a physical store with all the liners and art. You people are seriously getting ripped off. I really wish places like eMusic would start getting more artists, and more mainstream artists, and higher quality tracks. I just don't understand why no one seems to offer lossless tracks (for non-obscure non-live artist recordings).
Like that new portable scanner seen previously on slashdot so I can finally live my dream of owning a real tricorder? And most likely subsequently be devoured by a strange new lifeform due to the entity's attraction to my red shirt...
At work right now so I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrit, but anyways...
You'd be surprised the crap people try to get away with at work. I work at a college and we have several computers on mobile carts with projectors for class lectures. I do the immediate repair and updates to the systems and I've found registry scrubbers, online gambling software, chat programs, itunes downloads, and all sorts of shady things that shouldn't be on the systems. They aren't even the professor's office systems. These are only used during class. What could they possibly be doing while students are there in front of them? Boggles the mind. Thankfully I recently got the systems swapped out since they were old as shit. I had computer support set up a limited login for the professors and give me the admin so I can keep the stuff up to date and keep their paws off the important things. But man, there's some shady characters that have been on those computers over the years.
OT but had to reply. My stepfather growing up wasn't too bright and would constantly blame me for him screwing up the computer and putting passwords on the login. So I set up the computer with the letter 'a' as the password to mess with him. Got reamed out so I changed it. Took off the password but left it set up to have to actually login. He still couldn't get in. Seriously, who the hell doesn't try the enter button as the first attempt to login if they don't know the password? Took his dumb ass 10 minutes before I told him just to hit the enter button. Boy was he salty...
I keep seeing people listing their FPS on what games they play on their respective systems. What exactly are people using to show the FPS on screen while they play games? I cannot find any settings in the games that will show this on screen (or at all).
What does this mean for the customers that bought the products at the higher than they should have been prices? (ie. me. 8800gts g92) Do we get a refund or anything or do we get the shaft as always?
Just so you know for the future, the latest $4000 alienware pc can be built by yourself with identical parts for about $1500. Don't ever buy pre-built PCs (aside from laptops). They're a bloody scam. Building PCs now-a-days is like putting together a damn lego set. A PC that can run most modern games at decent speeds can be built for the price of an XBOX 360 or PS3. Don't let the advertising BS from the pre-built companies fool you.
It's not a seed. It's an endospore. Seeds are multicellular, these are single cells that have been biochemically altered to survive extremely harsh conditions (immense radiation, intense heat, extremely low humidity, vacuum, etc). Seeds and other organisms do not have this mechanism, only microorganisms do (AFAIK). The cell forms protective layers around some special proteins and the DNA, which is stabilized with calcium and dipicolinic acid, and dehydrates immensely. Without water and access to the DNA (since it is sort of cemented into place by the calcium and dipicolinic acid) the reactions that would degrade the DNA (like UV or X-ray light) cannot occur.
From wikipedia: "Up to 15% of the dry weight of the endospore consists of calcium dipicolinate within the core, which is thought to stabilize the DNA. Dipicolinic acid could be responsible for the heat resistance of the spore, and calcium may aid in resistance to heat and oxidizing agents."
I thought the absolute zero was at -273...ah, damn american medias!
FTFY I'm an american and a scientist (SI units please, kthxbi). I frequently confuse my friends and family, and they me, with our conflicting units. I still have problems converting my brain between ounces, pounds, gallons, feet, and grams, liters, meters, libraries of congress.
Take ancient DNA to make dinosaur clones to rule the world? or ancient super diseases? or morally questionable practices? Nope, "Hey I know! Let's make beer out of it!" There are very very few times I love my country. This is definitely one of them. I would love 2 bottles of this. One to try, one as a souvenir.
It's about time someone went through with the class action lawsuit on this. Now we just need to follow through and file suit with any other game company that employs this bogus tactic. (Two that I own come to mind, Dawn of War: Soulstorm, and Crysis.) I don't even care about monetary compensation. I want a utility to remove SecuROM and either a patch to make the games work once it has been removed or a new copy of the game without SecuROM or other bullshit DRM sent to me. I'll gladly return the original DRM'd discs once received (with them paying for the shipping costs of course).
Commendable behavior on their part for actually standing up for what's right and not pulling the douchebag move of trying to milk more money out of it for themselves.
Even if they decided to turn hell into a giant 70s disco and put Diablo into a leisure suit and platform shoes - it's their game. It'd also be kind of awesome, but that's beside the point.
Actually that's the secret level. You get to it after you beat the secret cow level.
If they want to cater to impulse buyers at a retailer, install a kiosk with a variety of ports, card readers, BlueTooth, etc and let people download stuff instantly.
That's... actually a pretty fucking good idea. If you could take an entire record store inventory and shrink it down to an ATM terminal sized kiosk it would save massive amounts of money and time. Wouldn't have to rent a storefront or pay for employees aside from the technician to repair the kiosk or update the library. But then the scene kids might have to find a new shitty retail job to up their "cool kid" karma and look down their nose/teen comb over at.
All of modern medicine is based off of that "alternative medicine." Modern chemistry is based off of ancient alchemy. Modern astronomy is based off of ancient astrology. I see what you're doing but I don't appreciate the derogatory connotation to our historical scientific roots. Just because it seems silly to you doesn't mean it has no merit. How about instead of just ridiculing the field we use their statements and test them for verification. Maybe there is something there of merit that we (and they) are just not seeing in the proper light. (Disclaimer: I am a Ph.D applicant for a program that researches validating or invalidating "alternative medicines.")
CO2 is only gas or solid at normal atmospheric conditions. It only has a liquid state at over 5 times normal atmospheric pressure. So not only is it cold, but under pressure too. So you have to keep it cold and pressurized and hope nothing ruptures under ground.
Someone mentioned burying it in the Sahara. Which honestly I think might be a decent idea. Research has shown deserts capture a vast amount of CO2. If we buried it there, and it leaked, there'd be little to no populace around to suffocate and the desert itself might actually contain a good portion of it.
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Don't underestimate kids. They may be immature and annoying but they aren't stupid (naive and ignorant maybe but not stupid). Give them the tools and they will learn. I had my first computers (commodore 64 and a vic 20) at around 6 years old. I learned dos by 10 and had fixed dozens of electronic, computer, and mechanical devices around the house with no help from anyone (not even books). I'd be willing to bet that this anecdotal evidence is a mere drop in the pond compared to others on slashdot. I consider myself intelligent but I've seen tons of kids that blow me out of the water. The trick is just to find the right spark to get their curiosity going. (and each kid differs a lot in that realm)
I love the Tesla, however I'd never be able to afford it. How about they keep the body style, keep the range (maybe allow as low as 100 mile range) and skimp on that 0-60 in like 4 seconds. Get the price dropped to about $30-35k and they can sign me up.
Ya know I get really tired of hearing this crap. You people are assholes! Pay the people what they are due and get over it.
Yeah! We should only be paying them for actually performing and not recording one album one time that I wasn't there to see! ...oh wait, that's not what you meant was it? hmm...
In a world where more and more people are buying their music directly from the artists, what function do record companies & iTunes serve, exactly?
FTFY
15 cent royalties? The damn mp3s should only cost 15 cents a piece. You're getting 1/3 the quality of a lossless track at most. And you are paying the same or more than a physical cd would cost from a physical store with all the liners and art. You people are seriously getting ripped off. I really wish places like eMusic would start getting more artists, and more mainstream artists, and higher quality tracks. I just don't understand why no one seems to offer lossless tracks (for non-obscure non-live artist recordings).
Like that new portable scanner seen previously on slashdot so I can finally live my dream of owning a real tricorder? And most likely subsequently be devoured by a strange new lifeform due to the entity's attraction to my red shirt...
Why not have the captcha ask a question?
"2 + 2 = ?"
or
"What color is a firetruck?"
etc.
We got this nifty new technology due to a grant from the department of homeland security. They call them "locks."
*cough*thepiratebay*cough*dvddecrypter*cough*anydvd*cough*magiciso*cough*
Ahem, excuse me. Had a bout of whooping cough there for a second...
At work right now so I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrit, but anyways...
You'd be surprised the crap people try to get away with at work. I work at a college and we have several computers on mobile carts with projectors for class lectures. I do the immediate repair and updates to the systems and I've found registry scrubbers, online gambling software, chat programs, itunes downloads, and all sorts of shady things that shouldn't be on the systems. They aren't even the professor's office systems. These are only used during class. What could they possibly be doing while students are there in front of them? Boggles the mind. Thankfully I recently got the systems swapped out since they were old as shit. I had computer support set up a limited login for the professors and give me the admin so I can keep the stuff up to date and keep their paws off the important things. But man, there's some shady characters that have been on those computers over the years.
OT but had to reply.
My stepfather growing up wasn't too bright and would constantly blame me for him screwing up the computer and putting passwords on the login. So I set up the computer with the letter 'a' as the password to mess with him. Got reamed out so I changed it. Took off the password but left it set up to have to actually login. He still couldn't get in. Seriously, who the hell doesn't try the enter button as the first attempt to login if they don't know the password? Took his dumb ass 10 minutes before I told him just to hit the enter button. Boy was he salty...
I keep seeing people listing their FPS on what games they play on their respective systems. What exactly are people using to show the FPS on screen while they play games? I cannot find any settings in the games that will show this on screen (or at all).
What does this mean for the customers that bought the products at the higher than they should have been prices? (ie. me. 8800gts g92) Do we get a refund or anything or do we get the shaft as always?
Just so you know for the future, the latest $4000 alienware pc can be built by yourself with identical parts for about $1500. Don't ever buy pre-built PCs (aside from laptops). They're a bloody scam. Building PCs now-a-days is like putting together a damn lego set. A PC that can run most modern games at decent speeds can be built for the price of an XBOX 360 or PS3. Don't let the advertising BS from the pre-built companies fool you.
It's not a seed. It's an endospore. Seeds are multicellular, these are single cells that have been biochemically altered to survive extremely harsh conditions (immense radiation, intense heat, extremely low humidity, vacuum, etc). Seeds and other organisms do not have this mechanism, only microorganisms do (AFAIK). The cell forms protective layers around some special proteins and the DNA, which is stabilized with calcium and dipicolinic acid, and dehydrates immensely. Without water and access to the DNA (since it is sort of cemented into place by the calcium and dipicolinic acid) the reactions that would degrade the DNA (like UV or X-ray light) cannot occur.
From wikipedia:
"Up to 15% of the dry weight of the endospore consists of calcium dipicolinate within the core, which is thought to stabilize the DNA. Dipicolinic acid could be responsible for the heat resistance of the spore, and calcium may aid in resistance to heat and oxidizing agents."
"Fuck you asshole, if it was a nice day you just screwed it all to hell"
Can you prove it?
I always thought it was the other way around. It's fun telling people you are longer than 16... centimeters.
I thought the absolute zero was at -273...ah, damn american medias!
FTFY
I'm an american and a scientist (SI units please, kthxbi). I frequently confuse my friends and family, and they me, with our conflicting units. I still have problems converting my brain between ounces, pounds, gallons, feet, and grams, liters, meters, libraries of congress.
Take ancient DNA to make dinosaur clones to rule the world? or ancient super diseases? or morally questionable practices? Nope, "Hey I know! Let's make beer out of it!" There are very very few times I love my country. This is definitely one of them. I would love 2 bottles of this. One to try, one as a souvenir.
It's about time someone went through with the class action lawsuit on this. Now we just need to follow through and file suit with any other game company that employs this bogus tactic. (Two that I own come to mind, Dawn of War: Soulstorm, and Crysis.) I don't even care about monetary compensation. I want a utility to remove SecuROM and either a patch to make the games work once it has been removed or a new copy of the game without SecuROM or other bullshit DRM sent to me. I'll gladly return the original DRM'd discs once received (with them paying for the shipping costs of course).
Commendable behavior on their part for actually standing up for what's right and not pulling the douchebag move of trying to milk more money out of it for themselves.
Even if they decided to turn hell into a giant 70s disco and put Diablo into a leisure suit and platform shoes - it's their game. It'd also be kind of awesome, but that's beside the point.
Actually that's the secret level. You get to it after you beat the secret cow level.
If they want to cater to impulse buyers at a retailer, install a kiosk with a variety of ports, card readers, BlueTooth, etc and let people download stuff instantly.
That's... actually a pretty fucking good idea. If you could take an entire record store inventory and shrink it down to an ATM terminal sized kiosk it would save massive amounts of money and time. Wouldn't have to rent a storefront or pay for employees aside from the technician to repair the kiosk or update the library. But then the scene kids might have to find a new shitty retail job to up their "cool kid" karma and look down their nose/teen comb over at.
All of modern medicine is based off of that "alternative medicine." Modern chemistry is based off of ancient alchemy. Modern astronomy is based off of ancient astrology. I see what you're doing but I don't appreciate the derogatory connotation to our historical scientific roots. Just because it seems silly to you doesn't mean it has no merit. How about instead of just ridiculing the field we use their statements and test them for verification. Maybe there is something there of merit that we (and they) are just not seeing in the proper light. (Disclaimer: I am a Ph.D applicant for a program that researches validating or invalidating "alternative medicines.")
CO2 is only gas or solid at normal atmospheric conditions. It only has a liquid state at over 5 times normal atmospheric pressure. So not only is it cold, but under pressure too. So you have to keep it cold and pressurized and hope nothing ruptures under ground.
Someone mentioned burying it in the Sahara. Which honestly I think might be a decent idea. Research has shown deserts capture a vast amount of CO2. If we buried it there, and it leaked, there'd be little to no populace around to suffocate and the desert itself might actually contain a good portion of it.