Yes. Using "better" words because the original has come to "sound bad" is useless. The new work just ends up "sounding bad" as well. The word "handicapped" is the less objectional word from long ago, and many other words are the ones that were considered "better"
Changing to a different word, is just a "vicious circle" of using up words. What do we do when they are all used up?
I think it was inspired by a sign in the New York Zoo. And possibly the bridge in the game "Adventure".
Here's another quote:
"An armed society is a polite society."
It seems the problem is that the internet users think they are out of your reach. However, it should be understood that the internet is -not- really anonymous!;-)
Muting them is probably the best solution for everyone involved...
Admittedly it is wild speculation, but I find it hard to believe these immigrant doctors had all passed their residencies. More than a few were in their 50s and I don't see them doing 3-5 years of residency at that age,...
The summary (and therefore the title) was quoting The Verge. Who is their audience?
I don't know, but if that is what those readers understand, it might be necessary.
I guess I don't blame them for what is in quotes, but they used it the same way in the summerized portion of the text. And the audience for that is us.
In fact, they should have put "(sic)" after the use in the quotes! Just to warn people.
Common language says that a wireless router is the general case for a "router". While that's not technically accurate, it also follows the rules you just gave.
"Common" is not the same as "popular here", it has to apply to other places and social groups. It also has to be a language, which means structure and stability.
Language drift is something societies have been fighting against for thousands of years, just look up problems the French have had. And of course, we all (except a few) speak Latin, just drifted into different dialects.
On the other hand, if you are talking to someone that speaks a different dialect, you need to speak their way if you want to be understood. If I visit some offices, I do call the PC a "harddrive" and the monitor a "computer"!
Which means if you are here, you should speak our language, not the one from the coffee shop... 8-)
Adiabatic compression is close to 100% efficiency, although you lose some due to friction. If you have to recover heat your efficiency goes down.
That depends on how well you can insulate it. We were assuming the lost heat needed to be recovered. But some insulating materials these days can get very good.
On the other hand, it is possible that recovering or storing some of the heat in another form might reduce the pressure requirements. Like, is it better to stop pumping when it hits the limit, or to continue pumping but reduce temperature rise another way.
Keep in mind that one primitive tribe (I think in Australia) used rapidly compressed air to light fires. Small tube with a plunger, and a hammer. Compressed air gets hot quick, even steel has it's limits.
The next thing that will be "pollution" and have demonstrations against it will be Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), such as cellphones and WiFi nodes.
You really do not want such things in your house. It's like radium glow-in-the-dark wristwatches or medicines containing lead salts and tobacco. (Which were real things!);-)
And, a radio transmitter can foul up -any- electronic device, if it's close enough. Shielding just makes it have to be closer to go bad.
The earth as a whole receives sunlight 24x7 and long distance transmission of power is a proven technology. O.K. there are some losses, but less than for storage.
It would be a good idea, but there are oceans in the way. And they are hard to get wires over...;-)
Any useful conversion of that heat -increases- efficiency, because it is waste anyway. The cost of the recovery conversion just has to be less then the recovered benifit.
This is what makes a battery a battery. If it's not compartmentalized, it's a cell. A battery of cells is a battery. Your average AA/LR6 "battery" is more accurately referred to as a "cell".
He never said anything like that about the press. He supports a free press. After the buzzfeed fake news, he was asked in a press conference if he felt that the press should be reformed/regulated and he flat out said no, no hesitation. You guys are so caught up in your own echo chamber you're missing Trump supporting the causes you claim to support.
Um... The first thing about getting good date is to be careful of who you get it from. Paid trolls, on the internet, is not a good source. No matter who they seem to support. They may be trying to make you seem crazy, just to discredit -you-.
And, I don't like Trump that much, but it seems like more than half of the stuff he is accused of, he never actually said!
The phrase "unskilled job" is one used by rich elitists (or not so rich elitists) who have never worked a job. All of those jobs require skills, such as knowing how to safely lift heavy weights, and "white collar" people do not have those skills. Further more, most of the jobs referred to that way are the ones that will still be there after automation.
On the other hand, jobs that a kid can learn to do don't usually require those skills and make good starter jobs. If you destroy all of the "starter jobs" then how do kids learn about having a job, or get "experiance" so they can get better jobs?
The people complaining about "living wage" are often rich kids who majored in "art history" in school, without any idea of what job that was going to get them. Do you know how many real Art History jobs there even are? Ptht!
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"Changes to species should be approached with fear and trembling ... and a very powerful computer!"
Robert A. Heinlein, "Glory Road", 1963
"Never trust anyone who is -too- confident in what they are going to do!"
Me, 1968
Hint: Try putting the controller down on a desk or something, so you have a good "baseline".
I use a keyboard, mouse and joystick (yes all three, in some games). And a lot of the accuracy is helped by the solid desktop. ;-)
Yes.
Using "better" words because the original has come to "sound bad" is useless. The new work just ends up "sounding bad" as well.
The word "handicapped" is the less objectional word from long ago, and many other words are the ones that were considered "better"
Changing to a different word, is just a "vicious circle" of using up words. What do we do when they are all used up?
Sign on a compuserve forum circa 1980:
"Please don't feed the Trolls. Thank you."
I think it was inspired by a sign in the New York Zoo. And possibly the bridge in the game "Adventure".
Here's another quote:
"An armed society is a polite society."
It seems the problem is that the internet users think they are out of your reach. ;-)
However, it should be understood that the internet is -not- really anonymous!
Muting them is probably the best solution for everyone involved...
Admittedly it is wild speculation, but I find it hard to believe these immigrant doctors had all passed their residencies. More than a few were in their 50s and I don't see them doing 3-5 years of residency at that age, ...
Maybe that -was- their residency!
... Trust them to cut you open,mmmmm, no thanks.
Yet people trust them to "cut open" their computers!
i.e, Microsoft. 8-{
The summary (and therefore the title) was quoting The Verge. Who is their audience?
I don't know, but if that is what those readers understand, it might be necessary.
I guess I don't blame them for what is in quotes, but they used it the same way in the summerized portion of the text. And the audience for that is us.
In fact, they should have put "(sic)" after the use in the quotes! Just to warn people.
Common language says that a wireless router is the general case for a "router". While that's not technically accurate, it also follows the rules you just gave.
"Common" is not the same as "popular here", it has to apply to other places and social groups.
It also has to be a language, which means structure and stability.
Language drift is something societies have been fighting against for thousands of years, just look up problems the French have had. And of course, we all (except a few) speak Latin, just drifted into different dialects.
On the other hand, if you are talking to someone that speaks a different dialect, you need to speak their way if you want to be understood.
If I visit some offices, I do call the PC a "harddrive" and the monitor a "computer"!
Which means if you are here, you should speak our language, not the one from the coffee shop... 8-)
Like a lot of things, the key is probably just not to push it too far.
... Ok, now I feel dirty. Using 'Carnot' in a general discussion feels wrong.
Ha! Instead of thinking that, try thinking of a carnosaur, that will divert your subconsious. 8-}
Besides, this is slashdot. Some of us know those words...
Adiabatic compression is close to 100% efficiency, although you lose some due to friction. If you have to recover heat your efficiency goes down.
That depends on how well you can insulate it. We were assuming the lost heat needed to be recovered. But some insulating materials these days can get very good.
On the other hand, it is possible that recovering or storing some of the heat in another form might reduce the pressure requirements. Like, is it better to stop pumping when it hits the limit, or to continue pumping but reduce temperature rise another way.
Keep in mind that one primitive tribe (I think in Australia) used rapidly compressed air to light fires. Small tube with a plunger, and a hammer. Compressed air gets hot quick, even steel has it's limits.
When you write a summary, you summarize the article. That's what the article says. You shouldn't write your own interpretation into the summary.
But you should translate it into common language. And I don't think any of us here use that particular language... 8-)
(What language, You say? ID10T of course.)
The next thing that will be "pollution" and have demonstrations against it will be Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), such as cellphones and WiFi nodes.
You really do not want such things in your house. It's like radium glow-in-the-dark wristwatches or medicines containing lead salts and tobacco. (Which were real things!) ;-)
And, a radio transmitter can foul up -any- electronic device, if it's close enough. Shielding just makes it have to be closer to go bad.
The earth as a whole receives sunlight 24x7 and long distance transmission of power is a proven technology. O.K. there are some losses, but less than for storage.
It would be a good idea, but there are oceans in the way. And they are hard to get wires over... ;-)
There is but you lose efficiency.
Any useful conversion of that heat -increases- efficiency, because it is waste anyway.
The cost of the recovery conversion just has to be less then the recovered benifit.
This is what makes a battery a battery. If it's not compartmentalized, it's a cell. A battery of cells is a battery.
Your average AA/LR6 "battery" is more accurately referred to as a "cell".
This is true, actually.
Set your wired router to block the IP addresses used by the update servers. What? You don't have a wired router?
Maybe could set it in the firewall... 8-)
So who did they "hack" to get it?? 8-{
And are those people going to also go buy the $30 usb C power meter?
No, but their smarter friend can use it to prove to them that they got a bad cable or charger.
If the definition of "educated" does not include volts and amps, then the definition is deficient!
Why the hate? Because after losing the election they have nothing left but hate...
I've been shutting off threads, when they get too bad.
I was there in the '50s and '60s, and that clock was about the danger of nuclear weapons.
There is no way that the danger is anything like it was then. Or do you personally have a fallout shelter?
The doomsday clock has been taken over by a bunch of political types that define "the world ending" as their candidate losing... 8-{
He never said anything like that about the press. He supports a free press. After the buzzfeed fake news, he was asked in a press conference if he felt that the press should be reformed/regulated and he flat out said no, no hesitation. You guys are so caught up in your own echo chamber you're missing Trump supporting the causes you claim to support.
Um ... The first thing about getting good date is to be careful of who you get it from. Paid trolls, on the internet, is not a good source. No matter who they seem to support. They may be trying to make you seem crazy, just to discredit -you-.
And, I don't like Trump that much, but it seems like more than half of the stuff he is accused of, he never actually said!
The phrase "unskilled job" is one used by rich elitists (or not so rich elitists) who have never worked a job. All of those jobs require skills, such as knowing how to safely lift heavy weights, and "white collar" people do not have those skills. Further more, most of the jobs referred to that way are the ones that will still be there after automation.
On the other hand, jobs that a kid can learn to do don't usually require those skills and make good starter jobs. If you destroy all of the "starter jobs" then how do kids learn about having a job, or get "experiance" so they can get better jobs?
The people complaining about "living wage" are often rich kids who majored in "art history" in school, without any idea of what job that was going to get them. Do you know how many real Art History jobs there even are? Ptht!
Could be worse. I've known some "Jedi Christians" who put Yoda on the cross and worshipped him as a savior. They were a weird bunch in college.
8-)
Contrary to popular belief, don't use integers for primary indexes. Multi column "natural" indexes can handle way more rows.
Just because the old databases used "record numbers", doesn't mean you have to... ;-)
Hubbard made Scientology on a bet, after he claimed he could make a better religion. It sort of "got away from him"... ;-)