I hope they kept the March of the Ents... This is the part that lends itself to a musical better than anything, and they left it out of the damn movie!
On the moon you would not have to worry about the base rusting.
Maybe not, but you do have to worry about that damned dust getting everywhere. It's very small, and unlike dust on Earth, it's very, very abrasive. It dosen't have the chance to be blown around by wind, moved by water, or anything else that would cause the edges of the particles to be worn smooth, like here on Earth, so it's sharp! It gets into seals, abrades space suits, irritates skin, etc. It's just plain nasty, and it's everywhere.
Germany has proven time and again that the value of women leans towards the former. But on the up side, registered and legal prostitutes are eligable for welfare there, so I guess that's supposed to make up for it... They've also proven that they're quite fond of passing crazy-ass laws (relative to some of our own) that no sane citizen would support.
Isn't it, though? I'm no physicist, but isn't it predicted by general relativity that the space-time effects of gravity itself travel at the speed of light? That implies that gravity radiates, and that implies a wave-like nature, does it not?
Seriously, have you ever even been in both a late model Corvette and any model Ferrari, let alone driven either?
I love older (50's-60's) Corvettes, because they have personality, and I hate newer Corvettes because they've got no soul. Sure, they're all made of plastic, but new ones actually feel like it. They feel like a giant die-cast model of a Corvette, not like how you want to imagine a Corvette... Not a good thing! Add to this the fact that most (around 85%) Corvettes are built with an automatic! The primary reason for this is so retirees don't hazard spraining their left ankle before tee time! If that isn't a good indicator that Corvette has lost its sporting soul, then nothing can be.
A Ferrari (say a 360 or a 430), on the other hand, is a completely different animal. Just sitting in one is an experience... You actually feel like you're some place special, and not like you're in some sterile plastic bubble... And that's before you even fire it up! Plus, the sound... You can't get that sound from a Corvette. Eight cylinders at 8500 RPM... That sound makes dogs beg to be euthanized, it makes small children cry--and I've also heard that it induces an anti-gravity effect on skirts being wore by women. You buy a Ferrari because it is stupid... Stupid fun.
You can spout numbers all you like, but there is simply no comparing a Ferrari to a Corvette, unless it's an old Corvette... When they begin to feel like they're not made by Tonka, and when they use suspension technology that is somewhat newer than the horse drawn buggy, I may change my opinion of Corvettes... Until then, you can get more sport for the buck from Japan... And they even manage to make cars feel less like cellophane than GM!
The one single thing Corvette has going for it now is: nobody cares about Corvettes, unless they've also got a Corvette. You could have an orgy in a convertible Corvette and nobody would notice because they would be too busy yawning.
I get all of that--that's all pretty elementary knowledge. I expect most n00bs would understand these ideas, if the ideas were broken down this far. Hell, even grandma would understand if one were to make a funnel analogy! This is not the source of any perceived frustration! To the GP, I was making light of the nigh-incomprehensibility of his post. If he were actually trying to enlighten some naïve person without prior knowledge the best result would have been a blank stare... But hey, maybe English isn't his primary language, so I'm not faulting that.
To the GGGGP,
"Differences in cache size, cache speed, disk access time, and disk throughput, among other things, would cause two computers with exactly the same CPU, RAM, and bus to run at different speeds. This is part of the MHz myth -- there's more to how fast a computer is than the speed of its individual parts."
Exact Same CPU implies that the cache size, cache speed are the same, as well as the rest of everything inside the CPU module... No? I think it's pretty much a de-facto statement regarding the consumer desktop. It's been a while since I've met a computer with cache outside of the CPU socket, but I know they're doing this with Itaniums and other server architectures like Sun, where they benefit from L4 caches, and IBM even has a virtual L4 cache that robs from main memory in their server line... But none of that applies to the average Intel, AMD, or PPC device.
And let's face it; disk speed or throughput is not usually a significant influence on the speed of a desktop or laptop computer, unless that computer is going to be used for applications that are sensitive to those things... And most applications simply aren't sensitive to disk speed. I can put all of my game files on my 4 drive hardware RAID0 with 10,000 RPM SCSI discs--but most games don't seem to be able to load large levels significantly faster because of it. Firefox doesn't start noticeably faster off of RAID than it does off of a normal 7,200 RPM SATA disc. All sorts of things don't seem to go faster, and it's not obvious that they're CPU or memory bound tasks, either. But I have no troubles moving or copying files locally with great speed, dumping 2GB of image data to a.tiff in no time, doing DV editing, or transferring files over a 1000BT network, all things that are often greatly influenced by drive and memory I/O.
He said, "there's more to how fast a computer is than the speed of its individual parts"... And that's plainly false! It's not like you can hook it up to high-octane electricity from the public utility without letting out all of the smoke! Maybe the whole is greater than the sum of its parts with many things, but that's hardly the case with computers.
First you say that the speed of a computer is dependant on the speed of the parts that make it up, and then you say "there's more to how fast a computer is than the speed of its individual parts." You'd make a damn fine politician, methinks.
Which is it? You can't have it both ways...and if it's the latter, where does the extra power come from? Magical pixie dust?
I'd assume that service is going downhill simply because they let some frothing marketdroid spew that incoherent adspeak around... Not that those Superbowl commercials help...
Excepting all but the last, I see no reason why a Ferrari shouldn't be efficient, reliable and long lasting, if it were treated right. Also, if you take efficiency to mean horsepower per displacement (like any other metric matters) then a Ferrari does indeed do very well there, too. Most other cars use more fuel to produce the horsepower a Ferrari does, thanks to higher compression.
When I was a student, laptops were just becoming affordable enough that many other students were starting to bring them to lectures. Not only are computers a distraction to the people that use them, they're a distraction to everyone else around them! Did you ever stop to think that your incessant typing may be a shameless distraction to the learning process of others? No, of course not. Everyone's too selfish!
When I struggle to hear the professor over a cacophony of keyboard clatter, I have this little vein on my forehead that jumps up and down, my left eye twitches and my hair falls out. Just wanted to say thanks! You've all helped me realize my true evil potential!
I didn't read anything in this article that said that these ICs run "much hotter than normal ICs". The *only* reference to possible power/heat issues was in the paragraph:
"Wager noted several remaining challenges that must be overcome before the technology is fully commercialized, including scaling the technology up to larger sizes, and the development of a "P-channel" device. The latter would reduce power consumption and allow transparent chips to implement both analog and digital processing, Wager said."
How that translates to "much hotter", I just don't know... Maybe that could mean they run "a bit hotter", or "marginally hotter", but "much hotter"? There's hardly enough information to infer that conclusion.
At any rate, it's entirely unclear as to exactly what kind of transistors they've been able to use in this IC. They say they need to develop the transparent equivalent of a p-channel FET transistor. This was state of the art in the 1960s, for crimeney sake! If they haven't got this down, any potential use they have at this point would be pretty basic... But that's why they're doing it. To make it better, to make it useful.
Also, even if any chip to be implanted between glass put out as much as a few Watts, it wouldn't be a problem. Glass has a low heat transfer coefficient, but it's not THAT low... Look at your rear window defrosters! If glass were as insanely insulative as you make it out to be, the entire concept just wouldn't work so well, now would it? Also, don't forget that although glass is transparent to us, it's still quite capable of radiating heat.
What I want to know is when they can develop some corneal night vision implants so I can walk around in my Riddick style welding goggles and not run into tables and kick the cat and stuff.
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Originally, wasn't a mild ale one that hadn't fully matured yet? I'm sure that the meaning has changed over the years, but it could be that it was made for iron workers, because they were the only ones brave enough to drink it!
Not only that, but a super cold Bud or a Coors is great on a hot day. It's great out on the boat, it's very refreshing after mowing the lawn, it's good ata picnic, and you can drink a few gallons without getting smashed. Mass produced beers are very social beers, and beer snobs are very antisocial.
Anyway, what level of insanity do you have to reach to turn down a beer? I just can't imagine!
If Fat Tire was the official brew of the heathen gods, then that would make Ft. Collins, CO Beer Mecca! Lucky for me, it's only about a 55 mile pilgrimage--but make no mistake, it is a path frought with danger, unspeakable horrors and SUV drivers with ellphones implanted into their ears! Yep, it's I-25... It's still better than having to wait for that sweet ambrosia to be trucked!
Totally... I've even seen a clip where scientists have exposed some bacterium to radiation, so to scramble their DNA... Some bacteria can survive, actually repair DNA that was very signifigantly damaged, and then go on about their normal lifecycle. The little bastards are tough!
Oh, so you just believe in your own theory with "probability" sitting on your shoulder, and wonder why the heck everyone else doesn't think like you do! *gasp!* *oh the horrors* That line of thinking is no better than the dogma that existed during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. To many people the idea that life wasn't created by some intelligence is an impossibility, to some, the idea that life wasn't created by a giant white dude with a white beard and white clothing somewhere up in the heavens is also an impossibility.
So, you'll pull Sherlock Holmes out of your hat and say "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."... And that's when I'll say "I fail to see how either contingency is any more or less plausible, probable, or reasonable than any other conjecture."
The true, demonstrable fact of the matter is, that it just doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks or believes about things! Even if it were possible to learn the true origin of life on this planet, be it extraterrestrial, ethereal, accidental, or whatever, it doesn't change anything. We still are that which we are, where we are, and when we are. Therefore, the only things that matter are discernable, tangible truths! Everything else is hearsay!
And besides, "There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable." (Douglas Adams) So, my opinion is that the pursuit of and argumentation about useless information is a waste of time. When and if it's possible that this sort of information would become useful then by all means, go nuts!
This is true, but it's not like there is one type of receptor on any given neuron. Capsaicin works on a very specific type of receptor that also responds to acids and temperature (hence the link to the burning feeling). In our mouths, at least, there's a receptor for every sensation, bitter (alkali, sour (acids), sweet (I remember reading that there's a specific receptor for many kinds of different sugars), salty (ummm, salts), and hot/cold.
I'm not a doctor or a biologist, but personally, I just don't feel a whole lot of anything in my stomach. You're right, that dosen't mean that capsaicin dosen't have some kind of effect, in fact, I've read that it can stimulate peristalsis in the GI tract and cause the parasympathetic nervous system to release a neurotransmitter which is responsible for lowering blood pressure and later release of endorphines. So, maybe it actually helps with good digestion and lowering blood pressure a bit, it could do much more for all I know... And all of that would indicate that there are at least a few compatible receptors in the stomach/GI tract, like you say. I didn't say there weren't. I've said time and again you couldn't feel it in your stomach, directly.
I was just saying that there's no real evidence that capsaicin does any harm in the stomach, like so many people think. They think eating peppers in quantity is analogous to drinking battery acid. Even the AC that responded to me thinking he knows what goes on was misinformed. So what if it causes more acid, if it does at all? The stomach deals with some nasty ass acid all the time, a little or a lot more won't cause a problem in the stomach, even with weakened mucous lining. Oh, sure, a lot more than normal isn't good for the esophagus, but it's not built to deal with it. It's been proven that almost all stomach ulcers are caused either by bacteria that build a small basic environment in which they can thrive, or by cancer! Acid dosen't hurt a healthy stomach.
The real stupiud thing is that if he used USENET, he would have almost had to understand how the USENET network works... i.e. that you read and submit articles to one server that comminicates in turn with other server peers, eventually copying your article all throughout the world, and doing the same for everyone else's, and it all happens automatically. This is the way it was designed. It's supposed to do that! By using the service you pretty much concent to the fact that this is going to happen! Going after Google for saving copies of articles is like suing your ISP because their UUCP server "freaked out" and magically distributed your "original works" all over the globe.
The fact is, if you're uncomfortable with the fact that your articles get copied to other computers automatically, as *a design feature*, then you shouldn't use that service! Shall we remember that it was a pair of fucking *laywers* that started this whole commercial spam bullshit? This guy's a paralegal, just as worse.
The judge should have had this asshole thrown in jail for a few days, for contempt of court, just because he's a fucking moron wasting everyone's time and money!
A plasma TV is basically just a collection of a bunch of tiny flourescent lights, in different colors. I don't know exactly how long flourescent lights have been around, but the principle has been known since aroun 1900.
And "plasma" dosen't necessairly mean that it's any hotter than the component gasses normally would be, it just means that the gas has at least partially ionized (the gasses' electrons expand from their normal positions, or completely disembark from the neucleus, forming an electron cloud of sorts)... Though it's usually the case that plasma has to be heated. Maybe someone in the future invents a method for creating plasma without heating it so signifigantly...
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I hope they kept the March of the Ents... This is the part that lends itself to a musical better than anything, and they left it out of the damn movie!
On the moon you would not have to worry about the base rusting.
Maybe not, but you do have to worry about that damned dust getting everywhere. It's very small, and unlike dust on Earth, it's very, very abrasive. It dosen't have the chance to be blown around by wind, moved by water, or anything else that would cause the edges of the particles to be worn smooth, like here on Earth, so it's sharp! It gets into seals, abrades space suits, irritates skin, etc. It's just plain nasty, and it's everywhere.
Germany has proven time and again that the value of women leans towards the former. But on the up side, registered and legal prostitutes are eligable for welfare there, so I guess that's supposed to make up for it... They've also proven that they're quite fond of passing crazy-ass laws (relative to some of our own) that no sane citizen would support.
Nice vette, btw.
Gravity isn't a wave though.
Isn't it, though? I'm no physicist, but isn't it predicted by general relativity that the space-time effects of gravity itself travel at the speed of light? That implies that gravity radiates, and that implies a wave-like nature, does it not?
Hrmmm... Now if only we could get them to drive on the right side of the road...
Seriously, have you ever even been in both a late model Corvette and any model Ferrari, let alone driven either?
I love older (50's-60's) Corvettes, because they have personality, and I hate newer Corvettes because they've got no soul. Sure, they're all made of plastic, but new ones actually feel like it. They feel like a giant die-cast model of a Corvette, not like how you want to imagine a Corvette... Not a good thing! Add to this the fact that most (around 85%) Corvettes are built with an automatic! The primary reason for this is so retirees don't hazard spraining their left ankle before tee time! If that isn't a good indicator that Corvette has lost its sporting soul, then nothing can be.
A Ferrari (say a 360 or a 430), on the other hand, is a completely different animal. Just sitting in one is an experience... You actually feel like you're some place special, and not like you're in some sterile plastic bubble... And that's before you even fire it up! Plus, the sound... You can't get that sound from a Corvette. Eight cylinders at 8500 RPM... That sound makes dogs beg to be euthanized, it makes small children cry--and I've also heard that it induces an anti-gravity effect on skirts being wore by women. You buy a Ferrari because it is stupid... Stupid fun.
You can spout numbers all you like, but there is simply no comparing a Ferrari to a Corvette, unless it's an old Corvette... When they begin to feel like they're not made by Tonka, and when they use suspension technology that is somewhat newer than the horse drawn buggy, I may change my opinion of Corvettes... Until then, you can get more sport for the buck from Japan... And they even manage to make cars feel less like cellophane than GM!
The one single thing Corvette has going for it now is: nobody cares about Corvettes, unless they've also got a Corvette. You could have an orgy in a convertible Corvette and nobody would notice because they would be too busy yawning.
To the GGGGP,
Exact Same CPU implies that the cache size, cache speed are the same, as well as the rest of everything inside the CPU module... No? I think it's pretty much a de-facto statement regarding the consumer desktop. It's been a while since I've met a computer with cache outside of the CPU socket, but I know they're doing this with Itaniums and other server architectures like Sun, where they benefit from L4 caches, and IBM even has a virtual L4 cache that robs from main memory in their server line... But none of that applies to the average Intel, AMD, or PPC device.
And let's face it; disk speed or throughput is not usually a significant influence on the speed of a desktop or laptop computer, unless that computer is going to be used for applications that are sensitive to those things... And most applications simply aren't sensitive to disk speed. I can put all of my game files on my 4 drive hardware RAID0 with 10,000 RPM SCSI discs--but most games don't seem to be able to load large levels significantly faster because of it. Firefox doesn't start noticeably faster off of RAID than it does off of a normal 7,200 RPM SATA disc. All sorts of things don't seem to go faster, and it's not obvious that they're CPU or memory bound tasks, either. But I have no troubles moving or copying files locally with great speed, dumping 2GB of image data to a
He said, "there's more to how fast a computer is than the speed of its individual parts"... And that's plainly false! It's not like you can hook it up to high-octane electricity from the public utility without letting out all of the smoke! Maybe the whole is greater than the sum of its parts with many things, but that's hardly the case with computers.
I'm sure all of that made perfect sense to you; but I'll take it upon myself to speak for everyone else when I say: Huh?
First you say that the speed of a computer is dependant on the speed of the parts that make it up, and then you say "there's more to how fast a computer is than the speed of its individual parts." You'd make a damn fine politician, methinks.
Which is it? You can't have it both ways...and if it's the latter, where does the extra power come from? Magical pixie dust?
I'd assume that service is going downhill simply because they let some frothing marketdroid spew that incoherent adspeak around... Not that those Superbowl commercials help...
Excepting all but the last, I see no reason why a Ferrari shouldn't be efficient, reliable and long lasting, if it were treated right. Also, if you take efficiency to mean horsepower per displacement (like any other metric matters) then a Ferrari does indeed do very well there, too. Most other cars use more fuel to produce the horsepower a Ferrari does, thanks to higher compression.
When I was a student, laptops were just becoming affordable enough that many other students were starting to bring them to lectures. Not only are computers a distraction to the people that use them, they're a distraction to everyone else around them! Did you ever stop to think that your incessant typing may be a shameless distraction to the learning process of others? No, of course not. Everyone's too selfish!
When I struggle to hear the professor over a cacophony of keyboard clatter, I have this little vein on my forehead that jumps up and down, my left eye twitches and my hair falls out. Just wanted to say thanks! You've all helped me realize my true evil potential!
France isn't a NATO member? This would seem to disagree
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I concede to the rest of your points, though
How that translates to "much hotter", I just don't know... Maybe that could mean they run "a bit hotter", or "marginally hotter", but "much hotter"? There's hardly enough information to infer that conclusion.
At any rate, it's entirely unclear as to exactly what kind of transistors they've been able to use in this IC. They say they need to develop the transparent equivalent of a p-channel FET transistor. This was state of the art in the 1960s, for crimeney sake! If they haven't got this down, any potential use they have at this point would be pretty basic... But that's why they're doing it. To make it better, to make it useful.
Also, even if any chip to be implanted between glass put out as much as a few Watts, it wouldn't be a problem. Glass has a low heat transfer coefficient, but it's not THAT low... Look at your rear window defrosters! If glass were as insanely insulative as you make it out to be, the entire concept just wouldn't work so well, now would it? Also, don't forget that although glass is transparent to us, it's still quite capable of radiating heat.
What I want to know is when they can develop some corneal night vision implants so I can walk around in my Riddick style welding goggles and not run into tables and kick the cat and stuff.
Originally, wasn't a mild ale one that hadn't fully matured yet? I'm sure that the meaning has changed over the years, but it could be that it was made for iron workers, because they were the only ones brave enough to drink it!
It's even funnier yet considering that his name is actually Anil Dash! Isn't that what you do when you've got diarrhea?!
I'd say that it's more likely that my public utilities company has shut down that motor for not paying money for energy. They're that just evil.
Not only that, but a super cold Bud or a Coors is great on a hot day. It's great out on the boat, it's very refreshing after mowing the lawn, it's good ata picnic, and you can drink a few gallons without getting smashed. Mass produced beers are very social beers, and beer snobs are very antisocial.
Anyway, what level of insanity do you have to reach to turn down a beer? I just can't imagine!
If Fat Tire was the official brew of the heathen gods, then that would make Ft. Collins, CO Beer Mecca! Lucky for me, it's only about a 55 mile pilgrimage--but make no mistake, it is a path frought with danger, unspeakable horrors and SUV drivers with ellphones implanted into their ears! Yep, it's I-25... It's still better than having to wait for that sweet ambrosia to be trucked!
Totally... I've even seen a clip where scientists have exposed some bacterium to radiation, so to scramble their DNA... Some bacteria can survive, actually repair DNA that was very signifigantly damaged, and then go on about their normal lifecycle. The little bastards are tough!
Oh, so you just believe in your own theory with "probability" sitting on your shoulder, and wonder why the heck everyone else doesn't think like you do! *gasp!* *oh the horrors* That line of thinking is no better than the dogma that existed during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. To many people the idea that life wasn't created by some intelligence is an impossibility, to some, the idea that life wasn't created by a giant white dude with a white beard and white clothing somewhere up in the heavens is also an impossibility.
So, you'll pull Sherlock Holmes out of your hat and say "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."... And that's when I'll say "I fail to see how either contingency is any more or less plausible, probable, or reasonable than any other conjecture."
The true, demonstrable fact of the matter is, that it just doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks or believes about things! Even if it were possible to learn the true origin of life on this planet, be it extraterrestrial, ethereal, accidental, or whatever, it doesn't change anything. We still are that which we are, where we are, and when we are. Therefore, the only things that matter are discernable, tangible truths! Everything else is hearsay!
And besides, "There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable." (Douglas Adams) So, my opinion is that the pursuit of and argumentation about useless information is a waste of time. When and if it's possible that this sort of information would become useful then by all means, go nuts!
This is true, but it's not like there is one type of receptor on any given neuron. Capsaicin works on a very specific type of receptor that also responds to acids and temperature (hence the link to the burning feeling). In our mouths, at least, there's a receptor for every sensation, bitter (alkali, sour (acids), sweet (I remember reading that there's a specific receptor for many kinds of different sugars), salty (ummm, salts), and hot/cold.
I'm not a doctor or a biologist, but personally, I just don't feel a whole lot of anything in my stomach. You're right, that dosen't mean that capsaicin dosen't have some kind of effect, in fact, I've read that it can stimulate peristalsis in the GI tract and cause the parasympathetic nervous system to release a neurotransmitter which is responsible for lowering blood pressure and later release of endorphines. So, maybe it actually helps with good digestion and lowering blood pressure a bit, it could do much more for all I know... And all of that would indicate that there are at least a few compatible receptors in the stomach/GI tract, like you say. I didn't say there weren't. I've said time and again you couldn't feel it in your stomach, directly.
I was just saying that there's no real evidence that capsaicin does any harm in the stomach, like so many people think. They think eating peppers in quantity is analogous to drinking battery acid. Even the AC that responded to me thinking he knows what goes on was misinformed. So what if it causes more acid, if it does at all? The stomach deals with some nasty ass acid all the time, a little or a lot more won't cause a problem in the stomach, even with weakened mucous lining. Oh, sure, a lot more than normal isn't good for the esophagus, but it's not built to deal with it. It's been proven that almost all stomach ulcers are caused either by bacteria that build a small basic environment in which they can thrive, or by cancer! Acid dosen't hurt a healthy stomach.
The real stupiud thing is that if he used USENET, he would have almost had to understand how the USENET network works... i.e. that you read and submit articles to one server that comminicates in turn with other server peers, eventually copying your article all throughout the world, and doing the same for everyone else's, and it all happens automatically. This is the way it was designed. It's supposed to do that! By using the service you pretty much concent to the fact that this is going to happen! Going after Google for saving copies of articles is like suing your ISP because their UUCP server "freaked out" and magically distributed your "original works" all over the globe.
The fact is, if you're uncomfortable with the fact that your articles get copied to other computers automatically, as *a design feature*, then you shouldn't use that service! Shall we remember that it was a pair of fucking *laywers* that started this whole commercial spam bullshit? This guy's a paralegal, just as worse.
The judge should have had this asshole thrown in jail for a few days, for contempt of court, just because he's a fucking moron wasting everyone's time and money!
A plasma TV is basically just a collection of a bunch of tiny flourescent lights, in different colors. I don't know exactly how long flourescent lights have been around, but the principle has been known since aroun 1900.
And "plasma" dosen't necessairly mean that it's any hotter than the component gasses normally would be, it just means that the gas has at least partially ionized (the gasses' electrons expand from their normal positions, or completely disembark from the neucleus, forming an electron cloud of sorts)... Though it's usually the case that plasma has to be heated. Maybe someone in the future invents a method for creating plasma without heating it so signifigantly...