I have a degree in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing. You know what I do? I write first, format later, and you know what? It works! It's called time management.
Furthermore, it's not tough to select Courier, 10pt., set the margin widths to 1.25" all the way around, and set the material to double-spacing. That's all that's really required.
NEWS FLASH: If you have bacteria on your skin and that spot touches an object, other people touching that object can pick up the bacteria! What can you do to protect your children? Are you safe? Watch Channel 14 KSLSHDOT tonight at 10 and find out!
This isn't news. This is fear-based ratings pandering by the source.
Thanks for the great link/info! Someone needs to mod you up ASAP. And because I'm in a sharing mood, here's the complaint I filed:
"I currently use Linux as an operating system to host the website and commerce engine for my small business. Linux uses code that has been in the public domain for over 15 years (much longer than SCO has been around). SCO is claiming ownership of the software code in Linux and is pursuing legal action against IBM, among others. SCO has not proved in a court of law that they own the software code, but has been trumpeting in open letters on the Internet that anyone who uses Linux needs to acquire a $649 license from them or face legal action. This amounts to blackmail -- 1.) SCO hasn't proved their ownership of the code, and 2.) their issue should be with the companies that have distributed Linux, not with the individuals who use it. Clearly, SCO is trying to scare/threaten me (and other Linux users) into shelling out $649 for a product that isn't even theirs to distribute/manage. The FTC needs to put an end to these practices immediately, and ought to be looking into SCO's artificial inflation of its stock price via these actions, as well (given that SCO execs have been selling off millions in their company's stock)."
Bear in mind, though, that the cable isn't guaranteed to come straight down onto the orginating point... It's going to come down at an angle, probably with the rotation of the Earth -- the lower half would, anyway.
The force of the impact will change along the length of the elevator cable, depending on two factors: the speed of that section and the mass of that section.
See, it's not all going to hit in one place at once -- an object will take a LONG time to fall from geosynchronous orbit to the surface of the Earth.
So let's say the elevator gets cut at that point. Immediately, the cable goes slack (nothing above geosynch to pull on it) and begins to collapse. Now, if it's anchored to the Earth and the Earth is rotating beneath it, the first portion of the cable is going to fall to the west, and it going to continue to fall westward. You have to view the cable, however, as a chain of points...each point having a certain mass and a certain velocity, both of which will change.
The velocity will change based on how long that segment had to fall before hitting the surface (point 0 on the cable doesn't have to fall at all) PLUS the velocity added to it as the segment before it pulls it closer to the surface. Pretty complex, eh? As an example, if the length of the cable were such that it could wrap around the equator twice and atmospheric friction were not a concern, the second wrapping of the cable would go markedly faster than the first because the remaining cable to fall would be less massive than what was already on the ground pulling on it.
In regards to mass, the acceleration due to gravity would be consistent, but the cable can still lose mass through atmospheric friction, plus the fact that large segments are already on the ground elsewhere and are not contributing to the force of the impact at a given location.
Don't get me wrong -- if this thing were to fall, it would be messy, but let's bear in mind that the energy expended would be spread out across the lenght of the cable, and not a localized effect. Would it be messy? Undoubtably. How messy remains to be seen, of course. I just think that the two factors of the velocity of the impact and the mass impacting at a given location changing over time is going to play havoc with your calculations.
But then again, I have an English degree...what do I know?:-)
It wouldn't end up "piled up"...because the earth is rotating beneath it, it would spool around the planet.
And assuming that the cable was 20m thick, fell and wrapped around the Earth why not just build around it as necessary?
Thank you for clarifying the above. I dunno what I was thinking -- yeah, obviously, there's going to be a lot of tension on the cable. But this "slice through the earth thing" was so laughably stupid I couldn't think clearly.
I swear to god, if my eyes roll any harder, they're going to fall out of my head.
It's not like we're talking about a high tension cable here. The cable's structure will be balanced by gravity -- the center of gravity will rest at the geosynchronous point, meaning that the bottom half will be falling toward Earth while the top half will be moving away at an equal rate. (Disclaimer: my degree is in English and I'm relying on this thing called "high school physics class"...)
Really, it depends on where the cable snapped and what the nature of the accident was...
Imagine the fact that the tip would accelerate as it fell...most of it would end up burning up in the atmosphere. Also imagine how little of the earth's land area lies along the equator. Not much. It might cause some localized devastation, but it's not a world-breaker.
It's simple. I've moved to project management and it works like this. Tell the customer, "You know, let me look into that." Go ask around, listen to the answers, come back and tell the client, "It's not feasible if you want to stay within your budget."
You said it yourself: the economy sucks right now and money isn't thrown around anymore. As soon as someone hears "overbudget", they'll shut up quickly.
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Mmmmm...days like today where I'm grateful that the Mac's market share is small enough not to attract the attention of spamwhores like the SoBig.X inventor.
I've already posted on this thread before, but another thought has occured to me. Shouldn't everyone who's contributed to the Linux source turn around and sue SCO? SCO is trying to claim that the inclusion of a few lines of code entitles them to all the work and labor of the programmers that built Linux, which is clearly B.S. What they're asking for a license is on par with a Windows server license or a Mac OS X Server license, and the code (according to independent investigations) isn't even necessarily theirs! I'd be surprised if it makes up 1% of Linux.
...I guess our buddy Darl is going for the "it's better to burn out than to fade away" method of running one's company into the ground. (No matter how this lawsuit works out, who the fuck is ever going to want to do business with SCO afterwards?
It's not like there's any grounds for going after end-users -- they haven't even proved that there was theft of their intellectual property yet. It'll be hard for them to sue an end-user in court and say, "Well, he's using stuff that illegally contains our IP."
Joe Average end-user is never going to be able to see the SCO code or even bother to look at the Linux kernel code ("kernel? like in corn?"), and will have no basis for comparison. Furthermore, the IP onus is not on the end-user. That would be like Ford suing the owners of Nissan cars if Nissan were to happen to use a mechanical part that Ford owned the patent to, without licensing it properly.
During its last two concert tours, Pearl Jam has recorded their shows live, straight from the mixer board, and done a one-up on the bootleggers. You were able to pre-order the CD before the individual show, and the day after the show, you could download the MP3's (albeit, low quality ones) to tide you over until your CD arrived. With their contract with Sony Music expiring, Pearl Jam will probably self-produce/distribute their future albums and pay for their own concert tours (which I believe they already do). Clearly, they'll have a leg up on other bands, as they won't have to give up their tithe to the RIAA/Sony Music.
I guess the question is: what does a contract with a major label offer an established band that handling your own business doesn't and how can the music labels add value to the proposition that makes it worth the band earning pennies on the dollar for all their hard work?
Furthermore, how can the big labels expect to hold onto the big names when there are established artists proving that they can stand on their own two feet?
Given that there's no way to expect that, perhaps the RIAA/labels should take on a role that helps to incubate new talent that will eventually grow into a standalone, self-sufficient band like Pearl Jam. Engage in short-term contracts where your percentages aren't as high, resulting in less income per band, but more streams of income. If you do thorough research beforehand, you should be able to target bands that have a legitimate shot at moving good numbers of albums from their debut release onward. Then, after the artist has recorded a few albums for you and has the money in their pocket to move forward on their own, you let them go and ride the goodwill generated when they leave. Treat them right, help them grow, and shove them out the door -- it's like parenting, but more financially profitable.
Let's stop for a minute and deal with your inaccuracies.
1.) X11 works just fine in OS X and it's *not* an emulation -- hell, I don't even have to use Apple's version. Until it came along, I was installing the X11 system via Fink and running a variety of WMs. Furthermore, X11 functionality is built into Panther (10.3) and not a standalone app as it currently is in 10.2.
2.) "NetInfo" may be a proprietary database...but I wouldn't know because I edit my.conf files by hand, using [insert your favorite *nix text editor here], and it works like a champ.
3.) Give the DRM thing a f--king rest, would you? You can't have your cake and eat it, too. The DRM in the iTunes Music Store was NECESSARY to get it going in the first place. Furthermore, no one is cramming it down your throat, and OS X isn't preventing you from installing Acquisition or any other P2P app. At least Apple has been decent enough to do DRM in such a way that it is unobstrusive. Take a look at shit like BuyMusic.com if you want to see DRM in a bad form. Given Apple's commitment to quality software and hardware, I don't foresee them ever stooping to those levels. (Don't give me that civil liberties shit -- it's still theft of intellectual property.)
You know, you can buy extra Monopoly money at specialized gaming stores. Maybe we should all get together and start sending in the "dough"...I think Arlo Guthrie might even get in on the act:
"And friends, somewhere in Utah enshrined on some little server, is a study of my Linux habits. And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if you're in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the post office wherever you are, just mail a letter full of Monopoly money that says "SCO, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant." And walk out. You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they'll just ignore him. And if two people, two people do it, at the same time, they may think they're both terrorist and they're up to something. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in to a post office and mailing SCO an envelope full of Monopoly money and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in walking in to a post office and mailing SCO an envelope full of Monopoly money and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement. And that's what it is -- the Alice's Restaurant Anti-SCO Movement, and all you have to do to join is to spend a few cents and sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar..."
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I have a degree in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing. You know what I do? I write first, format later, and you know what? It works! It's called time management.
Furthermore, it's not tough to select Courier, 10pt., set the margin widths to 1.25" all the way around, and set the material to double-spacing. That's all that's really required.
And principal acting and scriptwriting will take place in 2053 when Jerry Bruckheimer III decides to "remake the classics for a new audience"...
NEWS FLASH: If you have bacteria on your skin and that spot touches an object, other people touching that object can pick up the bacteria! What can you do to protect your children? Are you safe? Watch Channel 14 KSLSHDOT tonight at 10 and find out!
This isn't news. This is fear-based ratings pandering by the source.
Yeah, especially if it's truly lethal. Then those of us with combat arms training will have a leg up on you keyboard cowboys. :-)
Thanks for the great link/info! Someone needs to mod you up ASAP. And because I'm in a sharing mood, here's the complaint I filed:
"I currently use Linux as an operating system to host the website and commerce engine for my small business. Linux uses code that has been in the public domain for over 15 years (much longer than SCO has been around). SCO is claiming ownership of the software code in Linux and is pursuing legal action against IBM, among others. SCO has not proved in a court of law that they own the software code, but has been trumpeting in open letters on the Internet that anyone who uses Linux needs to acquire a $649 license from them or face legal action. This amounts to blackmail -- 1.) SCO hasn't proved their ownership of the code, and 2.) their issue should be with the companies that have distributed Linux, not with the individuals who use it. Clearly, SCO is trying to scare/threaten me (and other Linux users) into shelling out $649 for a product that isn't even theirs to distribute/manage. The FTC needs to put an end to these practices immediately, and ought to be looking into SCO's artificial inflation of its stock price via these actions, as well (given that SCO execs have been selling off millions in their company's stock)."
Bear in mind, though, that the cable isn't guaranteed to come straight down onto the orginating point... It's going to come down at an angle, probably with the rotation of the Earth -- the lower half would, anyway.
:-)
The force of the impact will change along the length of the elevator cable, depending on two factors: the speed of that section and the mass of that section.
See, it's not all going to hit in one place at once -- an object will take a LONG time to fall from geosynchronous orbit to the surface of the Earth.
So let's say the elevator gets cut at that point. Immediately, the cable goes slack (nothing above geosynch to pull on it) and begins to collapse. Now, if it's anchored to the Earth and the Earth is rotating beneath it, the first portion of the cable is going to fall to the west, and it going to continue to fall westward. You have to view the cable, however, as a chain of points...each point having a certain mass and a certain velocity, both of which will change.
The velocity will change based on how long that segment had to fall before hitting the surface (point 0 on the cable doesn't have to fall at all) PLUS the velocity added to it as the segment before it pulls it closer to the surface. Pretty complex, eh? As an example, if the length of the cable were such that it could wrap around the equator twice and atmospheric friction were not a concern, the second wrapping of the cable would go markedly faster than the first because the remaining cable to fall would be less massive than what was already on the ground pulling on it.
In regards to mass, the acceleration due to gravity would be consistent, but the cable can still lose mass through atmospheric friction, plus the fact that large segments are already on the ground elsewhere and are not contributing to the force of the impact at a given location.
Don't get me wrong -- if this thing were to fall, it would be messy, but let's bear in mind that the energy expended would be spread out across the lenght of the cable, and not a localized effect. Would it be messy? Undoubtably. How messy remains to be seen, of course. I just think that the two factors of the velocity of the impact and the mass impacting at a given location changing over time is going to play havoc with your calculations.
But then again, I have an English degree...what do I know?
It wouldn't end up "piled up"...because the earth is rotating beneath it, it would spool around the planet. And assuming that the cable was 20m thick, fell and wrapped around the Earth why not just build around it as necessary?
Thank you for clarifying the above. I dunno what I was thinking -- yeah, obviously, there's going to be a lot of tension on the cable. But this "slice through the earth thing" was so laughably stupid I couldn't think clearly.
I'd imagine that as the end of the cable gained velocity, the resulting atmospheric friction would incinerate it before it got a chance to hit.
I swear to god, if my eyes roll any harder, they're going to fall out of my head.
It's not like we're talking about a high tension cable here. The cable's structure will be balanced by gravity -- the center of gravity will rest at the geosynchronous point, meaning that the bottom half will be falling toward Earth while the top half will be moving away at an equal rate. (Disclaimer: my degree is in English and I'm relying on this thing called "high school physics class"...)
Really, it depends on where the cable snapped and what the nature of the accident was...
Imagine the fact that the tip would accelerate as it fell...most of it would end up burning up in the atmosphere. Also imagine how little of the earth's land area lies along the equator. Not much. It might cause some localized devastation, but it's not a world-breaker.
So, let's see....you work at JPL. And you're campaigning for a huge orbital infrastructure. Hmmm.
Yeah, if my job security hinged on government funding, I'd be wearing blinders, too.
Did you know that it's probably the surface of the flatbed that's "hairy"?
Shouldn't this book have been published by Lonely Planet?
It's simple. I've moved to project management and it works like this. Tell the customer, "You know, let me look into that." Go ask around, listen to the answers, come back and tell the client, "It's not feasible if you want to stay within your budget."
You said it yourself: the economy sucks right now and money isn't thrown around anymore. As soon as someone hears "overbudget", they'll shut up quickly.
Mmmmm...days like today where I'm grateful that the Mac's market share is small enough not to attract the attention of spamwhores like the SoBig.X inventor.
Of course, I'm also armed with ps and kill -9.
Nice to see Microsoft jumping on the "we can use those BeOS icons" bandwagon. (Look carefully.)
I've already posted on this thread before, but another thought has occured to me. Shouldn't everyone who's contributed to the Linux source turn around and sue SCO? SCO is trying to claim that the inclusion of a few lines of code entitles them to all the work and labor of the programmers that built Linux, which is clearly B.S. What they're asking for a license is on par with a Windows server license or a Mac OS X Server license, and the code (according to independent investigations) isn't even necessarily theirs! I'd be surprised if it makes up 1% of Linux.
...I guess our buddy Darl is going for the "it's better to burn out than to fade away" method of running one's company into the ground. (No matter how this lawsuit works out, who the fuck is ever going to want to do business with SCO afterwards?
It's not like there's any grounds for going after end-users -- they haven't even proved that there was theft of their intellectual property yet. It'll be hard for them to sue an end-user in court and say, "Well, he's using stuff that illegally contains our IP."
Joe Average end-user is never going to be able to see the SCO code or even bother to look at the Linux kernel code ("kernel? like in corn?"), and will have no basis for comparison. Furthermore, the IP onus is not on the end-user. That would be like Ford suing the owners of Nissan cars if Nissan were to happen to use a mechanical part that Ford owned the patent to, without licensing it properly.
Translation: SCOFUD.
"What does it provide you that you can't get in Mac OS 9 currently that you absolutely need?"
1. Stability.
2. Stability.
3. Stability.
4. The ability to run *nix apps.
During its last two concert tours, Pearl Jam has recorded their shows live, straight from the mixer board, and done a one-up on the bootleggers. You were able to pre-order the CD before the individual show, and the day after the show, you could download the MP3's (albeit, low quality ones) to tide you over until your CD arrived. With their contract with Sony Music expiring, Pearl Jam will probably self-produce/distribute their future albums and pay for their own concert tours (which I believe they already do). Clearly, they'll have a leg up on other bands, as they won't have to give up their tithe to the RIAA/Sony Music.
I guess the question is: what does a contract with a major label offer an established band that handling your own business doesn't and how can the music labels add value to the proposition that makes it worth the band earning pennies on the dollar for all their hard work?
Furthermore, how can the big labels expect to hold onto the big names when there are established artists proving that they can stand on their own two feet?
Given that there's no way to expect that, perhaps the RIAA/labels should take on a role that helps to incubate new talent that will eventually grow into a standalone, self-sufficient band like Pearl Jam. Engage in short-term contracts where your percentages aren't as high, resulting in less income per band, but more streams of income. If you do thorough research beforehand, you should be able to target bands that have a legitimate shot at moving good numbers of albums from their debut release onward. Then, after the artist has recorded a few albums for you and has the money in their pocket to move forward on their own, you let them go and ride the goodwill generated when they leave. Treat them right, help them grow, and shove them out the door -- it's like parenting, but more financially profitable.
The sensors are too senstive and would burn out. They can't even point Hubble within 10(?) degrees of the moon, lest the sensors get fried.
Besides, the NRO, not NASA, handles orbital spy sats, and their budget is good enough, and their resolution is pretty damned good, too.
They've got a video "phone". It's called iSight.
Let's stop for a minute and deal with your inaccuracies.
.conf files by hand, using [insert your favorite *nix text editor here], and it works like a champ.
1.) X11 works just fine in OS X and it's *not* an emulation -- hell, I don't even have to use Apple's version. Until it came along, I was installing the X11 system via Fink and running a variety of WMs. Furthermore, X11 functionality is built into Panther (10.3) and not a standalone app as it currently is in 10.2.
2.) "NetInfo" may be a proprietary database...but I wouldn't know because I edit my
3.) Give the DRM thing a f--king rest, would you? You can't have your cake and eat it, too. The DRM in the iTunes Music Store was NECESSARY to get it going in the first place. Furthermore, no one is cramming it down your throat, and OS X isn't preventing you from installing Acquisition or any other P2P app. At least Apple has been decent enough to do DRM in such a way that it is unobstrusive. Take a look at shit like BuyMusic.com if you want to see DRM in a bad form. Given Apple's commitment to quality software and hardware, I don't foresee them ever stooping to those levels. (Don't give me that civil liberties shit -- it's still theft of intellectual property.)
Take your FUD elsewhere.
You know, you can buy extra Monopoly money at specialized gaming stores. Maybe we should all get together and start sending in the "dough"...I think Arlo Guthrie might even get in on the act:
"And friends, somewhere in Utah enshrined on some little server, is a study of my Linux habits. And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if you're in a situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the post office wherever you are, just mail a letter full of Monopoly money that says "SCO, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant." And walk out. You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they'll just ignore him. And if two people, two people do it, at the same time, they may think they're both terrorist and they're up to something. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in to a post office and mailing SCO an envelope full of Monopoly money and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said fifty people a day walking in walking in to a post office and mailing SCO an envelope full of Monopoly money and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement. And that's what it is -- the Alice's Restaurant Anti-SCO Movement, and all you have to do to join is to spend a few cents and sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar..."