Monsanto tout things like their "Golden Rice" (such a dream name, that one) as helping the poor third world. It's been engineered to have high levels of Vitamin A.
This is a misleading statement, unless by high levels you mean compared to normal rice. A 10-year old would have to eat two pounds of Golden Rice a day to fulfill her vitamin A needs, totally impractical.
what the heck IEEE has anything to do with software stuff. They should stick to circuits, devices, CAD and systems, where their strength really is. The Red/Yelllow/White and Violet Journals are still among the most prestigious publications in the electrical engineering field.
The really impressive thing is that this guy resisted the urge to just reboot his machine. Otherwise, the clues would have vanished and the expr binary would have run again without any issue.
Maybe that's why the first step one takes when something behaves weird on a Windows system is to reboot it...
You're missing several key factors that matter more than the "30 years since we've been using them and look - no problem!" meme.
The antenna time has increased dramatically since the mobile bricks were introduced in the 80's.
The emitting power has been decreasing. ON THE AVERAGE. Peak power is as bad as ever and these days you cannot say for sure if your GSM phone stays close to its 2W peak due to bad reception or dropped it to the advertised lower level. One aggravating factor is that the carrier frequency keeps increasing, these days reaching the 2GHz range. Who knows, higher frequency may affect the brain tissue differently from the old ones -I guess the SAR number could be relevant here.
Finally, the old phones used an external antenna. In the past few years, that has disappeared, the antenna being replaced by either an internal version (which is closer to the head) or by using the frame itself as an antenna (which is closer still). Therefore, the distance between the radiant source and the brain is nowadays much smaller than it used to be, which is very, very bad.
However, you're not exactly right with the Great Wall -- it was built 2200 years ago, whereas TFA notes that this particular process was done 1500 years ago..
ugh, the Great Wall was nominally finished during the Ming dynasty, in the 1400s. Unlike the oldest sections, built with rammed soil and stone, the more modern parts did use bricks and mortar.
The technology leap has to be the display itself. The ipad and its many predecessors simply cannot be used when sitting on a bench in a park in broad daylight. To me, this is a big letdown and the reason I did not buy one.
The only two technologies that can do it are the e-ink/e-paper (Sony eReader, Kindle etc), and the reflective LCD (the "flective" part of PixelQi's "transflective" display), which this Asus tablet is also using.
Bitching about the battery size limiting what the full LCD-based tablets can do is like complaining that the shitty mileage you're getting with your car could be improved by using magic gasoline that packs more energy per gallon than the regular one.
Beside the heat issue, they did not even consider the internet connection itself. For this thing to make any sense they should equip it with a satellite link...
Laughably, the same a**hole seemed to have more than one mod point - you got a "flamebait" downmod too...
Whoever is running amok with points to spare (probably fregare's twin brother), go ahead, keep moderating like the idiot you are, you're doing a heck of a job!
I don't see absolutely no reason for which a 3 years old would come close to an iPhone. Sorry, but if a parent let his/her toddler play with it, he/she failed at parenting.
Drinking a tall glass of orange juice is the equivalent of eating 6~8 oranges, but without the fibers.
Unfortunately, the orange fruit does not have much fiber either. Don't know why and I love this fruit, so I eat my oranges along with 2tbsp of psyllium.
Yeah, what can one expect when a BIG business is threatened? spout out more horse manure, that's what. The rebuff was posted the same day the controversial article was published.
Can you find the BS data in their statement (which I'm quoting here): "In comparison, adult humans consume about 2,000 calories per day from all dietary sources"? I highly doubt anyone would become obese eating food amounting to 2000 calories per day. Scumbags.
... Take the airbag that deploys in a car to help prevent death or serious injury in an automobile accident...
You're sure you're not confusing the airbag with a seatbelt? The seatbelt is a very good safety device and probably saved many, many lives.
The airbag, though, is arguably an expensive gadget that maimed and killed quite a few people. How does it prevent death or serious injury?
Especially in US, this low-yield bomb is quite dangerous if you happen to be a short driver or wear glasses. If I knew how to disable it in my car, I would do it; I don't like the prospect of getting blind just because the frigging airbag deployed from a mild bump...
You must be pretty retarded to not see how suspicious are the circumstances around this terrible event. Who in their own mind would put a game controller looking just like a real handgun in the hands of a 3-year old? Then leave a similarly looking loaded weapon within child's reach?
as so many said before, the important things to look for are a good motherboard and a well-built PSU. Every other decision is sorely based on the amount of money you intend to spend on the new system.
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Monsanto tout things like their "Golden Rice" (such a dream name, that one) as helping the poor third world. It's been engineered to have high levels of Vitamin A.
This is a misleading statement, unless by high levels you mean compared to normal rice. A 10-year old would have to eat two pounds of Golden Rice a day to fulfill her vitamin A needs, totally impractical.
what the heck IEEE has anything to do with software stuff. They should stick to circuits, devices, CAD and systems, where their strength really is. The Red/Yelllow/White and Violet Journals are still among the most prestigious publications in the electrical engineering field.
What happened to slashdot, isn't reading the FA enough anymore to get the medal?
Seriously speaking, I figured out ksplice is a special place when reading the blog comments.
The really impressive thing is that this guy resisted the urge to just reboot his machine. Otherwise, the clues would have vanished and the expr binary would have run again without any issue.
Maybe that's why the first step one takes when something behaves weird on a Windows system is to reboot it...
don't be stupid! he is totally right and you know it.
You're missing several key factors that matter more than the "30 years since we've been using them and look - no problem!" meme.
The antenna time has increased dramatically since the mobile bricks were introduced in the 80's.
The emitting power has been decreasing. ON THE AVERAGE. Peak power is as bad as ever and these days you cannot say for sure if your GSM phone stays close to its 2W peak due to bad reception or dropped it to the advertised lower level. One aggravating factor is that the carrier frequency keeps increasing, these days reaching the 2GHz range. Who knows, higher frequency may affect the brain tissue differently from the old ones -I guess the SAR number could be relevant here.
Finally, the old phones used an external antenna. In the past few years, that has disappeared, the antenna being replaced by either an internal version (which is closer to the head) or by using the frame itself as an antenna (which is closer still). Therefore, the distance between the radiant source and the brain is nowadays much smaller than it used to be, which is very, very bad.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abe Lincoln's famous quote.
Yup, there it is (I actually used one in school, looong time ago):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PS/2
However, you're not exactly right with the Great Wall -- it was built 2200 years ago, whereas TFA notes that this particular process was done 1500 years ago. .
ugh, the Great Wall was nominally finished during the Ming dynasty, in the 1400s. Unlike the oldest sections, built with rammed soil and stone, the more modern parts did use bricks and mortar.
yawn....
The technology leap has to be the display itself. The ipad and its many predecessors simply cannot be used when sitting on a bench in a park in broad daylight. To me, this is a big letdown and the reason I did not buy one.
The only two technologies that can do it are the e-ink/e-paper (Sony eReader, Kindle etc), and the reflective LCD (the "flective" part of PixelQi's "transflective" display), which this Asus tablet is also using.
Bitching about the battery size limiting what the full LCD-based tablets can do is like complaining that the shitty mileage you're getting with your car could be improved by using magic gasoline that packs more energy per gallon than the regular one.
half-arsed idea!
Beside the heat issue, they did not even consider the internet connection itself. For this thing to make any sense they should equip it with a satellite link...
So true! That reminds me of the old joke about why the Italian infantry wore khaki pants..
how do you know it won't blow it open?
Already used up half the (latin) alphabet.
What are they going to do after Zany Zebra?
Laughably, the same a**hole seemed to have more than one mod point - you got a "flamebait" downmod too...
Whoever is running amok with points to spare (probably fregare's twin brother), go ahead, keep moderating like the idiot you are, you're doing a heck of a job!
And didn't the US enter the European part of WW2 thanks to the sinking of a US owned merchant vessel by German torpedoes?
Ummm, that would be WW1, the WW2 story rhymes with Pearl Harbor...
I don't see absolutely no reason for which a 3 years old would come close to an iPhone. Sorry, but if a parent let his/her toddler play with it, he/she failed at parenting.
I agree though, parenting is hard.
[...] every time a 3 year old is found playing some porn app, the parent is going to be pissed at Apple.
Such parents should go f*ck themselves instead of blaming a piece of hardware for their failure at parenting.
the broader question is: why are the Brits allowing this kind of crap over and over again?
Every time a new application of Orwell's ideas is announced, it's being deployed in UK...
Drinking a tall glass of orange juice is the equivalent of eating 6~8 oranges, but without the fibers.
Unfortunately, the orange fruit does not have much fiber either. Don't know why and I love this fruit, so I eat my oranges along with 2tbsp of psyllium.
Yeah, what can one expect when a BIG business is threatened? spout out more horse manure, that's what. The rebuff was posted the same day the controversial article was published.
Can you find the BS data in their statement (which I'm quoting here): "In comparison, adult humans consume about 2,000 calories per day from all dietary sources"? I highly doubt anyone would become obese eating food amounting to 2000 calories per day. Scumbags.
yeah, I actually checked the calendar to see if it's April 1st already...
... Take the airbag that deploys in a car to help prevent death or serious injury in an automobile accident...
You're sure you're not confusing the airbag with a seatbelt? The seatbelt is a very good safety device and probably saved many, many lives.
The airbag, though, is arguably an expensive gadget that maimed and killed quite a few people. How does it prevent death or serious injury?
Especially in US, this low-yield bomb is quite dangerous if you happen to be a short driver or wear glasses. If I knew how to disable it in my car, I would do it; I don't like the prospect of getting blind just because the frigging airbag deployed from a mild bump...
Terrorism is not a cause, it's a symptom.
This is by far the most insightful post in the whole thread. Where are the mod points when I need them?
You must be pretty retarded to not see how suspicious are the circumstances around this terrible event. Who in their own mind would put a game controller looking just like a real handgun in the hands of a 3-year old? Then leave a similarly looking loaded weapon within child's reach?
This whole story smells weird...
as so many said before, the important things to look for are a good motherboard and a well-built PSU. Every other decision is sorely based on the amount of money you intend to spend on the new system.