I was going to comment that it doesn't appear to be running 60 FPS, but he claims it does when it is running alone (presumably without the video recording software).
Unlike many technologies, fusion power requires a certain technological threshold to achieve,
Which technologies are you referring to, that do not require a certain technological threshold? Is it not glaringly obvious that a technology would depend on all its component subsystems to function efficiently?
TFA isn't any more specific on what "specialized chargers and related devices" are, that would weigh the difference of 40 pounds. Were they hauling ABS's or car batteries around? I could fill a shopping bag with chargers and it still wouldn't weigh more than a few pounds.
Anyone that's been in the military recently can give you a pretty good of how much of a pain it is, though they are all dealing with far less (no full access at work). Obviously mileage will vary, since some of them have access to wide open internet all the time, and others won't have any for months.
On the carrier, I had access to email pretty much all the time (while I wasn't actively working and the ship wasn't on radio silence), but internet access meant 15-30 minutes on the slowest and most unreliable connection I've ever used. We'd pray that a page would even load, and often it didn't (so no Googling, you need to know exactly where you're going, and don't bother downloading files because they'll fail before they finish). Granted this was for a 2006-07 cruise, and from what I understand they've made some changes since then.
I ran a game server for the department berthing, including one which required SQL and was in development. Prior to that, I hadn't used the software or SQL, and was learning while underway. What I found out, was that not being able to Google an error or download patches and modules was a massive pain. Trying to research anything (an apartment, college, etc) or order anything online was out of the question. I wouldn't ever choose that, even if I cut back on internet.
My point, is that obviously it's entirely dependent on you, your situation, and your usage, and we have no way of addressing your concerns since you haven't even given us a clue of what your concerns are. In general, it's probably whatever you're doing on the internet that's the issue (Facebook, porn, etc), and not access in general. It sounds like you won't be that disconnected anyway, between having access elsewhere, and likely still using a cell phone.
If you need to cut off certain activities, do so. Get someone else involved and have them control access (lock your Facebook profile, set up parental filters for porn, whatever the issue happens to be). Try going to a cafe or somewhere you might normally use wifi, and don't get the password. I do this anyway when I need breaks from the distractions of wifi.
Look at the wall, and point at the place that's 1/3 of the way up from the bottom. Now look at the wall, and point at the place that's 6/10 of the way up from the bottom. You are likely to be both faster and more accurate with the former than with the latter. Humans seem to naturally think in base 12, and have to be taught how to eyeball in base 10.
Huh? Look at the pie. Split the whole pie into 1/2. Now split the whole pie into 1/3. You are likely to be both faster and more accurate with the former than with the latter. Humans seem to naturally think in base 2, and have to be taught how to eyeball in base 3.
Now what is 1010 1110 1101 + 1101 0101 0111 (hint: it's 2792 + 3415)?
With one of the largest organisations in the US, the military, using metric units extensively,
Not sure what your source is (personal anecdote? movies?), but I can't think of a single instance where we used Metric in the Navy, except where it is used exclusively (volts, amps, "9mm", but not power (sometimes watts, sometimes hp)). I'm speaking cross discipline as well (I was an electrician/nuclear operator, served time with security and qualified diesel and surface warfare).
Not that your intent is wrong, but your appeal to authority is a bit weak. More curious is the fact that many of our American units have been redefined based on Metric measurements (e.g. a yard).
One thing that keeps bothering me is how can we make assumptions about anything, including "universal" constants and laws?
We don't make assumptions, we make models that most closely resemble our observations, then test them to see if they fit all observations. If you are an ant on the surface of a (large) balloon, it is reasonable that you would model the surface as being flat until you had data which showed otherwise. Your "flat balloon" model would hold up to some observations, but if you eventually developed a method for uniquely identifying a spot on the balloon, then walked in a straight line away from the spot and came across it again, you'd have to start looking for a new model.
Maybe if AT&T got it right, they wouldn't have anything to complain about.
It boggles my mind that you can still use Consumer Report's metrics when choosing your car, because after 100 years of auto industry, some car companies still can't produce a car with full marks across the board. The same applies to cell phone carriers.
Not only is he claiming credit for an "invention" that isn't his, he fails to note the impracticality due to the strength and stamina required. In the BBC show, Jem Stansfield (who is in better shape than the average window washer) is exhausted by the time he makes it up the building, and he didn't do a bit of cleaning on the way.
The summary left out an important word. The right appears to be ACCESS to a 1Mb connection, not a right to the connection itself. In other words, the gov't isn't paying for the broadband, you are. The gov't (and therefore the people) just pay the lawmakers and if you're lucky enough to work in the telecom industry, you're set for life.
Hundreds of billions (1*10^11) IS ridiculously minute, as there are 6*10^23 atoms in just a gram of Hydrogen. To give you some idea of how great a difference that is, Pluto is on average about 6*10^12 meters (not km) from the Sun.
Fortunately we don't need that much for the sorts of experiments they'll be doing.
I always found spinach in food overrated. A few tasty bits in any dish is fine, but to eat an entire dish that was suppose to be spinach. I dunno I can't see myself enjoying it that much. Even if the spinach was quality and well prepared.
It's even worse. You need to convert the thermal energy into kinetic energy, then rotational kinetic energy. Plus you're crossing a few thermal barriers in there and losing energy to transfer and produce the electrolysis effect.
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And then suppose that student was not part of the research group (the "thieves"). Hope they had a backup security method.
I'd upvote you informative if I could.
I was going to comment that it doesn't appear to be running 60 FPS, but he claims it does when it is running alone (presumably without the video recording software).
That last line reads like the punchline of a (bad) joke. (It's also a testament to how useful water is.)
Are you also surprised that we still use circular wheels on almost all moving land vehicles?
Unlike many technologies, fusion power requires a certain technological threshold to achieve,
Which technologies are you referring to, that do not require a certain technological threshold? Is it not glaringly obvious that a technology would depend on all its component subsystems to function efficiently?
TFA isn't any more specific on what "specialized chargers and related devices" are, that would weigh the difference of 40 pounds. Were they hauling ABS's or car batteries around? I could fill a shopping bag with chargers and it still wouldn't weigh more than a few pounds.
Anyone that's been in the military recently can give you a pretty good of how much of a pain it is, though they are all dealing with far less (no full access at work). Obviously mileage will vary, since some of them have access to wide open internet all the time, and others won't have any for months.
On the carrier, I had access to email pretty much all the time (while I wasn't actively working and the ship wasn't on radio silence), but internet access meant 15-30 minutes on the slowest and most unreliable connection I've ever used. We'd pray that a page would even load, and often it didn't (so no Googling, you need to know exactly where you're going, and don't bother downloading files because they'll fail before they finish). Granted this was for a 2006-07 cruise, and from what I understand they've made some changes since then.
I ran a game server for the department berthing, including one which required SQL and was in development. Prior to that, I hadn't used the software or SQL, and was learning while underway. What I found out, was that not being able to Google an error or download patches and modules was a massive pain. Trying to research anything (an apartment, college, etc) or order anything online was out of the question. I wouldn't ever choose that, even if I cut back on internet.
My point, is that obviously it's entirely dependent on you, your situation, and your usage, and we have no way of addressing your concerns since you haven't even given us a clue of what your concerns are. In general, it's probably whatever you're doing on the internet that's the issue (Facebook, porn, etc), and not access in general. It sounds like you won't be that disconnected anyway, between having access elsewhere, and likely still using a cell phone.
If you need to cut off certain activities, do so. Get someone else involved and have them control access (lock your Facebook profile, set up parental filters for porn, whatever the issue happens to be). Try going to a cafe or somewhere you might normally use wifi, and don't get the password. I do this anyway when I need breaks from the distractions of wifi.
Look at the wall, and point at the place that's 1/3 of the way up from the bottom. Now look at the wall, and point at the place that's 6/10 of the way up from the bottom. You are likely to be both faster and more accurate with the former than with the latter. Humans seem to naturally think in base 12, and have to be taught how to eyeball in base 10.
Huh? Look at the pie. Split the whole pie into 1/2. Now split the whole pie into 1/3. You are likely to be both faster and more accurate with the former than with the latter. Humans seem to naturally think in base 2, and have to be taught how to eyeball in base 3. Now what is 1010 1110 1101 + 1101 0101 0111 (hint: it's 2792 + 3415)?
With one of the largest organisations in the US, the military, using metric units extensively,
Not sure what your source is (personal anecdote? movies?), but I can't think of a single instance where we used Metric in the Navy, except where it is used exclusively (volts, amps, "9mm", but not power (sometimes watts, sometimes hp)). I'm speaking cross discipline as well (I was an electrician/nuclear operator, served time with security and qualified diesel and surface warfare). Not that your intent is wrong, but your appeal to authority is a bit weak. More curious is the fact that many of our American units have been redefined based on Metric measurements (e.g. a yard).
Or Imperial tons, or Imperial miles... Good point!
One thing that keeps bothering me is how can we make assumptions about anything, including "universal" constants and laws?
We don't make assumptions, we make models that most closely resemble our observations, then test them to see if they fit all observations. If you are an ant on the surface of a (large) balloon, it is reasonable that you would model the surface as being flat until you had data which showed otherwise. Your "flat balloon" model would hold up to some observations, but if you eventually developed a method for uniquely identifying a spot on the balloon, then walked in a straight line away from the spot and came across it again, you'd have to start looking for a new model.
Am I the only one that misread the title as "Angels on Anonymous?"
Maybe if AT&T got it right, they wouldn't have anything to complain about. It boggles my mind that you can still use Consumer Report's metrics when choosing your car, because after 100 years of auto industry, some car companies still can't produce a car with full marks across the board. The same applies to cell phone carriers.
Ever consider you're just playing the wrong games? Read up on Total War's AI, which learns from your tactics and modifies its own (I'm not asserting that it's the first to do so). http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/03/how-ai-in-games-works/totalwarplan2.jpg
All of them.
Not only is he claiming credit for an "invention" that isn't his, he fails to note the impracticality due to the strength and stamina required. In the BBC show, Jem Stansfield (who is in better shape than the average window washer) is exhausted by the time he makes it up the building, and he didn't do a bit of cleaning on the way.
...just like when you drill to the center of the Earth....
You do that often?
That's not a gigantic ancient impact crater. That's a gigantic ancient impact crater.
Or give Israelis some land in the Middle East? Maybe something around the middle of a city known as Mecca?
The summary left out an important word. The right appears to be ACCESS to a 1Mb connection, not a right to the connection itself. In other words, the gov't isn't paying for the broadband, you are. The gov't (and therefore the people) just pay the lawmakers and if you're lucky enough to work in the telecom industry, you're set for life.
You appear to be confusing morality with intelligence.
Hundreds of billions (1*10^11) IS ridiculously minute, as there are 6*10^23 atoms in just a gram of Hydrogen. To give you some idea of how great a difference that is, Pluto is on average about 6*10^12 meters (not km) from the Sun. Fortunately we don't need that much for the sorts of experiments they'll be doing.
I always found spinach in food overrated. A few tasty bits in any dish is fine, but to eat an entire dish that was suppose to be spinach. I dunno I can't see myself enjoying it that much. Even if the spinach was quality and well prepared.
It's even worse. You need to convert the thermal energy into kinetic energy, then rotational kinetic energy. Plus you're crossing a few thermal barriers in there and losing energy to transfer and produce the electrolysis effect.
3) Large amounts of radioactive material fly out the back of the jet, contaminating everything in sight.
Because Nuclear carriers leave trails of large amounts of radioactive material in the ocean behind them, right? Thanks for the hippy FUD.
Even if you're not a Microsoft fan, you have to admit this is pretty frapped up.
Blended smooth with ice or inefficiently captured as a video file?