to gerenrate gravity, the way to do this has been understood for decades if not centuries.
I'm pretty sure it's decades.
Too bad they didn't build the centrifugal force thing into the space station; if I remember correctly, someone asked this question to an official involved in the project. He said it would be too expensive (makes sense), plus they wanted zero gravity for certain experiments (which makes little sense whatsoever, with a spinning station you could change the gravity at will) --
Nvidia is a known monopolist. No one can touch them in the graphics field now.
ATI has a bigger market share. And as much as I love Sega, teaming up with them would probably drag anyone down (of course, the article mentions nothing about Sega and NVIDIA teaming up, just saying) --
The article mentions Sega dropped NVIDIA in favor of PowerVR for producing their console's graphics processor. What's interesting is PowerVR is now trying to move in on the PC graphics card industry itself with the Evil Kyro, which uses a tile-based rendering system; anyone know how similiar that is to what NVIDIA tried with quadratic surfaces? --
Like everyone else said, look at problem history, but they would probably find the following useful:
ifconfig
more and tail
ps auxwww|more (orps -auxwww|more or whatever that unix flavor uses)
ps auxwww|grep -i whatever
How to kill and restart the X server (like control-alt-backspace then startx -- -bpp 24 or whatever the X startup script is for that box. Though of course your boxes might not go to a terminal if X is killed, just an X logon)
top
chmod, chown, chgrp and a little bit about file permissioning (wouldn't let them do that as su though)
I'd give them a rough overview of processes and pids, show them how to check network connectivity (with ifconfig, traceroute, etc), various configuration files in/etc, and maybe what messages to look for during bootup. And oh, reboot of course. --
The only thing that kids of today put their efforts into is dealing drugs, getting alcohol and committing crimes. Have you ever lived in one of our cities? The kids there do nothing apart from hang around doing these things, because they've never had any discipline or a good schooling system that encourages team sports and other activities.
I was born and raised in New York City. Neither I nor my friends dealt drugs, binged on alcohol, or committed crimes (it's been my experience that the most screwed-up kids come from the suburbs) I had an excellent schooling that didn't emphasize team sports, and I never participated in them. I thought they were silly, and I still do. Competition has its place, but it's not some magical cure-all for society's problems. --
How can anyone rationally argue that there's an illness which makes people miserable in winter? But no, it's "quick, get the drugs!"
I assume you're talking about seasonal affectation disorder, which has a chemical basis. And the favored treatment for it is light therapy, not drugs.
as if pumping chemicals into your bloodstream is the solution to anything.
I take it you don't believe in antibiotics or vaccines? Insulin shots for diabetics? Or do you think that the brain is some magical entity that doesn't follow biochemical laws like every other organ?
As for competition, it's healthy in making sure that people don't end up without any kind of spirit at all. Without some form of it, children will end up shiftless and lazy, which is pretty much what we're beginning to see today.
Give me a break. People have been saying that "shiftless and lazy" remark for millenia. If it were true we'd all be immobile by now. Look at the facts; nowadays people work harder than their parents and grandparents did. More children are working at a younger age. More people put in 7 day work weeks. More college students work part- and full-time.
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What is the cost compared to todays LCD's, yeah this is nice and all but i find $1300 bucks for LCD a bit expensive, also what is the Max size they can make? I want it to look like I have a windsail on my desk:-)
Well, it's Sony, so I assume it will have an extremely reasonable price, and on top of that be durable and of high quality too.
A bit harsh, no? Why don't you go easy on the guy. This is supposed to be a place where people can feel free to speak their minds without fear of persecution.
It is; that's why he criticized the first poster. He's speaking his mind. --
This is actually rather scary. Am I the only person who thinks that the UK is starting to look more and more like a police state ala 1984?
Actually this is cause for optimism; it's the government stepping in to protect individual rights, and limit the power of corporations, just the sort of thing the government should do. --
Toshiba has expressed interest in offering the 128-bit processor for high-end routers and switches.
For....graphics? "Hey, this is great!" "What are you talking about, we lost two whole subnets!?" "Yeah, but look at how beautifully those error messages are rendered" --
It also brings to mind a more recent story by...I forget who wrote it. Damn that PDA.
Ok, found the book. It was by Gregory Benford, called "The Voice". It takes place in a future where everyone has access to a database containing every piece of information they could ever use; it was originally used to help people who couldn't read, but as it became more widespread everyone read less and less until the whole population was illiterate. Makes you think...(yeah, it's a trite remark I know, but in this case I think it actually applies) --
Well, in the middle of the Atlantic, nobody will be there to hear it! Presumably it could go more slowly, and quietly, in port.
The point was brought up elsewhere on this thread that marine mammals may be affected; not an altogether unfounded claim, sea creatures can be hurt by the sound waves caused by underwater explosions (such as nuclear tests or detonations required in oil drilling), but I admit there's a big difference between explosions and loud ships. Douglas Adam's Last Chance to See has a really poignant chapter on freshwater dolphins in the Yang-tze, who live out their whole lives surrounded by sonic chaos caused by the ships that throng the river. They often become disoriented and get caught in propellers. (this is off-topic I know, but I really recommend this book; might just be Adams' best work) --
But you're only safe if everyone else uses Pine, and everything they know uses, etc. Just need one java-enabled mail program in the link and everything's compromised. --
Slashdot Mirror
to gerenrate gravity, the way to do this has been understood for decades if not centuries.
I'm pretty sure it's decades.
Too bad they didn't build the centrifugal force thing into the space station; if I remember correctly, someone asked this question to an official involved in the project. He said it would be too expensive (makes sense), plus they wanted zero gravity for certain experiments (which makes little sense whatsoever, with a spinning station you could change the gravity at will)
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I read both of those sites relatively frequently, but even now I couldn't tell you the difference between the two.
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Nvidia is a known monopolist. No one can touch them in the graphics field now.
ATI has a bigger market share. And as much as I love Sega, teaming up with them would probably drag anyone down (of course, the article mentions nothing about Sega and NVIDIA teaming up, just saying)
--
The article mentions Sega dropped NVIDIA in favor of PowerVR for producing their console's graphics processor. What's interesting is PowerVR is now trying to move in on the PC graphics card industry itself with the Evil Kyro, which uses a tile-based rendering system; anyone know how similiar that is to what NVIDIA tried with quadratic surfaces?
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Just click on the minimize button.
Ok, I'll stop now.
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ssh is included in Mac OS X. You can turn it on with the click of a checkbox.
Turning on ssh with a...checkbox? There's something about that that's so unnatural
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- ifconfig
- more and tail
- ps auxwww|more (orps -auxwww|more or whatever that unix flavor uses)
- ps auxwww|grep -i whatever
- How to kill and restart the X server (like control-alt-backspace then startx -- -bpp 24 or whatever the X startup script is for that box. Though of course your boxes might not go to a terminal if X is killed, just an X logon)
- top
- chmod, chown, chgrp and a little bit about file permissioning (wouldn't let them do that as su though)
I'd give them a rough overview of processes and pids, show them how to check network connectivity (with ifconfig, traceroute, etc), various configuration files in--
Shouldn't this story make the front page? I mean, I've seen a lot more mundane stuff make it...
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Your a 19 year old scottish girl who reads slashdot? I think I'm in love.
Please don't. Slashdot's the only place on the net you can escape that sort of thing.
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I like the concept that I friend of mine and I had while driving home from an SCA event:
When I read that line I was sure what followed would have something to do with trial-by-combat...
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So if the monitor is only a little thicker than a credit card, then how thick are credit cards going to become!?!?!
They'll have monomolecular edges. Everyone will go around lopping off their fingers every time they try to pick up the tab at a restaurant...
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The only thing that kids of today put their efforts into is dealing drugs, getting alcohol and committing crimes. Have you ever lived in one of our cities? The kids there do nothing apart from hang around doing these things, because they've never had any discipline or a good schooling system that encourages team sports and other activities.
I was born and raised in New York City. Neither I nor my friends dealt drugs, binged on alcohol, or committed crimes (it's been my experience that the most screwed-up kids come from the suburbs) I had an excellent schooling that didn't emphasize team sports, and I never participated in them. I thought they were silly, and I still do. Competition has its place, but it's not some magical cure-all for society's problems.
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How can anyone rationally argue that there's an illness which makes people miserable in winter? But no, it's "quick, get the drugs!"
I assume you're talking about seasonal affectation disorder, which has a chemical basis. And the favored treatment for it is light therapy, not drugs.
as if pumping chemicals into your bloodstream is the solution to anything.
I take it you don't believe in antibiotics or vaccines? Insulin shots for diabetics? Or do you think that the brain is some magical entity that doesn't follow biochemical laws like every other organ?
As for competition, it's healthy in making sure that people don't end up without any kind of spirit at all. Without some form of it, children will end up shiftless and lazy, which is pretty much what we're beginning to see today.
Give me a break. People have been saying that "shiftless and lazy" remark for millenia. If it were true we'd all be immobile by now. Look at the facts; nowadays people work harder than their parents and grandparents did. More children are working at a younger age. More people put in 7 day work weeks. More college students work part- and full-time.
--
What is the cost compared to todays LCD's, yeah this is nice and all but i find $1300 bucks for LCD a bit expensive, also what is the Max size they can make? I want it to look like I have a windsail on my desk :-)
Well, it's Sony, so I assume it will have an extremely reasonable price, and on top of that be durable and of high quality too.
Must...keep...straight...face.....
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right now I'm pretty sure I'm majoring in CompE
You don't know what you're majoring in!? Look on your transcript, they might tell you.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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A bit harsh, no? Why don't you go easy on the guy. This is supposed to be a place where people can feel free to speak their minds without fear of persecution.
It is; that's why he criticized the first poster. He's speaking his mind.
--
This is actually rather scary. Am I the only person who thinks that the UK is starting to look more and more like a police state ala 1984?
Actually this is cause for optimism; it's the government stepping in to protect individual rights, and limit the power of corporations, just the sort of thing the government should do.
--
Toshiba has expressed interest in offering the 128-bit processor for high-end routers and switches.
For....graphics? "Hey, this is great!" "What are you talking about, we lost two whole subnets!?" "Yeah, but look at how beautifully those error messages are rendered"
--
It also brings to mind a more recent story by...I forget who wrote it. Damn that PDA.
Ok, found the book. It was by Gregory Benford, called "The Voice". It takes place in a future where everyone has access to a database containing every piece of information they could ever use; it was originally used to help people who couldn't read, but as it became more widespread everyone read less and less until the whole population was illiterate. Makes you think...(yeah, it's a trite remark I know, but in this case I think it actually applies)
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Javascript isn't Java, they aren't even related in any way.
You're right of course, that was a typo. Javascript is pure evil, while Java is only 90% evil.
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Well, in the middle of the Atlantic, nobody will be there to hear it! Presumably it could go more slowly, and quietly, in port.
The point was brought up elsewhere on this thread that marine mammals may be affected; not an altogether unfounded claim, sea creatures can be hurt by the sound waves caused by underwater explosions (such as nuclear tests or detonations required in oil drilling), but I admit there's a big difference between explosions and loud ships. Douglas Adam's Last Chance to See has a really poignant chapter on freshwater dolphins in the Yang-tze, who live out their whole lives surrounded by sonic chaos caused by the ships that throng the river. They often become disoriented and get caught in propellers. (this is off-topic I know, but I really recommend this book; might just be Adams' best work)
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But you're only safe if everyone else uses Pine, and everything they know uses, etc. Just need one java-enabled mail program in the link and everything's compromised.
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A game LAN set up in the waiting room with Counterstrike.
"My doctor's ready to see me? But I've only been here ummm...four hours. Couldn't he let someone in ahead of me?"
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Would any environmentally-conscious nation allow this to operate in its waters?
Since an environmentally-conscious nation doesn't seem to exist right now, they shouldn't have any trouble...
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The same Microsoft that's been under legal threat, and the same Microsoft that the Average Joe will one day abandon for something better.
That's what everyone's been saying for years. Still hasn't happened.
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