Hypothesis: Does the alignment of cows actually create the earth's magnetic field?
Supporting evidence:
1) Cows are not stationary. The earth's magnetic poles are not stationary.
2) The moon has relatively few cows.* The moon has a very weak magnetic field.
*Note: Some may say that the moon has NO cows, but absence of evidence is not proof. In addition, nursery school have long held a verbal tradition that cows are capable of traveling beyond the moon.
This sounds familiar. Ah, yes. The Utopian Victorian society. The Titanic - rich opulence above, steerage and boiler stokers below.
Seems like it led to general dissatisfaction of the working classes and nasty things like Communist revolutions and Fascism.
In my day, Legos weren't made of cheap plastic. We had to chisel them out of limestone. Then we had to shove them around to make a huge 3D triangle for some rich dude's mummy. Up hill both ways. In the desert.
I can't wrap my head around the inefficiency of a company in which only 10% of the salaried personnel is responsible for generating all revenue.
The "production" workers were the people who assembled the finished controls and some replacement parts. They were no more "highly skilled" than the actual factory workers in Asia who assemble your computer. They only had to follow a blueprint. A production manager or engineer oversaw their work. There was one or two people who had higher skills.
There were only a few different products, but each was configured for the end use.
Small company. Low volume. High prices. Niche market. Brand recognition.
Revenue was from more than the production department. It came from the original sale, replacement parts, control upgrades, or from service visits. I never saw the actual numbers, but I assume the most of the replacement parts and service visits had a high markup.
Oh, and I'm not so sure their business model was the best, but they were a leader in the field and have been for several decades.
A large part of the company, maybe too large IMHO, was the software department. A lot of prima donna attitudes, with a few real people. Their role was finding and fixing bugs, adding new features, and developing new product. As you can imagine, the software prima donnas made the IT department's job somewhat difficult.
At my first company, over half the employees worked in production. A later company, about 10% were production workers.
The difference?
The first company produced high quantities of inexpensive consumables.
The second company made low quantities of custom control panels. Low quantity, high price. Another major source of income was in servicing the controls.
In some companies, the computers and users are directly related to generating income. e.g. Telemarketing or bookkeeping firm. In others, the computers are more of an overhead expense. e.g. meat packing plant.
I think a more stable number is ratio of computers to IT staff.
US Scientists looked everything over and concluded it to be impossible.
John Browning was working on a.22 pump repeater for Winchester. He was busy with other projects and didn't have the time to build a prototype, so he sent the blueprints. He got a letter back from Winchester telling him to stop wasting his time -- the Winchester engineers had looked at the blueprints and decided it could not work. By the time he got the letter, he had a prototype, so he sent it with a letter apologizing for his ignorance. It became the Winchester model 1890.
If Al Gore's "recommendations" had really been followed by a large proportion of Americans (ignoring for now his own failure to follow them), demand for energy should have decreased significantly.
Also assuming no increase in American population due to birthrate or immigration.
In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, there is a chapter devoted to this very thing. The corruption of the education system by textbook companies. Interesting read.
He also writes about how the culture in Brazil made learning and teaching impossible. (Reminds me of economic figures for China. Even if the guys up top are reporting accurately, the guys below are fudging the numbers to get ahead or stay alive.)
Curious how the same professors who criticize plagiarism in student papers will be the same ones who pull this junk on textbooks and study notes.
BTW, I've found the "you must buy this for the course," is blowing smoke. I'm not sure if it is in the accreditation requirements, but there is a thing about colleges keeping the textbooks on reserve in the library. It is more convenient to have your own text. And the pre-printed study notes are there for convenience. Tell them you prefer not to. If they insist, ask for it in writing, signed by the professor.
Engineers not taking the time to write logs that are useful. "Got to here", "Value=1", etc. A few of us write enum-to-string functions and pass them to the logging system for cleaner output.
An Engineer does something that stupid?!!!
Who told them they were engineers? The HR Dork?
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Someone said translation is like a woman:
If she is beautiful, she is not faithful.
If she is faithful, she is not beautiful.
Bad idea - wake up in the morning with a hangover and a fried PC.
Other than a fancy case and a waterfall, what makes this any different? Why is it worth £100,000 versus a fishbowl PC that'll set you back $200?
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find a Feng-Shui expert who can work with Fluorinert?
So, I'd go with a larger tank and a small cadre of laser equipped, liquid cooled, attack tigers...
Mermaids
(Is there some convention for making a square root sign in ASCII?)
Could do x^(1/2) or x^0.5
Hypothesis: Does the alignment of cows actually create the earth's magnetic field?
Supporting evidence:
1) Cows are not stationary. The earth's magnetic poles are not stationary.
2) The moon has relatively few cows.* The moon has a very weak magnetic field.
*Note: Some may say that the moon has NO cows, but absence of evidence is not proof.
In addition, nursery school have long held a verbal tradition that cows are capable of traveling beyond the moon.
Why not do it the Gary Larson way? -- put the Hadrons in a mayonnaise jar, shake it up, and see what happens.
This sounds familiar. Ah, yes. The Utopian Victorian society. The Titanic - rich opulence above, steerage and boiler stokers below.
Seems like it led to general dissatisfaction of the working classes and nasty things like Communist revolutions and Fascism.
In my day, Legos weren't made of cheap plastic. We had to chisel them out of limestone. Then we had to shove them around to make a huge 3D triangle for some rich dude's mummy.
Up hill both ways.
In the desert.
Radar signature isn't very important if telemetry is being transmitted. Two things that would help is burst transmission and a narrow transmit beam.
I can't wrap my head around the inefficiency of a company in which only 10% of the salaried personnel is responsible for generating all revenue.
The "production" workers were the people who assembled the finished controls and some replacement parts. They were no more "highly skilled" than the actual factory workers in Asia who assemble your computer. They only had to follow a blueprint. A production manager or engineer oversaw their work. There was one or two people who had higher skills.
There were only a few different products, but each was configured for the end use.
Small company. Low volume. High prices. Niche market. Brand recognition.
Revenue was from more than the production department. It came from the original sale, replacement parts, control upgrades, or from service visits. I never saw the actual numbers, but I assume the most of the replacement parts and service visits had a high markup.
Oh, and I'm not so sure their business model was the best, but they were a leader in the field and have been for several decades.
A large part of the company, maybe too large IMHO, was the software department. A lot of prima donna attitudes, with a few real people. Their role was finding and fixing bugs, adding new features, and developing new product. As you can imagine, the software prima donnas made the IT department's job somewhat difficult.
Nah, it's named after a river in Oregon, which in turn, is named after a Native American tribe.
So true.
At my first company, over half the employees worked in production. A later company, about 10% were production workers.
The difference?
The first company produced high quantities of inexpensive consumables.
The second company made low quantities of custom control panels. Low quantity, high price. Another major source of income was in servicing the controls.
In some companies, the computers and users are directly related to generating income. e.g. Telemarketing or bookkeeping firm. In others, the computers are more of an overhead expense. e.g. meat packing plant.
I think a more stable number is ratio of computers to IT staff.
US Scientists looked everything over and concluded it to be impossible.
John Browning was working on a .22 pump repeater for Winchester. He was busy with other projects and didn't have the time to build a prototype, so he sent the blueprints. He got a letter back from Winchester telling him to stop wasting his time -- the Winchester engineers had looked at the blueprints and decided it could not work. By the time he got the letter, he had a prototype, so he sent it with a letter apologizing for his ignorance. It became the Winchester model 1890.
If Al Gore's "recommendations" had really been followed by a large proportion of Americans (ignoring for now his own failure to follow them), demand for energy should have decreased significantly.
Also assuming no increase in American population due to birthrate or immigration.
sure they can put a man into space, the problem has always been to get them back down safely once up there. When will they be able to do that?
That is the job of the 70 virgins.
Oil costs the Iranians just as much as everyone else.
Minus the cost of transportation.
Which just serves as further evidence that the Iranian leadership is:
1. Out of touch with humanity.
2. Living in a vacuum.
If China wins more gold medals in the current Olympics, won't they be "PREEMINENT" as well?
If they have more medals, then they would be "PREEMINENT" in the Olympics, not everything.
And no one criticizes China's standings, athletes, judging, etc.
/sarc
China has already been suffering from terrorist attacks for centuries. These are well documented, if you care to look.
Since 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything, wouldn't it also follow that 42% is the universal statistic?
John Wayne is back from the dead?!!!
In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, there is a chapter devoted to this very thing. The corruption of the education system by textbook companies. Interesting read.
He also writes about how the culture in Brazil made learning and teaching impossible. (Reminds me of economic figures for China. Even if the guys up top are reporting accurately, the guys below are fudging the numbers to get ahead or stay alive.)
Curious how the same professors who criticize plagiarism in student papers will be the same ones who pull this junk on textbooks and study notes.
BTW, I've found the "you must buy this for the course," is blowing smoke. I'm not sure if it is in the accreditation requirements, but there is a thing about colleges keeping the textbooks on reserve in the library. It is more convenient to have your own text. And the pre-printed study notes are there for convenience. Tell them you prefer not to. If they insist, ask for it in writing, signed by the professor.
Or possibly because they don't have Lego diapers.
What? No "John 3:16" signs?
Engineers not taking the time to write logs that are useful. "Got to here", "Value=1", etc. A few of us write enum-to-string functions and pass them to the logging system for cleaner output.
An Engineer does something that stupid?!!!
Who told them they were engineers? The HR Dork?