the BEST earmuffs do a -29dB cut, and that means even wearing that, the grount crew can expect over 109dB (since we don't know how much, it's off the scale right?) exposure...
Assuming of course that they have stuck their ears right up to the back of the rocket.:)
Perhaps we (the Linux community) isn't looking far enough ahead. We're playing a game of chess here and our opponent is distracting us with stupid moves of his pawns while the queen gets in position for the kill. It's possible that we just aren't looking at this from the right angle. We need to be predicting their moves further in advance. Thoughts?
Do not attribute to malice that which can be easily attributed to stupidity. If you look at the agreement between SCO and their legal team, the legal team has signed on for a no win, no fee contract. This means that despite how much it baffles all of us, they actually intend to win.
Simple concept, drop a nuclear bomb behind a craft, and ride the shock wave forward. Needs a pushing plate, shock absorbers, etc of a good magnitude, but the system can and does work.
Great idea. We'll build it, you get in the ship, and then after we detonate the bomb we'll design an atomic spatula to remove you from the rear end of the space ship.
Without manipulation of gravity, the fastest humans can possibly accelerate is a few times the acceleration of Earth's gravity. And to get to decent speeds with that kind of acceleration takes a very long sustained force. You would need a giant spring lightyears long which could somehow magically not shred itself or melt under the kind of stress you're describing. You'd have better luck designing the spatula.
They show +/- 2 pages from the one the searched phase is on (total of 5 pages).
So if I want to read an entire book for free via Amazon, all I have to do is make a script that automatically searches for a phrase extracted from the next page, wash, rinse, repeat?
(For the record, I think the concept of being able to search book text is a good idea in principle, it adds usefulness.)
you are constantly at risk of the laser beam bouncing back and obliterating you.
If you stand next to a solid surface, like a tank, and fire a conventional automatic weapon at it, you had better be wearing some serious bullet proof armor.
The main problem is that any reflecting surface can act as a mirror
Mirrors do a great job of reflecting low power light. Put a sufficiently high powered pulse laser on the scene, and the behavior of reflective surfaces becomes "non-linear" in the sense that it will simply burn through them.
and turned the h20 into h202 which is deadly hydrogen peroxide
Which is regularly used as a mouth wash, and easily noticeable because it tastes like crap and fizzes in your mouth.
I wonder if the state autos and trucks are being serviced with OEM-certified mechanics? With OEM proprietary diagnostic equipment? Or are their vehicles being serviced by "any compentent person?"
Vehicles are interoperable. You can take the same drivers, put them in a different vehicle from any manufacturer, and they'll still know how to drive. This means you are free from proprietary standards and can spend tax payer money responsibly.
the body is (rather should be) capable of taking care of itself.
Except that when it's not able to take care of itself, we get sick and die. For those of us who desire to live healthy lives, we have invented modern medicine to surpass the initial limitations of our bodies.
Nature solves problems by the strongest living. Humans are individuals, and like to solve the problem of continuing their own individual lives.
Things like DriverLoader and WINE are and will be misused by companies to claim Linux compatability or make quick and low quality Linux solutions. It would be great if it where to be used only as a last resort, not as a permanent solution.
So? At least then I would be able to purchase diverse products without researching for hours to see how good the driver support is. For most devices, performance isn't as critical as useability.
forced to run e2fsck in manual mode - you must hit "y" to every question! Multiply this by thousands of errors, and welcome to linux hell!
Considering what we all do is essentially push 'y' to every question, it would be logical for them to include this as a flag, or maybe an option "push 'a' to approve every question", but until then, I solve this problem by putting something heavy over the 'y' key and grabbing a snack.:)
I read this and I think to myself "Arn't easy and simple synonyms?"
When describing computer systems, the two terms differentiate between ease-of-use and learning curve. A simple system has a low learning curve, and can be mastered quickly by a beginner. An easy but non-simple system has a lot to understand in order to use it properly, but is very easy to use for those who understand the necessary material.
Using Debian's package management from command line would be an example of easy but non-simple utility. Teaching someone how to manage Debian's package system from command line can take a while, but for someone who knows how to use it, it's extremely easy to manage your system. I think they're trying to describe a similar state.
Like having them band together to permanently ban the notion that commercial speech is equivalent to free speech by individuals and is protected by the First Amendment in the same way.
It's not about commercial speech vs individual speech. Speech is still free, the First Amendment guarantees you the right to speak, it does not guarantee you the right to an audience. If you knock at my door to exercise your free speech rights and tell me you think my house is ugly, by all means, go ahead. I will then exercise my right to shut the door in your face. Similarly, if I have a sign up on my property that says "No visitors, no trespassing," then your free speech rights do not trump my property rights which permit me to ignore everyone on my own property. The DNC list is simply an extension of these property rights to the telephone.
but the reason isn't that people should be fined less than publishing companies.
Why not?? No matter what your view is on intellectual property, everyone has to agree that there's a world of difference between distributing someone else's creation for profit, and distributing it for free. A publishing company violating current copyright laws would be trying to obtain profit by distributing a work, whereas individuals are simply saying, "Here, do you want to listen to this too?"
This is clearly different. It speaks both to intent and to personal gain, which most areas of most legal systems take into account.
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No. We aren't all born with the knowledge of obscure technologists here.
Bruce Schneier is well known as an expert in security and cryptography. In particular, he is possibly best known for writing the bible of cryptography: Applied Cryptography.
One of the nice things about solar cells for home use, is that you have a little bit of system redundancy. If the grid goes down (and we do know this can happen), you can keep your fridge running. And if you're clever enough, you could keep your food safe overnight as well, even without storage batteries.
3333 W * $0.20/watt = $666. That's way UNDER $2000. Total system cost might multiply that, but the cells won't.
I calculated $666 as well, then I picked a more reasonably sounding larger number and tacked the word "possibly" onto the front to account for reality not usually matching paper.
I do not know why moderators find your closed minded comment as interesting but...
Well since they can't moderate and post, let me speak for them: He's right. Visual display of information is more efficient. Most humans can speed-read through text searching for information of interest some 5 or more times faster than the same text can be reasonably spoken. Now language queries will of course be universally useful, and audio input can be an excellent component of this, but audio search responses will probably have limited application in embedded devices or in their usage for the visually impaired.
so what does a watt of electricy cost delivered these days, like from the power company?
A watt is a unit of power (energy per time). A watt-hour or kilowatt-hour (power times time) is a unit of energy. One kWh currently runs at around 8 cents, plus around roughly another 30% for taxes and equipment charges (depending on usage).
Well, with a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation... If you roughly assume an average of 5 hours of good sunlight per day and roughly assume a house consumes 500KWh per month, then you need 3,333W of generated power (before taking storage into account). In previous price ranges, you're talking $15,000 for that many solar cells (not counting power storage cost or a multiple for storage efficiency). If they can successfully bring solar cells of 20 cents per Watt to market, then you're talking about enough solar cells to cover a house's usage for possibly around $2000.
Assuming no major error in the calculation, that makes it accessible to anyone who can afford a house. A year's electricity at that rate of consumption would be about $720.
Hopefully they will succeed in delivering this, and the usage of the words "organic", "nanotechnology", and "renewable energy" are more than just buzzwords in search of funding.
Someone please explain to me why patents on software are bad. I'm not confusing it with copyright...that's something I'm for if the author desires. But seriously, I don't understand that bad thing about patenting a piece of software.
As I understand the issue, it's basically two-fold.
First, software patents are bad because the low threshhold for an idea to be considered novel results in things being patented which are immediately obvious to any expert in the field. And that's not the point of a patent. A patent, ideally, should provide protection for a truly new and original idea so that creative inventors can market their idea and make money licensing their idea during an initial period, while still making the inner workings of their invention publicly known. Then, after this period, everyone can benefit from knowing how this new device works. For example, you could patent the lightbulb when it first comes out, and make a few cents (in todays money) on every lightbulb sold for a controlled number of years, after which the idea becomes public domain.
Software patents typically seem to fail in that respect, and instead are used as a means of controlling and restricting access and interoperability. This does not carry the same benefit for society.
Secondly, software patents are unique in that the software world has such a short generation cycle, and conventional patent durations seem excessive in comparison. A patent on a new car engine design which lasts about 20 years might more appropriately correspond to a software patent which lasts around 5 years. But instead, software patents are often given "equal protection" of the same time length as conventional patents.
I'm sure others have their own reasons for questioning software patents.
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the BEST earmuffs do a -29dB cut, and that means even wearing that, the grount crew can expect over 109dB (since we don't know how much, it's off the scale right?) exposure...
:)
Assuming of course that they have stuck their ears right up to the back of the rocket.
It's called Job Security.
Job security like a janitor who runs around throwing dirt and trash on the floor?
So what happens when people crack the game server and start modifying it?
Neo: Are you saying I can get a subscription to this MMORPG?
Morpheus: When you're ready, you won't have to...
Ah, I didn't catch the parts about equity or stock. Hearing that does increase my assessment of the intelligence of the lawyers involved.
Perhaps we (the Linux community) isn't looking far enough ahead. We're playing a game of chess here and our opponent is distracting us with stupid moves of his pawns while the queen gets in position for the kill. It's possible that we just aren't looking at this from the right angle. We need to be predicting their moves further in advance. Thoughts?
Do not attribute to malice that which can be easily attributed to stupidity. If you look at the agreement between SCO and their legal team, the legal team has signed on for a no win, no fee contract. This means that despite how much it baffles all of us, they actually intend to win.
Simple concept, drop a nuclear bomb behind a craft, and ride the shock wave forward. Needs a pushing plate, shock absorbers, etc of a good magnitude, but the system can and does work.
Great idea. We'll build it, you get in the ship, and then after we detonate the bomb we'll design an atomic spatula to remove you from the rear end of the space ship.
Without manipulation of gravity, the fastest humans can possibly accelerate is a few times the acceleration of Earth's gravity. And to get to decent speeds with that kind of acceleration takes a very long sustained force. You would need a giant spring lightyears long which could somehow magically not shred itself or melt under the kind of stress you're describing. You'd have better luck designing the spatula.
They show +/- 2 pages from the one the searched phase is on (total of 5 pages).
So if I want to read an entire book for free via Amazon, all I have to do is make a script that automatically searches for a phrase extracted from the next page, wash, rinse, repeat?
(For the record, I think the concept of being able to search book text is a good idea in principle, it adds usefulness.)
Who watches the watchmen watching the watchmen?
Wouldn't that be X10?
you are constantly at risk of the laser beam bouncing back and obliterating you.
If you stand next to a solid surface, like a tank, and fire a conventional automatic weapon at it, you had better be wearing some serious bullet proof armor.
The main problem is that any reflecting surface can act as a mirror
Mirrors do a great job of reflecting low power light. Put a sufficiently high powered pulse laser on the scene, and the behavior of reflective surfaces becomes "non-linear" in the sense that it will simply burn through them.
and turned the h20 into h202 which is deadly hydrogen peroxide
Which is regularly used as a mouth wash, and easily noticeable because it tastes like crap and fizzes in your mouth.
I wonder if the state autos and trucks are being serviced with OEM-certified mechanics? With OEM proprietary diagnostic equipment? Or are their vehicles being serviced by "any compentent person?"
Vehicles are interoperable. You can take the same drivers, put them in a different vehicle from any manufacturer, and they'll still know how to drive. This means you are free from proprietary standards and can spend tax payer money responsibly.
the body is (rather should be) capable of taking care of itself.
Except that when it's not able to take care of itself, we get sick and die. For those of us who desire to live healthy lives, we have invented modern medicine to surpass the initial limitations of our bodies.
Nature solves problems by the strongest living. Humans are individuals, and like to solve the problem of continuing their own individual lives.
Things like DriverLoader and WINE are and will be misused by companies to claim Linux compatability or make quick and low quality Linux solutions. It would be great if it where to be used only as a last resort, not as a permanent solution.
So? At least then I would be able to purchase diverse products without researching for hours to see how good the driver support is. For most devices, performance isn't as critical as useability.
forced to run e2fsck in manual mode - you must hit "y" to every question! Multiply this by thousands of errors, and welcome to linux hell!
:)
Considering what we all do is essentially push 'y' to every question, it would be logical for them to include this as a flag, or maybe an option "push 'a' to approve every question", but until then, I solve this problem by putting something heavy over the 'y' key and grabbing a snack.
I read this and I think to myself "Arn't easy and simple synonyms?"
When describing computer systems, the two terms differentiate between ease-of-use and learning curve. A simple system has a low learning curve, and can be mastered quickly by a beginner. An easy but non-simple system has a lot to understand in order to use it properly, but is very easy to use for those who understand the necessary material.
Using Debian's package management from command line would be an example of easy but non-simple utility. Teaching someone how to manage Debian's package system from command line can take a while, but for someone who knows how to use it, it's extremely easy to manage your system. I think they're trying to describe a similar state.
Like having them band together to permanently ban the notion that commercial speech is equivalent to free speech by individuals and is protected by the First Amendment in the same way.
It's not about commercial speech vs individual speech. Speech is still free, the First Amendment guarantees you the right to speak, it does not guarantee you the right to an audience. If you knock at my door to exercise your free speech rights and tell me you think my house is ugly, by all means, go ahead. I will then exercise my right to shut the door in your face. Similarly, if I have a sign up on my property that says "No visitors, no trespassing," then your free speech rights do not trump my property rights which permit me to ignore everyone on my own property. The DNC list is simply an extension of these property rights to the telephone.
I suppose that the C64 is actually a relative of Visual Basic.
:)
Uh oh. You will now be taken out back and beaten by all of the diehard C-64 fans who became diehard linux fans.
but the reason isn't that people should be fined less than publishing companies.
Why not?? No matter what your view is on intellectual property, everyone has to agree that there's a world of difference between distributing someone else's creation for profit, and distributing it for free. A publishing company violating current copyright laws would be trying to obtain profit by distributing a work, whereas individuals are simply saying, "Here, do you want to listen to this too?"
This is clearly different. It speaks both to intent and to personal gain, which most areas of most legal systems take into account.
No. We aren't all born with the knowledge of obscure technologists here.
Bruce Schneier is well known as an expert in security and cryptography. In particular, he is possibly best known for writing the bible of cryptography: Applied Cryptography.
For other examples of his work, see here.
I think I'll stick with nuclear energy for now.
You have your own nuclear plant?
One of the nice things about solar cells for home use, is that you have a little bit of system redundancy. If the grid goes down (and we do know this can happen), you can keep your fridge running. And if you're clever enough, you could keep your food safe overnight as well, even without storage batteries.
3333 W * $0.20/watt = $666. That's way UNDER $2000. Total system cost might multiply that, but the cells won't.
I calculated $666 as well, then I picked a more reasonably sounding larger number and tacked the word "possibly" onto the front to account for reality not usually matching paper.
Perhaps because the original article was in ?
Launch galeon, click edit, preferences, appearance, and change the value of "Minimum font size."
I do not know why moderators find your closed minded comment as interesting but ...
Well since they can't moderate and post, let me speak for them: He's right. Visual display of information is more efficient. Most humans can speed-read through text searching for information of interest some 5 or more times faster than the same text can be reasonably spoken. Now language queries will of course be universally useful, and audio input can be an excellent component of this, but audio search responses will probably have limited application in embedded devices or in their usage for the visually impaired.
so what does a watt of electricy cost delivered these days, like from the power company?
A watt is a unit of power (energy per time). A watt-hour or kilowatt-hour (power times time) is a unit of energy. One kWh currently runs at around 8 cents, plus around roughly another 30% for taxes and equipment charges (depending on usage).
Well, with a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation... If you roughly assume an average of 5 hours of good sunlight per day and roughly assume a house consumes 500KWh per month, then you need 3,333W of generated power (before taking storage into account). In previous price ranges, you're talking $15,000 for that many solar cells (not counting power storage cost or a multiple for storage efficiency). If they can successfully bring solar cells of 20 cents per Watt to market, then you're talking about enough solar cells to cover a house's usage for possibly around $2000.
Assuming no major error in the calculation, that makes it accessible to anyone who can afford a house. A year's electricity at that rate of consumption would be about $720.
Hopefully they will succeed in delivering this, and the usage of the words "organic", "nanotechnology", and "renewable energy" are more than just buzzwords in search of funding.
Someone please explain to me why patents on software are bad. I'm not confusing it with copyright...that's something I'm for if the author desires. But seriously, I don't understand that bad thing about patenting a piece of software.
As I understand the issue, it's basically two-fold.
First, software patents are bad because the low threshhold for an idea to be considered novel results in things being patented which are immediately obvious to any expert in the field. And that's not the point of a patent. A patent, ideally, should provide protection for a truly new and original idea so that creative inventors can market their idea and make money licensing their idea during an initial period, while still making the inner workings of their invention publicly known. Then, after this period, everyone can benefit from knowing how this new device works. For example, you could patent the lightbulb when it first comes out, and make a few cents (in todays money) on every lightbulb sold for a controlled number of years, after which the idea becomes public domain.
Software patents typically seem to fail in that respect, and instead are used as a means of controlling and restricting access and interoperability. This does not carry the same benefit for society.
Secondly, software patents are unique in that the software world has such a short generation cycle, and conventional patent durations seem excessive in comparison. A patent on a new car engine design which lasts about 20 years might more appropriately correspond to a software patent which lasts around 5 years. But instead, software patents are often given "equal protection" of the same time length as conventional patents.
I'm sure others have their own reasons for questioning software patents.