I have done a lot of work on tunneling microscopy and am now doing molecular biology. In all these disciplines Excel is very useful because it accepts all kinds of inputs. What usually happens is that someone processes something in Matlab or Labview or somesuch, and then sends you a text file by email. Now this text file will have messed up crap like varying number of spaces and tabs between columns. It may also have newline the Unix way and you sit at a Windows machine. Excel will accept this input happily whereas things like Kaleidagraph will choke on it. Mind you, this is to quickly look at the data. If you do any analysis or plot for publication then of course Excel is a joke. Excel is to ascii data as MS Photo Viewer is to photos.
The problem obviously is that there is no graphical tool to adjust keybindings. Or better yet, a tool which would allow you to graphically select prebuilt keybinding packages with a central repository somewhere on Apple's server with a fat pipe. So, is there an easy way to "theme" your keyboard on a Mac?
Minimizing scattering is no small feat. As they point out it could be very useful to me, since I would be very interested to use nanoscale probes near an object yet still see it in optical microscope with little to no distortion. This may also lead to cheap ways to probe the amount of light in fiber so you could instantly tell if a fiber cable is aging or if it was cut then where exactly. In short, this could be very useful, just not for hiding those spaceships.
I guess I took it to be along the lines of Segway hype: "This will replace all transport known to man". Especially since the webpage talks about how this will consume less land and will be more efficient than car-based transport. But maybe you are right (in a trollish sorta way), maybe they just mean to replace subways and busses. In that case it all comes down to real (not estimated cost). I'll reserve judgement until the first implementation in some city.
Where is room for that wardrobe or bookcase or heck even two weeks worth of groceries. This is maybe useful for amusement parks and such but for real world use you need a large storage space on wheels. And even if these "cars" could be enlarged about threefold to be useful, they'd still need to allow loading stations where people would load their stuff (like lumber) for an hour. Face it, there is no streamlining what is naturally a distributed system.
Hate to reply to myself but my first post was before I RTFA'ed. Looks like for some frequencies they will be in the same ballpark of sensitivity as GEO which is nice since I always doubted theoretical estimates from GEO and LIGO as being too optimistic. If they can get to these sensitivities then maybe the big boys can get there too. Oh, and given what I heard about Kadel (their dewar maker of choice) I reiterate my doubts about He 3 leaks. Why not Oxford? And how much does their setup cost to run continuously?
They are looking for gravitational waves. The kind that are predicted to exist by various versions of relativity. This is why they are looking for things like black hole mergers - because those are supposed to give off major gravity ripples that could hopefully be seen by our puny labs on Earth. I am curious how their theoretical resolution measures up to the bigger projects like LIGO. I am also curious how much it costs to keep that much mass this cold continuously. You need a huge dilution fridge which would consume some unholy amount of liquid Helium 4. That's assuming you got no He 3 leaks. Costs please...
Hmm, that gives me an idea. We need to give everyone one vote divided by their age so a sixty year old would have half the influence of a thirty year old just to limit democracy by senility.
Can you program Transmeta cores to do OpenGL instead of usual macro-ops? If so then can an 8-way Transmeta blade be used as an off-the-shelf fully open graphics card (yes, hideously expensive).
No it means that the state protects their right to live out of the goodness of its heart but through no moral obligation. In principle it has worked for many centuries that protecting the lives of children was the job of the parents alone. But that leads to blood feuds that go on for centuries. So state protection is better and more efficient. Now if abortions were to lead to centuries-long blood feuds too then maybe the state would be better of doing something. As it is, abortions do not hurt worker productivity and there are no moral issues assoiciated with their protection so they should not be protected.
Well, you can take an issue farther than that. It is clear that a mother is not needed to have a baby. Artificial womb technology is being developed and only crazy fundies will stop its commercialization. But let's ignore implementation issue and assume this stuff is commonplace. Now your success rate is >90% at the IVF stage (0 weeks). Do we consider those fertilized eggs humans? Let's say some fundie says "yes" to the question above. Next we ask: it is clear that one can assemble eggs and sperm one molecule at a time. Say this technology exists and widely available. Do we declare all sources of e.g. carbon to be potential life and protect them against any other use but producing humans? Of course not. So then where do we draw the line? Arbitrary! My take is that if you can't vote you have no rights, ergo the state has no obligation to defend your right to live.
Reverse melting has been known for a long time. People have been studying vortex systems that do that. This is only new because it's a chemical compound (rather than say electrons) that does this. No physics breakthrough here. Maybe chemical engineering breakthrough but that's it.
In that case the screenshots don't do it justice. That was horrible. All grey and washed out. Didn't look like there were many weapons. Lame character model. Are you sure it looks good and this was just inept screenshot taking?
That said, even if you feel the Libertarians are kooks, vote for them if you want smaller government... precisely because they won't win. If a substantial number of people vote this way the "mainstream" parties will shift to get that demographic. Although I don't know if I'll ever forgive the Republicans for bailing out on the contract with America. Where is my balanced budget Amendment? Not done yet? Well fuck you, you don't get my vote, it's libertarian from now on.
Dunno about units of measurement but I certainly expected uncertainties to be included: add X plus/minus 0.01X [units] of [substance]. And I wish someone did timing precisely. Instead of: cook until brown specify: cook for 137 second with 1 degree Kelvin per minute ramp up and down.
This would be particularly useful if heat conductivity and surface area of pans were also specified. In short, I expected real engineering, I got a regular cooking site.
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You can't???!???
I have done a lot of work on tunneling microscopy
and am now doing molecular biology. In all these
disciplines Excel is very useful because it accepts
all kinds of inputs. What usually happens is that
someone processes something in Matlab or Labview or
somesuch, and then sends you a text file by email.
Now this text file will have messed up crap like
varying number of spaces and tabs between columns.
It may also have newline the Unix way and you
sit at a Windows machine. Excel will accept this
input happily whereas things like Kaleidagraph
will choke on it. Mind you, this is to quickly
look at the data. If you do any analysis or plot
for publication then of course Excel is a joke.
Excel is to ascii data as MS Photo Viewer is to
photos.
The problem obviously is that there is no graphical
tool to adjust keybindings. Or better yet, a tool
which would allow you to graphically select prebuilt
keybinding packages with a central repository
somewhere on Apple's server with a fat pipe. So,
is there an easy way to "theme" your keyboard on a Mac?
Minimizing scattering is no small feat. As they point
out it could be very useful to me, since I would be
very interested to use nanoscale probes near an
object yet still see it in optical microscope with
little to no distortion.
This may also lead to cheap ways to probe the amount
of light in fiber so you could instantly tell if a
fiber cable is aging or if it was cut then where
exactly. In short, this could be very useful, just
not for hiding those spaceships.
Assuming e.g. an array of ints the answer to this problem is:
return INT_MAX;
Mod parent up. This is the first "in soviet Russia"
joke that is actually funny and creepily true,
considering the current leadership of Russia.
I guess I took it to be along the lines of Segway hype:
"This will replace all transport known to man".
Especially since the webpage talks about how
this will consume less land and will be more
efficient than car-based transport. But maybe
you are right (in a trollish sorta way), maybe
they just mean to replace subways and busses.
In that case it all comes down to real (not
estimated cost). I'll reserve judgement until
the first implementation in some city.
Where is room for that wardrobe or bookcase or
heck even two weeks worth of groceries. This is
maybe useful for amusement parks and such but
for real world use you need a large storage
space on wheels. And even if these "cars" could be
enlarged about threefold to be useful, they'd
still need to allow loading stations where people
would load their stuff (like lumber) for an hour.
Face it, there is no streamlining what is naturally
a distributed system.
Hate to reply to myself but my first post was before
I RTFA'ed.
Looks like for some frequencies they will be in the
same ballpark of sensitivity as GEO which is nice
since I always doubted theoretical estimates from
GEO and LIGO as being too optimistic. If they can
get to these sensitivities then maybe the big boys
can get there too.
Oh, and given what I heard about Kadel (their dewar
maker of choice) I reiterate my doubts about He 3
leaks. Why not Oxford? And how much does their
setup cost to run continuously?
They are looking for gravitational waves. The kind
that are predicted to exist by various versions of
relativity.
This is why they are looking for things like black
hole mergers - because those are supposed to give
off major gravity ripples that could hopefully be
seen by our puny labs on Earth.
I am curious how their theoretical resolution
measures up to the bigger projects like LIGO. I am
also curious how much it costs to keep that much
mass this cold continuously. You need a huge
dilution fridge which would consume some unholy
amount of liquid Helium 4. That's assuming you
got no He 3 leaks. Costs please...
Twice that of a 36 years old and four times of most retirees.
Hmm, that gives me an idea. We need to give everyone one vote divided by their age so a sixty year old would have half the influence of a thirty year old just to limit democracy by senility.
Can you program Transmeta cores to do OpenGL instead
of usual macro-ops? If so then can an 8-way
Transmeta blade be used as an off-the-shelf fully
open graphics card (yes, hideously expensive).
You must have been in the Midwest too long. I hate
all the folks around me say "Gah" when they want to
express frustration. Never heard it in NY.
No it means that the state protects their right to live out of the goodness of its heart but through no moral obligation. In principle it has worked for many centuries that protecting the lives of children was the job of the parents alone. But that leads to blood feuds that go on for centuries. So state protection is better and more efficient. Now if abortions were to lead to centuries-long blood feuds too then maybe the state would be better of doing something. As it is, abortions do not hurt worker productivity and there are no moral issues assoiciated with their protection so they should not be protected.
Well, you can take an issue farther than that. It is clear that a mother is not needed to have a baby. Artificial womb technology is being developed and only crazy fundies will stop its commercialization. But let's ignore implementation issue and assume this stuff is commonplace. Now your success rate is >90% at the IVF stage (0 weeks). Do we consider those fertilized eggs humans?
Let's say some fundie says "yes" to the question above. Next we ask: it is clear that one can assemble eggs and sperm one molecule at a time. Say this technology exists and widely available. Do we declare all sources of e.g. carbon to be potential life and protect them against any other use but producing humans? Of course not.
So then where do we draw the line? Arbitrary! My take is that if you can't vote you have no rights, ergo the state has no obligation to defend your right to live.
If you are going to use telnet, might as well make
it open source...
Reverse melting has been known for a long time.
People have been studying vortex systems that
do that. This is only new because it's a chemical
compound (rather than say electrons) that does this.
No physics breakthrough here. Maybe chemical
engineering breakthrough but that's it.
In that case the screenshots don't do it justice.
That was horrible. All grey and washed out.
Didn't look like there were many weapons.
Lame character model.
Are you sure it looks good and this was just
inept screenshot taking?
WTF? Some game with horrible graphics. Why is this
news? Who cares? How many people here have heard
of this game? WTF?
lol
He's got my vote now. That is an awesome program.
That said, even if you feel the Libertarians are
kooks, vote for them if you want smaller government...
precisely because they won't win. If a substantial
number of people vote this way the "mainstream"
parties will shift to get that demographic.
Although I don't know if I'll ever forgive the
Republicans for bailing out on the contract with
America. Where is my balanced budget Amendment?
Not done yet? Well fuck you, you don't get my
vote, it's libertarian from now on.
If you do the Fish (same as systrans) you see that
this was added by Iamatlas, presumably for a laugh.
This statement is not on the original page.
Dunno about units of measurement but I certainly
expected uncertainties to be included:
add X plus/minus 0.01X [units] of [substance].
And I wish someone did timing precisely.
Instead of:
cook until brown
specify:
cook for 137 second with 1 degree Kelvin per minute
ramp up and down.
This would be particularly useful if heat conductivity
and surface area of pans were also specified.
In short, I expected real engineering, I got
a regular cooking site.
You want their uterus? I can'r quite decide if you
are hung like a horse (literally) or maybe you are
a cannibal.
FYI, uterus (aka the womb) is quite far away from
the relevant parts.