You have two options: 1. Read National Electrician's Code and the Emerald book (IEEE guide). Then figure out who installed the wiring and get a full layout from them. Buy electrician's equipment as necessary. Fix the problem.
2. Hire an electrician. You'll still need full layout of your wiring.
How about this: http://www.rackframe.com/work_stations.htm That is my dream desk, but as good as it is I won't buy it for the kind of money they want for it. (Notice that those "drawers" on the sides are actually 19" rack chassis).
Ok, forget build it yourself. Is there a G5 solution that can compete with something like this: http://www.mpcomp.com/syspw.cgi?QQ+pw S38B What I am trying to say is that Apple doesn't make a competitive low end solution which is the starting point for most people. Even in large organisations people love to throw a cheap box at a random problem here and there. That's how Windows and later Linux found their way into enterprise environments. The Macs could attend the ball with the best of the belles, they just can't make it thru the door.
A decent (just a few notches from top speed) computer can be built from parts for $500 without monitor. Where can you buy a G5 Mac for that price?
Re:where are the advantages
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The Diamond Age
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· Score: 2, Informative
Well, if you read the article you would know that the doping issues seem resolved, and that diamond without doping is an insulator. So that takes care of most concerns. On the other hand, the article does not say what "k" dielectric pure diamond is. It might not be very good. And mobility issues are real. See e.g. Science. 2002 Sep 6;297(5587):1657-8. for more info, but it looks promising.
Hmm, so why is it? All you would need is to put your CPU and associated PCBs inside a well-designed Faraday cage (say, dual line it with copper and mu-metal). Put your receiver and tuner on a separate PCB elsewhere and it should work. It shouldn't even cost that much more, and I am sure an extra $100-200 for this would be acceptable for the market.
Re:Does Anyone Remember Cold Fusion?
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· Score: 4, Interesting
If you read the abstract for the actual paper you'll see that they are basically talking about a more sophisticated version of a quantum-hall effect, i.e. they are talking about the evolution of a correlated state, a different one from superconducting condensate or bose condensate but another type of correlated state. Correlated states can result in negligible dissipation (e.g. superconductivity or superfluidity). They will not be immune from thermal fluctuations esp. at room temperature nor will they be immune from dissipation at impurities and such. But other than that having spin supercurrent seems quite possible. And I am a graduate student doing physics research in the are of high-temperature superconductivity. Mr. Zhang is quite well known in this area since he proposed a so called SO5 theory which aimed to explain everything about high-Tc in one elegant formalism (his theory is oversimplified at best). He has worked with Bob Laughlin a lot lately (Laughlin got a Nobel prize for his theoretical work on, you guessed it, quantum-hall effect). So these people are legit, they know what they are talking about but Zhang has been known to throw wild ideas out there (and more often than not even those have at least a grain of truth in them).
If an election official is corrupt the the only thing that can prevent election abuse is independent supervision with broad oversight powers. Paper balloting is even worse in this case because it is easier to manipulate than making fake smart cards.
Their rebuttal basically says: we have no software security because we rely on hardware and procedural security. If a machine is not meant to be connected to the network and has only one means of user input which has a limited number of point and click options then the underlying software security would indeed seem irrelevant.
I am too lazy to figure out valences but a quick google shows that theoretical calculations predict them to exist and be semiconducting, and someone has done TEM of those tubes so they do exist and have been characterized. That said, you'll have to look deeper for more info cause I don't really care. BTW, most oxides and dichaclogenides which exist in layered crystal structures can be "rolled" up and form nanotubes.
I don't know what the poster above you had in mind when he spoke of 1 tb/cm2, but there was some research using stm scanning of gold islands that claimed such densities (iirc). And even for magnetic tech, superparamagnetic limit isn't everything. There was a story on/. a while ago that laser assisted gmr tech or some such could break this limit. But you are I think right in that no tech as yet has reached these kinds of densities at a reasonable cost and with reasonable access speeds.
I would be interested to use this software as a replacement for Illustrator, because all I need is to format figures for scientific articles, so I need precise positioning, ability to add lines and arbitrarily rotated text, and above all else strong color management. That is all, and it looks like Scribus might just do it. Therefore: does it import.ai files (and these are rather standard with many software programs importing these just fine)? For that matter, does it import.eps and allow you to fragment the image into subcomponents easily? Can anyone comment on color management?
Actually thinking of the mirror in heat engine terms is helpful. There is no reason why we shouldn't be able to balance out energy as a scalar quantity. In fact writing a Hamiltonian for the sail is not that hard and Dr. Gold would then easily see his fallacy by solving it.
No, 1040 is a static form which is exactly what I pointed out a couple of posts above. I asked for an example of a form where Acrobat would be useful, they linked to a 1040 form for some unknown reason. My point there was exactly that you don't need Acrobat to generate a pdf of a 1040 form.
Hmm, you are kind of a troll but I'll bite. PDF for static content is one of the better tools for the job but you don't need Acrobat to generate this - any print to pdf function will do. The guys above tried to argue that Acrobat is nice for extra functionality such as generating dynamic forms in pdf which seemed assinine to me because that's what web forms (e.g. javascript ones) are for. My main question was what does Acrobat do that cannot be dome with other tools. So far I got no convincing answer. In fact it seems that if Adobe tomorrow ceased all sales and distribution of Acrobat people would find it pretty easy to get the same things done with standard open tools.
You are right VB isn't. But Ecmascript (javascript) is indeed crossplatform. If your system is beefy enough to render PDFs it is beefy enough to access the web. I repeat my question: why does a _data_ format contain algorithms (e.g. if users click on a text field then put a blinking text cursor there and give it focus).
I was wondering about this. Can you give me an example of a document where you absolutely cannot do the ps2pdf thing or some such and get an acceptable result.
Well, hot water was certainly available with no problem in the cities, but I think throughout much of former Soviet Union, rural areas were much worse off. I know the village near Moscow where we used to have our country house in the 1980s didn't have hot water and we had to use local gas heaters. OTOH, our Moscow apartment had hot water since it was built.
Slashdot Mirror
You have two options:
1. Read National Electrician's Code and the
Emerald book (IEEE guide). Then figure out
who installed the wiring and get a full layout
from them. Buy electrician's equipment as
necessary. Fix the problem.
2. Hire an electrician. You'll still need full
layout of your wiring.
How about this:
http://www.rackframe.com/work_stations.htm
That is my dream desk, but as good as it is
I won't buy it for the kind of money they want
for it.
(Notice that those "drawers" on the sides are
actually 19" rack chassis).
Ok, forget build it yourself. Is there a G5w S38B
solution that can compete with something like
this:
http://www.mpcomp.com/syspw.cgi?QQ+p
What I am trying to say is that Apple doesn't make
a competitive low end solution which is the
starting point for most people. Even in large
organisations people love to throw a cheap box
at a random problem here and there. That's how
Windows and later Linux found their way into
enterprise environments. The Macs could attend
the ball with the best of the belles, they just
can't make it thru the door.
A decent (just a few notches from top speed)
computer can be built from parts for $500
without monitor. Where can you buy a G5 Mac
for that price?
Well, if you read the article you would know that
the doping issues seem resolved, and that diamond
without doping is an insulator. So that takes care
of most concerns. On the other hand, the article
does not say what "k" dielectric pure diamond is.
It might not be very good. And mobility issues
are real. See e.g. Science. 2002 Sep 6;297(5587):1657-8.
for more info, but it looks promising.
Humans are lazy. Nuff said...
Check out:L K/www- talk-1992.messages/337.html. ucalgary.ca/archives/WWW-TALK/www- talk-1992.messages/371.html
http://ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/archives/WWW-TA
and
http://ksi.cpsc
(Hope above links pass lameness filter).
Seems like embedded functionality predates their patent.
Seems Vosaic dates back to spring of 1994, postdating their "invention".
Hmm, so why is it? All you would need is to
put your CPU and associated PCBs inside a
well-designed Faraday cage (say, dual line it
with copper and mu-metal). Put your receiver and
tuner on a separate PCB elsewhere and it should
work. It shouldn't even cost that much more,
and I am sure an extra $100-200 for this would
be acceptable for the market.
If you read the abstract for the actual paper you'll
see that they are basically talking about a more
sophisticated version of a quantum-hall effect,
i.e. they are talking about the evolution of a
correlated state, a different one from superconducting
condensate or bose condensate but another type
of correlated state. Correlated states can result
in negligible dissipation (e.g. superconductivity
or superfluidity). They will not be immune from
thermal fluctuations esp. at room temperature nor
will they be immune from dissipation at impurities
and such. But other than that having spin supercurrent
seems quite possible.
And I am a graduate student doing physics research
in the are of high-temperature superconductivity.
Mr. Zhang is quite well known in this area since
he proposed a so called SO5 theory which aimed to
explain everything about high-Tc in one elegant
formalism (his theory is oversimplified at best).
He has worked with Bob Laughlin a lot lately (Laughlin
got a Nobel prize for his theoretical work on, you
guessed it, quantum-hall effect). So these people
are legit, they know what they are talking about
but Zhang has been known to throw wild ideas out
there (and more often than not even those have
at least a grain of truth in them).
If an election official is corrupt the the
only thing that can prevent election abuse
is independent supervision with broad oversight
powers.
Paper balloting is even worse in this case
because it is easier to manipulate than making
fake smart cards.
Their rebuttal basically says: we have no
software security because we rely on hardware
and procedural security. If a machine is not
meant to be connected to the network and has
only one means of user input which has a limited
number of point and click options then the
underlying software security would indeed seem
irrelevant.
I am too lazy to figure out valences but a
quick google shows that theoretical calculations
predict them to exist and be semiconducting,
and someone has done TEM of those tubes so they
do exist and have been characterized. That said,
you'll have to look deeper for more info cause
I don't really care.
BTW, most oxides and dichaclogenides which exist
in layered crystal structures can be "rolled" up
and form nanotubes.
I don't know what the poster above you had in mind /. a while ago
when he spoke of 1 tb/cm2, but there was some
research using stm scanning of gold islands that
claimed such densities (iirc). And even for
magnetic tech, superparamagnetic limit isn't
everything. There was a story on
that laser assisted gmr tech or some such could
break this limit. But you are I think right in that
no tech as yet has reached these kinds of densities
at a reasonable cost and with reasonable access
speeds.
Thanks. Actually your post #6449861 has all the
info I was looking for. Sounds awesome. I'll
have to give it a whirl.
I would be interested to use this software as .ai files (and these are .eps and allow you to fragment the
a replacement for Illustrator, because all I need
is to format figures for scientific articles, so
I need precise positioning, ability to add lines
and arbitrarily rotated text, and above all else
strong color management. That is all, and it looks
like Scribus might just do it.
Therefore: does it import
rather standard with many software programs
importing these just fine)? For that matter, does
it import
image into subcomponents easily? Can anyone comment
on color management?
Actually thinking of the mirror in heat engine
terms is helpful. There is no reason why we
shouldn't be able to balance out energy as a
scalar quantity. In fact writing a Hamiltonian
for the sail is not that hard and Dr. Gold would
then easily see his fallacy by solving it.
No, 1040 is a static form which is exactly what
I pointed out a couple of posts above.
I asked for an example of a form where Acrobat
would be useful, they linked to a 1040 form for
some unknown reason.
My point there was exactly that you don't need
Acrobat to generate a pdf of a 1040 form.
Hmm, you are kind of a troll but I'll bite.
PDF for static content is one of the better
tools for the job but you don't need Acrobat
to generate this - any print to pdf function
will do. The guys above tried to argue that
Acrobat is nice for extra functionality such
as generating dynamic forms in pdf which seemed
assinine to me because that's what web forms
(e.g. javascript ones) are for. My main question
was what does Acrobat do that cannot be dome with
other tools. So far I got no convincing answer.
In fact it seems that if Adobe tomorrow ceased
all sales and distribution of Acrobat people
would find it pretty easy to get the same things
done with standard open tools.
But this will work fine even in postscript, it's
static lines and text and such, so then
ps2pdf and you have your pdf. Why acrobat?
You are right VB isn't. But Ecmascript (javascript)
is indeed crossplatform. If your system is
beefy enough to render PDFs it is beefy enough
to access the web. I repeat my question:
why does a _data_ format contain algorithms
(e.g. if users click on a text field then put
a blinking text cursor there and give it focus).
PDF stands for portable _data_ format. Using PDF
for dynamic things like forms seems assinine.
Isn't that for ecmascript is for? Or even VB?
I was wondering about this. Can you give me an
example of a document where you absolutely cannot
do the ps2pdf thing or some such and get an
acceptable result.
Well, hot water was certainly available with no
problem in the cities, but I think throughout much
of former Soviet Union, rural areas were much worse
off. I know the village near Moscow where we used
to have our country house in the 1980s didn't have
hot water and we had to use local gas heaters.
OTOH, our Moscow apartment had hot water since
it was built.
Yeah, ok Fink is not to Linux on OS X what Wine
is to Windows on Linux. But FreeBSD has Linux
compat layer, doesn't this exist for OS X?