That mostly depends on your definition of 'life' If it can replicate itself indefinitely, and act of it's own accord, who's to say it's not? (There's still a ton of work to do to make that possible albeit)
Personally Don't care as long as they make a realistic robotic prostitute during my lifetime.
Yeah it works well if all you want to do in life is go to school.
That's the point, It works well to complete school. Getting a degree has little to do with learning (although it very much should IMO) and much more to do with being able to regurgitate information.
It sure is amazing how far those 'parrot' kids get though... If the system rewards regurgitating information, then why shouldn't we do exactly that? Because it's not learning?
I was always told to go to school, and get good grades. If I wanted to learn I had to do that on my own time.
Work done by the engine on the alternator is exactly that, work. It costs extra power (and hence fuel) to run. Have you ever wondered why using high load electrical components and air conditioners hurts fuel economy? The main point of the heat based system, is that it uses energy from a source that is not otherwise used.
When we were looking at these systems, the cooling system simply does not create a high enough temperature. The extractor would need to be far too large. Only the high heats in exhaust can make this work efficiently.
I worked at Toyota for a while we have been talking about this for at least a year. The technology has been around for a long time, but we usually call them thermocouples. It's exactly the same concept, except they need to be much larger, and have a much higher temperature differential to be useful. The main problem is the size and weight. The weight is significant when you're looking to reduce mass to improve fuel economy, and obviously it adds cost to the vehicle.
As for extracted heat reducing the efficiency of the engine, after heat leaves the cylinder head, unless it is used to do work (as in a turbocharger) it is waste.
I remember in Halo on silent cartographer, you could blast the warthogs on top of this island and drive around. That was a blast!! Definetly one of my favorite glitches.
Another trick, in the same level, you could push the warthog INTO the cartographer room, I'm talking into the structure, down the stairs, and into the room where you access the map. That takes me back!
I also HATE people that are glitching on Call of Duty World at War, getting under the map and killing you with impunity.
Of course, If someone can see very clearly but has no idea what they are looking at (sniperintheweedslookoutyou'redead), it is equally useless information.
Which is worse, bad input, and good recognition, or good input and bad recognition? It seems we have little control over the quality of (unaided) input.
Age and wisdom vs. youth and treachery - I will put my money on the old guy for the win.
I always thought it was, "Old age and treachery beats youth and skill"
As a younger (24) engineer, I find that it is necessary to have a degree to get a decent job. I don't have any friends without a degree that work in a technical profession, and every engineer at my employer have that's under 30 has a degree. The older guys though, we'll hire anyone, degree or not, that has the requisite experience for the job. Personally, I think it makes for a good mix of challenging traditional ideas and 'tried and true' practicality
"I got the ball!!" *WHAM* You old guys need to build taller coffee tables.
...take an inventory of all the particles in the universe, write a program to describe their governing laws, and then the output would be every moment of of the future.
I always thought this in interesting, yet obviously impossible idea.
Even if you used every particle in the universe to store information, (say, it's own position and orientation) as soon as it changes, you will have lost the information of the previous state.
Oddly enough, Linux is your bar entertainment as well.
I accidentally unplugged a "Photo Hunt" touch screen thinger at the bar one time, and when I plugged it back in, grub booted up, then the main screen.
I sometimes unplug and replug them now just to check if they run Linux.
We could put all the cars on the same one lane road (in each direction), and they could link up to each other. This would allow less wind resistance and only one car would pull (or push) all the rest. We could call this a "train"
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Stereotypes? Like these?
"Robots don't have any emotions, and sometimes that makes me very sad". -- Bender
That mostly depends on your definition of 'life' If it can replicate itself indefinitely, and act of it's own accord, who's to say it's not? (There's still a ton of work to do to make that possible albeit)
Personally Don't care as long as they make a realistic robotic prostitute during my lifetime.
So our passports will need tinfoil hats now too?
it was not a serious post, but a badly worded attempt at a joke
does that mean that heat is shrinking out genes?
The receiving station doesn't make constant noise.
I bet you could see it with infared, it probably looks like a pillar of light coming out of space to the exact location of the reciever.
I agree with the author, I'm also looking for more porn
Yeah it works well if all you want to do in life is go to school.
That's the point, It works well to complete school. Getting a degree has little to do with learning (although it very much should IMO) and much more to do with being able to regurgitate information.
Doing the minimum isn't enough in some fields...
Tell that to some of the guys I work with.
I was always told to go to school, and get good grades. If I wanted to learn I had to do that on my own time.
Work done by the engine on the alternator is exactly that, work. It costs extra power (and hence fuel) to run. Have you ever wondered why using high load electrical components and air conditioners hurts fuel economy? The main point of the heat based system, is that it uses energy from a source that is not otherwise used.
When we were looking at these systems, the cooling system simply does not create a high enough temperature. The extractor would need to be far too large. Only the high heats in exhaust can make this work efficiently.
I worked at Toyota for a while we have been talking about this for at least a year. The technology has been around for a long time, but we usually call them thermocouples. It's exactly the same concept, except they need to be much larger, and have a much higher temperature differential to be useful. The main problem is the size and weight. The weight is significant when you're looking to reduce mass to improve fuel economy, and obviously it adds cost to the vehicle.
As for extracted heat reducing the efficiency of the engine, after heat leaves the cylinder head, unless it is used to do work (as in a turbocharger) it is waste.
There is nothing Swedish about the companies pushing this case both through money and political pressure
So it seems that the US isn't the only country where policy can be influenced by angry people with lots of money
I remember in Halo on silent cartographer, you could blast the warthogs on top of this island and drive around. That was a blast!! Definetly one of my favorite glitches.
Another trick, in the same level, you could push the warthog INTO the cartographer room, I'm talking into the structure, down the stairs, and into the room where you access the map. That takes me back!
I also HATE people that are glitching on Call of Duty World at War, getting under the map and killing you with impunity.
Of course, If someone can see very clearly but has no idea what they are looking at (sniperintheweedslookoutyou'redead), it is equally useless information.
Which is worse, bad input, and good recognition, or good input and bad recognition? It seems we have little control over the quality of (unaided) input.
Age and wisdom vs. youth and treachery - I will put my money on the old guy for the win.
I always thought it was, "Old age and treachery beats youth and skill"
As a younger (24) engineer, I find that it is necessary to have a degree to get a decent job. I don't have any friends without a degree that work in a technical profession, and every engineer at my employer have that's under 30 has a degree. The older guys though, we'll hire anyone, degree or not, that has the requisite experience for the job. Personally, I think it makes for a good mix of challenging traditional ideas and 'tried and true' practicality
"I got the ball!!" *WHAM* You old guys need to build taller coffee tables.
This is a 13 year old girl. THIRTEEN!
It got me pretty excited too.
and ... In Soviet Russia, 13 year old girl undresses YOU!
Sorry, I couldn't resist
shatter harmlessly on impact with your significant other in the heat of game battle anger, or remain in one piece?
Depends if the bitch is screen-peeking or not
...take an inventory of all the particles in the universe, write a program to describe their governing laws, and then the output would be every moment of of the future.
I always thought this in interesting, yet obviously impossible idea.
Even if you used every particle in the universe to store information, (say, it's own position and orientation) as soon as it changes, you will have lost the information of the previous state.
Oddly enough, Linux is your bar entertainment as well. I accidentally unplugged a "Photo Hunt" touch screen thinger at the bar one time, and when I plugged it back in, grub booted up, then the main screen. I sometimes unplug and replug them now just to check if they run Linux.
I can get out of jury duty?
We could put all the cars on the same one lane road (in each direction), and they could link up to each other. This would allow less wind resistance and only one car would pull (or push) all the rest. We could call this a "train"
reminded me of this this
Porn isn't free?