I'm hoping that's sarcasm, but since it isn't always clear on the internet I'll answer it....
Assuming the test can only be run once, sort the fertilizer levels and exclude a few in between (e.g. test levels 1,2,4,6,8 & 9). Then plot the results, look for a pattern and pick where the maximum should occur. Since this is a simulated test, the results should fall on some sort of continuous curve making this a relatively simple task. Although, expecting a 4th grader to understand that local minima and maxima occur between slope sign changes is probably a bit of a stretch.
I don't even think it would take that level of sophistication. How many rounds before these "microscopic" engravings get filled in with powder residue or gun oil and dirt?
-I had unprotected sex, I should go get a clothes hanger stuck in me in some back alley, and die of an infection if it doesn't work
Or you could give the kid up for adoption (funded by charitable contributions or adoption fees) or pay for an abortion on your own or with funds from a private charity
-I had kids I can't support, they should be forced to live a life of squalor and misery for my mistake
once again, adoption is always an option.
-I'm an addict, I should continue to spiral downwards until I die in the streets
Sure. Or you could go into a (privately funded) rehabilitation program.
-I made shitty choices and now I'm poor, I should be forced to turn to crime to avoid starvation
Or you could get a job and and education and start providing for yourself. (i.e. start making better choices)
-I have a $25,000/year job but can't afford my mortgage, the government should watch the entire economy go down in flames rather than help me out
That's a bit of an exaggeration. There may be a temporary unsettling of the economy, but the great thing about capitalism is that a downturn is also an opportunity for new entrants into markets. Yes, some people who couldn't afford their homes may need to downsize (or rent), but the foreclosed homes from the housing bubble are already being renovated and rented or sold by new investors. Capital doesn't just disappear (unless it was never there to begin with) so, neither will the economy.
-I'm a bank and I've made a catastrophic series of worthless investment, the government should stand aside while others suffer horribly for my actions. Meanwhile I'll retire in luxury, since I've already collected millions in bonuses.
What's the alternative, bail them out so they can continue defrauding investors/customers with a reaffirmed expectation that they'll get away with more next time? I'd rather it ended there and a new bank take its place that may have a chance of behaving more responsibly.
Yes, it is long term. At least it's long compared to the normal procedure for these types of experiments. What they were trying to determine is if the effects exposure are dependent on the rate as well as the total dose. From the linked abstract:
"these results demonstrate in an in vivo animal model that lowering the dose-rate suppresses the potentially deleterious impact of radiation"
This study doesn't necessarily imply that exposure to 400 times background radiation levels are safe indefinitely. They just showed that the exposure rate as well as the total dose need to be considered when assessing the danger of radiation exposure.
Without used game sales: 100/50 = 2 games sold -- $100 in new game sales With used game sales: 100/50 = 2 which are then resold 2*25 to buy another game -- $150 in new game sales
If you're assuming that the guy who bought the two games used is going to buy one at $50 and make up the difference, you are mistaken. He has already demonstrated that he doesn't think the games are worth the $50 asking price and will spend that money on other forms of entertainment. There will be some conversion of used buyers, but it will likely end up reducing total game sales.
Effectively, removing resale will have the same effects on a market as a price increase proportional to the resale value of the product.
While not a huge selection, there are 3 unlocked quad GSM/pentaband HSPA smart phones on Newegg that fully support just about every GSM carrier including both T-mobile and AT&T. Two Nokias (N9 & E7) and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. There are also many quad band GSM dumb/feature phones that are portable between networks if internet access on your phone isn't a major concern.
Sprint and Verizon's networks are still a problem, but at least there are some options for nationwide/global portability on the GSM carriers.
I think they'd likely handle subsidized phones the same way the carriers do now, early termination fees. The reason they put the lock on the phone has nothing to do with the subsidy. It's to prevent switching to a more competitively priced plan once the contract expires.
If it fit in my backyard, I might want a small one to power my neighborhood. I'll get some extra income from selling power to the NIMBY folks and they have nothing to complain about since the reactor is in my backyard, not theirs.
Actually, any games that were compiled after the release of firmware update 3.21 do require that firmware or later. I don't know exactly what the rules are, but I think Sony requires game developers to use the latest SDK available prior to release. Even with older games, there's no way to tell if it will work since there's no indication of firmware version requiremenst on the box and newer disk runs may carry the newer firmware requirement.
And if it was as simple as that, there wouldn't be any argument. Too bad that's not the case at all. The judge either ignored or missed the significance of the plaintiff's claim that all PS3 games released since have (by Sony's rules) required firmware 3.21 or later to function. Not agreeing to the update didn't just cut off access to PSN, it effectively made it not a PS3 (by definition, since it can't play PS3 games).
It means nothing except that a company couldn't threaten to get you thrown in a real jail for jailbreaking your devices. They'll still be able to do whatever they want to the hardware and software to prevent you from doing it.
It may not be the best choice for someone who has trouble with near field vision, but the resolution of the N900 is 800x480 which is the same as any of the available 7" tablets in a similar price range.
2. Family. My wife and kids know how to use Windows. They use Windows every day at work and at school. If we were to switch to a different OS, then I would spend a lot more of my time helping them with problems and answering their questions. I don't want to add IT Support to my list of hobbies.
Actually, I had my family switch to Linux a few years ago for exactly the same reason. I was getting tired of constantly having to fix software problems and getting them to keep up with anti-virus and OS updates was impossible. So, when they wanted a new computer, I built one and put Ubuntu on it (after talking to them about it, of course). I did set up Windows in a VM since they still needed a couple of programs, including office, but I don't think they've used it since my sister got out of school. After an initial couple of months of "where is the XXXX button?" and "why can't I do XXXX?" questions, I haven't had to intervene almost at all. The only help I've had to provide in the last 3 years was to set up a printer they bought (a Brother MFC that needed binary drivers) and to upgrade them to the latest LTS release.
Even if you have evidence that they received something, how do you prove that what you sent contained a correct and complete opt out statement? You'd have to keep a certified copy on file with a trusted third party to have any hard evidence of that. Otherwise it's your word against theirs.
I think it's safer for me to just not agree to the EULA as a whole and discontinue use of the service. Yes it's a loss, but one I may be compensated for if the current class action suits ever reach a conclusion. In the mean time, I'll just avoid all Sony products and services as well as I can and encourage others to do so as well.
We'll still have the creative things like art and hand crafted goods. As long as there are humans, we will be able to trade goods and services to each other. People place value on things like music and books precisely because they are of and for humans and this will never change. Yes, they can be duplicated cheaply and easily by machines, but society will eventually find some sort of balance that allows the creators to profit enough. We're already at various points in the transitional phase with media that are easily digitized like music, books, photography and video. In fact, we've been transitioning continuously since the first time we picked up a rock and used it as a hammer.
Everyone keeps trying to place robots in "the economy" as if it were some static thing. Yes, technology changes the way in which we go about earning our keep, but it has always been this way. We adapt and learn to apply the skills that are valued.
Thanks. That information on the Soyuz is helpful. I was just trying to point out that the information that has been released is not very specific. I'm an aerospace engineer analyzing turbine engines, so I do understand what a gas generator is and the energy that these spinning disks contain. In fact, I've been involved in root cause investigations of turbine failures and know how difficult it can be to track down the true culprit even with all of the hardware in hand, let alone when the evidence is scattered across a foreign country. I was surprised to hear that they had found the cause in just a few weeks and wanted to hear how they found it. Was there a fault detection system that indicated what it was? Did they actually find the offending part, examine it and find witness of a manufacturing defect? This article, like most others in this type of scenario, doesn't specify.
I was hoping that there might be someone here would have a better source. Slashdot has quite a diverse group of technically minded people, maybe one would have some insights they'd be willing to share.
In the second link it says that a defect led to a "clogged fuel supply pipe". They don't seem to specify which part was faulty or what the defect actually was. Did a valve stick or maybe a turbopump failed. The way it's worded somebody could have left their lunch in the fuel tank.
Anybody know where there's more specific information?
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I'm hoping that's sarcasm, but since it isn't always clear on the internet I'll answer it ....
Assuming the test can only be run once, sort the fertilizer levels and exclude a few in between (e.g. test levels 1,2,4,6,8 & 9). Then plot the results, look for a pattern and pick where the maximum should occur. Since this is a simulated test, the results should fall on some sort of continuous curve making this a relatively simple task. Although, expecting a 4th grader to understand that local minima and maxima occur between slope sign changes is probably a bit of a stretch.
Is this a sign they are working on something for MeeGo/Harmattan or the N9 hardware? Or is it just that they had a bunch they wanted to get rid of?
I don't even think it would take that level of sophistication. How many rounds before these "microscopic" engravings get filled in with powder residue or gun oil and dirt?
Not speaking for the GP, but here are a few
-I had unprotected sex, I should go get a clothes hanger stuck in me in some back alley, and die of an infection if it doesn't work
Or you could give the kid up for adoption (funded by charitable contributions or adoption fees) or pay for an abortion on your own or with funds from a private charity
-I had kids I can't support, they should be forced to live a life of squalor and misery for my mistake
once again, adoption is always an option.
-I'm an addict, I should continue to spiral downwards until I die in the streets
Sure. Or you could go into a (privately funded) rehabilitation program.
-I made shitty choices and now I'm poor, I should be forced to turn to crime to avoid starvation
Or you could get a job and and education and start providing for yourself. (i.e. start making better choices)
-I have a $25,000/year job but can't afford my mortgage, the government should watch the entire economy go down in flames rather than help me out
That's a bit of an exaggeration. There may be a temporary unsettling of the economy, but the great thing about capitalism is that a downturn is also an opportunity for new entrants into markets. Yes, some people who couldn't afford their homes may need to downsize (or rent), but the foreclosed homes from the housing bubble are already being renovated and rented or sold by new investors. Capital doesn't just disappear (unless it was never there to begin with) so, neither will the economy.
-I'm a bank and I've made a catastrophic series of worthless investment, the government should stand aside while others suffer horribly for my actions. Meanwhile I'll retire in luxury, since I've already collected millions in bonuses.
What's the alternative, bail them out so they can continue defrauding investors/customers with a reaffirmed expectation that they'll get away with more next time? I'd rather it ended there and a new bank take its place that may have a chance of behaving more responsibly.
Yes, it is long term. At least it's long compared to the normal procedure for these types of experiments. What they were trying to determine is if the effects exposure are dependent on the rate as well as the total dose. From the linked abstract:
"these results demonstrate in an in vivo animal model that lowering the dose-rate suppresses the potentially deleterious impact of radiation"
This study doesn't necessarily imply that exposure to 400 times background radiation levels are safe indefinitely. They just showed that the exposure rate as well as the total dose need to be considered when assessing the danger of radiation exposure.
I always thought ergs were a unit of frustration. For example, doing energy based calculations in Imperial/US customary units is a ton of ergs.
You're doing the math wrong.
Without used game sales: 100/50 = 2 games sold -- $100 in new game sales
With used game sales: 100/50 = 2 which are then resold 2*25 to buy another game -- $150 in new game sales
If you're assuming that the guy who bought the two games used is going to buy one at $50 and make up the difference, you are mistaken. He has already demonstrated that he doesn't think the games are worth the $50 asking price and will spend that money on other forms of entertainment. There will be some conversion of used buyers, but it will likely end up reducing total game sales.
Effectively, removing resale will have the same effects on a market as a price increase proportional to the resale value of the product.
Yes, it was made up by RIAA lawyers so that later they can twist the meaning and charge separate bass and mid-range damages.
And give them evidence that you not only have the file, but willfully infringed copyright? Probably not the best strategy.
I thought the problem with clouds is precipitation.
I suggest we section it off and make a campground.
They already did. A lot of the places that have no coverage are park land or wilderness areas.
While not a huge selection, there are 3 unlocked quad GSM/pentaband HSPA smart phones on Newegg that fully support just about every GSM carrier including both T-mobile and AT&T. Two Nokias (N9 & E7) and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. There are also many quad band GSM dumb/feature phones that are portable between networks if internet access on your phone isn't a major concern.
Sprint and Verizon's networks are still a problem, but at least there are some options for nationwide/global portability on the GSM carriers.
I think they'd likely handle subsidized phones the same way the carriers do now, early termination fees. The reason they put the lock on the phone has nothing to do with the subsidy. It's to prevent switching to a more competitively priced plan once the contract expires.
If it fit in my backyard, I might want a small one to power my neighborhood. I'll get some extra income from selling power to the NIMBY folks and they have nothing to complain about since the reactor is in my backyard, not theirs.
Actually, any games that were compiled after the release of firmware update 3.21 do require that firmware or later. I don't know exactly what the rules are, but I think Sony requires game developers to use the latest SDK available prior to release. Even with older games, there's no way to tell if it will work since there's no indication of firmware version requiremenst on the box and newer disk runs may carry the newer firmware requirement.
And if it was as simple as that, there wouldn't be any argument. Too bad that's not the case at all. The judge either ignored or missed the significance of the plaintiff's claim that all PS3 games released since have (by Sony's rules) required firmware 3.21 or later to function. Not agreeing to the update didn't just cut off access to PSN, it effectively made it not a PS3 (by definition, since it can't play PS3 games).
It means nothing except that a company couldn't threaten to get you thrown in a real jail for jailbreaking your devices. They'll still be able to do whatever they want to the hardware and software to prevent you from doing it.
Are you sure the link is broken? Maybe it's the first lesson; security by obscurity doesn't work.
It may not be the best choice for someone who has trouble with near field vision, but the resolution of the N900 is 800x480 which is the same as any of the available 7" tablets in a similar price range.
2. Family. My wife and kids know how to use Windows. They use Windows every day at work and at school. If we were to switch to a different OS, then I would spend a lot more of my time helping them with problems and answering their questions. I don't want to add IT Support to my list of hobbies.
Actually, I had my family switch to Linux a few years ago for exactly the same reason. I was getting tired of constantly having to fix software problems and getting them to keep up with anti-virus and OS updates was impossible. So, when they wanted a new computer, I built one and put Ubuntu on it (after talking to them about it, of course). I did set up Windows in a VM since they still needed a couple of programs, including office, but I don't think they've used it since my sister got out of school. After an initial couple of months of "where is the XXXX button?" and "why can't I do XXXX?" questions, I haven't had to intervene almost at all. The only help I've had to provide in the last 3 years was to set up a printer they bought (a Brother MFC that needed binary drivers) and to upgrade them to the latest LTS release.
Even if you have evidence that they received something, how do you prove that what you sent contained a correct and complete opt out statement? You'd have to keep a certified copy on file with a trusted third party to have any hard evidence of that. Otherwise it's your word against theirs.
I think it's safer for me to just not agree to the EULA as a whole and discontinue use of the service. Yes it's a loss, but one I may be compensated for if the current class action suits ever reach a conclusion. In the mean time, I'll just avoid all Sony products and services as well as I can and encourage others to do so as well.
We'll still have the creative things like art and hand crafted goods. As long as there are humans, we will be able to trade goods and services to each other. People place value on things like music and books precisely because they are of and for humans and this will never change. Yes, they can be duplicated cheaply and easily by machines, but society will eventually find some sort of balance that allows the creators to profit enough. We're already at various points in the transitional phase with media that are easily digitized like music, books, photography and video. In fact, we've been transitioning continuously since the first time we picked up a rock and used it as a hammer.
Everyone keeps trying to place robots in "the economy" as if it were some static thing. Yes, technology changes the way in which we go about earning our keep, but it has always been this way. We adapt and learn to apply the skills that are valued.
Thanks. That information on the Soyuz is helpful. I was just trying to point out that the information that has been released is not very specific. I'm an aerospace engineer analyzing turbine engines, so I do understand what a gas generator is and the energy that these spinning disks contain. In fact, I've been involved in root cause investigations of turbine failures and know how difficult it can be to track down the true culprit even with all of the hardware in hand, let alone when the evidence is scattered across a foreign country. I was surprised to hear that they had found the cause in just a few weeks and wanted to hear how they found it. Was there a fault detection system that indicated what it was? Did they actually find the offending part, examine it and find witness of a manufacturing defect? This article, like most others in this type of scenario, doesn't specify.
I was hoping that there might be someone here would have a better source. Slashdot has quite a diverse group of technically minded people, maybe one would have some insights they'd be willing to share.
In the second link it says that a defect led to a "clogged fuel supply pipe". They don't seem to specify which part was faulty or what the defect actually was. Did a valve stick or maybe a turbopump failed. The way it's worded somebody could have left their lunch in the fuel tank.
Anybody know where there's more specific information?
In what way is that particular XKCD obligatory?
An appropriate xkcd mention would go more like this:
I'm not worried. I think it's just that there's too many people constantly refreshing the weather radar. xkcd.com/831/