I still have to buy a computer, but I can choose which computer to buy, allowing the free market to do it's thing and get me the best computer for the best price.
It's not about money, it's about choice. Libre rather than gratis if you prefer.
Isn't it awesome that right from the start you can make a choice to buy an iPhone or an Android? Totally with you on the choice front dude. All this choice rocks!
So... does that change the meaning of what he said? The centre of gravitational mass will be the same point as the centre of mass.
In reference to your reply to Noughmad, the ham sandwich theorem deals with volume rather than with mass, so referring to the centre of volume would be more directly attributable to the topic at hand.
I don't mind the explosives test. It's not intrusive, fast and I imagine fairly effective. X-rays are very intrusive, won't be what you could consider fast, but they still might be effective. 1 out of 3 is a fail.
Is there a nuanced joke in there that I'm not getting? Isn't the definition of a first world country "The USA and its allies in the cold war." (Second world being the USSR and its allies, with third world being unaligned countries.)
Hence the use of the term civilized world (with a far more open meaning) to exclude the USA, rather than risk looking foolish.
I used to live in Australia, and never noticed that. I then moved to the US and started noticing that happen. Maybe the US constructs their lights using something that is sensitive to a person's RF.
Do you also have problems using battery-powered watches?
I guess then it comes down to who is responsible for the glitch... I have heard about some hardware companies who have had similar glitches and decided to just eat the loss rather than get any bad publicity. Those type of glitches can be very dangerous when information can propagate as fast as it does these days.
I have absolutely no sympathy for the people who abused the glitch; they knew they were doing something wrong and then whined when they were caught.
Well, 000 is the emergency number in Australia, so I guess you'd call 000 911 if you had some cross-continental emergency and needed assistance in both Australia and the USA.
There's probably only 10 of those in a year, so if all 10 of them are getting dropped that makes me worried.
Reminds me of something I read about the ABC (in Australia.) They received close to 1,000 letters of complaint about their coverage of the Afghanistan war (complaining of bias.) I don't remember the exact number but there were about 480 complaining of right wing bias, and 490 complaining of left wing bias.
Surface area to mass ratio is a major factor. Unless you could get it to fall edge-first (actually pretty difficult unless the air is perfectly still) you're looking at quite a lot of resistance, which will hinder your terminal velocity.
In the olden days, some people were worried about the amount of sulphur oxides our industries were spewing into the air. Sulphur oxides have the effect of reflecting light and heat back out into space, which leads to the average temperature of the earth falling. I like to refer to the effect as 'global dimming'. Fortunately for us, most chemical plants etc. can be quite simply retrofitted to prevent these sulphur oxides from entering the atmosphere, and legislation was quickly passed for these units to be fitted to all operating industry. This was largely driven by the more immediate danger of acid rain.
These same industries also have a tendency to emit oxides of carbon into the air. Carbon oxides have the opposite effect, capturing heat that would otherwise be reflected into space and retaining it as an increase in the temperature of the atmosphere. Unfortunately for us, it is far more difficult to retrofit industry to prevent the release of oxides of carbon, leading to significant resistance on the part of industry, which leads to resistance for governments enacting legislation for fear of alienating their constituency.
So, does that mean that you think they call off soccer games if it's raining, or if the sun might get in someone's eyes? Do you think that soccer doesn't involve responding to what the other team does? Do you think the other team can't score in soccer? Do you think you can't get injured playing soccer?
I think it's part of the draw of sports that they don't utilize all the technology they can. The idea that it's just a raw man vs. man contest. Also, FIFA trys hard to make sure the game the pros are playing is the same game you can grab your mates and a ball and head down to the park and play. Introducing all that techy stuff makes it harder for Joe Average to try and pretend he's Drew Breeze when he's running around with his kids.
I actually have a motorcycle as well. I don't have a fancy one with a reserve light though, I just have to wait until it putters to a stop, flick the fuel switch to reserve, and find a fuel station as fast as I can.
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I still have to buy a computer, but I can choose which computer to buy, allowing the free market to do it's thing and get me the best computer for the best price.
It's not about money, it's about choice. Libre rather than gratis if you prefer.
Isn't it awesome that right from the start you can make a choice to buy an iPhone or an Android? Totally with you on the choice front dude. All this choice rocks!
Ummm, whoosh.
So... does that change the meaning of what he said? The centre of gravitational mass will be the same point as the centre of mass.
In reference to your reply to Noughmad, the ham sandwich theorem deals with volume rather than with mass, so referring to the centre of volume would be more directly attributable to the topic at hand.
No, you pretty much get the idea.
except with a more carefully limited dose.
Maybe.
I don't mind the explosives test. It's not intrusive, fast and I imagine fairly effective. X-rays are very intrusive, won't be what you could consider fast, but they still might be effective. 1 out of 3 is a fail.
Is there a nuanced joke in there that I'm not getting? Isn't the definition of a first world country "The USA and its allies in the cold war." (Second world being the USSR and its allies, with third world being unaligned countries.)
Hence the use of the term civilized world (with a far more open meaning) to exclude the USA, rather than risk looking foolish.
I used to live in Australia, and never noticed that. I then moved to the US and started noticing that happen. Maybe the US constructs their lights using something that is sensitive to a person's RF.
Do you also have problems using battery-powered watches?
Hell, I was scared by Commander Keen 5
I love /. 22 replies correcting you. Grammar is fun!
I guess then it comes down to who is responsible for the glitch... I have heard about some hardware companies who have had similar glitches and decided to just eat the loss rather than get any bad publicity. Those type of glitches can be very dangerous when information can propagate as fast as it does these days.
I have absolutely no sympathy for the people who abused the glitch; they knew they were doing something wrong and then whined when they were caught.
Well, 000 is the emergency number in Australia, so I guess you'd call 000 911 if you had some cross-continental emergency and needed assistance in both Australia and the USA.
There's probably only 10 of those in a year, so if all 10 of them are getting dropped that makes me worried.
Read the penultimate sentence.
And then the people who reply-all to that email telling them not to reply all to wide reaching emails.
{Probably almost everyone. That one comes up almost every day.}
I use mine to tell time too. Sometimes I even use it for a source of light. See all the benefits a smart-phone would give you?
Reminds me of something I read about the ABC (in Australia.) They received close to 1,000 letters of complaint about their coverage of the Afghanistan war (complaining of bias.) I don't remember the exact number but there were about 480 complaining of right wing bias, and 490 complaining of left wing bias.
Surface area to mass ratio is a major factor. Unless you could get it to fall edge-first (actually pretty difficult unless the air is perfectly still) you're looking at quite a lot of resistance, which will hinder your terminal velocity.
Sorry to disappoint you, but you need to know things before you can apply what you know.
High 5 on totally getting the point of Locke's post.
In the olden days, some people were worried about the amount of sulphur oxides our industries were spewing into the air. Sulphur oxides have the effect of reflecting light and heat back out into space, which leads to the average temperature of the earth falling. I like to refer to the effect as 'global dimming'. Fortunately for us, most chemical plants etc. can be quite simply retrofitted to prevent these sulphur oxides from entering the atmosphere, and legislation was quickly passed for these units to be fitted to all operating industry. This was largely driven by the more immediate danger of acid rain.
These same industries also have a tendency to emit oxides of carbon into the air. Carbon oxides have the opposite effect, capturing heat that would otherwise be reflected into space and retaining it as an increase in the temperature of the atmosphere. Unfortunately for us, it is far more difficult to retrofit industry to prevent the release of oxides of carbon, leading to significant resistance on the part of industry, which leads to resistance for governments enacting legislation for fear of alienating their constituency.
So, does that mean that you think they call off soccer games if it's raining, or if the sun might get in someone's eyes? Do you think that soccer doesn't involve responding to what the other team does? Do you think the other team can't score in soccer? Do you think you can't get injured playing soccer?
I think it's part of the draw of sports that they don't utilize all the technology they can. The idea that it's just a raw man vs. man contest. Also, FIFA trys hard to make sure the game the pros are playing is the same game you can grab your mates and a ball and head down to the park and play. Introducing all that techy stuff makes it harder for Joe Average to try and pretend he's Drew Breeze when he's running around with his kids.
I actually have a motorcycle as well. I don't have a fancy one with a reserve light though, I just have to wait until it putters to a stop, flick the fuel switch to reserve, and find a fuel station as fast as I can.