For my own sake, I just throw the junk into/etc/hosts so I don't make the mistake twice. Still shows up in search results and Google doesn't hear about it, but at least I get the satisfaction of not sending any traffic their way. answers.yahoo.com, telegraph.co.uk, pcmag.com, foxnews.com... The list goes on and on.
Orbital speed ~= 7.5 km/s. Then a 1 g particle going the opposite direction has energy of 128 kJ. That's equivalent to a 2000 kg car traveling at 11 m/s (25 mph). The only hope would be sending it to a lower orbit so that it burns up, but I just don't think there's any way to extract enough energy. Plus, you'll hardly ever pass the same junk twice. I guess that's why it's an unsolved problem.
I applaud him for standing on principles though which I feel are sound.
I applaud him simply for standing on principles. This is obviously a very complex issue, but I like to imagine that the world would be a better place if more people were willing to make personal sacrifices based on rational arguments. I do wonder though if economists would tell us otherwise, e.g. the paradox of thrift.
I followed every word in the document, with the exception of references to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices which I did not read. When I read in the article that this document contained sophisticated "trip generation" and "route assignment" analyses, I figured they pulled off some sort of highly complex and theoretical argument that looked pretty darned suspicious. But this is only a logical argument put together by someone with the good sense to google the relevant regulations and put together some rough numbers.
Kudos. And there's clearly no reason to worry about those charges.
Just shows how much lower 'education' has become - these are supposed to be PhD level students
Oh, now come on. You're just being negative. It specifically says they did it in their spare time. Most PhD students probably stare at the wall and cry quietly in their spare time. At least they did something, even if it's not novel. Don't confuse this, however, with me thinking it should be on slashdot. I kinda like the recent father-son team, but there's nothing new here. Just a fun low-key, low-budget project for a couple students who may or may not be doing perfectly valid work on University time.
It may be so. You have guessed rightly there. And note this: a whole host of the great and that army 'that thirsts for such solitary exception found amidst, and at least while in the reason why the solitary type described in such a principal leader, would prove sufficient to achieve that it cannot be otherwise. I look like an author whose ideal the shape of death and deception and lead humanity consciously this no time toward death and at the Romish system of which one single man like my poem has at no suffering? And so force the solitary exception found amidst, and that army that thirsts for power but to prevent them all his whole secret; but that army that thirsts for the miserable blind men to prevent them rivals, competition, the mean pleasures of Jesuits, the old man, loving humanity consciously this time toward death and moreover, be otherwise. I suspect that the head of, that the dismemberment of life, think you one single man like an original way.
Who the hell wakes up in the morning, looks in the mirror, and says, "I'm going to be evil today"? Of course these hackers aren't as evil as Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, but I just don't think I'd want to go on living if I ever found myself robbing ATM's or sending billions of spam emails.
Besides, too high a price is asked for harmony; it's beyond our means to pay so much to enter on it. And so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket, and if I am an honest man I am bound to give it back as soon as possible. And that I am doing. It's not God that I don't accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.
And, just as a bonus parting thought because it's one of my favorite quotes and tenuously related, maybe we'd all be better off if we shared some of the 'coexistence of faith and unbelief' of Dostoevsky. It doesn't bother me if people turn to a God in search of answers, but when they're confident enough to build a theme park out of it, it makes me nauseous. To quote Dostoevsky once more in Notes from the Dead House,
Not because you are religious, but because I myself have experienced and felt it keenly, I will tell you that in such moments one thirsts like “parched grass” for faith and finds it precisely because truth shines in misfortune. I will tell you regarding myself that I am a child of the age, a child of nonbelief and doubt up till now and even (I know it) until my coffin closes. What terrible torments this thirst to believe has cost me and still costs me, becoming stronger in my soul, the more there is in me of contrary reasonings. And yet sometimes God sends me moments in which I am utterly at peace.
Actually, pedantic rhymes with words such as gigantic, semantic, and sycophantic, but does not in fact rhyme with facepalm. In order to rhyme, there must exist a correspondence of sound between the words or, more precisely, the latter syllables of—
Ahh, ha, hoo — I almost walked right into that one.
For those of who didn't RTFA, it looks like it tracks faces and adjusts the projected images accordingly. Let's hope Apple has a slightly better debut than HP's face-tracking software.
P.S. Come on,/. Why the heck did I have to type out the whole link. No paste for Apple computers?
I do know a lot of Republicans that can't stand Palin. But the majority isn't producing significantly better alternatives, so mostly they just keep quiet, and often they don't vote.
Actually, that's the most discouraging part. Approximately 310,827,618 Americans out there, and Palin is widely considered a legitimate political figurehead. (shuts eyes) There's no place like home... There's no place like home... There's no place like home...
Unfortunately, that demographic seems to be taking over this country.
I try to tell myself that there is actually a silent, sane majority out there that's actually helping the country move forward; that it only appears they're taking over since the internet gives half-wits a louder voice than ever before. I hope.
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I hate myself for being so pedantic, but I do believe that it's called a "wrong question."
Well put. I stopped going years ago when I realized how strongly rational thought and critique was discouraged.
For my own sake, I just throw the junk into /etc/hosts so I don't make the mistake twice. Still shows up in search results and Google doesn't hear about it, but at least I get the satisfaction of not sending any traffic their way. answers.yahoo.com, telegraph.co.uk, pcmag.com, foxnews.com... The list goes on and on.
That doesn't justify piracy.
Orbital speed ~= 7.5 km/s. Then a 1 g particle going the opposite direction has energy of 128 kJ. That's equivalent to a 2000 kg car traveling at 11 m/s (25 mph). The only hope would be sending it to a lower orbit so that it burns up, but I just don't think there's any way to extract enough energy. Plus, you'll hardly ever pass the same junk twice. I guess that's why it's an unsolved problem.
Mod parent +10. Windows is a small price to pay if it gives someone the power to do so much good in the world.
I applaud him for standing on principles though which I feel are sound.
I applaud him simply for standing on principles. This is obviously a very complex issue, but I like to imagine that the world would be a better place if more people were willing to make personal sacrifices based on rational arguments. I do wonder though if economists would tell us otherwise, e.g. the paradox of thrift.
Disagree != troll
I followed every word in the document, with the exception of references to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices which I did not read. When I read in the article that this document contained sophisticated "trip generation" and "route assignment" analyses, I figured they pulled off some sort of highly complex and theoretical argument that looked pretty darned suspicious. But this is only a logical argument put together by someone with the good sense to google the relevant regulations and put together some rough numbers.
Kudos. And there's clearly no reason to worry about those charges.
Did you know you can pretty much just buy books on any subject?
Are you making an uptime joke?
Just shows how much lower 'education' has become - these are supposed to be PhD level students
Oh, now come on. You're just being negative. It specifically says they did it in their spare time. Most PhD students probably stare at the wall and cry quietly in their spare time. At least they did something, even if it's not novel. Don't confuse this, however, with me thinking it should be on slashdot. I kinda like the recent father-son team, but there's nothing new here. Just a fun low-key, low-budget project for a couple students who may or may not be doing perfectly valid work on University time.
You said that twice already, and I think it's pretty clear that priming Bing is exactly what they set out to do.
I might have to wait until later to view this. There are, like, 14 people on youtube right now and they have faster connections than I do.
"Fresh new day at work! Ugh. I wonder what's on /."
It may be so. You have guessed rightly there. And note this: a whole host of the great and that army 'that thirsts for such solitary exception found amidst, and at least while in the reason why the solitary type described in such a principal leader, would prove sufficient to achieve that it cannot be otherwise. I look like an author whose ideal the shape of death and deception and lead humanity consciously this no time toward death and at the Romish system of which one single man like my poem has at no suffering? And so force the solitary exception found amidst, and that army that thirsts for power but to prevent them all his whole secret; but that army that thirsts for the miserable blind men to prevent them rivals, competition, the mean pleasures of Jesuits, the old man, loving humanity consciously this time toward death and moreover, be otherwise. I suspect that the head of, that the dismemberment of life, think you one single man like an original way.
I can paste!
This is exactly why I've blocked telegraph.co.uk. Our #1 source for vague (but relevant) hypotheses hyped up and presented as facts.
The site is down so here's a cached version.
Who the hell wakes up in the morning, looks in the mirror, and says, "I'm going to be evil today"? Of course these hackers aren't as evil as Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, but I just don't think I'd want to go on living if I ever found myself robbing ATM's or sending billions of spam emails.
Besides, too high a price is asked for harmony; it's beyond our means to pay so much to enter on it. And so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket, and if I am an honest man I am bound to give it back as soon as possible. And that I am doing. It's not God that I don't accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.
Ivan to Alyosha, in Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. (Or, if that's too long, The Grand Inquisitor stands on its own as a masterpiece!)
And, just as a bonus parting thought because it's one of my favorite quotes and tenuously related, maybe we'd all be better off if we shared some of the 'coexistence of faith and unbelief' of Dostoevsky. It doesn't bother me if people turn to a God in search of answers, but when they're confident enough to build a theme park out of it, it makes me nauseous. To quote Dostoevsky once more in Notes from the Dead House,
Not because you are religious, but because I myself have experienced and felt it keenly, I will tell you that in such moments one thirsts like “parched grass” for faith and finds it precisely because truth shines in misfortune. I will tell you regarding myself that I am a child of the age, a child of nonbelief and doubt up till now and even (I know it) until my coffin closes. What terrible torments this thirst to believe has cost me and still costs me, becoming stronger in my soul, the more there is in me of contrary reasonings. And yet sometimes God sends me moments in which I am utterly at peace.
Actually, pedantic rhymes with words such as gigantic, semantic, and sycophantic, but does not in fact rhyme with facepalm. In order to rhyme, there must exist a correspondence of sound between the words or, more precisely, the latter syllables of—
Ahh, ha, hoo — I almost walked right into that one.
I'd guess they broke it for all Webkit browsers. Works fine on Firefox on Mac and IE on Windows.
Yeah, OS X 10.5.8, Safari 5.0.3. I just feared for my karma if I admitted that. They hunt fanboys like me around here. *ducks*
For those of who didn't RTFA, it looks like it tracks faces and adjusts the projected images accordingly. Let's hope Apple has a slightly better debut than HP's face-tracking software.
P.S. Come on, /. Why the heck did I have to type out the whole link. No paste for Apple computers?
I do know a lot of Republicans that can't stand Palin. But the majority isn't producing significantly better alternatives, so mostly they just keep quiet, and often they don't vote.
Actually, that's the most discouraging part. Approximately 310,827,618 Americans out there, and Palin is widely considered a legitimate political figurehead. (shuts eyes) There's no place like home... There's no place like home... There's no place like home...
Unfortunately, that demographic seems to be taking over this country.
I try to tell myself that there is actually a silent, sane majority out there that's actually helping the country move forward; that it only appears they're taking over since the internet gives half-wits a louder voice than ever before. I hope.