Feeding trolls is bad, but perhaps I should clarify regardless:
NASAs goals and objectives are not solely to protect earth from dangerous rocks. It is a research and exploration agency. I can see that if you're terrified of dangerous space rocks, you'd want to see that mission changed. I simply think it's a bad idea to redirect all of your resources to fend off one threat which has a minuscule year to year statistical likelihood. Sure, don't ignore the threat, but don't give up on all the other exploration you're doing.
But then again, you stick to your priorities. I can respect that;)
NASA should be spending most - if not all - of its budget preparing for the Sun's inevitable expansion into a Red Giant.
Everything else is moot if we let that happen.
mmkay, bit of a stretch as an example-- but it seems extremely shortsighted for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be solely focused on potentially dangerous bodies. We wouldn't have the capability of deflecting asteroids and comets if it wasn't for the technologies we've developed for exploration.
This is exactly the case when I worked help desk at my university. For students, our basic support would be to provide them the information they'd need (wifi authentication type, email server names, etcetc) and they would configure it from there. Generally it's a case of being too specialized. Our help desk just wasn't familiar enough with linux (those who were went to the higher paying network support jobs:P ). For the most part, the Linux users help themselves. We could usually do a typical setup, but if something didn't work we simply didn't have the expertise to support it any further.
I suspect you'll find the same with many schools - Linux machines will work fine with school services provided *you* know how to configure them.
Really it's all just a ploy by the construction unions-- First you restrict gun usage so only a select few "with a need" can have them. Then you restrict knives. Then comes the hammer. Want to tack up some pictures? Time to call your Licensed Hammerman.I can't believe nobody else has figured it out yet! Of course they'd be laughed off the streets if they started their "Outlaw Hammers" movement right off the bat, but once guns and knives are taken care of, the hammer is only a logical extension.
You can have my hammer, when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
Key difference here is that you can go to the other mechanic down the street and not buy the oil change that comes with coffee. In this case you can't go buy CDRs from somebody else-- it's like a government mandate that *all* oil changes include a coffee fee.
Of course, there's the other silly notion that The People really had anything at all to do with this decision. Then again, it *is* Canada...
The line between "appreciative glance" and "drooling stare" isn't as fine as you're led to believe. It actually *is* quite possible to discretely appreciate a view without being offensive- even (or perhaps especially) if she notices.
Since Steve Jobs was killed in that tragic accident, Apple was run by Fake Steve Jobs, the Performa line was never killed off, the NewtonPod was a dismal failure, and MacOS Be is running on all our desktops.
Of course, if Wozniak were able to fly that plane things would have ended differently-- but as we all know, Wozniak will never set foot on an airplane because it reminds him of his days in the 'Nam.
Conspiracy theories are fun and all, but I think the more obvious explanation will suffice here-- We simply haven't had motivation to push our space programs as we have in the past. Certainly there have been innovations and rocket scientists dreaming up new and better propulsion systems, but there has been no grand scale programs to put them to the test. With any luck, China and India will be pushing their own space exploration programs to spur on a new space race, but short of that a lot of Americans simply don't care.
TFA does state: "The helmet acts as a windscoop, so the pressure between the skull and helmet is larger than the blast wave by itself." So apparently it *does* contribute to brain damage in *some* cases. Of course, the benefits of the new design against stopping shrapnel may outstrip the deficiencies it has in dealing with blasts, but you're right that anything they can model and improve on is great. In any case, it's still a bad headline:P
Even this isn't necessary. The radar operators will notice the new consistent returns (most notably that they are *stationary*) and note "hey, there's something there!"
This really just isn't an issue. Nothing to see here, move along.
However-- a significant driver in these changes are that the customers are really competing on cost. Customer service would matter for a handful of people, but the price is the biggest factor. Question is-- are you willing to shop around and spend more on a cell phone company that has competent support? For most people, unless they are burned by one company, they won't (and if they were, they just go to the competition who uses the same support reps).
Agreed-- I rent rooms in my house to friends still in college. I'm somewhat cheap, but rent and utilities still breaks $400 a month per person.
However, how many of you went to college on the same shoestring budgets? My yearly income throughout college was about 14k and I could manage my rent, utilities, car insurance, and top ramen. It's definitely possible to *live* on minimum wage-- and I really think most folks should for a short time in their lives-- but it's not a life I would wish somebody to be stuck with forever.
I don't think we're understanding each other properly-- what I'm getting at is that the depth is not particularly relevant. The heat produced in his computer has to go *somewhere*. The dirt ten feet down may be colder at the start, but dirt insulates and the dirt around the pipe won't be (as you've noted) 16C forever when you are actively heating it up with your coolant. Running the pipe closer to the surface allows him do make further use of it by heating up other rooms of his house.
Basically refute to your post was that it doesn't matter how cold the ground is ten feet down if that ground can't dissipate the heat as fast as his computers produce it. My main point is that he'd need to analyze how much heat dissipation he can expect through the concrete along that copper line before he'd know if it would be at all useful.
I wasn't intending to defend the actions of our military-- it baffles me that we deploy troops and invade other nations without officially declaring war. As far as I'm concerned, our President and congress have involved us in continuous *illegal* wars since WWII. If you want to start killing people of another nation, at least file the right paperwork!
I am unfamiliar with this "mod point" mumbo jumbo, but this shouldn't be modded informative.
The nice thing about the internet is if you use words like SIGNIFICANTLY you can get others convinced you're an expert on the subject.
The concrete slab is acting as a heat *sink*, not a refrigerator. It doesn't have to be tremendously colder than the ambient temperature, just colder than the processor. It really doesn't matter how deep he goes, the dirt or concrete are only going to be able to dissipate so much heat (both insulate to a degree). Does anybody know how much heat you'd be able to dissipate along 6m of concrete? Basically he'll be using the computer as a heater for a small ambient heat line. It'd actually prove more useful to keep shallower so he can retain a bit of that heat for his house.
It's an interesting idea, definitely wouldn't be worth it if the cost weren't negligible. It does allow you to dissipate the heat under another room of the house though.
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Feeding trolls is bad, but perhaps I should clarify regardless:
;)
NASAs goals and objectives are not solely to protect earth from dangerous rocks. It is a research and exploration agency. I can see that if you're terrified of dangerous space rocks, you'd want to see that mission changed. I simply think it's a bad idea to redirect all of your resources to fend off one threat which has a minuscule year to year statistical likelihood. Sure, don't ignore the threat, but don't give up on all the other exploration you're doing.
But then again, you stick to your priorities. I can respect that
NASA should be spending most - if not all - of its budget preparing for the Sun's inevitable expansion into a Red Giant.
Everything else is moot if we let that happen.
mmkay, bit of a stretch as an example-- but it seems extremely shortsighted for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be solely focused on potentially dangerous bodies. We wouldn't have the capability of deflecting asteroids and comets if it wasn't for the technologies we've developed for exploration.
Astrology is an asinine system of beliefs grounded in observable aspects of celestial bodies.
Economics is an asinine system of beliefs grounded in the human concept of "weath."
Oh... I thought you were talking about the banking crisis again.
It might if she has more mod points than you do!
Never question Wikipedia!
Ding ding!!
:P ). For the most part, the Linux users help themselves. We could usually do a typical setup, but if something didn't work we simply didn't have the expertise to support it any further.
This is exactly the case when I worked help desk at my university. For students, our basic support would be to provide them the information they'd need (wifi authentication type, email server names, etcetc) and they would configure it from there. Generally it's a case of being too specialized. Our help desk just wasn't familiar enough with linux (those who were went to the higher paying network support jobs
I suspect you'll find the same with many schools - Linux machines will work fine with school services provided *you* know how to configure them.
Really it's all just a ploy by the construction unions-- First you restrict gun usage so only a select few "with a need" can have them. Then you restrict knives. Then comes the hammer. Want to tack up some pictures? Time to call your Licensed Hammerman.I can't believe nobody else has figured it out yet! Of course they'd be laughed off the streets if they started their "Outlaw Hammers" movement right off the bat, but once guns and knives are taken care of, the hammer is only a logical extension.
You can have my hammer, when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
Key difference here is that you can go to the other mechanic down the street and not buy the oil change that comes with coffee. In this case you can't go buy CDRs from somebody else-- it's like a government mandate that *all* oil changes include a coffee fee.
Of course, there's the other silly notion that The People really had anything at all to do with this decision. Then again, it *is* Canada...
Bah, I don't need drugs to cure my laziness!
The line between "appreciative glance" and "drooling stare" isn't as fine as you're led to believe. It actually *is* quite possible to discretely appreciate a view without being offensive- even (or perhaps especially) if she notices.
Because it's not possible to cover your mortgage, pay your bills, buy food, and still have anything left over for hookers and blow on mars?
On second thought, forget the blow and mars...
No... but I'm noticing you spend a lot of time staring at a few lines of text...
Since Steve Jobs was killed in that tragic accident, Apple was run by Fake Steve Jobs, the Performa line was never killed off, the NewtonPod was a dismal failure, and MacOS Be is running on all our desktops.
And now you know the rest of the story.
Of course, if Wozniak were able to fly that plane things would have ended differently-- but as we all know, Wozniak will never set foot on an airplane because it reminds him of his days in the 'Nam.
Conspiracy theories are fun and all, but I think the more obvious explanation will suffice here-- We simply haven't had motivation to push our space programs as we have in the past. Certainly there have been innovations and rocket scientists dreaming up new and better propulsion systems, but there has been no grand scale programs to put them to the test. With any luck, China and India will be pushing their own space exploration programs to spur on a new space race, but short of that a lot of Americans simply don't care.
TFA does state: "The helmet acts as a windscoop, so the pressure between the skull and helmet is larger than the blast wave by itself." So apparently it *does* contribute to brain damage in *some* cases. Of course, the benefits of the new design against stopping shrapnel may outstrip the deficiencies it has in dealing with blasts, but you're right that anything they can model and improve on is great. In any case, it's still a bad headline :P
Even this isn't necessary. The radar operators will notice the new consistent returns (most notably that they are *stationary*) and note "hey, there's something there!"
This really just isn't an issue. Nothing to see here, move along.
Oh man.... imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
However-- a significant driver in these changes are that the customers are really competing on cost. Customer service would matter for a handful of people, but the price is the biggest factor. Question is-- are you willing to shop around and spend more on a cell phone company that has competent support? For most people, unless they are burned by one company, they won't (and if they were, they just go to the competition who uses the same support reps).
Agreed-- I rent rooms in my house to friends still in college. I'm somewhat cheap, but rent and utilities still breaks $400 a month per person.
However, how many of you went to college on the same shoestring budgets? My yearly income throughout college was about 14k and I could manage my rent, utilities, car insurance, and top ramen. It's definitely possible to *live* on minimum wage-- and I really think most folks should for a short time in their lives-- but it's not a life I would wish somebody to be stuck with forever.
I don't think we're understanding each other properly-- what I'm getting at is that the depth is not particularly relevant. The heat produced in his computer has to go *somewhere*. The dirt ten feet down may be colder at the start, but dirt insulates and the dirt around the pipe won't be (as you've noted) 16C forever when you are actively heating it up with your coolant. Running the pipe closer to the surface allows him do make further use of it by heating up other rooms of his house.
Basically refute to your post was that it doesn't matter how cold the ground is ten feet down if that ground can't dissipate the heat as fast as his computers produce it. My main point is that he'd need to analyze how much heat dissipation he can expect through the concrete along that copper line before he'd know if it would be at all useful.
I wasn't intending to defend the actions of our military-- it baffles me that we deploy troops and invade other nations without officially declaring war. As far as I'm concerned, our President and congress have involved us in continuous *illegal* wars since WWII. If you want to start killing people of another nation, at least file the right paperwork!
I am unfamiliar with this "mod point" mumbo jumbo, but this shouldn't be modded informative. The nice thing about the internet is if you use words like SIGNIFICANTLY you can get others convinced you're an expert on the subject. The concrete slab is acting as a heat *sink*, not a refrigerator. It doesn't have to be tremendously colder than the ambient temperature, just colder than the processor. It really doesn't matter how deep he goes, the dirt or concrete are only going to be able to dissipate so much heat (both insulate to a degree). Does anybody know how much heat you'd be able to dissipate along 6m of concrete? Basically he'll be using the computer as a heater for a small ambient heat line. It'd actually prove more useful to keep shallower so he can retain a bit of that heat for his house. It's an interesting idea, definitely wouldn't be worth it if the cost weren't negligible. It does allow you to dissipate the heat under another room of the house though.
Next, lets pick on the yanks for avoiding metric measurements ...
Now that's just low.