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  1. Correction on Samsung Introduces Phone With Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Gravity 101: Drop something in a vaccum, with only a downward force applied and no rotational forces applied, and it will fall straight down.

    Aerodynamics 101: A falling object will rotate around its "centre of gravity" when a rotational force (torque by another name) is applied. These forces can be due to aerodynamic drag. If its a simple retangular shape with the centre of gavity down towards one end, then it will tend to lead with the end which centre of gravity is towards. The reasons why? well that's 102

    Check you facts before you denounce people as Clueless

  2. Re:SAP, BEA on U.S. Attempts to Block Oracle Bid for PeopleSoft · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've worked with a range of these ERPs and advise companies on their choices. They aren't all the same thing.

    Historically it goes like this;

    PeopleSoft is the leader in Human Resources ERP software.

    SAP leads manufacturing / distribution software

    Oracle is best at Finance

    All of theses top tier ERP systems offer enterprise wide applications. SAP has good HR solution, PS now owns JDE which gives it a look into manufacturing and dist, and Oracle is increasing its HR.

    Basically Oracle has a load of cash from its Database income base, and by absorbing PS, it would greatly increase its HR market share, and more easily dominate the market.

  3. Re:Why single out SDI? on Software Bug Causes Soyuz To Land Way Off · · Score: 1

    When Japan or Germany were facing their ultimate demise do you think that they would have hesitated to use a nuclear weapons if they had them?

    Just like Iraqi used its weapons of mass destruction as they faced their ultimate demise?

  4. Re:Uh-oh, here come the digital bashers. on Improving Digital Photography · · Score: 1

    I use a Cannon Film SLR, but was rather excited when the EOS D1s came out last year. Its got, as outlined above, a full 35mm sensor, which means that the optics for the glass you whack on the front works as it should (unlike the earlier D30 which would reduce a 14mm to a 16mm lens).

    I cannot afford a D1s. I'd love one, but its damm expensive, and its a hobby for me, not a job. I'm personally going to wait a year or so before I invest into a new back. Until then I'll pour my money into better quality glass, to help with the sharpness of the light delivered, and I don't think that investment will be lost now that we have full sized (35mm) sensors. To cut down on processing costs, I got a Connon Ixus V a year or two back, just for happy snaps, and have taken thousands of piccies with it, and now when I roam with my SLR its just for the joy of capturing a nice scene, and currently happy to pay for the film a fornight or so I go through.

    I can see digital replacing *my* need for a colour film camera. Yet all that said, I will probably keep my film back for Black and White shots. I'll still use my coloured filters on it to adjust the contrast, and look forward to the developing. All the glass will have the same mounts, and just click on. I know how to do this on a PC easily, and I know its more expensive (esp black and white). But I enjoy how simple it is, and I spend all day staring at PCs.

    And depending on my mood, I like to listen to some of the warmer sounds on vinyl. Same thing I guess.

  5. FreeZope on Zope Bible · · Score: 1

    For those who want to whett their Zope appetite, try www.freezope.org a cool free zope hosting site, allows you some control through DTML, and python scripts.

  6. Back pain = fn(general health) on What Do You Do To Relieve Lower Back Pain? · · Score: 1

    I did my lower back about a year ago - it just went, no trauma involved.
    I was a fit rockclimber, mountain biker, and studied Aikido.
    My abs were _HARD_
    The source of the problem was not lack of abs, but shoulders pulled forward by my chest from MB and Rock Climbing... So I am trying now to reset my shoulders back, mainly through swimming to correctmy posture.
    Back pain sucks and is only something you'll understand once you've suffered from it.

  7. What I think will REALly happen... on U.S. v. Microsoft Arguments - Streaming Audio · · Score: 2

    Why do I get the feeling that if the judgment doesn't go M$'s way, there's only one way we'll REALly hear it...

  8. Re:Dynamic Sizing of Ramdisks on Other Uses For The Linux RAM Disk? · · Score: 1

    Talking of things that fit in RAM, the linux router project , is a project set up to make a distro small enough to fit on a single 1.44MB floppy disk for networking stuff. Really who needs 128MB?