The article states that MS was just divesting some of its acquisitions that it had "no use for". Am I missing something here that states that these holdings were any serious threat for patent litigation against Linux?
Also, don't make the mistake of assuming that Linux is an organized, centralized movement with some form of control emanating from the center.
think herding cats. One of the reasons I love it. I use windows at work (because that's what we use), and linux at home. I tinker with linux cos I like to do so. An OS is simply a tool, and bashing one over the other and arguing about who has the best script-fu or biggest e-penis is an exercise in ignorance -- but can, at times, be hilarious.
In the movies world or TV world of military portrayal, that is always a joke for those in the know...that and how every explosion is a massive fuel bomb.
I'd have to say it really is probably up to the individual soldier whether that will work for him or not. Everyone handles it differently, and self-medicates differently. Many of my old comrades cannot watch war-related movies or watch/play FPS video games like COD, GRAW, etc. I say go for it-if it helps just a few people it would be worth it.
Fair enough-it just happened to be an easy source for a simple description of alpha decay, not a discussion-ender. As I believe others have stated, many newer plants must scrub their emissions. A good start would be to remove the grandfather clause from plants exempt from emissions control. A bad choice would be to radically change our power grid on the issue that coal contains naturally radioactive isotopes.
Nuclear has its role to play also. And U238 makes up 99% of all uranium isotopes. I realize we have large stockpiles of Uranium, and even more of thorium. I was merely trying to deflect the danger of uranium in coal plant effluent. Like many have posted, every little bit helps. It's going to be a lot easier to accomplish the hybrid coal plant than it is to restart nuclear plant construction at the moment.
From wiki on aplha decay (the type U238 goes through):
Alpha particles have a typical kinetic energy of 5 MeV (that is, â 0.13% of their total energy, i.e. 110 TJ/kg) and a speed of 15,000 km/s. This corresponds to a speed of around 0.05 c. There is surprisingly small variation around this energy, due to the heavy dependence of the half-life of this process on the energy produced (see equations in the Geiger-Nuttall law). Because of their relatively large mass, +2 charge and relatively low velocity, alpha particles are very likely to interact with other atoms and lose their energy, so their forward motion is effectively stopped within a few centimeters of air.(my emphasis)
yes, coal is "bad", but not nearly as bad as the far left makes it. There has to be transition-we cannot completely ignore our largest deposits of easily obtainable energy.
Oh, absolutely. I was not dismissing the article off hand, just providing a small proof of who might object. I am all for increased efficency and hybridization. I am still waiting for these to come online more places: http://www.res-energy.com/technology/index.asp Assuming they can get it running as promised.
is just the interwebs way of asking you to quit surfing porn and clicking random attachments in email. Now, if we could only couple an electric shock every time grandma clicks on a Nigerian Scam email or Billy Frat Gentleman downloads a porn dialer, Pavlov would clean up the internet for us.
I started out with Debian slink, so the.deb style of nix I've always gravitated to. When I wean friends or family off windows, I always install Ubuntu. Other than that, I'm a rather bad distro-whore on my own box. Call me a sadist, but I actually enjoy doing fresh installs every few months.
I guess one more reason to read the EULA before committing your website/app/etc to the cloud. Not a shocker that selling your personal info is a much anticipated profit stream.
Sony has always seemed a many-headed hydra when it comes to innovation and marketability. The minidisc comes to mind. The engineers come out with a great product, and the marketers and lawyers drive it into the dirt and stifle innovation.
Sony always breaks my heart-but my jilted relationships counseling has taught me to just say no to her seductive advances. I'll just get burned in the end.
This reminds me of an incedent here in Oregon a few years back when Bonneville Power Authority was putting fiber in the ground supposedly to meet a projected forecast. The telcoms evidently believed they had an alterior motive of delivering cheap fast internets to the rural masses, claiming the amount of fiber being laid was "excessive". A court injunction evidently halted the project. Ironic, that they have no energy to improve the infrastructure, but plenty when it comes to halting others attempts at addressing that lack.
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The article states that MS was just divesting some of its acquisitions that it had "no use for". Am I missing something here that states that these holdings were any serious threat for patent litigation against Linux?
That would be a brutal, short-lived game ending in either unconsciousness or a failed liver.
Also, don't make the mistake of assuming that Linux is an organized, centralized movement with some form of control emanating from the center.
think herding cats. One of the reasons I love it. I use windows at work (because that's what we use), and linux at home. I tinker with linux cos I like to do so. An OS is simply a tool, and bashing one over the other and arguing about who has the best script-fu or biggest e-penis is an exercise in ignorance -- but can, at times, be hilarious.
you win. My day is complete!
Nice! Now I can spend hours in the swamps on my iphone seraching for mandrake root...again.
In the movies world or TV world of military portrayal, that is always a joke for those in the know...that and how every explosion is a massive fuel bomb.
I'd have to say it really is probably up to the individual soldier whether that will work for him or not. Everyone handles it differently, and self-medicates differently. Many of my old comrades cannot watch war-related movies or watch/play FPS video games like COD, GRAW, etc. I say go for it-if it helps just a few people it would be worth it.
Fair enough-it just happened to be an easy source for a simple description of alpha decay, not a discussion-ender. As I believe others have stated, many newer plants must scrub their emissions. A good start would be to remove the grandfather clause from plants exempt from emissions control. A bad choice would be to radically change our power grid on the issue that coal contains naturally radioactive isotopes.
Nuclear has its role to play also. And U238 makes up 99% of all uranium isotopes. I realize we have large stockpiles of Uranium, and even more of thorium. I was merely trying to deflect the danger of uranium in coal plant effluent. Like many have posted, every little bit helps. It's going to be a lot easier to accomplish the hybrid coal plant than it is to restart nuclear plant construction at the moment.
From wiki on aplha decay (the type U238 goes through):
Alpha particles have a typical kinetic energy of 5 MeV (that is, â 0.13% of their total energy, i.e. 110 TJ/kg) and a speed of 15,000 km/s. This corresponds to a speed of around 0.05 c. There is surprisingly small variation around this energy, due to the heavy dependence of the half-life of this process on the energy produced (see equations in the Geiger-Nuttall law).
Because of their relatively large mass, +2 charge and relatively low velocity, alpha particles are very likely to interact with other atoms and lose their energy, so their forward motion is effectively stopped within a few centimeters of air.(my emphasis)
yes, coal is "bad", but not nearly as bad as the far left makes it. There has to be transition-we cannot completely ignore our largest deposits of easily obtainable energy.
Oh, absolutely. I was not dismissing the article off hand, just providing a small proof of who might object. I am all for increased efficency and hybridization. I am still waiting for these to come online more places: http://www.res-energy.com/technology/index.asp
Assuming they can get it running as promised.
Perhaps only the people who live near this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal
is just the interwebs way of asking you to quit surfing porn and clicking random attachments in email. Now, if we could only couple an electric shock every time grandma clicks on a Nigerian Scam email or Billy Frat Gentleman downloads a porn dialer, Pavlov would clean up the internet for us.
I started out with Debian slink, so the .deb style of nix I've always gravitated to. When I wean friends or family off windows, I always install Ubuntu. Other than that, I'm a rather bad distro-whore on my own box. Call me a sadist, but I actually enjoy doing fresh installs every few months.
Really? It would have to be an all weekend bender if it were Gentoo.
\I'll bring the keg
I guess one more reason to read the EULA before committing your website/app/etc to the cloud. Not a shocker that selling your personal info is a much anticipated profit stream.
well, evidently it wasn't taken as such by the mod PTB :), but thanks.
Kmart sucks, I know...
Here is a site that may be of use to you: http://www.kindtree.org/
Does this mean Guitar Hero-Abba edition isn't coming out?
These acid comments detract from the spirit of discovery....
5...4...3...2...
Sony has always seemed a many-headed hydra when it comes to innovation and marketability. The minidisc comes to mind. The engineers come out with a great product, and the marketers and lawyers drive it into the dirt and stifle innovation. Sony always breaks my heart-but my jilted relationships counseling has taught me to just say no to her seductive advances. I'll just get burned in the end.
This reminds me of an incedent here in Oregon a few years back when Bonneville Power Authority was putting fiber in the ground supposedly to meet a projected forecast. The telcoms evidently believed they had an alterior motive of delivering cheap fast internets to the rural masses, claiming the amount of fiber being laid was "excessive". A court injunction evidently halted the project. Ironic, that they have no energy to improve the infrastructure, but plenty when it comes to halting others attempts at addressing that lack.
Covenant sporting Nike apparel?