Apparently you are unaware that cable companies also frequently transmit unencrypted QAM channels.
Generally they are the normal broadcast channels, and maybe a few others, but this is the only option for those of us who are outside the transmitting radius of the OTA broadcast towers.
The Fusion series of HDTV cards have been around for a couple years.
The newest revision IS the first to (supposedly) receive unencrypted QAM.
The point of this card IS to receive digital cable HDTV channels. That was the major revision from the Fusion II to the Fusion III. However, you can only receive unencrypted QAM channels over digital cable. Obviously, only a few channels are transmited unencrypted.
No, welfare programs are a social and economic necessity.
Because of the way capitalism constructs labor markets, it is impossible to have no unemployment (and, therefore, no poverty). In fact, labor markets tend to have an optimal level of unemployment. If unemployment gets too low, labor costs become prohibitive.
Even if every working man and woman in the country was a hard working Phd-holder, a fair chunk of them would still be unemployed and living in poverty.
Amen, I used a 32S all through middle school and into high school before it gave up and died on me. It was subsequently replaced by a 48GX which I believe I lost recently (I can't find it).
If they made a 32S with 4 visible lines of stack, I could die and go to calculator heaven. Best calculator ever
And idea that SRY is the only functional/useful gene on the Y chromosome was debunked years ago. Dozens of genes have since been found on the Y chromosome.
>3. Oh yeah, water for Hydrogen production is in short supply.
Tell that to Devil's Lake or the Red River Valley. They have plenty of water to go around.
The southwestern part of the state is dry because we got fucked over by the Army Corp of Engineers when they pitched us the idea for the Garrison Dam project. It was supposed to provide irrigation for half of the state. Nearly none of that water now goes towards irrigation, and the management of the lake by the Corp is designed to maintain water levels for downriver cargo shipping. Of course, this means our lake and river levels are perpetually low during even mild droughts as they drain the lake to keep the river high in Missouri.
Oh, and in North Dakota we can just use wind instead of solar to produce the hydrogen. Apparently we have the highest wind capacity of any state, if someone actually coughed up the money to a) build the turbines and b) build more transmission lines. We also have a hojillion tons of coal and plenty of power plants, but can't export any more electricity because of lack of transmission capacity.
Besides the fact that you can't spell or type, you seem to be unfamiliar with the entire concept of peer review. This can be seen in your statement that most papers are "mostly repetitive." Half of the point of publishing your work is so that others can duplicate your results. Without replication of results, the scientific community ends up with Cold Fusion-type fiascos. You may not find them worth reading or very interesting, but that doesn't mean they aren't an integral part of the system. Or important to someone else.
My personal collection of papers includes hundreds of papers that are "boring," yet contains small pieces of data that have proved critical in piecing together research that I was conducted.
And like another poster mentioned, writing a bad paper isn't going to do much to promote oneself. It might get you tenure, but only at a rather poor institution.
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How exactly does a question get modded 'Insightful'?
Apparently you are unaware that cable companies also frequently transmit unencrypted QAM channels.
Generally they are the normal broadcast channels, and maybe a few others, but this is the only option for those of us who are outside the transmitting radius of the OTA broadcast towers.
Wrong on several counts. (RTFA?)
The Fusion series of HDTV cards have been around for a couple years.
The newest revision IS the first to (supposedly) receive unencrypted QAM.
The point of this card IS to receive digital cable HDTV channels. That was the major revision from the Fusion II to the Fusion III. However, you can only receive unencrypted QAM channels over digital cable. Obviously, only a few channels are transmited unencrypted.
Holy shit, they're playing catch-up in a market that they just entered?
Someone call the press!
So how exactly do these magical 'spikes' get through a modern, self-regulated switching power supply?
So use the free commandline compilers along with a third party IDE.
This made my week.
I'm going to be reciting this in the elevator.
No, welfare programs are a social and economic necessity.
Because of the way capitalism constructs labor markets, it is impossible to have no unemployment (and, therefore, no poverty). In fact, labor markets tend to have an optimal level of unemployment. If unemployment gets too low, labor costs become prohibitive.
Even if every working man and woman in the country was a hard working Phd-holder, a fair chunk of them would still be unemployed and living in poverty.
Amen, I used a 32S all through middle school and into high school before it gave up and died on me. It was subsequently replaced by a 48GX which I believe I lost recently (I can't find it).
If they made a 32S with 4 visible lines of stack, I could die and go to calculator heaven. Best calculator ever
Dude, you just totally blew my fucking mind.
I need a beer.
Yes, there is a smallest unit of time based upon Planck Legnth and c.
That doesn't even make sense anyway.
STFU, n00b.
God, more sleep, less talk.
Aren't British billions = millions?
I was off by a bit myself.
Ahh, can't think during finals week.
They're actually 4.3GB/4400MB.
They use the lovely base-10 gigabyte.
The gene is called SRY.
And idea that SRY is the only functional/useful gene on the Y chromosome was debunked years ago. Dozens of genes have since been found on the Y chromosome.
Using waste products is fine, but growing crops specifically to convert to biofuels is not.
Yeh, that is what I meant. :)
>3. Oh yeah, water for Hydrogen production is in short supply.
Tell that to Devil's Lake or the Red River Valley. They have plenty of water to go around.
The southwestern part of the state is dry because we got fucked over by the Army Corp of Engineers when they pitched us the idea for the Garrison Dam project. It was supposed to provide irrigation for half of the state. Nearly none of that water now goes towards irrigation, and the management of the lake by the Corp is designed to maintain water levels for downriver cargo shipping. Of course, this means our lake and river levels are perpetually low during even mild droughts as they drain the lake to keep the river high in Missouri.
Oh, and in North Dakota we can just use wind instead of solar to produce the hydrogen. Apparently we have the highest wind capacity of any state, if someone actually coughed up the money to a) build the turbines and b) build more transmission lines. We also have a hojillion tons of coal and plenty of power plants, but can't export any more electricity because of lack of transmission capacity.
Bioethanol/biodiesel are a gigantic scam.
The petrochemicals required to grow, harvest, and process a gallon of bioethanol are in excess of one gallon. You waste more energy.
Biofuels are a scam by farming lobbies to stir up a new source of income since nobody wants to get with the 21st century and give up family farms.
Indeed, natural gas heating is far, far more efficient than electric heat.
How is this any different than the 2 gigantic natural gas tanks I have sitting out in my back yard?
Lots of people use natural gas for heating, and you don't hear about their houses blowing up.
I imagine in a commercial unit, they would add trace amounts of mercaptans so you can smell a leak, if there is one.
As a scientist, I can tell that you aren't one.
Besides the fact that you can't spell or type, you seem to be unfamiliar with the entire concept of peer review. This can be seen in your statement that most papers are "mostly repetitive." Half of the point of publishing your work is so that others can duplicate your results. Without replication of results, the scientific community ends up with Cold Fusion-type fiascos. You may not find them worth reading or very interesting, but that doesn't mean they aren't an integral part of the system. Or important to someone else.
My personal collection of papers includes hundreds of papers that are "boring," yet contains small pieces of data that have proved critical in piecing together research that I was conducted.
And like another poster mentioned, writing a bad paper isn't going to do much to promote oneself. It might get you tenure, but only at a rather poor institution.
It was pretty big news up here in Fargo.
Pretty much everybody I've talked to can't believe that he basically got away with it.
And now he has the nerve to try and take his case to the Supreme Court so he can get off with even a lighter punishment.
The funny thing is that he was apparently a proponent of all things 'tough on crime.' Apparently manslaughter isn't 'crime' in his book.
God, I miss Beyond 2000.
That show is one of my main motivations for being in a science field now.
And I still think of Beyond 2000 when I hear an Aussie say "al-you-minium."