I think one of the big points is that in this situation we can have our cake and eat it to. There are many light designs that do not shine up into the sky. If you reflect that light back down to the ground, you can use less wattage (read $$), and it doesn't pollute the night sky nearly as much.
Slashdot interviews are supposed to have commenters asking the questions, relayed by slashdot editors. Here we have an editor asking questions vaguely inspired by our questions. What is with the format change?
FTFS: Since we undertook the pilgrimage to Blizzcon in person this year, we decided to use the question ideas as a guide rather than an absolute, so that it could be a little more conversational in tone.
I can understand not reading articles, but not even reading the summary? Granted, I didn't like this format either, but they explained why they did it.
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I like my pizza cut in 8 nice triangular slices. My wife likes squares. I actually cut half in slices, and half in squares.
...I would have just made a 12 hour loop and played it twice.
No. A sledgehammer would be a local denial of service.
I can guarantee that it will be very cloudy at my house (or wherever I try to move my telescope to) during the early morning hours of October 8.
Cross-section is ~10e-40 cm^2, average energy is 1 MeV-ish. You work it out.
I just finished my third drink of the evening. I don't think I can work it out anymore.
Wow, 600 light years and close range in the same sentence.
I think one of the big points is that in this situation we can have our cake and eat it to. There are many light designs that do not shine up into the sky. If you reflect that light back down to the ground, you can use less wattage (read $$), and it doesn't pollute the night sky nearly as much.
Try working at a large conservative insurance company. Windows 2000. Office 2003. IE6.
Thank goodness I have administrator rights to my PC.
This page has helped me in the past: Data Recovery
Keep trying...
February 2008:
Apple:iPod nano: new colors: iPod shuffle: new colors. iPouch Touch : 32GB available
You touch your what?
Thank goodness that Tim Bedore already knew about this. Glad he is on our side keeping watch against the coming animal conspiracy!
Slashdot interviews are supposed to have commenters asking the questions, relayed by slashdot editors. Here we have an editor asking questions vaguely inspired by our questions. What is with the format change?
FTFS: Since we undertook the pilgrimage to Blizzcon in person this year, we decided to use the question ideas as a guide rather than an absolute, so that it could be a little more conversational in tone.
I can understand not reading articles, but not even reading the summary? Granted, I didn't like this format either, but they explained why they did it.
He assailed OEM system builders for including bad, buggy, or just plain useless apps on their machines in exchange for a few bucks on the back end.
You mean like Vista?
I agree, a great place to get rid of stuff that you don't want, but someone else might is Free Cycle
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Must be a quick read.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Scratch yet. It gives quick results and teaches the basics of program flow.
"...porn has made its way in there already"
You say that as if it is a bad thing.
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver.
No problem...just post your SSN below...
scant 3.8 solar masses
Next time my wife thinks that I need to lose weight, I will mention that 3.8 solar masses is still considered "scant".
I guess it is all relative.
The reason Wii Play sold so well: $10 game with the purchase of a Wiimote.
Lottery: Tax for those people bad at math.
...(i'm still on dial-up)...
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