I went back and did research. Egg whites are the issue. If you beat egg whites in a copper bowl, some copper ions come out of the bowl and into the eggs. This is actually good, because this helps the eggs become harder to 'unfold'. However, if you do it a lot, you it can be dangerous to have that much copper in your diet.
So I guess I did overestimate the 'poisonous' part, but it was coming off the top of what I remembered rather than actual research I did right then.
I don't see any major corporations thinking this is a good investment. I don't see many PHB's going along with this idea, regardless of how successful Google is with it.
...and Huygens' batteries weren't supposed to do more than 4.5 hours anyway (IIRC).
The designers of these probes and landers are really outdoing themselves. Look at the two landers on Mars that are WELL past their guaranteed time. I wonder if they purposely make them work well beyond their guaranteed time just to 'show off' or something.
Two reasons:
1.) Its antenna is only strong enough to send signals to cassini, and cassini only 'see' Huygens for so long before it sets over the Titan planet.
2.) Its battery life is very short (because they knew they'd only have such a short time to transmit the data to cassini).
The planet IS harsh (like -290F), but its built to survive it long enough to talk to Cassini until it sets.
I know it'll be a while, but I anxiously await the pictures and the sound (yes, they have a mic onboard). I guess it'll mostly be hissing, but it'll be interesting to HEAR a distant planet (one whom has a thick and nasty atmosphere).
michael must be smiling./. never provides disclaimers. Michael puts on there to implant the thought 'harass.' Kinda like reverse physcology. You are the exact reason that line is in the article.
The workaround was available 8 days after the original notification. But it wasn't labelled as critical. It was upgraded to critical 4 days ago, so MS released the patch right away.
John Katz wrote editorials. These were easy enough to ignore. Michael, on the other hand, writes about stuff like science and technology along with his witless banter and big brother pointing. So ignoring michael means you'll miss good stuff along with the crap he spews. That's the difference.
New 'highly anticipated games' like Doom3 and Halflife 2 started at $55. I don't think bringing out games much past $50 will be a good idea. I'm the type of person who waits until games drop to $30 to buy them (I do make exceptions... HL2 being the latest exception).
This reminds me of a SNL commercial. Its a broken down pile of crap for a car, but the inside is super luxurious. No one wants to steal a beatup car, so you can live the luxurious life without worrying about theft. Yeah, but you look like a retard.
How would you feel bringing a pizza box to the boardroom of a fortune-500 company in an attempt to sell you product to executives. Funny idea, incredibly stupid to go through with it, though.
... or, back in the day, it was "Hero's Quest." That old sierra game is what really sprung me into computers and programming. Played around with basic at home, and pascal in high school.
Anyway, with the question. First thing a child should know is how to get around on the computer. This includes command prompts and everything. Once they are truely mastered at this, I'd find some free compilers and teach a little bit of basic. If they have a school with an MS partnership, they could pickup visual basic pretty quickly.
Don't be an elitist and try to teach the kid C or C++ or anything overly complex. Give them a bitesized language before introducing them to the big stuff. Would hate to see the kid drown cause you put too much in front of her.
Where would that be? Any place has the possibilities (anything from volcanos to tsunamis to virus outbreak, etc...). Sure, living at the base of a volcano isn't the best idea, but most people don't live in direct danger.
Natural Disasters... they can happen at any time, in any place, and most of the time there is no warning.
Why the big hub-bub? They happen. Its part of living in this giant green and blue globe. Instead of freaking out and building ourselves fallout shelters, how about we all take time to donate time or effort into helping those that are in need from the last disaster?
Linus is one of the most peculiar people. He is the most grounded, nice guy in Linux... yet many who follow him are narrow minded zealots. Its truely amazing that more people don't try to follow his example.
You'd think that a guy so into anime he feels it belongs on the front page (I keep lobbying for an anime section so we can push it off the front page) would know his stuff when it comes to anime.
Really, though... is this really slashworthy (even if its on the front page)? I think its slashworthy for slashdot.co.jp or whatever. Maybe when its released in the US... but this? eh....
I was programming FPGA's in school (Computer Engineering) without much trouble. Put a transistor in my hand, and I was lost.
Granted, I specialized in software, and was terrible in hardware, but had no trouble with an FPGA and tons of trouble with chips. Sure, there's always a 'hard project' for any technology, but I'm guessing a hard FPGA project will be plenty easier than a hard chip design project.
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I went back and did research. Egg whites are the issue. If you beat egg whites in a copper bowl, some copper ions come out of the bowl and into the eggs. This is actually good, because this helps the eggs become harder to 'unfold'. However, if you do it a lot, you it can be dangerous to have that much copper in your diet.
So I guess I did overestimate the 'poisonous' part, but it was coming off the top of what I remembered rather than actual research I did right then.
I don't see any major corporations thinking this is a good investment. I don't see many PHB's going along with this idea, regardless of how successful Google is with it.
If you are into cooking, you should know that you never use copper except for cooking chocolate. It can be poisonous to cook with.
...and Huygens' batteries weren't supposed to do more than 4.5 hours anyway (IIRC).
The designers of these probes and landers are really outdoing themselves. Look at the two landers on Mars that are WELL past their guaranteed time. I wonder if they purposely make them work well beyond their guaranteed time just to 'show off' or something.
I just heard they were clapping because they are now recieving data from cassini (it was a german control room?).
Two reasons:
1.) Its antenna is only strong enough to send signals to cassini, and cassini only 'see' Huygens for so long before it sets over the Titan planet.
2.) Its battery life is very short (because they knew they'd only have such a short time to transmit the data to cassini).
The planet IS harsh (like -290F), but its built to survive it long enough to talk to Cassini until it sets.
I know it'll be a while, but I anxiously await the pictures and the sound (yes, they have a mic onboard). I guess it'll mostly be hissing, but it'll be interesting to HEAR a distant planet (one whom has a thick and nasty atmosphere).
michael must be smiling. /. never provides disclaimers. Michael puts on there to implant the thought 'harass.' Kinda like reverse physcology. You are the exact reason that line is in the article.
The workaround was available 8 days after the original notification. But it wasn't labelled as critical. It was upgraded to critical 4 days ago, so MS released the patch right away.
Pretty fast for a security flaw, eh?
John Katz wrote editorials. These were easy enough to ignore. Michael, on the other hand, writes about stuff like science and technology along with his witless banter and big brother pointing. So ignoring michael means you'll miss good stuff along with the crap he spews. That's the difference.
nice to see a quick move from MS
MS does something good. How many people will still insult this statement just outta spite for MS? How many will reply to me saying I'm out of my mind?
I'm already a comment wading in the anti-MS sludge. Will people see MS is trying to do the right thing?
... too much of something is bad for you?
Well I'll be DAMNED!
New 'highly anticipated games' like Doom3 and Halflife 2 started at $55. I don't think bringing out games much past $50 will be a good idea. I'm the type of person who waits until games drop to $30 to buy them (I do make exceptions... HL2 being the latest exception).
I hear "Alvin the Maker" and think of a large sandworm with funny eyebrows.
Mirrordot to the rescue!
This reminds me of a SNL commercial. Its a broken down pile of crap for a car, but the inside is super luxurious. No one wants to steal a beatup car, so you can live the luxurious life without worrying about theft. Yeah, but you look like a retard.
How would you feel bringing a pizza box to the boardroom of a fortune-500 company in an attempt to sell you product to executives. Funny idea, incredibly stupid to go through with it, though.
Did you ever make that mod? Did you ever gain a good knowledge of programming?
If you said yes to either of them, you have a great drive for knowledge... not very common in young kids.
... or, back in the day, it was "Hero's Quest." That old sierra game is what really sprung me into computers and programming. Played around with basic at home, and pascal in high school.
Anyway, with the question. First thing a child should know is how to get around on the computer. This includes command prompts and everything. Once they are truely mastered at this, I'd find some free compilers and teach a little bit of basic. If they have a school with an MS partnership, they could pickup visual basic pretty quickly.
Don't be an elitist and try to teach the kid C or C++ or anything overly complex. Give them a bitesized language before introducing them to the big stuff. Would hate to see the kid drown cause you put too much in front of her.
How about simply modding homeworld?? Not up for it?? No worries, someone is already working on one.
This is why I think I should start posting through proxy. This was my point to a tee, simply written a lot better. Thanks for the backup.
Where would that be? Any place has the possibilities (anything from volcanos to tsunamis to virus outbreak, etc...). Sure, living at the base of a volcano isn't the best idea, but most people don't live in direct danger.
Natural Disasters... they can happen at any time, in any place, and most of the time there is no warning.
Why the big hub-bub? They happen. Its part of living in this giant green and blue globe. Instead of freaking out and building ourselves fallout shelters, how about we all take time to donate time or effort into helping those that are in need from the last disaster?
Linus is one of the most peculiar people. He is the most grounded, nice guy in Linux... yet many who follow him are narrow minded zealots. Its truely amazing that more people don't try to follow his example.
You'd think that a guy so into anime he feels it belongs on the front page (I keep lobbying for an anime section so we can push it off the front page) would know his stuff when it comes to anime.
Really, though... is this really slashworthy (even if its on the front page)? I think its slashworthy for slashdot.co.jp or whatever. Maybe when its released in the US... but this? eh....
Yeah, but you have to remember... its tons easier to work mathematically with the metric system, but we STILL haven't switched over yet....
I was programming FPGA's in school (Computer Engineering) without much trouble. Put a transistor in my hand, and I was lost.
Granted, I specialized in software, and was terrible in hardware, but had no trouble with an FPGA and tons of trouble with chips. Sure, there's always a 'hard project' for any technology, but I'm guessing a hard FPGA project will be plenty easier than a hard chip design project.