The literal "Old West" motif intrigues me. Everything from characterization, to actions, and even the costumes. I watched the end of the series pilot on SciFi last-night and enjoyed it. Whedon's writing is still great ("You want to run this ship?"..."Yeah!"...."Well,.......you can't") and the casting/acting are very good. I have high hopes, both for the movie, and that success will lead SciFi to add it to their catalog of great original shows.
I haven't seen anyone make this point yet, but there is nothing that prevents FTL travel. What is ruled out is travel AT the speed of light. There are any number of theoretical methods of doing this, some of which have been mentioned on this thread. We just need to jump from sub-light to FTL speeds and avoid that tricky spot at or near light speed.
That is untrue. They only start to deduct a buck a month after 24 months of non-activity. So you still have 15 months yet until you start to lose your Christmas gift.
The real reason they don't have larger base levels of RAM, 2 button mice, and other options that would make Macs perfect systems out-of-the box is the resellers. Mac resellers can only sell the machines at MSRP. In order to compete with Apple they need to add value, so they offer service and free additions to the machine. Most catalogue resellers add free RAM right off the bat, then throw in software or a printer to sweeten the deal. If all Apple systems shipped with sufficient RAM (512 MB min), that option of adding value would disappear. Apple realizes they need to take care of the resellers (to a point) to keep retail channels open. Also, by not providing everything that people might want/need, they create a viable after-market for parts. Want a multi-button mouse, buy a Logitech. If the market for additional hardware didn't exist, what would be the incentive for companies to make there products compatible? Anyone remember life before the iMac pushed USB? There were very few products compatible with the Mac. Today most large companies write drivers so they can sell to Mac owners. Create a market and someone will show up to sell to it.
They do guarantee it. "All new Apple hardware products, including clearance and refurbished products, carry a one-year Limited Warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.
The issue is whether they will take a return of customized products. Their policy might be inconvenient, but how many retailers charge you a percentage restocking fee? It costs them money and they have every right to set policy as they see fit. As for support, I have had a few problems with my many Macs over the years, and have always been impressed with the support they provide on defective components.
Steve's no dummy. When people do interviews like this, they have a specific message they are trying to get across. He didn't want to answer this specific question, so he gave the message he wanted to provide. I don't think any answer to this question would be a good one.
Magazines are chock full of advertising goodness. That is why they are affordable. Music that you don't pay to listen too in conjunction with ads...... seems like I've heard about that before. Radio anyone?
And how many people are making a living purely on Open Source? The only revenue stream is add-on services. Open Source doesn't lend itself to investment since there is no payoff, and without investment, there can be little new development.
I had something like this in 1997. I went off to college and got a new Mac. Got to playing with the voice response program. Named the computer "Marvin". When I woke up, I would lay in bed and say, "Marvin, what time is it?" My computer would reply, "1 PM". It even told jokes.
"Marvin, tell me a joke" "Knock, knock." "Marvin, who's there?" etc.. Was lots of fun, if not very useful.
I second this suggestion. Asimov has great books out there. He is the second most published author in history and published books in all 10 of the Dewey Decimal System's categories.
I live in middle of nowhere and will never get to see a screening, so if anyone has a copy, please get a torrent version out there for me.
Some friends of mine did a similar project. It wasn't a shot for shot re-make, but an original story called Indiana Jed. Was a lot of fun for high-school students to make, and sure beats the heck out of playing computer games for hours on end. Take a look at Indiana Jed
Watson wasn't killed off. It is still out there and being updated on a regular basis. I much prefer it to Sherlock. Watson has more features and launches faster in my experience. It would have been great if they incorporated it into 10.2 but they didn't. For once, Apple was following the lead of shareware developers, just not doing it as well.
You cannot accelerate any object up to the speed of light. Correct. But that does not address the fact that if one can skip through the speed of light, never actually having great velocity, one could traverse large distances in little time, traveling "faster" than light, but not achieving that velocity. Of course I am alluding to some sort of shortcut, or wrinkle in space/time. This is obviously something we have yet to develop, but it is feasible non-the-less. The issue is not as clear-cut as some would believe.
Or alternatively, I guess you could be astrally projecting. No. Astral projection is usually seen as the existence of consciousness outside of the body, but the body remains stationary. If you are saying that astral projection would travel faster than light, you are approaching an interesting discussion of how the body and consciousness communicate. Some believe there is a universal consciousness that is shared between everything and that knowledge can be transfered instantly (twins, maternal instinct, etc.)
That is incorrect. "Information" cannot have a speed greater than light, but theoretical travel at faster than light is possible, so long as the speed stays below that of light.
But in general relativity, everything has a speed -- and that speed is no greater than the speed of light.
This is correct. One must differentiate speed from the concept of travel since speed is an instantaneous measurement of velocity and travel takes place over a period of time.
This is a great idea and I will have to build one for myself the next time I am involved with a haunted house. I just thought I would let you know of an easier method for the lazy people out there. When faced with the problem of floating fog, I also decided on using dry ice to cool the fog, but having a million other problems to solve in my haunted house, I struck upon a very simple solution. Use a piece of PVC pipe that is of the same diameter as the fog machine's output nozzle, and place the dry ice in the PVC. Since the pipe is rather narrow, the fog passes over the dry ice, and if you place the ice along a 2-3 foot segment, it is cooled down very nicely. For best results, use crushed dry ice (larger surface area means better cooling) and check/ re-fill the pipe every hour or so. That is the easiest method, but I do like the slick package they put together with the cooler and all.
While I agree that Flash has been/can be/is overused, there are some great uses. A good friend of mine really likes Flash because he can create some amazing interfaces with very reasonable download times. His latest project is creating a StarTrek interface for an episode guide. (TrekVideos.com Warning: Flash player required) He is fairly artistic and the end product is more important than how he archives it. He also can code and is ecstatic about being able to control the output of Flash via PHP to create dynamic sites. I can't wait to see what he will do next! So there are specific uses that are acceptable, not just people abusing the medium with the HOW overpowering the WHY.
The footage will become just like the REAL Audio and REAL Video segments of SNL. While this is an interesting idea, I just KNOW that a bunch of people are going to take it and run in the wrong direction.
You an me too baby! I find that nothing matches the smell of gunpowder to ring (get it? ring!) in the new year. By the way, I don't know what it is like where you are, but around here, shops like to get rid of their stock after the 4th. I discovered this about 5 years ago and now the 5th of July is my big celebration. I get most of my stuff 2 for 1, and now that the vendors know me, I get even better deals. I have over $300 of fireworks sitting next to my computer right now, and that is about a third of what I purchased this year. You might check out what kind of deals you can find. I know it has changed my life! Where I might have purchased $100 or so a year, now that I get such great deals, I spend way more and get 2-3x as much for the money. Just the ramblings of a fellow pyrotechnic fanatic.
The great thing about a soft economy is that the big fishes get bigger and the small fishes get eaten. If you have the money to spend, you can take advantage of some exellent deals right now. Earthlink has the right idea.
I live about 30 miles from Homestake, and this has been big news around here for the last year. First off, while Daschle does have influence to push legislation thru, it is not needed. Physics experiments have been going on in the mine for about 30 years, and it was the researcher's idea to develop a full blown lab. Secondly, Homestake has an EXELLENT environmental record over its 125 years of operation (unlike some mines which have caused untold damages). In fact, the Sierra Club has awarded Homestake for it's work to protect the environment. The waiver that Homestake will recieve is from any damage that the Lab might make in the future. They will also be providing $75 million for any damage which might need to be cleaned up. This special waiver is needed, because current legislation makes them liable, both criminally and civily, for any future damage, whether it is pre-existing, or created by the new lab. As for the "gets paid hundreds of millions for the privilege" comment, I don't know what you are smoking, but the only advantage for Homestake may be tax write-offs of the land value.
The proposal is an excellent idea, with much of the infrastructure in place. The lab will be build, either here or in California. The difference is here, the lab would be renovating existing excavation and in California, they would dig a whole new set of tunnels.
``If there was a layer of gold a foot thick floating over the earth at an altitude at which we could send up a shuttle to go up and collect, it wouldn't be worth doing it,'' said Taylor.
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Also, a LOT is a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake". Has always been one of my pet peeves. One of many.
The literal "Old West" motif intrigues me. Everything from characterization, to actions, and even the costumes. I watched the end of the series pilot on SciFi last-night and enjoyed it. Whedon's writing is still great ("You want to run this ship?"..."Yeah!"...."Well,.......you can't") and the casting/acting are very good. I have high hopes, both for the movie, and that success will lead SciFi to add it to their catalog of great original shows.
I haven't seen anyone make this point yet, but there is nothing that prevents FTL travel. What is ruled out is travel AT the speed of light. There are any number of theoretical methods of doing this, some of which have been mentioned on this thread. We just need to jump from sub-light to FTL speeds and avoid that tricky spot at or near light speed.
[Bones hands him a mouse and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.
Was it just me?
That is untrue. They only start to deduct a buck a month after 24 months of non-activity. So you still have 15 months yet until you start to lose your Christmas gift.
The real reason they don't have larger base levels of RAM, 2 button mice, and other options that would make Macs perfect systems out-of-the box is the resellers. Mac resellers can only sell the machines at MSRP. In order to compete with Apple they need to add value, so they offer service and free additions to the machine. Most catalogue resellers add free RAM right off the bat, then throw in software or a printer to sweeten the deal. If all Apple systems shipped with sufficient RAM (512 MB min), that option of adding value would disappear. Apple realizes they need to take care of the resellers (to a point) to keep retail channels open. Also, by not providing everything that people might want/need, they create a viable after-market for parts. Want a multi-button mouse, buy a Logitech. If the market for additional hardware didn't exist, what would be the incentive for companies to make there products compatible? Anyone remember life before the iMac pushed USB? There were very few products compatible with the Mac. Today most large companies write drivers so they can sell to Mac owners. Create a market and someone will show up to sell to it.
"All new Apple hardware products, including clearance and refurbished products, carry a one-year Limited Warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.
The issue is whether they will take a return of customized products. Their policy might be inconvenient, but how many retailers charge you a percentage restocking fee? It costs them money and they have every right to set policy as they see fit. As for support, I have had a few problems with my many Macs over the years, and have always been impressed with the support they provide on defective components.
Steve's no dummy. When people do interviews like this, they have a specific message they are trying to get across. He didn't want to answer this specific question, so he gave the message he wanted to provide. I don't think any answer to this question would be a good one.
Magazines are chock full of advertising goodness. That is why they are affordable. Music that you don't pay to listen too in conjunction with ads...... seems like I've heard about that before. Radio anyone?
And how many people are making a living purely on Open Source? The only revenue stream is add-on services. Open Source doesn't lend itself to investment since there is no payoff, and without investment, there can be little new development.
I had something like this in 1997. I went off to college and got a new Mac. Got to playing with the voice response program. Named the computer "Marvin". When I woke up, I would lay in bed and say, "Marvin, what time is it?" My computer would reply, "1 PM".
It even told jokes.
"Marvin, tell me a joke"
"Knock, knock."
"Marvin, who's there?"
etc..
Was lots of fun, if not very useful.
I second this suggestion. Asimov has great books out there. He is the second most published author in history and published books in all 10 of the Dewey Decimal System's categories.
I live in middle of nowhere and will never get to see a screening, so if anyone has a copy, please get a torrent version out there for me.
Some friends of mine did a similar project. It wasn't a shot for shot re-make, but an original story called Indiana Jed. Was a lot of fun for high-school students to make, and sure beats the heck out of playing computer games for hours on end. Take a look at Indiana Jed
Man am I sad. When I saw the headline I wasn't thinking about folding paper, and I couldn't figure out what it had to do with math.
Watson wasn't killed off. It is still out there and being updated on a regular basis. I much prefer it to Sherlock. Watson has more features and launches faster in my experience. It would have been great if they incorporated it into 10.2 but they didn't. For once, Apple was following the lead of shareware developers, just not doing it as well.
Correct. But that does not address the fact that if one can skip through the speed of light, never actually having great velocity, one could traverse large distances in little time, traveling "faster" than light, but not achieving that velocity. Of course I am alluding to some sort of shortcut, or wrinkle in space/time. This is obviously something we have yet to develop, but it is feasible non-the-less. The issue is not as clear-cut as some would believe.
Or alternatively, I guess you could be astrally projecting.
No. Astral projection is usually seen as the existence of consciousness outside of the body, but the body remains stationary. If you are saying that astral projection would travel faster than light, you are approaching an interesting discussion of how the body and consciousness communicate. Some believe there is a universal consciousness that is shared between everything and that knowledge can be transfered instantly (twins, maternal instinct, etc.)
That is incorrect. "Information" cannot have a speed greater than light, but theoretical travel at faster than light is possible, so long as the speed stays below that of light.
But in general relativity, everything has a speed -- and that speed is no greater than the speed of light.
This is correct. One must differentiate speed from the concept of travel since speed is an instantaneous measurement of velocity and travel takes place over a period of time.
This is a great idea and I will have to build one for myself the next time I am involved with a haunted house. I just thought I would let you know of an easier method for the lazy people out there. When faced with the problem of floating fog, I also decided on using dry ice to cool the fog, but having a million other problems to solve in my haunted house, I struck upon a very simple solution. Use a piece of PVC pipe that is of the same diameter as the fog machine's output nozzle, and place the dry ice in the PVC. Since the pipe is rather narrow, the fog passes over the dry ice, and if you place the ice along a 2-3 foot segment, it is cooled down very nicely. For best results, use crushed dry ice (larger surface area means better cooling) and check/ re-fill the pipe every hour or so. That is the easiest method, but I do like the slick package they put together with the cooler and all.
(As the author of this reply submits it via IE. Ah, the irony :-)
While I agree that Flash has been/can be/is overused, there are some great uses. A good friend of mine really likes Flash because he can create some amazing interfaces with very reasonable download times. His latest project is creating a StarTrek interface for an episode guide. (TrekVideos.com Warning: Flash player required) He is fairly artistic and the end product is more important than how he archives it. He also can code and is ecstatic about being able to control the output of Flash via PHP to create dynamic sites. I can't wait to see what he will do next! So there are specific uses that are acceptable, not just people abusing the medium with the HOW overpowering the WHY.
OTOH, it may provide us much amusement.
You an me too baby! I find that nothing matches the smell of gunpowder to ring (get it? ring!) in the new year. By the way, I don't know what it is like where you are, but around here, shops like to get rid of their stock after the 4th. I discovered this about 5 years ago and now the 5th of July is my big celebration. I get most of my stuff 2 for 1, and now that the vendors know me, I get even better deals. I have over $300 of fireworks sitting next to my computer right now, and that is about a third of what I purchased this year. You might check out what kind of deals you can find. I know it has changed my life! Where I might have purchased $100 or so a year, now that I get such great deals, I spend way more and get 2-3x as much for the money. Just the ramblings of a fellow pyrotechnic fanatic.
The great thing about a soft economy is that the big fishes get bigger and the small fishes get eaten. If you have the money to spend, you can take advantage of some exellent deals right now. Earthlink has the right idea.
I live about 30 miles from Homestake, and this has been big news around here for the last year. First off, while Daschle does have influence to push legislation thru, it is not needed. Physics experiments have been going on in the mine for about 30 years, and it was the researcher's idea to develop a full blown lab. Secondly, Homestake has an EXELLENT environmental record over its 125 years of operation (unlike some mines which have caused untold damages). In fact, the Sierra Club has awarded Homestake for it's work to protect the environment. The waiver that Homestake will recieve is from any damage that the Lab might make in the future. They will also be providing $75 million for any damage which might need to be cleaned up. This special waiver is needed, because current legislation makes them liable, both criminally and civily, for any future damage, whether it is pre-existing, or created by the new lab. As for the "gets paid hundreds of millions for the privilege" comment, I don't know what you are smoking, but the only advantage for Homestake may be tax write-offs of the land value.
The proposal is an excellent idea, with much of the infrastructure in place. The lab will be build, either here or in California. The difference is here, the lab would be renovating existing excavation and in California, they would dig a whole new set of tunnels.
I love little bits of useless info.