If you take into account the fact that scientists require a minimum of something like 10 dimensions to make the equations work, and then extrapolate the 2D->3D folded paper concept (points far away on the paper can be made close by utilizing the "extra" dimension) into 3D->4D, it can be seen that possibly points that seems very remote can be very close indeed.
The Univac was definitely not speedy. You would want to celebrate speed, so you would think of something fast, such as the fastest planet: Mercury. However, you also want something terrestrial, so you look at 220. Of course! Here's the importance:
220 years (local) to Mercury is the equivalent of 19360 earth days (one mercury year is 88 earth days)
If you divide 19360 earth days by 365.25 (earth days in a year) you come out with the happy number of 53 years!
Not helping your cause. . . I suggest that when using a sentence with the word "respect" in it in the future you spellcheck it. Let's loot at the fact that you complain about profiling high UserIDs, then proceed to attack low UserIDs with a blanket statement. Some would call this profiling. I know you would cause you have a particular problem with that, and according to you, I do, too. Tie that in with your last sentence and I see an immature knee-jerk reaction. I'm not saying you aren't intelligent, simply not mature.
In regards to my original post, yeah, ok, it was a little off-putting. However, isn't it a typical situation for a smart 15 year old to accidentally explain a joke in an attempt to fit in, yet in the end standing out like a sore thumb? Would you not agree that it is more likely for a 15 year old to have a higher UserID than a low one... or did he join slashdot as a tweenager?
Wait, was that dorknet comment referring to Slashdot? The very website we are reading right now? Hey, that's pretty ironic! What are the odds... He could have posted anywhere today and yet posted here. Crazy crazy world, huh?
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Relax. Check out the high userID# and assume the poster is 15.
Funny, last I was in the UK, I was introduced to one at 2am (Here in San Diego, California we just eat carne asada burritos) and I never made that association.
From an example google search result:The Donner party is the name given to a group of emigrants, including the families of George Donner and his brother Jacob, who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846-47. Nearly half of the party died, and some resorted to eating their dead in an effort to survive. The experience has become legendary as the most spectacular episode in the record of Western migration.
Don't believe there was any mention of Jeffrey Dahmer at all in the parent. He also rarely gave parties... more of a tete-a-tete.
Science and Religion both try to answer some of the same questions. Science, using the word theory, accepts that it is possible that in the future there may be a better way to explain the world around us. Religion just makes stuff up.
This is a wise post. Add in that it is extremely important to get this concept across to the one-who-signs-the-checks. This is the difference between writing software and software engineering. I appreciate your post.
Why do you bother to link to cpuedge.com? Not like you have any useful information on it. Or support for claims like "Award Winning". When one sees things like that without a nice badge or link to proof, hell even what the award is, one must assume it was from one's mother.
Anyway, what is your point? That speed is more important than correctness? I mean, obvious from the
The Software is not fault-tolerant and is not designed, manufactured or intended for use or resale as on-line control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of the Software could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage ("High Risk Activities").
There is no attempt being made at true software validation. That would require some kind of "correctness". Besides, your charts of speed isn't mindblowing, it is what, a 40% increase? Cheaper for me to spend money on hardware than to risk it on a site that is pretty, but sorely lacking on content.
If you were to drop a G5 from a 10 story building (GODFORDBID) along with a tennis ball at the same time they both would hit the ground at the same time. Why? The constant of gravity on our planet. Fastest falling? I think NOT! Its one of those many aesthetic aspects that Apple engineers need to spend more time on. Just in case, albeit an infinitesimally small one, that someone becomes so enraged at their G5 and allows it to fall from a high place.
A) Gravity is not constant on our planet. It might be if it were a perfect sphere with even density. However, that would be at the surface only. The pull of gravity is less at 10 stories than it is on the ground.
B) You are not taking aerodynamics into account. Terminal volocity of a light, hairy tennis ball is almost certainly lower than that of a large chunk of metal.
Of course, the whole issue is quite expensive to test experically as you would end up requiring many many G5's and yet just one tennis ball.
If the people that are being milked had no other options, then yeah, I might be able to see your point. However, it is the high demand that drives the prices, not some guy with a price gun. Don't you think that maybe if there ceased to be a demand and vacancies went up, then the prices would drop?
Sounds to me like you are simply bitter that you can't afford to live in a hip place. Be that as it may, I think you need to re-evaluate who/what you are railing against.
When you vote, it is not just you. There are social implications such as if you wear the sticker (I voted) that reminds other people to vote (even walking around with a slighly elevated feeling of pride). This can be coarsely summarized to something like the butterfly effect. Now, if you hang out with people that are likely to vote the same way you do, then that magnifies your vote. Of course, if you hang out with people that are likely to vote opposite you, then maybe you should vote in private (or not vote very obviously -- same concept as above)
This is just a lot of mumbo-jumby, my favorite argument is that since I voted, I have a right to complain. I really really like to complain. It is abismal voter turnout that reminds me that there is an illuminati.
Isn't it against advertising standards to name your competitor? Not allowed to say, we are better then those guys? Wich is why in washing powder commercial they literally have brand X.
Actually, no it isn't against standards, it merely exposes the advetiser to claims of slander. I've seen many the commercial / print ad where the competitor is named, but I have always noticed that the fine print is usually less fine than normal and makes explicit references such as "Data obtained from 2002 annual report to shareholders" or somesuch.
The other reason that the competitor is not generally named is that the competitor does such a great job of marketing that the name is simply overshadowing.
Case in Point: The Pepsi challenge. Coca-cola is named explicitly, but the only negative things mentioned are statistics in which a very comprehensive test results were taken. Humor here, interesting here, and the more fact-like here (scroll down to Essentials of "Comparative Advertising" law. . .
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1) So saying that it is cumbersome is true than? I don't think we really know the true dimensions... but face it, it isn't a stretch to see a device not that much larger than a credit card exist (who knows when. . ) If it takes up more space than the cards it will replace it will be of limited use, simply for people afraid of their cards being taken that are not aware of the numerous other ways for that information to be obtained.
2) That was a truly stupid response.. Shall we talk about all the breakable things that you own and discuss how they aren't covered by their manufacturer?
3) Thank you for replying to this point, sarcarm duly noted
4) We are talking about a luxury item. Not something that will change the face of money. In that sense, no it isn't so hard to imagine that excessive wear and tear would be your risk.. maybe it would require a social change and men would justify wearing a purse.. who knows? Fact is, though, that your demand for a more durable device is without any basis for how durable it is, PLUS, you can still use your credite cards, so you just lose your luxury and are particularly inconvenienced since you chose to use this item.
5) Because if you choose to take the responibility of using the device, then you are responsible for making sure it is charged. You SHOULD be embarassed if it becomed unusable due to your negligence. Who knows how long the batteries will last anyways?
6) Valid point to some extent. But while this device is intended to possibly replace all your cards, it is up to you to determine which ones you replace. All of them? How about just the ones that sit in your wallet and are rarely taken out? I still carry cash, and I keep credit cards in other places than on me at all times. My solution: carry one extra credit card and do away with 10 other credit cards/ATM cards / membership cards, etc and your fear of embarassment is extinquished while hopefully freeing up space in your wallet.
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but the point you are missing is that in an emergency, you can go home and GET your credit cards which you didn't shred. You WOULDN'T be in a panic, because you don't have the same rush to cancel, since the window of use is so low.
That said, this isn't on my horizon of must haves.. I had just been responding to what I thought was a knee jerk reaction.
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1) Cumbersome
Picture shows that it fits in a wallet
2) Breakable
You can always use your real credit cards. What if a palm pilot breaks? You write things down on paper. ..
3) All eggs in one basket
Agree with this.. would rather not have everything linked in one breakable / trackable / hackable system.
4) A lost/stolen card is replaced by the credit card company. Who replaces that lost/stolen $200 computer?
You spill pasta sauce on your sweater, you buy a new one and are much more careful if it is expensive.
5) What do you do when the batteries run out
Considering the plethora or small handheld devices out there, why is this one so much harder to track charge for?
6) What happens when the OS crashes and the information is wiped out?
Well, you reload the data from either the credit cards again or the backup that was made
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If you take into account the fact that scientists require a minimum of something like 10 dimensions to make the equations work, and then extrapolate the 2D->3D folded paper concept (points far away on the paper can be made close by utilizing the "extra" dimension) into 3D->4D, it can be seen that possibly points that seems very remote can be very close indeed.
Hmmm, interestingly enough, this February article seems to disagree with that sentiment. Summary: Air brushing is a good thing.
220 years (local) to Mercury is the equivalent of 19360 earth days (one mercury year is 88 earth days)
If you divide 19360 earth days by 365.25 (earth days in a year) you come out with the happy number of 53 years!
Granted, I didn't look too hard.
Exactly. He's saying that he is God's IT director and God would come over on the weekends to borrow his burner.
Obligatory OT: 668 = neighbor of the beast.
Not helping your cause. . . I suggest that when using a sentence with the word "respect" in it in the future you spellcheck it. Let's loot at the fact that you complain about profiling high UserIDs, then proceed to attack low UserIDs with a blanket statement. Some would call this profiling. I know you would cause you have a particular problem with that, and according to you, I do, too. Tie that in with your last sentence and I see an immature knee-jerk reaction. I'm not saying you aren't intelligent, simply not mature.
In regards to my original post, yeah, ok, it was a little off-putting. However, isn't it a typical situation for a smart 15 year old to accidentally explain a joke in an attempt to fit in, yet in the end standing out like a sore thumb? Would you not agree that it is more likely for a 15 year old to have a higher UserID than a low one... or did he join slashdot as a tweenager?
Wait, was that dorknet comment referring to Slashdot? The very website we are reading right now? Hey, that's pretty ironic! What are the odds... He could have posted anywhere today and yet posted here. Crazy crazy world, huh?
</sarcasm>
Relax. Check out the high userID# and assume the poster is 15.
Though it is Indian, not greek liek a gyro, yes?
Neither is this
Then you're taking the wrong ones!!! :)
From an example google search result:The Donner party is the name given to a group of emigrants, including the families of George Donner and his brother Jacob, who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846-47. Nearly half of the party died, and some resorted to eating their dead in an effort to survive. The experience has become legendary as the most spectacular episode in the record of Western migration.
Don't believe there was any mention of Jeffrey Dahmer at all in the parent. He also rarely gave parties... more of a tete-a-tete.
Science and Religion both try to answer some of the same questions. Science, using the word theory, accepts that it is possible that in the future there may be a better way to explain the world around us. Religion just makes stuff up.
This is a wise post. Add in that it is extremely important to get this concept across to the one-who-signs-the-checks. This is the difference between writing software and software engineering. I appreciate your post.
Anyway, what is your point? That speed is more important than correctness? I mean, obvious from the
There is no attempt being made at true software validation. That would require some kind of "correctness". Besides, your charts of speed isn't mindblowing, it is what, a 40% increase? Cheaper for me to spend money on hardware than to risk it on a site that is pretty, but sorely lacking on content.
Point is that if they don't get the cash, then the cash ends up going to people who are even *less* involved in the creation of the product.
That is such a closed source attitude. Please fork odd another thread if you want to maintain direction ;)
B) You are not taking aerodynamics into account. Terminal volocity of a light, hairy tennis ball is almost certainly lower than that of a large chunk of metal.
Of course, the whole issue is quite expensive to test experically as you would end up requiring many many G5's and yet just one tennis ball.
If the people that are being milked had no other options, then yeah, I might be able to see your point. However, it is the high demand that drives the prices, not some guy with a price gun. Don't you think that maybe if there ceased to be a demand and vacancies went up, then the prices would drop?
Sounds to me like you are simply bitter that you can't afford to live in a hip place. Be that as it may, I think you need to re-evaluate who/what you are railing against.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not nearly as good when seen alone. I kind of look forward to watching it amongst a crowd that would enjoy it.
This is just a lot of mumbo-jumby, my favorite argument is that since I voted, I have a right to complain. I really really like to complain. It is abismal voter turnout that reminds me that there is an illuminati.
Actually, no it isn't against standards, it merely exposes the advetiser to claims of slander. I've seen many the commercial / print ad where the competitor is named, but I have always noticed that the fine print is usually less fine than normal and makes explicit references such as "Data obtained from 2002 annual report to shareholders" or somesuch.
The other reason that the competitor is not generally named is that the competitor does such a great job of marketing that the name is simply overshadowing.
Case in Point: The Pepsi challenge. Coca-cola is named explicitly, but the only negative things mentioned are statistics in which a very comprehensive test results were taken. Humor here, interesting here, and the more fact-like here (scroll down to Essentials of "Comparative Advertising" law. . .
2) That was a truly stupid response.. Shall we talk about all the breakable things that you own and discuss how they aren't covered by their manufacturer?
3) Thank you for replying to this point, sarcarm duly noted
4) We are talking about a luxury item. Not something that will change the face of money. In that sense, no it isn't so hard to imagine that excessive wear and tear would be your risk.. maybe it would require a social change and men would justify wearing a purse.. who knows? Fact is, though, that your demand for a more durable device is without any basis for how durable it is, PLUS, you can still use your credite cards, so you just lose your luxury and are particularly inconvenienced since you chose to use this item.
5) Because if you choose to take the responibility of using the device, then you are responsible for making sure it is charged. You SHOULD be embarassed if it becomed unusable due to your negligence. Who knows how long the batteries will last anyways?
6) Valid point to some extent. But while this device is intended to possibly replace all your cards, it is up to you to determine which ones you replace. All of them? How about just the ones that sit in your wallet and are rarely taken out? I still carry cash, and I keep credit cards in other places than on me at all times. My solution: carry one extra credit card and do away with 10 other credit cards /ATM cards / membership cards, etc and your fear of embarassment is extinquished while hopefully freeing up space in your wallet.
That said, this isn't on my horizon of must haves.. I had just been responding to what I thought was a knee jerk reaction.
Picture shows that it fits in a wallet
2) Breakable
You can always use your real credit cards. What if a palm pilot breaks? You write things down on paper. . .
3) All eggs in one basket
Agree with this.. would rather not have everything linked in one breakable / trackable / hackable system.
4) A lost/stolen card is replaced by the credit card company. Who replaces that lost/stolen $200 computer?
You spill pasta sauce on your sweater, you buy a new one and are much more careful if it is expensive.
5) What do you do when the batteries run out
Considering the plethora or small handheld devices out there, why is this one so much harder to track charge for?
6) What happens when the OS crashes and the information is wiped out?
Well, you reload the data from either the credit cards again or the backup that was made
damnit, that's just plain funny.