How about companies getting their shit together from an engineering and people perspective before selling their products to everyone? Better engineering up front will result in less support cost later. Of course, you could just refuse to support anything, but then you have a lot of pissed off customers who won't buy your shit ever again.
If I can't support it myself, I really don't want it. The only things that I ever need tech support for are "Services" which end up not working because the "service provider" sucks. I'm talking about you AT&T, Comcast, Clearwire
I don't see how this tire design has any effect on _actual_ camber. It is asymmetric and requires setting the car up for a few degrees of negative camber to _get it flat on the road_.
The reason negative camber drives quick on tarmac is because it puts more rubber on the road in hard cornering. So this tire + negative camber is just going to lower your car by about an inch or so.
If this design worked it would have been done ages ago in many classes of racing. As far as I know, the only asymmetry in high performance tires is with the tread and internal belting.
Normally what happens is the Lawyers get the company into a really shitty situation. Then the upper management wakes up, realizes they are in a shit storm and decides on what the company policy is. Then EVERYONE has to follow that line, or bad shit happens to them. Usually the lawyers get it there way, the company loses face and money, but no one fires the head council. I have not figured out why this is allowed to happen.
OK if you actually clicked on the link , the Vision 2020 page has a tiny pic of a super cute model with little test dummy stickers on her. I would totally get in the back seat and have an accident with her.
Titanium bathtub frame. Thats all you need.
Cats are useless against burglars. They are complete cowards. Dogs are much better, and not cowards.
I had a break a few years ago and had to get new doors. The old doors were easily kicked in. I don't find cameras or alarms to be all that useful, except for maybe identifying burglars after the fact.
So I installed heavy doors with steel frames and deadbolts. The heaviest door on the market is still not to difficult to kick in. I re-reinforced everything with 1/4" steel and angle iron.
Then I installed security doors outside of the main doors, which also have deadbolts and require at least a large heavy duty pry bar to get open.
The burglars were not interested in things that they couldn't get rid of easily. They ignored $40k worth of vintage electronics, some very nice hunting rifles, a very nice and expensive long range target rifle, yet they did manage to steal 40 rounds of hand loaded ammunition which will only fit one gun! Not sure what they plan to do with that.
So, to keep these things safe, and out of the wrong hands, I also installed a folding steel security gate that prevents anyone from entering the 'expensive' part of the house. It is anchored into concrete and uses a tungsten shielded lock. All of this cost around $300. Physical barriers are probably the best deterrents. If it takes too long, too much work or too many tools, they're going to give up.
The age of the airship was pretty much over by the time the Jet engine was developed. Seems like most of the modern airships eschew jet engines.
High speed, high altitude air ships that never have to come down into the more turbulent layers of the atmosphere. I'm smoking crack.
This is typical of Oracle's acquisitions. Not only do they rewrite licensing agreements, they have to go an re-brand all the code. We are running lots of Tangosol Coherence instances. When Oracle bought Tangosol out, we had to change the way we deploy nodes to avoid blowing our costs up. Oracle loves node/cpu licensing.
I don't lock my doors or roll up the windows. The only time I roll up the windows is if its raining, and I'm actually driving. I leave them down in the rain. Truck has holes in the floor, so rain just drains out. No problem.
I also don't have the door keys, just the ignition.
Is a big white rusty truck, so nobody messes with it anyway. I have lots of tools under and behind the bench seat, but nobody bothers to look in a truck that looks like it was borrowed from a Afghan warlord.
Does NOT work for picking up girls. Not at all.
It seems like today is a very light on details day. Everyone is probably busy combing over wiki leaks for potential stories.
As for the weapon, I don't think it has any effectiveness in the situation. It has limited range and its difficult to verify its effectiveness. Most of the time soldiers see potential threats momentarily in the distance. A weapon like this is pretty useless I think. Machines are not going to win any hearts and minds.
You live in a Southern European country with abundant sunlight. It full of lovely European girls in bikinis who want you to drink wine with them and enjoy the thrills of a nice F1 race while sitting poolside in the sun.
No, just saying that artist who have been screwed by the labels have the right to screw right back. They just don't, either because they believe the contract is actually a binding agreement, or they use it as an excuse for inaction.
The contract is just a piece of paper, which can be argued over in court by lawyers, without the need for the signee(s) to be there. If the individuals are sick and depressed because of the actions of the executive's company, then the company should be sued for damages caused by mental trauma. A contract doesn't oblige anyone to suffer mentally or physically.
Thanks, I was going to mention this. Albini knows a good deal about what he's talking about.
When I was a recording artist the manager(s) were more concerned with getting songs into commercials than record sales. Avoiding record companies, staying small and paying to get noticed by advertisers payed off for some people.
The answer is 'probably'. There is always a bit of attention whoring in articles about startups.
I must disagree with you on a few points. Every concept you mention is made the subject of hundreds of books. Some of them that are not the technical equivalent of mass market self help books are actually really good. I took a half hour test and was rewarded a distinguished General Eduction Diploma as soon as I turned 18. I attended a few CS & EE classes at a local community college. But the bulk of the reason why I am able to keep up with PhDs (well some of them) is because I took the time to learn these things on my own. Now I do accept that there are vast gaps in my knowledge as a result, and I don't have the benefit of 4-6 years of advanced math or physics as I would have liked. Unfortunately I don't find much use for those currently.
Not having any kind of degree means I am not now working for NASA, or SpaceX, or at LANL as I once dreamed. I am not working on robots or UCAV controls, and I don't have access to Blue Gene or Roadrunner. I do have a good job with a good salary with a good employer where there are difficult and complex problems to solve.
So the gist of what I'm saying: a good programmer can be self taught, but it is unlikely that he will get to mess around with the fun stuff.
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Well, if THIS doesn't work, he can always resort to suing his parents for gifting him with a small penis.
How about companies getting their shit together from an engineering and people perspective before selling their products to everyone? Better engineering up front will result in less support cost later. Of course, you could just refuse to support anything, but then you have a lot of pissed off customers who won't buy your shit ever again. If I can't support it myself, I really don't want it. The only things that I ever need tech support for are "Services" which end up not working because the "service provider" sucks. I'm talking about you AT&T, Comcast, Clearwire
I don't see how this tire design has any effect on _actual_ camber. It is asymmetric and requires setting the car up for a few degrees of negative camber to _get it flat on the road_. The reason negative camber drives quick on tarmac is because it puts more rubber on the road in hard cornering. So this tire + negative camber is just going to lower your car by about an inch or so. If this design worked it would have been done ages ago in many classes of racing. As far as I know, the only asymmetry in high performance tires is with the tread and internal belting.
I want the helmet for driving around town. Like the Stig, but gold.
Some lucky Cosmonaut will end up wearing this robot as a backpack. "Hey, Ivan, turn around! I can't see anything!"
Thanks. Engadget is such a POS site. I will not link to it again.
With all the power of the internets, the article can't give us more than a thumbnail of this robot. You want some real robot pron, go to engadget: http://www.engadget.com/photos/nasa-and-gms-robonaut2/2677799/#2677802
The gold visored helmet. WANT
Pumping IRON: http://www.engadget.com/photos/nasa-and-gms-robonaut2/2677799/#2677804
I'd probably die of starvation without grep. Awk and sed must have come along later.
Normally what happens is the Lawyers get the company into a really shitty situation. Then the upper management wakes up, realizes they are in a shit storm and decides on what the company policy is. Then EVERYONE has to follow that line, or bad shit happens to them. Usually the lawyers get it there way, the company loses face and money, but no one fires the head council. I have not figured out why this is allowed to happen.
OK if you actually clicked on the link , the Vision 2020 page has a tiny pic of a super cute model with little test dummy stickers on her. I would totally get in the back seat and have an accident with her. Titanium bathtub frame. Thats all you need.
Cats are useless against burglars. They are complete cowards. Dogs are much better, and not cowards. I had a break a few years ago and had to get new doors. The old doors were easily kicked in. I don't find cameras or alarms to be all that useful, except for maybe identifying burglars after the fact. So I installed heavy doors with steel frames and deadbolts. The heaviest door on the market is still not to difficult to kick in. I re-reinforced everything with 1/4" steel and angle iron. Then I installed security doors outside of the main doors, which also have deadbolts and require at least a large heavy duty pry bar to get open. The burglars were not interested in things that they couldn't get rid of easily. They ignored $40k worth of vintage electronics, some very nice hunting rifles, a very nice and expensive long range target rifle, yet they did manage to steal 40 rounds of hand loaded ammunition which will only fit one gun! Not sure what they plan to do with that. So, to keep these things safe, and out of the wrong hands, I also installed a folding steel security gate that prevents anyone from entering the 'expensive' part of the house. It is anchored into concrete and uses a tungsten shielded lock. All of this cost around $300. Physical barriers are probably the best deterrents. If it takes too long, too much work or too many tools, they're going to give up.
All of the cool stuff has been deemed unsafe to those outside the Volvo. Like fins, bug eye lamps, the whole wedge shape thing.
The age of the airship was pretty much over by the time the Jet engine was developed. Seems like most of the modern airships eschew jet engines. High speed, high altitude air ships that never have to come down into the more turbulent layers of the atmosphere. I'm smoking crack.
This is typical of Oracle's acquisitions. Not only do they rewrite licensing agreements, they have to go an re-brand all the code. We are running lots of Tangosol Coherence instances. When Oracle bought Tangosol out, we had to change the way we deploy nodes to avoid blowing our costs up. Oracle loves node/cpu licensing.
I don't lock my doors or roll up the windows. The only time I roll up the windows is if its raining, and I'm actually driving. I leave them down in the rain. Truck has holes in the floor, so rain just drains out. No problem. I also don't have the door keys, just the ignition. Is a big white rusty truck, so nobody messes with it anyway. I have lots of tools under and behind the bench seat, but nobody bothers to look in a truck that looks like it was borrowed from a Afghan warlord. Does NOT work for picking up girls. Not at all.
It seems like today is a very light on details day. Everyone is probably busy combing over wiki leaks for potential stories.
As for the weapon, I don't think it has any effectiveness in the situation. It has limited range and its difficult to verify its effectiveness. Most of the time soldiers see potential threats momentarily in the distance. A weapon like this is pretty useless I think. Machines are not going to win any hearts and minds.
I think they could perch a little softer. It looks pretty clumsy at this point. Also, would they be charging by inductance from the huge EMF?
I will show you a death grip that nothing can survive.
You live in a Southern European country with abundant sunlight. It full of lovely European girls in bikinis who want you to drink wine with them and enjoy the thrills of a nice F1 race while sitting poolside in the sun.
I believe you are facing south my son.
I want the original ported to Android. (pls, kthnx). It might be too small for all the glorious detail, but damn would that be fun for the commute.
No, just saying that artist who have been screwed by the labels have the right to screw right back. They just don't, either because they believe the contract is actually a binding agreement, or they use it as an excuse for inaction.
The contract is just a piece of paper, which can be argued over in court by lawyers, without the need for the signee(s) to be there. If the individuals are sick and depressed because of the actions of the executive's company, then the company should be sued for damages caused by mental trauma. A contract doesn't oblige anyone to suffer mentally or physically.
Thanks, I was going to mention this. Albini knows a good deal about what he's talking about. When I was a recording artist the manager(s) were more concerned with getting songs into commercials than record sales. Avoiding record companies, staying small and paying to get noticed by advertisers payed off for some people.
The answer is 'probably'. There is always a bit of attention whoring in articles about startups. I must disagree with you on a few points. Every concept you mention is made the subject of hundreds of books. Some of them that are not the technical equivalent of mass market self help books are actually really good. I took a half hour test and was rewarded a distinguished General Eduction Diploma as soon as I turned 18. I attended a few CS & EE classes at a local community college. But the bulk of the reason why I am able to keep up with PhDs (well some of them) is because I took the time to learn these things on my own. Now I do accept that there are vast gaps in my knowledge as a result, and I don't have the benefit of 4-6 years of advanced math or physics as I would have liked. Unfortunately I don't find much use for those currently. Not having any kind of degree means I am not now working for NASA, or SpaceX, or at LANL as I once dreamed. I am not working on robots or UCAV controls, and I don't have access to Blue Gene or Roadrunner. I do have a good job with a good salary with a good employer where there are difficult and complex problems to solve. So the gist of what I'm saying: a good programmer can be self taught, but it is unlikely that he will get to mess around with the fun stuff.
Best buy will take it. And throw it away for you so you don't feel bad. (this is not a fact, just speculation)