No what I'm saying is two people who are fed the same number of excess calories, the person who does the weight bearing exercise will not gain as much fat and the second person. The conventional wisdom has always been 3500 Kcal = one pound of fat, and that anyone who consumes 3500 Kcals more than they burn will gain one pound of fat, and it doesn't matter what kind of food the calories come from because a Kcal is a Kcal.
If the excess calories are not burned and not stored, where do they go..?
Parent is indeed funny, and should also be moderated as insightful for pointing out the idiocy of the syntax for assignment that has been the mainstream one since the C language.
Don't blame C for that - assignment using '=' goes all the way back to Fortran (circa 1955)!
> why do people keep using access? It is so dinky as a relational database... I'm not honestly sure what it *is* supposed to be used for.
Microsoft Access is a demo. It's meant to seduce you into thinking that developing your own database applications is easy and fun, and that Access can address your organizational needs adequately. This puts you onto the path that will eventually lead to you buying MS SQL Server.
Mathematics is a precise art. Computer calculations generally are not.
Actually, computer calculations are a very precise art - it's just that they allow you to be incorrect or incompatible in many very precisely defined ways.:)
Well, for one thing, if you use unusual fonts or special symbols, you can never be 100% sure that the reader on the other end will see them properly.
This is not true. The PDF format was designed specifically to prevent this kind of problem.
It is true, because I have seen it with my own eyes.
When generating a PDF file, you can package up any non-standard fonts with it, allowing all readers to see your document exactly as you intended.
Yes, I'm aware of that. My complaint is that it allows you to create a PDF which will display incorrectly on another machine or another reader. It fails to prevent the problem through its design.
PDF should include an option for graphically rendering fonts which the user doesn't have installed.
It already does! It's called font embedding.
I'm aware of font embedding too. That's not what I'm talking about - I mean either a vector or raster representation which will always display correctly, just as a paper document will always display correctly instead of substituting random junk for legitimate content.
Maybe the problem is just with Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, but I can only tell you my experience. I support faculty members who generate PDFs for publication - nothing special, usually just a Word document output to PDF through Distiller. I have seen some of these documents display garbage on other faculty members' computers in Acrobat Reader, with no warning, no indication that anything is amiss - just incorrect output. Now that's using Adobe's own tools, which tells you something if even they can't get it to work right.
> Really, what is wrong with PDFs and why should they require a warning?
Well, for one thing, if you use unusual fonts or special symbols, you can never be 100% sure that the reader on the other end will see them properly.
PDF should include an option for graphically rendering fonts which the user doesn't have installed. After all, I've never taken a piece of paper to another location and suddenly seen the writing on it turn to gobbledygook - something I can't say for PDF.
Back in 1982 my folks walked into my room to watch a conversation with a friend of mine overseas as we typed into our Apple ][s back and forth on term. The glowing green letters popped up on a 200 baud connection or something like that a few characters at a time and you could absolutely talk faster which led my Dad to scoff and say "why don't you just pick up the phone?".
Why didn't you show him the phone bill, alongside the CompuServe bill?:)
Then you're going to have a bigger problem! It's the same thing in any kind of relationship, just bowing and scraping and always saying "it's my fault" is going to cause bigger problems in the future than just saying "nope, we're not gonna fix that. or "sure, well fix it, but not now, you'll get your patch when it's tested properly, in the meantime, do this instead"
Except when it's defective by design - then I don't want to hear "we're not gonna fix that," because it's going to send me to a competitor.
For example, when Microsoft said they "can't" remove IE from Windows, because it's integrated into the OS. Well, who chose to integrate it? Or when Apple says they "can't" fix the certificate bug in Safari, because of the limitations of Keychain. Who designed Safari and Keychain, guys?
But there is air pressure above you too, negating the air pressure below you.
True, but the air pressure below a balloon is greater than the air pressure above it. Lighter-than-air craft are pushed to an altitude where the pressure inside is equal to the pressure outside.
I just missed your point that it's heavier-than-air vehicles which have nothing supporting them from below. Sorry.
... can you give an example of *anything* that is heavier than air and can constantly overcome the force of gravity without expending energy?
No, because certainly that's what 'heavier than air' means, although 'denser than air' would be more accurate.:)
Given a constant downward force, staying in the same position requires a constant upward force. That upward force requires energy, in some form.
Well, as Newton pointed out, the ground exerts an upward force on us, equal to the gravity pulling us down. A helium balloon doesn't have to expend energy to stay aloft because it's 'sitting' on dense air in the same way that you and I are sitting on the ground.
We need inventions that would make flying as easy as we drive automatic cars now... ...A sort of force field to protect the vehicle in accidents: One of the reasons flying is so difficult is because of regulations based on the fact there is barely any chance of survival in case something goes wrong.
Well, protecting the vehicle is only partially useful. Don't forget that there are 3 collisions in an auto accident - the car with the object, your body with the interior of the car, and your internal organs with the interior of your body.
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If the excess calories are not burned and not stored, where do they go..?
Don't blame C for that - assignment using '=' goes all the way back to Fortran (circa 1955)!
"Is the 'DLookup()' function more powerful, Master Yoda..?"
"Hmph. No. Simpler; easier, more seductive!"
> why do people keep using access? It is so dinky as a relational database... I'm not honestly sure what it *is* supposed to be used for.
:)
Microsoft Access is a demo. It's meant to seduce you into thinking that developing your own database applications is easy and fun, and that Access can address your organizational needs adequately. This puts you onto the path that will eventually lead to you buying MS SQL Server.
At least, that's been my experience!
> If you've ever owned a car in the last two decades, you should know that sensors always fail. Always.
So true. Plus, I can't get the shields to work. I'm running a Level 3 diagnostic right now.
> How such a basic device could come to be worth half a million or more is beyond logic.
Here, I worked out the logic:
for (i=0; i < 3; i++)
printf("Location!\n");
:)
> What language is this program supposed to be? I can tell that it won't compile as a C or C++ program.
I just compiled and ran it with gcc on Mac OS X Panther, no problems. YMMV.
Actually, computer calculations are a very precise art - it's just that they allow you to be incorrect or incompatible in many very precisely defined ways. :)
It is true, because I have seen it with my own eyes.
Yes, I'm aware of that. My complaint is that it allows you to create a PDF which will display incorrectly on another machine or another reader. It fails to prevent the problem through its design.
I'm aware of font embedding too. That's not what I'm talking about - I mean either a vector or raster representation which will always display correctly, just as a paper document will always display correctly instead of substituting random junk for legitimate content.
Maybe the problem is just with Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, but I can only tell you my experience. I support faculty members who generate PDFs for publication - nothing special, usually just a Word document output to PDF through Distiller. I have seen some of these documents display garbage on other faculty members' computers in Acrobat Reader, with no warning, no indication that anything is amiss - just incorrect output. Now that's using Adobe's own tools, which tells you something if even they can't get it to work right.
Your first version is funnier! :)
> Really, what is wrong with PDFs and why should they require a warning?
Well, for one thing, if you use unusual fonts or special symbols, you can never be 100% sure that the reader on the other end will see them properly.
PDF should include an option for graphically rendering fonts which the user doesn't have installed. After all, I've never taken a piece of paper to another location and suddenly seen the writing on it turn to gobbledygook - something I can't say for PDF.
Why didn't you show him the phone bill, alongside the CompuServe bill? :)
But some proper nouns do have 'the' in front of them - for example, 'The Bronx' and 'The Hague.'
Touché!
(I hope I'm using that right...) :)
Except when it's defective by design - then I don't want to hear "we're not gonna fix that," because it's going to send me to a competitor.
For example, when Microsoft said they "can't" remove IE from Windows, because it's integrated into the OS. Well, who chose to integrate it? Or when Apple says they "can't" fix the certificate bug in Safari, because of the limitations of Keychain. Who designed Safari and Keychain, guys?
Actually, that was a Watergate reference, but perhaps Contact was, ah, fresher in your memory. :)
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And my point is, there's a time to criticize, and a time to just shake your head and let it slide!
> Then I guess we need to add:
:)
> 3. Inertial dampeners
Would you like a pony too, as long as you're dreaming?
All right buddy, you owe me a new keyboard!!
Uh huh. Do you go to Rolling Stones concerts and shout: "You mean you can't get ANY satisfaction!!" ?
Bet you're a real hit at parties. :)
True, but the air pressure below a balloon is greater than the air pressure above it. Lighter-than-air craft are pushed to an altitude where the pressure inside is equal to the pressure outside.
I just missed your point that it's heavier-than-air vehicles which have nothing supporting them from below. Sorry.
No, because certainly that's what 'heavier than air' means, although 'denser than air' would be more accurate.Well, as Newton pointed out, the ground exerts an upward force on us, equal to the gravity pulling us down. A helium balloon doesn't have to expend energy to stay aloft because it's 'sitting' on dense air in the same way that you and I are sitting on the ground.
Well, protecting the vehicle is only partially useful. Don't forget that there are 3 collisions in an auto accident - the car with the object, your body with the interior of the car, and your internal organs with the interior of your body.
Actually, it's supported by air pressure - the same force that keeps suction-cup Garfields attached to your car window.
That scene is pretty neat, and particularly well done. I can imagine flying cars having landing spots in just about any parking lot or garage.
Contrast that to the aviation "freeway" in the same film, which has traffic traveling in opposite directions at the same altitude, just insane!