Then why stop with the DoD and just say America launched GPS or say North America or the northern hemisphere or the Western World or earthlings launched it. That's why I think it's silly. The USAF launched and operates GPS (via 2SOPS) not the DoD.
The USAF launched and still launches GPS satellites via USAF owned/operated facilities at both Vandenberg AFB, CA and Cape Canaveral AS, FL. Since the DoD is the parent organization of the USAF you could say the DoD launched/launches GPS but that's kind of silly. The DoD pays the USAF to do this as it's part of the USAF's expertise.
It's interesting and disconcerting people can't figure anything out on their own and feel the need to ask for help online or Google answers. If the OP doesn't know what to do with found calculators yet the OP works in a school where students would benefit from these calculators, I think we're in trouble. Next time I'm sleepy or hungry and don't know what to do about it I'm going to post a/. article and ask everyone.
Yeah, WTF does that mean, "...which should make it the fastest supercomputer in the Top 500..." If it's the fastest, then it's the fastest regardless of the number it's compared to (e.g. fastest of top 1,000,000 or fastest of top 2) so it's meaningless to include that unless the goal was to confuse people.
I'd love to see PCs sold with the option to have Linux installed. Of course, it'd need to be supported which is probably where being open-source could pose some difficulties (e.g. where's the motivation to support an OS a developer doesn't make money on). I think Linux has been mature enough for everyday use for years now, it just needs better support and a push into retail outlets. Right now it's a hobbyist and server OS.
I use a computer for a living and I have found NIS to be very good. Don't need to be a professional computer person to know if something's good or not.
While you personally don't like Norton or their products, AV Comparatives and other independent testers (e.g. CNet, PCMag, etc.) show NIS at the top in terms of detection, removal, low-system resource utilization, etc. Empirical evidence shows its very good at what it does. I've used NIS for a few years and I like the GUI, the speed, and the way it works but I didn't like the price which is why I switched to Avast but it's hard to say NIS isn't effective and efficient at what it does unless you're letting your emotions take over.
How is that NY Times article relevant? Did Mitt Romney do that (do you have proof) or is that common practice? I don't give a crap what he does so long as he can fix our economy. From everything I've seen he's a stand-up guy who's main fault seems to be he's too square and stiff.
Well said but I think if politicians need to release tax records then they all should. Mitt Romney pays less taxes (~15%) because his money was taxed when it was initially earned and now he's paying taxes on his investments so he's being taxed twice - a fact often omitted form reports.
I found NASA's yet unreleased book How to Serve Man which on the surface seems to be a book on how to work cooperatively with man...I haven't bothered to read it yet.
Since when is "not releasing specs of an unreleased product" considered leveraging their position to unfairly stifle competition? Please explain how this will stifle competition...or is Samsung also coincidentally also redoing their dock connector with an expected release date shortly after Apple's release date? If anything, Apple not releasing dock connector specs might slow down the release of products that support the iPhone/iPod (e.g. speakers, etc.) but that's Apple's business. Let's say they released the specs of their still unreleased product then they decided to change the specs to account for something they omitted...now what?
Too lazy to read every article that interests me. [sarcasm]Much easier to assume things when replying. [/sarcasm]
So I just read the summary...why do they need refracted sunlight when they could use some solar tubes (e.g. sunlight tubes with mirrored walls) and bring it to their garden site? Would need a few positioned at various locations around the moon to account for the differing periods of darkness but it's much more "practical" than nuclear powered LEDs.
I'm so sick of the legal situation in the USA where people sue for everything. If we allow software developers to be sued for security holes we might as well ban software development. Like the medical field, a large majority of the cost would be in insurance and mitigation. Let developers develop, so long as their code isn't negligent then security holes are to be expected. What today is "secure code" will tomorrow be "vulnerable code" due to a clever haxor so don't complicate development any more and burden those who buy software with extra costs and don't burden our legal system with more stupid cases.
Not sure why the OP is surprised by the fear of an unlikely horrible event v. the fear of a more likely daily event. Easiest example is the fear of flying v. the fear of driving. Far more people are scared they'll die in a plane crash but have no fear or driving a car. Similarly, people are fearful of a nuclear reactor killing them via a radioactive release or meltdown but happily live near or downwind of coal fired power plants which have a much more deleterious effect on people's lives. People fear things they know little about but aren't scared of the things they see daily and have grown accustomed to.
All those things we perceive as flaws today may be the "mutation" that allows the human race to survive after something cataclysmic happens. Seems kind of selfish to pick and choose.
I like how they say "ass" then bleep out "hole". Shouldn't it be the other way around or is the hole much more nasty than the ass? Kind of a chicken-or-the-egg question I spose...
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Then why stop with the DoD and just say America launched GPS or say North America or the northern hemisphere or the Western World or earthlings launched it. That's why I think it's silly. The USAF launched and operates GPS (via 2SOPS) not the DoD.
The USAF launched and still launches GPS satellites via USAF owned/operated facilities at both Vandenberg AFB, CA and Cape Canaveral AS, FL. Since the DoD is the parent organization of the USAF you could say the DoD launched/launches GPS but that's kind of silly. The DoD pays the USAF to do this as it's part of the USAF's expertise.
On my Mac it opens a Finder window showing my boot drive...FMMV.
Type it in Safari on a Mac and it opens up a Finder window showing the boot drive.
It's interesting and disconcerting people can't figure anything out on their own and feel the need to ask for help online or Google answers. If the OP doesn't know what to do with found calculators yet the OP works in a school where students would benefit from these calculators, I think we're in trouble. Next time I'm sleepy or hungry and don't know what to do about it I'm going to post a /. article and ask everyone.
Yeah, WTF does that mean, "...which should make it the fastest supercomputer in the Top 500..." If it's the fastest, then it's the fastest regardless of the number it's compared to (e.g. fastest of top 1,000,000 or fastest of top 2) so it's meaningless to include that unless the goal was to confuse people.
I hear that in the project management realm...great quote and forces people to think about the interdependence of the three variables.
I'd love to see PCs sold with the option to have Linux installed. Of course, it'd need to be supported which is probably where being open-source could pose some difficulties (e.g. where's the motivation to support an OS a developer doesn't make money on). I think Linux has been mature enough for everyday use for years now, it just needs better support and a push into retail outlets. Right now it's a hobbyist and server OS.
Need to send Mike Holmes (from Holmes on Homes) up there to gut and redo the ISS.
I use a computer for a living and I have found NIS to be very good. Don't need to be a professional computer person to know if something's good or not.
While you personally don't like Norton or their products, AV Comparatives and other independent testers (e.g. CNet, PCMag, etc.) show NIS at the top in terms of detection, removal, low-system resource utilization, etc. Empirical evidence shows its very good at what it does. I've used NIS for a few years and I like the GUI, the speed, and the way it works but I didn't like the price which is why I switched to Avast but it's hard to say NIS isn't effective and efficient at what it does unless you're letting your emotions take over.
How is that NY Times article relevant? Did Mitt Romney do that (do you have proof) or is that common practice? I don't give a crap what he does so long as he can fix our economy. From everything I've seen he's a stand-up guy who's main fault seems to be he's too square and stiff.
Well said but I think if politicians need to release tax records then they all should. Mitt Romney pays less taxes (~15%) because his money was taxed when it was initially earned and now he's paying taxes on his investments so he's being taxed twice - a fact often omitted form reports.
So Harry Reid was wrong about Mitt Romney not paying taxes? I'm so surprised...
I found NASA's yet unreleased book How to Serve Man which on the surface seems to be a book on how to work cooperatively with man...I haven't bothered to read it yet.
Since when is "not releasing specs of an unreleased product" considered leveraging their position to unfairly stifle competition? Please explain how this will stifle competition...or is Samsung also coincidentally also redoing their dock connector with an expected release date shortly after Apple's release date? If anything, Apple not releasing dock connector specs might slow down the release of products that support the iPhone/iPod (e.g. speakers, etc.) but that's Apple's business. Let's say they released the specs of their still unreleased product then they decided to change the specs to account for something they omitted...now what?
Too lazy to read every article that interests me. [sarcasm]Much easier to assume things when replying. [/sarcasm]
So I just read the summary...why do they need refracted sunlight when they could use some solar tubes (e.g. sunlight tubes with mirrored walls) and bring it to their garden site? Would need a few positioned at various locations around the moon to account for the differing periods of darkness but it's much more "practical" than nuclear powered LEDs.
I guess the sun doesn't work in space...why not create greenhouses and use the sun to grow plants rather than create some overly complex system?
Sounds like a headline from The Onion.
Just put a STUPID button on every article posted, if it reaches a predetermined thresh hold that poster gets sued. What could go wrong?
How bout we sue people who post stupid articles on /.
I'm so sick of the legal situation in the USA where people sue for everything. If we allow software developers to be sued for security holes we might as well ban software development. Like the medical field, a large majority of the cost would be in insurance and mitigation. Let developers develop, so long as their code isn't negligent then security holes are to be expected. What today is "secure code" will tomorrow be "vulnerable code" due to a clever haxor so don't complicate development any more and burden those who buy software with extra costs and don't burden our legal system with more stupid cases.
Not sure why the OP is surprised by the fear of an unlikely horrible event v. the fear of a more likely daily event. Easiest example is the fear of flying v. the fear of driving. Far more people are scared they'll die in a plane crash but have no fear or driving a car. Similarly, people are fearful of a nuclear reactor killing them via a radioactive release or meltdown but happily live near or downwind of coal fired power plants which have a much more deleterious effect on people's lives. People fear things they know little about but aren't scared of the things they see daily and have grown accustomed to.
All those things we perceive as flaws today may be the "mutation" that allows the human race to survive after something cataclysmic happens. Seems kind of selfish to pick and choose.
I like how they say "ass" then bleep out "hole". Shouldn't it be the other way around or is the hole much more nasty than the ass? Kind of a chicken-or-the-egg question I spose...