I'm not going to question your numbers for white ones, but how do more efficient, colored LEDs stack up? You can always mix LED colors to create white when using them in an array. Also, the solution to burning LEDs may be to increase the number of LEDs. It would be interesting to see some graphs of all this.
One advantage to LEDs is the ability to place little bits of light in a lot of selective places. I might not need full illumination in some places as long as well-placed LEDs make it easy to see.
The Wachowski brothers are fans of all kinds of mythology and the epic story. Study this stuff, and you'll find heaps of it incorporated into the Matrix.
The top intelligence at the NSA is all run by Artificial Intelligence units. People have been deemed too unreliable. The human leadership of the NSA is all just a front to hide the real decision-makers.
Of course, now that I've told you, I'll have to kill you.
What does humanity lose when all soybean plants become roundup-resistant?
Being pest resistant is a good thing. But if you make plants that are resistant to chemicals, you increase the chances that those chemicals will be used on the plants, which could increase the health risks to humans.
Thanks for the clarification. I think it's a great idea for slowing down spammers. Now if you could figure out a way to send an electric shock over to the spammer...
The spamtrap idea is superb. However, any respectable spamming software would learn to recognize and avoid that domain. It would be more effective if there were many semi-anonymous domains that performed this function.
if you're getting that 13 dollar check, don't bitch about the cost of CDs, you lost that right when you agreed to the settlement.
Unfortunately, most everyone lost the legal right to damages from the price fixing covered by the settlement. If you didn't specifically opt-out, then you are considered part of the litigating "class", who now has no further rights.
On the other hand, if price fixing continues, maybe everyone will get another $13 in a few years. Or maybe the attorneys will work a little harder and actually force the companies to stop fixing prices.
Fear, my friend. If this guy got sued because his search engine indexed copyrighted material on the university network, then that also makes the university a target.
AC writes: yes, because not having cars makes people want to go out and play music in the streets...maybe it's the city and not the buses?
I'm not sure why this seems strange to you surprised by this. Yes. Cars are noisy and they make the air around them unpleasant to breathe. Eliminate this and the need to avoid being hit by cars, and there's a good chance atmosphere will develop.
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I'm not going to question your numbers for white ones, but how do more efficient, colored LEDs stack up? You can always mix LED colors to create white when using them in an array. Also, the solution to burning LEDs may be to increase the number of LEDs. It would be interesting to see some graphs of all this.
One advantage to LEDs is the ability to place little bits of light in a lot of selective places. I might not need full illumination in some places as long as well-placed LEDs make it easy to see.
But all that equipment would be very expensive, and the poster was worried about cost.
And I've had it for over two weeks now. See the proof?
They keep getting harder to find. I bought one about a year ago called a Diva. It's tiny and light and lasts forever on one AA battery.
The downside: the UI designer must have been a 12 year-old intern.
AA are cheaper. Go to costco and get the Kirkland Signature brand for about 20 cents each, and they'll last longer too.
I try to avoid devices that use AAA.
The iPod shows up as a new drive and synchs with iTunes at the same time.
Peter Jackson sees the DVD releases as the "real" movies.
Yes, he said just that on a TV interview a while before the first film was released.
are there subtle metaphors, philosophical references, and character dualities (besides Neo obviously) that I'm missing?
Do some reading. Read about the Wachowski brothers. Read about the philosophy in the movies. They are deeper than you thought possible.
Who doesn't like the Lord of the Rings?
I can't wait to get the DVD and look for more of the thousands of hidden things in there.
Recall one of the first things the Architect said to Neo. Something about him being changed in the process.
Changed, perhaps, in a way that began his connection to the source.
The Wachowski brothers are fans of all kinds of mythology and the epic story. Study this stuff, and you'll find heaps of it incorporated into the Matrix.
...past their own preconceptions and look at the movie for what it is.
It's an incredible, deeply symbolic and philosophical action movie with a great story.
The top intelligence at the NSA is all run by Artificial Intelligence units. People have been deemed too unreliable. The human leadership of the NSA is all just a front to hide the real decision-makers.
Of course, now that I've told you, I'll have to kill you.
All this said is that advertising money would have to be redirected to other channels.
Really, they are just stating the obvious.
What does humanity lose when all soybean plants become roundup-resistant?
Being pest resistant is a good thing. But if you make plants that are resistant to chemicals, you increase the chances that those chemicals will be used on the plants, which could increase the health risks to humans.
Good points. Perhaps I could word it as "Thinking voters are no longer relavent."
Thanks for the clarification. I think it's a great idea for slowing down spammers. Now if you could figure out a way to send an electric shock over to the spammer...
Seems like a lot of companies have invented LCDs that fit in your pocket after turning into vapor.
True, true. Unfortunately, they're too busy dining with fat cats and receiving large checks to have much time for thinking.
There is a real problem in the United States system. Corporations have bought our politicians, and the voters are no longer very relavent.
The spamtrap idea is superb. However, any respectable spamming software would learn to recognize and avoid that domain. It would be more effective if there were many semi-anonymous domains that performed this function.
At the minimum...
It might make politians think twice next time.
Or is it evidence that customers don't feel they're getting their $18 worth? Tip for the music industry: Sell CDs for $4 each and see what happens.
if you're getting that 13 dollar check, don't bitch about the cost of CDs, you lost that right when you agreed to the settlement.
Unfortunately, most everyone lost the legal right to damages from the price fixing covered by the settlement. If you didn't specifically opt-out, then you are considered part of the litigating "class", who now has no further rights.
On the other hand, if price fixing continues, maybe everyone will get another $13 in a few years. Or maybe the attorneys will work a little harder and actually force the companies to stop fixing prices.
Why didn't university help him?
Fear, my friend. If this guy got sued because his search engine indexed copyrighted material on the university network, then that also makes the university a target.
AC writes: yes, because not having cars makes people want to go out and play music in the streets...maybe it's the city and not the buses?
I'm not sure why this seems strange to you surprised by this. Yes. Cars are noisy and they make the air around them unpleasant to breathe. Eliminate this and the need to avoid being hit by cars, and there's a good chance atmosphere will develop.