No, I don't mean that, but when you get to uni and have chosen a field to specialise in, then you should be able to do so. We do all the other subjects at school, and you are free to do a general degree if you choose to do one, but if you want to specialise in your area, then you should be able to do so. I'd rather have taken some more science units or even some history rather than the advanced maths that I have *never* used since.
I second this, in my Science Diploma and then my Degree, I was required to do algebra and calculus, I struggled with them, some students failed and I know that they were excellent at what they wanted to study and then have a career in. Yes we should understand how these thing work, but if you aren't good at them, and don't intend to use them in your course and job, then they shouldn't be required. I'm against all these compulsory subjects at university, uni is where you are supposed to be able to do what you enjoy and are good at, we spend 13 years at school being made to do subjects we don't want to do, we don't need more of the same crap!
The NBN (National Broadband Network) is going to be mostly new hardware (fibre) put in by NBN Co, so these blokes just need to follow the install through the cities and towns offering services, someone else puts it in and maintains it for them. Sweet.
Now we have the non-standard usb 3.0 problems, I can't wait until all motherboards have the 20 pin connector and all cases use it, no pass-though-the-case to the rear USB ports please! With that said, this new system seems like a good idea, here's hoping that Asus can licence the tech reasonably.
Is it possible to build a big magnifier like the author suggested? Mylar mirrors shouldn't be too hard, but the lens idea was pretty cool, space-based construction to up the isolation to earth normal.
I'm curious about the sunlight intensity, will plant growth be very slow on Mars? The Russians wanted to put up solar mirrors here could we do the same there? Or how about the "soletta" from "green Mars", basically a giant magnifying lens to concentrate light?
Yes, but the playing fields must be level, Chinese goods should be taxed to compensate for their appalling work conditions, terrible pollution and the cost of the Carbon to make it there and ship it over. I would rather make it locally, pay locals and do it cleaner. The current system benefits only mega-corporations, real standards of living have been falling since the 70s. Lots of people work casually who don't want to, work two jobs or have both parents working because they have to, just to support their families. It's bad for families and communities and great for companies.
WiFi has improved a lot lately. Common devices including laptops do just work with new distros. Cheap crap may or may not, but often even though they "work" in win7, they're still crap and work like crap.
Until it doesn't, or it loads the wrong drivers and prevents the right ones going in, or does some funny incorrect "filter" stuff in the silly registry and borks the device.
Kids would go hungry without free food?! That's amazing and scary. In Australia most kids bring their own lunch and no one would go hungry. My kids school has "lunch orders" 3 days a week which some kids get as a treat (my kids get these a few weeks each term) and there is a strong healthy eating program. On lunch order days we are still expected to pack fruit for lunch break (fresh, not canned), and something like cheese and biscuits for recess. If kids came to school hungry the teachers would freak out and if it kept happening DOCS (dept of community services) would become involved.
I think that using "wings" to provide lift is a clever idea, they could be variable geometry for the different speeds and atmospheric thickness, or what about "disposing" wings that could fall away at a certain height after providing some lift? The Russian Energia was designed to be a a reusable first stage with some lift yes?
Exactly. So the answer is no, they're not patent trolls at all. Others have said that they could've got it to work and that the solution they found wasn't revolutionary, but no one else did get it to work, so CSIRO gets the credit and should enjoy some benefits from that. If you're saying that they did nothing unique, then why didn't you do it first, get a working solution out there and enjoy the results?
I live in rural Australia and get 19.5Mbs, with 500GB download for $70/month. (as part of a $130/month bundles with my phones). You need to shop around and chase the better plans. Netflix works really well with some DNS fiddling.
My uni's setup of OWA doesn't work with anything but IE, and sloooowlyyy anyway. I spent quite some time getting Thunderbird to work OK with it. More MS bullshit taking a swipe at Google.
Yes, why cant it detect the set language, crap HDMI allows all sorts of data and control, surely the player can detect what it, the receiver, TV and other devices are set to and select that language automatically.
I cannot believe that they can put in unskippable content! I refuse to sit through warnings that are not effective in Australia, and even adds for things that will not skip either! I download most movies and even the ones I buy (to support small artists/studios I like) I immediately rip and put onto the network for use on the HTPCs and laptops.
I'm thinking lose the transmission from the ICE to the wheels and only use it to recharge the battery. In stop/start traffic EV mode is better anyway, on on the highway at cruising speed the diesel should be able to keep up with demand. With regenerative braking you should get good range. You could even have the ECU reduce power if the battery dropped below 20% so the diesel can catch up.
I agree, it's not that impressive. I think it comes down to power to weight ratio, they're trying to put too much stuff in like having the petrol engine be able to directly power the wheels, this adds to the complexity and weight of the vehicle and the range suffers. I do not understand why they haven't made a hybrid with a small (1 litre) efficient diesel engine that *only* kicks in to charge the batteries when they hit half charge. At all other times you could use EV mode and have it plug in at home and work. I drive 12km to work and 12km home every day, a plug in car would spend most of its time on battery until the weekend at my place. European diesel cars are already more efficient than some petrol/electric hybrids, so I can't see why they aren't trying to use the same sort of engine, tuned for maximum efficiency, to charge the battery as required.
Sometimes, but the west cannot compete on price with China/India/Indonesia/Africa due to their complete lack of standards in the environmental and worker conditions areas. This is not a level playing field, if you want to have anything manufactured in the west, then it has to be better and you have to tax/tariff/carbon-credit the cheap imports to compensate for their unfair advantage in having no EPA costs and things like superannuation and workers compensation. Internships are just shit, if they are for more than two weeks it is just about getting free labour under different conditions for the employer, blatant exploitation.
Well yes, but the next step is a clean install then put in only what you need, update it and then make that your image. Big brand machines are full of shit. Clean it out.
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No, I don't mean that, but when you get to uni and have chosen a field to specialise in, then you should be able to do so. We do all the other subjects at school, and you are free to do a general degree if you choose to do one, but if you want to specialise in your area, then you should be able to do so. I'd rather have taken some more science units or even some history rather than the advanced maths that I have *never* used since.
I second this, in my Science Diploma and then my Degree, I was required to do algebra and calculus, I struggled with them, some students failed and I know that they were excellent at what they wanted to study and then have a career in. Yes we should understand how these thing work, but if you aren't good at them, and don't intend to use them in your course and job, then they shouldn't be required. I'm against all these compulsory subjects at university, uni is where you are supposed to be able to do what you enjoy and are good at, we spend 13 years at school being made to do subjects we don't want to do, we don't need more of the same crap!
The NBN (National Broadband Network) is going to be mostly new hardware (fibre) put in by NBN Co, so these blokes just need to follow the install through the cities and towns offering services, someone else puts it in and maintains it for them. Sweet.
Now we have the non-standard usb 3.0 problems, I can't wait until all motherboards have the 20 pin connector and all cases use it, no pass-though-the-case to the rear USB ports please! With that said, this new system seems like a good idea, here's hoping that Asus can licence the tech reasonably.
Is it possible to build a big magnifier like the author suggested? Mylar mirrors shouldn't be too hard, but the lens idea was pretty cool, space-based construction to up the isolation to earth normal.
I'm curious about the sunlight intensity, will plant growth be very slow on Mars? The Russians wanted to put up solar mirrors here could we do the same there? Or how about the "soletta" from "green Mars", basically a giant magnifying lens to concentrate light?
Yes, but the playing fields must be level, Chinese goods should be taxed to compensate for their appalling work conditions, terrible pollution and the cost of the Carbon to make it there and ship it over. I would rather make it locally, pay locals and do it cleaner. The current system benefits only mega-corporations, real standards of living have been falling since the 70s. Lots of people work casually who don't want to, work two jobs or have both parents working because they have to, just to support their families. It's bad for families and communities and great for companies.
WiFi has improved a lot lately. Common devices including laptops do just work with new distros. Cheap crap may or may not, but often even though they "work" in win7, they're still crap and work like crap.
Until it doesn't, or it loads the wrong drivers and prevents the right ones going in, or does some funny incorrect "filter" stuff in the silly registry and borks the device.
The GM doesn't have higher yields, there is is no benefit for the neighbouring farmer, there may be a cost if he loses organic certification.
Kids would go hungry without free food?! That's amazing and scary. In Australia most kids bring their own lunch and no one would go hungry. My kids school has "lunch orders" 3 days a week which some kids get as a treat (my kids get these a few weeks each term) and there is a strong healthy eating program. On lunch order days we are still expected to pack fruit for lunch break (fresh, not canned), and something like cheese and biscuits for recess. If kids came to school hungry the teachers would freak out and if it kept happening DOCS (dept of community services) would become involved.
I think that using "wings" to provide lift is a clever idea, they could be variable geometry for the different speeds and atmospheric thickness, or what about "disposing" wings that could fall away at a certain height after providing some lift? The Russian Energia was designed to be a a reusable first stage with some lift yes?
Exactly. So the answer is no, they're not patent trolls at all. Others have said that they could've got it to work and that the solution they found wasn't revolutionary, but no one else did get it to work, so CSIRO gets the credit and should enjoy some benefits from that. If you're saying that they did nothing unique, then why didn't you do it first, get a working solution out there and enjoy the results?
I live in rural Australia and get 19.5Mbs, with 500GB download for $70/month. (as part of a $130/month bundles with my phones). You need to shop around and chase the better plans. Netflix works really well with some DNS fiddling.
My uni's setup of OWA doesn't work with anything but IE, and sloooowlyyy anyway. I spent quite some time getting Thunderbird to work OK with it. More MS bullshit taking a swipe at Google.
Yes, why cant it detect the set language, crap HDMI allows all sorts of data and control, surely the player can detect what it, the receiver, TV and other devices are set to and select that language automatically.
I cannot believe that they can put in unskippable content! I refuse to sit through warnings that are not effective in Australia, and even adds for things that will not skip either! I download most movies and even the ones I buy (to support small artists/studios I like) I immediately rip and put onto the network for use on the HTPCs and laptops.
I'm thinking lose the transmission from the ICE to the wheels and only use it to recharge the battery. In stop/start traffic EV mode is better anyway, on on the highway at cruising speed the diesel should be able to keep up with demand. With regenerative braking you should get good range. You could even have the ECU reduce power if the battery dropped below 20% so the diesel can catch up.
I like the diesel for its fuel efficiency, yes you can have a fixed RPM one, they use very small diesels in model aircraft.
I agree, it's not that impressive. I think it comes down to power to weight ratio, they're trying to put too much stuff in like having the petrol engine be able to directly power the wheels, this adds to the complexity and weight of the vehicle and the range suffers. I do not understand why they haven't made a hybrid with a small (1 litre) efficient diesel engine that *only* kicks in to charge the batteries when they hit half charge. At all other times you could use EV mode and have it plug in at home and work. I drive 12km to work and 12km home every day, a plug in car would spend most of its time on battery until the weekend at my place. European diesel cars are already more efficient than some petrol/electric hybrids, so I can't see why they aren't trying to use the same sort of engine, tuned for maximum efficiency, to charge the battery as required.
This. I've been seeing this getting worse and worse, so I say good on ya Google!
I don't know why you'd want a GPS running on a plane anyway, but aren't they receivers? Does anybody here know what and how much they emit?
Sometimes, but the west cannot compete on price with China/India/Indonesia/Africa due to their complete lack of standards in the environmental and worker conditions areas. This is not a level playing field, if you want to have anything manufactured in the west, then it has to be better and you have to tax/tariff/carbon-credit the cheap imports to compensate for their unfair advantage in having no EPA costs and things like superannuation and workers compensation. Internships are just shit, if they are for more than two weeks it is just about getting free labour under different conditions for the employer, blatant exploitation.
Well yes, but the next step is a clean install then put in only what you need, update it and then make that your image. Big brand machines are full of shit. Clean it out.
my wife likes to use her ipod touch and kindle in the bath, I'm just waiting for the inevitable accident. waterproof gadgets would rock!