That's amazing. I'm always astounded by the things people without names have been able to accomplish. On the other hand, what's up with parents? If you're gonna have kids you've got to at least take responsibility for giving them names.
That's what the American civil courts are for: 1) Claim that you're losing money when people don't buy HD-DVD players. 2) Sue everybody to force them to buy HD-DVD players. 3) Profit.
...Sun just shouldn't make any plans that they can only harvest on in seven years. Seriously, 2015 ? Who knows whether Sun will be around in 2009 ?
If Sun were to disappear by 2009 then they would have succeeded in eliminating all of their in-house datacenters. In fact they will have finished 6 years ahead of schedule. How great will that look on their resumes?
... My gut feeling tells me... Can somebody convince me?
Maybe, since your gut is pretty much a stimulus/response organ with no real capability for thought. The fact that you're taking socio-economic theories from it suggests that you might be easily swayed.
I thought I was supposed to be excited about a perfectly flat screen in a super thin frame. Now I'm supposed to go back to being all googly about a curved screen with big bulge in the back again? This is too hard, I give up.
Am I missing here? What kind of advantage does a kite provide over sails which I'd say are a proven technology. To me it seems that 500 year old technology [wikipedia.org] is superior to what this company has developed.
I can think of a few distinct advantages over the kite. First, the sails are attached to the ship. There isn't this thing blowing around in the sky which might change direction unpredictably when the winds change. Or worse, make a dive for the ocean. Second, the kite is completely useless in headwinds. One advantage the caravel had over other sailing vessels of the time was it's ability to sail into headwinds. It had to zig zag across the ocean to make forward progress, but it wasn't left at the mercy of the weather to the extent older ships had been....
Yes, you're missing several things, some of which are mentioned in TFA. Winds aloft are typically much more stable than surface winds. Flying the kite at 300m is a huge advantage for this reason. The kite is highly automated and computer controlled so that it maintains optimum pull. There's no reason why the kite can't reach and tack just like a normal sail. It's working on the same principles. In fact the kite, which is really more of a parasail, could conceivably do the zig-zagging while the ship maintains a steady course.
It also didn't help that those fearsome jedi warriors were so easily back-stabbed.
Yeah, I had a bit of a problem with that part. I mean, these are freakin' Jedi we're talking about. See the future, know what's gonna happen next, totally in tune with what's going on around them. Maybe the clones would be quick enough to pick off a no-skilz loner, but anyplace there were two or more should have looked like a Ginsu knife ad. Sheesh.
The sad boy part I was OK with since it was staying true to the original story. Skywalker men are just a bunch of whining babies. Like father, like son.
This is rediculous. Have you ever tried to play 3on3 without anybody's paths crossing? For that matter, what are the chances that six raptors with beers would be able to walk a straight line? You clearly need to put more thought into your hypotheses before you present them. Now go and completely rewrite this paper.
...Maybe just maybe, having people learn trades isn't such a bad thing after all. Not everyone needs to be, or can be, white collar....
Hey. I read a book once where they had this system that engineered everyone before they were even born to be suited to a particular job and to like it. And they gave them a pill to make them feel happy all the time. I thought that sounded like a great plan.
You realize, of course, that being able to make a connection to a Sci-Fi book that was just published last year means your chances of ever getting a date are pretty much non-existent.
Wait. What? Slashdot provides some kind of a service? I though it was just a place where people from all over the world got together to type gibberish.
...Outraged that something like this could happen somewhere and someone may or may not do something about it.
I'm outraged that he did it for 15k. He's really dragging down the market at that price; unless the house was the Playboy Mansion and the car was something with a name that Americans can't pronounce.
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That's amazing. I'm always astounded by the things people without names have been able to accomplish.
On the other hand, what's up with parents? If you're gonna have kids you've got to at least take responsibility for giving them names.
That's what the American civil courts are for:
1) Claim that you're losing money when people don't buy HD-DVD players.
2) Sue everybody to force them to buy HD-DVD players.
3) Profit.
If Sun were to disappear by 2009 then they would have succeeded in eliminating all of their in-house datacenters. In fact they will have finished 6 years ahead of schedule. How great will that look on their resumes?
Maybe, since your gut is pretty much a stimulus/response organ with no real capability for thought. The fact that you're taking socio-economic theories from it suggests that you might be easily swayed.
I thought I was supposed to be excited about a perfectly flat screen in a super thin frame. Now I'm supposed to go back to being all googly about a curved screen with big bulge in the back again? This is too hard, I give up.
Yeah, that's cute, but starting around 3.63 it's mostly pr0n. Don't they know children will be watching these?
Yes, you're missing several things, some of which are mentioned in TFA.
Winds aloft are typically much more stable than surface winds. Flying the kite at 300m is a huge advantage for this reason.
The kite is highly automated and computer controlled so that it maintains optimum pull.
There's no reason why the kite can't reach and tack just like a normal sail. It's working on the same principles. In fact the kite, which is really more of a parasail, could conceivably do the zig-zagging while the ship maintains a steady course.
Yeah, I had a bit of a problem with that part. I mean, these are freakin' Jedi we're talking about. See the future, know what's gonna happen next, totally in tune with what's going on around them. Maybe the clones would be quick enough to pick off a no-skilz loner, but anyplace there were two or more should have looked like a Ginsu knife ad. Sheesh.
The sad boy part I was OK with since it was staying true to the original story. Skywalker men are just a bunch of whining babies. Like father, like son.
Yes, I am a nerd. Get over it.
Because the cockpit of a fighter plane is a lot more fun than a cubicle.
Scariest story I ever read. That's all I'm sayin'.
The chart compares the number of "Excess" deaths. So I guess this really just means that us fat people are less likely to die more than once.
Come on, Stevie B. We know you're reading this. Just pop in as AC and give us the dirty on ol' Stu.
If he'd done that he wouldn't have driven all those hits to his own page.
It's just a rhetorical question?
I'm glad I read this before I posted my answer to the question. That would have been embarassing.
This is rediculous. Have you ever tried to play 3on3 without anybody's paths crossing?
For that matter, what are the chances that six raptors with beers would be able to walk a straight line?
You clearly need to put more thought into your hypotheses before you present them. Now go and completely rewrite this paper.
Hey. I read a book once where they had this system that engineered everyone before they were even born to be suited to a particular job and to like it. And they gave them a pill to make them feel happy all the time. I thought that sounded like a great plan.
Oh dear God! Don't let my daughter see this or she'll want one. The gerbils and pet spiders are bad enough.
even for /. that's a yawneriffic attempt at repartee /. I'll consider that a compliment.
Since this is
You realize, of course, that being able to make a connection to a Sci-Fi book that was just published last year means your chances of ever getting a date are pretty much non-existent.
The comet hasn't brightened. What you're seeing is the afterglow from the nuclear explosion that Bruce Willis set off yesterday.
That's a good start, but it will never reach its full potential without an LED-ringed tailpipe and neon tubes under the chassis.
Wait. What? Slashdot provides some kind of a service? I though it was just a place where people from all over the world got together to type gibberish.
I'm outraged that he did it for 15k. He's really dragging down the market at that price; unless the house was the Playboy Mansion and the car was something with a name that Americans can't pronounce.
I think the real /. has been turned to stone by Natalie Portman's hot grits. This is just an imitation from Soviet Russia.