I don't think they were going for fuel economy, but it's actually pretty good for a two seater sports car--compare to a Miata which has similar performance and uses 9 l/100 km.
Yes, it is beautiful, but it is NOT "staggeringly well designed." Trust me on this; I was a former owner of a Sparrow, and found out -- the hard way -- that a three-wheeled, rear-driven layout is fundamentally unstable in the event of fishtail: flip, roll, totaled.
Yeah you think you will be able to remember what went where but you really won't. Just document everything.
So whenever you take out a screw or other part, tape it to a note saying where it went and number the notes according to what order you disassembled the parts in. Works for me at least.
There have been plenty of cases where people have been refused publication because of political views--the world revolving around the sun being one of them that comes to mind.
Political views, and not the fact that before Kepler, heliocentric models were simply not as accurate as existing models?
Re:Why vim is better than joe (and obviously emacs
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/Does [vim] alert you to the help facilities on starting up?/
~ VIM - Vi IMproved ~ ~ version 6.2 ~ by Bram Moolenaar et al. ~ Vim is open source and freely distributable ~ ~ Help poor children in Uganda! ~ type:help iccf<Enter> for information ~ ~ type:q<Enter> to exit ~ type:help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help ~ type:help version6<Enter> for version info
Do they lose money if a comment disappears? No. Are they liable for any consequences of losing data? No. Do they need to keep an audit trail? No.
None of these things have anything to do with how "big" a database is.
The kicker is, slashdot isn't very big at all! Can you come back to a story a few months later and comment on it, or even view it according to your preferences? No, it's been removed from the database because and put to static HTML because MySQL doesn't scale!
Well, having set up postgres on cygwin rather recently, I can say it's not as simple as all that. If you want it to run as a service, for example, there are quite a few hoops you have to jump through.
You don't have to look at the stickshift to use it. Whereas 90% of what the iPod does can't be done without looking at it.
I think you really oughtn't be adjusting the iPod at all while driving, but if you must, better up on the dash (where you might notice something out of peripheral vision) than down near the floor of the car.
Your friend needs to find the guy who made this and borrow it for a few days.
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Rammed earth walls will survive much stronger earthquakes than frame construction
15,000 recently dead Iranians dispute that claim.
Granted, you can build earthworks that are stable with modern technology, using metal and concrete reinforcements and a better knowledge of materials science.
And one day, software engineers might be able to write a pile of C++ that doesn't fall down when pushed.
Science (at least in its modern form) does not seek explanation. Science seeks prediction. The best theory is the one that accurately predicts the results of experiment; all other considerations are secondary.
Sherlock Holmes looks for simple explanations, but he is not a scientist.
You could say that of any mental disorder, if you wer so naive as just to read the DSM definitions. Actual educated professionals haev a very high threshold for assigning these symptoms--yes, many people have creative periods and depressive periods. It's only a problem (and would only be diagnosed) if the swings are so extreme as to impair your ability to function in the world, or pose a severe threat to yourself or others.
The Apple manual stated that the iPod battery is designed to last the life of the device. Are you suggesting that it is normal if the iPod only lasts 18 months?
No, the vast majority of iPods that are 18 months old or more are still working.
Many people seem to be confused over the nature of the patent system. Here's what you need to know in order not to be misled by the willfully ignorant:
Patents are composed of an abstract, a list of "claims," and supporting information.
The abstract is not an adequate or reliable description the patent. The first sign of willful ignorance is when a person such as the submitter of this story quotes from the abstract as though it means something.
The list of claims and supporting information defines the coverage of the patent precisely.
Every one of the claims must be implemented for a system to be covered by the patent.
READ THE LAST POINT AGAIN.
Thus, every additional claim limits, rather than expands, the scope of the patent.
If a competitor constructs a system that implements all but one of the claims, it is not an infringement.
READ THE LAST POINT AGAIN.
What can you conclude? A patent which mentions XML in passing while describing a complicated system, is not patenting any aspect of XML. Rather, it is patenting the system as a whole, which is an application of XML along with other mechanisms.
A competitor could build an equivalent system which does not use XML, or a slightly different system which does use XML, and it would not be an infringement.
Either this is a non-story, or it is woefully misdirected. I'd be more concerned that Microsoft is trying to patent the idea of "choosing a script from a menu" than that their implementation uses XML.
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I don't think they were going for fuel economy, but it's actually pretty good for a two seater sports car--compare to a Miata which has similar performance and uses 9 l/100 km.
Yes, it is beautiful, but it is NOT "staggeringly well designed." Trust me on this; I was a former owner of a Sparrow, and found out -- the hard way -- that a three-wheeled, rear-driven layout is fundamentally unstable in the event of fishtail: flip, roll, totaled.
Here's a vehicle that solves that problem: Carver
Glad to see someone else watches The Office. Though I think the quote is flying over people's heads here.
Ah yes, physics, the discipline which has holy wars over cgs versus mks units. Makes english versus metric seem like a walk in the park.
Do you have the >$100k to set up your machine shop with metric tools?
Maybe you should try working with your hands for a while, it cures you of insufferable elitism.
Yeah you think you will be able to remember what went where but you really won't. Just document everything.
So whenever you take out a screw or other part, tape it to a note saying where it went and number the notes according to what order you disassembled the parts in. Works for me at least.
I routinely log 12-14 hours daily on a computer. A big part of that is time spent in the gym.
How does sitting at a computer in the gym help?
Political views, and not the fact that before Kepler, heliocentric models were simply not as accurate as existing models?
/Does [vim] alert you to the help facilities on starting up?/
:help iccf<Enter> for information :q<Enter> to exit :help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help :help version6<Enter> for version info
~ VIM - Vi IMproved
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~ version 6.2
~ by Bram Moolenaar et al.
~ Vim is open source and freely distributable
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~ Help poor children in Uganda!
~ type
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~ type
~ type
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Do they lose money if a comment disappears? No.
Are they liable for any consequences of losing data? No. Do they need to keep an audit trail? No.
None of these things have anything to do with how "big" a database is.
The kicker is, slashdot isn't very big at all! Can you come back to a story a few months later and comment on it, or even view it according to your preferences? No, it's been removed from the database because and put to static HTML because MySQL doesn't scale!
Well, having set up postgres on cygwin rather recently, I can say it's not as simple as all that. If you want it to run as a service, for example, there are quite a few hoops you have to jump through.
You don't have to look at the stickshift to use it. Whereas 90% of what the iPod does can't be done without looking at it.
I think you really oughtn't be adjusting the iPod at all while driving, but if you must, better up on the dash (where you might notice something out of peripheral vision) than down near the floor of the car.
Your friend needs to find the guy who made this and borrow it for a few days.
Rammed earth walls will survive much stronger earthquakes than frame construction
15,000 recently dead Iranians dispute that claim.
Granted, you can build earthworks that are stable with modern technology, using metal and concrete reinforcements and a better knowledge of materials science.
And one day, software engineers might be able to write a pile of C++ that doesn't fall down when pushed.
Point: To anyone who's not a fucking moron, it's clear that Ungrounded Lightning is talking about the uncertainty in position, not the diameter.
Point: The "diameter" of an electron or an ion has little to no relation to how tightly a beam of them can be focused.
Oh for fuck's sake. Hint: A bare proton is an ion.
I first saw "tear-off" menus in Hypercard (Mac OS, ca. 1986 or so)
Science (at least in its modern form) does not seek explanation. Science seeks prediction. The best theory is the one that accurately predicts the results of experiment; all other considerations are secondary.
Sherlock Holmes looks for simple explanations, but he is not a scientist.
Separate DVD player, MP3 player, PDA take up a hell of a lot more pocket space.
You'd think that, but a PDA will fit in one pocket, and an mp3 player will fit in my other pocket. A combined device will fit in none of my pockets.
You could say that of any mental disorder, if you wer so naive as just to read the DSM definitions. Actual educated professionals haev a very high threshold for assigning these symptoms--yes, many people have creative periods and depressive periods. It's only a problem (and would only be diagnosed) if the swings are so extreme as to impair your ability to function in the world, or pose a severe threat to yourself or others.
No it is not. If you claim otherwise, then provide a patent number.
The Apple manual stated that the iPod battery is designed to last the life of the device. Are you suggesting that it is normal if the iPod only lasts 18 months?
No, the vast majority of iPods that are 18 months old or more are still working.
- Patents are composed of an abstract, a list of "claims," and supporting information.
- The abstract is not an adequate or reliable description the patent. The first sign of willful ignorance is when a person such as the submitter of this story quotes from the abstract as though it means something.
- The list of claims and supporting information defines the coverage of the patent precisely.
- Every one of the claims must be implemented for a system to be covered by the patent.
- READ THE LAST POINT AGAIN.
- Thus, every additional claim limits, rather than expands, the scope of the patent.
- If a competitor constructs a system that implements all but one of the claims, it is not an infringement.
- READ THE LAST POINT AGAIN.
What can you conclude? A patent which mentions XML in passing while describing a complicated system, is not patenting any aspect of XML. Rather, it is patenting the system as a whole, which is an application of XML along with other mechanisms.A competitor could build an equivalent system which does not use XML, or a slightly different system which does use XML, and it would not be an infringement.
Either this is a non-story, or it is woefully misdirected. I'd be more concerned that Microsoft is trying to patent the idea of "choosing a script from a menu" than that their implementation uses XML.
I doubt that even north americans could survive long at a body temperature of 15C.