yes, well that method has still to be used to an extent, I don't think any prof would accept a paper written in 36pt font with triple spaced lines... I think that most assignments are for a particular number of words anyhow.
Word processing on a sinclair??? I don't think I would even want to type on those rubbery keyboards for more than 5 minutes. Let alone that iirc spectrum keys had like 5 different control functions.
I think it was a joke, haven't you ever had an assignment for a certain number of pages and increased your fontsize, linespacing, margins etc to make the text you wrote spread out over the required number of pages? I know that it would still work using your method, but I think that's not really the point.
I use two kinds, both are 100% Arabica espresso coffee: Lavazza which runs at about 3Euro/250g and Illy which costs about double that. As to world coffee consumption, here's the stats.
How do you judge the quality of an airliner by being a passenger on one? The interior (i.e. comfort) of the plane is largely decided upon by the interior the airlines choose. I've flown a lot, mainly on Boeings but I've been on a few Airbuses, Fokkers, smaller craft (even a DC 3) too. I find that the comfort mainly depends on the weather and on the interior (e.g. leg-room, seat comfort, service levels. etc.)
Hmm, I've tested it quite a few times and ie (6) still seems a little faster than moz (1.4). Not by a whole lot, just by a little. I've got a fast (100mbps) connection so I guess that what it comes down to is pure parsing/interpreting/rendering speed.
Beta used to be the format in some Asian countries. I remember that when I left Indonesia in '92 Beta was still much more common than any other format.
on a stretch of highway close to where I live they've got cameras that film and digitally identify license plates. They've got them along a stretch of road so that they can calculate the average speed of the vehicle over the stretch. I know someone that got a ticket for speeding this way.
I reckon the students over there will spend lots of money on printing out stuff. So much for "paperless", and what's with this paperless anyway, why is it so important? If it's for environmental reasons, it doesn't make sense because the average person is just going to print more now.
Paper is easy, you can take it anywhere, read it anywhere, you can spill coffee on it, you can fold it, you can write in the margins, it's usually high-quality and not as straining to look at as a screen, you can make aeroplanes out of it, you can tear it, you can store it for 100 years and probably still read it without too much trouble.
the problem is that with pinball machines the manufacturers and game halls need to make a profit on them. They're expensive to produce and rent. The "game" of pinball depends strongly on the availability of the machines, which depends on the manufacturers/game halls ability to make a profit on them. Now with chess, there are no game halls, there are some companies that manufacture chess boards/pieces but the game doesn't really depend on them since if you want you could pretty much make your own board and pieces. Bottom line is; due to the (lack of) involvement of economics the game of "chess" has a much stronger survival mechanism.
you seriously think i don't know that? Anyway, you can get specialized weather data thru internet (some subscription sites that offer special services like that), some of those you can also get through other means like fax etc. etc. but it's quite convenient on the internet. Seriously, it's not merely a gadget to have a means of connecting to the internet onboard, it's actually useful. Also for things like emailing and the like.
not really, whilst oil might have a higher specific heat capacity water can conviently be evaporated which means that it can absorb and give out the fase change energy on top of it's own heat energy. (I don't really know what happens when you evaporate oil? - I guess it must combust at some point)
A lot of heating and most cooling systems work with transferring energy through evaporation/condensation and not just through the conducance in a single state. For heating mostly steam/water is used and for cooling it's just some refrigerant.
connection to the internet is very useful for weather forecasts etc. I've personally been on a sailing boat on the ocean and having internet onboard is quite useful.
FWIW I'm a marine engineer and the computers I see on most big ships are just standard models, on a yacht a laptop will do quite well. The environment aboard a ship usually meets certain criteria for passenger and/or crew comfort anyway.
racing seats are made to keep your body in place during high acceleration motion (particularly transveral accelerations) and are generally "harder", ie. more firm because of that. There's not a lot of acceleration going on when you're sitting behind your pc at home (not compared to racecar levels anyway). I think luxury cars seats are probably way more comfortable to use at home then racing seats, not in the least because their design conditions are closer to home use then racing seats'.
Afaik the problem is not that the flywheel moves too much but that it moves very little and tends to resist movement due to it's large axial momentum. This creates a problem when it's surroundings (car etc.) moves a lot because the flywheel will resist the movement and thus cause large forces on the bearings etc. If the metro would slow down while spinning up the wheel it wouldn't be that much of a problem I guess, especially if the flywheel is directed in a horizontal plane.
I don't know where I heard the story, but some guy was telling about how he had a small flywheel which he and his mates would spin up and put into a suitcase, then they would take the suitcase into a hotel and ask the porter to carry the suitcase to their room. The porter would have a real hard time turning the suitcase around any corners and wouldn't understand what was going on.
man, the software vendors *only* lose money when someone warezes their product if it keeps them from buying that particular product. Do you honestly believe a 15 year old can afford photo-shop? Or that his parents are going to buy it for him (unless they are rich). Your analogy is seriously flawed, copying something is very different from stealing a physical product like a car.
I was going to recommend www.sneakemail.com to you, but they seem to be down for some reason? Anyhow, it's a great service(if it works) and avoids the hassle of creating a new hotmail/yahoo account each time.
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yes, well that method has still to be used to an extent, I don't think any prof would accept a paper written in 36pt font with triple spaced lines... I think that most assignments are for a particular number of words anyhow.
Word processing on a sinclair??? I don't think I would even want to type on those rubbery keyboards for more than 5 minutes. Let alone that iirc spectrum keys had like 5 different control functions.
I think it was a joke, haven't you ever had an assignment for a certain number of pages and increased your fontsize, linespacing, margins etc to make the text you wrote spread out over the required number of pages? I know that it would still work using your method, but I think that's not really the point.
I use two kinds, both are 100% Arabica espresso coffee: Lavazza which runs at about 3Euro/250g and Illy which costs about double that. As to world coffee consumption, here's the stats.
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How do you judge the quality of an airliner by being a passenger on one? The interior (i.e. comfort) of the plane is largely decided upon by the interior the airlines choose. I've flown a lot, mainly on Boeings but I've been on a few Airbuses, Fokkers, smaller craft (even a DC 3) too. I find that the comfort mainly depends on the weather and on the interior (e.g. leg-room, seat comfort, service levels. etc.)
Hmm, I've tested it quite a few times and ie (6) still seems a little faster than moz (1.4). Not by a whole lot, just by a little. I've got a fast (100mbps) connection so I guess that what it comes down to is pure parsing/interpreting/rendering speed.
Beta used to be the format in some Asian countries. I remember that when I left Indonesia in '92 Beta was still much more common than any other format.
you probably mean gsview?
on a stretch of highway close to where I live they've got cameras that film and digitally identify license plates. They've got them along a stretch of road so that they can calculate the average speed of the vehicle over the stretch. I know someone that got a ticket for speeding this way.
when you're reading a book it's easier to change your body position which allows you to go on reading for a longer period of time at once.
I reckon the students over there will spend lots of money on printing out stuff. So much for "paperless", and what's with this paperless anyway, why is it so important? If it's for environmental reasons, it doesn't make sense because the average person is just going to print more now.
Paper is easy, you can take it anywhere, read it anywhere, you can spill coffee on it, you can fold it, you can write in the margins, it's usually high-quality and not as straining to look at as a screen, you can make aeroplanes out of it, you can tear it, you can store it for 100 years and probably still read it without too much trouble.
the problem is that with pinball machines the manufacturers and game halls need to make a profit on them. They're expensive to produce and rent. The "game" of pinball depends strongly on the availability of the machines, which depends on the manufacturers/game halls ability to make a profit on them. Now with chess, there are no game halls, there are some companies that manufacture chess boards/pieces but the game doesn't really depend on them since if you want you could pretty much make your own board and pieces. Bottom line is; due to the (lack of) involvement of economics the game of "chess" has a much stronger survival mechanism.
you seriously think i don't know that? Anyway, you can get specialized weather data thru internet (some subscription sites that offer special services like that), some of those you can also get through other means like fax etc. etc. but it's quite convenient on the internet. Seriously, it's not merely a gadget to have a means of connecting to the internet onboard, it's actually useful. Also for things like emailing and the like.
not really, whilst oil might have a higher specific heat capacity water can conviently be evaporated which means that it can absorb and give out the fase change energy on top of it's own heat energy. (I don't really know what happens when you evaporate oil? - I guess it must combust at some point)
A lot of heating and most cooling systems work with transferring energy through evaporation/condensation and not just through the conducance in a single state. For heating mostly steam/water is used and for cooling it's just some refrigerant.
connection to the internet is very useful for weather forecasts etc. I've personally been on a sailing boat on the ocean and having internet onboard is quite useful.
FWIW I'm a marine engineer and the computers I see on most big ships are just standard models, on a yacht a laptop will do quite well. The environment aboard a ship usually meets certain criteria for passenger and/or crew comfort anyway.
naah, the seats they put in the high-performance 3 series are probably quite different from the seats the put in the luxury 7 series.
pretty funny, but it looks like your whole office was made out of mouse pads, do you work for a mouse pad factory?
racing seats are made to keep your body in place during high acceleration motion (particularly transveral accelerations) and are generally "harder", ie. more firm because of that. There's not a lot of acceleration going on when you're sitting behind your pc at home (not compared to racecar levels anyway). I think luxury cars seats are probably way more comfortable to use at home then racing seats, not in the least because their design conditions are closer to home use then racing seats'.
Afaik the problem is not that the flywheel moves too much but that it moves very little and tends to resist movement due to it's large axial momentum. This creates a problem when it's surroundings (car etc.) moves a lot because the flywheel will resist the movement and thus cause large forces on the bearings etc. If the metro would slow down while spinning up the wheel it wouldn't be that much of a problem I guess, especially if the flywheel is directed in a horizontal plane.
I don't know where I heard the story, but some guy was telling about how he had a small flywheel which he and his mates would spin up and put into a suitcase, then they would take the suitcase into a hotel and ask the porter to carry the suitcase to their room. The porter would have a real hard time turning the suitcase around any corners and wouldn't understand what was going on.
man, the software vendors *only* lose money when someone warezes their product if it keeps them from buying that particular product. Do you honestly believe a 15 year old can afford photo-shop? Or that his parents are going to buy it for him (unless they are rich). Your analogy is seriously flawed, copying something is very different from stealing a physical product like a car.
I was going to recommend www.sneakemail.com to you, but they seem to be down for some reason? Anyhow, it's a great service(if it works) and avoids the hassle of creating a new hotmail/yahoo account each time.
a NASA technical report server of course!