Even less vertical space? On Windows, you can configure it to take up about 1 cm (tabs and address bar visible, everything else hidden). They've already removed the status bar (so now the link/image URL popup overlaps the page instead of being displayed in an empty area), and you can hide the menu bar and the bookmarks bar. Not my cup of tea, I prefer standard windows over hide-all-functionality and hamburger menus. But it's there if you want.
On a Mac you always have the menu bar too and they can't invade the top edge of the window yet, so FF takes up a bit more space there.
Backspace to go back is a Windows-only convention. I use a Mac laptop at home and Windows at work. My laptop has a Delete key at the top right, a full-size Windows keyboard has Backspace in the same location. When editing text, their behavior is identical. In other context, Windows switches the Backspace key to mean something entirely different ("go back to the previous view, losing any changes you've made in the current one, without recourse").
Microsoft have overloaded the key to mean two very different things depending on context. I wish this was configurable at the OS level, because it's bloody annoying.
The wind conditions on open decks would have been pretty harsh westbound
There used to be a fast ferry service between Dover and Calais, using a Incat 74 m catamaran that ran at 42 kts to do the trip in 45 min. They had a small open space at the back of the ship, just above the water jets. You couldn't look forward from that deck, it was enclosed on 3 sides with only a view aft. Nevertheless, at full speed there'd be a howling gale on that deck, I felt I had to hold on to my glasses as otherwise they'd have been blown off. This was nominally the smoking space, but I don't think many people managed to finish a cigarette there.
The problem is more complicated than that sentence makes it sound. Over time (Curiosity's been there for ~4 years now) the wheels accumulate damage when they drive over rocks. This accumulation is faster than they'd predicted based on years of experience with Spirit and Opportunity, because of the larger size and weight of Opportunity and because it's being driven over much rockier terrain than the earlier rovers. Based on the accumulation of damage after 1-2 years they had to alter the mission plan somewhat, changing the route to more sandy places. The problem is the weight of the wheels is highly constrained. They were already close to the maximum possible mission weight so there was very little scope for improvement. Making the wheels heavier would have had knock-on effects. The rover was stowed in a folded state and had to unfold just before landing. That unfolding involved dropping the wheels through an arc without any damping. Making the wheels any heavier would have made that drop induce more force on the attachment points than they could handle.
With the benefit of hindsight, they could have built more resilient wheels. But that would have meant redesigning half the rover. Deep space exploration is just that, exploration. You will come across circumstances you could not have predicted. Live with it.
The rocket launches due East from the Cape. The droneship is in a straight line underneath the flightpath, so the stage flies more or less a parabolic arc to the ship. To fly back to the Cape, the stage has to brake and bring its velocity to 0, then accelerate to the West to get back to land. Flying to the drone ship skips the 'brake' part, which saves a lot of fuel.
My work notes live in a pile of text files. For every current project, I've got a file open in Notepad++. The project file contains a log of things I've done, a list of things to do etc. Currently I've got about 30 open files.
For notetaking during meetings I use pen and paper (writing's still a lower cognitive load than typing), afterwards the results get transcribed.
The only drawback is I can't add drawings. I don't need many of those though.
Or at least attempted. ISTR reading that several terrorist groups incl Al-Qaeda have very restrictive recruiting policies for this very reason (i.e. you only get in if you know someone already in the group, and some are family only).
Given the number of complaints I've seen about Google's UI changes in Maps, that seems unlikely. Removing features while making the site much slower to load is not a way to endear users.
Those are human interface "experts". I'm talking about someone who actually knows what he's doing, not someone who only thinks he knows what he's doing.
So they can afford to buy new satellite imagery to replace three-year-old images, but they can't afford to consult a human interface expert to get the UI back to a usable state?
This used to be quite common. Silent films were often played back at higher speed than they were recorded. The introduction of sound made that difficult: sped-up speech is funny for about 3 minutes, sped-up music just sounds horrible
PSLV is at 33. Ariane 5 is at 72.Soyuz has the largest number of launches (more than 1700), but I haven't found an interval between failures of more than 72 launches in the list yet.
You are also incorrect, by the way. Of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the US, only 2 were by Islamists. I maintain that 'going berserk' is a more common cause of mass shootings than terrorism.
Mass murder seems to be a problem unique to the USA (among countries with a rule of law, i.e. excluding hellholes). Other countries with similar degrees of gun ownership have far fewer instances of guys going berserk and killing a bunch of people.
After the Bismarck sank HMS Hood, large parts of the British Navy were moved around (or kept in port) depending on where Bismarck was. This put big constraints on Navy operations. Early in WW2, air power did not extend into the middle of the Atlantic (due to lack of range) leaving surface ships free to wreak havoc on convoys which were not equipped to deal with a battleship. Given the thin margin of supply Britain operated under, leaving Bismarck free to hunt British convoys would have been a major mistake.
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Even less vertical space? On Windows, you can configure it to take up about 1 cm (tabs and address bar visible, everything else hidden). They've already removed the status bar (so now the link/image URL popup overlaps the page instead of being displayed in an empty area), and you can hide the menu bar and the bookmarks bar. Not my cup of tea, I prefer standard windows over hide-all-functionality and hamburger menus. But it's there if you want.
On a Mac you always have the menu bar too and they can't invade the top edge of the window yet, so FF takes up a bit more space there.
Backspace to go back is a Windows-only convention. I use a Mac laptop at home and Windows at work. My laptop has a Delete key at the top right, a full-size Windows keyboard has Backspace in the same location. When editing text, their behavior is identical. In other context, Windows switches the Backspace key to mean something entirely different ("go back to the previous view, losing any changes you've made in the current one, without recourse").
Microsoft have overloaded the key to mean two very different things depending on context. I wish this was configurable at the OS level, because it's bloody annoying.
The wind conditions on open decks would have been pretty harsh westbound
There used to be a fast ferry service between Dover and Calais, using a Incat 74 m catamaran that ran at 42 kts to do the trip in 45 min. They had a small open space at the back of the ship, just above the water jets. You couldn't look forward from that deck, it was enclosed on 3 sides with only a view aft. Nevertheless, at full speed there'd be a howling gale on that deck, I felt I had to hold on to my glasses as otherwise they'd have been blown off.
This was nominally the smoking space, but I don't think many people managed to finish a cigarette there.
The problem is more complicated than that sentence makes it sound. Over time (Curiosity's been there for ~4 years now) the wheels accumulate damage when they drive over rocks. This accumulation is faster than they'd predicted based on years of experience with Spirit and Opportunity, because of the larger size and weight of Opportunity and because it's being driven over much rockier terrain than the earlier rovers.
Based on the accumulation of damage after 1-2 years they had to alter the mission plan somewhat, changing the route to more sandy places.
The problem is the weight of the wheels is highly constrained. They were already close to the maximum possible mission weight so there was very little scope for improvement. Making the wheels heavier would have had knock-on effects. The rover was stowed in a folded state and had to unfold just before landing. That unfolding involved dropping the wheels through an arc without any damping. Making the wheels any heavier would have made that drop induce more force on the attachment points than they could handle.
With the benefit of hindsight, they could have built more resilient wheels. But that would have meant redesigning half the rover. Deep space exploration is just that, exploration. You will come across circumstances you could not have predicted. Live with it.
Some of those icebreakers are used for passenger cruises to the Arctic.
Your "ow, it's hot" reflex is triggered at 54 C, skin burns develop far below 80 C.
The Spruce Goose was a giant failure though. It couldn't fly above its ground effect, making it more an attempted aeroplane than an actual aircraft.
You still shut down your laptop? How quaint.
Hibernate instead, and install updates+restart once a week.
The rocket launches due East from the Cape. The droneship is in a straight line underneath the flightpath, so the stage flies more or less a parabolic arc to the ship.
To fly back to the Cape, the stage has to brake and bring its velocity to 0, then accelerate to the West to get back to land.
Flying to the drone ship skips the 'brake' part, which saves a lot of fuel.
My work notes live in a pile of text files. For every current project, I've got a file open in Notepad++. The project file contains a log of things I've done, a list of things to do etc. Currently I've got about 30 open files.
For notetaking during meetings I use pen and paper (writing's still a lower cognitive load than typing), afterwards the results get transcribed.
The only drawback is I can't add drawings. I don't need many of those though.
The problem with that approach is it doesn't scale very well.
What makes you think that's not being done?
Or at least attempted. ISTR reading that several terrorist groups incl Al-Qaeda have very restrictive recruiting policies for this very reason (i.e. you only get in if you know someone already in the group, and some are family only).
Given the number of complaints I've seen about Google's UI changes in Maps, that seems unlikely. Removing features while making the site much slower to load is not a way to endear users.
Those are human interface "experts". I'm talking about someone who actually knows what he's doing, not someone who only thinks he knows what he's doing.
So they can afford to buy new satellite imagery to replace three-year-old images, but they can't afford to consult a human interface expert to get the UI back to a usable state?
This used to be quite common. Silent films were often played back at higher speed than they were recorded. The introduction of sound made that difficult: sped-up speech is funny for about 3 minutes, sped-up music just sounds horrible
There were at least 2 stretches of 133 successful launches for Soyuz.
PSLV is at 33. Ariane 5 is at 72.Soyuz has the largest number of launches (more than 1700), but I haven't found an interval between failures of more than 72 launches in the list yet.
Paypal is not asking for any user-specific data, but just anonymized aggregate statistics about file types and traffic.
As if that's an acceptable demand. The information Paypal gathers should not go beyond the transaction itself.
I stand corrected. Mass shootings are not more common in the US than in Europe. Living in Europe, my perception is different. The difference would have to lie in the media coverage I see.
You are also incorrect, by the way. Of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the US, only 2 were by Islamists. I maintain that 'going berserk' is a more common cause of mass shootings than terrorism.
Mass murder seems to be a problem unique to the USA (among countries with a rule of law, i.e. excluding hellholes).
Other countries with similar degrees of gun ownership have far fewer instances of guys going berserk and killing a bunch of people.
Which means you have to fix US society somehow.
'Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.'
Lack of money's what's keeping them from doing so now.
After the Bismarck sank HMS Hood, large parts of the British Navy were moved around (or kept in port) depending on where Bismarck was. This put big constraints on Navy operations. Early in WW2, air power did not extend into the middle of the Atlantic (due to lack of range) leaving surface ships free to wreak havoc on convoys which were not equipped to deal with a battleship.
Given the thin margin of supply Britain operated under, leaving Bismarck free to hunt British convoys would have been a major mistake.
Trains routinely run at 25 kV, pretty close to the voltage used in power plants.