The Treo uses an internal, rechargeable battery pack, not AAA's. Even with my ancient Palm III, though, I have never ever ever lost ANY data during a battery swap. Ever. As long as you get the batteries back in there within about a minute, you're fine. My friend once zapped all his contacts by installing the batteries backwards, though...so don't be a dumbass and do that. Worst case scenario? Sync the thing before you swap batteries...then it just doesn't matter if the thing zaps itself to hell.
What's the advantage of a "commercial" Linux version? How is that a win for id? Why does it matter if the box says Windows, or Mac, or Linux on it? If somebody drops $50 on Wolfenstein, id is happy. If, by putting up some code on their servers, they can get a few more people to drop the cash, why wouldn't they do it that way?
It's not like the binaries are going to do you any good if you don't have the rest of the game...
Yeah! Throw the losers out! Cops should also pull over every African American male they see driving, because they are more likely to be committing crimes. Oh, and people who look Arabic too...after all, just about everybody who blows up buildings looks Arabic. Oh, except for those Irish lads.
Wait a minute. I look Irish. I think I've found a flaw in my logic.
The key factor is that none of those strictures were enumerated in the acceptable use policy. A lot of these companies are trying to change the contracts, after the fact, just like when they decided to cap uploads at 128k. If they want to sell me something, I have every right to expect that they will actually give me what they have advertised.
But that's irrelevant. They're forbidding non-ignorant people from researching the problem. Just because the mfr does not properly solve the problem, does not mean that they are entitled to prevent other people from pointing this out.
OK, so you choose your OS based on what makes you look "subversive" and your literature based on what makes you look "smart".
Call me crazy, but I pick my OS based on what gets the job done, and my literature based on what amuses me to read. I liked all four Harry Potter books. I think they're about the best young-adult fantasy series since The Chronicles of Narnia. They're interesting, and imaginative, and well told, and fun to read. Are they derivative? Sure! What isn't? I could give a fuck about the hype, or about Ms. Rowling's financial or social situation.
Seems to me like conducting a war game with a "worse than worst possible case scenario" is a pretty fucking good idea. That way, you aren't taken completely unawares when the enemy does something unexpected, like hijacking planes with pocket knives and crashing them into buildings.
I wasn't near a TV when the episode aired. I would think that any (rational) TV producer would be happy to know that I've gone out of my way to watch their commercials.
I mean, their TV program.
Not that I would, mind you, but I see ZERO moral ambiguity.
But Batmanuel was a SCREAM. This might be different, but it's going to be funny. The writing seems tight, the actors seem to be having a good time, and the costumes are spot on.
6400km? That's absurd! Why the heck would you make it that long?
You're right, on a short tether you'd make yourself really sick. But if you have a radius of even 200 feet, the difference between gravity at your feet and at your head is going to be trivial. So assume that your hab module is four times the mass of the counterweight. You now have a tether that's about a thousand feet long. You certainly don't need to keep Earth standard gravity, so you don't even need to spin the thing too fast.
First of all, the Russians have lots of on-orbit time. Their cosmonauts exhibited some loss of bone strength, but it came back rapidly when they were back on Earth.
Secondly, there's no reason to do a Mars mission in microgravity. Put a tether between the spent upper stage of the rocket, and the crew module, and spin the thing like a bolo. Believe it or not, you CAN do astrogation on a rotating platform like this.
Robert Zubrin's "The Case for Mars" debunks this and all other so-called reasons not to go to Mars. Many of his papers are available at http://www.marssociety.org
30 years? Hell, if we don't have a viable colony on Mars by that time, we're a bunch of jackasses.
The problem is that magnus effect sails (and aircraft wings, for that matter) are colossally draggy. You're looking at approximately three times the lift/drag ratio, and that's a Bad Thing. Couple that with the power requirements for spinning the drum, and you've got a really poor compromise design.
I was fascinated with this idea for about five minutes in my aerodynamics class, but the drawbacks are rather massive.
I'm a hardcore aero geek and an aspiring sailor. I'm really looking forward to the day I can actually afford to design the boat of my dreams, and I could give a damn what those poncy jerks at the yacht club think. I'll be glad to show them EXACTLY why my boat will be funny lookin', by blowing them out of the water on the race course.
I'm not saying it will be commercially successful: Only competitively successful. : )
You're probably thinking of the Dryden Flight Research Center, where they have all SORTS of cool airplanes. And one of the best aviation photography resources on the net.
The reason I use a PC (as opposed to a console) is because it can do more than one thing at a time. Why did games stop using DOS and go to Windows? Because the customers (like me) demanded it. Why go BACK to a single-tasking OS? What could possibly be the win?
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The Treo uses an internal, rechargeable battery pack, not AAA's. Even with my ancient Palm III, though, I have never ever ever lost ANY data during a battery swap. Ever. As long as you get the batteries back in there within about a minute, you're fine. My friend once zapped all his contacts by installing the batteries backwards, though...so don't be a dumbass and do that. Worst case scenario? Sync the thing before you swap batteries...then it just doesn't matter if the thing zaps itself to hell.
What's the advantage of a "commercial" Linux version? How is that a win for id? Why does it matter if the box says Windows, or Mac, or Linux on it? If somebody drops $50 on Wolfenstein, id is happy. If, by putting up some code on their servers, they can get a few more people to drop the cash, why wouldn't they do it that way?
It's not like the binaries are going to do you any good if you don't have the rest of the game...
Had you read the article, you'd know that a headset is included.
...and it hasn't occured to you that that is exactly what's wrong with capitalism as it's practiced today? Surely I'm misunderstanding your argument.
Yeah! Throw the losers out! Cops should also pull over every African American male they see driving, because they are more likely to be committing crimes. Oh, and people who look Arabic too...after all, just about everybody who blows up buildings looks Arabic. Oh, except for those Irish lads.
Wait a minute. I look Irish. I think I've found a flaw in my logic.
The key factor is that none of those strictures were enumerated in the acceptable use policy. A lot of these companies are trying to change the contracts, after the fact, just like when they decided to cap uploads at 128k. If they want to sell me something, I have every right to expect that they will actually give me what they have advertised.
ummm...call me crazy, but I don't think Mr. Stallman has blown anybody up yet. I think that's a pretty critical fucking difference, don't you?
But that's irrelevant. They're forbidding non-ignorant people from researching the problem. Just because the mfr does not properly solve the problem, does not mean that they are entitled to prevent other people from pointing this out.
OK, so you choose your OS based on what makes you look "subversive" and your literature based on what makes you look "smart".
Call me crazy, but I pick my OS based on what gets the job done, and my literature based on what amuses me to read. I liked all four Harry Potter books. I think they're about the best young-adult fantasy series since The Chronicles of Narnia. They're interesting, and imaginative, and well told, and fun to read. Are they derivative? Sure! What isn't? I could give a fuck about the hype, or about Ms. Rowling's financial or social situation.
I'm going to invoke Gibson's Corollary to Godwin's Law.
"The first person to tout their membership in MENSA in the course of an argument immediately loses."
-Lee Gibson
I see your point, but I contend that Mr. Falwell is as good a student of the Christian Bible as Mr. Bin Laden is.
Religion did not create this crisis. Hatred did.
Seems to me like conducting a war game with a "worse than worst possible case scenario" is a pretty fucking good idea. That way, you aren't taken completely unawares when the enemy does something unexpected, like hijacking planes with pocket knives and crashing them into buildings.
Oh. Scratch that last part.
Of course. All the troubles in the world...it's America's fault.
You really think that Saddam would be feeding his people if he had more money? Horse shit.
You're right. Audience reaction is only relevant if you want to creat good art.
Or maybe that's an impossibly strained analogy.
Why?
I wasn't near a TV when the episode aired. I would think that any (rational) TV producer would be happy to know that I've gone out of my way to watch their commercials.
I mean, their TV program.
Not that I would, mind you, but I see ZERO moral ambiguity.
But Batmanuel was a SCREAM. This might be different, but it's going to be funny. The writing seems tight, the actors seem to be having a good time, and the costumes are spot on.
I will miss Speak, though.
6400km? That's absurd! Why the heck would you make it that long?
You're right, on a short tether you'd make yourself really sick. But if you have a radius of even 200 feet, the difference between gravity at your feet and at your head is going to be trivial. So assume that your hab module is four times the mass of the counterweight. You now have a tether that's about a thousand feet long. You certainly don't need to keep Earth standard gravity, so you don't even need to spin the thing too fast.
Nonsense.
First of all, the Russians have lots of on-orbit time. Their cosmonauts exhibited some loss of bone strength, but it came back rapidly when they were back on Earth.
Secondly, there's no reason to do a Mars mission in microgravity. Put a tether between the spent upper stage of the rocket, and the crew module, and spin the thing like a bolo. Believe it or not, you CAN do astrogation on a rotating platform like this.
Robert Zubrin's "The Case for Mars" debunks this and all other so-called reasons not to go to Mars. Many of his papers are available at http://www.marssociety.org
30 years? Hell, if we don't have a viable colony on Mars by that time, we're a bunch of jackasses.
The problem is that magnus effect sails (and aircraft wings, for that matter) are colossally draggy. You're looking at approximately three times the lift/drag ratio, and that's a Bad Thing. Couple that with the power requirements for spinning the drum, and you've got a really poor compromise design.
I was fascinated with this idea for about five minutes in my aerodynamics class, but the drawbacks are rather massive.
I'm a hardcore aero geek and an aspiring sailor. I'm really looking forward to the day I can actually afford to design the boat of my dreams, and I could give a damn what those poncy jerks at the yacht club think. I'll be glad to show them EXACTLY why my boat will be funny lookin', by blowing them out of the water on the race course.
I'm not saying it will be commercially successful: Only competitively successful. : )
You're probably thinking of the Dryden Flight Research Center, where they have all SORTS of cool airplanes. And one of the best aviation photography resources on the net.
I think the only thing more boring than multiplayer Civilization is chess by mail. I'm not saying that's bad...just not my cup of tea. At all.
Yeah. It's called a PlayStation II.
The reason I use a PC (as opposed to a console) is because it can do more than one thing at a time. Why did games stop using DOS and go to Windows? Because the customers (like me) demanded it. Why go BACK to a single-tasking OS? What could possibly be the win?
Can you cite reputable articles on the "beat up" part? I don't believe that claim without evidence.