No need to rearrange the surrounding rocks... The Nazis will never find the city because they only have one side of the amulet. Their staff is the wrong length, so they're digging in the wrong spot.
It wouldn't surprise me to find Osama sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom (although now I'm just being silly).
Well, maybe you are being silly, but Georgie's approval ratings aren't too hot right now, so every last dollar in the campaign war chest helps. Osama supposedly has some pretty deep pockets, ya know? Didn't Clinton basically treat the Lincoln Bedroom as his own personal bed and breakfast to drum up some cash? Maybe Georgie and Osama can work out some kind of deal like that.
By, it sure would suck if a 90 year old Afghan women swiped your personal data, applied for credit cards in your name, and then accused you of identity theft:)
Even though no new laws are being created, the government is setting a precedent that it can control pretty much any company that it deams worthy of being contolled.
So you would prefer a government that is incapable of controlling a company that it deems necessary to control? Congratulations, we're nearly there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for personal ownership of firearms, but that statement is just goofy.
Which would you prefer? A man 10ft. away pointing a.45 auto at your head, or the same man at the same distance menacing you with a steak knife? Personally, I'll take my chances with the knife guy. Yes, a sufficiently skilled (or sufficiently clumsy) person can turn most any common object into a deadly weapon, but a firearm can kill more people, more quickly, and at a greater range. Don't be stupid.
The real lesson to this story is this: If you're planning a murderous rampage, you should call yourselves the "Bad Dudes". That way, if you're stopped by the police, they'll think you're just on your way to rescue the president from ninjas.
"6.75 litres, 147hp - does that sound efficient to you?" in reply to any enquiry of mine on American cars.
No, it does not sound efficient. It sounds so unbelievably crappy that I have a difficult time beleiving it. Granted, American cars still somewhat lag behind Japanese and European nameplates in the efficiency and build quality areas, but not by that much. The U.S. Cavalier (2003 model) generates 140hp from its 2.2 liter engine... not bad power for that displacement. It gets about 25 mpg in the city, 33 mpg highway. Doesn't sound terribly inneficient to me. That said, it's still one of the crappier American cars you can find... cheap materials and horrendous build quality by all accounts.
I am the original poster, and yes, the situation I described assumes that no one else is behind me. If there is, I'll hit the gas and scoot around someone faster than the cruise control would otherwise.
Relatively straight and flat interstate, cruise control set at 70, I slowly start to overtake a vehicle going 69 or 68mph. I switch to the left lane, pass the vehicle, and move back to the right lane once I'm far enough ahead. I never touch the accelerator or brakes, just steady cc'd speed of 70. Now the nimrod in the vehicle I just passed starts to speed up a little, passes me, pulls in front... AND SLOWS BACK DOWN TO 68 MPH! Lather, rinse, repeat.
Keep in mind I haven't changed my rate of speed at all through the whole process, and the guy in the other car is looking at me like I'm some kind of retard. Ugh.
Just read an article in the automotive section of my local (St. Louis) newspaper this morning. Didn't seem to be in the online version, but I think it was a syndicated article so you may have some luck finding it somewhere else.
Anywhoo, the columnist claimed that car manufacturers are seriously planning on replacing current headlight designs with LED's. They require less power for more light, and are a bit easier on the environment (no mercury). Seems like this would be a good way to cut the voltage necessary at night (or for cars with those damn fool daytime running lights).
Well, for one thing, in the case of DNF, no customer money is involved because no product has been released or sold yet.
In my opinion saying "This software is gonna be Teh Best EVAR," spending your own money to develop it, and then failing miserably might make you look stupid (Hi, John Romero!), but it's not a crime. Hyping a potential product to investors and using the money to line the pockets of company officials may be another matter altogether.
Well said... I didn't mean to belittle the increase in world stature that the Chinese would gain from a successful venture. The whole national pride thing that the Chinese people would feel (at least the ones who survive the massive realocation of government funds) could pay dividends. Other countries would be certain to have a higher level of respect for China and this would have obvious political and diplomatic benefits.
I still don't see the whole science thing paying off for them too much though. As others have pointed out, most of the technology to achieve this is already in place... decades old in fact. True, not one has attempted to apply it to so grand a scope, but I can't imagine the Chinese going balls-to-the-wall to develop something exotic and new when much of the necessary pieces already exist.
Just my opinion of course... but it will be interesting to watch.
I can guarantee you this lunar base won't be for pure bragging rights.
That's too bad really, because bragging rights are all they're likely to get from the whole thing. I mean, what else could they get out of it. How does this whole project give them a leg up on the rest of the world? Sure they'll probably have to develop some new technologies, but nothing we couldn't duplicate or steal.
If (and if's a pretty big if) they can pull this off, they'll likely discover what we already know: The moon's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.
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Quote: "Any government department is quite at liberty to run only Windows 2000 server. There's nothing forcing them to upgrade to Server 2003," [Microsoft senior consultant Alex Balcanquall] said.
Translation: We haven't quite figured out how to break compatibility yet... but we should have that ready for SP1.
Mechanic: We fixed your brakes... they no longer make that awful screeching sound. Me: Thanks. How did you fix them? Mechanic: We removed the brakes entirely Me: What the... Mechanic: That will be $567.98, please.
Well, no, I don't think that would deter them too much. After all, if a lawyer that defends himself has a fool for a client, then a mere law student defending himself is even more foolish.
The RIAA will only avoid suing people and entities that can afford to risk spending wads of cash on a defense with the possibility of losing both their legal outlays as well as the amount granted in a judgement. Not too many students (law or otherwise) with that kind of cash.
If software development as an industry unto itselft dies, so what? What, you think computers are going to go away entirely? Been reading too much Dune lately?
I don't think you have anything to worry about... you're degree will still be relevant. If software development dies as an industry, then it will be because companies take more of their programming in-house. Computers will still be as important as they would have been otherwise, and those computers will still need software. It doesn't write itself, you know.
Yeah, there's definitely a lot to think about here. So much so that it's probably easier to do what the guy in the article did... just slap some lamps in there to power the lava lamp and use it solely for decoration rather than have your system depend on it.
Glass is indeed more of a thermal insulator than a conductor though. I guess what we really need is transparent aluminum. Screw the whales, Scotty, we need this stuff to build a lava lamp heatsink, so fire up that Apple and let's get cracking.
Its the heat/cooling cycle that generates the groovy rising falling globules.
I think the word you're looking for is convection.
Just what is that goo made off?
It's basically just wax, formulated to achieve a certain level of viscosity.
I think we may be on to something here, though. It would be neat as all hell to have your processor's heat power a lava lamp. I guess it would have to be some kind of desktop or pizza box type case where the processor is mounted horizontally near the top of the case. You could then mount the lava lamp atop the processor through a hole in the top of the case.
I imagine the heat from the processor would be more than enough to melt the wax and set the whole thing in motion. Since most of the lava lamp is outside the case, it could passively shed excess heat into the surrounding air. I have no idea whether this would keep the processor cool enough or not... I guess it would depend upon several factors, not the least of which would be the processor itself. Maybe you would have to underclock the chip or go with one of the cooler running Via chips instead... I dunno.
I know some of the overclocking enthusiast sites use a cpu die simulator of some kind to test heatsinks and whatnot. Shouldn't be too hard to test the lava lamp rig without sacrificing a cpu.
I can't believe that this is a totally original idea. Has anyone out there in/. land tried anything similar to this?
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No need to rearrange the surrounding rocks... The Nazis will never find the city because they only have one side of the amulet. Their staff is the wrong length, so they're digging in the wrong spot.
It wouldn't surprise me to find Osama sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom (although now I'm just being silly).
Well, maybe you are being silly, but Georgie's approval ratings aren't too hot right now, so every last dollar in the campaign war chest helps. Osama supposedly has some pretty deep pockets, ya know? Didn't Clinton basically treat the Lincoln Bedroom as his own personal bed and breakfast to drum up some cash? Maybe Georgie and Osama can work out some kind of deal like that.
I'm sorry to break it to you, but your sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning.
NONE of them are acronyms, and ALL of them are frequently written in all caps.
So... uhh... what do NONE and ALL stand for then? How about your sig?
By, it sure would suck if a 90 year old Afghan women swiped your personal data, applied for credit cards in your name, and then accused you of identity theft:)
Even though no new laws are being created, the government is setting a precedent that it can control pretty much any company that it deams worthy of being contolled.
So you would prefer a government that is incapable of controlling a company that it deems necessary to control? Congratulations, we're nearly there.
Knives are just as dangerous as firearms
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for personal ownership of firearms, but that statement is just goofy.
Which would you prefer? A man 10ft. away pointing a .45 auto at your head, or the same man at the same distance menacing you with a steak knife? Personally, I'll take my chances with the knife guy. Yes, a sufficiently skilled (or sufficiently clumsy) person can turn most any common object into a deadly weapon, but a firearm can kill more people, more quickly, and at a greater range. Don't be stupid.
Why not pay me for the work my robot performs.
Why would corporations (or whoever) pay you for work your robot performs? Wouldn't they rather just pay once to buy their own robots?
The real lesson to this story is this: If you're planning a murderous rampage, you should call yourselves the "Bad Dudes". That way, if you're stopped by the police, they'll think you're just on your way to rescue the president from ninjas.
"6.75 litres, 147hp - does that sound efficient to you?" in reply to any enquiry of mine on American cars.
No, it does not sound efficient. It sounds so unbelievably crappy that I have a difficult time beleiving it. Granted, American cars still somewhat lag behind Japanese and European nameplates in the efficiency and build quality areas, but not by that much. The U.S. Cavalier (2003 model) generates 140hp from its 2.2 liter engine... not bad power for that displacement. It gets about 25 mpg in the city, 33 mpg highway. Doesn't sound terribly inneficient to me. That said, it's still one of the crappier American cars you can find... cheap materials and horrendous build quality by all accounts.
I am the original poster, and yes, the situation I described assumes that no one else is behind me. If there is, I'll hit the gas and scoot around someone faster than the cruise control would otherwise.
I agree that people who don't are indeed anoying.
Here's what I hate:
Relatively straight and flat interstate, cruise control set at 70, I slowly start to overtake a vehicle going 69 or 68mph. I switch to the left lane, pass the vehicle, and move back to the right lane once I'm far enough ahead. I never touch the accelerator or brakes, just steady cc'd speed of 70. Now the nimrod in the vehicle I just passed starts to speed up a little, passes me, pulls in front... AND SLOWS BACK DOWN TO 68 MPH! Lather, rinse, repeat.
Keep in mind I haven't changed my rate of speed at all through the whole process, and the guy in the other car is looking at me like I'm some kind of retard. Ugh.
Just read an article in the automotive section of my local (St. Louis) newspaper this morning. Didn't seem to be in the online version, but I think it was a syndicated article so you may have some luck finding it somewhere else.
Anywhoo, the columnist claimed that car manufacturers are seriously planning on replacing current headlight designs with LED's. They require less power for more light, and are a bit easier on the environment (no mercury). Seems like this would be a good way to cut the voltage necessary at night (or for cars with those damn fool daytime running lights).
Just a thought.
Well, for one thing, in the case of DNF, no customer money is involved because no product has been released or sold yet.
In my opinion saying "This software is gonna be Teh Best EVAR," spending your own money to develop it, and then failing miserably might make you look stupid (Hi, John Romero!), but it's not a crime. Hyping a potential product to investors and using the money to line the pockets of company officials may be another matter altogether.
Well said... I didn't mean to belittle the increase in world stature that the Chinese would gain from a successful venture. The whole national pride thing that the Chinese people would feel (at least the ones who survive the massive realocation of government funds) could pay dividends. Other countries would be certain to have a higher level of respect for China and this would have obvious political and diplomatic benefits.
I still don't see the whole science thing paying off for them too much though. As others have pointed out, most of the technology to achieve this is already in place... decades old in fact. True, not one has attempted to apply it to so grand a scope, but I can't imagine the Chinese going balls-to-the-wall to develop something exotic and new when much of the necessary pieces already exist.
Just my opinion of course... but it will be interesting to watch.
I can guarantee you this lunar base won't be for pure bragging rights.
That's too bad really, because bragging rights are all they're likely to get from the whole thing. I mean, what else could they get out of it. How does this whole project give them a leg up on the rest of the world? Sure they'll probably have to develop some new technologies, but nothing we couldn't duplicate or steal.If (and if's a pretty big if) they can pull this off, they'll likely discover what we already know: The moon's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.
People need to guard their email addresses in the same way they practice safe sex. Don't go sticking your email address just any old place ...
Special offer for JSkillsWui$d3g6Yert! Email address too small/not performing to expectations? Now you can enlarge your email address the natural way! 100% safe and effective! Get the email address performance you've always dreamed of having!
Looks like Alex Chiu has a slashdot account now.
Quote: "Any government department is quite at liberty to run only Windows 2000 server. There's nothing forcing them to upgrade to Server 2003," [Microsoft senior consultant Alex Balcanquall] said.
Translation: We haven't quite figured out how to break compatibility yet... but we should have that ready for SP1.
Mechanic: We fixed your brakes... they no longer make that awful screeching sound.
Me: Thanks. How did you fix them?
Mechanic: We removed the brakes entirely
Me: What the...
Mechanic: That will be $567.98, please.
Then again, if they stumble upon someone determined to defend the case and they fear losing, they can simply drop the suit (think Dennis Felton).
Well, no, I don't think that would deter them too much. After all, if a lawyer that defends himself has a fool for a client, then a mere law student defending himself is even more foolish.
The RIAA will only avoid suing people and entities that can afford to risk spending wads of cash on a defense with the possibility of losing both their legal outlays as well as the amount granted in a judgement. Not too many students (law or otherwise) with that kind of cash.
If software development as an industry unto itselft dies, so what? What, you think computers are going to go away entirely? Been reading too much Dune lately?
I don't think you have anything to worry about... you're degree will still be relevant. If software development dies as an industry, then it will be because companies take more of their programming in-house. Computers will still be as important as they would have been otherwise, and those computers will still need software. It doesn't write itself, you know.
Yeah, there's definitely a lot to think about here. So much so that it's probably easier to do what the guy in the article did... just slap some lamps in there to power the lava lamp and use it solely for decoration rather than have your system depend on it.
Glass is indeed more of a thermal insulator than a conductor though. I guess what we really need is transparent aluminum. Screw the whales, Scotty, we need this stuff to build a lava lamp heatsink, so fire up that Apple and let's get cracking.
Its the heat/cooling cycle that generates the groovy rising falling globules.
/. land tried anything similar to this?
I think the word you're looking for is convection.
Just what is that goo made off?
It's basically just wax, formulated to achieve a certain level of viscosity.
I think we may be on to something here, though. It would be neat as all hell to have your processor's heat power a lava lamp. I guess it would have to be some kind of desktop or pizza box type case where the processor is mounted horizontally near the top of the case. You could then mount the lava lamp atop the processor through a hole in the top of the case.
I imagine the heat from the processor would be more than enough to melt the wax and set the whole thing in motion. Since most of the lava lamp is outside the case, it could passively shed excess heat into the surrounding air. I have no idea whether this would keep the processor cool enough or not... I guess it would depend upon several factors, not the least of which would be the processor itself. Maybe you would have to underclock the chip or go with one of the cooler running Via chips instead... I dunno.
I know some of the overclocking enthusiast sites use a cpu die simulator of some kind to test heatsinks and whatnot. Shouldn't be too hard to test the lava lamp rig without sacrificing a cpu.
I can't believe that this is a totally original idea. Has anyone out there in