Beautiful troll dude! 22 responses (so far) and untold numbers of up-mods from the right wing and down-mods from the left. Too bad the slash code doesn't show the number of mod points you grabbed. That would be interesting to see as well.
There was an eclipse in 1978, I think. Did your photo happen to get part of that as well? Come to think of it, that would make an interesting analemma where you plan for a solar eclipse (even a partial one) to be part of it.
At the turning point (circa 1984), I think Pascal and C were more-or-less on equal footing.
Here's why I think it went to C in the end:
1. Unix was heavily C-oriented and Unix was very common on campuses. Conversely, there was no environment that was Pascal-oriented, unless you consider the Mac. However, the early Mac wasn't something that you just sat and started programming on to get work done.
2. There was lot of comparison discussions. (Some of it was the spreading of FUD, in my opinion): a. C was lower level and therefore simpler to render into machine code. b. Pointers were available in C that could be directly manipulated (for better or worse) c. C was thought to be better suited to writing operating systems because Pascal was too limiting--it had a too-strong emphasis on the enforcement of data types.
Pascal, a lovely little language. Before that, I was enmeshed in BASIC and FORTRAN. Pascal, even though it was originally Niklaus Wirth's training exercize for compiler students, had a certain undeniable elegance to it. Its recursion and record features were particularly nice. Later the lure of C and languages containing C-like syntax finally got it's grip on me and Pascal has nearly been forgotten. It did have a nice run with the early Macs, though, with all of the OS being written in it.
Very useful. I think simple test kits can be made - much like the pregnancy test strips - for consumers to check all kinds of stuff. ("Test your partner within 20 minutes")
Except for one detail. Some contaminents can be harmful in small amounts and may be invisible to the unaided eye even when tagged. As I recall from a stint working in public health, people can easily get sick when food is contaminated with a very few organisms of E. Coli 0157:H7, So those test strips should, at the very least, come with a really high powered Cap'n Crunch magnifying lens.
Maybe you could get a small sample of Fluffy's skin. (I'm sure Fluffy wouldn't object--It's all in the name of science, right?) And grow your coat that ends up looking like your pet. I bet you could really freak out someone who gave you the pet in the first place! "Dude, I'm am SO glad you had to move to that apartment and you had to give up Fluffy. Check out my coat!"
I enjoyed all of Snow Crash, in fact I re-read it a couple of years ago. What didn't you like about the last third of it? Was it the setting change from dystopic suburbia to the sea world and the shift away from Hiro Protaganist to shifting the point of view to Aleut bad guy Raven? Or what?
My first Linux computer, by default, was named darkstar.
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As a geek, I don't sit around in meetings trying to figure out ways to draw a bigger audience. I don't own any theaters and I likely never will. Also, the article describes the obvious trend that's occuring everywhere in all the things and services available lately, i.e. more choices and increased customizability. So all I get from the article is the fact that I can expect more independent films and more variety in the future, which I kind of already do.
I don't think you want to drink any carbonated beverages in space. I assume when you open up a bottle of 7UP in microgravity, the bubbles would begin to form, but then they wouldn't go anywhere, they'd just clump and get bigger.
I think controlling the main character's emotions is probably what makes The Sims popular. By controlling the various characters activities, you can cause various types of relationships to develop and transform. So by causing player A to interact in a certain way with player B you effect a long-lasting transformation in how they relate to each other emotionally. A similar kind of thing also happens in the Grand Theft Auto games. As you progress through some missions, you get various gangs to "Hate You." This is especially noticable in GTA3.
This article describes a similar material that is liquid below 20 C and solid above 32 C. Medical researchers hope to use it if they are able to perfect 3D printers that generate organs by spraying cells onto a substrate. The gel is used to reserve open spaces for blood vessels. Once the organ has been formed they cool it and the solid turns to liquid and runs out.
It makes me wonder what experiments are in progress and not reported yet?
Well, I think this has been talked about a little here in the past, but I still think it's pretty neat:
Algae directly producing hydrogen. While it's not electricity-related, it may answer the fuel cell problem in "How do we generate hydrogen without wasting a step on electrolysis?" There are also some inorganic solid-state solutions in the works as well.
Dude, I used to live in Alaska. The solution to the tongue problem, at least according to the neighborhood experts, is to urinate on it until it gets unstuck.
Given that there are critical vulnerabilities in IE due to the Cross-Domain vulnerability that most web users have ignored, and Microsoft can't seem to fix without major browser changes. And given that there are lots of exploitable vulnerabilities due to unpatched IIS servers out there, How long is it going to be before some genius low-life creates a worm that plays these two vulnerabilites off each other* and brings down the whole net for a week? It'll make little difference that 15% of the users have switched over to Firefox when this baby gets unleashed.
* I.e. Web sites infect the IE browsers and infected browsers infect other servers. (Seems like a natural to me.)
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Beautiful troll dude! 22 responses (so far) and untold numbers of up-mods from the right wing and down-mods from the left. Too bad the slash code doesn't show the number of mod points you grabbed. That would be interesting to see as well.
There was an eclipse in 1978, I think. Did your photo happen to get part of that as well? Come to think of it, that would make an interesting analemma where you plan for a solar eclipse (even a partial one) to be part of it.
BTM
At the turning point (circa 1984), I think Pascal and C were more-or-less on equal footing.
Here's why I think it went to C in the end:
1. Unix was heavily C-oriented and Unix was very common on campuses. Conversely, there was no environment that was Pascal-oriented, unless you consider the Mac. However, the early Mac wasn't something that you just sat and started programming on to get work done.
2. There was lot of comparison discussions. (Some of it was the spreading of FUD, in my opinion):
a. C was lower level and therefore simpler to render into machine code.
b. Pointers were available in C that could be directly manipulated (for better or worse)
c. C was thought to be better suited to writing operating systems because Pascal was too limiting--it had a too-strong emphasis on the enforcement of data types.
BTM
Pascal, a lovely little language. Before that, I was enmeshed in BASIC and FORTRAN. Pascal, even though it was originally Niklaus Wirth's training exercize for compiler students, had a certain undeniable elegance to it. Its recursion and record features were particularly nice. Later the lure of C and languages containing C-like syntax finally got it's grip on me and Pascal has nearly been forgotten. It did have a nice run with the early Macs, though, with all of the OS being written in it.
BTM
What would happen if you clicked 'No' to the EULA? Would you have to return the car for a refund?
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Very useful. I think simple test kits can be made - much like the pregnancy test strips - for consumers to check all kinds of stuff. ("Test your partner within 20 minutes")
Except for one detail. Some contaminents can be harmful in small amounts and may be invisible to the unaided eye even when tagged. As I recall from a stint working in public health, people can easily get sick when food is contaminated with a very few organisms of E. Coli 0157:H7, So those test strips should, at the very least, come with a really high powered Cap'n Crunch magnifying lens.
BTM
Maybe you could get a small sample of Fluffy's skin. (I'm sure Fluffy wouldn't object--It's all in the name of science, right?) And grow your coat that ends up looking like your pet. I bet you could really freak out someone who gave you the pet in the first place! "Dude, I'm am SO glad you had to move to that apartment and you had to give up Fluffy. Check out my coat!"
BTM
I enjoyed all of Snow Crash, in fact I re-read it a couple of years ago. What didn't you like about the last third of it? Was it the setting change from dystopic suburbia to the sea world and the shift away from Hiro Protaganist to shifting the point of view to Aleut bad guy Raven? Or what?
My first Linux computer, by default, was named darkstar.
BTM
As a geek, I don't sit around in meetings trying to figure out ways to draw a bigger audience. I don't own any theaters and I likely never will. Also, the article describes the obvious trend that's occuring everywhere in all the things and services available lately, i.e. more choices and increased customizability. So all I get from the article is the fact that I can expect more independent films and more variety in the future, which I kind of already do.
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I don't think you want to drink any carbonated beverages in space. I assume when you open up a bottle of 7UP in microgravity, the bubbles would begin to form, but then they wouldn't go anywhere, they'd just clump and get bigger.
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I used Google and I still don't believe you:
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http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/elevator.a
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I can just imagine it now:
"Just looking at Kingda Ka makes me feal queazy!"
"I want to ride on something more exciting than Kingda Ka!"
"I'm running out of cash!"
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I think controlling the main character's emotions is probably what makes The Sims popular. By controlling the various characters activities, you can cause various types of relationships to develop and transform. So by causing player A to interact in a certain way with player B you effect a long-lasting transformation in how they relate to each other emotionally. A similar kind of thing also happens in the Grand Theft Auto games. As you progress through some missions, you get various gangs to "Hate You." This is especially noticable in GTA3.
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Wow, that's a lot of zinc! I bet that galvanized their research!
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Imagine going to the store to buy some new Plutonium-Cadmium batteries?
Yep and they're PuCd, pronounced "Pewcads."
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This article describes a similar material that is liquid below 20 C and solid above 32 C. Medical researchers hope to use it if they are able to perfect 3D printers that generate organs by spraying cells onto a substrate. The gel is used to reserve open spaces for blood vessels. Once the organ has been formed they cool it and the solid turns to liquid and runs out.
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Each M T W Th R S Su 12:45 AM shutdown /l /r /y /c
We have used that exact script for YEARS to nightly reboot a troublesome NT4 BDC at a remote location.
Does it work on Friday? You might want to check on that...
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Yeah, but just think of the fun you could have at a party with a peripheral device that can read lips!
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It makes me wonder what experiments are in progress and not reported yet?
Well, I think this has been talked about a little here in the past, but I still think it's pretty neat:
Algae directly producing hydrogen. While it's not electricity-related, it may answer the fuel cell problem in "How do we generate hydrogen without wasting a step on electrolysis?" There are also some inorganic solid-state solutions in the works as well.
BTM
Yes, these wonderful lawyers who are doing this for the little people like you and me.
Actually, yes. Imagine that, a lawyer can right a social wrong AND get paid well at the same time. Sounds like a noble profession.
Disclaimer: IANAL
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I'd just go down there for a week, talk with people, and pass out resumes.
Dude, I used to live in Alaska. The solution to the tongue problem, at least according to the neighborhood experts, is to urinate on it until it gets unstuck.
BTM
OT, but related:
Given that there are critical vulnerabilities in IE due to the Cross-Domain vulnerability that most web users have ignored, and Microsoft can't seem to fix without major browser changes. And given that there are lots of exploitable vulnerabilities due to unpatched IIS servers out there, How long is it going to be before some genius low-life creates a worm that plays these two vulnerabilites off each other* and brings down the whole net for a week? It'll make little difference that 15% of the users have switched over to Firefox when this baby gets unleashed.
* I.e. Web sites infect the IE browsers and infected browsers infect other servers. (Seems like a natural to me.)
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Fuel cells have the problem that they wear out...
I've never heard a credible source mention this, in fact quite often the opposite is said.
If you want to store energy using hydrogen you're better off disassociating water to produce hydrogen gas, then burning that later in a generator.
Turbine generators have the problem that they wear out and are expensive to produce.
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