Unless some joker sets up a full chain of solar power production (mining, transportation, refining, manufacturing, etc.) that runs on solar power, at which point, given sufficient money, time and labor, a nearly arbitrary amount of energy is available.
Even photovoltaic pays out energy fast enough to do this, but it would be financial suicide to do it, so no one is doing it.
They figured out it was a misfeature; on my car, the button is in the glove box, which can be locked with the door/ignition key (as a bonus, I have valet keys that will open the door and start the car, but they won't open the glove box or trunk).
No, he is talking about the mining and refining of the materials in the battery itself, not the source of the energy that the battery is storing.
Fast recharge is going to be a key feature for electric vehicles, especially as long as the price difference will buy enough gasoline to drive a $15,000 Hyundai 200,000 miles.
It is at least possible that a super intelligent species has noticed us and classified us as boring. Think millions of unique data points, not 10. How possible isn't very interesting, as no accurate estimate is within reach.
It highlights a confusion in the way the terms are used: I guess it might make more sense to say that a botnet is comprised of systems running botnet software, rather than systems running a botnet. Apparently in the case of Zeus, people are purchasing the software as a kit and then deploying it in order to create their own botnets, so the Zeus botnet software is the platform for more than 1 botnet.
Interesting. The part I like about the Doble is that it is apparently practical to use as a car (the record car you link uses up its water in less than 5 minutes; for good reason, but still, it gives it a very narrow purpose).
I think there probably is a fair chance that a civilization might not be interested in us. For instance, ants are quite interesting to a wide range of biologists, but the colony of ants living under the tree on the North side of your back yard are not of particular interest to biologists.
Much of western economic success is predicated on trust.
When people exploit trust, bad shit happens (see 2008). When trust doesn't exist, it is much more difficult to trade. Trade is good. Thus shitting on trust is a big deal.
And please don't pigeonhole me into 'all trade is good', I am talking about beneficial trade between two parties (with minimal externalities). Or does everyone want to grow their own food?
Well, if each quantum observation that you make creates a new universe, it makes at least as much sense to think of 'you' as existing in the various universe, exploring the consequences of each observation as it does to think of yourself as a precious unique flower.
I guess the information doesn't necessarily propagate (that we don't know how it could does not rule out the possibility that it could...) to other parts of the multiverse.
Anyway, like most existential questions, satisfaction is only a lifetime away.
Just shoot people who don't understand statistics. Even if the test only works 90% of the time, the percentage of living people who do understand statistics will be going up most of the time.
I have two mp3 players with removable batteries (2 and 5 years old). I haven't really noticed any issues with the battery on the older one (but I generally only use it for about an hour at a time). I'd be inclined to purchase a new player with better capacity rather than trying to track down a battery for either one, and a replaceable battery would not be a key feature.
This might be less true if I had spent big cash on an 80GB player, but that never seemed like a good idea to me.
I needed to use Reader 9 for some work, I was reviewing and commenting on PDFs that had been enabled for commenting in Acrobat. This functionality depends on cryptographic signing, so none of the other readers support it (the other readers support commenting, but not the commenting that Acrobat enables...). Anyway, the moral of the story is that Reader 9 is not the bloated crapware that 7 and 8 were, it works quite well, so I have continued to use it (it can be a little slow to load from disk the first time it is run, but after that, not so much).
Yes, because the highly motivated thief that happens to know his real name and have good opportunity to steal his bank card finally knows how to find out what his pin is.
I guess it might be a problem if it was quite common for people to use those digits as a pin, but I don't think that is the case.
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Unless some joker sets up a full chain of solar power production (mining, transportation, refining, manufacturing, etc.) that runs on solar power, at which point, given sufficient money, time and labor, a nearly arbitrary amount of energy is available.
Even photovoltaic pays out energy fast enough to do this, but it would be financial suicide to do it, so no one is doing it.
They figured out it was a misfeature; on my car, the button is in the glove box, which can be locked with the door/ignition key (as a bonus, I have valet keys that will open the door and start the car, but they won't open the glove box or trunk).
No, he is talking about the mining and refining of the materials in the battery itself, not the source of the energy that the battery is storing.
Fast recharge is going to be a key feature for electric vehicles, especially as long as the price difference will buy enough gasoline to drive a $15,000 Hyundai 200,000 miles.
I figured the sarcasm in the post took the edge off of the judgmentalism.
Not my list.
It is at least possible that a super intelligent species has noticed us and classified us as boring. Think millions of unique data points, not 10. How possible isn't very interesting, as no accurate estimate is within reach.
What pollution of the batteries?
They generally contain valuable materials and are recycled.
It highlights a confusion in the way the terms are used: I guess it might make more sense to say that a botnet is comprised of systems running botnet software, rather than systems running a botnet. Apparently in the case of Zeus, people are purchasing the software as a kit and then deploying it in order to create their own botnets, so the Zeus botnet software is the platform for more than 1 botnet.
It is a botnet that happens to include key logging and other phishing features. It even features an EULA:
http://jabolins.livejournal.com/16538.html
Even so, the first step to spending less money is spending less money. If they never spend less money, well, there you go.
The fact that Gates is the one pushing for this is even better.
Interesting. The part I like about the Doble is that it is apparently practical to use as a car (the record car you link uses up its water in less than 5 minutes; for good reason, but still, it gives it a very narrow purpose).
I think there probably is a fair chance that a civilization might not be interested in us. For instance, ants are quite interesting to a wide range of biologists, but the colony of ants living under the tree on the North side of your back yard are not of particular interest to biologists.
In other words, gravity has saved us from gravity. Great.
Autozone and so forth will usually hook up a scan tool for free.
There is legislation in my state (Michigan) requiring that mechanics make the broken parts available for inspection. Guess why.
Much of western economic success is predicated on trust.
When people exploit trust, bad shit happens (see 2008). When trust doesn't exist, it is much more difficult to trade. Trade is good. Thus shitting on trust is a big deal.
And please don't pigeonhole me into 'all trade is good', I am talking about beneficial trade between two parties (with minimal externalities). Or does everyone want to grow their own food?
All I can do is put the ambiguity there, I can't control what you decide to do with it.
Well, if each quantum observation that you make creates a new universe, it makes at least as much sense to think of 'you' as existing in the various universe, exploring the consequences of each observation as it does to think of yourself as a precious unique flower.
I guess the information doesn't necessarily propagate (that we don't know how it could does not rule out the possibility that it could...) to other parts of the multiverse.
Anyway, like most existential questions, satisfaction is only a lifetime away.
I also had a vacuum leak. It made my car idle too fast.
I didn't get it repaired until the EGR valve failed and the engine temp would go up when the vehicle wasn't moving (I guess the valve failed open).
Just shoot people who don't understand statistics. Even if the test only works 90% of the time, the percentage of living people who do understand statistics will be going up most of the time.
Please stop pissing on Vonnegut.
And yes, pretending to speak for him is pissing on him, regardless of how likely it is that he would agree.
I have two mp3 players with removable batteries (2 and 5 years old). I haven't really noticed any issues with the battery on the older one (but I generally only use it for about an hour at a time). I'd be inclined to purchase a new player with better capacity rather than trying to track down a battery for either one, and a replaceable battery would not be a key feature.
This might be less true if I had spent big cash on an 80GB player, but that never seemed like a good idea to me.
I needed to use Reader 9 for some work, I was reviewing and commenting on PDFs that had been enabled for commenting in Acrobat. This functionality depends on cryptographic signing, so none of the other readers support it (the other readers support commenting, but not the commenting that Acrobat enables...). Anyway, the moral of the story is that Reader 9 is not the bloated crapware that 7 and 8 were, it works quite well, so I have continued to use it (it can be a little slow to load from disk the first time it is run, but after that, not so much).
You should update to 1920's tech:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doble_steam_car
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/1302916.html
Yes, because the highly motivated thief that happens to know his real name and have good opportunity to steal his bank card finally knows how to find out what his pin is.
I guess it might be a problem if it was quite common for people to use those digits as a pin, but I don't think that is the case.
Or maybe you are kidding and I don't get it.
I don't think it hurt the initial joke any.