Surely we can build a powertrain with solar cells that power an electric motor that stores kinetic energy in a rubber band that drives the propellers.
Plug in the motor into the mains when on the ground to preload the rubber band before takeoff.
Yes, they can build an airplane with electric motors, but will it fly?
Frankly, I don't see how this advancement would alter the balance for "would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck" or "which would win an a space battle between a imperial star destroyer and the USS Enterprise"
Strange, that's the second time that movie's come up in two days after years of nobody thinking of it. The movie "Back to School" was a plot point in last night's episode of "The Goldbergs".
It doesn't matter if they can get these pie in the sky sci-fidaydreams to work, they just need to sell it to the people who set their budget. Or just not bother to tell them about it.
STOOOOPID FBI, modern App appers know that to clandestinely capture cellular traffic while spying on the populace from the air, you need a blimp app, like the project LOON, not LUDDITE airplanes that require wasting precious taxpayers bodily fluids paying for human pilots to endlessly circle the city. APPS!
We're talking butts, not bollocks. Specifically robot.
Maybe #51851741 can help/.'ers overcome their unhealthy obsession with the work of Hajime Sorayama. (NSFW if your work has a problem with half-naked robot ladies...)
Sure, it has three leads and looks like a transistor, but how do you know what's inside? It probably works just fine as a transistor while you're awake and only connects to Guangdong when you're sleeping.
Hey, it's the American way! Why do you hate Capitalism?
Buy a respected brand, rape it for all you can by outsourcing production to China and pocket all the extra money. Then find another bigger fool to buy the smoking heap when you can no longer milk any more money from the rubes with it.
The corollary being that if the shitheads all get the government they deserve, I get it, too.
I've been through that once (twice ? two great flavors...) already the last 16 years, not looking forward to another dose.
Sorry to be confusing -- hygiene was actually a secondary concern for me.
Those damn things clutter up the table, which is a real problem when seated at a two-top and you've ordered appetizers along with your drinks and entree.
An even bigger peeve is those kiosks are flashing, dancing distracting light-source when you're trying to relax and enjoy a peaceful meal. I understand how the uncivilized, youngsters and the Japanese may see no problem with that.
I wonder if they increase alcohol sales.
Those tableside kiosks really drag down the ambiance of a joint with their blinking flash games.
I imagine those touchscreens are an absolute horrorshow during cold & flu season.
Satya Nadella is in South Africa giving a speech:
"Soon, you'll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. "
The crowd replies with a enthusiastic cry of "UBUNTU"!
"This will be more than just running the Bash shell on Windows 10.
After all, thanks to programs such as Cygwin or MSYS utilities, hardcore Unix users have long been able to run the popular Bash command line interface (CLI) on Windows. "
The crowd exuberatly reponds with "UBUNTU"!
"With this new addition, Ubuntu users will be able to run Ubuntu simultaneously with Windows.
This will not be in a virtual machine, but as an integrated part of Windows 10. "
The audience shouts "UBUNTU"!
"Microsoft and Canonical will not, however, be integrating Linux per se into Windows.
Instead, Ubuntu will primarily run on a foundation of native Windows libraries."
The congregtation replies with a resounding "UBUNTU"!
After the presentation, as Nadella is being led out the back of the conference center past some cattle pens, his guide warns him "be careful, don't step in the UBUNTU".
"because, if the machine stops working, the manufacturer will refuse to support it and it'll become a 6 million dollar paper weight"
Nice priorities there, docs.
Not "it could kill patients"
Nor "we can't change even the tiniest thing otherwise we lose FDA certification".
But "it might cost the hospital money" (to brick an infected device and have to replace with an hopefully more secure updated version).
All these government contractors are charging some embarrassingly inflated $/lb to transport cargo to the ISS.
ATK says they're sending 4400 lbs, but when it gets there, what does it weigh? ZERO! So (0 + 4400)/2 * $/lb means there additionally soaking our government for TWICE the weight of cargo actually shipped. These villains have no shame about raping the public purse of the Republic.
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Surely we can build a powertrain with solar cells that power an electric motor that stores kinetic energy in a rubber band that drives the propellers.
Plug in the motor into the mains when on the ground to preload the rubber band before takeoff.
Yes, they can build an airplane with electric motors, but will it fly?
Frankly, I don't see how this advancement would alter the balance for "would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck" or "which would win an a space battle between a imperial star destroyer and the USS Enterprise"
Strange, that's the second time that movie's come up in two days after years of nobody thinking of it. The movie "Back to School" was a plot point in last night's episode of "The Goldbergs".
That's a silly question.
It's pretty hard to SMASH things with a screwdriver. You can only screw them.
Obviously a hammer is the best tool.
It doesn't matter if they can get these pie in the sky sci-fi daydreams to work, they just need to sell it to the people who set their budget. Or just not bother to tell them about it.
Phah. I've been hearing that since "The Last One" was going to put programmers out of work in 1981.
STOOOOPID FBI, modern App appers know that to clandestinely capture cellular traffic while spying on the populace from the air, you need a blimp app, like the project LOON, not LUDDITE airplanes that require wasting precious taxpayers bodily fluids paying for human pilots to endlessly circle the city. APPS!
USB drives?!
How about blindly trusting USB chargers from Alibaba/ebay?!
Or assuming that new USB-C cable from Amazon won't set your house on fire?!!!
HEY! Keep it on topic here.
/.'ers overcome their unhealthy obsession with the work of Hajime Sorayama. (NSFW if your work has a problem with half-naked robot ladies...)
We're talking butts, not bollocks. Specifically robot.
Maybe #51851741 can help
Obviously the Japanese feel no taboo about touching robot butts.
Interesting.
Iceland is big enough to successfully invade the Turks & Caicos. But just barely.
Hey, some of us are reading from the year 2026.
Oh yeah, that reminds me, make sure not to put your Tesla in autonomous mode June 17th, 2023. Wow, that was a mess.
Sure, it has three leads and looks like a transistor, but how do you know what's inside?
It probably works just fine as a transistor while you're awake and only connects to Guangdong when you're sleeping.
you're welcome...
AH! I think I finally understand why the internet runs on cats now!
Hey, it's the American way! Why do you hate Capitalism?
Buy a respected brand, rape it for all you can by outsourcing production to China and pocket all the extra money. Then find another bigger fool to buy the smoking heap when you can no longer milk any more money from the rubes with it.
The corollary being that if the shitheads all get the government they deserve, I get it, too.
I've been through that once (twice ? two great flavors...) already the last 16 years, not looking forward to another dose.
Beware, down that path lie page-widening trolls.
You might be eaten by Zalgo.
but always capitalmatize TEH INTARWEBZ!!!1!!
But those Nutrimatic drink dispensers can never manage to produce a proper cup of tea.
Sorry to be confusing -- hygiene was actually a secondary concern for me.
Those damn things clutter up the table, which is a real problem when seated at a two-top and you've ordered appetizers along with your drinks and entree.
An even bigger peeve is those kiosks are flashing, dancing distracting light-source when you're trying to relax and enjoy a peaceful meal. I understand how the uncivilized, youngsters and the Japanese may see no problem with that.
I wonder if they increase alcohol sales.
Those tableside kiosks really drag down the ambiance of a joint with their blinking flash games.
I imagine those touchscreens are an absolute horrorshow during cold & flu season.
Chili's / Ziosk, I'm looking at you.
Satya Nadella is in South Africa giving a speech:
"Soon, you'll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. "
The crowd replies with a enthusiastic cry of "UBUNTU"!
"This will be more than just running the Bash shell on Windows 10. After all, thanks to programs such as Cygwin or MSYS utilities, hardcore Unix users have long been able to run the popular Bash command line interface (CLI) on Windows. "
The crowd exuberatly reponds with "UBUNTU"!
"With this new addition, Ubuntu users will be able to run Ubuntu simultaneously with Windows. This will not be in a virtual machine, but as an integrated part of Windows 10. "
The audience shouts "UBUNTU"!
"Microsoft and Canonical will not, however, be integrating Linux per se into Windows. Instead, Ubuntu will primarily run on a foundation of native Windows libraries."
The congregtation replies with a resounding "UBUNTU"!
After the presentation, as Nadella is being led out the back of the conference center past some cattle pens, his guide warns him "be careful, don't step in the UBUNTU".
"because, if the machine stops working, the manufacturer will refuse to support it and it'll become a 6 million dollar paper weight"
Nice priorities there, docs.
Not "it could kill patients"
Nor "we can't change even the tiniest thing otherwise we lose FDA certification".
But "it might cost the hospital money" (to brick an infected device and have to replace with an hopefully more secure updated version).
All these government contractors are charging some embarrassingly inflated $/lb to transport cargo to the ISS.
ATK says they're sending 4400 lbs, but when it gets there, what does it weigh? ZERO! So (0 + 4400)/2 * $/lb means there additionally soaking our government for TWICE the weight of cargo actually shipped. These villains have no shame about raping the public purse of the Republic.
It's like what, 250 miles? A man on a bicycle could easily cover that distance in a day.
These government contractors are featherbedding and milking a sweet deal.