I'm guessing you don't have FiOS in your area yet. Verizon DSL was usable for me until FiOS came through- the DSL quality started going down immediately. The connection speed theoretically remained the same, but it dropped the connection with increasing frequency until it became unusable after about a year. I suspect they just stopped doing any maintenance on the DSL lines and equipment.
So if it is as the summary says and the planet is literally 11 times the size of Jupiter then that's quite a find. It basically says that there's either something wrong with either a) our understanding of planet formation or b) there's something wrong with how we measured this and the data is just wrong.
Maybe it's just 11x closer than they think it is, and moving away faster than expected. Would still be an interesting system to find.
How can I shield my car against this? I'm willing to add up to 20lbs to do it.
I know it's the holiday season and people will look for any excuse to eat whatever they want, but I don't think poor dietary habits will help with shielding against an EMP. Unless you're already so large that you almost (but not quite) completely envelop your cars electronics.
Yesterday while raking my yard I saw a couple who *waited* for at least 10 mins for me to go inside. So they could let their dog piss on my yard eventually they gave up.
These are the kind of people that motion activated sprinklers were invented for.
3DMark does not understand what it it measuring, gives scores out of thin air, and blames companies for trying not to LOSE points.
Imagine this situation: Samsung Galaxy S4 with 8 cores 1.6GHz each: to say it simply: it has algorithms to suppress usage of all of them for 'normal' applications to save battery.
Note that the 8 core version has 4 cores at 1.6 GHz and another processor with 4 cores at 1.2 GHz. The quad core version has one processor at 1.9 GHz. The 8 core version only runs one of its CPU's at a time. When running a single-threaded benchmark it would be appropriate to only use one core. Other factors being the same, the one with the highest GHz should win that benchmark. If you use this one benchmark as the sole method to evaluate which phone is "better" then you don't really understand benchmarks.
And a ShittyPhone with a dual-core 1.8GHz each and no optimisations for battery life whatsoever. Which one is better? Wrong.
Why is this wrong? The benchmark detected exactly what it was designed to. The problem is not understanding the result and using the one benchmark as the overall indicator of quality. And what phone has no optimizations for battery life? (Other than the Samsung during benchmarks, that is...)
3DMark will give more points to the ShittyPhone, because as a single application it cannot utilize the power of Galaxy S4.
What does it mean? That 3DMark is just a shitty benchmark, and that's what it is. This example is just for CPU power testing, but you can find such flaws in almost all 3DMark tests. Creators of 3DMark do not have a clue how to test modern multicore smartphones, but they do not care and release their product.
The real problem? People use this shitty benchmark and judge product basing on the meaningless score it produces.
Why should Samsung LOSE customers because 3DMark lied to them? It's better to 'cheat' this crappy software into being at least a bit more FAIR in judging their products.
Please cite how the creators of 3DMark do not have a clue how to test modern multicore smartphones. Saying "because I don't like the results" is not a citation. Why do you think Samsung is losing customers because of this? Why should other cell phone manufacturers lose customers because Samsung lied to them?
I have an electric hot water heater. The developer created a very nice niche for it - inside the air-conditioned portion of the house.
Explanation: The developer does not have to pay your electric bills. Have you thought of purchasing a heat-pump water heater?
I have an electric clothes dryer. In a very nice niche inside the air-conditioned portion of the house. So, for 8 months of the year, I use electricity to run the air conditioner to cool the air in my house, which then gets run into the dryer which uses a lot of electricity to heat it back up, and exhausts it outside - which draws more hot air back inside my house.
...what mass does a star have besides the helium and hydrogen that should be all gone at this point?
The hydrogen and helium are not gone, they're just converted (via fusion) to higher number elements which require more extreme conditions to be used as fuel. The fusion reaction is what releases the energy in a star, not a pure conversion of hydrogen to energy.
Does absolutely nothing for blood alcohol content.
If it delays their departure for another half-hour or more (assuming drunk/hung over people prepare and eat food more slowly than normal) they'll have a lower BAC by the time they get behind the wheel. The extra time might also let them realize they're not in shape to drive.
Agreed that eating breakfast doesn't cause one to metabolize alcohol faster.
Jean Rasczak: Correct. Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor. The contrary opinion, that violence doesn't solve anything, is wishful thinking at its worst; people who forget that always die.
Student: It's a reward. Something the federation gives you for doing federal service.
Jean Rasczak: No. Something given has no basis in value. When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force my friends is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.
My first reaction was, might-makes-right is obviously wrong... but I found these ideas very interesting and surprisingly difficult to refute. The movie didn't go on to deepen the discussion beyond showing the ugliness (or not, depending on who you are) of the consequences of such a mentality; yet to this day these quotes still make me think - and that alone is enough to make me consider Starship Troopers a good movie.
That critics didn't hear these two very provocative assertions and see them as big-ass red flags to social commentary... until now?... I don't know what to say about that.
There are inherent logical flaws in both statements. One can not enumerate the potential conflicts in history that were resolved by negotiation or diplomacy, and did not progress to a situation where force/violence was used. Hiroshima was bombed because diplomacy failed. While the statement that violence doesn't solve anything has been thoroughly refuted, it doesn't mean that violence is always the best option. Sometimes use of force is a very poor option, sometimes it's the only option- the key is to know which is which. Maybe the statement could be more accurately changed to "Violence has resolved most of the conflicts that required violence to be resolved."
I think the statement "When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force." is the relevant flaw in this section- you're using your influence, not force. More of a negotiation than a beating (ignoring the rigged election jokes...). This invalidates the following phrases for this discussion. Others may disagree, but not violently.
I've always enjoyed the movie, regardless of what the critics said. Very few critics delve into philosophy in their reviews- I always assumed that they were confused or bored by the dialog.
The problem is a lack of overlap between areas with excess criminals (USA) and excess prison space (Sweden). What we need is a way for criminals in areas with full prisons to outsource their crimes to under-employed criminals in the other areas. An alternative would be to grant visas to criminals from areas where they are in excess so they could go to areas where they are underrepresented. There are models in current use which could serve as a guide. Either method should help to alleviate the problem.
Tag is against the rules at the elementary school my kids go to. Which means the kids play tag until a teacher starts paying attention, so they still actually do get to play quite a bit of tag.
The actual amount earned in the study is arbitrary. He could have just as easily set up more virtual machines and multiplied the amount, if those were the only source. Also it's not clear if the payment was only from his clicks, or if it includes clicks from unsuspecting listeners who were drawn by the artificially high rating, so your calculation of 50 cents may be off.
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I'm guessing you don't have FiOS in your area yet. Verizon DSL was usable for me until FiOS came through- the DSL quality started going down immediately. The connection speed theoretically remained the same, but it dropped the connection with increasing frequency until it became unusable after about a year. I suspect they just stopped doing any maintenance on the DSL lines and equipment.
On the positive side, FiOS does work well.
So if it is as the summary says and the planet is literally 11 times the size of Jupiter then that's quite a find. It basically says that there's either something wrong with either a) our understanding of planet formation or b) there's something wrong with how we measured this and the data is just wrong.
Maybe it's just 11x closer than they think it is, and moving away faster than expected. Would still be an interesting system to find.
How can I shield my car against this? I'm willing to add up to 20lbs to do it.
I know it's the holiday season and people will look for any excuse to eat whatever they want, but I don't think poor dietary habits will help with shielding against an EMP.
Unless you're already so large that you almost (but not quite) completely envelop your cars electronics.
Wow, what a wonderful way to improve the already adversarial relationship between property managers and tenants who are inconsiderate asshats
FTFY.
Really, anyone who can't be bothered to pick up their pets poop from property that isn't theirs is being exactly that.
Yesterday while raking my yard I saw a couple who *waited* for at least 10 mins for me to go inside. So they could let their dog piss on my yard eventually they gave up.
These are the kind of people that motion activated sprinklers were invented for.
3DMark does not understand what it it measuring, gives scores out of thin air, and blames companies for trying not to LOSE points.
Imagine this situation:
Samsung Galaxy S4 with 8 cores 1.6GHz each: to say it simply: it has algorithms to suppress usage of all of them for 'normal' applications to save battery.
Note that the 8 core version has 4 cores at 1.6 GHz and another processor with 4 cores at 1.2 GHz. The quad core version has one processor at 1.9 GHz. The 8 core version only runs one of its CPU's at a time. When running a single-threaded benchmark it would be appropriate to only use one core. Other factors being the same, the one with the highest GHz should win that benchmark. If you use this one benchmark as the sole method to evaluate which phone is "better" then you don't really understand benchmarks.
And a ShittyPhone with a dual-core 1.8GHz each and no optimisations for battery life whatsoever.
Which one is better?
Wrong.
Why is this wrong? The benchmark detected exactly what it was designed to. The problem is not understanding the result and using the one benchmark as the overall indicator of quality. And what phone has no optimizations for battery life? (Other than the Samsung during benchmarks, that is...)
3DMark will give more points to the ShittyPhone, because as a single application it cannot utilize the power of Galaxy S4.
What does it mean? That 3DMark is just a shitty benchmark, and that's what it is.
This example is just for CPU power testing, but you can find such flaws in almost all 3DMark tests.
Creators of 3DMark do not have a clue how to test modern multicore smartphones, but they do not care and release their product.
The real problem? People use this shitty benchmark and judge product basing on the meaningless score it produces.
Why should Samsung LOSE customers because 3DMark lied to them?
It's better to 'cheat' this crappy software into being at least a bit more FAIR in judging their products.
Please cite how the creators of 3DMark do not have a clue how to test modern multicore smartphones. Saying "because I don't like the results" is not a citation.
Why do you think Samsung is losing customers because of this? Why should other cell phone manufacturers lose customers because Samsung lied to them?
I have an electric hot water heater. The developer created a very nice niche for it - inside the air-conditioned portion of the house.
Explanation: The developer does not have to pay your electric bills. Have you thought of purchasing a heat-pump water heater?
I have an electric clothes dryer. In a very nice niche inside the air-conditioned portion of the house. So, for 8 months of the year, I use electricity to run the air conditioner to cool the air in my house, which then gets run into the dryer which uses a lot of electricity to heat it back up, and exhausts it outside - which draws more hot air back inside my house.
At least you're getting fresh air...
...what mass does a star have besides the helium and hydrogen that should be all gone at this point?
The hydrogen and helium are not gone, they're just converted (via fusion) to higher number elements which require more extreme conditions to be used as fuel. The fusion reaction is what releases the energy in a star, not a pure conversion of hydrogen to energy.
The next Tesla ad will claim a safety rating of 11.0 stars from the NHTSA (small print: National Highway Tesla Sales Association).
With my luck the car would get stuck halfway down and I'd have to buy a second car just to get the first one out.
That would be a tough break.
how do we fix this?
Simple- make it a crime to get hit by a drunk driver. That way there are no victims, just more criminals.
Does absolutely nothing for blood alcohol content.
If it delays their departure for another half-hour or more (assuming drunk/hung over people prepare and eat food more slowly than normal) they'll have a lower BAC by the time they get behind the wheel. The extra time might also let them realize they're not in shape to drive.
Agreed that eating breakfast doesn't cause one to metabolize alcohol faster.
What do I win?
The tattered remnants of Anne_Nonymous's (probably not her real name) Geek Card, in a frame.
...while in the Tesla Model S, it has happened in 3/20.
This (20) is not a statistically significant number. Don't complain about others bad use of statistics and then do the same thing yourself.
Sorry, that should be 1532, the numbers have changed since they first announced they were doing this. I guess they miscounted initially.
Or maybe they just broke a few, and now they count them as two. By the time they're done, they'll claim to have removed 1752.8 fuel rods.
Actually Helium is produced in large quantities. Just not locally.
Quoted from IMDB:
Jean Rasczak: Correct. Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor. The contrary opinion, that violence doesn't solve anything, is wishful thinking at its worst; people who forget that always die.
Student: It's a reward. Something the federation gives you for doing federal service.
Jean Rasczak: No. Something given has no basis in value. When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force my friends is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.
My first reaction was, might-makes-right is obviously wrong... but I found these ideas very interesting and surprisingly difficult to refute. The movie didn't go on to deepen the discussion beyond showing the ugliness (or not, depending on who you are) of the consequences of such a mentality; yet to this day these quotes still make me think - and that alone is enough to make me consider Starship Troopers a good movie.
That critics didn't hear these two very provocative assertions and see them as big-ass red flags to social commentary... until now?... I don't know what to say about that.
There are inherent logical flaws in both statements. One can not enumerate the potential conflicts in history that were resolved by negotiation or diplomacy, and did not progress to a situation where force/violence was used. Hiroshima was bombed because diplomacy failed. While the statement that violence doesn't solve anything has been thoroughly refuted, it doesn't mean that violence is always the best option. Sometimes use of force is a very poor option, sometimes it's the only option- the key is to know which is which. Maybe the statement could be more accurately changed to "Violence has resolved most of the conflicts that required violence to be resolved."
I think the statement "When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force." is the relevant flaw in this section- you're using your influence, not force. More of a negotiation than a beating (ignoring the rigged election jokes...). This invalidates the following phrases for this discussion. Others may disagree, but not violently.
I've always enjoyed the movie, regardless of what the critics said. Very few critics delve into philosophy in their reviews- I always assumed that they were confused or bored by the dialog.
The problem is a lack of overlap between areas with excess criminals (USA) and excess prison space (Sweden). What we need is a way for criminals in areas with full prisons to outsource their crimes to under-employed criminals in the other areas. An alternative would be to grant visas to criminals from areas where they are in excess so they could go to areas where they are underrepresented. There are models in current use which could serve as a guide. Either method should help to alleviate the problem.
Tag is against the rules at the elementary school my kids go to. Which means the kids play tag until a teacher starts paying attention, so they still actually do get to play quite a bit of tag.
The rumors I heard suggest the new CEO will be a strong contender from the 'unnamed' list: Clippy.
most speedometers don't even go that high, so I wonder how it was accurately measured, especially in 1993 when GPS units weren't common.
He was being paced by a Honda Mustang (with the upgraded speedometer package) being driven by a unicorn.
The actual amount earned in the study is arbitrary. He could have just as easily set up more virtual machines and multiplied the amount, if those were the only source. Also it's not clear if the payment was only from his clicks, or if it includes clicks from unsuspecting listeners who were drawn by the artificially high rating, so your calculation of 50 cents may be off.
very exact measurement ... NOT!
You're right, how about 1.00 index finger tips?
This will continue until there is a ring of dupes that circles the Earth...