Look, we have CITIES that have more people than your ENTIRE FREAKING COUNTRY!!!!!
No, we don't. From Wikipedia- Sweden, Population 2007: 9,127,058 New York City, Population 2006: 8,214,426
The NYC stat is listed as from 2006, but I don't think that they added 900,000 people this year.
We have STATES with more land area than your entire country!!!
Well, yes we do, 21 of them. Yay for us. We're so much bigger, why don't we even have decent broadband in our giant cities? If anything, we should have better service than they do because they have such a small customer base (economies of scale anyone?). I'm sure there are areas out in the middle of nowhere in Sweden which don't have as many options as the PP does in his apartment.
I would write more, but I'm still on DSL and it will already take long enough for this to upload...
There are more benefits to having a computer like this than being able to run 1 massive job. There may not be many problems which would use all of this at once, but there are dozens which can use maybe 5-10% of it. Or a model may use a small number of nodes, but need to be run multiple times with varying parameters. With a cluster like this, you can run them all at once. And maybe someone will figure out how to use the whole thing effectively, before it's obsolete!
Actually, mph alone isn't a good indicator. 66 mph on a residential street is a lot more dangerous than 110 mph on the autobahn. Similarly, BMI alone, without other relevant information (such as % fat), is not a good indicator. The real question is how many false positives and false negatives will it give? I.e., there can be lots of people driving like maniacs at 66 mph or less, who would be considered 'safe drivers' if you only looked at their speed. Make your own analogy to BMI.
I've heard that in some areas they will have your blood drawn at a hospital if you refuse the breathalyzer, so your plan would not work everywhere (or anywhere, more likely).
Wow, so the previous poster was correct- JP6 is made from people!
Does this mean that the airlines will start serving 'meals' again? As a way of reducing fuel costs...
The algae probably save a lot or processing- you could probably design a process to do what the algae are already doing, but it wouldn't be as efficient.
I'm pretty sure that IE was not run during the patch process, as when I opened IE after the reboot, ZoneAlarm complained about the new binary version. If IE were run before that (during the installation), ZoneAlarm would have complained then (barring IE being run in some funky non-internet-accessing mode, which seems unlikely). This was on IE7.
Sorry, I patented "A Method For Devising A Plan to Bomb the Bureau of US Patents" in 1997.
It's never done me much good (until right now), as the place (mis?)handling patents is called the 'United States Patent and Trademark Office'. Should have done more research first, I guess. But that's probably the reason it was approved so quickly...
Post your numbers, coward. My quick calculations show that the 1.5x mass of the 767 more than compensates for the ~13% lower maximum cruising speed of the 707. I'm sure if you use a much lower velocity for the 767 then the 707 will have more kinetic energy, maybe you can use that calculation to impress your friend.
Calculating the ratio of kinetic energy (1/2 mv^2) for 707/767, using ratio of 1:1.5 weight (which is on the low end), and V707=625mph/V767=540mph, and letting the 1/2 drop:
mass (1/1.5) * velocity (625/540)^2 = 0.89 (This means that the 707 has lower kinetic energy.)
Note that the velocity used above for the 707 is higher than the impact velocity the WTC was rated for (600mph). Also note that the velocity that UA175 impacted WTC2 at is higher than the velocity used for the calculations (545 mph). Careful reading of the previous comments and Wikipedia would have revealed all of this information to you sooner.
And lastly, curse you for making me do math on a Saturday!
Information like that only convinces the ignorant. It took me about 10 seconds of searching on Wikipedia (just to make sure I was remembering correctly) to find that the airplanes which crashed into the WTC were Boeing 767's, not 707's. A 767 weighs about 1.5-2 times as much as a 707 (depending on confiuration, empty vs max, etc.), and carries more fuel (based on the much longer operating range). So yes, the WTC were designed to withstand the impact of a jet, a _smaller,_lighter_ jet. It should really be no surprise to anyone that when a much larger jet than the designers anticipated hit them, they weren't able to withstand it. Also, the original design assumptions didn't take into account that insulation would be removed by the impact, and some of the structural members would be directly exposed to the fire. Try looking at all the facts, not just the ones that support whatever conspiracy theory you're trying to believe.
Has anyone else noticed the decline in Bigfoot and Elvis sightings since 9/11? Where have the crackpots all gone?
Oops. On the other configuration page I had looked at, they listed the quad cores first. On that page, they list them last. My fault for expecting consistency (yeah, and for not actually reading it).
You are correct about the internals of the chip, it's really two two-core chips tied together (I think by the FSB). The "real" four-core chips will probably work better.
Actually, Dell does now have 3 Ghz Xeon 5160 available, just not for everything. Configure a Precision 690 with Linux, and the 3.0 Ghz Xeon will show up as an option. Now if they could just fix the rest of the page so it works correctly...
> Then set up a registry and offer the Discovery announcement, naming rights, and mineral rights to anyone that ID's them. > > Hell, I would spend all night ID'ing them for the mineral rights alone:)
A few problems with this plan:
- If you 'own' an asteroid (i.e. mineral rights) then are you also going to be liable if it hits?
- Naming it from the internet? Do you really want to risk civilization being wiped out by an asteroid named "LonelySpanker-857"?
My outside the box idea- if we do find an asteroid that will hit us, and we can't deflect it, what are we going to put at the impact point?
I vote for a 1km^2 picture of the image from goats**.
I've never had one break in the last 4 or 5 years (since I started using them), and I probably have about 20 around the house. If you're clumsy, have someone else install them. Note that they will have to help you much less often with CF bulbs. Also, since using CF bulbs reduces emissions of greenhouse gasses (less SOx, NOx, COx, and CH4 according to http://www.iwrc.org/downloads/pdf/CompactFluoresce ntFacts.pdf (PDF warning)) you'll be less likely to need to hold your breath (or flee for higher ground) by using them. This results from decreased energy use. For reference, you may be interested that medical (fever) thermometers have about 0.5 g of mercury ( http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/imerc/Fac tSheets/measuring_devices.pdf ) (PDF warning).
I read that more mercury would be released into the environment from the extra fuel burned to light an incandescent bulb, than is found in a CF bulb. This assumes that your electricity is from coal, or maybe oil. So you should not let the trace amount of mercury found in a CF keep you from using it with a clear conscience. A quick google search turned up this discussion: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/06/what_about _merc.php
You drive down the highway, and a police officer checks your speed by radar. You're not speeding, so he doesn't stop you. Have your rights been violated? Do you complain that they are checking everyone's speed instead of just the speeders? It's more of a leap to say that the search of credit card records described above is a violation of your rights.
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I, for one, welcome our simulated interstellar overlords- no, not right.
I, for one, simulate welcoming our interstellar... no, not right.
I, for one, wel oh forget it.
MEME OVER
Look, we have CITIES that have more people than your ENTIRE FREAKING COUNTRY!!!!!
No, we don't.
From Wikipedia-
Sweden, Population 2007: 9,127,058
New York City, Population 2006: 8,214,426
The NYC stat is listed as from 2006, but I don't think that they added 900,000 people this year.
We have STATES with more land area than your entire country!!!
Well, yes we do, 21 of them. Yay for us. We're so much bigger, why don't we even have decent broadband in our giant cities? If anything, we should have better service than they do because they have such a small customer base (economies of scale anyone?). I'm sure there are areas out in the middle of nowhere in Sweden which don't have as many options as the PP does in his apartment.
I would write more, but I'm still on DSL and it will already take long enough for this to upload...
There are more benefits to having a computer like this than being able to run 1 massive job. There may not be many problems which would use all of this at once, but there are dozens which can use maybe 5-10% of it. Or a model may use a small number of nodes, but need to be run multiple times with varying parameters. With a cluster like this, you can run them all at once. And maybe someone will figure out how to use the whole thing effectively, before it's obsolete!
I think you're still safe from him...
Actually, mph alone isn't a good indicator. 66 mph on a residential street is a lot more dangerous than 110 mph on the autobahn.
Similarly, BMI alone, without other relevant information (such as % fat), is not a good indicator. The real question is how many
false positives and false negatives will it give? I.e., there can be lots of people driving like maniacs at 66 mph or less, who
would be considered 'safe drivers' if you only looked at their speed. Make your own analogy to BMI.
This is a great opportunity- for my evil twin to clean out my bank account!
As if he hasn't haunted me enough already...
No, most of the particles fall out in the tubes on the way to your computer.
But you do have to be very careful when unplugging any cables from your router...
Ah. Then that's where they need to put this pad. Get them when they land!
Forget dance clubs- put these in child daycares and you could probably close half the power plants...
Better yet don't drive while drunk.
I've heard that in some areas they will have your blood drawn at a hospital if you refuse the breathalyzer, so your plan would not work everywhere (or anywhere, more likely).
Wow, so the previous poster was correct- JP6 is made from people!
Does this mean that the airlines will start serving 'meals' again? As a way of reducing fuel costs...
The algae probably save a lot or processing- you could probably design a process to do
what the algae are already doing, but it wouldn't be as efficient.
Shell shilled shale? Surely a shame.
I would believe that this is a joke, if it weren't for the many posts in support of Vista that you submitted to the other article...
I'm pretty sure that IE was not run during the patch process, as when I opened IE after the reboot, ZoneAlarm complained about the new binary version. If IE were run before that (during the installation), ZoneAlarm would have complained then (barring IE being run in some funky non-internet-accessing mode, which seems unlikely). This was on IE7.
Sorry, I patented "A Method For Devising A Plan to Bomb the Bureau of US Patents" in 1997.
It's never done me much good (until right now), as the place (mis?)handling patents is called the 'United States Patent and Trademark Office'. Should have done more research first, I guess. But that's probably the reason it was approved so quickly...
All he needs to do to get away with this is to steal the defense used by RIAA victims/defendents...
That should be "morer dumberer". Sheeshing.
Post your numbers, coward. My quick calculations show that the 1.5x mass of the 767 more than compensates for the ~13% lower maximum cruising speed of the 707. I'm sure if you use a much lower velocity for the 767 then the 707 will have more kinetic energy, maybe you can use that calculation to impress your friend.
Calculating the ratio of kinetic energy (1/2 mv^2) for 707/767, using ratio of 1:1.5 weight (which is on the low end),
and V707=625mph/V767=540mph, and letting the 1/2 drop:
mass (1/1.5) * velocity (625/540)^2 = 0.89 (This means that the 707 has lower kinetic energy.)
Note that the velocity used above for the 707 is higher than the impact velocity the WTC was rated for (600mph).
Also note that the velocity that UA175 impacted WTC2 at is higher than the velocity used for
the calculations (545 mph). Careful reading of the previous comments and Wikipedia would have revealed all
of this information to you sooner.
And lastly, curse you for making me do math on a Saturday!
Information like that only convinces the ignorant. It took me about 10 seconds of searching on Wikipedia (just to make sure I was remembering correctly) to find that the airplanes which crashed into the WTC were Boeing 767's, not 707's. A 767 weighs about 1.5-2 times as much as a 707 (depending on confiuration, empty vs max, etc.), and carries more fuel (based on the much longer operating range). So yes, the WTC were designed to withstand the impact of a jet, a _smaller,_lighter_ jet. It should really be no surprise to anyone that when a much larger jet than the designers anticipated hit them, they weren't able to withstand it. Also, the original design assumptions didn't take into account that insulation would be removed by the impact, and some of the structural members would be directly exposed to the fire. Try looking at all the facts, not just the ones that support whatever conspiracy theory you're trying to believe.
Has anyone else noticed the decline in Bigfoot and Elvis sightings since 9/11? Where have the crackpots all gone?
Oops. On the other configuration page I had looked at, they listed the quad cores first. On that page, they list them last. My fault for expecting consistency (yeah, and for not actually reading it).
You are correct about the internals of the chip, it's really two two-core chips tied together (I think by the FSB). The "real" four-core chips will probably work better.
Actually, Dell does now have 3 Ghz Xeon 5160 available, just not for everything. Configure a Precision 690 with Linux, and the 3.0 Ghz Xeon will show up as an option. Now if they could just fix the rest of the page so it works correctly...
> Then set up a registry and offer the Discovery announcement, naming rights, and mineral rights to anyone that ID's them. :)
>
> Hell, I would spend all night ID'ing them for the mineral rights alone
A few problems with this plan:
- If you 'own' an asteroid (i.e. mineral rights) then are you also going to be liable if it hits?
- Naming it from the internet? Do you really want to risk civilization being wiped out by an asteroid named "LonelySpanker-857"?
My outside the box idea- if we do find an asteroid that will hit us, and we can't deflect it, what are we going to put at the impact point?
I vote for a 1km^2 picture of the image from goats**.
I've never had one break in the last 4 or 5 years (since I started using them), and I probably have about 20 around the house. If you're clumsy, have someone else install them. Note that they will have to help you much less often with CF bulbs. Also, since using CF bulbs reduces emissions of greenhouse gasses (less SOx, NOx, COx, and CH4 according to http://www.iwrc.org/downloads/pdf/CompactFluoresce ntFacts.pdf (PDF warning)) you'll be less likely to need to hold your breath (or flee for higher ground) by using them. This results from decreased energy use.c tSheets/measuring_devices.pdf ) (PDF warning).
For reference, you may be interested that medical (fever) thermometers have about 0.5 g of mercury ( http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/imerc/Fa
I read that more mercury would be released into the environment from the extra fuel burned to light an incandescent bulb, than is found in a CF bulb. This assumes that your electricity is from coal, or maybe oil. So you should not let the trace amount of mercury found in a CF keep you from using it with a clear conscience.t _merc.php
A quick google search turned up this discussion:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/06/what_abou
You drive down the highway, and a police officer checks your speed by radar. You're not speeding, so he doesn't stop you. Have your rights been violated? Do you complain that they are checking everyone's speed instead of just the speeders? It's more of a leap to say that the search of credit card records described above is a violation of your rights.