It's huge but look at the difference in density (from Wikipedia):
Average density of the Sun: 1.408×10^3 kg/m^3
Average density of YV Canis Majoris: 0.000005 to 0.000010 kg/m^3, the star is a thousand times less dense than the atmosphere of the Earth (air) at sea level.
What would all that energy even be used for? I would think that 'getting somewhere else' would be in the top 5, but how would you even store that kind of energy if not in the form of the star itself?
On a different note, is it conceivable that the energy could be simply deflected (instead of harnessed into electricity) and be useful?
So...what? Your proposal is for Microsoft to decide DNT should be OFF by default for its users?
My point is that it should be the user's choice - not Microsoft's - for DNT to have a chance at being respected by advertisers. Whether that is through having it turned off by default or prompting the user to make a choice either way, doesn't really matter.
In the end advertisers may say "meh" and not listen anyway. Time will tell. I would love it if advertisers didn't track people by default, but this is the world we are living in. Do you have an alternative proposal?
Instead of wearing the same thing every day, have a variety of preselected options to choose from. If you know each one looks good on you, who cares which option you pick? If that's considered too much mental energy to spend then I think you're fooling yourself about how much work that same amount of mental energy will accomplish elsewhere. Hell, you could wear option #1 on Monday, option#2 on Tuesday, etc. to reduce the effort even further. Reduce it to a lookup table.:) Same goes for food.
If the DNT setting is on by default then it's Microsoft deciding in favour of enabling DNT, not individual users. Think about that for a second: how much respect will advertisers have for the DNT setting if it's not a user choice to enable it?
Good question. One thought I had was to treat moderation as a separate layer from the comments themselves. Support competing moderation systems and let readers choose the moderation system they prefer - least popular options get retired, most popular options can be improved on. Unfortunately that 'dilutes' the readers over several systems but with Slashdot's large readership it might be feasible.
Did the US government do anything to incentivize Lenovo to make this decision or did Lenovo make it all on their own? What I'm wondering is whether the gov't is doing more than just talking about doing more manufacturing in the US.
I'm fine with that as long as you assume all medical costs should you sustain a head injury. If you expect the health care system (read: taxpayers) to pay for your medical costs, then you need to obey helmet laws.
What I'd want is a comfortable, quiet work area separate from the milling area and server room. Have spare devices in case any networking gear fails. If you can afford it, a staging environment to test configuration rollouts (perhaps tied to a 'staging' CNC mill). Badge security for the server room doors will keep people from popping in to the server room. I might even consider 2-way radios to work through issues with people on the shop floor, which would double as a non-email alternative for announcements (server going down for a reboot in 2 minutes).
No other site comes close to being as insightful and interesting, and occasionally hilarious.
TBH I haven't gone to this link in awhile since I like to read all comments, but it's a roundup of the most popular Slashdot comments (submitted by users): http://seenonslash.com/
I happened to be reading the steam locomotive wikipedia entry and it says:
During the early days of railroading, the crew simply stopped next to a stream and filled the tender using leather buckets. This was known as “jerking water” and led to the term "jerkwater towns" (meaning a small town, a term which today is considered derisive).
I don't know the origin of the word 'jerk' but I wonder if it had to do anything with the kind of people who normally did the "jerking water" job. I could see that being shortened down to 'jerks'.
We've already flipped half our Windows desktops and laptops to Windows 8. Except for a utility to put the start menu button back, we're not looking back.
What types of users and how many? How much training was needed?
I must be spoiled on today's technology. 23 days of work plus (probably) a lot of prep and post processing for a 2400 x 2100 pixel image? Is that the best they can do, or are we being offered the 'consumer' version?
Or, what if the tire is totally flat when you get to your car? Surely you wouldn't drive your car to pump it up, thus damaging the rim (and possibly the tire, too).
Speaking of percentages, I wonder what percentage of anti-virus updates go terribly wrong like this. 0.00001%? AV companies are constantly producing new signatures, many times per day. All it takes is one mistake and you have a loose cannon and a front page news article like this one. It's impressive that there aren't more occurrences.
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It's huge but look at the difference in density (from Wikipedia):
Average density of the Sun: 1.408×10^3 kg/m^3
Average density of YV Canis Majoris: 0.000005 to 0.000010 kg/m^3, the star is a thousand times less dense than the atmosphere of the Earth (air) at sea level.
On a different note, is it conceivable that the energy could be simply deflected (instead of harnessed into electricity) and be useful?
My point is that it should be the user's choice - not Microsoft's - for DNT to have a chance at being respected by advertisers. Whether that is through having it turned off by default or prompting the user to make a choice either way, doesn't really matter.
In the end advertisers may say "meh" and not listen anyway. Time will tell. I would love it if advertisers didn't track people by default, but this is the world we are living in. Do you have an alternative proposal?
Instead of wearing the same thing every day, have a variety of preselected options to choose from. If you know each one looks good on you, who cares which option you pick? If that's considered too much mental energy to spend then I think you're fooling yourself about how much work that same amount of mental energy will accomplish elsewhere. Hell, you could wear option #1 on Monday, option#2 on Tuesday, etc. to reduce the effort even further. Reduce it to a lookup table. :) Same goes for food.
If the DNT setting is on by default then it's Microsoft deciding in favour of enabling DNT, not individual users. Think about that for a second: how much respect will advertisers have for the DNT setting if it's not a user choice to enable it?
Good question. One thought I had was to treat moderation as a separate layer from the comments themselves. Support competing moderation systems and let readers choose the moderation system they prefer - least popular options get retired, most popular options can be improved on. Unfortunately that 'dilutes' the readers over several systems but with Slashdot's large readership it might be feasible.
Did the US government do anything to incentivize Lenovo to make this decision or did Lenovo make it all on their own? What I'm wondering is whether the gov't is doing more than just talking about doing more manufacturing in the US.
... or your friends gave it to them.
I'm fine with that as long as you assume all medical costs should you sustain a head injury. If you expect the health care system (read: taxpayers) to pay for your medical costs, then you need to obey helmet laws.
I'd like to see a Viking ship ride of this size. :)
What I'd want is a comfortable, quiet work area separate from the milling area and server room. Have spare devices in case any networking gear fails. If you can afford it, a staging environment to test configuration rollouts (perhaps tied to a 'staging' CNC mill). Badge security for the server room doors will keep people from popping in to the server room. I might even consider 2-way radios to work through issues with people on the shop floor, which would double as a non-email alternative for announcements (server going down for a reboot in 2 minutes).
You're going to want CAT6 for gigabit networking in this environment.
Must've clicked on the "Protect national security with this weird old trick" banner ad.
TBH I haven't gone to this link in awhile since I like to read all comments, but it's a roundup of the most popular Slashdot comments (submitted by users): http://seenonslash.com/
I don't know the origin of the word 'jerk' but I wonder if it had to do anything with the kind of people who normally did the "jerking water" job. I could see that being shortened down to 'jerks'.
They could... *gasp*... use Google Docs!
What types of users and how many? How much training was needed?
I must be spoiled on today's technology. 23 days of work plus (probably) a lot of prep and post processing for a 2400 x 2100 pixel image? Is that the best they can do, or are we being offered the 'consumer' version?
Oh, you made it through the Bayon Halo?! You get to start over on Earth again, this time at a higher skill level.
Or, what if the tire is totally flat when you get to your car? Surely you wouldn't drive your car to pump it up, thus damaging the rim (and possibly the tire, too).
Pick up a fresh battery at the 'gas station' which you can swap for your near-discharged battery.
Speaking of percentages, I wonder what percentage of anti-virus updates go terribly wrong like this. 0.00001%? AV companies are constantly producing new signatures, many times per day. All it takes is one mistake and you have a loose cannon and a front page news article like this one. It's impressive that there aren't more occurrences.
I knew the floor sweeping sound in harvest moon was missing something.
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NASA by donation, anyone? I'd throw in 50 or 100 bucks.