Think of it like competing for funding. The first one to take a baby step into space gets unprecidented prestige and a cool 10 mill in future funding.:-)
Umm... no. The problem of DLL hell is because programs (including Windows) all throw their DLLs into the winnt\system folder. New versions of DLLs overwrite old versions, files get left behind during uninstalls, etc. All this contributes to the long-standing problem of "DLL hell". Simply allowing multiple/separate copies in memory is something that all OSes (including Windows) have been able to do for many, many, many years.
Sorry bub, but it seems Microsoft pulled a fast one on you.
For instance, his reference to DLL Hell is outdated - Windows XP doesn't suffer from that issue.
Excuse me? Why not? If XP uses (or even supports) the same DLL system as previous versions of windows, I don't see any way you could avoid DLL hell other than careful control of where and how software is installed.
10. Indrema: This company cast itself as a slayer of corporate behemoths -- Indrema said it would produce an open-source game console that could beat those from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. But the available evidence suggests that, in the company's short life, all it managed to get out the door were a few sorry press releases.
"If only they would have gotten off their sorry butts and built the stupid device instead of modeling 3-D mockups and obsessing over the developer's kit," said reader Tim Toner, who had great expectations for the system, "there would already be a fanatical grassroots developer network in place big enough to scare the big guys." Those big guys did well last year in the world of games, but Indrema died a quiet death last spring.
Doesn't that sound a lot like the "Phantom Gaming Console"? Hmm...
I know all about the Romculans. It sounded like the grandparent post was referring to something other than War Turkeys. He was talking about some skit involving "Giant Space Turkeys" and an angel mistaken for one.
Those aren't translations. That's what they're actually called. Here's a list:
Mr Fuckov Captain Pirk Beta Twinklers Twist Factor Light Balls Mr. Spook Romculan War Turkeys (My personal fav.) SS Kickstart
There are a few others, but I've forgotten them by now. Go download the previous films. The first two are a bit crude, but they get much funnier after that.:-)
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They did indeed render them CGI themselves. With Lightwave 7. And IMNSHO, it actually looks BETTER than the Nemesis.
Hmm... I must have been really excited when I typed that. Those errors are terrible! Surfice it to say, I'll be first in line for the DVD.:-)
That's why there are thousands of people around the world walking around with plutonium powering their ticker? Not to mention the various RTGs used in industry and scientific applications that require long lived batteries. I actually checked the regs at one point, and they state that a sealed alpha or beta emitter may be sold in consumer devices as long as they don't emit more than a small amount of radiation (0.03 rads IIRC). It still requires government approval, but if you get the public excited about it, the government will cave.
people ALMOST NEVER pay attention to any of those warnings
If it's sealed in lead, it doesn't matter all that much, does it? Besides, I've got it figured out. Read my post here on the best way to handle the economics. Remember, unlike other batteries, you want the power source back!
In ths era, when our government puts radiometers at our borders to detect small quantities of radioactive materials, materials that could be used to create dirty bombs, you'd have to be out of your mind to think that giving such materials to Joe Average will EVER fly. What the HECK are you thinking?
I'm thinking that it's time to change it. First I'll power their cell phone indefinitely. Then their laptop. Then! The WORLD! BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Errmm... yeah. Honestly, every merchant ship on the waters should be powered by a self contained reactor. Airplanes could use the electricity to add significant power and fuel saving to their engines. Individual towns could have their own tiny reactor that powers themselves and no one else. No more grid outages! No more brown outs!
The one thing I haven't figured out is cars. Too much energy for an SRG, too little for a reactor. (Besides the fact that I don't exactly feel safe giving private individuals fissionable materials. Sealed isotopes are one thing. Fissionables are another.) Some people would say that we could just use batteries, but I haven't yet seen a battery stack with the necessary power density. It's a problem.:-/
Do you know how they are different from thermopiles? As far as I know, RTGs (which use thermopiles) are only about 1/4 as efficient as SRGs (Stirling Radioisotope Generators).
And what happens if you drink radiator fluid? Or battery acid? Or take a bite out our of an electronic device?
YES, people do stupid things. That's called pollution. Haven't you heard all the commercials about properly disposing of your chemicals and batteries?
Besides, the amount of radioisotope scales with the application. A cell phone would need barely a few grams. A laptop might need a hundred grams. Seal these in the proper container (e.g. Lead), and you'll have an efficient heater. The heater powers the engine, which powers the device. And if you use an isotope like Strontium-90, the few idiots who do grind up the lead container wouldn't add much more radioisotope pollution to our groundwater than already exists from the cold war. (Look up the EPA documents if you don't believe me.)
Damn straight. People have been lied to six ways to Sunday by the eco-terrorists who think nuclear energy is somehow going to magically kill us all. The truth is that:
1. Nuclear energy is *cleaner* than fossil fuels and battery chemicals.
2. "Nuclear waste" is a misnomer as that stuff can be reused in devices such as RTGs, SRGs, medical applications, and industrial equipment! The stuff that can't be reused can be reprocessed pretty easily. Currently, the government has shut down nuclear reprocessing for fear of "terrorists" getting ahold of nuclear materials.
3. Most nuclear materials are either not useful to terrorists, or can be found fairly easily. There are only a few materials that are good for Fission. These materials are carefully guarded by controlled by the nuclear capable governments. Most of the resulting byproducts of fission cannot be used for fission. Some can be used for "dirty bombs", but so can a lot of more common materials (such as naturally occurring Uranium). "Dirty Bombs" can also be cleaned up, and much of the radiation would be absorbed or blocked by buildings and concrete.
4. Some forms of radiation (e.g. alpha and beta) are not even a serious threat! Alpha radiation is incapable of penetrating the skin. Beta radiation can only do so in large quantities, and then it's akin to getting a strong electric shock. (i.e. Lots of burns and such.)
The truth of the matter is, the more power a material puts out, the more dangerous it is. Lithium Ion batteries, NIMH, NiCad, etc. all contain extremely poisonous materials. Circuit boards often have strong carcinogens. Lubricants, radiator fluids, cleaning supplies, etc. are all dangerous too. You can't say that a few grams (or even pounds) of a radioisotope sealed inside a shield (that isn't even all that dangerous unshielded) is going to cause more damage than all the chemicals we use today. Poppycock, I say!
I'd rather have a battery that never dies. Get me a radioisotope with a half-life of 20 years or less, and use a few grams to propel a tiny Stirling engine driving a 3/4" DC generator. That should be good for at least a few watts of power per stack. One stack could power your cell phone no problem. A larger stack (or perhaps parallel stack) could generate enough power to at least recharge your laptop when not in use. Perhaps even provide constant power.
His intent was overshadowed by his condescending tone.
Are you so sure about that? This is printed media. One tends to hear what they want to hear. My tone was not intended as "condescending". I simply made an observation based on the poster's comments and then stated my problem in the briefest of terms. Allow me to expand.
My children are a weakness. There is very little I can do when my sons get a fever or a serious illness. All I can do is allow my wife to take proper medical steps and pray that they get better. But that is a weakness I am willing to deal with. It's part of the role I accepted as a parent.
Perhaps you can understand that. Some people are more empathetic by nature. But when you *are* a parent who's kids are on the line, you can't help but empathize with other parents, real or imagined. If you understand what I'm saying here, you will most likely understand why I don't want such scenes in my entertainment.
Believe what you want to, but there is no room for condescension when I'm talking about my children.
Besides, did you see the firepower it put out? They meant it when they called it an enemy suppression barrage...it looked like a hailstorm! I was impressed with that. I was aroused!
It was impressive right up until the Base Star let loose. Suddenly the Galactica looked like a rapid fire pea-shooter. Not exactly awe-inspiring, sorry.
The ENGINES are big enough. You need to stop thinking with the star-wars mentality. Engine power/efficiency need not be a function of engine SIZE...especially for reaction engines. What's more important than engine size, is fuel capacity.
Oh for God's sake, it's a television show! You're in the middle of space with no points of reference. Thus things like large engines help convey scale. You'll note that even Star Trek ships have very large engines despite their basis in theoretical physics. Besides, exhaust based engines need to be large if you want any serious maneuverability. If the engines are supposed to work in some other way, then there shouldn't be exhaust pipes sticking out!
Currently the biggest ship is Jahre Viking. It is 1504 feet long. Well it's just a tanker, not a warship...
Seems you got me. I was under the impression that merchies didn't get any larger than 1000 feet. 1500 feet is one hellva ship! So, I guess we'll have to settle with Enterprise being the largest warship on the waters.:-)
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Think of it like competing for funding. The first one to take a baby step into space gets unprecidented prestige and a cool 10 mill in future funding. :-)
Umm... no. The problem of DLL hell is because programs (including Windows) all throw their DLLs into the winnt\system folder. New versions of DLLs overwrite old versions, files get left behind during uninstalls, etc. All this contributes to the long-standing problem of "DLL hell". Simply allowing multiple/separate copies in memory is something that all OSes (including Windows) have been able to do for many, many, many years.
Sorry bub, but it seems Microsoft pulled a fast one on you.
For instance, his reference to DLL Hell is outdated - Windows XP doesn't suffer from that issue.
Excuse me? Why not? If XP uses (or even supports) the same DLL system as previous versions of windows, I don't see any way you could avoid DLL hell other than careful control of where and how software is installed.
Why am I not surprised?
What I want to know is... when did oranges become cubical?
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10. Indrema: This company cast itself as a slayer of corporate behemoths -- Indrema said it would produce an open-source game console that could beat those from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. But the available evidence suggests that, in the company's short life, all it managed to get out the door were a few sorry press releases.
"If only they would have gotten off their sorry butts and built the stupid device instead of modeling 3-D mockups and obsessing over the developer's kit," said reader Tim Toner, who had great expectations for the system, "there would already be a fanatical grassroots developer network in place big enough to scare the big guys." Those big guys did well last year in the world of games, but Indrema died a quiet death last spring.
Doesn't that sound a lot like the "Phantom Gaming Console"? Hmm...
(Insert DNF joke here)
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I know all about the Romculans. It sounded like the grandparent post was referring to something other than War Turkeys. He was talking about some skit involving "Giant Space Turkeys" and an angel mistaken for one.
You're going to have to enlighten me, because I don't have a clue what you're talking about. :-)
Those aren't translations. That's what they're actually called. Here's a list:
:-)
Mr Fuckov
Captain Pirk
Beta
Twinklers
Twist Factor
Light Balls
Mr. Spook
Romculan War Turkeys (My personal fav.)
SS Kickstart
There are a few others, but I've forgotten them by now. Go download the previous films. The first two are a bit crude, but they get much funnier after that.
They did indeed render them CGI themselves. With Lightwave 7. And IMNSHO, it actually looks BETTER than the Nemesis.
:-)
Hmm... I must have been really excited when I typed that. Those errors are terrible! Surfice it to say, I'll be first in line for the DVD.
Number 3 (IIRC) was actually the best. That's when they introduced the Romculan War Turkeys and Mr. Fukov let them around in circles! :-)
They did indeed render them CGI themselves. With Lightwave 7. And IMNSHO, it actually looks BETTER than the Nemesis.
:-D
Go Pirk! Just watch out for Mr. Fukov! And the Romculan War Turkeys! (Those can be a real pain in the twinkler!)
That's why there are thousands of people around the world walking around with plutonium powering their ticker? Not to mention the various RTGs used in industry and scientific applications that require long lived batteries. I actually checked the regs at one point, and they state that a sealed alpha or beta emitter may be sold in consumer devices as long as they don't emit more than a small amount of radiation (0.03 rads IIRC). It still requires government approval, but if you get the public excited about it, the government will cave.
:-/
people ALMOST NEVER pay attention to any of those warnings
If it's sealed in lead, it doesn't matter all that much, does it? Besides, I've got it figured out. Read my post here on the best way to handle the economics. Remember, unlike other batteries, you want the power source back!
In ths era, when our government puts radiometers at our borders to detect small quantities of radioactive materials, materials that could be used to create dirty bombs, you'd have to be out of your mind to think that giving such materials to Joe Average will EVER fly. What the HECK are you thinking?
I'm thinking that it's time to change it. First I'll power their cell phone indefinitely. Then their laptop. Then! The WORLD! BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Errmm... yeah. Honestly, every merchant ship on the waters should be powered by a self contained reactor. Airplanes could use the electricity to add significant power and fuel saving to their engines. Individual towns could have their own tiny reactor that powers themselves and no one else. No more grid outages! No more brown outs!
The one thing I haven't figured out is cars. Too much energy for an SRG, too little for a reactor. (Besides the fact that I don't exactly feel safe giving private individuals fissionable materials. Sealed isotopes are one thing. Fissionables are another.) Some people would say that we could just use batteries, but I haven't yet seen a battery stack with the necessary power density. It's a problem.
Thanks for the tip!
Do you know how they are different from thermopiles? As far as I know, RTGs (which use thermopiles) are only about 1/4 as efficient as SRGs (Stirling Radioisotope Generators).
...how much SCO payed them?
And what happens if you drink radiator fluid? Or battery acid? Or take a bite out our of an electronic device?
YES, people do stupid things. That's called pollution. Haven't you heard all the commercials about properly disposing of your chemicals and batteries?
Besides, the amount of radioisotope scales with the application. A cell phone would need barely a few grams. A laptop might need a hundred grams. Seal these in the proper container (e.g. Lead), and you'll have an efficient heater. The heater powers the engine, which powers the device. And if you use an isotope like Strontium-90, the few idiots who do grind up the lead container wouldn't add much more radioisotope pollution to our groundwater than already exists from the cold war. (Look up the EPA documents if you don't believe me.)
Damn straight. People have been lied to six ways to Sunday by the eco-terrorists who think nuclear energy is somehow going to magically kill us all. The truth is that:
1. Nuclear energy is *cleaner* than fossil fuels and battery chemicals.
2. "Nuclear waste" is a misnomer as that stuff can be reused in devices such as RTGs, SRGs, medical applications, and industrial equipment! The stuff that can't be reused can be reprocessed pretty easily. Currently, the government has shut down nuclear reprocessing for fear of "terrorists" getting ahold of nuclear materials.
3. Most nuclear materials are either not useful to terrorists, or can be found fairly easily. There are only a few materials that are good for Fission. These materials are carefully guarded by controlled by the nuclear capable governments. Most of the resulting byproducts of fission cannot be used for fission. Some can be used for "dirty bombs", but so can a lot of more common materials (such as naturally occurring Uranium). "Dirty Bombs" can also be cleaned up, and much of the radiation would be absorbed or blocked by buildings and concrete.
4. Some forms of radiation (e.g. alpha and beta) are not even a serious threat! Alpha radiation is incapable of penetrating the skin. Beta radiation can only do so in large quantities, and then it's akin to getting a strong electric shock. (i.e. Lots of burns and such.)
The truth of the matter is, the more power a material puts out, the more dangerous it is. Lithium Ion batteries, NIMH, NiCad, etc. all contain extremely poisonous materials. Circuit boards often have strong carcinogens. Lubricants, radiator fluids, cleaning supplies, etc. are all dangerous too. You can't say that a few grams (or even pounds) of a radioisotope sealed inside a shield (that isn't even all that dangerous unshielded) is going to cause more damage than all the chemicals we use today. Poppycock, I say!
I'd rather have a battery that never dies. Get me a radioisotope with a half-life of 20 years or less, and use a few grams to propel a tiny Stirling engine driving a 3/4" DC generator. That should be good for at least a few watts of power per stack. One stack could power your cell phone no problem. A larger stack (or perhaps parallel stack) could generate enough power to at least recharge your laptop when not in use. Perhaps even provide constant power.
Screw fuel cells. I want atomic!
His intent was overshadowed by his condescending tone.
Are you so sure about that? This is printed media. One tends to hear what they want to hear. My tone was not intended as "condescending". I simply made an observation based on the poster's comments and then stated my problem in the briefest of terms. Allow me to expand.
My children are a weakness. There is very little I can do when my sons get a fever or a serious illness. All I can do is allow my wife to take proper medical steps and pray that they get better. But that is a weakness I am willing to deal with. It's part of the role I accepted as a parent.
Perhaps you can understand that. Some people are more empathetic by nature. But when you *are* a parent who's kids are on the line, you can't help but empathize with other parents, real or imagined. If you understand what I'm saying here, you will most likely understand why I don't want such scenes in my entertainment.
Believe what you want to, but there is no room for condescension when I'm talking about my children.
In best country voice:
I was nerdy,
before nerdy was cooooollll
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week!
Besides, did you see the firepower it put out? They meant it when they called it an enemy suppression barrage...it looked like a hailstorm! I was impressed with that. I was aroused!
It was impressive right up until the Base Star let loose. Suddenly the Galactica looked like a rapid fire pea-shooter. Not exactly awe-inspiring, sorry.
The ENGINES are big enough. You need to stop thinking with the star-wars mentality. Engine power/efficiency need not be a function of engine SIZE...especially for reaction engines. What's more important than engine size, is fuel capacity.
Oh for God's sake, it's a television show! You're in the middle of space with no points of reference. Thus things like large engines help convey scale. You'll note that even Star Trek ships have very large engines despite their basis in theoretical physics. Besides, exhaust based engines need to be large if you want any serious maneuverability. If the engines are supposed to work in some other way, then there shouldn't be exhaust pipes sticking out!
Allow me to repeat myself (since no one around here hears me the first time about anything):
The problem is that we don't know what her actual motives are, so I wouldn't say that "Cylons have a soft spot for kids".
Currently the biggest ship is Jahre Viking. It is 1504 feet long. Well it's just a tanker, not a warship...
:-)
Seems you got me. I was under the impression that merchies didn't get any larger than 1000 feet. 1500 feet is one hellva ship! So, I guess we'll have to settle with Enterprise being the largest warship on the waters.