of course, these kind of reactions are the 'ideal' energy source, assuming you can get the necessary fuels and equipment in place. Of course, that's still a long way away. We're closer on fusion in the sense of having a usable energy source.
inspired me in so many ways. Mainly because it was simple enough that I could write things alot like it (i remember learning sort algorithms just to figure out how to do a high score table like it)
i used to play this bbs door game all the time. The point was to get barney drunk, stoned or kill him various ways (like cutting his head off with piano wire)
You could also do it to the kids.
One of the first programs I wrote was this little game in VB where you killed barney in ever more creative ways, thus gaining more points.
Christ, I pay $1400 a month for my place here. Then again, I do live right off of UT's campus. Still though, austin is pretty expensive compared to houston, where i have friends with the same sized apartment that costs $500 a month.
if you're making a 6 figure salary and not saving up for the inevitable bust, you're a goddamn fool.
Sorry to say it, but i have no pity for the hacks who managed to get so lucky, only to lose it all through stupidity and not planning for the future.
every lcd monitor has dead pixels. LCD manufacturing of large sizes is *very very* difficult (which is why they cost so much). I'll take a couple dead pixels that i dont even notice over the blurriness of a crt any day...
A Scramjet needs to be operating at supersonic speeds to operate. The SC in scram stands for supersonic combustion.
scramjet's are very simple mechanically. No moving parts, just hydrogen injectors which combust supersonic oxygen to allow sustained hypersonic speeds.
To get to supersonic speed you need to operate a scramjet, you need a booster rocket of some sort. The booster rocket is what failed in this experiment, careening the entire assembly off course. Rockets are tempermental beasts, unfortunately.
Thankfully, this probably wouldnt set research back much. The mechanical simplicity of the test plane makes it pretty easy to build another. The 30 years of research went into the design of the airbox (and it really is just a box w/ injectors) to make it aerodynamically stable enough for use.
What amuses me is the news stations assertions of "30 minute trip between los angeles and new york!".. well not really. You'd have to speed up to the hypersonic speed safely and then slow down safely. All in all you'd be in hypersonic mode for a couple of minutes, if that. Hardly worth it for the trip. Better for far away destinations.
http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ramjet.h tm has a comparison of scramjets vs. ramjets.
pretty similar really. http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ramjet.htm
Scramjet operates at supersonic speeds (SC = 'supersonic combustion') through the engine. A ramjet, i believe (might be wrong) is capable of operating at speeds lower than supersonic, but increases air velocity to super within itself. Something like that.
Ramjets are very simple devices mechanically. No moving parts. However, its taken 30 years of design to make them stable enough for use. Or so we hope (as this test was supposed to do)
A lockpick is a device. A program is not a device. A program is a set of instructions (by anyone's definition). Sets of instructions, whether they be printed or not, are protected speech.
As for your "you are stuck" analogy, not really. You could pay someone to take off the door and be forced to purchase a new one. Fortunately, thanks to lockpicks, one does not have to do that.
with your examples, they would be obsolete because the products they made where obsolete. The only thing that would change in the developer's life is the fact they wouldnt be getting paid for it. Which is exactly why 'free software' is always going to be a minor niche. God forbid it take over.
It's been nearly 10 years since i've seen a piece of software that made me go "wow. this is amazing.". I think the last time I was decently impressed was when the original quake demo came out all those years ago.
Ever since petty politics and silly ideologies like this got involved in computers, and people began idolizing their machine and the software on it, rather than treating it like a TOOL that it was meant to be, computing has completely lost the effect of wide-eyed wondernment it used to have on me. The awe of a beautiful game (and it was usually games that impressed me) is now sullied by the catcalls of "..but does it run on linux??" and petty infighting.
it works for society. It works for economics. In the real world, specialization is the best way to go. This article is right on the money.
Linux should focus where it's best - servers. Playing catchup to the bigwigs in desktop OS is an unprofitable, futile game.
Some OS's are good for small devices, some are good for desktops, some are good for massive systems. Trying to make one do it all is just wasteful and inefficient redirection of resources.
long ago, any e-mails i would send to friends and relatives using aol would forever be bounced back as my ISP had been basically banned by aol. Of course it didnt matter that I had nothing to do with spamming of aol, but it was well over a year before I could send e-mails to anyone there.
the terrible dubbing, the faces and mannerisms of the japanese chefs all give it that special character that make it so funny to watch. I never laughed so hard after seeing a chef hang his head in terrible shame after a judge said "its just a bit too sweet"
its about giving your most expensive product away for free. Webhosting companies tend to charge for their services. (aside from geocities, and the few others, which can only survive as subsidiaries of huge conglomerates
probably the worst people. Instead of widely respected businessmen responding, it was a group of zealots and blowhards. Now, if i were the president of a company, who would I listen to more..another company's president, or that sex-tip publishing (shiver) ESR, the ever-increasing radical RMS and co...
Microsoft really doesnt have anything to fear from linux, as m-soft is slowly starting to move more profit schemes into the home-OS as opposed to Server OS (where most of their money came from traditionally)
Slashdot Mirror
of course, these kind of reactions are the 'ideal' energy source, assuming you can get the necessary fuels and equipment in place. Of course, that's still a long way away. We're closer on fusion in the sense of having a usable energy source.
fusion is what we're going at here. Fusion doesnt require (or generate) the nasty radioactivity that fission does.
That was a damn cool article. They actually built and ran the engine!
inspired me in so many ways. Mainly because it was simple enough that I could write things alot like it (i remember learning sort algorithms just to figure out how to do a high score table like it)
You could also do it to the kids.
One of the first programs I wrote was this little game in VB where you killed barney in ever more creative ways, thus gaining more points.
if mozilla did this but linked to everything2, the slashdot crowd would have a field day and claim how "innovative" and "clever" they were...
Christ, I pay $1400 a month for my place here. Then again, I do live right off of UT's campus. Still though, austin is pretty expensive compared to houston, where i have friends with the same sized apartment that costs $500 a month.
if you're making a 6 figure salary and not saving up for the inevitable bust, you're a goddamn fool. Sorry to say it, but i have no pity for the hacks who managed to get so lucky, only to lose it all through stupidity and not planning for the future.
mozilla coders began looking into putting smarttags in mozilla, and linking them off to everything2. Slashdot rejoices.
Several other types of large planes for sale there too.
every lcd monitor has dead pixels. LCD manufacturing of large sizes is *very very* difficult (which is why they cost so much). I'll take a couple dead pixels that i dont even notice over the blurriness of a crt any day...
Assembler can be used for constructing nasty viruses, therefore, we must, at all costs, stop the scourge of assembler!
scramjet's are very simple mechanically. No moving parts, just hydrogen injectors which combust supersonic oxygen to allow sustained hypersonic speeds.
To get to supersonic speed you need to operate a scramjet, you need a booster rocket of some sort. The booster rocket is what failed in this experiment, careening the entire assembly off course. Rockets are tempermental beasts, unfortunately.
Thankfully, this probably wouldnt set research back much. The mechanical simplicity of the test plane makes it pretty easy to build another. The 30 years of research went into the design of the airbox (and it really is just a box w/ injectors) to make it aerodynamically stable enough for use.
What amuses me is the news stations assertions of "30 minute trip between los angeles and new york!".. well not really. You'd have to speed up to the hypersonic speed safely and then slow down safely. All in all you'd be in hypersonic mode for a couple of minutes, if that. Hardly worth it for the trip. Better for far away destinations.
http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ramjet.h tm has a comparison of scramjets vs. ramjets.
Scramjet operates at supersonic speeds (SC = 'supersonic combustion') through the engine. A ramjet, i believe (might be wrong) is capable of operating at speeds lower than supersonic, but increases air velocity to super within itself. Something like that.
Ramjets are very simple devices mechanically. No moving parts. However, its taken 30 years of design to make them stable enough for use. Or so we hope (as this test was supposed to do)
A lockpick is a device. A program is not a device. A program is a set of instructions (by anyone's definition). Sets of instructions, whether they be printed or not, are protected speech.
As for your "you are stuck" analogy, not really. You could pay someone to take off the door and be forced to purchase a new one. Fortunately, thanks to lockpicks, one does not have to do that.
with your examples, they would be obsolete because the products they made where obsolete. The only thing that would change in the developer's life is the fact they wouldnt be getting paid for it. Which is exactly why 'free software' is always going to be a minor niche. God forbid it take over.
Ever since petty politics and silly ideologies like this got involved in computers, and people began idolizing their machine and the software on it, rather than treating it like a TOOL that it was meant to be, computing has completely lost the effect of wide-eyed wondernment it used to have on me. The awe of a beautiful game (and it was usually games that impressed me) is now sullied by the catcalls of "..but does it run on linux??" and petty infighting.
How sad.
Linux should focus where it's best - servers. Playing catchup to the bigwigs in desktop OS is an unprofitable, futile game.
Some OS's are good for small devices, some are good for desktops, some are good for massive systems. Trying to make one do it all is just wasteful and inefficient redirection of resources.
long ago, any e-mails i would send to friends and relatives using aol would forever be bounced back as my ISP had been basically banned by aol. Of course it didnt matter that I had nothing to do with spamming of aol, but it was well over a year before I could send e-mails to anyone there.
I had the pleasure of seeing the world's fastest bike record broken a couple years ago with a drag bike topping 244 mph at houston raceway...
the terrible dubbing, the faces and mannerisms of the japanese chefs all give it that special character that make it so funny to watch. I never laughed so hard after seeing a chef hang his head in terrible shame after a judge said "its just a bit too sweet"
as the list of upgrades is probably as high as the shuttle, too. However, such things cost money. Like that $3 million power box.
its about giving your most expensive product away for free. Webhosting companies tend to charge for their services. (aside from geocities, and the few others, which can only survive as subsidiaries of huge conglomerates
then again, I would never buy from a company which gives its core (and most expensive) product away....
Microsoft really doesnt have anything to fear from linux, as m-soft is slowly starting to move more profit schemes into the home-OS as opposed to Server OS (where most of their money came from traditionally)