Citation: Something bad, as in "the police officer wrote me a citation" OR something good, as in "I caught a citation bass" OR a reference to something, as in "Here is the citation to the article I mentioned".
I hate the "could/couldn't care less". I have my wife watching what she says since I pointed out saying "could care less" made no sense.
How about that lightning strike on one of the Apollo missions that essentially shut down nearly every electronic device in the capsule? One of the astronauts pressed the magic button*, and all was well.
What a time to realize that your exhaust plume acts as a ground rod!
* Supposedly the magic button was a rarely used switch that only one of the astronauts remembered was there. Thank goodness he did.
Anyone else notice that the bacteria's favorite food is "acetate"? Can you say, "film-eating bacteria"? Turn a truckload of those suckers loose on Hollywood...
Too bad the recent crap the RIAA's been churning out isn't recorded on acetate...8-)
I want a megawatt 30GHz transmitter! Talk about moonbounce - hah! I could do Mars-bounce! (I know you said EIRP - 1W into Arecibo would work).
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Instead of emailing the scanned PDF, they should send you notification that a new document is available via email, and make you sign in to their server using https (or maybe require a client-side certificate) to retrieve it. Problem solved.
The poorly-translated manual for my Chinese SKS rifle says, "Do not let your SKS become tainted with defilement or sunburnt." I see "tainted with defilement" and think some sort of metaphysical pollution of the soul, not just dirty.
...back in the heady days of Concurrent Computer their top-of-the-line 3280 processor has "usual branch" instructions. The compiler could use the usual branch instructions to provide hints about the probability of the branch being taken to the processor. In a loop, for instance, you'd use a "usual branch not equal" (UBNE) instruction to send execution back to the top. This would indicate to the processor that it should preemptively invalidaate the cache and pipeline.
I'm sure many mainstream processors have this now, but it's funny to think that CCUR had this technology in the late 1980's.
It's got some rocks and minerals but nothing that would be worth flying back down to earth.
There is supposedly one substance found in quantity only on the moon that would be incredibly useful here on earth - Helium-3. He3 is not radioactive (and here's the good part) - neither are its fusion products. Imagine essentially radiation-free fusion power! See this list of resources, specifically this article.
I agree, with one slight distinction. Utilities are not natural monopolies; infrastructures are natural monopolies.
I have long thought that there should be the concept of what I call a "10% company". This company would be required to provide the infrastructure needed to deliver a particular service (water, sewer, cell coverage, electricity, etc). Any provider of that commodity would pay the cost+10% to use the infrastructure. Any provider would be allowed to use the infrastructure - no huge obstacles for the little guy. The 10% overcharge would be used to maintain/upgrade the system.
Imagine how cool it would be to have every cell provider in the US use the same towers! Imagine being able to separate your cable TV connection from your cable TV content provider. Imagine being able to buy power from your favorite [green source du jour] - even across the country.
What has worked so well for the internet (connection provider not necessarily equal to content provider) could work wonders in other areas.
I wonder why the FAA doesn't do something about the noise.
Simple. The FAA has no jurisdiction over military aviation. Similarly, the FCC has no jurisdiction over the military's use of the radio spectrum. In both instances the military has their own coordinating/controlling body that interact with the civilian office (FCC, FAA, etc)
Remember Carl Sagan and his "Cosmos" series? There's an episode called "The Blues for the Red Planet" that's pretty good. If you get the box set, some of the effects and science has been updated. If you can get over his frumpy clothes, they're always a good watch.
Here's a link to the box set on the carlsagan.com website.
Make that 'thyristors'. I visited the Dalles Dam facility a few years ago - quite impressive. Note that the system consists of two conductors, one at +750kV, the other at -750kV with respect to ground. This doubles the power transferred without having to have insulators that stand up to the full 1.5MV.
For the record, in 1982 the penny was changed from 95%Cu/5%Zn to 97.5%Zn/2.5%Cu (the copper being a thin cladding on the outside). The weight changed from 3.11g to 2.5g. If you scratch a modern penny, you can see the shiny silver zinc under the copper cladding.
Interesting bit of trivia: The old and new pennies sound very different when dropped onto a hard surface: the old ones have a bright ring; the new ones are considerably duller in tone. You can sort them by sound!
Huh? Every push lawnmover I've ever seen have been 4-stroke. Weed eaters (tm) and that tiny roto tiller thingy are two-stroke, but anything larger than that are 4-stroke.
Want someone to rail at? Check out all those small 2-stroke outboard motors that dump their oily exhaust directly into the water.
always go geocaching. There are caches all over. Take some cool USian trinkets to leave in the caches, and you could probably find some cool local trinkets to keep.
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Citation: Something bad, as in "the police officer wrote me a citation" OR something good, as in "I caught a citation bass" OR a reference to something, as in "Here is the citation to the article I mentioned".
I hate the "could/couldn't care less". I have my wife watching what she says since I pointed out saying "could care less" made no sense.
How about that lightning strike on one of the Apollo missions that essentially shut down nearly every electronic device in the capsule? One of the astronauts pressed the magic button*, and all was well.
What a time to realize that your exhaust plume acts as a ground rod!
* Supposedly the magic button was a rarely used switch that only one of the astronauts remembered was there. Thank goodness he did.
Anyone else notice that the bacteria's favorite food is "acetate"? Can you say, "film-eating bacteria"? Turn a truckload of those suckers loose on Hollywood...
Too bad the recent crap the RIAA's been churning out isn't recorded on acetate...8-)
I want a megawatt 30GHz transmitter! Talk about moonbounce - hah! I could do Mars-bounce! (I know you said EIRP - 1W into Arecibo would work).
Instead of emailing the scanned PDF, they should send you notification that a new document is available via email, and make you sign in to their server using https (or maybe require a client-side certificate) to retrieve it. Problem solved.
I have one of those. I'm trying to relieve us both of all that drudgery so we can spend more time doing stuff we want to do.
MP5 = 9mm = .355 cal (very close to the same bullet as .38, .357) .223 Remington (same bullet diam as 22-250, etc) .308 Winchester (same bullet diam as 30-06, 300 mag, etc)
M16 = 5.56mm =
M134 = 7.62mm =
...is some sort of mechanism - 'bot, cyborg, whatever - that can handle all of the simple, silly, repetitive junk all of us have to do every day.
- Cut the grass. Simple. Pre-programmable.
- Empty the dishwasher. The same dishes go in the same cabinets every time.
- Sweep the floor (ok, there's roomba).
- Shovel snow.
- Paint the walls/ceiling.
- Wash the walls/ceiling.
- Fold laundry.
- Etc!!!
Asimo, take me away!10base-5 needed terminators - they were huge and had 'N' connectors on them.
The poorly-translated manual for my Chinese SKS rifle says, "Do not let your SKS become tainted with defilement or sunburnt." I see "tainted with defilement" and think some sort of metaphysical pollution of the soul, not just dirty.
...back in the heady days of Concurrent Computer their top-of-the-line 3280 processor has "usual branch" instructions. The compiler could use the usual branch instructions to provide hints about the probability of the branch being taken to the processor. In a loop, for instance, you'd use a "usual branch not equal" (UBNE) instruction to send execution back to the top. This would indicate to the processor that it should preemptively invalidaate the cache and pipeline.
I'm sure many mainstream processors have this now, but it's funny to think that CCUR had this technology in the late 1980's.
It's got some rocks and minerals but nothing that would be worth flying back down to earth.
There is supposedly one substance found in quantity only on the moon that would be incredibly useful here on earth - Helium-3. He3 is not radioactive (and here's the good part) - neither are its fusion products. Imagine essentially radiation-free fusion power! See this list of resources, specifically this article.
Or better yet, since these are organic, apply a paste that lets the fibers grow back together.
I agree, with one slight distinction. Utilities are not natural monopolies; infrastructures are natural monopolies.
I have long thought that there should be the concept of what I call a "10% company". This company would be required to provide the infrastructure needed to deliver a particular service (water, sewer, cell coverage, electricity, etc). Any provider of that commodity would pay the cost+10% to use the infrastructure. Any provider would be allowed to use the infrastructure - no huge obstacles for the little guy. The 10% overcharge would be used to maintain/upgrade the system.
Imagine how cool it would be to have every cell provider in the US use the same towers! Imagine being able to separate your cable TV connection from your cable TV content provider. Imagine being able to buy power from your favorite [green source du jour] - even across the country.
What has worked so well for the internet (connection provider not necessarily equal to content provider) could work wonders in other areas.
I wonder why the FAA doesn't do something about the noise.
Simple. The FAA has no jurisdiction over military aviation. Similarly, the FCC has no jurisdiction over the military's use of the radio spectrum. In both instances the military has their own coordinating/controlling body that interact with the civilian office (FCC, FAA, etc)
--What's in your Wathan?
Remember Carl Sagan and his "Cosmos" series? There's an episode called "The Blues for the Red Planet" that's pretty good. If you get the box set, some of the effects and science has been updated. If you can get over his frumpy clothes, they're always a good watch.
Here's a link to the box set on the carlsagan.com website.
Eeew! I _knew_ they had an ulterior motive! They're trolling for dates!
What in the world is a "taco-sntotting" bond? Taco-Snotting? Taco-Snorting? Taco-Snot-Toting?
Make that 'thyristors'. I visited the Dalles Dam facility a few years ago - quite impressive. Note that the system consists of two conductors, one at +750kV, the other at -750kV with respect to ground. This doubles the power transferred without having to have insulators that stand up to the full 1.5MV.
For the record, in 1982 the penny was changed from 95%Cu/5%Zn to 97.5%Zn/2.5%Cu (the copper being a thin cladding on the outside). The weight changed from 3.11g to 2.5g. If you scratch a modern penny, you can see the shiny silver zinc under the copper cladding.
Interesting bit of trivia: The old and new pennies sound very different when dropped onto a hard surface: the old ones have a bright ring; the new ones are considerably duller in tone. You can sort them by sound!
Huh? Every push lawnmover I've ever seen have been 4-stroke. Weed eaters (tm) and that tiny roto tiller thingy are two-stroke, but anything larger than that are 4-stroke.
Want someone to rail at? Check out all those small 2-stroke outboard motors that dump their oily exhaust directly into the water.
How physically violent is hashing?
Hashing is not hard at all - no worse than O(log n) or so.
always go geocaching. There are caches all over. Take some cool USian trinkets to leave in the caches, and you could probably find some cool local trinkets to keep.
In Greenwich Village, they're known as "Sado-Claus".
--Adapted from a skit by Robin Williams