I can guarantee you a minimum of 6-7 deaths from 10 rounds from a handgun inside 100 feet.
Hardly. Only if your victims stand stock-still and don't shoot back. Handgun accuracy is measured in single digit to low double digit yards, not at 100 feet. You may be quite accurate on a range against a faceless piece of paper or in the wild against an unsuspecting animal, but not against people. If you were shooting at people, you'd be so amped up on adrenaline* that you aim would be all over. Nice bluster, though.
*Assuming you're not a sociopath or whatever the latest term for soulless killer is these days.
...without the dodgy onboard ethernet, and got USB right...
I was a victim of the so-called ethernet and USB issues before I returned 3 of the 5 boards as defective. I've got 5 good 512MB boards - one is running Raspmbc streaming video without a hitch, and the other is pumping 2 MS/S over the USB from a wideband receiver and doing DSP to decode ADS-B packets that are then sent to FlightRadar24. I've seen NO ethernet or USB issues since the bad batch boards were replaced (these were originally shipped out around Christmas, 2012).
As an aside, I believe that many of the supposed power supply issues were really bad boards. The mantra on that site (that turned into the cure-all) was 'You have a problem? It's your power supply, idiot!". I think a lot of prospective RPi supporters were turned off and turned away by that condescending attitude. I ignored it (let's see - 2 boards work perfectly with all 5 power supplies, 3 boards fail consistently with all 5 power supplies - what's the issue?), got good boards, and am a big fan.
I think you've got it backwards. As you say words in English that end in -er are relative - they have no use without comparing things. Words like big and small, hot and cold are relative as well, but the comparison is usually implied. ("That dog is big" [as compared to other dogs]). Words that end in -est are absolutes - "That is the tallest dog", meaning there is no other dog that is taller.
Also I think you are confusing 'substance' and 'object' - a single neutrino is not a substance, it is an object. Water is a substance; a drop of water is an object.
I would argue that a neutrino is both a substance and an object, exactly the same as an molecule of water. Water is water. Water is the abstract is a chemical compound with certain properties; a drop of water is a particular amount of that substance. That's my point - water itself can neither be light or heavy, but it can have a specific density. A Certain amount can be light or heavy.
I've had enough nit-picking for the day. Let's just agree to disagree.
The absolute terms 'light' and 'heavy' are not shorthand for relative terms relating to density. If you don't include the volume of a substance when describing something as 'light' or 'heavy', you can't beat a single neutrino - it's possibly the 'lightest*' substance in absolute terms of only mass. 'Light' and 'low density' are not the same thing. Notice that mass (g) and density (g/cm^3) don NOT depend on gravity, only mass and volume. Sintered depleted uranium is (relatively) low density, but very heavy.
Another nit to pick with this substance - I assume its porous nature allows for air to exist inside it - should that be counted as part of its weight? If this substance were really less dense than air (which is what they claim with their numbers - 0.16 mg/cm^3 vs 1.275 mg/cm^3 for air) it should float in air (and helium, for that matter) like a helium-filled balloon.
*with measurable mass and volume. I suppose photons beat that.
Obviously not 'lightest', but 'least dense'. Sheesh, editors - do your JOB! The/. title should be "Silly folk at Gizmag confuse mass with density when describing world's least dense solid.'
Because the 'charging' circuit in an online UPS has to be able to supply 100% of the load power and any charging power 100% of the time. Similarly, the inverter has to handle 100% duty cycle. Most UPSs are designed to charge slowly and rely on the inverter duty cycle to be limited by the Ah rating of the battery. (In other words, the inverter won't overheat after 10 minutes because the battery will only last for 5 minutes). That's why they warn you to NOT add batteries externally in parallel to the internal one - you may end up with a UPS fire from an under-rated, under-cooled inverter.
Physical compatibility aside, the definition of a species is the biocompatibility and viability of their germ cells, NOT THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITY TO MATE AND CARRY OFFSPRING TO TERM.
You said, "And loads of different species can interbreed, in that if we could force them breed together they could produce offspring." Yes, horses and donkeys can interbreed - but their progeny are NOT (typically) FERTILE.
From the most often accepted definition of species (emphasis mine): "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations, which are reproductively isolated from other such groups.... In a few cases it may be physically impossible for animals that are members of the same species to mate. However, these are cases, such as in breeds of dogs, in which human intervention has caused gross morphological changes, and are therefore excluded by the biological species concept."
You cling to your incorrect definition of 'species' like your life depends on it; what's up with that?
It's possible any war with China would result in the U.S. rebuilding its industrial base again.
Methinks you're a tad over-optimistic. The US does not have an industrial base to rebuild. It's gone. We have no capacity to crank out the raw materials needed to ramp up for war like we did in WWII.
you understand no one forces you to buy Oracle right?
No, but imagine the shock to Java developers when, after so many years of benevolent stewardship of Java by Sun, we were dragged kicking and screaming into Larry's world.
So if you parse their sentence, what you say can't be correct.
They say "Own it on Blu-Ray". They specifically mention that the thing you own is on a Blu-Ray disk. Unless they have totally warped the English language (and spacetime), the 'it' cannot be the disk, ergo it must be something else. The only thing 'on' the disk (other than the artwork) is the pattern on bits.
1: of, relating to, or being a pedant(see pedant) 2: narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned 3: unimaginative, pedestrian
Pedant: 2a : one who makes a show of knowledge b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching
This post is an example of definition 2a of pedant.
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There is some copper in an optical fiber cable which is needed to supply power to the repeaters spaced along its length.
Unless they use Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers that require no electrical power to be fed down the cable.
I had a mandatory gun safety class in [gasp!] high school. It was part of health class.
Because of impetus for strict gun control laws due to high violent crime rates.
Clearly those strict gun control laws have not worked given those city's continued high rates of violent crime.
I can guarantee you a minimum of 6-7 deaths from 10 rounds from a handgun inside 100 feet.
Hardly. Only if your victims stand stock-still and don't shoot back. Handgun accuracy is measured in single digit to low double digit yards, not at 100 feet. You may be quite accurate on a range against a faceless piece of paper or in the wild against an unsuspecting animal, but not against people. If you were shooting at people, you'd be so amped up on adrenaline* that you aim would be all over. Nice bluster, though.
*Assuming you're not a sociopath or whatever the latest term for soulless killer is these days.
...without the dodgy onboard ethernet, and got USB right...
I was a victim of the so-called ethernet and USB issues before I returned 3 of the 5 boards as defective. I've got 5 good 512MB boards - one is running Raspmbc streaming video without a hitch, and the other is pumping 2 MS/S over the USB from a wideband receiver and doing DSP to decode ADS-B packets that are then sent to FlightRadar24. I've seen NO ethernet or USB issues since the bad batch boards were replaced (these were originally shipped out around Christmas, 2012).
As an aside, I believe that many of the supposed power supply issues were really bad boards. The mantra on that site (that turned into the cure-all) was 'You have a problem? It's your power supply, idiot!". I think a lot of prospective RPi supporters were turned off and turned away by that condescending attitude. I ignored it (let's see - 2 boards work perfectly with all 5 power supplies, 3 boards fail consistently with all 5 power supplies - what's the issue?), got good boards, and am a big fan.
I think you've got it backwards. As you say words in English that end in -er are relative - they have no use without comparing things. Words like big and small, hot and cold are relative as well, but the comparison is usually implied. ("That dog is big" [as compared to other dogs]). Words that end in -est are absolutes - "That is the tallest dog", meaning there is no other dog that is taller.
Also I think you are confusing 'substance' and 'object' - a single neutrino is not a substance, it is an object. Water is a substance; a drop of water is an object.
I would argue that a neutrino is both a substance and an object, exactly the same as an molecule of water.
Water is water. Water is the abstract is a chemical compound with certain properties; a drop of water is a particular amount of that substance. That's my point - water itself can neither be light or heavy, but it can have a specific density. A Certain amount can be light or heavy.
I've had enough nit-picking for the day. Let's just agree to disagree.
Lightest per kilogram? A have a feather and a gold brick that are both exactly 1kg/kg.
The absolute terms 'light' and 'heavy' are not shorthand for relative terms relating to density. If you don't include the volume of a substance when describing something as 'light' or 'heavy', you can't beat a single neutrino - it's possibly the 'lightest*' substance in absolute terms of only mass. 'Light' and 'low density' are not the same thing. Notice that mass (g) and density (g/cm^3) don NOT depend on gravity, only mass and volume. Sintered depleted uranium is (relatively) low density, but very heavy.
Another nit to pick with this substance - I assume its porous nature allows for air to exist inside it - should that be counted as part of its weight? If this substance were really less dense than air (which is what they claim with their numbers - 0.16 mg/cm^3 vs 1.275 mg/cm^3 for air) it should float in air (and helium, for that matter) like a helium-filled balloon.
*with measurable mass and volume. I suppose photons beat that.
Obviously not 'lightest', but 'least dense'. Sheesh, editors - do your JOB! The /. title should be "Silly folk at Gizmag confuse mass with density when describing world's least dense solid.'
There's that point, as well.
Because the 'charging' circuit in an online UPS has to be able to supply 100% of the load power and any charging power 100% of the time. Similarly, the inverter has to handle 100% duty cycle. Most UPSs are designed to charge slowly and rely on the inverter duty cycle to be limited by the Ah rating of the battery. (In other words, the inverter won't overheat after 10 minutes because the battery will only last for 5 minutes). That's why they warn you to NOT add batteries externally in parallel to the internal one - you may end up with a UPS fire from an under-rated, under-cooled inverter.
What is the burning question on the minds of agnostic dyslexics everywhere?
Is there a Dog?
Di-Mono-Hydrogen-Oxide? Surely you mean the deadly Dihydrogen Monoxide!
Physical compatibility aside, the definition of a species is the biocompatibility and viability of their germ cells, NOT THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITY TO MATE AND CARRY OFFSPRING TO TERM.
You said, "And loads of different species can interbreed, in that if we could force them breed together they could produce offspring." Yes, horses and donkeys can interbreed - but their progeny are NOT (typically) FERTILE.
From the most often accepted definition of species (emphasis mine): "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations, which are reproductively isolated from other such groups. ... In a few cases it may be physically impossible for animals that are members of the same species to mate. However, these are cases, such as in breeds of dogs, in which human intervention has caused gross morphological changes, and are therefore excluded by the biological species concept."
You cling to your incorrect definition of 'species' like your life depends on it; what's up with that?
It's possible any war with China would result in the U.S. rebuilding its industrial base again.
Methinks you're a tad over-optimistic. The US does not have an industrial base to rebuild. It's gone. We have no capacity to crank out the raw materials needed to ramp up for war like we did in WWII.
I bet that exhaust smells wonderful. I love the smell of toasted sesame oil, but a little goes a long way.
you understand no one forces you to buy Oracle right?
No, but imagine the shock to Java developers when, after so many years of benevolent stewardship of Java by Sun, we were dragged kicking and screaming into Larry's world.
Didn't you see Star Trek: The Voyage Home? Whales have giant Grogan-looking spaceships, for Pete's sake.
So if you parse their sentence, what you say can't be correct.
They say "Own it on Blu-Ray". They specifically mention that the thing you own is on a Blu-Ray disk. Unless they have totally warped the English language (and spacetime), the 'it' cannot be the disk, ergo it must be something else. The only thing 'on' the disk (other than the artwork) is the pattern on bits.
Maybe we could train some male models to become perfect assassins and use 80s' music to brainwash them into killing the Prime Ministerrrrrr! (of NK, not Malaysia).
So far NC has not built one that I know of ...
I assure you that North Carolina has no intention of building submarines or cruise missiles.
Explain all those commercials that say "Own It On Blu-Ray Today!". Heck, even the movie sites themselves say it.
You ruined that one - the quote is "No bucks, no Buck Rogers!"
Higgs field, EM field, gravitational field, ...
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It's pedantic, as in:
1: of, relating to, or being a pedant(see pedant)
2: narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
3: unimaginative, pedestrian
Pedant:
2a : one who makes a show of knowledge
b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching
This post is an example of definition 2a of pedant.