"How about running over it with a grain truck when the ambient temperature is -40 (celsius or fahrenheit, your pick)? I can do that with my keys right now and they still work."
How would you run over your keys with your vehicle? I don't know about your cars, but in the USA, keys need to stay in the ignition to operate. Freaky-ass Canadians and their -40 (Farenheight, thank you very much) weather.
Can I then (in about 20 years time), sue the hell out of everbody for misuse ?
No. Unfortunatley, (In the US)failure to defend a patent or copyright can result in loss of the copyright or patent. i.e. if you don't make it [painfully] obvious that you care about revenues for the patent/copyright, you get nothing.
Well, one of the nce things about this bug, much like the one we read about on Friday, is that its natural. Not genetically engineered. Moreover, they are found in abundance in the soil in man different environments. If a large quantity is deposited in an area, it will gorge itself on the resources around it; when there arent enough, they will die until an environmental equilibrium is reached. They [te creatures] don't need to be cleaned up, presumably, but their byproducts, which will be a metabolized radioactive metal, will be. From What I can tell, this stuff, while still radioactive, will be in a more stable molecule, and be less likely to contaminate other resources, talthough it will still be necessary to store it in a safe place.
Oh, they drink. But they're restricted to 'sophisticated' drinks like matinis and anything 'on the rocks'. Beer is strictly taboo, and champagne is limited to those times when they want to cut loose a bit.
Get involved, and have a bit more faith in the system of which you are a significant part.
The problem is the rest of the voting public. For each geek that lets his (often nonconformist and therefore "bad" or "dangerous") opinion known, there are ten or twenty or more peasants who have the opposite opiinion, which unfortunately, due to our lack of a weigted vote (okay, my vote gets counted as 250M... yours counts for 1.:-P ) means that all I do is expose myself as a dissenter.
There's also a problem in the state of Americans. Most Americans are stubborn, stupid, and insolent. We can't (or won't) accept the idea that we are doing something wrong ona fundamental level. Rather, we will scapegoat something else. Ask any soccer mom (just look for an SUV) what she thinks the most dangerous thing about their child's scool is and she will tell you that guns, or knives or inadequate security is the probem, without even thinking that without the other students to perpetrate these actions, nothing would happen. An were it suggested to them that they might not be doing wht is required to raise their son/daughter the best way possible, they would most likeley get upset at you, insult you or even assault you. The effect on this to the child when he sees his/her mother/father do this is to assume it is normal behavior and therefore appropriate. Why do you think schoolyard massacres have only reently begun? It's not the development of guns... they've been around longer than schools. It could be computers, but it's only been very recently (halflife plus) that fps's have been ultra realistic, and kids have been playing cowboyz and injunz for years anyway. The difference, I think, is in society and how they're being raised. They see their parents acting in an ever increasingly hostile and violent manner and seek to emulate it. How is this related to security cameras? Our society is based on concentual leadership. On our decisions regarding society, the majority of the population is always right...theoretically. Because of the nature of americans, our officials are more than happy to blame technology or guns or whatever for the problems they are having, because their constituants expect and condone their actions. They're not going to turn around once elected and blame the way the people who elected them raise their children because it would ensure they have a short term in office. The result of this is that we have politicans with their heads so far up their asses they can perform a tonsilectomy with their teeth. *sigh* okay. Rant over. sorry it got so off topic.
The point I was trying to make, somewhere...I think, is that in order to change society, we need to change the opinions of the large voting groups. We need them to understand that the most effective way to adjust society is with the children. To mold them into good people by being good people themselves. And to make them understandthat these changes are going to take time, but they will be a much more effective solution than all the stopgap measures we have in place now. Unfortunately, most Americans are too stupid to understand the mechanics of mud, much less the concepts of responsibility and patience.
Yeah, I'd be heartbroken in anything happened to Mercury. It's so CUUuute!
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I highly doubt they're sending an ots (off the shelf) cube... the article discussed using lightweight metals and indicated that the computer would be assembled in space... I'm sure that the NASA boy's are going to be more than eager to share their knowlege with this guy... besides, the computer oly weighs 5lbs, tops, and at current pricing ($10k/lb) that leaves a lot of padding for the progect. Keep in mind, it's supposed to cost about $10M to make it operational... Even assuming 1/2 of that is for manpower, Using an ots pooter would only cost 1M for delivery... I'm certain they're going to hook the computer up with a solar array, heat dissipators and sheilds, and radiation sheilding. They'll probably use a decompressed drive, and use a proprietary case... the important part is that the unit is small... not like the larger atx forms found in x86's and most other computers. They'll probably rip the guts out of the case, and fit it into their own, designed to be inexpensive to mass produce, and effective at maintaining operation in space.
my $2000000E-6
In real terms, the difference between a $2000 computer and a $2500 computer on a $10M project is negligible. Moreover, the article didn't say whether or not he'd be using macos, and regardless, the computer comes with an os. TTBOMK, you can't buy one os-less.
I think the decision to use apple cubes was based on displacement and weight... right now it costs something like $10k/lb to eject something into space, and a shuttle isn't exactly a 5 bedroom hotel... they've got those things stuffed fuller'n a thanksgiving turkey w/ stuffing coming out it's arse!
A pooter in Space... I wonder just how much i could overclock my Athlon 1g. Seriously though, why not put linux up on an x86 or throw an an alpha up there? If it's going to be used as a server, those might be more feasable plans, esp. Since I've never heard of a mack cluster b4? Although, there is a ppc version of linux... hmmm..
Cool Beans! Well at least the Geeks in Space will have something to play with... too bad arent any games written for it:-P
I've been thinking about it, and I can't figure out which terrifies me more: Satan or The entitiy which will be spawned from the Microshaft and Starbux collaberation. I mean, sure, both will be evil, but one will do it in such an insidious way that no one will notice. Moreover, Microshaft will start pushing SB. Soon, you'll see a clause in the EULA stating that the only brewed beverage allowed to be drunk by MS users are the SB line of drinks. Likewise, SB will start making their customers sign EULA's for their coffee! Anarchy will reign! And Satan will be sitting in front of Win666 crying into his Starbux half-caf lo-fat latee with cinamon shavings, unable to do because MS has the monopoly on evil.
It shall become.
Running Linux on it would be silly... if you're going to pay $1e6 for a pooter, the company would most likely give you the os, or in a worst case scenario, even if you DID have to buy the software, the price would be piddling compared to the price of the machine. Moreover, if you're spending that much on hardware, you'd want the software to be tailored to the machine. Most crunchers like that have, at the very least, special patches for the hardware to optimze every transaction.
Economy is one of those things that just happens. It goes up, it plumits down.
I disagree.
I believe that Alan Greenspan has done a remarkable job on the state of the economy since his inception into office in 1987, the economy has almost constantly improved. I think that our economic situation right now, if it were to be credited to any one body, should be credited to the hard work of mMr. Greenspan and the rest of the Federal Reserve. Of course, I also believe that no one organization should be given credit, rather, it should be acknowlegd that the hard work of American companies to produce affordable, high-quality products, and the staggering rise of computer technology (wheeeeeeee!!! Job scurity!)has produced an environment conducive to growth and prosperity.
I have a feeling he wasn't saying Psych, but Physical... as in Physical education / Physical taining / Highschool gym teacher
Those who can do, those who can't teach, and those who can't teach seem to gravitate towards me.
Finding non-terretrial life in any form, even if it is only backteria would be a great feat! It would prove that life was not a unique occurence in our universe (granted, it's statistically unlikely that we're alone) and would goive us clues to the origins of life on earth, ESPECIALLY if it's only bacteria! Moreover, if the life we find is non carbon based, or metabloizes some combination of materials we've never observed on earth it will expand our knowlege of the types of otherworldly life that may exist. So you tell me which is worse: Trying to find life and failing, or never trying at all? I'll put my tax $$ in the pile for Pluto.
It wouldn't happen that way... the energy of the bubbles would push the spheroid out in all directions... the beer would dissipate of it's own gas. Be pretty interersting to watch, thouh.
Perhaps what they should do is start looking at other means of advertising.
The problem is that consumers don't want to be bothered by adversisements in any medium. The only reason it's such a big deal for web surfers is that we CAN and historically HAVE gotten away without the constant interruption of ads. Realistically, though, when has anyone ever been glad to see the station logo pop in the middle of watching Sheridan fly a white star through the roof og the Shadow capital, with the possible exception of the biological need to 'recycle' the big gulp you drank with (or in some cases, AS) dinner
How can you beat the handwritten letter for the personal touch?
Simple, print out 500,000 of the same letter, compu\lete with digitized signature, throw the pile onto an automatic envelope stuffer, run the envelopes through a printer with a copy of the phonebook, followed by a stamp machine, and there you go, 500,000 peices of hard-copy spam, ready to/. the postoffice. Just imagine how they will jump for joy and drool with glee when they see the size of your package.
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For the last time, fal... no one wants to hear about your mother.
How would you run over your keys with your vehicle? I don't know about your cars, but in the USA, keys need to stay in the ignition to operate. Freaky-ass Canadians and their -40 (Farenheight, thank you very much) weather.
I mean, seriously, at this point, who (other than investors) is going to be the least bit sympathetic?
Damnit people! We have to TRY HARDER! C'mon we can't let countries like China and Vietnam beat us at everything!
To be fair, Get Smart had the 'cone of silence' which was made of acrylic, not an em field.
In Total Recall.
Woohoo! Johnny Cab Here we come!
No. Unfortunatley, (In the US)failure to defend a patent or copyright can result in loss of the copyright or patent. i.e. if you don't make it [painfully] obvious that you care about revenues for the patent/copyright, you get nothing.
Well, one of the nce things about this bug, much like the one we read about on Friday, is that its natural. Not genetically engineered. Moreover, they are found in abundance in the soil in man different environments. If a large quantity is deposited in an area, it will gorge itself on the resources around it; when there arent enough, they will die until an environmental equilibrium is reached. They [te creatures] don't need to be cleaned up, presumably, but their byproducts, which will be a metabolized radioactive metal, will be. From What I can tell, this stuff, while still radioactive, will be in a more stable molecule, and be less likely to contaminate other resources, talthough it will still be necessary to store it in a safe place.
Oh Lordy! the sky's a fallin'!
Oh, they drink. But they're restricted to 'sophisticated' drinks like matinis and anything 'on the rocks'. Beer is strictly taboo, and champagne is limited to those times when they want to cut loose a bit.
The problem is the rest of the voting public. For each geek that lets his (often nonconformist and therefore "bad" or "dangerous") opinion known, there are ten or twenty or more peasants who have the opposite opiinion, which unfortunately, due to our lack of a weigted vote (okay, my vote gets counted as 250M... yours counts for 1. :-P ) means that all I do is expose myself as a dissenter.
There's also a problem in the state of Americans. Most Americans are stubborn, stupid, and insolent. We can't (or won't) accept the idea that we are doing something wrong ona fundamental level. Rather, we will scapegoat something else. Ask any soccer mom (just look for an SUV) what she thinks the most dangerous thing about their child's scool is and she will tell you that guns, or knives or inadequate security is the probem, without even thinking that without the other students to perpetrate these actions, nothing would happen. An were it suggested to them that they might not be doing wht is required to raise their son/daughter the best way possible, they would most likeley get upset at you, insult you or even assault you. The effect on this to the child when he sees his/her mother/father do this is to assume it is normal behavior and therefore appropriate. Why do you think schoolyard massacres have only reently begun? It's not the development of guns... they've been around longer than schools. It could be computers, but it's only been very recently (halflife plus) that fps's have been ultra realistic, and kids have been playing cowboyz and injunz for years anyway. The difference, I think, is in society and how they're being raised. They see their parents acting in an ever increasingly hostile and violent manner and seek to emulate it. How is this related to security cameras? Our society is based on concentual leadership. On our decisions regarding society, the majority of the population is always right...theoretically. Because of the nature of americans, our officials are more than happy to blame technology or guns or whatever for the problems they are having, because their constituants expect and condone their actions. They're not going to turn around once elected and blame the way the people who elected them raise their children because it would ensure they have a short term in office. The result of this is that we have politicans with their heads so far up their asses they can perform a tonsilectomy with their teeth. *sigh* okay. Rant over. sorry it got so off topic.
The point I was trying to make, somewhere...I think, is that in order to change society, we need to change the opinions of the large voting groups. We need them to understand that the most effective way to adjust society is with the children. To mold them into good people by being good people themselves. And to make them understandthat these changes are going to take time, but they will be a much more effective solution than all the stopgap measures we have in place now. Unfortunately, most Americans are too stupid to understand the mechanics of mud, much less the concepts of responsibility and patience.
"I hate the living"
Yeah, I'd be heartbroken in anything happened to Mercury. It's so CUUuute!
I highly doubt they're sending an ots (off the shelf) cube... the article discussed using lightweight metals and indicated that the computer would be assembled in space... I'm sure that the NASA boy's are going to be more than eager to share their knowlege with this guy... besides, the computer oly weighs 5lbs, tops, and at current pricing ($10k/lb) that leaves a lot of padding for the progect. Keep in mind, it's supposed to cost about $10M to make it operational... Even assuming 1/2 of that is for manpower, Using an ots pooter would only cost 1M for delivery... I'm certain they're going to hook the computer up with a solar array, heat dissipators and sheilds, and radiation sheilding. They'll probably use a decompressed drive, and use a proprietary case... the important part is that the unit is small... not like the larger atx forms found in x86's and most other computers. They'll probably rip the guts out of the case, and fit it into their own, designed to be inexpensive to mass produce, and effective at maintaining operation in space. my $2000000E-6
In real terms, the difference between a $2000 computer and a $2500 computer on a $10M project is negligible. Moreover, the article didn't say whether or not he'd be using macos, and regardless, the computer comes with an os. TTBOMK, you can't buy one os-less.
I think the decision to use apple cubes was based on displacement and weight... right now it costs something like $10k/lb to eject something into space, and a shuttle isn't exactly a 5 bedroom hotel... they've got those things stuffed fuller'n a thanksgiving turkey w/ stuffing coming out it's arse!
Cool Beans! Well at least the Geeks in Space will have something to play with... too bad arent any games written for it :-P
I've been thinking about it, and I can't figure out which terrifies me more: Satan or The entitiy which will be spawned from the Microshaft and Starbux collaberation. I mean, sure, both will be evil, but one will do it in such an insidious way that no one will notice. Moreover, Microshaft will start pushing SB. Soon, you'll see a clause in the EULA stating that the only brewed beverage allowed to be drunk by MS users are the SB line of drinks. Likewise, SB will start making their customers sign EULA's for their coffee! Anarchy will reign! And Satan will be sitting in front of Win666 crying into his Starbux half-caf lo-fat latee with cinamon shavings, unable to do because MS has the monopoly on evil. It shall become.
Running Linux on it would be silly... if you're going to pay $1e6 for a pooter, the company would most likely give you the os, or in a worst case scenario, even if you DID have to buy the software, the price would be piddling compared to the price of the machine. Moreover, if you're spending that much on hardware, you'd want the software to be tailored to the machine. Most crunchers like that have, at the very least, special patches for the hardware to optimze every transaction.
Then why do 90% of Canadians live within 10 miles of the US?
Economy is one of those things that just happens. It goes up, it plumits down. I disagree. I believe that Alan Greenspan has done a remarkable job on the state of the economy since his inception into office in 1987, the economy has almost constantly improved. I think that our economic situation right now, if it were to be credited to any one body, should be credited to the hard work of mMr. Greenspan and the rest of the Federal Reserve. Of course, I also believe that no one organization should be given credit, rather, it should be acknowlegd that the hard work of American companies to produce affordable, high-quality products, and the staggering rise of computer technology (wheeeeeeee!!! Job scurity!)has produced an environment conducive to growth and prosperity.
I have a feeling he wasn't saying Psych, but Physical... as in Physical education / Physical taining / Highschool gym teacher Those who can do, those who can't teach, and those who can't teach seem to gravitate towards me.
Finding non-terretrial life in any form, even if it is only backteria would be a great feat! It would prove that life was not a unique occurence in our universe (granted, it's statistically unlikely that we're alone) and would goive us clues to the origins of life on earth, ESPECIALLY if it's only bacteria! Moreover, if the life we find is non carbon based, or metabloizes some combination of materials we've never observed on earth it will expand our knowlege of the types of otherworldly life that may exist. So you tell me which is worse: Trying to find life and failing, or never trying at all? I'll put my tax $$ in the pile for Pluto.
It wouldn't happen that way... the energy of the bubbles would push the spheroid out in all directions... the beer would dissipate of it's own gas. Be pretty interersting to watch, thouh.
The problem is that consumers don't want to be bothered by adversisements in any medium. The only reason it's such a big deal for web surfers is that we CAN and historically HAVE gotten away without the constant interruption of ads. Realistically, though, when has anyone ever been glad to see the station logo pop in the middle of watching Sheridan fly a white star through the roof og the Shadow capital, with the possible exception of the biological need to 'recycle' the big gulp you drank with (or in some cases, AS) dinner
Simple, print out 500,000 of the same letter, compu\lete with digitized signature, throw the pile onto an automatic envelope stuffer, run the envelopes through a printer with a copy of the phonebook, followed by a stamp machine, and there you go, 500,000 peices of hard-copy spam, ready to /. the postoffice. Just imagine how they will jump for joy and drool with glee when they see the size of your package.