Perhaps the part about changing materials that are next to worthless into something valuable is what you mean by alchemy, but none of this is anything like alchemy. Atoms are not being transformed into the "diamond atom" from the carbon atom, it is still carbon, just in a different form.
Obviously, the diamond industry has reason to worry if the fakes are indistinguishable, but I'm not sure what you're talking about a "cult-like anti-scientific religion," that is just silly.
There is nothing wrong with economical silk- after all, how big is the industry, and are the people in it that well off right now? Silk is something with actual applications (diamonds do as well, but not as many). Science marches on and puts people out of work, but at the end of the day, they find another line of work and everyone is better off. The standard of living in the developed world has steadily increased- and most of it is because of science.
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yes, but they have conjugal visits, right?
It's not necessarily the breakup that saddens me..
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"I believe the story was accurate, and while it didn't have any shocking new information, it left me feeling sad to see such a powerful combination of talent break apart"
It saddens me that Romero ever made Daikatana. Perhaps the greatest disaster ever witnessed by man could have been avoided.
I applaud this insightful comment. This is the very reason that every news post needs to allow comments. If this had been locked, we would have never realized that it should be locked.
People who install servers for limited use but really don't know that much about it. My dad is running a Win2k box with Apache, mySQL, and a Real Video server. He really had no clue that he should be patching it. People just assume that these problems won't happen to them, or think that they are probably secure.
I told him to run Windows Update a couple of weeks ago, something like 80 needed updates.
Computer "experts" on tech support are worse yet. The problem can be clearly diagnosed, and they'll tell you it's something else without having any apparent reason why it's the problem. I had a guy from Dell telling me that my brand new cd-rw/dvd drive in my laptop did not support DAO. When I pushed, he goes to tell me his extensive history at tech support ("I worked at a multimedia company for 5 years before this"- whatever that means). You ask to get a manager? They act offended, this guy even told me the manager would be much less knowledgable than him and that it would be pointless to talk to him.
I sit on the phone for 20 minutes waiting for him to come back, to tell me that the manager would have to do a "call back." Again, some more pushing about how I probably don't need to talk to him; I schedule it anyways, and he tells me it probably wouldn't be until the next day. Thirty minutes later he calls back and tells me they are willing to replace the drive.
Tech support people who refuse to listen to reasonable explanations for problems because they believe they are experts are the problem in most cases that I have.
Adelphia has no communication between their tech support center (for all customers) and their local offices. We'll call saying we can't connect, my friend across town can't connect, nor can my neighbor across the street.
I'm told to reboot all computers. I'm running a router, they're going to have the same IP regardless of if I reboot them or not. I'll reboot the router. They tell me to unplug the modem for ten minutes, and plug it back in. The cable modem's web page (I doubt they know it exists) says it can't connect to the DHCP server.
Usually they say there are _no_ reported problems, so obviously the problem is on my end. We go ahead and schedule a house call, only to have the tech tell us the next day that there was a problem on the local end.
After that, we can start the Rightful Access to PayPal Accounts Fund, and use PayPal to boost up donations to fight the legal battle to free the funds.
"The capsule was put through a number of manoeuvres during its descent to fully validate the steerable ram-air parachute canopy that made it possible to fly the craft like a glider."
It sounds like it's a glider. I suppose it continues to glide for awhile, letting the atmosphere slow it down until the speed has been sufficiently reduced.
'This is a strong step towards making bicycling more sustainable, expecially in contrast to aluminum, one of the most resource demanding materials that exist.'
Do bikes really use so much aluminum that it has a noticable effect on the aluminum market? There are many, many things that use aluminum, and I have never heard of the industry having troubles being "sustainable."
If they're aiming for imitating the competition, they should write in random crashes. It always crashes after 15 minutes, but why not allow it to crash at 8 minutes, and later at 13 minutes? Keep the users on the edge of their seats!
Not to mention my Gladiator DVD is complete toast. There isn't a scratch on it. I doubt there are warranties on DVD discs, although if I'm paying for the content and not the medium why would it be a problem to pay something like a dollar to get a replacement disc? (not to mention the fact that DVDs cost more than VHS cassettes, although they are far cheaper to make, or for that matter, why are CDs generally sold for more than the tape if I'm paying for a license to listen to it?)
I don't see how the parent of this post is "5, Interesting." PowerDVD works just fine on every system I have ever seen; I have never seen anyone complain about it. I would bet that this "videolan" program is actually more limited in terms of actually playing the movies.
I don't see why you need to rip it, add subtitles, and make an SVCD. If the DVD has the English subtitles, why not put the DVD in the drive and turn on the subtitles?
From the context of his letter to the NY Times, it appears that the author of the article wrote things out of context, flat out made quotes, and otherwise knowingly lied. The actual malice is perhaps more difficult to prove, but the criticism of the author's original article and his repeated mentionings of it appears to be the cause of the malice.
If he did lose customers over the story, that is actual damage. Of course, if the NY Times wants to fight this, I'm sure they have quite a few lawyers who could most definitely draw a lawsuit out over a long time and at a large cost. This guy doesn't seem interested in that.
In all fairness, laptop hard drives are generally slower anyways. I have a brand new laptop, and 5400 RPM was the fastest I could get. They still sell 4200 RPM drives. If it's from a drive when they were still selling 3 GB laptop HDDs, it's possible it could be even slower.
There are enough grossly obese people in the U.S. that Jenny Craig doesn't need to buy information from airlines to confirm their thoughts that there are potential customers on the airlines who are also fat like most of America.
What would be their salespitch? "We recently received information that you have a fat ass (we're unsure of the rest of your body), and would like to offer you a wide range of weight-loss methods."
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"will NOT pass the girlfriend test"
Is that a bad thing?
I read news online on my computer in the bathroom. It's active urine cooled.
Perhaps the part about changing materials that are next to worthless into something valuable is what you mean by alchemy, but none of this is anything like alchemy. Atoms are not being transformed into the "diamond atom" from the carbon atom, it is still carbon, just in a different form.
Obviously, the diamond industry has reason to worry if the fakes are indistinguishable, but I'm not sure what you're talking about a "cult-like anti-scientific religion," that is just silly.
There is nothing wrong with economical silk- after all, how big is the industry, and are the people in it that well off right now? Silk is something with actual applications (diamonds do as well, but not as many). Science marches on and puts people out of work, but at the end of the day, they find another line of work and everyone is better off. The standard of living in the developed world has steadily increased- and most of it is because of science.
Spare me of the doomsday theories.
yes, but they have conjugal visits, right?
"I believe the story was accurate, and while it didn't have any shocking new information, it left me feeling sad to see such a powerful combination of talent break apart"
It saddens me that Romero ever made Daikatana. Perhaps the greatest disaster ever witnessed by man could have been avoided.
I applaud this insightful comment. This is the very reason that every news post needs to allow comments. If this had been locked, we would have never realized that it should be locked.
I know that they're breaking the terms of the GPL, but wouldn't you be as well?
I recommend buying enough explosives to blow up TEN SUPERCOMPUTERS along with any Roomba, just in case it does decide to kill off your family.
People who install servers for limited use but really don't know that much about it. My dad is running a Win2k box with Apache, mySQL, and a Real Video server. He really had no clue that he should be patching it. People just assume that these problems won't happen to them, or think that they are probably secure.
I told him to run Windows Update a couple of weeks ago, something like 80 needed updates.
I'm still waiting for a bomb that doesn't destroy its target while maximizing collateral damage.
Computer "experts" on tech support are worse yet. The problem can be clearly diagnosed, and they'll tell you it's something else without having any apparent reason why it's the problem. I had a guy from Dell telling me that my brand new cd-rw/dvd drive in my laptop did not support DAO. When I pushed, he goes to tell me his extensive history at tech support ("I worked at a multimedia company for 5 years before this"- whatever that means). You ask to get a manager? They act offended, this guy even told me the manager would be much less knowledgable than him and that it would be pointless to talk to him.
I sit on the phone for 20 minutes waiting for him to come back, to tell me that the manager would have to do a "call back." Again, some more pushing about how I probably don't need to talk to him; I schedule it anyways, and he tells me it probably wouldn't be until the next day. Thirty minutes later he calls back and tells me they are willing to replace the drive.
Tech support people who refuse to listen to reasonable explanations for problems because they believe they are experts are the problem in most cases that I have.
Adelphia has no communication between their tech support center (for all customers) and their local offices. We'll call saying we can't connect, my friend across town can't connect, nor can my neighbor across the street.
I'm told to reboot all computers. I'm running a router, they're going to have the same IP regardless of if I reboot them or not. I'll reboot the router. They tell me to unplug the modem for ten minutes, and plug it back in. The cable modem's web page (I doubt they know it exists) says it can't connect to the DHCP server.
Usually they say there are _no_ reported problems, so obviously the problem is on my end. We go ahead and schedule a house call, only to have the tech tell us the next day that there was a problem on the local end.
After that, we can start the Rightful Access to PayPal Accounts Fund, and use PayPal to boost up donations to fight the legal battle to free the funds.
"The capsule was put through a number of manoeuvres during its descent to fully validate the steerable ram-air parachute canopy that made it possible to fly the craft like a glider."
It sounds like it's a glider. I suppose it continues to glide for awhile, letting the atmosphere slow it down until the speed has been sufficiently reduced.
'This is a strong step towards making bicycling more sustainable, expecially in contrast to aluminum, one of the most resource demanding materials that exist.'
Do bikes really use so much aluminum that it has a noticable effect on the aluminum market? There are many, many things that use aluminum, and I have never heard of the industry having troubles being "sustainable."
I fail to see how the processor is any more proprietary than say a Motorola processor if it will still run the same OS.
Type in goatse.cx links in a Safari window and put the screensaver back on. Allow unsuspecting employees to turn off the screensaver and hit enter.
Oh yeah? What about an overclocked Athlon with an overclocked GeForce FX?
If they're aiming for imitating the competition, they should write in random crashes. It always crashes after 15 minutes, but why not allow it to crash at 8 minutes, and later at 13 minutes? Keep the users on the edge of their seats!
Not to mention my Gladiator DVD is complete toast. There isn't a scratch on it. I doubt there are warranties on DVD discs, although if I'm paying for the content and not the medium why would it be a problem to pay something like a dollar to get a replacement disc? (not to mention the fact that DVDs cost more than VHS cassettes, although they are far cheaper to make, or for that matter, why are CDs generally sold for more than the tape if I'm paying for a license to listen to it?)
I don't see how the parent of this post is "5, Interesting." PowerDVD works just fine on every system I have ever seen; I have never seen anyone complain about it. I would bet that this "videolan" program is actually more limited in terms of actually playing the movies.
I don't see why you need to rip it, add subtitles, and make an SVCD. If the DVD has the English subtitles, why not put the DVD in the drive and turn on the subtitles?
From the context of his letter to the NY Times, it appears that the author of the article wrote things out of context, flat out made quotes, and otherwise knowingly lied. The actual malice is perhaps more difficult to prove, but the criticism of the author's original article and his repeated mentionings of it appears to be the cause of the malice.
If he did lose customers over the story, that is actual damage. Of course, if the NY Times wants to fight this, I'm sure they have quite a few lawyers who could most definitely draw a lawsuit out over a long time and at a large cost. This guy doesn't seem interested in that.
In all fairness, laptop hard drives are generally slower anyways. I have a brand new laptop, and 5400 RPM was the fastest I could get. They still sell 4200 RPM drives. If it's from a drive when they were still selling 3 GB laptop HDDs, it's possible it could be even slower.
There are enough grossly obese people in the U.S. that Jenny Craig doesn't need to buy information from airlines to confirm their thoughts that there are potential customers on the airlines who are also fat like most of America.
What would be their salespitch? "We recently received information that you have a fat ass (we're unsure of the rest of your body), and would like to offer you a wide range of weight-loss methods."