It does have some new ideas, like price compared to driving, but otherwise it's not.
The Danish site Rejseplanen covers all public transportation in Denmark, from anywhere to anywhere, including address to address, along with estimated times for walking from Point A to Stop B.
As for people entering data into it? Well, that's also new compared to Rejseplanen, but why would you need it, when the site has access to every single itinerary in the country?
So? RHEL is a support contract. I doubt Sun is handing out service contracts for free or even price matching RH.... Java on the other hand is NOT Free.
Granted, you talk about GPL and hence "Free as in libre", but you're picking and choosing your choice of that word (free) as you go - plus, your choice of capitalizing "NOT" makes it look like a typo, where you forgot to release the shift button; you could have gone with "not" instead.
Pick one, and stay with it.
You start with "free as in no cost", so stick with it. Java is free (as in no cost).
Then you switch to "Free as in libre". Java is not libre.
But then again, the RHEL support contract is neither free nor libre. It's not like you can get it for free from other people and still have it called RHEL support, is it?
Sure, you used a capital "F" to indicate you're talking about "free AND libre", rather than just "free of charge", but that's just patching broken language anyway. Not your fault - RMS or whomever should have picked a better phrase to begin with (like libre or liber), but then again - he came up with the idea quite a while earlier than the European Commision.
Back in the main section of the building, past a clean room where flywheels are assembled, Bitterly pauses by a workbench and shows me some component parts. The motor-generator is small enough to fit inside a coffee mug, yet he says it can put out 20 horsepower at 600 volts. "We can overload it to 50 horsepower for a minute," he says, weighing it in the palm of his hand. "Imagine four of these in a standard car. It would scream the tires off."
Sadly I can't seem to find any recent mentions of US Flywheel. Sounded like an interesting sollution.
So... the idea of having a power plant heat up water as well and sending it out to households as a sort of... "central heating"... and then having a heat exchanger heat the water locally wouldn't work? Say, send out really really hot water and use something like... maybe a 2.5 liter exchanger?
Nah... couldn't possibly work. I know we never see stuff like that in Denmark. </irony>
If we abstract it a bit, it sounds like exactly the type of work my previous employer contracted inhouse. They specialized primarily in building automation, but that's just a different field of work.
I would be surprised if you couldn't find consulting engineers (no clue what you call them in English) that specialize in software development. While I don't personally know of any, try calling around to various consulting engineers, or visit in person if there are any in the local area. I know that my employer had calls like that at least once a week (not software development though), and they never had a problem in directing people to the right company (knowing that they in turn will direct people to them). Even if they don't know a company for sure, they'll probably know who might know, or they'll get curious and start asking around themselves.
I hope this helps - and if you manage to find some that do this, by all means tell the rest of us - we never know if it might come in handy.
It's not like you need to watch it. If you don't, you won't have your fond memories of the show ruined. And, just so you know, not everyone here has seen the blasted show anyway, nor are we likely to do so - unless it's remade.
Why? Well, why on earch would I want to go and spend a fortune on DVDs of a show, that noone in my circle of friends have ever seen? Why should I trust a bunch of weirdos on Slashdot of all places that this is a must see series? Are you going to reimburse me if I don't like it? I don't have any money to begin with, so even paying 14 bucks for the first season is too much.
You should check out Arthur C. Clarke's "The Food of the Gods". Very interesting story, and quite fun.
And as for people talking about Soylant Green? Well, they should check it out as well *grins*
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Besides... saying something weighs aproximately 1,322.77357 lbs doesn't sound like much of an aproximation, does it?
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Old and poor. Hrmm. Let's see.
Poor people? 40% of the population in Africa (south of sahara) and southern Asia lives below the poverty line. (that's 1 dollar a day).
Care to wager how many people that is in all? Hint - Asia has 4 billion people alone.
What kind of impact would that have do you think? And people don't just die from the flu - if 50% of an area dies from a disease, who's going to clean up the area? In poor regions? That'll lead to massive outbreaks of other diseases, breakdown of all kinds of other stuff (like say - food production). That in turn will lead to even MORE people dying.
Southern asia is probably one of the main providers of cheap labor for western companies... but with a complete upheaval of their countries and entire region, who's going to worry about working for those companies? People will be one of a few things:
* running for the hills (ie neighbouring countries)
* giving up in dispair
* trying to get their local areas self sufficient in food (as the ones that'd be bringing in stuff died)
Running for the hills could easily lead to border skirmishes and full fledged wars, as could the need for resources that the neighbouring countries won't supply.
Etc, etc, etc.
Just cause it's only poor people doesn't mean it won't affect you or anyone else.
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I don't care too much about the health factor in second hand smoke. What I DO care about is the smell. Go outside.
Same with restaurents that has "smoking" and "no smoking" sections with only signs making the difference. That's like telling people "it's okay to take a piss in that end of the pool".
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the first video of it: MORPG (not massively though).
Think about it: Lots of monsters, absolutely huge areas at times, accurate physics (at least in the original, where it was quite possible to suicide from running to fast and hitting a wall for instance) etc.
The original was quite easy to modify script wise (I suck at modeling and level design) and if this one is as easy, then it shouldn't be too difficult to mold it into an RPG of sorts.
I suppose it depends on the round as much as the rifle. I was told by the officer running the heavy caliber firing range, that a Berret Light 50 will kill a man standing behind two APC even if they shoot through both engine blocks first. He didn't sound like he was joking.
If that's true, I seriously doubt you'll see anyone get away with a round simply lodged in a bulletproof vest.
Can I switch the statue for one talking bull frog? Cause I know the answer to that one. Pick it up, open one door, throw it down that hall, close door and wait a bit.
1) requires me to own a computer, 3) requires me to have a broadband conection, 3) is dependent on my electricity not going out, and 3) requires me to purchase an expensive phone
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It does have some new ideas, like price compared to driving, but otherwise it's not.
The Danish site Rejseplanen covers all public transportation in Denmark, from anywhere to anywhere, including address to address, along with estimated times for walking from Point A to Stop B.
As for people entering data into it? Well, that's also new compared to Rejseplanen, but why would you need it, when the site has access to every single itinerary in the country?
Pick one, and stay with it.
You start with "free as in no cost", so stick with it. Java is free (as in no cost).
Then you switch to "Free as in libre". Java is not libre.
But then again, the RHEL support contract is neither free nor libre. It's not like you can get it for free from other people and still have it called RHEL support, is it?
Sure, you used a capital "F" to indicate you're talking about "free AND libre", rather than just "free of charge", but that's just patching broken language anyway. Not your fault - RMS or whomever should have picked a better phrase to begin with (like libre or liber), but then again - he came up with the idea quite a while earlier than the European Commision.
I thought it was the old show ...
But no.
Season 1: $25.87
Season 2: $1.99/episode
*drools*
W££, why don't w u$ currncy $ymbo£$ for vrything thn?
Pretty easy... it'd suck!
Article from May 2000: Wired Magazine Sadly I can't seem to find any recent mentions of US Flywheel. Sounded like an interesting sollution.
If your urine has a low pH-value, you need to visit a doctor. Your urin should be a weak base, maybe around 9 or 10.
So ... the idea of having a power plant heat up water as well and sending it out to households as a sort of ... "central heating" ... and then having a heat exchanger heat the water locally wouldn't work? Say, send out really really hot water and use something like ... maybe a 2.5 liter exchanger?
... couldn't possibly work. I know we never see stuff like that in Denmark. </irony>
Nah
If we abstract it a bit, it sounds like exactly the type of work my previous employer contracted inhouse. They specialized primarily in building automation, but that's just a different field of work.
I would be surprised if you couldn't find consulting engineers (no clue what you call them in English) that specialize in software development. While I don't personally know of any, try calling around to various consulting engineers, or visit in person if there are any in the local area. I know that my employer had calls like that at least once a week (not software development though), and they never had a problem in directing people to the right company (knowing that they in turn will direct people to them). Even if they don't know a company for sure, they'll probably know who might know, or they'll get curious and start asking around themselves.
I hope this helps - and if you manage to find some that do this, by all means tell the rest of us - we never know if it might come in handy.
It's not like you need to watch it. If you don't, you won't have your fond memories of the show ruined. And, just so you know, not everyone here has seen the blasted show anyway, nor are we likely to do so - unless it's remade.
Why? Well, why on earch would I want to go and spend a fortune on DVDs of a show, that noone in my circle of friends have ever seen? Why should I trust a bunch of weirdos on Slashdot of all places that this is a must see series? Are you going to reimburse me if I don't like it? I don't have any money to begin with, so even paying 14 bucks for the first season is too much.
You should check out Arthur C. Clarke's "The Food of the Gods". Very interesting story, and quite fun.
And as for people talking about Soylant Green? Well, they should check it out as well *grins*
Besides ... saying something weighs aproximately 1,322.77357 lbs doesn't sound like much of an aproximation, does it?
Old and poor. Hrmm. Let's see.
... but with a complete upheaval of their countries and entire region, who's going to worry about working for those companies? People will be one of a few things:
Poor people? 40% of the population in Africa (south of sahara) and southern Asia lives below the poverty line. (that's 1 dollar a day).
Care to wager how many people that is in all? Hint - Asia has 4 billion people alone.
What kind of impact would that have do you think? And people don't just die from the flu - if 50% of an area dies from a disease, who's going to clean up the area? In poor regions? That'll lead to massive outbreaks of other diseases, breakdown of all kinds of other stuff (like say - food production). That in turn will lead to even MORE people dying.
Southern asia is probably one of the main providers of cheap labor for western companies
* running for the hills (ie neighbouring countries)
* giving up in dispair
* trying to get their local areas self sufficient in food (as the ones that'd be bringing in stuff died)
Running for the hills could easily lead to border skirmishes and full fledged wars, as could the need for resources that the neighbouring countries won't supply.
Etc, etc, etc.
Just cause it's only poor people doesn't mean it won't affect you or anyone else.
I don't care too much about the health factor in second hand smoke. What I DO care about is the smell. Go outside.
Same with restaurents that has "smoking" and "no smoking" sections with only signs making the difference. That's like telling people "it's okay to take a piss in that end of the pool".
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the first video of it: MORPG (not massively though).
Think about it:
Lots of monsters, absolutely huge areas at times, accurate physics (at least in the original, where it was quite possible to suicide from running to fast and hitting a wall for instance) etc.
The original was quite easy to modify script wise (I suck at modeling and level design) and if this one is as easy, then it shouldn't be too difficult to mold it into an RPG of sorts.
Shouldn't target all of them of course. Just the ones that are host to people who want to teach ID and other religious ideas as science.
Wait wait .. so ... when Microsoft does something interesting (it happens) and it's remade in whatever OSS flavor of the month, that's cool.
But if Microsoft remakes something interesting made by OSS it's stealing.
I thought, in both cases, it was a matter of reverse engineering and clean room implementation.
But you still have to jack off a horse ;)
I suppose it depends on the round as much as the rifle. I was told by the officer running the heavy caliber firing range, that a Berret Light 50 will kill a man standing behind two APC even if they shoot through both engine blocks first. He didn't sound like he was joking.
If that's true, I seriously doubt you'll see anyone get away with a round simply lodged in a bulletproof vest.
You're right - my bad.
It's integrate its reciprocal value. integrate(1/cabin) = log( cabin ) + c. D'oh.
Can I switch the statue for one talking bull frog? Cause I know the answer to that one. Pick it up, open one door, throw it down that hall, close door and wait a bit.
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Integrate cabin = log( cabin ) + c.
"Log cabin plus sea".
You integrate it.