Unfortunately, Keller is about the only person who believes the date of the impact is 300,000 years earlier than the extinction. A lot of people have issues with the location and interpretation of the core samples she has taken to create this theory - directly from the impact site. To me, trying to analyse samples from the impact site of an explosion 2 million times more powerful than our largest nuclear bomb blast is a pretty insane thing to do - it'd be like trying to read the tea leaves in your cup of tea after someone ran a bulldozer through your house, set fire to the rubble, dug it up and sent it to the dump.
Content providers can only swamp last-mile networks with traffic if the SUBSCRIBERS to that network are downloading it. If they swamp their network, then the god damn isp isn't giving their SUBSCRIBERS what they're paying for.
This is what things like PROXY SERVERS were invented for.
Before you get too worked up in your rant, most places in the world require a blood test before you are considered 'over the limit' to the extent where you can be prosecuted. The breath test is a first pass, if you're over you'll have a blood sample taken for testing. In Australia they're pretty serious about this have have these huge busses kitted out with mini pathology labs to do just that - they park them somewhere, start pulling over people, failed breath-tests go to the bus for a blood test.
The more people it "saves" from being killed by drunk driving the better.
It looks like you're being facetious here....drink driving is a real problem for the safety of everyone on or even near a road. If people are so vain to think that they can operate a vehicle at high speeds while pissed without putting anyone else in danger, then they deserve to taught how to be more humble - whether that's with a fine, prison, or whatever.
Rammed earth - does what it says on the can. Build a form, ram earth into it. Been a building method for....ever. Linky - http://www.rammedearthhomes.com.au/
Sorry for the late reply. I'm with TGP, who are one of about 3 companies with ASDL2 DSLAMs installed in the local exchange. Now, a word of warning - they have terrible customer support over the phone, but some very good reps on-line. Once you're set up and running you should never have to speak with them again. I suspect they have a fairly high contention ratio, but I haven't seen anything that affects me yet. If you want great speeds, low contention, and good support I would recommend Internode. If you go with a phone company for internet, you will get ripped off (is my general experience).
24 down 2 up here in Melbourne for $50/month. Not as good a Sweden, but not bad. If you don't go with Telstra, you're more than likely to get a good deal.
Since you are new here....moderators sometimes reward a funny comment with a 'real' mod (informative, interesting, etc), since funny mods don't increase your karma. I've never really thought the practice was a good thing myself - there is a reason for the underrated and overrated mods.
Posting as a bit of a test - the past couple of times I've posted I seem to have been port scanned almost immediately from an IP in Bulgaria. Anyone else getting this? Weird.
This was the rage about 10 years ago - pages had to become more 'sticky', or so marketing people told everyone. I think this led directly to the demise of the blink tag - no one could bear to look at blinking text for any period of time. You made a page more sticky by providing better and more in-depth content. What actually happened is that sites started splitting up content over 10 or 20 pages, alla ad-view-generating tech sites today. Prepare for unending mazes of content to make you stay much longer on one web site.
They also mention using electroluminescent material in some way too - although it's not made clear how. I actually think that electroluminescent material is pretty cool myself, but (I think) there are two main problems with it - one, it requires really high voltages (but doesn't use much power), and it has a fairly limited lifespan. Maybe Sony figures that this isn't important in small gadgets, but the high voltage issue could make designs problematic.
Yeah - you're not alone, but lets just say there are plenty of people out there who really want to see some dark matter, so rest assured they'll be seeing dark matter for years to come. Eventually one of the many other theories that suggest there is something wrong with our gravitational models - rather than some thing 'wrong' with the universe - will be revisited and the long dead discoverer posthumously awarded a Nobel prize.
Some sense at last. I just can't understand why rational people accept dark matter theories at face value, but claim to reject notions like 'ghosts' or 'god'.
Hell, here's my theory: Dark Matter = God. He's everywhere, invisible, and keeps the universe together! See, explains everything really.
The interesting thing about the whole dark matter episode, is that it probably gives an insight as to how religions form. Someone has a wild idea, that someone else expands on, that someone else tries to validate, that someone else uses as doctrine, that someone else teaches, that someone else uses to explain a wild idea...scary really. Eventually you end up with so many layers of analysis and reference that everyone's forgotten that the *original* idea was bunk. It's like an upside down house of cards.
I can't wait until my uncle squirts Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio all over me
That is a very unfortunate image.
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The original mechanical scroll wheel works like a charm. I would guess that it's more expensive to manufacture, but I like it so much that I'm considering modding my old 1st gen with the innards of a nano.
Ok, but the coward's point is still correct. The P4 - aka the burning-dog was certainly US designed. The Core series chips - you know, the ones that put Intel back on top - are Israeli developed. Which one is an example of better technology?
Yet somehow, within 200ns of the end of the pulse, the circuit `knows' how long it was, despite being completely inactive during it. This is hard to believe, so we have reinforced this finding through many separate types of observation, and all agree that the circuit is inactive during the pulse.
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Unfortunately, Keller is about the only person who believes the date of the impact is 300,000 years earlier than the extinction. A lot of people have issues with the location and interpretation of the core samples she has taken to create this theory - directly from the impact site. To me, trying to analyse samples from the impact site of an explosion 2 million times more powerful than our largest nuclear bomb blast is a pretty insane thing to do - it'd be like trying to read the tea leaves in your cup of tea after someone ran a bulldozer through your house, set fire to the rubble, dug it up and sent it to the dump.
Ordinary people have been doing this for hundreds of years. It's called a SIGNATURE.
Spot on. Added.
Effective house design and proper use of materials in termite areas can prevent termite attack. Chemicals are not required.
This is what things like PROXY SERVERS were invented for.
It works - goes to show that you aren't Australian then! Cheers!
Rammed earth - does what it says on the can. Build a form, ram earth into it. Been a building method for....ever. Linky - http://www.rammedearthhomes.com.au/
Oh my - who modded this informative! IT'S A FICTONAL MOVIE, and therefore A JOKE! Digg readers with mod points...sheeze.
Got an invite? misery.guts@gmail.com
Sorry for the late reply. I'm with TGP, who are one of about 3 companies with ASDL2 DSLAMs installed in the local exchange. Now, a word of warning - they have terrible customer support over the phone, but some very good reps on-line. Once you're set up and running you should never have to speak with them again. I suspect they have a fairly high contention ratio, but I haven't seen anything that affects me yet. If you want great speeds, low contention, and good support I would recommend Internode. If you go with a phone company for internet, you will get ripped off (is my general experience).
24 down 2 up here in Melbourne for $50/month. Not as good a Sweden, but not bad. If you don't go with Telstra, you're more than likely to get a good deal.
Since you are new here....moderators sometimes reward a funny comment with a 'real' mod (informative, interesting, etc), since funny mods don't increase your karma. I've never really thought the practice was a good thing myself - there is a reason for the underrated and overrated mods.
Posting as a bit of a test - the past couple of times I've posted I seem to have been port scanned almost immediately from an IP in Bulgaria. Anyone else getting this? Weird.
Just so you know - it's "hear hear" - as in 'hear this'.
This was the rage about 10 years ago - pages had to become more 'sticky', or so marketing people told everyone. I think this led directly to the demise of the blink tag - no one could bear to look at blinking text for any period of time. You made a page more sticky by providing better and more in-depth content. What actually happened is that sites started splitting up content over 10 or 20 pages, alla ad-view-generating tech sites today. Prepare for unending mazes of content to make you stay much longer on one web site.
Has everyone stopped bitching about him because there's now some way of filtering his submission out of the front page?
They also mention using electroluminescent material in some way too - although it's not made clear how. I actually think that electroluminescent material is pretty cool myself, but (I think) there are two main problems with it - one, it requires really high voltages (but doesn't use much power), and it has a fairly limited lifespan. Maybe Sony figures that this isn't important in small gadgets, but the high voltage issue could make designs problematic.
Yeah - you're not alone, but lets just say there are plenty of people out there who really want to see some dark matter, so rest assured they'll be seeing dark matter for years to come. Eventually one of the many other theories that suggest there is something wrong with our gravitational models - rather than some thing 'wrong' with the universe - will be revisited and the long dead discoverer posthumously awarded a Nobel prize.
Some sense at last. I just can't understand why rational people accept dark matter theories at face value, but claim to reject notions like 'ghosts' or 'god'.
Hell, here's my theory: Dark Matter = God. He's everywhere, invisible, and keeps the universe together! See, explains everything really.
The interesting thing about the whole dark matter episode, is that it probably gives an insight as to how religions form. Someone has a wild idea, that someone else expands on, that someone else tries to validate, that someone else uses as doctrine, that someone else teaches, that someone else uses to explain a wild idea...scary really. Eventually you end up with so many layers of analysis and reference that everyone's forgotten that the *original* idea was bunk. It's like an upside down house of cards.
The original mechanical scroll wheel works like a charm. I would guess that it's more expensive to manufacture, but I like it so much that I'm considering modding my old 1st gen with the innards of a nano.
Ok, but the coward's point is still correct. The P4 - aka the burning-dog was certainly US designed. The Core series chips - you know, the ones that put Intel back on top - are Israeli developed. Which one is an example of better technology?
Crazy stuff indeed.My favourite bit: