>>Are you seriously suggesting that a person can judge speed 35000 ft over the ocean, at night in a storm by looking out the window?
Well, I might not know if it can be done in airplane, but I have a decent speed feeling when I'm driving, given I have multiple frames of reference. But I would think pilot's would have the same skills also.
>>what kind of quality level could the average researcher achieve
I find that sort of thinking revolting. Basic R&D, if done in at home, or in a lab, will always produce something, sometimes good - sometimes bad. But it's the guy trying to make something new or better that keeps the world moving forward. I know of 1 high heat ceramic that was invented in a basement after another guy said " pour a beer into it and see what happens ". that ceramic mix was sold off to some company for a ton of cash ( back in 1984 ).
Here, let me share something for those back yard R&D people. Take a pack of chesterfield kings, 1 - 2 litre soda bottle, and some dish-washing soap ( a squirt ). add cig's + water almost to top + the squirt, let sit in the sun for 30 days: filter then spray on lawn, roses and ( when I lived up north ) trees that every year would get gypsy moths... no more bug's on the lawn, works in veggie gardens, trees free of moths too.
I know why it works, but I would love to see it improved.
yes, it's true, it's a trade surplus, and the movie business in California is the only industry exceeding 20 year of consistent trade surplus on the products they produce ( movies )
also, it's the 6th or 7th largest employer in the USA as an industry, there is a ton of people utilized in making a movie and you would be surprised how big it really is.
>>The cartels sued four mostly political figures who had no money to defend themselves, and won despite a theatrics worthy of My Cousin Vinnie
Problem is, that one the ball starts in the direction, it takes some greater effort to move it off it's course, besides that, these 4 people now will loose 1 year of there life in jail.
As for google, like any big firm, they will think it out, and if at risk, they will attack to the best of their ability. Who knows maybe they will go down in the style of standard oil.
I really liked the thought on some new harbours and canals, but due to the radioactivity it's not viable yet.
Likewise, I could imagine making a few lakes out in the mid west or along the Mississippi river to catch some of the flooding ( and some huge bass ponds )
>>You do need a certain amount of length to keep the twist from messing up
Now that I understand the concept, the twist is easy to manage, by keeping the twist in a certain segment of the entire loop of the belt, you can avoid the belt from moving the twist ( avoid it fro moving forward or backwards )
I'm not to an engineer, but to keep the belt in place I would have roller guilds over a length ( think tiny rolling pins ), each guild slightly offset in the clockwise ( or counter clockwise ) direction until the twist was done.
Thanks to everyone that explained this stuff to me.
I am having a hard time picturing a 1 sided molecule. I would guess I can picture 2 sides ( top / bottom ) but 1 side? way more advanced than I can currently think, can someone offer an example.
if your old enough to remmember, the rules of sense ( common or not ) was always to pull up next to the driveway, get out of your car, wave, say hello and walk slowly asking for direction.
given that's what I still do, I don't go into anyone's driveway unless I am turning around.
pulling into someones driveway is a sure sign that you might not have some manners and are to be dealt with as such.
give you another way to look at it: if you ever fish for trout on streams that cut into peoples back yards and real hard to get to , you know that you need to get the ok to walk on their land otherwise you might end up wading 1 or 2 miles to that special place( no choice on that, there is no high water line space to walk). traditional way to handle that is to show up about end of summer and say hello ( better yet get a friend to introduce you ), then you have a drink with them, talk about everything, and let your friend bring up the ok to pass their yard ( maybe even park in their drive way ). getting that ok, you start writing writing letters to them so that they don't forget you. and on opening day, you bring a huge basket of thanks ( 2 or 3 loaves of bread, some jams, cheese and other goodies ) and on the way back after fishing you give some of your catch up as a thank you.
Over time this becomes a tradition, which includes happy holiday calls, invites to your beach house, thanksgiving goodies and other things.
I had this type of relationship with 2 people on a fantastic trout stream in NJ and with a lovely older lady on the south shore of Long Island for striper fishing. I passed the tradition on to another fisherman that would keep it going and to this day I still send out cards and invites to Florida.
>> A violent response to trespassing is uncalled for.
I live in Florida currently, the guy up the block ( nice guy too ), has a MOTE ( It's called it a mighty huge drainage canal legally but this thing is far wider than the rest of them), 6 ft. fence on his side of the mote, a regular hedge with a railing on the public side of the mote, and a draw-bridge.
He does not like strangers and I would not visit him at night due to the fear of getting shot. trespass sign's are everywhere. Nice guy but his response if you made it on to his property would be a gun.
in the above case, that guy just wants to be left alone, he built his walls, and does not want to be bothered, you show up in his backyard, you are most likely doing something wrong
yes, I recall that the queen of England one had a trespasser in her house, but they could only remove him from the home and not file trespassing charges.
don't forget, The USA had to deal with having to house the British during a war to gain the independent. it's manifested itself within the trespass laws.
I myself have a no trespass sign on my walkway, and a gate. The gate is rigged so that when you open it at night a dog starts barking . I think it's funny, but if it keeps barking or my porch alarm hits I get my gun.
I have a thing about those holy joe's that come around my house, it's call the bad sprinkler system, works wonders. nothing better than on a Saturday morning (cold day) activating it when they are knocking on the door. I really need to set up a video cam.
>>Off the top of my head: beaches are the only thing, in the USA, I can think of that are always public and you can always cross private land to reach.
Nope, not true, In NJ unless it has become a common access point ( has been open to the public and in use for 1 year or longer), you can shut your entrance to the beach. I know this to be valid in Point Pleasant, Long Beach Island, Deal, and Mantoloking. http://www.app.com/article/20081220/NEWS/81220018
currently in California, some people have refused to let people access to the beach via their property, Why? insurance liability. so until the state gives a blanket coverage for the issue, people are welding their gates. - sorry could not find the link for that
>>If you use the right assumptions and definition, certain problems, which have nothing to do with rope, can be modeled as knot problems
thank you posting clearly, I can never figure out what some of these theory's do, but just as soon as you posted what you did, I completely understood the basics of game theory, I'm off to learn more.
I have a site which I get paid very well to manage under contract. I have traps all over the place. one of my traps is for email scrapers ( php script that loads about 5000 names randomly over 50 pages ) another page I love is my "crap" page, when an ip hit's 20 times in 2 minutes, it loads up and ask if you are a human or a computer, humans end up on the recaptcha page and on there merry surfing way, computers end up in crap section, which is 100% non real data at bargain prices and very specific key word phrases that I can track down. causes more harm, since it also loads porn pictures and goat se and a few other ugly images. it works rather evilly well.
got a few others, but that's the basics.
if you want to read more about bot blocking go to incredibill page, that will help you alot
Yes and no. I am guessing that by the time people can self generate and give back to the community, the power companies will charge a line fee ( think water & sewer tax ).
the water injector sits below you carb and above the intake. you first match and port the intake manifold entry into the cylinders, then you clean up the interior bottom of the intake manifold ( the main entry for the gas ) and smooth it out so there are no sharp edges. then match the spacer plate to the intake. water injector on top of the spacer plate Carb on last.
my pal and myself have tried a lot of different things to improve our gas usage.
any you are correct, knowledge of the product installed changes your driving behavior.
I was tested with a few blind studies and only 1 product seemed to help the others were found to be snake oil. and the one product that did help, we learned that we could port and polish the intake manifold to reproduce the improvement.
Blind studies were my friend would install or not install without telling me and I would do the same to him. and we would drive for a month.
so yep, it seems to be mostly snake oil. Which I was hoping it would not be.
one product that we were very happy with was a water injector, that did help, just a little bit, it installed right under the carburetor, kept the motor slightly cooler and the mileage improved by 1 to 2 miles per gallon.
another product that we learned from was the simple spacer plate of 1/2 inch this improved our performance on passing cars and did not improve ( or reduce ) our gas millage.
polishing and porting the intake manifold gave us about 2 miles to the gallon increase.
I don't know if these improvements would help anybody with a modern car, we tested this with a 1968 GTO and my 1970 Chevelle.
>>I am surprised that mercedes, who goes to so much trouble to isolate the battery from the rest of the engine, does not move the battery to the back
It's a flying object upon impact, so I don't think they want battery fluid in the front passenger compartments from a rear end crash ( might be acceptable in a frontal crash )
the fastest way to make money, if you are on a vacation ( in prison ) is to have a way to contact the outside world where no one is watching. having access to a cell phone inside the big-house can earn you upwards of 1000 per day in drugs alone ( or most likely killed )
with a guy like him, he's too smart not to figure out a way to communicate to the outside if given access to the Internet.
give him a computer with a the basics he needs, otherwise it's going to be trouble.
Look, you might be worth 2 to 4 million Pounds, and you can still do your books, but this guy is worth a 25+
point being is that he can hire a bookkeeper to keep everything ok.
on another note, unless you are real good with numbers, handling the accounts will drive you mad. A long time ago, I took a classes on accounting just to improve my skill set. it helped alot
Very valid point. I ran a small business years back and with peachtree I was able to keep the books perfect( i was never off by more than.03) . I signed somewhere in the range of 4000 checks a month. and made daily deposits.
this guy was too cheap to hire someone to keep his books.
heck if you are running that many checks you need to do daily reconciliation.
Slashdot Mirror
>>Are you seriously suggesting that a person can judge speed 35000 ft over the ocean, at night in a storm by looking out the window?
Well, I might not know if it can be done in airplane, but I have a decent speed feeling when I'm driving, given I have multiple frames of reference. But I would think pilot's would have the same skills also.
>>what kind of quality level could the average researcher achieve
I find that sort of thinking revolting. Basic R&D, if done in at home, or in a lab, will always produce something, sometimes good - sometimes bad. But it's the guy trying to make something new or better that keeps the world moving forward. I know of 1 high heat ceramic that was invented in a basement after another guy said " pour a beer into it and see what happens ". that ceramic mix was sold off to some company for a ton of cash ( back in 1984 ).
Here, let me share something for those back yard R&D people. Take a pack of chesterfield kings, 1 - 2 litre soda bottle, and some dish-washing soap ( a squirt ). add cig's + water almost to top + the squirt, let sit in the sun for 30 days: filter then spray on lawn, roses and ( when I lived up north ) trees that every year would get gypsy moths ... no more bug's on the lawn, works in veggie gardens, trees free of moths too.
I know why it works, but I would love to see it improved.
yes, it's true, it's a trade surplus, and the movie business in California is the only industry exceeding 20 year of consistent trade surplus on the products they produce ( movies )
also, it's the 6th or 7th largest employer in the USA as an industry, there is a ton of people utilized in making a movie and you would be surprised how big it really is.
>>I ain't paying for sex, I'm paying her to go away after sex.
Sometimes the truth shines here in slashdot...
not true at all, a few years back there was a issue with a cult and the copywrite issue. ... think xenu
>>The cartels sued four mostly political figures who had no money to defend themselves, and won despite a theatrics worthy of My Cousin Vinnie
Problem is, that one the ball starts in the direction, it takes some greater effort to move it off it's course, besides that, these 4 people now will loose 1 year of there life in jail.
As for google, like any big firm, they will think it out, and if at risk, they will attack to the best of their ability. Who knows maybe they will go down in the style of standard oil.
I really liked the thought on some new harbours and canals, but due to the radioactivity it's not viable yet.
Likewise, I could imagine making a few lakes out in the mid west or along the Mississippi river to catch some of the flooding ( and some huge bass ponds )
>>You do need a certain amount of length to keep the twist from messing up
Now that I understand the concept, the twist is easy to manage, by keeping the twist in a certain segment of the entire loop of the belt, you can avoid the belt from moving the twist ( avoid it fro moving forward or backwards )
I'm not to an engineer, but to keep the belt in place I would have roller guilds over a length ( think tiny rolling pins ), each guild slightly offset in the clockwise ( or counter clockwise ) direction until the twist was done.
Thanks to everyone that explained this stuff to me.
Onepoint
wow, most amazing, and rather cool, I am surprised that no one used this as automotive belts for cars
I am having a hard time picturing a 1 sided molecule. I would guess I can picture 2 sides ( top / bottom ) but 1 side? way more advanced than I can currently think, can someone offer an example.
if your old enough to remmember, the rules of sense ( common or not ) was always to pull up next to the driveway, get out of your car, wave, say hello and walk slowly asking for direction.
given that's what I still do, I don't go into anyone's driveway unless I am turning around.
pulling into someones driveway is a sure sign that you might not have some manners and are to be dealt with as such.
give you another way to look at it:
if you ever fish for trout on streams that cut into peoples back yards and real hard to get to , you know that you need to get the ok to walk on their land otherwise you might end up wading 1 or 2 miles to that special place( no choice on that, there is no high water line space to walk). traditional way to handle that is to show up about end of summer and say hello ( better yet get a friend to introduce you ), then you have a drink with them, talk about everything, and let your friend bring up the ok to pass their yard ( maybe even park in their drive way ). getting that ok, you start writing writing letters to them so that they don't forget you. and on opening day, you bring a huge basket of thanks ( 2 or 3 loaves of bread, some jams, cheese and other goodies ) and on the way back after fishing you give some of your catch up as a thank you.
Over time this becomes a tradition, which includes happy holiday calls, invites to your beach house, thanksgiving goodies and other things.
I had this type of relationship with 2 people on a fantastic trout stream in NJ and with a lovely older lady on the south shore of Long Island for striper fishing. I passed the tradition on to another fisherman that would keep it going and to this day I still send out cards and invites to Florida.
just a friendly way of doing everything.
>> A violent response to trespassing is uncalled for.
I live in Florida currently, the guy up the block ( nice guy too ), has a MOTE ( It's called it a mighty huge drainage canal legally but this thing is far wider than the rest of them), 6 ft. fence on his side of the mote, a regular hedge with a railing on the public side of the mote, and a draw-bridge.
He does not like strangers and I would not visit him at night due to the fear of getting shot. trespass sign's are everywhere. Nice guy but his response if you made it on to his property would be a gun.
in the above case, that guy just wants to be left alone, he built his walls, and does not want to be bothered, you show up in his backyard, you are most likely doing something wrong
yes, I recall that the queen of England one had a trespasser in her house, but they could only remove him from the home and not file trespassing charges.
don't forget, The USA had to deal with having to house the British during a war to gain the independent. it's manifested itself within the trespass laws.
I myself have a no trespass sign on my walkway, and a gate. The gate is rigged so that when you open it at night a dog starts barking . I think it's funny, but if it keeps barking or my porch alarm hits I get my gun.
I have a thing about those holy joe's that come around my house, it's call the bad sprinkler system, works wonders. nothing better than on a Saturday morning (cold day) activating it when they are knocking on the door. I really need to set up a video cam.
>>Off the top of my head: beaches are the only thing, in the USA, I can think of that are always public and you can always cross private land to reach.
Nope, not true, In NJ unless it has become a common access point ( has been open to the public and in use for 1 year or longer), you can shut your entrance to the beach. I know this to be valid in Point Pleasant, Long Beach Island, Deal, and Mantoloking. http://www.app.com/article/20081220/NEWS/81220018
currently in California, some people have refused to let people access to the beach via their property, Why? insurance liability. so until the state gives a blanket coverage for the issue, people are welding their gates. - sorry could not find the link for that
>>If you use the right assumptions and definition, certain problems, which have nothing to do with rope, can be modeled as knot problems
thank you posting clearly, I can never figure out what some of these theory's do, but just as soon as you posted what you did, I completely understood the basics of game theory, I'm off to learn more.
when I first read the main page of slashdot, I said to myself, 42!, It's good to be able to laugh and be silly, and pay homage to the great number 42.
I have a site which I get paid very well to manage under contract. I have traps all over the place.
one of my traps is for email scrapers ( php script that loads about 5000 names randomly over 50 pages )
another page I love is my "crap" page, when an ip hit's 20 times in 2 minutes, it loads up and ask if you are a human or a computer, humans end up on the recaptcha page and on there merry surfing way, computers end up in crap section, which is 100% non real data at bargain prices and very specific key word phrases that I can track down. causes more harm, since it also loads porn pictures and goat se and a few other ugly images. it works rather evilly well.
got a few others, but that's the basics.
if you want to read more about bot blocking go to incredibill page, that will help you alot
>>significant dent in your electricity bills.
Yes and no. I am guessing that by the time people can self generate and give back to the community, the power companies will charge a line fee ( think water & sewer tax ).
Onepoint
the water injector sits below you carb and above the intake.
you first match and port the intake manifold entry into the cylinders,
then you clean up the interior bottom of the intake manifold ( the main entry for the gas )
and smooth it out so there are no sharp edges.
then match the spacer plate to the intake.
water injector on top of the spacer plate
Carb on last.
simple
my pal and myself have tried a lot of different things to improve our gas usage.
any you are correct, knowledge of the product installed changes your driving behavior.
I was tested with a few blind studies and only 1 product seemed to help the others
were found to be snake oil. and the one product that did help, we learned that we
could port and polish the intake manifold to reproduce the improvement.
Blind studies were my friend would install or not install without telling me and
I would do the same to him. and we would drive for a month.
so yep, it seems to be mostly snake oil. Which I was hoping it would not be.
one product that we were very happy with was a water injector, that did help,
just a little bit, it installed right under the carburetor, kept the motor
slightly cooler and the mileage improved by 1 to 2 miles per gallon.
another product that we learned from was the simple spacer plate of 1/2 inch
this improved our performance on passing cars and did not improve ( or reduce )
our gas millage.
polishing and porting the intake manifold gave us about 2 miles to the gallon increase.
I don't know if these improvements would help anybody with a modern car, we tested this
with a 1968 GTO and my 1970 Chevelle.
onepoint
140385 at about 12:10 pm eastern time
>>I am surprised that mercedes, who goes to so much trouble to isolate the battery from the rest of the engine, does not move the battery to the back
It's a flying object upon impact, so I don't think they want battery fluid in the front passenger compartments from a rear end crash ( might be acceptable in a frontal crash )
the fastest way to make money, if you are on a vacation ( in prison ) is to have a way to contact the outside world where no one is watching. having access to a cell phone inside the big-house can earn you upwards of 1000 per day in drugs alone ( or most likely killed )
with a guy like him, he's too smart not to figure out a way to communicate to the outside if given access to the Internet.
give him a computer with a the basics he needs, otherwise it's going to be trouble.
Look, you might be worth 2 to 4 million Pounds, and you can still do your books, but this guy is worth a 25+
point being is that he can hire a bookkeeper to keep everything ok.
on another note, unless you are real good with numbers, handling the accounts will drive you mad. A long time ago, I took a classes on accounting just to improve my skill set.
it helped alot
onepoint
Very valid point. I ran a small business years back and with peachtree I was able to keep the books perfect( i was never off by more than .03) . I signed somewhere in the range of 4000 checks a month. and made daily deposits.
this guy was too cheap to hire someone to keep his books.
heck if you are running that many checks you need to do daily reconciliation.