But yesterday, you didn't even know that Canukistan had a "Governor General", and today you're debating the merits of the candidates, just because some random intartubes nobody started a Facebook page with Shatner's name on it.
What I say about Shatner is that the the strong-greaved Achaians and the spear-Danes of old may be gone, but a God walks amongst us still and he wants to make love to the mountain.
By teasing over the alleged videos and documents, he's shifting the focus of attention to himself and how he's treated by the US.
So. Fucking. What?
His story is utterly, totally trivial next to the things that he's allegedly holding back.
So publish already, or shut up. Or publish, then shut up. Either way, just shut up, as Wikileaks itself is rapidly becoming a distraction from the real stories that it ostensibly exists to publish.
Depends how you define risk. My experience has been that the practical definition is "over selling in order to make big money for salesmen and senior management, at the cost of developers' lives". You can call that jaded, or you can call it experienced.
Personally, I'd rather under-promise, leave at 5pm, and invest my still copious, stallion-like energy on my wife, kids and hobbies. While I still enjoy my time in the office, I don't live to work, I work to live. And that's not what a smart employer wants: they want people who live to work.
I'm rapidly approaching 40, and I'm becoming more risk averse by the day.
Here's why: I know that when companies over-reach, then it'll be me who's pulling the late nights and weekends to deliver, not the guy that over-sold the product.
Younger guys either haven't learned that yet, or don't care as much, because they think that Arbeit Macht Frie. Well, I put in the Arbeit years ago, and I want my Frei now - just as today's young turks will want theirs tomorrow when they have families to take care of.
But they don't want it today, and that's why they make better employees, plain and simple.
Electric cars face severe limits in how far they can drive before running out of juice. Better batteries that can both store more energy and give it up quickly [...] Detailed tests showed the new batteries hold five times as much energy as conventional quick-discharging devices called capacitors do, and they deliver that power 10 times as quickly as conventional lithium ion batteries can
So, less energy than lithium ion?
Useless - utterly useless - for "electric cars". Or indeed anything that currently works fine with lithium ion.
Can you think of an application that needs less energy than lithium ion, but more power? Shark-mounted frikkin' lasers, maybe.
Because FreeBSD 10.4 (or whatever they're calling their fork) will detect nearby devices with previous versions, and laugh at them. Do you want to walk into Starbucks to a chorus of iSniggering?
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If that bothers you, why not buy a phone from the Japanese market, and see all the "new" stuff that you'll have on your Android phone in 3 years time?
Counterpoint: the significant difference between you, and the smarter guys who are still quietly cleaning up your messes, is that your failures got you noticed.
I'd rather have an air-con that works at 50% efficiency 95% of the time than one that works at 95% efficiency 50% of the time.
Given how long we've had to get regular aircons working, and how badly we seem to FAIL it, I think it'd be a great idea for everyone else to try out this wonderful new technology. Maybe get back to me in 20 years or so to tell me how it worked out for you.
You want to know which design is more efficient? You need to monitor the mining, refining, shipping, construction and maintenance for the next 20+ years (or until we have fusion power, which largely moots the problem). Judging efficiency based on a sample of a couple of days is like measuring tails and extrapolating that cats and elephants must be about the same size.
While they're at it, they chould take a huge pile of cash and slowly burn it to the ground, because having things of value totally sucks. Ooh, ooh, and buy a Van Gogh and leave it out in the rain to dissolve!
I'd ask what he's smoking, but I think it's pretty obvious.
Strap a monkey to a board, stick some electrodes in its brain, then measure how happy it is. Show it some moving images, which distract it from the fact that it's strapped to a board with electrodes stuck in its brain. It gets less unhappy. NOBEL PRIZE!
Maybe aye, maybe no. The pricing is going to be crucial, both for customers and OnLive.
I assume that they haven't actually announced it yet because they're still frantically doing the sums and moaning "Ohshitohshitohshit" while their creditors kick down the door and demand their hardware back.
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But yesterday, you didn't even know that Canukistan had a "Governor General", and today you're debating the merits of the candidates, just because some random intartubes nobody started a Facebook page with Shatner's name on it.
What I say about Shatner is that the the strong-greaved Achaians and the spear-Danes of old may be gone, but a God walks amongst us still and he wants to make love to the mountain.
Slashdot will stop trolling us when we stop biting.
By teasing over the alleged videos and documents, he's shifting the focus of attention to himself and how he's treated by the US.
So. Fucking. What?
His story is utterly, totally trivial next to the things that he's allegedly holding back.
So publish already, or shut up. Or publish, then shut up. Either way, just shut up, as Wikileaks itself is rapidly becoming a distraction from the real stories that it ostensibly exists to publish.
Depends how you define risk. My experience has been that the practical definition is "over selling in order to make big money for salesmen and senior management, at the cost of developers' lives". You can call that jaded, or you can call it experienced.
Personally, I'd rather under-promise, leave at 5pm, and invest my still copious, stallion-like energy on my wife, kids and hobbies. While I still enjoy my time in the office, I don't live to work, I work to live. And that's not what a smart employer wants: they want people who live to work.
I'm rapidly approaching 40, and I'm becoming more risk averse by the day.
Here's why: I know that when companies over-reach, then it'll be me who's pulling the late nights and weekends to deliver, not the guy that over-sold the product.
Younger guys either haven't learned that yet, or don't care as much, because they think that Arbeit Macht Frie. Well, I put in the Arbeit years ago, and I want my Frei now - just as today's young turks will want theirs tomorrow when they have families to take care of.
But they don't want it today, and that's why they make better employees, plain and simple.
I will, since I'm satiated by your feeding me.
So, less energy than lithium ion?
Useless - utterly useless - for "electric cars". Or indeed anything that currently works fine with lithium ion.
Can you think of an application that needs less energy than lithium ion, but more power? Shark-mounted frikkin' lasers, maybe.
Since you won't get the call, you'll just need to keep watching the skies for our flying cars. The cells will be filled by fusion power, of course.
Now, turn your stupid gaia-wicca drivel down, get off my lawn, and go and do some Goddamn science.
Because FreeBSD 10.4 (or whatever they're calling their fork) will detect nearby devices with previous versions, and laugh at them. Do you want to walk into Starbucks to a chorus of iSniggering?
If that bothers you, why not buy a phone from the Japanese market, and see all the "new" stuff that you'll have on your Android phone in 3 years time?
Counterpoint: the significant difference between you, and the smarter guys who are still quietly cleaning up your messes, is that your failures got you noticed.
I'd rather have an air-con that works at 50% efficiency 95% of the time than one that works at 95% efficiency 50% of the time.
Given how long we've had to get regular aircons working, and how badly we seem to FAIL it, I think it'd be a great idea for everyone else to try out this wonderful new technology. Maybe get back to me in 20 years or so to tell me how it worked out for you.
I'm sure we've all noticed that the people who make the biggest mistakes get promoted the fastest.
Perhaps you meant to reply to a different thread, since I'm making exactly the opposite point.
You want to know which design is more efficient? You need to monitor the mining, refining, shipping, construction and maintenance for the next 20+ years (or until we have fusion power, which largely moots the problem). Judging efficiency based on a sample of a couple of days is like measuring tails and extrapolating that cats and elephants must be about the same size.
Tru dat. if a set on a [Warner Brothers] movie burns down in Botswana, they can charge it against [Babylon 5's] profits. $1 billion dollars gross revenue and rising, and Babylon 5 is still listed as a net loss.
If it doesn't, then why is FEMA in league with the undead?
Might as well. The Senate is just a sad copy of the British House of Lords, so indirect appointment of political creatures would seem appropriate.
While they're at it, they chould take a huge pile of cash and slowly burn it to the ground, because having things of value totally sucks. Ooh, ooh, and buy a Van Gogh and leave it out in the rain to dissolve!
I'd ask what he's smoking, but I think it's pretty obvious.
Strap a monkey to a board, stick some electrodes in its brain, then measure how happy it is. Show it some moving images, which distract it from the fact that it's strapped to a board with electrodes stuck in its brain. It gets less unhappy. NOBEL PRIZE!
Maybe aye, maybe no. The pricing is going to be crucial, both for customers and OnLive.
I assume that they haven't actually announced it yet because they're still frantically doing the sums and moaning "Ohshitohshitohshit" while their creditors kick down the door and demand their hardware back.
What does he have to say about earthquake prediction? "Everyone knows that you can't predict earthquakes."
Case closed?
I thought that porn is naked, whereas erotica is nude.
Good point. He should just have emailed the disclosure to OnlyRealGenuineMicrosoftCustomers@microsoft.com