Get a clue. On average, a man-made object re-enters the atmosphere once every day. This has been happening for yers now. There are twenty-some-odd thousand pieces of space junk in orbit as we speak.
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Yeah, meanwhile, all these redundant posts about Taco Hell haven't been modded down to like -100 or something. -----------------
This kind of stuff always puts me of two minds, because I agree in general with your position on lawyers, but my sister is one and she's marrried to one. Of course, she one of the good kind.
Still, I suppose I'll have to rescue my niece and nephew before they become "irreversably contaminated". I mean, my sister won't let my nephew near the computer, and he's over two years old! -----------------
Agreed. The first part of that I got in 2nd year university phyiscs, and I never could keep the spins straight ( + 1/2, -1/2,-1/2, +1/2 , sheesh!)
The calculus, (and there's a lot of it) gets hidden in the algebraic notation of quantum physics. It looks simple, but it's not for the faint of heart.
BTW my high school Newtonian physics had it's fair share of calculus (especially useful for acceleration). Your milage may vary. -----------------
The first Ultima, written on a 48Kb Apple II in about 1978, was 3-D. I remember reading an article by LB about how he hacked the 3-D perspective views (they were only wire-frame) in the old Space Gamer magazine. It was a pretty far-out game for the times. -----------------
AOL is the trailer park of the internet.
The worst thing to happen to AOL was the switch from free diskettes to free CD-ROMs. At least you could re-format the diskettes.... -----------------
Black Scorpion has been relegated to the trash heap of the Saturday night at 11:00 pm time slot, where it can die a quick and painful death. The Tick is owned by Fox, and no one has figured out the method behind their programming madness.
BTW, Put "Crossing Over, with John Edward" in the same file with Black Scorpion. What a piece of... -----------------
Agreed. Much more important in the long run. Sooner or later Farscape will be recognized for the landmark show that it is. -----------------
Re:Arent there any mandatory insurances in the US?
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Actually, I was talking on a personal level. I've paid in a lot more than I could ever take out, while my brother managed to live quite comfortably on it for 9 months or so, because the UI period in B.C. is much longer than Ontario, and the waiting period was shorter. So "you get what you pay for" doesn't really hold; some get a lot more, some get a lot less. -----------------
C'mon! I write the email, print it, and shove it in an envelope. That's 'significantly more' effort? -----------------
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If it's anything like Canada it's 60% up to a maximum. There's a cap on it somewhere, so out-of-work CEOs don't bleed the system dry. And remember, the unemployment insurance (or 'employment insurance' as it euphamisically called in Canada) comes out of your paycheck. You get what you pay for. -----------------
Also re-run at 11:00 pm and 11:30 pm. I sumbitted this as a story a while ago, but/. wasn't interested. I still say Robot Wars is better than Battlebots. You forgot to mention the house robots in the original post.
BTW, the Robot Wars website says that Robot Wars will be coming to th U.S. soon, but gives no further info. -----------------
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Okay, to pick at nits here; I would hardly call Photoshop "hardly anything at all". There are a lot of graphic designers out there who live in Photoshop, buy gobs of RAM just to make it load faster, and would benefit a great deal from the performance boost that a second CPU provides.
Now, on the other hand, if you're talking MS Word... -----------------
Don't sweat it, at least you can spell your name properly ( as opposed to the unwashed masses who spell it 'Ian'):) -----------------
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't some Mac Apps, like Photoshop, written to take advantage of a multi-processor set-up? Sure the OS is single CPU, but that doesn't stop the program from grabbing the extra cycles when it can. -----------------
I'd say you've got a better chance of the laser itself going up. Did you read how the thing works? like a rocket engine! The fuel is ethylene and the oxidizer is nitrogen trifluoride. I'm not getting within ten miles of that thing! -----------------
Whu hasn't anyone commented on how cool Tux looks with a space helmet? Someone at that sire did a really nice job with the logo. Now, if I could just get a a space helmet for my 12" toy Tux... -----------------
You should expand on this a little (expand being a strange word to use when talking about black holes). According to Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" black holes do indeed 'evaporate' emitting Hawking radiation as they do so. I leave the details to the reader, mostly 'cos I've only got a BS.c. in physics, and can barely understand the stuff myself. -----------------
I agree with the majority here that real programmers will survive, and I speak from experience. I got my first co-op job in 1982 in programming ( '82 was the middle of a recession in Canada), and survived at least two more economical downturns (I'm losing count at this point). I was never out of work for more than a couple of months at a time, and that's because I'm really picky about where I work. Right now I've got a good gig, but they've already had one round of lay-offs, and if the numbers don't look good soon, they'll probably have another. In which case, I might be looking again, but I don't think it will be for long. I've built some fairly complex systems in my time and kept my skills up to date, and that seems to be what counts. Just my two cents (or 1.33 U.S.) -----------------
Note that they've licenced another company to do the actual development, though. They may be planning the same thing with.NET on Linux, in which case watch out. Microsoft have a long history of licencing their software to small developers and then turning around and shafting them (Citrix and Bristol come to mind, and Im sure there are others). -----------------
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Get a clue. On average, a man-made object re-enters the atmosphere once every day. This has been happening for yers now. There are twenty-some-odd thousand pieces of space junk in orbit as we speak.
If you're that worried, you might want to duck...
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Yeah, meanwhile, all these redundant posts about Taco Hell haven't been modded down to like -100 or something.
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This kind of stuff always puts me of two minds, because I agree in general with your position on lawyers, but my sister is one and she's marrried to one. Of course, she one of the good kind.
Still, I suppose I'll have to rescue my niece and nephew before they become "irreversably contaminated". I mean, my sister won't let my nephew near the computer, and he's over two years old!
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Agreed. The first part of that I got in 2nd year university phyiscs, and I never could keep the spins straight ( + 1/2, -1/2,-1/2, +1/2 , sheesh!)
The calculus, (and there's a lot of it) gets hidden in the algebraic notation of quantum physics. It looks simple, but it's not for the faint of heart.
BTW my high school Newtonian physics had it's fair share of calculus (especially useful for acceleration). Your milage may vary.
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The first Ultima, written on a 48Kb Apple II in about 1978, was 3-D. I remember reading an article by LB about how he hacked the 3-D perspective views (they were only wire-frame) in the old Space Gamer magazine. It was a pretty far-out game for the times.
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AOL is the trailer park of the internet.
The worst thing to happen to AOL was the switch from free diskettes to free CD-ROMs. At least you could re-format the diskettes....
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Black Scorpion has been relegated to the trash heap of the Saturday night at 11:00 pm time slot, where it can die a quick and painful death. The Tick is owned by Fox, and no one has figured out the method behind their programming madness. ...
BTW, Put "Crossing Over, with John Edward" in the same file with Black Scorpion. What a piece of
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Agreed. Much more important in the long run. Sooner or later Farscape will be recognized for the landmark show that it is.
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Actually, I was talking on a personal level. I've paid in a lot more than I could ever take out, while my brother managed to live quite comfortably on it for 9 months or so, because the UI period in B.C. is much longer than Ontario, and the waiting period was shorter. So "you get what you pay for" doesn't really hold; some get a lot more, some get a lot less.
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C'mon! I write the email, print it, and shove it in an envelope. That's 'significantly more' effort?
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If it's anything like Canada it's 60% up to a maximum. There's a cap on it somewhere, so out-of-work CEOs don't bleed the system dry. And remember, the unemployment insurance (or 'employment insurance' as it euphamisically called in Canada) comes out of your paycheck. You get what you pay for.
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Also re-run at 11:00 pm and 11:30 pm. I sumbitted this as a story a while ago, but /. wasn't interested. I still say Robot Wars is better than Battlebots. You forgot to mention the house robots in the original post.
BTW, the Robot Wars website says that Robot Wars will be coming to th U.S. soon, but gives no further info.
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Okay, to pick at nits here; I would hardly call Photoshop "hardly anything at all". There are a lot of graphic designers out there who live in Photoshop, buy gobs of RAM just to make it load faster, and would benefit a great deal from the performance boost that a second CPU provides.
Now, on the other hand, if you're talking MS Word...
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Don't sweat it, at least you can spell your name properly ( as opposed to the unwashed masses who spell it 'Ian') :)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't some Mac Apps, like Photoshop, written to take advantage of a multi-processor set-up? Sure the OS is single CPU, but that doesn't stop the program from grabbing the extra cycles when it can.
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I'd say you've got a better chance of the laser itself going up. Did you read how the thing works? like a rocket engine! The fuel is ethylene and the oxidizer is nitrogen trifluoride. I'm not getting within ten miles of that thing!
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But the best part of the movie was Bruce getting blown to kingdom come!
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Has anyone told Dr. Evil yet?
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Whu hasn't anyone commented on how cool Tux looks with a space helmet? Someone at that sire did a really nice job with the logo. Now, if I could just get a a space helmet for my 12" toy Tux...
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No, sorry that's a General Products #3 hull.
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You should expand on this a little (expand being a strange word to use when talking about black holes). According to Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" black holes do indeed 'evaporate' emitting Hawking radiation as they do so. I leave the details to the reader, mostly 'cos I've only got a BS.c. in physics, and can barely understand the stuff myself.
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I agree with the majority here that real programmers will survive, and I speak from experience. I got my first co-op job in 1982 in programming ( '82 was the middle of a recession in Canada), and survived at least two more economical downturns (I'm losing count at this point).
I was never out of work for more than a couple of months at a time, and that's because I'm really picky about where I work.
Right now I've got a good gig, but they've already had one round of lay-offs, and if the numbers don't look good soon, they'll probably have another. In which case, I might be looking again, but I don't think it will be for long. I've built some fairly complex systems in my time and kept my skills up to date, and that seems to be what counts. Just my two cents (or 1.33 U.S.)
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The same thing that happened the the Unix version of Internet Explorer, or the MacIntosh version of Visual Basic.
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But Battlefield Earth proved one thing: any invading alien force can be defeated by a fleet of thousand-year-old Harrier jump-jets.
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Note that they've licenced another company to do the actual development, though. They may be planning the same thing with .NET on Linux, in which case watch out.
Microsoft have a long history of licencing their software to small developers and then turning around and shafting them (Citrix and Bristol come to mind, and Im sure there are others).
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