They're not even all that expensive. The commerative edition (Which I got for Christmas) runs ~$95 on Amazon, and is a really nice editon. All three volumes, hardbound, in cardboard holder.
The thing I most dislike about blender is the renderer. It just BLOWS. You have to do all kinds of tricks to get decent reflections, shadows and things that POV-Ray has been doing since the day of the Amiga. Now if they could find some way to make a POV-Ray export...
For a typical skydiver, somewhere anywhere between 120mph (horizontal) to 180mph (head/feet first). That's at altitudes of 10000ft. Probably be higher at higher altitudes (again, less drag). As for "diagonal" speed, well, why not? Assuming his glide path was striaght (almost certainly NOT the case, but hey...) he was at a downward angle of around 25 degrees. I see no reason the "diagonal" speed isn't fair. Quite a few speed records have been set that way (X-1, X-15, etc), although they were going UP at the time.
I've really got to disagree here. I'm a coaster enthusiast, and I've been to basically every park on the east coast. Knoebel's is truly a gem. Easily my favorite park out of all the ones I've been to. What's the difference? It's still family owned and operated, by people who actually give a shit about a little thing known as 'customer service'. Sure it may not be a huge park, but you can easily blow a day there. Phoenix, in my opinion, is coaster perfection, and I rank it #1 out of the 170 or so rides I've ridden. Also be sure to check out the Haunted House, easily the best in the country.
While I can't comment on particular models, as my laser is a b&w, lasers kick the ass of ANY inkjet quite handily. As long as the printer can handle postscript, getting it to work in unix is a snap.
I know you were aiming for a +5 funny, but that's actually less crazy than you might think. Could be kinda like the 0-150-0 test Car and Driver did a while back, combining acceleration and braking into one test.
Well, if you consider the web circa 1992 state of the art...
More importantly, latex2html isn't a true TeX interpreter. As soon as you start making new commands, which personally I do for anything non-trivial, it dies, and dies hard.
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Hrrm, Mountain Dew must be loaded with the stuff, it certainly makes me smarter and stro...err wait.
2 "windows" holes versus 9 "linux" holes?
How many of those Linux holes where in the core operating system (IE, kernel + GNU tools)? I'm willing to bet zero.
Does windows still have 2 holes once you factor in Exchage, Outlook Express, IIS, IE, Office, SQL Server etc?
Right, because those of us that care enough about sound quality to use Ogg just rip the CD.
I've noticed problems with an SB Live in XMMS. Roll the volume slider off to 75% or so. Should make it go away.
But you see, that's EXACTLY what happens. When new high-end kit comes out, the FORMER cutting edge stuff really drops in price.
They're not even all that expensive. The commerative edition (Which I got for Christmas) runs ~$95 on Amazon, and is a really nice editon. All three volumes, hardbound, in cardboard holder.
I hate to break it to you, but most of the indie labels are RIAA members...
It's already been done (And covered on /.)
See...
3DSM can do these effects just fine...
No, not the ui.
The thing I most dislike about blender is the renderer. It just BLOWS. You have to do all kinds of tricks to get decent reflections, shadows and things that POV-Ray has been doing since the day of the Amiga. Now if they could find some way to make a POV-Ray export...
For a typical skydiver, somewhere anywhere between 120mph (horizontal) to 180mph (head/feet first). That's at altitudes of 10000ft. Probably be higher at higher altitudes (again, less drag). As for "diagonal" speed, well, why not? Assuming his glide path was striaght (almost certainly NOT the case, but hey...) he was at a downward angle of around 25 degrees. I see no reason the "diagonal" speed isn't fair. Quite a few speed records have been set that way (X-1, X-15, etc), although they were going UP at the time.
Already been (more or less) done. Back in the '60s, Some Air Force guy jumped out a balloon at aroung 150000ft (IE: 30 miles). No heat shield needed.
That's the thing about overpopulation. It's a problem that is it's own cure.
He probably reached that speed towards the beginning of his flight/glide/dive, up in the much thinner (= less drag) air.
As for slowing down, there are these devices called "parachutes" that skydivers, the succesful ones anyways, tend to favor.
easy solution.
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Well considering he's currently in a mental hospital I think he got the short end of the stick personally.
I wouldn't really say OBJECTIVE. Cynical would be the word I'd use. That's a good thing...
I've really got to disagree here. I'm a coaster enthusiast, and I've been to basically every park on the east coast. Knoebel's is truly a gem. Easily my favorite park out of all the ones I've been to. What's the difference? It's still family owned and operated, by people who actually give a shit about a little thing known as 'customer service'. Sure it may not be a huge park, but you can easily blow a day there. Phoenix, in my opinion, is coaster perfection, and I rank it #1 out of the 170 or so rides I've ridden. Also be sure to check out the Haunted House, easily the best in the country.
Most...overrated....park ever. Unless you like standing in line.
For amusemnet parks, I'd recommend Knoebel's in Pennsylvania. It's about Halfway between Hershey and NYC. Great place, tons of history.
While I can't comment on particular models, as my laser is a b&w, lasers kick the ass of ANY inkjet quite handily. As long as the printer can handle postscript, getting it to work in unix is a snap.
Ahh, Slashdot math. 2 + 2 = 40?
I know you were aiming for a +5 funny, but that's actually less crazy than you might think. Could be kinda like the 0-150-0 test Car and Driver did a while back, combining acceleration and braking into one test.
Pretty good job?
Well, if you consider the web circa 1992 state of the art...
More importantly, latex2html isn't a true TeX interpreter. As soon as you start making new commands, which personally I do for anything non-trivial, it dies, and dies hard.
Can't remember the last time I used that.
pdflatex does things flawlessly.
Still, it's a kludge, especially if the document runs very long.