From TFS and TFA: "We found that people who drank two to three cups per day had about a 12 percent lower risk of death compared to non-coffee drinkers."
Wow. I gotta start drinking coffee.
Or, could it be a poorly worded sentence that the writer jumped on?
It's an interesting analogy but I would argue that you're looking at it from a simplistic perspective.
Books in a library are kept in a controlled environment in terms of temperature/humidity/etc. to keep them from degrading and, if they are damaged, they are repaired. They are often reprinted.
I'm really particular about mice and keyboards and I'm using a $7.99 "Minibird" gaming mouse on my systems right now: https://www.amazon.ca/ICAN-Min...
Wired, excellent resolution that can be set on the mouse and only two side buttons for forwards and back (all that I want). The original has gone for two years and I have two others in constant use as well. I don't know why you can't see the mouse on Amazon.com - I got mine at Canada Computers for $7.99 CDN each.
I tried it because I was frustrated with more expensive gaming mice that only lasted six to nine months.
If the only car brand I ever owned was AMC which fulfills the requirements of "Some small, some full sized. Some really wacky, like The Pacer", I'd probably feel the same way about Microsoft mice.
Next time you got to Best Buy, Frys, whatever, why don't you take a look at the competition?
I can see that it's only compatible with Windows 7 and up (although the way they say it's not customizable with Windows 10S is pretty awkward) so why would I buy it? I suspect that "compatibility" means "customizable" in terms of buttons and dots per inch and, somewhat ironically, it will work like the original Intellimouse on other systems.
Personally, I demand that I go between systems with a minimum of mechanical transition; that means I use the same keyboard and mouse whenever possible for all my systems. OSX is always going to be problematic, but I think it's reasonable to expect to be able to have identical human interfaces on my Windows Linux systems.
You're forgetting that Scotty (later claimed to be a random crewman) sold drugs in the Ellison version -> McCoy gets an accidental injection of cordrazine which makes him paranoid and unhinged.
While I agree that yet another way that Google (or any other big company) can interact with you on a daily basis is worrisome as is the consolidation of game developers into one platform, I would like to understand more about the "hardware" aspect of this project.
I'd like to understand how Google expects to do real time rendering for tens of thousands (or more) systems and then distribute it to them - I would think that most residential internet connections (say 50 Mbps or so) would handle more than one game system running at a time. Wouldn't they come to a screeching halt if more than two systems were active at the same time?
"Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode" (https://www.amazon.com/HARLAN-ELLISONS-CITY-EDGE-FOREVER/dp/B001MT932O).
If you liked Ellison's work, make sure you DON'T read this book.
He was one angry dude when he wrote it and I don't believe it was justified. His anger is centred on Roddenberry's temerity in changing what was submitted AND his (irrational) belief that he should get a acknowledgement/royalty of all time-travelling stories (including "The Terminator"). Included in the book is the script he originally submitted and, I think to his chagrin, what ended up being broadcast was superior. If you find a copy of the book, definitely read the original script but skip over everything else, he comes across as unreasonably bitter and entitled.
Ellison had quite an interesting life, produced some excellent science fiction and viciously attacked those he felt denigrated or didn't appreciate this genius - this book is a great example of the latter.
I'm trying to find a consistent number for ChromeOS in terms of new PC sales - trying to research the number, it ranges from 80% to 300% of Linux installs according to different sources. Obviously, ChromeOS is not used in servers but I suspect that it is the largest distribution of the Linux kernel in new PC (primarily laptop) sales.
Chromium and ChromeOS are "based on Linux" and use a pretty big piece of the code base - this along with the footprint they have would make them a major player in the Linux world and it would be appropriate for Google to have a seat at the Linux table.
The first launches of what became known as "Proton" were using a booster called "8K82K" and were quite a bit different from "Proton-K" (the contemporary to the Saturn 1B boosters used in 1967-1973) and are quite different from the currently used "Proton-M Briz-M".
I picked the Saturn 1B because it has the same lift capability as its contemporary Proton-K.
If you're going to choose the Saturn V, then you should compare it to the Russian N1.
NASA was very consistent in it's naming of Apollo boosters - I would argue that it's been more consistent with respect to Apollo than the naming used on the different Proton variants.
If you consider "Apollo Saturn" as the Saturn V, and then looking at it versus the Proton-K, then you're not comparing apples to apples. The Proton-K (and indeed all Proton family members) has a lift mass of approximately 20,000 kg while the Saturn V could lift 140,000 kg. The Saturn 1B could lift approximately 20,000 kg which would make it a better comparison between boosters.
I would not disagree that the Proton family has had a longer service life than the Apollo Saturn family, but I don't think saying that it "predates" Apollo is accurate and, at the very least, is very arguable.
An interesting (thought) experiment would be to determine how much data would be required to determine if there was life on Earth.
How many photons would it take for a telescope mounted spectrometer require to detect chlorophyll, C02 or other signs of life (industrial pollution) and how far away/how long would it take to collect them?
Humans are broadcasting light and radio waves from Earth, could Hubble, the James Webb telescope/other instruments detect them same amount of radiation from other solar systems?
Are there other characteristics of inhabited Earth that could be used to determine whether or not other planets have life?
You do realize that "AS" is an acronym for "Apollo Saturn" don't you?
Anyways, if you're going to follow that train of thought, the name "Proton" wasn't used explicitly for the booster until September 1967 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1965%E2%80%9369)).
Regardless, "Apollo" was used for the name for the large US boosters in 1960 with first launches in 1964 - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/C...
First "true" Apollo (Apollo II) launch was in January 1964 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html) while the first Proton launch was in July of 1965 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1965%E2%80%9369)). There were Apollo technology test launches as early as 1961.
Proton definitely outlasted Apollo, but I don't think it's accurate to say that it predates it.
A paint shop is just a sheet metal box and some fans inside of a building (or, I suppose, a tent.) It's a triviality compared to the rest of this stuff.
Interesting the number of people who don't recognize a paint shop as being a chemical process
Interesting the number of people who want to look like they know more about this subject than they really do. One of us has had two years of auto body and paint. What's the other one had?
18 years experience with my family auto-body shop - set up three booths in my time. One from a kit (which was a disaster) and spec'd out the other two. We specialized in painting vintage vehicles.
In terms of car painters; I've seen pros and I've seen lots of hacks. The pros treat the booth like one of their tools and insist on a properly managed environment; they won't work in a metal box from Costco.
As an engineer, I would expect a company, like Tesla, to have a proper manufacturing process, monitoring (and knowing) the critical process parameters as well as calculating and monitoring Cp/CpK.
Interesting the number of people who don't recognize a paint shop as being a chemical process with the need for maintaining temperature, ventilation (including air for workers), humidity, fire safety, etc.
You *can* paint a car in a sheet metal box, but you won't get the consistent results over time that is required for a quality product. You also probably won't meet governmental health and safety standards.
I don't see any issue assembling parts and, since it's an electric car, you don't have to worry about carbon monoxide when the engines are running (driving off the line).
But I can't see how you could implement a paint shop in a structure like this in short order.
JavaScript is excellent at what it was designed to do; provide an intelligent front end for web applications while leaving the heavy lifting to servers.
I really have to take exception to your statement that "JS being fine for such a task" - it really isn't architected for providing a full, complex app. To make matters worse, development is complicated by including Angular and other frameworks which provide various functions but make it much more difficult to understand the app and maintain it.
This isn't to say that I don't think apps should never be fully written to execute from a web browser, I just don't think that JavaScript is the right tool. I'm hoping that WebAssembly or something else will provide a better web app development option.
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From TFS and TFA: "We found that people who drank two to three cups per day had about a 12 percent lower risk of death compared to non-coffee drinkers."
Wow. I gotta start drinking coffee.
Or, could it be a poorly worded sentence that the writer jumped on?
I'm talking about a MAN'S mouse. Not something that's only fit for women and democrats.
The kind of man that takes his best shot and only a Ferguson can handle it - https://sketchfab.com/models/3...
It's an interesting analogy but I would argue that you're looking at it from a simplistic perspective.
Books in a library are kept in a controlled environment in terms of temperature/humidity/etc. to keep them from degrading and, if they are damaged, they are repaired. They are often reprinted.
I would call that "maintenance".
None of this "Optical" shite - a man's mouse has balls.
I still recommend looking around.
I'm really particular about mice and keyboards and I'm using a $7.99 "Minibird" gaming mouse on my systems right now: https://www.amazon.ca/ICAN-Min...
Wired, excellent resolution that can be set on the mouse and only two side buttons for forwards and back (all that I want). The original has gone for two years and I have two others in constant use as well. I don't know why you can't see the mouse on Amazon.com - I got mine at Canada Computers for $7.99 CDN each.
I tried it because I was frustrated with more expensive gaming mice that only lasted six to nine months.
If the only car brand I ever owned was AMC which fulfills the requirements of "Some small, some full sized. Some really wacky, like The Pacer", I'd probably feel the same way about Microsoft mice.
Next time you got to Best Buy, Frys, whatever, why don't you take a look at the competition?
I guess I'm not part of the target demographic.
As noted in my second post, I actually care about what I interface to my computers with.
Looking at the Microsoft spec page for this mouse - https://www.microsoft.com/acce...
I can see that it's only compatible with Windows 7 and up (although the way they say it's not customizable with Windows 10S is pretty awkward) so why would I buy it? I suspect that "compatibility" means "customizable" in terms of buttons and dots per inch and, somewhat ironically, it will work like the original Intellimouse on other systems.
Personally, I demand that I go between systems with a minimum of mechanical transition; that means I use the same keyboard and mouse whenever possible for all my systems. OSX is always going to be problematic, but I think it's reasonable to expect to be able to have identical human interfaces on my Windows Linux systems.
Seriously, *that* was supposed to show off the mouse?
I'd like to know why a lot of money was put together for a video announcing a mouse when it's only shown for 11s of a 120s video?
You're forgetting that Scotty (later claimed to be a random crewman) sold drugs in the Ellison version -> McCoy gets an accidental injection of cordrazine which makes him paranoid and unhinged.
While I agree that yet another way that Google (or any other big company) can interact with you on a daily basis is worrisome as is the consolidation of game developers into one platform, I would like to understand more about the "hardware" aspect of this project.
I'd like to understand how Google expects to do real time rendering for tens of thousands (or more) systems and then distribute it to them - I would think that most residential internet connections (say 50 Mbps or so) would handle more than one game system running at a time. Wouldn't they come to a screeching halt if more than two systems were active at the same time?
...but firefighting aircraft tend to be slower moving over the operational zone than in normal flight..
Unless of course, the drone hits a helicopter's blades which are moving quite fast in all circumstances: https://fstoppers.com/drone/nt...
"Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode" (https://www.amazon.com/HARLAN-ELLISONS-CITY-EDGE-FOREVER/dp/B001MT932O).
If you liked Ellison's work, make sure you DON'T read this book.
He was one angry dude when he wrote it and I don't believe it was justified. His anger is centred on Roddenberry's temerity in changing what was submitted AND his (irrational) belief that he should get a acknowledgement/royalty of all time-travelling stories (including "The Terminator"). Included in the book is the script he originally submitted and, I think to his chagrin, what ended up being broadcast was superior. If you find a copy of the book, definitely read the original script but skip over everything else, he comes across as unreasonably bitter and entitled.
Ellison had quite an interesting life, produced some excellent science fiction and viciously attacked those he felt denigrated or didn't appreciate this genius - this book is a great example of the latter.
I'm not quite at the point where I will go to a shack in Montana to keep Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple from spying on me...
But I'm close.
I'm trying to find a consistent number for ChromeOS in terms of new PC sales - trying to research the number, it ranges from 80% to 300% of Linux installs according to different sources. Obviously, ChromeOS is not used in servers but I suspect that it is the largest distribution of the Linux kernel in new PC (primarily laptop) sales.
Chromium and ChromeOS are "based on Linux" and use a pretty big piece of the code base - this along with the footprint they have would make them a major player in the Linux world and it would be appropriate for Google to have a seat at the Linux table.
I imagine that this grease will literally gum up the works.
There goes my dream of travelling between solar systems using interstellar hydrogen as fuel.
The first launches of what became known as "Proton" were using a booster called "8K82K" and were quite a bit different from "Proton-K" (the contemporary to the Saturn 1B boosters used in 1967-1973) and are quite different from the currently used "Proton-M Briz-M".
I picked the Saturn 1B because it has the same lift capability as its contemporary Proton-K.
If you're going to choose the Saturn V, then you should compare it to the Russian N1.
NASA was very consistent in it's naming of Apollo boosters - I would argue that it's been more consistent with respect to Apollo than the naming used on the different Proton variants.
If you consider "Apollo Saturn" as the Saturn V, and then looking at it versus the Proton-K, then you're not comparing apples to apples. The Proton-K (and indeed all Proton family members) has a lift mass of approximately 20,000 kg while the Saturn V could lift 140,000 kg. The Saturn 1B could lift approximately 20,000 kg which would make it a better comparison between boosters.
I would not disagree that the Proton family has had a longer service life than the Apollo Saturn family, but I don't think saying that it "predates" Apollo is accurate and, at the very least, is very arguable.
An interesting (thought) experiment would be to determine how much data would be required to determine if there was life on Earth.
How many photons would it take for a telescope mounted spectrometer require to detect chlorophyll, C02 or other signs of life (industrial pollution) and how far away/how long would it take to collect them?
Humans are broadcasting light and radio waves from Earth, could Hubble, the James Webb telescope/other instruments detect them same amount of radiation from other solar systems?
Are there other characteristics of inhabited Earth that could be used to determine whether or not other planets have life?
You do realize that "AS" is an acronym for "Apollo Saturn" don't you?
Anyways, if you're going to follow that train of thought, the name "Proton" wasn't used explicitly for the booster until September 1967 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1965%E2%80%9369)).
Regardless, "Apollo" was used for the name for the large US boosters in 1960 with first launches in 1964 - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/C...
First "true" Apollo (Apollo II) launch was in January 1964 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html) while the first Proton launch was in July of 1965 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Proton_launches_(1965%E2%80%9369)). There were Apollo technology test launches as early as 1961.
Proton definitely outlasted Apollo, but I don't think it's accurate to say that it predates it.
A paint shop is just a sheet metal box and some fans inside of a building (or, I suppose, a tent.) It's a triviality compared to the rest of this stuff.
Interesting the number of people who don't recognize a paint shop as being a chemical process
Interesting the number of people who want to look like they know more about this subject than they really do. One of us has had two years of auto body and paint. What's the other one had?
18 years experience with my family auto-body shop - set up three booths in my time. One from a kit (which was a disaster) and spec'd out the other two. We specialized in painting vintage vehicles.
In terms of car painters; I've seen pros and I've seen lots of hacks. The pros treat the booth like one of their tools and insist on a properly managed environment; they won't work in a metal box from Costco.
As an engineer, I would expect a company, like Tesla, to have a proper manufacturing process, monitoring (and knowing) the critical process parameters as well as calculating and monitoring Cp/CpK.
Interesting the number of people who don't recognize a paint shop as being a chemical process with the need for maintaining temperature, ventilation (including air for workers), humidity, fire safety, etc.
You *can* paint a car in a sheet metal box, but you won't get the consistent results over time that is required for a quality product. You also probably won't meet governmental health and safety standards.
Where's the paint shop?
I don't see any issue assembling parts and, since it's an electric car, you don't have to worry about carbon monoxide when the engines are running (driving off the line).
But I can't see how you could implement a paint shop in a structure like this in short order.
Can anybody comment?
JavaScript is excellent at what it was designed to do; provide an intelligent front end for web applications while leaving the heavy lifting to servers.
I really have to take exception to your statement that "JS being fine for such a task" - it really isn't architected for providing a full, complex app. To make matters worse, development is complicated by including Angular and other frameworks which provide various functions but make it much more difficult to understand the app and maintain it.
This isn't to say that I don't think apps should never be fully written to execute from a web browser, I just don't think that JavaScript is the right tool. I'm hoping that WebAssembly or something else will provide a better web app development option.