Why would you go out backpacking and drown out the sounds of nature with your ipod? Enjoy the outdoors. Take a few minutes and observe your surroundings instead of burying your face into the glow of some i-product.
Of course, perhaps you are talking about backpacking from city to city and hanging out, which I wouldn't really call backpacking, more living the life of a hobo. If you are going to live the life of a hobo, don't bother lugging around a computer.
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I'd be very careful accounting for winds over a distance of 200 miles, particularly where chinese embassies are located. Must be a hell of a job to be spotter for this kind of weapon. Travelling that fast....how much wind effect would there actually be?
However, this seems very interesting as an Anti Satellite/"Star Wars" platform. If they can get the software working to intercept, this should (scaled up version) be able to knock out satellites, ballistic missiles, etc - shouldn't it? Ronald Regan suggested exactly that same thing, which is why we have the railgun that was tested.
Why innovate on capacity? it's the one major metric that most people have stopped caring about. I'm not being a luddite, for a long time disk capacity *was* a major issue, and we regularly ran out of space. I think that time is over. Because the only use for computers is surfing the web and playing games right? That is the only thing they could possibly be used for. And hey, if *you* don't need more than 80GB then nobody else does right?
If you feel a sudden lurch in your mind..that is you finally understanding that the world doesn't revolve around you.
What a crazy narrow view you have. Do you really think that because you and your friend don't use a computer for anything useful that others don't?
I have 100TB in my datacenter, and I need tons more space. I can't even have all of my data online at one time due to space limitations...but as long as you can play your computer games and check your e-mail I guess everything is ok huh...
They kill a deer to build a robotic deer to catch people killing deer. Most deer that are processed by professionals have the hides sold. Most deer processed at home have the hides thrown out (a shame).
They most likely get the hides from a local processor and use them instead of letting them go to waste. This is a good thing. The more of the animal that is used, the better.
They were first to do this in the 700 nm range but the article state that previously this could only be done in the 1400 nm range. I guess 700 nm is significant because it is the start of the visual spectrum. 700 is red i think. The article agrees with the summary. They were (according to the article) the first to do this for visible light. No claim was made that the German team has created the first ever material with a negative refractive index, just the first material with a negative refractive index for visable light.
Well, I would consider that gross exaggeration, but I agree with you that the idea that Windows and *nix are pretty much the same is complete bunk. I don't know, maybe by "functionally equivalent" he means something like "they both run applications". Can't argue with that. note that I said regular users. Most regular home users install/uninstall a lot of junk on windows. Since windows both lives and dies by the registry and most application developers are more concerned with writing installers instead of uninstallers, and spyware tends to hose up your registry (given access to it via IE) I would argue that I made a gross exaggeration. I will admit to mild exaggeration on the 3 second number, but after 6 months of regular use by a regular Joe...Windows is running a LOT slower than a fresh install. For no reason other than a silly design decision.
You should investigate before babbling ignorantly.
Windows and *nix are functionally equivalent, just minor syntax differences to access the semantics. Except for that whole thing about the registry. You know, that database portion of Windows that gets hosed once about every three seconds, and Windows constantly chokes on? That thing that is next to impossible to gracefully recover from without losing data or settings or creating other odd behavior? That thing that makes a regular workstation crawl to a halt after about 6 months of usage from a normal person.
There are many other ways in which Windows and *nix differ, but this is the first one that popped out.
Except for those who use FreeBSD or Gentoo with complete source package installation by compiling everything including the kernel, you're just a binary whore beholden to Red Hat, Novell, etc. instead of Microsoft. Well that is such a line of BS. You can simply yoink the binaries and run that way. But you don't have to. With MS offerings, you do. There is quite a large difference there you know.
So all I have to do to get a paid trip to Seattle is to hate MS and write about it? In that case: Hey Bill, Wind0ze suxx0rs, L1nux 1337! You also have to have people care about what you write, listen to your ramblings and come back for more.
Human beings really can only fix cars that were designed and manufactured pre-computer. No. There are parts, both mechanical and electronic that need to be replaced from time to time. Sure you can get your drums turned and put them back on or rebuild your carb. But there are plenty of mechanical parts on your car that you simply replace with new ones when they wear out. That is the same with one of the computer sensors or whatnot. If they are faulty, you put a new one in.
Perhaps you can't fix newer cars, but I have very little trouble with it.
Now, I'll grant you, computers DO help things on cars, but, I prefer them to be minimal in usage. It is MUCH easier to track down and fix a mechanical problem than trying to trouble shoot something computerized or drive by wire. Especially if you like to do some work on your own as a "shade tree mechanic". That is only true if you refuse to keep learning. Computers and on board diagnostics help a great deal in troubleshooting and repair if you take the time to learn how they work.
"Gee, I hate to break it to you but..." You blatantly don't - you revel in it. Good boy, here is your cookie. I'll also give you a free link to the definition of sarcasm. And perhaps a bonus link to irony.
Well, I do now, but I'm saving up for a car that wasn't designed by software. You see, a car with no microchips of any kind is a car that any regular person can fix. As soon as there's any kind of chip in there, you can't fix it yourself. Sweet mother of Mary riding on a pony. Give this person a cookie. They understand.
Well, I do now, but I'm saving up for a car that wasn't designed by software. You see, a car with no microchips of any kind is a car that any regular person can fix. As soon as there's any kind of chip in there, you can't fix it yourself. Gargh. Can you not see that there is a difference in the phrases, "Designed by software" and "Run by software" ???????
If I design a cool boomerang by simulating it first in some software package, throwing away several designs and settling on one that works the best does that mean that my boomerang (when I finally build the prototype) is controlled or run by some doggone microchips?
Not a car I would ever drive... I prefer my cars with *no* software.
I'm with you, in that I drive older cars, mostly for this reason. I'm all for this "open source car" thing, though; at a certain point the future, virtually every car on the market will have a computer in it. Do we want to be able to service these things ourselves, or are we going to have to take them to a Certified Mechanic who needs an expensive proprietary interface to work on the car? First I guess it should be noted that you are taking all of this out of context. The quote in the article is referring to the fact that much of hardware design is done via mock-up in software packages, it is not insisting that running the car is mostly software.
Second: Older cars have the same problem. "What? They do not!" you say! Yes, yes they do. How much money does it cost for all the specialized tools needed in vehicle repair? Flare nut wrenches? No use other than brake jobs. Flywheel puller? Special presses?
You already need to use expensive, sometimes proprietary (Ford fuel line disconnect) tools to do the job, how is that different than needing to connect a car up to a computer interface?
BTW, you will find that those fancy computer interfaces can be had for under 200 bucks, which is less than many of your single-purpose tools needed for car work and supports a whole suite of diagnostic purposes.
Gee, I hate to break it to you but you most likely drive a car that developed mostly in software. What he said in no way mean that the car is run by software. It means that most of the design process is mostly software. You know, software mockups of a hardware solution to test it instead of making a prototype each time?
I can't believe you were trying to be sarcastic, unless you just aren't very good at that either...
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Of course we do (Greyhound, hostels) and any American understands what the question was about. The GP was just being deliberately obtuse.
No, he wasn't. Most people in America do not use the word in that way.
For instance
or just do a google search. Most people interpret the word the way I did.
Of course, I did make reference to him possibly not wilderness backpacking, but travelling like a hobo.
Why would you go out backpacking and drown out the sounds of nature with your ipod? Enjoy the outdoors. Take a few minutes and observe your surroundings instead of burying your face into the glow of some i-product.
Of course, perhaps you are talking about backpacking from city to city and hanging out, which I wouldn't really call backpacking, more living the life of a hobo. If you are going to live the life of a hobo, don't bother lugging around a computer.
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You would sing a different tune if your child contracted polio or smallpox and died.
Freaking moron.
If you feel a sudden lurch in your mind..that is you finally understanding that the world doesn't revolve around you.
What a crazy narrow view you have. Do you really think that because you and your friend don't use a computer for anything useful that others don't?
I have 100TB in my datacenter, and I need tons more space. I can't even have all of my data online at one time due to space limitations...but as long as you can play your computer games and check your e-mail I guess everything is ok huh...
They most likely get the hides from a local processor and use them instead of letting them go to waste. This is a good thing. The more of the animal that is used, the better.
Or Answers.com?
Or one of the million other places? Is it honestly that much harder for you to type the query into google than to post it to slashdot?
There are many other ways in which Windows and *nix differ, but this is the first one that popped out. Except for those who use FreeBSD or Gentoo with complete source package installation by compiling everything including the kernel, you're just a binary whore beholden to Red Hat, Novell, etc. instead of Microsoft. Well that is such a line of BS. You can simply yoink the binaries and run that way. But you don't have to. With MS offerings, you do. There is quite a large difference there you know.
Perhaps you can't fix newer cars, but I have very little trouble with it.
Thank you.
If I design a cool boomerang by simulating it first in some software package, throwing away several designs and settling on one that works the best does that mean that my boomerang (when I finally build the prototype) is controlled or run by some doggone microchips?
I'm with you, in that I drive older cars, mostly for this reason. I'm all for this "open source car" thing, though; at a certain point the future, virtually every car on the market will have a computer in it. Do we want to be able to service these things ourselves, or are we going to have to take them to a Certified Mechanic who needs an expensive proprietary interface to work on the car? First I guess it should be noted that you are taking all of this out of context. The quote in the article is referring to the fact that much of hardware design is done via mock-up in software packages, it is not insisting that running the car is mostly software.
Second: Older cars have the same problem. "What? They do not!" you say! Yes, yes they do. How much money does it cost for all the specialized tools needed in vehicle repair? Flare nut wrenches? No use other than brake jobs. Flywheel puller? Special presses?
You already need to use expensive, sometimes proprietary (Ford fuel line disconnect) tools to do the job, how is that different than needing to connect a car up to a computer interface?
BTW, you will find that those fancy computer interfaces can be had for under 200 bucks, which is less than many of your single-purpose tools needed for car work and supports a whole suite of diagnostic purposes.
Gee, I hate to break it to you but you most likely drive a car that developed mostly in software. What he said in no way mean that the car is run by software. It means that most of the design process is mostly software. You know, software mockups of a hardware solution to test it instead of making a prototype each time?
I can't believe you were trying to be sarcastic, unless you just aren't very good at that either...
Ballmer can bite me.
I believe he would rather squirt you a picture of his kids.