Think of it like this: a venture capital firm funds a murder-for-hire firm that kills people and then is shut down by the government.
That's hardly accurate, even taking the company's illegal practices as read. Try this instead: Say the VCs fund a "handyman" service which says it plans to do odd jobs for customers-- gardening, painting, whatever. However, it turns out that most of the handymen are actually hitmen, and the jobs are just a cover for their murder-for-hire business.
This company claimed to have a legitimate purpose, even though it was actually doing something else. (Remember, Napster claimed that trading of copyrighted files wasn't its primary goal.) The VCs can only be held liable if it can be proved, in a court of law, that they knew about the illegal activities before they invested.
I grant you this is similar to what you posted, but the legal system is built on fine distinctions.
This stuff is tough, flexible, light, and easily recovers after being deformed. Seems to me that it could rival the theoretical nanotube composites, as material for a space elevator.
I'm sorry, but isn't this widely known? I learned about this effect in my 9th grade science class. Uneven heating of the surface can cause uneven wind resistance blah blah blah... and several million years from now, the day might be a few seconds longer.
Does simply adding the words "El Nino" makes people think this is a new, important idea? The planet's rotation speed is also affected by the impact of meteors and space dust, but I don't see anyone publishing studies to measure that infinitesimal effect.
FTR, a Segway takes up rather more "sidewalk space" than a bicycle. Where a bike has just the width of your body, a Segway has a platform wide enough to stand on, plus the thickish wheels outside that.
And although its low-speed turning is far better than that of a bike, high-speed turning leaves a lot to be desired. Since only your weight is holding you on the vehicle, it's quite possible to fling yourself off the side if you try to turn too quickly.
I dunno about SF, but in my city it's illegal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk. That's for safety reasons too; a pedestrian who happens to step in your way is gonna get hurt if your reflexes aren't fast enough. Knocking someone down with a Segway is even easier than with a bike.
AFAIC, it's perfectly reasonable to treat Segways like any other kind of two-wheeled motorized scooter. Make 'em travel in the street.
The first few books were great, but the later ones don't live up to expectations. Many fans of the series are tremendously let down by book 10, Crossroads of Twilight. It's 700 pages long, but there's not enough plot development to fill a paragraph.
I suggest that people wait until the series ends (no earlier than 2005) before they start reading it. That way, if the ending is a disappointment, at least you didn't have to spend years in anticipation.
David Brin is one of the best writers I've seen in a very long time. His most recent book, Kiln People, was reviewed on/. not too long ago.
Why so upset about this concept?
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Maybe somebody has an underpowered server, or pays a high rate for bandwidth usage. Such people would prefer to avoid a/.ing that would kill their mission-critical machine or drive them into the poorhouse. That's a perfectly valid reason to deny other sites permission to link.
If your system's exhaust air is hot enough to fry anything, you've got a whole other set of problems. Even my hottest-running case blows air that's cool enough to breathe.
All your roaches will get is a nice warm place to lay their eggs. (And a direct path to the innards of your PC, of course.)
I just read this book a few days ago. The author is turning molehills into mountains.
According to the book, if Mechain had gotten his numbers right, the meter should have been longer by 2 mm. That's right, just two millimeters.
The researchers measured the width of a continent to within 0.2% of the correct value, using 18th-century equipment, in conditions that were far from ideal. (You try carrying survey equipment across a national border during a war, and see how much work you get done.) We should be impressed that they got as close as they did.
Try taking this 1cm^3 of water to a different planet, and it will weigh differently.
It will weigh a different amount, but it will have the same mass. You can measure mass independently of weight by using a balance scale, or a centrifuge.
Put 1 cm^3 of pure water in a centrifuge, spin it around with a known radius at a known rate, and you can measure the centrifugal force. If you then put a reference object into the centrifuge, spin it at the same radius at the same rate, and measure the force, you can calculate the ratio of its mass to that of the water. This works the same whether you're on Earth, or on Jupiter, or out in zero-g deep space.
Note that the mass definition specified pure water in a vacuum, at the temperature of maximum density. This eliminates the problem of density variations caused by pressure or temperature.
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Think of it like this: a venture capital firm funds a murder-for-hire firm that kills people and then is shut down by the government.
That's hardly accurate, even taking the company's illegal practices as read. Try this instead:
Say the VCs fund a "handyman" service which says it plans to do odd jobs for customers-- gardening, painting, whatever. However, it turns out that most of the handymen are actually hitmen, and the jobs are just a cover for their murder-for-hire business.
This company claimed to have a legitimate purpose, even though it was actually doing something else. (Remember, Napster claimed that trading of copyrighted files wasn't its primary goal.) The VCs can only be held liable if it can be proved, in a court of law, that they knew about the illegal activities before they invested.
I grant you this is similar to what you posted, but the legal system is built on fine distinctions.
This stuff is tough, flexible, light, and easily recovers after being deformed. Seems to me that it could rival the theoretical nanotube composites, as material for a space elevator.
I'm sorry, but isn't this widely known? I learned about this effect in my 9th grade science class. Uneven heating of the surface can cause uneven wind resistance blah blah blah... and several million years from now, the day might be a few seconds longer.
Does simply adding the words "El Nino" makes people think this is a new, important idea? The planet's rotation speed is also affected by the impact of meteors and space dust, but I don't see anyone publishing studies to measure that infinitesimal effect.
FTR, a Segway takes up rather more "sidewalk space" than a bicycle. Where a bike has just the width of your body, a Segway has a platform wide enough to stand on, plus the thickish wheels outside that.
And although its low-speed turning is far better than that of a bike, high-speed turning leaves a lot to be desired. Since only your weight is holding you on the vehicle, it's quite possible to fling yourself off the side if you try to turn too quickly.
I dunno about SF, but in my city it's illegal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk. That's for safety reasons too; a pedestrian who happens to step in your way is gonna get hurt if your reflexes aren't fast enough. Knocking someone down with a Segway is even easier than with a bike.
AFAIC, it's perfectly reasonable to treat Segways like any other kind of two-wheeled motorized scooter. Make 'em travel in the street.
The first few books were great, but the later ones don't live up to expectations. Many fans of the series are tremendously let down by book 10, Crossroads of Twilight. It's 700 pages long, but there's not enough plot development to fill a paragraph.
I suggest that people wait until the series ends (no earlier than 2005) before they start reading it. That way, if the ending is a disappointment, at least you didn't have to spend years in anticipation.
David Brin is one of the best writers I've seen in a very long time. His most recent book, Kiln People, was reviewed on /. not too long ago.
Maybe somebody has an underpowered server, or pays a high rate for bandwidth usage. Such people would prefer to avoid a /.ing that would kill their mission-critical machine or drive them into the poorhouse. That's a perfectly valid reason to deny other sites permission to link.
I fail to see why this is a free speech issue.
It may not be airtight, but the point is perfectly valid.
A cardboard box isn't airtight either. But stick your computer into one, fold the top shut, and see how long it takes to overheat.
The link in the story is incorrect.
It says "http://slashdot.org/www.computerexhaust.com", which is (obviously) a nonexistent page.
If your system's exhaust air is hot enough to fry anything, you've got a whole other set of problems. Even my hottest-running case blows air that's cool enough to breathe.
All your roaches will get is a nice warm place to lay their eggs. (And a direct path to the innards of your PC, of course.)
If this doesn't qualify as an outrageous story, what does?
I just read this book a few days ago. The author is turning molehills into mountains.
According to the book, if Mechain had gotten his numbers right, the meter should have been longer by 2 mm. That's right, just two millimeters.
The researchers measured the width of a continent to within 0.2% of the correct value, using 18th-century equipment, in conditions that were far from ideal. (You try carrying survey equipment across a national border during a war, and see how much work you get done.) We should be impressed that they got as close as they did.
It will weigh a different amount, but it will have the same mass. You can measure mass independently of weight by using a balance scale, or a centrifuge.
Put 1 cm^3 of pure water in a centrifuge, spin it around with a known radius at a known rate, and you can measure the centrifugal force. If you then put a reference object into the centrifuge, spin it at the same radius at the same rate, and measure the force, you can calculate the ratio of its mass to that of the water. This works the same whether you're on Earth, or on Jupiter, or out in zero-g deep space.
Note that the mass definition specified pure water in a vacuum, at the temperature of maximum density. This eliminates the problem of density variations caused by pressure or temperature.