I thought it was lame and was just celebrating the US as The Land of the Morons.
People thinking it was "hilarious" only proves that point.
I've seen quite a few posts from folks with similar opinions. Quite a few people shouting "Look! Look how well cultured and sophisticated I am! I didn't think it was funny! Look at me! Respect me! "
The video was ment to be funny. You can not be considered better than ANYONE else simply because you didn't find the video funny.
This immature "I'm better than you/everyone" attitude you find on slashdot is disgusting.
In general, you are correct; you can't cool something down without warming something up, but there are ways to buffer this chemically so that the cooling and the warming don't have to happen at the same time. In my example, the warming already happened, back when the ice was made (the coils of the refrigerator warmed up).
Not quite -- When you cool your warm can of soda (pop whatever) in the tub of ice the tub of ice does get warmer! Just not very much warmer.
Mother nature always balances her checkbooks you know. The tub of ice took on exactly the same amount of heat that the can gave up. 'Cause it takes so much more heat to raise the tub of ice one degree than it does the can of soda you don't notice the change in the temperature of the tub of ice.
A good book you ought to check out would be Instant Physics by Tony Rothman. It won't make a physicist out of a layman, but it's one of the best introductory texts I've found.
Who was it that said "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"?
Arthur C. Clarke (Famous author of: 2001, Childhoods End, Songs of Distant Earth, and many others)
The quote you're discribing the third of Clarkes Three Laws[1] first published in an essay titled "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", in Profiles of the Future
There is also a corollary to the third law that states any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced (Gregory Benford [2] first proposed this in Foundation's Fear[3])
That's for the people who are completely computer illiterate (thats most 'em).
I hear things all the time like: "When I head south this winter, I'll need to have my email address changed." (From a woman who though that her email address was somehow tied to her telephone #)
Digital cameras cause alot of confusion: "If I get a digital camera that means I can use it for email but not get pictures right?" (That disconnected statement provides alot of insight into how people view digital photography.)
I also hear alot of "My friend has a digital camera and he/she says [Insert mind virus here]"
You really want to know what disposable digital is good for? Cheating the masses out of $20 bucks. Only they don't believe, nor can they understand how they're being cheated!
I hope that made sense...(I'm not using the preview button!)
LCDs are manufactured using an resource-intensive process, AFAIK, with large volumes of contanimated water as a waste product, and large volumes of dangerous chemicals being used/reused/disposed in the process.
The same goes for CCDs and the electronic guts.
I'm trying really hard not to troll here -- but whats with this AFAIK? You either Know or you Don't Know.
As for this "How the fuck..." nonsense try using you head. 1) You're not sure if the manufacture of this product hurts the environment 2) current "disposable" cameras are already recycled 3) Do you honestly believe that a company can produce a digital camera w/ a fancy LCD and sell it for $20 profitably?
Hell, if I could produce a camera that cheap, I'd price it $40 clams higher and sell it as a regular digital. I'd make one helluva margin and undercut everyone else.
Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that they're going to "recycle" these using (as many other posters have also suggested) a "rental" type business model.
I have learnt Smalltalk, Artificial Intelligence techniques, how to design a program and a whole host of random maths
I don't mean to be rude, but you mean in the time that you've been a sysadmin you've never written a script to automate a task or solve a problem? You've never used that math background to an advantage at work? -- I'm sure you have! (Watch yourself, I hope you'll find that you *do* use those skills! Perhaps not things like smalltalk speficifly, but the skills that you should have been taught using smalltalk.)
My point wasn't that you shouldn't call yourself a computing professional, but that as such, you have a responsibility to use what you've learned to better server your clients or your employer. Anyone who whould neglect that responsibility (use less that 1%!?) shouldn't call themselves computing professionals -- because they wouldn't be.
If any computing professional uses less than 1% of what was taught (not necessarily what was learned) then they probably shouldn't call them selves computing professoinals.
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I thought it was lame and was just celebrating the US as The Land of the Morons.
People thinking it was "hilarious" only proves that point.
I've seen quite a few posts from folks with similar opinions. Quite a few people shouting "Look! Look how well cultured and sophisticated I am! I didn't think it was funny! Look at me! Respect me! "
The video was ment to be funny. You can not be considered better than ANYONE else simply because you didn't find the video funny.
This immature "I'm better than you/everyone" attitude you find on slashdot is disgusting.
(goodbye karma!)
More like a real boyfriend that gives you virtual money:
(ob. simpsons reference)
Bart: This isn't real money. It's printed by the Montana Militia!
Homer: It'll be real soon enough.
Oh yeah... you guys owe me money for Dumb and Dumberer, Jurassic Park III, and Vanilla Sky.
Mel Gibson: Give me back my 18 dollars!
In general, you are correct; you can't cool something down without warming something up, but there are ways to buffer this chemically so that the cooling and the warming don't have to happen at the same time. In my example, the warming already happened, back when the ice was made (the coils of the refrigerator warmed up).
Not quite -- When you cool your warm can of soda (pop whatever) in the tub of ice the tub of ice does get warmer! Just not very much warmer.
Mother nature always balances her checkbooks you know. The tub of ice took on exactly the same amount of heat that the can gave up. 'Cause it takes so much more heat to raise the tub of ice one degree than it does the can of soda you don't notice the change in the temperature of the tub of ice.
A good book you ought to check out would be Instant Physics by Tony Rothman. It won't make a physicist out of a layman, but it's one of the best introductory texts I've found.
3. Assembler (not really a language, but what the hell).
Definantly not a language. You might have been thinking of "Assembly".
Then again, maybe you weren't...
These aren't the sequels you're looking for...
He can go about his business...
Cigarettes are still the #1 leading cause of smoking!
Who was it that said "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"?
Arthur C. Clarke (Famous author of: 2001, Childhoods End, Songs of Distant Earth, and many others)
The quote you're discribing the third of Clarkes Three Laws[1] first published in an essay titled "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", in Profiles of the Future
There is also a corollary to the third law that states any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced (Gregory Benford [2] first proposed this in Foundation's Fear[3])
Hope that Helps.
References:
[1] Clarke's Three Laws, Wikipedia.org
[2] Gregory Benford, Wikipedia.org
[3] Foundation's Fear, Wikipedia.org
but for use as a camera, I don't get it.
That's for the people who are completely computer illiterate (thats most 'em).
I hear things all the time like: "When I head south this winter, I'll need to have my email address changed." (From a woman who though that her email address was somehow tied to her telephone #)
Digital cameras cause alot of confusion: "If I get a digital camera that means I can use it for email but not get pictures right?" (That disconnected statement provides alot of insight into how people view digital photography.)
I also hear alot of "My friend has a digital camera and he/she says [Insert mind virus here]"
You really want to know what disposable digital is good for? Cheating the masses out of $20 bucks. Only they don't believe, nor can they understand how they're being cheated!
I hope that made sense...(I'm not using the preview button!)
The average user will pay for the 'spam blocking' service, and then complain that they still get tons of spam in their Yahoo! mailbox every day...
To most users, computers are indistinguishable from magic...
What the hell is the point of a disposable digital camera?
*Dirt Cheap* color LCD with bonus CCD
Ever price LCDs? Yeah, It'll be sweetest electronics purchase you'll ever make (and at the local drug store no less!)
Please think or RTFA (preferably both) before posting.
1) Even current "disposal" cameras are recycled (at least in part)
2) The article mentions that these cameras are ment to be "recycled" (think: rented) 6-8 times (probably much, much more than that.)
3) I want a $20 color LCD. Don't you?
LCDs are manufactured using an resource-intensive process, AFAIK, with large volumes of contanimated water as a waste product, and large volumes of dangerous chemicals being used/reused/disposed in the process.
..." nonsense try using you head. 1) You're not sure if the manufacture of this product hurts the environment 2) current "disposable" cameras are already recycled 3) Do you honestly believe that a company can produce a digital camera w/ a fancy LCD and sell it for $20 profitably?
The same goes for CCDs and the electronic guts.
I'm trying really hard not to troll here -- but whats with this AFAIK? You either Know or you Don't Know.
As for this "How the fuck
Hell, if I could produce a camera that cheap, I'd price it $40 clams higher and sell it as a regular digital. I'd make one helluva margin and undercut everyone else.
Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that they're going to "recycle" these using (as many other posters have also suggested) a "rental" type business model.
... i'd rather have a 35mm disposable than a digital the quality will always be so much better.
That's not exactly true
But with more camera's integrated in phones, that market will also dry up pretty soon.
You must mean the market for low-res, low-color, grainy images.
Primary Master, Primary Slave
Secondary Master, Secondary Slave
To:
Primary Primary, Primary Secondary
Secondary Primary, Secondary Secondary
Which do you think makes more sence? It's P.C. bullshit like this that makes life difficult for those of us who live in the real world.
I didn't even know they filmed that scene (It was in the book, but still.) Now where could I find a copy of that ...
I know you're just a troll, but I agree with most of this...
The special edition makes me sick -- have you *seen* that completely random (and out of place) "music video" toward the beginning of RotJ?
I'd ask "What was Lucas thinking!?" but it's perfectly obvious that he wasn't...
The fact that MS can't dismiss Linux anymore is proof that Linux has come of age.
Yeah, when the 800lb gorilla looks around for somthing to hit you with, you know you're not so small yourself.
Then again, how long ago was it that the first halloween documents appeared?
South Vietnam is North Vietnam's Vietnam...
I have learnt Smalltalk, Artificial Intelligence techniques, how to design a program and a whole host of random maths
I don't mean to be rude, but you mean in the time that you've been a sysadmin you've never written a script to automate a task or solve a problem? You've never used that math background to an advantage at work? -- I'm sure you have! (Watch yourself, I hope you'll find that you *do* use those skills! Perhaps not things like smalltalk speficifly, but the skills that you should have been taught using smalltalk.)
My point wasn't that you shouldn't call yourself a computing professional, but that as such, you have a responsibility to use what you've learned to better server your clients or your employer. Anyone who whould neglect that responsibility (use less that 1%!?) shouldn't call themselves computing professionals -- because they wouldn't be.
I've never been able to draw the line between what's science and what's engineering when it comes to "Computer Science"
hmmm... nothing like a bad analogy to clear things up right?
LZW is CS, WinZip is engineering.
Anyone got a better one?
If any computing professional uses less than 1% of what was taught (not necessarily what was learned) then they probably shouldn't call them selves computing professoinals.
It's Gates in a BORG outfit. You know, "resistance is futile" and all that Star Trek jazz.
http://www.paulsjusticepage.com/images/cyborg.jpg for a better image.