All resistors "remember their resistance". What the memristor does is something quite different and outside the range of comprehension of the author of the linked article. Go read the Wikipedia article.
> This is a default judgment against a foreign entity which undoubtedly is nothing more > than an empty shell corporation with no assets.
The judgement was awarded against the spammer personally as well as against his "company" which FaceBook's lawyers say is fictitious.
> There is a reason they didn't bother to come and defend this action - the judgment is > uncollectable.
FaceBook's lawyers say otherwise. They say they know who he is, where he is, that he has substantial assets, and that they intend to take those assets.
> Seriously, sh-t happens, as the saying goes. I really don't think it would be that hard > to create some sort of little robot, like the person suggested, to fetch stuff.
But it's probably cheaper to just let the stuff go.
> In other words, you would only use this if getting pipes run to your house was > completely impossible, and digging a well was completely impossible.
For the cost of this thing plus a generator plus enough gasoline to run a it for a year you could have a well drilled (nobody with any brains digs wells any more).
> And after cranking that thing to produce 300W (about three light bulbs, and I'm guessing > it means old-style, power inefficient, ones), you're going to need more than a glass of > water.
But you may sweat enough to drive the humidity up to 30% so that the thing will begin to work.
> Assuming the error made by people in reporting the direction is essentially random...
I doubt that's a valid assumption. Besides, few, if any, are going to report the direction as anything more than "to the North" or "a little East of North".
If IBM was only in this to extract money from SCO they would have settled years ago. They want complete vindication for themselves and Linux. And they are going to get it.
Well, no, not finally. They've got more losing to do in the Suse arbitration. And they've got a lot of losing to do yet in the IBM case, as well as the Autozone and Red Hat cases.
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> Come on, they're old enough to handle their problems on their own. They just need a good
> dose of "tough love"!
Why do they need anything? If playing video games is what they want to do, just let them do it.
Of course, in my opinion the same applies to snorting cocaine...
> Do you think you want to confront someone that either (a) just stole your laptop or (b)
> paid for a stolen laptop?
Yes.
> I would suggest that you should expect to be confronted with deadly force should you try
> to separate them from their acquisition.
They will be confronted with seadly force when I find them.
All resistors "remember their resistance". What the memristor does is something quite different and outside the range of comprehension of the author of the linked article. Go read the Wikipedia article.
> This is a default judgment against a foreign entity which undoubtedly is nothing more
> than an empty shell corporation with no assets.
The judgement was awarded against the spammer personally as well as against his "company" which FaceBook's lawyers say is fictitious.
> There is a reason they didn't bother to come and defend this action - the judgment is
> uncollectable.
FaceBook's lawyers say otherwise. They say they know who he is, where he is, that he has substantial assets, and that they intend to take those assets.
> Is this so much different from the much-derided judgment against Spamhaus?
Yes. It is quite possible that a Canadian court will honor the judgement and Facebook will be able to bankrupt the guy.
Has it occurred to you that the reporter just might have gone out of her way to select comments that tend to make the locals look like hicks?
> Seriously, sh-t happens, as the saying goes. I really don't think it would be that hard
> to create some sort of little robot, like the person suggested, to fetch stuff.
But it's probably cheaper to just let the stuff go.
> What am I forgetting?
That the thing is ludicrously inefficient compared to other methods of solving the same problem.
> In other words, you would only use this if getting pipes run to your house was
> completely impossible, and digging a well was completely impossible.
It would be cheaper to truck water in.
For the cost of this thing plus a generator plus enough gasoline to run a it for a year you could have a well drilled (nobody with any brains digs wells any more).
> I imagine such a device would be invaluable on small vessels at sea such as sailboats,
> etc.
Except that they already use ordinary vacuum stills or reverse-osmosis machines, both of which are much more efficient.
> And after cranking that thing to produce 300W (about three light bulbs, and I'm guessing
> it means old-style, power inefficient, ones), you're going to need more than a glass of
> water.
But you may sweat enough to drive the humidity up to 30% so that the thing will begin to work.
> I imagine the target market is people who live off the grid...
Such people usually use a clever invention called a well.
> ...a backup in case the grid fails.
It comes with a hand crank?
...the dehumidifier!
No, but you can agree not to do so in return for valuable consideration should you so choose.
> Assuming the error made by people in reporting the direction is essentially random...
I doubt that's a valid assumption. Besides, few, if any, are going to report the direction as anything more than "to the North" or "a little East of North".
> Until we get rid of the ethical shield that corporate law provides...
There is no such shield.
If IBM was only in this to extract money from SCO they would have settled years ago. They want complete vindication for themselves and Linux. And they are going to get it.
Well, no, not finally. They've got more losing to do in the Suse arbitration. And they've got a lot of losing to do yet in the IBM case, as well as the Autozone and Red Hat cases.
In fact, the Gobby authors might want to take a close look at this Etherpad thing.
M-x QCD, but only if you have qcd.el and sr.el installed.
Only after we have lost our arms arguing with armed bears.
> It's probably money a lot better spent trying to build cleaner burning engines in the
> first place.
Contrails have nothing to do with how clean-burning the engines are.
> ...shoot a powerful microwave beam in the sky. What could possibly go wrong?
After all, it's not as if anyone has ever "shot a powerful microwave beam in the sky" before...
I don't think that Neanderthal sedan chair carriers would be able to run 60mph. And I don't think you'd enjoy the ride if they could.