It's genuinely astounding just how little I care about this. My lack of interest probably couldn't be measured even with the most sensitive scientific equipment.
I'll just sit back and let others who have some stake or interest in it do all the shooting and flaming and arguing. Carry on!
Apropos of nothing, did you know that a Makino EDM machine will do some really strange things if you use some commands with a coordinate system that's even slightly rotated, or had just used such a coordinate system, or something like that?
I did not know that, but if I ever get my grubby little hands on a CNC machine my guess is that I'll find out you're right. heh
Too late, suckers! I already have my 8-blade razor in the works, all I need is a couple of million bucks to produce the prototype and I'll crush Gillette like a bug on pavement!
So, either Leif Holmlid is a lying, attention-seeking media whore... or he's really made a revolutionary breakthrough.
But if he can't demonstrate that it works in such a way as to be repeatable by someone else, then he must be a lying, attention-seeking media whore.
I know which one my money is on.
Bingo. Many claims, but zero proof.
If it really works, drag it into the lobby of NIST or any reputable test lab and fire it up. If they can't do that I'll have no choice but to consider it to be flim-flam.
Just get solar inexpensive enough and I'll be perfectly happy. It sure isn't there yet.
Bingo. Solar would go a long, long way to solving the energy demand if it was inexpensive enough and/or efficient enough.
A solar cell with 50% efficiency would revolutionize the whole industry (I think 22% or so is the current record, and I believe that's still in an experimental stage as far as I know).
A less expensive solar cell would be almost as good, maybe better in some cases. I think solar is now about ~$3 per watt installed, but bring that down to under a dollar and it would suddenly become waaaaaaay more attractive and practical.
I love the idea of cold fusion but so far it still seems genuinely unobtainable. For all the research I've seen there's still no real, definitive example of it actually being feasible or even possible. (I know a lot of people will disagree with me, perhaps vehemently.) Quite a few claim to have done it, but I don't know of any indisputable examples.
I almost can't wait for 5-10 years down the road when she's completely irrelevant and everyone's making fun of her like they do to Jack Thompson now for having the exact same argument he had.
I'm hoping that it won't take nearly that long...but it probably will.
It'll be interesting to see just how long she can make a living at playing the victim card. To see her at the UN underscores just how ridiculous and irrelevant the UN has become. She and Zoe Quinn should never have been given an audience there. It's shameful and embarrassing.
I remember that clusterfuck well...it was a total crapload of pure stupid, with dickheads like PZ Meyers jumping on the bandwagon.
Garrett is the idiot who, while working for Red Hat, screeched that a kernel developer Ted Tso was a 'rape apologist' on a mailing list - completely untrue and a disgusting lie.
Ahh yes, "rape apologist", the specious accusation that keeps on giving. Needs no basis in fact or reality to be used, smears the target nicely, and makes the accuser feel like he/she is "helping the world".
The people that use this term to accuse others of some supposed behavior can't even agree on what it means, and by some definitions if you've ever looked at a woman on the street and thought she was attractive, you're a "rape apologist". If you've ever looked at nude images of women on the internet, you're a "rape apologist". The list goes on and on and most of it is genuinely insane.
I was wondering that too...I don't have a Facebook account and I'm about as far from "hipster" as it gets. I confess I don't watch much TV, there's just not enough time for me to do so and not much on it that I find interesting...but FFS, that hardly makes me a "hipster", does it?
So...according to AC, I have to watch a certain number of hours a week AND use Facebook some given amount, or I'll be labeled a "hipster"? Really? Is that how it works now?
IMO, if you trust any of the old media enough to pay for a subscription, and you spend enough time on one website to get your money's worth, you're probably getting too much of your information from a single source.
I think this is an excellent point, especially for general news and information. The more sources the better.
I once used a roach clip to hold an irregularly-shaped specimen onto the stage of a scanning electron microscope.
This was at the University of Washington back in the mid 1980's, and the hack was prompted by the professor (who shall remain nameless) saying, "What we need is something like, you know, a roach clip."
I ran down to one of the many head stores on the Ave, bought a $3 roach clip, came back and affixed it to the specimen stage. It worked perfectly, and for all I know may still be in use today.
The SEM was a JEOL JSM-35C and department was involved in studying moon dust and dust borne in the high, high upper atmosphere (stratosphere?). It was colloquially called the "Department Of Interplanetary Moondust".
If you look at the images found in the google link, I actually installed at least two of those found on the first page of results.:)
Samples were collected by a U2 airplane with silicone oil-covered panels that swung down from the wings upon command. They also used thin slabs of aerogel to collect the samples on the panels, but that was much later.
I once turned a $15,000 laser into a massive paperweight by turning a simple water valve from the "on" position to the "off" position.
Oh, wait, you mean a hack that did something useful? Well, I made an iPad stand out of a pile of dirty laundry, but I don't really like to brag about it.
Almost never used it, and they're about to learn a hard, hard lesson.
Agreed.....and agreed.
Twitter Dev #1: "Hey guys, how can we fuck shit up today?" Twitter Dev #2: What if we shut some shit down without almost no warning?" Twitter Dev #1: "Awesome!" Twitter Dev #2: "Party ON, dude!" (guitar riff plays)
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It's genuinely astounding just how little I care about this. My lack of interest probably couldn't be measured even with the most sensitive scientific equipment.
I'll just sit back and let others who have some stake or interest in it do all the shooting and flaming and arguing. Carry on!
Apropos of nothing, did you know that a Makino EDM machine will do some really strange things if you use some commands with a coordinate system that's even slightly rotated, or had just used such a coordinate system, or something like that?
I did not know that, but if I ever get my grubby little hands on a CNC machine my guess is that I'll find out you're right. heh
To be fair, I think if you rape someone, you owe them an apology.
That seems reasonable, even to a old cis-het white guy like me.
I'm all for it, but so far none of it appears to be real.
I'd love to be wrong on this, but so far there doesn't seem to be anything to get excited about.
I use the "I want five blades" Fusion..
Too late, suckers! I already have my 8-blade razor in the works, all I need is a couple of million bucks to produce the prototype and I'll crush Gillette like a bug on pavement!
So, either Leif Holmlid is a lying, attention-seeking media whore ... or he's really made a revolutionary breakthrough.
But if he can't demonstrate that it works in such a way as to be repeatable by someone else, then he must be a lying, attention-seeking media whore.
I know which one my money is on.
Bingo. Many claims, but zero proof.
If it really works, drag it into the lobby of NIST or any reputable test lab and fire it up. If they can't do that I'll have no choice but to consider it to be flim-flam.
Time machines? Pffft, there's no future in that.
No need to get up, I'll see myself out.
Just get solar inexpensive enough and I'll be perfectly happy. It sure isn't there yet.
Bingo. Solar would go a long, long way to solving the energy demand if it was inexpensive enough and/or efficient enough.
A solar cell with 50% efficiency would revolutionize the whole industry (I think 22% or so is the current record, and I believe that's still in an experimental stage as far as I know).
A less expensive solar cell would be almost as good, maybe better in some cases. I think solar is now about ~$3 per watt installed, but bring that down to under a dollar and it would suddenly become waaaaaaay more attractive and practical.
I love the idea of cold fusion but so far it still seems genuinely unobtainable. For all the research I've seen there's still no real, definitive example of it actually being feasible or even possible. (I know a lot of people will disagree with me, perhaps vehemently.) Quite a few claim to have done it, but I don't know of any indisputable examples.
I almost can't wait for 5-10 years down the road when she's completely irrelevant and everyone's making fun of her like they do to Jack Thompson now for having the exact same argument he had.
I'm hoping that it won't take nearly that long...but it probably will.
It'll be interesting to see just how long she can make a living at playing the victim card. To see her at the UN underscores just how ridiculous and irrelevant the UN has become. She and Zoe Quinn should never have been given an audience there. It's shameful and embarrassing.
Damn, if I had mod points, they'd be yours. Mod parent UP.
Yes, people like Zoe "5 Guys" Quinn and Anita "The Liar" Sarkeesian are useless leeches who make a living by being professional victims.
They lie, they steal, they cheat, they game the system, and they still manage to hold on to their "I'm a Victim!" flag. It's unbelievable.
That is the entire purpose of the system. Unless you treat slashdot as a happy fuzzy social network, which I don't.
Well that's nice to hear; I'm very happy for you. You still seem rather unsettled and unhappy, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
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I remember that clusterfuck well...it was a total crapload of pure stupid, with dickheads like PZ Meyers jumping on the bandwagon.
Garrett is the idiot who, while working for Red Hat, screeched that a kernel developer Ted Tso was a 'rape apologist' on a mailing list - completely untrue and a disgusting lie.
Ahh yes, "rape apologist", the specious accusation that keeps on giving. Needs no basis in fact or reality to be used, smears the target nicely, and makes the accuser feel like he/she is "helping the world".
The people that use this term to accuse others of some supposed behavior can't even agree on what it means, and by some definitions if you've ever looked at a woman on the street and thought she was attractive, you're a "rape apologist". If you've ever looked at nude images of women on the internet, you're a "rape apologist". The list goes on and on and most of it is genuinely insane.
But how many of those sources are actually doing investigative journalism?
I don't know; all I'm saying is that in general it's better to get your information from multiple sources than just one.
Not in every case, but for general news and world events I think it's a reasonable way to go.
Jolly good for you, enjoy your auto-foe modding or whatever, and have a nice day. :)
But when did it become Hipster to avoid FB?
I was wondering that too...I don't have a Facebook account and I'm about as far from "hipster" as it gets. I confess I don't watch much TV, there's just not enough time for me to do so and not much on it that I find interesting...but FFS, that hardly makes me a "hipster", does it?
So...according to AC, I have to watch a certain number of hours a week AND use Facebook some given amount, or I'll be labeled a "hipster"? Really? Is that how it works now?
If they aren't already. Not to go all tinfoil hat, but in many ways, I've always felt that Facebook operates very much like an intelligence agency.
Agreed, and if they haven't been thoroughly penetrated and tapped by all the three-letter agencies out there, I'd be flabbergasted.
Seriously, Facebook is a massive treasure trove of leads and relationship connections as well as mundane "who, what, where, when" stuff.
If it didn't already exist, the NSA/FBI/CIA/ETC would have to invent it.
with the only real "news" being the USA Today insert.
USAToday is the "Egg McMuffin" of newspapers: it looks way better than it tastes.
Seriously, If there's any actual news printed in USAToday, I sure as never never found it.
IMO, if you trust any of the old media enough to pay for a subscription, and you spend enough time on one website to get your money's worth, you're probably getting too much of your information from a single source.
I think this is an excellent point, especially for general news and information. The more sources the better.
HA! Extra funny that both of you managed to break your game immediately after opening them. :-)
They sold millions of them, so our little club is probably larger than we realize. There might be hundreds of us clumsy-footed fools out there. lol
Why does your happiness seem to depend on your mistaken belief that you've somehow managed to enrage me?
It doesn't; your marking me as a "foe" is what gave it away. :)
Enjoy your foe-fest, I hope it brings a warm feeling of satisfaction to you (but I'm guessing it actually doesn't).
Cheers
I once used a roach clip to hold an irregularly-shaped specimen onto the stage of a scanning electron microscope.
This was at the University of Washington back in the mid 1980's, and the hack was prompted by the professor (who shall remain nameless) saying, "What we need is something like, you know, a roach clip."
I ran down to one of the many head stores on the Ave, bought a $3 roach clip, came back and affixed it to the specimen stage. It worked perfectly, and for all I know may still be in use today.
The SEM was a JEOL JSM-35C and department was involved in studying moon dust and dust borne in the high, high upper atmosphere (stratosphere?). It was colloquially called the "Department Of Interplanetary Moondust".
If you look at the images found in the google link, I actually installed at least two of those found on the first page of results. :)
Samples were collected by a U2 airplane with silicone oil-covered panels that swung down from the wings upon command. They also used thin slabs of aerogel to collect the samples on the panels, but that was much later.
And no, I'm not making this up.
I'm way out of line here but I assumed Slashdot people were more of the non-religious types?
Anyone want to clearify? Genuinly interrested.
Slashdot is open to all, regardless of their mental disability or inability to reason logically.
I once turned a $15,000 laser into a massive paperweight by turning a simple water valve from the "on" position to the "off" position.
Oh, wait, you mean a hack that did something useful? Well, I made an iPad stand out of a pile of dirty laundry, but I don't really like to brag about it.
You're aware you have no obligation to follow morons, are you?
I don't have a twitter account, so I couldn't follow morons even if I wanted to. :)
Almost never used it, and they're about to learn a hard, hard lesson.
Agreed.....and agreed.
Twitter Dev #1: "Hey guys, how can we fuck shit up today?"
Twitter Dev #2: What if we shut some shit down without almost no warning?"
Twitter Dev #1: "Awesome!"
Twitter Dev #2: "Party ON, dude!" (guitar riff plays)