Not the ram; the game -- Dance-Dance Revolution
Although it may be a teeny bit expensive to get the mats and the game (though now that there's a domestic release, it's a bit better), but it's good fun, and a great cardio workout.
I think it's nice to see somone that says "do something for the kids" as opposed to "Blame the video games, TV, blah, blah blah". Tie game night to grades. You get good grades you get more LAN party time! How's that for an idea??
It's a pretty good idea, but I've got an even better one: tie the grades to the score! (more frags = higher marks) Come on, you should ace history if you can wipe out the other civilizations!
I can't see any reasonable objection to this.;-)
New Star Trek material!
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Quark Stars
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· Score: 2, Funny
Whereas before the coolest material they could build stuff out of in Star Trek was Neutronium (Neutron Star matter), such as the hull of the Planet Killer in the old series episode "The Doomsday Machine", know they can build stuff out of quarkonium!! Whee.
I'll go to bed now..
Re:laws for time travellers? who cares?
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Actually, you wouldn't be so much going back in time to another universe, as you would be spawning a new fork in the tree of all these diverging parallel universe. The "change" in this branch of universes, of course, would be your additional presence.
This whole interpretation of time travel and the many worlds theory was used quite skillfully in the novel The Proteus Operation by James. P. Hogan in which an american team travels back (from a world where Nazi Germany controls most of the world) to foil Hitler's development of the A-bomb.
NASA's got a cool little Java applet you can play with to see the satellites and their orbits.
It's a simulation based on posted data, I gather, rather than any kind of tracker, and I'm sure there are dozens of black satellites not listed, but it's still very neat. You can zoom in/out and around the earth, pick specific satellites from categories, changes the time speed, etc. There's also all the favourites such as the shuttle (when it's up), the ISS, Mir, Hubble, COBE, etc. You can also load a web page with more info about any given satellite, such as when it was launched, what it carries, and so on.
I'm getting a little sick of people complaining every time an anime topic appears that this isn't "news for nerds".
I mean, have you BEEN to an anime con? Have you SEEN the hardcore anime fans? About as nerdy as you can get!;)
(It's all jokes, people.)
Seriously though, a large number of geeks are also interested in anime -- this is certainly true at UAlberta, I've found, where it seems every other comp.sci. is either a closet or a not-so-closet anime.. fan.
So whether YOU like anime or not, remember that many other geeks do, and realize that there are just as many who don't particularly care about music, or linux, or any other of the topics we have on Slashdot (topics which are provided, I meant mention, to facilitate the filtering out of stories you aren't interested in).
I think I'll be making a marathon of reading through a bunch of my favourite online comics: MegaTokyo, Sinfest, Sluffy Freelance, Exploitation Now, and, of course, Penny Arcade.
Wow, watch Microsoft squirm! It'd be entertaining, if it wasn't so serious. I'm not a lawyer by any means, and I started to skim heavily after a few screenfuls, but even I got the impression of stalling and whining.
Altogether too similar to a young boy arguing with his parents over the punishment he is to receive.
One question, though: I didn't find this part in the document, but if they are claiming the right to inspect competitors' source, do we get to examine the MS source?
> "Secondly, angular momentum is conserved. If you get enough flywheels spinning with the proper orientation, you could (in theory) have a serious effect on the Earth's rotation."
I should think that would be the best use for flywheels yet! We mount very large flywheels on each of the poles and bring them up to high speed.
(We can blast them off into space, or keep them down here just in case we change our mind.)
We can slow down the revolution of the Earth and give ourselves longer days! Who hasn't complained that there aren't enough hours in the day??
Alternatively, we can speed up the revolution, and with centrifugal force lessen or nullify the effect of gravity at the equator! This is undeniably very cool, and can have no possible harmful effects.
I know that I probably shouldn't reply to a posting by someone who calls himself 'trollking', but I've heard this sort of thing too many times in too many places -- "Why are scientists wasting their time on [given scientific issue] when the world would be so much better if they concentrated on [more immediately applicable scientific issues].
What has to be realized is that the scientists who are work on muons, leptons, HotGritsions, and the like are doing this because they weren't interested in working on [more immediately applicable scientific issues] and probably wouldn't be inclined to persue these issues even if the more theoretical science wasn't around to study.
Or is it to be suggested that scientists should be forced by the government to work on mandated projects?
Once a group of creatures, to pick a well known example let's say humans, becomes civilized somewhat, they start taking better care of those who would not be able to survive on their own. They (we) aid weak newborns, semi-sterile couples, and people with defects or diseases that would quickly kill them "in the wild."
The result: these creatures live to produce offspring. Evolution fails because survival of the fittest no longer applies to the situation.
(Of course these aren't my original thoughts; I think I read of the idea in fiction by Larry Niven.)
I've not done any research, but doesn't it seem as if there are many more defects, allergies, and weaknesses in the population today than there was in the past?
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Not the ram; the game -- Dance-Dance Revolution Although it may be a teeny bit expensive to get the mats and the game (though now that there's a domestic release, it's a bit better), but it's good fun, and a great cardio workout.
It's a pretty good idea, but I've got an even better one: tie the grades to the score! (more frags = higher marks) Come on, you should ace history if you can wipe out the other civilizations!
I can't see any reasonable objection to this. ;-)
I'll go to bed now..
This whole interpretation of time travel and the many worlds theory was used quite skillfully in the novel The Proteus Operation by James. P. Hogan in which an american team travels back (from a world where Nazi Germany controls most of the world) to foil Hitler's development of the A-bomb.
NASA's got a cool little Java applet you can play with to see the satellites and their orbits.
It's a simulation based on posted data, I gather, rather than any kind of tracker, and I'm sure there are dozens of black satellites not listed, but it's still very neat. You can zoom in/out and around the earth, pick specific satellites from categories, changes the time speed, etc. There's also all the favourites such as the shuttle (when it's up), the ISS, Mir, Hubble, COBE, etc. You can also load a web page with more info about any given satellite, such as when it was launched, what it carries, and so on.
Enjoy!
I'm getting a little sick of people complaining every time an anime topic appears that this isn't "news for nerds". I mean, have you BEEN to an anime con? Have you SEEN the hardcore anime fans? About as nerdy as you can get! ;)
(It's all jokes, people.)
Seriously though, a large number of geeks are also interested in anime -- this is certainly true at UAlberta, I've found, where it seems every other comp.sci. is either a closet or a not-so-closet anime.. fan.
So whether YOU like anime or not, remember that many other geeks do, and realize that there are just as many who don't particularly care about music, or linux, or any other of the topics we have on Slashdot (topics which are provided, I meant mention, to facilitate the filtering out of stories you aren't interested in).
I think I'll be making a marathon of reading through a bunch of my favourite online comics: MegaTokyo, Sinfest, Sluffy Freelance, Exploitation Now, and, of course, Penny Arcade.
It's okay, folks, it's okay. Hemos must've read the article upside down; Kylix is a lot cheaper than you thought!
:-)
It's really only 666$. There, don't you feel much more comfortable? Hmmn, actually, now that I think about it...
Wow, watch Microsoft squirm! It'd be entertaining, if it wasn't so serious. I'm not a lawyer by any means, and I started to skim heavily after a few screenfuls, but even I got the impression of stalling and whining.
Altogether too similar to a young boy arguing with his parents over the punishment he is to receive.
One question, though: I didn't find this part in the document, but if they are claiming the right to inspect competitors' source, do we get to examine the MS source?
> "Secondly, angular momentum is conserved. If you get enough flywheels spinning with the proper orientation, you could (in theory) have a serious effect on the Earth's rotation."
I should think that would be the best use for flywheels yet! We mount very large flywheels on each of the poles and bring them up to high speed.
(We can blast them off into space, or keep them down here just in case we change our mind.)
We can slow down the revolution of the Earth and give ourselves longer days! Who hasn't complained that there aren't enough hours in the day??
Alternatively, we can speed up the revolution, and with centrifugal force lessen or nullify the effect of gravity at the equator! This is undeniably very cool, and can have no possible harmful effects.
So many possibilities...
I know that I probably shouldn't reply to a posting by someone who calls himself 'trollking', but I've heard this sort of thing too many times in too many places -- "Why are scientists wasting their time on [given scientific issue] when the world would be so much better if they concentrated on [more immediately applicable scientific issues].
What has to be realized is that the scientists who are work on muons, leptons, HotGritsions, and the like are doing this because they weren't interested in working on [more immediately applicable scientific issues] and probably wouldn't be inclined to persue these issues even if the more theoretical science wasn't around to study.
Or is it to be suggested that scientists should be forced by the government to work on mandated projects?
Once a group of creatures, to pick a well known example let's say humans, becomes civilized somewhat, they start taking better care of those who would not be able to survive on their own. They (we) aid weak newborns, semi-sterile couples, and people with defects or diseases that would quickly kill them "in the wild."
The result: these creatures live to produce offspring. Evolution fails because survival of the fittest no longer applies to the situation.
(Of course these aren't my original thoughts; I think I read of the idea in fiction by Larry Niven.)
I've not done any research, but doesn't it seem as if there are many more defects, allergies, and weaknesses in the population today than there was in the past?