and any audio portion of the performance or display is communicated by means of a total of not more than 6 loudspeakers, of which not more than 4 loudspeakers are located in any 1 room or adjoining outdoor space
How exactly does an aborted install create a brick? I distinctly recall installing a linux distro about 8 years ago (I cannot remember which distro, but I think it may have been mandrake) and the cds that I received from a friend of mine had an error. I was forced to abort the installation process, and then I simply popped in the installation disks of another distro (Redhat) and it installed and worked perfectly.
STEAL ANYTHING THAT IS NOT NAILED DOWN!
I propose one small alteration-
Rule #1 - Anything that isn't nailed down is mine!
Rule #2 - If I can pry it loose, it isn't nailed down
"The way of the leaf" - damn, it has been too long since I last read the Wheel of Time. You have just given me something to do for the next couple of months (man it is a long series)
Ok, first things first - I do not own an XBox 360, or a PS3. However, I am leaning towards the PS3, when there are some more games available for it, and/or my PS2 finally dies.
Now, having said that I have about 12 friends who DO have 360s, and of those 12, only 1 has not yet had to be replaced due to RRoD, and one of those twice. So, whilst you downplay the 30% fail rate, here is a small sample where there is almost a 100% failure rate. I know, from statistics, that the sample size is too small to be statistically relevant, however it is significant enough to deter me from purchasing one.
Oh, and one of the 360s had a non-RRoD failure, 2 weeks out of warranty. And my PS2, purchased in December 2001, still runs without any problems. Enough said really
Is the following a fact or faith?
The Sun will rise tomorrow (whether over clouds or otherwise).
What say ye?
Neither, as the sun is stationary and therefore unable to rise. Perhaps the correct question to ask would be "As the Earth continues in it's daily rotation, will there be a sun in the sky tomorrow"
Now, if we think about this logically, if the sun was not in existence, the Earth would stop moving around the sun, and therefore there would be no tomorrow.
Therefore I have decided, using logic, that without a tomorrow, there is no sun. Therefore it is a fact that the sun will rise tomorrow.
There has to be something that makes you try to avoid the tigers, or you won't procreate.
Yep, I have got 2 things that would make me avoid tigers.
1. I know that they can, and most likely will kill me. This is due to experimentation by people who refuse to believe this (consider this group the creationists)
2. I have a little bit of intelligence, and can therefore derive a logical conclusion from the experimentation of the idiots who want to play with the big kitty.
"The entropy of a closed system cannot decrease." (Which, I believe, is what you are referencing.) It goes on to say "However, they neglect the fact that life is not a closed system. The sun provides more than enough energy to drive things."
Actually, one of my old lecturers once asked us to name one "completely closed system" other than the universe (which encompasses everything) and I do not believe that we ever managed to give one that he was unable to refute.
So I put it to Slashdot - Can anyone name a closed system? Something that has no outside inputs or outputs.
Well, since they are just doing estimates, that much error is to be expected. Add that with estimation, you cannot even pretend to be accurate, I think that 1 significant figure should be more than sufficient to describe the value in feet/meters.
But, if you wish to be pedantic 5m = 16.404199ft 20m = 65.616798ft
I think that it is because we are still arguing over which one of us is really shagging the sheep (I think that it may actually be the Tasmanian's though)
As an Aussie, I have frequently joked around that NZ is a state of Australia, but I have never seen it written down anywhere. Now I want to go and check that out. You have given me something to do this evening.
I find that they do have good things to say about some ordinary average cars. But, in the sense of criticism (which is essentially what they are all about) they cannot simply say that "every car is brilliant in all situations." Firstly, it isn't entertaining at all, and secondly, it doesn't weigh up the pros and cons of any given car.
Back onto the ordinary cars, I have seen a couple of episodes where they showcase the Ford Focus, Peugeot 206, etc. and they generally give the pros and cons in relation to the car.
Additionally, the car that they chose as the "best car of the year 2007" was a tie between the Ford Mondeo, and the Subaru Legacy Outback - very average, ordinary cars.
MHD methods are still not that efficient, then theirs adding the electrical energy to create the plasma in the first place.
I suggest that you go back and do a minor in english, or even go back and do 3rd grade english again:) You have the wrong usage of the word there. What you should have used is "there's" which is the shortened version of "there is." Technically speaking, you probably shouldn't be using that either, as the shortened version is perfectly acceptable in speech it is discouraged in written form.
Hey, this is Slashdot... it is full of pedants.
P.S. Yes, there are most likely many errors in the above discourse, which I am now awaiting corrections for:)
P.P.S. Please don't take this seriously... I am just playing around
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No match for "NSI_SUCKS_DOGS_BALLS.COM".
It doesn't seem that they obey their own terms of service if they have a bot set up to register domains whenever they are queried, but then again, I suppose they have no reason to obey them either - it's not as if they will ban themselves from access.
On a side note, they STILL haven't registered nsi_sucks_dogs_balls.com yet. I am a little disappointed, but I am sure that it will be picked up soon.
The Australian government (under liberal, about 5-7 years ago) tried to filter the internet before. It was to 'bribe' a senator from Tasmania, Brian Harradine (I have probably spelled that incorrectly) so that he would not oppose the introduction of a government policy (I believe that it was the GST if my memory serves me correctly, but I could be wrong. I know that he opposed it anyway)
Now we have another government, the labour party, trying to filter the internet. Which senator are they trying to bribe, and what is the piece of policy that they want to get through? That is what I want to know (I know, I sound like I am wearing a tin-foil hat, but just because I am paranoid, it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get me)
No, they are not restricted to only getting what is offered by the ISP, however, any downloads that come from BigPond's servers are free of charge for Telstra BigPond customers. When you consider the outrageous prices that they have on their plans, you will quickly understand why their customers would be annoyed, possibly even outraged, at losing free access to OpenOffice (or any other program) bigpond.com plans
I did look at signing up with BigPond, but when I looked at the lovely fine print regarding excess usage charges ($0.17/MB) as well as their higher than average plan costs ($79.95 a month for 25GB @ 1500/256kbps) PLUS home phone line rental of about $30 a month
If you can show me the proof, I will gladly read it, digest it, and (if it is convincing) believe it. However, without the documented evidence, from sources other than Al Gore and the like, you are unlikely to sway me, just as I am unlikely to sway you to my argument.
As it stands, you are currently cemented in my mind as one of those "world is going to end in the next 10 years, global warming killing us, England will be under 20ft of ice, etc" people. I could be wrong, but that is the evangelical preaching I am reading in your comments. "We've got about 5-10 more years where we can use petrofuels without committing to shifting the planet's ecosystems into a new one in which our civilization is likely to fail."
But, beyond that, I am not going to get drawn into this argument. It is probably not too far away from becoming a good ol' flame war.
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Ever notice how Borders/Barnes and Noble has a massive stack of coverless magazines in the trash? Instead of wasting money shipping them back to publishers for (god forbid) a credit.
All that has to be returned to the publishers for a credit is the cover.
From everything that I have read, seen, heard, etc. there is one small problem with wind and solar power.
As you say, there is up to 330GW of power in the Mid-Atlantic US coast, but, and this is a very BIG but, not all of that power can be harnessed by wind turbines (as of yet at least) Basically, the wind turbines can only operate when the wind speed is between 3m/s and 25m/s (this is for a 1.5MW Wind Turbine)
Naturally the cut in and cut out speeds will vary from one turbine to another, depending on their ratings, but as you can see, there is only a VERY narrow band of wind speeds that each turbine will cater for.
There is a similar problem with Solar energy, and that is that the only power we are currently able to harness from the sun arrives to earth in the infra-red spectrum. Since less than 10% of the solar power that reaches earth is in the infra-red spectrum, there is over 90% of the potential power that is going to waste.
So, as it stands with our current technology, we are unable to efficiently harness the power of either the sun, nor the wind. I understand that there are many projects which are trying to rectify these problems, but there is no telling how long it will take until they are perfected.
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I honestly don't know, but would you want your courts to decide?
and any audio portion of the performance or display is communicated by means of a total of not more than 6 loudspeakers, of which not more than 4 loudspeakers are located in any 1 room or adjoining outdoor space
So, 5.1 is out then too?
How exactly does an aborted install create a brick? I distinctly recall installing a linux distro about 8 years ago (I cannot remember which distro, but I think it may have been mandrake) and the cds that I received from a friend of mine had an error. I was forced to abort the installation process, and then I simply popped in the installation disks of another distro (Redhat) and it installed and worked perfectly.
Aborted install
Not a brick
YOU BASTARD!!! That was my Tic-Tac-Toe program
STEAL ANYTHING THAT IS NOT NAILED DOWN!
I propose one small alteration-
Rule #1 - Anything that isn't nailed down is mine!
Rule #2 - If I can pry it loose, it isn't nailed down
"The way of the leaf" - damn, it has been too long since I last read the Wheel of Time. You have just given me something to do for the next couple of months (man it is a long series)
"Fast, cheap, reliable, pick any two" when you go to buy any videogame system.
You mean "Fast, cheap, reliable, Microsoft*, pick any two"
* Microsoft counts as two
Ok, first things first - I do not own an XBox 360, or a PS3. However, I am leaning towards the PS3, when there are some more games available for it, and/or my PS2 finally dies.
Now, having said that I have about 12 friends who DO have 360s, and of those 12, only 1 has not yet had to be replaced due to RRoD, and one of those twice. So, whilst you downplay the 30% fail rate, here is a small sample where there is almost a 100% failure rate. I know, from statistics, that the sample size is too small to be statistically relevant, however it is significant enough to deter me from purchasing one.
Oh, and one of the 360s had a non-RRoD failure, 2 weeks out of warranty. And my PS2, purchased in December 2001, still runs without any problems. Enough said really
Assuming you're on different ends of the circle, wouldn't that be 480 degrees?
Assuming you failed math, wouldn't that be 540 degrees?
Now, if we think about this logically, if the sun was not in existence, the Earth would stop moving around the sun, and therefore there would be no tomorrow.
Therefore I have decided, using logic, that without a tomorrow, there is no sun. Therefore it is a fact that the sun will rise tomorrow.
There has to be something that makes you try to avoid the tigers, or you won't procreate.
Yep, I have got 2 things that would make me avoid tigers.
1. I know that they can, and most likely will kill me. This is due to experimentation by people who refuse to believe this (consider this group the creationists)
2. I have a little bit of intelligence, and can therefore derive a logical conclusion from the experimentation of the idiots who want to play with the big kitty.
So I put it to Slashdot - Can anyone name a closed system? Something that has no outside inputs or outputs.
Well, since they are just doing estimates, that much error is to be expected. Add that with estimation, you cannot even pretend to be accurate, I think that 1 significant figure should be more than sufficient to describe the value in feet/meters.
But, if you wish to be pedantic
5m = 16.404199ft
20m = 65.616798ft
Full Of Rust and Dents
Found On Roadside Dead
there are a lot more, but I cannot remember them.
BTW. Ford Falcon for sale. Excellent condition. immaculate paintwork. Sorry, I have no pics, Ford's lawyer took them all away.
I think that it is because we are still arguing over which one of us is really shagging the sheep (I think that it may actually be the Tasmanian's though)
Does it have to just disappear? I'd rather see it be ripped apart by a horde of savage meerkats or something. I'd PPV that.
Hey, can you copy it and post a torrent for us?
As an Aussie, I have frequently joked around that NZ is a state of Australia, but I have never seen it written down anywhere.
Now I want to go and check that out. You have given me something to do this evening.
I find that they do have good things to say about some ordinary average cars. But, in the sense of criticism (which is essentially what they are all about) they cannot simply say that "every car is brilliant in all situations." Firstly, it isn't entertaining at all, and secondly, it doesn't weigh up the pros and cons of any given car.
Back onto the ordinary cars, I have seen a couple of episodes where they showcase the Ford Focus, Peugeot 206, etc. and they generally give the pros and cons in relation to the car.
Additionally, the car that they chose as the "best car of the year 2007" was a tie between the Ford Mondeo, and the Subaru Legacy Outback - very average, ordinary cars.
Yes, I am a fan of the show - bloody brilliant
I suggest that you go back and do a minor in english, or even go back and do 3rd grade english again
Hey, this is Slashdot... it is full of pedants.
P.S. Yes, there are most likely many errors in the above discourse, which I am now awaiting corrections for
P.P.S. Please don't take this seriously... I am just playing around
It doesn't seem that they obey their own terms of service if they have a bot set up to register domains whenever they are queried, but then again, I suppose they have no reason to obey them either - it's not as if they will ban themselves from access.
On a side note, they STILL haven't registered nsi_sucks_dogs_balls.com yet. I am a little disappointed, but I am sure that it will be picked up soon.
The Australian government (under liberal, about 5-7 years ago) tried to filter the internet before. It was to 'bribe' a senator from Tasmania, Brian Harradine (I have probably spelled that incorrectly) so that he would not oppose the introduction of a government policy (I believe that it was the GST if my memory serves me correctly, but I could be wrong. I know that he opposed it anyway)
Now we have another government, the labour party, trying to filter the internet. Which senator are they trying to bribe, and what is the piece of policy that they want to get through? That is what I want to know (I know, I sound like I am wearing a tin-foil hat, but just because I am paranoid, it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get me)
No, they are not restricted to only getting what is offered by the ISP, however, any downloads that come from BigPond's servers are free of charge for Telstra BigPond customers. When you consider the outrageous prices that they have on their plans, you will quickly understand why their customers would be annoyed, possibly even outraged, at losing free access to OpenOffice (or any other program) bigpond.com plans
I did look at signing up with BigPond, but when I looked at the lovely fine print regarding excess usage charges ($0.17/MB) as well as their higher than average plan costs ($79.95 a month for 25GB @ 1500/256kbps) PLUS home phone line rental of about $30 a month
If you can show me the proof, I will gladly read it, digest it, and (if it is convincing) believe it. However, without the documented evidence, from sources other than Al Gore and the like, you are unlikely to sway me, just as I am unlikely to sway you to my argument.
As it stands, you are currently cemented in my mind as one of those "world is going to end in the next 10 years, global warming killing us, England will be under 20ft of ice, etc" people. I could be wrong, but that is the evangelical preaching I am reading in your comments. "We've got about 5-10 more years where we can use petrofuels without committing to shifting the planet's ecosystems into a new one in which our civilization is likely to fail."
But, beyond that, I am not going to get drawn into this argument. It is probably not too far away from becoming a good ol' flame war.
All that has to be returned to the publishers for a credit is the cover.
From everything that I have read, seen, heard, etc. there is one small problem with wind and solar power.
As you say, there is up to 330GW of power in the Mid-Atlantic US coast, but, and this is a very BIG but, not all of that power can be harnessed by wind turbines (as of yet at least) Basically, the wind turbines can only operate when the wind speed is between 3m/s and 25m/s (this is for a 1.5MW Wind Turbine)
Naturally the cut in and cut out speeds will vary from one turbine to another, depending on their ratings, but as you can see, there is only a VERY narrow band of wind speeds that each turbine will cater for.
There is a similar problem with Solar energy, and that is that the only power we are currently able to harness from the sun arrives to earth in the infra-red spectrum. Since less than 10% of the solar power that reaches earth is in the infra-red spectrum, there is over 90% of the potential power that is going to waste.
So, as it stands with our current technology, we are unable to efficiently harness the power of either the sun, nor the wind. I understand that there are many projects which are trying to rectify these problems, but there is no telling how long it will take until they are perfected.