Actually, no. All motion stops at 0 kelvin. However, since quantum mechanics, as you pointed out, causes little wiggles, 0 Kelvin is impossible. Zero Kelvin is just a theoretical figure. But Absolute Zero, or 0 kelvin, occurs when all motion stops.
No, actually, you're wrong. 10 Kelvin is a specific point on the temperature range. It's not a quantity. As I learned it, you say 10 degrees celsius when relating a temperature, since 10 degrees celsius is a specific temperature. But when relating the difference between two temperatures you say "A is 10 Celsius degrees higher than B." A Celsius degree is a difference in temperature. A degree Celsius refers to a specific temperature.
So 10 Kelvin is correct. To say a difference in temperature with kelvin you might say "60 Kelvin is 10 kelvins more than 50 kelvins."
And just for the record a Celsius degree is the same as a Kelvin (difference in temperature). The Kelvin and Celsius scales are the same, except Celsius is shifted up 273 Celsius degrees.
The accusation makes it entirely clear to anyone who is remotely familiar with the WTO, that it's a parody. Whether you think the Holocaust is a legitimate subject for that type of treatment, or whether you find it amusing or not, has no bearing on this argument. Do you really understand what freedom of speech means? Whether it's clearly a parody or not isn't even the issue. Even if it might seem to someone that it's not a parody, they have every right to what they have up there, especially considering that it's all factual.
They're using IE because of a contract. What kind of training do you need to work as a tech for windows xp? It's the exact same thing as Win2k, cosmetic changes aside.
I mean, a penny a page sounds good and all, but they were just about to phase out the penny. If they adopt this plan we'll have pennies for at least twenty more years.
There was a slashdot story about someone putting in a frontlight that only consumed 25% of the power. Try this. They should be putting out a kit any day now.
Sony was paranoid about releasing movies on video tape, plus betamax tapes were shorter, so their anti- movie policy forced the industry to adopt the inferior vhs.
I bought a PC in 1999 that came with Corel's office suite. The whole idea of bundling, and it's illegality, is connected to the fact that monopolies in the past would force people to buy a separate product and charge them money for it. But that concept just doesn't apply to OSes. Is including a GUI "bundling." After all, when the GUI was first introduced, it was considered extraneous. Anti-trust laws were designed to protect consumers not corporations. Giving things away will never hurt anybody except competing corporations. And the argument that "well they're giving away an inferior product, so the consumers won't bother finding our product, which is better" just doesn't hold up one bit. If they don't bother getting your product, if it truly is better, then it's because it's not worth the effort and they value the convenience of having it automatically. Regardless, giving things away should never be illegal, and that's even if they force OEM's to not remove it. Sure you might not think including a browser or anything else is so vital or even beneficial, but if Microsoft sells a product, they don't want it altered before it reaches the consumer. I think that's very fair, when you try to apply that to other companies.
Look at windows explorer, the directory/file browser. That used to be sold as a separate product, by norton, which was possibly superior. Was windows hurt by including it? Is there any conceivable reason they shouldn't have?
Microsoft has done plenty of underhanded things, which warrant government investigation. But including free software (it's free since they offer it free for download), should not be a problem. In fact, giving things away should never be illegal. Unless it's drugs. Drugs are bad.
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Yes, interesting. At first I was going to write an angry reply saying that still doesn't explain his abilities, but then I read the end. Yes, interesting.
First of all, Road Runner is owned by AOL, just to put things into perspective. Also, realize, that Windows 95 and NT 4 were both version 4.0 of windows. Windows 2000 is 5.0. And Windows XP is 5.1. Even though the UI looks very different, the fact is that users have an easier time switching from Win2k to Win XP than from Win 95 to Win 98. That just illustrates how there isn't really much difference between the two.
I have road runner. A few weeks ago, I had some problems and did some live tech chat on the rr website. When I said I had Win XP he said road runner didn't support it. So I just came back later and said I had Win 2k. The only problem with saying you have win 2k is that you have to be pretty familiar with win xp, and also Win 2k. Because he will give you step by step instructions through the gui which will not apply to XP. But aside from that, it isn't really a problem.
To me this is just part of an overall strategy by AOL to hinder Win XP and microsoft in general. Sure, it seems petty, self-destructive, and ineffective, and it may be so, but this is deliberate, and it will be some time before they train their techs. There isn't really much to train.
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I definitely agree that it shouldn't be "trigit," but his general idea was right. Digit comes from the latin word for finger, yes, and that is why digit only refers to base-10 and not other number systems; we have ten fingers. That is how the base-10 number system came into use.
On that subject, I think it was the aztecs (or the incas or the mayans, I'm so confused) who used a base-60 number system. They chose 60 because it is divisible by so many numbers. I think the babylonians might've used a similar system.
I think I remember another culture who used base-360 number system (maybe not, sounds very cumbersome). I know for certain that banks used to consider the year to have 360 days because it's so easily divisible.
And this is why there are 360 degrees in a circle. Astronomy was the first field that measurement of angles was so common and necessary. So there are 365 days in the year, and they thought it would be elegant to have a degree represent for an earth-day. But 365 doesn't have too many factors, so they chose 360.
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About the whole UV thing. Even if an alien did inhabit a human body, he would still only have access to *human* photoreceptors while using this human body. Human photoreceptors cannot detect UV light, no matter who's looking through them. But this brings the whole idea of "inhabiting someone else's body" into question, and spoiling all the fun. Whatever.
This is taking the whole volkswagen bug rehash to a logical extreme. Somehow it's improbability reminds me of net-connected refrigerators and toilets. (Wow, Imagine if your toilet can check your stool and based on that it will email your wife what it thinks he should have for lunch the next day!)
That was kind of my point. The only time corporations do things that are "good" is when it will likely benefit them. I understand that my usage of "good" is completely subjective, but that's really exactly my point. There is no absolute good. The only things which make corporations less likely to do good are 1)shame is very often not a factor in their decisions, since they are often not exposed to shame 2)in the past few decades, corporations have had considerably more wiggle-room and legal protection than an ordinary citizen. Corporations are machines, inexorable, guided only by economics. And that is their greatest virtue. They should continue looking after their bottom line at all costs. But government should balance out their actions, and restrict other actions.
Don't you have to supply a credit card to sell on ebay, in order to prevent such things as this? Why can't they just charge his account, and refund the buyers.
Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Edison was a terrible business man and wasn't very rich at all during his life. He did not start Con Edison either. He was very naive.
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Microsoft doesn't have such a stronghold on the handheld market. If you're in the mainstream making PCs, there is simply no other option but to package it with windows. Here, if microsoft tried to bully compaq or anyone, I don't think they'd be so reluctant to just switch over to Palm. So, either they start using Palm OS without trouble, or they try using it, then Microsoft gives them an ultimatum and compaq calls their bluff. Either way, I definitely see it happening
Also, since the OS division will be it's own company, they can also sell versions of Palm OS for the different hardware available. Like even if Compaq continues exclusively using wince, PalmOS can just compile the OS for the StrongARM processor, etc. And I don't know about the other companies, but compaq would not have a problem with that...they've been very supportive with using linux on the iPAQ. And that makes it seem more likely Compaq will start selling iPaqs with palm.
Yeah, that's it. They plan on making money from web access and email. That's why it doesn't come with a modem or ethernet. Besides, it's a third party controller.
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Actually, no. All motion stops at 0 kelvin. However, since quantum mechanics, as you pointed out, causes little wiggles, 0 Kelvin is impossible. Zero Kelvin is just a theoretical figure. But Absolute Zero, or 0 kelvin, occurs when all motion stops.
No, actually, you're wrong. 10 Kelvin is a specific point on the temperature range. It's not a quantity. As I learned it, you say 10 degrees celsius when relating a temperature, since 10 degrees celsius is a specific temperature. But when relating the difference between two temperatures you say "A is 10 Celsius degrees higher than B." A Celsius degree is a difference in temperature. A degree Celsius refers to a specific temperature.
So 10 Kelvin is correct. To say a difference in temperature with kelvin you might say "60 Kelvin is 10 kelvins more than 50 kelvins."
And just for the record a Celsius degree is the same as a Kelvin (difference in temperature). The Kelvin and Celsius scales are the same, except Celsius is shifted up 273 Celsius degrees.
No, he was making fun of the poster's idea that Mandrake gaming edition is better than a new console.
Umm, I appreciate your point, but Dateline is shown on NBC, as is SNL, so there is no conflict there.
The accusation makes it entirely clear to anyone who is remotely familiar with the WTO, that it's a parody. Whether you think the Holocaust is a legitimate subject for that type of treatment, or whether you find it amusing or not, has no bearing on this argument. Do you really understand what freedom of speech means? Whether it's clearly a parody or not isn't even the issue. Even if it might seem to someone that it's not a parody, they have every right to what they have up there, especially considering that it's all factual.
They're using IE because of a contract. What kind of training do you need to work as a tech for windows xp? It's the exact same thing as Win2k, cosmetic changes aside.
I mean, a penny a page sounds good and all, but they were just about to phase out the penny. If they adopt this plan we'll have pennies for at least twenty more years.
There was a slashdot story about someone putting in a frontlight that only consumed 25% of the power. Try this. They should be putting out a kit any day now.
Sony was paranoid about releasing movies on video tape, plus betamax tapes were shorter, so their anti- movie policy forced the industry to adopt the inferior vhs.
I bought a PC in 1999 that came with Corel's office suite. The whole idea of bundling, and it's illegality, is connected to the fact that monopolies in the past would force people to buy a separate product and charge them money for it. But that concept just doesn't apply to OSes. Is including a GUI "bundling." After all, when the GUI was first introduced, it was considered extraneous. Anti-trust laws were designed to protect consumers not corporations. Giving things away will never hurt anybody except competing corporations. And the argument that "well they're giving away an inferior product, so the consumers won't bother finding our product, which is better" just doesn't hold up one bit. If they don't bother getting your product, if it truly is better, then it's because it's not worth the effort and they value the convenience of having it automatically. Regardless, giving things away should never be illegal, and that's even if they force OEM's to not remove it. Sure you might not think including a browser or anything else is so vital or even beneficial, but if Microsoft sells a product, they don't want it altered before it reaches the consumer. I think that's very fair, when you try to apply that to other companies.
Look at windows explorer, the directory/file browser. That used to be sold as a separate product, by norton, which was possibly superior. Was windows hurt by including it? Is there any conceivable reason they shouldn't have?
Microsoft has done plenty of underhanded things, which warrant government investigation. But including free software (it's free since they offer it free for download), should not be a problem. In fact, giving things away should never be illegal. Unless it's drugs. Drugs are bad.
they point to the sam place as near as I can tell
Yes, interesting. At first I was going to write an angry reply saying that still doesn't explain his abilities, but then I read the end. Yes, interesting.
First of all, Road Runner is owned by AOL, just to put things into perspective. Also, realize, that Windows 95 and NT 4 were both version 4.0 of windows. Windows 2000 is 5.0. And Windows XP is 5.1. Even though the UI looks very different, the fact is that users have an easier time switching from Win2k to Win XP than from Win 95 to Win 98. That just illustrates how there isn't really much difference between the two.
I have road runner. A few weeks ago, I had some problems and did some live tech chat on the rr website. When I said I had Win XP he said road runner didn't support it. So I just came back later and said I had Win 2k. The only problem with saying you have win 2k is that you have to be pretty familiar with win xp, and also Win 2k. Because he will give you step by step instructions through the gui which will not apply to XP. But aside from that, it isn't really a problem.
To me this is just part of an overall strategy by AOL to hinder Win XP and microsoft in general. Sure, it seems petty, self-destructive, and ineffective, and it may be so, but this is deliberate, and it will be some time before they train their techs. There isn't really much to train.
I think you mean bits, fool.
I definitely agree that it shouldn't be "trigit," but his general idea was right. Digit comes from the latin word for finger, yes, and that is why digit only refers to base-10 and not other number systems; we have ten fingers. That is how the base-10 number system came into use.
On that subject, I think it was the aztecs (or the incas or the mayans, I'm so confused) who used a base-60 number system. They chose 60 because it is divisible by so many numbers. I think the babylonians might've used a similar system.
I think I remember another culture who used base-360 number system (maybe not, sounds very cumbersome). I know for certain that banks used to consider the year to have 360 days because it's so easily divisible.
And this is why there are 360 degrees in a circle. Astronomy was the first field that measurement of angles was so common and necessary. So there are 365 days in the year, and they thought it would be elegant to have a degree represent for an earth-day. But 365 doesn't have too many factors, so they chose 360.
Cesium is not liquid at room temperature.
at least your spelling is consistent
About the whole UV thing. Even if an alien did inhabit a human body, he would still only have access to *human* photoreceptors while using this human body. Human photoreceptors cannot detect UV light, no matter who's looking through them. But this brings the whole idea of "inhabiting someone else's body" into question, and spoiling all the fun. Whatever.
This is taking the whole volkswagen bug rehash to a logical extreme. Somehow it's improbability reminds me of net-connected refrigerators and toilets. (Wow, Imagine if your toilet can check your stool and based on that it will email your wife what it thinks he should have for lunch the next day!)
That was kind of my point. The only time corporations do things that are "good" is when it will likely benefit them. I understand that my usage of "good" is completely subjective, but that's really exactly my point. There is no absolute good. The only things which make corporations less likely to do good are 1)shame is very often not a factor in their decisions, since they are often not exposed to shame 2)in the past few decades, corporations have had considerably more wiggle-room and legal protection than an ordinary citizen. Corporations are machines, inexorable, guided only by economics. And that is their greatest virtue. They should continue looking after their bottom line at all costs. But government should balance out their actions, and restrict other actions.
Don't you have to supply a credit card to sell on ebay, in order to prevent such things as this? Why can't they just charge his account, and refund the buyers.
Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Edison was a terrible business man and wasn't very rich at all during his life. He did not start Con Edison either. He was very naive.
yeah, baby
Microsoft doesn't have such a stronghold on the handheld market. If you're in the mainstream making PCs, there is simply no other option but to package it with windows. Here, if microsoft tried to bully compaq or anyone, I don't think they'd be so reluctant to just switch over to Palm. So, either they start using Palm OS without trouble, or they try using it, then Microsoft gives them an ultimatum and compaq calls their bluff. Either way, I definitely see it happening
Also, since the OS division will be it's own company, they can also sell versions of Palm OS for the different hardware available. Like even if Compaq continues exclusively using wince, PalmOS can just compile the OS for the StrongARM processor, etc. And I don't know about the other companies, but compaq would not have a problem with that...they've been very supportive with using linux on the iPAQ. And that makes it seem more likely Compaq will start selling iPaqs with palm.
Yeah, that's it. They plan on making money from web access and email. That's why it doesn't come with a modem or ethernet. Besides, it's a third party controller.