That stuff IS strong. If you live in a wood house, you're probably walking on it. It isn't used for doors for aesthetic reasons, not reasons of strength. Besides, the weakest link in a door is the jamb.
E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS.
E-mail was quickly extended to become network e-mail, allowing users to pass messages between different computers. The messages could be transferred between users on different computers by at least 1966 (it is possible the SAGE system had something similar some time before). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Origins_of_e-ma il
Then, to ensure you reach 100% of your target audience, convert the presentation to an animated.gif and e-mail it to everyone on your contact list, instructing them to do the same.
Meta-moderation is far from perfect. In fact, I'd argue that it's even more open to abuse due to the fact that almost most everyone can participate. Personlly, I only spend mod points to mod things up which have been overlooked, or mod things down which are factually incorrect, but have been modded up. Despite this, much of my moderation was undone in metamod, and I no longer get mod points. Of course, I have nothing except my word as evidence, but I'd be surprised if I was alone in my experience.
no engineer has yet been able to adequately explain to me why a 40-year old tube amp sounds so much better than a new solid-state amp.
Tubes use a much higher current than transistors, which leads to a smoothing of the waveform. It may sound better (to you), but it's not more accurate.
Or why my preamp sounds better after it's been on for an hour or so.
The characteristics of an analog electronic component change with temperature. Most electronics generally have a 30-120 minute warmup as they reach a stable operating temperature, and thus achieve stable operation. Say there's a resistor that drives your tube.. the resistance lowers at the temperature increases, so when you first turn it on you might not be able to generate quite enough voltage to turn on the amplifier (tube or transistor). I've forgotten most of my electronics theory, but it's not a mystery, and someone else can probably expound better than I. A proper feedback loop should be able to provide adequate compensation, but it seems audiophile equipment is deliberately engineered with simplistic circuits.
My favorite is this picture. I can't begin to imagine the thought process which simultaneously rationalizes spending $2,000 for some RCA cables, and yet solders those same cables to some 2 cent copper wiring jerry rigged around a piece of scrap plastic. It boggles the mind.
On that note they aren't going to arrest you if you have traveled there and came back. They won't deny you to go to cuba you just can't leave from the US to get there. It is completely legal for you(if your an american well or anybody) to go to Cuba.
Actually, it's not.
Transactions related to tourist travel are not licensable. This restriction includes tourist travel to Cuba from or through a third country such as Mexico or Canada. U.S. law enforcement authorities have increased enforcement of these regulations at U.S. airports and pre-clearance facilities in third countries. Travelers who fail to comply with Department of Treasury regulations will face civil penalties and criminal prosecution upon return to the United States. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1 097.html
The first part is accurate though. The embargo against Cuba includes indirectly benefitting the Cuban government through tourism profits. The embargo itself is largely just a grudge at this point, but that's why.
If he'd done something like this once he was commissioned, he'd receive (at best) a letter of reprimand, essentially ending his military career. So yes.
Right, which is why they might as well try any possible defense. That's a pretty weak one though. "I wouldn't have let my brother in if I knew he was going to read my Polly Pocket diary that I left open on the table, therefore he was tresspassing."
Well that's the other difference that doesn't change, no matter how many pounds you gain: Your heart is still pumping against the same gravity. The tissue in your body is still retaining fluids against the same gravity. Your brain, eyes, and other organs still weigh roughly the same. Barring computer simulations (which, if we knew all the relevant variables for, would probably be rather pointless anyway), the only way to find out what happens in higher G environments is to observe it.
Except they weren't really in a 2.5g environment, since we don't have handy access to another planet with that gravity. They were in a centrifuge, where the RCF changes with respect to the radius, so as the hamsters moved "up and down," they would have experienced changes in "gravity," and the relative influence of the earth's own gravity. Since their perceived center of gravity would change rather unpredictably, it's no wonder they had trouble balancing and/or swimming.
It's worse than THAT. I live in the US, but (ironically) while I can access MovieLink from work, I get the "Movielink is presently unavailable to users outside of the United States" message at home. Of course, I never bothered to contact them. Fsck 'em.
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won't ReiserFS already store multiple files in a single block in some cases?
Yeah, but when you ask it, it will deny any knowledge of the whereabouts of the file in question.
Er.. "A common reason for using plywood instead of plain wood is its resistance to cracking, shrinkage, twisting/warping, and its general high degree of strength."
That stuff IS strong. If you live in a wood house, you're probably walking on it. It isn't used for doors for aesthetic reasons, not reasons of strength. Besides, the weakest link in a door is the jamb.
Kids these days...
Lonely Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux
There. Fixed that.
calling it progress to pay extra for the lack of something is quite bizarre.
Not when you can have soup for $1, or bodily-fluid free soup for $5.
Then do the math.
.gif and e-mail it to everyone on your contact list, instructing them to do the same.
Then, to ensure you reach 100% of your target audience, convert the presentation to an animated
Meta-moderation is far from perfect. In fact, I'd argue that it's even more open to abuse due to the fact that almost most everyone can participate. Personlly, I only spend mod points to mod things up which have been overlooked, or mod things down which are factually incorrect, but have been modded up. Despite this, much of my moderation was undone in metamod, and I no longer get mod points. Of course, I have nothing except my word as evidence, but I'd be surprised if I was alone in my experience.
That's a good idea. Probably easily circumvented with a hacked copy of iTunes and/or a hacked driver, but still a good thought.
no engineer has yet been able to adequately explain to me why a 40-year old tube amp sounds so much better than a new solid-state amp.
Tubes use a much higher current than transistors, which leads to a smoothing of the waveform. It may sound better (to you), but it's not more accurate.
Or why my preamp sounds better after it's been on for an hour or so.
The characteristics of an analog electronic component change with temperature. Most electronics generally have a 30-120 minute warmup as they reach a stable operating temperature, and thus achieve stable operation. Say there's a resistor that drives your tube.. the resistance lowers at the temperature increases, so when you first turn it on you might not be able to generate quite enough voltage to turn on the amplifier (tube or transistor). I've forgotten most of my electronics theory, but it's not a mystery, and someone else can probably expound better than I. A proper feedback loop should be able to provide adequate compensation, but it seems audiophile equipment is deliberately engineered with simplistic circuits.
My favorite is this picture. I can't begin to imagine the thought process which simultaneously rationalizes spending $2,000 for some RCA cables, and yet solders those same cables to some 2 cent copper wiring jerry rigged around a piece of scrap plastic. It boggles the mind.
Actually, it's not.The first part is accurate though. The embargo against Cuba includes indirectly benefitting the Cuban government through tourism profits. The embargo itself is largely just a grudge at this point, but that's why.
Apparently it's a line of biometric speaker verification products.
I guess Clean Access doesn't put any constraints on it, so that's good to know.
If he'd done something like this once he was commissioned, he'd receive (at best) a letter of reprimand, essentially ending his military career. So yes.
On the other hand, the dramatic increase in reflective surface area might help offset global warming.
*Posted anonymously for obvious reasons.
Can I borrow some tinfoil?
Right, which is why they might as well try any possible defense. That's a pretty weak one though. "I wouldn't have let my brother in if I knew he was going to read my Polly Pocket diary that I left open on the table, therefore he was tresspassing."
Or c) admit mea culpa. I know it's a stretch, but some of these people may have actually downloaded some craptastic RIAA-protected music on Kazaa.
Well that's the other difference that doesn't change, no matter how many pounds you gain: Your heart is still pumping against the same gravity. The tissue in your body is still retaining fluids against the same gravity. Your brain, eyes, and other organs still weigh roughly the same. Barring computer simulations (which, if we knew all the relevant variables for, would probably be rather pointless anyway), the only way to find out what happens in higher G environments is to observe it.
In the same vein, I can't believe nobody's mentioned this guy.
Yeah, we know you're sick of lame ad campaigns. We're sick of them too. But we gotta move the product.
"We suck, buy stuff," isn't much of an apology.
Except they weren't really in a 2.5g environment, since we don't have handy access to another planet with that gravity. They were in a centrifuge, where the RCF changes with respect to the radius, so as the hamsters moved "up and down," they would have experienced changes in "gravity," and the relative influence of the earth's own gravity. Since their perceived center of gravity would change rather unpredictably, it's no wonder they had trouble balancing and/or swimming.
Curing cancer is so last century, this century it's all about carbon emissions.
And with any luck, we can do as well at cutting CO2 emissions as we did at curing cancer!
He was an ex-Marine from Texas, so take your pick where the line originated.
Steers?
It's worse than THAT. I live in the US, but (ironically) while I can access MovieLink from work, I get the "Movielink is presently unavailable to users outside of the United States" message at home. Of course, I never bothered to contact them. Fsck 'em.