It's about alternative energy, not fuel conservation. The RX-8 actually gets pretty crappy mileage, especially if you drive it like a sports car. Also, the RX-8 is the only vehicle Mazda sells (in the US?) with a rotary engine, and the rotary engine is what makes it easier to swap fuels. The biggest advantage is that the rotary engine can't backfire. Backfiring is caused by undetonated fuel being expelled to the exhaust pipe, then ignited on the subsequent cylinder firing. Since the rotary engine intakes at, say 0 degrees, then rotates to 120 degrees to fire, then rotates to 240 degrees and expels the exhaust, backfire conditions are never met. (I just made up those numbers; I don't know what the actual angles are). It's a bad thing in a reciprocating engine because the piston is trying to move up to expel the exhaust, and the detonation from the exhaust pipes pushes it down.
So basically, it makes perfect sense to use the RX-8.
So you killed 50 in an hour. If you'd gotten $100 for your those 50, you probably would have kept going. Additionally, the entire town would probably be doing it as well. A few months of that would make a huge difference. Never underestimate man's ability to completely eliminate a species.. he just needs a little motivation.
First estimate how much damage they're likely to cause. Next estimate the number of toads. Take half the expected damage, divide by the number of toads, and you have your bounty. After a few months, once population levels were in serious decline, you could up the bounty to keep people going.
The sibling poster brought up a good point though.. artificial breeding could present problems. Some sort of cap would have to be implemented. But if you set the bounty on a curve (Say, $.10 each at first, then maybe $1 each after a few years), people would be less inclined to go through the trouble. Additionally, anyone who consistantly turned in a large amount of dead toads after population levels were lowered would be extremely suspicious.
Yeah, but it staves off inflation if they have Lindens taken out of the virtual economy en mass. They get real money, and it boosts their economy.. a win-win for them.
And we'll laugh while watch cars in old movies as we zip along in our skymobiles! When we're not vacationing on other planets, that is. And there's gonna be TONS of vacation time, since we'll have robots to do all the work!
And our computers will have "Agents" that find what we like (which will be of such varieties as "Different song/book by Same Author," and "Same song/book Remixed/Part II"), and useful information will be "pushed" to us rather than having to "pull" what we want from the internet.
Man, why couldn't this happen when I'm in town? I'd pay good money to see Dave finally meet "Francine," and Kirsten meet Icabod. The awkwardness will be palpable, and the disillusion will be priceless.
I dunno, this thing looks like it's gonna take up half the ocean according to the picture! This will almost definately slow down the ocean. The oceans will freeze! Think of the children! Of the fishes, I mean. The fish children. They'll be so cold.
I didn't even know who this guy was before reading the article, but now that I know the crap he's responsible for, I can't stand him. And they say there's no such thing as bad publicity.
To count as a real addiction in Griffiths' view, it has to be destructive, cause withdrawal symptoms and prompt ever greater use to maintain the kick.
I think that third qualification is a bit of a red herring. While it's true that many substances require the use of increasing amounts to achieve the same effects, there are limits. In the case of most substances, it's toxicity. There's also supply, and even the physical ability to consume increased quantities. If internet addiction exists, the limit would be time. The balloon can only get so big. If you're spending all of your waking time doing something, you simply can't devote any more.
Personally, I think online games have a higher risk of abuse than most other typical activities, and I think the biggest factor is that they never end, MORPGs in particular, since most people are naturally driven to finish what they start. It's sort of like gambling, in that most people don't have specified rules as to when they'll stop, therefore they simply continue to play indefinately. In a sense, MORPGs are even more conducive to continued play because the only resource the player can run out of is time.
Internet addiction also shares common ground with eating addictions, in that some use is a de facto requirement of life in the modern world. Most people control their eating acceptably well (although recent health trends arguably demonstrate otherwise), but a few take it to excess. With food, especially unhealthy food, becoming increasingly cheap, the only limit is self control. While everyone likes to think of themselves as having great self control, nature has conditioned us to do the opposite due to scarcity. Part of addictive behavior may well be attributed to that instinct.
Except there was a working theory of what neutrinos were, what caused them, and how they behaved.
On the other hand: In cosmology, dark matter refers to hypothetical matter particles, of unknown composition, that do not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be detected directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies.
If your scale reads 5lbs when empty, is there 5lbs of invisible matter on it, or is the scale wrong? We should only consider the former possibility once we've eliminated the latter.
Except it's not directly interfacing with the nervous system at all. The mold naturally moves through mechanical means. The movement (or attempted movement) of the mold is amplified by moving the robot legs. This isn't much different than steer-by-wire, or a mouse, or any other input device; just on a much smaller scale, and obviously in this case the user is (probably) not aware of his participation.
But if 90% of the universe is dark matter that doesn't interact with EMR, wouldn't we expect to see 90% of celestial bodies made up of that same material? Our own planet? Or is it only by virtue of the minute particle sizes that they have no interaction? Also, what's prevented them from condensating into larger bodies? The same dark energy that's accelerating the expansion of the universe?
What happened to Occam's Razor? If the two possibilities are that our understanding of gravity is wrong, or there is a metric buttload of matter out there that we can't verify, except through our (possibly flawed) understanding of gravity, which is more likely?
The only time that the use of force is justified is to defend oneself or another against a person who has initiated the use of force.
Well yeah, but good luck finding a definition of "initiates" that most people will agree with. Will cause violence? Has caused violence? Is presently causing violence? Incited/inciting/will incite violence? If someone punches you and runs away, is the fight over? What if they do it again the next day? If drawing the lines between defense, retaliation, and protection was easy, we'd have far less violence in the world, unless you believe that most people use violence for its own sake.
I'd be shocked if the sticker price is under $299. The PS2 was what, $199 when it was released? Prices generally go up, not down, thanks to inflation. If anything, the increased popularity (demand) means they can charge even more. It would be a good strategy if they were concerned about marketshare, but I don't think that's a valid concern for the PlayStation at this point.
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It's about alternative energy, not fuel conservation. The RX-8 actually gets pretty crappy mileage, especially if you drive it like a sports car. Also, the RX-8 is the only vehicle Mazda sells (in the US?) with a rotary engine, and the rotary engine is what makes it easier to swap fuels. The biggest advantage is that the rotary engine can't backfire. Backfiring is caused by undetonated fuel being expelled to the exhaust pipe, then ignited on the subsequent cylinder firing. Since the rotary engine intakes at, say 0 degrees, then rotates to 120 degrees to fire, then rotates to 240 degrees and expels the exhaust, backfire conditions are never met. (I just made up those numbers; I don't know what the actual angles are). It's a bad thing in a reciprocating engine because the piston is trying to move up to expel the exhaust, and the detonation from the exhaust pipes pushes it down.
So basically, it makes perfect sense to use the RX-8.
So you killed 50 in an hour. If you'd gotten $100 for your those 50, you probably would have kept going. Additionally, the entire town would probably be doing it as well. A few months of that would make a huge difference. Never underestimate man's ability to completely eliminate a species.. he just needs a little motivation.
First estimate how much damage they're likely to cause. Next estimate the number of toads. Take half the expected damage, divide by the number of toads, and you have your bounty. After a few months, once population levels were in serious decline, you could up the bounty to keep people going.
The sibling poster brought up a good point though.. artificial breeding could present problems. Some sort of cap would have to be implemented. But if you set the bounty on a curve (Say, $.10 each at first, then maybe $1 each after a few years), people would be less inclined to go through the trouble. Additionally, anyone who consistantly turned in a large amount of dead toads after population levels were lowered would be extremely suspicious.
Just offer a bounty for them and they'll be extinct faster than you can say "Tasmanian Tiger."
Right, but they had to get to 14th St. Ahhhh.. 14th St. (If you don't get it, you're either too young or live too far away).
Plus they were probably neglecting to mention their excursions to Delaware St.
Almost as if /. has experienced a heavy influx of non-nerds and/or grandparents.
"Seeecond Lieefe? That sounds daaangeris! Do they have prunes there?"
Yeah, but it staves off inflation if they have Lindens taken out of the virtual economy en mass. They get real money, and it boosts their economy.. a win-win for them.
I'll volunteer. I could definately use a reality with rewind capabilities.
And we'll laugh while watch cars in old movies as we zip along in our skymobiles! When we're not vacationing on other planets, that is. And there's gonna be TONS of vacation time, since we'll have robots to do all the work!
And our computers will have "Agents" that find what we like (which will be of such varieties as "Different song/book by Same Author," and "Same song/book Remixed/Part II"), and useful information will be "pushed" to us rather than having to "pull" what we want from the internet.
Ah, the future will be glorious. Glorious!
Man, why couldn't this happen when I'm in town? I'd pay good money to see Dave finally meet "Francine," and Kirsten meet Icabod. The awkwardness will be palpable, and the disillusion will be priceless.
I dunno, this thing looks like it's gonna take up half the ocean according to the picture! This will almost definately slow down the ocean. The oceans will freeze! Think of the children! Of the fishes, I mean. The fish children. They'll be so cold.
You've obviously never tried to find a bodkin in the dark.
I did it, and there was no brain damage-amage-amage-amage-amage.
I didn't even know who this guy was before reading the article, but now that I know the crap he's responsible for, I can't stand him. And they say there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Still not bad.. only 49 miles and, uh.. carry the one.. 3,780 more feet and they'll be the first astronauts to climb into space.
Personally, I think online games have a higher risk of abuse than most other typical activities, and I think the biggest factor is that they never end, MORPGs in particular, since most people are naturally driven to finish what they start. It's sort of like gambling, in that most people don't have specified rules as to when they'll stop, therefore they simply continue to play indefinately. In a sense, MORPGs are even more conducive to continued play because the only resource the player can run out of is time.
Internet addiction also shares common ground with eating addictions, in that some use is a de facto requirement of life in the modern world. Most people control their eating acceptably well (although recent health trends arguably demonstrate otherwise), but a few take it to excess. With food, especially unhealthy food, becoming increasingly cheap, the only limit is self control. While everyone likes to think of themselves as having great self control, nature has conditioned us to do the opposite due to scarcity. Part of addictive behavior may well be attributed to that instinct.
It's telling that 3 screenfulls of comments were posted before someone noticed the fact that there wasn't a link to TFA.
Lik Sang has done a hands on review of a lightgun that is compatible with Plasma, LCD, TFT & DLP to meet the massive demand for lightguns.
("but shoots very real holes in conventional CRTs" would also be an acceptable answer.)
Except there was a working theory of what neutrinos were, what caused them, and how they behaved.
On the other hand: In cosmology, dark matter refers to hypothetical matter particles, of unknown composition, that do not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be detected directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies.
If your scale reads 5lbs when empty, is there 5lbs of invisible matter on it, or is the scale wrong? We should only consider the former possibility once we've eliminated the latter.
Except it's not directly interfacing with the nervous system at all. The mold naturally moves through mechanical means. The movement (or attempted movement) of the mold is amplified by moving the robot legs. This isn't much different than steer-by-wire, or a mouse, or any other input device; just on a much smaller scale, and obviously in this case the user is (probably) not aware of his participation.
But if 90% of the universe is dark matter that doesn't interact with EMR, wouldn't we expect to see 90% of celestial bodies made up of that same material? Our own planet? Or is it only by virtue of the minute particle sizes that they have no interaction? Also, what's prevented them from condensating into larger bodies? The same dark energy that's accelerating the expansion of the universe?
What happened to Occam's Razor? If the two possibilities are that our understanding of gravity is wrong, or there is a metric buttload of matter out there that we can't verify, except through our (possibly flawed) understanding of gravity, which is more likely?
Oops, my mistake. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see that from Nintendo, since they've been struggling as of late.
The only time that the use of force is justified is to defend oneself or another against a person who has initiated the use of force.
Well yeah, but good luck finding a definition of "initiates" that most people will agree with. Will cause violence? Has caused violence? Is presently causing violence? Incited/inciting/will incite violence? If someone punches you and runs away, is the fight over? What if they do it again the next day? If drawing the lines between defense, retaliation, and protection was easy, we'd have far less violence in the world, unless you believe that most people use violence for its own sake.
I'd be shocked if the sticker price is under $299. The PS2 was what, $199 when it was released? Prices generally go up, not down, thanks to inflation. If anything, the increased popularity (demand) means they can charge even more. It would be a good strategy if they were concerned about marketshare, but I don't think that's a valid concern for the PlayStation at this point.
It could also be defined as someone thinking way too much about Tetris.
Uh uh. Computers were for work. Spreadsheets, databases, programming.
So you played Flight Sim, Magic 8 Ball, and Pinball, eh?
Yeah, I'm in electronics, so I used to play a lot of Tetris and Bugs.