what kind of justice is it when scammers get to go free with the cash they stole?
The bank did not want to press charges as it would have been bad publicity. This was an easy decision for the bank as the criminal was going to be deported regardless.
From time to time I like to snipe. It can be a fun challenge to find the right spot to pick off opposing players. I also recognise how unbalanced sniper rifles are in most FPS.
The unbalanced game play is the real issue. More often then not it is easy to play a sniper and rack up huge kill ratios with no real skill. Too many game maps are sniper havens with long clear lines of fire. Once entrenched it can often be near impossible to remove the sniper. A few snipers can quickly slow a game down making it boring for all players but the snipers. Snipers are rewarded for making the game fun for themselves, as opposed to contributing to the fun of all the players. In online games insuring that all players have a good time is probably the most important aspect of the game to get right.
Cell phones in North America are not really "worldwide accessible products" (commodity) as the phones are tied to a particular provider. The wireless provider is selling the phones at a substantial loss[1]. There is more competition in the US allowing US providers to sell the phone for less. The costs for the phones in both markets are priced "as the market will bear." Basically Canadian providers charge more because they can.
[1] In reality the provider rolls the cost of the phone into the service contract. This charge is hidden to the customer.
The Star Wars Lego sets were some of the best in a long time. The few specialised pieces were good. The designs were excellent. The few big models are fantastic. On the other hand the Harry Potter stuff was terrible. The models are uninspired and significantly more expensive. I guess this was mostly for the licensing. The Star Wars Lego seemed more expensive, but the models used a lot of pieces. I suspect the license was a modest cost.
The Star Wars Lego will be missed. The models were some of the best (space) Lego I have seen since the mid-eighties.
Despite popular opinion LED lighting is not significantly more efficient than boring incandescent. Watt for watt full spectrum white LEDs produce the same light as incandescent. Florescent and compact fluorescent beat both by 2 to 3 times. Where LEDs really win is if you want a specific colour (such as red). LED lights can also win if you want directional lighting, but often more efficient lighting with a reflector will work just as well. For household lighting diffused lighting is usually more desirable then directional lighting.
For the majority of students I agree that a calculator has no place in a high school (or below) math class. There are some students that are able to better learn with a calculator. I am thinking of the student who will never be able to see 4/8 = 1/2. With a claculator it is possible to show them some trig and similar basic math. These are very special cases though.
In the science class room I see the argument either way. On one side: more math practice is good. On the other side: the purpose is to teach science, sometimes the numbers get in the way.
In university a calculator is irrelevent. The purpose is to teach theory. The numbers are just window dressing. I wouldn't want to be in science without a good number cruncher though.
I am a HP48G user. It is a wonderfull calculator. In university it allowed me to do my job (think) without getting in the way. I don't recall ever seriously useing the higher symbolic functions. As far as I am concerned it is just an RPN calculator with a four line screen and a really deep stack.
First of all, if you consider being flamed/modded down "peril", you really ought to get out more.
The peril is that your post and its ideas won't be read. Why should I take the effort to write an interesting, researched argument when my post will be quickly modded down and not read? Equally annoying is to have a post attacked by a horde of weenies who didn't RTFA, or even the post to which they are replying. These weenies rattle off the standard zealot lines without any thought to what they are writing. To say that there is one/. "groupthink" would be a mistake. There are several. The anti-Microsoft crowd is only slightly larger then the pro-Microsoft crowd. Name your technology and you will find similar groups. These highly polarised groups leave little room for moderates and interesting discussion.
I disagree that posts are modded on merit. I read seldom a +5 post where the author read the article before writing a thoughtfull post on the subject. More often well rated posts simply echo a popular opinion. On occasion an article will be posted that does not fit any of polarised views. Only then will you see interesting posts and discussion.
The Oxford English Dictionary disagrees. As does my English textbook. The use of the comma was optional. In this case I felt that the comma was usefull to separate the items in the list.
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses
My mistake.
What do you mean when you say you will ignore them?
I did not wish to comment on the parentheses. In general I feel parentheses are used poorly, and should be avoided. In this specific case I do not feel that either parenthesis was appropriate for business form. Nor is what I am typing now appropriate. It is far to personal. However it was not meant to be an example of business anything. My English is nothing to write home about. However, I do try to be correct. I felt obliged to comment after reading the original poster's comment: "I'd better preview this post."
I stand by my statement: A 2 minute (not 3 hour) chat in the hall can accomplish far more then any minutes of email. This is not to say that email is not usefull. Email/IM is a very powerfull tool, but it is not a replacement for meeting in person.
There is a saying that more business is done on the golf course than in the boardroom. There is a lot of truth in it. The quick chat in the hallway is the same thing. It is all about meeting people face to face, and developing business relationships.
Wow. What excellent grammar and business form you have. I see four one sentence paragraphs, and two run on sentences. I will ignore the parenthesis. Keep up the good work.
You are missing the bigger picture. I don't think anyone would argue that using email, im, and irc for impersonal communication (addresses, url, meeting minutes) is necessarily bad. Although even in business a 2 minute chat in the hallway can get far more done then any amount of email. IM, irc, and email are also an excellent tool to communicate with friends and family who do not live near you. At issue here is text messages replacing face to face communication between family members living in the same house.
Real face to face communication is very important for children (and teenagers) to socialize properly. Impersonal communication whether email, IM, or a written letter allow the communicators to ignore emotions. This is the reason some people prefer to use letters to convey bad news. However, ignoring emotions is usually not a good thing regardless of age. For teenagers in particular, who are still developing emotionally, ignoring tough emotions like sadness and anger is very bad. It is also far easier to lie through text then it is face to face. The NYT article puts a positive spin on interfamily text messageing ignoring years of counter research showing how important face to face communication is. To say: "the [instant] messages are helping to break down the interpersonal barriers that often prevent open communication." is missing the much bigger problem of way those barriers exist in the first place.
When you are at work, work. When you get home tell each other about your day. True interactive communication is a far richer experience then IM. Having anything to talk about, even the mundane details of your day, is really just a backdrop to a more complex, and important, social interaction.
I know I tried my damnedest to remain an reclusive troll around my house, but thankfully my parents were active in my life and always asked questions.
I think that is your point right there. It is a good one. Most teenagers will go to great lengths to exclude their parents from their life. Allowing this to happen is not good. Teenagers often need guidance from their parents. Teenagers need real human interaction to socialise properly. Allowing IM to replace face to face communication is a symptom of a larger social problem.
IM/email has its place. Enabling people to communicate over long distances on a regular basis is a good thing. Using IM/email to send urls and other digital content is using the right tool for the job. Allowing family members to better ignore each other is simply not good.
What I want is an excellent multiplayer experience that I can share with three other people in the room.
The Nintendo Generation has grown up. It is harder for them to get together with friends on a regular basis. They have kids, houses, and spouses. They have moved across town or out of town. To them online play is a godsend. It is easy to set aside an hour or two for a little online play with their old friends.
The circuit you describe can be used for small loads. A computer is going to require a larger more complicated supply. An example. Figures 2 and 3 show the heart of the DC-DC conversion. This circuit has an output of only 3.3v and 10A (33watts). Additional output stages (fig 3) in parrallel could be added to generate the other voltage levels. Ofcourse you would probably have to beef up the input stage to supply more then 30watts. This gives a good idea how complicated DC-DC powersupplies can be.
I do not dispute that a regular motherboard can run off of a battery. Motherboards are not designed with low power in mind though. A generic computer (without display) is typically going to burn 100watts or more. This is considerably more then most laptops with display.
It is possible to run off of battery as you describe. I don't see it as viable in the long term. You would be surprised how quiet some of Honda's generators are. The EU3000 in particular produces only 58dBa which is quieter then most air conditioners. But neither portable generator or car based battery chargeing is going to work for anything more then casual use (weekends). A proper installation of fuel cells or other generator is needed. We haven't even touched on the power requirements for drinking water.
If anyone is looking for a generator to power a cabin on the weekend take a good long look at the EU1000, EU2000, EU3000 from Honda. Very quiet and long run times.
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The Crown can proceed with the case all they want, but without the help of the bank the Crown does not have much of a case.
Get them for Contempt of Court,
Not in Canada.
You can't force people to testify in Canada.
what kind of justice is it when scammers get to go free with the cash they stole?
The bank did not want to press charges as it would have been bad publicity. This was an easy decision for the bank as the criminal was going to be deported regardless.
99.84% == 1 error in 625 tests
99.984% == 1 error in 6250 tests
99.984% is 10 times better then 99.84%. This is not obvious until you do the math.
What sort of perks could you get in a job like that?
:-)
Bribes and kickbacks ofcourse.
From time to time I like to snipe. It can be a fun challenge to find the right spot to pick off opposing players. I also recognise how unbalanced sniper rifles are in most FPS.
The unbalanced game play is the real issue. More often then not it is easy to play a sniper and rack up huge kill ratios with no real skill. Too many game maps are sniper havens with long clear lines of fire. Once entrenched it can often be near impossible to remove the sniper. A few snipers can quickly slow a game down making it boring for all players but the snipers. Snipers are rewarded for making the game fun for themselves, as opposed to contributing to the fun of all the players. In online games insuring that all players have a good time is probably the most important aspect of the game to get right.
Unfortunately that is only one game out of many.
Cell phones in North America are not really "worldwide accessible products" (commodity) as the phones are tied to a particular provider. The wireless provider is selling the phones at a substantial loss[1]. There is more competition in the US allowing US providers to sell the phone for less. The costs for the phones in both markets are priced "as the market will bear." Basically Canadian providers charge more because they can.
[1] In reality the provider rolls the cost of the phone into the service contract. This charge is hidden to the customer.
The Star Wars Lego sets were some of the best in a long time. The few specialised pieces were good. The designs were excellent. The few big models are fantastic. On the other hand the Harry Potter stuff was terrible. The models are uninspired and significantly more expensive. I guess this was mostly for the licensing. The Star Wars Lego seemed more expensive, but the models used a lot of pieces. I suspect the license was a modest cost.
The Star Wars Lego will be missed. The models were some of the best (space) Lego I have seen since the mid-eighties.
Despite popular opinion LED lighting is not significantly more efficient than boring incandescent. Watt for watt full spectrum white LEDs produce the same light as incandescent. Florescent and compact fluorescent beat both by 2 to 3 times. Where LEDs really win is if you want a specific colour (such as red). LED lights can also win if you want directional lighting, but often more efficient lighting with a reflector will work just as well. For household lighting diffused lighting is usually more desirable then directional lighting.
For the majority of students I agree that a calculator has no place in a high school (or below) math class. There are some students that are able to better learn with a calculator. I am thinking of the student who will never be able to see 4/8 = 1/2. With a claculator it is possible to show them some trig and similar basic math. These are very special cases though.
In the science class room I see the argument either way. On one side: more math practice is good. On the other side: the purpose is to teach science, sometimes the numbers get in the way.
In university a calculator is irrelevent. The purpose is to teach theory. The numbers are just window dressing. I wouldn't want to be in science without a good number cruncher though.
I am a HP48G user. It is a wonderfull calculator. In university it allowed me to do my job (think) without getting in the way. I don't recall ever seriously useing the higher symbolic functions. As far as I am concerned it is just an RPN calculator with a four line screen and a really deep stack.
Ha! It has been so long since I thought about sin/cos in terms of triangles and unit circles that I completely overlooked this easier solution.
Dear god man! You can do this in your head. If you are having trouble, draw both functions on a scrap of paper.
x = pi/4 + n*pi
n is any integer.
First of all, if you consider being flamed/modded down "peril", you really ought to get out more.
/. "groupthink" would be a mistake. There are several. The anti-Microsoft crowd is only slightly larger then the pro-Microsoft crowd. Name your technology and you will find similar groups. These highly polarised groups leave little room for moderates and interesting discussion.
The peril is that your post and its ideas won't be read. Why should I take the effort to write an interesting, researched argument when my post will be quickly modded down and not read? Equally annoying is to have a post attacked by a horde of weenies who didn't RTFA, or even the post to which they are replying. These weenies rattle off the standard zealot lines without any thought to what they are writing. To say that there is one
I disagree that posts are modded on merit. I read seldom a +5 post where the author read the article before writing a thoughtfull post on the subject. More often well rated posts simply echo a popular opinion. On occasion an article will be posted that does not fit any of polarised views. Only then will you see interesting posts and discussion.
You need some hyphens
The Oxford English Dictionary disagrees. As does my English textbook. The use of the comma was optional. In this case I felt that the comma was usefull to separate the items in the list.
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses
My mistake.
What do you mean when you say you will ignore them?
I did not wish to comment on the parentheses. In general I feel parentheses are used poorly, and should be avoided. In this specific case I do not feel that either parenthesis was appropriate for business form. Nor is what I am typing now appropriate. It is far to personal. However it was not meant to be an example of business anything. My English is nothing to write home about. However, I do try to be correct. I felt obliged to comment after reading the original poster's comment: "I'd better preview this post."
I stand by my statement: A 2 minute (not 3 hour) chat in the hall can accomplish far more then any minutes of email. This is not to say that email is not usefull. Email/IM is a very powerfull tool, but it is not a replacement for meeting in person.
There is a saying that more business is done on the golf course than in the boardroom. There is a lot of truth in it. The quick chat in the hallway is the same thing. It is all about meeting people face to face, and developing business relationships.
Wow. What excellent grammar and business form you have. I see four one sentence paragraphs, and two run on sentences. I will ignore the parenthesis. Keep up the good work.
You are missing the bigger picture. I don't think anyone would argue that using email, im, and irc for impersonal communication (addresses, url, meeting minutes) is necessarily bad. Although even in business a 2 minute chat in the hallway can get far more done then any amount of email. IM, irc, and email are also an excellent tool to communicate with friends and family who do not live near you. At issue here is text messages replacing face to face communication between family members living in the same house.
Real face to face communication is very important for children (and teenagers) to socialize properly. Impersonal communication whether email, IM, or a written letter allow the communicators to ignore emotions. This is the reason some people prefer to use letters to convey bad news. However, ignoring emotions is usually not a good thing regardless of age. For teenagers in particular, who are still developing emotionally, ignoring tough emotions like sadness and anger is very bad. It is also far easier to lie through text then it is face to face. The NYT article puts a positive spin on interfamily text messageing ignoring years of counter research showing how important face to face communication is. To say: "the [instant] messages are helping to break down the interpersonal barriers that often prevent open communication." is missing the much bigger problem of way those barriers exist in the first place.
When you are at work, work. When you get home tell each other about your day. True interactive communication is a far richer experience then IM. Having anything to talk about, even the mundane details of your day, is really just a backdrop to a more complex, and important, social interaction.
I know I tried my damnedest to remain an reclusive troll around my house, but thankfully my parents were active in my life and always asked questions.
I think that is your point right there. It is a good one. Most teenagers will go to great lengths to exclude their parents from their life. Allowing this to happen is not good. Teenagers often need guidance from their parents. Teenagers need real human interaction to socialise properly. Allowing IM to replace face to face communication is a symptom of a larger social problem.
IM/email has its place. Enabling people to communicate over long distances on a regular basis is a good thing. Using IM/email to send urls and other digital content is using the right tool for the job. Allowing family members to better ignore each other is simply not good.
You are probably thinking of Bob Metcalfe. The man behind ethernet.
What I want is an excellent multiplayer experience that I can share with three other people in the room.
The Nintendo Generation has grown up. It is harder for them to get together with friends on a regular basis. They have kids, houses, and spouses. They have moved across town or out of town. To them online play is a godsend. It is easy to set aside an hour or two for a little online play with their old friends.
Some numbers behind Kriston's post.
The "highly efficient" Luxeon star white led will produce a mighty 25lumens/watt.
A boring hardware store compact flourescent will produce 55lumens/watt or better.
The circuit you describe can be used for small loads. A computer is going to require a larger more complicated supply. An example. Figures 2 and 3 show the heart of the DC-DC conversion. This circuit has an output of only 3.3v and 10A (33watts). Additional output stages (fig 3) in parrallel could be added to generate the other voltage levels. Ofcourse you would probably have to beef up the input stage to supply more then 30watts. This gives a good idea how complicated DC-DC powersupplies can be.
I do not dispute that a regular motherboard can run off of a battery. Motherboards are not designed with low power in mind though. A generic computer (without display) is typically going to burn 100watts or more. This is considerably more then most laptops with display.
It is possible to run off of battery as you describe. I don't see it as viable in the long term. You would be surprised how quiet some of Honda's generators are. The EU3000 in particular produces only 58dBa which is quieter then most air conditioners. But neither portable generator or car based battery chargeing is going to work for anything more then casual use (weekends). A proper installation of fuel cells or other generator is needed. We haven't even touched on the power requirements for drinking water.
If anyone is looking for a generator to power a cabin on the weekend take a good long look at the EU1000, EU2000, EU3000 from Honda. Very quiet and long run times.