"The scientists said the findings could lead to a model for designing aircraft that could hover in place and carry loads for many purposes such as diaster surveillance after earthquakes and tsunamis."
With that said, if a bee's design isn't intelligent, then I don't know what is!
The author of this post seems to be under the mistaken assumption that one must wear specific attire to do deskwork.
I, for one, have done such work entirely naked, and my performance was not noticeably affected even when compared against my performance while doing the same work in a tuxedo.
Why, then, is any "catching up" on wardrobe required, as the author implies?
I believe that the time is ripe to publish my own findings on this subject.
My research was specific, so my results are too. The bottom line is that if you purchase a Honda Civic Hybrid you save $5,638.32 and 30 hours of your life in comparison with the purchase of a Honda Civic GX.
I've factored in things that most people don't consider, such as:
Oil changes are slightly more expensive for the hybrid Civic, because synthetic oil should be used. However, oil changes are required every 10,000 miles, unlike the 5,000 of the Civic GX.
At least through the end of this year, in California, purchase of an HEV will get you a $2,000 tax writeoff - which boils down to approximately $600 in actual money.
While the initial cost of owning a Civic Hybrid are higher than a Civic GX; the cost OVER TIME is lower, and my calculations take that into account. In order to save money with a hybrid, you'll have to be in it for the long haul, to the tune of about 80,000 miles. At 80,000, you start saving money over a Civic GX.
The battery replacement issue: Yes, this is the big deal that the oil company shills like to bring up every chance they get, but it's really a non-issue. $2,000 to replace the batteries still leaves you with over $5,000 saved. And, I have in my posession (see the link) maintenance records of a Civic Hybrid logging 129,000 miles and never having an HEV battery replaced.
Miles per gallon: It's common knowlege that the EPA mileage on a Civic Hybrid is a bit on the optimistic side. That's why I took my MPG data from actual Hybrid drivers. Note that my numbers are for people who KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A HYBRID - they won't work for your 16 year old son who's trying to drag race the thing at every green light. (and on a related tangent, Hybrids have great torque because acceleration from a stop is heavily assisted by the electric motor - so in a short race, your hybrid might beat a regular Civic. Don't put any money on it, though... I'm not a racer, so I'm not sure)
The good news here (if you can call it good) is that the higher that gas prices go, the wider a gap there is between hybrids and the "normal" kind of car, (whatever we'd call it in this context).
Please let me know if I've made any mistakes in my reasoning - I don't want to fool myself any more than I want to fool the rest of you - so if I've made a mistake (and I often do), I certainly want to be put straight about it. The beautiful thing about this spreadsheet is that you can easily put in numbers that match your situation and see updated totals. Is the price of gas higher or lower where you live? Change it!
I wish I'd had more time to format my results nicer - maybe add some charts or something. But the OpenOffice Spreadsheet which I'm linking you to was really created for my own personal use. I hope it's useful to somebody!
He's a fraud. He either faked his initial test, or faked his last test, it's that simple. It's made evident by the fact that he doesn't want anybody to probe any deeper - if they did, it would be difficult to continue faking and at some point he'd be cornered and the truth would come out. If he pretends that he just doesn't want to be bothered, he'll get plenty of attention.
I'm applying for a job... but I'm not sure how much to ask them for, salary-wise. See, the main office is in Michigan. Satellite offices are in Nevada and Canada. I live, and will continue to live and telecommute in California.
So for which state do I get the median salary for when I compare my salary to the average salary for my field? The state in which the company "lives," or the state in which *I* live?
If what's shocking and generally socially considered "wrong" continues to degrade into the realm of acceptability and normality, then doesn't this define moral decadence, and is anyone concerned about this?
Possibly not.
But bear in mind that we will all, soon, be the old "back in my days" geezers of tomorrow's generation. When that happens, we will look at how kiddie porn and torture of the elderly for fun and profit have been made normal and socially acceptable by that generation, and shake our heads sadly. But then, when we're gone, that generation will think nothing of it.
Not only did you get the first comment, but you've contributed a well spoken comment, one which speaks for me as well. Thank you. Taking the whole Jedi thing outside of television validates what people have been saying about TV and video games molding young minds. If people are living out Star Wars in reality, why not Grand Theft Auto, etc?
I'm afraid I don't see how this poorly-designed house relates to poorly-designed software. It just sounds like they've described a bad house design, and said,"See? And houses aren't the only thing that can be designed badly. Software can be, too." Aside from the fact that some software is designed badly, and some houses are designed badly, I don't see much of a parallel here.
Although I'll admit I'm guilty of throwing out years of UI refinement because I'm certain it can be done better.
For instance, I recently searched high and low for a better icon to signify "edit." Think about it. What icon, besides one having the word "edit" on it, can be seen to mean "edit?" Normally, it's a pencil icon, sometimes a pen, but it always refers to standard writing implements.
Anybody got any ideas?
I eventually settled on a spanner. But I think the pencil is better.
Overheard on a street corner in Europe in the 1600's:
"Who is this
Galileo fellow? He thinks he is soooo smart that he can comment on the already tried and true geocentric model of the solar system. I'll tell ya, the nerve of some people, sheesh."
Well... it WOULD be possible, actually. Personally, I'd use the technique of requesting an image from my web server using the generated password as a GET variable.
Most would say it's absurd to suggest blocking port 80, or port 25. Why? Why is that any more absurd than blocking something such as BitTorrent, especially as BitTorrent's legitimate applications are increasing?
The logical answer is,"It is no more absurd to block one than to block the other."
The practical answer is,"What are you thinking, man!? I think I'd stick my neck out and hazard to speculate that web traffic (port 80) is used by more users than Bit Torrent. (not byte-for-byte necessarily, but user-for-user)"
Which answer would I go with? I dunno. They both make sense. I guess I'd say,"Why block anything? The problem is not at the network level, it's at the human level. Why block ports to make humans stop committing crimes? You can't MAKE a human do anything. What needs to change is not the network, but the heart of the criminal."
Why is the article necessarily more authoritative than this gentleman's firsthand experience? Why are you not referring to the article itself as high-and-mighty? It, too, was written by a human. What makes that author more credible than this one?
In the USA, it takes a trial in court to prove that allegation. These people are not given one. How, then, are they "not innocent?" Are you saying that they're guilty until proven innocent? That's certainly not the American Way... in fact, it's strikingly unamerican!
They were captured fighting for a terrorist cause on a battlefield.
For many of them, this is NOT true (2). You've fallen victim to the assumption that they want us all to make, that anyone at Guantanamo is a "terrorist", and all "terrorists" have committed at least one act of violence against the USA. But, I'm afraid, the USA's criteria for labeling someone a "terrorist" is much looser than that:
SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State`
Jaywalking is now a terrorist act, as it is dangerous to the life of the jaywalker and is a violation of law.
I'm certain that the USA is not concentrating on filling Guantanamo up with jaywalkers, but according to USAPATRIOT, the act doesn't have to be carried out to be a terrorist. So now, even thinking about it is an act of terrorism. So, no, those inmates are NOT all guys caught red-handed fighting as terrorists on a battlefield.
Just a correction, re-read the post you're responding to - in 1943, Japan had as many nukes as everybody else, because/nobody had nukes/. America nuked Hiroshima in 1945.
What kind of impression of humans does this give to extraterrestrials? We're intentionally beaming a ton of commercial advertisement in their direction for no PRACTICAL reason.
This is, on a much larger scale, tantamount to a seven year old keying up on a ham radio and talking nonsense while the adults are trying to carry on intelligent conversation. The adults would change frequencies in annoyance, call the FCC, and choke the brat if they ever met him.
Humans, as a race, have some monumental growing up to do.
I wouldn't blame the rest of the universe for having no sympathy when the vogons come to demolish the Earth to make room for a new hyperspace bypass.
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"The scientists said the findings could lead to a model for designing aircraft that could hover in place and carry loads for many purposes such as diaster surveillance after earthquakes and tsunamis."
With that said, if a bee's design isn't intelligent, then I don't know what is!
Hitler acted lawfully in every step that he took as well. Look it up. It's true.
"This is Scorpio. I have the doomsday device."
The author of this post seems to be under the mistaken assumption that one must wear specific attire to do deskwork.
I, for one, have done such work entirely naked, and my performance was not noticeably affected even when compared against my performance while doing the same work in a tuxedo.
Why, then, is any "catching up" on wardrobe required, as the author implies?
Looks like I've got just the thing for you, pal! Hope you've got OpenOffice...
http://sonic.net/~montag/hybrid
My research indicates otherwise.
http://sonic.net/~montag/hybrid
I believe that the time is ripe to publish my own findings on this subject.
My research was specific, so my results are too. The bottom line is that if you purchase a Honda Civic Hybrid you save $5,638.32 and 30 hours of your life in comparison with the purchase of a Honda Civic GX.
I've factored in things that most people don't consider, such as:
Oil changes are slightly more expensive for the hybrid Civic, because synthetic oil should be used. However, oil changes are required every 10,000 miles, unlike the 5,000 of the Civic GX.
At least through the end of this year, in California, purchase of an HEV will get you a $2,000 tax writeoff - which boils down to approximately $600 in actual money.
While the initial cost of owning a Civic Hybrid are higher than a Civic GX; the cost OVER TIME is lower, and my calculations take that into account. In order to save money with a hybrid, you'll have to be in it for the long haul, to the tune of about 80,000 miles. At 80,000, you start saving money over a Civic GX.
The battery replacement issue: Yes, this is the big deal that the oil company shills like to bring up every chance they get, but it's really a non-issue. $2,000 to replace the batteries still leaves you with over $5,000 saved. And, I have in my posession (see the link) maintenance records of a Civic Hybrid logging 129,000 miles and never having an HEV battery replaced.
Miles per gallon: It's common knowlege that the EPA mileage on a Civic Hybrid is a bit on the optimistic side. That's why I took my MPG data from actual Hybrid drivers. Note that my numbers are for people who KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A HYBRID - they won't work for your 16 year old son who's trying to drag race the thing at every green light. (and on a related tangent, Hybrids have great torque because acceleration from a stop is heavily assisted by the electric motor - so in a short race, your hybrid might beat a regular Civic. Don't put any money on it, though... I'm not a racer, so I'm not sure)
The good news here (if you can call it good) is that the higher that gas prices go, the wider a gap there is between hybrids and the "normal" kind of car, (whatever we'd call it in this context).
Please let me know if I've made any mistakes in my reasoning - I don't want to fool myself any more than I want to fool the rest of you - so if I've made a mistake (and I often do), I certainly want to be put straight about it. The beautiful thing about this spreadsheet is that you can easily put in numbers that match your situation and see updated totals. Is the price of gas higher or lower where you live? Change it!
http://sonic.net/~montag/hybrid/
I wish I'd had more time to format my results nicer - maybe add some charts or something. But the OpenOffice Spreadsheet which I'm linking you to was really created for my own personal use. I hope it's useful to somebody!
He's a fraud. He either faked his initial test, or faked his last test, it's that simple. It's made evident by the fact that he doesn't want anybody to probe any deeper - if they did, it would be difficult to continue faking and at some point he'd be cornered and the truth would come out. If he pretends that he just doesn't want to be bothered, he'll get plenty of attention.
Funny, my Kingston 512 survived a washing machine, too, although the plastic case came off.
So... our early Titan colonies will be plastered with "ABSOLUTELY No Smoking" signs.
I'm applying for a job... but I'm not sure how much to ask them for, salary-wise. See, the main office is in Michigan. Satellite offices are in Nevada and Canada. I live, and will continue to live and telecommute in California.
So for which state do I get the median salary for when I compare my salary to the average salary for my field? The state in which the company "lives," or the state in which *I* live?
The monopoly we all love to love.
If what's shocking and generally socially considered "wrong" continues to degrade into the realm of acceptability and normality, then doesn't this define moral decadence, and is anyone concerned about this?
Possibly not.
But bear in mind that we will all, soon, be the old "back in my days" geezers of tomorrow's generation. When that happens, we will look at how kiddie porn and torture of the elderly for fun and profit have been made normal and socially acceptable by that generation, and shake our heads sadly. But then, when we're gone, that generation will think nothing of it.
Is this the direction we want to move in?
Not only did you get the first comment, but you've contributed a well spoken comment, one which speaks for me as well. Thank you. Taking the whole Jedi thing outside of television validates what people have been saying about TV and video games molding young minds. If people are living out Star Wars in reality, why not Grand Theft Auto, etc?
I've got something better than an oil-on-canvas painting with a built-in hard drive: A COMPUTER with a built-in hard drive!!!
I'm afraid I don't see how this poorly-designed house relates to poorly-designed software. It just sounds like they've described a bad house design, and said,"See? And houses aren't the only thing that can be designed badly. Software can be, too." Aside from the fact that some software is designed badly, and some houses are designed badly, I don't see much of a parallel here.
Although I'll admit I'm guilty of throwing out years of UI refinement because I'm certain it can be done better.
For instance, I recently searched high and low for a better icon to signify "edit." Think about it. What icon, besides one having the word "edit" on it, can be seen to mean "edit?" Normally, it's a pencil icon, sometimes a pen, but it always refers to standard writing implements.
Anybody got any ideas?
I eventually settled on a spanner. But I think the pencil is better.
Mod me offtopic.
Overheard on a street corner in Europe in the 1600's:
Well... it WOULD be possible, actually. Personally, I'd use the technique of requesting an image from my web server using the generated password as a GET variable.
Most would say it's absurd to suggest blocking port 80, or port 25. Why? Why is that any more absurd than blocking something such as BitTorrent, especially as BitTorrent's legitimate applications are increasing?
The logical answer is,"It is no more absurd to block one than to block the other."
The practical answer is,"What are you thinking, man!? I think I'd stick my neck out and hazard to speculate that web traffic (port 80) is used by more users than Bit Torrent. (not byte-for-byte necessarily, but user-for-user)"
Which answer would I go with? I dunno. They both make sense. I guess I'd say,"Why block anything? The problem is not at the network level, it's at the human level. Why block ports to make humans stop committing crimes? You can't MAKE a human do anything. What needs to change is not the network, but the heart of the criminal."
Why is the article necessarily more authoritative than this gentleman's firsthand experience? Why are you not referring to the article itself as high-and-mighty? It, too, was written by a human. What makes that author more credible than this one?
Yet one more reason not to mindlessly perpetuate the tradition of birthday celebration!
Secondly, these people are not innocent.
In the USA, it takes a trial in court to prove that allegation. These people are not given one. How, then, are they "not innocent?" Are you saying that they're guilty until proven innocent? That's certainly not the American Way... in fact, it's strikingly unamerican!
They were captured fighting for a terrorist cause on a battlefield.
For many of them, this is NOT true (2). You've fallen victim to the assumption that they want us all to make, that anyone at Guantanamo is a "terrorist", and all "terrorists" have committed at least one act of violence against the USA. But, I'm afraid, the USA's criteria for labeling someone a "terrorist" is much looser than that:
SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State`
Jaywalking is now a terrorist act, as it is dangerous to the life of the jaywalker and is a violation of law.
I'm certain that the USA is not concentrating on filling Guantanamo up with jaywalkers, but according to USAPATRIOT, the act doesn't have to be carried out to be a terrorist. So now, even thinking about it is an act of terrorism. So, no, those inmates are NOT all guys caught red-handed fighting as terrorists on a battlefield.
Just a correction, re-read the post you're responding to - in 1943, Japan had as many nukes as everybody else, because /nobody had nukes/. America nuked Hiroshima in 1945.
Here, here!
What kind of impression of humans does this give to extraterrestrials? We're intentionally beaming a ton of commercial advertisement in their direction for no PRACTICAL reason.
This is, on a much larger scale, tantamount to a seven year old keying up on a ham radio and talking nonsense while the adults are trying to carry on intelligent conversation. The adults would change frequencies in annoyance, call the FCC, and choke the brat if they ever met him.
Humans, as a race, have some monumental growing up to do.
I wouldn't blame the rest of the universe for having no sympathy when the vogons come to demolish the Earth to make room for a new hyperspace bypass.