According to your site, you do give a shit--all over Linux. Sorry, couldn't resist.
However, this is a good point. I use BSD and I use Linux. Instead of taking pot-shots on mascots and such, perhaps we should state why our favorite OS/App/Whatever is better. Perhaps instead of "Because BSD Shits All Over Linux" it should be "Because The Others Use BSD Libs Anyway!" or something of that sort. Saying BSD shits on Linux does nothing to sway my use of Linux.
Also, merely a technicality, but if the BSD Mascot is pitching anal and Tux is catching, wouldn't it be BSD which is getting "Shit All Over" it?
Weather is measured by single data points called "Weather Stations." NOAA with their "gridpoint forecast" may average statistics between these stations to give a custom forecast between the two. However, at this point, we've moved farther from the data statistics that help to give us accuracy. i.e. it's highly speculative--and likely doesn't account for geographical features and cannot account for the highly unpredictable nature of weather. Especially for "scattered showers" and such.
So...
If it is "70% of the times we noted these weather conditions, rain occured", then that 70% is a much higher percentage than the actual probability that it will rain on me. This is because (probably) most of those "70%" of times did not see rain falling on every square meter of the prediction area.
The meteorologists do not have instruments on every square meter of the prediction area. They've got instruments at one or more weather stations. And the 70% is for how many times the rain occurred at that station under similar conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity, etc.) In all ways, a weather reading is a single datapoint, and since these statistics are derived from a single datapoint, they are singular as well. However, as I mentioned above, these things can be averaged between stations.
I'm guessing your "area coverage method" is some kind of averaging of these weather stations calculated statistics.
When referring to POP it is most accurate to say, "There is a ___% POP that any particular measurement station in the viewing area will get precipitation". For example, when averaged over many 30% POP days, a particular station should have precipitation 30% of the time if the forecaster or computer model is accurate.
and
All to often, people assume a 20% chance of rain means 20% of forecast area will get rain on that one day. This is often not the case for any one day. Often no precipitation occurs at all in the forecast area on days with a 20% POP since one component of POP is the chance that any precipitation will develop.
Anytime you see "70% chance of rain" it means that of all the noted times that similar weather conditions occurred, 70% of those times the weather conditions resulted in rain.
Well, and it's not like you have to start with a dry pipe. Just take surface water to fill the pipe first, then your siphon works from the beginning. Of course the first bit of water will be room-temperature, providing no temp-differential.
How about fluid dynamics? Let's start out simple, okay?
When I was growing up, we had an above ground swimming pool. When it was time to clean it out, I'd stick one end of a garden hose in it, then the other end down the slight decline of a hill. After that, I would then suck on the downhill end of the hose to start a siphon. That hose would continue dumping out water all day until the seal was broken (air entered the hose from inside the pool.)
So let's apply this to a larger scale. Say the top of the pool wall is an island. The bottom of the pool is the ocean floor. Also, let's take the downhill end of the hose and put it back in the pool (the ocean.) Now, in this configuration we're not siphoning downhill, so we have to pump the water to keep it moving--however--the same laws apply and the water travelling down is creating a vacuum which pulls the new water up. Think of how the front of a roller-coaster pulls the end of it over the crest of the hill.
So that's your "perpetiual motion" machine. Something that requires minimal energy to keep going. So how do we keep it going? Well, the laws of thermodynamics still apply and the real catch is in the payload that we're pumping up. On average, there's at least a 15C/30F difference in temperature between the ocean water we're pumping and the air/water at the surface. Any physicist can tell you that this temperature difference can be called "potential energy" and can be harnessed in many ways (In the article, it talks about using a vacuum and turbine, but also a stirling engine could be used.) However you harness this potential energy, a portion of it can be used to continue the pumping.
Saying that the water pumped up from the depths of the ocean is a simple "perpetual motion machine" is simply folly as the energy is not produced from the pumping, but from the temperature difference delivered via the pumping.
I'm a Star Wars fan. I'm 26. So, I was -1 when Star Wars Ep. 4 came out.
I'm also a Led Zeppelin fan and for that matter a Benny Goodman fan as well. I also appreciate romatic-era literature.
My 3 & 6 year old daughters are Star Wars fans. They also enjoy Green Day and the Eagles. They love the stories "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "Stone Soup."
My point is that living during the creation period of a work of art is not required to appreciate the work.
Weren't all the adult viewers griping about how Ep1 & Ep2 were catering to kids? (e.g. Jar-Jar, Pod Race, etc, etc.)
And I also suppose that the "Jar-Jar tongue lollipops" were marketed to 20s-40s people? And the Action Figures? And the card games? And the plastic electronic light sabers? (wait, I would like to play with those, I'll give you that one!)
Anyway, I don't think anyone can deny that the Star Wars Marketing Machine(TM) Has been targeting those well under 13.
As one who works on a VoIP software product, we have a built-in adjustable jitter buffer. While this means a ~500ms delay in hearing audio, it solves the jitter problem and do you think people really notice that 1/2 second delay when speaking? We've never gotten any complaints.
That's the extra load that aspiring she-geeks have to deal with.
I would disagree. I would think she-geeks would get more positive attention from the sausage-fest of the male geek world. Granted, she'd have to somehow flex her geek physique occasionally, just to make sure she's legit.
Show me a straight male geek who wouldn't find a true she-geek interesting.
No video format that I know of supports a broadcast flag. I.e. if you record it to an mpeg file, the mpeg file has no knowledge of the flag. It will be just another mpeg. In fact, the EFF's article on the FCC's ruling states nothing about a recording format to support the flag, only restricted video ouputs based on the flag while receiving.
Damn, I've been tricked again! Now when I use DHCP to get my IP address, it's forcing onto an Intellectual Property network??? *sigh* I'll just sit here and wait for the lawsuit.
In all seriousness, last time I knew, the IP in TCP/IP stood for Internet Protocol
Now all you have to do is convince your boss that you're just as effective asleep as you are awake. Then you can take those well-deserved naps at work after lunch.
If everyone has a defined current location and endpoint, as soon as its route is calculated, it can report its route to "the swarm" and it can be registered with the others who will then take it into account when calculating their routes.
All you have to do is think ahead a little.
There will, however, always be those who don't report their route (or aren't equipped to do so.) This can be filled in with general logistical data based on time of day, week, holiday, etc.
That in this case, the competitor is also a significant contributor to the GPL'ed code. Therefore, the competitor's contributed code is at stake as well, giving them a standing to sue.
First off, any refractive surface is also reflective at the right angle. Since all cameras include at least one refractive surface in the lens, this can be isolated for a reflection. So, therefore it is not impossible to detect passive videorecording because video is much different than audio in the fact that it does not reliably bounce off of most surfaces, requiring a direct line-of-sight between the recorder and subject.
However, it may be true that it will not be set to scan the projecting area. This would probably be difficult because it's behind a window and next to a very large directed light source (the projector.)
Even though you may not be willing to subject yourself to "light impulses" and such, there are many, many consumer sheep willing to do so--with their knowledge or without. So therefore, your dollar vote matters not.
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The school will probably see an increase in average GPA as students can no longer download pr0n wirelessly!
Sounds like something that maybe classes in Screenplay writing could help with. That would be one of the things they teach there, right?
I don't really give a shit.
According to your site, you do give a shit--all over Linux. Sorry, couldn't resist.
However, this is a good point. I use BSD and I use Linux. Instead of taking pot-shots on mascots and such, perhaps we should state why our favorite OS/App/Whatever is better. Perhaps instead of "Because BSD Shits All Over Linux" it should be "Because The Others Use BSD Libs Anyway!" or something of that sort. Saying BSD shits on Linux does nothing to sway my use of Linux.
Also, merely a technicality, but if the BSD Mascot is pitching anal and Tux is catching, wouldn't it be BSD which is getting "Shit All Over" it?
Weather is measured by single data points called "Weather Stations." NOAA with their "gridpoint forecast" may average statistics between these stations to give a custom forecast between the two. However, at this point, we've moved farther from the data statistics that help to give us accuracy. i.e. it's highly speculative--and likely doesn't account for geographical features and cannot account for the highly unpredictable nature of weather. Especially for "scattered showers" and such.
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So...
If it is "70% of the times we noted these weather conditions, rain occured", then that 70% is a much higher percentage than the actual probability that it will rain on me. This is because (probably) most of those "70%" of times did not see rain falling on every square meter of the prediction area.
The meteorologists do not have instruments on every square meter of the prediction area. They've got instruments at one or more weather stations. And the 70% is for how many times the rain occurred at that station under similar conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity, etc.) In all ways, a weather reading is a single datapoint, and since these statistics are derived from a single datapoint, they are singular as well. However, as I mentioned above, these things can be averaged between stations.
I'm guessing your "area coverage method" is some kind of averaging of these weather stations calculated statistics.
I found this explanation as well:
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/284
The interesting parts:
When referring to POP it is most accurate to say, "There is a ___% POP that any particular measurement station in the viewing area will get precipitation". For example, when averaged over many 30% POP days, a particular station should have precipitation 30% of the time if the forecaster or computer model is accurate.
and
All to often, people assume a 20% chance of rain means 20% of forecast area will get rain on that one day. This is often not the case for any one day. Often no precipitation occurs at all in the forecast area on days with a 20% POP since one component of POP is the chance that any precipitation will develop.
Or using your method, conditions in which rain is already present leads to a 100% chance of rain?
Well, if the rain is already present, it isn't much of a prediction, is it?
I'd LOVE to have planned hold-times in my software development schedule!
Actually I worked with a bunch of meteorologists.
Anytime you see "70% chance of rain" it means that of all the noted times that similar weather conditions occurred, 70% of those times the weather conditions resulted in rain.
Well, and it's not like you have to start with a dry pipe. Just take surface water to fill the pipe first, then your siphon works from the beginning. Of course the first bit of water will be room-temperature, providing no temp-differential.
How about fluid dynamics? Let's start out simple, okay?
When I was growing up, we had an above ground swimming pool. When it was time to clean it out, I'd stick one end of a garden hose in it, then the other end down the slight decline of a hill. After that, I would then suck on the downhill end of the hose to start a siphon. That hose would continue dumping out water all day until the seal was broken (air entered the hose from inside the pool.)
So let's apply this to a larger scale. Say the top of the pool wall is an island. The bottom of the pool is the ocean floor. Also, let's take the downhill end of the hose and put it back in the pool (the ocean.) Now, in this configuration we're not siphoning downhill, so we have to pump the water to keep it moving--however--the same laws apply and the water travelling down is creating a vacuum which pulls the new water up. Think of how the front of a roller-coaster pulls the end of it over the crest of the hill.
So that's your "perpetiual motion" machine. Something that requires minimal energy to keep going. So how do we keep it going? Well, the laws of thermodynamics still apply and the real catch is in the payload that we're pumping up. On average, there's at least a 15C/30F difference in temperature between the ocean water we're pumping and the air/water at the surface. Any physicist can tell you that this temperature difference can be called "potential energy" and can be harnessed in many ways (In the article, it talks about using a vacuum and turbine, but also a stirling engine could be used.) However you harness this potential energy, a portion of it can be used to continue the pumping.
Saying that the water pumped up from the depths of the ocean is a simple "perpetual motion machine" is simply folly as the energy is not produced from the pumping, but from the temperature difference delivered via the pumping.
Or even worse, the Boogie Man could eclipse the sun with a giant disco ball, letting all the evil minions stay out forever!
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http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.as
Okay, the FAA controls the US airspace, right? So, they probably won't allow any of these LEO Billboards to be launched in the U.S.
Of course, there's virtually nothing they can do if an LEO craft is launched from some other location and meanders over the U.S. from time to time.
Perhaps they could do something if it were placed in a geostationary orbit over the U.S. but then it wouldn't be in LEO.
a Death Star full of people (a.k.a. Stormtroopers) killed.
What about the countless number of contractors working on board the Death Star? They were innocent!
I'm a Star Wars fan. I'm 26. So, I was -1 when Star Wars Ep. 4 came out.
I'm also a Led Zeppelin fan and for that matter a Benny Goodman fan as well. I also appreciate romatic-era literature.
My 3 & 6 year old daughters are Star Wars fans. They also enjoy Green Day and the Eagles. They love the stories "The Velveteen Rabbit" and "Stone Soup."
My point is that living during the creation period of a work of art is not required to appreciate the work.
Weren't all the adult viewers griping about how Ep1 & Ep2 were catering to kids? (e.g. Jar-Jar, Pod Race, etc, etc.)
And I also suppose that the "Jar-Jar tongue lollipops" were marketed to 20s-40s people? And the Action Figures? And the card games? And the plastic electronic light sabers? (wait, I would like to play with those, I'll give you that one!)
Anyway, I don't think anyone can deny that the Star Wars Marketing Machine(TM) Has been targeting those well under 13.
And people wonder why scientific math is so complex, what with notation and significant figures and all!
As one who works on a VoIP software product, we have a built-in adjustable jitter buffer. While this means a ~500ms delay in hearing audio, it solves the jitter problem and do you think people really notice that 1/2 second delay when speaking? We've never gotten any complaints.
That's the extra load that aspiring she-geeks have to deal with.
I would disagree. I would think she-geeks would get more positive attention from the sausage-fest of the male geek world. Granted, she'd have to somehow flex her geek physique occasionally, just to make sure she's legit.
Show me a straight male geek who wouldn't find a true she-geek interesting.
It has to do with people not necessarily choosing a major because they were born a geek.
Evolution takes time... Patience, okay?
No video format that I know of supports a broadcast flag. I.e. if you record it to an mpeg file, the mpeg file has no knowledge of the flag. It will be just another mpeg. In fact, the EFF's article on the FCC's ruling states nothing about a recording format to support the flag, only restricted video ouputs based on the flag while receiving.
the Intellectual Property-protocol (IP)
Damn, I've been tricked again! Now when I use DHCP to get my IP address, it's forcing onto an Intellectual Property network???
*sigh* I'll just sit here and wait for the lawsuit.
In all seriousness, last time I knew, the IP in TCP/IP stood for Internet Protocol
Now all you have to do is convince your boss that you're just as effective asleep as you are awake. Then you can take those well-deserved naps at work after lunch.
If everyone has a defined current location and endpoint, as soon as its route is calculated, it can report its route to "the swarm" and it can be registered with the others who will then take it into account when calculating their routes.
All you have to do is think ahead a little.
There will, however, always be those who don't report their route (or aren't equipped to do so.) This can be filled in with general logistical data based on time of day, week, holiday, etc.
Anyone willing to wager which happens more often in the slashdot crowd? (autonomous sex excluded.)
That in this case, the competitor is also a significant contributor to the GPL'ed code. Therefore, the competitor's contributed code is at stake as well, giving them a standing to sue.
First off, any refractive surface is also reflective at the right angle. Since all cameras include at least one refractive surface in the lens, this can be isolated for a reflection. So, therefore it is not impossible to detect passive videorecording because video is much different than audio in the fact that it does not reliably bounce off of most surfaces, requiring a direct line-of-sight between the recorder and subject.
However, it may be true that it will not be set to scan the projecting area. This would probably be difficult because it's behind a window and next to a very large directed light source (the projector.)
Even though you may not be willing to subject yourself to "light impulses" and such, there are many, many consumer sheep willing to do so--with their knowledge or without. So therefore, your dollar vote matters not.