"Up" quarks and "down" quarks.
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Does anyone know if all up quarks are the same as all other up quarks and if all down quarks are the same as all other down quarks? There might be a billion different slight variations of the two kinds. We don't have the equipment to define a quark past a certain level.
Maybe he knows something few others know or are willing to find out. Or maybe his experiment will end in the untimely death of a few people. Who knows? Don't jump to conclusions just yet, folks.
Distributed computing is actually a pretty simple idea to come up with, seeing as how a lot of things are 'distributed' such as manufacturing, selling products, etc. The thing that makes distributed computing attractive is the speed of data and the unused potential of your average computer. It would be nice to see a company that needed a lot of data processed, and paid people for every data pack they processed and completed. Rules would have to be set up to prevent abuse, but it would be a nice system. Everyone wins.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a technophile as well. But when the Bible of my religion says that this is a Bad Thing (tm) to have implanted, then I'm going to consider it a Bad Thing (tm) to have implanted. First off, we don't know everything. Some things are uncertain. Can you prove to me that this chip will have no adverse affects at all upon me?
Its about time. I currently use both google and webcrawler for most of my web searching. It'll be good to have another engine comperable to google to go for a second opinion. Are they going to do the same thing google is doing, and let companies pay to have their pages come up in results more frequently than others? Hopefully it won't, but lets be realistic, these companies need to make a lot of money just to stay afloat now-a-days.
Intended to be funny? No, this post was actually intended to be pretty serious, with a touch of sarcasm. Naturally, because I said Windows, it got the instant -1 Flamebait in it, and people decied to mark it -3 Overrated, so its back to the usual +1. Anyway, yeah, I use Windows. I'm more of a gamer than anything, and I don't want to have to worry about whether or not the next game I buy can run on Linux. Maybe my Windows 98SE machine crashes daily, but a reboot is a small price to pay for virtual freedom in choosing software packages and little to no hassle installing them.
"To prepare for a kernel panic, you need the system source code installed. You need one (or more) swap partition that is at least one MB larger than your physical memory and preferably twice as large as your RAM. If you have 512MB of RAM, for example, you need a swap partition that is 513MB or larger, with 1024MB being preferable."
And people bash Windows for its lack of stability. I'm sorry, but an OS that can crash for seemingly no apparent reason, can barely be fixed, and requires a bunch of preparation just to prepare is too complicated for me. If I were a server admin with a few years experience with this OS and going the long way around to ensure a smooth ride, I might be more enthusiastic about the whole thing. At least with Windows based OSes all you need is a bit of veteran intuition and skill to find out what is wrong. Even if the problem isn't obvious, the solution usually is, or its easy to figure out.
Err.
Not 8/20. It was really, really bad though. I think it might have been 20/80 or something. Point is, I used the computer all day, my eyesight sucked (though I couldn't tell it sucked alone) I get up the next day, take the eyetest, my eyesight is fine.
I've used different monitors since I was like 7 on computers (am now 19). My eyesight is still pretty good, I'd say its still 20/20 (haven't had it checked in a few months). Last time I got it checked, they said I was like 8/20 or something, but that was after heavy computer use (a few hours MUDding). However, the next day I had it tested again at the same place, and they said it was 20/20 now. The only eye problems I really have is a lazy eye (left) after reading a lot and being tired, and my eyes burn if its early in the morning and people are smoking heavily.
Thank you for listening to W-ERZ. We're taking requests.."Hi..what would you like today?" "I'd like a copy of Windows XP." "You use that garbage? Alright, coming right up. Thanks for calling! You're listening to W-ERZ, all warez, all the time."
The Christmas-before-last, I told my parents I wanted a GeForce2 video card and a stick of RAM for Christmas. Well, they went down to CompUSA, and came back with a video card, 256MB RAM (like I had asked for) also they came back with TV-tuner card, an Ethernet cable (25ft) and a monitor switching hub. We took everything back except for the video card and RAM, and demanded a refund for the stuff, because according to my parents, the salesman told them I had to have the other stuff in order to install the video card and RAM. They were this close to getting my parents to buy software to go along with it. Good thing their budget just ran out.
Encryption is only for terrorists. Therefore, everyone who encrypts is a terrorist. The RIAA is trying to get A LOT of things encrypted. So the RIAA is made up of A LOT of terrorists.
I do not condone assassination. But what is to be done when your government doesn't listen to you? We could get half a million people to march on Washington D.C. and have a peaceful protest of this and similar legislation. Would it cause much of an upset? Probably not. They'd think twice, and then pass it anyway. The next day they'd be out arresting everyone they see for whatever 'crime' we have commited now. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit extreme, but it COULD very well happen. So, back to the question. What do we do? Give up computers? Give up the Internet in fear that we'll be arrested in some MP3/MPEG witch hunt? No. If it ever gets to that point, I'll be the first one to move someplace out of this nation. I will not stand for anything like that.
Nice idea, I have to say, but my biggest problem with file-sharing utilities is the fact that the file you're looking for isn't going to be the same with everyone. NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg isn't going to be the same as NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg on someone elses comp. There's not a way I know of besides implimenting CRC to prevent people from just renaming files into other things. Maybe NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg is really GoatseLiveVideo.mpeg, just renamed.
I used to work for Bellsouth DSL's tech support. Well, a day after signing up for their DSL, I had like 5 or 10 spam messages. Now, the address I used wasn't at all common. I've not given it out to anyone, nor have I signed up for anything under it. I post to DSL Reports from home that it does seem like Bellsouth is selling email addresses (under a topic that was already posted). I got fired from Bellsouth for posting that message. Apparently they traced down the sender and crossreferenced the IP with my address, and then found out I was employed by them. I was promptly fired.
I made a microwave gun in electronics. Proper shielding, power, everything. I was..16 maybe? I made sure it was safe on me. My first experiment was to aim it at a computer. Insta-bluescreen/reboot. That was cool. I also told the people around me not to step in front of it, but apparently they had more things to worry about than the thermal integrity of their flesh/organs/pocket contents.
Pretty interesting concept for its time. Pretty easy to think of if you could see the big picture. But back then, they couldn't. Gotta hand it to Harrison. Good idea.
This can't be too far away, then. in Michael Crichton's "Timeline," they have little earbuds that can translate spoken words into something that the wearer can understand, on the fly. If only we had something like this in reality. Not too much farther away...
1 loyal U.S. Senator...$5,000.
1 trip to Disneyland...$2,000.
1 video tape of a U.S. Senator throwing up on Space Mountain and promising that Disneyland will be sold to China...priceless.
I would have loved to see a D&D style game like Final Fantasy Tactics, with job points, skills, all that stuff, actual squad-level tactics, all that, instead of just using your imagination for most things. RPing is fun, but nothing can beat the '0wnage' factor when you kill 5 of your friends best characters with 3 of yours.
Hello. You may know me, for I am Bill Gates. I wanted to tell people how sorry I am for engaging in anti-competitive activities. We will never do this kind of thing again. To make a long story short, we have given in to your demands. Have a nice day!
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Does anyone know if all up quarks are the same as all other up quarks and if all down quarks are the same as all other down quarks? There might be a billion different slight variations of the two kinds. We don't have the equipment to define a quark past a certain level.
UNIX isn't dead. Its just mortally challenged.
Maybe he knows something few others know or are willing to find out. Or maybe his experiment will end in the untimely death of a few people. Who knows? Don't jump to conclusions just yet, folks.
Distributed computing is actually a pretty simple idea to come up with, seeing as how a lot of things are 'distributed' such as manufacturing, selling products, etc. The thing that makes distributed computing attractive is the speed of data and the unused potential of your average computer. It would be nice to see a company that needed a lot of data processed, and paid people for every data pack they processed and completed. Rules would have to be set up to prevent abuse, but it would be a nice system. Everyone wins.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a technophile as well. But when the Bible of my religion says that this is a Bad Thing (tm) to have implanted, then I'm going to consider it a Bad Thing (tm) to have implanted. First off, we don't know everything. Some things are uncertain. Can you prove to me that this chip will have no adverse affects at all upon me?
Its about time. I currently use both google and webcrawler for most of my web searching. It'll be good to have another engine comperable to google to go for a second opinion. Are they going to do the same thing google is doing, and let companies pay to have their pages come up in results more frequently than others? Hopefully it won't, but lets be realistic, these companies need to make a lot of money just to stay afloat now-a-days.
Intended to be funny? No, this post was actually intended to be pretty serious, with a touch of sarcasm. Naturally, because I said Windows, it got the instant -1 Flamebait in it, and people decied to mark it -3 Overrated, so its back to the usual +1. Anyway, yeah, I use Windows. I'm more of a gamer than anything, and I don't want to have to worry about whether or not the next game I buy can run on Linux. Maybe my Windows 98SE machine crashes daily, but a reboot is a small price to pay for virtual freedom in choosing software packages and little to no hassle installing them.
"To prepare for a kernel panic, you need the system source code installed. You need one (or more) swap partition that is at least one MB larger than your physical memory and preferably twice as large as your RAM. If you have 512MB of RAM, for example, you need a swap partition that is 513MB or larger, with 1024MB being preferable." And people bash Windows for its lack of stability. I'm sorry, but an OS that can crash for seemingly no apparent reason, can barely be fixed, and requires a bunch of preparation just to prepare is too complicated for me. If I were a server admin with a few years experience with this OS and going the long way around to ensure a smooth ride, I might be more enthusiastic about the whole thing. At least with Windows based OSes all you need is a bit of veteran intuition and skill to find out what is wrong. Even if the problem isn't obvious, the solution usually is, or its easy to figure out.
Err. Not 8/20. It was really, really bad though. I think it might have been 20/80 or something. Point is, I used the computer all day, my eyesight sucked (though I couldn't tell it sucked alone) I get up the next day, take the eyetest, my eyesight is fine.
I've used different monitors since I was like 7 on computers (am now 19). My eyesight is still pretty good, I'd say its still 20/20 (haven't had it checked in a few months). Last time I got it checked, they said I was like 8/20 or something, but that was after heavy computer use (a few hours MUDding). However, the next day I had it tested again at the same place, and they said it was 20/20 now. The only eye problems I really have is a lazy eye (left) after reading a lot and being tired, and my eyes burn if its early in the morning and people are smoking heavily.
Thank you for listening to W-ERZ. We're taking requests.."Hi..what would you like today?" "I'd like a copy of Windows XP." "You use that garbage? Alright, coming right up. Thanks for calling! You're listening to W-ERZ, all warez, all the time."
The Christmas-before-last, I told my parents I wanted a GeForce2 video card and a stick of RAM for Christmas. Well, they went down to CompUSA, and came back with a video card, 256MB RAM (like I had asked for) also they came back with TV-tuner card, an Ethernet cable (25ft) and a monitor switching hub. We took everything back except for the video card and RAM, and demanded a refund for the stuff, because according to my parents, the salesman told them I had to have the other stuff in order to install the video card and RAM. They were this close to getting my parents to buy software to go along with it. Good thing their budget just ran out.
Encryption is only for terrorists. Therefore, everyone who encrypts is a terrorist. The RIAA is trying to get A LOT of things encrypted. So the RIAA is made up of A LOT of terrorists.
I do not condone assassination. But what is to be done when your government doesn't listen to you? We could get half a million people to march on Washington D.C. and have a peaceful protest of this and similar legislation. Would it cause much of an upset? Probably not. They'd think twice, and then pass it anyway. The next day they'd be out arresting everyone they see for whatever 'crime' we have commited now. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit extreme, but it COULD very well happen. So, back to the question. What do we do? Give up computers? Give up the Internet in fear that we'll be arrested in some MP3/MPEG witch hunt? No. If it ever gets to that point, I'll be the first one to move someplace out of this nation. I will not stand for anything like that.
Nice idea, I have to say, but my biggest problem with file-sharing utilities is the fact that the file you're looking for isn't going to be the same with everyone. NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg isn't going to be the same as NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg on someone elses comp. There's not a way I know of besides implimenting CRC to prevent people from just renaming files into other things. Maybe NudeCheerleader(part1).mpeg is really GoatseLiveVideo.mpeg, just renamed.
I used to work for Bellsouth DSL's tech support. Well, a day after signing up for their DSL, I had like 5 or 10 spam messages. Now, the address I used wasn't at all common. I've not given it out to anyone, nor have I signed up for anything under it. I post to DSL Reports from home that it does seem like Bellsouth is selling email addresses (under a topic that was already posted). I got fired from Bellsouth for posting that message. Apparently they traced down the sender and crossreferenced the IP with my address, and then found out I was employed by them. I was promptly fired.
I made a microwave gun in electronics. Proper shielding, power, everything. I was..16 maybe? I made sure it was safe on me. My first experiment was to aim it at a computer. Insta-bluescreen/reboot. That was cool. I also told the people around me not to step in front of it, but apparently they had more things to worry about than the thermal integrity of their flesh/organs/pocket contents.
In the book, they were earbuds.
Pretty interesting concept for its time. Pretty easy to think of if you could see the big picture. But back then, they couldn't. Gotta hand it to Harrison. Good idea.
This can't be too far away, then. in Michael Crichton's "Timeline," they have little earbuds that can translate spoken words into something that the wearer can understand, on the fly. If only we had something like this in reality. Not too much farther away...
1 loyal U.S. Senator...$5,000. 1 trip to Disneyland...$2,000. 1 video tape of a U.S. Senator throwing up on Space Mountain and promising that Disneyland will be sold to China...priceless.
A penile implant, with sufficent force, can be used as a weapon.
I would have loved to see a D&D style game like Final Fantasy Tactics, with job points, skills, all that stuff, actual squad-level tactics, all that, instead of just using your imagination for most things. RPing is fun, but nothing can beat the '0wnage' factor when you kill 5 of your friends best characters with 3 of yours.
Hello. You may know me, for I am Bill Gates. I wanted to tell people how sorry I am for engaging in anti-competitive activities. We will never do this kind of thing again. To make a long story short, we have given in to your demands. Have a nice day!
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