I don't know the specifics of this project but I work with scientific data processing, where there are multiple software updates daily while the soft is still in development (but already 'in production'). Much harder to do with FPGA.
They are two old military satellite pushed out of their geosync orbit so that the oscilate and are briefly visible for a few hours when they are on the south end of their bounce. The military now has much better toys to play with.
I think one very good way for IMDB to correct for that bias would be to force their users to rate AGAIN their movies after 1~5~10 years. This way the 'this is the most hyped thing since sliced bread' factor goes away and you are left wondering why you gave a 10 to a movie you've never even watched a 2nd time and can even remember.
I'm a C hardware programmer and I have no idea what a GEM extension is. I tried to look it up, but it seems to be a term relevant to the Ruby world. So, I'm interested in this thread, but I have no idea what Rust or Gem are.
It reminds me of prostitution in my country: it's illegal, but there's the professional category for when you declare your taxes. So it's illegal but perfectly taxed. Talk about state hypocrisy. I don't know about pimp though.
Yeah. It's not complicated: get a dump of their SVN repository, list who inserted the modifications. Now they face jail serious time. Do they want to say who asked / authorized those modifications ? There you go.
Deploy a monomolecular sheet (mylar, aluminium, whatever) at L1 between the sun and Venus over 200km diameter, lower the solar output, see if you can get the atmosphere to cool down and condensate.
On a side note, as a european, I can add that electric bikes have been making a silent killing in the last one or two years, mostly for city use, but also for farther commuting (some cities have bike path that never cross a road) and even mountain bike use (for older people). The bike shops that used to sell road bikes and mountain bikes now mostly sell those same bikes, but electric. And it's slowly changing the cities (more bike paths, you can take trains/buses with bikes, etc).
I imagine apartment buildings will start installing chargers in their parking lots. I'm in an apt, and all it would take is a vote at the yearly owners' meeting.
I'm becoming convinced that space exploration will only start when either of those happens, and it will skip local planets and go to the stars directly:
- artificial wombs and robot teaching so that the crew can be grown before landing.
- brain to silicon transfer is commonplace and a tiny probe carrying plenty of 'human brains' is sent to explore the stars. But by then simulated worlds will be a lot more interesting than dull planets, hell, they already are !
And so what ? I also sometimes mention that I quit TV 30 years ago as it was quite literally sucking all my time (and brain cells). I mention it because, as stupid as it seems, many people have no idea that it's possible to live without a TV. I'm not exaggerating. It's a bit similar to some discussion with religious people where they go: "It's impossible to live without believing in some kind of god..."
One thing that would be really great is a laptop with an eInk screen, so that you'd be able to use it in full sun. Even the best laptops are difficult to read under the shade of a tree (and at max screen power the battery doesn't last long). But as far as I know color eInks have been in the development stages for forever, and B&W ones have not made it out of eReader displays.
I'd love to have a laptop with a changeable screen (press the button and pop it out): normal and eInk. Or even: eInk, Glossy, Matte, very high-res, etc... It could also be a fun DIY project to take an eReader and add a video input, put the tablet in front of your screen and connect it to the DVI or whatever video port of your laptop.
Exact same story here. We installed a wifi repeater in the lobby at work. The hostess started complaining about the 'microwaves hurting her'. But it wasn't even turned on yet (we were still building the rest of the system), only the LED on its power. When we finally turned it on we put a piece of black tape over the LED and told her that we'd turned it off. Everything was fine after that. Some people deserve to be slapped.
The least they could do is send some DNA samples of the person, instead of their useless ashes. On the off chance that million years in the future some aliens (or the next Earth intelligent specie) may be interested in what human tast^H^H^H were like.
I used to find those kinds of posts funny, but now I just want the troll gone because there's always some kind of idiot who will copy it on facebook or other "I read it on the intharnet"
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I don't know the specifics of this project but I work with scientific data processing, where there are multiple software updates daily while the soft is still in development (but already 'in production'). Much harder to do with FPGA.
They are two old military satellite pushed out of their geosync orbit so that the oscilate and are briefly visible for a few hours when they are on the south end of their bounce. The military now has much better toys to play with.
Yes, but they are now outlawed by the Antarctic Treaty (a pretty good read in itself, and not too long).
I think one very good way for IMDB to correct for that bias would be to force their users to rate AGAIN their movies after 1~5~10 years. This way the 'this is the most hyped thing since sliced bread' factor goes away and you are left wondering why you gave a 10 to a movie you've never even watched a 2nd time and can even remember.
I'm a C hardware programmer and I have no idea what a GEM extension is. I tried to look it up, but it seems to be a term relevant to the Ruby world. So, I'm interested in this thread, but I have no idea what Rust or Gem are.
It reminds me of prostitution in my country: it's illegal, but there's the professional category for when you declare your taxes. So it's illegal but perfectly taxed. Talk about state hypocrisy. I don't know about pimp though.
Yeah. It's not complicated: get a dump of their SVN repository, list who inserted the modifications. Now they face jail serious time. Do they want to say who asked / authorized those modifications ? There you go.
Deploy a monomolecular sheet (mylar, aluminium, whatever) at L1 between the sun and Venus over 200km diameter, lower the solar output, see if you can get the atmosphere to cool down and condensate.
Can they even tell themselves apart ?
On a side note, as a european, I can add that electric bikes have been making a silent killing in the last one or two years, mostly for city use, but also for farther commuting (some cities have bike path that never cross a road) and even mountain bike use (for older people). The bike shops that used to sell road bikes and mountain bikes now mostly sell those same bikes, but electric. And it's slowly changing the cities (more bike paths, you can take trains/buses with bikes, etc).
I imagine apartment buildings will start installing chargers in their parking lots. I'm in an apt, and all it would take is a vote at the yearly owners' meeting.
On average, human beings have one tit and one testicle.
...means that you can destroy said hardware. What kind of news is that ?!?
I'm becoming convinced that space exploration will only start when either of those happens, and it will skip local planets and go to the stars directly: - artificial wombs and robot teaching so that the crew can be grown before landing. - brain to silicon transfer is commonplace and a tiny probe carrying plenty of 'human brains' is sent to explore the stars. But by then simulated worlds will be a lot more interesting than dull planets, hell, they already are !
And so what ? I also sometimes mention that I quit TV 30 years ago as it was quite literally sucking all my time (and brain cells). I mention it because, as stupid as it seems, many people have no idea that it's possible to live without a TV. I'm not exaggerating. It's a bit similar to some discussion with religious people where they go: "It's impossible to live without believing in some kind of god..."
There's this little something called a margin of error, and it's being taken in consideration carefully.
Yeah, well , the right side is already reserved for the number of elements in the molecule (subscript) and the ionisation state (superscript).
I'd love to have a laptop with a changeable screen (press the button and pop it out): normal and eInk. Or even: eInk, Glossy, Matte, very high-res, etc... It could also be a fun DIY project to take an eReader and add a video input, put the tablet in front of your screen and connect it to the DVI or whatever video port of your laptop.
Exact same story here. We installed a wifi repeater in the lobby at work. The hostess started complaining about the 'microwaves hurting her'. But it wasn't even turned on yet (we were still building the rest of the system), only the LED on its power. When we finally turned it on we put a piece of black tape over the LED and told her that we'd turned it off. Everything was fine after that. Some people deserve to be slapped.
Why ? You say "800 euros" or "800 dollars", so why place the sign before ?!?
...and you are not seating in a flying car, but it exists and is firing on you.
The least they could do is send some DNA samples of the person, instead of their useless ashes. On the off chance that million years in the future some aliens (or the next Earth intelligent specie) may be interested in what human tast^H^H^H were like.
"When I die, I'd like to be scattered over my hometown. But not, like, cremated or anything." -- Mitch Berg
I used to find those kinds of posts funny, but now I just want the troll gone because there's always some kind of idiot who will copy it on facebook or other "I read it on the intharnet"
I want to see an automatic car do this in the same situation. Using something faste than a 3 point turn: a bootleg turn or J-turn.