I'm pleasantly surprised they tagged this correctly. Of course, the Digital Equipment Corporation hadn't exactly been lighting up the news, since they've been toast for nearly 20 years:-) Kudos for remembering them!
This is the first public office the guy will hold.
According to wikipedia, he was Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in France 26 August 2014 – 30 August 2016. I think that counts as a public office?
I think the GP means that this will be the first elected office Macron has held. Ministers are appointed.
You know... There's a German word for that - I'd not even begin to pretend to know how to spell it so I'll spare you the attempt. I'd not thought of that. There's even an appropriate French phrase but I'd butcher that all to hell so I'll spare you that one too.;-)
I think this quote from the press release I found at the Georgia Tech news page explains things more clearly than the two links in the article do:
[Georgia] Tech's significant improvement to existing xenon propulsion systems is a new electric and magnetic field design that helps better control the exhaust particles, Walker said. Ground control units can then exercise this control remotely to conserve fuel. So they've improved the degree to which one can regulate the output of conventional ion thrusters. Better thrust control means better fuel efficiency, so you need less fuel to do the same work as before.
IIRC, you can replicate the behavior of a NOT gate with an XOR gate by setting one of the inputs to constantly on/flowing. From that, you could make NAND gates, which can be used to build any other logic gate.
I don't think an OR gate would be too hard to make either. You'd just need a chamber with two inputs and a drain (and maybe an overflow), and you're set.
One, I accidentally posted anonymously before. I suppose that's what I get for posting while tired.
Two, after reading TFA a second time, I see that I was wrong about it plugging in to the OBD port. Looks like it just plugs into a 12V outlet for power. I guess not having to deal with lots of different connector cables was more important than having increased data accuracy.
There's no need to resort to nanoflywheels. All you need is a bridge rectifier. It uses four diodes to convert AC into pulsed DC. There's almost certainly one in the power supply of the computer you're using right now.
You know, cars have been around for around a hundred years now, but we've been operating those with pedals and a steering wheel for 70+ years. Sometimes an interface design is so successful that there's really no way to improve it.
One of the major reason this is such a big deal (at least from my perspective) is that it was a completely preventable tragedy caused by woeful mismanagement. The engineers knew the O-rings would almost certainly fail in the cold, but the higher-ups chose to launch anyway.
By the 1980s, the management of NASA was no longer in the hands of people who understood space flight. Instead, it was in the hands of the sorts of managers we have now: those who don't understand the field of the people they manage, and don't care to. All they care about is keeping their job, and keeping their superiors happy, no matter the cost to those below them.
Sections 7 and 8 of the linked article explain this in further detail.
Wow, I'm amazed, strapping two sticks of dynamite between a tank of increadibly flammable gasses might end up in disaster?
Yes, space flight is dangerous.
Yes, astronauts accept these inherent dangers when they fly.
That doesn't make the fact that Challenger blew up because of a KNOWN, RESOLVABLE DESIGN PROBLEM any less damning.
Sure, you can be sarcastic and explain it away as just being "one of the many dangers of space flight", but that's outright defiance of fact, and the exact sort of thinking that got seven people needlessly killed 20 years ago.
The O-rings on the SRBs didn't seal properly in weather as cold as the day Challenger was launched, and some of the people at NASA at the time knew this. They could have halted missions to find a new material that would work in the cold, or they could have just scrubbed the launch until it was a bit warmer.
Of course we all know that they did neither of these things. They assumed everything would work like it's "supposed to", and that they would once again narrowly avoid disaster. But, just as the design engineers feared they might, the O-rings failed to seal, and the shuttle exploded in the air. Any warnings that tried to make their way up the managerial hierarchy were ultimately ignored, much to the detriment of everyone.
The reason it was/is "such a big deal" is that the disaster could have been easily prevented. No amount of political backpedaling, finger-pointing, or media spin will change that.
Rob has responded to pretty much the same question in this sub-discussion
To summarize his response, he (and hopefully the other editors) does try to track down the original story, but will leave the meta-link in place if he feels it adds to the story in a significant way.
You may have already seen this, but I figure linking to it directly will cut down on the "OMG he's not actually reading the discussion" posts.
Thus, the parent post has become either redundant (most everyone knows Linux is lacking in the games department), or just plain wrong, since the editors are not, in fact, rejecting relevant stories.
Sorry if this is comes across as vitriolic. I take offense when people take jabs at the editors' apparent lack of effort/competence. I'm sure being an editor isn't nearly as easy as than the trolls would have you believe.
It seems that part of this problem could be resolved rather easily by just releasing the game to the UK when it's released elsewhere. If they can release the game in Asia at the same time as in the US, I see no reason why some English-language versions of the game can't be shipped over to the UK for sale. It's not like it has to be translated or anything.
This is all rather similar to the DVD region-coding tactic. Splitting the world into isolated markets where you can charge more or less for the same product just doesn't work any more. People will just get on the internet and, for example, order their Futurama DVDs from Europe earlier or for less than they can in the US, or they'll just pirate them. Companies know that piracy equals lost sales, so why don't they just release as widely as possible so people can just get what they want?
So after actually reading the descriptions of the games, I realize that they are, in fact, the same as they were some time ago. Guess I still haven't learned to RTFA.
I played YPP last fall, and every one of these games except spades was in it at the time. There aren't any pictures, so I can't tell if the games have changed or not, but I suspect this is news merely because the commercial release is coming out, not because anything new has been added.
My reasoning as to why this is is as follows:
The Hertz is the SI unit of frequency, and is equivalent to using the phrase "cycle(s) per second". Since the phrase always ends with "per second" (which is singular), the unit representing the phrase is always singular.
The byte can become plural, so its abbreviation can be as well.
(Of course, if $PREFIX="kilo", the abbreviation is always singular 'K')
The original poster was making a reference to the movie "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery". The relevant portion of the script (copy-pasted from IMDb) follows:
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have? Number Two: Sea Bass. Dr. Evil: [pause] Right. Number Two: They're mutated sea bass. Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered? Number Two: Absolutely. Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.
Since "more peg" is a decent compromise between pronounceability and faithfulness to the acronym. Most people I know who pronounce it say it this way as well.
Speaking as a resident of Iowa, I'd say the system we use to vote is pretty good compared to those questionable all-electronic systems. We get a marker and a big ballot with the candidates and ovals to be filled in next to them. The layout is fairly idiot-proof, and it's blatantly obvious which ovals you filled in with your marker.
As far as making a mistake goes, I think all you have to do is go up to the people in charge of handing out the ballots and get a new one after the old one is invalidated (perhaps by filling in all the ovals?).
When you're done marking your ballot, you take it over to the optical reader and feed it in. If the ballot is incorrectly marked or can't be read, it spits it back out at you. It would be nice if there were a little screen that confirmed your votes after reading, but other than that, I'd say the system's pretty good.
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I'm pleasantly surprised they tagged this correctly. Of course, the Digital Equipment Corporation hadn't exactly been lighting up the news, since they've been toast for nearly 20 years :-) Kudos for remembering them!
This is the first public office the guy will hold.
According to wikipedia, he was Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in France 26 August 2014 – 30 August 2016. I think that counts as a public office?
I think the GP means that this will be the first elected office Macron has held. Ministers are appointed.
I do find it interesting that despite the name they chose for their product, no part of it seems to fold. Lots of sliding/drawers, but no folding.
You know... There's a German word for that - I'd not even begin to pretend to know how to spell it so I'll spare you the attempt. I'd not thought of that. There's even an appropriate French phrase but I'd butcher that all to hell so I'll spare you that one too. ;-)
I believe you're thinking of Schadenfreude.
IIRC, you can replicate the behavior of a NOT gate with an XOR gate by setting one of the inputs to constantly on/flowing. From that, you could make NAND gates, which can be used to build any other logic gate.
I don't think an OR gate would be too hard to make either. You'd just need a chamber with two inputs and a drain (and maybe an overflow), and you're set.
One, I accidentally posted anonymously before. I suppose that's what I get for posting while tired.
Two, after reading TFA a second time, I see that I was wrong about it plugging in to the OBD port. Looks like it just plugs into a 12V outlet for power. I guess not having to deal with lots of different connector cables was more important than having increased data accuracy.
Your high school teacher was talking about the googol, not Google. They may sound the same, but they're rather different.
There's no need to resort to nanoflywheels. All you need is a bridge rectifier. It uses four diodes to convert AC into pulsed DC. There's almost certainly one in the power supply of the computer you're using right now.
You know, cars have been around for around a hundred years now, but we've been operating those with pedals and a steering wheel for 70+ years. Sometimes an interface design is so successful that there's really no way to improve it.
One of the major reason this is such a big deal (at least from my perspective) is that it was a completely preventable tragedy caused by woeful mismanagement. The engineers knew the O-rings would almost certainly fail in the cold, but the higher-ups chose to launch anyway.
By the 1980s, the management of NASA was no longer in the hands of people who understood space flight. Instead, it was in the hands of the sorts of managers we have now: those who don't understand the field of the people they manage, and don't care to. All they care about is keeping their job, and keeping their superiors happy, no matter the cost to those below them.
Sections 7 and 8 of the linked article explain this in further detail.
Yes, space flight is dangerous.
Yes, astronauts accept these inherent dangers when they fly.
That doesn't make the fact that Challenger blew up because of a KNOWN, RESOLVABLE DESIGN PROBLEM any less damning.
Sure, you can be sarcastic and explain it away as just being "one of the many dangers of space flight", but that's outright defiance of fact, and the exact sort of thinking that got seven people needlessly killed 20 years ago.
The O-rings on the SRBs didn't seal properly in weather as cold as the day Challenger was launched, and some of the people at NASA at the time knew this. They could have halted missions to find a new material that would work in the cold, or they could have just scrubbed the launch until it was a bit warmer.
Of course we all know that they did neither of these things. They assumed everything would work like it's "supposed to", and that they would once again narrowly avoid disaster. But, just as the design engineers feared they might, the O-rings failed to seal, and the shuttle exploded in the air. Any warnings that tried to make their way up the managerial hierarchy were ultimately ignored, much to the detriment of everyone.
The reason it was/is "such a big deal" is that the disaster could have been easily prevented. No amount of political backpedaling, finger-pointing, or media spin will change that.
To summarize his response, he (and hopefully the other editors) does try to track down the original story, but will leave the meta-link in place if he feels it adds to the story in a significant way.
You may have already seen this, but I figure linking to it directly will cut down on the "OMG he's not actually reading the discussion" posts.
Sorry if this is comes across as vitriolic. I take offense when people take jabs at the editors' apparent lack of effort/competence. I'm sure being an editor isn't nearly as easy as than the trolls would have you believe.
This is all rather similar to the DVD region-coding tactic. Splitting the world into isolated markets where you can charge more or less for the same product just doesn't work any more. People will just get on the internet and, for example, order their Futurama DVDs from Europe earlier or for less than they can in the US, or they'll just pirate them. Companies know that piracy equals lost sales, so why don't they just release as widely as possible so people can just get what they want?
So after actually reading the descriptions of the games, I realize that they are, in fact, the same as they were some time ago. Guess I still haven't learned to RTFA.
I played YPP last fall, and every one of these games except spades was in it at the time. There aren't any pictures, so I can't tell if the games have changed or not, but I suspect this is news merely because the commercial release is coming out, not because anything new has been added.
The Hertz is the SI unit of frequency, and is equivalent to using the phrase "cycle(s) per second". Since the phrase always ends with "per second" (which is singular), the unit representing the phrase is always singular.
The byte can become plural, so its abbreviation can be as well.
(Of course, if $PREFIX="kilo", the abbreviation is always singular 'K')
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Number Two: Sea Bass.
Dr. Evil: [pause] Right.
Number Two: They're mutated sea bass.
Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered?
Number Two: Absolutely.
Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.
Consider yourself enlightened.
Just because he didn't put the command in the title for easy parsing doesn't mean he's not right.
Ah, the irony there would be...
Since "more peg" is a decent compromise between pronounceability and faithfulness to the acronym. Most people I know who pronounce it say it this way as well.
As far as making a mistake goes, I think all you have to do is go up to the people in charge of handing out the ballots and get a new one after the old one is invalidated (perhaps by filling in all the ovals?).
When you're done marking your ballot, you take it over to the optical reader and feed it in. If the ballot is incorrectly marked or can't be read, it spits it back out at you. It would be nice if there were a little screen that confirmed your votes after reading, but other than that, I'd say the system's pretty good.
I hear you can get an operation for that.