What I'm wondering is the question implied by the editor, can this blast be used to make the metal absorb radar waves? Maybe. The thing about reflecting photons is that the same material can be opaque, transparent, or reflective depending on the wavelength of the photons in question. It sounds like this technique makes a very good black for optical frequencies. Whether it's also black to radio waves needs to be investigated.
Sorry, but that's the first thing that sprung to mind. If I were running MS and some "tribal elders" pitched a fit about us supporting their language, I'd say "Ok, have it your way. We'll see if your language stlll exists in another fifty years."
industrialists would love for global warming NOT to exist That depends on which industrialists you're talking about. Many businessmen see enormous opportunities in developing and selling techologies to address the matter.
I know it's hard to pay attention when you're stupid. Yes, I'm sure you know all about that. Your condition also tends to go hand-in-hand with the belief that issues can be solved by government fiat.
Reduce the number of workers, and companies will pay more.
Of course! It's so simple! Umm, how are you going to reduce the number of workers, sparky? Concentration camps, perhaps? Remember, we have global markets these days.
Despite your insult on my education, you are the one who hasn't thought this through. I've thought it through very thoroughly, sunshine.
that'll make these companies pay more for the fewer amount of workers... and you clearly haven't. Markets don't follow your wishes, they follow the money.
Ok, so you have this clever idea to manipulate the market to increase the salaries of IT workers. Ever heard of "offshoring"? If it's too expensive to get the work done here, then the work goes overseas. -jcr
What heterosexual male calls someone else "sunshine?" What's it to you?
-jcr
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Microsoft Money never crushed Quicken Actually, the story of how the Empire tried to eat Intuit's lunch is quite an interesting one. They pretended they wanted to buy them out, crawled all over the place ostensibly for their "due diligence" for the buyout, and then went off and wrote an app implementing Intuit's product plan for Quicken 4. When Intuit realized they'd been had, they jumped one product generation, and went ahead with what they'd planned to do in Quicken 5. MS Money hit the streets just a couple of months before Quicken got their next version out.
Over the next year or two, MS tried the usual trick of bundling their product with the OS to try to kill Intuit, but that just convinced the customers that MS Money was a throwaway. Also, financial records are something that you REALLY don't want to leave up to a microsoft product. I know accountants who still use Lotus 123 because they don't trust Excel.
They said that when the original XBox was launched. Yeah, and what they're saying now is that Microsoft is still spending a fortune to sell those machines below cost. Will it ever go profitable? Maybe, maybe not. In the meantime, what could they have done with the same amount of money in the financial markets?
At some point, when MS's stock has been stagnant for a couple more years, the shareholders are going to want some answers.
Frankly, I'm amazed that the thing got into the Amazon top ten list at all. I wonder how many units you have to sell in a day to get on that list, and just how many of those units were Evil Empire minions buying one for the team? -jcr
The military handed power over to an interim government very quickly, headed by a chap who the local press, media and people all seem to support. The local press is completely unfazed by the soldiers and tanks all over the place, I presume? Sorry, but I find the claim of support unconvincing, to say the least.
Well, what I take as a pretty serious indicator is the fact that the prices of VHS tape drives is rising, due to the economies of scale going away. Surveillance customers who were buying machines for $300/unit in January are paying upwards of $500/unit now. -jcr
Let's not forget that Thailand's legitimate government was toppled by the army a short while ago. I'm sure this clown is the least of Thailand's troubles right now. -jcr
Why do companies keep on locking themselves into one device when it would be much easier to support a large number of devices. They're supporting the largest number of devices they can. Perhaps you meant the widest variety of models?
The long and short of it is, the airlines have made a sensible business decsion. There are many tens of millions of iPods, and the others combined don't amount to a hill of beans.
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What I'm wondering is the question implied by the editor, can this blast be used to make the metal absorb radar waves?
Maybe. The thing about reflecting photons is that the same material can be opaque, transparent, or reflective depending on the wavelength of the photons in question. It sounds like this technique makes a very good black for optical frequencies. Whether it's also black to radio waves needs to be investigated.
-jcr
Are we talking like optical black, suitable for coating the insides of instruments like telescopes and microscopes?
-jcr
Mmm.. Iron Custard.. Sounds yummy.
-jcr
Baptist preacher? Why, that uppity Heretic!
-jcr
Sorry, but that's the first thing that sprung to mind. If I were running MS and some "tribal elders" pitched a fit about us supporting their language, I'd say "Ok, have it your way. We'll see if your language stlll exists in another fifty years."
-jcr
industrialists would love for global warming NOT to exist
That depends on which industrialists you're talking about. Many businessmen see enormous opportunities in developing and selling techologies to address the matter.
-jcr
I know it's hard to pay attention when you're stupid.
Yes, I'm sure you know all about that. Your condition also tends to go hand-in-hand with the belief that issues can be solved by government fiat.
-jcr
Reduce the number of workers, and companies will pay more.
Of course! It's so simple! Umm, how are you going to reduce the number of workers, sparky? Concentration camps, perhaps? Remember, we have global markets these days.
-jcr
Despite your insult on my education, you are the one who hasn't thought this through.
.. and you clearly haven't. Markets don't follow your wishes, they follow the money.
I've thought it through very thoroughly, sunshine.
that'll make these companies pay more for the fewer amount of workers.
-jcr
A Chinese friend of mine offered me $10k to "marry" her so that she could get her green card instead of working on an H1-B visa. ;-)
Is she cute?
-jcr
Ok, so you have this clever idea to manipulate the market to increase the salaries of IT workers. Ever heard of "offshoring"? If it's too expensive to get the work done here, then the work goes overseas.
-jcr
What heterosexual male calls someone else "sunshine?"
What's it to you?
-jcr
Microsoft Money never crushed Quicken
Actually, the story of how the Empire tried to eat Intuit's lunch is quite an interesting one. They pretended they wanted to buy them out, crawled all over the place ostensibly for their "due diligence" for the buyout, and then went off and wrote an app implementing Intuit's product plan for Quicken 4. When Intuit realized they'd been had, they jumped one product generation, and went ahead with what they'd planned to do in Quicken 5. MS Money hit the streets just a couple of months before Quicken got their next version out.
Over the next year or two, MS tried the usual trick of bundling their product with the OS to try to kill Intuit, but that just convinced the customers that MS Money was a throwaway. Also, financial records are something that you REALLY don't want to leave up to a microsoft product. I know accountants who still use Lotus 123 because they don't trust Excel.
-jcr
They said that when the original XBox was launched.
Yeah, and what they're saying now is that Microsoft is still spending a fortune to sell those machines below cost. Will it ever go profitable? Maybe, maybe not. In the meantime, what could they have done with the same amount of money in the financial markets?
At some point, when MS's stock has been stagnant for a couple more years, the shareholders are going to want some answers.
-jcr
Let's hope this product is zune to be forgotten!
;-)
"Origami".
-jcr
Go do something more meaningful than shilling for a multi-million dollar company.
What do you think you're doing, sunshine? Does astroturfing for Microsoft pay better than sweeping floors at the mall?
-jcr
Frankly, I'm amazed that the thing got into the Amazon top ten list at all. I wonder how many units you have to sell in a day to get on that list, and just how many of those units were Evil Empire minions buying one for the team?
-jcr
The military handed power over to an interim government very quickly, headed by a chap who the local press, media and people all seem to support.
The local press is completely unfazed by the soldiers and tanks all over the place, I presume? Sorry, but I find the claim of support unconvincing, to say the least.
-jcr
Well, what I take as a pretty serious indicator is the fact that the prices of VHS tape drives is rising, due to the economies of scale going away. Surveillance customers who were buying machines for $300/unit in January are paying upwards of $500/unit now.
-jcr
Let's not forget that Thailand's legitimate government was toppled by the army a short while ago. I'm sure this clown is the least of Thailand's troubles right now.
-jcr
In 18 months your precious, the iPod, will be in the crater.
Want to bet?
-jcr
Vista isn't a failure.
"Vista" isn't longhorn. It's the cover-your-ass follow-up to longhorn, which cratered.
-jcr
Why do companies keep on locking themselves into one device when it would be much easier to support a large number of devices.
They're supporting the largest number of devices they can. Perhaps you meant the widest variety of models?
The long and short of it is, the airlines have made a sensible business decsion. There are many tens of millions of iPods, and the others combined don't amount to a hill of beans.
-jcr
While "zoon" craters. I love it.
-jcr
Oh, you're so clever. You must be a big hit with all the high-school girls.
-jcr