You'll find that helium is a substantial cost if you use an airship to fight fires. Dropping a ton of water gives an extra ton of lift, which will send you quite a lot higher. To get back down, you can either force it down with the engines or vent lifting gas. A cubic metre of helium gives about one kilogram of lift, so that's a lot of helium to throw away each time.
Well that's one of the reasons why it's a <1.0 release, I'd expect that to be in the markers dialog.
I checked the roadmap to see when that would be introduced before I switched. I just checked it again - It still says 0.50.
Maybe that's for an improved interface, but it certainly gave me the wrong impression.
Milestone 16 - Inkscape 0.50 - SVG Mobile Support
SVG Feature Compliance Effort: (Also see SVG Tiny Compliance)
* Multi-page
* Scripting
* Markers
o Inherit stroke properties (like color)
o On-canvas editing
o Fix snapping issue
* Real CMYK / LAB / HSB support
I take the opposite view. I like Inkscape and I used it for a while, but I needed some features which, at the current rate of development, are a couple of years away.
The one which stands out is this: You can add shapes to the ends of lines, arrowheads for example. What you can't do is change the colour so they match the line, they're always black.
I switched to CorelDraw X4. There is a non-commercial version available which doesn't have the horrible activation/DRM system, and you get three licences for £80. It doesn't seem to be cut down in any way, but the bugs annoyed me until Corel released a service pack.
I'll be checking out the new version of Inkscape anyway.
The Royal Navy maintains that Invincible wasn't hit during the war.
I may be British but I don't know as I wasn't there.;)
There were actually two British carriers present, but I doubt they would have caried on fighting with just Hermes if Invincible were knocked out. Illustrious was completed shortly after the war so it's possible that it could have dragged on long enough for Invincible to be replaced, but that seems more like a sensational "what if" TV show than reality.
IIRC, the French were amazed that the Argentinians managed to convert their naval exocets into air launched missiles. Impressive stuff.:)
Nvidia have 67% of the market and ATI have ~30%.
30% of crashes are caused by Nvidia drivers and 10% by ATI.
ATI drivers should be causing ~15% of crashes to match Nvidia, so it looks like Nvidia have 50% more crashes per card.
My last Nvidia card had such a crap installer that I couldn't use it, I gave it to my uncle and switched to ATI. I can't comment on recent Nvidia drivers but their installers are useless.
Err, you can buy an XP successor at a discount already. The upgrade versions of Windows are always cheaper than the full retail versions.
The bad news? It's Vista.
How can you disagree completely with someone who party agrees with you? You've also completely ignored my argument and merely restated your own position without discussion.
A hybrid does not exist in a vacuum, it's a hybrid of two or more things. That means that this engine is arguably part rocket in the same way that a mule is part horse.
When did I say anything about an "electricity-eating combustion engine"? You should check whose comment you're replying to. This post's grandparent is my only other comment in this thread.
You're conflating technical expertise, language authority and credibility, three completely different concepts. I shall rephrase my point for you, in case you bother to try to understand someone else's point of view this time.
Their credibility is given by the engine itself and a mere error in a press release is not enough to destroy it on its own.
You're both right and wrong.
It's a jet because it takes air from the atmosphere. It's a rocket because it uses an internal oxidizer when there is no air to be had.
It starts being a rocket when it stops breathing air, so it is both, just not at the same time.
Also, before they changed the meaning of the acronym to Synergic Air Breathing Engine it used to be Supersonic Air Breathing Rocket Engine, that's probably the origin of the term in the press release. Pity I can't find any references.
As for their credibility, I think having an engine which switches between jet and rocket modes firmly establishes that.
It also means that its probably harmlessly diluted by now.
Don't be silly. According to the laws of homeopathy like cures like and dilution makes it stronger. Water from that fjord should cure all forms of cancer and plutionium poisoning now. I'd say more but I've just had a great idea for a business...
I've never seen a coded radio you can't fix yourself with the instructions which come with the car, as long as you have the code.
My brother had to get the code for a used car from the original dealership which sold it, but they did that free over the phone after checking he was the current owner.
My radio is unlocked by a code in the engine ECU so disconnecting the battery is no problem. Of course it still forgets your radio stations and audio settings when you change the battery.
ME wasn't bad if you did a clean install on decent hardware and knew what you were doing. Mostly it was a prettier version of 98 with a few updates and system restore if it went wrong - which it did, being 9x.
I used ME for a while myself with few problems, but XP is far superior.
PhotoAcute. It supports Windows, Mac and Linux via Wine. It does noise reduction, resolution increase, moving object removal and HDR. Very bad HDR in my experience...;)
R101's frame was largely made of stainless steel, which is why it was overweight. This led to them overinflating the gas cells which led to chafing against the frame and loss of gas. The major problem is thought to have been the airship's cover splitting which let the wind play havoc with the gas cells.
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It's not at ground zero. I wouldn't normally use Cracked as a reference, but I will today.
They use enriched uraninium, which is expensive. It allows the navy to keep the size and weight of the reactors down for the same power output.
You'll find that helium is a substantial cost if you use an airship to fight fires. Dropping a ton of water gives an extra ton of lift, which will send you quite a lot higher. To get back down, you can either force it down with the engines or vent lifting gas. A cubic metre of helium gives about one kilogram of lift, so that's a lot of helium to throw away each time.
Of course they're more dangerous, with less weight they can run faster.
Axiotron are clearly worried about it, they've got a sale on. They convert Macbooks into tablets, who would buy one if Apple enter the market?
I checked the roadmap to see when that would be introduced before I switched. I just checked it again - It still says 0.50.
Maybe that's for an improved interface, but it certainly gave me the wrong impression.
I take the opposite view. I like Inkscape and I used it for a while, but I needed some features which, at the current rate of development, are a couple of years away.
The one which stands out is this: You can add shapes to the ends of lines, arrowheads for example. What you can't do is change the colour so they match the line, they're always black.
I switched to CorelDraw X4. There is a non-commercial version available which doesn't have the horrible activation/DRM system, and you get three licences for £80. It doesn't seem to be cut down in any way, but the bugs annoyed me until Corel released a service pack.
I'll be checking out the new version of Inkscape anyway.
The Royal Navy maintains that Invincible wasn't hit during the war. ;)
:)
I may be British but I don't know as I wasn't there.
There were actually two British carriers present, but I doubt they would have caried on fighting with just Hermes if Invincible were knocked out. Illustrious was completed shortly after the war so it's possible that it could have dragged on long enough for Invincible to be replaced, but that seems more like a sensational "what if" TV show than reality.
IIRC, the French were amazed that the Argentinians managed to convert their naval exocets into air launched missiles. Impressive stuff.
Arrgh!
Or would they rise faster?
Like I said, my brain hurts.
And balloons filled with a negative mass equivalent of helium would sink.
Or you they rise faster?
This hurts my brain.
Nvidia have 67% of the market and ATI have ~30%.
30% of crashes are caused by Nvidia drivers and 10% by ATI.
ATI drivers should be causing ~15% of crashes to match Nvidia, so it looks like Nvidia have 50% more crashes per card.
My last Nvidia card had such a crap installer that I couldn't use it, I gave it to my uncle and switched to ATI. I can't comment on recent Nvidia drivers but their installers are useless.
Service packs are supposed to fix things.
Err, you can buy an XP successor at a discount already. The upgrade versions of Windows are always cheaper than the full retail versions.
The bad news? It's Vista.
How about a false Slashdotter?
Deltree has gone. Now you use "del /f /s /q c:\*.*"
How can you disagree completely with someone who party agrees with you? You've also completely ignored my argument and merely restated your own position without discussion.
A hybrid does not exist in a vacuum, it's a hybrid of two or more things. That means that this engine is arguably part rocket in the same way that a mule is part horse.
When did I say anything about an "electricity-eating combustion engine"? You should check whose comment you're replying to. This post's grandparent is my only other comment in this thread.
You're conflating technical expertise, language authority and credibility, three completely different concepts. I shall rephrase my point for you, in case you bother to try to understand someone else's point of view this time.
Their credibility is given by the engine itself and a mere error in a press release is not enough to destroy it on its own.
You're both right and wrong.
It's a jet because it takes air from the atmosphere. It's a rocket because it uses an internal oxidizer when there is no air to be had.
It starts being a rocket when it stops breathing air, so it is both, just not at the same time.
Also, before they changed the meaning of the acronym to Synergic Air Breathing Engine it used to be Supersonic Air Breathing Rocket Engine, that's probably the origin of the term in the press release. Pity I can't find any references.
As for their credibility, I think having an engine which switches between jet and rocket modes firmly establishes that.
Don't be silly. According to the laws of homeopathy like cures like and dilution makes it stronger. Water from that fjord should cure all forms of cancer and plutionium poisoning now. I'd say more but I've just had a great idea for a business...
I've never seen a coded radio you can't fix yourself with the instructions which come with the car, as long as you have the code.
My brother had to get the code for a used car from the original dealership which sold it, but they did that free over the phone after checking he was the current owner.
My radio is unlocked by a code in the engine ECU so disconnecting the battery is no problem. Of course it still forgets your radio stations and audio settings when you change the battery.
ME wasn't bad if you did a clean install on decent hardware and knew what you were doing. Mostly it was a prettier version of 98 with a few updates and system restore if it went wrong - which it did, being 9x.
I used ME for a while myself with few problems, but XP is far superior.
It's even easier if you have a backup BIOS.
DualBIOS
PhotoAcute. It supports Windows, Mac and Linux via Wine. It does noise reduction, resolution increase, moving object removal and HDR. Very bad HDR in my experience... ;)
Cargolifter are making a comeback. I have my doubts they'll do any better this time though.
R101's frame was largely made of stainless steel, which is why it was overweight. This led to them overinflating the gas cells which led to chafing against the frame and loss of gas. The major problem is thought to have been the airship's cover splitting which let the wind play havoc with the gas cells.