That is a bit different. You can always speed up the flying, so most of the "real" time is spent taking off, changing course, and landing. I am sure they will do something similar for the baseball thing... i.e. run it at twice normal real-life speed, just like in many other online games (except americas army which focuses on realism)
It sounds like a good idea to just do this suddenly. I think a lot of Americans might decide to go outside and get some exercise if suddenly they couldn't watch TV or couldn't afford upgrades.
Then again, maybe they'll start a riot, and use their defunct TVs to smash store windows once the mayhem ensues.
It's the truth you dimwit. I know many physicists who have picked up chemistry and biology with ease. Try getting a biologist to pick up some physics. A chemist, well, it depends what kind of chemistry they studied exactly. I know a computational chemist who knows as much about quantum mechanics as and physicist with a strong quantum mechanics background.
To do a Bachelors in say Chemistry and Physics or Biology and Physics. If you did the B.Sc. in Physics first, then the chemistry one, it would take you less total time than if you did it the other way around.
So, my advice to someone with a degree in comp. sci. is to get a degree in Physics. It will easily lead in to many other areas. I know physicists who are involved in machine learning, optimization, oceanography, finance. The only chemists I know are high school teachers or have moved off in completely tangential careers. The few biologists I know are medical doctors!
Just to illustrate the power of gentoo, I created an ebuild for 1.0, based on the ebuild for 1.0-rc2 and uploaded it to gentoo bugzilla before the source was even on the server:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70543
Exactly when the source was available, I installed the ebuild and it worked.
I don't think it is a big deal, unless it can be done faster or better in some way. I have made python scripts for example to automatically renew my library books. I have also make automated scripts to fetch information about patents from the USPTO, given a list of patent serial numbers.
If something like MAB can be used to fetch information automagically, for example, to get around the limited number of books you can see on one page of your browser at one time, or to be able to search and sort better (Amazon's search sucks. Sort by bestselling or highest rated and watch the keyword sort fail miserably) then that would be a great advantage.
"Amazon (AMZN) could build a search application into the browser that lets users buy books without visiting its website."
That already exists! Ok, it doesn't let people buy book yet, but you can search. I wonder if the author of the article knew that. Check it out here and here. I've actually tried it out and it works really well.
You know what is even sadder than this? That there were countries in the world who supported the US (Spain) and that there were other countries who sat on their asses and didn't say anything (Canada) rather than aligning against the US like France and Germany. The rest of the world is really to blame here, not the U.S. Had the rest of the world (or even the Democrats) aligned against Bush and his government then none of this would have happened.
1) Electoral Reform - Oh brother. The electoral system is not broken. You should understand that the fact that a minority-vote-getter can become president actually proves that "Majority rules, minority rights" does exist in this country. Besides, electoral voting actually strengthens the individual vote (Miami-Dade county would not even exist if it wasn't for the 2000 vote).
I didn't know someone could stick their head so far up their ass. How does first-past-the-post strengthen the individual vote?
Project has been submitted to savannah.gnu.org. Note that there is also the wikipedia, wikibooks cookbook project. I don't like most of the cookbooks on the web though, because there are usually too many recipes. I want one simple cookbook which has at least one recipe for every basic thing, plus some extra stuff and all the recipes are of an excellent quality. Also having it in Latex gives great publishing and formatting flexibility. I hope savannah accepts the project.
I agree, I have a cookbook which I am slowly adding to, and it uses this cooking class by Axel Reichert. It is awesome. I'm still debating whether or not to form a copyleft cookbook on sourceforge and open up cvs to the geek-masses and start a cookbook from there. Recipes can be voted on and tested to ensure that only the best are there. Wanna be the first co-developer?
As for the nuclear waste generated aftewards there are a number of clever idea's about how to deal with it including one which disposes of it in the giant fusion reaction that is our Sun.
This is near impossible. You need a hell of a lot of energy to launch a vessel from earth, and SLOW the vessel's velocity until it's orbit shrinks, and is falls into the sun. It is far, far easier to propel a vessel outward, by reaching the escape velocity of the solar system.
They're not worried about the cellphone interfering with airport communications systems. They're worried that 200 passengers will all get on their 600mW cellphone radios and transmit at the same time, all inside a big metal tube (that reflects the power back into the plane, btw).
That definately has the potential to mess up navigation systems and all kinds of on board electronics.
I disagree. If it's not in the same frequency range, it doesn't matter. It will be filtered out.
Ok, here's some facts for you. It's what I know, but some of it pertains to the airport situation.
I worked at a small wireless company, http://www.exi.com (it's not a plug, I can see anyone on Slashdot buying their product) who makes RFID devices. Our devices were used in hospitals. Supposedly there is a danger of conflicting with other devices in the hospital, doctor's pagers, medical equipment, etc... Whatever, it doesn't matter, if you trust the FCC's regulations, then it handles it.
Our devices used the ISM band. Many, many devices out there use the ISM band. It stans for "Industrial, Scientific, Medical" although most devices that use the ISM band are industrial.
There are a bunch of different frequencies that ISM devices can operate at according to the FCC. See here: http://www.atlasce.com/18301.pdf for the frequency ranges which are usable. Also, see here: http://www.atlasce.com/fcc_part_18.htm for all the regulations.
Basically if I want to build a wireless ISM device to operate in some environment, I have to follow Part 18. My device has to emit only a certain power (see 18.305), basically must use the spectrum within the FCCs regulations, and with minimal radiation outside the band.
I'm not sure what bands the airports use, but I can guarantee you, they don't use the most over-clogged band, the ISM band. Nor do they use the same band as cell-phones (not sure what that is, but it's somewhere in the GHz). Most likely GHz won't work for the long-distance transmission that airplanes require... I'm not an expert though.
This is such bullshit. Everyone knows that cellphones don't interfere with airport communications. When cellphone makers make phones they have to be FCC approved and that includes complying with the FCC regulations for whatever device you want approval for. Same goes for the equipment used by the airports.
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I totally agree as well. I had 5 boxes at one point, now 4, all run Gentoo. I share your experience exactly.
Haha, I saw that too when I tried the link. I thought for second there that it was April Fool's Day.
Close your browser!
That is a bit different. You can always speed up the flying, so most of the "real" time is spent taking off, changing course, and landing. I am sure they will do something similar for the baseball thing... i.e. run it at twice normal real-life speed, just like in many other online games (except americas army which focuses on realism)
It sounds like a good idea to just do this suddenly. I think a lot of Americans might decide to go outside and get some exercise if suddenly they couldn't watch TV or couldn't afford upgrades. Then again, maybe they'll start a riot, and use their defunct TVs to smash store windows once the mayhem ensues.
ok, the dimwit comment was kind of harsh
To do a Bachelors in say Chemistry and Physics or Biology and Physics. If you did the B.Sc. in Physics first, then the chemistry one, it would take you less total time than if you did it the other way around.
So, my advice to someone with a degree in comp. sci. is to get a degree in Physics. It will easily lead in to many other areas. I know physicists who are involved in machine learning, optimization, oceanography, finance. The only chemists I know are high school teachers or have moved off in completely tangential careers. The few biologists I know are medical doctors!
Physics or math. Stay away from chemistry or biology. If you know physics and math you can figure out chemistry or biology, but not vice versa.
This is bullshit, this is a tar.gz file on the mirrors. The author has his head up his ass.
mod up parent
Hello! Google Desktop Search already works with Firefox!
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70543
Exactly when the source was available, I installed the ebuild and it worked.
An endorsement from a newspaper should mean about as much as an endorsement from a celebrity.
If something like MAB can be used to fetch information automagically, for example, to get around the limited number of books you can see on one page of your browser at one time, or to be able to search and sort better (Amazon's search sucks. Sort by bestselling or highest rated and watch the keyword sort fail miserably) then that would be a great advantage.
That already exists! Ok, it doesn't let people buy book yet, but you can search. I wonder if the author of the article knew that. Check it out here and here. I've actually tried it out and it works really well.
Get the firefox extension here.
You know what is even sadder than this? That there were countries in the world who supported the US (Spain) and that there were other countries who sat on their asses and didn't say anything (Canada) rather than aligning against the US like France and Germany. The rest of the world is really to blame here, not the U.S. Had the rest of the world (or even the Democrats) aligned against Bush and his government then none of this would have happened.
I didn't know someone could stick their head so far up their ass. How does first-past-the-post strengthen the individual vote?
I wonder what kind of case mods they will have on board...
Project has been submitted to savannah.gnu.org. Note that there is also the wikipedia, wikibooks cookbook project. I don't like most of the cookbooks on the web though, because there are usually too many recipes. I want one simple cookbook which has at least one recipe for every basic thing, plus some extra stuff and all the recipes are of an excellent quality. Also having it in Latex gives great publishing and formatting flexibility. I hope savannah accepts the project.
I agree, I have a cookbook which I am slowly adding to, and it uses this cooking class by Axel Reichert. It is awesome. I'm still debating whether or not to form a copyleft cookbook on sourceforge and open up cvs to the geek-masses and start a cookbook from there. Recipes can be voted on and tested to ensure that only the best are there. Wanna be the first co-developer?
what does salient mean?
This is near impossible. You need a hell of a lot of energy to launch a vessel from earth, and SLOW the vessel's velocity until it's orbit shrinks, and is falls into the sun. It is far, far easier to propel a vessel outward, by reaching the escape velocity of the solar system.
That definately has the potential to mess up navigation systems and all kinds of on board electronics.
I disagree. If it's not in the same frequency range, it doesn't matter. It will be filtered out.
Ok, here's some facts for you. It's what I know, but some of it pertains to the airport situation. I worked at a small wireless company, http://www.exi.com (it's not a plug, I can see anyone on Slashdot buying their product) who makes RFID devices. Our devices were used in hospitals. Supposedly there is a danger of conflicting with other devices in the hospital, doctor's pagers, medical equipment, etc... Whatever, it doesn't matter, if you trust the FCC's regulations, then it handles it. Our devices used the ISM band. Many, many devices out there use the ISM band. It stans for "Industrial, Scientific, Medical" although most devices that use the ISM band are industrial. There are a bunch of different frequencies that ISM devices can operate at according to the FCC. See here: http://www.atlasce.com/18301.pdf for the frequency ranges which are usable. Also, see here: http://www.atlasce.com/fcc_part_18.htm for all the regulations. Basically if I want to build a wireless ISM device to operate in some environment, I have to follow Part 18. My device has to emit only a certain power (see 18.305), basically must use the spectrum within the FCCs regulations, and with minimal radiation outside the band. I'm not sure what bands the airports use, but I can guarantee you, they don't use the most over-clogged band, the ISM band. Nor do they use the same band as cell-phones (not sure what that is, but it's somewhere in the GHz). Most likely GHz won't work for the long-distance transmission that airplanes require... I'm not an expert though.
This is such bullshit. Everyone knows that cellphones don't interfere with airport communications. When cellphone makers make phones they have to be FCC approved and that includes complying with the FCC regulations for whatever device you want approval for. Same goes for the equipment used by the airports.