They confirmed that it worked by attaching a light-emitting organic molecule to one end and a light-quenching molecule to the other. When the motor extended, separating the quencher and emitter, the light went on. When it curled up, the light went out.
Cool! This would be perfect for the world's smallest redlight district.
I knew Stalin. Stalin was my friend. Generalissimo Pinochet, you are no Stalin.
Pinocchet was a monster. He terrorized the people he was asked to protect. He had no respect for their fundamental rights. You are correct that his crimes did not match those of Stalin, Hitler, or Vlad the Impaler for that matter. Last time I heard, you don't have to commit genocide to be considered a criminal.
The rebels represent a coalition of "royals" and are chaotic in their composition. Also, the Empire does not kill at will, they are fighting for their existance. In their desparate attempt to bring back order and justice to the universe, a small band of spoiled princes and princesses fight to preserve their cherished thrones at the expense of the people.
It is time to rise up and take arms against the petty princes who are holding us back!
Oh yeah, and the Ewoks really are annoying. I would vote for the emporer if he only promised to rid us of this vermin alone. (If only I were allowed to vote....)
The Portland Public School switchboard was jammed for two days with calls from Linux users volunteering to come to PDX from all over the west coast to help with software migration.
This is exactly the problem that schools face. They are looking at options, but except for an initiative at red hat, there is not a strong, coordinated effort from the linux community. Schools are over burdened and cannot afford somebody who is really good to come in and do the right thing. The schools don't need a flock of geeks, they need consistent, reliable support.
We use it in a university environment. We have about 40 clients for sharing files and printing. The great thing is that if you want to add a user you just do it. Best of all, you don't have to use it on a "serious" server. We have a couple of labs and needed a "serious" print server with remote access in each lab which could also temporarily keep files for assignments. The cheapest most effective way was to install linux and samba on a bunch of very old machines that were slated for termination. Its like free recycling!
I can't believe that PC Magazine would even consider samba. I just assumed that they only paid attention to companies that bought massive amounts of ad space from their magazine. Go figure. Then again, maybe they figured that this would be a good way to get slashdotted.
Come to think of it, maybe that's the way to spread the gospel of open source. Recognize good stuff and get slashdotted...
From the article it sounds like this bug produces toxins that kill other bugs so that it has an advantage. This implies that this bug is itself resistant to many of the anti-biotics derived from it. I certainly think that good things could come out of this, but it does sound a bit precarious to mess around with a bug that could easily be resistant to some of our most effective drug treatments.
The current structure has been set up so that publishers can use the "sales figures" to their advantage. They will still manipulate the system to have their way in the end.
At any rate, when Oprah starts talking about Jean Luc's latest adventure novel then we can ponder how things will change...
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Uranium itself is not so bad. The only issue is that it is extremely (chemically) reactive. It can be difficult to get it in the form that you want. The real problem with uranium is the daughter products. There is some amount of uranium compounds in rocks and such. However, one of the daughter products, radon, is a problem. WHen it decays it can be inside your body because it is a gas, and its decay is associated with a more dangerous form of particle.
So if you use uranium for your table make sure you ventialte the room!
kr4p... This is how the palm pilot got started. First they give us a toy that we are free to expand and push. Next thing you know every corporate hack with a shirt pocket has one.
As soon as people start monkeying around with this thing then everybody will have to have one. Once the tucows sony web site is up then we'll all spend our time downloading the latest program that will make our little dog look like its urinating all over the house.
That was my first question. Also, it seemed to me that they would end up spending more money when they have to convert things over and hire new consultants to sort things out. Fortunately the article included this bit:
Maviglio said the state, which signed the agreement last May, has not begun to use the software.
It seems that at least they won't be paying to undo stuff already in place.
This is actually very interesting. There is a place for this, and it has the potential to be a great resource. There are a couple of problems, though:
When you list your publications, an article in this journal will not impress people. The stigma of the name may be enough to repel researchers from having it including in their curriculum vitae. (I'm sad to say...)
The editorial board looked really weak. A journal of this nature would have to have a stellar editorial board for it to achieve the stated goals. That isn't the case here.
It is true that many of the scuds broke apart during re-entry. Some of them did not. Even if all of them did break up, the round-off error is still important. Because the timing system uses a relative time the truncation error associated with arithmentic of large numbers is still deadly, and it is still important.
The bizarre thing is that the fix is that a patriot installation literally has to re-boot on regular intervals in order to reset the internal timers. The bug is real, and it has to be dealt with.
Isn't hydrogen an abundant element? One of the primary uses they cite is fuel cells. Fuel cells are closed systems, and the expensive part is recharging a cell and not filling it in the first place. Besides, hydrogen has so many other drawbacks due to its low molecular weight, that the main problem isn't getting hydrogen it is using it.
You could just as easily argue that firearms were developed for protection and hunting, but that's beside the point. A better analogy would be if Colt designed a weapon with a weird caliber, say 5.11mm and then copyrighted the 5.11mm caliber. Under the DMCA it would be illegal to measure the bore and make your own bullets. Certainly the wacko/survivalist fringe would not stand for this. Then again, they don't stand for much other themselves...
Now that I think of it... If this font thing is upheld, it would allow Colt to patent a bolt, and then use a weird screw head to keep you from opening up the chamber. If you then find a way to unscrew the weird screw you are in violation of the law. Then again, you wouldn't be able to clean your weapon and your personal well being wouldn't matter for much after a few trips to the range!
I spent a year in the mountain west, and there is a very strong anti-us government undercurrent there. Last year a Utah congressman aired commercials saying that his father was a "down-winder" (local parlance for those downwind of the Nevada test sites). This was his way of making sure everybody knew he had the requisite distrust of government needed for someone in the government.
The license plate is the sort of thing that serves as a reminder for many people who in the words of one former governor "fear the government in Washington DC more than the one in Moscow." Many people see this as a symbol of the way they have been abused and is not a symbol of pride in any sense!
There is an impicit assumption that the person playing the computer is only playing against the computer. This is the creativity of humans vs the brute force of computers argument. I would argue that the person is up against the programmers skills as well as the hardware.
There is an enormous amount of creativity and human effort in creating Deep Blue or Fritz. Deep blue's win was not a machine beating a man. It was a team of programmers who were able to figure out how to get a piece of hardware to beat man at his own game!
It also seems that NASA is accepting the tourism a little more this time.
NASA is stepping up their
program to put educators in space. As they do this it will be harder to complain about other civilians in space. Their earlier complaints about the Russians putting up a civilian were a bit of a public relations disaster anyway. (IMHO)
This is exactly right. Electronic books are the answer to the question nobody asked. One of the first things said in the article is:
will be ideal for Internet users reading online novels
This is the only thing it says about the internet in the whole article? How is this relevant? The ONLY advantage one of these has over a book might be weight and ease of storage.
For those of us who only read one book at a given time there is very little advantage. Those folks who have houses filled with books might like it because it is easy to store more books, but those folks just like having books so there is not even an advantage for them.
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Cool! This would be perfect for the world's smallest redlight district.
So your argument goes like this,
Pinocchet was a monster. He terrorized the people he was asked to protect. He had no respect for their fundamental rights. You are correct that his crimes did not match those of Stalin, Hitler, or Vlad the Impaler for that matter. Last time I heard, you don't have to commit genocide to be considered a criminal.Finally, the ends do not justify the means.
It is time to rise up and take arms against the petty princes who are holding us back!
Oh yeah, and the Ewoks really are annoying. I would vote for the emporer if he only promised to rid us of this vermin alone. (If only I were allowed to vote....)
This is exactly the problem that schools face. They are looking at options, but except for an initiative at red hat, there is not a strong, coordinated effort from the linux community. Schools are over burdened and cannot afford somebody who is really good to come in and do the right thing. The schools don't need a flock of geeks, they need consistent, reliable support.
We use it in a university environment. We have about 40 clients for sharing files and printing. The great thing is that if you want to add a user you just do it. Best of all, you don't have to use it on a "serious" server. We have a couple of labs and needed a "serious" print server with remote access in each lab which could also temporarily keep files for assignments. The cheapest most effective way was to install linux and samba on a bunch of very old machines that were slated for termination. Its like free recycling!
That's weird. I did the same thing, but when I was done my wife only asked about the other things on the "to do" list.
Come to think of it, maybe that's the way to spread the gospel of open source. Recognize good stuff and get slashdotted...
This is why I don't like to pull them out into the open air.
From the article it sounds like this bug produces toxins that kill other bugs so that it has an advantage. This implies that this bug is itself resistant to many of the anti-biotics derived from it. I certainly think that good things could come out of this, but it does sound a bit precarious to mess around with a bug that could easily be resistant to some of our most effective drug treatments.
At any rate, when Oprah starts talking about Jean Luc's latest adventure novel then we can ponder how things will change...
So if you use uranium for your table make sure you ventialte the room!
As soon as people start monkeying around with this thing then everybody will have to have one. Once the tucows sony web site is up then we'll all spend our time downloading the latest program that will make our little dog look like its urinating all over the house.
Maviglio said the state, which signed the agreement last May, has not begun to use the software.
It seems that at least they won't be paying to undo stuff already in place.
Sounds like he hasn't learned enough to hire an attorney. What is it that people say about the lawyer who represents himself?
The bizarre thing is that the fix is that a patriot installation literally has to re-boot on regular intervals in order to reset the internal timers. The bug is real, and it has to be dealt with.
what part of "analogy" do you not understand?
Isn't hydrogen an abundant element? One of the primary uses they cite is fuel cells. Fuel cells are closed systems, and the expensive part is recharging a cell and not filling it in the first place. Besides, hydrogen has so many other drawbacks due to its low molecular weight, that the main problem isn't getting hydrogen it is using it.
You could just as easily argue that firearms were developed for protection and hunting, but that's beside the point. A better analogy would be if Colt designed a weapon with a weird caliber, say 5.11mm and then copyrighted the 5.11mm caliber. Under the DMCA it would be illegal to measure the bore and make your own bullets. Certainly the wacko/survivalist fringe would not stand for this. Then again, they don't stand for much other themselves...
Now that I think of it... If this font thing is upheld, it would allow Colt to patent a bolt, and then use a weird screw head to keep you from opening up the chamber. If you then find a way to unscrew the weird screw you are in violation of the law. Then again, you wouldn't be able to clean your weapon and your personal well being wouldn't matter for much after a few trips to the range!
No wonder I can't get Santana's Smooth out of my head. My damn ears are singling along!
The license plate is the sort of thing that serves as a reminder for many people who in the words of one former governor "fear the government in Washington DC more than the one in Moscow." Many people see this as a symbol of the way they have been abused and is not a symbol of pride in any sense!
There is an enormous amount of creativity and human effort in creating Deep Blue or Fritz. Deep blue's win was not a machine beating a man. It was a team of programmers who were able to figure out how to get a piece of hardware to beat man at his own game!
NASA is stepping up their program to put educators in space. As they do this it will be harder to complain about other civilians in space. Their earlier complaints about the Russians putting up a civilian were a bit of a public relations disaster anyway. (IMHO)
Some work, presumably, would move into classified programs,...
Gee there's some earth shaking news. Some stuff is classified. God damn gover'ment must be out to get me again!
will be ideal for Internet users reading online novels
This is the only thing it says about the internet in the whole article? How is this relevant? The ONLY advantage one of these has over a book might be weight and ease of storage.
For those of us who only read one book at a given time there is very little advantage. Those folks who have houses filled with books might like it because it is easy to store more books, but those folks just like having books so there is not even an advantage for them.