Not really enough mass to do good damage. Bug splat kamikaze pilots don't really make the same statement as fighter jets, and even 747's plowing through the target.
The big problem I see is that EVERY computer with an integrated chipset advertises the ability to play 3D games. The solution should be performance rating on the box. Every gamer knows a site that rates each card at a certain FPS, the gamers can use these reviews to decide on their next upgrade, but Joe Dirt needs it written plainly on the box: This computer needs an upgrade or it WON'T play Wow or Doom3, or whatever the game of the year is. In fact, why don't we make last years game of the year our standard? I can see it now: a performance index for last year's games of the year on the box at some standard resolution, like 1280x1024 at default settings. It could look like the nutritional information on jars of mayonnaise.
Oh wait, that would mean ma and pa won't buy crappy e-mail boxes because junior won't be able to play his games. Nevermind, because brand name computer manufacturers would have to be brain dead to voluntarily give up the performance ambiguity that drives the upgrade market.
I'm afraid your quotes have absolutely nothing to do with Muslims, who profess to worship the same god as the Christians. Also, for those who mistakenly believe that Old Testament law applies to everyone: it only applies to Jews. It only ever applied to Jews. Those who are not Jewish are saved by Christ's recognition, and are exempt from Jewish law. For example, circumcision is not required of all Christians.
Disclaimer: I believe nothing of all this hogwash. Religion (Christianity, Islam, and who knows how many others) have served as placebos and brainwashing for the uneducated masses to lead them into wars, persecutions, self-denial of the pursuit of happiness, cover for corrupt clergy. If the the Bible were literally true, then all of humanity is merely breeding stock for God's unknown purpose. When God is ready for whatever purpose he created us for (yawn) then he will cull the inferior stock and those "lucky" enough to be "chosen" will spend their eternity in servitude to the same God who cast down his earlier creations, the angels, for doing roughly the same things that men do. The Old Testament is replete with examples of how anyone who aspires to be like God, and gets close enough, gets annihilated or worse, damned. The New Testament is such a departure from the philosophy and actions of the Old Testament, that I can only believe that Jesus was absolutely in no way related to or associated with vengeful and jealous "I am". Nice guy, and very optimistic, but an utter con man who got shut down by the presiding con men of the local religion that he usurped.
I say this: How can God have death and damnation in store for the vast majority of his "beloved children"? How can people who so obviously merit reward be so utterly damned, like Ghandi, Socrates, Confuscious, heck even the kindly solder simply defending his home and family who just happened to accidentally be born to a non-Christian family?/rant
Tiered bandwidth is the surest way to kill IPTV. There are several complaints in this thread about streaming radio and video, which is what all the file-sharing group is trying to achieve. The media providers like RIAA and such are starting to realize that content on demand is possible and desired by the public (netflix and video rentals knew this a while back). Tiered internet IPTV and Steaming Radio will either standardize to the lowest tier of quality (yuck!) or give up all-together because those NOT in the article's 5% will have no economically viable access to decent streaming bandwidth. 95% of subscribers in a Tiered or Metered bandwith system will simply not order the services over the internet.
I think you abused the word, "common". Your own blog link not only quotes exceptions as the young royal age of marriage, it further states that non-royalty, or "commoners" typically married around the age of 22, due to family income and responsibilities. Add to that the fact that your comparing reptiles to humans, and we might as well throw in stats for worms, insects, birds, and why not bacteria? Not everything relates to humans, and you shouldn't try to grasp everything as a relation to yourself.
US Safety, emissions, and import standards (enforced by too (anti?) competitive US Auto Makers) would make it at least $8,000, and who would buy a matchbox, compared to an (almost) full sized normal car?
The real problem with the video i saw in one the of article links is no traffic management at all. No stop sign. No Lanes. It looked like the front of a Wal-mart as far as traffic management was concerned. That place needs a stoplight.
On the other hand, it's eazy to see that motorcycles and the like have far better transit times in such a situation.
Right hand rule. Fist your right hand, and the fingers indicate direction of spin. The thumb indicates North. Most of the Milky Way galaxy follows this rule, in conjunction with Earth (excepting Uranus, not a team player).
Ok how long apart are these 2 (count them 2) points of reference? V2 also crossed the boundary what, 5 times? It seams to me that this could be stronger evidence that the whole thing fluctuates in size, rather than having a hard, irregular boundary.
Regarding the WD software, I'm surprise there are any tech-savvy people even looking at the supplied disk. My order of driver preference is OS-supplied, product website drivers if functionality or performance suffers, and finally (not in years now) the drivers and software that came with the product. Absolutely ZERO applications get installed unless I bought the product specifically because it was bundled, or in rare cases, if the product doesn't work without them.
Actually, that's a good OS philosophy in general: Do Not Install Unnecessary Crap.
Because most return counters don't have people capable of determining USB2 compliance and making the call that the product is defective by design. That leaves us stuck with the stores' goodwill policies on returns, since the unit is evidently working as designed.
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Oh please. Windows wouldn't work if you removed the bugs!
The end is coming! Your soul depends on Salvation (TM)!!!
Will be Northrend, employed by Thottbot!
Not really enough mass to do good damage. Bug splat kamikaze pilots don't really make the same statement as fighter jets, and even 747's plowing through the target.
I'd do it. It'd probably be saddled with paintball turrets every 20 feet, and rigged with a flag at each end. :-)
Maybe they should get a few pointers from NASA.
Not to mention the same set of people that post here on Slashdot are mixed with the set of people that bring us Viruses and bot-nets.
The big problem I see is that EVERY computer with an integrated chipset advertises the ability to play 3D games. The solution should be performance rating on the box. Every gamer knows a site that rates each card at a certain FPS, the gamers can use these reviews to decide on their next upgrade, but Joe Dirt needs it written plainly on the box: This computer needs an upgrade or it WON'T play Wow or Doom3, or whatever the game of the year is. In fact, why don't we make last years game of the year our standard? I can see it now: a performance index for last year's games of the year on the box at some standard resolution, like 1280x1024 at default settings. It could look like the nutritional information on jars of mayonnaise. Oh wait, that would mean ma and pa won't buy crappy e-mail boxes because junior won't be able to play his games. Nevermind, because brand name computer manufacturers would have to be brain dead to voluntarily give up the performance ambiguity that drives the upgrade market.
I'm afraid your quotes have absolutely nothing to do with Muslims, who profess to worship the same god as the Christians. Also, for those who mistakenly believe that Old Testament law applies to everyone: it only applies to Jews. It only ever applied to Jews. Those who are not Jewish are saved by Christ's recognition, and are exempt from Jewish law. For example, circumcision is not required of all Christians.
/rant
Disclaimer: I believe nothing of all this hogwash. Religion (Christianity, Islam, and who knows how many others) have served as placebos and brainwashing for the uneducated masses to lead them into wars, persecutions, self-denial of the pursuit of happiness, cover for corrupt clergy. If the the Bible were literally true, then all of humanity is merely breeding stock for God's unknown purpose. When God is ready for whatever purpose he created us for (yawn) then he will cull the inferior stock and those "lucky" enough to be "chosen" will spend their eternity in servitude to the same God who cast down his earlier creations, the angels, for doing roughly the same things that men do. The Old Testament is replete with examples of how anyone who aspires to be like God, and gets close enough, gets annihilated or worse, damned. The New Testament is such a departure from the philosophy and actions of the Old Testament, that I can only believe that Jesus was absolutely in no way related to or associated with vengeful and jealous "I am". Nice guy, and very optimistic, but an utter con man who got shut down by the presiding con men of the local religion that he usurped.
I say this: How can God have death and damnation in store for the vast majority of his "beloved children"? How can people who so obviously merit reward be so utterly damned, like Ghandi, Socrates, Confuscious, heck even the kindly solder simply defending his home and family who just happened to accidentally be born to a non-Christian family?
Practicable. Heh heh you said "practicable."
Tiered bandwidth is the surest way to kill IPTV. There are several complaints in this thread about streaming radio and video, which is what all the file-sharing group is trying to achieve. The media providers like RIAA and such are starting to realize that content on demand is possible and desired by the public (netflix and video rentals knew this a while back). Tiered internet IPTV and Steaming Radio will either standardize to the lowest tier of quality (yuck!) or give up all-together because those NOT in the article's 5% will have no economically viable access to decent streaming bandwidth. 95% of subscribers in a Tiered or Metered bandwith system will simply not order the services over the internet.
And what about WOW?
I think you abused the word, "common". Your own blog link not only quotes exceptions as the young royal age of marriage, it further states that non-royalty, or "commoners" typically married around the age of 22, due to family income and responsibilities. Add to that the fact that your comparing reptiles to humans, and we might as well throw in stats for worms, insects, birds, and why not bacteria? Not everything relates to humans, and you shouldn't try to grasp everything as a relation to yourself.
US Safety, emissions, and import standards (enforced by too (anti?) competitive US Auto Makers) would make it at least $8,000, and who would buy a matchbox, compared to an (almost) full sized normal car?
The real problem with the video i saw in one the of article links is no traffic management at all. No stop sign. No Lanes. It looked like the front of a Wal-mart as far as traffic management was concerned. That place needs a stoplight.
On the other hand, it's eazy to see that motorcycles and the like have far better transit times in such a situation.
These new pipes aren't any louder than the stock ones! Doh!
Geeze, your just about as bad as anyone! Think of the one-armed man!
Right hand rule. Fist your right hand, and the fingers indicate direction of spin. The thumb indicates North. Most of the Milky Way galaxy follows this rule, in conjunction with Earth (excepting Uranus, not a team player).
Ok how long apart are these 2 (count them 2) points of reference? V2 also crossed the boundary what, 5 times? It seams to me that this could be stronger evidence that the whole thing fluctuates in size, rather than having a hard, irregular boundary.
Ya Wii-ly!
Regarding the WD software, I'm surprise there are any tech-savvy people even looking at the supplied disk. My order of driver preference is OS-supplied, product website drivers if functionality or performance suffers, and finally (not in years now) the drivers and software that came with the product. Absolutely ZERO applications get installed unless I bought the product specifically because it was bundled, or in rare cases, if the product doesn't work without them.
Actually, that's a good OS philosophy in general: Do Not Install Unnecessary Crap.
Because most return counters don't have people capable of determining USB2 compliance and making the call that the product is defective by design. That leaves us stuck with the stores' goodwill policies on returns, since the unit is evidently working as designed.
semi-serious answer: yes the mother and father hand down mutated genes to make a new and (hopefully) better creature. At least that's one theory.
That joke fizzled in 1903.
It's quite rude to your dinner companions. If you're sitting alone, then yammer away . . . at normal voice levels and gesturing.
Not to brag or anything, but my library of congress is bigger than your library of congress by at least a couple of Volkswagens and a baseball.
The rest is overhead for DRM.