I know this is Slashdot, but perhaps you should read the full article. The magma encountered was unusually high in silica (ie felsic) - a dacite-type lava. They are excited about this because it is showing how granitic continental-style magma can differentiate from your normal basaltic lava.
So yes, it would potentially be granitic rather than gabbroic in nature. Isn't geology fun!
The same thing happens in Iceland too, there are dacite-type and rhyolitic-type lava flows, although a far lower percentage than the normal basaltic flows. Silica-rich lava is a much nastier stuff when it gets to the surface, explosive, but more viscous and less runny than your basaltic lava. That's why you didn't get a geyser of molten-hot lava coming up the tubes [slight simplification, but hey, this is slashdot].
Ok, if it were to be a one-way mission, and there wasn't even a major plan for long-term survivability when getting there, why not consider the possibility of offering a once-in-a-short-lifetime trip to people who have a terminal illness. Obviously it'd have to be something they could survive the trip out with. But what a better way to spend your last years/months alive?
Don't get confused, what the EU are after is a removable battery that can be safely disposed of. It is not the same as replacable.
ie, it might be perfectly acceptable to have the battery fitted in such a way it can easily be ripped off the surface mount on the motherboard for disposal but in the process destroying the ipod/iphone.
What we (the ipod using public) have wanted is a user-replaceable battery - but we're unlikely to get this because not only does it add to the cost, complexity and size of the product, it also more importantly makes it less easy for Steve to sell us a newer ipod in 2 years time when the battery is still working but at that annoying "just not quite enough battery to last me the day" level.
>Presenting content in a way that requires Flash or Java is a choice, not a requirement.
Well, that is only true for certain types of data. Say, for example, I want to display 3d models of protein crystal structures along with other data relating to the chemical.
I can do it using the JMol applet assuming my browser supports Java.
You think that could be done with Ajax?
Just because a few retarded people have misused the technology doesn't mean it can't be used in a worthwhile way by other people.
So, in my example website, iPhone users get to see the data but not the 3d molecules. ie, they don't get "the full internet".
Ok, the fireworks in the 'footprint' sequence themeselves looked suspiciously rendered, but what really made me question it as I watched it was that as they flew towards the stadium, the roads were busy - plenty of cars.
After 7 years waiting, I guess most Beijingers would have been at home watching on TV.
Other shots outside the stadium later showed the roads virtually deserted (and totally deserted in the immediate vicinity of the stadium, of course).
I've flown out of Heathrow a couple of times this year already, and the new rules there seem to be to tell you to keep your laptop in your bag.
I think the logic behind this is that the time wasted by the occasional need to rescan because a laptop is in the wrong position is less than the amount of time it wastes getting people to take their laptops out of their bags (or, in the case of the new TSA rules, explaining to people whether their bag is approved or not).
Seems to be a pretty sensible rule, unusually sensible for airport security in these paranoid times.
Let the 180 day limit on email remain as 'someone elses problem'. How many times do you really need to get an email six months old? You'll end up with a cleaner, faster and less stressful mailbox.
Of course, there may be the odd email you need, so every week why not look at the oldest week's worth of mail in your mailbox, and anything you REALLY have to keep, just forward it to yourself. Then it will stay in your mailbox for another 180 days. But try to only forward the things that are vital.
Of course you may be able to forward to an offsite mail account, but I'm assuming that isn't allowed. No company is going to restrict you from forwarding emails to your own company account.
I totally agree - The internet would be FAR more secure if there was a way of using self-signed certificates without browser warnings.
But the certificate vendors have a licence to print money and abuse it horrifically.
For example, a certificate for a domain www.example.com costs a fraction of what a certificate for a wildcard *.example.com would cost. What extra work do they have to do for that extra money?
ALL sites would be more secure with a self-signed certificate than plain HTTP. But self-signed certificates scare the crap out of visitors with their alarmist warnings. If anything, the warnings should be shown on plain HTTP sites saying "Watch out! This isn't encrypted".
So. I say get rid of the self-signed warnings from all browsers, they do far more harm than good. Instead, make it clear on the browser with colouring, icons, whatever, whether the site has a verified certificate from a CA, or it does not (in the case of self-certs or HTTP).
I would imagine those sorts of working conditions might be enough to flare up your old back pain condition, making it difficult to attend work on a daily basis.
Does this still (for the lack of a better phrase) still suck donkey balls?
I have tried to use it on several occasions. I have one DB in it at the moment, but the OO V2 version is horrible in countless ways. Just searching a 2000 row database is painfully slow - yes, I know filters work better. But still, search should NOT be that slow, I struggle to think how on earth they've managed to write an application that can take 10 seconds to search for a text phrase in ONE FIELD of a database with only 2000 records. If you have a function that people are going to use, please make it work properly.
I used to hate Access too. I knew people who used Access databases on busy live web sites, so I have experienced ways in which Access can suck beyond the reaches of many mortals. But Open Office Base makes me want to go back to Access.
Oh, and yes, I know I'm mixing up DB engines (HSQLDB, JET) with the applications that use them, but the application is what the user (me) sees, so it inevitably takes the flak.
I'm glad to see that amateur journalism is still going strong, check out this report about someone who was recently in the news for finding a 3+ carat diamond in Arkansas.
Also, do a search on YouTube for iPhysics to see videos of it in action. Some of the videos are showing the 'sandbox' which is just to try out the physics engine without gameplay - so don't just watch them and say 'huh? whats the point?' Look for ones with a red square and a blue circle. These are game levels, and the point here is to move the blue circle to reach the red square. Not always as easy as it looks.
iPhysics is actually more than just this. There are levels built up that are fully-operational pinball simulators for example, with scoring!
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Keep trimming off the peripherals, CPU, etc, and it will remain small.
I know this is Slashdot, but perhaps you should read the full article. The magma encountered was unusually high in silica (ie felsic) - a dacite-type lava. They are excited about this because it is showing how granitic continental-style magma can differentiate from your normal basaltic lava.
So yes, it would potentially be granitic rather than gabbroic in nature. Isn't geology fun!
The same thing happens in Iceland too, there are dacite-type and rhyolitic-type lava flows, although a far lower percentage than the normal basaltic flows. Silica-rich lava is a much nastier stuff when it gets to the surface, explosive, but more viscous and less runny than your basaltic lava. That's why you didn't get a geyser of molten-hot lava coming up the tubes [slight simplification, but hey, this is slashdot].
Jolyon
Ok, if it were to be a one-way mission, and there wasn't even a major plan for long-term survivability when getting there, why not consider the possibility of offering a once-in-a-short-lifetime trip to people who have a terminal illness. Obviously it'd have to be something they could survive the trip out with. But what a better way to spend your last years/months alive?
"they also tend to favor games they can play with friends in the same room"
So, that's sex then.
Explains the missing gamers.
Next...
Don't get confused, what the EU are after is a removable battery that can be safely disposed of. It is not the same as replacable.
ie, it might be perfectly acceptable to have the battery fitted in such a way it can easily be ripped off the surface mount on the motherboard for disposal but in the process destroying the ipod/iphone.
What we (the ipod using public) have wanted is a user-replaceable battery - but we're unlikely to get this because not only does it add to the cost, complexity and size of the product, it also more importantly makes it less easy for Steve to sell us a newer ipod in 2 years time when the battery is still working but at that annoying "just not quite enough battery to last me the day" level.
>Presenting content in a way that requires Flash or Java is a choice, not a requirement.
Well, that is only true for certain types of data. Say, for example, I want to display 3d models of protein crystal structures along with other data relating to the chemical.
I can do it using the JMol applet assuming my browser supports Java.
You think that could be done with Ajax?
Just because a few retarded people have misused the technology doesn't mean it can't be used in a worthwhile way by other people.
So, in my example website, iPhone users get to see the data but not the 3d molecules. ie, they don't get "the full internet".
Jolyon
assuming his body had a ferrite core and was wrapped in copper wire, or something...
Ok. $150 a year might not be extortion in your mind for a few lines of bytes and very little, if any, actual verification of who you are.
I'll assume for the moment that $150 a year is good value for money.
But why the HELL do they charge an absolute FORTUNE for wildcard SSL certificates (*.mydomain.com)? Is it any extra work for them?
No. Pure profiteering.
Jolyon
I eagerly await the results of your double-blind experiments.
Doesn't this logic mean that vampires are not self-aware?
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria... Duke Nukem Forever
Ok, the fireworks in the 'footprint' sequence themeselves looked suspiciously rendered, but what really made me question it as I watched it was that as they flew towards the stadium, the roads were busy - plenty of cars.
After 7 years waiting, I guess most Beijingers would have been at home watching on TV.
Other shots outside the stadium later showed the roads virtually deserted (and totally deserted in the immediate vicinity of the stadium, of course).
Jolyon
I've flown out of Heathrow a couple of times this year already, and the new rules there seem to be to tell you to keep your laptop in your bag.
I think the logic behind this is that the time wasted by the occasional need to rescan because a laptop is in the wrong position is less than the amount of time it wastes getting people to take their laptops out of their bags (or, in the case of the new TSA rules, explaining to people whether their bag is approved or not).
Seems to be a pretty sensible rule, unusually sensible for airport security in these paranoid times.
Jolyon
The images put next to descriptions are, let's say, a little odd.
For example, I searched for 'titanite' (a titanium silicate mineral),
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=Titanite&sl=long
Not sure if it'll be fixed by the time you read this, but it had some nice My Little Pony type things next to the link to the Wikipedia article.
And, more seriously, I don't think the quality of search results on a few random tests I tried were anywhere near Google in terms of quality.
Jolyon
Seriously.
Let the 180 day limit on email remain as 'someone elses problem'. How many times do you really need to get an email six months old? You'll end up with a cleaner, faster and less stressful mailbox.
Of course, there may be the odd email you need, so every week why not look at the oldest week's worth of mail in your mailbox, and anything you REALLY have to keep, just forward it to yourself. Then it will stay in your mailbox for another 180 days. But try to only forward the things that are vital.
Of course you may be able to forward to an offsite mail account, but I'm assuming that isn't allowed. No company is going to restrict you from forwarding emails to your own company account.
Jolyon
I totally agree - The internet would be FAR more secure if there was a way of using self-signed certificates without browser warnings.
But the certificate vendors have a licence to print money and abuse it horrifically.
For example, a certificate for a domain www.example.com costs a fraction of what a certificate for a wildcard *.example.com would cost. What extra work do they have to do for that extra money?
ALL sites would be more secure with a self-signed certificate than plain HTTP. But self-signed certificates scare the crap out of visitors with their alarmist warnings. If anything, the warnings should be shown on plain HTTP sites saying "Watch out! This isn't encrypted".
So. I say get rid of the self-signed warnings from all browsers, they do far more harm than good. Instead, make it clear on the browser with colouring, icons, whatever, whether the site has a verified certificate from a CA, or it does not (in the case of self-certs or HTTP).
Jolyon
I would imagine those sorts of working conditions might be enough to flare up your old back pain condition, making it difficult to attend work on a daily basis.
for example, by always reclaiming your cash from prostitutes by running them down afterwards.
(or a CV for those of us in the Old World) - it's probably some bright wag who thinks he'll get noticed by sending his resume as a code.
Does this still (for the lack of a better phrase) still suck donkey balls?
I have tried to use it on several occasions. I have one DB in it at the moment, but the OO V2 version is horrible in countless ways. Just searching a 2000 row database is painfully slow - yes, I know filters work better. But still, search should NOT be that slow, I struggle to think how on earth they've managed to write an application that can take 10 seconds to search for a text phrase in ONE FIELD of a database with only 2000 records. If you have a function that people are going to use, please make it work properly.
I used to hate Access too. I knew people who used Access databases on busy live web sites, so I have experienced ways in which Access can suck beyond the reaches of many mortals. But Open Office Base makes me want to go back to Access.
Oh, and yes, I know I'm mixing up DB engines (HSQLDB, JET) with the applications that use them, but the application is what the user (me) sees, so it inevitably takes the flak.
Jolyon
.. Ubuntu release their "Sexy Sheep" update?
"My boss wants me to move out of my nice office into a cubicle, give me some nice EXPENSIVE technical bullshit reason I can give him to dissuade him."
I'm glad to see that amateur journalism is still going strong, check out this report about someone who was recently in the news for finding a 3+ carat diamond in Arkansas.
http://fakeminerals.com/
None of the major news stories would have thought about digging into this story, but an amaetur sleuth did.
Jolyon
Yes, maybe the statue should be made out of iron!
Jolyon
(Ok, I'll get my coat)
Check out iPhysics for truly innovative iPhone/iPod Touch games. More so that this Trism nonsense I'd say!
http://iphysics.r4m0n.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
Also, do a search on YouTube for iPhysics to see videos of it in action. Some of the videos are showing the 'sandbox' which is just to try out the physics engine without gameplay - so don't just watch them and say 'huh? whats the point?' Look for ones with a red square and a blue circle. These are game levels, and the point here is to move the blue circle to reach the red square. Not always as easy as it looks.
iPhysics is actually more than just this. There are levels built up that are fully-operational pinball simulators for example, with scoring!
Best ipod/iphone game ever!
Jolyon