Fair enough, but when you look at the percentage of the world's population who can actually study nano-technology at a university or college, asking for a country-wide view probably isn't so short-sighted. Having said that, UK and France are pretty hot movers in nano at the moment. Maybe he is just checking the job-placements competition;-)
Obviously I meant they would be at a higher level of computing for them to start in on the code. I didn't mean you let primary school kids at it the first time they see a computer. And, yes, separate boxes would be the way to go; maybe they would build them from scratch etc etc.
Teachers should only have some small guiding role in my view at this level, kids could do their own thing, exploring different OSes, hardware and software packages.
Actually, replacing teachers with babysitters at half the wage would probably end up costing more than the teachers would. I'm willing to bet that the babysitters would take over twice as long to get the kids to the required standard of education that the teachers would, thus costing more. While I know It's just an example, it's interesting to look at the OSS question in this way; would having cheaper computers increase the time it takes for children to lean about computing? The answer must surely be no, the kids will probably learn computing more quickly if they are able to get in amongst the code and mess things up, try things out, etc. So, in this view, the OSS system would not only be cheaper but the kids would potentially learn more as they would be learning more quickly. Also, the spare funds could be spent on other educational facilities (god knows, they need to), improving things all round.
Since you didn't specify that you want a Linux live CD, I thought I'd mention that netbsd do a ppc bootable CD. I'm in the process of checking it out and will reply to myself later whether it's worth bothering.
I think it's a particularly childish view that the senate has taken in not backing Kyoto. I would rather suspect that there is a bit more to it than complaining that China and India aren't involved so we're not playing either. I suspect that that bit more is something to do with senators being involved in the oil business to a greater or lesser degree and the high price of oil is suiting them very nicely, thankyou. The USA *should* be leading the world in alternate sources of energy, and then selling it to the world (or at least the research). That the developing nations are contributing to an increasing greenhouse gas level is an invalid argument - what choice do they have if they are to develop? They don't have a big budget for research and a lack of scientists probably doesn't help the problem. If the developed western powers were to ratify and then start actually moving on it, the developing nations could use the new tech and not produce the pollution. That Russia has ratified is a small step, it really needs to be a world movement. At the moment we're being held up by a bunch of oily plutocrats in Washington. (If they changed their minds, so would many other countries' governments) They need to understand that this fledgling industry is as good an investment opportunity as Texan donkies, probably better if lots of money is pushed into it quickly. Well, that's my view anyway.
Well, only in certain situations. A well designed valve-amp will be just as linear as a well-designed solid state amp. Colouration differences manifest themselves when the amps are being driven into distortion. In my experience if an amplifier is being operated in it's comfort zone it's pretty hard to tell the difference between different types of amps. A lot of the sound differences actually come from the output transformer in the amp, whether it's valve or not (or, indeed if it has a transformer). I'm also a bit nonplussed as to why so many people think that valve amps are "vintage" technology. Some of the greatest valve amp designs are modern, however, they are prohibitively expensive in the most part.
I noticed this too. To pack all the capacitors into one place *right over* the nice hot PSU will do little but shorten their lifespan to no-time-at-all. I'd bet money that we see a hardware update from Apple which installs a heat shield. Don't buy one of these for the long-term folks.
"With the new helix design, Vincent has built a prototype 7-GHz antenna that he claims is indistinguishable from a quarter-wave antenna in all but its size. "Because the new design is completely planar, we could crank these out using thin-film technologies," Vincent said."
Sounds like the answer to radio -powered smart cards ios just around the corner?
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MI (Military Intelligence) had agencies numbered up to 19, but not all at the same time. Most were folded into MI5, MI6 or GCHQ after the war. : MI1 (Codebreaking), MI2 (Russia and Scandinavia), MI3 (Eastern Europe), MI4 (Aerial Reconnaisance), MI8 (Military Communication Interception), MI9 (Undercover operations), MI10 (Weapons analysis) MI14 and MI15 (German specialists), MI19 (PoW debriefing), MI17 (Military Intelligence "Head Office").
THE best way to avoid equipment damage during a lightning storm is to unplug your equipment. From mains and network. If your mains is lightning-safe, you could leave that on. Getting that many people to unplug units is practically an impossibility, I know, but crucial network nodes could be unplugged at the highest risk times. Factoring in some redundancy could be a good idea so if one router gets smoked, there is another somewhere else (geographically) to lower the odds of a complete system down.
While much of this discussion has been devoted to general ranting about wipers on Beagle, does anyone actually know if rubber wiper blades are used? I can't see the boys who designed the thing overlooking the fact that dust scratches. If there is no water in the atmosphere on Mars, the dust won't stick in the sense we know it, but mainly through charge. The simplest way would be to wipe with an impregnated cloth as we used to do with vinyl records. Surely they'd use something similar and not just the rubber blades off an old Morris Minor?
I am almost astonished to see Sony still barking up the removable media tree. It's good to have an alternative to hard drive based players but I really can't see who the uptake is going to be aimed at. Anyone wanting music with instant access is surely going to buy into the ipod style player or CD walkman for those without computers. If Sony thinks that they're going to sell pre-recorded music on these discs, they must be mad. With each disc holding only 1 Gig, you'll still have a bag full of disks to break and lose. MD struggled as a format in it's early days due to people simply not needing another format and I think this may just be a format too far. If Sony could make the whole thing high resolution, they could replace DAT in the professional arena but I think this will flop as a consumer good.
I have experienced problems with my iPod when I let it run down completely, it drops into 'zombie' mode and cannot be woken without unplugging the battery. This is a pain in the arse when I'm going to be away from my computer for a long time. The iPod is one of the first of the first generation and can now only hold charge for around an hour. I don't think that it'll make much difference how you do the charge/discharge dance, you just have to accept the fate that the battery dies. What we really want is sony to release the batteries to the general public (UK) so we can refit them cheaply ourselves.
I think that all british - derived peoples of the world are actually born with the default british accent and as they grow up they pick up the local accent. When she banged her head she defaulted back to british. It won't be long, maybe a few reboots before her prefs go back American.
I had no idea ducks were around in the age of the dinosaurs! What service were they providing and how did the billing system work? Why was it that only the dinosaurs being billed by the ducks were susceptable to cancer? How do we know now which dinos were indeed being billed by the ducks? Should we be avoiding ducks now? If I am over on my payments to a duck, should I be worried about cancer?
Alternatively - Why are they called duck-billed dinos? surely they had the bills before ducks did, therefore making ducks dinosaur-billed waterfowl. Or were the dinos with those bills the original ducks, hence the name? Are there other kinds of non-duck bills, I can't recall any, so why not just call them bills? Is this just one big illusion by a clever guy called William? Are geese and swans duck-billed? Do they know, if so how do they feel? Is it art?
It would take a long time for civilisation to adjust to longer life span. Especially if we aged more slowly. What age would you retire at? and who would pay your pension for *say* the next 200 years?The burden on society to look after the super-aged would be almost intolerable, workers would be taxed at incredible rates to provide. At the other end of the scale, you'd have kids running round at 25 years old, still not mature enough to be left alone, puberty would take a decade at least, would there be enough acne cream to go round;-) On the plus side, women would look 16-30 for about 60 years! I'm all for it!
If this frog has seen the continents split, dinosaurs come and go, the rise of the mammals and the evolution of mankind, are we really so arrogant to think that *we* have discovered *it*? I think that the frogs have deemed it time to contact their childish co-planetiods and impart their age-old wisdom to us. It is clear they are intellectually our superior as they have finally given up their game of hide and seek the clear victors. I find it a disgrace that my fellow/.ers are wanting them as pets and generally ridiculing them. We must take them seriously and listen to what they have to say! If they croak, we must follow.
I don't know how many other people out there have experienced Japanese toilets, but let me tell you, you don't need an instruction manual, you need someone to come and show you how to use those things. You don't wanna be pressing the wrong button at the wrong time, I can assure you from personal experience, makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
If the nuclear reactor is meant to provide energy to the ion thrusters, what fuel will the ion thrusters be using? If the project is meant to last for decades thanks to nuke, it would take a lot of xenon to supply the ions. Surely the decaying ions would not provide enough for thrust, if re-used in that way? Or can solid fuels be vapourised by the heat of the reactor? I quite like the idea of the reactor rods (or whatever) blasting themselves into space with electricity they've just generated.
Actually, the music industry does see Europe as one country or 'territory', with the exception of Britain. The whole globe is divided into these territories. I'm not sure why it's taking so long, at least there should be a British model spun out pretty soon, Euroland later, seeing as Britain and USA share the same recording companies for the most part. I'm surprised that Apple haven't targetted Australia / New Zealand as a great territory to test-bed on, same language, few record companies - ideal!
The BBC are reporting on a british version designed to go higher still. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3016082.stm
This will go to altitudes around low earth orbit. At these heights, surely gravity is less of an issue and the night-time drift downwards would be less significant, easily made up for when the sun rises (there would be a longer day high up, too).
The ground coverage at such a height would be quite dramatic, the entire UK can be covered by one 'plane. What are the hazards from weather that high? Apart from temperature exrtemes, do high winds happen?
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I'm not sure, but I think the Incas also had a 7 day week. As they were very into their astronomy and astrology, could this be the reason?
I have always wondered whether aero or car designers would mimic the effects of the golf ball pock marks to get some extra efficiency. It seems that having random dips in the skin of the ball gives the drive substantial extra yards. If that were the case, would it not make sense for cars and planes to have them too? What about boats? Would it prove too costly to have this done to the skin (though I can't think why (unless it was truly random;)). In the case of the plane flying through the storm, I would have thought the marks would have been truly random. Did the plane exhibit any increased efficiency upon leaving the storm?
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I assume that by 'worrie' you really mean 'worry'?
Fair enough, but when you look at the percentage of the world's population who can actually study nano-technology at a university or college, asking for a country-wide view probably isn't so short-sighted. Having said that, UK and France are pretty hot movers in nano at the moment. Maybe he is just checking the job-placements competition;-)
Han shot first? What does it mean?
Obviously I meant they would be at a higher level of computing for them to start in on the code. I didn't mean you let primary school kids at it the first time they see a computer. And, yes, separate boxes would be the way to go; maybe they would build them from scratch etc etc. Teachers should only have some small guiding role in my view at this level, kids could do their own thing, exploring different OSes, hardware and software packages.
Actually, replacing teachers with babysitters at half the wage would probably end up costing more than the teachers would. I'm willing to bet that the babysitters would take over twice as long to get the kids to the required standard of education that the teachers would, thus costing more. While I know It's just an example, it's interesting to look at the OSS question in this way; would having cheaper computers increase the time it takes for children to lean about computing? The answer must surely be no, the kids will probably learn computing more quickly if they are able to get in amongst the code and mess things up, try things out, etc. So, in this view, the OSS system would not only be cheaper but the kids would potentially learn more as they would be learning more quickly. Also, the spare funds could be spent on other educational facilities (god knows, they need to), improving things all round.
Since you didn't specify that you want a Linux live CD, I thought I'd mention that netbsd do a ppc bootable CD. I'm in the process of checking it out and will reply to myself later whether it's worth bothering.
I think it's a particularly childish view that the senate has taken in not backing Kyoto. I would rather suspect that there is a bit more to it than complaining that China and India aren't involved so we're not playing either. I suspect that that bit more is something to do with senators being involved in the oil business to a greater or lesser degree and the high price of oil is suiting them very nicely, thankyou. The USA *should* be leading the world in alternate sources of energy, and then selling it to the world (or at least the research). That the developing nations are contributing to an increasing greenhouse gas level is an invalid argument - what choice do they have if they are to develop? They don't have a big budget for research and a lack of scientists probably doesn't help the problem. If the developed western powers were to ratify and then start actually moving on it, the developing nations could use the new tech and not produce the pollution. That Russia has ratified is a small step, it really needs to be a world movement. At the moment we're being held up by a bunch of oily plutocrats in Washington. (If they changed their minds, so would many other countries' governments) They need to understand that this fledgling industry is as good an investment opportunity as Texan donkies, probably better if lots of money is pushed into it quickly. Well, that's my view anyway.
Well, only in certain situations. A well designed valve-amp will be just as linear as a well-designed solid state amp. Colouration differences manifest themselves when the amps are being driven into distortion. In my experience if an amplifier is being operated in it's comfort zone it's pretty hard to tell the difference between different types of amps. A lot of the sound differences actually come from the output transformer in the amp, whether it's valve or not (or, indeed if it has a transformer). I'm also a bit nonplussed as to why so many people think that valve amps are "vintage" technology. Some of the greatest valve amp designs are modern, however, they are prohibitively expensive in the most part.
I noticed this too. To pack all the capacitors into one place *right over* the nice hot PSU will do little but shorten their lifespan to no-time-at-all. I'd bet money that we see a hardware update from Apple which installs a heat shield. Don't buy one of these for the long-term folks.
"With the new helix design, Vincent has built a prototype 7-GHz antenna that he claims is indistinguishable from a quarter-wave antenna in all but its size. "Because the new design is completely planar, we could crank these out using thin-film technologies," Vincent said." Sounds like the answer to radio -powered smart cards ios just around the corner?
MI (Military Intelligence) had agencies numbered up to 19, but not all at the same time. Most were folded into MI5, MI6 or GCHQ after the war. : MI1 (Codebreaking), MI2 (Russia and Scandinavia), MI3 (Eastern Europe), MI4 (Aerial Reconnaisance), MI8 (Military Communication Interception), MI9 (Undercover operations), MI10 (Weapons analysis) MI14 and MI15 (German specialists), MI19 (PoW debriefing), MI17 (Military Intelligence "Head Office").
THE best way to avoid equipment damage during a lightning storm is to unplug your equipment. From mains and network. If your mains is lightning-safe, you could leave that on. Getting that many people to unplug units is practically an impossibility, I know, but crucial network nodes could be unplugged at the highest risk times. Factoring in some redundancy could be a good idea so if one router gets smoked, there is another somewhere else (geographically) to lower the odds of a complete system down.
While much of this discussion has been devoted to general ranting about wipers on Beagle, does anyone actually know if rubber wiper blades are used? I can't see the boys who designed the thing overlooking the fact that dust scratches. If there is no water in the atmosphere on Mars, the dust won't stick in the sense we know it, but mainly through charge. The simplest way would be to wipe with an impregnated cloth as we used to do with vinyl records. Surely they'd use something similar and not just the rubber blades off an old Morris Minor?
I am almost astonished to see Sony still barking up the removable media tree. It's good to have an alternative to hard drive based players but I really can't see who the uptake is going to be aimed at. Anyone wanting music with instant access is surely going to buy into the ipod style player or CD walkman for those without computers. If Sony thinks that they're going to sell pre-recorded music on these discs, they must be mad. With each disc holding only 1 Gig, you'll still have a bag full of disks to break and lose. MD struggled as a format in it's early days due to people simply not needing another format and I think this may just be a format too far. If Sony could make the whole thing high resolution, they could replace DAT in the professional arena but I think this will flop as a consumer good.
I have experienced problems with my iPod when I let it run down completely, it drops into 'zombie' mode and cannot be woken without unplugging the battery. This is a pain in the arse when I'm going to be away from my computer for a long time. The iPod is one of the first of the first generation and can now only hold charge for around an hour. I don't think that it'll make much difference how you do the charge/discharge dance, you just have to accept the fate that the battery dies. What we really want is sony to release the batteries to the general public (UK) so we can refit them cheaply ourselves.
I think that all british - derived peoples of the world are actually born with the default british accent and as they grow up they pick up the local accent. When she banged her head she defaulted back to british. It won't be long, maybe a few reboots before her prefs go back American.
I had no idea ducks were around in the age of the dinosaurs! What service were they providing and how did the billing system work? Why was it that only the dinosaurs being billed by the ducks were susceptable to cancer? How do we know now which dinos were indeed being billed by the ducks? Should we be avoiding ducks now? If I am over on my payments to a duck, should I be worried about cancer? Alternatively - Why are they called duck-billed dinos? surely they had the bills before ducks did, therefore making ducks dinosaur-billed waterfowl. Or were the dinos with those bills the original ducks, hence the name? Are there other kinds of non-duck bills, I can't recall any, so why not just call them bills? Is this just one big illusion by a clever guy called William? Are geese and swans duck-billed? Do they know, if so how do they feel? Is it art?
It would take a long time for civilisation to adjust to longer life span. Especially if we aged more slowly. What age would you retire at? and who would pay your pension for *say* the next 200 years?The burden on society to look after the super-aged would be almost intolerable, workers would be taxed at incredible rates to provide. At the other end of the scale, you'd have kids running round at 25 years old, still not mature enough to be left alone, puberty would take a decade at least, would there be enough acne cream to go round ;-) On the plus side, women would look 16-30 for about 60 years! I'm all for it!
If this frog has seen the continents split, dinosaurs come and go, the rise of the mammals and the evolution of mankind, are we really so arrogant to think that *we* have discovered *it*? I think that the frogs have deemed it time to contact their childish co-planetiods and impart their age-old wisdom to us. It is clear they are intellectually our superior as they have finally given up their game of hide and seek the clear victors. I find it a disgrace that my fellow /.ers are wanting them as pets and generally ridiculing them. We must take them seriously and listen to what they have to say! If they croak, we must follow.
I don't know how many other people out there have experienced Japanese toilets, but let me tell you, you don't need an instruction manual, you need someone to come and show you how to use those things. You don't wanna be pressing the wrong button at the wrong time, I can assure you from personal experience, makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
If the nuclear reactor is meant to provide energy to the ion thrusters, what fuel will the ion thrusters be using? If the project is meant to last for decades thanks to nuke, it would take a lot of xenon to supply the ions. Surely the decaying ions would not provide enough for thrust, if re-used in that way? Or can solid fuels be vapourised by the heat of the reactor? I quite like the idea of the reactor rods (or whatever) blasting themselves into space with electricity they've just generated.
Actually, the music industry does see Europe as one country or 'territory', with the exception of Britain. The whole globe is divided into these territories. I'm not sure why it's taking so long, at least there should be a British model spun out pretty soon, Euroland later, seeing as Britain and USA share the same recording companies for the most part. I'm surprised that Apple haven't targetted Australia / New Zealand as a great territory to test-bed on, same language, few record companies - ideal!
The BBC are reporting on a british version designed to go higher still. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3016082.stm This will go to altitudes around low earth orbit. At these heights, surely gravity is less of an issue and the night-time drift downwards would be less significant, easily made up for when the sun rises (there would be a longer day high up, too). The ground coverage at such a height would be quite dramatic, the entire UK can be covered by one 'plane. What are the hazards from weather that high? Apart from temperature exrtemes, do high winds happen?
I'm not sure, but I think the Incas also had a 7 day week. As they were very into their astronomy and astrology, could this be the reason?
I have always wondered whether aero or car designers would mimic the effects of the golf ball pock marks to get some extra efficiency. It seems that having random dips in the skin of the ball gives the drive substantial extra yards. If that were the case, would it not make sense for cars and planes to have them too? What about boats? Would it prove too costly to have this done to the skin (though I can't think why (unless it was truly random;)). In the case of the plane flying through the storm, I would have thought the marks would have been truly random. Did the plane exhibit any increased efficiency upon leaving the storm?