... you'd still be better off with a floppy containing a minimal kernel, some flavor of fsck and a text editor. You can solve most immediate problems with that.
... assuming you know how to solve said problems. This is for less tech-savvy people. If you don't know what the exact problem is, but know "it's something to do with network card drivers", you just stick the appropriate floppy(-ies) and they (in theory) will sort out your system for you.
i've set my ad blocker to explicity allow absolute ads just cause they're so damn cool. and they must be effective, cause they make me want to drink vodka:)
I find that women do the same, only they don't get in the way of my web browsing...
I'm amazed - no-one seems to have done this yet
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The system wouldn't work without this bit. Low power = longer battery life. Wideband spectrum = plenty of frequencies to choose from (useful if you've got thousands of the phones trying to share the same set of freq's)
time/frequency agile waveforms
Time-agile just means the test signal won't just be a constant tone/periodic wave, but rather something more realistic. Frequency-agile means rapidly varying between Barry White and Mickey Mouse (or more realistic pitch changes, but you get the idea)
They're not against Microsoft, they're just dropping the exclusive deal with them - i.e. whereas previously they might have had to use the Microsoft product, they can now choose what they think is the best software for the job.
The force on the parachute when it opens is due to air resistance, which is (roughly) proportional to speed, not acceleration.
The OP's thoughts were probably something along the lines of "Since he's falling for much longer, won't he be going much faster, and hence won't the force on the 'chute be huge?"
The answer is almost certainly "no" though - as he falls, air density increases, creating an extra drag force on the parachutist, slowing him down. So when he pulled the ripcord, he'd only be falling at about the terminal velocity of a skydiver at 1000m. Therefore the 'chute would be subject to similar forces to those of a normal skydiver.
How can the software differentiate between me burning a "greatest hits CD" for myself (fair), and burning a similar CD for a friend (piracy)? Both involve identical instructions to the software, the only difference is what happens after the CD leaves the computer.
Typical bureaucracy - they'll spend millions of dollars on a cool laser to blow the mines up, but they're too cheap to fork out for the travel adaptor so they can plug it in:-)
What they don't tell you is ...
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... that if you complete each chapter in under a minute, you get access to the special "Bonus Appendix" with answers to questions such as
What is the secret of Monkey Island?
The Sentinel - WTF?
Why do film-game conversions almost always suck?
Will Duke Nukem Forever actually be released someday?
Not necessarily - remember that although the Earth is much more massive than the Moon, it would also be much further away. Gravitational force is proportional to mass/(distance^2). I admit the Earth's pull would have to be taken into account, but I'm sure stable lunar orbits exist (didn't the Apollo modules orbit the Moon for a few days?)
What I'd like to know is whether it would be sensible to put a telescope at one of the Lagrange points - points where the Earth's pull on an object is exactly equal to the Moon's.
At least that wonderful four letter acronym we all have come to love and hate
(you know, the one beginning with 'D' that sounds like a Village People song?) hasn't come into it
I'm sorry, but "inspiration" struck.
Young man, are you listenin' to me,
I said, young man, you should buy our "CDs",
But then, young man, you can't make mp3s,
'cause you've got to know this one thing.
Pirates steal all of our wealth,
So even if you keep your files to yourself,
We've paid millions for the DMCA,
And we'll make sure you're put away!
[da da dada dada da da]
You'd better not break the D-M-C-A.
Don't you dare piss off the R-I-A-A!
We'll own everything, soon you'll have to enjoy,
Or we'll DRM all your toys!
You'd better stick to the D-M-C-A
We 0wn the Feds so you can't get away!
We'll soon kill off Kazaa,
Then so you don't impeach,
We'll sell you files at "only" $8 each.
Mansfield said the direct release of copy-protected CDs began in the United States about six months ago on a limited basis and is believed to represent
a fraction of the overall CD market.
Right, I'm off to buy sqrt(2) CDs. That'll screw their statistics up!
Since luminosty is a measure of power, not energy, the statement makes no sense as written. (like saying "the object's length was 25mph", or saying that a spaceship "made the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs" as an indication of how fast it is)
Anyway, here's a very fudged calculation to show that it's not *that* unreasonable
The Sun's luminosity is 4e+26 W, so over the 1 hr we're talking about, it would put out E = 1.44e+30 Joules
The mothership's mass was 1/4 that of the moon, so m = 1.84e+22 kg. Assuming we can ignore relativistic effects, Kinetic Energy = 1/2 mv^2. This is how much energy we would have to expend to bring the mothership from speed v to speed 0 (relative to Earth, ignoring gravity etc.) We know E and m, so we can solve for v:
v = sqrt(2*10*1.44e+30 / 1.83e+22) = 39563 ms^-1
That's not a particularly unreasonable speed - only 4 times Earth escape velocity.
Re:Even if the physics are out of this world...
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At "close to the speed of light", the K.E. formula from Newtonian physics doesn't apply. The energy of a (special) relativistic object is given by
E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2
or for a massive object
E = gamma * mc^2
Where gamma = 1 / sqrt(1 - v^2/c^2) and m is rest mass (assumed to be 1g). So mc^2 is the rest mass energy, and kinetic energy is (gamma-1)*mc^2
At v=0.8c, gamma = 1.67, so kinetic energy is 2/3 of rest mass energy - 6e+13 J.
At v=0.95c, gamma = 10.26 - kinetic energy is 8.3e+14J
Finally, at v=0.99c, gamma = 50.25 - kinetic energy = 4.4e+15J - 65x the energy from the Hiroshima bomb.
[Note: At v=c, gamma "=" 1/0, so we can't actually reach c in Special Relativity]
The track isn't high-tech - it's basically a very very long bit of metal. So it wouldn't be significantly more expensive than ordinary train track.
In fact, according to the presentation on american-maglev.com, it could be relatively cheap, as you only need space to put pillars every x metres/feet, rather than huge long strips of land.
The only really expensive part is the electricity to power the train's magnets, and if we can push the critical temperature of superconductors even higher than it is now then that would be vastly reduced as well. Admittedly the SC material would probably be quite expensive to manufacture, but that's not certain (like many things in the field of superconductivity)
[The critical temperature of a superconducting material is the temp. below which it drops into the superconducting state.The current maximum is 138K = -135 degrees C = -211 degrees F. This is much higher than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen.]
I doubt that true Communism is possible - greedy, power-hungry people will always 'cheat' the system and rise to positions of power., while the people who do believe in the ideals of Communism are more likely to accept being sacrificed (in one sense or another) if they believe it is best for "the people".
The net result being that you have a corrupt government that is only interested in preserving the status quo, rather than acting in the interests of "the people".
Mind you, s/Communism/Democracy and the above would probably still be true.
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My guess would be Dihydrogen Monoxide.
But how can you deny the evidence?
N.b. this is not the original - that seeems to have vanished from Brainsluice
I agree - I know that I learnt a heck of a lot of ... "biology" ... after I got broadband. :-)
They're not against Microsoft, they're just dropping the exclusive deal with them - i.e. whereas previously they might have had to use the Microsoft product, they can now choose what they think is the best software for the job.
The password that is "password" - this being one of the most common passwords used, 'cause it's so easy to remember ...
The force on the parachute when it opens is due to air resistance, which is (roughly) proportional to speed, not acceleration.
The OP's thoughts were probably something along the lines of "Since he's falling for much longer, won't he be going much faster, and hence won't the force on the 'chute be huge?"
The answer is almost certainly "no" though - as he falls, air density increases, creating an extra drag force on the parachutist, slowing him down. So when he pulled the ripcord, he'd only be falling at about the terminal velocity of a skydiver at 1000m. Therefore the 'chute would be subject to similar forces to those of a normal skydiver.
"Spaceball 1 has now become ... Mega Maid!"
I'll do it for £50 plus the cost of 20 million Sodastream canisters!
What I'd like to know is whether it would be sensible to put a telescope at one of the Lagrange points - points where the Earth's pull on an object is exactly equal to the Moon's.
Young man, are you listenin' to me,
I said, young man, you should buy our "CDs",
But then, young man, you can't make mp3s,
'cause you've got to know this one thing.
Pirates steal all of our wealth,
So even if you keep your files to yourself,
We've paid millions for the DMCA,
And we'll make sure you're put away!
[da da dada dada da da]
You'd better not break the D-M-C-A.
Don't you dare piss off the R-I-A-A!
We'll own everything, soon you'll have to enjoy,
Or we'll DRM all your toys!
You'd better stick to the D-M-C-A
We 0wn the Feds so you can't get away!
We'll soon kill off Kazaa,
Then so you don't impeach,
We'll sell you files at "only" $8 each.
[etc]
[Disclaimer: I haven't played any Lucasarts games in ages - I could be thinking of a different one]
Anyway, here's a very fudged calculation to show that it's not *that* unreasonable
The Sun's luminosity is 4e+26 W, so over the 1 hr we're talking about, it would put out E = 1.44e+30 Joules
The mothership's mass was 1/4 that of the moon, so m = 1.84e+22 kg. Assuming we can ignore relativistic effects, Kinetic Energy = 1/2 mv^2. This is how much energy we would have to expend to bring the mothership from speed v to speed 0 (relative to Earth, ignoring gravity etc.) We know E and m, so we can solve for v:
v = sqrt(2*10*1.44e+30 / 1.83e+22) = 39563 ms^-1
That's not a particularly unreasonable speed - only 4 times Earth escape velocity.
E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2
or for a massive object
E = gamma * mc^2
Where gamma = 1 / sqrt(1 - v^2/c^2) and m is rest mass (assumed to be 1g). So mc^2 is the rest mass energy, and kinetic energy is (gamma-1)*mc^2
At v=0.8c, gamma = 1.67, so kinetic energy is 2/3 of rest mass energy - 6e+13 J.
At v=0.95c, gamma = 10.26 - kinetic energy is 8.3e+14J
Finally, at v=0.99c, gamma = 50.25 - kinetic energy = 4.4e+15J - 65x the energy from the Hiroshima bomb.
[Note: At v=c, gamma "=" 1/0, so we can't actually reach c in Special Relativity]
Not being an expert on US land prices, I can't be sure, but that doesn't sound too cheap.
In fact, according to the presentation on american-maglev.com, it could be relatively cheap, as you only need space to put pillars every x metres/feet, rather than huge long strips of land.
The only really expensive part is the electricity to power the train's magnets, and if we can push the critical temperature of superconductors even higher than it is now then that would be vastly reduced as well. Admittedly the SC material would probably be quite expensive to manufacture, but that's not certain (like many things in the field of superconductivity)
[The critical temperature of a superconducting material is the temp. below which it drops into the superconducting state.The current maximum is 138K = -135 degrees C = -211 degrees F. This is much higher than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen.]
The net result being that you have a corrupt government that is only interested in preserving the status quo, rather than acting in the interests of "the people".
Mind you, s/Communism/Democracy and the above would probably still be true.