We've ahd something just as safe (or safer) as PBRs for decades. It's called a Candu reactor.
And do you know what the neatest thing is about them? If you have a catastrophic collant loss, the whole thing shuts down. No boom, no pop - but perhaps a fizzle and sigh.
This storey reminds me of one I heard about in the 1980's.
Some smart *ss decided to get a vanity plate that read "NONE". It seems that whenever a police officer or parking commisionair issued a ticket for a vehicle without a license plate, they would write in "NONE" where it said plate.
Then the clear entering the ticket info, would (of course) enter the same thing into their system.
The result was hundreds of tickets being issued to him, for various offenses (parking, speeding, etc.).
I do know that she used e-mail (probably a promotional stunt for a University) in the 1970's. So while she's probably never used one for anything of any value (I have people for that), she will atleast have pressed the Enter key on some terminal somewhere (and that terminal hass probably been bronsed, and had a nice plaque attached to it).
Dr Ray Stantz: You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment.
Dr. Egon Spengler: I blame myself.
Dr. Peter Venkman: So do I.
Dr Ray Stantz: Well, no sense in worrying about it now.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
Nothing as far as I know. However, I regularly plug my vehicles in from ~Dec 1 until ~March 31 every winter (using block heater for those cold nights make the engine SOOOO much happier).
_My_ C programming prof once used a "goto" in an example in class, only to look up and see a room full of students with their mouths hanging open.
He quickly pointed out that the reason why goto's are highly discourage (especially to newbies) is that it is often missused (leading to spagettie code). He also pointed out that that single "goto"
made the code block he was deomonstrating so much easier to understand (and probablty more efficient processor wise) than the "pure" way, where he would have had to litter the code block with "if"s and add conditions to other flow controls.
And when you go through the exercise of writing the same block of code without the "goto", you get a dog's breakfast. He was right, the "goto" made the code better, in all respects.
He then finished this little sub lesson with the words "Look!!! I'm running with scissors!". The point being that once you get to a certain level and truely understand the reprecutions, you can take certain "short cuts" and break certain rules that are the programing equivalent of training wheels.
1) MOST recrational divers are using open circuit
AIR tanks (~20% O2, ~70% N2, and ~10 Other),
not pure oxygen. Even at that, pure oxygen
becomes extramly toxic at certain presures.
2) What happens if the diver goes through a
thermocline (which often coincieds with the
oxycline)? He/She dies from lack of O2.
3) Basically, the only way to use this technology
is in part of a rebreather system. While these
do offer MUCH longer bottom times, they are
just as bulky as a single air tank, and require
far more taining than most recreational divers
are capable of.
And for the tech-divers out there... I'd love to hear the tirade that G.I. the 3rd will have when
he hears about this idea:-)
There is a lovely line/paragraph in Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie) that says roughly:
War is not about killing your enemy. Any idiot can fire off a nuke and kill every living thing on a planet. War is about making your enemy do something they don't want to do.
Same reason the U.S. didn't juke nuke Afganistan and Iraq when they were "Liberating" *cough* *cough* them.
The story writers know this fact, and they can use it to propel the story forwards.
Stick it out. You made a commitment to be there until a certain date. Be there until told otherwise.
Leaving earlier could be considered leaving without
notice. In some parts of the world, if an employee
quits a job without notice, the employeer is entitled to keep the last two weeks of pay as compensation for the lack of notice (just as if you
are througn out on your kiester, typically you will
get some sort of severance - two weeks).
Typically an employer will send you home when you
give notice (unless there is some knowledge that
really has to be transfered - but you should have
already been planning for that in the first place and keeping copious notes). This way there is no
opportunity for you to sabotage the operation (even if you think you are leaving on good terms).
If for some reason your boss does send you home,
get it in writing. Then you have some proof that
you were send home for the duration of your employment.
And ofcourse if you don't get your last cheque, you can always sue. Generally a nicely worded letter from an attourny to the owner(s) of the operation should suffice (and raise questions for the jerk to answer).
I think you are wrong about "I Robot". I've been a fan of Asimov's novels for more than 20 years.
The movie wasn't a retelling of the book, but
you'd be nuts to try it. The book is a string of
disjoint short stories. The same characters keep
poping up, but they are complete stories unto
themselves. You could perhaps make a mini-series
out of them, but I don't think the majority of the
American public would GET IT.
The movie it self though was very true to Asimov's theme, which was basically "Given these three laws, how can things go wrong while the three laws are still being obeyed... and then how can I get these characters out of this mess?" additionally, they brought in the concept of the 0th law that we saw at the end of the Robot novels (although in this story line with tragic consequences).
Perhaps the name was a bad choice, but it got the fan's attention. However, equally well it could have been called "The Three Laws", or something simmilar.
As far as I'm concernet, I think it was over used in class rooms. Particluarily by teachers who don't understand that it was really only meant as a jumping off point, not the end goal (and a "proof of concept" that childeren could wrap their heads around the concepts of programming a compuer).
So use it that way in your demonstration:
Here's the how the turtle moves
Here's is how I get the turtle to do this complex task "foo" (whew, that was a lot of work to do every time I want the turtle to do "foo")
Here's how I avoid all that work every time (show them the program listing)
Run the program serveral time to show them how easy it is now (alla George Jetson - button pusher)
Show them a more complex task like that
In reallity, you'll have to use the techniques that a teacher uses to teach their elementary students. Learning on the edge of what they already know.:
Have a brain storming session. What do they already know about Software Engineers and Programmers
Show them some open-sourced video game running (As a teaser)
Show them logo (as above)
Let them ask questions
Show them the open-sourced video game again, and show them the code behind it
And if it's not toooo borring, show them what you are working on right now at work - with your boss's permission of course
The one time I have a chance to talk about Open
Sourcing GM Crops, and I'm late to the article.
You know; the techniques for developing herbecide resistant crops like this are probably pretty well
known in the biology field. There must be some gene-hackers out there with the ability to work on
this in their own basement.
After you've got a good candidate found and bred, then it should really only be a matter of getting
it approved by the gov't. Perhaps this could be
part of someone's thesis.
Since these sites are subject to the Napster effect (one centralised server hosting links to torrent files, etc. being easy to attack legally), why not
just distribute the torrent files via the Gnutella network.
I realise that others already had a project in gear to build something like this right into BitTorrent; however, we already have something up and running that can do the job.
Oddly enought, Manitoba (Canada) just had a labour
board ruling that said (roughly) that all employees
(salaried or not) are entitled to Overtime Pay (or time off in lieu of) for any hours worked over and above 40 hours per week. And it doesn't matter if the contract you signed says otherwise.
I know the concept is that as a sallaried position; your lean times are supposed to make up for your fat time. But that's not the case. If there is a lean time big enough to compensate for the over time, then the company is already in trouble.
The last sallaried position I had, part of my compenstation was supposed to be proffit sharing
(at the discression of the manager/owner). Those proffits didn't even come close to what I could have earned working a minimum wage job for the overtime I put in.
*Enter old hacker*
I remember when we didn't have these fancy-assed weeeeeeeeb browsers. All we had was telnet and FTP,
and we LIKED it. And sometimes the server you
wanted to use didn't have anonymous-FTP, so you
had to crack the box - but that was easy then since
everyone's root password was 'root' anyways.
back in the day we got email hoaxes stating there was a new virus that could be triggered by just opening the email. Back then we laughed with those pranks because we knew it was impossible. I kept laughing, until the day it really happened.
Which one would that be? As far as I know, all the email viruses required the user to actually open the attachment.
Sarah Hudson certainly demonstrated the problem music is having because of MTV. The eye-candy, with nothing interesting to say and very little talent gets almost all of the attention.
Someone like Ms. Hudson (who certainly has talent) has to be very lucky to get the exposure that she needs to be successful.
Perhaps this episode will get her some more exposure. I'm certainly thinking about buying her album (if I can find it).
Or perhaps we could flash-mob (or would that be slash-mob) teeni-bopper radio stations and request her single.
Slashdot Mirror
The owners of Slashdot have patented technology to force readers to read and comment on dupes - just in case they didn't get it the first time.
It's... it's... *snif*... it's "Green".
And do you know what the neatest thing is about them? If you have a catastrophic collant loss, the whole thing shuts down. No boom, no pop - but perhaps a fizzle and sigh.
Some smart *ss decided to get a vanity plate that read "NONE". It seems that whenever a police officer or parking commisionair issued a ticket for a vehicle without a license plate, they would write in "NONE" where it said plate.
Then the clear entering the ticket info, would (of course) enter the same thing into their system.
The result was hundreds of tickets being issued to him, for various offenses (parking, speeding, etc.).
I do know that she used e-mail (probably a promotional stunt for a University) in the 1970's. So while she's probably never used one for anything of any value (I have people for that), she will atleast have pressed the Enter key on some terminal somewhere (and that terminal hass probably been bronsed, and had a nice plaque attached to it).
Well, there's always Underwater Football. Its got simmilar aspects of 3-dimentionality, and it's fun.
Dr Ray Stantz: You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment.
Dr. Egon Spengler: I blame myself.
Dr. Peter Venkman: So do I.
Dr Ray Stantz: Well, no sense in worrying about it now.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
Nothing as far as I know. However, I regularly plug my vehicles in from ~Dec 1 until ~March 31 every winter (using block heater for those cold nights make the engine SOOOO much happier).
He quickly pointed out that the reason why goto's are highly discourage (especially to newbies) is that it is often missused (leading to spagettie code). He also pointed out that that single "goto" made the code block he was deomonstrating so much easier to understand (and probablty more efficient processor wise) than the "pure" way, where he would have had to litter the code block with "if"s and add conditions to other flow controls.
And when you go through the exercise of writing the same block of code without the "goto", you get a dog's breakfast. He was right, the "goto" made the code better, in all respects.
He then finished this little sub lesson with the words "Look!!! I'm running with scissors!". The point being that once you get to a certain level and truely understand the reprecutions, you can take certain "short cuts" and break certain rules that are the programing equivalent of training wheels.
btw... Hi Al!
2) What happens if the diver goes through a thermocline (which often coincieds with the oxycline)? He/She dies from lack of O2.
3) Basically, the only way to use this technology is in part of a rebreather system. While these do offer MUCH longer bottom times, they are just as bulky as a single air tank, and require far more taining than most recreational divers are capable of.
And for the tech-divers out there... I'd love to hear the tirade that G.I. the 3rd will have when he hears about this idea :-)
War is not about killing your enemy. Any idiot can fire off a nuke and kill every living thing on a planet. War is about making your enemy do something they don't want to do.
Same reason the U.S. didn't juke nuke Afganistan and Iraq when they were "Liberating" *cough* *cough* them.
The story writers know this fact, and they can use it to propel the story forwards.
Typically an employer will send you home when you give notice (unless there is some knowledge that really has to be transfered - but you should have already been planning for that in the first place and keeping copious notes). This way there is no opportunity for you to sabotage the operation (even if you think you are leaving on good terms).
If for some reason your boss does send you home, get it in writing. Then you have some proof that you were send home for the duration of your employment.
And ofcourse if you don't get your last cheque, you can always sue. Generally a nicely worded letter from an attourny to the owner(s) of the operation should suffice (and raise questions for the jerk to answer).
The movie wasn't a retelling of the book, but you'd be nuts to try it. The book is a string of disjoint short stories. The same characters keep poping up, but they are complete stories unto themselves. You could perhaps make a mini-series out of them, but I don't think the majority of the American public would GET IT.
The movie it self though was very true to Asimov's theme, which was basically "Given these three laws, how can things go wrong while the three laws are still being obeyed... and then how can I get these characters out of this mess?" additionally, they brought in the concept of the 0th law that we saw at the end of the Robot novels (although in this story line with tragic consequences).
Perhaps the name was a bad choice, but it got the fan's attention. However, equally well it could have been called "The Three Laws", or something simmilar.
I always found moving side-to-side helped in judging distnaces, shape, etc. So I would imagine that you can do the same thing with this screen.
As far as I'm concernet, I think it was over used in class rooms. Particluarily by teachers who don't understand that it was really only meant as a jumping off point, not the end goal (and a "proof of concept" that childeren could wrap their heads around the concepts of programming a compuer).
So use it that way in your demonstration:
In reallity, you'll have to use the techniques that a teacher uses to teach their elementary students. Learning on the edge of what they already know.:
Is the turtle designed for that? Is it capable of that?
"If you put enough engines on it, it will fly!" - The Gorn
I think you missed the satire.
You know; the techniques for developing herbecide resistant crops like this are probably pretty well known in the biology field. There must be some gene-hackers out there with the ability to work on this in their own basement.
After you've got a good candidate found and bred, then it should really only be a matter of getting it approved by the gov't. Perhaps this could be part of someone's thesis.
I realise that others already had a project in gear to build something like this right into BitTorrent; however, we already have something up and running that can do the job.
I know the concept is that as a sallaried position; your lean times are supposed to make up for your fat time. But that's not the case. If there is a lean time big enough to compensate for the over time, then the company is already in trouble.
The last sallaried position I had, part of my compenstation was supposed to be proffit sharing (at the discression of the manager/owner). Those proffits didn't even come close to what I could have earned working a minimum wage job for the overtime I put in.
"Hey guys, we have grass roots support, check out slashdot!"
the slashdoting to http://www.kaspersky.com/
*Enter old hacker*
I remember when we didn't have these fancy-assed weeeeeeeeb browsers. All we had was telnet and FTP, and we LIKED it. And sometimes the server you wanted to use didn't have anonymous-FTP, so you had to crack the box - but that was easy then since everyone's root password was 'root' anyways.
Oy! We were real men then.
*Exit old hacker*
Which one would that be? As far as I know, all the email viruses required the user to actually open the attachment.
Someone like Ms. Hudson (who certainly has talent) has to be very lucky to get the exposure that she needs to be successful. Perhaps this episode will get her some more exposure. I'm certainly thinking about buying her album (if I can find it).
Or perhaps we could flash-mob (or would that be slash-mob) teeni-bopper radio stations and request her single.