you've got to wonder how on earth something that cheap could possibly be safe at anything faster than walking speed.
First, you must define "safe." A Ford from 50 years ago would hardly be called "safe" by today's standards, and some would argue that modern cars that score top marks on the crash tests are not "safe enough."
I'll see your acoustic guitar and raise you a violin. It's small size, lack of frets and bow will have you sweating blood and tears for years just trying to get the intonation right and to get a half-decent sound out if it. It's not called the cat strangler for nothing.
Firstly, the water that reaches the soil when it's raining mostly flows over the surface and into drains. If it were stored and released slowly, it would be more effective at watering the plants since it would have time to penetrate the surface. Also, being released at night it would not be subject to evapouration caused by sunlight.
I also imagine that these solar trees will function in all countries, not just Austria, or those in Western Europe.
Speak for yourself, monkey boy, I first used Netscape back in '94 or '95 (it was a long time ago) on Solaris. Prior to that, I'd been using NCSA Mosiac.
They've resisted the changes because the money's so good. Even when it's still as bad as they claim it to be, there's still a lot of execs and Producers and underlings driving BMW's.
Heh. They should move to the UK. Everyone and his brother here drives a BMW. They're more common than Ford Mondeos.
Back in they day (over 10 years ago) when things were simpler, there was an open standard for video called MPEG. There were several Free, free and closed, pay mpeg players and the files had a.mpg or.mpeg extension.
Many of the *cough* specialist *cough* image/video sites in those days used it almost exclusively, and even on Linux back in 1996 one was not left out.
we UK-ers have to have a government license to legally watch TV or listen to the radio!
We can listen to the radio all we like, it's just the TV part we need the license for. I phoned them and asked them to confirm this and they were quite specific.
So a famous person has finally come out and said what us little people with physics degrees and nuclear power industry experience have known all along.
In this world, if you want to get something done, get a celebrity or media endorsement. Or a Liberal Arts degree.
There are millions in Africa who need food, shelter, medicine and protection from "ethnic cleansing" in the very short term (i.e urgently) to save their lives, and as their fellow humans, we owe it to them.
In addition, these people need the educational resources to better themselves and to become self-sustaining and fulfilled in the medium and long terms.
What these people do not need is Isloamofascism, Catholic priests telling them not to use condoms, and evangelical protestant missionaries telling them that the End of the World is just around the corner so don't worry.
What they really need is more practical projects like this giving them a "foot up" on the ladder to joining the rational, secular, educated world. With facts instead of fiction and information at their fingertips, these people can be lifted cheaply and quickly out of poverty and oppression.
Peace and prosperity will be achieved in Africa by technological means, not by warmongers, greedy western corporations (*cough*Microsoft*cough*Nestle*cough*) and religious loonies.
File on 4 (BBC Radio 4) is so bad nowadays it makes me cringe. I've long since stopped watching BBC TV documentaries too, because the single monosyllabic sentence every two minutes interspersed with gratuitous irrelevant special effects does not a documentary make.
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I always thought that the T800 was a Transputer.
The 6502 sucks. The Z80 blows it away any day!
How about if such tools were only legal for licensed/certified IT and Information Security professionals?
The 9/11 hijackers had pilots licenses. I'm sure there are other similarly licensed terrorists. And paedophiles.
Frankly, I'm surprised someone hasn't commercialized the OLPC hardware/software combination yet.
Look at what intel and Microsoft have already tried to do to the OLPC. Do you think they'd stand back and let anyone else have a go?
you've got to wonder how on earth something that cheap could possibly be safe at anything faster than walking speed.
First, you must define "safe." A Ford from 50 years ago would hardly be called "safe" by today's standards, and some would argue that modern cars that score top marks on the crash tests are not "safe enough."
If only there were some way to trick them into inadvertently insulting Muhammad.
This is slashdot. What dignity?
That Deacon Blue song you downloaded off Napster at 3am back in the day, that you play when no one else is in the house.
I'll see your acoustic guitar and raise you a violin. It's small size, lack of frets and bow will have you sweating blood and tears for years just trying to get the intonation right and to get a half-decent sound out if it. It's not called the cat strangler for nothing.
So why not have two versions, the "punchy" compressed one for marketing purposes and the uncompressed one for distribution to customers?
Firstly, the water that reaches the soil when it's raining mostly flows over the surface and into drains. If it were stored and released slowly, it would be more effective at watering the plants since it would have time to penetrate the surface. Also, being released at night it would not be subject to evapouration caused by sunlight.
I also imagine that these solar trees will function in all countries, not just Austria, or those in Western Europe.
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Speak for yourself, monkey boy, I first used Netscape back in '94 or '95 (it was a long time ago) on Solaris. Prior to that, I'd been using NCSA Mosiac.
They've resisted the changes because the money's so good. Even when it's still as bad as they claim it to be, there's still a lot of execs and Producers and underlings driving BMW's.
Heh. They should move to the UK. Everyone and his brother here drives a BMW. They're more common than Ford Mondeos.
*sharp intake of breath* Why when I was young, we had to wait until the tide was out and write in the sand with a pointed stick.
Back in they day (over 10 years ago) when things were simpler, there was an open standard for video called MPEG. There were several Free, free and closed, pay mpeg players and the files had a .mpg or .mpeg extension.
Many of the *cough* specialist *cough* image/video sites in those days used it almost exclusively, and even on Linux back in 1996 one was not left out.
So what went wrong?
we UK-ers have to have a government license to legally watch TV or listen to the radio!
We can listen to the radio all we like, it's just the TV part we need the license for. I phoned them and asked them to confirm this and they were quite specific.
The authorities don't like it when you challenge them.
Weak, ignorant teachers will do anything to save face in front of a class rather than admit that they don't know.
Sometimes enthusiasm on the student's part can easily be misinterpreted as arrogance or even misrepresented as intimidation by that teacher.
For those nut bothering to read the links - salient parts are:
How's the weather in Aberdeen today?
And it was designed 50 years ago.
So a famous person has finally come out and said what us little people with physics degrees and nuclear power industry experience have known all along.
In this world, if you want to get something done, get a celebrity or media endorsement. Or a Liberal Arts degree.
I enjoy rhubarb.
Well, I am Jacques Custard.
There are millions in Africa who need food, shelter, medicine and protection from "ethnic cleansing" in the very short term (i.e urgently) to save their lives, and as their fellow humans, we owe it to them.
In addition, these people need the educational resources to better themselves and to become self-sustaining and fulfilled in the medium and long terms.
What these people do not need is Isloamofascism, Catholic priests telling them not to use condoms, and evangelical protestant missionaries telling them that the End of the World is just around the corner so don't worry.
What they really need is more practical projects like this giving them a "foot up" on the ladder to joining the rational, secular, educated world. With facts instead of fiction and information at their fingertips, these people can be lifted cheaply and quickly out of poverty and oppression.
Peace and prosperity will be achieved in Africa by technological means, not by warmongers, greedy western corporations (*cough*Microsoft*cough*Nestle*cough*) and religious loonies.
File on 4 (BBC Radio 4) is so bad nowadays it makes me cringe. I've long since stopped watching BBC TV documentaries too, because the single monosyllabic sentence every two minutes interspersed with gratuitous irrelevant special effects does not a documentary make.
Things are only going to get worse before they get better. GW wants to take out Iran next, so this kind of robotic weapons system will come in handy.
East and West are squaring up against each other and the bigots and Xenophobes on each side are falling for it. Muhammad the teddy bear?
I'm not looking forward to the last 30-40 years of my life.
Forget going back to the Moon and on to Mars, we'll all go up in smoke.
So why to the EULA's of MS's own apps forbid you from running them on non-MS operating systems?
Never underestimate the insanity of the British Public Sector.
Is that why he keeps sending tornadoes to the Midwest?