On Kestrel Wireless's website, they say it may need an external antenna, it sends information back to the "Kestrel network" to give the key to deactivate it, and switches on an element in the media. Plus its all done with RFID.
So either get the right RFID equipment or activate the "element" directly or work at the place you intend to rob. It is also possible to kill the DVD with their technology, even after its deactivated (they say its to disable returned DVDs, its listed under "Benefits").
Who is gonna pay for this new feature, and the machines that deactivate them? I seriously doubt they are willing to take a cut in profit to possibly curb the theft of a less than $1 box of paper, plastic, and aluminum foil. And even if they did, we are still paying for a feature to protect WalMart, Best Buy, etc. and their profits.
I seem to recall him actually explaining the windtraps. Basically it funnelled air deep underground so the planet would cool it causing some of the water vapor to codense. This is the basic way his dew collectors worked. An inverted cone acted as a heat sink. It would cool at night and stay cooler through part of the day making condensation.
I at least want to wait until I know they can give me crazy improvments to my genome. Imagine it, combine it with some nanotechnology and for a large sum of they might be able to freeze you and enhance your genome for a set of tissue, so long as you dont mess with anything reproductive.
Think about it -- countless brilliant minds have devoted entire lifetimes to understand the world around us. And then to say that it's all just a byproduct of chaos with no other causality? It just doesn't make sense to me.
To believe that we are an accident you have to remember that there are billions upon billions of stars out there in an amount of area that is impossible to fathom. There are also some very basic molecules that we consider to be organic, and given enough chances (billions of stars over billions of years) and the proper setting theyll combine self-replicating, more complex forms. The odds finally worked out in the Sol system. It's not very romantic, but it's the truth in my head at least.
I dont mean that faith will always lead to the wrong answer, but it does allow you to accept an incorrect answer. To me there is no faith in an electron. Faith is something that can be debated and truth be questioned. An electron is a real provable object, even if you cant see the particle. We know its charge, approximate physical size and mass, and most important, we can predict how it behaves and interacts and can manipulate them for our needs. I will bet that if you have a Taser pointed at you there will be no question about whether or not electrons or the science that thier manipulation possible is based on faith.
Flip the two first words and it will be a little more accurate. Only faith and crooked scientists lead to erroneous conclusions.
Science is science because its based on doubt. I also immediately went for the third conclusion. Perhaps something is depressing the immune system, while weakening you enough for the cold may lead you to another infection. Perhaps its a hormonal problem, which often affects the immune system too, that is overstimulating cell growth in that region for a prolonged period. Maybe it is the previously mentioned overmedication, or a certian type of medication even. All that theyve proven at this point is that its more than coincidental that the two are found together. Faith only leads you to erroneous conclusions.
The bogus math is the conservation of energy. In a fission reaction there is already a lot of potential energy, but where does all that energy come from in this tornado? A real tornado gets a lot of its suction power from having a heavy layer of atmosphere resting on a lighter layer. When a hole is formed through the heavy layer it would squeeze the lighter layer. So there are billions of pounds of water (ie, a raincloud) with potential energy already there.
His idea violates the first law of thermodynamics because there is no latent energy there, there are not billions of pounds bearing down on him all the time, there is no built up energy being released.
Actually this is probably more valid than you think. Intelligence is certainly an evolutionary advancement, and some are more advanced than others. Someone who can naturally charm others will likely be more evolutionally successful. Some are more charming than others. If youre not picky, sex is easy cause everyone wants it. But, to be able to charm a specific person is a talent.
Your last comment is perfect too. Intelligence was evolved to take over where evolution lacked enough time to adjust. It overrides your instincts. You dont eat your boogers anymore, dig through the garbage like your dog, or stay in a burning building. It also tells people that they dont have to hump everyone in sight. Well, most people anyways.
Youll lose a lot of energy (heat loss) every time convert energy types. The total efficiency would never be cost effective. Why not turn that solar energy directly into electricity?
Using your tornado to start another couple tornados violates the law of physics named in the title, without diving into this guys bogus math.
This is the first thing I thought of too. Most computers refer to your time zone as + or - GMT. People in the business world could easily use this instead of silly ideas like metric or global time. Hell, this country cant change to metric road signs and speeds.
I think there a few important issues that you see from a linux perspective.
#1 is something everyone hates about Windows. You can uninstall something, but it always leaves junk behind.
#2 was kinda lame. If you are too stupid to know your time zone, then you are definently too stupid to set up a computer. Its probably the same group that couldnt figure out the VCR. Both OSs should be able to set up networking on their own so I quit getting to annoying phone calls about what to do with that screen. CLICK "NEXT" DAMMIT!! Unless you use a dial-up connection, then chances are you need TCP/IP and your DHCP server will tell you the rest, so why is this even a question when you dont have an old modem plugged in? That may not be politically incorrect, but its true.
#3 really bothered me. My uncle is a great example. If he wants something installed on his computer I always ask him where to put it and he always says, "I dont care. Just put it wherever it wants to go." Most people see computers as an appliance, which you basically point out in #4. I will go on the record to say that I have never experienced or seen or heard of anyone I know having the registry wiped out, so that argument is nearly irrelevant. If some malicious program is intended to wipe out the registry, which should make you computer take a big crap on you (like I said I dont really know never since I have never seen this happen... ever), then one could easily design a program to have the same effect in Linux.
#5 was right, but it was too right. Linux seems to assume Im a genius. Ive been using Windows since 3.11 and know most any configuration that can be done and where to do it. Also, I dont want to drop to a command prompt to try to figure out whats wrong with my system. You ever try to install a driver in Windows? Next->Next->Next->Reboot. I dont want to compile and configure every little thing. This is especially important for video card drivers. When you screw those up and are new to Linux, about the only thing you can do is reload your computer, and itll probably be XP this time around. Admittedly its been about a year since the last time I tried to make the switch, but I highly doubt much has changed. I think the user needs to know if theres an error, but it needs to be simple with the option to see more if you actually could do something about it if you wanted to. The more garbage you put on the screen, the worse people think the error it.
#7 is wrong from my point of view for the same reason as #5. Noone wants to go find their install CDs and start swapping them around whenever I want to install an MP3 player or some simple thing like that. It should be possible to do the "Next->Next->Next->Finish" like most Windows applications.
#8-2 is not such a big deal. Most people I know have Office but have no real use for it. The regular guy doesnt need to type documents near as often as theyd like to fire up a game, especially since most of us dont work in a cubicle or office.
I am by no means an MS guy. If I could easily run my favorite games in Linux then Id switch in a heartbeat, and would probably go around switching everyone in my family too. I know all about the different programs to make them compatible and have got them to work many times. But, it is a serious pain in the ass and not worth the effort when chunks of the game wont work anyway. Part of this is Microsoft stuffing everything under DirectX, and part of it is the slow response time of the OpenGL group to new products.
Ill bet a lot of these countries are dumping a lot of money into researching this. Sure, economic sanctions might teach them a little lesson. But, do you want to be the one to say, "Sure we can save your lives, but whats in it for me?". And remember governments are still supposed answer to a lot of people, and if the people say, "I dont give a damn about a patent, I dont want to die!", then thats what theyre supposed to do.
Let me rephrase that in a way you'll understand then:
So some whale is more important than the subs?
It might sound less ethical, but that sub is the defense of a country, there is obviously a bigger picture going on if it ever needs use. That sub is also millions of man hours just to build, not even including the natural resources that had to be mined and refined to make one the first time. If someone is trying to kill me I dont care if the whale survives, best of luck though.
Their idea is stupid and wont work. The shear amount of power needed to send a shockwave through water hard enough to hit a torpedo at any real distance and destroy it it rediculous. I want to know what they plan to do with the equal and opposite part of it, too.
I think thats pretty close to the point. Why do we skip through commercials whether by editing, fast forwarding, or heading to the kitchen? Its the same reason we only notice the Google ads when we want to. We arent there to see those ads, and we really dont care why theyre trying to pitch. The only real exception are commercials during the Superbowl, which have become as much of an event as an ad.
Its becoming epidemic, too. Advertising is in everything. Its in movies, music, clothing, every 5 minutes on TV if you dont count that logo in the corner and the crap they scroll across the bottom, city streets, mail, my wiper blade, stadiums, schools, races, halftime shows, children's names, phones, telephone poles, foreheads, pets, cars, the Grand Canyon, pretty soon in orbit, and worst, on Capitol Hill. Its because pop ups are like those annoying people that hand out business cards to everybody.
The guy still has to pay for the electrolysis of water. And when the oxygen and hydrogen hit the combustion chamber, you wont get any more out than you just put in via electrolysis a few moments ago. It would violate Newton's Second Law (conservation of energy) to get any extra oomph out of the system. The bang will be stronger, no doubt about that, but the alternator will have to work that much harder.
I suppose you could dump extra energy into making oxygen in order to clean up emissions, but youd be effectively moving the job of the catalytic converter into an refillable electrolysis machine.
I thought that originally, too. But at some point they say the tailpipe doesnt got hot. I suspect that he is using a large thermoelectric generator on the exhaust or something is just pumping the heat elsewhere. He talked about there being a large heavy module near the cab on a semi, probably like this.
My problem is that he claims to go from %35 to %97 efficiency. I doubt he'll be able to effectively generate say 300hp (~225 kW) in electricity. Also one problem is in order to carry that much power effectively he'd have to do it at a high voltage, but electrolysis is more efficient at lower voltages.
A government's purpose is to protect its citizens and to insure the country's growth. It collects a portion of your income to fund these. If you dont pay your taxes and follow the rules you will be denied the benefits of that government, like going to prison.
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A religion's purpose is to protect its members and to insure the religion's growth. It collects a portion of your income to fund these. If you dont pay your tithes and follow the commandments you will be denied the benefits of that religion, like going to Hell.
They both have laws, taxes, territory, and citizens. Some religions have Presidents like the Pope or Ayatollah. Both fight the forces of "evil". Both like to stop you now and then, seemingly just to annoy you. Go check out the origin of the worlds smallest country. We wouldnt have to talk about separation of church and state if the would quit trying to become the state.
Got a friend who is a mason and is certainly not Christian. My impression from talking to him is that you must believe in a higher being of some kind, just not one dictated by any particular religion. The are some rules about not talking about religion or politics in many settings. It probably stops many arguments from ever happening and it also debunks the crazy idea that they are some sort of world dominating secret society (would be tough to organize without discussing either).
And if anyone believes that organized religion is anything but another government, theyre are totally kidding themselves.
You just repeated what the parent said in a much more difficult way. Same mass + more volume = less density. So you are both right. The ice above the waterline is that extra volume that the ice uses or the decrease in density via expansion. I fail to see how ice melting in a big vat of mercury has anything to do with this at all.
If things got so bad that we were storming up the steps of the Senate, then there would likely be many deserters/rebels/patriotsb (the name depends on who wins I guess) in the military as well.
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Indiana Jones seemed to be more out there to uncover history for the world, and to keep artifacts out of the hands of private owners.
On Kestrel Wireless's website, they say it may need an external antenna, it sends information back to the "Kestrel network" to give the key to deactivate it, and switches on an element in the media. Plus its all done with RFID.
So either get the right RFID equipment or activate the "element" directly or work at the place you intend to rob. It is also possible to kill the DVD with their technology, even after its deactivated (they say its to disable returned DVDs, its listed under "Benefits").
Who is gonna pay for this new feature, and the machines that deactivate them? I seriously doubt they are willing to take a cut in profit to possibly curb the theft of a less than $1 box of paper, plastic, and aluminum foil. And even if they did, we are still paying for a feature to protect WalMart, Best Buy, etc. and their profits.
I seem to recall him actually explaining the windtraps. Basically it funnelled air deep underground so the planet would cool it causing some of the water vapor to codense. This is the basic way his dew collectors worked. An inverted cone acted as a heat sink. It would cool at night and stay cooler through part of the day making condensation.
I at least want to wait until I know they can give me crazy improvments to my genome. Imagine it, combine it with some nanotechnology and for a large sum of they might be able to freeze you and enhance your genome for a set of tissue, so long as you dont mess with anything reproductive.
Think about it -- countless brilliant minds have devoted entire lifetimes to understand the world around us. And then to say that it's all just a byproduct of chaos with no other causality? It just doesn't make sense to me.
To believe that we are an accident you have to remember that there are billions upon billions of stars out there in an amount of area that is impossible to fathom. There are also some very basic molecules that we consider to be organic, and given enough chances (billions of stars over billions of years) and the proper setting theyll combine self-replicating, more complex forms. The odds finally worked out in the Sol system. It's not very romantic, but it's the truth in my head at least.
Could you get a DUI for playing video games in your car while drunk?
Takes a bit of work to get video cameras shielded well, if you need to point the camera at the radiation source...
Then dont point the camera at the source. How well to mirrors hold up to radiation?
I dont mean that faith will always lead to the wrong answer, but it does allow you to accept an incorrect answer. To me there is no faith in an electron. Faith is something that can be debated and truth be questioned. An electron is a real provable object, even if you cant see the particle. We know its charge, approximate physical size and mass, and most important, we can predict how it behaves and interacts and can manipulate them for our needs. I will bet that if you have a Taser pointed at you there will be no question about whether or not electrons or the science that thier manipulation possible is based on faith.
Flip the two first words and it will be a little more accurate. Only faith and crooked scientists lead to erroneous conclusions.
"faith in science and scientists"
Science is science because its based on doubt. I also immediately went for the third conclusion. Perhaps something is depressing the immune system, while weakening you enough for the cold may lead you to another infection. Perhaps its a hormonal problem, which often affects the immune system too, that is overstimulating cell growth in that region for a prolonged period. Maybe it is the previously mentioned overmedication, or a certian type of medication even. All that theyve proven at this point is that its more than coincidental that the two are found together. Faith only leads you to erroneous conclusions.
The bogus math is the conservation of energy. In a fission reaction there is already a lot of potential energy, but where does all that energy come from in this tornado? A real tornado gets a lot of its suction power from having a heavy layer of atmosphere resting on a lighter layer. When a hole is formed through the heavy layer it would squeeze the lighter layer. So there are billions of pounds of water (ie, a raincloud) with potential energy already there.
His idea violates the first law of thermodynamics because there is no latent energy there, there are not billions of pounds bearing down on him all the time, there is no built up energy being released.
Actually this is probably more valid than you think. Intelligence is certainly an evolutionary advancement, and some are more advanced than others. Someone who can naturally charm others will likely be more evolutionally successful. Some are more charming than others. If youre not picky, sex is easy cause everyone wants it. But, to be able to charm a specific person is a talent.
Your last comment is perfect too. Intelligence was evolved to take over where evolution lacked enough time to adjust. It overrides your instincts. You dont eat your boogers anymore, dig through the garbage like your dog, or stay in a burning building. It also tells people that they dont have to hump everyone in sight. Well, most people anyways.
Youll lose a lot of energy (heat loss) every time convert energy types. The total efficiency would never be cost effective. Why not turn that solar energy directly into electricity?
Using your tornado to start another couple tornados violates the law of physics named in the title, without diving into this guys bogus math.
This is the first thing I thought of too. Most computers refer to your time zone as + or - GMT. People in the business world could easily use this instead of silly ideas like metric or global time. Hell, this country cant change to metric road signs and speeds.
"Do you know what time it is?!"
"27:50 . . . Is that early?"
He couldve described him as the dead guy from I, Robot.
I think there a few important issues that you see from a linux perspective.
#1 is something everyone hates about Windows. You can uninstall something, but it always leaves junk behind.
#2 was kinda lame. If you are too stupid to know your time zone, then you are definently too stupid to set up a computer. Its probably the same group that couldnt figure out the VCR. Both OSs should be able to set up networking on their own so I quit getting to annoying phone calls about what to do with that screen. CLICK "NEXT" DAMMIT!! Unless you use a dial-up connection, then chances are you need TCP/IP and your DHCP server will tell you the rest, so why is this even a question when you dont have an old modem plugged in? That may not be politically incorrect, but its true.
#3 really bothered me. My uncle is a great example. If he wants something installed on his computer I always ask him where to put it and he always says, "I dont care. Just put it wherever it wants to go." Most people see computers as an appliance, which you basically point out in #4. I will go on the record to say that I have never experienced or seen or heard of anyone I know having the registry wiped out, so that argument is nearly irrelevant. If some malicious program is intended to wipe out the registry, which should make you computer take a big crap on you (like I said I dont really know never since I have never seen this happen... ever), then one could easily design a program to have the same effect in Linux.
#5 was right, but it was too right. Linux seems to assume Im a genius. Ive been using Windows since 3.11 and know most any configuration that can be done and where to do it. Also, I dont want to drop to a command prompt to try to figure out whats wrong with my system. You ever try to install a driver in Windows? Next->Next->Next->Reboot. I dont want to compile and configure every little thing. This is especially important for video card drivers. When you screw those up and are new to Linux, about the only thing you can do is reload your computer, and itll probably be XP this time around. Admittedly its been about a year since the last time I tried to make the switch, but I highly doubt much has changed. I think the user needs to know if theres an error, but it needs to be simple with the option to see more if you actually could do something about it if you wanted to. The more garbage you put on the screen, the worse people think the error it.
#7 is wrong from my point of view for the same reason as #5. Noone wants to go find their install CDs and start swapping them around whenever I want to install an MP3 player or some simple thing like that. It should be possible to do the "Next->Next->Next->Finish" like most Windows applications.
#8-2 is not such a big deal. Most people I know have Office but have no real use for it. The regular guy doesnt need to type documents near as often as theyd like to fire up a game, especially since most of us dont work in a cubicle or office.
I am by no means an MS guy. If I could easily run my favorite games in Linux then Id switch in a heartbeat, and would probably go around switching everyone in my family too. I know all about the different programs to make them compatible and have got them to work many times. But, it is a serious pain in the ass and not worth the effort when chunks of the game wont work anyway. Part of this is Microsoft stuffing everything under DirectX, and part of it is the slow response time of the OpenGL group to new products.
Ill bet a lot of these countries are dumping a lot of money into researching this. Sure, economic sanctions might teach them a little lesson. But, do you want to be the one to say, "Sure we can save your lives, but whats in it for me?". And remember governments are still supposed answer to a lot of people, and if the people say, "I dont give a damn about a patent, I dont want to die!", then thats what theyre supposed to do.
Let me rephrase that in a way you'll understand then:
So some whale is more important than the subs?
It might sound less ethical, but that sub is the defense of a country, there is obviously a bigger picture going on if it ever needs use. That sub is also millions of man hours just to build, not even including the natural resources that had to be mined and refined to make one the first time. If someone is trying to kill me I dont care if the whale survives, best of luck though.
Their idea is stupid and wont work. The shear amount of power needed to send a shockwave through water hard enough to hit a torpedo at any real distance and destroy it it rediculous. I want to know what they plan to do with the equal and opposite part of it, too.
I think thats pretty close to the point. Why do we skip through commercials whether by editing, fast forwarding, or heading to the kitchen? Its the same reason we only notice the Google ads when we want to. We arent there to see those ads, and we really dont care why theyre trying to pitch. The only real exception are commercials during the Superbowl, which have become as much of an event as an ad.
Its becoming epidemic, too. Advertising is in everything. Its in movies, music, clothing, every 5 minutes on TV if you dont count that logo in the corner and the crap they scroll across the bottom, city streets, mail, my wiper blade, stadiums, schools, races, halftime shows, children's names, phones, telephone poles, foreheads, pets, cars, the Grand Canyon, pretty soon in orbit, and worst, on Capitol Hill. Its because pop ups are like those annoying people that hand out business cards to everybody.
The guy still has to pay for the electrolysis of water. And when the oxygen and hydrogen hit the combustion chamber, you wont get any more out than you just put in via electrolysis a few moments ago. It would violate Newton's Second Law (conservation of energy) to get any extra oomph out of the system. The bang will be stronger, no doubt about that, but the alternator will have to work that much harder.
I suppose you could dump extra energy into making oxygen in order to clean up emissions, but youd be effectively moving the job of the catalytic converter into an refillable electrolysis machine.
I thought that originally, too. But at some point they say the tailpipe doesnt got hot. I suspect that he is using a large thermoelectric generator on the exhaust or something is just pumping the heat elsewhere. He talked about there being a large heavy module near the cab on a semi, probably like this.
My problem is that he claims to go from %35 to %97 efficiency. I doubt he'll be able to effectively generate say 300hp (~225 kW) in electricity. Also one problem is in order to carry that much power effectively he'd have to do it at a high voltage, but electrolysis is more efficient at lower voltages.
A government's purpose is to protect its citizens and to insure the country's growth. It collects a portion of your income to fund these. If you dont pay your taxes and follow the rules you will be denied the benefits of that government, like going to prison.
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A religion's purpose is to protect its members and to insure the religion's growth. It collects a portion of your income to fund these. If you dont pay your tithes and follow the commandments you will be denied the benefits of that religion, like going to Hell.
They both have laws, taxes, territory, and citizens. Some religions have Presidents like the Pope or Ayatollah. Both fight the forces of "evil". Both like to stop you now and then, seemingly just to annoy you. Go check out the origin of the worlds smallest country. We wouldnt have to talk about separation of church and state if the would quit trying to become the state.
Got a friend who is a mason and is certainly not Christian. My impression from talking to him is that you must believe in a higher being of some kind, just not one dictated by any particular religion. The are some rules about not talking about religion or politics in many settings. It probably stops many arguments from ever happening and it also debunks the crazy idea that they are some sort of world dominating secret society (would be tough to organize without discussing either).
And if anyone believes that organized religion is anything but another government, theyre are totally kidding themselves.
You just repeated what the parent said in a much more difficult way. Same mass + more volume = less density. So you are both right. The ice above the waterline is that extra volume that the ice uses or the decrease in density via expansion. I fail to see how ice melting in a big vat of mercury has anything to do with this at all.
If things got so bad that we were storming up the steps of the Senate, then there would likely be many deserters/rebels/patriotsb (the name depends on who wins I guess) in the military as well.
But when the sun goes, we do too. Besides, oil is renewable. All you have to do is wait a couple hundred million years so Earth can grab a refill.