Sounds reasonable enough. The key idea would be to minimize acceleration due to gravity by increasing one resistance or another, and have the systems doubly redundant. Elevator braking systems fail, parachutes fail, lifting bodies fall, etc. Plan for the Murphy events of the system as much as possible, since this is one project where failure would be more catastrophic than just a shuttle breakup.
Of course, we can trust NASA a metric converted imperial mile with anything of this nature. But I'd trust them more than a profit driven cost cutting corporation.
As another poster mentioned, the ribbon could be a lightweight material with a high wind resistance coefficient, so it would fall slowly. F=MA, however, means that even at low speeds that much mass could potentially be dangerous.
More specifically, I would wonder how the elevator generates suficient kinetic energy to climb the stalk in a reasonable amount of time. For cargo, a 24 hour trip is no issue, however, for Joe Human, a 24 hour trip would require additional facilities. Heck, many whine at a two hour flight. (And these are the same people that could afford to use the elevator)
Also, assuming 99.99999% reliability, the mass of a falling elevator guided perpendicular to the landing surface with 9.8m/s/s acceleration makes for one huge pellet gun impact.
Still, I'd ride in one just to see the world looking up to me.
Please, share some of those good positive experiences with me! I could use them against my student loan companies!
Fortunately, I found out the scam behind that one before it was too late, and have almost paid mine off. But those people will hound you quicker than the electric company, or even the credit cards!
As the AC pointed out, runner up means nearly died due to stupidity... in this case, just going to a area like Nigeria, to meet with unknown people, who can afford to have armed actors pretending to be guards, to pick up a suitcase with a big target painted on it... I wonder how safe he felt with the big guys with guns guarding the money...
My grandfather, a cop during your simpler time, has told me story after story about hucksters, scammers, con men, and all variety of snake oilers. He is 82, so he lived through the same times as our questionable man. His first reaction on seeing the Nigeria e-mail was to laugh. He even showed me a story from the Orlando Sentinal he had saved (don't remember the exact issue) where they busted a guy for using almost the exact same scam about funding a gold mine. So it's not even an original one.
Aside from which, said old man was warned by friends, family, even the police. No issue there of failing to spread the word. Just a gullible, greedy, old fool.
On top of this, probably these are the same banks holding his 1st and 2nd mortgages, loans, notes, etc. which he was cashing out... must not have any bulls there, to miss such a red flag. On the other hand, get one payment behind on a student loan and watch the dogs get loosed.
I read the article. I live down here with these 'nice guys'
They are often either completely naive, or greedy with a good public face. This particular guy obviously had money to work with, and his line of lost everything is just greed's karma. I have serious doubts that he was that simple minded. If so, I have no sympathy, as my darwinistic instincts kick in. If not, I have no sympathy as my darwinistic instincts kick in.
And yes, I am that cold hearted.
I treat his story with the same skepticism as the Nigerian ones. He is Jack, and I don't know Jack.
It always amazes me how accurate the quote about never underestimating stupidity proves to be. A mere five minutes with Google, or for the less technically inclined, call to the local police or news, reveals 90% of these scams. Check with the Better Business Bereau, look in the library news archives, so many ways to debunk snake oil like this. Heck, the old folk living here in Florida used to see these guy on street corners selling tonic.
This guy probably is a runner up for a Darwin award many times over...
Aha, you see, it compiled. But have you tested every function and routine to make sure no programmer assumed a x bit integer? Or based calculations on the rollover shortcut? Or required a 32 bit integer for certain time calculations? Mere compilation is not enough to ensure accurate and correct operation of all programs.
Personally, I would have more concerns about the stability of the recompiled system than the 32 bit time based one at this point.
Not to mention we are well equipped for large crowds (tourism and all), have plenty of non linux stuff to do, are equipped with nude entertainment of all selections (for those so interested), and best of all, I can go!
I guess I'm not the only one who really liked Ender's Game. Speaker was good too, but lacked the impact of Ender's... I really felt like Xenocide was rushed for an ending.
But Ender's Shadow rocked... the whole Ender's Game from another perspective, including their interaction, that felt good to read too!
Good for you. I will take the patent for causing homo sapiens fecal matter to impact with a rotory gaseous acceleration device using the internet to provide initial causation. Also the process for doing the aforementioned in one click. And perhaps the process for creating (once again using the internet for research purposes) the requisite rotary device. Gotta include the Internet!
You gave me too many ideas... too much caffeiene in my bloodstream...
Patent the process for using the Internet as a communications medium to convey contraversial information and induce in humans an uncontrolled release of fecal matter (to be reffered to as a sh*t fit)...
Sub ParseVote() On Error goto ResetAgainstBush DIM votesForBush as Long, votesAgainstBush as Integer Select Case VoterChoice
Case ForBush
votesForBush=votesForBush+1
Case AgainstBush
votesForBush=votesForBush+1
votesAgainstBush=votesAgainstBush+1 End Case
Exit Sub ResetAgainst:
votesAgainstBush=0
Resume Next End Sub
A lot of the filepaths depends on how the file in question was produced. MP# files with proper ID3 v2 tags display according to their ID3, files ripped using CDDB or FreeDB to fill in the tags display the Artist/Track/Title inf o etc.
DVD rips against the IMDB display cover art, title, etc.
The ones displaying filepaths are the ones MythTV cannot determine any other information for, i.e. the ones without proper tagging. Nothing MythTV can do about that, it tries to make a match and falls back on displaying the file path/name.
I use MythTV as a pure media viewing interface, and once configured (which can take a bit of work) it is a beautiful interface in it's simplicity. But it does depend on the original setup being done correctly, and the files being properly tagged.
Nah, those are the days he plans to have dinner with his mistress. Of course, he won't put that in the planner in case wifey peeks over his shoulder, then he can worm out bay saying he was setting aside time to spend with her... followed by a few hushed phone calls to reschedule his other dates.
Interestingly enough, this combined with precise computer location fo books could make the Dewey Decimal system obsolete. In order to optimize the robot search function, titles are shelved with respect to frequency of use/demand rather than an arbitrary classification. Computers at the end of the aisles (as mentioned elsewhere) keep track through a central server of the location of each book, and can direct the human users to any book in the library. Of course, the robots would need to be the only ones pulling/shelving other than the librarians... might be great for the huge archives that constantly lose books due to human error.
On the other hand, browsing randomly might be easier, but the computer would be necessary for browsing related titles. Maybe have the computer keep the dewey orginization for displaying titles and pictures of book spines, perhaps even with the cover excerpt/summary...
I do not think that either degrees are essential or people without degrees are 'so called whores'
Having gone the college route, and having seen the uselessness of most of what I spent my ears on, obviously there are other less resource wastful ways to learn discipline. Two years spent on "English I/II, Calculus I/II, and other basically filler classes I was not permitted to test out of meant two years of good solid sleep between test days.
Now perhaps I am an exception to the generalization, however, that in itself is proof that a degree is far from essential. You yourself might also be an exception, someone who buckled down and worked for the degree instead of buying one.
Many of us, myself included, work for the paycheck because even with the degree our work is being outsourced. We realize the difference between survival and comfort, and choose to maintain the former while striving for the latter. Others do not have the requisite ability to make it through college, or the requisite funds. So they work at the best they can, and try to better themselves. It is the few, not the many, that work the low end job to 'whore' as you put it.
I do agree that for those with the funding, time, and focus to go the college route it can be a great benifit. So can the military, or just a more disciplined upbringing by the parents. But it is not essential.
And as a side note, where I work our Human Resources department would rather see one year experience over a four year degree with no experience, and we are one of the top companies in the world. Your mileage may vary.
Quite true... each goal and each team are different. Please, though, send me some of this 'informed management'
Where I work the management just likes pretty reports with numbers that match the website and have no statistical bearing on actual performance. And it's not a case of me missing the big picture when the boss just says 'well, fudge this number, we need to look good'
But you are right, some inventions require a team, some are best solo effort. But it's so much fun to discuss anyway, us armchair inventors:)
Chance only favours the lucky... and anyone can be lucky.
But I agree, I was merely disputing that the labs do not always have a better chance of invention (not discovery, mind you) due to time. In fact, time is their enemy.
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Sounds reasonable enough. The key idea would be to minimize acceleration due to gravity by increasing one resistance or another, and have the systems doubly redundant. Elevator braking systems fail, parachutes fail, lifting bodies fall, etc. Plan for the Murphy events of the system as much as possible, since this is one project where failure would be more catastrophic than just a shuttle breakup.
Of course, we can trust NASA a metric converted imperial mile with anything of this nature. But I'd trust them more than a profit driven cost cutting corporation.
As another poster mentioned, the ribbon could be a lightweight material with a high wind resistance coefficient, so it would fall slowly. F=MA, however, means that even at low speeds that much mass could potentially be dangerous.
More specifically, I would wonder how the elevator generates suficient kinetic energy to climb the stalk in a reasonable amount of time. For cargo, a 24 hour trip is no issue, however, for Joe Human, a 24 hour trip would require additional facilities. Heck, many whine at a two hour flight. (And these are the same people that could afford to use the elevator)
Also, assuming 99.99999% reliability, the mass of a falling elevator guided perpendicular to the landing surface with 9.8m/s/s acceleration makes for one huge pellet gun impact.
Still, I'd ride in one just to see the world looking up to me.
Lego + Hotwheels = Megalegopolis
Please, share some of those good positive experiences with me! I could use them against my student loan companies!
Fortunately, I found out the scam behind that one before it was too late, and have almost paid mine off. But those people will hound you quicker than the electric company, or even the credit cards!
As the AC pointed out, runner up means nearly died due to stupidity... in this case, just going to a area like Nigeria, to meet with unknown people, who can afford to have armed actors pretending to be guards, to pick up a suitcase with a big target painted on it... I wonder how safe he felt with the big guys with guns guarding the money...
My grandfather, a cop during your simpler time, has told me story after story about hucksters, scammers, con men, and all variety of snake oilers. He is 82, so he lived through the same times as our questionable man. His first reaction on seeing the Nigeria e-mail was to laugh. He even showed me a story from the Orlando Sentinal he had saved (don't remember the exact issue) where they busted a guy for using almost the exact same scam about funding a gold mine. So it's not even an original one.
Aside from which, said old man was warned by friends, family, even the police. No issue there of failing to spread the word. Just a gullible, greedy, old fool.
On top of this, probably these are the same banks holding his 1st and 2nd mortgages, loans, notes, etc. which he was cashing out... must not have any bulls there, to miss such a red flag. On the other hand, get one payment behind on a student loan and watch the dogs get loosed.
I read the article. I live down here with these 'nice guys'
They are often either completely naive, or greedy with a good public face. This particular guy obviously had money to work with, and his line of lost everything is just greed's karma. I have serious doubts that he was that simple minded. If so, I have no sympathy, as my darwinistic instincts kick in. If not, I have no sympathy as my darwinistic instincts kick in.
And yes, I am that cold hearted.
I treat his story with the same skepticism as the Nigerian ones. He is Jack, and I don't know Jack.
It always amazes me how accurate the quote about never underestimating stupidity proves to be. A mere five minutes with Google, or for the less technically inclined, call to the local police or news, reveals 90% of these scams. Check with the Better Business Bereau, look in the library news archives, so many ways to debunk snake oil like this. Heck, the old folk living here in Florida used to see these guy on street corners selling tonic.
This guy probably is a runner up for a Darwin award many times over...
Instead we get Will(iam) Smith...
Are you posting the results of your testing anywhere? I'd be curious to see how well the various programs transfer...
Aha, you see, it compiled. But have you tested every function and routine to make sure no programmer assumed a x bit integer? Or based calculations on the rollover shortcut? Or required a 32 bit integer for certain time calculations? Mere compilation is not enough to ensure accurate and correct operation of all programs.
Personally, I would have more concerns about the stability of the recompiled system than the 32 bit time based one at this point.
Mairrage of Convenience, anyone?
Not to mention we are well equipped for large crowds (tourism and all), have plenty of non linux stuff to do, are equipped with nude entertainment of all selections (for those so interested), and best of all, I can go!
I think I'll spl-erg a bit of karma here...
I guess I'm not the only one who really liked Ender's Game. Speaker was good too, but lacked the impact of Ender's... I really felt like Xenocide was rushed for an ending.
But Ender's Shadow rocked... the whole Ender's Game from another perspective, including their interaction, that felt good to read too!
More proof of my point... and proof why Open Source would be better... even experienced programmers get distracted when a cute (girl|AMD) walks by...
Good for you. I will take the patent for causing homo sapiens fecal matter to impact with a rotory gaseous acceleration device using the internet to provide initial causation. Also the process for doing the aforementioned in one click. And perhaps the process for creating (once again using the internet for research purposes) the requisite rotary device. Gotta include the Internet!
You gave me too many ideas... too much caffeiene in my bloodstream...
Patent the process for using the Internet as a communications medium to convey contraversial information and induce in humans an uncontrolled release of fecal matter (to be reffered to as a sh*t fit)...
Must calm down...
You know VB so I'll answer simply:
Sub ParseVote()
On Error goto ResetAgainstBush
DIM votesForBush as Long, votesAgainstBush as Integer
Select Case VoterChoice
Case ForBush
votesForBush=votesForBush+1
Case AgainstBush
votesForBush=votesForBush+1
votesAgainstBush=votesAgainstBush+1
End Case
Exit Sub
ResetAgainst:
votesAgainstBush=0
Resume Next
End Sub
A lot of the filepaths depends on how the file in question was produced. MP# files with proper ID3 v2 tags display according to their ID3, files ripped using CDDB or FreeDB to fill in the tags display the Artist/Track/Title inf o etc.
DVD rips against the IMDB display cover art, title, etc.
The ones displaying filepaths are the ones MythTV cannot determine any other information for, i.e. the ones without proper tagging. Nothing MythTV can do about that, it tries to make a match and falls back on displaying the file path/name.
I use MythTV as a pure media viewing interface, and once configured (which can take a bit of work) it is a beautiful interface in it's simplicity. But it does depend on the original setup being done correctly, and the files being properly tagged.
YMMV
Congratulations, you have passed the test and proven yourself worthy of SlashDot. Your demonstration of geek thinking is a credit to all us geeks :)
Nah, those are the days he plans to have dinner with his mistress. Of course, he won't put that in the planner in case wifey peeks over his shoulder, then he can worm out bay saying he was setting aside time to spend with her... followed by a few hushed phone calls to reschedule his other dates.
Interestingly enough, this combined with precise computer location fo books could make the Dewey Decimal system obsolete. In order to optimize the robot search function, titles are shelved with respect to frequency of use/demand rather than an arbitrary classification. Computers at the end of the aisles (as mentioned elsewhere) keep track through a central server of the location of each book, and can direct the human users to any book in the library. Of course, the robots would need to be the only ones pulling/shelving other than the librarians... might be great for the huge archives that constantly lose books due to human error.
On the other hand, browsing randomly might be easier, but the computer would be necessary for browsing related titles. Maybe have the computer keep the dewey orginization for displaying titles and pictures of book spines, perhaps even with the cover excerpt/summary...
Argh! Too many ideas too early in the morning!
I do not think that either degrees are essential or people without degrees are 'so called whores'
Having gone the college route, and having seen the uselessness of most of what I spent my ears on, obviously there are other less resource wastful ways to learn discipline. Two years spent on "English I/II, Calculus I/II, and other basically filler classes I was not permitted to test out of meant two years of good solid sleep between test days.
Now perhaps I am an exception to the generalization, however, that in itself is proof that a degree is far from essential. You yourself might also be an exception, someone who buckled down and worked for the degree instead of buying one.
Many of us, myself included, work for the paycheck because even with the degree our work is being outsourced. We realize the difference between survival and comfort, and choose to maintain the former while striving for the latter. Others do not have the requisite ability to make it through college, or the requisite funds. So they work at the best they can, and try to better themselves. It is the few, not the many, that work the low end job to 'whore' as you put it.
I do agree that for those with the funding, time, and focus to go the college route it can be a great benifit. So can the military, or just a more disciplined upbringing by the parents. But it is not essential.
And as a side note, where I work our Human Resources department would rather see one year experience over a four year degree with no experience, and we are one of the top companies in the world. Your mileage may vary.
Quite true... each goal and each team are different. Please, though, send me some of this 'informed management'
:)
Where I work the management just likes pretty reports with numbers that match the website and have no statistical bearing on actual performance. And it's not a case of me missing the big picture when the boss just says 'well, fudge this number, we need to look good'
But you are right, some inventions require a team, some are best solo effort. But it's so much fun to discuss anyway, us armchair inventors
Chance only favours the lucky... and anyone can be lucky.
But I agree, I was merely disputing that the labs do not always have a better chance of invention (not discovery, mind you) due to time. In fact, time is their enemy.