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If advertising or merchandising is out (for ethical or whatever reasons), then they should be turning to foundations that can help with non-profit fundraising.
May I ask why asking some larger organization, a "foundation" is better than asking everyone any way you can? And, isn't/. a "foundation" if it wants to be? (Seems from this post that it does want to be). I kind of hate to say this, but if you don't like the story, don't read it. Or at least don't threadcrap it.
Wikipedia is a real educational site with real user benefits and shouldn't have trouble coming up with sponsors.
Should and is seem to be diverging here. If it's so easy to get a foundation to kick in the cash, why don't you go do it for them? Should be no problem for you to complete in just a few hours. Right?
That said, I'm an occasional visitor and I'm gonna go throw a few bucks their way... (but just this once)
Great. Maybe you should stop using it as a resouce too (maybe one last time). Or at least STFU and stop trying to tell/. readers that they shouldn't contribute personally and just wait for some "foundation" to take care of it.
Thanks for asking! Please take the following corrections as constructive criticism from a U.S. English viewpoint: "skimmed" not "scimmed", "emphasizes" not "emphasises" (though Brits prefer the 's', I believe), "aren't completely bogus" not "arent't complete bogus", "I am inclined to think that this guy" not "I am inclined to think: That this guy"
BTW, I only provided these corrections because you requested them. IMHO, your English is good and understandable. I'm just trying to help:)
Yes -- I don't discount incredible claims out of hand just because they are incredible. I just expect some incredible evidence to go along with them, and I've learned to ignore them until the evidence mounts (read: forever).
I think the idea is that this guy is really good at revese engineering, and there isn't anyone else as capable. So, they let him live to be able to use him again later.
Brain connections aren't static. Which of the constantly-changing versions of the circuit would you save? And how would you account for the (relatively newly discovered) effects of the glial cells around the neurons? We don't even know how they work, other than they seem to speed up, slow down, or stop some neural transmissions.
A lot of dicsussion, maybe. But evidence? Zilch. And, unless (like me) you equate "new-agey" with "utter bunk", it's not really very "new" at all. Charlatans and their willful, self-deceiving believers have been around as long as humans have.
Nothing to do in Boston? I guess it depends on which 15 years you spend there -- if you're young and broke, it can be tough, I suppose. I've only been here for about 7 years, and I still can't find enough spare time to take in all the things I want to do and see.
Of course, I came from the cultural wasteland that is North Florida, so it maybe a perspective thing:)
Hmm, isn't 0.85" the drive thickness? As in, the height of the platter stack? If so, I don't think this height reduction would affect the seek time at all. The diameter and spin rate (RPM) of each platter would be the factos that affect seek rate. I'm not sure if this drive is any smaller in the other dimensions, but if it is, I'd guess it'd be not much smaller, and therefore not seek that much faster.
The company expects each drive to cost around 30,000 yen initially, but projects that mass production will push down the price to less than 10,000 yen within a few years.
Yen30,000 is about 278.497 USD, Yen10,000 is about 92.8326 USD
So post it as AC instead of asking to not be modded up. That way the post can be modded up to be seen, and your karma will remain unaffected, as you desire.
The ministry said that a joint Spanish and Moroccan committee of officials had already agreed a preliminary three-year plan of works to start as early as next year, with an estimated initial cost of $30m.
Er, "m" in Europe/Africa is 1e6, right? I can't imagine what sort of "preliminary three-year plan of works" in such an Herculean effort could be done for a mere $30 million.
Look at the big dig in Boston -- a relatively easy task (shorter by far, at least) with initial estimates of $4billion (I think) and 40-50% overruns, I can't imagine much more than breaking ground on either end of this proposed gargantuan tunnel getting done for $30m.
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that spam is still worthwhile goes to show
Slow down there pardner. How did we establish that spam is worthwhile? Oh - I know, we didn't. Just because some tools buy stuff advertised via spam doesn't mean spam is worthwhile (as in, worth keeping, or that which should not be annihilated with extreme prejudice).
Drug dealers provide products that their customers find extremely worthwhile, and they even work extra hard and risk arrest to buy them, yet as a society we don't say that drug dealing, or the drugs dealt, are worthwhile.
Heck, at least drug users get something for their money. I'll bet the average $20 glassine off the street has a lot more pleasurable buzz and fewer health risks than that spamvertised herbal viagra tainted with e. Coli.:)
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Is truth a consensus process? Have we come to this?
When was it ever anything else? Or do you just automatically believe whatever anyone writes in a nice bound book?
Try reading the site; it's registered:
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If advertising or merchandising is out (for ethical or whatever reasons), then they should be turning to foundations that can help with non-profit fundraising.
/. a "foundation" if it wants to be? (Seems from this post that it does want to be). I kind of hate to say this, but if you don't like the story, don't read it. Or at least don't threadcrap it.
/. readers that they shouldn't contribute personally and just wait for some "foundation" to take care of it.
May I ask why asking some larger organization, a "foundation" is better than asking everyone any way you can? And, isn't
Wikipedia is a real educational site with real user benefits and shouldn't have trouble coming up with sponsors.
Should and is seem to be diverging here. If it's so easy to get a foundation to kick in the cash, why don't you go do it for them? Should be no problem for you to complete in just a few hours. Right?
That said, I'm an occasional visitor and I'm gonna go throw a few bucks their way... (but just this once)
Great. Maybe you should stop using it as a resouce too (maybe one last time). Or at least STFU and stop trying to tell
Thanks for asking! Please take the following corrections as constructive criticism from a U.S. English viewpoint: "skimmed" not "scimmed", "emphasizes" not "emphasises" (though Brits prefer the 's', I believe), "aren't completely bogus" not "arent't complete bogus", "I am inclined to think that this guy" not "I am inclined to think: That this guy"
:)
BTW, I only provided these corrections because you requested them. IMHO, your English is good and understandable. I'm just trying to help
Yes -- I don't discount incredible claims out of hand just because they are incredible. I just expect some incredible evidence to go along with them, and I've learned to ignore them until the evidence mounts (read: forever).
I think the idea is that this guy is really good at revese engineering, and there isn't anyone else as capable. So, they let him live to be able to use him again later.
Coconuts. That way it's reversible.
Brain connections aren't static. Which of the constantly-changing versions of the circuit would you save? And how would you account for the (relatively newly discovered) effects of the glial cells around the neurons? We don't even know how they work, other than they seem to speed up, slow down, or stop some neural transmissions.
A lot of dicsussion, maybe. But evidence? Zilch. And, unless (like me) you equate "new-agey" with "utter bunk", it's not really very "new" at all. Charlatans and their willful, self-deceiving believers have been around as long as humans have.
Yep. A guy named Gilligan demonstrated the efficacy of that technique many years ago, using coconuts.
Interestingly stupid. Tip: for maximum clarity, read a post before you reply to it.
Nothing to do in Boston? I guess it depends on which 15 years you spend there -- if you're young and broke, it can be tough, I suppose. I've only been here for about 7 years, and I still can't find enough spare time to take in all the things I want to do and see.
:)
Of course, I came from the cultural wasteland that is North Florida, so it maybe a perspective thing
really? how does that happen?
please post text mirrors as AC, or you'll get metamodded down, as you just did
Hmm, isn't 0.85" the drive thickness? As in, the height of the platter stack? If so, I don't think this height reduction would affect the seek time at all. The diameter and spin rate (RPM) of each platter would be the factos that affect seek rate. I'm not sure if this drive is any smaller in the other dimensions, but if it is, I'd guess it'd be not much smaller, and therefore not seek that much faster.
The company expects each drive to cost around 30,000 yen initially, but projects that mass production will push down the price to less than 10,000 yen within a few years.
Yen30,000 is about 278.497 USD, Yen10,000 is about 92.8326 USD
How much is that 1GB flash?
So post it as AC instead of asking to not be modded up. That way the post can be modded up to be seen, and your karma will remain unaffected, as you desire.
See how easy that is?
The ministry said that a joint Spanish and Moroccan committee of officials had already agreed a preliminary three-year plan of works to start as early as next year, with an estimated initial cost of $30m.
Er, "m" in Europe/Africa is 1e6, right? I can't imagine what sort of "preliminary three-year plan of works" in such an Herculean effort could be done for a mere $30 million.
Look at the big dig in Boston -- a relatively easy task (shorter by far, at least) with initial estimates of $4billion (I think) and 40-50% overruns, I can't imagine much more than breaking ground on either end of this proposed gargantuan tunnel getting done for $30m.
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that spam is still worthwhile goes to show
:)
Slow down there pardner. How did we establish that spam is worthwhile? Oh - I know, we didn't. Just because some tools buy stuff advertised via spam doesn't mean spam is worthwhile (as in, worth keeping, or that which should not be annihilated with extreme prejudice).
Drug dealers provide products that their customers find extremely worthwhile, and they even work extra hard and risk arrest to buy them, yet as a society we don't say that drug dealing, or the drugs dealt, are worthwhile.
Heck, at least drug users get something for their money. I'll bet the average $20 glassine off the street has a lot more pleasurable buzz and fewer health risks than that spamvertised herbal viagra tainted with e. Coli.
That's the best you can do? Weak.
-1, Inconclusive. Thanks for playing.
No, it wasn't about WMD, nor can you back up your claim that it ever was supposed to be all about WMD.
It's about this.
There are posters in this thread who are obviously disappointed that W and the boys captured Saddham. That's sad.
No, it wasn't about oil, nor can you back up your silly claim.
It's about this.
There are posters in this thread who are obviously disappointed that W and the boys captured Saddham. That's sad.
Read news much?
No, it wasn't about WMD, nor can you back up your claim that it ever was supposed to be all about WMD.
It's about this.
There are posters in this thread who are obviously disappointed that W and the boys captured Saddham. That's sad.