Imagine a mechanical clock that has such a heavy minute hand that it goes much faster down than up. But it returns after exactly one hour, and even after ten years, it shows the full hour accurate to the second. This is a clock with very low stability, but quite high accuracy (for a mechanical clock, for an atomic clock that would of course still be terrible accuracy).
On the other hand, imagine a mechanic clock which doesn't have this stability problem, but the pendulum is not compensated for temperature changes. That is, when it gets warmer, the pendulum gets slightly longer and the clock goes slightly slower. Now temperature doesn't change very fast, so you'll not notice the effect in a short time span. However over time, the clock will drift away from the correct time, unless you manually correct it. This is clock with good stability, but not so good accuracy.
When I saw the link, I thought it meant "road skill", but the page makes it clear that they mean "roads kill". Which is, frankly, nonsense. Roads are completely harmless. Now if they had written "cars kill" then they would at least have an argument (although not a sound one, IMHO, because it is bad driving or other stupid behaviour on the road that kills). But I'm pretty sure that the number of people killed by roads is negligible.
Because coal power plants are made for coal, not plastic. I guess putting plastic in the mix would reduce their efficiency. However a burning plant made specifically for burning plastic should work. Provided you can convince the local NIMBY population.
Care to back that up in any meaningful fashion? Show me where there is a single Linux server that can do the same thing as a HP UX server does that cannot run Windows. Bring it on, fanboy.
Exhibit 1: A Linux server, brand new. Exhibit 2: A HP-UX server, 25 years old, clearly unable to run Windows.
If you want to directly send money to someone electronically, you have to go to the bank, fill out a ton of paperwork, and wait a minimum of 3 days for the funds to arrive.
No. If I want to send someone money (assuming I know their account number and bank, but then, if I want to send them bitcoins, I need the bitcoin address of the recipient, too), I open my online banking account, select "Überweisung", enter the amount and where it shall go, then authorize the transaction with an appropriate TAN, and that's it. I don't even have to leave my room. Of course I need an internet connection, but I need that also for bitcoin. And unlike bitcoin, if I happen not to have an internet connection, I can still go to my bank and order the money transfer from there. Now imagine you forgot to pay your internet provider, and the provider cuts your internet connection until you paid up. How would you solve that problem with bitcoin?
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"able to face environments which are hostile for men."
So, like a room full of feminists?
Because the FBI is doing US domestic surveillance. The NSA is doing non-domestic surveillance. And I don't think Peru is part of the US.
I bet the traffic from Peru to the US always goes through one of very few gateways anyway, even without the NSA interfering.
Didn't you know? Slashdot is a large Turing Test system. Most of the participants are AIs.
Interestingly, the most promising test results are with the "First Post" trolls. Apparently nobody can imagine that an AI could be that stupid.
so slashdot apparently automatically deletes any comment i make, fun stuff.
If it automatically deletes your comments, how come that I can read this one?
Maybe you've not set your threshold appropriately.
But absolutely terrible accuracy.
She makes lots of question marks? Sounds like a boring thing to do.
Imagine a mechanical clock that has such a heavy minute hand that it goes much faster down than up. But it returns after exactly one hour, and even after ten years, it shows the full hour accurate to the second. This is a clock with very low stability, but quite high accuracy (for a mechanical clock, for an atomic clock that would of course still be terrible accuracy).
On the other hand, imagine a mechanic clock which doesn't have this stability problem, but the pendulum is not compensated for temperature changes. That is, when it gets warmer, the pendulum gets slightly longer and the clock goes slightly slower. Now temperature doesn't change very fast, so you'll not notice the effect in a short time span. However over time, the clock will drift away from the correct time, unless you manually correct it. This is clock with good stability, but not so good accuracy.
What he probably means is that Microsoft should not try to produce its own PC games.
See? The effects of the process are so bad, they even cause such behaviour in the past!
When I saw the link, I thought it meant "road skill", but the page makes it clear that they mean "roads kill". Which is, frankly, nonsense. Roads are completely harmless. Now if they had written "cars kill" then they would at least have an argument (although not a sound one, IMHO, because it is bad driving or other stupid behaviour on the road that kills). But I'm pretty sure that the number of people killed by roads is negligible.
Because coal power plants are made for coal, not plastic. I guess putting plastic in the mix would reduce their efficiency. However a burning plant made specifically for burning plastic should work. Provided you can convince the local NIMBY population.
Since the sky seems to fall quite often, maybe we should build skyfall power plants.
Your Yardage May Vary?
I wonder how they plan to relocate their nuclear reactors to Turkey ...
Of course he did it for the purpose of examination. The practical examination of how effective their methods of destruction are on the thing.
to show that they are powerful
"Yes, him a *powerful* laptdog...yes you are...yes you are!" said Barack Obama, as he tossed the English government a treat.
laptdog: A combination laptop computer and lapdog.
Aibo?
Since you're cryogenically frozen only after your death, "dead" in this context doesn't mean "frozen" but "your life functions terminated".
Also, it's not immortality if they freeze you after you die.
Immortality means not to die at all.
So what role did porn have in the development of ICBMs?
Yes, of course.
So they want to build computers like the one of Bomb #20 from Dark Star?
Care to back that up in any meaningful fashion? Show me where there is a single Linux server that can do the same thing as a HP UX server does that cannot run Windows. Bring it on, fanboy.
Exhibit 1: A Linux server, brand new.
Exhibit 2: A HP-UX server, 25 years old, clearly unable to run Windows.
SCNR
If it weren't Unix, it weren't an Unix variant. But since not all Unices are identical, every single Unix is an Unix variant.
No. If I want to send someone money (assuming I know their account number and bank, but then, if I want to send them bitcoins, I need the bitcoin address of the recipient, too), I open my online banking account, select "Überweisung", enter the amount and where it shall go, then authorize the transaction with an appropriate TAN, and that's it. I don't even have to leave my room. Of course I need an internet connection, but I need that also for bitcoin. And unlike bitcoin, if I happen not to have an internet connection, I can still go to my bank and order the money transfer from there. Now imagine you forgot to pay your internet provider, and the provider cuts your internet connection until you paid up. How would you solve that problem with bitcoin?