Well, for robots they could also replace the hands with a second pair of feet. That would give the robots another distinct advantage (no hand play possible!).
Also, if they kick the ball with enough force, the goal keeper will leave the goal in his own interest (I think even severe injury from being hit by a ball doesn't count as foul).
Sleep less, eat more (this article) Sleep less, live longer (your link) Eat more, live shorter (what they always tell you - unless you're starving, of course:-)) Somewhere there's a contradiction in this...
That's nothing. Wait for the study that owning a Rolls Royce can make you a millionaire. It's proven: A very high percentage of RR owners owns more than one million dollars, while only few owners of, say, a VW Polo do so. So just buy a RR (maybe even on credit), and the money will come!
The latter. To start with, the day is the time from one midnight to the next. Midnight is when the sun is at the opposite side of the earth than you are. Therefore the length of the day is affected by two movements: First, the rotation of the earth around its axis (which makes that the stars seem to circulate around the earth), and second, the rotation around the sun (which makes that the sun seems to move relative to the stars). Now the rotation around the sun is going on an orbit which is almost, but not exactly circular. When the earth is a bit closer to the sun, it's moving a bit faster. Therefore the length of the "solar day" (is that the correct English term?) depends on the day of year. But even the rotation of the earth itself is not the same over the year. Due to plants (esp. trees) getting leaves in spring and those leaves falling down in winter, the summer rotation is slower than the winter rotation.
If you look at longer times, there are even more effects. The earth orbit's excentricity is not constant, but changes due to the gravity of the other planets. Also, the earth rotation is slowed down by the moon's gravity (tidal friction).
It is very common. For example, the duration of the day in summer is longer than in winter (no, I'm not speaking of the length of the light period, but of the rotation period of the earth). The reason is that the trees move mass upward in spring (they get leaves) and downwards in autumn (the leaves fall back down), which changes the moment of inertia of the earth. Since trees only grow on land areas, and most land areas are on the Northern hemisphere, this gives a net effect of slower earth rotation in (Northern) summer.
It's even more interesting that two words which are spelled the same can be pronounced differently. Example: "Have you read this? No, I'll read it tomorrow."
Wrong. Totally wrong. This isn't "magnanimous" - it's treacherous.
It's neither. IBM is doing this in it's own interest for sure. They never claimed that it's against their own interest, did they? After all, that's the idea behind capitalism: People doing good things for purely selfish reasons. So here we have an example where capitalism works exactly as intended!
And no, it doesn't rob money from MS, Sun and Oracle. Robbing is an act of taking someones possessions away with the help of weapons. Now this move will likely reduce the income of those companies, but that's not robbing (otherwise it would be robbing as well if I decide not to go shopping today because that reduces the income of the shops I would have bought something in).
Yes, there are many popular games running on this site.
To begin with, there's the "First Post" game. Wait for new stories, and try to get a first post. Especially ACs like to play this game.
Next, there's the Karma Whoring game. Try to get cheap Karma through postings which almost predictably get modded up without taking too much effort from your side (a good way is using Google to find some relevant link, and post that).
And of course, there is the "Obligatory" game: Find some way to integrate a standard phrase (like "In Soviet Russia, Slashdot plays YOU.") into the discussion as seamless as possible.
A variation which works only on polls is the "Missing Option" game: Can you find any option "missing" from a poll? Of course there are various levels: Adding a missing option to "Favourite drink" is easy. Adding a missing option to a yes-no question is harder, especially if it shall be a funny one.
Well, you just misread that statement. It actually says that Hurd will not be "in", but "out" in a year or two. And indeed, quite soon Linux was in, and the Hurd was out.
Where is the evidence that Saddam Hussein actively supported international terrorism? Well, I guess it's stored close to those WMDs which haven't been found yet...
when you're dead you're dead and the secrets you leave behind don't matter much anymore.
I wouldn't say this. Of course, it won't matter for the dead one. However, assume you told someone something by email, trusting her that she won't tell it to anyone else. Say, you especially don't want some of her relatives to know it. Now if she dies unexpectedly, would you really want those relatives to get her email (including this special one)?
Remember, there are always two parties involved in an email: The one who sent it, and the one who recieved it. And if one of those dies, the other one may still be alive.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, given the trend to thin clients, web applications and trusted computing, maybe that will be the future?
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I guess MS dreams of owning that central computer
Well, for robots they could also replace the hands with a second pair of feet. That would give the robots another distinct advantage (no hand play possible!).
Also, if they kick the ball with enough force, the goal keeper will leave the goal in his own interest (I think even severe injury from being hit by a ball doesn't count as foul).
Sleep less, eat more (this article) :-)) ...
Sleep less, live longer (your link)
Eat more, live shorter (what they always tell you - unless you're starving, of course
Somewhere there's a contradiction in this
That's nothing. Wait for the study that owning a Rolls Royce can make you a millionaire. It's proven: A very high percentage of RR owners owns more than one million dollars, while only few owners of, say, a VW Polo do so. So just buy a RR (maybe even on credit), and the money will come!
The latter. To start with, the day is the time from one midnight to the next. Midnight is when the sun is at the opposite side of the earth than you are. Therefore the length of the day is affected by two movements: First, the rotation of the earth around its axis (which makes that the stars seem to circulate around the earth), and second, the rotation around the sun (which makes that the sun seems to move relative to the stars). Now the rotation around the sun is going on an orbit which is almost, but not exactly circular. When the earth is a bit closer to the sun, it's moving a bit faster. Therefore the length of the "solar day" (is that the correct English term?) depends on the day of year. But even the rotation of the earth itself is not the same over the year. Due to plants (esp. trees) getting leaves in spring and those leaves falling down in winter, the summer rotation is slower than the winter rotation.
If you look at longer times, there are even more effects. The earth orbit's excentricity is not constant, but changes due to the gravity of the other planets. Also, the earth rotation is slowed down by the moon's gravity (tidal friction).
It is very common. For example, the duration of the day in summer is longer than in winter (no, I'm not speaking of the length of the light period, but of the rotation period of the earth). The reason is that the trees move mass upward in spring (they get leaves) and downwards in autumn (the leaves fall back down), which changes the moment of inertia of the earth. Since trees only grow on land areas, and most land areas are on the Northern hemisphere, this gives a net effect of slower earth rotation in (Northern) summer.
Hmmm ... 5 + 90 = 95, where did the remaining 5% go?
It's even more interesting that two words which are spelled the same can be pronounced differently.
Example: "Have you read this? No, I'll read it tomorrow."
A castle made out of ice?
Of course it's cool. If it weren't, it would be just liquid water, or even steam.
It's neither. IBM is doing this in it's own interest for sure. They never claimed that it's against their own interest, did they? After all, that's the idea behind capitalism: People doing good things for purely selfish reasons. So here we have an example where capitalism works exactly as intended!
And no, it doesn't rob money from MS, Sun and Oracle. Robbing is an act of taking someones possessions away with the help of weapons. Now this move will likely reduce the income of those companies, but that's not robbing (otherwise it would be robbing as well if I decide not to go shopping today because that reduces the income of the shops I would have bought something in).
Now you know why you normally don't get accepted into a beta. :-)
Yes, there are many popular games running on this site.
To begin with, there's the "First Post" game. Wait for new stories, and try to get a first post. Especially ACs like to play this game.
Next, there's the Karma Whoring game. Try to get cheap Karma through postings which almost predictably get modded up without taking too much effort from your side (a good way is using Google to find some relevant link, and post that).
And of course, there is the "Obligatory" game: Find some way to integrate a standard phrase (like "In Soviet Russia, Slashdot plays YOU.") into the discussion as seamless as possible.
A variation which works only on polls is the "Missing Option" game: Can you find any option "missing" from a poll? Of course there are various levels: Adding a missing option to "Favourite drink" is easy. Adding a missing option to a yes-no question is harder, especially if it shall be a funny one.
Any game I forgot?
Working link
Just don't drink that potion of addiction, and try not to play it with a cursed keyboard ...
Well, you just misread that statement. It actually says that Hurd will not be "in", but "out" in a year or two. And indeed, quite soon Linux was in, and the Hurd was out.
... the fist appearance of the signature virus at Oct. 21, 1991 and its first English version at Oct 30, 1991. After all, it's the oldest virus transmitted through Usenet, although it needed the human brain as alternate host, and did no real damage.
OTOH, even if it had passed just 5 meters from the sattelite, there would not have been any damage. Only an actual hit would damage the sattelite.
Well, as long as they don't send Mr. Bean ...
Remember, this is h2g2. If you can make a trilogy out of five books, then you can also do a review of the film in advance.
To please everyone: Maybe EDDOFLOSS? :-)
You should use a less noisy line for you internet access. :-)
Where is the evidence that Saddam Hussein actively supported international terrorism? Well, I guess it's stored close to those WMDs which haven't been found yet ...
I wouldn't say this. Of course, it won't matter for the dead one. However, assume you told someone something by email, trusting her that she won't tell it to anyone else. Say, you especially don't want some of her relatives to know it. Now if she dies unexpectedly, would you really want those relatives to get her email (including this special one)?
Remember, there are always two parties involved in an email: The one who sent it, and the one who recieved it. And if one of those dies, the other one may still be alive.