I want a vest like the one worn by Michael J. Fox during Back to the Future Part II. You know, the one that automatically dried itself out after he fell into the fountain? Your clothes are now dry!
Yes, I know, XBox is hueg (sic). But its small compared to my mid-tower, and about the same size as Shuttle cases, VCR's, surround tuners, and even other DVD players.
As I recall, the XBox operating system was based off some version of Windows (although HEAVILY modified). Also, as many (most in the/. crowd, I'd wager) know, the XBox is pretty much just a small form factor computer. I don't own a normal DVD player, I just use my XBox for this purpose. Would this mean that I would be unable to watch movies using this tech with my existing setup?
Your arguement would work if TUCOWS comitted a crime in Illinois, at which point they could be extradited to the US to face charges. However, in this situation, TUCOWS would be under no obligation to comply with the demands of the US court, since Illinois law and juresdiction doesn't extend into Canada. That would be like allowing, say, Utah judges to demand that bars in Mexico stop serving booze from large containers, just because Utah has a law prohibiting that. Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.
Where did Spamhaus show a lack of restraint? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Spamhaus has yet to show... well, anything in this case except disregard since they're not subject to US (much less Illinois) law. I know its a little more complicated than that, but I've seen nothing so far that has led me to believe that Spamhaus has done anything worthy of your description.
And Spamhaus is a company based in the UK - that didn't stop the Illinois court from attempting to bring them in for that hearing! Odds on this judge ordering TUCOWS to take them down? Anyone?
You're assuming that its going to enter our bodies. This stuff isn't just injected into the oil, its contained within a shelf inside the oil. The article is vague on whether or not any of this substance will be in the food, but don't go making accusations about potato chips becoming zeolite snacks until we have some proof.
They're not injecting it into the oil, they've coated a bunch of beads inside a shelf in the fryer with this stuff - much like the way that some plastics have nanoparticles inside them that create a surface area inhospitable to bacterial and microbial life, or vinyl siding that has nanoparticles in it that causes air-pollution buildups on the surface to be destroyed wen exposed to sunlight.
The dangers of nano-particles in the bloodstream are not that they cause cancer, its that the particles could get past the blood-brain barrier and into the brain, where their effects are unknown. There has, as yet, been no evidence of harm to humans from nanoparticles, although there have also been few/no studies. A lack of evidence does not mean that they are safe, but it does not mean that you should be making accusations that nanoparticles cause cancer without any basis. If you're going to link to a pair of articles discussing the potential dangers of nanoparticles, I suggest you read them first.
No, good sir, I meant that statement in the context of shows being downloaded rather than watched on TV. A show download, say, off of iTunes, will have good information on how many downloaded it, but not necessarily the demographics of those who are downloading. I am already aware that TV ratings systems have that kind of information tagged on.
Having unreliable data is different from having no data. You can act on unreliable data, and if it doesn't work out you can blame it on the data. However, the middle-managers are a lot more at-risk if they act on no data. No data = no scapegoat.
If the credit card companies were releasing that kind of information, then I imagine they'd be breaking a number of privacy agreements, and probably a law or two to boot (although I can't be certain on that last part). In the case of a subscription based service with that kind of information in the profile, then it would depend on whether or not that information was a mandatory entry, and if releasing it to advertisers constituted a violation of their privacy policy.
They may have more reliable data on how many are watching these shows, but they may not necessarily have good data (if any) on who is watching these shows. Companies like to tailor advertisements to a particular demographic, and without that demographic information connected to a show, regardless of how well its doing, I imagine that advertisers would be somewhat reluctant to throw money at it.
There apparantly was a 20-minute warning given to China about this test. Kimmy claims to be many things, but prescient is not among them (last I heard, anyways).
No strategy or tactics? You've obviously never been in a 40-man raid into new content areas where there are no "standard" strategies for dealing with the enemies therein. I'm not saying its a game of Chess or Go, but you do need the right people in the right places, doing the right things and watching out for wrong things in order to pull a lot of the end-game content off.
There are numerous problems with supplying laser energy to a spacecraft. First is that lasers tend to diffuse over long distances. Next is that atmospheric conditions can severely reduce the amount of energy supplied by a laser. Third is simply that its not very efficient.
I wonder how the projectiles will hold up to the stress and heat of that kind of speed at a low-altitude (read: higher air density, more friction). Due to air friction, not only would the payload have to have excellent heat resistance (and we already know we have a tough time making that stuff stick to our current rockets), but also would need to go faster than a conventional launch device due to both the speed losses and the lack of additional thrust after takeoff. If they can do it, it'll be awesome.
If not, perhaps a hybrid approach could be adopted... use the ring launcher to get a high initial speed, then use much smaller conventional rockets on the ass-end of it to supply the continuous thrust necessary to achieve orbit?
I seem to recall SDI experiments where a high-power laser was used to heat a 'track' through the atmosphere (in that case, to fire a particle beam weapon down the track with less atmospheric attenuation ).
Wasn't there also a proposed system where the high-power laser was used to simply ionize the atmosphere, thus allowing a long-range wireless taser effect?
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I want a vest like the one worn by Michael J. Fox during Back to the Future Part II. You know, the one that automatically dried itself out after he fell into the fountain? Your clothes are now dry!
Yes, I know, XBox is hueg (sic). But its small compared to my mid-tower, and about the same size as Shuttle cases, VCR's, surround tuners, and even other DVD players.
As I recall, the XBox operating system was based off some version of Windows (although HEAVILY modified). Also, as many (most in the /. crowd, I'd wager) know, the XBox is pretty much just a small form factor computer. I don't own a normal DVD player, I just use my XBox for this purpose. Would this mean that I would be unable to watch movies using this tech with my existing setup?
Damn, and I was waiting with baited breath to see how wireless stacked up.
Your arguement would work if TUCOWS comitted a crime in Illinois, at which point they could be extradited to the US to face charges. However, in this situation, TUCOWS would be under no obligation to comply with the demands of the US court, since Illinois law and juresdiction doesn't extend into Canada. That would be like allowing, say, Utah judges to demand that bars in Mexico stop serving booze from large containers, just because Utah has a law prohibiting that. Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.
Where did Spamhaus show a lack of restraint? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Spamhaus has yet to show... well, anything in this case except disregard since they're not subject to US (much less Illinois) law. I know its a little more complicated than that, but I've seen nothing so far that has led me to believe that Spamhaus has done anything worthy of your description.
And Spamhaus is a company based in the UK - that didn't stop the Illinois court from attempting to bring them in for that hearing! Odds on this judge ordering TUCOWS to take them down? Anyone?
...but my credit card is mostly blue, not green.
You're assuming that its going to enter our bodies. This stuff isn't just injected into the oil, its contained within a shelf inside the oil. The article is vague on whether or not any of this substance will be in the food, but don't go making accusations about potato chips becoming zeolite snacks until we have some proof.
There's already a group like that. We call them the Amish.
They're not injecting it into the oil, they've coated a bunch of beads inside a shelf in the fryer with this stuff - much like the way that some plastics have nanoparticles inside them that create a surface area inhospitable to bacterial and microbial life, or vinyl siding that has nanoparticles in it that causes air-pollution buildups on the surface to be destroyed wen exposed to sunlight.
The dangers of nano-particles in the bloodstream are not that they cause cancer, its that the particles could get past the blood-brain barrier and into the brain, where their effects are unknown. There has, as yet, been no evidence of harm to humans from nanoparticles, although there have also been few/no studies. A lack of evidence does not mean that they are safe, but it does not mean that you should be making accusations that nanoparticles cause cancer without any basis. If you're going to link to a pair of articles discussing the potential dangers of nanoparticles, I suggest you read them first.
Never happen - violates the "Do no evil" rule, as they'd then become part of the evil, thus evil by association, and would all have to quit.
No, good sir, I meant that statement in the context of shows being downloaded rather than watched on TV. A show download, say, off of iTunes, will have good information on how many downloaded it, but not necessarily the demographics of those who are downloading. I am already aware that TV ratings systems have that kind of information tagged on.
Having unreliable data is different from having no data. You can act on unreliable data, and if it doesn't work out you can blame it on the data. However, the middle-managers are a lot more at-risk if they act on no data. No data = no scapegoat.
If the credit card companies were releasing that kind of information, then I imagine they'd be breaking a number of privacy agreements, and probably a law or two to boot (although I can't be certain on that last part). In the case of a subscription based service with that kind of information in the profile, then it would depend on whether or not that information was a mandatory entry, and if releasing it to advertisers constituted a violation of their privacy policy.
They may have more reliable data on how many are watching these shows, but they may not necessarily have good data (if any) on who is watching these shows. Companies like to tailor advertisements to a particular demographic, and without that demographic information connected to a show, regardless of how well its doing, I imagine that advertisers would be somewhat reluctant to throw money at it.
There apparantly was a 20-minute warning given to China about this test. Kimmy claims to be many things, but prescient is not among them (last I heard, anyways).
No strategy or tactics? You've obviously never been in a 40-man raid into new content areas where there are no "standard" strategies for dealing with the enemies therein. I'm not saying its a game of Chess or Go, but you do need the right people in the right places, doing the right things and watching out for wrong things in order to pull a lot of the end-game content off.
Yes, but just giving me a -1 because you dislike my sig or because you disagree with me is not reasonable.
(C'mon, don't tell me you've never pressed on a URL on a printed page and expected something to happen.)
Ok, I won't tell you that I've never done it.
Why can't there be again?
I'd love to see there be more. I'm just saying that it'd be hard to break the monopoly is all. I hope it works out for them.
lazer
It's LASER. No "z". Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
There are numerous problems with supplying laser energy to a spacecraft. First is that lasers tend to diffuse over long distances. Next is that atmospheric conditions can severely reduce the amount of energy supplied by a laser. Third is simply that its not very efficient.
Also, are you sure that your usage of "centrifugal force" is correct?
If there is to be a moon base, all the water has to be shipped up there.
Maybe not.
I wonder how the projectiles will hold up to the stress and heat of that kind of speed at a low-altitude (read: higher air density, more friction). Due to air friction, not only would the payload have to have excellent heat resistance (and we already know we have a tough time making that stuff stick to our current rockets), but also would need to go faster than a conventional launch device due to both the speed losses and the lack of additional thrust after takeoff. If they can do it, it'll be awesome.
If not, perhaps a hybrid approach could be adopted... use the ring launcher to get a high initial speed, then use much smaller conventional rockets on the ass-end of it to supply the continuous thrust necessary to achieve orbit?
I seem to recall SDI experiments where a high-power laser was used to heat a 'track' through the atmosphere (in that case, to fire a particle beam weapon down the track with less atmospheric attenuation ).
Wasn't there also a proposed system where the high-power laser was used to simply ionize the atmosphere, thus allowing a long-range wireless taser effect?