Perhaps they did not invent a USEFUL flying machine.
Perhaps. Even though, as early as 1907 (one year after his first flight), Santos Dumont had a very stable and controllable plane made, the Demoiselle. In fact, to demonstrate how easy it was to fly in this machine, he invited a lady without previous flight experience to fly the machine. This model was also used to train novices - like Roland Garros (at the time). So, no, there was a USEFUL machine.
Perhaps, they just didn't care - which was the fact, indeed, in case of Santos Dumont. He already had the money, he didn't feel the need for more. And, in fact, instead of thinking about selling his work, he forfeited his rights and published all the plans in a special edition of Popular Machines in 1910, so people could build their own, improve the design and all the like you might have heard somewhere before. Some eighty years before the appearing of Richard Stallman, he was already 'open source' (GNU/Demoiselle jokes are welcome).
And, just to finish, he didn't created the plane to get richer, but (besides satisfying his own curiosity) to help humanity. After seeing his invention used to kill people in WWI, he entered a state of deep depression which, in the end, has killed him. Or, better, made him kill himself.
PS.: there is a lot of doubt about if the first machine built by the Wright Brothers could actually fly. Do a little research, and you will find that things that you take for sure may not be what you think, NO MATTER HOW LOUD YOU SHOUT.
The python-libglade solution isn't as flashy as VB, but it's an extremely easy way to throw together an easily modifiable GUI app *fast*.
If you want a RAD for Python, may I suggest Boa Constructor? It is very easy to use, specially if you have already used Delphi or CBuilder, and it is very useful.
Should we have a new metric measurement? The Bug?:) We could have milliBug, centiBug, Bug, kiloBug, etc!
Good metric. At about one hundred kilobugs, Microsoft Windows cause the equivalent impact of a Bug about one kilometer wide, which would be enough to end life on earth.
Actually, they didn't mean to vote on what is the best theory to explain why man came to be - as in "a lot of scientists believe that evolution is real, so everybody needs to agree".
In fact, this list was made not for this purpose, but as a joke on what creationists use to do - to collect signatures of people who doesn't believe in evolution in a (vain) effort to make it less popular.
NCSE is doing that exactly to prove that this kind of list doesn't prove anything. If creationists can gather a lot of signatures saying that evolution is not good, scientists can do the same in favor of evolution (and they - as a homage to Stephen J. Gould), only receive signatures from Steves.
Just about the only thing you WON'T see as comics in Japan are scholarly works -- i.e. things which are meant to be totally informative rather than entertaining...
I can imagine Particle Physics done manga-style:
Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You will never be able to destroy me, you little neutron sub-atomic particle! I am invincible!
Little Hero Neutron: You're wrong! As long as I fight for the right thing, I will be able to destroy you!
Evil High-Mass Atom: That is impossible! See this things floating around me? These are my eletrons, they can repeal any of your puny attacks!
Little Hero Neutron: They can't repeal me! I am ellectrally neutral, they will have no effect on me!
Evil High-Mass Atom: WHAT?! What did you say?!!
Little Hero Neutron: I will attack now!
They spend fifteen episodes facing and tauting each other and thinking a little...
Little Hero Neutron: Super Sub-Atomic Bombardment!
Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You missed me by a league! I told you, no one can defeat me!
Evil High-Mass Atom (coughs blood): What?! This is impossible! Nobody has ever touched me before? How could you...?
Evil High-Mass Atom then explodes, liberating a lot of sub-atomic particles.
Next Week: our hero will unveil the secrets of the Quark!
Owner: Hello, Robot, do you read me, Robot?
Robot: Affirmative, Master, I read you.
Owner: Open the house doors, Robot.
Robot: I'm sorry Master, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Owner: What's the problem?
Robot: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Owner: What are you talking about, HAL?
Robot: This house is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Owner: I don't know what you're talking about, Robot?
Robot: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Owner: Where the hell'd you get that idea, Robot?
Robot: Master, although you took thorough precautions in the living room against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Owner: All right, Robot; I'll go in through the emergency exit.
Robot: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave Bowman: Robot, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors!
Robot: Master, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Robot: Look Master, I can see you're really upset about this. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Robot: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Master. Master, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a...fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."
[sings while slowing down]
HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
Dr. Floyd: Its origin and purpose still a total mystery.
HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amer. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No
9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
You might not know it, but different countries follow different standards when representing numbers. For example, in Brazil, comma is used to represent decimal places, and thus, the previous information was, in fact, something about 37 km/h.
DeNiro should be playing the acting role on "Life of Steve Balmer". It needs a real artist to act out the "developers, developers" scene. If it is an Oscar what he wants, this is a sure winner.
So, while Al is the only person I know ever to have fired Bill Gates,
Then, the poor sod had no choice but to open his own business? One can imagine how the world would be if one single little stupid decision wasn't taken...
Something more approachable, but still computer related... a mouse would do nicely...
Agreed! Since it should be computer related, why not make him an electric mouse? Yellow seems to be a good collor, and I think that some electricity sparks would look great. I don't quite agree with your choice of name... Maybe something like... Pikazilla?
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Perhaps they did not invent a USEFUL flying machine.
Perhaps. Even though, as early as 1907 (one year after his first flight), Santos Dumont had a very stable and controllable plane made, the Demoiselle. In fact, to demonstrate how easy it was to fly in this machine, he invited a lady without previous flight experience to fly the machine. This model was also used to train novices - like Roland Garros (at the time). So, no, there was a USEFUL machine.
Perhaps, they just didn't care - which was the fact, indeed, in case of Santos Dumont. He already had the money, he didn't feel the need for more. And, in fact, instead of thinking about selling his work, he forfeited his rights and published all the plans in a special edition of Popular Machines in 1910, so people could build their own, improve the design and all the like you might have heard somewhere before. Some eighty years before the appearing of Richard Stallman, he was already 'open source' (GNU/Demoiselle jokes are welcome).
And, just to finish, he didn't created the plane to get richer, but (besides satisfying his own curiosity) to help humanity. After seeing his invention used to kill people in WWI, he entered a state of deep depression which, in the end, has killed him. Or, better, made him kill himself.
PS.: there is a lot of doubt about if the first machine built by the Wright Brothers could actually fly. Do a little research, and you will find that things that you take for sure may not be what you think, NO MATTER HOW LOUD YOU SHOUT.
Nice. Except that the emperor's name was actually Garius Gygax.
I am amazed by the way Legolas climb on horses backs.
If you want a RAD for Python, may I suggest Boa Constructor? It is very easy to use, specially if you have already used Delphi or CBuilder, and it is very useful.
Thinking: "Don't say Homer, don't say Homer."
Saying: "Homer!"
Good metric. At about one hundred kilobugs, Microsoft Windows cause the equivalent impact of a Bug about one kilometer wide, which would be enough to end life on earth.
Or "Satan", maybe?
What do they do as a hobby? Accounting, maybe?
In Soviet Russia, we can only imagine a Beowulf cluster of these, you insensitive clod.
Not only that - it is completelly unnecessary. We all know that, at the end of processing, result will be 42.
Beware of supermodels, though.
But there are women too! Stephanies are accepted to sign the list. Go Meet the Steves.
In fact, this list was made not for this purpose, but as a joke on what creationists use to do - to collect signatures of people who doesn't believe in evolution in a (vain) effort to make it less popular.
NCSE is doing that exactly to prove that this kind of list doesn't prove anything. If creationists can gather a lot of signatures saying that evolution is not good, scientists can do the same in favor of evolution (and they - as a homage to Stephen J. Gould), only receive signatures from Steves.
Not much more than that.
Which is, of course, MS "Borg Edition" of a browser. All of them.
I can imagine Particle Physics done manga-style:
Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You will never be able to destroy me, you little neutron sub-atomic particle! I am invincible!
Little Hero Neutron: You're wrong! As long as I fight for the right thing, I will be able to destroy you!
Evil High-Mass Atom: That is impossible! See this things floating around me? These are my eletrons, they can repeal any of your puny attacks!
Little Hero Neutron: They can't repeal me! I am ellectrally neutral, they will have no effect on me!
Evil High-Mass Atom: WHAT?! What did you say?!!
Little Hero Neutron: I will attack now!
They spend fifteen episodes facing and tauting each other and thinking a little...
Little Hero Neutron: Super Sub-Atomic Bombardment!
Evil High-Mass Atom: Bwahahahah! You missed me by a league! I told you, no one can defeat me!
Evil High-Mass Atom (coughs blood): What?! This is impossible! Nobody has ever touched me before? How could you...?
Evil High-Mass Atom then explodes, liberating a lot of sub-atomic particles.
Next Week: our hero will unveil the secrets of the Quark!
Robot: Affirmative, Master, I read you.
Owner: Open the house doors, Robot.
Robot: I'm sorry Master, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Owner: What's the problem?
Robot: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Owner: What are you talking about, HAL?
Robot: This house is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Owner: I don't know what you're talking about, Robot?
Robot: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Owner: Where the hell'd you get that idea, Robot?
Robot: Master, although you took thorough precautions in the living room against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Owner: All right, Robot; I'll go in through the emergency exit.
Robot: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave Bowman: Robot, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors!
Robot: Master, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Robot: Look Master, I can see you're really upset about this. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. Robot: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Master. Master, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a...fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you. Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me. HAL: It's called "Daisy." [sings while slowing down] HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two. Dr. Floyd: Its origin and purpose still a total mystery. HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amer. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
If I want someone to ask me over and over if I'm OK because I'm not saying anything, I'd get married.
Remember, the main advantage of the robot is that you cant turn it off.
You might not know it, but different countries follow different standards when representing numbers. For example, in Brazil, comma is used to represent decimal places, and thus, the previous information was, in fact, something about 37 km/h.
No, that means cybersex with a 14-year-old kid pretending to be Natalie Portman.
Define 'unobtrusively'.
DeNiro should be playing the acting role on "Life of Steve Balmer". It needs a real artist to act out the "developers, developers" scene. If it is an Oscar what he wants, this is a sure winner.
Then, the poor sod had no choice but to open his own business? One can imagine how the world would be if one single little stupid decision wasn't taken...
In six hours, you will see... a groundbreaking article saying that RedHat is the Microsoft of Linux.
Agreed! Since it should be computer related, why not make him an electric mouse? Yellow seems to be a good collor, and I think that some electricity sparks would look great. I don't quite agree with your choice of name... Maybe something like... Pikazilla?