Now if we can make railroad tracks within a 1nm tolerance, the cars can have ski's instead of wheels.
In seriousness, what devices are there that can hold the tolerances necessary for a practical application?
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Actually if I need to crack a security mechanism to access something, there is an implicit admission of guilt. If I walk onto someone's property right past a no-trespassing sign I could claim I did not see it. If I used a bolt cutter to cut the lock on a gate, it is clear I knew I crossed the line.
Amen! I have a shuttle PC for my kids and think the Mac Mini's are brilliant (although I don't have one).
If you get down the the bare essentials, the back of a PC would need a USB block, network, power and video. You could optionally have sound. If you went to solid state storage and used an external DVD drive on an as-needed basis it could be a very tidy little package.
I have thought that an interesting approach would be to then have the top of the unit be ribbed copper mounted directly to CPU. It could be one sleek little machine.
Spot on, suppose slashdot reader's have a statistically high affinity to Mountain Dew and Skittles...could the epidemic of toothaches have anything to do with that, rather than Slashdot?
Or getting back to the article, could the people that are claiming sensitivity to EMF, also be sensitive to sun spots, food additives, black cats, nuclear fallout from 1950's atmospheric testing, and any number of other horrors?
The concept of chording comes from the stenography equipment that has been used in courtrooms for ages.
A buddy of mine home schooled some of his children (due to the unique needs of each child, not for reactionary religious reasons). As an educational project, he had is oldest boy (13 at the time) make an alternative input device for an amputee. He harvested buttons from a pile of game controllers, researched stenographic chording, assembled a device that would be used one-handed, and wrote his own device drivers for it.
The key lesson from this for me was that a kid can do pretty cool stuff if you don't tell them it is hard.
You need to reset the gain on your sarcasm detector.
See if you take the number of disciples and multiply that by the seven days it took to create the universe...divide by 3 of course because F.S.HS were all chipping in...blah blah blah...and it actually works out to last Thursday.
And then there were the anarchists dressed as indigenous people (i.e. not in uniform) undermining an established democratic government by dumping that tea into Boston harbor.
A prevalent reaction is to adopt an attitude "We have invested so much money and human resources into this project that we can't afford to fail!"
Sometimes you just need to cut your losses and pull out ("cut and run?") of a misguided or doomed project. There is such a thing as going further and faring worse.
Actually there is a distinction beween stopway and clearway. Stopway needs to have an LCN (load bearing capacity) similar to runway surface to support the aircraft. The clearway is there so there are not physical or visual obstructions.
There are many instances where the effective clearway is a body of water.
These ponds do not need to be so deep that they would constitute a hazard for the plane sinking into the depths. In fact if they were less than a meter deep and the bottom was firm (concrete) the water would actually provide a relatively safe place for the plane to come to rest (dissipating a great deal of energy).
It has been said that if you need more than one hand to count your true friends, you should consider yourself blessed.
Of course this definition of friend is the sort that would bring you chicken soup when you had the flu, help you dig an old oil tank out of your yard, take your kids up to their cabin so you could have a quite weekend with your spouse, help you get through the loss of a family member or divorce...
There was a very interesting piece on NPR a few months back about a convention for autistics. It may seem strange that they would hold such a convention, but it provided a forum for many incredible people to meet where someone wanting to wander off into a corner to be alone would be understood by others in attendance.
One speaker made a very compelling argument that this "disorder" should in many instances be considered just a different mode of operation rather than a disease. One benefit of the way his brain works is that he can concentrate at a high level on the same stream of thought for hours...something that is very rare in "normally" wired people. One persons compulsive disorder is anothers passion, persistence and dedication.
Sure of someone unable to engage the world around them is going to be an absolute nightmare to raise and this research may be a means of greatly enriching these people's lives. A "cure for autism" might not be welcomed by all those afflicted however?
The Falklands were a brilliant case of a military using the media to its advantage. No doubt the British navy was positioned many days before any action was taken. They could say "we are on the way" for some time before they needed to play their hand.
I have come to the conclusion that the current Iraqi government is much smarter than we give them credit. As things stand the western oil conglomerates stand to get 75% of Iraqi oil revenue leaving the Kurds, Shiits and Sunnis to quibble over division of the remaining 25%. If there is a complete meltdown (not really much of a change from the current situation, there is a much bigger pie to split. Even if you get a raw deal and only get a 20% share, that is more than you would ever get in a consensus split of the scraps left by Shell/Mobile Exxon...
The well designed MMORPGs are sufficiently open ended so that game play is rewarding at lower levels as well as at high levels. Sure, much as in life, there may be shortcuts to success. The true reward is the personal enjoyment in the game.
The good thing is that within a game, there is less at stake for someone spending real world cash to wield a virtual staff of power, then real world dysfunction where a complete moron can become CEO of a corporation because of the fraternity he went to.
A good MMORPG will elevate the technological arms race to identify and ban bots before the economy and game play is too diminished.
This is a bit different, but I know a lawyer that has gotten very rich countering collection agencies.
My buddy received a $350 gas bill for a property he hadn't owned for 6 months prior to the period of the bill. He performed due diligence and sent (certified mail) documentation that he no longer owned the property. He then saved but did not respond to the bills. The collection agency then tried to strong arm him and pursued illegal tactics (damaging to his credit rating). The lawyer I mention above ultimately got him a $6000 settlement plus over $15000 in legal fees. Think of how many $300 collections they would need to cover that!
If these lawyers are successful, don't you think they will make a business out of countering the RIAA?
You hit it in one! The President (not just Bush...any President/executive) expresses almost all of his decisions verbally. Take another bit of current events with the revelation about the intensive care shakedown of then Att. General Ashcroft. Who do you suppose sent Card and Gonzolas? Probably the last people on earth that still provide them "full support".
I agree it is foolish to assume all idiots are Bush supporters...there are so many idiots and so few Bush supporters left. His approval rating is down to the hardcore loyalists that would eat glass before they spoke ill of any Republican from Texas.
I commend you for not going down the "when Clinton was president path" with your response. That is also an equally flawed bit of logic along the lines of a 9 year old justifying throwing rocks at cars with "Jimmy did it too!"
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In seriousness, what devices are there that can hold the tolerances necessary for a practical application?
Actually if I need to crack a security mechanism to access something, there is an implicit admission of guilt. If I walk onto someone's property right past a no-trespassing sign I could claim I did not see it. If I used a bolt cutter to cut the lock on a gate, it is clear I knew I crossed the line.
1,000,000,000,000,000 reboots! Is it a zillion after trillions?
If you get down the the bare essentials, the back of a PC would need a USB block, network, power and video. You could optionally have sound. If you went to solid state storage and used an external DVD drive on an as-needed basis it could be a very tidy little package.
I have thought that an interesting approach would be to then have the top of the unit be ribbed copper mounted directly to CPU. It could be one sleek little machine.
But if your hanging off the back of your desk with the blood running to your head while you plug them in....which way is up?
Or getting back to the article, could the people that are claiming sensitivity to EMF, also be sensitive to sun spots, food additives, black cats, nuclear fallout from 1950's atmospheric testing, and any number of other horrors?
A buddy of mine home schooled some of his children (due to the unique needs of each child, not for reactionary religious reasons). As an educational project, he had is oldest boy (13 at the time) make an alternative input device for an amputee. He harvested buttons from a pile of game controllers, researched stenographic chording, assembled a device that would be used one-handed, and wrote his own device drivers for it.
The key lesson from this for me was that a kid can do pretty cool stuff if you don't tell them it is hard.
See if you take the number of disciples and multiply that by the seven days it took to create the universe...divide by 3 of course because F.S.HS were all chipping in...blah blah blah...and it actually works out to last Thursday.
And it happened about 5000 years ago...I will stand by that from one edge of the earth to the other.
And then there were the anarchists dressed as indigenous people (i.e. not in uniform) undermining an established democratic government by dumping that tea into Boston harbor.
A prevalent reaction is to adopt an attitude "We have invested so much money and human resources into this project that we can't afford to fail!"
Sometimes you just need to cut your losses and pull out ("cut and run?") of a misguided or doomed project. There is such a thing as going further and faring worse.
There are many instances where the effective clearway is a body of water.
These ponds do not need to be so deep that they would constitute a hazard for the plane sinking into the depths. In fact if they were less than a meter deep and the bottom was firm (concrete) the water would actually provide a relatively safe place for the plane to come to rest (dissipating a great deal of energy).
They refuel at these airports.
Airports are usually vast areas of grass interrupted by tarmac and a terminal.
Nobody wants to live under the clearways on either end of the runways anyway.
Most large airports are near urban centers that product loads of free nitrogen fertilizer (otherwise known as effluent).
Why not produce the fuel at the source - eliminating a significant amount of transportation and infrastructure?
Of course this definition of friend is the sort that would bring you chicken soup when you had the flu, help you dig an old oil tank out of your yard, take your kids up to their cabin so you could have a quite weekend with your spouse, help you get through the loss of a family member or divorce...
One speaker made a very compelling argument that this "disorder" should in many instances be considered just a different mode of operation rather than a disease. One benefit of the way his brain works is that he can concentrate at a high level on the same stream of thought for hours...something that is very rare in "normally" wired people. One persons compulsive disorder is anothers passion, persistence and dedication.
Sure of someone unable to engage the world around them is going to be an absolute nightmare to raise and this research may be a means of greatly enriching these people's lives. A "cure for autism" might not be welcomed by all those afflicted however?
2) Aggression for personal gain - Sir Haliburton - Earl of Houston - aka Tricky Dick II
3) Weak democratic field and Republicans tripping over each other to sound tougher than the next guy
4) Federal government deconstructed into oblivion by Neo's (leaving executive branch with long leash)
5) Rationalization of development of tactical nukes
6) Huge trade imbalance
7) Chinese interest in becoming perceived as world power
The Falklands were a brilliant case of a military using the media to its advantage. No doubt the British navy was positioned many days before any action was taken. They could say "we are on the way" for some time before they needed to play their hand.
I have come to the conclusion that the current Iraqi government is much smarter than we give them credit. As things stand the western oil conglomerates stand to get 75% of Iraqi oil revenue leaving the Kurds, Shiits and Sunnis to quibble over division of the remaining 25%. If there is a complete meltdown (not really much of a change from the current situation, there is a much bigger pie to split. Even if you get a raw deal and only get a 20% share, that is more than you would ever get in a consensus split of the scraps left by Shell/Mobile Exxon...
- Run rough shod and unchecked over all three branches of government
- Leave any or all of the branches a dysfunctional mess.
In either scenario they have liberated their CEO friends to pillage the public coffers and do whatever they please with complete immunity.The good thing is that within a game, there is less at stake for someone spending real world cash to wield a virtual staff of power, then real world dysfunction where a complete moron can become CEO of a corporation because of the fraternity he went to.
A good MMORPG will elevate the technological arms race to identify and ban bots before the economy and game play is too diminished.
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My buddy received a $350 gas bill for a property he hadn't owned for 6 months prior to the period of the bill. He performed due diligence and sent (certified mail) documentation that he no longer owned the property. He then saved but did not respond to the bills. The collection agency then tried to strong arm him and pursued illegal tactics (damaging to his credit rating). The lawyer I mention above ultimately got him a $6000 settlement plus over $15000 in legal fees. Think of how many $300 collections they would need to cover that!
If these lawyers are successful, don't you think they will make a business out of countering the RIAA?
Right on! From my research the Epson investment in archival ink and paper research was a major consideration in my selection of their products.
You hit it in one! The President (not just Bush...any President/executive) expresses almost all of his decisions verbally. Take another bit of current events with the revelation about the intensive care shakedown of then Att. General Ashcroft. Who do you suppose sent Card and Gonzolas? Probably the last people on earth that still provide them "full support".
I commend you for not going down the "when Clinton was president path" with your response. That is also an equally flawed bit of logic along the lines of a 9 year old justifying throwing rocks at cars with "Jimmy did it too!"