Out of all the mention of fabulous carbuerator mods, and other types of power generation, there's not one mention of turbines. Doesn't it make sense, that with fewer parts, there is less friction, and thus more efficiency? Just the cam-based valve system alone in modern ground vehicles is rather cartoonly parasitic in terms of friction, nevermind the reciprocating pistons. It doesn't make sense to me that there are no electric vehicles powered by a small (trasnsmissionless*) turbine electrical generator.
* why gear-down a 50,000rpm turbine to power an alternator? Can't we generate power from the spinning parts alone?
Why are they using cartoon-styled piston-based engines? You have got to be kidding me! I don't understand why there aren't any transmissionless turbine/electric hybrids, you'd think that a 1950's era technology would have been put into practical use already.
Good for these folks that they can get that much mileage from a lawnmower engine. That is quite impressive, but we need more useful hybrids, with fewer reciprocating parts (more parts = more inefficiency).
Oh, that's easy if you have maybe 10-50 images in Flickr. Try that with... oh, I guess I only have 200 photos in there. I guess this is why people have the paid accounts. Otherwise, Gallery seems to work okay, even if it misses most of the Flickr features.
I also want 'durable, comfortable, functional and light garments in a simple, neutral design, whether or not I'm in orbit.' Why is this such a hard thing to find these days? I already have a hard time finding plain denim jeans recently. I am so sad they don't make Levis 501s anymore.
I don't wear golf shirts.
I heard an article on NPR this morning, about Afghan Culture Gap Widens. In it, they mentioned that people in the City want nice shirts, Television, and a modern lifestyle. They said that the people in the rural areas want things to revert to the old ways, and make their decisions based on religeous teachings. This got me thinking -- that is what we have here in the US, and I am sure it is a common argument throughout time: the old vs. the new.
Also, coming from Pennsylvania, I know the Amish are a peaceful lot. I understand that they keep to their own, and don't meddle with other people's affairs. I thought I read that they generally vote Republican, but I didn't see it in the Wikipedia article about the Amish.
Seriously!
I found Dr. Fun a while ago while working on banking systems. Most fun I had there (and there wasn't much fun to be had) was reading Dr. Fun comics in reverse order, and also looking up government land auctions. Not that those would have anything to do with banking, systems, or my job -- but I did seriously enjoy those comics.
Also, it's easy to 'test' the color laser printer at your office, by printing out one of these comics. You can later hang them up around your office, and force your coworkers to enjoy them also.
C'mon, I can't believe that Dick plays videogames, although it would make sense if he were playing Age of Empires, Warcraft, and the like. I haven't shot anyone in the face. Yet.
As a sysadmin, this sounds neat -- but I haven't seen any computing environments that need that kind of horsepower yet. But, I can't wait to crank-up my distributed.net ranking.
At my last contract, we used IBM Bladecenters -- Linux in a dev/QA environment, and they had prolly the largest load-generator farm I've ever seen. It wasn't the CPUs that were maxed, tho -- just the network.
I just got this letter from our favorite, Rick Santorum:
Dear Mr. Zhrodague:
Thank[sic] for contacting me regarding a tiered Internet system. I appreciate hearing from you and having the benefit of your views.
As you may know, on March 2, 2006, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced S. 2360, the Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006. This bill would prohibit the interfering with, blocking, degrading, altering, modifying or changing traffic on the Internet. S. 2360 would also prohibit the creating of a priority lane (tiered Internet system) where content providers can buy quicker access to customers, leaving those who do not pay the fee in the slow lane. The Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 aims to ensure that network operators can continue to protect subscribers against unwanted spam, spyware, viruses, pornography and other programs. S. 2360 also provides provisions to help network operators respond to emergencies and court-ordered law enforcement needs.
S. 2360 has been referred to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation. As I am not a member of this committee, I will not have the opportunity to vote on this bill in its current form. However, should this bill come before the full Senate for a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.
Thank you again for contacting me. If I can be of further assistance on this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to call on me again.
Sincerely,
Rick Santorum
United States Senate
I got a mail from MoveON.org, and made a few phone calls to those here in PA. I made sure to leave them my name and address. I beg all slashdot readers to call their senators and congresspeople, and voice your opinion. If that still doesn't work, I'll be standing next to you as we storm the Capital en masse.
The sendmail.cf has long been renowned for sending system administrators away fleeing in panic
Sendmail isn't so bad. Nowadays, you can install a package, and fire off it's daemon, and it will work. In the old days, you had to edit sendmail.cf with a hex editor, and prod the bits into place using a 15-foot pole in either hand. Jeez, these kids have it easy with their M4 configs now!
Kudos and all for having such a landmark building, even if it is just to sell iPods. Unfortunately, like a lot of expensive things, it was put together wrong (big dig, pennsylvania roads, war on everything). Let's hope this is just a speedbump for Apple and their customers, and I can go on using my Dell, and praying for OSX.
Sounds like an interesting book, but I still plan on not buying an XBox of any sort. I am just happy with my KnoppMyth distribution, which also comes with MAME. I can still kick your ass in Asteroids.
The public school system is used to maintain social control, not educate.
My experience with school, is that it is child storage, not a learning facility. In fact, I didn't learn much after 6th grade -- some things I learned were so wrong that I would ask my teachers about it (blood cells cut themselves open on the jagged edges of broken bloodvessles to start clotting), they would say that this is what they teach, and this is what I have to learn. I found about half of my education to be wasted time.
I also found school administration geared towards the mechanized stamping-out of completed students, rather than the the whole learning process. I found that my interests and creativity were definately not helpful in my scholastic career. In fact, after learning to program in Applesoft BASIC (from a school shrink!), I started to do more and tought myself. In high school, after voicing my interests in programming to my various teachers -- they then put me in learning-disabled classes, and disallowed me to take any programming classes.
I think I learned more from my parents, and from watching Star Trek than I did in some of the years of schooling. Of course, that was about 15 years ago since I was last in high school -- I've moved well on from there. The teachers I didn't learn much from are still in the same slot.
That's kinda odd that it would take them so long to interview Linus. How long after Microsoft made it's day did they interview Bill? or Steve? It is definately due, and kudos to Linus!
I'd like to see Google go on the offensive, too. It should cost too much for Spammers to send out thier emails, mostly in bandwidth costs. Isn't there a way to blacklist IPs that send spam? We need a realtime blacklist, and just not allow them to talk on the Internet.
Google, you already have minions of spam haters that aren't on your staff. Use us like a clue-by-four with sharp nails sticking out of one end: make it part of Adsense.
Now personally, I'd rather mix metaphors and literally fight spam with fire - Track these less-than-worthless bastards down and surround their offices or houses with a ring of fire moving in toward the core. Then roast marshmallows over their charred corpses as we sing "We Shall Overcome".
Here's my spam hate-speech. I hate spam as much as everyone here, and like most of them here, I also take an active part in anti-spam measures. I fight spam too.
Let me say that I'll bring some chips and beer and hand out marshmallows, we'll have a grand ol' time.
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Out of all the mention of fabulous carbuerator mods, and other types of power generation, there's not one mention of turbines. Doesn't it make sense, that with fewer parts, there is less friction, and thus more efficiency? Just the cam-based valve system alone in modern ground vehicles is rather cartoonly parasitic in terms of friction, nevermind the reciprocating pistons. It doesn't make sense to me that there are no electric vehicles powered by a small (trasnsmissionless*) turbine electrical generator.
* why gear-down a 50,000rpm turbine to power an alternator? Can't we generate power from the spinning parts alone?
Why are they using cartoon-styled piston-based engines? You have got to be kidding me! I don't understand why there aren't any transmissionless turbine/electric hybrids, you'd think that a 1950's era technology would have been put into practical use already.
Good for these folks that they can get that much mileage from a lawnmower engine. That is quite impressive, but we need more useful hybrids, with fewer reciprocating parts (more parts = more inefficiency).
Does this spell the end for Microsoft? I can't imagine how anyone would ever use a computer again with this concept -- bloated software embloating?
I wonder how many Microsoft programmers win the Obfuscated C contect, and how many more will win without entry after this 'simplification' happens.
Umm...
Right-click. "Save As".
Oh, that's easy if you have maybe 10-50 images in Flickr. Try that with... oh, I guess I only have 200 photos in there. I guess this is why people have the paid accounts. Otherwise, Gallery seems to work okay, even if it misses most of the Flickr features.
Complete GNU/Linux distribution available for the DS Lite in 3... 2... 1...
I also want 'durable, comfortable, functional and light garments in a simple, neutral design, whether or not I'm in orbit.' Why is this such a hard thing to find these days? I already have a hard time finding plain denim jeans recently. I am so sad they don't make Levis 501s anymore. I don't wear golf shirts.
I heard an article on NPR this morning, about Afghan Culture Gap Widens. In it, they mentioned that people in the City want nice shirts, Television, and a modern lifestyle. They said that the people in the rural areas want things to revert to the old ways, and make their decisions based on religeous teachings. This got me thinking -- that is what we have here in the US, and I am sure it is a common argument throughout time: the old vs. the new.
Also, coming from Pennsylvania, I know the Amish are a peaceful lot. I understand that they keep to their own, and don't meddle with other people's affairs. I thought I read that they generally vote Republican, but I didn't see it in the Wikipedia article about the Amish.
Seriously! I found Dr. Fun a while ago while working on banking systems. Most fun I had there (and there wasn't much fun to be had) was reading Dr. Fun comics in reverse order, and also looking up government land auctions. Not that those would have anything to do with banking, systems, or my job -- but I did seriously enjoy those comics.
Also, it's easy to 'test' the color laser printer at your office, by printing out one of these comics. You can later hang them up around your office, and force your coworkers to enjoy them also.
Agreed. Does that mean we can shoot Jack Thompson in the face? Maybe this is his way of expressing his need for this. Any takers?
I can imagine a mob of gamers swarming this guy, all shooting him in the face with those Nintendo light guns.
C'mon, I can't believe that Dick plays videogames, although it would make sense if he were playing Age of Empires, Warcraft, and the like. I haven't shot anyone in the face. Yet.
"...may have discovered alien life in water collected from a unusually colored rainstorm..."
Last time I checked it was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, not alien bacteria.
Are you sure? Could be a pretty good yoghurt or chese. I'm not willing to allow a cheese gap.
As a sysadmin, this sounds neat -- but I haven't seen any computing environments that need that kind of horsepower yet. But, I can't wait to crank-up my distributed.net ranking.
At my last contract, we used IBM Bladecenters -- Linux in a dev/QA environment, and they had prolly the largest load-generator farm I've ever seen. It wasn't the CPUs that were maxed, tho -- just the network.
We are a nation of slobs and lazy asses.
Yah, I guess. I work hard, though -- I ain't no slob or a lazy ass. This means that sometimes between jobs, I can go weeks without needing any pants.
Remember, kids: Vacation is the distance between jobs!
I just got this letter from our favorite, Rick Santorum:
Dear Mr. Zhrodague:
Thank[sic] for contacting me regarding a tiered Internet system. I appreciate hearing from you and having the benefit of your views.
As you may know, on March 2, 2006, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon introduced S. 2360, the Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006. This bill would prohibit the interfering with, blocking, degrading, altering, modifying or changing traffic on the Internet. S. 2360 would also prohibit the creating of a priority lane (tiered Internet system) where content providers can buy quicker access to customers, leaving those who do not pay the fee in the slow lane. The Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 aims to ensure that network operators can continue to protect subscribers against unwanted spam, spyware, viruses, pornography and other programs. S. 2360 also provides provisions to help network operators respond to emergencies and court-ordered law enforcement needs.
S. 2360 has been referred to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation. As I am not a member of this committee, I will not have the opportunity to vote on this bill in its current form. However, should this bill come before the full Senate for a vote, I will be sure to keep your views in mind.
Thank you again for contacting me. If I can be of further assistance on this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to call on me again.
Sincerely,
Rick Santorum
United States Senate
I got a mail from MoveON.org, and made a few phone calls to those here in PA. I made sure to leave them my name and address. I beg all slashdot readers to call their senators and congresspeople, and voice your opinion. If that still doesn't work, I'll be standing next to you as we storm the Capital en masse.
The sendmail.cf has long been renowned for sending system administrators away fleeing in panic
Sendmail isn't so bad. Nowadays, you can install a package, and fire off it's daemon, and it will work. In the old days, you had to edit sendmail.cf with a hex editor, and prod the bits into place using a 15-foot pole in either hand. Jeez, these kids have it easy with their M4 configs now!
Kudos and all for having such a landmark building, even if it is just to sell iPods. Unfortunately, like a lot of expensive things, it was put together wrong (big dig, pennsylvania roads, war on everything). Let's hope this is just a speedbump for Apple and their customers, and I can go on using my Dell, and praying for OSX.
Sounds like an interesting book, but I still plan on not buying an XBox of any sort. I am just happy with my KnoppMyth distribution, which also comes with MAME. I can still kick your ass in Asteroids.
I think just shortening it as eHo would be better. Soudns like a porn site!
The public school system is used to maintain social control, not educate.
My experience with school, is that it is child storage, not a learning facility. In fact, I didn't learn much after 6th grade -- some things I learned were so wrong that I would ask my teachers about it (blood cells cut themselves open on the jagged edges of broken bloodvessles to start clotting), they would say that this is what they teach, and this is what I have to learn. I found about half of my education to be wasted time.
I also found school administration geared towards the mechanized stamping-out of completed students, rather than the the whole learning process. I found that my interests and creativity were definately not helpful in my scholastic career. In fact, after learning to program in Applesoft BASIC (from a school shrink!), I started to do more and tought myself. In high school, after voicing my interests in programming to my various teachers -- they then put me in learning-disabled classes, and disallowed me to take any programming classes.
I think I learned more from my parents, and from watching Star Trek than I did in some of the years of schooling. Of course, that was about 15 years ago since I was last in high school -- I've moved well on from there. The teachers I didn't learn much from are still in the same slot.
That's kinda odd that it would take them so long to interview Linus. How long after Microsoft made it's day did they interview Bill? or Steve? It is definately due, and kudos to Linus!
I'd like to see Google go on the offensive, too. It should cost too much for Spammers to send out thier emails, mostly in bandwidth costs. Isn't there a way to blacklist IPs that send spam? We need a realtime blacklist, and just not allow them to talk on the Internet.
Google, you already have minions of spam haters that aren't on your staff. Use us like a clue-by-four with sharp nails sticking out of one end: make it part of Adsense.
Now personally, I'd rather mix metaphors and literally fight spam with fire - Track these less-than-worthless bastards down and surround their offices or houses with a ring of fire moving in toward the core. Then roast marshmallows over their charred corpses as we sing "We Shall Overcome".
Here's my spam hate-speech. I hate spam as much as everyone here, and like most of them here, I also take an active part in anti-spam measures. I fight spam too.
Let me say that I'll bring some chips and beer and hand out marshmallows, we'll have a grand ol' time.
They mention warchalking, but not wifi mapping services. Also, they brought up the old wwwd, which ended in '04.
Actually, the latest this article could be, is 2004. First they mention the little-used warchalking, but no mention of any wifi mapping services. Then they mention the old , which seems to have shutdown mid '04. I suspect that this is '04 me-too news.
It's okay, though, I post old stuff on my site too.
Is this really news that is worthy Slashdot?
No, Definately not. But it's an excuse to bash Microsoft, and so here it is! =_)