A variant of this already happens for low-end car dealers. If you don't make your car payment, you car won't work.
The way that they prevent the scenario described is that they prevent the car from starting. So, the driver won't lose anything while driving, but may himself stranded in a parking lot.
And the capsule, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting, On the palid dust of planet just below my chamber door. And it's lights have all the seeming of a Demon's that is dreaming, While the sunlight o'er him streaming throws its shadow on the floor. And my soul from out that shadow which lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted [to Earth] nevermore!
I split wood for heating my home, so one tool which I have around is a wood grenade. I have very successfully destroyed hard drives by driving wood grenades into them with a sledgehammer. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.
The problems with any hydrogen/oxygen storage mediums are:
1) Even liquid hydrogen has low densities
2) The potential for a devastating explosion with a hydrogen leak is a serious danger. And since hydrogen is colorless and odorless, one may not detect the leak until it's too late.
Your refrigerator doesn't require electricity. All it requires is something to spin the compressor, which includes water wheels, gerbils (a lot, one would suppose) or disembodied spirits (how many fit on the head of a pin again?).
Why use compressed air? One already compresses the refrigerant, so no advantage can be found by using compressed air.
If his goal is to use air instead fo freon for refrigeration, I suggest that he build Stirling engines.
I don't agree. National Public Radio had a segment a few weeks ago about a small town in Texas which suffered from the same problem that you describe--no one wanted to offer high-speed internet because of their location.
But, the town owned the utilities and spent the extra money to give everyone broadband-over-powerlines. As a bonus, the town was saving money because their equipment could locate power outages and query meters without anyone needing to drive.
Since many power companies cover large areas, once they add the equipment to their power network, they're ready to go. It won't greatly matter when it comes to distance from the city. It will be a very profitable venture for these power companies.
I administer GroupWise at one of the largest health care organizations in the United States, and I can say that I've been veyr pleased with its reliability, scability, quality and its ability to run on either Netware or Linux.
Whenever other companies are having problems with email viruses, we don't seem to have the same problems. On top of this, our uptime is very impressive even in non-clustered sites.
Though it's not free, Novell's technical support is superb. Give it a try!
There was no sixth sense on the Sentalese tribesmen. It was simply a cultural education that stated that if there was a strong earthquake, and/or if the seas receded quickly, a tsunami is about to arrive, so one should go to higher grounds.
Also, elephants are sensitive to infrasonic frequencies, which is why they also avoided the shores.
The problem isn't software patents, per se, but a broken patent office.
And all a rival hs to do is either establish prior art and/or "obviousness" of the invention, and the patent will be deemed invalid.
So, go ahead and use it, and if McAfee uses it, watch them lose quickly. It doesn't matterh ow powerful their lawyers are, because a few examples of prior art will cause McAfee to lose the money the spent on the patent in the first place.
This is the same game with any patent, not just a software patent. As a silly example, if the USPTO were to grant a patent on the tire, and you were to make a vehicle with a tire and get sued, then you could show that tires were already in use long before.
Remember the water bed? It's patent was denied because someone showed that it was already described in Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land."
Yes, I do remember them. As a matter of fact, I experiment with Stirling engines.
Not only are Stirling engines efficient, but they were invented by the Reverend Stirling as an alternative to the dangers inherent in the biolers of steam engines.
Historically, they also have been known as hot air engines.
I am impressed with Novell's work with SuSE and Ximian. Just the work on their personal edition has developed a desktop version which is usable on almost all common hardware. I have had tremendous success converting non-geek types to linux, AND THEY LOVE IT!
Kudos for Novell.
I realized that, once configured properly, Linux is a very usable OS when my wife was able to use a computer in our house with no difficulty running linux.
Since then, I have set my mother-in-law's PC to use linux (SuSE to be exact) with Open Office and Mozilla. VNC is set up for my access to her system, should it be needed.
We've had no problems, and she has never needed the root password. This also means that every bozo out there in her church who thinks that he or she knows something about computers can't ruin a good thing, on top of the young, hyperactive grandchildren who visit. On top of that, the Bayesian filtering offered by the Mozilla news reader has even eliminated any potential spam problems.
Yes, I would agree with the OS X postings out there, but I get a hold of used PCs for nothing from my job, and they are dirt poor, so I'm using the almighty penguin.:-)
No hoax. Laboratory scientists have been achieving fusion for years. So has this kid.
The holy grail is not fusion, but achieving "breakeven," that is, the production of more power than was put into the device. This kid has never made such a claim.
While it is true that a linux system is less vulnerable than other systems, because the user base is more informed, and because one must have root permissions to get to many vital components, it is a big mistake to assume that linux is totally secure.
New vulnerabilities are constantly found. I can't even begin to count the number of security vulnerabilities my RedHat 9 system has discovered and patched with updates.
Missing these updates is just as bad as missing the patches for Windows. Folks, these vulnerabilites which the various worms and viruses have exploited in Windows were documented, and often protected by installing the newest patches, which is exactly what is happening with Linux.
As an example, I know someone who installed linux a while ago, and was hit with a sendmail exploit. Suddenly, he was getting protests from other users and his ISP for sending spam. Sure, he fixed the problem and the exploit, but crackers are like cockroaches; once they find a way into your system, they're hard to get rid of. In this case, the spammer was irate that his victim and patched the hole, so this spammer proceeded to send a DOS attack against this man's machine.
One can be arrogant and coy that this man could have taken steps to prevent this attack, but the point is, this is a learning experience for everyone. Everyone out there starts as a novice, and he was no exception.
The point is this--exploits exist in linux, just as in Windows. One must constantly keep up with the latest updates and patches, as well as practice some safe computing habits, in order to avoid these attacks.
Using the laws of quauntum mechanics and radioactive decay, someone has already come up with a truly random source. All schematics and source code are available, as well as java classes for utilizing it.
Check out http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/
Sorry, but that has no bearing on reality. If you've ever suffered massive medical bills because of lack of insurance (which happened to my wife years ago), you may understand this. Or, if you've been married to someone who damaged your credit, you're in trouble (even if you divorce afterwards).
Credit reporting companies and billing agencies are also famous for making MANY errors. These could damage your career potentials.
Finally, what if you're the victim of identify theft? It's a nightmare to straighten that out!
Actually, molten salt is the standard way of producing sodium metal. But the usual method of production involves mercury for the electrodes. It's not difficult; it just requires hot salt and good seals to prevent leaks of gas or water.
While the odds are good that their is life in Lake Vostok, Lake Vostok has not been penetrated, as of yet. The drilling by the Vostok Research station was halted before the lake was penetrated so as to prevent contaminating the lake.
Microscopic organisms have been found in the ice above the lake, but we can not know whether there is life in the lake with absolute certainty until exploration commences.
Your comments clearly show that you need a refresher course on evolution, since they have no bearing on what evolution is. Please review your facts before showing yourself to be a fundamentalist.
"Know thine enemy."
And when you claim that people are abandoning evolution by the millions for their "moral roots," you have stated nothing for nor against evolution. A fact is a fact, regardless of the number of people who believe in it. While reviewing evolution, please review your philosophy classes. All you have done is show that a percentage of the population has fundamenatalist tendencies.
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A variant of this already happens for low-end car dealers. If you don't make your car payment, you car won't work. The way that they prevent the scenario described is that they prevent the car from starting. So, the driver won't lose anything while driving, but may himself stranded in a parking lot.
And the capsule, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting,
On the palid dust of planet just below my chamber door.
And it's lights have all the seeming of a Demon's that is dreaming,
While the sunlight o'er him streaming throws its shadow on the floor.
And my soul from out that shadow which lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted [to Earth] nevermore!
I split wood for heating my home, so one tool which I have around is a wood grenade. I have very successfully destroyed hard drives by driving wood grenades into them with a sledgehammer. It's also a hell of a lot of fun.
The problems with any hydrogen/oxygen storage mediums are: 1) Even liquid hydrogen has low densities 2) The potential for a devastating explosion with a hydrogen leak is a serious danger. And since hydrogen is colorless and odorless, one may not detect the leak until it's too late.
Right after this article, the next article is entitled, "Linux: why people switch to Linux." 'Nuff said.
Your refrigerator doesn't require electricity. All it requires is something to spin the compressor, which includes water wheels, gerbils (a lot, one would suppose) or disembodied spirits (how many fit on the head of a pin again?).
Why use compressed air? One already compresses the refrigerant, so no advantage can be found by using compressed air.
If his goal is to use air instead fo freon for refrigeration, I suggest that he build Stirling engines.
I don't agree. National Public Radio had a segment a few weeks ago about a small town in Texas which suffered from the same problem that you describe--no one wanted to offer high-speed internet because of their location. But, the town owned the utilities and spent the extra money to give everyone broadband-over-powerlines. As a bonus, the town was saving money because their equipment could locate power outages and query meters without anyone needing to drive. Since many power companies cover large areas, once they add the equipment to their power network, they're ready to go. It won't greatly matter when it comes to distance from the city. It will be a very profitable venture for these power companies.
I administer GroupWise at one of the largest health care organizations in the United States, and I can say that I've been veyr pleased with its reliability, scability, quality and its ability to run on either Netware or Linux.
Whenever other companies are having problems with email viruses, we don't seem to have the same problems. On top of this, our uptime is very impressive even in non-clustered sites.
Though it's not free, Novell's technical support is superb. Give it a try!
There was no sixth sense on the Sentalese tribesmen. It was simply a cultural education that stated that if there was a strong earthquake, and/or if the seas receded quickly, a tsunami is about to arrive, so one should go to higher grounds. Also, elephants are sensitive to infrasonic frequencies, which is why they also avoided the shores.
The problem isn't software patents, per se, but a broken patent office. And all a rival hs to do is either establish prior art and/or "obviousness" of the invention, and the patent will be deemed invalid. So, go ahead and use it, and if McAfee uses it, watch them lose quickly. It doesn't matterh ow powerful their lawyers are, because a few examples of prior art will cause McAfee to lose the money the spent on the patent in the first place. This is the same game with any patent, not just a software patent. As a silly example, if the USPTO were to grant a patent on the tire, and you were to make a vehicle with a tire and get sued, then you could show that tires were already in use long before. Remember the water bed? It's patent was denied because someone showed that it was already described in Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land."
Yes, I do remember them. As a matter of fact, I experiment with Stirling engines.
Not only are Stirling engines efficient, but they were invented by the Reverend Stirling as an alternative to the dangers inherent in the biolers of steam engines.
Historically, they also have been known as hot air engines.
I am impressed with Novell's work with SuSE and Ximian. Just the work on their personal edition has developed a desktop version which is usable on almost all common hardware. I have had tremendous success converting non-geek types to linux, AND THEY LOVE IT! Kudos for Novell.
I realized that, once configured properly, Linux is a very usable OS when my wife was able to use a computer in our house with no difficulty running linux. Since then, I have set my mother-in-law's PC to use linux (SuSE to be exact) with Open Office and Mozilla. VNC is set up for my access to her system, should it be needed. We've had no problems, and she has never needed the root password. This also means that every bozo out there in her church who thinks that he or she knows something about computers can't ruin a good thing, on top of the young, hyperactive grandchildren who visit. On top of that, the Bayesian filtering offered by the Mozilla news reader has even eliminated any potential spam problems. Yes, I would agree with the OS X postings out there, but I get a hold of used PCs for nothing from my job, and they are dirt poor, so I'm using the almighty penguin. :-)
No hoax. Laboratory scientists have been achieving fusion for years. So has this kid. The holy grail is not fusion, but achieving "breakeven," that is, the production of more power than was put into the device. This kid has never made such a claim.
While it is true that a linux system is less vulnerable than other systems, because the user base is more informed, and because one must have root permissions to get to many vital components, it is a big mistake to assume that linux is totally secure. New vulnerabilities are constantly found. I can't even begin to count the number of security vulnerabilities my RedHat 9 system has discovered and patched with updates. Missing these updates is just as bad as missing the patches for Windows. Folks, these vulnerabilites which the various worms and viruses have exploited in Windows were documented, and often protected by installing the newest patches, which is exactly what is happening with Linux. As an example, I know someone who installed linux a while ago, and was hit with a sendmail exploit. Suddenly, he was getting protests from other users and his ISP for sending spam. Sure, he fixed the problem and the exploit, but crackers are like cockroaches; once they find a way into your system, they're hard to get rid of. In this case, the spammer was irate that his victim and patched the hole, so this spammer proceeded to send a DOS attack against this man's machine. One can be arrogant and coy that this man could have taken steps to prevent this attack, but the point is, this is a learning experience for everyone. Everyone out there starts as a novice, and he was no exception. The point is this--exploits exist in linux, just as in Windows. One must constantly keep up with the latest updates and patches, as well as practice some safe computing habits, in order to avoid these attacks.
Using the laws of quauntum mechanics and radioactive decay, someone has already come up with a truly random source. All schematics and source code are available, as well as java classes for utilizing it. Check out http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/
Sorry, but that has no bearing on reality. If you've ever suffered massive medical bills because of lack of insurance (which happened to my wife years ago), you may understand this. Or, if you've been married to someone who damaged your credit, you're in trouble (even if you divorce afterwards).
Credit reporting companies and billing agencies are also famous for making MANY errors. These could damage your career potentials.
Finally, what if you're the victim of identify theft? It's a nightmare to straighten that out!
Actually, molten salt is the standard way of producing sodium metal. But the usual method of production involves mercury for the electrodes. It's not difficult; it just requires hot salt and good seals to prevent leaks of gas or water.
While the odds are good that their is life in Lake Vostok, Lake Vostok has not been penetrated, as of yet. The drilling by the Vostok Research station was halted before the lake was penetrated so as to prevent contaminating the lake. Microscopic organisms have been found in the ice above the lake, but we can not know whether there is life in the lake with absolute certainty until exploration commences.
Your comments clearly show that you need a refresher course on evolution, since they have no bearing on what evolution is. Please review your facts before showing yourself to be a fundamentalist. "Know thine enemy." And when you claim that people are abandoning evolution by the millions for their "moral roots," you have stated nothing for nor against evolution. A fact is a fact, regardless of the number of people who believe in it. While reviewing evolution, please review your philosophy classes. All you have done is show that a percentage of the population has fundamenatalist tendencies.