Silly,/.ers live in their mom's basements so that their machines stay cool, thus not needing AC! Not that I'd know first hand, or anything like that...
We have to discover "new" sources of energy, shrink the worlds population dramatically and take care of our resources.
So, in essence, we're fucked. We're too locked into an oil based economy, the motto of which is "Expand or die!". Agent Smith was right, humans are a disease.:)
If one wants to kill an elephant quickly, one aims for the brain. There's no need to shoot down these blimps, when all you really need to do is mangle the surveilance equipment, rendering the whole thing useless.
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Well... You know the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Windows XP is their annoying little brother.
Not sure about it standing for "Deux Chevaux", but the engine in the 2CV 6 was a 2 cylinder beast that pumped out a massive 29 bhp @ 5750 rpm allowing for a blistering 115km/h top speed.
The Citroën 2 CV 6 has them on the front wheels. They were last built in 1990, and as far as I can tell they were one of the few "modern" cars that had the parking brake linked to the front. A friend of mine found this out the hard way. Who'd have thought anyone would put them up front, but I guess its best to find out about these sorts of things.
I'd say that the fastest computers will always be fucking huge. If engineers could somehow magically fit the total power of the Earth Simulator into a single 1u chassis, people would still cluster a few hundred of them together. There's no such thing as enough processing power, as people always find a way to utilize it.
(commence snide comments about the next windows release... now:) )
Nobody's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to read the politics subsection. If you wish to minimize your exposure to partisan political crap*, then the last place you should be reading is this section.
* It is becoming difficult to find articles that are not tainted by ppc on/. lately, I will concede that. Perhaps things will settle down slightly after the election...
I remember nt4 sans servicepacks taking up roughly 60-80 megs of drivespace. Winxp is chugging down at least a gig and a half, and really doesn't offer me much more than nt4 did.
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Don't call it nuclear power, call it Decaying Heavy Element power.
Innovation in new frontiers is fueled by human blood. The sooner we all learn to accept that, the better. Sadly, right now we live in an environment where every life is a precious flower, (yeah, the hypocracy is pretty thick...) and should not be exposed to any danger, thus stifling progress. Lets all go back to living up in trees, I hear its safer than this dangerous world we've created.
The prices are high because the market for aircraft is so much smaller than the market for cars. If, by some miracle, flying cars ever did become mainstream the prices would be significantly lower due to the bigger market. However, I doubt we'll ever see swarms of flying cars like in 5th Element.
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Actually I think it would be interesting, but only as long as the rules for the Presidential debate are: Two men enter, one man leaves!
It looks like somthing Homer would cobble together.
Silly, /.ers live in their mom's basements so that their machines stay cool, thus not needing AC! Not that I'd know first hand, or anything like that...
So, in essence, we're fucked. We're too locked into an oil based economy, the motto of which is "Expand or die!". Agent Smith was right, humans are a disease. :)
If one wants to kill an elephant quickly, one aims for the brain. There's no need to shoot down these blimps, when all you really need to do is mangle the surveilance equipment, rendering the whole thing useless.
Well... You know the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Windows XP is their annoying little brother.
Not sure about it standing for "Deux Chevaux", but the engine in the 2CV 6 was a 2 cylinder beast that pumped out a massive 29 bhp @ 5750 rpm allowing for a blistering 115km/h top speed.
Note the "modern" :) I was feeling generous, perhaps a bit too much so.
The Citroën 2 CV 6 has them on the front wheels. They were last built in 1990, and as far as I can tell they were one of the few "modern" cars that had the parking brake linked to the front. A friend of mine found this out the hard way. Who'd have thought anyone would put them up front, but I guess its best to find out about these sorts of things.
(commence snide comments about the next windows release... now :) )
Some cars have the parking brake mounted to the front wheels, which would definitely have a negative impact upon vehicle stability at 120 mph.
Is there some directive that states that one must read all articles that appear on the main page? If so, I must have missed the memo.
* It is becoming difficult to find articles that are not tainted by ppc on /. lately, I will concede that. Perhaps things will settle down slightly after the election...
Compared to other sources of bird fatalities, windmills rank pretty low.
I'm guessing then, that ebay would not be a viable option in this particular case...
I, for one, welcome our /fark or fark. overlords!
Two men enter, one man leaves!
Well, there was a whole lot of bullshit going on, so maybe it was methane?
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Speak for yourself! If I'm forced to use windows for extended periods of time I get angry and violently ill, which must be withdrawl symptoms...
I remember nt4 sans servicepacks taking up roughly 60-80 megs of drivespace. Winxp is chugging down at least a gig and a half, and really doesn't offer me much more than nt4 did.
Don't call it nuclear power, call it Decaying Heavy Element power.
Innovation in new frontiers is fueled by human blood. The sooner we all learn to accept that, the better. Sadly, right now we live in an environment where every life is a precious flower, (yeah, the hypocracy is pretty thick...) and should not be exposed to any danger, thus stifling progress. Lets all go back to living up in trees, I hear its safer than this dangerous world we've created.
What if the knife IS the lightsource? A yoda sized lightsaber mayhaps?
The prices are high because the market for aircraft is so much smaller than the market for cars. If, by some miracle, flying cars ever did become mainstream the prices would be significantly lower due to the bigger market. However, I doubt we'll ever see swarms of flying cars like in 5th Element.