You know, they used to require a large-ish magnet to initiate communication with these things; the magnet would flip a little reed switch inside the device, and only then would the device be able to communicate. This has changed (or is in the process of changing) for all of the major mfg's of ICD's (and their little brothers: pacemakers) recently...
BTW, for those who think that these things shouldn't communicate at all: Um, right... there are hundreds of settable parameters in these things, and in addition, they're built-in holter monitors (iegm recorders) from which the dr can d/l important diagnostic info. Tweaking settings based on this info can make HUGE quality-of-life differences for the patients involved (see "t-wave oversensing"... yike!)
Disclaimer: I work for a place that makes PM's and ICD's.
the researchers first designed and built a supercomputer that was among the fastest in the world, capable of tens of trillions of calculations per second. The computations themselves have taken a further three years to complete.
If my own purchases are any indication, three years out the damned thing's now completely outmoded, and a pocket calculator will do the same thing...
A pretty simple thought experiment shows this to be true (i.e., that 100W is too small a figure). Just consider the light you'd get on a bright summer day through a 1 meter window/skylight vs. the light you'd get from a 100 watt bulb in a room... the mere *thought* of it leaves afterimages on my retinas:-)
Actually there are methods of using computers to create new programs that do, in fact, involve a stochastic element (mutation and randomized mating (the latter if the computer has access to beer, I suppose)).
> We'll see more holes appear in the belt as the universe expands.
Funny, I usually put more holes in my belt when my universe contracts; when it expands, I let it out a bit...
I don't buy n picoliters of ink when I buy a cartridge. I buy n pages at m density. I really don't give a rat's ass how much ink is left in the cartridge at the end of the run. Could be a gallon for all I care; where's the harm?
Wikipedia indicates that this is *very* old news...
The author Vonnegut credits the invention of ice-nine to Irving Langmuir, who pioneered the study of thin films and interfaces. While working in the public relations office at General Electric, Vonnegut came across a story of how Langmuir, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work at General Electric, was charged with the responsibility of entertaining the author H.G. Wells, who was visiting the company in the early 1930's. Langmuir is said to have come up with an idea about a form of solid water that was stable at room temperature in the hopes that Wells might be inspired to write a story about it. Apparently, Wells was not inspired and neither he nor Langmuir ever published anything about it. After Langmuir and Wells had died, Vonnegut decided to use the idea in his book Cat's Cradle.
There's a terrific book on parasites, including this one, called Parasite Rex". Of course, after reading it, I can't stop washing my hands, and washing, and washing... there's *way* stranger stuff in nature than Heinlein, etc. every dreamed of:-)
It is not the money, but it's not just the educational system. It's also the family, or rather the lack of it. Kids are given, increasingly and increasingly early in their lives, to minimum-wage caregivers for their days. Single-parent and dual-income families are the norm.
A leisured class made scientific revolutions possible in the past, and our abundance of family resources made for our wealth of today. Weekends aren't a time for family outings now, they're a time to get laundry done, or visitation with dad while *he* gets his laundry done. We're living on borrowed intellectual and spiritual and financial capital these days.
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Bad sign? For you, no. For your significant other ye... oh wait, slashdot, right. Call me if you find em...
You know, they used to require a large-ish magnet to initiate communication with these things; the magnet would flip a little reed switch inside the device, and only then would the device be able to communicate. This has changed (or is in the process of changing) for all of the major mfg's of ICD's (and their little brothers: pacemakers) recently ...
BTW, for those who think that these things shouldn't communicate at all: Um, right ... there are hundreds of settable parameters in these things, and in addition, they're built-in holter monitors (iegm recorders) from which the dr can d/l important diagnostic info. Tweaking settings based on this info can make HUGE quality-of-life differences for the patients involved (see "t-wave oversensing" ... yike!)
Disclaimer: I work for a place that makes PM's and ICD's.
OK, but wait, how would this work if the person wearing the clothing was, say, a foreigner?
Had to be said ...
Though, depending on your chosen system of beliefs, not so many as those rightly declared ...
"... 'cause suicide is painless; it brings on many changes ..."
If my own purchases are any indication, three years out the damned thing's now completely outmoded, and a pocket calculator will do the same thing ...
I doubt that's true, else what is time machine for? Surely if it's worth a damn, it (time machine) can roll you back to pre-upgrade status ...
Checkmate ... but it took God 64 years to nail him ... Bobby was just that good.
True, in every important sense ... I oversimplified.
I think you get a little more than two watts of visible light out of a 100 watt bulb, though :-)
A pretty simple thought experiment shows this to be true (i.e., that 100W is too small a figure). Just consider the light you'd get on a bright summer day through a 1 meter window/skylight vs. the light you'd get from a 100 watt bulb in a room ... the mere *thought* of it leaves afterimages on my retinas :-)
... this will have to do.
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You look at it ... I'm from Portland, you insensitive clod!
Scares the hell out of the cat, though...
Actually there are methods of using computers to create new programs that do, in fact, involve a stochastic element (mutation and randomized mating (the latter if the computer has access to beer, I suppose)).
Nope. It's not missing; RTFA. These are *excess* deaths, over and above normal. In other words, the numbers for "normal" weights is 0, in all cases.
... I'm afraid "nano" is trademarked for audio devices ... please cease and desist in the use of this term in this connection ...
... but how you gonna find a shark that small?
As noted elsewhere, while it's a good joke, the tail direction isn't dependent on the direction of travel ...
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Exhaust from the braking rockets, on the other hand
> We'll see more holes appear in the belt as the universe expands. Funny, I usually put more holes in my belt when my universe contracts; when it expands, I let it out a bit ...
Paternoster? Paternoster?! Who's our daddy, baby?
I don't buy n picoliters of ink when I buy a cartridge. I buy n pages at m density. I really don't give a rat's ass how much ink is left in the cartridge at the end of the run. Could be a gallon for all I care; where's the harm?
Oops ... that would be one of a set of one in my reply above... Stoopid rare steaks, shoulda fed 'em to the stoopid kat.
There's a terrific book on parasites, including this one, called Parasite Rex". Of course, after reading it, I can't stop washing my hands, and washing, and washing ... there's *way* stranger stuff in nature than Heinlein, etc. every dreamed of :-)
It is not the money, but it's not just the educational system. It's also the family, or rather the lack of it. Kids are given, increasingly and increasingly early in their lives, to minimum-wage caregivers for their days. Single-parent and dual-income families are the norm.
A leisured class made scientific revolutions possible in the past, and our abundance of family resources made for our wealth of today. Weekends aren't a time for family outings now, they're a time to get laundry done, or visitation with dad while *he* gets his laundry done. We're living on borrowed intellectual and spiritual and financial capital these days.
So now I have to hate linux and love windows?