The article specifies that this is for use with digital projectors. I assume the reason for this is that single chip DLP projectors don't actually project white light onto the screen. The red, green and blue components of the image cycle so fast on the screen that your eye perceives this as different shades and combinations including white. All you need to do is have the screen absorb white light while reflecting red, green and blue and there you go. This is really an ingenious use of this effect, but I wonder if it is unusable with a 3 chip DLP projector that shows all components at the same time? You would at least need a more sophisticated screen in this situation.
People need to look up the definition of non-ionizing radiation. For comparison also look up ionizing radiation. Exposure to non-ionizing radiaton does not have a cumulative effect over your lifetime. This (or your cell phone) is no more harmful to you than the local rock station broadcasting their signal.
The worst thing that can happen from this kind of radiation is everyday, non-mutating burning (like your microwave), but the low power from the repeater won't do that.
I have some serious problems with us, because it implies that the "Big Bang" occurred right here, where we are now in the universe. Absolute and utter bull.
I think that by definition the Big Bang occurred everywhere. Either that or everywhere occurred at the the Big Bang. Take your pick.
If one gets appreciably stronger by acquiring an item/ability from paid-content, it'll imbalance any conflict with a non-paying customer (it's a pvp game).
One point that I have read about the expansions is that, while you must pay to get consistant access to them, even if you are playing for free you can be invited into an expansion area without paying. This helps insure that even free players can participate in expanded content.
Unfortunately I cannot find where I read this info =/
Your post shows ignorance of the PATRIOT system (it's an acronym: Phased Array Tracking Radar and Intercept Of Targets, I think), its design goals, its complexity and your dependance on media sensationalism.
You should look up what Arrow is meant to be used for (missile defense only). You should also look up what PATRIOT was built for. It was designed to shoot down airplanes and helicopters. It was built as a "plain old" Surface to Air Missile system (SAM). The Army decided after it was built that they wanted it to shoot down ballistic and cruise missiles which are orders of magnitude harder to identify, hit and kill. It is a compliment of PATRIOT's abilities that it was given this task.
THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense) is also being built for large area protection from tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs). It will be the compliment to the Patriot system and PATRIOT's eventual successor (MEADS?, Medium Extended Air Defense System).
You say that Israel uses Arrow, but when was the last time it was used to intercept a TBM in wartime operations? PATRIOT was designed 30 YEARS AGO and to this day it remains the only system proven in battle to do so. Notice that neither Arrow or THAAD are being built with the range of capabilities that PATRIOT has. It seems that the military and engineers realized that TBM intercept is hard enough that having other intercept abilities are an overbearingly daunting task. PATRIOT proved that TBMs can be intercepted and neutralized as a battlefield threat. Newer systems will build upon what was learned in the PATRIOT effort.
PATRIOT is a dynamic system. Its hardware and software are continually updated in order to meet the challenges of the battlefield. To say it is defective downplays the daily efforts of thousands of dedicated engineers.
Some people here on Slashdot just think it's as simple as a trigger-happy autonomous system. Think about what these systems (Patriot, ABL) have to do and realize that it's not easy.
Using the analogy that the recording industry uses, when people download files from my shared directory over P2P aren't they stealing from me? I did not give them express permission to do so.
I can leave my car in a public parking lot, but I'm not expressly allowing someone to take it (or use its design to make one of their own as the analogy would dictate).
Actually, I've been using DVD to PocketPC to rip DVD's down to.wmv files and they look really good for such a small size (128MB or 256MB). It does take a long time to convert (about the realtime length of the movie), but framerate and audio sync are perfect on my Axim X3i. My friends are impressed when I show them a full movie on my PDA. Nothing like having 2 full movies on a 256MB card for when things get dull.
Not only that, since DVD to PocketPC uses Windows Media encoder to do the conversion, it turned me onto the usefulness of that software. I converted all my Red vs. Blue episodes to play well on my PDA and I could carry about 30 at a time on a 256MB card. The predefined PocketPC conversion setting does a great job.
It just means that it has buffer overflow protection integrated into the silicon. This is just good engineering practice rather than an Orwellian plot.
The article just dumbed it down.
Exactly what type of energy would one expect from something called "cold fusion" if it isn't heat?
I think you're taking the term too literally. The test apparatus isn't going to run in a giant wheel. Even light or electricity are generally connected with the production of heat.
From Wikipedia: "Cold fusion is used to refer to several different processes involving nuclear fusion at relatively low temperatures."
I take that to mean that you don't need to create a star to have (cold) fusion which would be the case here. Maybe it should be called "small fusion"?
It is appropriate that the source of one's internet might also block out the sun for short periods of time, thus rendering it safe for geeks to venture outside.
good on them for making unique identifiers for each copy
The only thing that's annoying are the "fingerprint" patterns of red dots you will notice on any movie you see at the theater now. They put them on a few frames here and there to identify whose copy got recorded to the internet. Of course they have to put them right in the middle of the frame otherwise they wouldn't be as useful or annoying. It's too bad they couldn't think of a scheme that doesn't momentarily remove my focus on the film. As if the "cigarette burns" mentioned in Fight Club weren't enough...
...none of the ESA's member nations use Imperial measurements for much of anything other than selling beer anymore, so there's no conversions for them to screw up.
Something tells me that airlines and security people won't like the idea of people carrying 4 ounce cartridges of flammable pure methyl alcohol onboard flights. Even in a "secure" cartridge form factor, the liquid would seem to pose a hazard if a terrorist learns how to open the cartridge and set fire to the liquid.
I bet you read the 300 word article and just missed these 30 words:
The water produced by the electricity-generating chemical reaction is used to dilute the fuel down to the right concentration, 3-6 per cent, needed for the reaction to take place.
Let's see you ignite a 3-6% mixture of methanol in water.
Trying to wrap people's heads around a 3 dimensional workspace looks to be virtually impossible.
You're right, most people can't handle navigating in a 3D space. It's one more dimension than 2D, therefore it must be even more complicated to work with. I'm glad my grandparents never got anything more complicated than 1D linear furniture or else I'd have a hell of a time teaching them to use it.
Maybe what you meant to say is that even though a 3D desktop environment is more like a real-world workspace than a flat screen, advances in human infterfaces need to be made in order to make navigation intuitive. The real trick with technology is making it easier to use than the previous generation.
My girlfriend once was making pancakes and she discovered an uncanny image of the Virgin Mary in the folds cooked into one. After I confirmed its resemblance we comtemplated whether or not to eat it. Maybe, since we're not religious, we could have at least made some money charging admission to all the crazies out there. In the end though, there was only one sane course of action to take.
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The article specifies that this is for use with digital projectors. I assume the reason for this is that single chip DLP projectors don't actually project white light onto the screen. The red, green and blue components of the image cycle so fast on the screen that your eye perceives this as different shades and combinations including white. All you need to do is have the screen absorb white light while reflecting red, green and blue and there you go. This is really an ingenious use of this effect, but I wonder if it is unusable with a 3 chip DLP projector that shows all components at the same time? You would at least need a more sophisticated screen in this situation.
If you know ANYONE who even VAGUELY resembles R2-D2, I want to see pictures!
Oh, I don't know...
Isn't this thing going to fry your brain?
People need to look up the definition of non-ionizing radiation. For comparison also look up ionizing radiation. Exposure to non-ionizing radiaton does not have a cumulative effect over your lifetime. This (or your cell phone) is no more harmful to you than the local rock station broadcasting their signal.
The worst thing that can happen from this kind of radiation is everyday, non-mutating burning (like your microwave), but the low power from the repeater won't do that.
I have some serious problems with us, because it implies that the "Big Bang" occurred right here, where we are now in the universe. Absolute and utter bull.
I think that by definition the Big Bang occurred everywhere. Either that or everywhere occurred at the the Big Bang. Take your pick.
If one gets appreciably stronger by acquiring an item/ability from paid-content, it'll imbalance any conflict with a non-paying customer (it's a pvp game).
One point that I have read about the expansions is that, while you must pay to get consistant access to them, even if you are playing for free you can be invited into an expansion area without paying. This helps insure that even free players can participate in expanded content.
Unfortunately I cannot find where I read this info =/
Your post shows ignorance of the PATRIOT system (it's an acronym: Phased Array Tracking Radar and Intercept Of Targets, I think), its design goals, its complexity and your dependance on media sensationalism.
You should look up what Arrow is meant to be used for (missile defense only). You should also look up what PATRIOT was built for. It was designed to shoot down airplanes and helicopters. It was built as a "plain old" Surface to Air Missile system (SAM). The Army decided after it was built that they wanted it to shoot down ballistic and cruise missiles which are orders of magnitude harder to identify, hit and kill. It is a compliment of PATRIOT's abilities that it was given this task.
THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense) is also being built for large area protection from tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs). It will be the compliment to the Patriot system and PATRIOT's eventual successor (MEADS?, Medium Extended Air Defense System).
You say that Israel uses Arrow, but when was the last time it was used to intercept a TBM in wartime operations? PATRIOT was designed 30 YEARS AGO and to this day it remains the only system proven in battle to do so. Notice that neither Arrow or THAAD are being built with the range of capabilities that PATRIOT has. It seems that the military and engineers realized that TBM intercept is hard enough that having other intercept abilities are an overbearingly daunting task. PATRIOT proved that TBMs can be intercepted and neutralized as a battlefield threat. Newer systems will build upon what was learned in the PATRIOT effort.
PATRIOT is a dynamic system. Its hardware and software are continually updated in order to meet the challenges of the battlefield. To say it is defective downplays the daily efforts of thousands of dedicated engineers.
You should read up on IFF , Safe Passage Corridors, Army procedure and their uses together.
Some people here on Slashdot just think it's as simple as a trigger-happy autonomous system. Think about what these systems (Patriot, ABL) have to do and realize that it's not easy.
Using the analogy that the recording industry uses, when people download files from my shared directory over P2P aren't they stealing from me? I did not give them express permission to do so.
I can leave my car in a public parking lot, but I'm not expressly allowing someone to take it (or use its design to make one of their own as the analogy would dictate).
Actually, I've been using DVD to PocketPC to rip DVD's down to .wmv files and they look really good for such a small size (128MB or 256MB). It does take a long time to convert (about the realtime length of the movie), but framerate and audio sync are perfect on my Axim X3i. My friends are impressed when I show them a full movie on my PDA. Nothing like having 2 full movies on a 256MB card for when things get dull.
Not only that, since DVD to PocketPC uses Windows Media encoder to do the conversion, it turned me onto the usefulness of that software. I converted all my Red vs. Blue episodes to play well on my PDA and I could carry about 30 at a time on a 256MB card. The predefined PocketPC conversion setting does a great job.
This link provides some more information on the project.
It just means that it has buffer overflow protection integrated into the silicon. This is just good engineering practice rather than an Orwellian plot. The article just dumbed it down.
Just use the zooming software used in shows like CSI or movies like Blade Runner.
I keep saying "Enhance" while viewing the picture, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
I am working in a nanotube lab, too.
My God! How do you fit in there?!
Exactly what type of energy would one expect from something called "cold fusion" if it isn't heat?
I think you're taking the term too literally. The test apparatus isn't going to run in a giant wheel. Even light or electricity are generally connected with the production of heat.
From Wikipedia: "Cold fusion is used to refer to several different processes involving nuclear fusion at relatively low temperatures."
I take that to mean that you don't need to create a star to have (cold) fusion which would be the case here. Maybe it should be called "small fusion"?
How big are these airships?
It is appropriate that the source of one's internet might also block out the sun for short periods of time, thus rendering it safe for geeks to venture outside.
"Natural light! Get it off!"
good on them for making unique identifiers for each copy
The only thing that's annoying are the "fingerprint" patterns of red dots you will notice on any movie you see at the theater now. They put them on a few frames here and there to identify whose copy got recorded to the internet. Of course they have to put them right in the middle of the frame otherwise they wouldn't be as useful or annoying. It's too bad they couldn't think of a scheme that doesn't momentarily remove my focus on the film. As if the "cigarette burns" mentioned in Fight Club weren't enough...
Before I get nitpicked, I should have said Paleontologists instead of archeologists. Oh well.
Meanwhile, geologists and archeologists debate the introduction of the Delicious Period to historical texts.
What about the cup holder?
Something tells me that airlines and security people won't like the idea of people carrying 4 ounce cartridges of flammable pure methyl alcohol onboard flights. Even in a "secure" cartridge form factor, the liquid would seem to pose a hazard if a terrorist learns how to open the cartridge and set fire to the liquid.
I bet you read the 300 word article and just missed these 30 words:
The water produced by the electricity-generating chemical reaction is used to dilute the fuel down to the right concentration, 3-6 per cent, needed for the reaction to take place.
Let's see you ignite a 3-6% mixture of methanol in water.
Trying to wrap people's heads around a 3 dimensional workspace looks to be virtually impossible.
You're right, most people can't handle navigating in a 3D space. It's one more dimension than 2D, therefore it must be even more complicated to work with. I'm glad my grandparents never got anything more complicated than 1D linear furniture or else I'd have a hell of a time teaching them to use it.
Maybe what you meant to say is that even though a 3D desktop environment is more like a real-world workspace than a flat screen, advances in human infterfaces need to be made in order to make navigation intuitive. The real trick with technology is making it easier to use than the previous generation.
Do you need some sort of song and dance to convince you that the country can't survive four more years of looting on this scale?
Actually, that would probably be pretty funny.
Nobody's doing leeches as a recreational drug.
Speak for yourse... Ow! My Blood!
My girlfriend once was making pancakes and she discovered an uncanny image of the Virgin Mary in the folds cooked into one. After I confirmed its resemblance we comtemplated whether or not to eat it. Maybe, since we're not religious, we could have at least made some money charging admission to all the crazies out there. In the end though, there was only one sane course of action to take.
She was delicious.
From the article: On the surface, Linus vs. Bill seems to be the ultimate David vs. Goliath contest.
I'm pretty sure that, by definition, the ultimate David vs. Goliath contest was in fact: David vs. Goliath.
Otherwise they'd be called "Linus vs. Bill" contests now wouldn't they?