Works for me. Better surf to ride, more often. Let the damn condos go down in a cat V eyewall. The debris field might create a nice new reef with a fair decent wave breaking across it. With any luck at all, this Florida land boom will get snuffed out by hurricanes just like the last one did way back in the 20's. I've lived here all my life, but I'm not stupid enough to own any property. Let the sea level rise and take it all back. Fuckem. I'll just pack light and step back right along with the coastline. Works for me.
It might mean that there is no such thing as dark matter.
I've never trusted this whole bandwagon regarding both dark matter and dark energy. It just seems like all of a sudden, with very little to actually invoke by way of proper observational evidence, everybody got on the dark matter/energy bandwagon and we were off to the races with it, despite continued objections from various and sundry quarters to the effect that we really do not have any actual evidence for any of this stuff. Instead, we have a bunch of "unexplained" things that then get "explained" using dark matter/energy. Sounds more like religion than science if you ask me. So it's nice to see some substantial cracking in the edifice, and I'll be quite pleased if the whole dubious enterprise comes crashing down and we revert to science that's either grounded on more substantial claims or is man enough to admit it doesn't know.
it would also broadcast your network 4.9 miles more than you need...
Yes, but at the low low price of "The 5-km version costs ¥600,000 ($5,254)", you're getting the unheard of great value of just over a thousand bucks a kilometer. And who knows? Maybe one day you might just need one of those kilometers? And where would you be if you didn't have it, hmmm?
My guess is that most people will go with plan B: download the free hack/patch that disables the DRM and lets them view whatever they want on their existing monitor.
Erm.....no, actually, most people won't. Most people are the Ma and Pa Kettle types out there, and/or the businesses they work for. They're terrified of doing ANYthing not "fully legal" on a computer and will dutifully follow instructions, right on over the cliff along with all the other good little lemmings.
Now when it comes to most techish sorts, then what you say is dead center and I could not possibly agree with what you say any more than I already do.
Unless I'm mistaken (and feel free to show me evidence that I am) your present display will work with Vista... but just might not show HD content in full HD.
You are absolutely correct. My statement was over generalized. That said, the bottom line remains the same: People will be ditching their present generation of flat panel monitors in order to avail themselves of the new "legally obtained HD content in full HD"
Net result: A wave of free flat panel monitors that will work just ticky-boo for all the humdrum things that most computers spend their lives grinding out day after day. This may sound far-fetched, but it's ever so real. They don't know why they need it, but they need it. "It doesn't do blankity blank?!? Heavens, I'll need to get one that does!" And they do.
So hardware vendors can push new machines with twice the memory, twice the CPU, twice the graphics so when you click on something it sparkles or something before opening.
I can't wait till Visa comes out.
I deal in free computers, and even wrote a book on the subject, and let me tell you, once Vista hits the streets, the whole world is going to be awash with perfectly good machines that I can load Linux on and then give away.
The part that's really making my mouth water is the fact that your present monitor will NOT work with Vista. This is too good to be true. At present, Big Bomb CRT monitors are just laying around like shells on the beach, free for the picking. Vista will then cause the exact same thing to happen with flat panels.
Machines with 60 gig hard drives, 2 gig CPU's, and half a gig of memory are going to become free for the taking. Load Linux on one and you've got yourself a damn fine machine, no matter how many bells, whistles, foxtails, and reflectors your next door neighbor might have on his machine.
that when this thing gets built that it won't do ANY of what it was originally intended to do but will wind up costing about twenty times more than originally budgeted?
don't know how we could increase pi, are you sure that's possible?
Why hell, I bet I could increase pi up to a couple of hundred if I felt like taking the time to do it right. Just go ahead and insert those diameters in the circumference and then pin them off and then just beat the living hell out of the remainder of whatever diameter is still hanging out there until it by god just goes on in. With a big enough beater, and enought time, and who knows, maybe a torch kit or something, I'm pretty sure I could work things out to get pi to most any old number you might want.
would eliminate the tides,.....and ending surfing as we know it.
Erm, eh, no actually, it wouldn't. Surfable waves (with rare exceptions like the pororoca), are created by the WIND. Tide only comes in to play insofar as the depth of the water changes, and thus changes the aspect of the way the (wind-generated) waves break.
I think I'd do some investigation into Nigerian prisons before I signed up for a deal like that.
I'm sure that with 200M to play with, a suitable arrangement between you and the jailers could be arrived at such that your stay in their fine establishment might be rendered....shall we say, less uncomfortable?
ESPECIALLY in a place like Nigeria, where bribery is basically what underpins the whole economy (although it's terribly politically incorrect to just come right out and say it).
but it's like pushing down the bubble in a waterbed. We have a slithering, morphing target, and, now that I think about it, the target isn't the target.
End users are the target and there's no way in hell ANYbody will ever change that little term in the equation.
You will never be able to convince people who live ANYWHERE near the launch site of this vehicle that "hey, it's ok we promise you won't die from this".
Phoo.
I'm practically in the shadow of the launch pads here in Florida. Been here since the 50's. Lotta nuclear stuff has gone up over the years (despite the best ranting and raving the anti's could muster) and nobody seems to have panicked or moved away from the area. In reality, it's the fucking hurricanes that people need to watch out for. And they're not doing such a sterling job of that, either.
In fact, almost everyone who builds their own computer has like four or five fans laying around.
Funny how people like to gripe, ain't it? Hell, I've got a whole box of fans of all sizes sitting right here on the floor next to where I'm typing this. I repair computers for hire, repair compters for free (family and certain friends), and give computers away (to folks who otherwise wouldn't ever be able to own one), and as I throughput all that hardware (giveaways from here, there, and everywhere), I pluck everything that works and stash it. I'm guessing that there's more than just a few slashdotheads who do the same or similar. So yes, the fucked up fan is free, and no the fucked up bracket isn't.
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The way things are going, it's gonna be tinfoil chewing gum before it's all said and done.
Oh yeah. Please. Right now. Insert the electrodes into me right now. I can't wait!
Am I allowed to ask who's going to get the Royal Shaft?
Recently?
Works for me. Better surf to ride, more often. Let the damn condos go down in a cat V eyewall. The debris field might create a nice new reef with a fair decent wave breaking across it. With any luck at all, this Florida land boom will get snuffed out by hurricanes just like the last one did way back in the 20's. I've lived here all my life, but I'm not stupid enough to own any property. Let the sea level rise and take it all back. Fuckem. I'll just pack light and step back right along with the coastline. Works for me.
I've never trusted this whole bandwagon regarding both dark matter and dark energy. It just seems like all of a sudden, with very little to actually invoke by way of proper observational evidence, everybody got on the dark matter/energy bandwagon and we were off to the races with it, despite continued objections from various and sundry quarters to the effect that we really do not have any actual evidence for any of this stuff. Instead, we have a bunch of "unexplained" things that then get "explained" using dark matter/energy. Sounds more like religion than science if you ask me. So it's nice to see some substantial cracking in the edifice, and I'll be quite pleased if the whole dubious enterprise comes crashing down and we revert to science that's either grounded on more substantial claims or is man enough to admit it doesn't know.
Yes, but at the low low price of "The 5-km version costs ¥600,000 ($5,254)", you're getting the unheard of great value of just over a thousand bucks a kilometer. And who knows? Maybe one day you might just need one of those kilometers? And where would you be if you didn't have it, hmmm?
Erm.....no, actually, most people won't. Most people are the Ma and Pa Kettle types out there, and/or the businesses they work for. They're terrified of doing ANYthing not "fully legal" on a computer and will dutifully follow instructions, right on over the cliff along with all the other good little lemmings.
Now when it comes to most techish sorts, then what you say is dead center and I could not possibly agree with what you say any more than I already do.
You are absolutely correct. My statement was over generalized. That said, the bottom line remains the same: People will be ditching their present generation of flat panel monitors in order to avail themselves of the new "legally obtained HD content in full HD"
Net result: A wave of free flat panel monitors that will work just ticky-boo for all the humdrum things that most computers spend their lives grinding out day after day. This may sound far-fetched, but it's ever so real. They don't know why they need it, but they need it. "It doesn't do blankity blank?!? Heavens, I'll need to get one that does!" And they do.
I can't wait till Visa comes out.
I deal in free computers, and even wrote a book on the subject, and let me tell you, once Vista hits the streets, the whole world is going to be awash with perfectly good machines that I can load Linux on and then give away.
The part that's really making my mouth water is the fact that your present monitor will NOT work with Vista. This is too good to be true. At present, Big Bomb CRT monitors are just laying around like shells on the beach, free for the picking. Vista will then cause the exact same thing to happen with flat panels.
Machines with 60 gig hard drives, 2 gig CPU's, and half a gig of memory are going to become free for the taking. Load Linux on one and you've got yourself a damn fine machine, no matter how many bells, whistles, foxtails, and reflectors your next door neighbor might have on his machine.
I can't wait!!!
that when this thing gets built that it won't do ANY of what it was originally intended to do but will wind up costing about twenty times more than originally budgeted?
Why hell, I bet I could increase pi up to a couple of hundred if I felt like taking the time to do it right. Just go ahead and insert those diameters in the circumference and then pin them off and then just beat the living hell out of the remainder of whatever diameter is still hanging out there until it by god just goes on in. With a big enough beater, and enought time, and who knows, maybe a torch kit or something, I'm pretty sure I could work things out to get pi to most any old number you might want.
Erm, eh, no actually, it wouldn't. Surfable waves (with rare exceptions like the pororoca), are created by the WIND. Tide only comes in to play insofar as the depth of the water changes, and thus changes the aspect of the way the (wind-generated) waves break.
I'm sure that with 200M to play with, a suitable arrangement between you and the jailers could be arrived at such that your stay in their fine establishment might be rendered....shall we say, less uncomfortable?
ESPECIALLY in a place like Nigeria, where bribery is basically what underpins the whole economy (although it's terribly politically incorrect to just come right out and say it).
these things will be a sort of pinkish grey with a funny convoluted surface appearance, weigh a few pounds, and float in tanks of clear liquid.
How many of us want to see OUR names splashed around the world by the marketeers as somebody delirously in love with windows?
End users are the target and there's no way in hell ANYbody will ever change that little term in the equation.
Only if you say it indirectly.
It's in the Keeler gap. So name it Keeler. Duh.
With poison in 'em. Can't forget the poison.
Nah, it'll "just suck."
Phoo.
I'm practically in the shadow of the launch pads here in Florida. Been here since the 50's. Lotta nuclear stuff has gone up over the years (despite the best ranting and raving the anti's could muster) and nobody seems to have panicked or moved away from the area. In reality, it's the fucking hurricanes that people need to watch out for. And they're not doing such a sterling job of that, either.
Funny how people like to gripe, ain't it? Hell, I've got a whole box of fans of all sizes sitting right here on the floor next to where I'm typing this. I repair computers for hire, repair compters for free (family and certain friends), and give computers away (to folks who otherwise wouldn't ever be able to own one), and as I throughput all that hardware (giveaways from here, there, and everywhere), I pluck everything that works and stash it. I'm guessing that there's more than just a few slashdotheads who do the same or similar. So yes, the fucked up fan is free, and no the fucked up bracket isn't.
In the end, very little actual accountability.
It's the web, after all.
They're working on it.
Well, in the Department of Silver Linings, it's looking like continued positive cash flow for the folks who ungum boxes for a living.