All right, but apart from the nanotechnology, cool pyramids, sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Egyptians ever done for us?
I think the idea is that if they can get their product to behave with a few complex programs that do all sorts of weird things (especially Office 2003), then they can be sure that 99% of the other stuff will work fine.
I always thought it was easier to just torture somebody for the password?
I love cryptologists. This is technically known as the rubber hose attack, I believe. Seriously, how awesome is that? Don't you immediately envision someone being thwacked with a rubber hose? Excellent....but in the United States, we call it The Waterboard Attack. Not so funny.
It may boil down to wattage output, honestly. I'm speaking not necessarily from a physiological standpoint, but from a bit of logic, my years of road riding, and my experience as a cat. 3 racer.
When you ride on the flats, the main resistance you experience is drag. When you're on a recumbent, you reduce drag so much that you can maintain the speed of a typical cyclist using far fewer watts. I wouldn't be surprised if a recumbent could keep match the speed using only 60-70% of the watts.
However, you hit a hill and then BOOM--gravity is your enemy. While drafting on more mellow climbs (~4-6%), you have to generate more watts. Period. End of statement. On an upright bike, the position of the body allows for better utilization of hamstrings, glutes, etc, which results in a higher wattage output. Furthermore, climbing is often done near lactate threshold (LT, aka the red line), which is pretty damn hard. Upright cyclists have the option of alternating muscle utilization by getting out of the saddle / sitting down, whereas recumbents are stuck in one position.
I see a climb ahead and stay with the two riders sharing pulls wanting to be as rested as possible for the climb, the early part of the climb I stay with the front three but then start to drop. I see the peleton gaining in my mirror and know to just stay working, the pelton is closing quick and soon passes me, a couple riders say,"nice work" as I watch them pull away as a group.
The guy breaks away, and then gets fucking reeled in on the climb. The only reason he wasn't dropped entirely was that he went with a break before the climb! Jesus Christ.
As noted in my other post (ugh, making myself -1 redundant), I've noticed that recumbent riders ALWAYS, yes, ALWAYS get dropped on climbs. While this isn't by any means proof (perhaps recumbent riders just suck more and don't produce the watts/kg as the cyclists they're riding with), it does support the statement that recumbents don't fare well on climbs.
Also note that it's far, far more difficult to go uphill on a recumbent (perhaps due to different muscles being actuated or the inability to get out of the saddle to produce the surge of watts that might be necessary). Recumbent riders ALWAYS get dropped on any climb.
I'm really scared for the PS3. I remember reading a recent comment on/. earlier about Sony's last-minute motion-senseing controller reeking of upper management mandating that said feature go into the product. I have a feeling that this same upper management is going to severely harm what was once a pretty sweet console.
Wait a second. What code are they using? Is there some sort of automated backup in Windows? I didn't think any work was being done on the FS, so it seems that the code they allegedly stole isn't deeply coupled with the OS, right?
- cmd-space brings up the search - start typing and get results as you type. Yes, it searches using metadata for music, graphics, etc. - arrow up and down to scroll through results
It's really that cool.
Also, iTunes has (I think) always had a search toolbar that returned results as you type. It's been a long time since the first release, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Slashdot Mirror
Or even better.. shit, they have Ruby on Rails--we need Python on Planes (or Python on MUTHAFUCKIN' Planes)
All right, but apart from the nanotechnology, cool pyramids, sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Egyptians ever done for us?
Brought peace?
Oh, peace - shut up!
I think the idea is that if they can get their product to behave with a few complex programs that do all sorts of weird things (especially Office 2003), then they can be sure that 99% of the other stuff will work fine.
It's not like the phone is environmentally friendly, but I guess they're trying to insinuate that it's good for the [software] environment.
The irony would be if this phone were released in the US bound to a single carrier.
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I always thought it was easier to just torture somebody for the password?
...but in the United States, we call it The Waterboard Attack. Not so funny.
I love cryptologists. This is technically known as the rubber hose attack, I believe. Seriously, how awesome is that? Don't you immediately envision someone being thwacked with a rubber hose? Excellent.
In regards to Microsoft's "innovation" timeline:
Dark Ballmer: When will then be now?
Robbie: Zune.
Yeah, I hear you can do things like have Duke send you an email from within the game!1! OMG, this will be teh k3wl!!11!!
Anything with a lesser engine couldn't render the Aero theme and apply brakes at the same time.
It may boil down to wattage output, honestly. I'm speaking not necessarily from a physiological standpoint, but from a bit of logic, my years of road riding, and my experience as a cat. 3 racer.
When you ride on the flats, the main resistance you experience is drag. When you're on a recumbent, you reduce drag so much that you can maintain the speed of a typical cyclist using far fewer watts. I wouldn't be surprised if a recumbent could keep match the speed using only 60-70% of the watts.
However, you hit a hill and then BOOM--gravity is your enemy. While drafting on more mellow climbs (~4-6%), you have to generate more watts. Period. End of statement. On an upright bike, the position of the body allows for better utilization of hamstrings, glutes, etc, which results in a higher wattage output. Furthermore, climbing is often done near lactate threshold (LT, aka the red line), which is pretty damn hard. Upright cyclists have the option of alternating muscle utilization by getting out of the saddle / sitting down, whereas recumbents are stuck in one position.
My $0.02
As noted in my other post (ugh, making myself -1 redundant), I've noticed that recumbent riders ALWAYS, yes, ALWAYS get dropped on climbs. While this isn't by any means proof (perhaps recumbent riders just suck more and don't produce the watts/kg as the cyclists they're riding with), it does support the statement that recumbents don't fare well on climbs.
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Also note that it's far, far more difficult to go uphill on a recumbent (perhaps due to different muscles being actuated or the inability to get out of the saddle to produce the surge of watts that might be necessary). Recumbent riders ALWAYS get dropped on any climb.
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And if you can't find such an object, I'm such a GNAA troll can help you out...
*rimshot*
Incorrect. Upper management thought that ROT13 was so good, they're using it twice for encryption.
nothing to see here, move along...
You can use Xen as a multidimensional 'slingshot' for teleportation! Jeez, I thought everyone knew that.
Swedish Police seize Pirate Bay server decoys, Real Server Escapes In Man's Pocket.
What has it got in its pocketses, my love? Tricksy little serverses, sneaking awayses from us!
So your mom would have an easier time installing windows?
In Soviet Russia, Windows installs your mom!
Is there a 'nonsensical' mod (and would it be + or - around here)?
I'm really scared for the PS3. I remember reading a recent comment on /. earlier about Sony's last-minute motion-senseing controller reeking of upper management mandating that said feature go into the product. I have a feeling that this same upper management is going to severely harm what was once a pretty sweet console.
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Vijay, the world's most desperate venture capitalist.
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Maybe it can climb their server racks to figure out what's causing the burning plastic smell.
Mirrors, anyone?
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Wait a second. What code are they using? Is there some sort of automated backup in Windows? I didn't think any work was being done on the FS, so it seems that the code they allegedly stole isn't deeply coupled with the OS, right?
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Spotlight in Mac OS X 10.4
- cmd-space brings up the search
- start typing and get results as you type. Yes, it searches using metadata for music, graphics, etc.
- arrow up and down to scroll through results
It's really that cool.
Also, iTunes has (I think) always had a search toolbar that returned results as you type. It's been a long time since the first release, so correct me if I'm wrong.
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This "feature" is "surprising": Saving HTML to an HTTP server? Yeah. Real "innovative". Oh, wait, this is a satirical post. Right?...
Not just any HTTP server.. but blogs.msn.com! Wow! I can't wait to be Microsoft's little ad bitch!
Should ring in a new era of publishing high school essays on the internet, though :)
PS: Your post was most sarcastic than satirical.
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Blogs viewable with only IE7 with Windows Vista Cray Edition installed. :)
Oh, and the ability to upload Word macros directly onto the internets! Wow, that should be infallible!! Right, right?