Just visit the UK, your favorite 1984 country.
Last time I visited (been a while though) they had automated cams on highways, capturing your license plate (with timestamp). At the next surveillance point, next cam recognizes your plate again.
If distance / (time2 - time1) exceeds speed limit, voila, ticket.
First off, I don't consider myself a sailor, but I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean a few times on my 48 ft boat.
So, let's see: If you are caught in a storm, there's no way going near a coast. Waves will throw you onto the beach (if you are lucky) or onto a cliff. In first case you'll kill a few of your crew. In second, you'll kill all, including yourself.
Same goes for a harbor. No way even trying to come near.
That said, I never encountered a hurricane, and I wonder if the Bounty's captain was either incompetent (as to read forecasts), or simply overwhelmed by the speed of the hurricane (which in a way implies incompetence as well.)
In either way, once caught in a storm, you certainly do not try to reach a harbor.
This is done by grouping around an object and working together to push it across a surface.
Ah, I can see the future now: Instead of developing expensive autonomous driving vehicles,
you order a bunch of cheap robots that push you to work every day!
[...] When the distortion is subtle -- a slightly offset viewpoint, for example -- it takes less time to adapt but longer to recover.
So, I have no proof whatsoever, not even a glance of a hint, but this always seemed logical to me:
If you provide the brain with some slightly different view (compared to its normal one), it adapts more easily.
But also, since the view is only a bit distorted (from a brain's point of "view") it seems logical to me that it will accept this (more easily) as the "normal" view, and thus giving it more trouble to re-learn the original views.
Not quite.
As someone (thanks AC) pointed out the comet is about 50km in diameter.
Something that size will emit a significant flash of light at impact. Sure, the dust will cover everything after, but not at the moment of impact.
But even then we would be able to collect enormous amounts of data - and I'd still have my fun;)
... It would really suck for the first suicidal astronauts to get there and be flattened by a comet.
While I usually find the usual Star Wars joke pretty tiring, I can't resist myself this time:
Imagine the last radio transmission from mars astronauts to earth would be one saying to the other "That's no moon."
The pyromaniac in me really wants to watch the impact;)
A little caveat and a more serious note:
A (very) quick search didn't show anything about the estimated mass of C/2013 A1, so possibly some debris might hit earth later.
Can we go a week without some new 3d printing story?
While 3-D printing may not be of interest for you, I'm considering buying a 3-D printer, maybe this, maybe next year.
Reason? I'm building RC models. Ships, cars, planes.
Some scale, some just fun models. Point is, you need some small scale lifeboat, landing gear, whatever and can't find it from usual manufacturers?
Simple, now just print it. Sure, it will not be cheap, but that kind of hobby was never cheap anyway.
Amusingly enough, there's probably life on Mars right now. If it wasn't there before, we probably brought it along [...]
Nope. People tend to forget that Earth has a huge magnetic shield which protects us (and even microbes in high atmosphere) from cosmic rays/particles.
Most "life" transported from Earth to Mars has been shattered to pieces by now.
And even if some microbes survived the journey to Mars, those microbes came from an environment where they could survive (i.e., Earth's surface).
If they did survive, they won't find an environment that allows them to reproduce, and thus mutate to a form capable of breeding on Mars.
They may be able to hibernate, but that won't help much unless they get (my raw guess) several hundred meters below Mars' surface...
since you asked, I'll try to give a sincere answer.
Point is, I won't be of much help here. I have an environment that works. That is MacOS with drivers supported by Wacom. I prefer Linux for other tasks, but that's not the issue here.
You mention "properly compiled & configured" kernals... Do I bother? No. Do I want to invest hours of my time trying to accomplish something I already have? No.
As someone pointed out, the Win version of PS is better now than the Mac version (used to be opposite). If I need to, I'll move to Win, practical solution.
So, conclusion is: you want to accomplish something, chose the proper tool. One that works. If you are just playing, play. And play as much as you can, it will help you to chose the right tool later when you need it.
... will I finally be able to cut & paste across applications? *ducks*
Seriously though, if this is going anywhere near wine, we'd have the best of three worlds on one platform.
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Just visit the UK, your favorite 1984 country.
Last time I visited (been a while though) they had automated cams on highways, capturing your license plate (with timestamp). At the next surveillance point, next cam recognizes your plate again.
If distance / (time2 - time1) exceeds speed limit, voila, ticket.
I tend to agree.
I think he was trying to safe the ship rather than thinking about the crew.
Just my own opinion though.
First off, I don't consider myself a sailor, but I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean a few times on my 48 ft boat.
So, let's see: If you are caught in a storm, there's no way going near a coast. Waves will throw you onto the beach (if you are lucky) or onto a cliff. In first case you'll kill a few of your crew. In second, you'll kill all, including yourself.
Same goes for a harbor. No way even trying to come near.
That said, I never encountered a hurricane, and I wonder if the Bounty's captain was either incompetent (as to read forecasts), or simply overwhelmed by the speed of the hurricane (which in a way implies incompetence as well.)
In either way, once caught in a storm, you certainly do not try to reach a harbor.
This is done by grouping around an object and working together to push it across a surface.
Ah, I can see the future now: Instead of developing expensive autonomous driving vehicles, you order a bunch of cheap robots that push you to work every day!
No, you haven't seen one, but they existed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura
VR, when RR (Real Reality) isn't good enough! It's a Brave New World we're living in!
I really don't know whom I owe credit for, but here goes the quote:
"Life is like a really shitty PC game, but with brilliant graphics."
He's been doing that since getting mod-bombed a few months back.
Sorry for feeding this one, I wasn't aware of that...
Maybe he should update his HOSTS file and feel better then.
(I really couldn't resist)
You're a dumb faggot [...]
-- Ethanol-fueled
You might want to turn off your sig before you post as AC next time ;)
You only need to RTFA, it is of course mentioned.
You must be new here (see post above ;)
[...] When the distortion is subtle -- a slightly offset viewpoint, for example -- it takes less time to adapt but longer to recover.
So, I have no proof whatsoever, not even a glance of a hint, but this always seemed logical to me:
If you provide the brain with some slightly different view (compared to its normal one), it adapts more easily.
But also, since the view is only a bit distorted (from a brain's point of "view") it seems logical to me that it will accept this (more easily) as the "normal" view, and thus giving it more trouble to re-learn the original views.
Makes sense?
Considered Shatner's current mass, pretty much everything will orbit him ;-)
(ok, I admit I haven't seen any recent pictures)
Not quite. ;)
As someone (thanks AC) pointed out the comet is about 50km in diameter.
Something that size will emit a significant flash of light at impact. Sure, the dust will cover everything after, but not at the moment of impact.
But even then we would be able to collect enormous amounts of data - and I'd still have my fun
That's a damn stupid idea. The impact point would be the worst possible place to put any data recording device [...]
Yes, of course all the scientists involved would send a backup Curiosity before the impact.
You need to be far enough away to survive the impact to get the maximum benefit.
And I'm sure the NASA people weren't able to figure that out before you chimed in ;)
Turn in your nerd card, you just exhibited too little intelligence. Go watch videos of NASCAR crashes instead, it's more up your alley.
No further comment :D
... It would really suck for the first suicidal astronauts to get there and be flattened by a comet.
While I usually find the usual Star Wars joke pretty tiring, I can't resist myself this time:
Imagine the last radio transmission from mars astronauts to earth would be one saying to the other "That's no moon."
The pyromaniac in me really wants to watch the impact ;)
A little caveat and a more serious note:
A (very) quick search didn't show anything about the estimated mass of C/2013 A1, so possibly some debris might hit earth later.
But hey, maybe I want to watch that too!
Can we go a week without some new 3d printing story?
While 3-D printing may not be of interest for you, I'm considering buying a 3-D printer, maybe this, maybe next year.
Reason? I'm building RC models. Ships, cars, planes.
Some scale, some just fun models. Point is, you need some small scale lifeboat, landing gear, whatever and can't find it from usual manufacturers?
Simple, now just print it. Sure, it will not be cheap, but that kind of hobby was never cheap anyway.
cats live up there?
Never heard the expression "It's raining cats and dogs?" ;)
Amusingly enough, there's probably life on Mars right now. If it wasn't there before, we probably brought it along [...]
Nope. People tend to forget that Earth has a huge magnetic shield which protects us (and even microbes in high atmosphere) from cosmic rays/particles.
Most "life" transported from Earth to Mars has been shattered to pieces by now.
And even if some microbes survived the journey to Mars, those microbes came from an environment where they could survive (i.e., Earth's surface).
If they did survive, they won't find an environment that allows them to reproduce, and thus mutate to a form capable of breeding on Mars.
They may be able to hibernate, but that won't help much unless they get (my raw guess) several hundred meters below Mars' surface...
It's possible that by moving the pedal so the cyclist's legs are in a different position...
Can you please send me some of the stuff you are smoking?
Surely it should "Just Work" ...
since you asked, I'll try to give a sincere answer.
Point is, I won't be of much help here. I have an environment that works. That is MacOS with drivers supported by Wacom. I prefer Linux for other tasks, but that's not the issue here.
You mention "properly compiled & configured" kernals... Do I bother? No.
Do I want to invest hours of my time trying to accomplish something I already have? No.
As someone pointed out, the Win version of PS is better now than the Mac version (used to be opposite). If I need to, I'll move to Win, practical solution.
So, conclusion is: you want to accomplish something, chose the proper tool. One that works. If you are just playing, play. And play as much as you can, it will help you to chose the right tool later when you need it.
what OS X application is worth running on Linux?
In my case, one example: Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.
And no, I'm not going to invest hours or even days to find drivers etc. for a workaround.
I doubt Darling will provide that either, but one still can hope. Anyway, I'm sure other will find more (and better) examples.
Interesting, so you are running Darling VM on a linux VM, and since your response implied Win too...
:)
Cheer up, just kidding
... will I finally be able to cut & paste across applications? *ducks*
Seriously though, if this is going anywhere near wine, we'd have the best of three worlds on one platform.
Geez, do you really, I mean really, want to go through the process of cleaning the wheels inside again? ;)
Over and over?
I'm all for legalizing prostitution, ...
Prostitution is legal in Germany
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Wow. I didn't know Groucho Marx was also a particle physicist ;)