If you read about how that particular book came to be, and really look at it, you'll see that none of the modern religions have anything original in them, and were obvioulsy written by people, not gods.
While I'd agree that it is arrogant to think we know it all, it is idiocy to believe that supernature (rather than nature) is responsible simply because we don't know every detail.
If your child came home and told you that he/she was told that an invisible man could see and control everything, and that we should talk to him/her/it, what would you think? What if it was a mother who just killed her children? A senile old man?
Perspective is the key. If you believe something which is quite obviously false to a distant observer, your belief doesn't make you right. -- Keep jesus out of the White House. Our president can't serve two masters; he must serve either the American people or his imaginary god. --
The kicker is, IF the camera companies decide to use it. Standards are only standard is they are used. My questions is, can existing cameras be updated to the new format, or will the manufacturers just want to sell the new ones. --
You imply that getting a college degree demands being smart when it's all said and done. If you look at the number of stupid people with degrees, you'll find that just isn't so.
I also take inssue with the contention that all morons are dumb; the word "moron" comes from the Greek for "foolish". Religious fundamentalism is by design moronic. --
But you wouldn't expect such a bonehead to know that, except that they are quite visible in that segemtn of business.
The alternative is that they did not confer with a patent attorney about scope and breadth of the patent.
Intermec's first patent (1999) that mentions RFID (thanks to AC above for the link) is a general plan for using the tags for ID purposes, but it provides a detailed description with the obligatory (PP)"covers all modifications that are in keeping with the basic invention".
What I wonder is, does such a detailed patent cover the general RFID technology or is the patent so narrow (as appied for) that it limits the patent.
Either way, they knew they owned it, and they cannot claim that they did not know the devices were being developed or used by others, yet they did nothing until now? Sounds like a basis for losing a case.
By the same token, what bonehead company would develop and sell a product which they could plainly see from a quick patent search was owned by another.
Two boneheads wasting our tax dollars (and retail dollars).
Home office deductions are a sure-fire way to get audited, particularly if you also have a real office to use.
Expenses incurred on behalf of an employer are deductible only if you are REQUIRED to expend them, not for convenience. You will not pass muster simply based on the statement of a boss that the broadband is required IF you are dedicated to the job. --
No, humid air is LESS dense than dry air (the water takes the space of combustion air and contributes nothing to the process. This is basic aviation knowledge.) Injecting water also cools the the cylinder itself, allowing better compression without detonation, which was a real issue back then with crappy fuel.
Most people agree that it really does nothing with modern fuels, except contribute to corrosion and contamination of oil.
Higher humidity will yield less power in a conventional vehicle, but drag will also be reduced (though probably not enough to offset for the power lost.) --
The military needs it. The White House needs it. As a matter of public good, pilots need up to the minute reports. Engineers need historical data, as do farmers and municipal planners.
AND, who do you think runs the data acquisition end of things. All of the airport-based weather stations could never be duplicated by private enterprise due to sheer scope.
And I imagine we all appreciate the pure research of the Storm Prediction Center and National Hurricane Center.
Not a republican, for that matter not a democrat either. Not going to pay for MM's latest.
I have never seen anything that MM did that I liked. He is intellectually dishonest and he sells this drivel as truth, when he is in the entertainment business. It is kind of like op-ed in a newspaper. But op-ed has its own page, not to be confused with real journalism and news reporting.
If they hit the 100 km mark, as planned, it was obviously not premature, although it might have been shut down earlier than planned due to any of many reasons (better conditions aloft, etc.) If it was earlier than planned, and they made the target altitude, then that shows they have planned well and the systems worked. Everything I would expect from these people.
I once had a boss (the worst of many engineering managers) that refered to herself in the third person. "Jeannie doesn't like it when you do that!" was the most memorable misuse of pefectly good words. You can imagine my reply to her, verbal and non-verbal.
I also worked in an office with someone referred to as Mis(s) Managing-The-[insert company]-Way for her toeing of the company line when it made the least sense, like rearranging the engineering offices to suit her, but in a fashion which slowed the pace of work by 1/3.
Then there was the manager that just sat at his desk and worried 'til his lips turned blue from anxiety.
And the guy that spent thousands of dollars to change the partitions in the sales and manufacturing engineering offices from 5 feet tall to about 3 feet... so he could see all of his minions from his desk. Never mind that they now had no way of talking on the telephone with customers if anyone else was trying to do the same.
Then there were the ones that attempted to file false governmental reports, but wanted me to sign same.
And the ones fired for the prostitution ring involving managers and supervisors, "visiting" hourly employees in the parking lot..set up by the hourly guy that was pimping.
It costs to ship bubble wrap (think mostly air) from China to Home Depot. I hope they keep the SARS-contaminated air to themselves. How can this be a good idea.
Back on topic: I had told my wife some time ago that once McDonalds jumped the SCO ship, it would sink. Silly me, I thought MS had positioned themselves to grab McD's business.
Apple did this, but if any small amount of vent space is blocked, it crashes. The AC in the house goes out, it crashes (100F outside). If I put a lamp within a foot, it crashed. Aside from these, it did just fine.
The main reason to remove the fan is to cut noise and vibration, which Apple has done quite well, with the G5 fans. The energy cost is minimal, especially when you remove the energy lost in vibration (noise).
My question: Is there a provision for filters? Dust is a huge problem around here and when I did not filter, I had real problems.
1) people on shared computers 2) people with no computer of thier own 3) people who want access to the information from multiple computer or while away from thier own Which includes many of the following: a) college students b) the poor c) business people working at many locations and away from a fixed site (note that many networks previously used for internet access are now closed to personal laptops) d) travellers using internet cafes during a trip
Having been in large, small and mediaum sized towns, working as a photographer at one point and now having a sister & brother-in-law in the wedding photo business, I was still amazed at the Sport Illustrated editor comment about the 16,183 photos taken by their photogs during the Super Bowl.
As far as the number lenses used during a single event, three may be accurate, especially with the current crop of zoom lenses (like 18-70mm) The low light capability of the better digital equipment removes the f-stop limitations for some previously unusable light/aperature combinations, with less resolutions problems found with high speed films - back in the day, we used to push Tri-X to 1600 ASA with special processing and might get a b&w print usable for a newspaper.
HEY - did anyone notice if the hack allows the use of "normal" Canon lenses with the Rebel - Canon has a limitation about some lenses for the Rebel not working with other bodies and vv?
Amen to the digital revolution removing the selectivity of which shots to take - but let's hope the photogs training today still learn composition and quality v. quantity (although, if enough shots are taken, something good often shows up, so long as you don't cut of the groom's head in every shot.
They do care, for all of the reasons they care about it for film camera work: 1) interchageability of accessories (lenses) 2) ego/appearance/perception (depends on how much customer interaction there is while shooting and how many other photogs there are at the same time. Also depends on the market and the customer - high end gigs = high end cameras (plural.) 3) reliability, battery life & changeability (no time to recharge during events) 4) function (higher end=more features) not that they use them all, but they are able to customize for thier style 5) Less digital work to make the product (photos) useful/beautiful. 6) photo capacity
In the case of digital, if they care less about these things than for film, they simply haven't done enough of it, or prefer to work on the computer than spend a very few dollars on a proper camera.
The cost of a camera body is almost irrelevant to the pros. The real money is in the lenses and other things. And with the use of digital, cuts out the film and processing costs, unless they do digital-to-film-to-print thing.
Exactly. While I don't think it should be illegal for someone to sell below cost, if they think that is a wise business plan (Xbox is such a money maker.) But this is a sign that Microsoft wants to get into a market, get a dominant position, then exploit it.
Either that, or this player is a real piece. Them:"Wow, look what I got for fifty bucks!" You:"Uh huh, it sucks don't it."
Could the justice department go after Microsoft for selling a product which facilitates unlawful music sharing?
Carbon nanotube ribbons as mentioned might very well work (not an endorsement on my part) for the tension loads, but you have to consider the wind loads and oscillations they will induce. Does the name Tacoma Narrows ring a bell?
Wind engineering is serious business for just this reason. If the profile of the tether increases drag (thereby reducing terminal velocity), there will be a corresponding increase in susceptibility to wind forces.
Having worked at an AT&T plant, which became Lucent the day after I left: - When AT&T divested the Baby Bells (1984), the judge told them that they had to continue to manufacture EVERYTHING that was an "active" product - even the stuff they had not made in 10-20 years (everything listed in the spec book). The RBOCs then found out that they did not have to order new equipment, just fix the old stuff, really old stuff. - We did not even know how much it was costing us to make - the judge said we had to do it. We're talking really old stuff. - The new stuff our other plants shipped (cellular equipment) maybe did not work, maybe we knew it did not work, but they figured that by the time it was installed, we'd have a fix. - Bell Labs was becoming a victim of competition - it's hard to invest in research when your struggling to get by on your cash. - Lots of semiconductor fab competition and the newer plants had a cost and volume advantage. If you lose your grip on your segment of the market, it never comes back. As Lucent was the equipment part of AT&T (AT&T Microelectronics), how exactly do they become a service business - when all of the services went to AT&T in the split?
Because there is in overiding interest of every citizen to be assured that things like full faith, equal protection, and internal national defense are handled.
Jefferson and most of the founders were quite wary of federalism run amouk, but they differed quite substantially in their level of anxiety. Jefferson was concerned with too much federal power, but also viewed true federalism as what we now consider nationalism - that is the concern that we bond as a nation, without giving power to the federal government.
As for what the constitution says, it doesn't mention the internet either, but the WWW did not have happened without the US government's money and facility. There are innumerable instances of things which were not envisioned by the founders, like rapid, nationwide travel and the extraordinary speed with which we transport goods.
It's not the FBI or the attorney general, per se, it is the (unconstitutional?) taking of powers by the federal government with which we should have a problem. I prefer a level of safety/security which does not take from our lives, our liberty, or our pursuit of happiness.
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If you read about how that particular book came to be, and really look at it, you'll see that none of the modern religions have anything original in them, and were obvioulsy written by people, not gods.
While I'd agree that it is arrogant to think we know it all, it is idiocy to believe that supernature (rather than nature) is responsible simply because we don't know every detail.
If your child came home and told you that he/she was told that an invisible man could see and control everything, and that we should talk to him/her/it, what would you think? What if it was a mother who just killed her children? A senile old man?
Perspective is the key. If you believe something which is quite obviously false to a distant observer, your belief doesn't make you right.
--
Keep jesus out of the White House. Our president can't serve two masters; he must serve either the American people or his imaginary god.
--
The kicker is, IF the camera companies decide to use it. Standards are only standard is they are used. My questions is, can existing cameras be updated to the new format, or will the manufacturers just want to sell the new ones.
--
You imply that getting a college degree demands being smart when it's all said and done. If you look at the number of stupid people with degrees, you'll find that just isn't so.
I also take inssue with the contention that all morons are dumb; the word "moron" comes from the Greek for "foolish". Religious fundamentalism is by design moronic.
--
But you wouldn't expect such a bonehead to know that, except that they are quite visible in that segemtn of business. The alternative is that they did not confer with a patent attorney about scope and breadth of the patent.
Intermec's first patent (1999) that mentions RFID (thanks to AC above for the link) is a general plan for using the tags for ID purposes, but it provides a detailed description with the obligatory (PP)"covers all modifications that are in keeping with the basic invention".
What I wonder is, does such a detailed patent cover the general RFID technology or is the patent so narrow (as appied for) that it limits the patent.
Either way, they knew they owned it, and they cannot claim that they did not know the devices were being developed or used by others, yet they did nothing until now? Sounds like a basis for losing a case.
By the same token, what bonehead company would develop and sell a product which they could plainly see from a quick patent search was owned by another.
Two boneheads wasting our tax dollars (and retail dollars).
Home office deductions are a sure-fire way to get audited, particularly if you also have a real office to use.
Expenses incurred on behalf of an employer are deductible only if you are REQUIRED to expend them, not for convenience. You will not pass muster simply based on the statement of a boss that the broadband is required IF you are dedicated to the job.
--
No, humid air is LESS dense than dry air (the water takes the space of combustion air and contributes nothing to the process. This is basic aviation knowledge.) Injecting water also cools the the cylinder itself, allowing better compression without detonation, which was a real issue back then with crappy fuel.
Most people agree that it really does nothing with modern fuels, except contribute to corrosion and contamination of oil.
Higher humidity will yield less power in a conventional vehicle, but drag will also be reduced (though probably not enough to offset for the power lost.)
--
The military needs it. The White House needs it. As a matter of public good, pilots need up to the minute reports. Engineers need historical data, as do farmers and municipal planners.
AND, who do you think runs the data acquisition end of things. All of the airport-based weather stations could never be duplicated by private enterprise due to sheer scope.
And I imagine we all appreciate the pure research of the Storm Prediction Center and National Hurricane Center.
Not a republican, for that matter not a democrat either. Not going to pay for MM's latest.
I have never seen anything that MM did that I liked. He is intellectually dishonest and he sells this drivel as truth, when he is in the entertainment business. It is kind of like op-ed in a newspaper. But op-ed has its own page, not to be confused with real journalism and news reporting.
The ilk of Estes is not restricted, these folks of shoot big stuff (1000's of feet).
If they hit the 100 km mark, as planned, it was obviously not premature, although it might have been shut down earlier than planned due to any of many reasons (better conditions aloft, etc.) If it was earlier than planned, and they made the target altitude, then that shows they have planned well and the systems worked. Everything I would expect from these people.
Nothing here...move along.
I once had a boss (the worst of many engineering managers) that refered to herself in the third person. "Jeannie doesn't like it when you do that!" was the most memorable misuse of pefectly good words. You can imagine my reply to her, verbal and non-verbal.
I also worked in an office with someone referred to as Mis(s) Managing-The-[insert company]-Way for her toeing of the company line when it made the least sense, like rearranging the engineering offices to suit her, but in a fashion which slowed the pace of work by 1/3.
Then there was the manager that just sat at his desk and worried 'til his lips turned blue from anxiety.
And the guy that spent thousands of dollars to change the partitions in the sales and manufacturing engineering offices from 5 feet tall to about 3 feet... so he could see all of his minions from his desk. Never mind that they now had no way of talking on the telephone with customers if anyone else was trying to do the same.
Then there were the ones that attempted to file false governmental reports, but wanted me to sign same.
And the ones fired for the prostitution ring involving managers and supervisors, "visiting" hourly employees in the parking lot..set up by the hourly guy that was pimping.
Good luck.
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It costs to ship bubble wrap (think mostly air) from China to Home Depot. I hope they keep the SARS-contaminated air to themselves. How can this be a good idea.
Back on topic: I had told my wife some time ago that once McDonalds jumped the SCO ship, it would sink. Silly me, I thought MS had positioned themselves to grab McD's business.
Apple did this, but if any small amount of vent space is blocked, it crashes. The AC in the house goes out, it crashes (100F outside). If I put a lamp within a foot, it crashed. Aside from these, it did just fine.
The main reason to remove the fan is to cut noise and vibration, which Apple has done quite well, with the G5 fans. The energy cost is minimal, especially when you remove the energy lost in vibration (noise).
My question: Is there a provision for filters? Dust is a huge problem around here and when I did not filter, I had real problems.
1) people on shared computers
2) people with no computer of thier own
3) people who want access to the information from multiple computer or while away from thier own
Which includes many of the following:
a) college students
b) the poor
c) business people working at many locations and away from a fixed site (note that many networks previously used for internet access are now closed to personal laptops)
d) travellers using internet cafes during a trip
Lights at certain airports also activate with two or multiple clicks of the radio mic.
And we know that Apple's use of the double click predates this, and I am certain was pre-dated by others.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid certain government employee can be.
OK, I had not really looked into it, but I did note the single incompatibility and thought it a symptom of the same issue.
Thanks - I'll check before making such an assertion next time.
John
Having been in large, small and mediaum sized towns, working as a photographer at one point and now having a sister & brother-in-law in the wedding photo business, I was still amazed at the Sport Illustrated editor comment about the 16,183 photos taken by their photogs during the Super Bowl.
As far as the number lenses used during a single event, three may be accurate, especially with the current crop of zoom lenses (like 18-70mm) The low light capability of the better digital equipment removes the f-stop limitations for some previously unusable light/aperature combinations, with less resolutions problems found with high speed films - back in the day, we used to push Tri-X to 1600 ASA with special processing and might get a b&w print usable for a newspaper.
HEY - did anyone notice if the hack allows the use of "normal" Canon lenses with the Rebel - Canon has a limitation about some lenses for the Rebel not working with other bodies and vv?
Amen to the digital revolution removing the selectivity of which shots to take - but let's hope the photogs training today still learn composition and quality v. quantity (although, if enough shots are taken, something good often shows up, so long as you don't cut of the groom's head in every shot.
They do care, for all of the reasons they care about it for film camera work:
1) interchageability of accessories (lenses)
2) ego/appearance/perception (depends on how much customer interaction there is while shooting and how many other photogs there are at the same time. Also depends on the market and the customer - high end gigs = high end cameras (plural.)
3) reliability, battery life & changeability (no time to recharge during events)
4) function (higher end=more features) not that they use them all, but they are able to customize for thier style
5) Less digital work to make the product (photos) useful/beautiful.
6) photo capacity
In the case of digital, if they care less about these things than for film, they simply haven't done enough of it, or prefer to work on the computer than spend a very few dollars on a proper camera.
The cost of a camera body is almost irrelevant to the pros. The real money is in the lenses and other things. And with the use of digital, cuts out the film and processing costs, unless they do digital-to-film-to-print thing.
they'll make it up on volume!
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Anyone else notice that MS stock is going for less than Apple?
Exactly. While I don't think it should be illegal for someone to sell below cost, if they think that is a wise business plan (Xbox is such a money maker.) But this is a sign that Microsoft wants to get into a market, get a dominant position, then exploit it.
Either that, or this player is a real piece. Them:"Wow, look what I got for fifty bucks!"
You:"Uh huh, it sucks don't it."
Could the justice department go after Microsoft for selling a product which facilitates unlawful music sharing?
Carbon nanotube ribbons as mentioned might very well work (not an endorsement on my part) for the tension loads, but you have to consider the wind loads and oscillations they will induce. Does the name Tacoma Narrows ring a bell?
Wind engineering is serious business for just this reason. If the profile of the tether increases drag (thereby reducing terminal velocity), there will be a corresponding increase in susceptibility to wind forces.
Consider the tethered balloons (aerostats) in various US locations.
Having worked at an AT&T plant, which became Lucent the day after I left:
- When AT&T divested the Baby Bells (1984), the judge told them that they had to continue to manufacture EVERYTHING that was an "active" product - even the stuff they had not made in 10-20 years (everything listed in the spec book). The RBOCs then found out that they did not have to order new equipment, just fix the old stuff, really old stuff.
- We did not even know how much it was costing us to make - the judge said we had to do it. We're talking really old stuff.
- The new stuff our other plants shipped (cellular equipment) maybe did not work, maybe we knew it did not work, but they figured that by the time it was installed, we'd have a fix.
- Bell Labs was becoming a victim of competition - it's hard to invest in research when your struggling to get by on your cash.
- Lots of semiconductor fab competition and the newer plants had a cost and volume advantage. If you lose your grip on your segment of the market, it never comes back.
As Lucent was the equipment part of AT&T (AT&T Microelectronics), how exactly do they become a service business - when all of the services went to AT&T in the split?
Because there is in overiding interest of every citizen to be assured that things like full faith, equal protection, and internal national defense are handled.
Jefferson and most of the founders were quite wary of federalism run amouk, but they differed quite substantially in their level of anxiety. Jefferson was concerned with too much federal power, but also viewed true federalism as what we now consider nationalism - that is the concern that we bond as a nation, without giving power to the federal government.
As for what the constitution says, it doesn't mention the internet either, but the WWW did not have happened without the US government's money and facility. There are innumerable instances of things which were not envisioned by the founders, like rapid, nationwide travel and the extraordinary speed with which we transport goods.
It's not the FBI or the attorney general, per se, it is the (unconstitutional?) taking of powers by the federal government with which we should have a problem. I prefer a level of safety/security which does not take from our lives, our liberty, or our pursuit of happiness.
If Sony will sell throught their own channel for $0.99, but requires Apple to go to $1.29, that sound like a FTC investigation waiting to happen.