The answer is to use our freedom to BECOME barbaric bastards that kill innocent people. What nobody seems to understand is that we're getting side attacks from what is basically a theological civil war of reformation- from a religion that espouses "kill the infidel". It's a war of genocide already- just ask the black tribes in Sudan and Chad- of "kill all the unbelievers". The only question is who will be successfull in the genocide first- some sect of less than 100,000 people using machine guns or suicide bombers, or a country of 300 million people using nukes.
Because that's what consumers demand. They'd rather have features than durability, probably because by the time the gadget breaks, there's a better, cheaper one available.
Why does Walmart import tons of cheap Chinese goods? Because customers want them.
And apparently the consumers also like Massive death clouds of pollution which is the other cost of our exporting our manufacturing base to China.
What's the point of worrying about it? The ships will never be built to use this technology. I honestly cannot remember a single prediction made on slashdot of promising new technologies, which actually came to fruition. They always have "just a few hurdles left" before they transformed our lives. In this case, it is literallly and figuratively vaporware.
Ok, I just found a use for the quote tags- there's a new button beside submit. Actually, this technology is already pretty well understood and proven- it just hasn't been applied to a hull the size they're talking about yet. It's usually used in warfare either for defeating sonar (the bubbles mask the sound of submarines) or for speeding up torpedos (the Russians have used it for years to make their torpedos more accurate).
Actually, for being out of school for 30 years- his Voices from the Hellmouth was pretty damned good. But you're right- he used Slashdot as his personal soapbox, and now that his main topic is dogs, I'm glad he's retreated to Slate, which can appreciate his right-coast elietist ramblings.
Some people are dog people, and Jon Katz is a dog person despite being named Katz. I don't know if that explains why his version of "mid-life crisis" was "tinfoil hat" theories about Columbine followed by plugging his own books on Slashdot, but if I ever go that crazy, I hope to have friends like Cmdr Taco around to let me promote my own books.
The difference is in the thickness of the air and the direction.
Large Bubbles from the sea floor of a lighter-than-air variety=very bad.
Small bubbles surrounding a torpedo= Good for the Russian Navy (look up supercaviated torpedos, which basically encase the torpedo in a bubble to speed it up).
Microbubbles that allow some of the hull to stay in contact with the water=good for fuel usage.
I was thinking Air Hockey tables. I mean, the tech to do this isn't exactly rocket science, it's more like Disco Science. I think these Japanese Ship Builders probably have an unhealthy obsession with Olivia Newton John...
To Joe User, they are both the same, so why not just put a little 2 or 4 gig flash drive in the machine, and roll both functions into one? Practically, it would be as fast as sleeping, but would have the complete power down benefits of hibernating.
That's basically what my Windows Mobile phone does. It's got 64MB of RAM and 128MB of Flash Rom. 64MB of the flash rom are used as a constant back up (with a few second's delay) to the main memory. I've only run down the battery entirely once or twice- but when I do, the memory is mostly still there. The one exception seems to be The Core Media Player and reseting the phone- do so too soon and you'll not have the most recent settings or playlist.
Large software products take less time with fewer programmers and more time with more programmers. 24 people involved in a single feature and 4 levels of source code control with months to update is just the modern version of IBM with OS 360 and their 2000 Architects, 3000 Engineers, and 5000 clerks running around replacing paper pages in a 5 foot high stack of notebooks that was source code control in the 1960s.
Oh yeah- the baton in the back of the knees will take down just about anybody if they aren't prepared for it. And if you could be prepared for it while experiencing a kidney exploding internally, you're a better man than I.
Actually I think the quote is "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb."* I think you need to choose your battles, as there's always a limited amount of resources. That's could be either money, emotional energy, time, or whatever. Not all battles are worth fighting.
Spaceballs vs Aquinas- I think the second is more respected at least in theological and ethical circles, but I think that rain is wet, so what do I know? It's true that not all battles are worth fighting- but IF the medical records exist, this could be a huge blow against zero tolerance programs in general. Is there anybody else with the exact same circumstances? Probably not. Is there anybody else who was harmed by a zero tolerance program in school? Tons.
Thank you. And as an encore- I'm going to reverse myself entirely and encourage everybody to listen to This Guy's podcasts from Iraq and read his blog this Thanksgiving- An atheist in a foxhole- well, more like an atheist mechanic in the back of a bunker that F16s launch out of that swears by the God he does not believe in, but it gives you a much better idea of what we *should* be fighting for and what we're *not* fighting against. He's home now....thank the God he does not believe in, alive.
A teacher agrivates the broken arm of a child, and they don't file a lawsuit? In 1989? The first million dollar awards for this sort of behavior were in 1986!
This was 1996- right in the midst of the drug abuse and School Shootings era in America. There was good reason for the rent-a-cop to be there; there was good reason for the draconian lockdowns many schools had at the time. There was *NO* reason for not making an exception for illness, there was *NO* reason for the Independant Study course to be unmonitored without a teacher.
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That people don't rise up and tear him apart explains, in a nutshell, why, historically, democracies don't last.
And that strikes you as something civilized countries should do?
It strikes me as one way to maintain a civilized country- by maintaining a single set of values and a homogenous populace.
The answer is to use our freedom to BECOME barbaric bastards that kill innocent people. What nobody seems to understand is that we're getting side attacks from what is basically a theological civil war of reformation- from a religion that espouses "kill the infidel". It's a war of genocide already- just ask the black tribes in Sudan and Chad- of "kill all the unbelievers". The only question is who will be successfull in the genocide first- some sect of less than 100,000 people using machine guns or suicide bombers, or a country of 300 million people using nukes.
Because that's what consumers demand. They'd rather have features than durability, probably because by the time the gadget breaks, there's a better, cheaper one available.
Why does Walmart import tons of cheap Chinese goods? Because customers want them.
And apparently the consumers also like Massive death clouds of pollution which is the other cost of our exporting our manufacturing base to China.
In comparison, Honda scooters sucked- a $400 rebuild of the engine every 4000 miles.....
And since pornography isn't doing it, the Government in the United States stepped in and mandated it. Nobody wanted it otherwise.
Thus the original article is correct- there's no business case for it, that's why the FCC mandated it.
Hauppage has a $99 USB tuner- just add a computer to your setup.
And replying to myself- I noticed Hauppage has a USB ATSC tuner at that $99 price point that will allow me to convert my laptop if I want.
Given the draconian methods of the FCC, I'd be damned happy with a SD set and an ATSC tuner in 13" or less at a $99 price point.
Me too- but I never thought that we'd be taking inspiration from that era!
And apparently Still in use by both military and civilian applications.
If you're a mile away and the torpedo travels at 230 MPH- it might not matter.
What's the point of worrying about it? The ships will never be built to use this technology. I honestly cannot remember a single prediction made on slashdot of promising new technologies, which actually came to fruition. They always have "just a few hurdles left" before they transformed our lives. In this case, it is literallly and figuratively vaporware.
Ok, I just found a use for the quote tags- there's a new button beside submit. Actually, this technology is already pretty well understood and proven- it just hasn't been applied to a hull the size they're talking about yet. It's usually used in warfare either for defeating sonar (the bubbles mask the sound of submarines) or for speeding up torpedos (the Russians have used it for years to make their torpedos more accurate).
Actually, for being out of school for 30 years- his Voices from the Hellmouth was pretty damned good. But you're right- he used Slashdot as his personal soapbox, and now that his main topic is dogs, I'm glad he's retreated to Slate, which can appreciate his right-coast elietist ramblings.
Some people are dog people, and Jon Katz is a dog person despite being named Katz. I don't know if that explains why his version of "mid-life crisis" was "tinfoil hat" theories about Columbine followed by plugging his own books on Slashdot, but if I ever go that crazy, I hope to have friends like Cmdr Taco around to let me promote my own books.
The difference is in the thickness of the air and the direction.
Large Bubbles from the sea floor of a lighter-than-air variety=very bad.
Small bubbles surrounding a torpedo= Good for the Russian Navy (look up supercaviated torpedos, which basically encase the torpedo in a bubble to speed it up).
Microbubbles that allow some of the hull to stay in contact with the water=good for fuel usage.
I was thinking Air Hockey tables. I mean, the tech to do this isn't exactly rocket science, it's more like Disco Science. I think these Japanese Ship Builders probably have an unhealthy obsession with Olivia Newton John...
To Joe User, they are both the same, so why not just put a little 2 or 4 gig flash drive in the machine, and roll both functions into one? Practically, it would be as fast as sleeping, but would have the complete power down benefits of hibernating.
That's basically what my Windows Mobile phone does. It's got 64MB of RAM and 128MB of Flash Rom. 64MB of the flash rom are used as a constant back up (with a few second's delay) to the main memory. I've only run down the battery entirely once or twice- but when I do, the memory is mostly still there. The one exception seems to be The Core Media Player and reseting the phone- do so too soon and you'll not have the most recent settings or playlist.
Large software products take less time with fewer programmers and more time with more programmers. 24 people involved in a single feature and 4 levels of source code control with months to update is just the modern version of IBM with OS 360 and their 2000 Architects, 3000 Engineers, and 5000 clerks running around replacing paper pages in a 5 foot high stack of notebooks that was source code control in the 1960s.
Which is why common sense, is neither common nor sense.
Slashdot standards suggest you can't have more than one idea in two minutes, or have an idea that takes less than 20 seconds to type.
Oh yeah- the baton in the back of the knees will take down just about anybody if they aren't prepared for it. And if you could be prepared for it while experiencing a kidney exploding internally, you're a better man than I.
Actually I think the quote is "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb."* I think you need to choose your battles, as there's always a limited amount of resources. That's could be either money, emotional energy, time, or whatever. Not all battles are worth fighting.
Spaceballs vs Aquinas- I think the second is more respected at least in theological and ethical circles, but I think that rain is wet, so what do I know? It's true that not all battles are worth fighting- but IF the medical records exist, this could be a huge blow against zero tolerance programs in general. Is there anybody else with the exact same circumstances? Probably not. Is there anybody else who was harmed by a zero tolerance program in school? Tons.
"Oh yeah? Let's see if you 'superior beings' can Ex-terminate your way up these stairs!"
Modern Daleks Float.
Thank you. And as an encore- I'm going to reverse myself entirely and encourage everybody to listen to This Guy's podcasts from Iraq and read his blog this Thanksgiving- An atheist in a foxhole- well, more like an atheist mechanic in the back of a bunker that F16s launch out of that swears by the God he does not believe in, but it gives you a much better idea of what we *should* be fighting for and what we're *not* fighting against. He's home now....thank the God he does not believe in, alive.
A teacher agrivates the broken arm of a child, and they don't file a lawsuit? In 1989? The first million dollar awards for this sort of behavior were in 1986!
This was 1996- right in the midst of the drug abuse and School Shootings era in America. There was good reason for the rent-a-cop to be there; there was good reason for the draconian lockdowns many schools had at the time. There was *NO* reason for not making an exception for illness, there was *NO* reason for the Independant Study course to be unmonitored without a teacher.