The answer is that there isn't "conservation of energy" for the bullet itself since energy is lost to air resistance during the flight. So a bullet fired mostly up comes down much slower than it goes up. Fast enough to hurt, unlikely to kill.
But a bullet fired "up" but with a large horizontal component could come down and strike someone while it still has sufficient velocity to do fatal damage.
But as headkase implies in a comment below, it may be simpler to ignore how the real server is doing the save/load and replace all of that functionality with your own code.
And the death of around 3000 or 0.001% of the country's population requires an ongoing a war on terror including invading a couple of countries not involved at all, but killing 100 times as many people, mostly civilian, who were also not involved in the original incident, and almost matching the original 3000 in your own troop deaths.
I can't wait to read the articles written by the generation currently in school:
The Nazis, they were like "Go away Jews."
And the scientists were all like, like, "Nah. We aint done nuffink!"
I don't think it was intentional, but that last sentence of yours makes an interesting statement.
Why was it OK for the IOC to release this footage, and allow the television networks to broadcast it, yet this blogger can't use it?
Viewed this way, the IOC had no respect for the deceased or his family, so why should the blogger be held to a higher standard?
And (relevant to all of these code examples) a well crafted comment or two taking only a few seconds to write would more than double the readability of the code.
Yes, in the same way that "old idea + internet = patent" we seem to be getting a lot of "existing crime + computer = new crime".
Perhaps the future is to have a whole set of different laws which are applicable to different situations: crime + netbook; crime + laptop; crime + multi-processor desktop machine with at leat 1GB video card memory; or even crime + beowulf cluster.
It is interesting to speculate upon how we could possibly get there from here.
Obviously the software industry is too large to allow legislation to be forced upon it.
And the comments the other day from the Microsoft CTO indicate no willingness to acccept any responsibility.
My best guess is that locked-down devices like the iPad could be seen in the marketplace as much more secure and therefore a better choice for most people. Whether this will actually come to pass I doubt though, as other manufacturers will cloud the market with similar products making similar claims, which will tarnish the reputation of all such devices when they do fall prey to exploits.
Can anyone else see any other path by which we can move beyond our hobbyist past with it's "build now fix problems later" attitude?
"It does see through clothing, but it's not a photographic image, it's a low-energy X-ray that reflects off the skin," added Ms Johnson.
Because it's true. Just like when I use a digital camera, I'm not making a photograph, I'm making a digital file.
As I reason to my children as I try to impart some morals into them "If you can't tell the truth about it you must think it's wrong, and if you think it's wrong you shouldn't do it".
Perhaps your kraut car (like mine) has four rings on it?
In which case the body is probably galvanised, so it will be a long time until it starts to rust.
Do you realise that once upon a time there weren't "fueling stations located strategically throughout the city".
In the early days of motoring, fuel stations were rare and cars had to buy and carry fuel in cans.
My point is that until we start buying electric cars, the infrastructure won't get built. It's a bit chicken-and-egg, and companies like better place are trying to fix it.
Perhaps these efforts will fail, perhaps we will instead opt for swappable battery packs.
The point is if we do nothing because the alternative to what we are doing now has disadvantages, then we will never make progress.
Interesting idea.
I've sometimes thought that electric cars could have an optional (rented?) easily installable ICE-powered generator, which clamps on to the boot/trunk or sits on the roof. This would have enough capacity to maintain charge at highway speeds and recharge when stationary.
This could also be implemented as a trailer with extra range-extending batteries and regenerative braking as you suggest.
I believe that the biggest problem is that you can't get there from here. What are you going to do with the millions of vehicles on the road today?
If you could make robocars intelligent enough to drive on current roads, mixed with "manual" cars, they would still be involved in accidents, negating one of their primary advantages.
I just can't see it happening.
It's why a case can be made for even late-term abortion of otherwise viable fetuses -- if it's inside your body and totally dependent on you, you have a right to make even the most extreme choices about it.
Thanks for that - it's an interesting way to think about the subject, and a viewpoint I hadn't really considered. Once a baby is born, others can take care of it, but until then, it is the mother's responsibility. And if she should decide that the best thing for the baby (and possibly herself) is to not be born, then that is her decision.
But where does it say that people should be free to brainwash their children?
Should we be giving religion a free pass here?
It is a difficult question, as practising your religion probably means sharing it with others, and passing it on to your children. However, as I have seen in some atheist material, no child is born a muslim or a christian or a hindu. And surely they should be free to choose their religion when they are mature enough to make that decision.
So if we "protect" children from alcohol, tobacco, and sex until they are adults, why don't we protect them from religion until then too?
I think this indicates a significant but hidden part of the problem. to whit, that operating systems have been built with the assumption that there is a computer "operator". That is, someone who knows what they are doing at the controls.
Most web surfers these days would rarely interact with their file system. They wouldn't have any idea what file system they are using. They wouldn't even know what a file system is!
So, what is needed is a completely sandboxed method of surfing the web and sending emails. I don't know if that is possible without limiting their functionality - eg cannot download executables, but for a great many people this would be a better solution than using a general purpose computer with too much capability to do things without their knowledge or understanding.
Slashdot Mirror
It's been done.
The answer is that there isn't "conservation of energy" for the bullet itself since energy is lost to air resistance during the flight.
So a bullet fired mostly up comes down much slower than it goes up. Fast enough to hurt, unlikely to kill.
But a bullet fired "up" but with a large horizontal component could come down and strike someone while it still has sufficient velocity to do fatal damage.
But as headkase implies in a comment below, it may be simpler to ignore how the real server is doing the save/load and replace all of that functionality with your own code.
I'm wondering how much all of this verification adds to your data transferred - would it be a problem if you have metered internet?
"I did not have sexual relations with that tritium."
And the death of around 3000 or 0.001% of the country's population requires an ongoing a war on terror including invading a couple of countries not involved at all, but killing 100 times as many people, mostly civilian, who were also not involved in the original incident, and almost matching the original 3000 in your own troop deaths.
The world does not make sense.
So where does someone who embraces new technology and free enterprise, but is suspicious of authority fit in?
Slashdot.
I can't wait to read the articles written by the generation currently in school:
The Nazis, they were like "Go away Jews."
And the scientists were all like, like, "Nah. We aint done nuffink!"
Yet, as I pointed out in a reply somewhere above, the IOC didn't stop the TV networks from showing it.
Blogger showing it was bad, IOC was even worse.
I don't think it was intentional, but that last sentence of yours makes an interesting statement.
Why was it OK for the IOC to release this footage, and allow the television networks to broadcast it, yet this blogger can't use it?
Viewed this way, the IOC had no respect for the deceased or his family, so why should the blogger be held to a higher standard?
You forgot:
3) Then admit it and make a grovelling apology
4) Profit!!! (with you book and movie deals).
The plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General.
Just thought you'd like to know.
You will often find that movies with much dialogue and little action are adaptations of plays.
If you like that kind of thing then here's one you might like: Sleuth.
And (relevant to all of these code examples) a well crafted comment or two taking only a few seconds to write would more than double the readability of the code.
Yes, in the same way that "old idea + internet = patent" we seem to be getting a lot of "existing crime + computer = new crime".
Perhaps the future is to have a whole set of different laws which are applicable to different situations: crime + netbook; crime + laptop; crime + multi-processor desktop machine with at leat 1GB video card memory; or even crime + beowulf cluster.
It is interesting to speculate upon how we could possibly get there from here.
Obviously the software industry is too large to allow legislation to be forced upon it.
And the comments the other day from the Microsoft CTO indicate no willingness to acccept any responsibility.
My best guess is that locked-down devices like the iPad could be seen in the marketplace as much more secure and therefore a better choice for most people. Whether this will actually come to pass I doubt though, as other manufacturers will cloud the market with similar products making similar claims, which will tarnish the reputation of all such devices when they do fall prey to exploits.
Can anyone else see any other path by which we can move beyond our hobbyist past with it's "build now fix problems later" attitude?
since keeping records in sync with reality is extremely hard
Based upon my experience in the IT field, it is not hard, it's just something that people don't like to do.
I think it would have been funnier if you mis-named it as "Johnny Pneumonic".
I liked this one:
"It does see through clothing, but it's not a photographic image, it's a low-energy X-ray that reflects off the skin," added Ms Johnson.
Because it's true. Just like when I use a digital camera, I'm not making a photograph, I'm making a digital file.
As I reason to my children as I try to impart some morals into them "If you can't tell the truth about it you must think it's wrong, and if you think it's wrong you shouldn't do it".
Perhaps your kraut car (like mine) has four rings on it?
In which case the body is probably galvanised, so it will be a long time until it starts to rust.
Do you realise that once upon a time there weren't "fueling stations located strategically throughout the city".
In the early days of motoring, fuel stations were rare and cars had to buy and carry fuel in cans.
My point is that until we start buying electric cars, the infrastructure won't get built. It's a bit chicken-and-egg, and companies like better place are trying to fix it.
Perhaps these efforts will fail, perhaps we will instead opt for swappable battery packs.
The point is if we do nothing because the alternative to what we are doing now has disadvantages, then we will never make progress.
Interesting idea.
I've sometimes thought that electric cars could have an optional (rented?) easily installable ICE-powered generator, which clamps on to the boot/trunk or sits on the roof. This would have enough capacity to maintain charge at highway speeds and recharge when stationary.
This could also be implemented as a trailer with extra range-extending batteries and regenerative braking as you suggest.
I believe that the biggest problem is that you can't get there from here. What are you going to do with the millions of vehicles on the road today?
If you could make robocars intelligent enough to drive on current roads, mixed with "manual" cars, they would still be involved in accidents, negating one of their primary advantages.
I just can't see it happening.
It's why a case can be made for even late-term abortion of otherwise viable fetuses -- if it's inside your body and totally dependent on you, you have a right to make even the most extreme choices about it.
Thanks for that - it's an interesting way to think about the subject, and a viewpoint I hadn't really considered. Once a baby is born, others can take care of it, but until then, it is the mother's responsibility. And if she should decide that the best thing for the baby (and possibly herself) is to not be born, then that is her decision.
But where does it say that people should be free to brainwash their children?
Should we be giving religion a free pass here?
It is a difficult question, as practising your religion probably means sharing it with others, and passing it on to your children. However, as I have seen in some atheist material, no child is born a muslim or a christian or a hindu. And surely they should be free to choose their religion when they are mature enough to make that decision.
So if we "protect" children from alcohol, tobacco, and sex until they are adults, why don't we protect them from religion until then too?
I think this indicates a significant but hidden part of the problem. to whit, that operating systems have been built with the assumption that there is a computer "operator". That is, someone who knows what they are doing at the controls.
Most web surfers these days would rarely interact with their file system. They wouldn't have any idea what file system they are using. They wouldn't even know what a file system is!
So, what is needed is a completely sandboxed method of surfing the web and sending emails. I don't know if that is possible without limiting their functionality - eg cannot download executables, but for a great many people this would be a better solution than using a general purpose computer with too much capability to do things without their knowledge or understanding.