Speaking of font rendering, take a look at this screenshot -- what happened to the missing word "as"? It reads: "The paragraph contains spans of text styled differently well as forced line breaks..." instead of "... as well as...".
How do you get a fraction of a liter? Do you chop it up into little inch-sized pieces
Assuming you're not just being retarded, that's actually close. A litre is 10cm x 10cm x 10cm of water (at a certain temperature, whatever). So that's 1000 cubic cm. A millilitre is therefore 1 cubic cm. The real question is how you stack those 1000 cubes to put it back together!
I read TFA, and it made no mention of speed, distance or any other aspect of the contest. The driver lies down, but how? On the stomache, or the back (with a periscope?). Were they inside to avoid being blown about (aboot?) by the wind?
Probably to simulate average city driving. By having both a min and a max, this also ensures that the engine will likely have to work for most of that time. What's interesting is that it's an average maximum speed over six laps. An enterprising team (UBC?) will take advantage of that and accelerate at the most fuel efficient rate possible until it reaches the speed such that coasting the rest of the way will average out to the maximum speed. Of course, I'm assuming that this is the most efficient method... YMMV.
Its a federal judge, not state. Financing is not coming from the state in this case.
Well, the state surely is going to send a lawyer or two to see what's going on in that courtroom and perhaps defend its position, don't you think? And who pays for the state's lawyer? Why, the state!
The intercommunication system within OpenOffice, the mechanism that allows embedding spreadsheets and drawings in other documents, is CORBA-based. Sort of. Actually, it's something called UNO, which started life as CORBA but went off in an XML direction.
If you're afraid of your identity being stolen, Prepaid Legal can help.
An MLM scheme will help me with my fears? Do they offer counseling to overcome these fears?
I got modded down last time...
No kidding. It's like all these free iPod sites -- you get modded down because you're just hoping people will join your MLM so that you can personally profit from their fears.
Yes, it is your fault -- had you used the "Extrans (html tags to text)" setting instead of "Plain Old Text" or "HTML Formatted" your post would have appeared correctly. Or, as others pointed out, use the HTML code for the less than symbol.
They do need one device per drive. You missed the part about the drive being automatically pulled into the device
The six disc CD changer in my car pulls CDs automatically into one device. I'm sure this technology will never progress to such an advanced stage though.
In fact I'm having trouble thinking what use it will be to police at all. The kneejerk response would be "anything a helicopter is good for, but cheaper"... except it only goes 30mph, and only for one hour, so forget tracking automobiles.
Right. Traffic in LA always goes faster than 30mph. And we all know that this kind of technology never improves.
So if I write a manual on how to load and operate a firearm, would my manual be considered munitions? That's the same argument you're making regarding documentation for how another piece of hardware works.
I have to agree with you there. The original Guantlet rocked! I remember blowing several 20 dollar bills in birthday money one long session of Guantlet. Now, when I play it on MAME I always think about all the cash I spent playing it. This story has me feeling extra nostalgic today.
Ditto here. Back in '86, I would routinely spend $10 or $20 at a time wasting away hours playing Gauntlet. It was, for its time, videogame crack. A year or two ago, I played it on MAME and enabled the cheats so that I could basically walk right through a cloud of ghosts. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered there never really was an ending to it. It just keeps getting harder and harder and cycling the levels more and more.
Dammit... where were you in my childhood to tell me this information? I'd be a rich man today had I known this. That, and unlimited health for Gauntlet. And a time machine.
... and as a result, World of Warcraft screenshot addicts the world over mourn this day. Remember, World of Warcraft is a feeling. (Grab episodes 6 and 7 if you haven't seen the full thing.)
Heh. At a company I worked at a couple of years ago we had net send disabled becaues we kept getting ads through it. Well, since I'm wasting space with this post, I'll ask a question: Did Microsoft finally fix that in XP, or did they just disable the service by default?
It's called "use a firewall".
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This is Slashdot. Surely somebody here can whip up a network of mirrors in time for tomorrow's game...
("netcat ascii-wm.net 2006 | netcat -u 224.0.0.1 5555" to bridge it to a local multicast stream, an inetd-launched daemon to handle client connections, round-robin DNS for load balancing, etc.)
Is there ant sort of referal program so you piggy back from people you've got to join up?
You can create a team and then see how well the team does as a whole. That's about the only kind of thing I can think of. Google did this with their Google toolbar... if you enable the Folding@Home part, you are part of their team.
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Speaking of font rendering, take a look at this screenshot -- what happened to the missing word "as"? It reads: "The paragraph contains spans of text styled differently well as forced line breaks..." instead of "... as well as...".
How do you get a fraction of a liter? Do you chop it up into little inch-sized pieces
Assuming you're not just being retarded, that's actually close. A litre is 10cm x 10cm x 10cm of water (at a certain temperature, whatever). So that's 1000 cubic cm. A millilitre is therefore 1 cubic cm. The real question is how you stack those 1000 cubes to put it back together!
I read TFA, and it made no mention of speed, distance or any other aspect of the contest. The driver lies down, but how? On the stomache, or the back (with a periscope?). Were they inside to avoid being blown about (aboot?) by the wind?
Try reading harder next time -- TFA contains a link to the official website for those ambitious clickers who want to find out more than just a summary. From the home page, you can click to read the official 2006 rules and also look to the right for a link to the team websites. The UBC site contains many pictures including a nice one of how the driver lies down and also tech specs on the vehicle.
Any other questions?
What was the benefit of having a maximum speed?
Probably to simulate average city driving. By having both a min and a max, this also ensures that the engine will likely have to work for most of that time. What's interesting is that it's an average maximum speed over six laps. An enterprising team (UBC?) will take advantage of that and accelerate at the most fuel efficient rate possible until it reaches the speed such that coasting the rest of the way will average out to the maximum speed. Of course, I'm assuming that this is the most efficient method... YMMV.
Its a federal judge, not state. Financing is not coming from the state in this case.
Well, the state surely is going to send a lawyer or two to see what's going on in that courtroom and perhaps defend its position, don't you think? And who pays for the state's lawyer? Why, the state!
The intercommunication system within OpenOffice, the mechanism that allows embedding spreadsheets and drawings in other documents, is CORBA-based. Sort of. Actually, it's something called UNO, which started life as CORBA but went off in an XML direction.
So, kind of an embrace-and-extend of CORBA?
Am I supposed to have a ready-made speech for you to record?
"Dude. It's r00t. Call me."
I may be paying long distance charges.
Even better. Now they have to call you back, and they pay the long distance.
If you're afraid of your identity being stolen, Prepaid Legal can help.
An MLM scheme will help me with my fears? Do they offer counseling to overcome these fears?
I got modded down last time...
No kidding. It's like all these free iPod sites -- you get modded down because you're just hoping people will join your MLM so that you can personally profit from their fears.
Slashdot removes the "Smaller Than" signs.
not my fault.
Yes, it is your fault -- had you used the "Extrans (html tags to text)" setting instead of "Plain Old Text" or "HTML Formatted" your post would have appeared correctly. Or, as others pointed out, use the HTML code for the less than symbol.
They do need one device per drive. You missed the part about the drive being automatically pulled into the device
The six disc CD changer in my car pulls CDs automatically into one device. I'm sure this technology will never progress to such an advanced stage though.
In fact I'm having trouble thinking what use it will be to police at all. The kneejerk response would be "anything a helicopter is good for, but cheaper"... except it only goes 30mph, and only for one hour, so forget tracking automobiles.
Right. Traffic in LA always goes faster than 30mph. And we all know that this kind of technology never improves.
I'd be mad if I paid $50 bucks...
Fifty dollar bucks? If your bucks cost you $50, it's good reason to be mad. My bucks only cost me $1 each.
Indeed. It's amazing how closely the fundies arguments resemble Zeno's paradox.
So if I write a manual on how to load and operate a firearm, would my manual be considered munitions? That's the same argument you're making regarding documentation for how another piece of hardware works.
I have to agree with you there. The original Guantlet rocked! I remember blowing several 20 dollar bills in birthday money one long session of Guantlet. Now, when I play it on MAME I always think about all the cash I spent playing it. This story has me feeling extra nostalgic today.
Ditto here. Back in '86, I would routinely spend $10 or $20 at a time wasting away hours playing Gauntlet. It was, for its time, videogame crack. A year or two ago, I played it on MAME and enabled the cheats so that I could basically walk right through a cloud of ghosts. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered there never really was an ending to it. It just keeps getting harder and harder and cycling the levels more and more.
Dammit... where were you in my childhood to tell me this information? I'd be a rich man today had I known this. That, and unlimited health for Gauntlet. And a time machine.
... and as a result, World of Warcraft screenshot addicts the world over mourn this day. Remember, World of Warcraft is a feeling. (Grab episodes 6 and 7 if you haven't seen the full thing.)
Sure, it seems like a reliable solution. But it doesn't work when you need it the most, like when all the air has been sucked out of the office.
Correction, sir. That's blown out.
Heh. At a company I worked at a couple of years ago we had net send disabled becaues we kept getting ads through it. Well, since I'm wasting space with this post, I'll ask a question: Did Microsoft finally fix that in XP, or did they just disable the service by default?
It's called "use a firewall".
This is Slashdot. Surely somebody here can whip up a network of mirrors in time for tomorrow's game...
("netcat ascii-wm.net 2006 | netcat -u 224.0.0.1 5555" to bridge it to a local multicast stream, an inetd-launched daemon to handle client connections, round-robin DNS for load balancing, etc.)
Sounds good. Let us know when your mirror is up.
Suggested tag: hypocrisy
Suggested misspelling doubling as political commentary on the US government: hypocracy
As someone else pointed out, the reason it's called an offshore banking account is because they don't live there.
I'm not sure exactly, but I think someone measured it to be about 60 Watts more (about 4 low energy bulbs).
That's like leaving one incandescent light on. Electricity is cheap and if it'll help out even a bit I'm happy to spend the extra ten cents a day.
Is there ant sort of referal program so you piggy back from people you've got to join up?
You can create a team and then see how well the team does as a whole. That's about the only kind of thing I can think of. Google did this with their Google toolbar... if you enable the Folding@Home part, you are part of their team.