I've been thinking about doing that; the only problem is the size of the hole required. I have two ADC cables and couple firewire cables that would need to go through. USB is covered by the ADC cables. BUT... how on earth do you get the actual plugs through? I suppose a 3" diameter hole would work, but it's a tad drastic to be drilling such large holes in the wall.
Interestingly, Hubble is (soon to be was) the only telescope that could observe certain wavelengths of ultraviolet used to test metallicity. Since Earth's atmosphere is opaque in these wavelengths, space-based observatories are the only way to observe these wavelengths.
Although I would hesitate to say that carbon, nitrogen and a whole slew of other chemicals we on earth need to survive are absolutely needed for life elsewhere in the universe, I wouldn't have any problem saying water is. Water is a "perfect" substance. It dissolves just about anything, has a relatively simple structure, and as such is not too large as to get in the way of the reactions of dissolved chemicals. In short, liquid water provides a non-gaseous efficient means for chemicals to react: surface area turns to surface volume.
4) where are the old series? trains castles cities... there was really tons and tons of stuff!!! (and some amazing works to say the truth) where's all that stuff gone?
Trains, castles (pretty abysmal, I know -- there's more in the Harry Potter section, cities.
When it comes down to it, Democaracy is all about the will of the majority. With such populations as south Florida apparently split almost perfectly down the center, both sides are equally well represented either way the vote goes. As much as electronic voting has its flaws, this is not one of them.
"Everyone here has a rudimentary knowledge of hindi"
*looks around* First I have to learn linux to keep up with you guys, then some form of programming just to understand half of what goes on here at slashdot... not to mention all those years studying astrophysics, chemistry, mathematics, robotics.... and now I discover that I will have to learn hindi as well! Oh, the ever-changing face of the nerd. At least we all still have pimples.
I really expected more by now. In iTMS's first week of existence, Mac OS X users bought 1 Million songs. considering that's something like 3% of computer users (make it 5% for simplicity's sake,) Shouldn't we have seen about 25 million sales within the first week of the Windows release?
I think we all know what's happening here: the same computer users who put up with windows are content with the 30 second song previews.
That's true, but neither did anybody else. In a public school, a significant percent of the students don't have a computer at home, let alone internet access. Sure, the great minds of 100 years ago didn't have computers, but science and technology has lept forward since then. Now they do. Put a computer in a public classroom, and a kid from the inner city can use the same tools as the great minds of today. That's the difference.
It's actually quite a good investment. Think of what the freeway system did for the US. A good infrastructure will always pay off in the long run. For a 12 percent investment now, they might reasonably become Asia's economic leader in the next 40 years. Plus, to help them along even more, they'll get an influx of computer geeks like us looking for cheap broadband.
There's the catch. *With* 30-40 years notice. We recently noticed a large asteroid only after it passed between us and the moon. If we are going to protect ourselves (if there's a good chance at 600,000 years, there's still a chance now) we had better get our act together. What would that require?
Not much. An array of 100 or so 1-meter telescopes spread throughout the northern and southern hemispheres would do the trick. Sure, every patch of sky wouldn't be observed each night, but with the right spread, an asteroid would be hard-pressed to get by without us noticing. Constant observation and reobservation would find blips, software would eliminate the cosmic rays, the supernovae would be handed off to other astronomers, and effectively what you're left with is a bunch of asteroids. Plotting their trajectories is something else, but I think it can be done even on such a large scale.
Yeah, I use OS X on my closet server. I guess I've gotten accustomed to needing a lot of RAM. I'm running my mp3s off of it, as well as usb printers and of course apache. However, 128 still seems like a small amount, especially for a server.
Already, microsoft and a slew of other compeditors have jumpped on the same bandwagon (pun not intended) and have iTunes-like music offerings in the works.
If apple had gotten iTunes out to Windows sooner, they would have had a dominating market share before anybody else got a chance to react.
They should give the money to the teachers. A salary raise would attract more qualified people as well as increase job satisfaction thus lowering the turnover rate. In my high school, teachers burn out after 3 or 4 years. Maybe with a few extra dollars they would be more inclined to stay.
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I've been thinking about doing that; the only problem is the size of the hole required. I have two ADC cables and couple firewire cables that would need to go through. USB is covered by the ADC cables. BUT... how on earth do you get the actual plugs through? I suppose a 3" diameter hole would work, but it's a tad drastic to be drilling such large holes in the wall.
Interestingly, Hubble is (soon to be was) the only telescope that could observe certain wavelengths of ultraviolet used to test metallicity. Since Earth's atmosphere is opaque in these wavelengths, space-based observatories are the only way to observe these wavelengths.
Although I would hesitate to say that carbon, nitrogen and a whole slew of other chemicals we on earth need to survive are absolutely needed for life elsewhere in the universe, I wouldn't have any problem saying water is. Water is a "perfect" substance. It dissolves just about anything, has a relatively simple structure, and as such is not too large as to get in the way of the reactions of dissolved chemicals. In short, liquid water provides a non-gaseous efficient means for chemicals to react: surface area turns to surface volume.
4) where are the old series? trains castles cities... there was really tons and tons of stuff!!! (and some amazing works to say the truth) where's all that stuff gone?
Trains, castles (pretty abysmal, I know -- there's more in the Harry Potter section, cities.
When it comes down to it, Democaracy is all about the will of the majority. With such populations as south Florida apparently split almost perfectly down the center, both sides are equally well represented either way the vote goes. As much as electronic voting has its flaws, this is not one of them.
"Everyone here has a rudimentary knowledge of hindi"
*looks around* First I have to learn linux to keep up with you guys, then some form of programming just to understand half of what goes on here at slashdot... not to mention all those years studying astrophysics, chemistry, mathematics, robotics.... and now I discover that I will have to learn hindi as well! Oh, the ever-changing face of the nerd. At least we all still have pimples.
From the grant proposal: "As a source for ongoing additional funds, all Jane movies will be made available on a subscription website."
I think we all know what's happening here: the same computer users who put up with windows are content with the 30 second song previews.
Wouldn't your legs and feet get cold sitting next to that thing?
Ya know, people are going to become REALLY confused when phone processor speeds reach 900 and 1800 mhz.
That's true, but neither did anybody else. In a public school, a significant percent of the students don't have a computer at home, let alone internet access. Sure, the great minds of 100 years ago didn't have computers, but science and technology has lept forward since then. Now they do. Put a computer in a public classroom, and a kid from the inner city can use the same tools as the great minds of today. That's the difference.
It's actually quite a good investment. Think of what the freeway system did for the US. A good infrastructure will always pay off in the long run. For a 12 percent investment now, they might reasonably become Asia's economic leader in the next 40 years. Plus, to help them along even more, they'll get an influx of computer geeks like us looking for cheap broadband.
Not much. An array of 100 or so 1-meter telescopes spread throughout the northern and southern hemispheres would do the trick. Sure, every patch of sky wouldn't be observed each night, but with the right spread, an asteroid would be hard-pressed to get by without us noticing. Constant observation and reobservation would find blips, software would eliminate the cosmic rays, the supernovae would be handed off to other astronomers, and effectively what you're left with is a bunch of asteroids. Plotting their trajectories is something else, but I think it can be done even on such a large scale.
No. As much as I hate earthlink, ... just no.
Yeah, I use OS X on my closet server. I guess I've gotten accustomed to needing a lot of RAM. I'm running my mp3s off of it, as well as usb printers and of course apache. However, 128 still seems like a small amount, especially for a server.
128 MB is not enough to do anything useful. Why is it limited to such a small amount?
Would these talking carts scream for help when they're stolen by the homeless?
I guess microsoft was right all along.
I would have answered "fish" for the first part, but then again, fish can't run...
Can we ban charging for shipping too?
that their website is not hosted on one of those. It would be a pity for all that hard work to go up in flames. (literally)
If apple had gotten iTunes out to Windows sooner, they would have had a dominating market share before anybody else got a chance to react.
They should give the money to the teachers. A salary raise would attract more qualified people as well as increase job satisfaction thus lowering the turnover rate. In my high school, teachers burn out after 3 or 4 years. Maybe with a few extra dollars they would be more inclined to stay.
The customer pays a fee that covers the "reverse logistic" of shipping the unit from the customer location(s) to the Apple recycling vendor.
Unfortunately it's only for the US but after reading the linked page, it seems you only pay shipping.