For what it's worth, ammo isn't that dangerous in a fire (unless it's actually in the gun). Without the barrel to direct the bullet and channel the expanding gasses, and the bolt assembly to hold the brass in place, the bullet itself is going to fly far shorter and far slower than the brass.
"I wondered what's to prevent some nut using a garage door opener from pushing the right buttons to make your airplane fall apart," said Harrison. "But everything is locked down with codes, and the radio signals are scrambled, so this is fully secured against hackers." (emphasis mine)
In other news, proof-of-concept "smart fastener" plane dissassembles itself midair. Cause yet to be determined.
How is this even relevant to what we're talking about. If he raped someone, would you say, "Sure, maybe he killed someone, but look, he gave all this money away, so he can't be so bad." Sure immoral business practices aren't the same as raping someone, but your argument just does not follow.
If you have to resort to corporations, who almost by definition are out to make money short-term, instead of politicians, who are there to build a better society long-term
Wait, aren't politicians there to get re-elected?
(that's why you voted for'em right? right?) there is something seriously, seriously wrong with your society.
For one thing, I didn't vote for them (at least not the ones who represent me) but more importantly, if I don't agree with any of the candidates, it's either not vote or vote for the best one. Neither of those choices will change anything. What's so great about your society?
Engaging in some baseless speculation about Google's intent, eh? Count me in.
I hear they're working on a line of cars. They'll be free to use, but you have to allow them to track your wherabout at all times, as well as the contents of everything in your car.
I have a couple more:
UAE is used to audacious projects (the palm islands) and probably wants to have\maintain the image of the world's playground.
It's near the equator, that'll help launch costs a bit.
It seems like land would be fairly cheap (guessing here)
Unless you're going to hand deliver your data to the recipient, you will always have to trust someone with it. In a P2P system, the size of the entity with access to your data is smaller, but the number of entities with access to your data is bigger. I contend that it is easier to control and regulate a small number of large entities than it is to regulate a huge number of small entities.
To me, it would be a better use of resources to put regulations into place (and enforce them!)
Now, if you were the largest commercial DBMS vendor in the world and you were worried about the OSS people moving into your space, what would you buy in order to stop them cold?
Aparently we can (in theory) with a large enough magnetic field and by using it to slip in to another dimension.
You're kind of missing the point here. The way such a drive (and similar ones, that for example, compress space in front of the ship and expand it behind) works is that locally, you're not actually going faster than light. You're simply changing the properties of space around you so that you arrive in a shorter amount of time.
It's the same thing with wormholes. If you go through a wormhole, you're not going faster than light, the wormholes just reduces the distance you have to travel.
Check out this article it talks a little bit about some of this stuff (and links to stuff that talks about it more.)
I notice reading this that, as always on Slashdot, there is a lot of misinformed zealotry, and since this is slashdot, a lot of it is directed against C#. Personally, I think that for most of the applications I've seen, C# and Java are almost equal. There are minor differences between the two and how they handle different things differntly, but I've said it before and I'll say it again. A good programmer will write good code in any language and a bad programmer will right bad code in any language.
My tips:
Do your own research, people will lie and pretend to be informed to defend their ideals!!
Get Eclipse and C# Express Edition 2005, figure out which IDE you like best. Sure, it's good to code in notepad, but why bother?
Pick your classes based on the reputation of the proffessor, not the language, become a good programmer, not a Java\C# zealot.
Learn as many languages as you can, especially ones that use a different paradigm. Learn at least a little of the following: Python, Perl, Java, C#, C++, Ruby, PHP, and Lisp.
Most importantly, code as much as you can. When you can work harder or code something to work for you, pick the latter. Find some open source project and contribute. Even if all you do is read through the code and fix some minor bugs, you'll be learning more about the process.
But those of us with hybrid cars are already reclaiming that energy...
For this case, I propose yet another useless invention. A sensor that sense a hybrid car. That way, it will only pop up when there is a red light and the next car isn't a hybrid!
Slashdot Mirror
For what it's worth, ammo isn't that dangerous in a fire (unless it's actually in the gun). Without the barrel to direct the bullet and channel the expanding gasses, and the bolt assembly to hold the brass in place, the bullet itself is going to fly far shorter and far slower than the brass.
This isn't a closed system. TFA mentions that microwaves are transferred into the chamber. Sounds like energy transfer to me.
"I wondered what's to prevent some nut using a garage door opener from pushing the right buttons to make your airplane fall apart," said Harrison. "But everything is locked down with codes, and the radio signals are scrambled, so this is fully secured against hackers." (emphasis mine)
In other news, proof-of-concept "smart fastener" plane dissassembles itself midair. Cause yet to be determined.
How is this even relevant to what we're talking about. If he raped someone, would you say, "Sure, maybe he killed someone, but look, he gave all this money away, so he can't be so bad." Sure immoral business practices aren't the same as raping someone, but your argument just does not follow.
If you have to resort to corporations, who almost by definition are out to make money short-term, instead of politicians, who are there to build a better society long-term
Wait, aren't politicians there to get re-elected?
(that's why you voted for'em right? right?) there is something seriously, seriously wrong with your society.
For one thing, I didn't vote for them (at least not the ones who represent me) but more importantly, if I don't agree with any of the candidates, it's either not vote or vote for the best one. Neither of those choices will change anything. What's so great about your society?
Engaging in some baseless speculation about Google's intent, eh? Count me in.
I hear they're working on a line of cars. They'll be free to use, but you have to allow them to track your wherabout at all times, as well as the contents of everything in your car.
I have a couple more: UAE is used to audacious projects (the palm islands) and probably wants to have\maintain the image of the world's playground. It's near the equator, that'll help launch costs a bit. It seems like land would be fairly cheap (guessing here)
Unless you're going to hand deliver your data to the recipient, you will always have to trust someone with it. In a P2P system, the size of the entity with access to your data is smaller, but the number of entities with access to your data is bigger. I contend that it is easier to control and regulate a small number of large entities than it is to regulate a huge number of small entities.
To me, it would be a better use of resources to put regulations into place (and enforce them!)
Now, if you were the largest commercial DBMS vendor in the world and you were worried about the OSS people moving into your space, what would you buy in order to stop them cold?
Shhh!! You idiot, don't give them any ideas!!
Right, because terrorists never strike at major sporting events.
If you stir it, the crustiness usually goes away.
Our lord and saviour jesus christ, the way it should be.
Aparently we can (in theory) with a large enough magnetic field and by using it to slip in to another dimension.
You're kind of missing the point here. The way such a drive (and similar ones, that for example, compress space in front of the ship and expand it behind) works is that locally, you're not actually going faster than light. You're simply changing the properties of space around you so that you arrive in a shorter amount of time.
It's the same thing with wormholes. If you go through a wormhole, you're not going faster than light, the wormholes just reduces the distance you have to travel.
Check out this article it talks a little bit about some of this stuff (and links to stuff that talks about it more.)
Pwned!!
Expect this story to be dupped again. This time, it will be the fault of their new CPU, not Slashdot.
Finally, a dupe excuse for Slashdot!
No, I think that just means we'll be seeing this one 4 times.
Ziiinnngg!!!!
He's using the Chewbacca defense folks!
Oh great, robot lawyers. Soon they'll replace the supremem court with these machines...in a cluster!!!
I like how this is modded insightful. Yay slashdot!!
That's a weak strategy that's reactive and guaranteed to fail some of the time.
Dear God! A security strategy that isn't 100% effecttive, 100% of the time?
Wait, are you people spelling stuff wrong on porpoise?
Slashot. News for Nerds. Stuff that was on Digg 3 Days Ago.
Do you really need the right to shoot something down? I mean, either way, you can do it, you just have to deal with the consequences.
I notice reading this that, as always on Slashdot, there is a lot of misinformed zealotry, and since this is slashdot, a lot of it is directed against C#. Personally, I think that for most of the applications I've seen, C# and Java are almost equal. There are minor differences between the two and how they handle different things differntly, but I've said it before and I'll say it again. A good programmer will write good code in any language and a bad programmer will right bad code in any language.
My tips:
Do your own research, people will lie and pretend to be informed to defend their ideals!!
Get Eclipse and C# Express Edition 2005, figure out which IDE you like best. Sure, it's good to code in notepad, but why bother?
Pick your classes based on the reputation of the proffessor, not the language, become a good programmer, not a Java\C# zealot.
Learn as many languages as you can, especially ones that use a different paradigm. Learn at least a little of the following: Python, Perl, Java, C#, C++, Ruby, PHP, and Lisp.
Most importantly, code as much as you can. When you can work harder or code something to work for you, pick the latter. Find some open source project and contribute. Even if all you do is read through the code and fix some minor bugs, you'll be learning more about the process.
But those of us with hybrid cars are already reclaiming that energy...
For this case, I propose yet another useless invention. A sensor that sense a hybrid car. That way, it will only pop up when there is a red light and the next car isn't a hybrid!
What the hell are you talking about?