Just thought I'd add that the method by which it was created ALSO had the teensy little benefit of allowing them FTL travel, with no ship even!;-) Oh and creating another Peter and Valentine.
This article was on CNN health describing a different way of treating cancer...by using conventional radiation therapy, but with cancer absorbing shells....
CNN Article
Very good idea. Especially with older video footage... it'd be cool to reconstruct buildings/streets as they were, even if only on a computer. There's an awful lot of video footage of the world... being able to translate it into a 3d model would be revolutionary.
Do you happen to have any links to good information on extracting 3d from 2d video?
The problem with that though, is you don't want to have a cheap noisy fan. Personally, I'd rather have the slower processor and a quieter (and probably more expensive) fan. Right now in my system, the loudest noise is by far the 7200rpm drives (and the cd-roms when they're spinning).
Although anymore, it's not really a compromise... on newegg there's a lot of heatsink/fan combos in the $10 range that run at a nice quiet 2500rpm. I should know, I've got one.
Ignoring all the typical whiney/. comments about how that's impossible because of blah blah physical explanation (and totally missing the point of your question), I don't think mankind would have a chance as a whole. I would guess that within a week the surface would become uninhabitable.
I do however think a very very limited number of people could survive in deep mineshafts. Bring down a small nuclear generator, some source of oxygen, lights, canned foods and enough plants and seeds to be able to start some sort of food production, and I think a few people could survive for a number of years.
The main problems I see is that they have no way presumably of making the machinery necessary to keep things in good repair and to replace broken equipment. So without a lot of foresight, I dont' think those people would have more than a few years. Although it does make one wonder if some small secret govt. group has thought of and prepared for this contingency. Who really knows?
I also think the social chaos on the surface would kill off most everyone before a day or two are up.
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Okay fine, Mr. Anonymous Coward think of it this way. The owner of the company has absolute control over the money. In other words, he can do whatever he damn well pleases. He could invest it in the company. He could keep it all for himself. He has no obligation whatsoever to give it to his employees. If you think he does, because they did the work of the company, you are nothing but a hypocrite. They agreed to work for the salary they have. Sorry but in this case the owner has absolute power... it was never the employee's money to begin with.
So what I am saying he could make a decision as owner of the company that 50% of the profits will go back to the community that allowed his business to thrive. Not to mention there is probably a tax benefit involved as well. I look at this as a case of a wealthy person trying to figure out what to do with his money. And my solution is give half away... the other half to the people that helped his business acheive its success by doing their jobs.
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Rather than dividing up all the profits between the employees, consider giving everyone a smaller bonus (say $750 or less) and collectively deciding on a charity to give the other half to. Since there's only 5 of you it shouldn't be hard to find one to agree on.
Considering that a poor American is much better off than like 3/4 of the world, that extra money would make a huge difference in other peoples lives who are much less fortunate. Not to mention there might be a tax benefit in there. I guess consider it an alternative to putting an extra grand in people's pockets who are already "rich" by any standard in the world.
That'd be really funny if they could get the voice down for error messages
"I say, I say, you've got a fatal exception at 0E33, son."
Clippy:"Well, barbeque my hamhocks, looks like you're writin' a letter. I'm gonna give you a bit of advice, boy. So far, this letter's about as sharp as a bowling ball..."
As a side note, there already are Joe Sixpack issues like Macrovision when it comes to hooking up a DVD player. Say his TV only has the 75 ohm connector (because it's cheap) and his VCR is connected through that. Well he bought a new DVD player but it doesn't have that coax connector. So he tries to hook it up with the 3 A/V cables connecting to the A/V inputs on his VCR. Hmmm , oh well the picture's there but why is it fading in and out? Guess he has to go out and spend even more money getting a converter or a macrovision filter. Will he even know what to get? Why should anyone have to deal with issues like that in the first place?
It's very true what you say about needing to get Joe Sixpack to care before things change. But sadly, Joe Sixpack probably doesn't even know the copy protection is there in the first place and will assume something is broken (like in the scenario I described)
Very professional writeup. I hope you don't mind me using a little of it in my own letter to the FCC. Especially since i didn't see any sort of broadcast flag telling me I couldn't;-)
You should post some detailed instructions for doing that. I would love to do the same, but don't really have the inclination to figure it all out on my own. Granted, that's lazy me asking you to be not lazy, but I think there's probably a lot of people out there who don't have a clue where to even begin something like that.
Yeah, I do remember that. It's sitting on a 5 1/4 disk somewhere in the closet at my parents house. I ran it on a 8086 with an EGA card. I actually no idea it was written by John Caramak... wonder how old he would have been. Pretty cool stuff
Who do you have as a carrier? I've been using Sprint PCS for the last couple years and they have never done anything like that!
In fact, just the opposite. I've been gradually upgrading my plan by continuing my service for another year, and now I must say I have an awesome plan.
$28 a month, 300 anytime, unlimited nights and weekends (starting at 8pm), free wireless web, pcs->pcs calling. I think it's an awesome deal for the amount I use the phone.
You know how I got those? I just called the customer service center and asked if they could do anything better for me. That's all. I didn't even have to play the "i've been thinking about switching to carrier xxxx" card, either.
I don't think you understand how much the companies WANT to have you as a customer. They don't have a monopoly, (unless you're in po dunk, nowhere) and they know it. Threaten to switch carriers and I bet you they will give you a deal. If not, well, that's their loss.. it's how the free market works. In that case switch to a new carrier and probably get a free phone out of the deal.
I found with a lot of tests in college, the professor would give us either one or two nearly impossible questions. Some were OK at dividing them up into manageable portions but other professors didn't seem really try. Inevitably people would line up at their doors to ask questions which I thought was rediculous and I refused to do that as much as possible.
It would be far better to have a test with a variety of shorter questions in a variety of difficulty levels (ie.. easy, medium, hard). Sometimes people just need a warm-up problem or two to gear up for the more difficult stuff. Throwing an impossible question at someone doesn't test them on what they know... it just tells you they either can or can't do that impossible question. The ones that can't will resort to anything like cheating... and then justify it to themselves because the test was too hard. Make the test so even the people that don't recall as much can still score some points for what they do know... they may still get a C or a D but they'll at least have the chance to show they learned something with an opportunity for improvement in the future. (it's hard to improve one's average with a sub 50% score on a major exam). People are industrious when it comes to solving problems in any situation... if they "need" to succeed, they will do it somehow. Make it worth their time not to cheat.
A basic slot strategy is to move from one machine to another, and play machines in certain areas of the casino floor to improve your odds.
I thought the basic slot strategy was continue to press the "spin" button until all your money disappears? In that case, this card idea makes it so much easier!!
On another note, have you considered actually investing the money in short term stocks or doing some intense day trading? The thrill is the same as gambling, except the odds are actually in your favor to make money. Not to mention the experience you'd gain at picking stocks; something that will benefit you WAY more in the long run than the ability to pick slot machines.
Not to mention that telco companies are notorious for adding on "compliance fees" . Why does Qwest's $14.99 unlimited local phone service actually end up costing $24 a month? Yeah, not only do they get paid by the other companies for use of their network... they tag on a $5 "federal access charge".
Unless they add legislation limiting those fees, I do not see this as a good thing. No wonder cell phones have taken off after deregulation.
As someone who has watched the series, it is very interesting, but skip the last episode; unless you want to be treated to a long winded rant about the cold war. Other than that the science is pretty amazing for a general audience. Although for the love of god, close your eyes before you see that hokey spaceship of his. I could not stop laughing!
thanks for the advice. Just out of curiosity I tried forwarding the ports, and it does make a big difference! (although slashdot torrents in general seem much slower than torrents elsewhere) The/. torrents jumped up to about 90k/s, and other places I am now getting 200+. Even upload is much faster.
I'm curious... why is it whenever I go to a bittorrent link on slashdot I inevitably see hundreds of posts about these amazing download speeds and yet I only get something in the neighborhood of 1-10 k/s while uploading at like 25k/s? (i'm not maxxing out my upload speed so that's not the problem)
Whereas with torrents on other websites I routinely get >25kb/s speeds. What's the deal here? I'm starting to think all slashdotters are leechers who sign off the instant their download is done.
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Just thought I'd add that the method by which it was created ALSO had the teensy little benefit of allowing them FTL travel, with no ship even! ;-) Oh and creating another Peter and Valentine.
This article was on CNN health describing a different way of treating cancer...by using conventional radiation therapy, but with cancer absorbing shells.... CNN Article
Do you happen to have any links to good information on extracting 3d from 2d video?
Although anymore, it's not really a compromise... on newegg there's a lot of heatsink/fan combos in the $10 range that run at a nice quiet 2500rpm. I should know, I've got one.
I do however think a very very limited number of people could survive in deep mineshafts. Bring down a small nuclear generator, some source of oxygen, lights, canned foods and enough plants and seeds to be able to start some sort of food production, and I think a few people could survive for a number of years.
The main problems I see is that they have no way presumably of making the machinery necessary to keep things in good repair and to replace broken equipment. So without a lot of foresight, I dont' think those people would have more than a few years. Although it does make one wonder if some small secret govt. group has thought of and prepared for this contingency. Who really knows?
I also think the social chaos on the surface would kill off most everyone before a day or two are up.
So what I am saying he could make a decision as owner of the company that 50% of the profits will go back to the community that allowed his business to thrive. Not to mention there is probably a tax benefit involved as well. I look at this as a case of a wealthy person trying to figure out what to do with his money. And my solution is give half away... the other half to the people that helped his business acheive its success by doing their jobs.
Considering that a poor American is much better off than like 3/4 of the world, that extra money would make a huge difference in other peoples lives who are much less fortunate. Not to mention there might be a tax benefit in there. I guess consider it an alternative to putting an extra grand in people's pockets who are already "rich" by any standard in the world.
"I say, I say, you've got a fatal exception at 0E33, son."
Clippy:"Well, barbeque my hamhocks, looks like you're writin' a letter. I'm gonna give you a bit of advice, boy. So far, this letter's about as sharp as a bowling ball..."
The first time I wish I actually had gotten a popup in Mozilla! :)
Consumers from Mars of course!
It's very true what you say about needing to get Joe Sixpack to care before things change. But sadly, Joe Sixpack probably doesn't even know the copy protection is there in the first place and will assume something is broken (like in the scenario I described)
Very professional writeup. I hope you don't mind me using a little of it in my own letter to the FCC. Especially since i didn't see any sort of broadcast flag telling me I couldn't ;-)
You should post some detailed instructions for doing that. I would love to do the same, but don't really have the inclination to figure it all out on my own. Granted, that's lazy me asking you to be not lazy, but I think there's probably a lot of people out there who don't have a clue where to even begin something like that.
Choppper command was AWESOME. By far my favorite game. Man I gotta put my old 8086 back together, or at least get those games off the 5 1/4" diskettes
Yeah, I do remember that. It's sitting on a 5 1/4 disk somewhere in the closet at my parents house. I ran it on a 8086 with an EGA card. I actually no idea it was written by John Caramak... wonder how old he would have been. Pretty cool stuff
In fact, just the opposite. I've been gradually upgrading my plan by continuing my service for another year, and now I must say I have an awesome plan.
$28 a month, 300 anytime, unlimited nights and weekends (starting at 8pm), free wireless web, pcs->pcs calling. I think it's an awesome deal for the amount I use the phone.
You know how I got those? I just called the customer service center and asked if they could do anything better for me. That's all. I didn't even have to play the "i've been thinking about switching to carrier xxxx" card, either.
I don't think you understand how much the companies WANT to have you as a customer. They don't have a monopoly, (unless you're in po dunk, nowhere) and they know it. Threaten to switch carriers and I bet you they will give you a deal. If not, well, that's their loss.. it's how the free market works. In that case switch to a new carrier and probably get a free phone out of the deal.
It would be far better to have a test with a variety of shorter questions in a variety of difficulty levels (ie.. easy, medium, hard). Sometimes people just need a warm-up problem or two to gear up for the more difficult stuff. Throwing an impossible question at someone doesn't test them on what they know... it just tells you they either can or can't do that impossible question. The ones that can't will resort to anything like cheating... and then justify it to themselves because the test was too hard. Make the test so even the people that don't recall as much can still score some points for what they do know... they may still get a C or a D but they'll at least have the chance to show they learned something with an opportunity for improvement in the future. (it's hard to improve one's average with a sub 50% score on a major exam). People are industrious when it comes to solving problems in any situation... if they "need" to succeed, they will do it somehow. Make it worth their time not to cheat.
well, at least in the strictest unisex definition of the word
I thought the basic slot strategy was continue to press the "spin" button until all your money disappears? In that case, this card idea makes it so much easier!!
On another note, have you considered actually investing the money in short term stocks or doing some intense day trading? The thrill is the same as gambling, except the odds are actually in your favor to make money. Not to mention the experience you'd gain at picking stocks; something that will benefit you WAY more in the long run than the ability to pick slot machines.
Unless they add legislation limiting those fees, I do not see this as a good thing. No wonder cell phones have taken off after deregulation.
As someone who has watched the series, it is very interesting, but skip the last episode; unless you want to be treated to a long winded rant about the cold war. Other than that the science is pretty amazing for a general audience. Although for the love of god, close your eyes before you see that hokey spaceship of his. I could not stop laughing!
Damn, I got all excited until I saw my webrowser trying to download a RealAudio track... time to move on to a different page :(
thanks for the advice. Just out of curiosity I tried forwarding the ports, and it does make a big difference! (although slashdot torrents in general seem much slower than torrents elsewhere) The /. torrents jumped up to about 90k/s, and other places I am now getting 200+. Even upload is much faster.
Try the website itself... I'm getting 31kb/s vs like 2 on bittorrent. Well actually no wait like 10 minutes and then try the website ;-)
Whereas with torrents on other websites I routinely get >25kb/s speeds. What's the deal here? I'm starting to think all slashdotters are leechers who sign off the instant their download is done.