Vectored exhaust also allows for some incredible stunts. There's a video of a Russian jet flying backwards briefly. It gains a lot of forward speed, then uses the exhaust to flip over.
I've found that the combination of a PC and a Wii serves my gaming needs excellently. The Wii has an excellent set of casual games (Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, etc) that I can pick up and play with my gf whenever we have a few minutes to kill. The PC is great for serious gaming. A keyboard and mouse are, IMO, the best input controllers ever and the graphics on a mid-range gaming PC beat those on a 360 or PS3. I also like the fact that my games are all $50 (and not $60) new at retail.
Of course, everyone is different and I do miss out on a few 360 and PS3 exclusives, but nothing has come out for either system that has been that compelling for me.
I think when people say the Wii has "no good games", they mean it doesn't have good games like GTA, CoD, WoW, and other TLAs. But it has a ton of quick and fun, easy to learn, easy to play games that are great to play with friends, coworkers, kids, gf's, non-gamers etc.
Also, the new meters could have worked, but the out-sourcing to a private company destroyed any hope of that.
An example of their ineptitude: they forgot to put batteries in some of the meters, making it impossible to get the magic slip of paper, and then ticketed people for it.
We all belong to the Slashdot community; does that make Slashdot a social network?
How about LinkedIn? There's a website that definitely is a social network, but it's for the purpose of job hunting. There are very few, if any, minors on that site.
And why all sex offenders? If you rape your girlfriend, then yes you're a bad person, but why should that stop you from using FaceBook?
If these sex offenders are so dangerous, then why were they released from prison? Why not change the law so that any sexual offense gets a life sentence? Or how about instead of endless punishment, we look at rehabilitation, at least for the offenders who are capable of being rehabilitated.
And finally, consider that some sex offenders are not the criminals you might think they are. Guys have been labeled as sex offenders for being 18 and having sex with a 17 year old, consensually. And for taking a piss behind a bar - "your penis was out in public".
From the article:
"All of AMD's embedded products are offered with industry-standard 5-year component longevity."
What does that mean? Is that processor-talk for a warranty?
I suggest that if you're a Comcast customer and when you read this the opt-out page is still down, contact their tech support. Maybe a swell of tech support calls/emails/IMs will convince them how bad of an idea this is.
user John_ has entered room jOHN(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:45:34 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Ask Comcast Escalation analyst Lotarion has entered room Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:45:57 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Hello John_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Lotarion. Please give me one moment to review your information. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:45:59 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I am more than willing to assist you today. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:46:01 GMT-0500 (CDT))> May I know the issue, please? John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:45:51 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Hi, I want to opt-out of the domain redirection, but I can't access the page. The website is: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/ Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:47:23 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh..Let us check on it. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:47:37 GMT-0500 (CDT))> What is your Operating System John? John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:47:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I'm using OpenSUSE 11.1. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:49:38 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Okay. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:49:55 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Go back to the issue, you cannot load www.comcast.net ONLY? John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:50:34 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I can load all websites - including www.comcast.net. I can't load the domain redirection opt-out page: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/ Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:51:59 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh..That has already been disabled. I cannot also load that site on my end. John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:52:10 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh, okay. Do you know when it will be available again? Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:53:19 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Our engineers are still working on it. Customers will be informed through email. John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:53:14 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Okay, I'll be patient then. Thanks for your help. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:53:53 GMT-0500 (CDT))> You are most welcome. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:00 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Thank you also for bearing with us. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:02 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Do you have any other concern that I can address to? John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:54:13 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Nope, that was it. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:39 GMT-0500 (CDT))> It has been my pleasure assisting you today. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Take care always. Have PEACE and goodbye. Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Thank you for bringing Comcast into your home. We are here for you 24 hours a day 365 days a year! To learn more about your services and find answers to many questions, please visit our FAQ pages: http://help.comcast.net/ Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:41 GMT-0500 (CDT))> smile Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:55:28 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Analyst has closed chat and left the room analyst Lotarion has left room
What does it mean to create something? They will argue that their program is like the artist's paintbrush - it enables the output. After all, the painter never touches the canvas themselves.
A phone book publisher doesn't own the right to your phone number, nor does it own the exclusive right to print listings of phone numbers, but it does hold copyright to the unique presentation of phone numbers. That is, you can copy the phone numbers out of their book, reformat them, print it, and sell it, but you can't just photocopy each page and the sell that.
This all depends on how you define attractiveness. Big boobs? Nice face? Long hair? The standards for attractive are social in nature and are subject to rapid fluctuations - within a generation. That makes any genetic changes moot.
Consider the "ideal" weight. If you look at models from the 1960's, they were significantly heavier than models are today. Genes are simply not able to mutate quickly enough to go from filled-in women in one generation to toothpicks the next.
Consider cultural differences. In China, small feet are attractive. In America, large breasts are attractive. Which definition of attractiveness do you use?
Exactly. We need the code sharing of open source. I think the city of GTA4 would be awesome for any number of games. Imagine being able to start with a fully functioning city including buildings, people, and vehicles and then drop in your characters and your story.
No one is talking about taking away your lights - this is the exact opposite. By having people spread out their electricity usage, you guarantee that there is enough capacity for everyone. The grid is big enough that everyone can use as much electricity as they want; the grid is small enough that we can't all use it at the same time. These "smart" appliances are a stab at an optimization problem.
Most of these appliances will have an override mode anyway, so its not that big a deal.
And consider this - you shower twice a day (hopefully). After every shower, the water heater kicks on and heats up enough water for your next shower plus a little extra to compensate for the fact that its going to sit their idle for 12 hours cooling off. A smart water heater learns when you use hot water and waits until just before you get in the shower to start heating water, significantly reducing the heat loss due to cooling.
Even better scenario: the smart dish washer and smart washing machine signal the smart hot water heater 30 minutes before they start so that they are guaranteed hot water.
Only 15 Saturn V's were built and only 13 of those were actually launched. They could have had an actual catastrophic failure rate of 10% and we would have never known it given the small number of launches that we did.
Also consider that two of the launches (Apollo 6 and 13) experienced partial failures (engines that quit prematurely).
The problem is that a parachute with a low melting point enters a region with high temperature particles. Solution: increase the melting point or move the parachute away. IIRC, in the case of an abort, the capsule is lifted away from the rocket by using additional thrusters. If they were allowed to operate for longer, then they would move the capsule further away from the flaming debris.
I have no doubt that the Ares engineers will quickly solve this (if they haven't already).
You take the cow to auction to sell it - to get it off your farm and on to someone else's. The point of the auction is to move the cow. It might be somewhat more efficient to move the cow directly from farmer to farmer, but this intermediate stop at an auction house can't be that big an inconvenience, can it?
Huh? I don't know about other distributions, but in OpenSUSE, the 64-bit version runs 32-bit software with no problem. Why would you need to make your entire system 32-bit in order to run a single 32-bit program?
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Okay, I now know why they wouldn't care:
-Avg lifespan 50yrs .1%
-Literacy rate 60%
-Internet users
Thank you, CIA factbook.
I didn't know that. Good point.
Exactly. =)
I misread that three times as "Liberians" and I couldn't figure out why they would care about a bunch of English books being on Google.
Vectored exhaust also allows for some incredible stunts. There's a video of a Russian jet flying backwards briefly. It gains a lot of forward speed, then uses the exhaust to flip over.
But consider how pissed people would be if the government took away their "socialized" schools, libraries, and fire departments.
Of course, everyone is different and I do miss out on a few 360 and PS3 exclusives, but nothing has come out for either system that has been that compelling for me.
I think when people say the Wii has "no good games", they mean it doesn't have good games like GTA, CoD, WoW, and other TLAs. But it has a ton of quick and fun, easy to learn, easy to play games that are great to play with friends, coworkers, kids, gf's, non-gamers etc.
Also, the new meters could have worked, but the out-sourcing to a private company destroyed any hope of that.
An example of their ineptitude: they forgot to put batteries in some of the meters, making it impossible to get the magic slip of paper, and then ticketed people for it.
How is a $245, quad-core chip considered mid-range?
We all belong to the Slashdot community; does that make Slashdot a social network? How about LinkedIn? There's a website that definitely is a social network, but it's for the purpose of job hunting. There are very few, if any, minors on that site. And why all sex offenders? If you rape your girlfriend, then yes you're a bad person, but why should that stop you from using FaceBook? If these sex offenders are so dangerous, then why were they released from prison? Why not change the law so that any sexual offense gets a life sentence? Or how about instead of endless punishment, we look at rehabilitation, at least for the offenders who are capable of being rehabilitated. And finally, consider that some sex offenders are not the criminals you might think they are. Guys have been labeled as sex offenders for being 18 and having sex with a 17 year old, consensually. And for taking a piss behind a bar - "your penis was out in public".
From the article: "All of AMD's embedded products are offered with industry-standard 5-year component longevity." What does that mean? Is that processor-talk for a warranty?
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090808-smart-dogs.html
I suggest that if you're a Comcast customer and when you read this the opt-out page is still down, contact their tech support. Maybe a swell of tech support calls/emails/IMs will convince them how bad of an idea this is.
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Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:45:57 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Hello John_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Lotarion. Please give me one moment to review your information.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:45:59 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I am more than willing to assist you today.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:46:01 GMT-0500 (CDT))> May I know the issue, please?
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:45:51 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Hi, I want to opt-out of the domain redirection, but I can't access the page. The website is: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:47:23 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh..Let us check on it.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:47:37 GMT-0500 (CDT))> What is your Operating System John?
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:47:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I'm using OpenSUSE 11.1.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:49:38 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Okay.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:49:55 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Go back to the issue, you cannot load www.comcast.net ONLY?
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:50:34 GMT-0500 (CDT))> I can load all websites - including www.comcast.net. I can't load the domain redirection opt-out page: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:51:59 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh..That has already been disabled. I cannot also load that site on my end.
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:52:10 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Oh, okay. Do you know when it will be available again?
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:53:19 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Our engineers are still working on it. Customers will be informed through email.
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:53:14 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Okay, I'll be patient then. Thanks for your help.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:53:53 GMT-0500 (CDT))> You are most welcome.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:00 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Thank you also for bearing with us.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:02 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Do you have any other concern that I can address to?
John_(Wed Aug 05 2009 16:54:13 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Nope, that was it.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:39 GMT-0500 (CDT))> It has been my pleasure assisting you today.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Take care always. Have PEACE and goodbye.
Lotarion(Wed Aug 05 2009 17:54:40 GMT-0500 (CDT))> Thank you for bringing Comcast into your home. We are here for you 24 hours a day 365 days a year! To learn more about your services and find answers to many questions, please visit our FAQ pages: http://help.comcast.net/
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Contact the ratings board and complain that the content of the game has changed.
What does it mean to create something? They will argue that their program is like the artist's paintbrush - it enables the output. After all, the painter never touches the canvas themselves.
A phone book publisher doesn't own the right to your phone number, nor does it own the exclusive right to print listings of phone numbers, but it does hold copyright to the unique presentation of phone numbers. That is, you can copy the phone numbers out of their book, reformat them, print it, and sell it, but you can't just photocopy each page and the sell that.
This all depends on how you define attractiveness. Big boobs? Nice face? Long hair? The standards for attractive are social in nature and are subject to rapid fluctuations - within a generation. That makes any genetic changes moot.
Consider the "ideal" weight. If you look at models from the 1960's, they were significantly heavier than models are today. Genes are simply not able to mutate quickly enough to go from filled-in women in one generation to toothpicks the next.
Consider cultural differences. In China, small feet are attractive. In America, large breasts are attractive. Which definition of attractiveness do you use?
Exactly. We need the code sharing of open source. I think the city of GTA4 would be awesome for any number of games. Imagine being able to start with a fully functioning city including buildings, people, and vehicles and then drop in your characters and your story.
It takes a 64MB avi to store the 4KB demo!
She was in Miss USA in 1986:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA_1986
Runner-up actually.
No one is talking about taking away your lights - this is the exact opposite. By having people spread out their electricity usage, you guarantee that there is enough capacity for everyone. The grid is big enough that everyone can use as much electricity as they want; the grid is small enough that we can't all use it at the same time. These "smart" appliances are a stab at an optimization problem.
Most of these appliances will have an override mode anyway, so its not that big a deal.
And consider this - you shower twice a day (hopefully). After every shower, the water heater kicks on and heats up enough water for your next shower plus a little extra to compensate for the fact that its going to sit their idle for 12 hours cooling off. A smart water heater learns when you use hot water and waits until just before you get in the shower to start heating water, significantly reducing the heat loss due to cooling.
Even better scenario: the smart dish washer and smart washing machine signal the smart hot water heater 30 minutes before they start so that they are guaranteed hot water.
Only 15 Saturn V's were built and only 13 of those were actually launched. They could have had an actual catastrophic failure rate of 10% and we would have never known it given the small number of launches that we did.
Also consider that two of the launches (Apollo 6 and 13) experienced partial failures (engines that quit prematurely).
The problem is that a parachute with a low melting point enters a region with high temperature particles. Solution: increase the melting point or move the parachute away. IIRC, in the case of an abort, the capsule is lifted away from the rocket by using additional thrusters. If they were allowed to operate for longer, then they would move the capsule further away from the flaming debris.
I have no doubt that the Ares engineers will quickly solve this (if they haven't already).
You take the cow to auction to sell it - to get it off your farm and on to someone else's. The point of the auction is to move the cow. It might be somewhat more efficient to move the cow directly from farmer to farmer, but this intermediate stop at an auction house can't be that big an inconvenience, can it?
It sounds like a solution in search of a problem.
Huh? I don't know about other distributions, but in OpenSUSE, the 64-bit version runs 32-bit software with no problem. Why would you need to make your entire system 32-bit in order to run a single 32-bit program?