The Motorola 6800 microprocessor was the first for which an HCF opcode became widely known. This instruction caused the processor to toggle a subset of the bus lines as rapidly as it could; in some configurations this could actually cause lines to burn up.
I had a problem with that one too. First they did one test using a meter to measure gasoline consumption rate, and found that the A/C was more efficient. Then they did another with a set amount of gasoline in the tank and drove till the car ran out, and found that the windows down was more efficient.
However, for this second test, they felt that it was dangerous to drive as fast as they had for the first test, and so set the speed lower for the second test. Of course, this should change the results -- higher speeds mean more wind resistance, and particularly, I would think, in the case of having your windows down.
If they had thought of any of this (or mentioned it, if they did), they could have made the point that the A/C is more efficient at freeway speeds and windows down at surface street speeds, which is a more interesting result, I think.
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...considering this is already done with things like phrenology and homeopathy. Steeling students against the onslaught of pseudoscience is a worthy part of the teaching of real science.
I wonder if you asked a chimp/gorilla in sign language if they'd like to help people by undergoing painful tests, whether any of them would volunteer for the greater good?
Marge: Well, most women will tell you that you're a fool to think you can change a man. But those women are quitters! When I first met your father, he was loud, oafish, and rude. But I worked hard, and now he's a whole different person. Lisa: Mom? Marge:(forcefully) He's a whole different person, Lisa.
Manufacturuers have to test their players, presumably on different region coded material. They don't want to be stuck with one code on a machine and unable to test on others, or stuck with N different testing queues, one for each region code. Therefore, easy ways to get around the region coding are built in.
Rather than trying to say something, and then finding the appropriate words to say it, instead he has words he wants to use, and finds ways to work them in.
Exactly how does he give that impression? Does he use words which are inappropriate to the topic or idea he's writing about? Does he use one (or a few) unusual words repeatedly, as though they were on that day's "SAT Words Of The Day" calendar?
I say no. He has a large vocabulary, and is not ashamed to use it. More power to him.
I found the sentence structure perfectly (cromulent?) serviceable. I understood what he meant and did so without even working hard at it.
And "using big words" is not at all what I meant. Anyway, it only has four (of what I would consider to be) "big words" -- "metanarrative", "phalanx", "pedant", and "corpus". And those last three are iffy; you really should know them. The first, of course, you should be able to figure out without looking it up. "Fancruft" is the word Wikipedia applied to their work, and so was used sarcastically/resentfully (even though it's not hard to figure out either, given knowledge of the hacker jargon term "cruft").
Last I checked, he wasn't writing for any foreign audience, and so cannot be reasonably faulted for misunderstandings on their part.
The man likes his subclauses, and his forceful turns of phrase. Get off his back. If he dumbs down his writing because of lazy readership, it would be a pitiable transgression against the variety of human expression, and the loss of a distinctive voice.
In short, stop wishing him into a USA Today copywriter, already.
This is one reason I love Penny Arcade: despite targeting a demographic that is not, shall we say, generally renowned for their amazing intellects, Tycho has no problem at all crafting text so fine that you could actually cut yourself on it.
Go, Tycho.
Having said that, Wikipedia rules too. If you had to be certified by some Wikipedia authority as an expert on the topic at which you sling your words, it would never have gotten anywhere.
The desktop UI is successful for a reason, not simply because it has a familiar analogue in the physical world, but rather because it behaves in that same useful way that real desks behave. It takes advantage of a well-established ability; spatial memory. You put something down and it stays there.
I say everyone should sue the hell out of Microsoft. Make them annoyed enough, and maybe they'll buy some better laws^W^W^W^W lobby for patent reform as you describe.
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Oh, you mean superatomic particles. Never mind.
I had a problem with that one too. First they did one test using a meter to measure gasoline consumption rate, and found that the A/C was more efficient. Then they did another with a set amount of gasoline in the tank and drove till the car ran out, and found that the windows down was more efficient.
However, for this second test, they felt that it was dangerous to drive as fast as they had for the first test, and so set the speed lower for the second test. Of course, this should change the results -- higher speeds mean more wind resistance, and particularly, I would think, in the case of having your windows down.
If they had thought of any of this (or mentioned it, if they did), they could have made the point that the A/C is more efficient at freeway speeds and windows down at surface street speeds, which is a more interesting result, I think.
Revisit the myth! Do you read me, Adam and Jamie?
How much would it be for all of us to just pony up directly to the Mythbusters and cut out the middleman?
See? Prior art.
Just sayin'.
...considering this is already done with things like phrenology and homeopathy. Steeling students against the onslaught of pseudoscience is a worthy part of the teaching of real science.
...but if you keep this up I'm going slap you all at once, Moe Howard style.
(And, just to cut you off: yes, I know the number of Stooges, three, is a prime.)
Then don't use the ones that are.
...some offshore hosting.
I wonder if you asked a chimp/gorilla in sign language if they'd like to help people by undergoing painful tests, whether any of them would volunteer for the greater good?
Marge: Well, most women will tell you that you're a fool to think you can change a man. But those women are quitters! When I first met your father, he was loud, oafish, and rude. But I worked hard, and now he's a whole different person.
Lisa: Mom?
Marge: (forcefully) He's a whole different person, Lisa.
Manufacturuers have to test their players, presumably on different region coded material. They don't want to be stuck with one code on a machine and unable to test on others, or stuck with N different testing queues, one for each region code. Therefore, easy ways to get around the region coding are built in.
I say no. He has a large vocabulary, and is not ashamed to use it. More power to him.
I found the sentence structure perfectly (cromulent?) serviceable. I understood what he meant and did so without even working hard at it.
And "using big words" is not at all what I meant. Anyway, it only has four (of what I would consider to be) "big words" -- "metanarrative", "phalanx", "pedant", and "corpus". And those last three are iffy; you really should know them. The first, of course, you should be able to figure out without looking it up. "Fancruft" is the word Wikipedia applied to their work, and so was used sarcastically/resentfully (even though it's not hard to figure out either, given knowledge of the hacker jargon term "cruft").
Last I checked, he wasn't writing for any foreign audience, and so cannot be reasonably faulted for misunderstandings on their part.
The man likes his subclauses, and his forceful turns of phrase. Get off his back. If he dumbs down his writing because of lazy readership, it would be a pitiable transgression against the variety of human expression, and the loss of a distinctive voice.
In short, stop wishing him into a USA Today copywriter, already.
This is one reason I love Penny Arcade: despite targeting a demographic that is not, shall we say, generally renowned for their amazing intellects, Tycho has no problem at all crafting text so fine that you could actually cut yourself on it.
Go, Tycho.
Having said that, Wikipedia rules too. If you had to be certified by some Wikipedia authority as an expert on the topic at which you sling your words, it would never have gotten anywhere.
This I know from experience.
I say everyone should sue the hell out of Microsoft. Make them annoyed enough, and maybe they'll buy some better laws^W^W^W^W lobby for patent reform as you describe.
They're antennae! Narwhals are the contacts for the aliens! Where's my tinfoil...
Dear eno2001 (527078):
It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work entitled Planet Of The Apes (the "Work") in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. I have reserved all rights in the Work, first published in Feb 8, 1968, and have registered copyright therein. Your work entitled Ignorance of the law is not innocence clearly used the Work as its basis ("Law givers").
As you neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for Ignorance of the law is not innocence nor to make or distribute copies, including electronic copies, of same, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.
I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to me, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by Dec 27, 2005 indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.
Very truly yours,
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