um, carnot engines are heat engines. An internal combustion engine is not a heat engine so much as a chemical reaction engine. The carnot equation might give the upper limit for a heat engine but not for an engine driven by a chemical reaction. Comparing the efficiency of combustion to the metabolism of bacteria is interesting though.
here in australia you have to pay about $70/mo to actually get proper broadband (lowest speed 256/64 but unmetered) where as you can get dialup for ~$15/mo.... i'm guessing its almost the same as "developing countries"
this is where the usa dumps its nuclear waste
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afganistan and iraq
(think dup)
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yeah, its called proof, and their are lots of languages where you can prove the correctness of a program..
In fact there is a rich tradition of proof in mathematics
some languages, like lazy functional languages have other nice benifits... but hey we've got to give the programmer total control because having a big ego is all about bare to the metal demo coding asm machoism... and c is just a set of macro's ontop of asm... its basic essence is to retain imperitive control over what the computer is doing... i mean why cant we all do a couple of yrs uni math learn about lambda calc... and protect the name of computer programmers like electrical engineers in canada instead of every visbasictard being able to get a job as a "computer programmer"... probably could even do a simple proof by induction or contra-positive proof... or show completeness of xor & nand, or even really know what a computer is... how the fuck can you call yourself a computer programmer if you dont know what a computer is?
yup, the microsoft security diplomat is out and out lying. didnt someone else mention that midi files playing automatically in webpages is only because ie has some bground sound tag which is not w3c html
here is proof that microsoft is directly lying...
Now we've managed to give microsoft the reputation that they are inept... now lets give them the reputation that they are lying and manipulative mofos, start by widely publicising this example... dude the guy is clearly fucking lying... ok, put the question to him... he's from "Microsoft's Security Response Center" he is their chosen voice. I just dont believe that that isnt an intentional lie.
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i prefer to think of it as like momentum and energy and the way they are related under relativity... momentum doesnt equal energy, and time doesnt equal money, but if your willing to wait you might get a better deal (might) and your patience has a relationship to betterness of the better deal.. but there are alot of implied beliefs and values between that and the adoption of clear cut chargeable interest = futurevalue - presentvalue
Have you considered that they might get more sales of razors if they put them next to, say for instance, the milk than if they are less convenient to get at, like say, behind a counter where you have to wait in ANOTHER queue and then deal with another apathetic person blah... and that you dont even need to be a genious to figure this out.
all it takes is;
1) data mining
2) click on optimize shelf placement
3) profit
next thing you'll tell me that science isnt altruistic and that corporations with managers getting salaries just to decide my salary have been responsible for all the advancements of mankind
not just kids... many drug addicts in many countries in the world have to go through this rigmarole to get their daily fix... that is one dude goes through walks straight out stuffs a handfull of reciepts into his pocket from the bin near the exit, then someone else (for safety) goes in and steals the products on the lists.. and finally (for added safety) a third person needs to go and do the returns... ha, kids indeed
massage stimulates the non-mylenated (IANA doctor, but a physics student;) nervous system mentioned in a recient new scientist pap article about the secrete of hugs.. which i'll let someone else get mod points for referencing... (to explain the significance of the non-mylenation, hint you dont need to react quickly to a hug like navigating your hand to catch a ball)
releasing dopamine (like when your hairs all stand on end)... all the dopamine gets released, the neuron potentials in the neocortex all get reset, that is, the voltage across the synaptic membrane goes back to its ground of 0.7V (related to the intra vs extra celular K+ vs Na+ potential). but the dopaminergic system is very robust soon (in the order of 15min) all the spilled dopamine is mopped up and recycled and repackaged into vaccuoles ready to be electrostatically attracted to the membrane when the 0.7V is overcome and FIRE !! again... so in effect it reboots your computer.. a good body slide does the same, particularly with oil, but dont add amphetamines or cocaine or your going to end up in fuck me in the arse federal jail... any speed freak could tell you all this;)
Whereas i feel meditation is more about learning to control the phosgene response (those green waves you see when your eyes are closed(atleast mine are green(atleast in a legal state of mind;))) which i hypothesise is strongly (closely/intimately;) related to endorphins, alpha beta delta gamma, no just the beta please;).. anyway, i find a particularly effective meditation technique is to visualise green circles and control their rate and make them come in from the pherepheral and shrink to the centre.. and be in control and did i mention concentrates, yet relax.. when you get the knack it can put you very nice states of mind, where you are essentially lucid dreaming while awake, thatis a blink away from being back in "the real world" and yet it gives that lsd like ability to visualise and SEE yes i almost shat myself when it first happened i even remember the first thing i visualised, it was a china tea cup and it sat just like a photo.. anyway happy ranting;)
you know, for years i thought the humans as batteries thing was total crap, but then some mention of the three laws of robotics made me think perhaps the robots were programmed to not harm the humans this neatly explains the entire plot if you ask me.
if slashdot allowed mathml we could include maths equations in our comments. how cool would a simple web interface that could do math anonated graphics, could we have a firebird embedded plugin.
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um, carnot engines are heat engines. An internal combustion engine is not a heat engine so much as a chemical reaction engine. The carnot equation might give the upper limit for a heat engine but not for an engine driven by a chemical reaction. Comparing the efficiency of combustion to the metabolism of bacteria is interesting though.
If I remember correctly the "good friday experiment" was done with psilocybin not lsd.
here in australia you have to pay about $70/mo to actually get proper broadband (lowest speed 256/64 but unmetered) where as you can get dialup for ~$15/mo .... i'm guessing its almost the same as "developing countries"
afganistan and iraq (think dup)
sim
Can we start to refer to things as, works under wine/doesnt work under wine? What is this need windows thing, its winter here, brrrr.
I am not a bandit?
damn, sign inversion error in that last equation
In fact there is a rich tradition of proof in mathematics
some languages, like lazy functional languages have other nice benifits... but hey we've got to give the programmer total control because having a big ego is all about bare to the metal demo coding asm machoism... and c is just a set of macro's ontop of asm... its basic essence is to retain imperitive control over what the computer is doing... i mean why cant we all do a couple of yrs uni math learn about lambda calc ... and protect the name of computer programmers like electrical engineers in canada instead of every visbasictard being able to get a job as a "computer programmer"... probably could even do a simple proof by induction or contra-positive proof... or show completeness of xor & nand, or even really know what a computer is... how the fuck can you call yourself a computer programmer if you dont know what a computer is?
here is proof that microsoft is directly lying.. .
Now we've managed to give microsoft the reputation that they are inept... now lets give them the reputation that they are lying and manipulative mofos, start by widely publicising this example... dude the guy is clearly fucking lying... ok, put the question to him... he's from "Microsoft's Security Response Center" he is their chosen voice. I just dont believe that that isnt an intentional lie.
i prefer to think of it as like momentum and energy and the way they are related under relativity... momentum doesnt equal energy, and time doesnt equal money, but if your willing to wait you might get a better deal (might) and your patience has a relationship to betterness of the better deal.. but there are alot of implied beliefs and values between that and the adoption of clear cut chargeable interest = futurevalue - presentvalue
Have you considered that they might get more sales of razors if they put them next to, say for instance, the milk than if they are less convenient to get at, like say, behind a counter where you have to wait in ANOTHER queue and then deal with another apathetic person blah... and that you dont even need to be a genious to figure this out. all it takes is; 1) data mining 2) click on optimize shelf placement 3) profit
next thing you'll tell me that science isnt altruistic and that corporations with managers getting salaries just to decide my salary have been responsible for all the advancements of mankind
not just kids... many drug addicts in many countries in the world have to go through this rigmarole to get their daily fix ... that is one dude goes through walks straight out stuffs a handfull of reciepts into his pocket from the bin near the exit, then someone else (for safety) goes in and steals the products on the lists.. and finally (for added safety) a third person needs to go and do the returns ... ha, kids indeed
massage stimulates the non-mylenated (IANA doctor, but a physics student ;) nervous system mentioned in a recient new scientist pap article about the secrete of hugs .. which i'll let someone else get mod points for referencing... (to explain the significance of the non-mylenation, hint you dont need to react quickly to a hug like navigating your hand to catch a ball)
releasing dopamine (like when your hairs all stand on end) ... all the dopamine gets released, the neuron potentials in the neocortex all get reset, that is, the voltage across the synaptic membrane goes back to its ground of 0.7V (related to the intra vs extra celular K+ vs Na+ potential). but the dopaminergic system is very robust soon (in the order of 15min) all the spilled dopamine is mopped up and recycled and repackaged into vaccuoles ready to be electrostatically attracted to the membrane when the 0.7V is overcome and FIRE !! again... so in effect it reboots your computer.. a good body slide does the same, particularly with oil, but dont add amphetamines or cocaine or your going to end up in fuck me in the arse federal jail... any speed freak could tell you all this ;)
Whereas i feel meditation is more about learning to control the phosgene response (those green waves you see when your eyes are closed(atleast mine are green(atleast in a legal state of mind ;))) which i hypothesise is strongly (closely/intimately ;) related to endorphins, alpha beta delta gamma, no just the beta please ;) .. anyway, i find a particularly effective meditation technique is to visualise green circles and control their rate and make them come in from the pherepheral and shrink to the centre.. and be in control and did i mention concentrates, yet relax .. when you get the knack it can put you very nice states of mind, where you are essentially lucid dreaming while awake, thatis a blink away from being back in "the real world" and yet it gives that lsd like ability to visualise and SEE yes i almost shat myself when it first happened i even remember the first thing i visualised, it was a china tea cup and it sat just like a photo .. anyway happy ranting ;)
greed is pesimisim towards reality and optimisim towards your fantasies/beliefs
you know, for years i thought the humans as batteries thing was total crap, but then some mention of the three laws of robotics made me think perhaps the robots were programmed to not harm the humans this neatly explains the entire plot if you ask me.
if slashdot allowed mathml we could include maths equations in our comments. how cool would a simple web interface that could do math anonated graphics, could we have a firebird embedded plugin.