Once exposed to the vacuum of space, it sent a loud radio signal that would be heard by the likely discoverers as well as lead them to the next monolith breadcrumb.
Actually, it was sunlight hitting the previously-buried and newly-excavated TMA-1 monolith that caused it to emit the signal (shown quite clearly in Kubrick's film; see also here)... but you've got the gist of it.
I thought so too. So why do they always have to find some nay-sayer -- this Nidal dude, for instance -- who has an obvious axe to grind and is therefore completely blind to the possibilities? Scale has nothing to do with it; it's cost per unit fresh water produced that matters -- and in places where energy is scarce or infrastructure is lacking, the desalination ducks sound like an awesome solution.
Plus -- they won't plug off the way RO membranes do.:)
I voted last week in California and there was indeed a paper trail. It would print your ballot and it would force you to review it before finalizing your vote.
OK... and how do you know that your vote was recorded the same way it was printed? You have a piece of paper in-hand ythat the machine gave you; that's all. I suspect you have no real idea of how your ballot was tallied -- or anyone else's, for that matter. So what, if anything, does "finalizing" even mean in that context?
"Our intention behind the original terms was genuinely geared toward combating piracy; however, it's become clear to us that those original terms were perceived as adversely affecting an important group of customers: PC and hardware enthusiasts. You who comprise the enthusiast market are vital to us for several reasons, not least of all because of the support you've provided us throughout the development of Windows Vista. We respect the time and expense you go to in customizing, building and rebuilding your hardware and we heard you that the previous terms were seen as an impediment to that -- it's for that reason we've made this change."
Only problem is, as Splutty has pointed out above, they just never quit trying!
Almost inevitably, eventually you miss unchecking the box one time, and then the "update" you didn't want is on your machine -- and good luck removing it again after that.
Disclaimer or not, should he be allowed as a reviewer?
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So, it OK according to the guidelines. Though, i'd wonder if someone so involved is a good person to actually write such a review.
I do not understand your comment: "Disclaimer or not". That's precisely why the disclaimer is there -- so that you can make up your own mind about the reviewer! You are a perfect case-in-point! Without the disclaimer, you wouldn't have a clue about the reviewer's past relationship with the author. This way you can decide for yourself whether or not he has any credibility in your own eyes. And the rest of us can too!
TFM claims both (a) no increase in power consumption (Project Overview page) and (b) an increase in air moved (CFM) relative to fan systems by a factor of anywhere between 3.8 and 28.8 (comparison table on Final Thoughts page).
Anyone besides me find these claims difficult to believe? There are no figures presented to support the former at all and no indication as to how the latter was measured. It sounds like a fun project, but that's about it; I don't think it's been established that it can stand by itself as a technical improvement.
Could you please post some additional particulars in reply to this (city, name of the Telus supervisor you dealt with, whatever else you think you can get away with posting publicly)? I'm currently a Shaw subscriber, but I'll be more than happy to call up Telus and tell them I was planning on switching to their service until I read about this, and could they please explain to me what has happened here?
If a few people bring it to their attention, I suspect they'll look into it and realize that the adverse publicity is going to cost them much more than they ever stood to gain by playing stupid little contract games with your grandparents.
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I saw one post about super model versions next. Well, you know this is crafted after a teacher most wouldn't pick. They'd most likely pick a super model or atleast a very attractive person to use as the model for these things if they went into production.
The wording of both is quite correct. Scientists ARE finding differences in the values of the constants that they extract from data from different sources. However, the reason for that variation is unclear and therefore as yet indeterminate. One possibility is measurement error; another is that they (the values of the physical "constants") are time-dependent -- i.e. they MAY actually be variable.
You're saying the equivalent of "they're my ears... you can't make any sounds towards me without my permission".
Which, in fact, is the case. Most municipalities have noise bylaws restricting what noise you can emit and when. That empowers an individual; if someone wishes to lodge a complaint based on loud music after hours, there is recourse. To belabour the point: there are terms and conditions under which you can make noise which reaches my ears.
That is something that the dominant Olympic countries will never understand. No matter how much money they throw at it, no matter how many 'Institutes of Sport' they make, no matter how much they can 'bench', no matter how fast then can run a 40, they will never have the passion, the creativity, the joy for the game necessary to win the World Cup.
Huh! So THAT's how the Germans did it! Go figure...
Salazar would never run like that again. He went into a physical decline, so that a few years later he could barely jog a mile. In part this was due to the development of asthma, in part it may have been that that final brutal mile, in which Salzar was running six liters low on water, did something to his brain.
Ummm, not quite. Salazar won the Comrades Marathon in 1994 (well after the events you relate -- see here).
And Google Toolbar with pagerank checking enabled tells Google every url you ever visit.
True. But they tell you about it up front when you go to install the toolbar. And they give you the option to run without reporting the data. And there's a switch to turn the option on and off; you don't have to go looking for which port to deny / service to shut off / address to redirect to nowhere.
There's a real difference in their approach to their customers.
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch. Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us. Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches? Peasant 1: Burn them. Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches? Peasant 1: More witches. Peasant 2: Wood. Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn? Peasant 3:...because they're made of... wood? Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood? Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her. Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone? Peasant 1: Oh yeah. Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water? Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond! Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water? Peasant 1: Bread. Peasant 2: Apples. Peasant 3: Very small rocks. Peasant 1: Cider. Peasant 2: Gravy. Peasant 3: Cherries. Peasant 1: Mud. Peasant 2: Churches. Peasant 3: Lead! Lead! King Arthur: A Duck. Sir Bedevere:...Exactly. So, logically... Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood. Sir Bedevere: And therefore... Peasant 2:...A witch!
China is a proud nation that is rising fast, sending up people in to space, and taking a more dominant place on the world stage. If/when they want to break the US financially, they almost certainly can.
This "proud nation" is rising, alright... on the backs of the poor, the undereducated, the underprivileged, and the depressed. China is one big sweatshop; how else do you think they can afford to produce goods for a pittance, a small fraction of what they cost in the US? There are a very small number of people benefiting hugely from China's totalitarian regime-driven economy. The rest are oppressed, denied normal human rights, and deprived of most of the fruits of their own labour. Taking a dominant place on the world stage, you say? It's a truly frightening thought.
And do you know wno's financially supporting that rise? You are! Every time you refuse to examine a label to see where a good is made just so you can pay the lowest possible price, every time you shop at Walmart in lieu of a store where domestically-produced goods are offered, you are helping to finance that expansion. Wake up, America! Start paying attention to where your stuff is produced and start supporting your neighbours again. Otherwise your tech "support" will come from India, your T-shirts will come from China, your Nikes will come from some other 3rd-world country, and you and your children will never be able to leave the ghetto your country will have turned into.
Let me paraphrase you a couple of times and let's see if what you're saying still makes sense:
I'm a hungry Student and I take my food to all classes. I pay for University and I'll be damned if a Professor will tell me how I'm going to learn and if I can/can't take my dinner to the class I am paying for.
Nope -- doesn't sound quite as compelling. Let's try again:
I'm a music Student and I take my drums to all classes. I pay for University and I'll be damned if a Professor will tell me how I'm going to learn and if I can/can't take my instrument to the class I am paying for.
Hmmm -- not too good that way either!
Basically, if whatever you want to do has the potential to interfere with other students' uptake of knowledge -- which, after all, is the point of attending a university lecture -- then perhaps you're trampling on someone else's rights and ought not to be doing it. After all, they pay for their courses too; given any thought to that?
Au contraire, the phone companies understand their customers all too well! You are just not their average customer. Their target demographic is a twenty-something (or even a teenie) who's far more interested in flash and glam than in solid construction, long-lasting performance, and a basic feature set. Nor does s/he want to keep that phone for more than a year before replacing it with the next new thing either. The phone companies know this, so that's who they pander to -- not to you, my stolid, counter-current swimming, engineer friend.
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I thought so too. So why do they always have to find some nay-sayer -- this Nidal dude, for instance -- who has an obvious axe to grind and is therefore completely blind to the possibilities? Scale has nothing to do with it; it's cost per unit fresh water produced that matters -- and in places where energy is scarce or infrastructure is lacking, the desalination ducks sound like an awesome solution.
:)
Plus -- they won't plug off the way RO membranes do.
It's pretty darn chilly up here, so you'll live a lot long... oh, wait ...
Only problem is, as Splutty has pointed out above, they just never quit trying!
Almost inevitably, eventually you miss unchecking the box one time, and then the "update" you didn't want is on your machine -- and good luck removing it again after that.
I wonder if Slashdot is on the banned list.
Any Slashdotters from China out there? Hello?
She must be new here.
Give me one good reason!
Amen.
TFM claims both (a) no increase in power consumption (Project Overview page) and (b) an increase in air moved (CFM) relative to fan systems by a factor of anywhere between 3.8 and 28.8 (comparison table on Final Thoughts page).
Anyone besides me find these claims difficult to believe? There are no figures presented to support the former at all and no indication as to how the latter was measured. It sounds like a fun project, but that's about it; I don't think it's been established that it can stand by itself as a technical improvement.
Could you please post some additional particulars in reply to this (city, name of the Telus supervisor you dealt with, whatever else you think you can get away with posting publicly)? I'm currently a Shaw subscriber, but I'll be more than happy to call up Telus and tell them I was planning on switching to their service until I read about this, and could they please explain to me what has happened here?
If a few people bring it to their attention, I suspect they'll look into it and realize that the adverse publicity is going to cost them much more than they ever stood to gain by playing stupid little contract games with your grandparents.
The wording of both is quite correct. Scientists ARE finding differences in the values of the constants that they extract from data from different sources. However, the reason for that variation is unclear and therefore as yet indeterminate. One possibility is measurement error; another is that they (the values of the physical "constants") are time-dependent -- i.e. they MAY actually be variable.
See -- it's perfectly simple! : )
So how is this any different?
Huh! So THAT's how the Germans did it! Go figure
But you do tell a good story and tell it well.
There's a real difference in their approach to their customers.
There are mirrors of the site up here, here, and here.
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch. ...because they're made of... wood? ...Exactly. So, logically... ...A witch!
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3:
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere:
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2:
And do you know wno's financially supporting that rise? You are! Every time you refuse to examine a label to see where a good is made just so you can pay the lowest possible price, every time you shop at Walmart in lieu of a store where domestically-produced goods are offered, you are helping to finance that expansion. Wake up, America! Start paying attention to where your stuff is produced and start supporting your neighbours again. Otherwise your tech "support" will come from India, your T-shirts will come from China, your Nikes will come from some other 3rd-world country, and you and your children will never be able to leave the ghetto your country will have turned into.
Basically, if whatever you want to do has the potential to interfere with other students' uptake of knowledge -- which, after all, is the point of attending a university lecture -- then perhaps you're trampling on someone else's rights and ought not to be doing it. After all, they pay for their courses too; given any thought to that?
Au contraire, the phone companies understand their customers all too well! You are just not their average customer. Their target demographic is a twenty-something (or even a teenie) who's far more interested in flash and glam than in solid construction, long-lasting performance, and a basic feature set. Nor does s/he want to keep that phone for more than a year before replacing it with the next new thing either. The phone companies know this, so that's who they pander to -- not to you, my stolid, counter-current swimming, engineer friend.
You are not alone
Looks like RIM is playing this one just about right, though:
(1) they've got a workaround which can apparently kick in at any time
(2) they've made their system and services as ubiquitous as possible
(3) influential bodies (e.g. Congress) have become reliant on their technology, and
(4) they're successfully challenging the validity of the patents in a legal forum
Especially given (2) and (3), I think they've trumped NTP.