As a customer of a traditional phone company, I am proud to say that I am "generating" more than my share of revenue.
What, generating revenue isn't the goal? Huh.
Gross revenue is only one way to measure an industry, and as several people have pointed out here, it doesn't seem to be a good way to measure VOIP, because it is commonly free. Of course, determining the number of phone call-minutes is going to be difficult for this technology....
It's very similar to the Tech Bubble of the late 90's, but likely to burst much sooner.
You mean burst much sooner than the late 90's? The real estate "bubble" has been expanding for some time, so there isn't a whole lot of "sooner" left. (Except in Oklahoma, but that would be a bad pun)
Perhaps DST should be extended for six months, instead of just two, if it's so good. That would also solve the problem of remembering which half of the calendar was called standard time, and which was daylight time. I also wouldn't have to change my clocks.
Congress would better serve us by providing incentives to battery manufacturers to create batteries that could reliably detect smoke for a whole year.
Why do we need daylight saving time at all? Because congress is already in bed with those same battery manufacturers, who want us to buy twice as many batteries as we really need. Follow the money... but you already know where it leads, don't you.
One of the features of an oxymoron is that it can be perfectly grammatical, yet still make no real sense. In a related bit, analyzing humor is not funny in itself, and I hereby apologize for same.
The trick is having your car registered to an out-of-state corporation that can't be linked to you, or reached, for that matter. But perhaps I've said too much....
I generally don't like nitpicking, but since I do like thermodynamics...
Temperatures above body temperature can still feel cool, as the wind will carry away the latent heat of vaporization of the sweat.
Humidity is a big factor in this; lower is better for evaporative cooling.
98.6 is the average core body temperature. Average skin temperature will be lower.
98.6 is a fairly bogus number with respect to significant digits. It is just 40C converted to Fahrenheit, but even that number is plus or minus a degree or two for normal population distribution.
After reading this post, I'm glad I waded through all the previous posts of people complaining about this weapon as if it were inhumane not to kill rioters.
I will just tell myself that this (the majority of prior posts) is just the knee-jerk reaction to hearing of any new weapons. I'm sure If I check back after thoughtful discourse has developed, there will be more people in favor of non-lethal weapons.
After further review, I apparently looked up the wrong number.
The point I was trying to allude to is that long half-life implies little energy is available from the decay. Instead of requiring fewer refuelings, longer half-lifes in the fuel would require more fuel be carried, although it would be used more slowly. The absurd extreme is that stable isotopes would last forever, but be useless as fuel.
With a half life of 400+ years, I bet you'd really save on gas.
sarcasm You know what would be way cooler? Go to the hardware store and buy lead. It's really cheap, and with a half-life of 4.5 billion years, your hypothetical car would never need to be refueled! /sarcasm
I just took an informal poll of myself and my two cats, who have both posted to Slashdot (I recognized their typing style in a couple of posts), and 100% indicated non-programmerness. Therefore, I boldly assert that nobody here is a programmer, even though the dogs did not respond to the poll.
The only difference I see in the two points of view above are that one side is talking about robots and the other side is talking about Mexicans, labelled "robots" and "immigrant workers," respectively. There is no disagreement about the economic mechanism at work (well, maybe the details).
I take issue with some of the terminology you use:
1. Compound adjectives should be hyphenated: SUV-driving-fatties
2. Trademarks should be capitalized: Starbucks-latte-sipping (there should also be the little registered trademark "circle r" thingy after Starbucks, but I'm not here to nitpick in the middle of a flame war.
Seriously, do you have a link? Do the chickens test the boards prior to your purchase, or do they help you choose a good one. Perhaps there is some chicken mojo that can preserve boards proximal to properly trained chickens....
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...Oh, regolith? That would be different.
What, generating revenue isn't the goal? Huh.
Gross revenue is only one way to measure an industry, and as several people have pointed out here, it doesn't seem to be a good way to measure VOIP, because it is commonly free. Of course, determining the number of phone call-minutes is going to be difficult for this technology....
Why would anyone anonymously submit such a masterful joke?
That $500 is per school, annually. There are somewhat fewer than 300,000 schools in Indiana (I don't care to support that, though).
1. There is none.
2. It is not resistant to invasive species.
This is how (good) evaporative coolers work, for the same reason. Of course, irrigation would be a better use of the extra water.
You mean burst much sooner than the late 90's? The real estate "bubble" has been expanding for some time, so there isn't a whole lot of "sooner" left. (Except in Oklahoma, but that would be a bad pun)
Anybody ever play Bullshit Bingo? This post is rife with possibilities.
No.
The formula I should have used is included below for reference:
F=9/5*C+32
By the way, how widespread is DST outside of the US?
Perhaps DST should be extended for six months, instead of just two, if it's so good. That would also solve the problem of remembering which half of the calendar was called standard time, and which was daylight time. I also wouldn't have to change my clocks.
Why do we need daylight saving time at all? Because congress is already in bed with those same battery manufacturers, who want us to buy twice as many batteries as we really need. Follow the money... but you already know where it leads, don't you.
One of the features of an oxymoron is that it can be perfectly grammatical, yet still make no real sense. In a related bit, analyzing humor is not funny in itself, and I hereby apologize for same.
So you think it's 'or' gates that are the backbone of chip design?
The trick is having your car registered to an out-of-state corporation that can't be linked to you, or reached, for that matter. But perhaps I've said too much....
Good point about dehydration, though.
I will just tell myself that this (the majority of prior posts) is just the knee-jerk reaction to hearing of any new weapons. I'm sure If I check back after thoughtful discourse has developed, there will be more people in favor of non-lethal weapons.
...but I won't hold my breath.
The point I was trying to allude to is that long half-life implies little energy is available from the decay. Instead of requiring fewer refuelings, longer half-lifes in the fuel would require more fuel be carried, although it would be used more slowly. The absurd extreme is that stable isotopes would last forever, but be useless as fuel.
Sorry about the botched attempt at humor.
Actually, I was thinking of Lead 207.
sarcasm
You know what would be way cooler? Go to the hardware store and buy lead. It's really cheap, and with a half-life of 4.5 billion years, your hypothetical car would never need to be refueled!
/sarcasm
I just took an informal poll of myself and my two cats, who have both posted to Slashdot (I recognized their typing style in a couple of posts), and 100% indicated non-programmerness. Therefore, I boldly assert that nobody here is a programmer, even though the dogs did not respond to the poll.
What would you say Amazon does pimp for a living? How is that not IP?
The only difference I see in the two points of view above are that one side is talking about robots and the other side is talking about Mexicans, labelled "robots" and "immigrant workers," respectively. There is no disagreement about the economic mechanism at work (well, maybe the details).
1. Compound adjectives should be hyphenated: SUV-driving-fatties
2. Trademarks should be capitalized: Starbucks-latte-sipping (there should also be the little registered trademark "circle r" thingy after Starbucks, but I'm not here to nitpick in the middle of a flame war.
For everyone else out there... uh, sorry.
Seriously, do you have a link? Do the chickens test the boards prior to your purchase, or do they help you choose a good one. Perhaps there is some chicken mojo that can preserve boards proximal to properly trained chickens....