So here's the question we should really be asking: Why do we call it a hard drive. Those words in no way convey the purpose of the component. Why not call it the permanent disk or something that actually indicates what it is used for. That would go a long way toward people knowing what they are talking about. A hard drive is something you do to a baseball, or a long road trip.
Otto Cycle : Ideal cycle for spark ignition engines History: Named after Nikolaus A. Otto, who built a successful four-stroke engine in Germany in 1876. Steps: 1) Isentropic compression 2) Constant volume heat addition 2) Isentropic Expansion 4) Constant volume heat rejection see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle
Diesel Cycle: Ideal cycle for compression ignition engines History: Named after Rudolph Diesel who first produced a compression ignition engine in the 1890s Steps: 1) isentropic compression 2) isobaric heat addition 3) isentropic expansion 4) constant volume heat rejection. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_cycle
Brayton Cycle: Ideal cycle for Gas Turbine Engines History: First proposed by George Brayton in 1870 Steps: 1) Isentropic Compression 2) Isobaric heat addition 3) Isentropic expansion 4) Isobaric heat rejection see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brayton_cycle
We are in the middle of a paradigm shift in the way we view the video game. While this likely not true for slashdot readers, the majority of parents are not entirely aware of how fast the video game industry has changed. Many people are still buying video games, or allowing them to be bought by their children with the vague recollection of Mario Bros. on the NES.
Before all the slashdotters start posting responses about mushrooms that allow you to shoot fire, lets realize that the degree realism of a game does make a difference. Video games are getting the to point where they can accurately represent pornography and violence to a point where it competes with other more established forms of media. Pornographic video games a approaching the realism of video pornography at a rate that many people are not aware of. The same goes for violence. While I agree it is the parents responsibility to control what their kids have, it becomes the gaming community's moral responsibility to adequately respresent the nature of the games.
While I realize there are still parents that buy their kids porn mags (work at a summer camp in Maine and you'd be surprised what parents will send their kids), the accepted social status quo is that until you are 18, you can't buy porn. We need a system and a state of mind that treats explicit video games the same way. Its just simply not a good idea to put Leisure Suit Larry on the shelf next to a Loony Toons game.
I understand that people want their virtual sex and violence and they want to be able to have sex with hookers and rob them in virtual reality because it is wrong to do that in life. At the same time however, we have a responsibility as members of a society to maintain a moral standard, and we have ability to limit access to certain materials to adults through the process of law. I applaud those who would fight for their right to express anything, but I have more respect for those who would stand up for what they believe is right.
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Not the same thing. Routing fiber optic cables through ceilings and walls creates much more flexibility that the 8-24" tubes used previously.
First of all, how big was the study area? Secondly, you have to consider how many "people" probably lived or died there in 6 million years. Third, the wording "paint a clear picture" is in itself unclear and subjective. Fourth, you could find one fossil from a relatively recent time frame and another from 6 million years ago and claim to have "fossils" that prove whatever you want them to prove. In short, there aren't too many conclusions, rather it seems you are reading too much into the scientific BS.
Whatever happened to the wheel? You know that wonderful invention that converts rotational motion into linear motion. Hey, our offroad vehicles use it. Are our robots too good for such antiquated ingenuity? Is the answer simply too easy to give the robotics community the type of intellectual hooplah they thrive on? Or is there some technical reason why trying to make a robot walk is better than letting it roll?
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So here's the question we should really be asking: Why do we call it a hard drive. Those words in no way convey the purpose of the component. Why not call it the permanent disk or something that actually indicates what it is used for. That would go a long way toward people knowing what they are talking about. A hard drive is something you do to a baseball, or a long road trip.
What's this cheery singing all about?
All together now.
Otto Cycle : Ideal cycle for spark ignition engines
History: Named after Nikolaus A. Otto, who built a successful four-stroke engine in Germany in 1876.
Steps:
1) Isentropic compression
2) Constant volume heat addition
2) Isentropic Expansion
4) Constant volume heat rejection
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle
Diesel Cycle: Ideal cycle for compression ignition engines
History: Named after Rudolph Diesel who first produced a compression ignition engine in the 1890s
Steps:
1) isentropic compression
2) isobaric heat addition
3) isentropic expansion
4) constant volume heat rejection.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_cycle
Brayton Cycle: Ideal cycle for Gas Turbine Engines
History: First proposed by George Brayton in 1870
Steps:
1) Isentropic Compression
2) Isobaric heat addition
3) Isentropic expansion
4) Isobaric heat rejection
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brayton_cycle
Brayton Cycle => Gas Turbines
Otto or Diesel Cycle => Cars
We are in the middle of a paradigm shift in the way we view the video game. While this likely not true for slashdot readers, the majority of parents are not entirely aware of how fast the video game industry has changed. Many people are still buying video games, or allowing them to be bought by their children with the vague recollection of Mario Bros. on the NES.
Before all the slashdotters start posting responses about mushrooms that allow you to shoot fire, lets realize that the degree realism of a game does make a difference. Video games are getting the to point where they can accurately represent pornography and violence to a point where it competes with other more established forms of media. Pornographic video games a approaching the realism of video pornography at a rate that many people are not aware of. The same goes for violence. While I agree it is the parents responsibility to control what their kids have, it becomes the gaming community's moral responsibility to adequately respresent the nature of the games.
While I realize there are still parents that buy their kids porn mags (work at a summer camp in Maine and you'd be surprised what parents will send their kids), the accepted social status quo is that until you are 18, you can't buy porn. We need a system and a state of mind that treats explicit video games the same way. Its just simply not a good idea to put Leisure Suit Larry on the shelf next to a Loony Toons game.
I understand that people want their virtual sex and violence and they want to be able to have sex with hookers and rob them in virtual reality because it is wrong to do that in life. At the same time however, we have a responsibility as members of a society to maintain a moral standard, and we have ability to limit access to certain materials to adults through the process of law. I applaud those who would fight for their right to express anything, but I have more respect for those who would stand up for what they believe is right.
Not the same thing. Routing fiber optic cables through ceilings and walls creates much more flexibility that the 8-24" tubes used previously.
I just witnessed a math teacher say "royally fucked"!!
First of all, how big was the study area? Secondly, you have to consider how many "people" probably lived or died there in 6 million years. Third, the wording "paint a clear picture" is in itself unclear and subjective. Fourth, you could find one fossil from a relatively recent time frame and another from 6 million years ago and claim to have "fossils" that prove whatever you want them to prove. In short, there aren't too many conclusions, rather it seems you are reading too much into the scientific BS.
Whatever happened to the wheel? You know that wonderful invention that converts rotational motion into linear motion. Hey, our offroad vehicles use it. Are our robots too good for such antiquated ingenuity? Is the answer simply too easy to give the robotics community the type of intellectual hooplah they thrive on? Or is there some technical reason why trying to make a robot walk is better than letting it roll?