Indeed it IS real. The same thing happens from such mundane phenomenon as lightning to a lesser extent. My work used to involve design of systems connected across as much as much as 20 miles by cables and repeaters. EMP (if you want to call it that) from lightning was occasionally a very serious design issue. IIRC, expected EMP from an high altitude nuclear device is expected to be on the order of 1000 times the magnitude of our problems with lightning.
'course, the above neither proves nor even adresses the reality of nuclear EMP - its just meant to sound like it does.
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That sucks. I didn't notice til I read it since I read +5 Flamebait
Just because Philips makes it, does not mean it will necessarilly be used. For years they have made chips which *should* have put my company out of business, but Philips is often simply too expensive to use on this kind of almost disposable device.
My company is doing fine because my would be competitors do not want to pay for Philips parts.
I tunneled my way to the end of this thread so as to have the last word;-) but as it turns out, you rleibman, have already defined it nicely. If I had a mod point, I wouldn't even be talking to ya.
Yes, and it is important to think about *how* we got that smart. We are exactly as smart as we *need* to be in order to survive this planet and our own nature. It is difficult to imagine natural evolutionary pressures which could have produced our species any smarter than it is. Why do people assume that aliens will be so much smarter than us? What evolutionary pressures would make them so?
No, it is likely that aliens (unaugmented) will be approximately on the the same order of intelligence as the dominant species of this planet.
Promise is crap and more expensive it is the more crappy. I spent over $800 on a Promise Supertrack100 6 channel card. It was slow, slow, slow, and constantly corrupting data. Promise never bothered to make a new bois for it and the tech people blamed the motherboard (ASUS). I eventually did an "Office Space" on it - felt good.
Now, 3-ware - there's a quality product. Solid.
They will be announcing the name about 4 months after the launch. Can you imagine if they named it after Dr.Sagan and then it blew up and fell on Tampa and killed people? In 50 years the name "Sagan" would be associated with the tragedy, instead of the man.
I'm not even going to read the responses to this one as I am sure you are an "insensitive clod" or maybe even an "evil, right wing prick".
Whether they like it or not, you are right (and especially about the "point of a gun" business. That is not to say that I would change the situation since I don't want the "disabled" any more disabled than they have to be (they can ALSO pay taxes!), but fundamentally, you are correct (in case solidarity means anything to you).
Besides which, all the best Canadian doctors go to the US. That is the most important and never mentioned bit about Canadian "health care". Basically, Canadian tax payes are paying not only for their own health care, but in addition are running the equivalent of one Canadian university SOLELY to staff american hospitals. Canada does NOT have better health care or more accessable health care than the US.
Myopic is not looking past the first step of the capitalistic process.
What happens is that labour overseas stops being quite so cheap as more and more labour is demanded. Eventually there is a natural equalization between the economy you are "abusing" and your own.
No, it is not 100% good for your own economy to export jobs, but at the same time, it is not catestrophic either. Also, this HIGHLY conservative behavior has the most liberal effect of bringing poorer nations more in line with western standards of living (while bringing down the west somewhat). That is the true VALUE of capitalism - if left alone, it will always self-equalize.
Obvious, isn't it? For the same reason that the Segway itself isn't a 4 wheeled vehicle - manuverability. Also, it can carry a lot of mass and it's CHEAP! Yes, cheap - try building a decent mobile robotic platform for less.
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So, your "OS" can't play an MP3? Wow! just wow. Here, on my Kubuntu box, I have no trouble at all. What are you using? CP/M?
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sigh, thang kod for +6 Flamebait.
Indeed it IS real. The same thing happens from such mundane phenomenon as lightning to a lesser extent. My work used to involve design of systems connected across as much as much as 20 miles by cables and repeaters. EMP (if you want to call it that) from lightning was occasionally a very serious design issue. IIRC, expected EMP from an high altitude nuclear device is expected to be on the order of 1000 times the magnitude of our problems with lightning. 'course, the above neither proves nor even adresses the reality of nuclear EMP - its just meant to sound like it does.
That sucks. I didn't notice til I read it since I read +5 Flamebait
Just because Philips makes it, does not mean it will necessarilly be used. For years they have made chips which *should* have put my company out of business, but Philips is often simply too expensive to use on this kind of almost disposable device. My company is doing fine because my would be competitors do not want to pay for Philips parts.
I tunneled my way to the end of this thread so as to have the last word ;-) but as it turns out, you rleibman, have already defined it nicely. If I had a mod point, I wouldn't even be talking to ya.
Not to mention - The Ladies
Yes, and it is important to think about *how* we got that smart. We are exactly as smart as we *need* to be in order to survive this planet and our own nature. It is difficult to imagine natural evolutionary pressures which could have produced our species any smarter than it is. Why do people assume that aliens will be so much smarter than us? What evolutionary pressures would make them so?
No, it is likely that aliens (unaugmented) will be approximately on the the same order of intelligence as the dominant species of this planet.
Promise is crap and more expensive it is the more crappy. I spent over $800 on a Promise Supertrack100 6 channel card. It was slow, slow, slow, and constantly corrupting data. Promise never bothered to make a new bois for it and the tech people blamed the motherboard (ASUS). I eventually did an "Office Space" on it - felt good. Now, 3-ware - there's a quality product. Solid.
They will be announcing the name about 4 months after the launch. Can you imagine if they named it after Dr.Sagan and then it blew up and fell on Tampa and killed people? In 50 years the name "Sagan" would be associated with the tragedy, instead of the man.
I'm not even going to read the responses to this one as I am sure you are an "insensitive clod" or maybe even an "evil, right wing prick". Whether they like it or not, you are right (and especially about the "point of a gun" business. That is not to say that I would change the situation since I don't want the "disabled" any more disabled than they have to be (they can ALSO pay taxes!), but fundamentally, you are correct (in case solidarity means anything to you).
Come on, this is flamebait and not at all funny. /. IS too Americentric (though why America would want to kill people is beyond me).
I AM CANADIAN
Besides which, all the best Canadian doctors go to the US. That is the most important and never mentioned bit about Canadian "health care". Basically, Canadian tax payes are paying not only for their own health care, but in addition are running the equivalent of one Canadian university SOLELY to staff american hospitals. Canada does NOT have better health care or more accessable health care than the US.
You did notice the name of the Japanese university didn't you?
goatse, GGNA, and now this clown. Getting harder and harder to browse at -1, damnit!
Myopic is not looking past the first step of the capitalistic process. What happens is that labour overseas stops being quite so cheap as more and more labour is demanded. Eventually there is a natural equalization between the economy you are "abusing" and your own. No, it is not 100% good for your own economy to export jobs, but at the same time, it is not catestrophic either. Also, this HIGHLY conservative behavior has the most liberal effect of bringing poorer nations more in line with western standards of living (while bringing down the west somewhat). That is the true VALUE of capitalism - if left alone, it will always self-equalize.
That Laura is one chatty gal, no?
Oh! oh! oh! can I mod this "posted last week"? You got that little speech stuck in your clipboard?
Obvious, isn't it? For the same reason that the Segway itself isn't a 4 wheeled vehicle - manuverability. Also, it can carry a lot of mass and it's CHEAP! Yes, cheap - try building a decent mobile robotic platform for less.
Yes, but that is funny. I wonder if it might also be a forced grasp for karma. Do such things work (asks the karmaless n00b)?