I just find this silly. Yeah, they created the wright flyer, yeah, they were influential, but darn, people must really have too much free time to do something redundant like this. Just give the men credit for their accomplishments and move on. Life's about progress, not recreating what was done 100 years hence. Or maybe it's american prdie at its worst, even though they weren't first.
but then again, can those same people go about setting up a file server to work with their computers? it may seem basic to us, but there may still be trouble for the average user.
...like the point of this? It's 400, pretty big in size, and all it does is store files? For 400, you could get a bare-bones system running Red Hat or something and shove in near half a terrabyte. Or just get tape backups and save a gazillion dollars. I think it's too soon to feature a product like this, as the people aren't ready and the entreprise can surely spend the money more wisely.
...but having a website with broken links (particularly of the screenshot) isn't the best way to garner support, especially for a product with fierce competition.
Actually, according to their site, it uses lead acid:
"Battery type Optima 'Yellow-Top' recombinant lead Acid, 50 Ah at C/3. This is a production battery, and replacements are readily availble at reasonable cost."
http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_Feat ures.htm
Their site also gives a 0-60 of 4.1 and not 3.7 as the article does.
what happens when you get in an accident with a car that has batteries pretty much surrounding the driver/passenger. do you end up swimming in lead and acid?
First of all, a 0-60 time is not what determines the desirability or performance of a car. A regular Porsche (not the heavier/slower AWD they tested against), the new Ferrari 360 (the replacement for the 10 yr. old 355 they tested it against), and a new corvette will whip this car in the 1/4 mile and in cornering, top speed, RANGE, and every thing else. Also, the first two cars mentioned above range from 90K-120K, with the corvette coming in at 40K. The tZero is many times more expensive, and of course, looks crappy, both inside and out, and has a range of only 100 miles. Taking all these factors into consideration, the tZero is nothing to be excited about. It does so well in the 0-60 due to its light weight and also due to its responsive electronic propulsion. So even though the 0-60 may beat that of a few cars (and lose to many more), this is still a pretty unimpressive car.
has been turned over in many legal battles, such as in cases where celebrities or companies sue to get to get their name from the cybersquatter party. I suspect VeriSign will be forced to terminate the feature.
Farnsworth fusors have been built by the dozens by many amateurs. In fact, anyone with little knowledge of high voltages and some crafty skills can make one. It's nothing more than a chamber which turns deuterium into plasma and a pump to keep it going. Some additionally have a neutron counter. Many believe that pushing the Farnsworth fusor is the precursor to cold fusion, but many more disagree. Nevertheless, this is nothing to be excited about. It would probably be more challanging to put together an erector set.
When we say P2P, we mean distributed file sharing, not akin to how you may share files with someone on ICQ. The point is it's decentralized, but it's still distributed.
And at this rate of speed, it will finish the whole simulation in about ten days. Not bad for a 2.2 Ghz Athlon XP. Each person runs the entire simulation, not in parts, so it's the frequency of the simulation and the probabilities that they're after. Kinda neat.
"These sound waves are thought to have been produced by explosive events occurring around a supermassive black hole (bright white spot) in Perseus A, the huge galaxy at the center of the cluster. The pitch of the sound waves translates into the note of B flat, 57 octaves below middle-C. This frequency is over a million billion times deeper than the limits of human hearing, so the sound is much too deep to be heard."
There's all this unsubstantiated talk. If SCO wants the Open Source community to take them seriously, they should publicly release the code which they claim to be in Linux, and furthermore, provide proof that that code did not exist legally before SCO made it "theirs."
This is just another attempt by the biggies of the industry cartel to control communication and control costs. IMO, it will prove unsuccessful, as VOIP relies on the fundamental technology of the web, which cannot be controlled by state or federal governments.
I think sci-fi lacks now because of lack of imagination. In the 40's, 50's, and 60's, what I consider the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, many things were new and there was an accelerated growth in all things science. People extrapolated reality to form science fiction, such as exploration of other planets, flying cars, etc. Since we have done pretty much everything branching out from that era, there is nothing left to the imagination.
What we need now are people like Jules Verne, who truly look beyond the times. Some may consider him a fantasy author, but I'd beg to differ. Think of some of the stuff he imagined out of thin air which are common today. THAT is what science fiction is about: looking beyond the present and into a future of possibilities. What I see too often is taking what exists now and combining them into unimaginary gibberish. However, in writing fantasy, which imo share similar plots and are also unimaginative, the author is free to write whatever BS he wants, while borrowing from other authors and movies. Science fiction is more than bullshit - in fact, it's almost prophetic at best.
I believe the stale state of sci-fi can be attributed to lack of imaginations on the part of the new authors.
While we're at it, let's give everyone who has ever been offended a cameo in any upcoming motion picture. The kid made a mistake and now he's suffering for it. It's fitting. If he does get a role, I sure hope it's of an Ewok or something else that's equally useless.
Looks like MS is facing more competition than they'd like. They can change their ways, improve their products, or falter and die. My bet is they'll try to get their systems in these places at a price cheaper than dirt, as they've tried before with Munich and the rest. Interesting to see how this will revolutionize the software industry in the long run.
U.S. Public schools are in a dire need of funding. If the government can't do it, then maybe corporations should step in and take over. Most schools in California (where I went to HS) are at least 50 years old, many of them behind code, and almost all of them lacking any valuable technology. MS building its own high school does indeed have a motive, but even then, this may be a good thing for the kids. Donations often get trimmed in bureaucratic bs, anyway.
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I just find this silly. Yeah, they created the wright flyer, yeah, they were influential, but darn, people must really have too much free time to do something redundant like this. Just give the men credit for their accomplishments and move on. Life's about progress, not recreating what was done 100 years hence. Or maybe it's american prdie at its worst, even though they weren't first.
but then again, can those same people go about setting up a file server to work with their computers? it may seem basic to us, but there may still be trouble for the average user.
...like the point of this? It's 400, pretty big in size, and all it does is store files? For 400, you could get a bare-bones system running Red Hat or something and shove in near half a terrabyte. Or just get tape backups and save a gazillion dollars. I think it's too soon to feature a product like this, as the people aren't ready and the entreprise can surely spend the money more wisely.
...but having a website with broken links (particularly of the screenshot) isn't the best way to garner support, especially for a product with fierce competition.
Actually, according to their site, it uses lead acid:t ures.htm
"Battery type Optima 'Yellow-Top' recombinant lead Acid, 50 Ah at C/3. This is a production battery, and replacements are readily availble at reasonable cost."
http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_Fea
Their site also gives a 0-60 of 4.1 and not 3.7 as the article does.
what happens when you get in an accident with a car that has batteries pretty much surrounding the driver/passenger. do you end up swimming in lead and acid?
First of all, a 0-60 time is not what determines the desirability or performance of a car. A regular Porsche (not the heavier/slower AWD they tested against), the new Ferrari 360 (the replacement for the 10 yr. old 355 they tested it against), and a new corvette will whip this car in the 1/4 mile and in cornering, top speed, RANGE, and every thing else. Also, the first two cars mentioned above range from 90K-120K, with the corvette coming in at 40K. The tZero is many times more expensive, and of course, looks crappy, both inside and out, and has a range of only 100 miles. Taking all these factors into consideration, the tZero is nothing to be excited about. It does so well in the 0-60 due to its light weight and also due to its responsive electronic propulsion. So even though the 0-60 may beat that of a few cars (and lose to many more), this is still a pretty unimpressive car.
has been turned over in many legal battles, such as in cases where celebrities or companies sue to get to get their name from the cybersquatter party. I suspect VeriSign will be forced to terminate the feature.
So it's not just a 2 meg cache but is in ADDITION to an existing amount? 256? 512? I'm confused.
Farnsworth fusors have been built by the dozens by many amateurs. In fact, anyone with little knowledge of high voltages and some crafty skills can make one. It's nothing more than a chamber which turns deuterium into plasma and a pump to keep it going. Some additionally have a neutron counter. Many believe that pushing the Farnsworth fusor is the precursor to cold fusion, but many more disagree. Nevertheless, this is nothing to be excited about. It would probably be more challanging to put together an erector set.
When we say P2P, we mean distributed file sharing, not akin to how you may share files with someone on ICQ. The point is it's decentralized, but it's still distributed.
And at this rate of speed, it will finish the whole simulation in about ten days. Not bad for a 2.2 Ghz Athlon XP. Each person runs the entire simulation, not in parts, so it's the frequency of the simulation and the probabilities that they're after. Kinda neat.
Dali was acutally Spanish, not American. That's like Gates moving to Germany and becoming German.
"These sound waves are thought to have been produced by explosive events occurring around a supermassive black hole (bright white spot) in Perseus A, the huge galaxy at the center of the cluster. The pitch of the sound waves translates into the note of B flat, 57 octaves below middle-C. This frequency is over a million billion times deeper than the limits of human hearing, so the sound is much too deep to be heard."
i'm surprised this was even granted. sometimes i wonder if the people who do this actually have a fucking idea of what granting a patent entails.
There's all this unsubstantiated talk. If SCO wants the Open Source community to take them seriously, they should publicly release the code which they claim to be in Linux, and furthermore, provide proof that that code did not exist legally before SCO made it "theirs."
This isn't Saudi Arabia. :O
a la Office Space: "This isn't Riyadh - you won't get your hand sawn off."
This is just another attempt by the biggies of the industry cartel to control communication and control costs. IMO, it will prove unsuccessful, as VOIP relies on the fundamental technology of the web, which cannot be controlled by state or federal governments.
I think sci-fi lacks now because of lack of imagination. In the 40's, 50's, and 60's, what I consider the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, many things were new and there was an accelerated growth in all things science. People extrapolated reality to form science fiction, such as exploration of other planets, flying cars, etc. Since we have done pretty much everything branching out from that era, there is nothing left to the imagination.
What we need now are people like Jules Verne, who truly look beyond the times. Some may consider him a fantasy author, but I'd beg to differ. Think of some of the stuff he imagined out of thin air which are common today. THAT is what science fiction is about: looking beyond the present and into a future of possibilities. What I see too often is taking what exists now and combining them into unimaginary gibberish. However, in writing fantasy, which imo share similar plots and are also unimaginative, the author is free to write whatever BS he wants, while borrowing from other authors and movies. Science fiction is more than bullshit - in fact, it's almost prophetic at best. I believe the stale state of sci-fi can be attributed to lack of imaginations on the part of the new authors.
My disagreement automatically makes me a troll? Well whoop dee fucking doo.
While we're at it, let's give everyone who has ever been offended a cameo in any upcoming motion picture. The kid made a mistake and now he's suffering for it. It's fitting. If he does get a role, I sure hope it's of an Ewok or something else that's equally useless.
Isn't it "memories fade in time like tears in rain"?
Looks like MS is facing more competition than they'd like. They can change their ways, improve their products, or falter and die. My bet is they'll try to get their systems in these places at a price cheaper than dirt, as they've tried before with Munich and the rest. Interesting to see how this will revolutionize the software industry in the long run.
The sci-fi gods of the past have come to reclaim the present and shape the future! RUN FOR COVER!
U.S. Public schools are in a dire need of funding. If the government can't do it, then maybe corporations should step in and take over. Most schools in California (where I went to HS) are at least 50 years old, many of them behind code, and almost all of them lacking any valuable technology. MS building its own high school does indeed have a motive, but even then, this may be a good thing for the kids. Donations often get trimmed in bureaucratic bs, anyway.