In other news, family-conscious lobbies turn their attention to a ban on cars, when it is found that teenagers have sex in them. The fact that most of those teenagers were conceived in them is overlooked due to a chronic inability to perceive irony....
Of course I have. Ever hear of NeXTStep? Ever hear of Cocoa? Ever hear of Core Audio? Ever hear of a bullshit strawman rhetorical question posted on/.? Oh, of course you have — sorry to infringe on your business plan...
If Psystar were merely installing BSD UNIX — hell, if they were merely installing DARWIN, for that matter — I doubt Apple would bother acknowledging their existence.
Another problem with direct impact vs. hovering is that the collision might not take place at the center of mass of the asteroid. Thus, some of the impact energy would be wasted adding or subtracting spin of the asteroid, which would not affect its trajectory. Additionally, some asteroids are more rockpile than solid rock. Hovering avoids the first problem and obviates the second.
No — politics is how a politician gets what he wants. Occasionally what he wants is to get something done. Even less occasionally is that something beneficial for the country as a whole.
As for the economy "they destroyed"... who? Which party has been in control of Congress when gas prices shot up and the economy downturned?
And here you go right into Blame The Other Side Politics (regardless of the substance of your argument, which is weak tea indeed.), which accomplishes nothing. Not that I needed your help, but thanks for proving my point. (For the record, "they" referred to Congress in general, the whole rotten stinking lot of them.)
I would rather have an Apple device that didn't work than a Windows device that did. Either Apple would fix the problem and I'd have a working Apple device, or they wouldn't and I'd get my money back.
But all available evidence has shown that no one can fix Windows.
Another way to see the refresh rate is to hold your index finger horizontally between the screen and your eyes and move it up and down. The refresh will essentially act as a strobe light, and you will see multiple images of your finger. If you get the cadence right and create stationary images, you can even calculate the refresh rate.
Hey, what can I say — some people are bored nerds who are allergic to peanuts.
Well, the gas into which the Sun is driving the termination shock could also have a mean motion relative to the Keplerian velocity at its distance from Galactic center so...no.
However, the Sun's motion relative to the Galactic center is reasonably well known. It is based on looking at the velocities of stars in the local neighborhood (which
should be in the same general orbit around Galactic center), and assuming that the average of these would be zero IF the Sun had no velocity except that required for its orbit
around Galactic center. The average isn't, so the Sun has an extra velocity component, which is just the negative of this average. (The technical terms used for these quantities
are the "solar motion" and the "Local Standard of Rest".) It turns out to be around 16.5 km/sec diagonally inward and slightly upward from its rotation.
Now I wonder tho... just how close would they have to come to each other in order to have mingling gravity completely tear apart the surface of each... Mayhaps a collision isn't necessary after all.
The Roche limit for an Earth-Mars interaction is about 1.4 Earth radii (by comparison, the Moon is about 60 Earth radii away.) So, pretty damn close.
And while you're at it, mention that if the purpose of copyright is "the generation of new content to benefit society," then that purpose is undermined by having the tenure of a copyright span decades. It is ludicrous, I think, for the song "Happy Birthday To You" be under copyright so long that it could not conceivably be sung to someone whose birthday predates that of the song (for the record, written c. 1912, copyrighted c. 1935, due to expire c. 2030 [at the time of this writing]). As for Mickey Mouse, maybe DisneyCorp would have had an incentive to hire someone creative in the last umpteen years if it had entered the public domain -- especially considering that its creator became a popsicle during the JOHNSON Administration.
Oh, for a world where Sonny Bono had carried that dumbass extension bill in his pocket as he skied into that tree. Or, even better, Jack Valenti.
Beyond its inherent features, people (like me) bother with the iPhone because of their experiences with other phones, which have opaque manuals that attempt to explain how the phone would actually work had the carrier not installed their custom OS on it and disabled the useful features to force you into their pay-per-use services. Oh, and some people (like me) were already with the carrier in question.
What about Next? Wasn't he enough of a jerk there to be successful?
Well, technically he was, if you consider that NeXT was enough of a success to be acquired by Apple.
If Apple had kept trying to jerry-rig Copland instead of using the NeXT codebase for OS X, I would
probably be typing this comment in IE instead of Safari. Getting Jobs back on board turned out to
be far more than a tinge of poetic justice (and, it seems, an inconvenience to those who want to use
the handicapped spaces on Infinite Loop.)
As the joke goes, NeXT bought Apple for negative 400 million dollars. There's your success.
Not quite right. With inert helium forming the core, hydrogen burning occurs in a shell outside of it. The radius of the H-burning shell depends mostly on the amount of mass within it, but the energy output depends on the thickness. So, as the core shrinks, the H-burning shell gets thicker, with only a slight increase in its outer radius. (The inert core shrinks, by the way, since it is not producing any energy to maintain thermal pressure sufficient to maintain its radius.) Since the core essentially pushes the energy generation zone from the core to an outer shell, which is closer to the surface of the star, the atmosphere gets more heat dumped into it, and it expands. Since an expanding gas is cooler, the a Sun-like star goes from a smallish yellow ball to a giant, redder ball.
The inert core, in fact, continues to shrink until it reaches a size where electron degeneracy pressure becomes important (cf. the Pauli principle). At that point it cannot be squeezed any smaller for its mass, and one would think that the H-burning shell should be stable. BUT — and here is the neato part — since the H-burning is continuing, helium ash continues to be deposited on the inert He core, so it is increasing in mass. And since the core is degenerate, an increase in mass leads to a decrease in radius (cf. Chandrasekhar limit), which means the core keeps shrinking. Which increases the thickness of the H-burning shell, which dumps even more mass on the core, which shrinks, etc. It is this feedback loop that produces the expanding star discussed in this article.
to continue the thought, remember this inert core has been in direct contact with a hydrogen-burning shell the whole time. And while the electrons in the core are degenerate, the helium nuclei are not, and have been absorbing heat energy from the core the entire time. So it has been getting hotter and hotter inside, and is reasonably isothermal throughout. So, given enough time and H-burning, the core will eventually reach ignition temperature, and all start burning at once. This "helium flash" dumps so much energy at once into the core that it breaks the degeneracy and the core reaches a new equilibrium, with a core of carbon ash, a helium-burning shell, and a hydrogen-burning shell.
What happens after that depends on the initial mass of the star, but it usually ends up with the loss of the entire atmosphere of the star to space, producing (briefly) a planetary nebula and leaving the inert core behind as a white dwarf.
Well hell, at least Amazon is sticking to ideas from the current era. It's not like they applied for AND GOT a patent for a coordinate transformation that PREDATES THE FRICKING PATENT OFFICE!
Apple isn't trying to stifle 3rd party developers --they are trying to close potential security holes in the OS, such as the ones that are exploited to install 3rd party apps. As someone has already pointed out, Apple is interested in serving the large majority of iPhone users who want to use the goddam phone, not replace the keypad icons with images of boobies and penguins. Or penguins with boobies. I knew what the iPhone did and did not do when I bought it, it does it, I'm happy with it. If later they settle on a method to install signed 3rd party apps on the iPhone, I'll look into it. For now, I would prefer they concentrate their fire on any lingering security issues.
As for Microsoft understanding the importance of developers, they pretty much have to. Windows Mobile is a major-league atrocity, and given the usual level of security quality control from Redmond, it's not like they could stop apps from being installed anyway.
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In other news, family-conscious lobbies turn their attention to a ban on cars, when it is found that teenagers have sex in them. The fact that most of those teenagers were conceived in them is overlooked due to a chronic inability to perceive irony....
Of course I have. Ever hear of NeXTStep? Ever hear of Cocoa? Ever hear of Core Audio? Ever hear of a bullshit strawman rhetorical question posted on /.? Oh, of course you have — sorry to infringe on your business plan...
If Psystar were merely installing BSD UNIX — hell, if they were merely installing DARWIN, for that matter — I doubt Apple would bother acknowledging their existence.
Yeah, I'm sure glad we had the foresight to arm and fund the muhajadin in Afghanistan. I mean, that went great and NEVER AFFECTED US EVER AGAIN...
Now all you need is a network that will parrot them 24 hours a day a la the RNC-FNC "Access of Evil".
I am the Lorax I speak for the trees...and algae, and bacteria, and...
...you oxymetabolistic-centric bastard.
Another problem with direct impact vs. hovering is that the collision might not take place at the center of mass of the asteroid. Thus, some of the impact energy would be wasted adding or subtracting spin of the asteroid, which would not affect its trajectory. Additionally, some asteroids are more rockpile than solid rock. Hovering avoids the first problem and obviates the second.
No — politics is how a politician gets what he wants. Occasionally what he wants is to get something done. Even less occasionally is that something beneficial for the country as a whole.
And here you go right into Blame The Other Side Politics (regardless of the substance of your argument, which is weak tea indeed.), which accomplishes nothing. Not that I needed your help, but thanks for proving my point. (For the record, "they" referred to Congress in general, the whole rotten stinking lot of them.)
Which just shows what this is about — not solutions, not governance, not RESCUING THE ECONOMY THEY DESTROYED...politics.
5590 days. I think that should be plenty, copyright-wise — especially as it was first sold in its final form in 1948.
A statement that is only technically correct. All of the telemarketing calls I get on my cellphone are recorded messages.
OK.
I would rather have an Apple device that didn't work than a Windows device that did. Either Apple would fix the problem and I'd have a working Apple device, or they wouldn't and I'd get my money back.
But all available evidence has shown that no one can fix Windows.
Another way to see the refresh rate is to hold your index finger horizontally between the screen and your eyes and move it up and down. The refresh will essentially act as a strobe light, and you will see multiple images of your finger. If you get the cadence right and create stationary images, you can even calculate the refresh rate.
Hey, what can I say — some people are bored nerds who are allergic to peanuts.
Well, the gas into which the Sun is driving the termination shock could also have a mean motion relative to the Keplerian velocity at its distance from Galactic center so...no.
However, the Sun's motion relative to the Galactic center is reasonably well known. It is based on looking at the velocities of stars in the local neighborhood (which should be in the same general orbit around Galactic center), and assuming that the average of these would be zero IF the Sun had no velocity except that required for its orbit around Galactic center. The average isn't, so the Sun has an extra velocity component, which is just the negative of this average. (The technical terms used for these quantities are the "solar motion" and the "Local Standard of Rest".) It turns out to be around 16.5 km/sec diagonally inward and slightly upward from its rotation.
And while you're at it, mention that if the purpose of copyright is "the generation of new content to benefit society," then that purpose is undermined by having the tenure of a copyright span decades. It is ludicrous, I think, for the song "Happy Birthday To You" be under copyright so long that it could not conceivably be sung to someone whose birthday predates that of the song (for the record, written c. 1912, copyrighted c. 1935, due to expire c. 2030 [at the time of this writing]). As for Mickey Mouse, maybe DisneyCorp would have had an incentive to hire someone creative in the last umpteen years if it had entered the public domain -- especially considering that its creator became a popsicle during the JOHNSON Administration.
Oh, for a world where Sonny Bono had carried that dumbass extension bill in his pocket as he skied into that tree. Or, even better, Jack Valenti.
I thought the MMORPG was already up and running here.
Wait, wrong link...here it is.
Beyond its inherent features, people (like me) bother with the iPhone because of their experiences with other phones, which have opaque manuals that attempt to explain how the phone would actually work had the carrier not installed their custom OS on it and disabled the useful features to force you into their pay-per-use services. Oh, and some people (like me) were already with the carrier in question.
I hope that cleared that up for you.
And it will be ready just in time for Duke Nukem Forever.
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About 10^68 yr. Bring a book.
Bemopolis
I suffered through the entire series. You heard wrong.
As the joke goes, NeXT bought Apple for negative 400 million dollars. There's your success.
Not quite right. With inert helium forming the core, hydrogen burning occurs in a shell outside of it. The radius of the H-burning shell depends mostly on the amount of mass within it, but the energy output depends on the thickness. So, as the core shrinks, the H-burning shell gets thicker, with only a slight increase in its outer radius. (The inert core shrinks, by the way, since it is not producing any energy to maintain thermal pressure sufficient to maintain its radius.) Since the core essentially pushes the energy generation zone from the core to an outer shell, which is closer to the surface of the star, the atmosphere gets more heat dumped into it, and it expands. Since an expanding gas is cooler, the a Sun-like star goes from a smallish yellow ball to a giant, redder ball.
The inert core, in fact, continues to shrink until it reaches a size where electron degeneracy pressure becomes important (cf. the Pauli principle). At that point it cannot be squeezed any smaller for its mass, and one would think that the H-burning shell should be stable. BUT — and here is the neato part — since the H-burning is continuing, helium ash continues to be deposited on the inert He core, so it is increasing in mass. And since the core is degenerate, an increase in mass leads to a decrease in radius (cf. Chandrasekhar limit), which means the core keeps shrinking. Which increases the thickness of the H-burning shell, which dumps even more mass on the core, which shrinks, etc. It is this feedback loop that produces the expanding star discussed in this article.
to continue the thought, remember this inert core has been in direct contact with a hydrogen-burning shell the whole time. And while the electrons in the core are degenerate, the helium nuclei are not, and have been absorbing heat energy from the core the entire time. So it has been getting hotter and hotter inside, and is reasonably isothermal throughout. So, given enough time and H-burning, the core will eventually reach ignition temperature, and all start burning at once. This "helium flash" dumps so much energy at once into the core that it breaks the degeneracy and the core reaches a new equilibrium, with a core of carbon ash, a helium-burning shell, and a hydrogen-burning shell.
What happens after that depends on the initial mass of the star, but it usually ends up with the loss of the entire atmosphere of the star to space, producing (briefly) a planetary nebula and leaving the inert core behind as a white dwarf.
His hearing trouble was not HIDDEN by his oxycontin abuse; his hearing trouble was likely CAUSED by his oxycontin abuse.
Which might explain why he didn't make a big deal of his hearing trouble on his radio show.
Well hell, at least Amazon is sticking to ideas from the current era. It's not like they applied for AND GOT a patent for a coordinate transformation that PREDATES THE FRICKING PATENT OFFICE!
Bemopolis
Apple isn't trying to stifle 3rd party developers --they are trying to close potential security holes in the OS, such as the ones that are exploited to install 3rd party apps. As someone has already pointed out, Apple is interested in serving the large majority of iPhone users who want to use the goddam phone, not replace the keypad icons with images of boobies and penguins. Or penguins with boobies. I knew what the iPhone did and did not do when I bought it, it does it, I'm happy with it. If later they settle on a method to install signed 3rd party apps on the iPhone, I'll look into it. For now, I would prefer they concentrate their fire on any lingering security issues. As for Microsoft understanding the importance of developers, they pretty much have to. Windows Mobile is a major-league atrocity, and given the usual level of security quality control from Redmond, it's not like they could stop apps from being installed anyway.