VOIP and POTS contracts can be pretty obtuse, too. And how about those "triple play" contracts that include TV and internet access, too? Even the name of the bill is short-sighted.
The way I read the information in the link: With 2,000 gals of fuel aboard, Proteus has ocean crossings and long-range mission capabilities. 2000 gallons is how much fuel they'd take on for an ocean crossing, which may be less than a full tank. It also may be more than a full tank, and they envision using an optional larger tank. In any case, it doesn't say how many gallons of diesel fuel are required for the advertised 5000 miles.
You're probably right, and they did mean 5000 miles per 2000 gallons of diesel fuel, but the information on their website is unclear.
I imagine a lot of eligible Iowans won't be bothered to file for their refunds. What happens to that unclaimed money? Does Microsoft get to keep it? Does it go into some kind of trust or escrow?
It sounds to me like the CEO's behaviour was bizarre and ill-advised. It was also legal. I don't see a problem. In a free country, we're allowed to do lots of things we shouldn't do. We still shouldn't do some of those things.
Yup. The cabs in Lowell, Massachusetts back in the 80s were Dodge Darts with slant-6 internal-combustion engines converted to run on LPG. It's certainly not a new fuel, and you don't need steam engines to use it.
A conspicuous absence from the specs is a weight figure. It makes extensive use of aluminum and carbon composites, but it also carries 4 boilers, a turbine, and nitrogen-charged water tanks. I'm really curious how that balances out. If it goes 200+MPH but weighs 5000lbs then I'm not particularly interested. If it weighs 1500lbs then I'm still not sure I'm interested, but I might be.
Can you install Pro/E or SolidWorks on a Mac? If I've got to install Windows on the computer first, I might as well just buy a PC. The Dell they've currently got me on at work is adequate (silly-shaped keyboard aside), but I really liked the HP xw8200 at my previous job.
Also, look at your co-worker's keyboards and consider if you really want to see them use white keyboards (a year later: ick). They'd probably work out alright at Gattaca, though.
Ultimately, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is expected to resolve details 10 times finer than the Hubble Space Telescope when it is completed in 2012. Great. It'll be completed just in time for the end of the world!
Thanks for clarifying that! I was wondering what the storage system "LH" was.
My XP system died a couple months ago (motherboard failure) and I've been using a Mac QuickSilver with OSX 10.4.8 since then. It's okay, but I'm saving my money to build a Vista system, and even if Vista wasn't around, I'd still want to go back to XP. OSX just isn't for me. I also have a server running Debian and a laptop running Ubuntu. I like having a foot in all those OSes, but right now Windows is the way I want to go.
Exactly. The invisible hand of the market will bring metric to the US far more effectively than any campaigns, anyway. Frankly, metric seems a lot more prevalent in the US now than when I was a kid in the 70s.
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VOIP and POTS contracts can be pretty obtuse, too. And how about those "triple play" contracts that include TV and internet access, too? Even the name of the bill is short-sighted.
The way I read the information in the link:
With 2,000 gals of fuel aboard, Proteus has ocean crossings and long-range mission capabilities.
2000 gallons is how much fuel they'd take on for an ocean crossing, which may be less than a full tank. It also may be more than a full tank, and they envision using an optional larger tank. In any case, it doesn't say how many gallons of diesel fuel are required for the advertised 5000 miles.
You're probably right, and they did mean 5000 miles per 2000 gallons of diesel fuel, but the information on their website is unclear.
I imagine a lot of eligible Iowans won't be bothered to file for their refunds. What happens to that unclaimed money? Does Microsoft get to keep it? Does it go into some kind of trust or escrow?
It sounds to me like the CEO's behaviour was bizarre and ill-advised. It was also legal. I don't see a problem. In a free country, we're allowed to do lots of things we shouldn't do. We still shouldn't do some of those things.
Yup. I've mistaken a co-worker's handwriting for my own on at least one occasion.
Oh crap, that's right, slashdot strips brackets:
I <3 my Liebert XD
I 3 my Liebert XD
I thought LPG was Liquid Propane Gas. You're right, but it looks like LPG usually does contain propane, mixed with butane and some other ingredients:g as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_
It *is* an alternative to gasoline, but using it for propulsion is nothing new. And I guess it does nothing to reduce dependence on oil.
That's pretty much what I was thinking. The headline drew me, but it seems the author was just texting it in. :-P
Yup. The cabs in Lowell, Massachusetts back in the 80s were Dodge Darts with slant-6 internal-combustion engines converted to run on LPG. It's certainly not a new fuel, and you don't need steam engines to use it.
A conspicuous absence from the specs is a weight figure. It makes extensive use of aluminum and carbon composites, but it also carries 4 boilers, a turbine, and nitrogen-charged water tanks. I'm really curious how that balances out. If it goes 200+MPH but weighs 5000lbs then I'm not particularly interested. If it weighs 1500lbs then I'm still not sure I'm interested, but I might be.
Microsoft isn't supporting the sales of copies of OSX? Heaven forfend!
I don't see anything preventing Mac owners from using the cheaper OEM versions of Vista, though.
I never saw prices on Win98 or XP drop significantly. We may yet see sweeter discounts on Vista, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Back in 2004 Kevin Rose demonstrated DefendAir Radio Shield paint on The Screensavers. It sounds like the same kind of paint.
Gee, thanks for hijacking this topic to take a dig at the US. We're all so different, and Europeans are obviously superior.
I'm sure the US government will be glad to share data on it's citizens with England, and vice-versa, though.
Can you install Pro/E or SolidWorks on a Mac? If I've got to install Windows on the computer first, I might as well just buy a PC. The Dell they've currently got me on at work is adequate (silly-shaped keyboard aside), but I really liked the HP xw8200 at my previous job.
Also, look at your co-worker's keyboards and consider if you really want to see them use white keyboards (a year later: ick). They'd probably work out alright at Gattaca, though.
Ultimately, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is expected to resolve details 10 times finer than the Hubble Space Telescope when it is completed in 2012.
Great. It'll be completed just in time for the end of the world!
Think of the children (spreading HPV)!
:P
Sorry for the flamebait, but this is just insane! I guess cervical cancer is part of G-d's Intelligent Design.
Is there anything they *can't* do?
Yeah, sorry for dragging this off-topic. I'll stop here.
Are we sure this isn't a Nintendo flog?
Thanks for clarifying that! I was wondering what the storage system "LH" was.
My XP system died a couple months ago (motherboard failure) and I've been using a Mac QuickSilver with OSX 10.4.8 since then. It's okay, but I'm saving my money to build a Vista system, and even if Vista wasn't around, I'd still want to go back to XP. OSX just isn't for me. I also have a server running Debian and a laptop running Ubuntu. I like having a foot in all those OSes, but right now Windows is the way I want to go.
I'd welcome such a move from the music industry, but I don't think I can go back to buying RIAA tunes until they pledge to stop suing their customers.
Maybe if I worked at Google I'd have enough vacation time to read 4 novels and use a guidebook to do some sightseeing. :P
Exactly. The invisible hand of the market will bring metric to the US far more effectively than any campaigns, anyway. Frankly, metric seems a lot more prevalent in the US now than when I was a kid in the 70s.
And would they have graphed tension on a rope to tell when it catches on something in the 19th century? That sounds like a pretty modern method to me.