Not to troll the "when I was your age we had to make our own paper before we could program our punch cards"- people.
But - whatever you choose, something with instant gratification usually works best. Eventually he may code for the fun of coding, but in the beginning, a fast result is a good motivator.
If you go with a traditional language, look for a easy graphics toolkit, text output is not coool. Modifying something graphical, scripting for an existing game, also works.
Or for C programming something like an arduino. Avoid a situation that goes like: I want to show you something really cool, but first you have to learn these two other things.
Of course the ISPs are against net neutrality. The money is in the content business not in the utility side of it.
The anti net neutrality FUD right now comes from "Americans for prosperity", funded by cable providers and AT&T.
If you remember the "CO2 is live"-slogan, that's where it's going. Net neutrality= governement regulation = net brutality. Keep the government of my internet, Growth is only possible in an unregulated market. The government took over banking, auto mobile industry, and health care, now they want to steal your internet.
I am looking at changing to a local ISP right now.
So, this show is about a 30yo, who thinks his 70yo dad is cool?
And this destroys family values?
There are plenty of families that have values, even if some censoring family-institute doesn't see this. - Unless of course, you think a family has to look like the Waltons.
The 0.2 micro Sievert are body-equivalent, not what you get on your skin! The exposure just for your skin could be a 100-times higher. Nobody knows, the specs aren't exactly public.
For example, for a chest Xray they tell you that it is 20 micro Sievert. Again Body-equivalent, of course! Meaning, it increases your cancer risk like 20 micro Sievert would for the whole body. But since I don't get lung cancer in my toe, I don't care much about body equivalent. Just looking at lung cancer, chances for lung cancer are probably 10 times of what 20 micro Sievert would give you.
So, how did they adjust their calculations for the airport scanners? Is the body equivalent they tell us a 1/10 or a 1/100 of the dose to the skin?
The backscatter Xray in airport scanners will cause skin cancer. What isn't known is the yearly rate. 2 deaths per year or 200? Would be nice to know, wouldn't it?
While I look at "whooooooosh" and see it spelled with only one o (like this: "whooooooosh") ,
someone else might look at it and see, let's say, seven o-eses.
Moore's observation will of course not continue to be true indefinitly.
Given, that his law is exponential, that the universe is finite, and that the smallest possible computer to simulate the universe is the universe itself (uogac's law), Moore's prediction will flatline at some point in the future.
Moving the buttons will force you to use the other side of your brain more often. Which then will make you a more thoughtful, kinder, and loving person. Just look at the difference between Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer.
Do you really want to end up throwing chairs at people?
Way cooler than "scientists plan another large scale experiment to find out how laser induced fusion coud be contained and sustained"
But besides it being catchy, the excuse for this way of reporting is that it will make science more accessible and understandable to the "general public".
A kilobyte has always been 1024 bytes.
A ounze byte is of course 32 bytes, or 64 nibbles, or 8 long words
Sixteen ounze bytes are a pound byte.
Two pounds are a kilobyte.
- Or 4 pages, with a page being 256 bytes or 8 ounzes, would also make a kilobyte.
(or of course 128 long words.)
An entire page of long words would be a long ton or 1024 kilobytes
If you imagine it as a square with a kilobyte on each side, you can understand why it is often referred to as one Morgan or 1MB.
The prefix "G" of course stands for Gross, not for Giga. 1GB is the size a well sorted library of a rich cotton planter would hold.
It equals a long ton of kilobytes.
As you said, easier to run water through a building than oil. Compared to oil, it has relatively low viscosity, but also much larger cooling capacity than air. Ground water is usually cool enough to chill computers.
In the servers, you could have heat pipes run to the back, where a large heat sink provides a thermal connection to the chilled water system. That way you could pull them easily and would avoid the mess inside the servers and the costs of the scuba gear.
If the servers are still too hot, have water cooled fins on the side of the rack. You could have chilled water circulate on five sides of the server and still have them easy to pull, while made of only standard components and a couple heat pipes. If all major heat producers were facing the chassis (instead of pointing inwards like it is now), you might not even need heat pipes.
The chilled water gets regenerated by heating large shrimp tanks
..and
Vegetarians could avoid neighborhoods where people slaughter their own chicken.
People who dissected frogs in school could be banned from city parks.
You could check to find out, who of your neighbors owns mousetraps.
The neighborhood association could have long discussions about the guy with the dead tank fish bringing down the property values.
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Not to troll the "when I was your age we had to make our own paper before we could program our punch cards"- people.
But - whatever you choose, something with instant gratification usually works best. Eventually he may code for the fun of coding, but in the beginning, a fast result is a good motivator.
If you go with a traditional language, look for a easy graphics toolkit, text output is not coool. Modifying something graphical, scripting for an existing game, also works. Or for C programming something like an arduino. Avoid a situation that goes like: I want to show you something really cool, but first you have to learn these two other things.
Of course the ISPs are against net neutrality. The money is in the content business not in the utility side of it. The anti net neutrality FUD right now comes from "Americans for prosperity", funded by cable providers and AT&T.
If you remember the "CO2 is live"-slogan, that's where it's going. Net neutrality= governement regulation = net brutality. Keep the government of my internet, Growth is only possible in an unregulated market. The government took over banking, auto mobile industry, and health care, now they want to steal your internet.
I am looking at changing to a local ISP right now.
And this destroys family values?
There are plenty of families that have values, even if some censoring family-institute doesn't see this. - Unless of course, you think a family has to look like the Waltons.
The 0.2 micro Sievert are body-equivalent, not what you get on your skin! The exposure just for your skin could be a 100-times higher. Nobody knows, the specs aren't exactly public.
For example, for a chest Xray they tell you that it is 20 micro Sievert. Again Body-equivalent, of course! Meaning, it increases your cancer risk like 20 micro Sievert would for the whole body. But since I don't get lung cancer in my toe, I don't care much about body equivalent. Just looking at lung cancer, chances for lung cancer are probably 10 times of what 20 micro Sievert would give you.
So, how did they adjust their calculations for the airport scanners? Is the body equivalent they tell us a 1/10 or a 1/100 of the dose to the skin?
The backscatter Xray in airport scanners will cause skin cancer. What isn't known is the yearly rate. 2 deaths per year or 200? Would be nice to know, wouldn't it?
Ok, I get it!
While I look at "whooooooosh" and see it spelled with only one o (like this: "whooooooosh") ,
someone else might look at it and see, let's say, seven o-eses.
the sensors, paid for by federal stimulus money, initially would only be installed in large freshmen and sophomore
Given, that his law is exponential, that the universe is finite, and that the smallest possible computer to simulate the universe is the universe itself (uogac's law), Moore's prediction will flatline at some point in the future.
If it's a maverick, will it come with a dim but scary sidekick?
Moving the buttons will force you to use the other side of your brain more often. Which then will make you a more thoughtful, kinder, and loving person. Just look at the difference between Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer.
Do you really want to end up throwing chairs at people?
This might be the year of the linux desktop!
Way cooler than "scientists plan another large scale experiment to find out how laser induced fusion coud be contained and sustained"
But besides it being catchy, the excuse for this way of reporting is that it will make science more accessible and understandable to the "general public".
Except, it doesn't.
That's just typical for Obama's disastrous NASA politics:
Take remote pictures of it from an unmanned observatory.
-Under George W. we would have landed there!
You've got to realize that SETI depends on aliens actively trying to make contact
Nope, they don't.
A lot of civilized activities make non-random electro-magnetic noise:
You're right however, that any civilization that can be discovered has to be further advanced than we are.
Whether it's morally right or wrong is dependent on your society.
Ok, so you are a cultural relativist.
I'll respect Thailand's right to govern itself
At the same time you believe in universal rights.
First problem.
But then, these rights are not individual universal rights, you connect them to the (assumed) concept of absolute sovereignty for a government/nation.
Hmm.
the correct move is to identify which of the major parties is most receptive to your goal, and organize within that party.
eh -right.
Lobbying and so called platforms as the only way people should participate in a democracy?
That's how you end up with a corporate-funded two-party system filled with clueless air heads.
You could still get an iPad for lighter days.
God gave you 8 fingers, carry and overflow.
A ounze byte is of course 32 bytes, or 64 nibbles, or 8 long words
Sixteen ounze bytes are a pound byte.
Two pounds are a kilobyte.
- Or 4 pages, with a page being 256 bytes or 8 ounzes, would also make a kilobyte.
(or of course 128 long words.)
An entire page of long words would be a long ton or 1024 kilobytes
If you imagine it as a square with a kilobyte on each side, you can understand why it is often referred to as one Morgan or 1MB. The prefix "G" of course stands for Gross, not for Giga. 1GB is the size a well sorted library of a rich cotton planter would hold.
It equals a long ton of kilobytes.
Usually there's an "invert" button on the IR emitter to swap left/right eye
Now, that is one good reason why I will never use 3d glasses!
the order of the window controls within the Light
WTF?
The Order of the Window Controls within the Light
-that sounds like a secret society to me.
As you said, easier to run water through a building than oil. Compared to oil, it has relatively low viscosity, but also much larger cooling capacity than air. Ground water is usually cool enough to chill computers.
In the servers, you could have heat pipes run to the back, where a large heat sink provides a thermal connection to the chilled water system. That way you could pull them easily and would avoid the mess inside the servers and the costs of the scuba gear.
If the servers are still too hot, have water cooled fins on the side of the rack. You could have chilled water circulate on five sides of the server and still have them easy to pull, while made of only standard components and a couple heat pipes. If all major heat producers were facing the chassis (instead of pointing inwards like it is now), you might not even need heat pipes.
The chilled water gets regenerated by heating large shrimp tanks
Intermittent access to beer promotes binge-like drinking in adolescent but not adult Wistar rats.
We should admit more Wistar rats to college then
.. wasn't that interesting. The only reason to click on this story is to read some /.ers comments.
Because 90% of Wikipedia is dead.
Citation needed.
The fun part was writing the articles in the first place, now this phase is over,
(or "that")
nobody wants to be Wikipedia's janitorial crew and deal with the super-aspbergers that populate that place.
"Aspergers"- but making fun of people with aspergers also violates NPOV
..and
Vegetarians could avoid neighborhoods where people slaughter their own chicken.
People who dissected frogs in school could be banned from city parks.
You could check to find out, who of your neighbors owns mousetraps.
The neighborhood association could have long discussions about the guy with the dead tank fish bringing down the property values.