In other words, it's an ion drive: you get the thrust by blowing atoms into space. First you strip an electron off your "propellant" atoms to make them into ions, with a positive charge. Then you use a magnet system to drive the ions into space. (While it is "electricity into propulsion", yes of course you need "propellant" matter too.) And wheeee, forward you go. Don't expect hot rod acceleration, but you do get stellar miles per gallon.
This post because somebody will be too lazy to click (and the propulsion info is buried in PDFs on the Prometheus site), and the idea is kewl nevertheless.
To a typical Finn, Russian language is totally alien. Not just the Cyrillic ortography, but the sounds, the syntax, the vocabulary, everything is different. (What with Russian and other Slavic languages belonging to the Indo-European family like Germanic and Romance languages -- Finnish doesn't...) And you don't come across any written Russian in everyday life in Helsinki. English a lot, Swedish much, Russian practically not at all. And the little you occasionally hear of course just sounds gibberish (if you don't know the lingo beforehand).
I would bet ten to one that Russian *is* complete gobbledyook to him.
Pity, it's a beautiful language. Five different (phonemic, not just phonetic) variants of "s", jebus...
Although we beat them in word length;-)
Jarjestelmallistyttamattomyydellaansakaankohan, and we are not in compound words yet...
I'm not sure if the "3-4-5" was "3 to 5" or 345. It wasn't with the entire NSA but just that particular department he was interviewing to, so the smaller figure is more likely. Innit?
Then, how about America, Russia, and China tag teaming against India? Ridiculous I know, but you could sell that to the tune of "the ones we're competing against"...
Personally, I'm quite jealous that our local ESA is so lame. A satellite now and then. W00t w00t.
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Certainly it doesn't come bundled with a solar panel, if you were wondering;-)
BTW, any word on the future of SVG in mobile phones and PDAs?
Just noticed that Bitboys among others is busy hyping their Acceleon (www..com) SVG accelerator core which NEC has lately implemented in a LCD controller chip for mobile phones.
I was just thinking about the new uses for XML data you suggest. It would be kewl to have not just SVG documents in a browser but live SVG stream in a handheld display, at smooth framerate. No idea what you'd use it for:-P
Um, until stand-alone DVD recorders dive under $100, no they haven't switched.
While the switch is obviously happening and is only a matter of time, and biz like video rental has already gone mostly DVD most everywhere, people at large still have and use their VCRs, too. (TiVos with burners or Shuttles with TV tuners aren't ubiquitous yet, nor the solution everybody wants.)
... Just didn't want to be left out of "people" with my crusty but trusty '80s vintage VHS box where movies never stutter and display settings never need any attention whatsoever;-)
On the contrary, IBM's tactic is that he'll be bullying the jury until he cows them into submission! Or so I read somewhere lately about IBM's tactics...
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In other words, it's an ion drive: you get the thrust by blowing atoms into space. First you strip an electron off your "propellant" atoms to make them into ions, with a positive charge. Then you use a magnet system to drive the ions into space. (While it is "electricity into propulsion", yes of course you need "propellant" matter too.) And wheeee, forward you go. Don't expect hot rod acceleration, but you do get stellar miles per gallon.
This post because somebody will be too lazy to click (and the propulsion info is buried in PDFs on the Prometheus site), and the idea is kewl nevertheless.
Actually I totally agreed with the parent comment on idiotic acronym use, but couldn't resist, what with my none too bright sense of humour.
YHBT! (You Have Been Trolled!) HAND. (Have A Nice Day.)
To a typical Finn, Russian language is totally alien. Not just the Cyrillic ortography, but the sounds, the syntax, the vocabulary, everything is different. (What with Russian and other Slavic languages belonging to the Indo-European family like Germanic and Romance languages -- Finnish doesn't...) And you don't come across any written Russian in everyday life in Helsinki. English a lot, Swedish much, Russian practically not at all. And the little you occasionally hear of course just sounds gibberish (if you don't know the lingo beforehand).
;-)
I would bet ten to one that Russian *is* complete gobbledyook to him.
Pity, it's a beautiful language. Five different (phonemic, not just phonetic) variants of "s", jebus...
Although we beat them in word length
Jarjestelmallistyttamattomyydellaansakaankohan, and we are not in compound words yet...
But it's dangerous to take a polygraph when you are still working on your BS!
Oh wait. You are talking academic degrees. Sorry.
I'm not sure if the "3-4-5" was "3 to 5" or 345. It wasn't with the entire NSA but just that particular department he was interviewing to, so the smaller figure is more likely. Innit?
Oops. Now nobody uses Perl, and we are all out of work. Stupid management.
(No, I don't really work there. Not that this was very funny, either.)
Then, how about America, Russia, and China tag teaming against India? Ridiculous I know, but you could sell that to the tune of "the ones we're competing against"...
Personally, I'm quite jealous that our local ESA is so lame. A satellite now and then. W00t w00t.
Certainly it doesn't come bundled with a solar panel, if you were wondering ;-)
Beta is way out. VHS is in.
I think the original parent meant "WXP", not "WP".
Nah... Malcolm VI was the pinnacle of the series. It was all downhill after that.
And why not Red Hat X, SuSE X, Slackware X?
;-) (Okay, okay. I know FreeBSD is at 5.x already. I love FreeBSD.)
Surprisingly many distros are at 9.something currently! (OK, I know there is a "me too" effect at play there.)
And next we'll probably see FreeBSD joining in the fun with a "4.X-STILLALIVE!"
BTW, any word on the future of SVG in mobile phones and PDAs?
:-P
Just noticed that Bitboys among others is busy hyping their Acceleon (www..com) SVG accelerator core which NEC has lately implemented in a LCD controller chip for mobile phones.
I was just thinking about the new uses for XML data you suggest. It would be kewl to have not just SVG documents in a browser but live SVG stream in a handheld display, at smooth framerate. No idea what you'd use it for
And not a single comment on the flawed end tags (green/red, blue/red). The quality of Slashdot readership nowadays ;-P
Yes, and people switched to DVD from VHS.
... Just didn't want to be left out of "people" with my crusty but trusty '80s vintage VHS box where movies never stutter and display settings never need any attention whatsoever ;-)
Um, until stand-alone DVD recorders dive under $100, no they haven't switched.
While the switch is obviously happening and is only a matter of time, and biz like video rental has already gone mostly DVD most everywhere, people at large still have and use their VCRs, too. (TiVos with burners or Shuttles with TV tuners aren't ubiquitous yet, nor the solution everybody wants.)
Mod up! Good info!
But this is Slashdot.
But, again, the book doesn't. That was the whole point.
(BTW, your UID is scary.)
For those who didn't quite understand "airborne contaminants", it means pigeons in the intake.
(Also observe how penguins by nature do not constitute a security risk for airborne supercomputers.)
Only 200 million? Pfft. Nevermind then.
On the contrary, IBM's tactic is that he'll be bullying the jury until he cows them into submission! Or so I read somewhere lately about IBM's tactics...
It's Richard M. Stallman, you infidel. Come to think of it, it's probably GNU/Richard M. Stallman.
That AOL Jesus sure doesn't look like he's from the Bethlehem region...
Besides, everybody knows Linus is Baby Jesus.
Shouldn't that be "SCOD missile", in the best /. tradition?