Put out more energy than it takes in? Once again, never trust the AP for science.
Actually, that's a serious problem. No one has yet built a fusion reactor that, for sustained periods, produces more energy than it takes to keep running.
Such things do exist. Probably the cheapest way would be to get a Dvorak keyboard in the appropriate handedness, then work out a non-standard typing pattern. If you're willing to spend more, there are dedicated 1-hand keyboards available (and zero-hand keyboards, designed to be operated with a stick clenched between the teeth).
What if you *do* have a spare *tIre* and don't know how to change it.
How hard is it to change a tyre? You just jack up the corner of the car where the flat is, unbolt the lug nuts, pull the flat off, put the spare on, re-bolt the nuts, lower the car, put everything away, and drive off.
Next time you speak to those millions of site admins who are so concerned about their high bandwidth costs, tell them hi for me. You might also remind them that they can cut a huge chunk of bandwidth by reducing the size of their advertising.
I've yet to meet a site admin who pays the bandwidth costs of the advertising, unless they're advertising other sites they own. Ad images are served off the ad agency's servers, and the cost of that bandwidth is factored in to the charge for displaying the ads.
Correcting my earlier typo what can 15 mice in a capsule do that 15 mice in a small centrifugal box on the ISS do. No Russian plumbers required.;)
Probably nothing, but it's a lot easier to launch 15 (or, according to the marsgravity.org site, eleven) mice in a space capsule than it is to get approval for an experiment on board the ISS. Everyone and their kid sister is competing for experiment space on the Shuttle and ISS, but a capsule launched on an unmanned Russian or European rocket just requires money.
I wonder how much of the data will be irrelevant because mice walk on four legs, not two, thus decreasing the bone loss?
Bone loss isn't the only major health issue that results from lower gravity, it's just the most obvious one. The other major issue is loss of immune system function. Extended exposure to zero gravity leaves you with an immune system that's only slightly stronger than if you had AIDS, and unlike bone and muscle loss, exercise doesn't affect it.
The weightlessness experience of the MIR cosmonauts provides much better space biology than sending a few mice into space.
That's only applicable for zero-gravity. For a mission to Mars, we need to know how reduced gravity affects people. For example, is there a threshold below which the immune system becomes ineffective, or is it a gradual decline? The same matters for bone loss: is it a threshold, or a linear relation?
And wtf is the IIS for then???
I don't know what Internet Information Server has to do with this, but if you meant the ISS, with only two astronauts, they're too busy maintaining the station to do much scientific work. Station maintenance is a full-time job for two and a half astronauts, so when NASA decided to cut the station down from a nine-person rig to a three-person rig, much of the scientific potential was lost.
How are they going to retract this? Are they going to follow this up with an "It was just satire" announcement, or an announcement that the responsible parties have been sacked? Any bets?
Unicast, the company responsible, says the ads will play regardless of pop-up blocking.
The good news is that this requires Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, so I don't even need to modify my ad filter to keep them from showing up!
Actually, the Civil War was when armies first started seriously playing around with explosive ordinance. Given the general unreliability of the stuff back then, I expect there's still some UXO lying around -- it's just that gunpowder doesn't survive 150 years of rain too well.
Seriously though, I wonder if the fact that the government thinks video games are great tools for creating mindless violent automatons lends any weight to the naggy soccer moms claiming the same?
"Mindless violent automatons" might be useful for the Chinese army, which relies on sheer numbers to win, but for the US army, they'd be worse than useless.
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Is there REALLY anything wrong with Fission power?
Yes. It's politically and socially unacceptable.
Put out more energy than it takes in? Once again, never trust the AP for science.
Actually, that's a serious problem. No one has yet built a fusion reactor that, for sustained periods, produces more energy than it takes to keep running.
No "Meta" key?
Such things do exist. Probably the cheapest way would be to get a Dvorak keyboard in the appropriate handedness, then work out a non-standard typing pattern. If you're willing to spend more, there are dedicated 1-hand keyboards available (and zero-hand keyboards, designed to be operated with a stick clenched between the teeth).
I sure hope so. I'd hate to think that /. is giving out free advertising hits.
What if you *do* have a spare *tIre* and don't know how to change it.
How hard is it to change a tyre? You just jack up the corner of the car where the flat is, unbolt the lug nuts, pull the flat off, put the spare on, re-bolt the nuts, lower the car, put everything away, and drive off.
Still don't have a cell phone... ...and I still don't want one.
I've got a cell phone, but no contract. Picked it up at a garage sale cheap. It's good for calling 911, but nothing else.
Next time you speak to those millions of site admins who are so concerned about their high bandwidth costs, tell them hi for me. You might also remind them that they can cut a huge chunk of bandwidth by reducing the size of their advertising.
I've yet to meet a site admin who pays the bandwidth costs of the advertising, unless they're advertising other sites they own. Ad images are served off the ad agency's servers, and the cost of that bandwidth is factored in to the charge for displaying the ads.
Correcting my earlier typo what can 15 mice in a capsule do that 15 mice in a small centrifugal box on the ISS do. No Russian plumbers required. ;)
Probably nothing, but it's a lot easier to launch 15 (or, according to the marsgravity.org site, eleven) mice in a space capsule than it is to get approval for an experiment on board the ISS. Everyone and their kid sister is competing for experiment space on the Shuttle and ISS, but a capsule launched on an unmanned Russian or European rocket just requires money.
I wonder how much of the data will be irrelevant because mice walk on four legs, not two, thus decreasing the bone loss?
Bone loss isn't the only major health issue that results from lower gravity, it's just the most obvious one. The other major issue is loss of immune system function. Extended exposure to zero gravity leaves you with an immune system that's only slightly stronger than if you had AIDS, and unlike bone and muscle loss, exercise doesn't affect it.
The weightlessness experience of the MIR cosmonauts provides much better space biology than sending a few mice into space.
That's only applicable for zero-gravity. For a mission to Mars, we need to know how reduced gravity affects people. For example, is there a threshold below which the immune system becomes ineffective, or is it a gradual decline? The same matters for bone loss: is it a threshold, or a linear relation?
And wtf is the IIS for then???
I don't know what Internet Information Server has to do with this, but if you meant the ISS, with only two astronauts, they're too busy maintaining the station to do much scientific work. Station maintenance is a full-time job for two and a half astronauts, so when NASA decided to cut the station down from a nine-person rig to a three-person rig, much of the scientific potential was lost.
launch Darl McBride to Mars!
With or without a spaceship around him?
How are they going to retract this? Are they going to follow this up with an "It was just satire" announcement, or an announcement that the responsible parties have been sacked? Any bets?
So websites don't have bandwidth costs anymore? I'm sure there are millions of site admins who will be glad to hear it!
Now, finally, a good test case for the Lie Detector Glasses for sceptical Slashdot readers!
And the glasses show "green"!
It's from Israel, isn't it? If El Al isn't using these for security, I don't see any reason to trust them to work.
a lot of ed@myNOSPAMsite.com obfuscication, and postmaster@127.0.0.1.
Shouldn't that be "postmaster@[127.0.0.1]"?
Gee I thought that monthly bill from my ISP meant *I* was paying the freight.
No, you aren't. You're paying half the freight. The other half comes from the guy running the website.
You won't need a plugin to hide it. It requires Windows Media Player, so you'd need a plugin to see it in the first place.
Unicast, the company responsible, says the ads will play regardless of pop-up blocking.
The good news is that this requires Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, so I don't even need to modify my ad filter to keep them from showing up!
Didn't I read this one earlier today?
What about the smoke? Musn't forget the smoke!
Which companies are these? I haven't seen a popup or pop-under ad in years.
Actually, the Civil War was when armies first started seriously playing around with explosive ordinance. Given the general unreliability of the stuff back then, I expect there's still some UXO lying around -- it's just that gunpowder doesn't survive 150 years of rain too well.
Seriously though, I wonder if the fact that the government thinks video games are great tools for creating mindless violent automatons lends any weight to the naggy soccer moms claiming the same?
"Mindless violent automatons" might be useful for the Chinese army, which relies on sheer numbers to win, but for the US army, they'd be worse than useless.