The buzzword for years now has been convergence. That is exactly what is happening. This is neither unexpected nor unintentional.
Windows 8 didn't help matters much and probably exacerbated it a bit, however then again Windows 8 is part of MS strategy for convergence anyway... The whole idea being to use the same OS for multiple devices, NOT just PC's anymore.
The real reason is the proliferation of Tablets, Phones, Consoles, that meet users various computational needs. The difference between all of these things now is moot as compared to even a few years ago. It has little to do with Windows 8 being less than stellar.
You say that, however that is how I got interested in Computers as a kid.
Trying to play Curse of the Azure Bonds, or FS 4.0, or Doom, or whatever cause me to have to have to figure out all sorts of things, like config.sys, autoexec.bat, boot disks, memmanager, playing around with IRQ and DMA conflicts, EMS, XMS, etc... just to get a legit copy of a game to actually load, let alone work properly.
All before Google existed. While there were BBS communities, they were very small by comparison.
Looking back at how things were, compared to how things are today I am amazed at all I was able to do anything.
Now everything works more less. Worse case you have to download a patch or a driver that it took you 3 seconds to troubleshoot and find using Google.
If one could remotely create an identical sized black hole equidistant from your current location in an event horizon but with a counter rotation, would the forces cancel each other out allowing for a "stable" location preventing you from being sucked into either one?
Additionally if they are rotating in the same direction would you be catapulted out of the event horizons at those a fore mentioned spectacular speeds?
I am I guess making the assumption that these things actually rotate as I don't really know. I am also sort of curious about what would determine the direction of rotation in the first place, the whole toilet flush in NA VS Aus. example comes to mind...
I can respect it in some instances. I mean if they believe they are actually trying to SAVE you, then it is kind of endearing really.
Still annoying, but kind of flattering.
Better than death to unbelievers anyway.
As for Catholics I find it funny they seem to be trying to win the religious games by out reproducing everyone, yet inflict guilt all over themselves...
Personally the biggest laugh I had on religion lately was an episode of "Community" where Jeff says he is Agnostic, and everyone groans "Ahhhh you're just lazy!" or something to that effect... lol
Meh, there are a lot of dangers out there. Bleach left unattended will kill if consumed. Product has a warning and a special cap. Up to the consumer (sry bad pun) to use responsibly.
Maybe in the case of lasers (or rare earth magnates), have them use a special case/cap. They already come with a warning. Failure to heed warning falls to the responsibility of the user.
Also, blinding *anybody* with a suitably powerful laser is and likely should be illegal, and should come with an assault, assault with weapon type of penalty, particularly if intentional. If you are at an airport shinning a laser at pilots, and when police come you shine it at them too, that's pretty intentional. It is pretty common sense.
However this is also the reason why products like knives have disclaimers on them warning people not to stab other people in the eye with them etc...
Like The Ur-Quan Masters? Play Masters of Orion! Like Masters of Orion? Play Masters of Orion 2! Like Masters of Orion 2? Don't Play Masters of Orion 3!
However from a Canadian perspective: Most guns used in crime: Handguns. Most handguns used in crime: illegally obtained. Most illegally obtained handguns: From the US.
So we have a bit of a strange dichotomy up here where due to our gun control laws, obtaining a legal gun for a Canadian citizen is a bit hard. For criminals, obtaining an illegal US gun is not as hard as it could be. Which makes it harder to make laws up here regarding guns, as proponents will point this fact out. Perhaps we need to do a better job preventing smuggling, but then again we have the biggest border, which the most travel and trade of anyplace.
Many Canadians are getting pretty weary of the US ordering this or that law in their own interests, while at the same time watching Canadian citizens getting killed on the nightly news using US guns smuggled into our country and anytime someone says anything about it, its all "think of the unarmed children!"
As an aside I recall seeing a TV program that traced most of the Mexican cartels guns back to the US as well.
So not exactly something that only affects the US in a vacuum. The US is effectively spluging guns all over its neighbors, and I doubt Canada or Mexico really appreciate it much.
A big part of it has nothing to do with scarcity of "rare earths". From what I recall, "rare earth" simply means it is rare to find them in concentrations such as deposits or veins and the like. It also has little to due with "resource" cost.
The mining cost, specifically the environmental cost of that mining is why China is #1. No one else whats to mortgage their environmental future.
Not only is it a very dirty to extract (see lots of extraction for little material), but in order to process (see sorting all that material for rare earth) it is also very dirty.
So there is plenty elsewhere but so long as China wants to do it and for cheap, let them.
As for the Japanese find... LOL!
A) It is underwater to the tune of 6000m, yeah that won't be massively expensive. B) It is underwater, how much environmental impact do you think that will have? I'm going to go with more, particularly if the Japanese like fish or anything.
Back when I starting playing around with Linux only a few eventually had LiveCD's. Go to DistroWatch. Download a bunch. Try them out. Try some popular ones. Try some that sound interesting. Some are usually branded as beginner, try some of those.
As an added bonus now, with the liveCDs kicking around they are handy at recovering systems etc...
I think I did DSL, SLax, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Xandros, Mepis, Knoppix, CentOS, and a bunch of others. At the time I think the only LiveCD was Knoppix which was great at fixing crashed systems. I eventually got an Ubuntu LiveCD as well.
I know from my experience, certain ones are easier to use, some are better at somethings than others. Also it was not mentioned by the poster what kind of computer they are using, but I found some had better legacy support than others. I was using an old Dell Dimension 4200 P3 800 and even updating the bios to the most current only made some work, whiles others wouldn't even boot. I also had various hardware issues, like certain ones using your graphic card better, or even more easily finding your hard drives without a lot of hassle.
However that was some time ago. I used a more modern version of Ubuntu a few years ago without any trouble (as a LiveCD without install, on the same shitty Dell no less) to transfer some legacy HD (old ATA!) from a failed system.
I liked Xandros back in the day, but it quickly became out of date as they stopped releasing the free version, trying to sell a commercial version instead. Were I to use one today, I probably wouldn't use anything but Ubuntu. Though I might like to try Mint, which I guess is Ubuntu with all the media codecs pre-installed. I recall that being a big process that was a huge PITA, so that would be an improvement. Of course getting all your codecs working in Windows is just as hard really, CCCP or no.
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not all that secretive if one can find out in short order about a single missile being raised into firing position...
I read that with "air quotes" around resigned.
Option A) You are going to be fired tomorrow.
Option B) Resign today and get a nice package.
"I think it is time for me to step down and pursue other interests and opportunities..."
The buzzword for years now has been convergence. That is exactly what is happening. This is neither unexpected nor unintentional.
Windows 8 didn't help matters much and probably exacerbated it a bit, however then again Windows 8 is part of MS strategy for convergence anyway... The whole idea being to use the same OS for multiple devices, NOT just PC's anymore.
The real reason is the proliferation of Tablets, Phones, Consoles, that meet users various computational needs. The difference between all of these things now is moot as compared to even a few years ago. It has little to do with Windows 8 being less than stellar.
Heh, well not having a frame of reference, it could still be good for a ship!
1.3 Million liters is 317,006 US gallons
According to this:
http://www.psmfc.org/efin/data/fuel.html#Data
Marine fuel costs between 3.5$ and 4$ a gallon.
At 4$ a gallon, it would cost almost 1.3$ Million dollars to fill the thing with fuel!
So really considering that it would be almost 1/10 of the value, 14 Million is pretty disposable! 10 Fill ups and it would pay for itself! :)
It would also get (317,006 / 31,000) 10 mpg! Likely pretty Eco-friendly for a ship...
Looks like the Deadliest Catch just got a bit deadlier!
Maybe I watched the wrong Voltron, as mine was animated not live action.
You say that, however that is how I got interested in Computers as a kid.
Trying to play Curse of the Azure Bonds, or FS 4.0, or Doom, or whatever cause me to have to have to figure out all sorts of things, like config.sys, autoexec.bat, boot disks, memmanager, playing around with IRQ and DMA conflicts, EMS, XMS, etc... just to get a legit copy of a game to actually load, let alone work properly.
All before Google existed. While there were BBS communities, they were very small by comparison.
Looking back at how things were, compared to how things are today I am amazed at all I was able to do anything.
Now everything works more less. Worse case you have to download a patch or a driver that it took you 3 seconds to troubleshoot and find using Google.
More like God poking holes in the universe, and it draining from high to low pressure. It is probably pretty boring after awhile.
Or it folds space and opens a portal to another dimension that resembles Hell very much.
Either way, you are going to Hell...
If one could remotely create an identical sized black hole equidistant from your current location in an event horizon but with a counter rotation, would the forces cancel each other out allowing for a "stable" location preventing you from being sucked into either one?
Additionally if they are rotating in the same direction would you be catapulted out of the event horizons at those a fore mentioned spectacular speeds?
I am I guess making the assumption that these things actually rotate as I don't really know. I am also sort of curious about what would determine the direction of rotation in the first place, the whole toilet flush in NA VS Aus. example comes to mind...
But it would have been easier to simply post this old link:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/cellular-customer-data/
At least in the US most keep it for a period of time.
I would assume the same in Canada, but I would hope the interval is shorter.
Or heck buy a modern TV with WiFi and you don't even need an "appliance".
I can respect it in some instances. I mean if they believe they are actually trying to SAVE you, then it is kind of endearing really.
Still annoying, but kind of flattering.
Better than death to unbelievers anyway.
As for Catholics I find it funny they seem to be trying to win the religious games by out reproducing everyone, yet inflict guilt all over themselves...
Personally the biggest laugh I had on religion lately was an episode of "Community" where Jeff says he is Agnostic, and everyone groans "Ahhhh you're just lazy!" or something to that effect... lol
"Product has a warning and a special cap."
and
"Maybe in the case of lasers (or rare earth magnates), have them use a special case/cap."
You seem to agree with me then?
Meh, there are a lot of dangers out there. Bleach left unattended will kill if consumed. Product has a warning and a special cap. Up to the consumer (sry bad pun) to use responsibly.
Maybe in the case of lasers (or rare earth magnates), have them use a special case/cap. They already come with a warning. Failure to heed warning falls to the responsibility of the user.
What training them to attack laser pointing idiots?
Cue hawks with frickin' lasers attached to their heads in, 3... 2... 1...
Also, blinding *anybody* with a suitably powerful laser is and likely should be illegal, and should come with an assault, assault with weapon type of penalty, particularly if intentional. If you are at an airport shinning a laser at pilots, and when police come you shine it at them too, that's pretty intentional. It is pretty common sense.
However this is also the reason why products like knives have disclaimers on them warning people not to stab other people in the eye with them etc...
Like The Ur-Quan Masters? Play Masters of Orion!
Like Masters of Orion? Play Masters of Orion 2!
Like Masters of Orion 2? Don't Play Masters of Orion 3!
Can't say I disagree all that much on any point.
However from a Canadian perspective:
Most guns used in crime: Handguns.
Most handguns used in crime: illegally obtained.
Most illegally obtained handguns: From the US.
So we have a bit of a strange dichotomy up here where due to our gun control laws, obtaining a legal gun for a Canadian citizen is a bit hard. For criminals, obtaining an illegal US gun is not as hard as it could be. Which makes it harder to make laws up here regarding guns, as proponents will point this fact out. Perhaps we need to do a better job preventing smuggling, but then again we have the biggest border, which the most travel and trade of anyplace.
Many Canadians are getting pretty weary of the US ordering this or that law in their own interests, while at the same time watching Canadian citizens getting killed on the nightly news using US guns smuggled into our country and anytime someone says anything about it, its all "think of the unarmed children!"
As an aside I recall seeing a TV program that traced most of the Mexican cartels guns back to the US as well.
So not exactly something that only affects the US in a vacuum. The US is effectively spluging guns all over its neighbors, and I doubt Canada or Mexico really appreciate it much.
That's not a knife, THIS is a knife...
Sorry sorry, I had to.
Also "Organized crime"? You mean the Nation of "Australia"? Bunch of convicts and criminals! :)
I kid I kid!
A big part of it has nothing to do with scarcity of "rare earths". From what I recall, "rare earth" simply means it is rare to find them in concentrations such as deposits or veins and the like. It also has little to due with "resource" cost.
The mining cost, specifically the environmental cost of that mining is why China is #1. No one else whats to mortgage their environmental future.
Not only is it a very dirty to extract (see lots of extraction for little material), but in order to process (see sorting all that material for rare earth) it is also very dirty.
So there is plenty elsewhere but so long as China wants to do it and for cheap, let them.
As for the Japanese find... LOL!
A) It is underwater to the tune of 6000m, yeah that won't be massively expensive.
B) It is underwater, how much environmental impact do you think that will have? I'm going to go with more, particularly if the Japanese like fish or anything.
This.
Back when I starting playing around with Linux only a few eventually had LiveCD's. Go to DistroWatch. Download a bunch. Try them out. Try some popular ones. Try some that sound interesting. Some are usually branded as beginner, try some of those.
As an added bonus now, with the liveCDs kicking around they are handy at recovering systems etc...
I think I did DSL, SLax, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Xandros, Mepis, Knoppix, CentOS, and a bunch of others. At the time I think the only LiveCD was Knoppix which was great at fixing crashed systems. I eventually got an Ubuntu LiveCD as well.
I know from my experience, certain ones are easier to use, some are better at somethings than others. Also it was not mentioned by the poster what kind of computer they are using, but I found some had better legacy support than others. I was using an old Dell Dimension 4200 P3 800 and even updating the bios to the most current only made some work, whiles others wouldn't even boot. I also had various hardware issues, like certain ones using your graphic card better, or even more easily finding your hard drives without a lot of hassle.
However that was some time ago. I used a more modern version of Ubuntu a few years ago without any trouble (as a LiveCD without install, on the same shitty Dell no less) to transfer some legacy HD (old ATA!) from a failed system.
I liked Xandros back in the day, but it quickly became out of date as they stopped releasing the free version, trying to sell a commercial version instead. Were I to use one today, I probably wouldn't use anything but Ubuntu. Though I might like to try Mint, which I guess is Ubuntu with all the media codecs pre-installed. I recall that being a big process that was a huge PITA, so that would be an improvement. Of course getting all your codecs working in Windows is just as hard really, CCCP or no.
Apparently the name "Sugar Beet" wasn't a dead enough giveaway.
Seriously I wonder how much thought went into the research...
Well we know sugar cane is really good. We use corn, which is not. I bet sugar beets are better!
Blort!
Never mind the fact that the only reason corn is used in the first place is because of subsidies so it really doesn't matter anyway.