Of course it is. What do you think the bubbles in your beer are? CO2 released as a waste product by the yeast as it feeds on the sugar. (as is the alcohol...that's right...beer is good because yeast poops in it.)
FYI, NBB also sends their spent grain to local pig farmers...to be used as food.
Plutonium is one of the most deadly substances on the planet
Negative. While it is one of the most toxic elements, there are far more deadly compounds...many of which are probably under your kitchen sink right now.
If you want to compare transmission losses re: the Bering Strait (and cross-hemipshere grids), think about how much energy, maintenance, and time it takes to transport oil from Northen Alaska, through the pipeline, onto ships, across the ocean(s), and into port, where it undergoes yet further shipping and handling.
As a user of the amazing electricity voodoo, and as a resident of colorado, I can tell you that they have taken large pains to reduce any subsidies you may be speaking of. All users of electricity in colorado have the option to ask for a certain percentage of their power to come from wind generation (which used to be at a substantial premium).
The uptake was quite substantial, several tens of thousands of users opted for anywhere from 10 to 100% of their power to 'come' from the wind generation stations. (in reality, the funds went to those stations, but still...). The excess funding they received has been a...pardon the pun...windfall for research into improving wind generation.
For a corporate example, check out New Belgium Brewery. They were one of the first to choose 'as much as they could get'....and it hasn't hurt them at all.
Wow, I hadn't thought of that. Forget wind, then. While we're at it, forget solar, because the sun doesn't shine all the time.
I'd better go ahead and tear down my solar-power station I have setup at camp...there's obviously no way it can be working...although I do wonder what those darn heavy batteries are for....
Discussions of current nuclear fusion are pointless. TFA clearly says "The bookie reckons the odds of a fusion power station turning on by 2010 are 100-1."
Therefore, it isn't just fusion, or controlled fusion, it's a fusion power station turning on.
So I can give them my money, and not worry about actually losing it until 2010!:D
Honestly, I do think it'll give some insight into which projects get the most 'play' for the average person. But I also see problems...what if 'big bossman scientist' lays out $1000 on cold fusion, and then steers his entire staff and budget into it, with no hope of success? Wasted time and years? Or just the kick in the ass they might need to actually make some progress?
The reason it's an 'obsession' is because (to paraphrase Heinlein's 'Number of the Beast'), two is such a ridiculous number.
What that means is that, right now, we have no empirical evidence that life exists anywhere but on earth. If we can find life on another planet or non-earth object, then there stands a good chance that life is fairly ubiquitous throughout the cosmos (at least in terms of being homogenously dispersed through all of the environments that can support it).
That, of course, assumes that we can determine there was no method by which life here and on Mars had a common origin, but even then, the implications are astounding...how does life travel across such large, sterile distances? If it can travel from Mars to Earth or vice-versa, then what is the limit in terms of distance? Intrastellar? Interstellar? Intragalactic? Intergalactic? etc. This could still imply ubiquitous life across the cosmos, ignoring for the moment time and space limitations (it had to start somewhere, then it would have taken time to travel those distances mechanically, and the Universe is only so old)
It's a well known fact that the signal to noise ratio has increased over the years (as is expected as the site grows in "popularity").
I believe you meant to say that the S/N ratio has decreased. A rational number decreases in absolute value as either the numerator decreases, or the denominator increases. In this instance, I assume you meant that the 'n' (noise) increases as/. increases in popularity. Thus, as 'n' increases, the S/n ratio decreases.
It's not just a matter of data. It's a matter of Authentication, Accounting, and Authorization.
The real problem with WEP was with the init vector. It was trivially easy to crack, given enough packets. From that point forward, Joe Pr0n and Suzi Spammer were using YOUR bandwidth to do their nefarious deeds. Would you be happy when the FBI came to your door with a search warrant for kiddiepr0n?
What about those death threats to the prez that came from your IP? With your email address?
Just have this
guy come over and use his helicopter to do it. (long wmv, but well worth watching...make sure you watch long enough to see him set the thing down on the ground upside down.
..a PCMCIA version of this. It would be great to have this capability while travelling for work.
Can someone more knowledgeable than me expound of the possibility of a PC-card version? (I know for cable it would require a dongle...but could you get OTA signals with a builtin antenna?)
The 256MB/800MHz minimum requirements listed for Longhorn are minimum requirements. (redundancy and emphasis intentional)
Have you ever run a Windows OS on minimums? The term 'excruciatingly, mind-numbingly slow' comes to mind.
That aside, one of the only ways to see a more mainstream uptake of Linux (and isn't that what all/.ers want?) is to add those same bloat features that keep the great unwashed tied to their Windows boxen. However, to my limited experience, Linux still seems to make far more efficient use of the code it has, regardless of the absolute size of that code.
YES! Incoming. Outgoing. It's a phone, dammit. The primary difference is they use a physical adapter to encapsulate an analog phone signal into IP packets. The device establishes a connection with Vonage proxies, which make the decision about how/where to route the packet, based on the destination phone number. If that number isn't a Vonage number, it ends up going out through a peering point (usually pretty damn close to the termination point of the phone call) and through the last mile copper to the destination.
People keep talking about the 'internet' as if it's somehow completely distinct from the 'POTS' system. The vast majority of 'POTS' calls run over the same pipes as your internet data does. Major carriers aggregate circuit switched calls and push them into packet switched networks, because packet switched networks have much greater bandwidth.
The thing is, I *already* pay taxes on my broadband connection. I also pay surcharges to Vonage. Why should there be an *additional* tax just because it's providing the same service as the incumbent telcos? Why the hell does the state gov have to be involved? Most of the work being done here is already paid for in other ways. Vonage is a Good Idea(TM) Company, and had the vision and agility to get to market early.
They don't NEED regulation. They *lowered* their prices! The only reason phone companies are so heavily regulated is because they are typically lying, cheating, slamming scumbags. They NEED the government to watchdog them. Better yet, they need to be slapped down by the consumer. How? By consumers switching to things like Vonage. Pretty simple.
Let the incumbent telcos end up as infrastructure managers. Keep them out of the consumer's pockets/homes.
Apparently, major users of these products (Linux and BSD distros, Samba, etc.)
Well, it's a damn good thing the *major users* are already safe. I can rest easy tonight knowing that just because I am a "Linux and BSD distro, Samba, etc.) user that I am safe.
I think in most people's cases, you're right. For me, however, I had to put down the bong 15+ years ago...I developed a near-allergic (or possibly real-allergic) reaction to 'teh kind'. I'd get extremely dizzy, then vomit for hours.
Vomit on Bourbon = feel better
Vomit on weed = most miserable day of your life
I actually don't drink during work hours...I lose all motivation to work. Of course, after work is a different story.
Oh, and backing up your results on the physics test, I once took a CalcII final whilst tripping on 'cid. Got a 98...highest score I ever got in that class.;) It was really cool...all the formulas would just appear in my head, I would work through the problem, find a result, then work backwards (visually, in my head) to make sure it matched up. It was a blast.
A MMORPG, it has quite probably the best 'near reality physics' engine I have ever seen. The graphics are a bit light, but the real joy is that it combines a truly skills based game (flying your ship is hard, fighting is harder, flying and fighting well is almost impossible without months of practice). The download is free, but it costs ~$10/mo to play.
The user community consists of three main factions, each havnig it's own strengths and weaknesses, and each consisting of any number of squads (there are also multi-factional squads). Quite simply one of the most engaging games out there...the game managers always keep the playerbase well informed, and keep the storyline going. The storyline is also very strongly affected by input and feedback of the playerbase.
Check it out...I think you can play for free for ten days...which should be just barely enough to get you comfortable enough not to die at the tentacles of the first alien to target you.
The politics in this game are real, but they don't parallel real life at all. For one thing, three factions make for some interesting inter-factional scheming. People take their alliances and or aggression policies *very* seriously. If only the US could reasonably support a three party system for POTUS.;)
I agree. You and the other respondent have more clearly stated what I was trying to get at. ROI. Exceeding the results of your peers. They are intertwined, and are the source of the 'grow or perish' mentality. (I don't necessarily believe it to be an absolute mandate myself).
A company, especially a privately held company, can be succesful according to whatever definition it desires...so long as it brings in enough to continue 'living'. (i.e. more than it spends)
A fair enough assertion...what I meant was that, in a competing captilistic society, success is determined by acquiring wealth at a greater rate than your peers/competitors. If all peers accumulate wealth at the same rate, then wealth isn't really wealth...because you have not distanced yourself in any measurable way from your competitor. If you don't acquire wealth as fast as your competitor, eventually all resources will be poured into them (due to their larger ROI), and you will cease acquiring said wealth (cease making more than you spend). More wealth, in this context, is having more tangible assets than your peers.
That is the logical extreme and Corporate Darwinism in action. Of course in a large enough market, there is room for those that don't do as well as others, so long as they acquire wealth, as you pointed out. I was simply trying to explain the general mentality behind it.
The filing lists them trying to garner $2.7 billion, not 20. Valuation is whatever the market says it is...(in other words, Google is worth whatever people are willing to pay per share, times the number of shares they issue).
Yes, I know...I qualified the 'leisure time' with 'all the time'...meaning 100% of our time could be dedicated to 'higher' pursuits...not just hunting, gathering, and shelter construction/location.
The bong it is, then.;) Nah...I have to go back to work...I'll just have some Bourbon instead.
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Of course it is. What do you think the bubbles in your beer are? CO2 released as a waste product by the yeast as it feeds on the sugar. (as is the alcohol...that's right...beer is good because yeast poops in it.)
FYI, NBB also sends their spent grain to local pig farmers...to be used as food.
Negative. While it is one of the most toxic elements, there are far more deadly compounds...many of which are probably under your kitchen sink right now.
I love that point.
If you want to compare transmission losses re: the Bering Strait (and cross-hemipshere grids), think about how much energy, maintenance, and time it takes to transport oil from Northen Alaska, through the pipeline, onto ships, across the ocean(s), and into port, where it undergoes yet further shipping and handling.
Just a thought.
As a user of the amazing electricity voodoo, and as a resident of colorado, I can tell you that they have taken large pains to reduce any subsidies you may be speaking of. All users of electricity in colorado have the option to ask for a certain percentage of their power to come from wind generation (which used to be at a substantial premium).
The uptake was quite substantial, several tens of thousands of users opted for anywhere from 10 to 100% of their power to 'come' from the wind generation stations. (in reality, the funds went to those stations, but still...). The excess funding they received has been a...pardon the pun...windfall for research into improving wind generation.
For a corporate example, check out New Belgium Brewery. They were one of the first to choose 'as much as they could get'....and it hasn't hurt them at all.
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Wow, I hadn't thought of that. Forget wind, then. While we're at it, forget solar, because the sun doesn't shine all the time.
I'd better go ahead and tear down my solar-power station I have setup at camp...there's obviously no way it can be working...although I do wonder what those darn heavy batteries are for....
Discussions of current nuclear fusion are pointless. TFA clearly says "The bookie reckons the odds of a fusion power station turning on by 2010 are 100-1."
Therefore, it isn't just fusion, or controlled fusion, it's a fusion power station turning on.
So I can give them my money, and not worry about actually losing it until 2010! :D
Honestly, I do think it'll give some insight into which projects get the most 'play' for the average person. But I also see problems...what if 'big bossman scientist' lays out $1000 on cold fusion, and then steers his entire staff and budget into it, with no hope of success? Wasted time and years? Or just the kick in the ass they might need to actually make some progress?
The reason it's an 'obsession' is because (to paraphrase Heinlein's 'Number of the Beast'), two is such a ridiculous number.
What that means is that, right now, we have no empirical evidence that life exists anywhere but on earth. If we can find life on another planet or non-earth object, then there stands a good chance that life is fairly ubiquitous throughout the cosmos (at least in terms of being homogenously dispersed through all of the environments that can support it).
That, of course, assumes that we can determine there was no method by which life here and on Mars had a common origin, but even then, the implications are astounding...how does life travel across such large, sterile distances? If it can travel from Mars to Earth or vice-versa, then what is the limit in terms of distance? Intrastellar? Interstellar? Intragalactic? Intergalactic? etc. This could still imply ubiquitous life across the cosmos, ignoring for the moment time and space limitations (it had to start somewhere, then it would have taken time to travel those distances mechanically, and the Universe is only so old)
Perhaps you could explain what it is we're looking at in that image?
All I see are lumps, shadows, and ridges. What am I missing?
I believe you meant to say that the S/N ratio has decreased. A rational number decreases in absolute value as either the numerator decreases, or the denominator increases. In this instance, I assume you meant that the 'n' (noise) increases as
But what the fuck do I know? I'm a PC user.
It's not just a matter of data. It's a matter of Authentication, Accounting, and Authorization.
The real problem with WEP was with the init vector. It was trivially easy to crack, given enough packets. From that point forward, Joe Pr0n and Suzi Spammer were using YOUR bandwidth to do their nefarious deeds. Would you be happy when the FBI came to your door with a search warrant for kiddiepr0n?
What about those death threats to the prez that came from your IP? With your email address?
Just have this guy come over and use his helicopter to do it. (long wmv, but well worth watching...make sure you watch long enough to see him set the thing down on the ground upside down.
..a PCMCIA version of this. It would be great to have this capability while travelling for work.
Can someone more knowledgeable than me expound of the possibility of a PC-card version? (I know for cable it would require a dongle...but could you get OTA signals with a builtin antenna?)
Yahoo is already resolving through scd instead of akamai. I didn't check any of the others.
If you clear your cache, you will probably get the new entries, unless your ISP hasn't caught onto the problem yet.
The 256MB/800MHz minimum requirements listed for Longhorn are minimum requirements. (redundancy and emphasis intentional)
/.ers want?) is to add those same bloat features that keep the great unwashed tied to their Windows boxen. However, to my limited experience, Linux still seems to make far more efficient use of the code it has, regardless of the absolute size of that code.
Have you ever run a Windows OS on minimums? The term 'excruciatingly, mind-numbingly slow' comes to mind.
That aside, one of the only ways to see a more mainstream uptake of Linux (and isn't that what all
...Time Berners-Lee? I thought he got knighted.
YES! Incoming. Outgoing. It's a phone, dammit. The primary difference is they use a physical adapter to encapsulate an analog phone signal into IP packets. The device establishes a connection with Vonage proxies, which make the decision about how/where to route the packet, based on the destination phone number. If that number isn't a Vonage number, it ends up going out through a peering point (usually pretty damn close to the termination point of the phone call) and through the last mile copper to the destination. People keep talking about the 'internet' as if it's somehow completely distinct from the 'POTS' system. The vast majority of 'POTS' calls run over the same pipes as your internet data does. Major carriers aggregate circuit switched calls and push them into packet switched networks, because packet switched networks have much greater bandwidth. The thing is, I *already* pay taxes on my broadband connection. I also pay surcharges to Vonage. Why should there be an *additional* tax just because it's providing the same service as the incumbent telcos? Why the hell does the state gov have to be involved? Most of the work being done here is already paid for in other ways. Vonage is a Good Idea(TM) Company, and had the vision and agility to get to market early. They don't NEED regulation. They *lowered* their prices! The only reason phone companies are so heavily regulated is because they are typically lying, cheating, slamming scumbags. They NEED the government to watchdog them. Better yet, they need to be slapped down by the consumer. How? By consumers switching to things like Vonage. Pretty simple. Let the incumbent telcos end up as infrastructure managers. Keep them out of the consumer's pockets/homes.
Well, it's a damn good thing the *major users* are already safe. I can rest easy tonight knowing that just because I am a "Linux and BSD distro, Samba, etc.) user that I am safe.
Sorry, my sarcasm bit must be stuck.
Er...look at the date. Those are artist's renditions of the recovery. It hasn't happened yet.
re: bong v. bourbon
;) It was really cool...all the formulas would just appear in my head, I would work through the problem, find a result, then work backwards (visually, in my head) to make sure it matched up. It was a blast.
I think in most people's cases, you're right. For me, however, I had to put down the bong 15+ years ago...I developed a near-allergic (or possibly real-allergic) reaction to 'teh kind'. I'd get extremely dizzy, then vomit for hours.
Vomit on Bourbon = feel better
Vomit on weed = most miserable day of your life
I actually don't drink during work hours...I lose all motivation to work. Of course, after work is a different story.
Oh, and backing up your results on the physics test, I once took a CalcII final whilst tripping on 'cid. Got a 98...highest score I ever got in that class.
May I suggest you check out Jumpgate?
;)
A MMORPG, it has quite probably the best 'near reality physics' engine I have ever seen. The graphics are a bit light, but the real joy is that it combines a truly skills based game (flying your ship is hard, fighting is harder, flying and fighting well is almost impossible without months of practice). The download is free, but it costs ~$10/mo to play.
The user community consists of three main factions, each havnig it's own strengths and weaknesses, and each consisting of any number of squads (there are also multi-factional squads). Quite simply one of the most engaging games out there...the game managers always keep the playerbase well informed, and keep the storyline going. The storyline is also very strongly affected by input and feedback of the playerbase.
Check it out...I think you can play for free for ten days...which should be just barely enough to get you comfortable enough not to die at the tentacles of the first alien to target you.
The politics in this game are real, but they don't parallel real life at all. For one thing, three factions make for some interesting inter-factional scheming. People take their alliances and or aggression policies *very* seriously. If only the US could reasonably support a three party system for POTUS.
I agree. You and the other respondent have more clearly stated what I was trying to get at. ROI. Exceeding the results of your peers. They are intertwined, and are the source of the 'grow or perish' mentality. (I don't necessarily believe it to be an absolute mandate myself).
A company, especially a privately held company, can be succesful according to whatever definition it desires...so long as it brings in enough to continue 'living'. (i.e. more than it spends)
A fair enough assertion...what I meant was that, in a competing captilistic society, success is determined by acquiring wealth at a greater rate than your peers/competitors. If all peers accumulate wealth at the same rate, then wealth isn't really wealth...because you have not distanced yourself in any measurable way from your competitor. If you don't acquire wealth as fast as your competitor, eventually all resources will be poured into them (due to their larger ROI), and you will cease acquiring said wealth (cease making more than you spend). More wealth, in this context, is having more tangible assets than your peers.
That is the logical extreme and Corporate Darwinism in action. Of course in a large enough market, there is room for those that don't do as well as others, so long as they acquire wealth, as you pointed out. I was simply trying to explain the general mentality behind it.
The filing lists them trying to garner $2.7 billion, not 20. Valuation is whatever the market says it is...(in other words, Google is worth whatever people are willing to pay per share, times the number of shares they issue).
Yes, I know...I qualified the 'leisure time' with 'all the time'...meaning 100% of our time could be dedicated to 'higher' pursuits...not just hunting, gathering, and shelter construction/location.
;) Nah...I have to go back to work...I'll just have some Bourbon instead.
The bong it is, then.