I'm still going to keep my vents duct-taped shut with plastic wrap until a study proves that this doesn't actually keep chemical and biological agents from seeping into my home....And I'm still going to avoid all contact with water.
But...why does everyone think that the new Star Wars movies suck? I agree, they're friggin' terrible. Lucas has enough money to hire talented script writer and at least make a good script, but he doesn't seem to do that even. And lets not forget Jar Jar. Who the hell thought that was a good idea? I don't know. Does he just not care, because no matter what crap he puts out, all of us geeks are going to go see it?
Sorry for being slightly off topic...but I've been wondering about this for awhile and would like to hear other's opinions.
I think you're on to something. The Mars Rover is a perfect opportunity for Toyota to market their Prius.
Imagine this for the ad:
A Toyota Prius lands on Mars...similar to the way the Rover did.
Then a bunch of Martians come out of caves and look at the Prius in "awe".
Then they get inside and drive around, cranking the radio ("Twilight Time" by The Platters).
It would be great!
About what might happen should the Martian government get their hands on the rover. They will most likely have to destroy it to cover up the fact that their planet has been visited by machines from another planet. Let's just hope we can get a picture of their leaders before they disconnect the cameras!
Agreed. If it really does improve the manufacturing safety of cheese production, it's definately a good technology. I'm just aggravated by the way Xiaochun Li talks about it. ""At any other university, people would have just laughed. But this is Wisconsin. It's cheese. And this is no laughing matter." He seems to want to make it a kind of joke. Wisconsin isn't THAT crazy about cheese...and we're not all hicks...and believe me a LOT of people around the country think so.
I'm glad to see that research funds are being used to develop a frickin' CHEESE SLICING LASER. What a great way to apply technology! In addition, this GREAT new invention will continue to propagate the belief that everyone in Wisconsin is a cheese obsessed hick working on the farm all day!
Wikipedia is cool, but it's not really what the previous post is talking about. If you wanted to know how to make a Javascript menu, for instance, you couldn't find that on Wikipedia. They could tell you what a programming language is though. If you searched google for Javascript menu, you'd get a billion results for companies that sell DHTML/Javascript menus...but you wouldn't (easily) be able to find an informative article on how to make one yourself.
I agree that the internet search engines make it hard to get useful data. You can find it, but you usually have to wade through a bunch of crap first.
That's what they say, but the article gave me the impression that it basically just organizes data into usable categories. The benefit being that you can get "exactly" the data you are looking for, instead of wasting your time wading through scores of unrelated pages.
In the article is says they plan on charging between $150,000 and $300,000 a year to use this super-search engine. They think corporate execs will pay for it. Seems really steep to me. BUT, for corporate execs, its probably not too expensive. They'll just outsource another 10-15 programming jobs to India to pay for it.
I didn't really build a 1960 Ford Thunderbird engine with legos. It was a joke...and apparantly a bad one. I keep forgetting, there are probably a few people out in/. land that have actually done projects as complex as this. Sorry!
I think the age group of 0-7 is a little low. I played with legos daily until I was a teenager, and I still do. You should see the 1960 Ford Thunderbird engine block I rebuilt the other day.
Made famous by the movie "PI" and recently in IBM's Linux commercials...it's kind of like chaos theory. Out of chaos, patterns emerge. I too think that one day scientists will be able to predict with some degree of acuracy what we now refer to as "natural phenomena". However, the PBS article says that many scientist don't think they will ever be able to understand enough of the variables to "predict" earthquakes.
For years scientists have known about the signs that the faults give off before an earthquake occurs, but most scientist are skeptical that they'll ever be able to accurately predict them because there are so many environmental factors to consider.
Read more on PBS's microsite called Savage Earth, The Restless Planet: Earthquakes. It talks about prediction and whatnot.
Since a lot of people think the moon will be extremely valuable someday when interplanetary travel is common...I thought I'd inform everyone that they can buy land on the moon. I haven't done it. I'm not sure if it's a hoax or not, but here's the link.
Planetary Investments
That are experience the harsh reality of this new economy. I know a lot of people in different sectors that have lost their jobs recently. I happen to be a programmer, and I'm making 30% less in the year 2004 than I made 5 years ago! It's not fun. No one likes it, but it's just the way the economy has been. Although there is indication that the economy is turning around, which could help out everyone...not just techies.
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I'm still going to keep my vents duct-taped shut with plastic wrap until a study proves that this doesn't actually keep chemical and biological agents from seeping into my home. ...And I'm still going to avoid all contact with water.
Gamers already have at least one strong arm! Thanx p0rn!
But...why does everyone think that the new Star Wars movies suck? I agree, they're friggin' terrible. Lucas has enough money to hire talented script writer and at least make a good script, but he doesn't seem to do that even. And lets not forget Jar Jar. Who the hell thought that was a good idea? I don't know. Does he just not care, because no matter what crap he puts out, all of us geeks are going to go see it? Sorry for being slightly off topic...but I've been wondering about this for awhile and would like to hear other's opinions.
I think you're on to something. The Mars Rover is a perfect opportunity for Toyota to market their Prius. Imagine this for the ad: A Toyota Prius lands on Mars...similar to the way the Rover did. Then a bunch of Martians come out of caves and look at the Prius in "awe". Then they get inside and drive around, cranking the radio ("Twilight Time" by The Platters). It would be great!
About what might happen should the Martian government get their hands on the rover. They will most likely have to destroy it to cover up the fact that their planet has been visited by machines from another planet. Let's just hope we can get a picture of their leaders before they disconnect the cameras!
Your reply is even better! Way to go!
"It's a neural net processor...a learning machine." How far away can Skynet be?
I can get a army of remote contolled monkeys! Its about damn time, I'll say. The world is mine! Muhahahaha!!
Agreed. If it really does improve the manufacturing safety of cheese production, it's definately a good technology. I'm just aggravated by the way Xiaochun Li talks about it. ""At any other university, people would have just laughed. But this is Wisconsin. It's cheese. And this is no laughing matter." He seems to want to make it a kind of joke. Wisconsin isn't THAT crazy about cheese...and we're not all hicks...and believe me a LOT of people around the country think so.
I'm glad to see that research funds are being used to develop a frickin' CHEESE SLICING LASER. What a great way to apply technology! In addition, this GREAT new invention will continue to propagate the belief that everyone in Wisconsin is a cheese obsessed hick working on the farm all day!
Wikipedia is cool, but it's not really what the previous post is talking about. If you wanted to know how to make a Javascript menu, for instance, you couldn't find that on Wikipedia. They could tell you what a programming language is though. If you searched google for Javascript menu, you'd get a billion results for companies that sell DHTML/Javascript menus...but you wouldn't (easily) be able to find an informative article on how to make one yourself. I agree that the internet search engines make it hard to get useful data. You can find it, but you usually have to wade through a bunch of crap first.
That's what they say, but the article gave me the impression that it basically just organizes data into usable categories. The benefit being that you can get "exactly" the data you are looking for, instead of wasting your time wading through scores of unrelated pages.
In the article is says they plan on charging between $150,000 and $300,000 a year to use this super-search engine. They think corporate execs will pay for it. Seems really steep to me. BUT, for corporate execs, its probably not too expensive. They'll just outsource another 10-15 programming jobs to India to pay for it.
I didn't really build a 1960 Ford Thunderbird engine with legos. It was a joke...and apparantly a bad one. I keep forgetting, there are probably a few people out in /. land that have actually done projects as complex as this. Sorry!
I think the age group of 0-7 is a little low. I played with legos daily until I was a teenager, and I still do. You should see the 1960 Ford Thunderbird engine block I rebuilt the other day.
Made famous by the movie "PI" and recently in IBM's Linux commercials...it's kind of like chaos theory. Out of chaos, patterns emerge. I too think that one day scientists will be able to predict with some degree of acuracy what we now refer to as "natural phenomena". However, the PBS article says that many scientist don't think they will ever be able to understand enough of the variables to "predict" earthquakes.
For years scientists have known about the signs that the faults give off before an earthquake occurs, but most scientist are skeptical that they'll ever be able to accurately predict them because there are so many environmental factors to consider. Read more on PBS's microsite called Savage Earth, The Restless Planet: Earthquakes. It talks about prediction and whatnot.
Since a lot of people think the moon will be extremely valuable someday when interplanetary travel is common...I thought I'd inform everyone that they can buy land on the moon. I haven't done it. I'm not sure if it's a hoax or not, but here's the link. Planetary Investments
That are experience the harsh reality of this new economy. I know a lot of people in different sectors that have lost their jobs recently. I happen to be a programmer, and I'm making 30% less in the year 2004 than I made 5 years ago! It's not fun. No one likes it, but it's just the way the economy has been. Although there is indication that the economy is turning around, which could help out everyone...not just techies.