Why not have the IM log displayed on a big projector at the front - cuts down on the crap (f*ck you posts), and it means that the non-IM'ers in the class can see what the IM'ers are talking about. The Prof can also see the questions too without having to look down at his laptop.
Just make sure you order an Australian (or other southern hemisphere country) version, which must spin in the opposite direction to the US/European versions due to the coriolis force.
And you thought that DVD region coding was just a few bits! Do you know how hard it can be to get backwards DVD's sometimes?
I lived in Canada for 3 years on an employment permit and had no problem getting a Quebec medicare card (and social insurance number). My SO was also covered, as we were considered de-facto (common law married) after 6 months together. However this only covered GP's and public hospitals. Medications or dental cover was not covered in any way. Fortunately my company provided full health cover as part of my employment conditions, which took up the slack.
My #1 recommendation would be to make sure you have adequate health cover. I expect that as a US citizen you won't be eligible for any of the free government medical assistance. An accident or serious illness requiring hospitalisation could easily send you bankrupt!
have a battery on their chest that can be easily removed
Sounds a bite like the 'heart plug' used in Dune, where the slaves/subordinates had some sort of patch on the aorta or other major blood vessel, and a little handle that could be pulled to rip a large hole in the vessel, leading to a fairly rapid death through blood loss.
Don't forget that the Apollo 13 command module explosion was due to an electrical fault in the stirrer inside an oxygen tank. I think I'd pay a bit more to have it tested...
If you can deflect an massive object even by a very small amount (say, a half-decent nuke set off on the surface of one side) wouldn't that be enough to change its path so that it doesn't hit the earth? If you deflect it early enough, it only has to move by a few earth radii (very small in astronomical terms) in order to miss the earth.
This sounds just like the computer that Waterhouse was building in Cryptonomicon - in Brisbane, AUSTRALIA! It used mercury delay lines for memory too (and made a hell of a racket when it was running!) Maybe Neal Stephenson was on to something here...
With DSPC, Intel plans to develop and sell digital signal processors, chips that capture the digital impulses and translate them into audio for cell phones and other devices.
So Intel is moving into the D/A converter market?
Why don't tech reporters have any clue when it comes to DSPs?
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Feel it - Detect magnetic properties of big hunk of metal interacting with Earth's magnetic field.
Using one of these perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_anomaly_detector
Why not have the IM log displayed on a big projector at the front - cuts down on the crap (f*ck you posts), and it means that the non-IM'ers in the class can see what the IM'ers are talking about. The Prof can also see the questions too without having to look down at his laptop.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (our version of PBS) has a great kids site - lots of flash games, science pages, etc.
http://www.abc.net.au/children
Just make sure you order an Australian (or other southern hemisphere country) version, which must spin in the opposite direction to the US/European versions due to the coriolis force.
And you thought that DVD region coding was just a few bits! Do you know how hard it can be to get backwards DVD's sometimes?
I lived in Canada for 3 years on an employment permit and had no problem getting a Quebec medicare card (and social insurance number). My SO was also covered, as we were considered de-facto (common law married) after 6 months together. However this only covered GP's and public hospitals. Medications or dental cover was not covered in any way. Fortunately my company provided full health cover as part of my employment conditions, which took up the slack.
My #1 recommendation would be to make sure you have adequate health cover. I expect that as a US citizen you won't be eligible for any of the free government medical assistance. An accident or serious illness requiring hospitalisation could easily send you bankrupt!
That gives "buffer overflow exploit" a whole new meaning...
Sounds a bite like the 'heart plug' used in Dune, where the slaves/subordinates had some sort of patch on the aorta or other major blood vessel, and a little handle that could be pulled to rip a large hole in the vessel, leading to a fairly rapid death through blood loss.
Don't forget that the Apollo 13 command module explosion was due to an electrical fault in the stirrer inside an oxygen tank. I think I'd pay a bit more to have it tested...
See this.
Echidnas (Australian spiny ant eaters) have no REM sleep.
Transistors and valves can be used for analog devices also, so aren't really equivalent to the relay. Try building a radio using relays...
If you can deflect an massive object even by a very small amount (say, a half-decent nuke set off on the surface of one side) wouldn't that be enough to change its path so that it doesn't hit the earth? If you deflect it early enough, it only has to move by a few earth radii (very small in astronomical terms) in order to miss the earth.
This sounds just like the computer that Waterhouse was building in Cryptonomicon - in Brisbane, AUSTRALIA! It used mercury delay lines for memory too (and made a hell of a racket when it was running!) Maybe Neal Stephenson was on to something here...
Why don't tech reporters have any clue when it comes to DSPs?
Anyone got a mirror yet?