Us humans are left with the crumbs from rodent health research.
We've just about cured all disease, cancer, aging, and now trauma in mice and rats. How? Billions of dollars spent researching disease and testing cures on the little guys. Maybe Douglas Adams was right.
Component video might not be protected. HDMI/DVI transmit digitally, which is what has content providers worried. Since component is analog, and because of the large install base you noted, it might not require HDCP. (pure speculation)
I have an idea for using what they call a "light emitting diode" and using it to create what I call a "laser." I will point this "laser" at the earth and demand 1 MILLION DOLLARS!
I can remember something similar with customer studies. Given several choices, people often seem to identify one as the one they hate. Even if they are all good choices. So sometimes we'd leave a choice in that we didn't think was very good to give people something to vent on. Made discussing the other product options go much smoother and kept the engineers from having their feelings hurt. Even seem to help normalize data. If they didn't vent on the sucky choice, well, they just weren't into giving us feedback.
Selling old books was a nice source of cash for me at the end of each semester. Buying used books at the start saved a lot too. I'm not sure a 33% discount will be enough.
There was an interesting article long ago in Scientific American which discussed how removing asbestos from the O-rings on Challenger's boosters led to the O-rings failing. Well, at least no one at Nasa got lung cancer.
We used to play in them all the time as kids in southern New Mexico. Most were harmless. But the hill behind our apartment would spawn several strong ones a year that would come down and rip the screen doors off our place. I'd have to find them out in the field and nail them back on the door frame.
Cinergy serves Cincinnati which already has fierce competition between Cincinnati Bell's Zoomtown service (which I use at home) and Time Warner's Roadrunner service (which I use at work). The price has settled at about $45/mo (less with bundling). Now they compete on speed (3Mbps download 768 Kbps upload vs ~5Mbps max download and ? upload). It'll be fun to see what a third competitor will do to price and speed.
In years gone by, kids would go to the movies every week to watch their favorite serialized show. Admission was cheap and the theater sold some snacks. What folks are talking about is similar for home viewing.
But what if we really did go back to showing serials at the movies again. It's very possible with digital projectors. Lots of opportunity there once digtal projectors become more common (pretty expensive toys).
Movie theaters run the shows in the afternoon, attracting the after school crowd. This fills up theaters when they are least busy. Kids pay a $1 to watch a 30-60 minute show. The real money is in selling popcorn. They can swap shows in and out depending on demand and what's hot. Sort of a hybrid TV-Tivo-Theater. Mall theaters would be perfect.
Theaters are happy: increased revenue Kids are happy: new social scene Parents are happy: safe place for kids after school. Studios are happy: cash for what are esentially tv shows and avoiding most DRM hassles.
Maybe I'll open one of these theaters in a future career.
I think the sweet spot will be $1 for TV too. For a couple of reasons. You're likely to only watch a show once, maybe twice, unlike a song you'll listen to a dozen times. Then except for a few shows/producers/directors, most of the episodes will be of unknown quality. Some people might pay $3-5 but a buck is small enough for significantly more people to say "what the heck" and try it. Just my $.02 worth.
I had that list too. Circa 1990/91 and included "every" anonymous ftp server on the net. funic.funet.fi was a favorite. With that list and a 2400 baud modem, we felt like kings.
Just to reinforce what you wrote, the benefit is squared, not linear. A first order aproximation is that the energy needed to reach those velocities is a squared function. Escape energy from the moon to leave earth as well is probably the difference.
So... 7.6^2=58 to launch from earth to earth orbit. 13^2=169 for intrasolar.
3^2=9 to put launch from the moon to earth orbit. 169+9-11^2=57 for intrasolar stuff.
True, Dell and others may have better deals. But this pc has been on sale for $199 (not shown in the link) for months. I'm thinking of slapping a cheap monitor on it and giving it to my mom. She was using an 8088 until 3 years ago for email before upgrading to a 486. Obviously there's no hurry.
That was the idea. But the really scary thing is that it was my instructor's partner who supplied the equipment then took a group of us on a small cave dive. I noticed I was running low and returned sooner than anyone else in the group so as to reach the surface at 500 psi. I did not like leaving the group! I was at 700 leaving the cave at 90 ft. Not good! Had to swim a bit to get clear for ascent. Then... no air.
I'm glad training kicked in and I didn't panic, but I'm lucky stupidity (mine and others) didn't kill me in the cave.
I wasn't able to read the article, so I'm glad folks pointed out there is a reserve tank.
I once ran out of air at 70ft because of a faulty pressure gage. And that's pretty simple technology. No big deal if you stay calm and remember your training because there is still air in the tank (gage read 500psi, pressure differential was 0, actual pressure was around 40psi).
I'm going to be a little hesitant with batteries. It's enough trouble tracking rechargable AA and laptop batteries. Now you'll need a reserve battery (for your reserve air) and it better darn well be healthy! A pressure sensor is a lot simpler than something that calculates remaining charge.
Still, I have no doubt they'll figure out how to make it robust enough for us casual divers in the next 10-20 years. 'Til then I'm going to stick with the malfunctions I know how to survive.
I've wondered about that myself. How often is the branch going to be out of date? Applies to more than just NS vs FF. There's only 3 scenarios.
Branch updates before trunk.
Branch and trunk update simultaneously
Branch updates after trunk.
The first two happen from time to time, but the 3rd is the norm. The good news is that security updates discourage forking since the 1st and 3rd encourage whoever is lagging to keep up or fold.
Me, I'm sticking with FF over NS for just these sorts of update troubles.
I got a call one night from a local TV station asking if I would mind asking some questions. Sure, might as well have my opinion count in some poll. So they proceed to ask questions about politics in Serbia. I was pretty proud I could give informed answers. But towards the end, when I prefaced an answer with "Well, I'm not an expert, but.." the woman said, "Wait, aren't you _____ the international relations expert?" I said "No, I'm _____ the engineer." Turns out I was being mistakenly interviewed because the real expert and I had the same name.
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Us humans are left with the crumbs from rodent health research. We've just about cured all disease, cancer, aging, and now trauma in mice and rats. How? Billions of dollars spent researching disease and testing cures on the little guys. Maybe Douglas Adams was right.
Component video might not be protected. HDMI/DVI transmit digitally, which is what has content providers worried. Since component is analog, and because of the large install base you noted, it might not require HDCP. (pure speculation)
At least until I find out more about google tracking us. http://mboffin.com/post.aspx?id=1830
I have an idea for using what they call a "light emitting diode" and using it to create what I call a "laser." I will point this "laser" at the earth and demand 1 MILLION DOLLARS!
I can remember something similar with customer studies. Given several choices, people often seem to identify one as the one they hate. Even if they are all good choices. So sometimes we'd leave a choice in that we didn't think was very good to give people something to vent on. Made discussing the other product options go much smoother and kept the engineers from having their feelings hurt. Even seem to help normalize data. If they didn't vent on the sucky choice, well, they just weren't into giving us feedback.
Selling old books was a nice source of cash for me at the end of each semester. Buying used books at the start saved a lot too. I'm not sure a 33% discount will be enough.
There was an interesting article long ago in Scientific American which discussed how removing asbestos from the O-rings on Challenger's boosters led to the O-rings failing. Well, at least no one at Nasa got lung cancer.
Glad they heard it because how often can astronomers believe what they see? This Hubble picture? Bah! We've got to hear it! http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/ releases/1998/05/
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell." - General Philip Sheridan 1855
Seems you're not the first to suggest it'd be better to live underground.
We used to play in them all the time as kids in southern New Mexico. Most were harmless. But the hill behind our apartment would spawn several strong ones a year that would come down and rip the screen doors off our place. I'd have to find them out in the field and nail them back on the door frame.
Cinergy serves Cincinnati which already has fierce competition between Cincinnati Bell's Zoomtown service (which I use at home) and Time Warner's Roadrunner service (which I use at work). The price has settled at about $45/mo (less with bundling). Now they compete on speed (3Mbps download 768 Kbps upload vs ~5Mbps max download and ? upload). It'll be fun to see what a third competitor will do to price and speed.
.03405 Hogsheads, unless you meant metric hogsheads
In years gone by, kids would go to the movies every week to watch their favorite serialized show. Admission was cheap and the theater sold some snacks. What folks are talking about is similar for home viewing.
But what if we really did go back to showing serials at the movies again. It's very possible with digital projectors. Lots of opportunity there once digtal projectors become more common (pretty expensive toys).
Movie theaters run the shows in the afternoon, attracting the after school crowd. This fills up theaters when they are least busy. Kids pay a $1 to watch a 30-60 minute show. The real money is in selling popcorn. They can swap shows in and out depending on demand and what's hot. Sort of a hybrid TV-Tivo-Theater. Mall theaters would be perfect.
Theaters are happy: increased revenue
Kids are happy: new social scene
Parents are happy: safe place for kids after school.
Studios are happy: cash for what are esentially tv shows and avoiding most DRM hassles.
Maybe I'll open one of these theaters in a future career.
I think the sweet spot will be $1 for TV too. For a couple of reasons. You're likely to only watch a show once, maybe twice, unlike a song you'll listen to a dozen times. Then except for a few shows/producers/directors, most of the episodes will be of unknown quality. Some people might pay $3-5 but a buck is small enough for significantly more people to say "what the heck" and try it. Just my $.02 worth.
I had that list too. Circa 1990/91 and included "every" anonymous ftp server on the net. funic.funet.fi was a favorite. With that list and a 2400 baud modem, we felt like kings.
http://microcenter.com/images/specials/0605a_page0 1_full.jpg
Look at the lower left corner. Not a great machine, but I've been debating getting one for my mom to replace the 486. $99 if you apply for the credit card.
Just to reinforce what you wrote, the benefit is squared, not linear. A first order aproximation is that the energy needed to reach those velocities is a squared function. Escape energy from the moon to leave earth as well is probably the difference.
So... 7.6^2=58 to launch from earth to earth orbit. 13^2=169 for intrasolar.
3^2=9 to put launch from the moon to earth orbit. 169+9-11^2=57 for intrasolar stuff.
Better than launching from earth directly.
True, Dell and others may have better deals. But this pc has been on sale for $199 (not shown in the link) for months. I'm thinking of slapping a cheap monitor on it and giving it to my mom. She was using an 8088 until 3 years ago for email before upgrading to a 486. Obviously there's no hurry.
For those looking for an example: http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtm l?product_id=184679
Yeah, not a great computer, but does what most folks are looking for.
That was the idea. But the really scary thing is that it was my instructor's partner who supplied the equipment then took a group of us on a small cave dive. I noticed I was running low and returned sooner than anyone else in the group so as to reach the surface at 500 psi. I did not like leaving the group! I was at 700 leaving the cave at 90 ft. Not good! Had to swim a bit to get clear for ascent. Then ... no air.
I'm glad training kicked in and I didn't panic, but I'm lucky stupidity (mine and others) didn't kill me in the cave.
I wasn't able to read the article, so I'm glad folks pointed out there is a reserve tank.
I once ran out of air at 70ft because of a faulty pressure gage. And that's pretty simple technology. No big deal if you stay calm and remember your training because there is still air in the tank (gage read 500psi, pressure differential was 0, actual pressure was around 40psi).
I'm going to be a little hesitant with batteries. It's enough trouble tracking rechargable AA and laptop batteries. Now you'll need a reserve battery (for your reserve air) and it better darn well be healthy! A pressure sensor is a lot simpler than something that calculates remaining charge.
Still, I have no doubt they'll figure out how to make it robust enough for us casual divers in the next 10-20 years. 'Til then I'm going to stick with the malfunctions I know how to survive.
I've wondered about that myself. How often is the branch going to be out of date? Applies to more than just NS vs FF. There's only 3 scenarios. Branch updates before trunk. Branch and trunk update simultaneously Branch updates after trunk. The first two happen from time to time, but the 3rd is the norm. The good news is that security updates discourage forking since the 1st and 3rd encourage whoever is lagging to keep up or fold. Me, I'm sticking with FF over NS for just these sorts of update troubles.
Worms might have conquered the universe except for a fatal flaw. They can make stable wormholes but can't stay underground after it rains.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619p1.html
I almost became the source of misquotes.
I got a call one night from a local TV station asking if I would mind asking some questions. Sure, might as well have my opinion count in some poll. So they proceed to ask questions about politics in Serbia. I was pretty proud I could give informed answers. But towards the end, when I prefaced an answer with "Well, I'm not an expert, but.." the woman said, "Wait, aren't you _____ the international relations expert?" I said "No, I'm _____ the engineer." Turns out I was being mistakenly interviewed because the real expert and I had the same name.
I still think I had good answers.