I, like a number of other posters, find it difficult to get my panties in a twist about how the mass marketers are going to work out purchasing tampons, Depends and prenatal vitamins on one debit card. Sucks to be them, I suppose.
No, that's something that just happens over a period of time here at Slashdot. It's connected to your UID in some way. Apparently Raven64 has been here long enough for the memes to infiltrate his brain in such a way that he's getting some feedback which is interpreted by most people as a conversation with the summary, then the TFA itself.
My UID is a bit higher than his and I can hear glimpses of the siren song now and again. I expect full conversations soon.
It has nothing to do with skipping meds. I find when I do that, the only difference is that the comments make a bit more sense than otherwise.
Yes it does, look at the edge around 7:00 - not nearly as well defined, but it's there.
It, obviously, is a highly advanced Starship fueling up on hydrogen plasma. The circle is a force field around the ship which allows it to operate close the the star. The dark tube is the fueling conduit.
As the NASA video linked by eldavojohn shows, these are quite common. (You'll note the NASA scientist did NOT have an explanation for them, just said they were common. That IS NOT reassuring.)
Dunno there. Usually Slashdot doesn't screw up geometric primitives. Squares are squares. Rectangles, well, rectangles sometimes get mangled. But circle to triangle? WTF?
I spent a couple of minutes looking at the static picture trying to find the triangle. Like Where's Waldo for the adults after a really bad hangover.
Me, I like tripods. Never have seen anyone put a long lens on a gun stock. Unless you had a smallish lens, the gunstock would be overwhelmed by the lens. If you've got a smallish lens, then I'd just handhold it like I'm supposed to.
If you were going to put the gunstock on a bipod or rest, then you might as well use a tripod.
Way to go big boys! Extradite a harmless college kid who might be doing something moderately illegal but who's transgressions don't amount for a hill of beans, all things considered.
Leave those nice bankers and upstanding Wall Street financiers to ruin the economy with nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
Well life just sucks sometime. Just walking into one bus, one single ordinary transit bus, can ruin your whole day. And, if in the US, bankrupt you at that.
Yeah, I wouldn't call 10 billion people a non problem. The big question is whether or not humans get to decrease their population in a less than catastrophic fashion. Nature is glad to help out at any time should we miscalculate.
1. The article makes breathless claims about "emergency' CT scans and gives a decidedly FUD picture to the issue of radiation exposure via medical devices. It's there, just not as dramatically as mentioned. 2. I added the different generations of CT scanners to point out that manufacturers have been cutting down dosage systematically and significantly over the past couple of decades. Again, it's really just progress..... 3. The cost of the 128 slice "new algorithm" scanner is almost an order of magnitude more than a base gen 3 CT scan. It does things that the cheaper scanner doesn't but that's a pretty high price to pay. The info comes from a linked article in TFA (see my post below the first one). 4. This is Slashdot. I thought somebody would appreciate this bit of technical trivia. Of course, if it ran OS X or if Google developed it, the thread would get 10 times the comments this one will get.
Mostly I'm just grumping about stupid press releases. If they toned down the rhetoric and added some technical detail, it might be an interesting Slashdot post. As it is, it's just fluffy techno pony drivel.
And if this linked article doesn't remind you of a certain Monty Python sketch, then you've ceased to be, kicked the bucket and shuffled off this mortal coil.
I don't see how they did that blurb with a straight face.
1. I hate 'news articles' that are chock full of hyperbole and mis information. TFA implies that most CT scanning is done in the ER for life or death reasons which is hardly true. It oversells the current radiation dose of modern 16+ slice scanners and attempts to lower the radiation doses for all CTs. 2. Current gen CT scanners cut the dose of most tests by at least half from the second and third gen scanners. Of course, TFA doesn't mention how good the new dose regimens are in terms of decreasing dose. 3. It appears that this new tech has a significant price tag. TFA quoted 1.5 million for a 128 slice scanner with the "new algorithm". More slices = faster and more resolution, but mostly faster. The current 'top of the line' is 64 slice. "Standard" CTs are 16 slice and cost anywhere from $150 - 250K. 4. At least the GE scanners run Linux!
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I, like a number of other posters, find it difficult to get my panties in a twist about how the mass marketers are going to work out purchasing tampons, Depends and prenatal vitamins on one debit card. Sucks to be them, I suppose.
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TFA started responding to me
Did you forget to take your pills today?
No, that's something that just happens over a period of time here at Slashdot. It's connected to your UID in some way. Apparently Raven64 has been here long enough for the memes to infiltrate his brain in such a way that he's getting some feedback which is interpreted by most people as a conversation with the summary, then the TFA itself.
My UID is a bit higher than his and I can hear glimpses of the siren song now and again. I expect full conversations soon.
It has nothing to do with skipping meds. I find when I do that, the only difference is that the comments make a bit more sense than otherwise.
Part of the government wrote the code for the space shuttle, the most bug-free program ever written. Seriously, look it up, that code is amazing.
That's it! Get rid of those nasty high level languages and get back to the bare metal with assembly. None of this new fangled junky stuff.
Kids these days. Never learn anything from their betters.
Just try to snort NyQuill and see what happens. I dare you.
"This is gonna replace CD's soon; guess I'll have to buy the White Album again."
Agent K
Yeah I wouldn't mind an explanation for this one. The thing looks like it was propelled without any momentum.
You do understand that we are looking at a picture of the surface of a star? Fusion power! Now that's momentum!
Yes it does, look at the edge around 7:00 - not nearly as well defined, but it's there.
It, obviously, is a highly advanced Starship fueling up on hydrogen plasma. The circle is a force field around the ship which allows it to operate close the the star. The dark tube is the fueling conduit.
As the NASA video linked by eldavojohn shows, these are quite common. (You'll note the NASA scientist did NOT have an explanation for them, just said they were common. That IS NOT reassuring.)
We're doomed.
Dunno there. Usually Slashdot doesn't screw up geometric primitives. Squares are squares. Rectangles, well, rectangles sometimes get mangled. But circle to triangle? WTF?
I spent a couple of minutes looking at the static picture trying to find the triangle. Like Where's Waldo for the adults after a really bad hangover.
Me, I like tripods. Never have seen anyone put a long lens on a gun stock. Unless you had a smallish lens, the gunstock would be overwhelmed by the lens. If you've got a smallish lens, then I'd just handhold it like I'm supposed to.
If you were going to put the gunstock on a bipod or rest, then you might as well use a tripod.
Way to go big boys! Extradite a harmless college kid who might be doing something moderately illegal but who's transgressions don't amount for a hill of beans, all things considered.
Leave those nice bankers and upstanding Wall Street financiers to ruin the economy with nothing more than an indignant letter and a small fine.
Yep, leaders of the free world we are.
We've got SonicWall at work. Mostly to block Facebook. Except if you use HTTPS, it lets it through.
That took the staff about a week to figure out.
Dude, you've got a well, you've got a problem.
Ahh Slashdot. Where are you going my little tech site?
First, discussing makeup.
Now the Art scene.
I'm going back to bed.... Maybe tomorrow this nightmare will be over.
I, personally, liked the pristine lab coats. Always a good sign of Quality Science.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But 'Leonardo Pisano Series' doesn't work all that well.
"Sunshine... on my shoulder... makes me happy...."
Stomp!
Crunch.
'Ah, the peace and quiet of the wilderness."
Well life just sucks sometime. Just walking into one bus, one single ordinary transit bus, can ruin your whole day. And, if in the US, bankrupt you at that.
Yeah, I wouldn't call 10 billion people a non problem. The big question is whether or not humans get to decrease their population in a less than catastrophic fashion. Nature is glad to help out at any time should we miscalculate.
Hopefully it will stop soon. 640 slices ought to be enough for anyone....
No, I added a few things -
1. The article makes breathless claims about "emergency' CT scans and gives a decidedly FUD picture to the issue of radiation exposure via medical devices. It's there, just not as dramatically as mentioned.
2. I added the different generations of CT scanners to point out that manufacturers have been cutting down dosage systematically and significantly over the past couple of decades. Again, it's really just progress.....
3. The cost of the 128 slice "new algorithm" scanner is almost an order of magnitude more than a base gen 3 CT scan. It does things that the cheaper scanner doesn't but that's a pretty high price to pay. The info comes from a linked article in TFA (see my post below the first one).
4. This is Slashdot. I thought somebody would appreciate this bit of technical trivia. Of course, if it ran OS X or if Google developed it, the thread would get 10 times the comments this one will get.
Mostly I'm just grumping about stupid press releases. If they toned down the rhetoric and added some technical detail, it might be an interesting Slashdot post. As it is, it's just fluffy techno pony drivel.
Now, if you don't mind, it's time for my nap....
Better get used to it. The GE tech rep said it was going to be Linux all the way down as far as GE is concerned....
And if this linked article doesn't remind you of a certain Monty Python sketch, then you've ceased to be, kicked the bucket and shuffled off this mortal coil.
I don't see how they did that blurb with a straight face.
1. I hate 'news articles' that are chock full of hyperbole and mis information. TFA implies that most CT scanning is done in the ER for life or death reasons which is hardly true. It oversells the current radiation dose of modern 16+ slice scanners and attempts to lower the radiation doses for all CTs.
2. Current gen CT scanners cut the dose of most tests by at least half from the second and third gen scanners. Of course, TFA doesn't mention how good the new dose regimens are in terms of decreasing dose.
3. It appears that this new tech has a significant price tag. TFA quoted 1.5 million for a 128 slice scanner with the "new algorithm". More slices = faster and more resolution, but mostly faster. The current 'top of the line' is 64 slice. "Standard" CTs are 16 slice and cost anywhere from $150 - 250K.
4. At least the GE scanners run Linux!
African or European rock?
Well, Mark Twain didn't say "Lies, damned lies and emotions", did he?
Some people have no idea how to use a search engine.
And some people search for more complex issues that 'pony midget sex video". (211,000 hits in Google).