If I read the article correctly, they are using mineral grade stuff peeled off a rock with scotch tape to make devices. This itself is shocking when you consider the amount of refining needed to make silicon useful. Natural molybdenite is supposed to have impurities like rhenium in it. So why doesn't that make it not work?
Point is: Keyboard can be used without engaging brain first and it was past my bedtime. Never heard of any device physics work on moly disulphide even after being in the business for 30 years. All we hear about is how Gallium Arsenide is the material of the future. Glad some people are still being clever. Native oxide on Silicon is still a big advantage though.
Molykote is good stuff; no problem giving free advert to Dow. Plus if people want to connect with the material, they can just go buy some to get a hands on feeling (but don't get it on your hands or clothes). A bit easier than getting a chunk of GaAs or InSb to play with.
Do any home owners have their electric rates change during off-peak hours? Doesn't exist here (upstate NY).
Anyway, my gird does not need any upgrading thank you!
The shades of blue are distinct to me. It would be good practice to decorate the chart lines so that they would be distinct even in a monochrome print (data markers, dashed lines, etc.). With so many chart lines, this is difficult.
Where I live we can only get Time-Warner and Frontier DSL. Having some other ISP give better service is interesting, but gives me no leverage as others have pointed out. Maybe we should go back to the public utility model. For some reason I'm asked to choose an electricity supplier even though there is only one electric infrastructure, but I have little choice in internet access. Have to say Roadrunner service has been fine, but pricey.
1) The importance of this game in the kid's life has gotten totally out of control. "This is all he does." Creepy.
2) Kid thinks game achievements actually mean something; they don't.
3) Mother probably does not understand mechanisms for cheating.
4) Response from XBL was poor though.
I have been thinking the same thing. Why bother trying to get on the plane when there's a plane-load of unscreened people standing around the body scanner? Just blow up the scanner and take out a million dollar machine and whoever is nearby. This makes the whole security setup useless. Anybody can walk up to the scanner with a bomb and the TSA will have to think of something else like screening people before they go through screening.
While you are in line you are standing next to the unscreened terrorist (if there is one). PS: I am not a terrorist nor do I play one on TV.
Here's another link http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/digiscent_pr.html
I remember the DigiScent hype at the time.
Unlike vision where you can use combinations of RGB light to fool the eye into seeing almost any color, there are no basis vectors for scent. The scent cartridge becomes unwieldy.
From their site:
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL CORE VALUES
We Serve – willingly in all locations and conditions.
We Care – for the safety, security, development, and well-being of our employees.
We Empower – our employees to succeed in a culture based on trust, respect, loyalty, and commitment.
We Perform – with a relentless commitment to exceeding expectations.
We Do the Right Thing – always, for our customers, employees, and those we serve.
They left out the part about underage cross-dressing sex slaves...
I have noticed that as I get older I have become more obsessed with younger people following the "rules". Not sure why this is; just an observation. If I had to follow rules whether or not they made sense, then they have to do it too! The announced rule on the flight was probably to turn off ALL electronic devices. They don't say to put your device in airplane mode or deactivate any transmissions in a certain frequency range or give exemptions to this or that device. Too complicated. Teenager was probably annoying; 68-year old was probably incensed that someone not following instructions that everyone else had to obey suffered no consequences.
Bank of America isn't worried about Wikileaks telling people about the evil things they have done. ALL banks do that! They are worried that the leaks will show they have been behaving in a financially ethical manner and working for the benefit of their customers. If other banks find out about that, there will be hell to pay. People will make fun of them and lawyers won't want to keep their accounts there anymore. Could cause a run on the bank! They are buying up sites like BOAhelpswidowsandorphans.com.
Glad the journal didn't bounce the work because the figures were not done in Excel or Powerpoint. I'm ashamed I never used crayon for any of mine. Crayons are at least open source and DRM free.
OK, I retract the moron comment. Higher management has not served the company well. It has been sad seeing such a once proud company go down the tubes while the PR people claim everything is "on track". An airplane falling from the sky is also "on track", sort of. Can you imagine I once had stock options at $100?
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Good example of "duct tape engineering". After all, it is not recommended to use duct tape on ducts.
If I read the article correctly, they are using mineral grade stuff peeled off a rock with scotch tape to make devices. This itself is shocking when you consider the amount of refining needed to make silicon useful. Natural molybdenite is supposed to have impurities like rhenium in it. So why doesn't that make it not work?
Town name was Molybdenum?
Point is: Keyboard can be used without engaging brain first and it was past my bedtime. Never heard of any device physics work on moly disulphide even after being in the business for 30 years. All we hear about is how Gallium Arsenide is the material of the future. Glad some people are still being clever. Native oxide on Silicon is still a big advantage though. Molykote is good stuff; no problem giving free advert to Dow. Plus if people want to connect with the material, they can just go buy some to get a hands on feeling (but don't get it on your hands or clothes). A bit easier than getting a chunk of GaAs or InSb to play with.
Isn't this just Moly disulphide, the lubricant in Molykote? http://www.dowcorning.com/content/molykote/anniversary.aspx?bhcp=1
Obligatory: Think of the children!
Do any home owners have their electric rates change during off-peak hours? Doesn't exist here (upstate NY). Anyway, my gird does not need any upgrading thank you!
The shades of blue are distinct to me. It would be good practice to decorate the chart lines so that they would be distinct even in a monochrome print (data markers, dashed lines, etc.). With so many chart lines, this is difficult.
Where I live we can only get Time-Warner and Frontier DSL. Having some other ISP give better service is interesting, but gives me no leverage as others have pointed out. Maybe we should go back to the public utility model. For some reason I'm asked to choose an electricity supplier even though there is only one electric infrastructure, but I have little choice in internet access. Have to say Roadrunner service has been fine, but pricey.
And after reading this I really want the decryption keys!
I drive my wife's Prius so hard it only gets 35mpg. So there!
1) The importance of this game in the kid's life has gotten totally out of control. "This is all he does." Creepy. 2) Kid thinks game achievements actually mean something; they don't. 3) Mother probably does not understand mechanisms for cheating. 4) Response from XBL was poor though.
Too bad we come from a non-pony country.
I have been thinking the same thing. Why bother trying to get on the plane when there's a plane-load of unscreened people standing around the body scanner? Just blow up the scanner and take out a million dollar machine and whoever is nearby. This makes the whole security setup useless. Anybody can walk up to the scanner with a bomb and the TSA will have to think of something else like screening people before they go through screening. While you are in line you are standing next to the unscreened terrorist (if there is one). PS: I am not a terrorist nor do I play one on TV.
Here's another link http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/digiscent_pr.html I remember the DigiScent hype at the time. Unlike vision where you can use combinations of RGB light to fool the eye into seeing almost any color, there are no basis vectors for scent. The scent cartridge becomes unwieldy.
Very Blue Man Group. Check out Blue Man Group TV Heads on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaixXrzu2qY
I just opened my fridge and found a mysterious green blob. I for one welcome our all-powerful voorwerp overlords.
From their site: DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL CORE VALUES We Serve – willingly in all locations and conditions. We Care – for the safety, security, development, and well-being of our employees. We Empower – our employees to succeed in a culture based on trust, respect, loyalty, and commitment. We Perform – with a relentless commitment to exceeding expectations. We Do the Right Thing – always, for our customers, employees, and those we serve. They left out the part about underage cross-dressing sex slaves...
Mercury fulminate is an explosive, but probably poisonous too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury(II)_fulminate
Makes no sense to me either. I'm an EE and I'd like to know...
Now I will have to postpone my evil plan until that search falls off the end of my browser history!
I have noticed that as I get older I have become more obsessed with younger people following the "rules". Not sure why this is; just an observation. If I had to follow rules whether or not they made sense, then they have to do it too! The announced rule on the flight was probably to turn off ALL electronic devices. They don't say to put your device in airplane mode or deactivate any transmissions in a certain frequency range or give exemptions to this or that device. Too complicated. Teenager was probably annoying; 68-year old was probably incensed that someone not following instructions that everyone else had to obey suffered no consequences.
Bank of America isn't worried about Wikileaks telling people about the evil things they have done. ALL banks do that! They are worried that the leaks will show they have been behaving in a financially ethical manner and working for the benefit of their customers. If other banks find out about that, there will be hell to pay. People will make fun of them and lawyers won't want to keep their accounts there anymore. Could cause a run on the bank! They are buying up sites like BOAhelpswidowsandorphans.com.
Glad the journal didn't bounce the work because the figures were not done in Excel or Powerpoint. I'm ashamed I never used crayon for any of mine. Crayons are at least open source and DRM free.
OK, I retract the moron comment. Higher management has not served the company well. It has been sad seeing such a once proud company go down the tubes while the PR people claim everything is "on track". An airplane falling from the sky is also "on track", sort of. Can you imagine I once had stock options at $100?