Somehow this reminds me about another trademark "Pentax *ist" (a bunch of digital cameras). It's way too silly to pronounce that ("May I see that Pentax starist camera please...")
The official explanation is that '*' can stand for anything you consider your are (like artist).
I don't know the processor, but I know that canon digital cameras run a version of DOS (DR-DOS?). I am not joking. You can get command prompt by connecting through USB.
I tried Copernic for about a week and then removed it.
A major "showstopper" for me was that Copernic would lock files at random (indexing?). When I would try to delete a directory I would get an error that files are in use. It was happening way too often even after I limited the directories I indexed.
Another problem was random slowdowns and explorer crashes. I don't have a proof that Copernic was at fault - only circumstantial evidence.
Or as the article itself says: "The scientific consensus might, of course, be wrong."
At the risk of being labeled a troll. There are only a few ways that can convincingly prove a scientific theory: 1) carefully done experiments where all the extra parameters are kept constant, which is impossible in this case, or 2) either analytical derivation or computational simulation from "first principles" (also can't be achieved despite all the progress in HPC).
Studies that I'm aware of either show that there is a historical correlation between CO2 levels and temperature (no control for other sources that change climate) or ad-hoc models that are made to fit past data and then used to extrapolate into the future (approach has been tried before for stock market prediction without much success).
It's just very hard to prove human influence on climate.
Having said this, I think it's a very good idea to try find a better source of energy than oil and gas.
Please reread your chemistry textbook. You mix up chemical dissociation and electrostatic charges. I think enough people already pointed out that your argument is wrong.
If you still don't understand that electrostatic charge doesn't cause oxidation, and that you can have electrostatic charge on practically anything - not just acid solutions, I can't help you.
I hope this is sarcasm. The post above is gibberish. It's nonsense written by someone who doesn't understand chemistry and physics.
If you don't believe me here's a simple example. Every time you comb your hair with a plastic comb you electrically charge it. If the argument above is correct your hair would fade from that (hair pigment). Does it?
Well, a search for philosopher's stone eventually lead to major progress in chemistry. An attempt to solve NP complete problems may one day lead to progress in quantum computing.
Maybe one day this cold fusion nonsense would lead to progress in something - maybe calorimeters... I'm an optimist - so shoot me:)
Let me summarize the "theory of patches": you reverse patches in the opposit order of applying them.
I don't know why anyone would make a big deal out of that.
I have to agree with many other comments: the use of haskell eliminated it as a choice for me. I use subversion instead, and still looking for a better vcs. I checked all the available free (and some non-free) systems and all of them have major warts.
There was an episode of P & T's "Bullsh-t" about creationism. Highly recommend it.
Good scientific work is a strong argument for me and other nerdy types, but not for the ID types. They are just nuts. Listen or read the stuff that ID supporters put out. Every other sentence is complete bull.
I was driving a few months ago (in California) and a minivan in front of me had at least 8 TV screens: 1 for the driver, one for each passenger and one more big screen for everyone in the back.
Just read the DNG format spec. It stores image data in essentially TIFF format or restricted JPEG. If we want to keep full 12- or 14- bit per pixel image we are stuck with TIFF.
Now, most camera raw formats use lossless compression (my Canon 300D packs 9 million pixel samples at 12 bit into 6 megabytes of raw file, which is quite good). From the format description, DNG files would be much larger. Since, CF card storage is still expensive, I don't think OEMs will be adopting this format anytime soon.
I live just a few blocks away from Moller's company. There isn't much going on there nowadays.
When they used to do testing on the car prototype the noise was pretty loud. So, I don't know if people would stand dozens of these cars flying around.
You have to admire the tenacity though, spending 40 years on one idea.
that's expensive. Proofreading and editing is expensive. Sending out papers for peer review and keeping track of the comments. Keep in mind that many scientific journals publish less then a thousand copies.
There is an alternative - author pays (see PLOS). There are downsides to this too. If you don't have grant money you don't publish. It is less of a problem in biology, but mathematics and theoretical physics will suffer.
Publishing on the web is not a good alternative. With paper journals and a university library you can find articles from 100 years ago or more. Strangely enough these old articles are useful sometimes:)
The problem came about because Springer decided make scientific journal publishing a more profitable business at the same time that libraries decided to cut costs by limiting paper journal subscriptions. IMHO, let's not make radical changes while we are in a state of flux.
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The official explanation is that '*' can stand for anything you consider your are (like artist).
Although it's tempting to say that some things haven't changed, I wouldn't.
If you are interested you should look here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canondigicamhacking/
Personally, I try to concentrate on the artistic aspect of photography rather than the technical one. It's much more fun.
I tried Copernic for about a week and then removed it. A major "showstopper" for me was that Copernic would lock files at random (indexing?). When I would try to delete a directory I would get an error that files are in use. It was happening way too often even after I limited the directories I indexed. Another problem was random slowdowns and explorer crashes. I don't have a proof that Copernic was at fault - only circumstantial evidence.
IIRC, CDMA cellphones use GPS signal for time synchronization. If GPS network is shut down, will Verizon & Sprint phones go down too?
Next step in 'technology' - postage stamps with your own picture on it. That would be 37c, please.
Unfortunately, I am equipped to evaluate the data.
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At the risk of being labeled a troll. There are only a few ways that can convincingly prove a scientific theory: 1) carefully done experiments where all the extra parameters are kept constant, which is impossible in this case, or 2) either analytical derivation or computational simulation from "first principles" (also can't be achieved despite all the progress in HPC).
Studies that I'm aware of either show that there is a historical correlation between CO2 levels and temperature (no control for other sources that change climate) or ad-hoc models that are made to fit past data and then used to extrapolate into the future (approach has been tried before for stock market prediction without much success).
It's just very hard to prove human influence on climate.
Having said this, I think it's a very good idea to try find a better source of energy than oil and gas.
Please reread your chemistry textbook. You mix up chemical dissociation and electrostatic charges. I think enough people already pointed out that your argument is wrong.
If you still don't understand that electrostatic charge doesn't cause oxidation, and that you can have electrostatic charge on practically anything - not just acid solutions, I can't help you.
If you don't believe me here's a simple example. Every time you comb your hair with a plastic comb you electrically charge it. If the argument above is correct your hair would fade from that (hair pigment). Does it?
Maybe one day this cold fusion nonsense would lead to progress in something - maybe calorimeters... I'm an optimist - so shoot me :)
I think FFTW would be the most famous and useful if not the most popular.
I don't know why anyone would make a big deal out of that.
I have to agree with many other comments: the use of haskell eliminated it as a choice for me. I use subversion instead, and still looking for a better vcs. I checked all the available free (and some non-free) systems and all of them have major warts.
It was shown that prayer messes up your brain even more. Basically your brain releases serotonin when you pray and it makes you "feel better". Religion is just as addictive as drugs and porn, and if government insists on regulating the last two they should consider regulate the first one. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd= Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1459474 2
Good scientific work is a strong argument for me and other nerdy types, but not for the ID types. They are just nuts. Listen or read the stuff that ID supporters put out. Every other sentence is complete bull.
Move over Audi... :) Custom mods rule :)
Let's do the math. The claim is for $1bn. They settle for $92m. My guess is that both sides decided that Kodak has less than 10% chance of winning.
Won't we need a pretty big radio transmitter to transmit to an access point that is 10 miles away? Wouldn't it drain laptop battery in no time?
How about that idea? Wouldn't that be a great competition for expensive mobile phone plans?
Now, most camera raw formats use lossless compression (my Canon 300D packs 9 million pixel samples at 12 bit into 6 megabytes of raw file, which is quite good). From the format description, DNG files would be much larger. Since, CF card storage is still expensive, I don't think OEMs will be adopting this format anytime soon.
When they used to do testing on the car prototype the noise was pretty loud. So, I don't know if people would stand dozens of these cars flying around.
You have to admire the tenacity though, spending 40 years on one idea.
That's what I'm afraid of: crappy music player in a mediocre pda with a shi*ty camera and a terrible phone.
$58Bn is about $10 for every person in the world icluding babies. By 2008 there will be cooler things to spend your hard earned money on.
There is an alternative - author pays (see PLOS). There are downsides to this too. If you don't have grant money you don't publish. It is less of a problem in biology, but mathematics and theoretical physics will suffer.
Publishing on the web is not a good alternative. With paper journals and a university library you can find articles from 100 years ago or more. Strangely enough these old articles are useful sometimes :)
The problem came about because Springer decided make scientific journal publishing a more profitable business at the same time that libraries decided to cut costs by limiting paper journal subscriptions. IMHO, let's not make radical changes while we are in a state of flux.