Has it occurred to you that perhaps a prerequisite for life is a moon that creates tidal action within a particular range AND the planet needs to be particular distance away from its star(s)?
I'm not saying that it is, but life may require these "ultra rare" (which could be quite common in the universe) circumstances. So naturally, it is no coincidence that we have an "ideal" setup here.
Then I guess my suggestion of asking simple questions or showing pictures and asking people to name what they see don't matter.
My suggestion would still be easier than deciphering the nonsense the put out now. Show a picture of the sun, "What is this?" sun. Show a picture of a cat, "What is this animal?" cat.
Comcast has a big tube to your local area. That tube has smaller tubes (aka rigid hoses) that go out to each house. The problem is, if everyone turns the valves on their smaller tubes to full blast, Comcast's big tube would be too full, meaning the smaller tubes would start to back up and shoot slower than they would.
You are degrading service to other rigid hoses. How does that make you feel? Do you like to saturate your rigid hose?
I don't really think this is an acceptable line of thought. I think once you purchase something, it should be yours ongoing. That is, if you purchase Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon on record in the 70s, you ought to be able to have it in ANY format you want. That means, if you want the MP3s someone else has recorded from their record, you deserve them. As to remastered versions for new media, it makes sense if you want those (vs the old) to have to pay for them.
BUT, being legally challenged for shit you own or have paid for (albums, games, movies, etc.) is absolutely ridiculous.
Just to clarify this, if your name is Joe and you spend $100 of your annual $30,000 salary on a pirated DVD with Windows XP and Photoshop CS3 on it, you have removed "$100" of income that could be used for legit software purchases, game purchases, etc. So even though the assumed victims are Microsoft and Adobe, it could also be Bungie, or EA, or Sony, or Apple, etc.
Therefore, paying for pirated items will nearly always an appreciable opportunity cost, since most people do not have unlimited or virtually-unlimited money. If you had unlimited money, the decision to pirate instead of buy legit wouldn't matter either way.
Basically, you allocate a small slice of your "money pie" to illegitimate business when you pay for pirated software/games/music/movies. When you simply download them (but had no intention of ever paying for them), there is no real loss to anyone except perhaps your ISP and there are incremental gains in the popularity of the item downloaded.
Obviously, it is to terrify Mom's/Dad's/Grandma's/Grandpa's/Un-Techies. I suspect their campaigns have made millions think twice about downloading music and movies.
Rough up 100 people, make some money to pay for your lawyers--at least partially--and frighten thousands to millions into not downloading. Or, at least cause people to not sit 24x7 saturating their bandwidth archiving all music that has been made.
The cost of old product selling (at any price) has its potential in the lost sales of new product (at any price).
Many people don't recognize opportunity cost in the whole "piracy argument" when it comes to actually buying pirated goods, since that money could have gone towards anyone (those pirated from or otherwise) that is legit.
There are thousands and thousands of them, but here's a few:
What do all the things pictured on this page have in common? They all use technologies or materials that were originally developed for the space program. TV satellite dish TV Satellite Dish NASA developed ways to correct errors in the signals coming from the spacecraft. This technology is used to reduce noise (that is, messed up picture or sound) in TV signals coming from satellites. MRI image of head Medical Imaging NASA developed ways to process signals from spacecraft to produce clearer images. (See more on digital information and how spacecraft send images from space.) This technology also makes possible these photo-like images of our insides. Eye chart Vision Screening System Uses techniques developed for processing space pictures to examine eyes of children and find out quickly if they have any vision problems. The child doesn't have to say a word! Ear thermometer Ear Thermometer Instead of measuring temperature using a column of mercury (which expands as it heats up), this thermometer has a lens like a camera and detects infrared energy, which we feel as heat. The warmer something is (like your body), the more infrared energy it puts out. This technology was originally developed to detect the birth of stars. Fire fighter Fire Fighter Equipment Fire fighters wear suits made of fire resistant fabric developed for use in space suits. Smoke detector Smoke Detector First used in the Earth orbiting space station called Skylab (launched back in 1973) to help detect any toxic vapors. Now used in most homes and other buildings to warn people of fire. Sun glasses Sun Tiger Glasses From research done on materials to protect the eyes of welders working on spacecraft, protective lenses were developed that block almost all the wavelengths of radiation that might harm the eyes, while letting through all the useful wavelengths that let us see. Sport utility vehicle Automobile Design Tools A computer program developed by NASA to analyze a spacecraft or airplane design and predict how parts will perform is now used to help design automobiles. This kind of software can save car makers a lot of money by letting them see how well a design will work even before they build a prototype. Dust Buster vacuum cleaner Cordless Tools Portable, self-contained power tools were originally developed to help Apollo astronauts drill for moon samples. This technology has lead to development of such tools as the cordless vacuum cleaner, power drill, shrub trimmers, and grass shears. Bicycle Aerodynamic Bicycle Wheel A special bike wheel uses NASA research in airfoils (wings) and design software developed for the space program. The three spokes on the wheel act like wings, making the bicycle very efficient for racing. Skier Thermal Gloves and Boots These gloves and boots have heating elements that run on rechargeable batteries worn on the inside wrist of the gloves or embedded in the sole of the ski boot. This technology was adapted from a spacesuit design for the Apollo astronauts. Pen Space Pens The Fisher Space Pen was developed for use in space. Most pens depend on gravity to make the ink flow into the ball point. For this space pen, the ink cartridge contains pressured gas to push the ink toward the ball point. That means, you can lie in bed and write upside down with this pen! Also, it uses a special ink that works in very hot and very cold environments. Football player Shock Absorbing Helmets These special football helmets use a padding of Temper Foam, a shock absorbing material first developed for use in aircraft seats. These helmets have three times the shock absorbing ability of previous types. Ski boot Ski Boots These ski boots use accordion-like folds, similar to the design of space suits, to allow the boot to flex
You don't seem to understand. The Internet data isn't carried by cars in the trunk. It is a series of tubes. It can only go so fast in the tubes, kind of like how the water in your sink won't come out any faster. Unless you install pumps on your tubes, but then it may pump faster than you can fill it!
It was clearly a mechanism that the HUMANS were operating. i.e. push down on a lever to have the jointed-framework extend. That increased fluidity, since it would very hard to smoothly stand up and down.
People keep arguing about this. I understand it stems from subjective experience with bad discs and objective knowledge of how discs are constructed and read.
1) Data is written in concentric circular bands that increase incrementally in diameter. 2) The laser tracks the bands as the disc spins. 3) A scratch within one of the bands that is consistently tangentially for a significant distance disrupts too much of the plastic surface to allow error-recovery because of light diffraction in the groove. 4) Wiping with most surfaces (except micro-fiber cloths and other similar substances) will generate scratches in the direction of wiping because most materials are inherently abrasive to plastic. 5) Wiping in tangential circles will create scratches precisely where they are not desired. 6) Wiping a tangential scratch in the direction that improves it best supersedes the rule to not wipe tangentially.
7) Abrasives (toothpaste, etc) work but only because you are lessening the depth of the scratches to minimiaze diffraction. 8) Putting a solvent on the disc will only rid the disc of oils or particular matter. 9) If you have buffed a disc with some form of polish that fills the scratches, using a solvent later (months or otherwise) will remove it, rendering the disc less readable than it was.
********* 10) A full process involves a solvent to remove debris and oil, an abrasive to remove a thin layer of plastic in scratched areas and a polish/oil/etc. to minimize the effect of brief voids on the laser light.
These would be cool at big stores. I hate walking around all the fat sweaty people at walmart to get to the automotive section or something. If I had one of these, I could probably use speed and agility to avoid their odor and plump bodies, or just run them down by attaching spikes to the front.
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Has it occurred to you that perhaps a prerequisite for life is a moon that creates tidal action within a particular range AND the planet needs to be particular distance away from its star(s)?
I'm not saying that it is, but life may require these "ultra rare" (which could be quite common in the universe) circumstances. So naturally, it is no coincidence that we have an "ideal" setup here.
You fools. The reason the beam is contained and extended is because the Jedi utilizes the force the manipulate the size of the beam.
You don't need technology to do what the Force can.
Will your opinion remain unchanged in 10 years, when the resolution increases by 20x?
and it opens up your favorite porn web site.
That would require her to have an IQ higher than a hippopotamus. I don't think we'll find her capable.
She is the kind of category 5 dumb that kills the country.
As though we can gauge the rapidity of evolution within a mere blink of it.
LOL. Nothing more to say.
How stupid.
That's not a Dwarf asteroid, it's a big motherfucking Midget Roid. Dwarfs are just big motherfuckin midgets, after all.
Oh. I didn't realize that.
Then I guess my suggestion of asking simple questions or showing pictures and asking people to name what they see don't matter.
My suggestion would still be easier than deciphering the nonsense the put out now. Show a picture of the sun, "What is this?" sun. Show a picture of a cat, "What is this animal?" cat.
Why not make Captchas math problems. Or ask questions that have obvious answers.
What color is the sky?
What color is the sun?
What is seven plus three?
What common pet barks?
What animal meows?
What animal does milk come from?
Three college interns and 3 months and you've got like 2300230023 million of them.
I agree. IF you can't GET your rigid hoses under control, you shouldn't be allowed to spew data.
Comcast has a big tube to your local area. That tube has smaller tubes (aka rigid hoses) that go out to each house. The problem is, if everyone turns the valves on their smaller tubes to full blast, Comcast's big tube would be too full, meaning the smaller tubes would start to back up and shoot slower than they would.
You are degrading service to other rigid hoses. How does that make you feel? Do you like to saturate your rigid hose?
What is happening is that we have all the tubes we need, but they have tightened the valves on us. Try to get your comparisons right.
Newegg and CDW. I have bought at least $100K from Newegg for myself and others (business and personal).
I don't really think this is an acceptable line of thought. I think once you purchase something, it should be yours ongoing. That is, if you purchase Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon on record in the 70s, you ought to be able to have it in ANY format you want. That means, if you want the MP3s someone else has recorded from their record, you deserve them. As to remastered versions for new media, it makes sense if you want those (vs the old) to have to pay for them.
BUT, being legally challenged for shit you own or have paid for (albums, games, movies, etc.) is absolutely ridiculous.
How in the hell did he make $400K selling those???? I am obviously in the wrong business (aside from the whole "getting caught" bit).
Just to clarify this, if your name is Joe and you spend $100 of your annual $30,000 salary on a pirated DVD with Windows XP and Photoshop CS3 on it, you have removed "$100" of income that could be used for legit software purchases, game purchases, etc. So even though the assumed victims are Microsoft and Adobe, it could also be Bungie, or EA, or Sony, or Apple, etc.
Therefore, paying for pirated items will nearly always an appreciable opportunity cost, since most people do not have unlimited or virtually-unlimited money. If you had unlimited money, the decision to pirate instead of buy legit wouldn't matter either way.
Basically, you allocate a small slice of your "money pie" to illegitimate business when you pay for pirated software/games/music/movies. When you simply download them (but had no intention of ever paying for them), there is no real loss to anyone except perhaps your ISP and there are incremental gains in the popularity of the item downloaded.
Obviously, it is to terrify Mom's/Dad's/Grandma's/Grandpa's/Un-Techies. I suspect their campaigns have made millions think twice about downloading music and movies.
Rough up 100 people, make some money to pay for your lawyers--at least partially--and frighten thousands to millions into not downloading. Or, at least cause people to not sit 24x7 saturating their bandwidth archiving all music that has been made.
The cost of old product selling (at any price) has its potential in the lost sales of new product (at any price).
Many people don't recognize opportunity cost in the whole "piracy argument" when it comes to actually buying pirated goods, since that money could have gone towards anyone (those pirated from or otherwise) that is legit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/spinoffs2.shtml
There are thousands and thousands of them, but here's a few:
What do all the things pictured on this page have in common? They all use technologies or materials that were originally developed for the space program.
TV satellite dish TV Satellite Dish
NASA developed ways to correct errors in the signals coming from the spacecraft. This technology is used to reduce noise (that is, messed up picture or sound) in TV signals coming from satellites.
MRI image of head Medical Imaging
NASA developed ways to process signals from spacecraft to produce clearer images. (See more on digital information and how spacecraft send images from space.) This technology also makes possible these photo-like images of our insides.
Eye chart Vision Screening System
Uses techniques developed for processing space pictures to examine eyes of children and find out quickly if they have any vision problems. The child doesn't have to say a word!
Ear thermometer Ear Thermometer
Instead of measuring temperature using a column of mercury (which expands as it heats up), this thermometer has a lens like a camera and detects infrared energy, which we feel as heat. The warmer something is (like your body), the more infrared energy it puts out. This technology was originally developed to detect the birth of stars.
Fire fighter Fire Fighter Equipment
Fire fighters wear suits made of fire resistant fabric developed for use in space suits.
Smoke detector Smoke Detector
First used in the Earth orbiting space station called Skylab (launched back in 1973) to help detect any toxic vapors. Now used in most homes and other buildings to warn people of fire.
Sun glasses Sun Tiger Glasses
From research done on materials to protect the eyes of welders working on spacecraft, protective lenses were developed that block almost all the wavelengths of radiation that might harm the eyes, while letting through all the useful wavelengths that let us see.
Sport utility vehicle Automobile Design Tools
A computer program developed by NASA to analyze a spacecraft or airplane design and predict how parts will perform is now used to help design automobiles. This kind of software can save car makers a lot of money by letting them see how well a design will work even before they build a prototype.
Dust Buster vacuum cleaner Cordless Tools
Portable, self-contained power tools were originally developed to help Apollo astronauts drill for moon samples. This technology has lead to development of such tools as the cordless vacuum cleaner, power drill, shrub trimmers, and grass shears.
Bicycle Aerodynamic Bicycle Wheel
A special bike wheel uses NASA research in airfoils (wings) and design software developed for the space program. The three spokes on the wheel act like wings, making the bicycle very efficient for racing.
Skier Thermal Gloves and Boots
These gloves and boots have heating elements that run on rechargeable batteries worn on the inside wrist of the gloves or embedded in the sole of the ski boot. This technology was adapted from a spacesuit design for the Apollo astronauts.
Pen Space Pens
The Fisher Space Pen was developed for use in space. Most pens depend on gravity to make the ink flow into the ball point. For this space pen, the ink cartridge contains pressured gas to push the ink toward the ball point. That means, you can lie in bed and write upside down with this pen! Also, it uses a special ink that works in very hot and very cold environments.
Football player Shock Absorbing Helmets
These special football helmets use a padding of Temper Foam, a shock absorbing material first developed for use in aircraft seats. These helmets have three times the shock absorbing ability of previous types.
Ski boot Ski Boots
These ski boots use accordion-like folds, similar to the design of space suits, to allow the boot to flex
You don't seem to understand. The Internet data isn't carried by cars in the trunk. It is a series of tubes. It can only go so fast in the tubes, kind of like how the water in your sink won't come out any faster. Unless you install pumps on your tubes, but then it may pump faster than you can fill it!
It was clearly a mechanism that the HUMANS were operating. i.e. push down on a lever to have the jointed-framework extend. That increased fluidity, since it would very hard to smoothly stand up and down.
It's not so much Republican as it is neo-christian-conservative.
People keep arguing about this. I understand it stems from subjective experience with bad discs and objective knowledge of how discs are constructed and read.
1) Data is written in concentric circular bands that increase incrementally in diameter.
2) The laser tracks the bands as the disc spins.
3) A scratch within one of the bands that is consistently tangentially for a significant distance disrupts too much of the plastic surface to allow error-recovery because of light diffraction in the groove.
4) Wiping with most surfaces (except micro-fiber cloths and other similar substances) will generate scratches in the direction of wiping because most materials are inherently abrasive to plastic.
5) Wiping in tangential circles will create scratches precisely where they are not desired.
6) Wiping a tangential scratch in the direction that improves it best supersedes the rule to not wipe tangentially.
7) Abrasives (toothpaste, etc) work but only because you are lessening the depth of the scratches to minimiaze diffraction.
8) Putting a solvent on the disc will only rid the disc of oils or particular matter.
9) If you have buffed a disc with some form of polish that fills the scratches, using a solvent later (months or otherwise) will remove it, rendering the disc less readable than it was.
*********
10) A full process involves a solvent to remove debris and oil, an abrasive to remove a thin layer of plastic in scratched areas and a polish/oil/etc. to minimize the effect of brief voids on the laser light.
These would be cool at big stores. I hate walking around all the fat sweaty people at walmart to get to the automotive section or something. If I had one of these, I could probably use speed and agility to avoid their odor and plump bodies, or just run them down by attaching spikes to the front.
In my case:
"For example, at the [www]being[/www] of an AC quote, just putting a single [www] would indicate everything you needed to know."