This is a case of old regulations last updated over a decade ago being applied in an unexpected and silly, though legally consistent, manner.
There's already a bill in progress in the Ontario legislature to update this stuff, specifically, the changes to the public vehicle act about 2/3rds down the page.
It would have to be quite powerful, as as far as I understand, that dust (or the rover, I forget which at the moment) has a fantastic static charge to it, so it requires a potent wind to remove it, which they've been getting on a fortunately regular basis for the past few years.
If you think they actually had the game finished when he took the code and didn't merely use his attack as a plausible excuse to delay the release, I've got a bridge you might like.
and the GGGGP is talking about his 6-year old P4 laptop, which would definitely not be dual core and likely clock somewhere in the 2ghz range, which I know for a fact will not do 1080p anything in a nice manner.
Simple : hypertransport. When you're dealing with LOTS of processors in parallel, it kicks ass. Intel has had nothing to compete against that advantage until now with their quickpath thing.
But dealing with a small (5) number of processors, Intel's approach of going through the FSB has been Fast Enough(TM), though I doubt it would work well for 8 or even 6 cores, so they're ditching that and doing as AMD did.
I don't see this displacing x86 on the desktop anytime soon (x86 and x86-64 might outlive everyone here), but it could give x86 (and windows) some stiff competition in netbooks, MIDs, and other small stuff where keeping power consumption low (and thus battery life long while keeping weight and size low) is important.
VDSL2 (Very high speed DSL 2) is simply the latest generation of DSL. It's basically an upgrade to ADSL2 using higher speeds (You can get over 100Mbps on a short (a few hundred metres) loop), though for some reason (I haven't looked into it that much) it will carry low speeds (256-512k) much further than ADSL2, which peters out at about 3 miles, whereas VDSL2 will carry the same speed signal for nearly 10.
It's not really a matter of enough proteins, it's a matter of complete vs. incomplete protein. Meat contains complete protein, which has all 8 of the essential amino acids (Phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, isoleucine, methionine, leucine, and lysine. They're essential as the human body cannot synthesize them, so a daily dietary intake of them is necessary.), as the incomplete proteins from various plants (a rare few plants, such as soybeans, buckwheat, and hemp seed, contain complete protein, but most plants are missing at least one of those amino acids) have been combined for use by the animal. Without all the amino acids, things simply don't work properly, so you need to combine different plant sources to get the needed complete proteins.
It's completely possible to maintain a healthy vegetarian diet (especially for lacto-ovo vegetarians, of which I am one), it just requires a little knowledge and planning, and veganism even more so, though unfortunately, many people who decide to follow that path fail to realize that.
1. The latter has had several millennia (Christianity has had about 2, Judaism has had over 3) to become widely accepted, whereas the former has been around about half a century.
2. You generally don't have to pay to learn about the latter.
Alberta east of the rockies is fairly flat, same as Saskatchewan next door (where I am), so line-of-sight wireless works very well. I know, I use Sasktel's wireless service myself, and there's another company offering it in my area, though Sasktel stomps them in terms of speed and price (i pay $60/month for 2Mb/256Kb (You could get 10Mb/1Mb DSL in the city for that price, but this beats the hell out of dial up and satellite), whereas the other guys charge over $100 for that).
Also, they recently (this summer) started upgrading the 1X cellular network to EV-DO (which was previously only in Saskatoon and Regina), which makes that a practical option for home broadband access (you can get 3Mb/512k out of it optimally, which is quite obtainable with a decent fixed antenna), as Sasktel offers an unlimited (where "unlimited" means the monthly limit=TRANSFER_RATE*3600*24*31, none of this "unlimited is 5GB" nonsense) plan for $75/month
IIRC, VDSL2 will carry for about 10 miles (assuming half-decent lines, though the level of neglect of the copper infrastructure by a lot of private telcos is utterly stunning.), though at low speeds (256k/256k or so).
Yeah, I've been reading the books also, which is why I very much think it should be the next series. As Picard said "Does anyone remember when we were explorers?".
They have a monopoly on making bricks that actually work, but that's not for legal reasons, that's just because their competitors are incompetent.
Actually, I'm pretty sure one of the main things is their trade-secret plastics formula(s) and molding techniques, which I doubt the others have, which allow for their really tight manufacturing tolerances.
Even with the trademarks and patents out of the picture, I doubt the competition is going to be able to match quality, barring some industrial espionage.
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That's easy enough to work around. Just use an engine that doesn't require drive-plates. ;)
This is a case of old regulations last updated over a decade ago being applied in an unexpected and silly, though legally consistent, manner.
There's already a bill in progress in the Ontario legislature to update this stuff, specifically, the changes to the public vehicle act about 2/3rds down the page.
Total NASA budget, FY 2009 - $17.6 billion
US federal budget, FY 2009 - $3.1 trillion
NASA budget as a percentage of federal budget - 0.568%
Even if you completely scrapped NASA, you're not going to make any useful difference.
It would have to be quite powerful, as as far as I understand, that dust (or the rover, I forget which at the moment) has a fantastic static charge to it, so it requires a potent wind to remove it, which they've been getting on a fortunately regular basis for the past few years.
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
If you think they actually had the game finished when he took the code and didn't merely use his attack as a plausible excuse to delay the release, I've got a bridge you might like.
What damage exactly?
What? Are millions of people going download and compile the code (did it even include the graphical resources and whatnot?) rather than buy it?
and the GGGGP is talking about his 6-year old P4 laptop, which would definitely not be dual core and likely clock somewhere in the 2ghz range, which I know for a fact will not do 1080p anything in a nice manner.
Simple : hypertransport. When you're dealing with LOTS of processors in parallel, it kicks ass. Intel has had nothing to compete against that advantage until now with their quickpath thing.
But dealing with a small (5) number of processors, Intel's approach of going through the FSB has been Fast Enough(TM), though I doubt it would work well for 8 or even 6 cores, so they're ditching that and doing as AMD did.
Didn't Intel sell their ARM/Xscale division to Marvell back in 2006?
I don't see this displacing x86 on the desktop anytime soon (x86 and x86-64 might outlive everyone here), but it could give x86 (and windows) some stiff competition in netbooks, MIDs, and other small stuff where keeping power consumption low (and thus battery life long while keeping weight and size low) is important.
VDSL2 (Very high speed DSL 2) is simply the latest generation of DSL. It's basically an upgrade to ADSL2 using higher speeds (You can get over 100Mbps on a short (a few hundred metres) loop), though for some reason (I haven't looked into it that much) it will carry low speeds (256-512k) much further than ADSL2, which peters out at about 3 miles, whereas VDSL2 will carry the same speed signal for nearly 10.
It's not really a matter of enough proteins, it's a matter of complete vs. incomplete protein. Meat contains complete protein, which has all 8 of the essential amino acids (Phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, isoleucine, methionine, leucine, and lysine. They're essential as the human body cannot synthesize them, so a daily dietary intake of them is necessary.), as the incomplete proteins from various plants (a rare few plants, such as soybeans, buckwheat, and hemp seed, contain complete protein, but most plants are missing at least one of those amino acids) have been combined for use by the animal. Without all the amino acids, things simply don't work properly, so you need to combine different plant sources to get the needed complete proteins.
It's completely possible to maintain a healthy vegetarian diet (especially for lacto-ovo vegetarians, of which I am one), it just requires a little knowledge and planning, and veganism even more so, though unfortunately, many people who decide to follow that path fail to realize that.
I see 2 main reasons;
1. The latter has had several millennia (Christianity has had about 2, Judaism has had over 3) to become widely accepted, whereas the former has been around about half a century.
2. You generally don't have to pay to learn about the latter.
Alberta east of the rockies is fairly flat, same as Saskatchewan next door (where I am), so line-of-sight wireless works very well. I know, I use Sasktel's wireless service myself, and there's another company offering it in my area, though Sasktel stomps them in terms of speed and price (i pay $60/month for 2Mb/256Kb (You could get 10Mb/1Mb DSL in the city for that price, but this beats the hell out of dial up and satellite), whereas the other guys charge over $100 for that).
Also, they recently (this summer) started upgrading the 1X cellular network to EV-DO (which was previously only in Saskatoon and Regina), which makes that a practical option for home broadband access (you can get 3Mb/512k out of it optimally, which is quite obtainable with a decent fixed antenna), as Sasktel offers an unlimited (where "unlimited" means the monthly limit=TRANSFER_RATE*3600*24*31, none of this "unlimited is 5GB" nonsense) plan for $75/month
IIRC, VDSL2 will carry for about 10 miles (assuming half-decent lines, though the level of neglect of the copper infrastructure by a lot of private telcos is utterly stunning.), though at low speeds (256k/256k or so).
Yeah, I've been reading the books also, which is why I very much think it should be the next series. As Picard said "Does anyone remember when we were explorers?".
Which is why they are using Watt-hours, which are a unit of energy equal to 3600 joules (1 Joule=1 Watt-second).
AFAICT, they are patching the hole, they're just finding even more holes of the same type.
Not to mention 6.) It likely wouldn't be fantastically effective given the "super static cling" effect of the dust they're dealing with.
If you ask me, it looks a fair bit like the phase II enterprise.
I'd sooner have them take Riker's new ship out and get back to doing Real Exploring.
They have a monopoly on making bricks that actually work, but that's not for legal reasons, that's just because their competitors are incompetent.
Actually, I'm pretty sure one of the main things is their trade-secret plastics formula(s) and molding techniques, which I doubt the others have, which allow for their really tight manufacturing tolerances.
Even with the trademarks and patents out of the picture, I doubt the competition is going to be able to match quality, barring some industrial espionage.
19-22 cents for a 4x2 brick isn't very inexpensive when you're talking about large bulk orders (tens of thousands).