"Hallo, I am ze repairman... I hear you are havink a problem with deine cooling?"
Attractive female grad student: "Oh yes, I need you to cool down.... my experiment on gas superfluidity. Oh, please don't mind my friend Sherry, she's just over using the shower."
IBM will also produce a special northbridge chip, which was designed by Apple, that links the processor to the memory subsystem and I/O. The processor will be able to send and receive data to this chip through its front-side bus interface at 1-GHz, six times faster than the front-side bus for the previous G4 processor. (Source: EE Times)
I hope you know what a 'northbridge' is, and why it's called a 'chipset'.
Somebody please mod grandparent up, instead of the parent.
Let's face it, there is a definite kind of web/mob (wob?) mentality here. Generally, we like wikipedia and google. We don't like Microsoft, NY Times (reg req'd) etc.
That's not true! We're not a mob! How dare you accuse us of being a mob! BURN HIM, HE'S A WITCH!!!
I would disagree, really. While kids may be getting more conservative in some ways, they're still into pirecings and tatoos.
You're assuming that being 'conservative' means being against body-mods and dressing neat, which was true a decade ago. However, conservatives today do not mind a 'bad-boy' image, and in fact actively pursure it, while saying liberals are effete and not tough.
It seems to me that kids are more patriotic than they were even 5 years ago, when I was in high school and the messy 2000 election occured. Mostly because of 9-11 and the polarization that has happened since then, so it's understandable. It wouldn't suprise me if they're more religious, either.
However, I don't see that translating into a stance against body piercings. I've seen more than a few people with patriotic or religious tatoos, and not the gang-related kind. Kids think of them as normal fashion statements, and while the very conservative might still be against it, many want to put their beliefs into ink.
And I've got news for you, the guys riding big, loud, American motorcycles are probobly more conservative than the mainstream these days...
And never mind that the Constitution always uses the word "powers" to refer to the Government and "rights" to refer to individuals.
Amendment 12:...And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them...
Amendment 20:...House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
However, your larger point is probobly correct, as the 2nd amendment says, "The right of the people".
I would, however, dispute your claim that the ACLU should spend their time defending the 2nd amendment, as there are already rather capable organizations doing it. One might as well complain that the NRA doesn't protect my 5th or 1st amendment rights....
The problem is also that it's entirely unsuitable for left-handed shooters, due to the rifle's unhealthy habit of discharging brass straight down their necks. (How does the British Army get around this problem? By teaching left-handed shooters to fire from the right shoulder. This is the sort of thing that only works at the range, since as soon as you're getting shot at you're going to fire the weapon from the most natural-feeling stance...)
The M16A2 doesn't have this problem, since the weapon action isn't right next to the shooter's face. Additionally, the bullpup design leads to such a butt-heavy weapon that Royal Ordnance decided to graft a dead weight on to the muzzle to balance it, despite the fact the rifle was already heavier than the M16A2. Now try telling a paratroop or a mountain trooper that they have to slog around for tens of miles each day carrying a huge, heavy pack and an extra pound of dead weight on their rifle.
Is this really an issue? Armies have been training people to fire right-handed for decades, since you can't use most bolt-action rifles left-handed. And I've known someone who has fired the M-16 left-handed, he said that while the brass didn't hit him, the gas did. The ideal solution would be more like the AUG, where you can convert to left-hand use and case ejection. No problems with brass or gas there.
And the balance issue with the SA80 does not seem to crop up on the AUG or FAMAS, which are in use by more forces than the SA80. It probobly has to do with them making the rear out of metal instead of plastics like the others.
Wow, I didn't expect a hard-core gun discussion on Slashdot : ) my two cents:
The British Army is looking at replacing their L85A2s with G36s
No they're not. They were thinking of it when they upgraded their old weapons for reliability, but now there are no plans to switch, AFAIK. Lots of people on the internet want them to switch, but no official source has said they're even looking at other designs. There are no trials for new weapons at present in the UK, like the US XM8 or SCAR trials.
they've already replaced their bullpupped SAW, the LSW, with the FN Minimi
Because the LSW was magazine-fed, while the Minimi is belt-fed. Most armies that can afford better are ditching magazine-fed SAWs. The German army is replacing their G36 SAW with a belt-fed weapon from HK similar to the Minimi, for example.
the Bundeswehr replaced their early-adoption G11s with G36s;
Because it was just too expensive, especially coming at the end of the cold war. They could not justify the expense to the public, esp. since the rifle was rather experimental and would have nessecitated a new, non-Nato standard ammo. When it came time to replace their aging G3s, they chose the safe, conservative not to mention cheaper G36. The fact that G11 was bullpup was the least of its problems.
the Brits have already moved their Paras and SAS to the M4
Source? I just looked on the mod.uk website, and there are no listings of the M-16/M-4 as part of their kit. I looked on the images database, and I can only find pics of paras with L85s, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of them have AKs while they train locals, but no M-4s, M-16s, or C7s.
the Foreign Legion has moved to the M4; the Australian SAS has abandoned the (bullpupped) Steyr AUG for the M4;
Okay, Australian SASR seems to have gone M-4, but looking around on the web I can find no confirmation of the others. This gallery shows French SF in Congo with both FAMAS and M-4, while this shows French FL with FAMAS and no M-4s in Ivory Coast, this gallery shows Indonesian special police with a mix of AKs, FNCs, AUGs, and Uzis.
I think a lot of the above are just examples of how special forces people get more choice in arms, and some carry different arms because of personal taste or tactical circumstance. Many SF soldiers will carry AKs, MP5s or M-14s, that does not mean they are superior weapons to equip a whole army with.
Well, in air combat the better pilot is supposed to go after the enemy/drop the bombs while his wingman watches his back and warns/protects him.
I think what happened is more like "This is what happens when you have Luke watching your back." : )
I don't think it's too unreasonable; I mean, if SW had multiple interpretations as Hamlet does, there'd be some versions with better acting, editing, etc. There's enough good bits in the story to be as good as Shakespeare in the hands of a good director.
Speaking of Hamlet, I'm reminded of a story I heard on NPR about a prison where a director did an outreach program to prisoners by producing a perfermance of Hamlet using the prisoners. One of the actors brought up the point that there is no realistic conflict in Hamlet - there's no reason for Hamlet not to kill the guy, who has no arguments going for him.
Oh well, at least Shakespeare did not butcher his works with prequels.
A little OJ Simpson-style "touchdown dance" would have been cool, as well. Then, Darth could have led the Jedi on a slow-speed race across Coursecant...
Aside from playing a bit of the original NES Zelda, Wind Waker was my first time at a Zelda game, and I must say that I actually prefer the cell-shaded Link to the other incarnations. The previous Zeldas had kind of a anime feel to them, while the WW Zelda was more like an American cartoon. I think it's pretty cute, and while others may find it too 'kiddie', the graphics have a lighthearted feel that I like.
That said, there was way too much sailing about in WW. I have friends that liked the game, but refuse to play it again because of the sailing. It looks like the next Zelda won't have that, so maybe it'll be better.
Another pet peeve - I wish videogames would let you play back cutscenes you've already seen. It's not like I'm going to play it all in one sitting, so I'd like to be able to review the plot and stuff.
Random stuff, I know. But I'm hoping the next Zelda will be even better than the last one.
I don't want to step into the whole global warming debate, but your reasoning is not logical.
You're saying that because life in one era coped just fine in one set of circumstances, that life in another era should do fine in it. Well, what would happen if you took animals from the ice age into the Cambrian, or vice-versa? They would hardly do well.
Remember, evolution does not make animals "better" on a universal scale of goodness, it just makes them more customized for a particular enviornment. It's not the particular state of the enviornment that kills species, it's the sudden changes that do.
Now, whether or not humans are causing such changes are a totally different debate...
Well, Indy is, despite the action-hero trappings, supposed to be an archieologist. All of Indy's adventures tie in to the search for treasure or artifacts.
Medieval Russia or ancient China could serve as the source of the plot or the "McGuffin", but Tibet is more exotic - plus, it ties in to the 30's era serials and pulp novels or comics about Shangri-La, mystical Tibet, etc.
For instance people with lower slashdot IDs are more right than those with higher ones. That means I'm righter than you, and grandparent poster is even rightier!
I think you underestimate Aum's resources. The current incarnation, "Aleph", probobly could not go nuclear, but the pre-1995 Aum Shinrikyo probobly could, if given the base materials. They might have been able to procure that, if they had tried.
The thing to understand about Aum is that they were more like Scientologists than the Branch Davidians, in that they had legitamite business fronts, in fields ranging from computer retail to child care. Their financial asseets were considerable, and their HQ compound had several building dedicated to manufacturing weapons, including Sarin and assault rifles. Many of their science facilities were more advanced than what could be found in universities.
They also tended to recruit from college students who were young and naive but fairly intelligent. They probobly had the talent and money required to build an A-bomb, if they had gotten the materials.
A plutonium bomb would certainly be complex, but it's still WW2-level technology, after all.
"If you open source guys pull any of that shit around me, I'm going to rip that keyboard out of your hands, shove it up your butt, and type on it until it goes 'click'." "Jesus." "That's right... NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE McVOY!"
What's ironic is that when our 2600 group in Memphis meets, we have a fun social gathering about technology, not hunched over our laptops quietly the whole time. This despite the stereotype of geeks as socailly awkward and non-geeks as outgoing. We show off our gadgets, sure, but we know we're there to meet people, not play with stuff that we could at home. We have discussions of technology that last for hours, unlike 'normal' patrons that just sit there with their laptops the whole time.
The other irnoic thing is that even though we're good customers, every time we seem to find a good coffeeshop, it goes out of business within a short time - the meeting location in the back of 2600 magazine is sometimes out of business by the time the first magazine with that location comes out. It's gotten to the point where we don't send the magazine our new meeting address until we're sure that place will stay in business, so they don't fall to the "Memphis 2600 Jinx". I suspect it's just competition from the chain coffeeshops, but oh well.
For those interested, the next meeting will be on Friday, June 3 (one week from today) at San Fransisco Bread Company on Germantown Rd. Address here. 6pm, IIRC.
What's funny is that Krystals (a cheap burger place, similar to White Castle) has free Wifi now, but I hardly ever see anyone in there. I guess even wifi freeloaders can't stand their "food"...
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This is why I think it's so stupid that NASA'a budget is being cut, and dissapointing that's it's so mismanaged sometimes. NASA is the only part of the U.S. government that consistently gets positive reactions worldwide, and which nearly everyone can agree is actually benefitting mankind. The image of the U.S. has been taking a beating recently, and NASA is probably their best P.R. effort.
Nothing makes the U.S. look better than actually 'going where no man has gone before', so it's too bad they can't replace the shuttle with something more modern and get on with manned exploration again.
I also suspect that NASA'a servers get the highest number of users on the internet when they have a big mission like the Mars Rovers going on. Other sites like/. or CNN cater mainly to English-speakers or a subset of the population, but NASA gets the interest of pretty much everyone on earth.
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"Hallo, I am ze repairman... I hear you are havink a problem with deine cooling?"
Attractive female grad student: "Oh yes, I need you to cool down.... my experiment on gas superfluidity. Oh, please don't mind my friend Sherry, she's just over using the shower."
(cue porno music)
ba-bum-ba-ba-ba-bum-buuum-buuuum...
IBM will also produce a special northbridge chip, which was designed by Apple, that links the processor to the memory subsystem and I/O. The processor will be able to send and receive data to this chip through its front-side bus interface at 1-GHz, six times faster than the front-side bus for the previous G4 processor. (Source: EE Times)
I hope you know what a 'northbridge' is, and why it's called a 'chipset'.
Somebody please mod grandparent up, instead of the parent.
Knock knock.
Let's face it, there is a definite kind of web/mob (wob?) mentality here. Generally, we like wikipedia and google. We don't like Microsoft, NY Times (reg req'd) etc.
That's not true! We're not a mob! How dare you accuse us of being a mob! BURN HIM, HE'S A WITCH!!!
I would disagree, really. While kids may be getting more conservative in some ways, they're still into pirecings and tatoos.
You're assuming that being 'conservative' means being against body-mods and dressing neat, which was true a decade ago. However, conservatives today do not mind a 'bad-boy' image, and in fact actively pursure it, while saying liberals are effete and not tough.
It seems to me that kids are more patriotic than they were even 5 years ago, when I was in high school and the messy 2000 election occured. Mostly because of 9-11 and the polarization that has happened since then, so it's understandable. It wouldn't suprise me if they're more religious, either.
However, I don't see that translating into a stance against body piercings. I've seen more than a few people with patriotic or religious tatoos, and not the gang-related kind. Kids think of them as normal fashion statements, and while the very conservative might still be against it, many want to put their beliefs into ink.
And I've got news for you, the guys riding big, loud, American motorcycles are probobly more conservative than the mainstream these days...
And why is it that between Japan and France, it's France's record in WW2 that gets criticised? It seems backwards to me...
(I am from Japan, btw)
To keep this on topic, I will say that I will look forward to when I can fly to Japan in a few hours instead of half a day.
And never mind that the Constitution always uses the word "powers" to refer to the Government and "rights" to refer to individuals.
...And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them...
...House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Amendment 12:
Amendment 20:
However, your larger point is probobly correct, as the 2nd amendment says, "The right of the people".
I would, however, dispute your claim that the ACLU should spend their time defending the 2nd amendment, as there are already rather capable organizations doing it. One might as well complain that the NRA doesn't protect my 5th or 1st amendment rights....
Currently 33 degrees C outside in Memphis, TN
The problem is also that it's entirely unsuitable for left-handed shooters, due to the rifle's unhealthy habit of discharging brass straight down their necks. (How does the British Army get around this problem? By teaching left-handed shooters to fire from the right shoulder. This is the sort of thing that only works at the range, since as soon as you're getting shot at you're going to fire the weapon from the most natural-feeling stance...)
The M16A2 doesn't have this problem, since the weapon action isn't right next to the shooter's face. Additionally, the bullpup design leads to such a butt-heavy weapon that Royal Ordnance decided to graft a dead weight on to the muzzle to balance it, despite the fact the rifle was already heavier than the M16A2. Now try telling a paratroop or a mountain trooper that they have to slog around for tens of miles each day carrying a huge, heavy pack and an extra pound of dead weight on their rifle.
Is this really an issue? Armies have been training people to fire right-handed for decades, since you can't use most bolt-action rifles left-handed. And I've known someone who has fired the M-16 left-handed, he said that while the brass didn't hit him, the gas did. The ideal solution would be more like the AUG, where you can convert to left-hand use and case ejection. No problems with brass or gas there.
And the balance issue with the SA80 does not seem to crop up on the AUG or FAMAS, which are in use by more forces than the SA80. It probobly has to do with them making the rear out of metal instead of plastics like the others.
I liked Obi-wan's reaction, myself...
"You were the chosen one!! It was said you would destroy the Wintel, not join them!
You were supposed to bring balance to the Mac, not leave it in darkness! You were my brother Steve! I loved you! But I could not save you."
It was pretty harsh when Obi-wan cut off Steve's legs and left him on the lava, though.
[Soothing Female Voice]
Coordinates... confirmed.
Warhead arming... confirmed.
Lauch sequence... Start.
3... 2... 1...
[/Soothing Female Voice]
Finally, a Slashdotter I can moderate to hell!
Wow, I didn't expect a hard-core gun discussion on Slashdot : ) my two cents:
The British Army is looking at replacing their L85A2s with G36s
No they're not. They were thinking of it when they upgraded their old weapons for reliability, but now there are no plans to switch, AFAIK. Lots of people on the internet want them to switch, but no official source has said they're even looking at other designs. There are no trials for new weapons at present in the UK, like the US XM8 or SCAR trials.
they've already replaced their bullpupped SAW, the LSW, with the FN Minimi
Because the LSW was magazine-fed, while the Minimi is belt-fed. Most armies that can afford better are ditching magazine-fed SAWs. The German army is replacing their G36 SAW with a belt-fed weapon from HK similar to the Minimi, for example.
the Bundeswehr replaced their early-adoption G11s with G36s;
Because it was just too expensive, especially coming at the end of the cold war. They could not justify the expense to the public, esp. since the rifle was rather experimental and would have nessecitated a new, non-Nato standard ammo. When it came time to replace their aging G3s, they chose the safe, conservative not to mention cheaper G36. The fact that G11 was bullpup was the least of its problems.
the Brits have already moved their Paras and SAS to the M4
Source? I just looked on the mod.uk website, and there are no listings of the M-16/M-4 as part of their kit. I looked on the images database, and I can only find pics of paras with L85s, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of them have AKs while they train locals, but no M-4s, M-16s, or C7s.
the Foreign Legion has moved to the M4; the Australian SAS has abandoned the (bullpupped) Steyr AUG for the M4;
Okay, Australian SASR seems to have gone M-4, but looking around on the web I can find no confirmation of the others. This gallery shows French SF in Congo with both FAMAS and M-4, while this shows French FL with FAMAS and no M-4s in Ivory Coast, this gallery shows Indonesian special police with a mix of AKs, FNCs, AUGs, and Uzis.
I think a lot of the above are just examples of how special forces people get more choice in arms, and some carry different arms because of personal taste or tactical circumstance. Many SF soldiers will carry AKs, MP5s or M-14s, that does not mean they are superior weapons to equip a whole army with.
Well, in air combat the better pilot is supposed to go after the enemy/drop the bombs while his wingman watches his back and warns/protects him. I think what happened is more like "This is what happens when you have Luke watching your back." : )
I don't think it's too unreasonable; I mean, if SW had multiple interpretations as Hamlet does, there'd be some versions with better acting, editing, etc. There's enough good bits in the story to be as good as Shakespeare in the hands of a good director.
Speaking of Hamlet, I'm reminded of a story I heard on NPR about a prison where a director did an outreach program to prisoners by producing a perfermance of Hamlet using the prisoners. One of the actors brought up the point that there is no realistic conflict in Hamlet - there's no reason for Hamlet not to kill the guy, who has no arguments going for him.
Oh well, at least Shakespeare did not butcher his works with prequels.
A little OJ Simpson-style "touchdown dance" would have been cool, as well. Then, Darth could have led the Jedi on a slow-speed race across Coursecant...
"If the helmet fits, you must acquit!"
I'll wait for .xxx2 - Ice Cube is way badder than Vin Diesel anyways.
Aside from playing a bit of the original NES Zelda, Wind Waker was my first time at a Zelda game, and I must say that I actually prefer the cell-shaded Link to the other incarnations. The previous Zeldas had kind of a anime feel to them, while the WW Zelda was more like an American cartoon. I think it's pretty cute, and while others may find it too 'kiddie', the graphics have a lighthearted feel that I like.
That said, there was way too much sailing about in WW. I have friends that liked the game, but refuse to play it again because of the sailing. It looks like the next Zelda won't have that, so maybe it'll be better.
Another pet peeve - I wish videogames would let you play back cutscenes you've already seen. It's not like I'm going to play it all in one sitting, so I'd like to be able to review the plot and stuff.
Random stuff, I know. But I'm hoping the next Zelda will be even better than the last one.
I don't want to step into the whole global warming debate, but your reasoning is not logical.
You're saying that because life in one era coped just fine in one set of circumstances, that life in another era should do fine in it. Well, what would happen if you took animals from the ice age into the Cambrian, or vice-versa? They would hardly do well.
Remember, evolution does not make animals "better" on a universal scale of goodness, it just makes them more customized for a particular enviornment. It's not the particular state of the enviornment that kills species, it's the sudden changes that do.
Now, whether or not humans are causing such changes are a totally different debate...
Well, Indy is, despite the action-hero trappings, supposed to be an archieologist. All of Indy's adventures tie in to the search for treasure or artifacts.
Medieval Russia or ancient China could serve as the source of the plot or the "McGuffin", but Tibet is more exotic - plus, it ties in to the 30's era serials and pulp novels or comics about Shangri-La, mystical Tibet, etc.
Nonono, numbers make everything EASY!
For instance people with lower slashdot IDs are more right than those with higher ones. That means I'm righter than you, and grandparent poster is even rightier!
I think you underestimate Aum's resources. The current incarnation, "Aleph", probobly could not go nuclear, but the pre-1995 Aum Shinrikyo probobly could, if given the base materials. They might have been able to procure that, if they had tried.
The thing to understand about Aum is that they were more like Scientologists than the Branch Davidians, in that they had legitamite business fronts, in fields ranging from computer retail to child care. Their financial asseets were considerable, and their HQ compound had several building dedicated to manufacturing weapons, including Sarin and assault rifles. Many of their science facilities were more advanced than what could be found in universities.
They also tended to recruit from college students who were young and naive but fairly intelligent. They probobly had the talent and money required to build an A-bomb, if they had gotten the materials.
A plutonium bomb would certainly be complex, but it's still WW2-level technology, after all.
"If you open source guys pull any of that shit around me, I'm going to rip that keyboard out of your hands, shove it up your butt, and type on it until it goes 'click'."
"Jesus."
"That's right... NOBODY FUCKS WITH THE McVOY!"
"8-year olds, dude."
What's ironic is that when our 2600 group in Memphis meets, we have a fun social gathering about technology, not hunched over our laptops quietly the whole time. This despite the stereotype of geeks as socailly awkward and non-geeks as outgoing. We show off our gadgets, sure, but we know we're there to meet people, not play with stuff that we could at home. We have discussions of technology that last for hours, unlike 'normal' patrons that just sit there with their laptops the whole time.
The other irnoic thing is that even though we're good customers, every time we seem to find a good coffeeshop, it goes out of business within a short time - the meeting location in the back of 2600 magazine is sometimes out of business by the time the first magazine with that location comes out. It's gotten to the point where we don't send the magazine our new meeting address until we're sure that place will stay in business, so they don't fall to the "Memphis 2600 Jinx". I suspect it's just competition from the chain coffeeshops, but oh well.
For those interested, the next meeting will be on Friday, June 3 (one week from today) at San Fransisco Bread Company on Germantown Rd. Address here. 6pm, IIRC.
What's funny is that Krystals (a cheap burger place, similar to White Castle) has free Wifi now, but I hardly ever see anyone in there. I guess even wifi freeloaders can't stand their "food"...
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This is why I think it's so stupid that NASA'a budget is being cut, and dissapointing that's it's so mismanaged sometimes. NASA is the only part of the U.S. government that consistently gets positive reactions worldwide, and which nearly everyone can agree is actually benefitting mankind. The image of the U.S. has been taking a beating recently, and NASA is probably their best P.R. effort.
/. or CNN cater mainly to English-speakers or a subset of the population, but NASA gets the interest of pretty much everyone on earth.
Nothing makes the U.S. look better than actually 'going where no man has gone before', so it's too bad they can't replace the shuttle with something more modern and get on with manned exploration again.
I also suspect that NASA'a servers get the highest number of users on the internet when they have a big mission like the Mars Rovers going on. Other sites like