It's one thing to be a techie and enjoy technology for the pure love of the game. You might pay top dollar to be bleeding edge and capitalize on the next-great-thing, but you have to work at that. There are no free lunches on the edge. But when Joe Consumer has that same power of connectedness, at his simple beck and call without having to "work" for it, don't you think it will get really annoying?
Maybe not intended, this quite an arrogant and elitist remark. If he pays for it 'Joe consumer' is just as much entitled to communication as you are. Chances are that 'techies' get on Joe's nerves too especially when using it 'for the pure love of the game' (think: 'look how rich I am, having a cell phone' guys of fifteen years ago)...
Please bear in mind the above comments were typed at (local time)04:45hrs after 9 cups of rocketfuel gurana coffee, as I've a presentation to give tomorrow and haven't exactly written it yet.
... which is why you are reading/. instead of finishing your work. Ah well, it takes one to know one.
Weird enough I spent 5 hours of the past 24 playing Epyx Sub Battle. It was released in 1987, my parents gave it to me for my 12th or 13th birthday.
Even though I have the original game I use a crack now because 5.25" discs have gone out of fashion.
I have been wondering why it is still so playable despite its age. My answer is that it was really well made. I played other sub simulators (Hunt for Red October, 688 Attach Sub, Wolfpack,... all 90's stuff) but none had the detail, AI and suspense as Epyx's. Remarkably because they are mostly known for Summer games etc. And all that on ONE floppy...
Kinda cool, the power you can weild as a University administrator, silence your critics by taking away everything good they've worked their ass off for.
It actually doesn't matter at all whether he worked his ass off or not. That's just besides the point. To give an exaggerated analogy: if you work all your life and than burn your neighbour's house, you will need to refund him "giving up your whole live's savings". Whether all of this is fair or not is another discussion, but please leave out the melodrama.
Also, the tidal force actually also gives energy to the moon, so its orbit is slowly getting bigger. Only a few cm per year, but there it is.
Sounds weird because it would require the tides to exert a force in the direction the moon is 'flying' which is difficult to imagine. Can you explain a bit more?
If we assume this all comes from the ocean at 100% efficiency, this would be enough to raise a patch of water, 100m deep by 1024km on a side, by 1 degree C.
How do you end up heating water while creating power? I would imagine that a 100% ideal perfect etc. Carnot engine or something similar would at best convert heat into work, therefore it would be more interesting to look at the amount of heat extracted from the hot water. Or am I totally wrong here?
...use exotic types of materials, proposed in the late 1960s, to create "negative" refraction of light...larger devices require "artificial" materials - extremely small particles that are combined in an array, acting as an optical magnet and a metal at the same time.
TFA doesn't tell a lot more than this, and that such lens would be the best thing since sliced bread. But regardless of HOW to make these materials, what are theire properties? Negative (complex?) epsilon and mu? Tensors? Can it be described in terms of 'classical' material constants at all?
Funny how all these posts suddenly go Offtopic when someone with unlimited mod points comes along.
While there may be someone at the top who downmods this discussion off-topic, let's try to look at this unbiased. Which possibility is more realistic:
A) 'someone with unlimited mod points' continuously scans articles for Roland's and possibly other stuff he wants to cover up (with limited succes, considering their God-mode).
B) some people consider this Roland rant off-topic in a discussion about AI in painting classification.
As the saying goes: "you would worry less about what people think if you knew how little they did". My guess: Taco and others don't give a damn about these Roland discussions and have other stuff to do.
But it is entertaining to hear such panic mongering from someone who has undoubtedly made telephone credit card purchases, and we all know how secure the POTS network is.
You seem to be quite confident in your assumptions about a person you have probably never met before.
I understand him completely and would rather not see my personal info emerging everywhere, being transmitted wirelessly and especially, if I make a purchase, I would like it to end then and there: pay in cash (or electronically, so be it), but DON'T promise to send me e-mails afterwards, because if you don't, I can't prove anything. I would rather not rely on _whatever_ should happen after I leave the store.
Any EMP strong enough to kill it would electrocute you via your tooth cavity filling, too.
It probably doesn't matter if you have tooth fillings or not. Currents will be induced on your body (mostly on the skin), at tooth fillings they will conduct a bit better but imho overall 'being metallic' does not really play a role for such cases.
Am I the only one who doesn't understand xhat this thing does exactly? Does it
A) install Linux during the screensaver?
B) run Linux during the screensaver? What happens to windows? Why would you want to wait for the screensaver?
C)show a linux slideshow. What's the use of that?
Computer side: the number of 'signals' you send to the computer is completely irrelevant. Whatever the number of keys is, the keyboard could have some intelligence, figure out what you are doing and send this info to the PC using whatever signaling technique it wants. Current keyboards let the PC know when a key is pressed or released (except scroll lock, I believe for which the release is not reported but this is a minor detail).
Human side: what you say boils down to: "we want a keyboard with not too many and not too few keys". Fair enough.
Does this 'prove' that an autobiography is not written by the person in question? The word derives from the Greek 'autos', which means 'self'. Like in automobile, which 'moves by itself' (a horror-contraption of Greek and Latin, but that's another story).
Some people hire a ghost-writer to help with their autobiography because not everybody is that good with words (e.g. sport celebrities), or in some case an autobiography is made posthumous e.g. from a diary, memoirs or so. It has almost the same value as it is was written by the person himself because it expresses his ideas. Maybe the 'autobiography of Malcolm X' is a bit of a misnumer but it FAR from proves your point.
Of course not (assuming this is no joke). Power delivery and communication are in completely separate frequency bands. They do not even know about each other's existence.
...it is the US poor who volunteer to praticipate in research studies here too.
This need not even be a Bad Thing. The janitor in the school where I work participates in medical studies three or four times a year (as much as he is allowed to) and he makes more money than I do. He doesn't suffer a bit from it and if I had more spare time I would consider joining him. Clinical studies are not necessarily dangerous. Sometimes they just want to see if a medicine has side effects, makes you sleepy or so. I don't think they want to find out the mortality rate.
I sort of agree with you, but realistically, if you don't know, either on your own or through context clues, that IS stands for Information Systems, you shouldn't be responding to this guy's question anyway.
Not completely. It is possible that he knows the term by another word (or acronym) or it is possible that English is not his native language and he never uses this acronym. Another possibility (which applies to me) is that he may want to learn something new about 'IS' and the problems related to it. If everybody would only read stuff they already know everything about, a forum would be quite useless. On top of this I consider it good practice to explain acronyms (except the 'IBM' kind) anyway, especially if the blurb is larded with it. Finally, not explaining it because 'those not in the know should stay away' is questionable, imho.
While I understand your problem, also buyers rely on their feedback, especially if they want to do international transactions (like I do).
Unfortunately the feedback system is hollowed out by many sellers. Instead of leaving feedback IMMEDIATELY after I pay for the item (usually the day of winning the auction itself), they wait until I leave feedbakc for them, be it good of bad, to leave theirs accordingly.
Well, my friends, there are people on the worlds who value their time at more than $60USD per hour...
Not around here (Europe). In my business (engineer, 30) $2500 would be a very nice net month's salary. If you count 20 working days per month, 8 hours a day, you make below $16 per hour.
I am not saying these CD ripping services are overpriced, but I won't easily trade an hour's work for 60 bucks.
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Maybe not intended, this quite an arrogant and elitist remark. If he pays for it 'Joe consumer' is just as much entitled to communication as you are. Chances are that 'techies' get on Joe's nerves too especially when using it 'for the pure love of the game' (think: 'look how rich I am, having a cell phone' guys of fifteen years ago)...
Weird enough I spent 5 hours of the past 24 playing Epyx Sub Battle. It was released in 1987, my parents gave it to me for my 12th or 13th birthday. Even though I have the original game I use a crack now because 5.25" discs have gone out of fashion.
I have been wondering why it is still so playable despite its age. My answer is that it was really well made. I played other sub simulators (Hunt for Red October, 688 Attach Sub, Wolfpack,... all 90's stuff) but none had the detail, AI and suspense as Epyx's. Remarkably because they are mostly known for Summer games etc. And all that on ONE floppy...
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You had a floppy drive? We had to tape together punch cards and feed them into our player piano. And we liked it!
It actually doesn't matter at all whether he worked his ass off or not. That's just besides the point. To give an exaggerated analogy: if you work all your life and than burn your neighbour's house, you will need to refund him "giving up your whole live's savings". Whether all of this is fair or not is another discussion, but please leave out the melodrama.
Sounds weird because it would require the tides to exert a force in the direction the moon is 'flying' which is difficult to imagine. Can you explain a bit more?
How do you end up heating water while creating power? I would imagine that a 100% ideal perfect etc. Carnot engine or something similar would at best convert heat into work, therefore it would be more interesting to look at the amount of heat extracted from the hot water. Or am I totally wrong here?
TFA doesn't tell a lot more than this, and that such lens would be the best thing since sliced bread. But regardless of HOW to make these materials, what are theire properties? Negative (complex?) epsilon and mu? Tensors? Can it be described in terms of 'classical' material constants at all?
TFA does not say what exactly is this 'obscure part of the spectrum' they are going to. Anyone?
This has been known for many years and was even rule Nr.5 in the Kama Sutra.
While there may be someone at the top who downmods this discussion off-topic, let's try to look at this unbiased. Which possibility is more realistic:
A) 'someone with unlimited mod points' continuously scans articles for Roland's and possibly other stuff he wants to cover up (with limited succes, considering their God-mode).
B) some people consider this Roland rant off-topic in a discussion about AI in painting classification.
As the saying goes: "you would worry less about what people think if you knew how little they did". My guess: Taco and others don't give a damn about these Roland discussions and have other stuff to do.
You seem to be quite confident in your assumptions about a person you have probably never met before.
I understand him completely and would rather not see my personal info emerging everywhere, being transmitted wirelessly and especially, if I make a purchase, I would like it to end then and there: pay in cash (or electronically, so be it), but DON'T promise to send me e-mails afterwards, because if you don't, I can't prove anything. I would rather not rely on _whatever_ should happen after I leave the store.
Only in one direction.
It probably doesn't matter if you have tooth fillings or not. Currents will be induced on your body (mostly on the skin), at tooth fillings they will conduct a bit better but imho overall 'being metallic' does not really play a role for such cases.
Am I the only one who doesn't understand xhat this thing does exactly? Does it
A) install Linux during the screensaver?
B) run Linux during the screensaver? What happens to windows? Why would you want to wait for the screensaver?
C)show a linux slideshow. What's the use of that?
And then people complain about a bulge in Superman's pants...
While this proves a lot of spelling mistakes can also be made in Spanish, it is A LOT easier to write than English, French or Dutch, believe me...
Human side: what you say boils down to: "we want a keyboard with not too many and not too few keys". Fair enough.
Does this 'prove' that an autobiography is not written by the person in question? The word derives from the Greek 'autos', which means 'self'. Like in automobile, which 'moves by itself' (a horror-contraption of Greek and Latin, but that's another story). Some people hire a ghost-writer to help with their autobiography because not everybody is that good with words (e.g. sport celebrities), or in some case an autobiography is made posthumous e.g. from a diary, memoirs or so. It has almost the same value as it is was written by the person himself because it expresses his ideas. Maybe the 'autobiography of Malcolm X' is a bit of a misnumer but it FAR from proves your point.
Of course not (assuming this is no joke). Power delivery and communication are in completely separate frequency bands. They do not even know about each other's existence.
This need not even be a Bad Thing. The janitor in the school where I work participates in medical studies three or four times a year (as much as he is allowed to) and he makes more money than I do. He doesn't suffer a bit from it and if I had more spare time I would consider joining him. Clinical studies are not necessarily dangerous. Sometimes they just want to see if a medicine has side effects, makes you sleepy or so. I don't think they want to find out the mortality rate.
Not completely. It is possible that he knows the term by another word (or acronym) or it is possible that English is not his native language and he never uses this acronym. Another possibility (which applies to me) is that he may want to learn something new about 'IS' and the problems related to it. If everybody would only read stuff they already know everything about, a forum would be quite useless. On top of this I consider it good practice to explain acronyms (except the 'IBM' kind) anyway, especially if the blurb is larded with it. Finally, not explaining it because 'those not in the know should stay away' is questionable, imho.
Unfortunately the feedback system is hollowed out by many sellers. Instead of leaving feedback IMMEDIATELY after I pay for the item (usually the day of winning the auction itself), they wait until I leave feedbakc for them, be it good of bad, to leave theirs accordingly.
Not around here (Europe). In my business (engineer, 30) $2500 would be a very nice net month's salary. If you count 20 working days per month, 8 hours a day, you make below $16 per hour.
I am not saying these CD ripping services are overpriced, but I won't easily trade an hour's work for 60 bucks.