There's a psychological angle. If we caused it, we can conceivably have a chance at fixing it. If we did not, then we'll be fighting against the natural order of things etc.
Technically he's right, kinda? You don't create heat. Burning things doesn't create it, the energy was already there and is just being converted from one form or state to another.
Sure, SpaceShipTwo isn't going to do it. But you're not thinking it all the way through.
The thing had to be designed, had to be built, put into use and tested, etc. There's a shitload of value in all of that, and you're not even considering it!
Someone else tried to point to the Hierapolis sawmill. Sure, that is arguably more useful than a thrill ride, but it's certainly not going to transport you anywhere. But the development of it led to the ICE, and I think you'd agree that ICEs are incredibly useful for a huge array of things.
Staying in space is easier than getting there. You need less propulsion to circularize an orbit than you need to get to apogee because you have to fight drag on your way up. Once you're there, you don't need to worry about aerodynamics at all. Point, and thrust.
Your sig references a bible verse, so I assume you identify yourself as Christian.
Let me ask, should we use the Westboro Baptist Church as the exemplar of Christianity? No? Then why should we use that same logic for other religions?
Disclaimer: the closest thing I identify with is a deist on a good day, and an agnostic on a bad one. So please don't think that I have an interest in defending Islam, here.
Because publishers care about money. They are the recording industry analogs in the gaming industry. They don't care about the artists (developers) or the art (games).
It's difficult not to become jaded after years of (re)fixing computers or being forced to work with ridiculous arrangements because regular users insist on their dancing pigs.
Since PCI has turned into a huge deal, this has only gotten even more irritating.
Yep. We're to the point where the factors that limit realism are knowledge/understanding of the materials and lights of the artist (or rather their knowledge of how to tell their renderer of choice about this stuff). We've got the computing power to make unbiased photon mapping / path-tracing practical these days, and the physics behind everything are understood well enough to fool the eye.
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Arrest him!
Why? It's only copper!
OK... wait, is that tin over there! EXECUTE THE CRIMINAL SCUM! He could make bronze weapons with those!
Do I need to remind you that we respect the laws of thermodynamics in this house?
You do not create energy.
There's a psychological angle. If we caused it, we can conceivably have a chance at fixing it. If we did not, then we'll be fighting against the natural order of things etc.
It is our fault. Would you kindly stop saying the equivalent of "boys will be boys" and help fix the fucking problem?
It's not so much the sea levels that concern me, but weather pattern changes.
We barely know what will happen next week. This is going to fuck all kinds of shit up for food production. Not necessarily for the worst, just change.
Siberia may become the next bread basket.
95% of scientists: PANIC! Public: Doesn't panic. :/
5% of scientists: PANIC! Public: Panics.
Technically he's right, kinda? You don't create heat. Burning things doesn't create it, the energy was already there and is just being converted from one form or state to another.
While it would be nice to clean up, we need to stop making the mess first.
ScrewMaster makes my point better than I did.
Because he thinks someone is wrong on the internet.
Sure, SpaceShipTwo isn't going to do it. But you're not thinking it all the way through.
The thing had to be designed, had to be built, put into use and tested, etc. There's a shitload of value in all of that, and you're not even considering it!
Someone else tried to point to the Hierapolis sawmill. Sure, that is arguably more useful than a thrill ride, but it's certainly not going to transport you anywhere. But the development of it led to the ICE, and I think you'd agree that ICEs are incredibly useful for a huge array of things.
Staying in space is easier than getting there. You need less propulsion to circularize an orbit than you need to get to apogee because you have to fight drag on your way up. Once you're there, you don't need to worry about aerodynamics at all. Point, and thrust.
So you're saying if it's not useful for you then it shouldn't have been created?
Your sig references a bible verse, so I assume you identify yourself as Christian.
Let me ask, should we use the Westboro Baptist Church as the exemplar of Christianity? No? Then why should we use that same logic for other religions?
Disclaimer: the closest thing I identify with is a deist on a good day, and an agnostic on a bad one. So please don't think that I have an interest in defending Islam, here.
You should probably examine URLs on sites like this before clicking them. The first two should have set off some red flags.
Because publishers care about money. They are the recording industry analogs in the gaming industry. They don't care about the artists (developers) or the art (games).
Try again. It stands for "K Desktop Environment."
Hell, Google says "KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations." for the page summary!
2. Does not require PulseAudio, but can still output multiple channels from multiple apps at the same time. This was always a problem with ALSA.
dmix says hello, while flipping PA (and Pottering) the bird.
Let me save you some brainpower.
I'm pretty sure that ANY orbit around one body is going to be a conic section.
Whoosh.
I'm more alarmed that procfs is going away.
You could use a whole exterior face of the chassis for a passive radiator.
It's difficult not to become jaded after years of (re)fixing computers or being forced to work with ridiculous arrangements because regular users insist on their dancing pigs.
Since PCI has turned into a huge deal, this has only gotten even more irritating.
Yep. We're to the point where the factors that limit realism are knowledge/understanding of the materials and lights of the artist (or rather their knowledge of how to tell their renderer of choice about this stuff). We've got the computing power to make unbiased photon mapping / path-tracing practical these days, and the physics behind everything are understood well enough to fool the eye.