The second is based on 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation of a cesium 133 atom. This number was chosen to make it as close to the original second as possible (1/86,400 of the mean solar day).
There's really no reason they can't change that number to...say, 15,000,000,000 cycles of the cesium atom other than tradition. However, it's not some bozo deciding to divide by 24 then divide again by 3600 (hence the 1/86,4000).
BTW, my info comes from encyclopedia britannica.
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You're thinking of sprint PCS ($35 for 1500 mionutes, no long distance, no roaming, free wireless web...;)
The honeypot is far more vulnerable than the reals. Whenever someone breaks into the honeypot (using a known exploit)..or hell, even connects to the honeypot at all, that IP is denied access to the rest of the network.
I'm not sure if diminishing returns would be a factor, but cost and size constraints certainly would. I've seen incandescent lamps that let you switch four AA's for a single D.
In any case, check out the link in the article..they make flashlights in the $20-$50 range it seems. I'm sure they're pretty decent, but LED flashlights are a different beast than incandescent. You don't get a spot of light surrounded by a really diffuse yellow the way you do out of a normal flashlight like a Mag. You kinda get all the light spread over a much wider range. The reflectors seem to do very little in focusing the light..I don't know why. As such, you don't get the same range out of them.
In any case, I personally don't like mag lites. Princeton Tec actually makes some wonderful incandescent flashlights that are small, powerful, and extraordinarily reliable (you can't imagine how hard caving is on gear like an extra small flashlight or bottle...you know those really hard Lexan Nalgene drinking bottles? I broke one a couple weeks ago..imagine doing that to your Mag...after you've had it submerged in water for a couple hours).
Er..anyway..I don't know if it works with incandescent flaslights, but using lithium AA or AAA batteries (energizer makes some) can easily more than double the expected life out of an LED lamp.
For a wider selection of LED flaslights check out http://www.karstsports.com/ledlights.html (yes, I like the store..sorry, I find it immensely useful and cheap with invariably good products). Enjoy.
LED lights certainly have their places. I own a Petzl Tikka headlamp that runs off three AAA batteries. I use this headlamp (along with a Princeton Tec Quest and a premier carbide lamp) for the caving i do here in the Northeast (specifically around the Albany NY area).
Anyway, the LED lamp uses three white LED's and doesn't put off anywhere near the light of the 2-AA princeton tec with a standard bulb. However, by way of comparison, it produces a more disperse light and it will last up to 150 hours on a single set of batteries, compared with 6-8 on the Princeton Tec.
The light is certainly whiter than most anything but maybe a xenon bulb (which uses tons of power). It has virtually no range, though. It lights up a nice hemisphere in front of me for a good 6 feet whereas the carbide and Princeton Tec can send a light several dozen.
I keep thinking that if they made a headlamp that had so many LED's in it that it sucked as much power as the standard bulb, it would be fucking bright indeed.....
Oh yeah, and the Tikka was almost $40 and the Quest was $15.
Tom has been using this benchmark since a little before the PIII 1.13 GHz I believe. Check out his site for CPU comparisons if you really care about kernel compile times.
I don't like the idea of this. Just think about it...as an earlier poster commented, it becomes possible for say France to block certain Englishmen, or Afghanistan to block Russians. The wonderful thing about the net is anonymity, and once we decide to give our exact location every time we get on a web site, that is totally lost.
I'd rather keep it so that no one really knows where I'm from online, unless I tell them (and don't lie).
Just like the Sidewinder original game pad and joystick, multiple keystrokes (delayed, simultaneous, sequential) can all be programmed into this device.
Cool stuff.
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"There are a lot of ways to promote your band without a record company, Even if you are a world-scale artist, it might be better to hire a PR-firm rather than be hired by a record company."
No, she won't. The space shuttle experiences large amounts of friction because it is also moving at very very high horizontal speeds (an orbital velocity) as well as vertical. If it fell from a stationary position, silica tiles probably wouldn't be needed.
She'll be going Mach 1.5, but there's little air resistance, so there won't be much friction or heat. There will only be as much air resistance as her mass times the force of gravity. So evena t Mach 1.5, she own't experience more friction than someone at terminal velocity 10,000 feet up.
The first article dealt with the origins of large channels on the surface of Mars. This deals with the presence of actual water presently on the planet.
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The second is based on 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation of a cesium 133 atom. This number was chosen to make it as close to the original second as possible (1/86,400 of the mean solar day).
There's really no reason they can't change that number to...say, 15,000,000,000 cycles of the cesium atom other than tradition. However, it's not some bozo deciding to divide by 24 then divide again by 3600 (hence the 1/86,4000).
BTW, my info comes from encyclopedia britannica.
You're thinking of sprint PCS ($35 for 1500 mionutes, no long distance, no roaming, free wireless web... ;)
:)
God I love my PCS phone
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The honeypot is far more vulnerable than the reals. Whenever someone breaks into the honeypot (using a known exploit)..or hell, even connects to the honeypot at all, that IP is denied access to the rest of the network.
I'm not sure if diminishing returns would be a factor, but cost and size constraints certainly would. I've seen incandescent lamps that let you switch four AA's for a single D.
In any case, check out the link in the article..they make flashlights in the $20-$50 range it seems. I'm sure they're pretty decent, but LED flashlights are a different beast than incandescent. You don't get a spot of light surrounded by a really diffuse yellow the way you do out of a normal flashlight like a Mag. You kinda get all the light spread over a much wider range. The reflectors seem to do very little in focusing the light..I don't know why. As such, you don't get the same range out of them.
In any case, I personally don't like mag lites. Princeton Tec actually makes some wonderful incandescent flashlights that are small, powerful, and extraordinarily reliable (you can't imagine how hard caving is on gear like an extra small flashlight or bottle...you know those really hard Lexan Nalgene drinking bottles? I broke one a couple weeks ago..imagine doing that to your Mag...after you've had it submerged in water for a couple hours).
Er..anyway..I don't know if it works with incandescent flaslights, but using lithium AA or AAA batteries (energizer makes some) can easily more than double the expected life out of an LED lamp.
For a wider selection of LED flaslights check out http://www.karstsports.com/ledlights.html (yes, I like the store..sorry, I find it immensely useful and cheap with invariably good products). Enjoy.
This is the tikka.
And here is my Princeton Tec.
Yes, the Tikka is the 3 white LED lamp.
LED lights certainly have their places. I own a Petzl Tikka headlamp that runs off three AAA batteries. I use this headlamp (along with a Princeton Tec Quest and a premier carbide lamp) for the caving i do here in the Northeast (specifically around the Albany NY area).
Anyway, the LED lamp uses three white LED's and doesn't put off anywhere near the light of the 2-AA princeton tec with a standard bulb. However, by way of comparison, it produces a more disperse light and it will last up to 150 hours on a single set of batteries, compared with 6-8 on the Princeton Tec.
The light is certainly whiter than most anything but maybe a xenon bulb (which uses tons of power). It has virtually no range, though. It lights up a nice hemisphere in front of me for a good 6 feet whereas the carbide and Princeton Tec can send a light several dozen.
I keep thinking that if they made a headlamp that had so many LED's in it that it sucked as much power as the standard bulb, it would be fucking bright indeed.....
Oh yeah, and the Tikka was almost $40 and the Quest was $15.
Any of the Live! series, almost anything made by Turtle Beach..
Actually it was solved on June 26 of this year. It wasn't deemed the winner until the October press release.
This was solved over a month ago..the press release is dated October 13.
I do remember seeing the first solution when it was first posted in March, I believe. I tried my hand, but I don't know enough cryptography!
They got the haircuts before Load ;)
but channel works just great :)
/. poster who posted this first..but it was buried beneath some other posts. Wanted to make sure everyone go this.
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The software they used was open source, dude.
http://tomshardware.com/cpu/0 0q4 /001120/p4-23.html
Tom has been using this benchmark since a little before the PIII 1.13 GHz I believe. Check out his site for CPU comparisons if you really care about kernel compile times.
I have to say it...you're about to complain that soe software doesn't run windows 95 with enough stability for you? Have you ever used the OS? :)
That's like wondering about whether your left turn signal will last a long time when you're in a 30 year old fiat in the fast lane of the Autobahn.
Erm..what I could see is some other power company claiming rights to use the power grid for their own plant to their own customers on their own bill.
I don't like the idea of this. Just think about it...as an earlier poster commented, it becomes possible for say France to block certain Englishmen, or Afghanistan to block Russians. The wonderful thing about the net is anonymity, and once we decide to give our exact location every time we get on a web site, that is totally lost.
I'd rather keep it so that no one really knows where I'm from online, unless I tell them (and don't lie).
http://www.microsoft.com/products/hardware/sidewin der/devices/SComm/SComm_Program.ht m site answers your question.
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Just like the Sidewinder original game pad and joystick, multiple keystrokes (delayed, simultaneous, sequential) can all be programmed into this device.
Cool stuff.
Sorry,
That is exactly what I did :)
No, she won't. The space shuttle experiences large amounts of friction because it is also moving at very very high horizontal speeds (an orbital velocity) as well as vertical. If it fell from a stationary position, silica tiles probably wouldn't be needed.
She'll be going Mach 1.5, but there's little air resistance, so there won't be much friction or heat. There will only be as much air resistance as her mass times the force of gravity. So evena t Mach 1.5, she own't experience more friction than someone at terminal velocity 10,000 feet up.
Just to test, I just fired up minesweeper and started clicking. On about my 20th try, my first click was a bomb.
Sorry.
It doesn't matter. For snow, you need water vapor in the air. The original poster was asking how that's possible.
Wrong.
The first article dealt with the origins of large channels on the surface of Mars. This deals with the presence of actual water presently on the planet.
Read before you flame the posters.
I've read and reread the post....what typo?
That's not from Handel, it's from Isaiah 53:5. Check it out.
It was also where the 80's rock band Stryper got its name.