I disagree. Of course species adapt. A species adapts by having individuals, who are not fit for their environment, die off. The ones that don't die, have their genetic heritage passed on (of course, I believe you understand this part).
It seems to me that you have two arguements going on at the same time. You're saying that individuals (at the genetic level) don't adapt (significantly). That arguement I can agree with.
I'm trying to understand what the advantage of dynamic typed variables are. I'm told that one of the disadvantages is that the program cannot guarantee that you have an object of the right type.
So what is the benefit? Is it mainly a productivity thing, where the programmer can type less? Is it that you don't have to cast things? These seem like small benefits when considering you don't have the security of knowing what type your variables are.
What other benefits exist? Where have I made bad assumptions?
I don't think this comparison is valid. Since the modifications are exchanging one fuel with another fuel, you should look at how efficient the gasoline part of the engine is.
The current 'hybrid' part of the Prius uses the energy recovered from the regenerative breaking feature. Essentially, this energy comes from the gasoline engine which generated the kinetic energy that the breaks are converting to heat and electricity. When you change the fuel from gasoline to electricity, the breaks will still recover some of that kinetic energy back as electricity. The kinetic energy is the same no matter how it was created.
You should compare the relative efficiencies of the gasoline engine to the efficiencies of the electric engine and the power source.
BTW: I know you don't 'create' energy. Is there a better way that I could have phrased the last sentence of the second paragraph?
Damn, I was hoping that you'd be one of those slashdotters who provide the calculations to prove why that wouldn't be as efficient as keeping the miners alive.
Slashdotters should rememeber that last year, Google introduced GMail as an April Fools Joke which turned out to be real. While most Slashdotters have been fooled into thinking thinking the Gulp is the Google joke of the year, rememeber that Google ususally pulls more than one stunt.
Google's other stunt is on the Gmail page. They've got a funny looking graph proclaiming Google will give you infinity +1 storage space. The graph is accompanied by a ticker that shows the increasing storage space for GMail users.
Well, they're not kidding.
Go ahead, login. Take a look at the current usage text.
Now sign out and take a closer look at the numbers ticking by. Do some calculations. What size will your GMail account be by midinght EST?
With any cost-benefit analysis, one must rememeber to factor in both the cost AND the benefit.
Parent post shows the results of both projects, but neglects the
Haven't read the article, but I'm sure some friendly slashdotter will find out how much both projects costed.
When Uncle Sam does away with credit cards and cash, and forces you to use your implanted RFID tag in order to get groceries... Well... Then it's time to talk about the end of the world. =)
One small step for an American, one giant leap for the New American Way.
This topic and the title of your post reminds me of a short story I read a while back..
(You need to do the salon-free-day-pass dance to get into the site. I just watched a bunch of seals being hit over the head. Thanks for that Salon.)
It's about a couple hackers who gain total control of their bodies; sure to be a secret fantasy among geeks. (Not in a gay sort of way)
Maybe something like, We are very very sorry for linking to you from our side of the interweb. Rest assured, Google.com will never link to your site again.
Of course, eventually this leads to things like cloning carnivorous dinosaurs and destroying small planets, but that's what science fiction readers are supposed to worry about.
Science fiction writers are supposed to worry about things like "Why do people still think digial watches are a neat idea?" and "Who is this God person anyways?"
So how does it work? Do you have to press buttons to get it to track your head? You don't have to wear the hat right?
The website is a little skimpy on information. I figured out that you can use reflective dots to track your movements.. So do you stick them on your nose or somethinig?
Whoh. I just found the rings. Those look like fun.. You can point to the monitor and it will move the mouse around.
The game section of the website makes it look like it would be great for fligt sims. How would you avoid having to turn around and backwards in an FPS game?
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It seems to me that you have two arguements going on at the same time. You're saying that individuals (at the genetic level) don't adapt (significantly). That arguement I can agree with.
People don't adapt. Species do.
You should try out the Half-life mod, Natural Selection.
What is this Beeb you speak of? ;)
So what is the benefit? Is it mainly a productivity thing, where the programmer can type less? Is it that you don't have to cast things? These seem like small benefits when considering you don't have the security of knowing what type your variables are.
What other benefits exist? Where have I made bad assumptions?
The current 'hybrid' part of the Prius uses the energy recovered from the regenerative breaking feature. Essentially, this energy comes from the gasoline engine which generated the kinetic energy that the breaks are converting to heat and electricity. When you change the fuel from gasoline to electricity, the breaks will still recover some of that kinetic energy back as electricity. The kinetic energy is the same no matter how it was created.
You should compare the relative efficiencies of the gasoline engine to the efficiencies of the electric engine and the power source.
BTW: I know you don't 'create' energy. Is there a better way that I could have phrased the last sentence of the second paragraph?
Damn, I was hoping that you'd be one of those slashdotters who provide the calculations to prove why that wouldn't be as efficient as keeping the miners alive.
Who knew lies and deceit were so hard to read through.
Google's other stunt is on the Gmail page. They've got a funny looking graph proclaiming Google will give you infinity +1 storage space. The graph is accompanied by a ticker that shows the increasing storage space for GMail users.
Well, they're not kidding.
Go ahead, login. Take a look at the current usage text.
Now sign out and take a closer look at the numbers ticking by. Do some calculations. What size will your GMail account be by midinght EST?
That's right. 2 GB.
Wikipedia article.
If you're harping about the 'gang' part, apparently one of the team members was in a gang, but quit after too many gang members were getting arrested.
"Could you help me buy the most best tampons?"
Keep in mind this is coming from Lorenzo, toughest looking guy in the team. (second from the left in the team photo)
Looks like the point was trying to bring up is being discussed under this comment
Parent post shows the results of both projects, but neglects the
Haven't read the article, but I'm sure some friendly slashdotter will find out how much both projects costed.
One small step for an American, one giant leap for the New American Way.
(You need to do the salon-free-day-pass dance to get into the site. I just watched a bunch of seals being hit over the head. Thanks for that Salon.)
It's about a couple hackers who gain total control of their bodies; sure to be a secret fantasy among geeks. (Not in a gay sort of way)
Maybe something like,
We are very very sorry for linking to you from our side of the interweb. Rest assured, Google.com will never link to your site again.
Have a nice day.
All of the information is sent to Carthag's email account.
AlienTwo: That planet just got posted to SquiggleSpork. It's probably blob of molten iron now.
AlienOne: <Sounds of amusement>
Fixed
Science fiction writers are supposed to worry about things like "Why do people still think digial watches are a neat idea?" and "Who is this God person anyways?"
But if we click all the links and nothing appears, we are obliged to comment about the lack of content to comment about!
s/<word_to_find>/<word_to_replace>/
...
Awww... We still love you.
So how does it work? Do you have to press buttons to get it to track your head? You don't have to wear the hat right?
The website is a little skimpy on information. I figured out that you can use reflective dots to track your movements.. So do you stick them on your nose or somethinig?
Whoh. I just found the rings. Those look like fun.. You can point to the monitor and it will move the mouse around.
The game section of the website makes it look like it would be great for fligt sims. How would you avoid having to turn around and backwards in an FPS game?