According to Scott Adams, they'd actually be ok with a one-buttoned mouse, since they only use their tail to operate it. Thus, proving further their natural evolutionary advantage.
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I know this comment *shouldn't* get modded up, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for a miracle.
Well, maybe most of you couldn't read it. I'm one of the unforunate few that hacked Firefox to show me everything shifted to the right by 10,000 pixels. I suppose there is a price to having so much freedom...
It sounds like the parent is saying, IT is now a commodity. People value luxuries. You pay a nickel for ramen noodles but a few hundred so your video card will render better graphics. People who repair plumbing and fix cars are paid way less than people designing personalized cutting edge media centers for homes.
That's why it's important to get a GOOD education and stay ahead of the curve. College teaches you how to learn, which is precisely what it takes to stay ahead. If you stay a technician, and your technology becomes ubiquitious, then you stand out no better (or at least not much better) than the cashier who checks out my groceries. And yes, if you have to call in the manager to checkout a certain item, I probably won't be happy.
Maybe it's not how things should be, but it is how they are perceived by the majority of non-technical people.
Maybe, but I doubt the researchers would like that. Given the content that might be involved in internet research, I'm not surprised with how long it took these guys.
"Really, that's interesting what she can do with ordinary household objects..."
My question is, over the past seven years, how many times did they stay out too late working on their research?
But if you convert to Japanese, you'll find that 8420% of their projects are not-on-time. Clearly they are bringing everyone else's average up and preventing things like deep-space exploration, a cure for aids & cancer, and AI.
I believe the UN should focus on this before they make plans to take over the internet.
Haven't you heard, it's not as cool to store private data on regular computers, because storing them on LAPTOP computers is all the rage now. Especially if they contain social security numbers and stuff, because nobody would think to steal such an important laptop.
I reread it again, and I still see nowhere that it mentions faster discharge. It states discharge amounts at different temperatures (i.e. you can't get as much energy from it when the battery is hot), but nothing about discharge rates.
Second, I actually do some work for Ecolectric Technology, so I find it funny that you reference it. I'm the "Dave" on the contacts page.
Pretty much. Note they said nothing about the practicality, like the warm up time for the fuel cell, or if it freezes and destroys part of the fuel cell (depending on the type), or even the acceleration--which is especially going to be a problem with the relatively low, constant-power output of a fuel cell.
Notice they're not even selling it, it's just a prototype with an estimate price. And besides, where are you going to buy your fuel for it (assuming it's not a hydrocarbon-reforming type)?
Note that they're not talking about charging an entire array of batteries such as in an EV. They're saying that they COULD, if the power were available and the lines could handle the load. For example, in small battery such as theirs, no problem. But in an EV, it's not the battery's fault if the wall outlet is the limitation.
This is kinda like that annoying message that a certain Windows machine gives me when I plug in a USB device..."This device can perform faster...USB 2.0, etc." Just because the device can perform faster, I'm still limited by what the computer can do.
You'll be there in a flash, AFTER the fuel cell comes up to operating temperature. You'd think if something were so easy, that if the President pushed a few billion dollars at it, it'd get done pretty quick. Fuel cells are a long way off my friend. A joke in the industry is that fuel cells are about 10 years away, just like last year, and the year before that, and so on...
Except that they're being careful to state only the CHARGING time, not the DISCHARGING time. You may charge it with 50hp, but I'll bet you get energy back out much more slowly
"I do not think of dating, because wife's hammer of loyalty +5 will smite me quick."
Maybe her smiting hammer would get less use if you thought of dating more. If you wife was worth marrying, then it wouldn't hurt to take her on a few dates, even after the honeymoon is over.
Treat her to a nice dinner--she'll thank you for it, and you'll thank yourself for doing it.:)
Actually, I was just thinking you could have it where you key in the number once and the number would disappear. Then, 45 seconds later, you have to re-enter the number from memory. If a minute passes, the alarm sounds and the routine starts over again with a new number.
Plus, for those attempting to trian their memory, this method gives you a little bit of time each day to practice.
A reading of the Holy Act of Digital Millenium Copyrights
Then did he raise on high the Holy Act of Digital Millenium Copyrights, saying, "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst oppress thine constituents to tiny mindless peoples, in thy mercy." And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the.mp3s and.wavs and.wmvs and iTunes... Now did the Lord say, "First thou download the Holy DMCA encrypted media. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then playest thou the Holy DMCA protected media in the direction of thine purchaser, who, being mindless in my sight, shall enjoy it."
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According to Scott Adams, they'd actually be ok with a one-buttoned mouse, since they only use their tail to operate it. Thus, proving further their natural evolutionary advantage.
I know this comment *shouldn't* get modded up, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for a miracle.
Well, maybe most of you couldn't read it. I'm one of the unforunate few that hacked Firefox to show me everything shifted to the right by 10,000 pixels. I suppose there is a price to having so much freedom...
I KNEW those people without noses had some evolutionary advantage...they can't smell worth a darn!
It sounds like the parent is saying, IT is now a commodity. People value luxuries. You pay a nickel for ramen noodles but a few hundred so your video card will render better graphics. People who repair plumbing and fix cars are paid way less than people designing personalized cutting edge media centers for homes.
That's why it's important to get a GOOD education and stay ahead of the curve. College teaches you how to learn, which is precisely what it takes to stay ahead. If you stay a technician, and your technology becomes ubiquitious, then you stand out no better (or at least not much better) than the cashier who checks out my groceries. And yes, if you have to call in the manager to checkout a certain item, I probably won't be happy.
Maybe it's not how things should be, but it is how they are perceived by the majority of non-technical people.
I think maybe they took "next generation" a bit too literallly...
Maybe, but I doubt the researchers would like that. Given the content that might be involved in internet research, I'm not surprised with how long it took these guys.
"Really, that's interesting what she can do with ordinary household objects..."
My question is, over the past seven years, how many times did they stay out too late working on their research?
Have you tried wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex
But if you convert to Japanese, you'll find that 8420% of their projects are not-on-time. Clearly they are bringing everyone else's average up and preventing things like deep-space exploration, a cure for aids & cancer, and AI.
I believe the UN should focus on this before they make plans to take over the internet.
Haven't you heard, it's not as cool to store private data on regular computers, because storing them on LAPTOP computers is all the rage now. Especially if they contain social security numbers and stuff, because nobody would think to steal such an important laptop.
Two things, both slightly amusing...
I reread it again, and I still see nowhere that it mentions faster discharge. It states discharge amounts at different temperatures (i.e. you can't get as much energy from it when the battery is hot), but nothing about discharge rates.
Second, I actually do some work for Ecolectric Technology, so I find it funny that you reference it. I'm the "Dave" on the contacts page.
Pretty much. Note they said nothing about the practicality, like the warm up time for the fuel cell, or if it freezes and destroys part of the fuel cell (depending on the type), or even the acceleration--which is especially going to be a problem with the relatively low, constant-power output of a fuel cell.
Notice they're not even selling it, it's just a prototype with an estimate price. And besides, where are you going to buy your fuel for it (assuming it's not a hydrocarbon-reforming type)?
Note that they're not talking about charging an entire array of batteries such as in an EV. They're saying that they COULD, if the power were available and the lines could handle the load. For example, in small battery such as theirs, no problem. But in an EV, it's not the battery's fault if the wall outlet is the limitation.
This is kinda like that annoying message that a certain Windows machine gives me when I plug in a USB device..."This device can perform faster...USB 2.0, etc." Just because the device can perform faster, I'm still limited by what the computer can do.
You'll be there in a flash, AFTER the fuel cell comes up to operating temperature. You'd think if something were so easy, that if the President pushed a few billion dollars at it, it'd get done pretty quick. Fuel cells are a long way off my friend. A joke in the industry is that fuel cells are about 10 years away, just like last year, and the year before that, and so on...
Except that they're being careful to state only the CHARGING time, not the DISCHARGING time. You may charge it with 50hp, but I'll bet you get energy back out much more slowly
"I do not think of dating, because wife's hammer of loyalty +5 will smite me quick."
:)
Maybe her smiting hammer would get less use if you thought of dating more. If you wife was worth marrying, then it wouldn't hurt to take her on a few dates, even after the honeymoon is over.
Treat her to a nice dinner--she'll thank you for it, and you'll thank yourself for doing it.
1. Send one email per day for a year
2. ???
3. Profit!
Or more for Google, I know what bot you bought this spring.
Actually, I've seen shirts advertising that 2+2=5 for large values of 2. Thus, even math is biased.
Gotta be a typo. Some reporter converted to shorthand and didn't put it back in plain English just right. Maybe she meant "dismiss"
I often find that a lead pipe is a solid enough requirement to make the necessary adjustments.
What are you talking about you insensitive clod all your base are belong to us!
I'll bet this will cause problems for SCO...The only code they can patent by this method is
while (true) {
file(lawsuit);
}
Actually, I was just thinking you could have it where you key in the number once and the number would disappear. Then, 45 seconds later, you have to re-enter the number from memory. If a minute passes, the alarm sounds and the routine starts over again with a new number.
Plus, for those attempting to trian their memory, this method gives you a little bit of time each day to practice.
A reading of the Holy Act of Digital Millenium Copyrights
.mp3s and .wavs and .wmvs and iTunes... Now did the Lord say, "First thou download the Holy DMCA encrypted media. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then playest thou the Holy DMCA protected media in the direction of thine purchaser, who, being mindless in my sight, shall enjoy it."
Then did he raise on high the Holy Act of Digital Millenium Copyrights, saying, "Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst oppress thine constituents to tiny mindless peoples, in thy mercy." And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the