So, essentially, you would have to move your blades in such a way as to not be totally perpendicular to the wind for the majority of the time. This leads to less than optimal power generation. Then you will need some kind of computer to tack effectively given position and wind angle and speed. out how to tack effectively to keep Then, you would have to hope you don't have ocean currents to deal with.
And keep in mind that you are likely tethered by the cable to transmit the power.
Sounds a whole lot less efficient than just tethering the thing in the first place.
The obvious problem would be how do you keep it from floating away? I know. We could put an engine on it to counter the push of the wind. The beauty of it is that this engine could be POWERED by the wind.
No, I have never heard of the laws of thermodynamics? Why do you ask?
Yes. I hate to break this to you, but people are people and should be respected as such. Governments like to get to get the people into an "us versus them" mentality. It gets folks to turn off their brains and follow blindly whatever they are told. Works for political parties as well. the repercussions of one nation's actions reverberate in all others.
Now, is the three strikes thing the biggest deal in the world? Probably not. But the moronic "Who cares about " is dangerous and a sign of a small mind.
I read the article, but it didn't go much into the implications of this finding. Does this mean a Cortisol injection would help? Or do you need a drug to stimulate the adrenal gland? Or is it more complicated than this?
Just because you don't SEE the spam doesn't mean the spam isn't being sent. It means you have a good filter in place. As someone who actually has to administer a system, i can tell you that we get closer to 98% spam. Part of that is our emails are advertised. Spam filtering has improved a LOT over the years, but some still sneaks through.
What has always baffled me about the whole singularity is the whole "fuzzy" definition of the whole thing. Generation n produces a "better" Generation n+1 which produces a better Generation n+2, etc. etc. Sometimes this is defined as "more intelligent". Yet, no real definition of "better" or "more intelligent" is ever given. At some point, an end goal must be defined. What if at generation 10, the machine realized there really is no point to anything. It becomes nihilistic and without millions of years of survival instinct in its genes, decides there is no point to existence and carries through with the logical conclusion?
If there is no concrete goal, then the whole singularity collapses on itself.
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The Age of Speed
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· Score: 4, Insightful
If you don't make time for what is important, your life will continue to be dictated by others' whims.
This book sounds like a rehash of Tyranny of the Urgent and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Hard to tell from a summary, but that is my first impression. Both are must reads if you want to do important things and not just do a lot of things.
Also 'Laws of Leadership' has its high points, and is worth at least a scan.
I was at a white elephant gift exchange two years back. I actually found an 8-track of the Partridge Family's greatest hits. I can't even begin to describe the look on the recipient's face...
This is probably the most intelligent pro-Celsius argument in this whole thread. I whole-heartedly agree that the rest of the metric system is superior to the imperial. AM/PM is rather odd also. I am not sure I agree on the using states of water as an argument.
As far as standardization... yeah, there are definitely advantages to having one worldwide system. However, in today's age of technology, I am not sure those are so profound. And as far as standardizing on English... I wonder how much we lose in that process as well (English is my native tongue).
Yes. The rest of the world is using it. Put intrinsically there is nothing superior about it. Both are decimal systems. Both are meant to give reasonable numbers for what the typical human experiences when walking outside. There is nothing magic about either system.
This is so damn frustrating. Meters are better than inches/feet because metric is decimal. You also don't need half a dozen different units depending on what you are measuring. Same for volume. Same for other units. In contrast with the other units, Fahrenheit and Celsius are intrinsically the same.
There is absolutely no advantage to Celsius over Fahrenheit. It is what you grow up with. If you argued Kelvin was better, I would agree as it has enough sense to start the scale at "zero". Is 20 Celsius twice as hot as 10 Celsius? No. Twenty Kelvin, though, is twice as hot as ten.
Other metric scales are many times more useful than imperial. Temperature is not one of them.
let me play devil's advocate. An internal investigation says I did something. I get canned. They let everyone know I was fired for this behavior. One problem... I didn't do it.
Sure the company is within their rights to can me. Sure they are technically correct that that is the reason they fired me. But I didn't do it. Everyone now thinks I am a thief... or a pedophile... or whatever else.
And this is the reason why companies should NEVER give the reason for terminating someone. Shame on the company for doing something so stupid, even if they are right.
Yeah, the speed seems to be the only thing I found lacking. I attributed that to the workstation I have this installed on as well. If it turns out that it runs better on a server, we will likely begin using it.
Do you have another system that you are looking at?
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And, perhaps, fulfillment can come from sources other than work...
how is this a troll?
Because there is no "-1 Classless" mod?
Excuse my ignorance... is mooring different from "anchoring"?
So, essentially, you would have to move your blades in such a way as to not be totally perpendicular to the wind for the majority of the time. This leads to less than optimal power generation. Then you will need some kind of computer to tack effectively given position and wind angle and speed. out how to tack effectively to keep Then, you would have to hope you don't have ocean currents to deal with.
And keep in mind that you are likely tethered by the cable to transmit the power.
Sounds a whole lot less efficient than just tethering the thing in the first place.
FTL: "The floatation element will have a draft of some 100 metres below the sea surface, and will be moored to the seabed using three anchor points"
The obvious problem would be how do you keep it from floating away? I know. We could put an engine on it to counter the push of the wind. The beauty of it is that this engine could be POWERED by the wind.
No, I have never heard of the laws of thermodynamics? Why do you ask?
Yes. I hate to break this to you, but people are people and should be respected as such. Governments like to get to get the people into an "us versus them" mentality. It gets folks to turn off their brains and follow blindly whatever they are told. Works for political parties as well. the repercussions of one nation's actions reverberate in all others.
Now, is the three strikes thing the biggest deal in the world? Probably not. But the moronic "Who cares about " is dangerous and a sign of a small mind.
That didn't answer the question. Basically, you just said "maybe... maybe not".
I read the article, but it didn't go much into the implications of this finding. Does this mean a Cortisol injection would help? Or do you need a drug to stimulate the adrenal gland? Or is it more complicated than this?
I am not on WoW, so I used your account. However, no achievement yet ;)
leave /. for the day
But.... I'm working on 12 points in my consecutive days on Slashdot achievement.
Just because you don't SEE the spam doesn't mean the spam isn't being sent. It means you have a good filter in place. As someone who actually has to administer a system, i can tell you that we get closer to 98% spam. Part of that is our emails are advertised. Spam filtering has improved a LOT over the years, but some still sneaks through.
Whoever set this virus up was smart to have things happen on April 1st. I never know if these reports are real or someone is making a joke.
I would have had first post, but I had to close my blinds to avoid anyone spying on my leet Slashdot posting skills.
What has always baffled me about the whole singularity is the whole "fuzzy" definition of the whole thing. Generation n produces a "better" Generation n+1 which produces a better Generation n+2, etc. etc. Sometimes this is defined as "more intelligent". Yet, no real definition of "better" or "more intelligent" is ever given. At some point, an end goal must be defined. What if at generation 10, the machine realized there really is no point to anything. It becomes nihilistic and without millions of years of survival instinct in its genes, decides there is no point to existence and carries through with the logical conclusion?
If there is no concrete goal, then the whole singularity collapses on itself.
Me too, or as George Harrison put it what if we gained the world and lost our souls?
George Harrison? Try Jesus
If you don't make time for what is important, your life will continue to be dictated by others' whims.
This book sounds like a rehash of Tyranny of the Urgent and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Hard to tell from a summary, but that is my first impression. Both are must reads if you want to do important things and not just do a lot of things.
Also 'Laws of Leadership' has its high points, and is worth at least a scan.
I was at a white elephant gift exchange two years back. I actually found an 8-track of the Partridge Family's greatest hits. I can't even begin to describe the look on the recipient's face...
This is probably the most intelligent pro-Celsius argument in this whole thread. I whole-heartedly agree that the rest of the metric system is superior to the imperial. AM/PM is rather odd also. I am not sure I agree on the using states of water as an argument.
As far as standardization... yeah, there are definitely advantages to having one worldwide system. However, in today's age of technology, I am not sure those are so profound. And as far as standardizing on English... I wonder how much we lose in that process as well (English is my native tongue).
Yes. The rest of the world is using it. Put intrinsically there is nothing superior about it. Both are decimal systems. Both are meant to give reasonable numbers for what the typical human experiences when walking outside. There is nothing magic about either system.
This is so damn frustrating. Meters are better than inches/feet because metric is decimal. You also don't need half a dozen different units depending on what you are measuring. Same for volume. Same for other units. In contrast with the other units, Fahrenheit and Celsius are intrinsically the same.
So you are arguing 20 Celsius is twice as hot as 10 Celsius? Are you also arguing that -10 Celsius is twice as hot as -5 Celsius?
So Celsius is based on on the freezing and melting point of water. At 1 atmosphere. Outside of that one case, what is the advantage?
There is absolutely no advantage to Celsius over Fahrenheit. It is what you grow up with. If you argued Kelvin was better, I would agree as it has enough sense to start the scale at "zero". Is 20 Celsius twice as hot as 10 Celsius? No. Twenty Kelvin, though, is twice as hot as ten.
Other metric scales are many times more useful than imperial. Temperature is not one of them.
let me play devil's advocate. An internal investigation says I did something. I get canned. They let everyone know I was fired for this behavior. One problem... I didn't do it.
Sure the company is within their rights to can me. Sure they are technically correct that that is the reason they fired me. But I didn't do it. Everyone now thinks I am a thief... or a pedophile... or whatever else.
And this is the reason why companies should NEVER give the reason for terminating someone. Shame on the company for doing something so stupid, even if they are right.
Yeah, the speed seems to be the only thing I found lacking. I attributed that to the workstation I have this installed on as well. If it turns out that it runs better on a server, we will likely begin using it.
Do you have another system that you are looking at?