From TFA:
"Why does it cost so much? To power an air conditioner at a remote outpost in land-locked Afghanistan, a gallon of fuel has to be shipped into Karachi, Pakistan, then driven 800 miles over 18 days to Afghanistan on roads that are sometimes little more than "improved goat trails," Anderson says."
Bringing in solar panels would reduce costs in the long run, but the transport investment would be the same or higher. I agree that there are greener ways to handle this. Personally, I think it's insane they provide air conditioning at all.
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If you need to be gorgeous and adhere to ridiculous social standards in order to be cool, most geeks are doomed any way. We don't have the cool hobbies, because practicing sports take time away from our interesting research. We don't watch the cool shows, because most popular TV shows have gaping plot holes or are just not interesting at all. It's hard to "fit in" when you're smarter than the masses.
I like it that way.
We are more suited to distinguishing ourselves from the masses with silly jokes and dooming ourselves to our little social niche because let's face it, the conversations are just so much more interesting over here.
Haven't tried it myself as I don't yet have root access, but this supposedly fixes your GPS fix. =)
My GPS has once saved my ass in Germany when I drove to the wrong town (Goch-Kessel reads as Kessel, stadt Goch) and has given me a number of severe headaches as well. I love my little Galaxy S to death, but I do not count on its navigation ever.
Except for the fact that on the German Autobahn, people expect this. There are many stretches of road that you are allowed to drive as fast as you can go, if traffic allows. All the German people driving cars know that there might be cars on those stretches that are doing 200kph. It's not just the fact that you are paying attention as a driver, but that the other cars around you are paying attention as well.
I've done the German Autobahn as a passenger at 160-180 kph (my father was driving and I hated every second of it) and as a driver (135 kph is fast enough for me) and your mirrors become your best friend. You keep an eye on traffic in front and behind you, anticipate speeds and you'll do fine.
There are also stretches of road in Germany that you're not allowed to go too fast, sometimes with speed limits of 80 kph because the difference in speed between the trucks (LKW's) and regular cars would become too great. And most people abide just fine by it, because they know it can get really dangerous. Sure, the BMW's and Mercedeses and Porsches will accelarate very fast once the speed limits are raised again, but they keep their speed mania in check when danger is close.
I live in the Netherlands and when I crossed back over the border after a trip to Germany, within 5 kilometers of the border you can tell the difference in driving style. I'd drive in Germany any day, despite the speed limits or the lack thereof. Just because Germans can anticipate and think about what they are doing and what impact they might have on other peoples lives.
Roy does not.
TFA mainly teaches us that people won't report a bobbing float of the kind scientists use, but they do report hundreds of rubber duckies.
Perhaps we should just teach scientists to disguise their floats as rubber ducks or equip the floats with GPS so they're not so reliant of sightings to chart the course their floats are taking.
I foresee a whole new range of scientific devices...weather balloons shaped like alien heads (with a limited edition of Gremlin-features), rubber duck floats...
I'm very interested to try this...how many minutes can I get below one minute of booting?
Seriously, between pressing the button and logging in there's only 60 seconds of boot. Should be enough time for any girl to get her morning coffee fix, I should think.
The reason kids are now making 'Crofty-bombs' in our country might just be caused by a total lack of having any imagination, or because the chemistry sets just don't bang loudly enough any more. They're bored, don't know any nice fun things to do, so they blow up their classmates. With just some regular warm water, aluminum foil, and some sink unclogger (a nasty chemical in itself) in a small bottle, they blow up the weirdest things. Yesterday I heard on the news two kids of 14 and 15 blew their home-made bomb in the snout of a donkey.
In the old days, they'd mix chemicals up at home. And injure themselves. Yeah, I can see why this is such great development...A great step forward for all of us.
Surely the cabinets Paars 2, Bakellende 1, 2 & 3 combined lasted more than eight years? Even if the parliament is dissolved and re-elected after three years (which, in my opinion, is a very long time for a cabinet to maintain it's cohesiveness), eight years is rather short.
Slashdot has been monitoring the whole voting machines issue (Diebold) with the fiascos in America, and our lil' ole' country has been in the Slashdot news because of what Atzo Nicolai did by taking steps to ensure the safety of the machines. Today's Algemeen Dagblad (AD/RD) had a nice story on page 3 about 'men in white suits' (think Hazmat + bleach) who tested the integrity of the machines in Ridderkerk.
I was surprised there were still people voting on the machines. If it were me, I'd have used the old pencil.
In any case, even with the diverse parties, I doubt the parliament will form an active alliance. It feels much like shaking hands with the enemy, but one must what one must. I'm not sure Marijnissen would be good to have on the coalition. As opposition though, he rocks.
Re:WTF?! Some of the entries are total bullsh*t.
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"some of the entires in this list completely destroy the credibility of whoever the person is who made this list."
Agreed, and may I add that some of the entries completely nullify the validity of the list? Yea, varily, some of the entries will outright downgrade the others on the list. It makes me ashamed to call myself a girl geek, (even though I don't even speak or write a word of C).
To make a list as this one and post it on Slashdot is positively insulting to all those women (see other comments) who are first class geeks. The only thing Curie and Hilton have in common is their gender; to compare Marie Curie with Paris Hilton is to call an apple 'an interesting new kind of plastics'.
And currently all the feminists are trying to decide between "Yay for her" and "Why does it have to be mentioned she's the first female tourist in space?"
She's just the so-and-so many tourist in space. Why is it special she's a female, just because she has to wear a diaper when trying to pee??
Sheesh. I'll just go with the "wish I was her" here.
I can see this going towards a new television series. Didn't they learn enough from Enterprise?
(it's in TOS history but everything looks a thousand times better and hey, let's throw in some new aliens as well)
How about this title: Star Trek: Let's squeeze the last bits of intelligence from our fans.
Or: Star Trek: You thought they'd be done by now, but you're not crying yet.
Bill: "We should really ban open source."
Random manager: "I know how to sway Congress, just tell them terrorists are using open source software, and they'll outlaw it in no time."
Bill: "Do they? Use open source, that is??"
Random manager: "I haven't met any terrorists, so I wouldn't know. The point is, they could."
Bill: "Good point."
I'm a girl.
I read/.
I know and like Star Wars.
I know and like and play D&D.
And thanks to someone else's comments my boob size is now being discussed on the/. comment thread.
Boy, you're easily swayed, aren't you?
PS: Sorry, no, I'm with NoKey who teaches me linux (gotta love a man who teaches you linux!).
As I was discussing with a friend on my regular D&D night, the difference between a YT-1300 Corellian freighter and the Millenium Falcon, is that the MF is slightly...modified, shall we say? It's a YT-1300++, so to speak
I did not know for instance, that the original YT-1300s have seperate jets while the MF has a big semi-ring of motor power block jet thingies.
(Girl going tech/mech here, beware.)
Ah well, Lando did some last minute remodifications when visiting the Second Death Star and scraped the hull a bit, incidentally losing the communications array too.
What do you mean, -3 off-topic? I'm a girl geek, what do I know of topics anyway!
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"Why does it cost so much? To power an air conditioner at a remote outpost in land-locked Afghanistan, a gallon of fuel has to be shipped into Karachi, Pakistan, then driven 800 miles over 18 days to Afghanistan on roads that are sometimes little more than "improved goat trails," Anderson says."
Bringing in solar panels would reduce costs in the long run, but the transport investment would be the same or higher. I agree that there are greener ways to handle this. Personally, I think it's insane they provide air conditioning at all.
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Hasn't she read the Terms of Use? By posting the pictures on Facebook they're no longer hers.
But what does it need power for? It's pretty much a coffee table without the energy the mouse will provide!
We are more suited to distinguishing ourselves from the masses with silly jokes and dooming ourselves to our little social niche because let's face it, the conversations are just so much more interesting over here.
Come to the nerd side, we have pocket-protectors.
Slashdotted. I guess everyone was curious!
We basement-dwelling nerds hate the sun. We hates it, precioussss!
*cough*
Sorry.
^H^H^H^H^H I was never here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611&page=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731462&highlight=gps
Haven't tried it myself as I don't yet have root access, but this supposedly fixes your GPS fix. =) My GPS has once saved my ass in Germany when I drove to the wrong town (Goch-Kessel reads as Kessel, stadt Goch) and has given me a number of severe headaches as well. I love my little Galaxy S to death, but I do not count on its navigation ever.
Oh hey, it works. Now here's my privacy. Sure, sure, take it. By the bucketload if you can. We've just proven this works!
There are also stretches of road in Germany that you're not allowed to go too fast, sometimes with speed limits of 80 kph because the difference in speed between the trucks (LKW's) and regular cars would become too great. And most people abide just fine by it, because they know it can get really dangerous. Sure, the BMW's and Mercedeses and Porsches will accelarate very fast once the speed limits are raised again, but they keep their speed mania in check when danger is close.
I live in the Netherlands and when I crossed back over the border after a trip to Germany, within 5 kilometers of the border you can tell the difference in driving style. I'd drive in Germany any day, despite the speed limits or the lack thereof. Just because Germans can anticipate and think about what they are doing and what impact they might have on other peoples lives.
Roy does not.
Perhaps we should just teach scientists to disguise their floats as rubber ducks or equip the floats with GPS so they're not so reliant of sightings to chart the course their floats are taking.
I foresee a whole new range of scientific devices...weather balloons shaped like alien heads (with a limited edition of Gremlin-features), rubber duck floats...
I'm very interested to try this...how many minutes can I get below one minute of booting?
Seriously, between pressing the button and logging in there's only 60 seconds of boot. Should be enough time for any girl to get her morning coffee fix, I should think.
The reason kids are now making 'Crofty-bombs' in our country might just be caused by a total lack of having any imagination, or because the chemistry sets just don't bang loudly enough any more. They're bored, don't know any nice fun things to do, so they blow up their classmates. With just some regular warm water, aluminum foil, and some sink unclogger (a nasty chemical in itself) in a small bottle, they blow up the weirdest things. Yesterday I heard on the news two kids of 14 and 15 blew their home-made bomb in the snout of a donkey.
In the old days, they'd mix chemicals up at home. And injure themselves. Yeah, I can see why this is such great development...A great step forward for all of us.
In Soviet Holland, tv watches YOU!!!
Ofcourse, I am from Soviet Holland and I voted for the Commies, so I have a right...right?
Slashdot has been monitoring the whole voting machines issue (Diebold) with the fiascos in America, and our lil' ole' country has been in the Slashdot news because of what Atzo Nicolai did by taking steps to ensure the safety of the machines. Today's Algemeen Dagblad (AD/RD) had a nice story on page 3 about 'men in white suits' (think Hazmat + bleach) who tested the integrity of the machines in Ridderkerk.
I was surprised there were still people voting on the machines. If it were me, I'd have used the old pencil.
In any case, even with the diverse parties, I doubt the parliament will form an active alliance. It feels much like shaking hands with the enemy, but one must what one must. I'm not sure Marijnissen would be good to have on the coalition. As opposition though, he rocks.
Agreed, and may I add that some of the entries completely nullify the validity of the list? Yea, varily, some of the entries will outright downgrade the others on the list. It makes me ashamed to call myself a girl geek, (even though I don't even speak or write a word of C).
To make a list as this one and post it on Slashdot is positively insulting to all those women (see other comments) who are first class geeks. The only thing Curie and Hilton have in common is their gender; to compare Marie Curie with Paris Hilton is to call an apple 'an interesting new kind of plastics'.
And currently all the feminists are trying to decide between "Yay for her" and "Why does it have to be mentioned she's the first female tourist in space?"
She's just the so-and-so many tourist in space. Why is it special she's a female, just because she has to wear a diaper when trying to pee??
Sheesh. I'll just go with the "wish I was her" here.
Finally, a garage large enough to park my spaceship in. And it's design. Way to go!
The mere sound of Kirk's communicator flipping open runs a shiver of joy down my spine.
(it's in TOS history but everything looks a thousand times better and hey, let's throw in some new aliens as well)
How about this title: Star Trek: Let's squeeze the last bits of intelligence from our fans.
Or: Star Trek: You thought they'd be done by now, but you're not crying yet.
Beam me up Scotty, I'm outta here.
Bill: "We should really ban open source."
Random manager: "I know how to sway Congress, just tell them terrorists are using open source software, and they'll outlaw it in no time."
Bill: "Do they? Use open source, that is??"
Random manager: "I haven't met any terrorists, so I wouldn't know. The point is, they could."
Bill: "Good point."
I read
I know and like Star Wars.
I know and like and play D&D.
And thanks to someone else's comments my boob size is now being discussed on the
Boy, you're easily swayed, aren't you?
PS: Sorry, no, I'm with NoKey who teaches me linux (gotta love a man who teaches you linux!).
PPS: sorry for off-topic.
I did not know for instance, that the original YT-1300s have seperate jets while the MF has a big semi-ring of motor power block jet thingies.
(Girl going tech/mech here, beware.)
Ah well, Lando did some last minute remodifications when visiting the Second Death Star and scraped the hull a bit, incidentally losing the communications array too.
What do you mean, -3 off-topic? I'm a girl geek, what do I know of topics anyway!
"You don't need to see our papers."
Cop: "I don't need to see your papers."
"Move along."
Cop: "Move along, move along!"