Only very simple programs don't need an installer to copy over all the OTHER parts of the program that AREN'T in the.exe. I haven't used this, but it seems quite a bit different than you describe. It is more akin to being able to download a major program and it just running right out of the box without an installer at all, no matter the program nor the need to have "permission" to install software (either be root in a *nix or have admin privs in Windows).
You're welcome...I figured you knew, but I wanted to cut off the "yes it is, no it's not..." argument before it started;)
A similiar situation, but one which is easier to understand is the formation of a solar system without a center mass. This is another impossible situation, but easier to put the brain around... An accretion disk would form and then locallized masses would form their own minisystems and turn into planets and still head "inward" even without a sun. There would never be much spin to a system like that and it would still take a LONG time to fall inward, but given enough time and a perfectly isolated system, it would happen.
Another demonstration that actually DOES happen is in a binary star system. The stars don't rotate around each other, they rotate around a center of gravity between them and again are destined for one final kiss assuming an isolated system.
I guess with enough separation from the ability to commit the crime it is a decent idea. The cheats watching the camera CAN'T themselves cheat (at least not any more than any other crooked employee) while on the job.
I would hope that the Secret Service would watch these guys like a hawk while they are employeed there...
What you describe it impossible under known physical laws. If something along those lines DID happen (somehow...) it would definitely collapse towards the center and reform as a much smaller star. However, something like that can't naturally come about. Think of the analogy (which is actually far more possible, given the densities involved) what would happen to a given region of ocean if half a mile under the ocean there was vacuum for 500 foot. Obviously, the water would fall in to fill the vacuum.
I see what you are getting at, which way is the gravity really pulling if there is that much distance across the middle, but ultimately, it doesn't matter. Even if you had numerous "mini-stars" form from the original stellar matter, those would also be pulled towards the center of the system of gravity. The only way to prevent the eventual reunion of all the stellar matter at the center of the "original" star would be removal of matter from only one side, then you nudge the center of gravity to the other side as you remove mass, but it would all still be pulled into one mass at the center eventually.
So, the moral of the story is for those with "l33t 5ki11z" but no job to hack the shit out of a company that does some business with the government and hope to get noticed then get a job with them? Seriously, I DO think the government SHOULD enlist hackers, but I'm not so sure about crackers. How many people would hire a convicted burglar to watch over their property because "he knows the type of suspicious activity to look out for"???
I'm not doubting your story, just curious. How did lack of sleep force you to eat foods that were fast and easy to prepare or eat high fat foods? As a child I would think the first 17-18 years of your life would have your meals somewhat dictated by your parent's cooking choices, and even after that the fast food thing doesn't really make sense.
And in this case, the offender made a plea DOWN to "criminal threats", so I would say that it is definitely worthy of a "strike." This is far from getting in an argument at a movie theater like the original poster presented...
Some very informal searching yielded a California case where a person had PREVIOUSLY plead guilty to "criminal threats" which "amounted to felony disturbing the peace" which later acted as a strike when the person committed another felony.
A 3 strike misdemeanor resulting in life? I don't remember ever hearing of disturbing the peace being a felony ANYWHERE in the US nor do I think any state has a three strikes misdemeanor law and definitely not one that results in life in prison.
Yep, I was definitely wrong. Not sure what I was thinking of, but still my original point counts whether the platters are in a vacuum or even under pressure has nothing to do with the force it is under while spinning.
A 48X CD drive spins it's CDs at up to about 9,000 RPM. I'm sure in a near vacuum solid metal discs could be made to spin far faster than a thin plastic disc like a CD without deformation. Lab centrifuges often spin things with a much larger radius far faster than this. Obviously at a certain point you have to have very heavy well-made rotors, but not at a 2 inch radius only spinning 10K RPM.
The only change it could possibly make is WHERE on Earth it would strike if it were to actually hit us. This changed the Earths rotation, not it's orbit. This means that whatever part of Earth's surface which would be in a specific 3D coordinate in our solar system in whatever time of impact would be different, but Earth will still be there. Our mass didn't change, just the average density (and then only very slightly).
But the cost of the item is built into the NEXT DR PEPPER I would buy, not the gas, unless the store itself is sponsoring the giveaway and they don't want to compete with the neighboring gas stations in price.
I agree in principle though, however, that has nothing to do with the poster I replied to who said that downloading movies isn't free because we already pay for the pipe with which to do it.
"The argument is that downloading isn't free. The fact that you're paying for a connection for other purposes doesn't mean that it's free."
So, if next week I go to the gas station to fill up and while there they give me a free "no-strings-attached" Dr. Pepper it isn't really free because I had to spend money to get there, even though I was already going to the gas station for a totally unrelated transaction?
Have you looked at any recent turbine design? They are MUCH larger and turn much slower, the only way a bird will die from them is if they directly run INTO the turbine itself...and that is no more likely to happen than a bird slamming into the side of a house or utility pole.
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Only very simple programs don't need an installer to copy over all the OTHER parts of the program that AREN'T in the .exe. I haven't used this, but it seems quite a bit different than you describe. It is more akin to being able to download a major program and it just running right out of the box without an installer at all, no matter the program nor the need to have "permission" to install software (either be root in a *nix or have admin privs in Windows).
You're welcome...I figured you knew, but I wanted to cut off the "yes it is, no it's not..." argument before it started ;)
A similiar situation, but one which is easier to understand is the formation of a solar system without a center mass. This is another impossible situation, but easier to put the brain around... An accretion disk would form and then locallized masses would form their own minisystems and turn into planets and still head "inward" even without a sun. There would never be much spin to a system like that and it would still take a LONG time to fall inward, but given enough time and a perfectly isolated system, it would happen.
Another demonstration that actually DOES happen is in a binary star system. The stars don't rotate around each other, they rotate around a center of gravity between them and again are destined for one final kiss assuming an isolated system.
I guess with enough separation from the ability to commit the crime it is a decent idea. The cheats watching the camera CAN'T themselves cheat (at least not any more than any other crooked employee) while on the job.
I would hope that the Secret Service would watch these guys like a hawk while they are employeed there...
What you describe it impossible under known physical laws. If something along those lines DID happen (somehow...) it would definitely collapse towards the center and reform as a much smaller star. However, something like that can't naturally come about. Think of the analogy (which is actually far more possible, given the densities involved) what would happen to a given region of ocean if half a mile under the ocean there was vacuum for 500 foot. Obviously, the water would fall in to fill the vacuum.
I see what you are getting at, which way is the gravity really pulling if there is that much distance across the middle, but ultimately, it doesn't matter. Even if you had numerous "mini-stars" form from the original stellar matter, those would also be pulled towards the center of the system of gravity. The only way to prevent the eventual reunion of all the stellar matter at the center of the "original" star would be removal of matter from only one side, then you nudge the center of gravity to the other side as you remove mass, but it would all still be pulled into one mass at the center eventually.
So, the moral of the story is for those with "l33t 5ki11z" but no job to hack the shit out of a company that does some business with the government and hope to get noticed then get a job with them? Seriously, I DO think the government SHOULD enlist hackers, but I'm not so sure about crackers. How many people would hire a convicted burglar to watch over their property because "he knows the type of suspicious activity to look out for"???
I'm not doubting your story, just curious. How did lack of sleep force you to eat foods that were fast and easy to prepare or eat high fat foods? As a child I would think the first 17-18 years of your life would have your meals somewhat dictated by your parent's cooking choices, and even after that the fast food thing doesn't really make sense.
And in this case, the offender made a plea DOWN to "criminal threats", so I would say that it is definitely worthy of a "strike." This is far from getting in an argument at a movie theater like the original poster presented...
Some very informal searching yielded a California case where a person had PREVIOUSLY plead guilty to "criminal threats" which "amounted to felony disturbing the peace" which later acted as a strike when the person committed another felony.
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http://www.socallawblog.com/archives/001885.htm
Nothing other than that...
A 3 strike misdemeanor resulting in life? I don't remember ever hearing of disturbing the peace being a felony ANYWHERE in the US nor do I think any state has a three strikes misdemeanor law and definitely not one that results in life in prison.
Man, talk about good coverage. A single board getting TWO Slashdot posts when new GPUs often don't merit one.
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Yep, I was definitely wrong. Not sure what I was thinking of, but still my original point counts whether the platters are in a vacuum or even under pressure has nothing to do with the force it is under while spinning.
I thought anything recent was liquid cushioned... Maybe I'm remembering the wrong thing...
A 48X CD drive spins it's CDs at up to about 9,000 RPM. I'm sure in a near vacuum solid metal discs could be made to spin far faster than a thin plastic disc like a CD without deformation. Lab centrifuges often spin things with a much larger radius far faster than this. Obviously at a certain point you have to have very heavy well-made rotors, but not at a 2 inch radius only spinning 10K RPM.
The only change it could possibly make is WHERE on Earth it would strike if it were to actually hit us. This changed the Earths rotation, not it's orbit. This means that whatever part of Earth's surface which would be in a specific 3D coordinate in our solar system in whatever time of impact would be different, but Earth will still be there. Our mass didn't change, just the average density (and then only very slightly).
That's the truth, huge build up and then an even larger let down :/
Mexican border town geek sex shows ;)
Watch as money gets worthless as tiny robots take over all niches on planet and eventually build a slave race of flies and fruit trees.
Brings a whole new meaning to "Lord of the Flies"...
A better wording would be "become autonomous, in other words not need external assistance in refuelling"
Give robot the ability to manipulate it's offspring's hardware.
$1 per base with ~$15 per oligo up front fee (at least that is what I pay MWG, but we order small quantities and only a few at a time...)
Try the Edonkey network and http://www.the-realworld.de/index.php
They list virtually every TV show, sorted nicely too.
You do know that the whole point of Galileo is to launch their OWN satellites, right? There would be no US military equipment used under it.
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But the cost of the item is built into the NEXT DR PEPPER I would buy, not the gas, unless the store itself is sponsoring the giveaway and they don't want to compete with the neighboring gas stations in price.
I agree in principle though, however, that has nothing to do with the poster I replied to who said that downloading movies isn't free because we already pay for the pipe with which to do it.
"The argument is that downloading isn't free. The fact that you're paying for a connection for other purposes doesn't mean that it's free."
So, if next week I go to the gas station to fill up and while there they give me a free "no-strings-attached" Dr. Pepper it isn't really free because I had to spend money to get there, even though I was already going to the gas station for a totally unrelated transaction?
Have you looked at any recent turbine design? They are MUCH larger and turn much slower, the only way a bird will die from them is if they directly run INTO the turbine itself...and that is no more likely to happen than a bird slamming into the side of a house or utility pole.