...and remember that things powered by the car driving over a power capturing device is stealing gas from your tank indirectly.
Stealing? Are you trying to troll by attempting to get people outraged that the device powers from the sound generated due to inefficiency of your vehicle?
It is technically true, the energy of the sound does comes from your fuel tank. But remember that your car would still be expanding just as much energy on generating the noise whether or not there is any sound-gathering device around. Driving on the country road in the middle of nowhere will not increase your fuel efficiency.
Really the term "stealing" is completely invalid in this case. Now if the headline was about some fancy road surface that converted traction into energy then you would be absolutely correct, because it would adversely affect the performance of your vehicle, thus increasing its energy expenditure, thus stealing from your fuel tank.
I lost track of the amount of code I've seen that is a straight duplicate from some area that does vaguely the same thing. Then all the variable names don't match the new context, comments are not applicable and assumptions are not necessarily correct. Doesn't matter what language it is written in.
Of course the person that does it never bothered to look through it and only relied on compiler error messages to detect the obvious "not declared" errors. What ends up is a mess that is nearly guaranteed to have bugs.
If tabbing the new pasted code into place forces you to actually read it and think about what you just did: then it is well worth it!
In a pure theory aspect, less tire on the road, less rolling resistance.
Now I am completely new to this whole area, so please don't flame me too hard if what I ask is something stupid and obvious.
It is logical that less friction, less power is needed to keep the wheel spinning. But in poor, wet or icy conditions I need every unit of friction possible for safety (Aside: What is the unit of measure for friction?). Therefore, isn't this new tire design makes it more difficult for me to brake and thus more hazardous?
Saving me money in fuel is good, but if some child runs out in front of my car on local road and I can't stop in time with these tires...
For injections, however, you're out of luck - sorry!
Perhaps use one of those air-forced-through-the-skin injection methods (Name escapes me). Hurts just as much if not more than the traditional way, but meets his no-needle requirement.
Well the article does little more than point out that LGP are not responding to hails and stopped updating their information. There is really no concrete facts to conclude that they are finished, thus all we can do from here is guess.
So lets say they are dead (Which might not be the case), what do you think killed them?
Could it be that there is just not enough Linux gamers that are willing to pay to see Windows games on their platform to sustain a porting company?
Could the original Windows publishers be at fault? Perhaps they are not willing to share the code for the porting purposes.
Could it be just a case of poorly run company that finally had their decisions catch up to them?
Really with so little information any guess is as good as another.
Aside: Anyone know why Loki folded? A quick search only states "financial troubles", which is not really helpful.
Precisely. I want to see these researchers use this interface non-stop for more than 30 minutes. Gorilla arm is the reason why I believe that any gesture-based interface research will never produce anything actually feasible.
Public education ends up being detrimental to the poor also. Because education has become a "right" we have more and more people not trying or in education when they shouldn't pass, but due to our thinking in the US, still manage to. Because of this, a high school degree is more or less worthless.
According to your perspective, you would rather have even basic education to be a privilege and not a right. Essentially people will need to compete to get the basic education rather than being automatically accepted.
While, it is true that in such world those that get in would benefit. Less people means more resources available, thus higher quality result. But consider the kids that don't make it for some reason. Could be they come from a poor family and spend more time looking for food (After all, welfare needs to be cut as well according to your second paragraph) rather than focusing on studies. Now rather than having some education as in currently, they would effectively have none.
Now given a person without any education at all, how do you expect them to climb out of their situation? Would you hire someone that can't read or do even basic of maths? Without a prospect of ever finding work, they will most probably turn to crime just to survive.
There is a reason that basic education was declared to be a right. It opens up opportunities and give you at least a small chance to better your life.
But perhaps I am building a straw man. Tell me, what is your plan for the people that miss out on schooling?
Alright, so according to you the grandparent is wrong.
Would you be so kind as to explain why he is wrong and how the current system of law is different from his idealistic perspective. That would add to the discussion and would have much greater chance of changing his mind rather than a trollish "STFU" rant.
What does gravity has to do with quantum mechanics? I was under the impression that such ripples would be larger than the size required for quantum effects to occur.
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...and remember that things powered by the car driving over a power capturing device is stealing gas from your tank indirectly.
Stealing? Are you trying to troll by attempting to get people outraged that the device powers from the sound generated due to inefficiency of your vehicle?
It is technically true, the energy of the sound does comes from your fuel tank. But remember that your car would still be expanding just as much energy on generating the noise whether or not there is any sound-gathering device around. Driving on the country road in the middle of nowhere will not increase your fuel efficiency.
Really the term "stealing" is completely invalid in this case. Now if the headline was about some fancy road surface that converted traction into energy then you would be absolutely correct, because it would adversely affect the performance of your vehicle, thus increasing its energy expenditure, thus stealing from your fuel tank.
With our state of infrastructure, that much supply would overload the whole thing.
That sounds absolutely awesome!! Like blowing up a hydrogen balloon only so many magnitudes more fun!
That is it: From now on the ultimate goal of the human race is to turn at least one white dwarf into a supernova!
Lets get cracking boys!
What is your alternative? Stay with our current infrastructure that is among the slowest in the developed world?
And yet despite all this, comparing to all others, it is still the best discussion site on the net.
Maybe she was in a hurry to get to the hospital.
I don't think he has quite reached that level. He is working on it though.
Solution: Stop mindlessly copying and pasting.
I lost track of the amount of code I've seen that is a straight duplicate from some area that does vaguely the same thing. Then all the variable names don't match the new context, comments are not applicable and assumptions are not necessarily correct. Doesn't matter what language it is written in.
Of course the person that does it never bothered to look through it and only relied on compiler error messages to detect the obvious "not declared" errors. What ends up is a mess that is nearly guaranteed to have bugs.
If tabbing the new pasted code into place forces you to actually read it and think about what you just did: then it is well worth it!
Someone give this man +5 Funny. That's just gold!
Wow. You had just restored quite a bit of my faith in humanity. Thank you.
In a pure theory aspect, less tire on the road, less rolling resistance.
Now I am completely new to this whole area, so please don't flame me too hard if what I ask is something stupid and obvious.
It is logical that less friction, less power is needed to keep the wheel spinning. But in poor, wet or icy conditions I need every unit of friction possible for safety (Aside: What is the unit of measure for friction?). Therefore, isn't this new tire design makes it more difficult for me to brake and thus more hazardous?
Saving me money in fuel is good, but if some child runs out in front of my car on local road and I can't stop in time with these tires...
Wait until this is actually approved and put into effect. My guess is that you will die of old age first.
For injections, however, you're out of luck - sorry!
Perhaps use one of those air-forced-through-the-skin injection methods (Name escapes me). Hurts just as much if not more than the traditional way, but meets his no-needle requirement.
Well looking at the frontpage, it looks like nearly every single article submission is by KDawson. Does /. even have other editors?
Screw the infants
Congratulations. You have just been added to every single pedophile watch list.
Wait! By quoting you, so was I. Hang on, there is someone at the door...
This is a wonderful age to be a mouse/rat.
Biotech is amazing!
Well the article does little more than point out that LGP are not responding to hails and stopped updating their information. There is really no concrete facts to conclude that they are finished, thus all we can do from here is guess.
So lets say they are dead (Which might not be the case), what do you think killed them?
Could it be that there is just not enough Linux gamers that are willing to pay to see Windows games on their platform to sustain a porting company?
Could the original Windows publishers be at fault? Perhaps they are not willing to share the code for the porting purposes.
Could it be just a case of poorly run company that finally had their decisions catch up to them?
Really with so little information any guess is as good as another.
Aside: Anyone know why Loki folded? A quick search only states "financial troubles", which is not really helpful.
Precisely. I want to see these researchers use this interface non-stop for more than 30 minutes. Gorilla arm is the reason why I believe that any gesture-based interface research will never produce anything actually feasible.
we *know* that Mars once had enormous oceans of water
This is news to me. Would you have a link to a credible source talking about this?
I'm not sure he would be too happy in the morning to be rejected even during his lucid dreams.
Public education ends up being detrimental to the poor also. Because education has become a "right" we have more and more people not trying or in education when they shouldn't pass, but due to our thinking in the US, still manage to. Because of this, a high school degree is more or less worthless.
According to your perspective, you would rather have even basic education to be a privilege and not a right. Essentially people will need to compete to get the basic education rather than being automatically accepted.
While, it is true that in such world those that get in would benefit. Less people means more resources available, thus higher quality result. But consider the kids that don't make it for some reason. Could be they come from a poor family and spend more time looking for food (After all, welfare needs to be cut as well according to your second paragraph) rather than focusing on studies. Now rather than having some education as in currently, they would effectively have none.
Now given a person without any education at all, how do you expect them to climb out of their situation? Would you hire someone that can't read or do even basic of maths? Without a prospect of ever finding work, they will most probably turn to crime just to survive.
There is a reason that basic education was declared to be a right. It opens up opportunities and give you at least a small chance to better your life.
But perhaps I am building a straw man. Tell me, what is your plan for the people that miss out on schooling?
Alright, so according to you the grandparent is wrong.
Would you be so kind as to explain why he is wrong and how the current system of law is different from his idealistic perspective. That would add to the discussion and would have much greater chance of changing his mind rather than a trollish "STFU" rant.
Dreadfully sorry, but it is unwritten law here that must be followed.
Cuttlefish
Whenever something is mentioned that was covered by XKCD: There must be a link to it.
I covered you this time. Be careful in the future. I hear that consequences are quite severe.
You need to read the parent carefully before replying:
Hence, allowing for a sharp decrease in depth.
Decrease in depth == submarine rises.
What does gravity has to do with quantum mechanics? I was under the impression that such ripples would be larger than the size required for quantum effects to occur.