How much can you bitch about Microsoft forcing you to upgrade, or about the features in the upgrade, when Microsoft is giving it to you for free? If you want a browser with a different feature set, then use IE just long enough to download one of the many alternatives out there! Personally, I use Firefox, but keep IE around to handle the broken webpages that only work in IE. The only reason people are clinging to IE6 is they are still accessing pages written to expect IE6's broken behavior, and they either know or suspect that those pages will not work properly with ANY other browser.
About 5000 years ago, the earth had a severe climate change event; glaciers are just now receding back to the same levels they were then, uncovering lots of old flora and fauna, like Ötzi. Another severe climate change happened 4200 years ago, causing drought and the collapse of major civilizations in the Middle East. The Mayans believed things happened in a roughly 5000 year cycle; there may be some truth to that. Climate change happens, records are always being broken, and yet somehow the Earth has managed to regulate it's temperature for billions of years, despite increases in the Sun's temperature Yes, I do believe human activity does have some effect on climate, and it might be possible to stress Earth's temperature regulation system to the point where runaway heating or cooling occurs. But if that hasn't happened in the past millions of years, it is probably not going to happen due to the relatively small changes we are seeing now.
This seems backwards. Rising air temperature does not necessarily imply rising temperature in the hydrate stability zone (it may make for a more effective thermocline), and increases in pressure due to glacial melt should make the hydrates more stable, not less. So what you should get is a larger hydrate stability zone. I agree that once the methane below the HSZ is released as a gas, the HSZ is probably not going to recapture much of it on the way up. There must be some negative feedback built into the loop somewhere, because if it is truly positive feedback, it should have spiraled out of control long ago.
I suspect this is part of the earth's temperature regulation system. Earth heats up, glaciers melt, sea level rises, pressure on methane ice on bottom of ocean increases, less methane is released, earth gets colder, glaciers build up again, sea level drops, pressure is less, more methane is released, earth heats up... of course, any kind of undersea volcanic or earthquake activity would seriously interrupt this cycle. I think it only works if you have an effective thermocline, that is, the rising temperature of sea water at the surface doesn't significantly effect the temperature of the water on the ocean floor, but I could be wrong.
Well, we could do the same for the cows, except that nobody wants the job of hooking up the collection piping, as one tends to get kicked in the head a lot whilst lifting the tail and plugging the connector into the fitting.
Nesson must have been paid handsomely by the RIAA to throw the case and set a precedent favorable to the RIAA. One thing is for sure... nobody is going to retain him as a lawyer for a case like this again, even if it is pro bono!
My touchscreen phone frequently dials ex-girlfriends unintentionally when I leave it on the contacts page and put it in my pocket without turning the display off first. I suspect this system would also come with some way of disabling the input when not in use.
"Skinput is a system from Carnegie Mellon's Chris Harrison that monitors acoustic signals on your penis to translate gestures and taps into input commands. Just by touching different points on your penis, balls, or taint you can tell your portable device to change volume, answer a call, or turn itself on. Even better, Harrison can couple Skinput with a pico projector so that you can see a graphic interface on your penis and use the acoustic signals to control it. The project is set to be presented at this year's SIGCHI conference in April, but you can check it out now in several NSFW video demonstrations."
Not a defect; music with a wide dynamic range was designed to be played in a perfectly quiet hall. Unfortunately, most of the listening environments today (e.g. while driving in your car) have a high level of background noise, which makes them better suited to Lady Gaga than Bach. Personally, if they were playing good recordings of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, or almost anything by Beethoven, it would attract rather than repel me. I grew up being forcibly subjected to Country music; despite the fact that I am quite familiar with it, I'm really not a fan of it now (with a few notable exceptions like Tim O'Brian, Allison Krause, and Emmylou Harris, artists that in no way restrict themselves to just the "Country" gendre). So yes, I do think conditioning youth to have an aversion to great classical music is a sin.
Driving away youths NOW is costing them money... most teenagers have a lot more disposable income than adults. Businesses doing this is a self-correcting problem; most of them should go out of business. Unfortunately the government can keep doing this forever, at least until someone files a lawsuit for violation of the equal protection clause of the constitution (what's the UK equivalent of this?)
Simple: you print the key in a blank spot on a random page of War and Peace. Good luck to anybody trying to find it without knowing the page number! Whereas in a standalone computer, any disk analysis software should be able to find the key. The point is, as in The Purloined Letter, you put the key in a place no one would think to look for it. Searching your computer and computer media is the _first_ thing anyone looking for the key is going to do! When they come in with a warrant to confiscate your computer, do you think that warrant covers your book collection as well? No, it just covers computers, hard drives, USB drives, CDs/DVDs, etc.
In my experience, it has generally been my wife (or girlfriends before her) that fall asleep after sex. In fact, I believe that if the woman doesn't fall asleep after, you're not doing it right. However, I have been known to threaten to stuff something into her mouth to shut her up _before_ sex. Talking about bills, chores, neighbors, etc. does not effect foreplay make!
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How much can you bitch about Microsoft forcing you to upgrade, or about the features in the upgrade, when Microsoft is giving it to you for free? If you want a browser with a different feature set, then use IE just long enough to download one of the many alternatives out there! Personally, I use Firefox, but keep IE around to handle the broken webpages that only work in IE. The only reason people are clinging to IE6 is they are still accessing pages written to expect IE6's broken behavior, and they either know or suspect that those pages will not work properly with ANY other browser.
Isn't that, um, a libel?
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Sure it is, but if this plays out anything link the RIAA case, I should wind up collecting from Nesson!
About 5000 years ago, the earth had a severe climate change event; glaciers are just now receding back to the same levels they were then, uncovering lots of old flora and fauna, like Ötzi. Another severe climate change happened 4200 years ago, causing drought and the collapse of major civilizations in the Middle East. The Mayans believed things happened in a roughly 5000 year cycle; there may be some truth to that. Climate change happens, records are always being broken, and yet somehow the Earth has managed to regulate it's temperature for billions of years, despite increases in the Sun's temperature Yes, I do believe human activity does have some effect on climate, and it might be possible to stress Earth's temperature regulation system to the point where runaway heating or cooling occurs. But if that hasn't happened in the past millions of years, it is probably not going to happen due to the relatively small changes we are seeing now.
Show of hands... who out there is willing to eat less tasty cows, just because they fart less? Yeah, that's what I thought...
This seems backwards. Rising air temperature does not necessarily imply rising temperature in the hydrate stability zone (it may make for a more effective thermocline), and increases in pressure due to glacial melt should make the hydrates more stable, not less. So what you should get is a larger hydrate stability zone. I agree that once the methane below the HSZ is released as a gas, the HSZ is probably not going to recapture much of it on the way up. There must be some negative feedback built into the loop somewhere, because if it is truly positive feedback, it should have spiraled out of control long ago.
I take it, then, that you are volunteering to be the first to shove that methane collection pipe up your ass?
I suspect this is part of the earth's temperature regulation system. Earth heats up, glaciers melt, sea level rises, pressure on methane ice on bottom of ocean increases, less methane is released, earth gets colder, glaciers build up again, sea level drops, pressure is less, more methane is released, earth heats up... of course, any kind of undersea volcanic or earthquake activity would seriously interrupt this cycle. I think it only works if you have an effective thermocline, that is, the rising temperature of sea water at the surface doesn't significantly effect the temperature of the water on the ocean floor, but I could be wrong.
Well, we could do the same for the cows, except that nobody wants the job of hooking up the collection piping, as one tends to get kicked in the head a lot whilst lifting the tail and plugging the connector into the fitting.
Prior to this, the methane was dismissed as being "merely whale farts!"
"The Arctic Ocean -- Earth's icehole!"
The Internet Explorer team has got to be the coolest group in Redmond... unless, of course, you believe the cake is a lie!
Nesson must have been paid handsomely by the RIAA to throw the case and set a precedent favorable to the RIAA. One thing is for sure... nobody is going to retain him as a lawyer for a case like this again, even if it is pro bono!
You do know pigs are omnivorous, just like people, don't you? Only zombie cows would be into grains...
Villager: (tentatively) Because they're made of.....wood?
Wow! You've actually used 99% of the iPhone apps?!? You must have a lot of spare time on your hands!
Why not simply use lawyers?
My touchscreen phone frequently dials ex-girlfriends unintentionally when I leave it on the contacts page and put it in my pocket without turning the display off first. I suspect this system would also come with some way of disabling the input when not in use.
"Skinput is a system from Carnegie Mellon's Chris Harrison that monitors acoustic signals on your penis to translate gestures and taps into input commands. Just by touching different points on your penis, balls, or taint you can tell your portable device to change volume, answer a call, or turn itself on. Even better, Harrison can couple Skinput with a pico projector so that you can see a graphic interface on your penis and use the acoustic signals to control it. The project is set to be presented at this year's SIGCHI conference in April, but you can check it out now in several NSFW video demonstrations."
Best excuse for getting a girl geek to touch your "junk" evah!
Not a defect; music with a wide dynamic range was designed to be played in a perfectly quiet hall. Unfortunately, most of the listening environments today (e.g. while driving in your car) have a high level of background noise, which makes them better suited to Lady Gaga than Bach. Personally, if they were playing good recordings of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, or almost anything by Beethoven, it would attract rather than repel me. I grew up being forcibly subjected to Country music; despite the fact that I am quite familiar with it, I'm really not a fan of it now (with a few notable exceptions like Tim O'Brian, Allison Krause, and Emmylou Harris, artists that in no way restrict themselves to just the "Country" gendre). So yes, I do think conditioning youth to have an aversion to great classical music is a sin.
Driving away youths NOW is costing them money... most teenagers have a lot more disposable income than adults. Businesses doing this is a self-correcting problem; most of them should go out of business. Unfortunately the government can keep doing this forever, at least until someone files a lawsuit for violation of the equal protection clause of the constitution (what's the UK equivalent of this?)
Tell me where the grave site is, and I'll go put my dancing shoes on!
Simple: you print the key in a blank spot on a random page of War and Peace. Good luck to anybody trying to find it without knowing the page number! Whereas in a standalone computer, any disk analysis software should be able to find the key. The point is, as in The Purloined Letter, you put the key in a place no one would think to look for it. Searching your computer and computer media is the _first_ thing anyone looking for the key is going to do! When they come in with a warrant to confiscate your computer, do you think that warrant covers your book collection as well? No, it just covers computers, hard drives, USB drives, CDs/DVDs, etc.
In my experience, it has generally been my wife (or girlfriends before her) that fall asleep after sex. In fact, I believe that if the woman doesn't fall asleep after, you're not doing it right. However, I have been known to threaten to stuff something into her mouth to shut her up _before_ sex. Talking about bills, chores, neighbors, etc. does not effect foreplay make!
TMI! Too Much Information!