Different countries run different power. There are quite a few countries in Africa. Yep. Which part of "Of course, electrical standards do vary from country to country" did you not understand?
Good suggestion, but neither the Google Map nor the Google Satellite data base appears to have enough resolution to find a specific town in West Africa, let alone a specific street. Google Satellite only has high-res images of the most populated areas of the United States; I know because own property that there are no high-res images available for.
Except for the GSM phones for use with T-Mobile and AT&T, which simply require a new smartcard to work in almost any country in the world. Yes, the US, in it's infinite wisdumb, decided to push different standards than every other country in the world, not be familiar with basic economic concepts like "economy of scale". And no, cell phones have absolutely nothing to do with GPS, except that some cell phones now contain GPS receivers.
I call bullshit. My wife is from Sierra Leone (in West Africa), and she says American appliances plug in and work just fine there. Of course, electrical standards do vary from country to country, so your mileage may vary - check with someone from that specific country. Plus, don't most portable GPS receivers run on replacable batteries, not off of AC adaptors?
A little lacking in tactile feedback, aren't they? The whole point of "touch typing" is to be able to type WITHOUT looking at the keyboard. It appears that would be impossible with a virtual keyboard!
What percentage of 10 kilograms? Aren't percentages usually independent of units used? I can't beleive the process can only be used on exactly 1 kilogram at a time...
I think it is more likely they are just trying to justify the continuation of their own jobs, now that a U. S. Space Command is no longer necessary to protect us from the evil ruskies.
Because antarctica does not share the same level of strategic significance.We'll see if you're still saying after they find oil there! I repeat, there are a hell of a lot more resources to be exploited in Antartica than at some arbitrary point in space! Space-based weapons systems have no requirement for Lagrange placement, and interplanetary travel ain't exactly lucrative right now. That leaves only zero-g manufacturing and zero-g sex tours as the only reason for being there. I seriously doubt if you could collect enough tolls or rents to even pay for operation of the station -- unless you work the gambling, prostitution and drugs angle. Perhaps it is really the Mafia that wants to seize the Lagrange points, to once and for all get away from those damn cops!
You don't need "thrusters" at all. Just a large loop of wire with electrical current produced from photovoltaics running through it. Add the earth's magnetic field, and you've got a big electric motor that can be used to reposition the station without throwing off any mass.
While we're at it, let's grab military control of Antarctica too, 'cause this shit about "sharing" as called for in the Antarctic Treaty just ain't workin' out!
By 1996, 41 nations, representing more than 80 per cent of the earth's population, had signed the treaty. Of these, 27 nations were full voting members of the treaty organisation.
Provisions of the treaty can be changed only by unanimous agreement of the voting members.
The treaty also bans any military operations, use of nuclear weapons, or disposal of radioactive waste in Antarctica; encourages the free exchange of information from scientific research conducted there; and forbids nations from making any new territorial claims on the continent.
It, however, made no ruling on existing territorial claims.
Why isn't this a viable model for control of the LaGrange points? Seems like there is a lot less resources to exploit in the LaGrange points than in the antarctic... hell, there aren't even any penguins living in the LaGrange points!
Wouldn't it be extra work for the Intel compiler department to test their compiler on AMD chips? (To say nothing of the fact the AMD CPUs are somewhat rare on Intel campuses). Easiest and safest thing to do is to simply not do any optimization for "unknow" chips. Intel sells their compiler as an optimizing compiler for Intel CPUs. Why should anybody expect the Intel compiler to work at all for AMD chips, let alone optimize properly? I'm sorry, but I don't think AMD can make this claim stick in a court of law, whereas obvious Intel has been using some sort of kickbacks and/or supply threats to make vendors go Intel-only.
I'm sorry, but I don't see any proof that Intel put "extra work" into making the compiler worse.
HP is finally admitting that their strategy to force customers to buy ink from HP by incorporating the patented print head in the cartridge is not working since everybody and his dog not simply refills the HP cartridges. So now they are finally willing to sell you a printer that just take cheap ink cartridges. However, the HP marketing department feels the need to spin this as some sort of "innovation" to save face, rather than admit that the "print head in cartridge" was a decision driven by HP marketing to screw customers in the first place!
I have a newer Epson that has 6 separate cartridges (one for each of 6 colors). And since 2 sets of cartridges cost as much as the printer, you might as well buy a new printer when the print head clogs up!
I don't see how you can compare war waged in accordance with the Geneva Convention with the terrorists random acts of violence committing against innocent non-combatants and face yourself in the mirror. Which was my original point. Yes, I was against the invasion of Iraq, and I still consider it to have been a huge mistake. Yes, I feel that any "collateral damage" is too much, and that we should be doing more to avoid civilian casualties and to amend our mistakes. I am NOT a Bush supporter, but at some point a country does need to take action to defend itself. The invasion of Afghanistan was arguably justified for the protection of US and other citizens, but that doesn't mean innocent Afghan citizens should suffer for the action of a few of it's (Taliban) political leaders, as at the time the Taliban was probably a better alternative to anarchy.
Close, but no cigar. The people sneaking in are causing wear and tear on the building, and thus increasing operating costs. Unauthorized distributors of copyrighted material in no way increase the operating costs of the copyright holders, and may in fact provide them with free advertising. Also, if your business model can't pay overhead by only charging the people willing to pay, then your business model is flawed.
This is the only AMD claim that I completely disagree with. Intel is a chip company, not a software company. They only make compilers to leverage Intel CPU sales. Intel is under no obligation whatsoever to make their compilers work for AMD chips at all, let alone optimize them for AMD chips! While we're at it, why don't we sue Microsoft because Visual Studio won't produce code that will run on a Power PC, and won't produce code that will run under OS X... that's obviously anti-competitive behaviour too, isn't it?
Jesus inpired peace? So the crusades were all about making peace with the occupiers of the holy land, huh? Based on results, I'd say Jesus didn't do any better job of inspiring people towards true peace than Mohammed did...
Yeah, I know... any leaders words can be twisted around to the opposite of the leader's intentions. But I've read my bible, and it says we should be stoning adulterers to death, so if you wanna stick to a literal interpretation of the bible, you'd better fetch some rocks!
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Different countries run different power. There are quite a few countries in Africa. Yep. Which part of "Of course, electrical standards do vary from country to country" did you not understand?
Good suggestion, but neither the Google Map nor the Google Satellite data base appears to have enough resolution to find a specific town in West Africa, let alone a specific street. Google Satellite only has high-res images of the most populated areas of the United States; I know because own property that there are no high-res images available for.
Except for the GSM phones for use with T-Mobile and AT&T, which simply require a new smartcard to work in almost any country in the world. Yes, the US, in it's infinite wisdumb, decided to push different standards than every other country in the world, not be familiar with basic economic concepts like "economy of scale". And no, cell phones have absolutely nothing to do with GPS, except that some cell phones now contain GPS receivers.
I call bullshit. My wife is from Sierra Leone (in West Africa), and she says American appliances plug in and work just fine there. Of course, electrical standards do vary from country to country, so your mileage may vary - check with someone from that specific country. Plus, don't most portable GPS receivers run on replacable batteries, not off of AC adaptors?
"I know, let's really fuck with the other member of my team by having him view different code than the stuff I'm editing!"
And this is more usefull than simply having two different television displays because... uh, why?
Didn't I see this same comment on the article about the robot arm designed to do breast exams?
A little lacking in tactile feedback, aren't they? The whole point of "touch typing" is to be able to type WITHOUT looking at the keyboard. It appears that would be impossible with a virtual keyboard!
What percentage of 10 kilograms? Aren't percentages usually independent of units used? I can't beleive the process can only be used on exactly 1 kilogram at a time...
I think it is more likely they are just trying to justify the continuation of their own jobs, now that a U. S. Space Command is no longer necessary to protect us from the evil ruskies.
Because antarctica does not share the same level of strategic significance.We'll see if you're still saying after they find oil there! I repeat, there are a hell of a lot more resources to be exploited in Antartica than at some arbitrary point in space! Space-based weapons systems have no requirement for Lagrange placement, and interplanetary travel ain't exactly lucrative right now. That leaves only zero-g manufacturing and zero-g sex tours as the only reason for being there. I seriously doubt if you could collect enough tolls or rents to even pay for operation of the station -- unless you work the gambling, prostitution and drugs angle. Perhaps it is really the Mafia that wants to seize the Lagrange points, to once and for all get away from those damn cops!
You don't need "thrusters" at all. Just a large loop of wire with electrical current produced from photovoltaics running through it. Add the earth's magnetic field, and you've got a big electric motor that can be used to reposition the station without throwing off any mass.
By 1996, 41 nations, representing more than 80 per cent of the earth's population, had signed the treaty. Of these, 27 nations were full voting members of the treaty organisation.
Provisions of the treaty can be changed only by unanimous agreement of the voting members.
The treaty also bans any military operations, use of nuclear weapons, or disposal of radioactive waste in Antarctica; encourages the free exchange of information from scientific research conducted there; and forbids nations from making any new territorial claims on the continent.
It, however, made no ruling on existing territorial claims.
Why isn't this a viable model for control of the LaGrange points? Seems like there is a lot less resources to exploit in the LaGrange points than in the antarctic... hell, there aren't even any penguins living in the LaGrange points!
What's the difference? The US will just outsource control of the LaGrange points to the Chinese, Indians, or Russians anyway!
I'm sorry, but I don't see any proof that Intel put "extra work" into making the compiler worse.
Or perhaps simply replace the fucking print head???
How about selling a seperate user-replacable print head? Maybe I should get a patent on that, as nobody else seems to have though of it!
Since the replacement for that $800 Epson is now a $120 Epson, I would think the fix/buy decision would be a no-brainer.
AFAIK the Pentium was developed in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. Don't know where you get you information from...
HP is finally admitting that their strategy to force customers to buy ink from HP by incorporating the patented print head in the cartridge is not working since everybody and his dog not simply refills the HP cartridges. So now they are finally willing to sell you a printer that just take cheap ink cartridges. However, the HP marketing department feels the need to spin this as some sort of "innovation" to save face, rather than admit that the "print head in cartridge" was a decision driven by HP marketing to screw customers in the first place!
I have a newer Epson that has 6 separate cartridges (one for each of 6 colors). And since 2 sets of cartridges cost as much as the printer, you might as well buy a new printer when the print head clogs up!
I don't see how you can compare war waged in accordance with the Geneva Convention with the terrorists random acts of violence committing against innocent non-combatants and face yourself in the mirror. Which was my original point. Yes, I was against the invasion of Iraq, and I still consider it to have been a huge mistake. Yes, I feel that any "collateral damage" is too much, and that we should be doing more to avoid civilian casualties and to amend our mistakes. I am NOT a Bush supporter, but at some point a country does need to take action to defend itself. The invasion of Afghanistan was arguably justified for the protection of US and other citizens, but that doesn't mean innocent Afghan citizens should suffer for the action of a few of it's (Taliban) political leaders, as at the time the Taliban was probably a better alternative to anarchy.
Close, but no cigar. The people sneaking in are causing wear and tear on the building, and thus increasing operating costs. Unauthorized distributors of copyrighted material in no way increase the operating costs of the copyright holders, and may in fact provide them with free advertising. Also, if your business model can't pay overhead by only charging the people willing to pay, then your business model is flawed.
This is the only AMD claim that I completely disagree with. Intel is a chip company, not a software company. They only make compilers to leverage Intel CPU sales. Intel is under no obligation whatsoever to make their compilers work for AMD chips at all, let alone optimize them for AMD chips! While we're at it, why don't we sue Microsoft because Visual Studio won't produce code that will run on a Power PC, and won't produce code that will run under OS X... that's obviously anti-competitive behaviour too, isn't it?
Yeah, I know... any leaders words can be twisted around to the opposite of the leader's intentions. But I've read my bible, and it says we should be stoning adulterers to death, so if you wanna stick to a literal interpretation of the bible, you'd better fetch some rocks!