Seriously what the hell just happened. Since when has april fools day been about making a fool of yourself?
Where was that single hoax among the serious articles that sucked you in, until you did the double-take and realise you'd been 'had'? I expected something intelligent from/., something subtle. Instead we got 3000 comments about PONIES.
It's only not seen as socially acceptable because the general public is constantly bombarded with advertising campaigns 'informing' them how evil it is.
2) There is less homocide per capita in the US, then in Brittian. So while homocide by firearm is higher, out overal numbers are lower, a lot lower.
Not according to
nationmaster. Which, 'compiles statistics from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.'
Murders (per capita).
US #24 with 0.042802 per 1,000 people
UK #46 with 0.0140633 per 1,000 people.
Murders with firearms (per capita).
US #8 with 0.0279271 per 1,000 people
UK #32 with 0.00102579 per 1,000 people
I'm not drawing any conclusions. Those are the statistics though.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know you will, this being slashdot:P) but a body travelling at relatavistic speeds would not experience a slower passage of time, a second would still be a second?
As far as I'm aware if your were 20 and traveled at reletavistic speeds for 10 years you would be 30 at the end of your journey. However many more years may have passed at some arbitrary fixed point (relatively).
So this article is basically saying radiation reduces lifespan?
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It seems a little early to be passing judgement, Why not give it a chance and wait till it comes out?
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Actually it was done even before I'76 on the playstation (Although I'76 was a vastly superior game). Twisted Metal was released for the playstation in '95, infact it became quite a popular series (Twisted Metal 2(PSX), Twisted Metal 3(PSX), Twisted Metal 4 (PSX), Twisted Metal: Black (PS2)).
I remember playing the orginal on one of those demo discs that come with magazines. Good fun actually, remember playing the demo a few times. Never bought the full game however as i felt I'd got everying I was going to, out of the demo... This appears to be the exact same game in a fancy new outfit.
Very easy, just connect the front two speakers like normal. Then connect a second set of speakers to sides and behind the listening area -- except only connect the positive terminals to the amp, and then bridge the negative terminals between the speakers.
Hmm I can't see how you would even get a signal through the rear set of speakers, (let alone any of them?) if they're only reaciving the positive from the amp. In affect all you're doing is shorting the positive of the left and right channels.
Now if you connected the rear speakers in series between negative of the left and positive of the right channel it might work. But you're probably be bridging an amplifier that wasn't designed to be bridged and and presenting it with some strange loads.
Either way I don't see any potential benefits from this setup, it would seriously screw up the soundstage. If you want the music to sound like its coming from behind you just place the original two speakers behind your head, or turn around...
My sarcasm detector must be malfuntioning. I mean you were being sarcastic right? Unless my memory is also malfuntioning, DVD's come in a protective casing. You put the disc in this protective casing, to protect the disc when not in use. Infact I think it's called the case.
Unless you're DVD player is situated over a belt sander and you keep accidentaly dropping discs directly onto it, I find it hard to believe you could permanently damage a disc by dropping it a few feet. Even severely scratched discs are recoverable with a cloth and some polishing compound.
Lots of people thought it was crazy to implent porcelain teeth with titanium roots that bond to bone...
Hate to nit-pick, but as far as I'm aware (could be wrong) but titanium does not bond with bone. Titanium is used due to the excellent mechanical proporties it possesses. However it has to be coated via plasma spraying with hydroxyapatite, which does bond with both bone and titanium.
Happened to have a lecture the covered this subject the other day.
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Where was that single hoax among the serious articles that sucked you in, until you did the double-take and realise you'd been 'had'? I expected something intelligent from /., something subtle. Instead we got 3000 comments about PONIES.
For shame /.
Oh you mean the way they were VERY conservative about military stockpiles and capabilities during the cold war.
It's only not seen as socially acceptable because the general public is constantly bombarded with advertising campaigns 'informing' them how evil it is.
That's just crazy, two years!? You wouldn't get that if you went out and stole the DVD itself.
You have to use a light touch, like a safecracker or a pickpocket...
Not according to nationmaster. Which, 'compiles statistics from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.'
Murders (per capita).
US #24 with 0.042802 per 1,000 people
UK #46 with 0.0140633 per 1,000 people.
Murders with firearms (per capita).
US #8 with 0.0279271 per 1,000 people
UK #32 with 0.00102579 per 1,000 people
I'm not drawing any conclusions. Those are the statistics though.
As far as I'm aware if your were 20 and traveled at reletavistic speeds for 10 years you would be 30 at the end of your journey. However many more years may have passed at some arbitrary fixed point (relatively).
So this article is basically saying radiation reduces lifespan?
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get a kick out of St. Paddy's day when people refer to it as St. Patty's day.
So does the remote control for my tv but I don't call it a keyboard.
It's not really a keyboard is it. They just put letters on the buttons.
Its a failure in that its an absolutely shite movie.
Games
I remember playing the orginal on one of those demo discs that come with magazines. Good fun actually, remember playing the demo a few times. Never bought the full game however as i felt I'd got everying I was going to, out of the demo... This appears to be the exact same game in a fancy new outfit.
Hmm I can't see how you would even get a signal through the rear set of speakers, (let alone any of them?) if they're only reaciving the positive from the amp. In affect all you're doing is shorting the positive of the left and right channels.
Now if you connected the rear speakers in series between negative of the left and positive of the right channel it might work. But you're probably be bridging an amplifier that wasn't designed to be bridged and and presenting it with some strange loads.
Either way I don't see any potential benefits from this setup, it would seriously screw up the soundstage. If you want the music to sound like its coming from behind you just place the original two speakers behind your head, or turn around...
I suppose papermaking, the compass, gunpowder and printing never were that noteworthy anyway...
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Pointless reply to a pointless post...
Unfortunately the server which hosts his site isn't elevated on a hard surface.
But aren't people bullied due to their social status?
Unless you're DVD player is situated over a belt sander and you keep accidentaly dropping discs directly onto it, I find it hard to believe you could permanently damage a disc by dropping it a few feet. Even severely scratched discs are recoverable with a cloth and some polishing compound.
May i suggest relocating your belt sander.
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Hate to nit-pick, but as far as I'm aware (could be wrong) but titanium does not bond with bone. Titanium is used due to the excellent mechanical proporties it possesses. However it has to be coated via plasma spraying with hydroxyapatite, which does bond with both bone and titanium.
Happened to have a lecture the covered this subject the other day.
Sounds like theyre pretty stupid to me.
the author concludes that ATI's latest generation of GPUs have an edge over Nvidia