First of all, relax dude. Second of all, I find this comment hilarious especially since it is coming from someone whose home page is "flyingbuttmonkeys.com" perhaps you need a refresher on the definition of juvenile?:) I call M$ "M$" because I've been doing that for years, it isn't meant to ruffle your feathers, but it does show my bias....
You can make a good argument that by having M$ being huge and sucking lots of $$$ from the economy and sending it to a relatively few shareholders, that M$ may be hurting the economy by their very existance.
Its like trying to breathe in a room where someone is slowly sucking the air out.
IMO, you're vastly overestimating the value of "moon dirt".
You may be correct, *but* right now, moon rock that has fallen to earth as a meteorite is valued at 100,000 a carat (1/5 of a gram). According to this article, a finger tip size piece of moon rock (1.2 grams) is valued at $5 mil! I think you would get two types of buyers, the handful of wealthy people looking for mantle trophies and the masses looking for something for posterity. I don't think the value of moon rock would drop all that fast (at first).
People are always looking for ways for the private sector to get involved in space. IMO, A profitable one may be in going to the moon and back. It may seem silly, but moon rock is some of the most valuable stuff on earth. The value now is in the millions for relatively large chunks, and in the hundreds of thousands for small ones.
While I realize that having more of the rare stuff will reduce its value, could you imagine selling small moon particles (100ths or even 1000ths of a gram) to private citizens/collectors? 1/100 of a gram * $500 * 10kg * 1000g/kg = 1,000,000*500 or $500,000,000 with 10kg and only 100,000 customers. 500,000,000 may not be enough for a small robot mission to the moon (with the intent of returning) but it is getting close.
I know and this eliminated my idea to hold the first annual unofficial/. Karma whoring competition. Players all create new uid's and the goal is to see who can get the most karma in a week. (Hit fifty and create a new user..., etc.) With the moderation system there is room for cheating, but thats all part of the fun.
You know, I bought a Cobalt server (Raq3). Cobalt (Sun now) claims that only one drive is supported. Well, I split the ide did the master/slave thing and fashioned a hack spot for them. One problem, after a couple of weeks of use, the new drive *always* starts to click and chunk around. I have yet to get a second drive working in this machine.... I have not explanation for this behavior...........
I would think that using someones SSN to access something meant for them alone would be an illegal invasion of privacy. I could also see this as a gag some dumb office employees started when the realized that many people apply to the same universities. Or maybe the application form just asks for other schools they apply to.
It is great to see a conference trying to get undergrads into comp chem. There are many other conferences that people should be aware of if interested in presenting their work:
ACS conferences (awards for student research) The American Chemical Society, computers in chemistry division is extremely active.
The biophysical society conferences
Even informatics conferences such as PSB, Recomb or ISMB have comp chem in them occasionally. All of these have student travel support.
The problem with undergraduate conferences is that research can sometimes get buried. I hope the organizers work hard to prevent this.
As much as some/.'ers might not like to admit it, a license agreement is just that. If the GPL doesn't fit you right now, don't use the GPL, use something (or write something) else that gives you more control.
It shouldn't be hard to modify an existing LA to meet your needs. If your project is useful, they will still come.
I am confident we can and will create a truly Trustworthy Computing environment.
Anyone else notice Bills interesting capitalization at the end of the letter? Perhaps we can expect another generic trademark soon?
So, I guess it has finally happened. People don't use the word trustworthy to describe M$, so M$ just created a way for trustworthy to be used with all M$ activities! I guess that is more profitable than actually becoming trustworthy.
Louisa's Bakery and Cafe in Seattle (on eastlake) call a double tall non-fat decaf latte a "why bother." I love hearing them yell orders, single short mocha, double tall non-fat and two "why bothers" to go.
The countries profiled in this chapter are the 10 with the highest number of landmine casualties. (Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Eritrea, Iraq [Kurdistan], Mozambique, Somalia, and Sudan(footnote 3) as well as two others (Namibia and Nicaragua), which illustrate the global nature of the landmine contagion
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Please lay off the "M$" thing. It's juvenile.
:) I call M$ "M$" because I've been doing that for years, it isn't meant to ruffle your feathers, but it does show my bias....
First of all, relax dude. Second of all, I find this comment hilarious especially since it is coming from someone whose home page is "flyingbuttmonkeys.com" perhaps you need a refresher on the definition of juvenile?
-Sean
You can make a good argument that by having M$ being huge and sucking lots of $$$ from the economy and sending it to a relatively few shareholders, that M$ may be hurting the economy by their very existance.
Its like trying to breathe in a room where someone is slowly sucking the air out.
-Sean
IMO, you're vastly overestimating the value of "moon dirt".
You may be correct, *but* right now, moon rock that has fallen to earth as a meteorite is valued at 100,000 a carat (1/5 of a gram). According to this article, a finger tip size piece of moon rock (1.2 grams) is valued at $5 mil! I think you would get two types of buyers, the handful of wealthy people looking for mantle trophies and the masses looking for something for posterity. I don't think the value of moon rock would drop all that fast (at first).
-Sean
People are always looking for ways for the private sector to get involved in space. IMO, A profitable one may be in going to the moon and back. It may seem silly, but moon rock is some of the most valuable stuff on earth. The value now is in the millions for relatively large chunks, and in the hundreds of thousands for small ones.
While I realize that having more of the rare stuff will reduce its value, could you imagine selling small moon particles (100ths or even 1000ths of a gram) to private citizens/collectors? 1/100 of a gram * $500 * 10kg * 1000g/kg = 1,000,000*500 or $500,000,000 with 10kg and only 100,000 customers.
500,000,000 may not be enough for a small robot mission to the moon (with the intent of returning) but it is getting close.
-Sean
New Karma System:
1. Excellent
2. Good
3. Neutral
4. Bad
5. Terrible
6. Cowboy Neal
-Sean (I may have the order/names wrong, so sue me.)
I know and this eliminated my idea to hold the first annual unofficial /. Karma whoring competition. Players all create new uid's and the goal is to see who can get the most karma in a week. (Hit fifty and create a new user ..., etc.) With the moderation system there is room for cheating, but thats all part of the fun.
What's up with that 'Taco?
-Sean
You know, I bought a Cobalt server (Raq3). Cobalt (Sun now) claims that only one drive is supported. Well, I split the ide did the master/slave thing and fashioned a hack spot for them. One problem, after a couple of weeks of use, the new drive *always* starts to click and chunk around. I have yet to get a second drive working in this machine.... I have not explanation for this behavior...........
-Sean
I would think that using someones SSN to access something meant for them alone would be an illegal invasion of privacy. I could also see this as a gag some dumb office employees started when the realized that many people apply to the same universities. Or maybe the application form just asks for other schools they apply to.
-Sean
I guess this isn't really all that surprising. It shouldn't be impossible to fix, though, with some fancy management....
What? The damn thing was filed in the year 2000 and just granted lasted month. This is very likely prior art all over the place, although IANAL.
The patent is here
-Sean
Troll bait, but, frankly, I agree.
-Sean
It is great to see a conference trying to get undergrads into comp chem. There are many other conferences that people should be aware of if interested in presenting their work:
ACS conferences (awards for student research)
The American Chemical Society, computers in chemistry division is extremely active.
The biophysical society conferences
Even informatics conferences such as PSB, Recomb or ISMB have comp chem in them occasionally. All of these have student travel support.
The problem with undergraduate conferences is that research can sometimes get buried. I hope the organizers work hard to prevent this.
-Sean
As much as some /.'ers might not like to admit it, a license agreement is just that. If the GPL doesn't fit you right now, don't use the GPL, use something (or write something) else that gives you more control.
It shouldn't be hard to modify an existing LA to meet your needs. If your project is useful, they will still come.
-Sean
I agree. An advantage of Cobalt servers, though, is some ISP's offer discounts for cobalt colocations.
-Sean
Make sure that is a diesel car you fill up at those stations, of course.
-Sean
Berkeley, CA runs recycling trucks on this stuff.
There is a place in SF where you can buy it for your car. $3 or something a gallon (bit pricey, even for our ridiculous $1.75 87).
-Sean
I am confident we can and will create a truly Trustworthy Computing environment.
Anyone else notice Bills interesting capitalization at the end of the letter? Perhaps we can expect another generic trademark soon?
So, I guess it has finally happened. People don't use the word trustworthy to describe M$, so M$ just created a way for trustworthy to be used with all M$ activities! I guess that is more profitable than actually becoming trustworthy.
-Sean
Louisa's Bakery and Cafe in Seattle (on eastlake) call a double tall non-fat decaf latte a "why bother." I love hearing them yell orders, single short mocha, double tall non-fat and two "why bothers" to go.
Best damn omelettes anywhere, IMO, too....
-Sean
All words containing the string "eval" are replaced with "review" ... (Just tested with an email to myself) How funny.
-Sean
I thought so, too. But that isn't correct. The speed of sound at 100,000 feet is within 30-40% of the speed of sound at sea level. From:
The same publication lists the soundspeed at sea level as 340.29 m/s, and 302.03 m/s at an altitude of 100,000 ft.
-Sean
What really pisses me off is that the "waste" still has 95% of its energy left.
Of course you are doing so much better with your energy consumption. What percentage of E=mc^2 are you getting?
-Sean
Sell microsoft short.
-Sean
Considering there are estimated to be over 50,000,000 unexploded landmines worldwide, I think this technology is a welcome sight.
-Sean
This is troll bait, but whatever. From this:
The countries profiled in this chapter are the 10 with the highest number of landmine casualties. (Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Eritrea, Iraq [Kurdistan], Mozambique, Somalia, and Sudan(footnote 3) as well as two others (Namibia and Nicaragua), which illustrate the global nature of the landmine contagion
The US is neither a huge producer of landmines nor is it a big user of landmines. Its controversy has stemmed from (as mentioned in the article) refusal to sign international landmine bans.
-Sean
Computer Monitor: $350
Desktop PC: $1000
Linux OS: Free
Accidentally punching the monkey while trying to
switch windows: Priceless
-Sean