For instance, they should lead to products that no longer have visible screws and enable designs unconcerned about the need to get at some part with a screwdriver or wrench.
"It gives designers a free hand," he said. "With intelligent fasteners, they no longer have to worry about providing a tool path when they design a product."
So instead of using a screwdriver to open things you will need to use a hammer. Screws are simple and they work dammit. I can see many uses for these things but here's hoping they stay out of consumer electronics.
Somebody wake me when:
-boinc automatically downloads the optimized client for the machine it is running on
-they fix the current issues in version 5.2.8 regarding http proxies and stuffed up W32 registry entries
-They start analyzing data from a radio telescope in the southern hemisphere
By smoking in an enclosed public space you are imposing your will on other people. They have chosen not to smoke, yet you are taking that choice away from them.
Using the same logic you may argue that forcing you to not smoke inside is a violation of your rights. Obviously there needs to be a line drawn somewhere. As smoking is harmful to your health that line should be drawn in our favour.
I am sick of coming home after a night out and smelling foul. I love that radio ad in GTA San andreas: "It's time to smoke the smokers!"
Projection would suit this much more than an LCD. Mount the projectors outside of the sphere. Hell, you could even build the treadmill and projector screen in one layer. Of course you'd need to keep it clean, but the same goes for a clear plastic treadmill anyway. Also it would need to give a bit of grip, and display a good image. Anyone with a projector screen wanna try running on it and tell me what it feels like?
The ideal would for these untrained, passionate people to be linked with mentors who could teach them the craft of visual storytelling. This is what Lucas has suggested he'll do post-Star Wars
About time. Lucas could really use a lessons or two.
I believe that the more negative attention Bit Torrent gets, OSS will get less acceptance.
Relax, don't worry. Mass media will not even mention the words "open source". That would just confuse everyone. Their buzz words will be "file sharing", "bittorrent" and "piracy". Of course "terrorist" will probably be thrown in for good measure.
The wings are not pressurized, but will leak at a fairly constant rate.
Since when does depressurization happen at a constant rate? Or even a fairly constant rate? Have you ever let down somebodies tyres? The air rushes out much faster at first.
Granted, the wings are not instantly exposed to a vacuum. The pressure decreases as the shuttle gains altitude. But unless the wings are almost completely sealed the pressure inside will be almost equivalent to the outside. This will be the case if the wing is intact or if it has a dirty great chunk taken out of it, so a pressure test is useless.
Until you have actually tried overclocking, I don't believe you can criticize overclockers.
The likelyhood of frying parts is not very high. Before that happens you will get restarts, BSODs etc, telling you that you've messed up the settings. If you do it properly, and test your systems stability with Memtest86, Prime95 and the like, then there is no harm.
I have my Athlon 64 3000+ running at 2.2 gHz up from the stock of 1.8. That's the speed of a 3500+ which at the time of purchase cost $170AU more.
Do I need that extra speed? No. Is it handy? Yes. Games run smoother. Compilation is quicker. More research for folding@home is acheived.
It is not infantry that has kept the peace between nations. It is not stealth bombers, fighter planes, or air craft carriers. It is nuclear weapons.
I may be a pacifist but even I can recognise that nukes have done more for peace than any negotiations. Without the US, the peace would still be kept by other nations with nuclear weapons. Officially australia has no nuclear arsenal. If america didn't exist I am sure we would develop one.
A sufficient amount of nuclear warheads and delivery systems would be enough to defend ourselves from invasion by another country. Without the need to defend against an entire nation we would only need a small military.
For these reasons an american military presence in space is frightening. We all know their goal is a space based missle defense system. If such a system was successfully developed it would affect world peace considerably. Some would argue that there are currently no plans to develop a system capable of intercepting an arsenal as big as russia's. That argument is nearsighted.
Despite all the handwringing about Iraq, the entire war still hasn't resulted in total American casualties equal to one day of WWII
Yes, but why should any have to die? America and it's allies invaded Iraq on false pretences. There were no WMDs. Liberating the people of Iraq, while a noble goal, was also not the reason. It was about oil.
For all you Americans out there imagine that China or another country openly proposed space based weapons. Imagine your reaction at that. That is exactly how the rest of the world is reacting to this news.
George Bush is liked because he seems "like a regular joe". Your president is a moron and you are celebrating that fact. I do not approve of my prime minister, John Howard, but at least he is intelligent.
"Space superiority is not our birthright, but it is our destiny" -General Lord, FTA. I cannot believe this stamement was even made. This is not the language a General should be using. These are the people who control the weapons, and they speak of destiny rather than goals and objectives.
People of america I implore you, please, for your own sake and for ours hold your government and military to higher standards. Make informed decisions. Judge policies, not personalities. Then vote.
If they get qualified / talented people, they will try to find them jobs in their industry.
In my experience they(centrelink) don't do anything but hand you over to a private company who is the one supposed to be finding you an appropriate job. These companies then get commisions if they get you off the dole. The commision for short term unemployed people is small. They spend most of their resources trying to get the long term unemployed (1 year+) a job, because then they get big bonuses.
It is an option. You can still meet your obligation by applying for so many jobs a week. The catch is if you get offered a job, you HAVE to take it, else you lose your benefits.
I beg to differ. I can't find any concrete statistics, but my reasoning is as follows.
Lisp is mainly used for AI and other tasks that involve processing large, nested lists. Such tasks naturally lend themselves to recursion. Other proceedural and object oriented languages (C++, Java etc) are used for a much wider range of tasks (GUIs, TCP/IP communications, automation etc). Such tasks generally do not benefit from recursion as much as list processing does. Therefore it is safe to assume that recursion is used more often in Lisp than in these languages.
Incidentally, Lisp, in its original incarnation, did not even have iterative operators. Recursion was the only way to perform a loop.
sounds like the teacher doesn't really understand recursion either
How did you arrive at this conclusion? In my previous comment I did little more than use the word recursion. I did not explain what it meant or provide an example. There is simply not enough information in my comment to determine whether or not I understand recursion.
Proper recursion can always be rewritten as a loop
Doing so will result in lengthier code. My comment was written in response to the statement that having less lines of code makes things easier to understand and maintain.
From here: Recursion is Lisp's natural computational mechanism; the primary programming activity is the creation of (potentially) recursive definitions.
Common Lisp macros make debugging much easier because they reduce the amount of code that the original programmer has to write and that maintainers have to read.
Just because you have less lines of code doesn't mean that it's easier to write, read or understand. The majority of programmers out there don't really "get" recursion (and therefore LISP). I remember what a nightmare it was trying to teach the concept to a bunch of uni students.
There is a lot of writing about how great it is to have macro expansion at runtime... All of a sudden I realized I wasn't bound to passing values (or references to values, essentially the same thing) to a function. Now I could pass whole chunks of code around.
Disney might decide that actually developing original ideas was forever beyond its reach and just start reaching back into the 10+ year archive for concepts which had falled into the public domain
You mean like Pinnochio? Snow White? The Little Mermaid?
Only rather than just retelling the story, Disney is an evil empire that completely mutilates them. The best example of this is The Little Mermaid, which was originally written by Hans Christian Anderson. You might have heard of his other stories: The Tortoise and the Hare, or The Emporer's New Clothes. Notice something in common between them? They all have a moral. I've heard several different takes on the moral to The Little Mermaid, "Don't throw your life away for a man", "Don't try to be something you're not". One thing's for sure: the little mermaid was supposed to die at the end of the story.
Anderson was trying to teach a lesson with his stories. Not only is that lesson missing from the disney version, but a contrary lesson is enforced. Anderson would be rolling in his grave.
how and why did an ex-prostitute hack for a small time rag get into white house briefings while career reporers from established papers were denied access
Maybe the white house doorman was in need of his "services".
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So instead of using a screwdriver to open things you will need to use a hammer. Screws are simple and they work dammit. I can see many uses for these things but here's hoping they stay out of consumer electronics.
King of the spoons? I want proof! Where's the screen shot?
Sure, no wifi, but the rest of it rocks.
Somebody wake me when: -boinc automatically downloads the optimized client for the machine it is running on -they fix the current issues in version 5.2.8 regarding http proxies and stuffed up W32 registry entries -They start analyzing data from a radio telescope in the southern hemisphere
Using the same logic you may argue that forcing you to not smoke inside is a violation of your rights. Obviously there needs to be a line drawn somewhere. As smoking is harmful to your health that line should be drawn in our favour. I am sick of coming home after a night out and smelling foul. I love that radio ad in GTA San andreas: "It's time to smoke the smokers!"
Projection would suit this much more than an LCD. Mount the projectors outside of the sphere. Hell, you could even build the treadmill and projector screen in one layer. Of course you'd need to keep it clean, but the same goes for a clear plastic treadmill anyway. Also it would need to give a bit of grip, and display a good image. Anyone with a projector screen wanna try running on it and tell me what it feels like?
About time. Lucas could really use a lessons or two.
BS. A modern EBCM (electronic brake control module) can outbrake Schumacher. I should know, my software flash programs the damn things.
Relax, don't worry. Mass media will not even mention the words "open source". That would just confuse everyone. Their buzz words will be "file sharing", "bittorrent" and "piracy". Of course "terrorist" will probably be thrown in for good measure.
Since when does depressurization happen at a constant rate? Or even a fairly constant rate? Have you ever let down somebodies tyres? The air rushes out much faster at first.
Granted, the wings are not instantly exposed to a vacuum. The pressure decreases as the shuttle gains altitude. But unless the wings are almost completely sealed the pressure inside will be almost equivalent to the outside. This will be the case if the wing is intact or if it has a dirty great chunk taken out of it, so a pressure test is useless.
The likelyhood of frying parts is not very high. Before that happens you will get restarts, BSODs etc, telling you that you've messed up the settings. If you do it properly, and test your systems stability with Memtest86, Prime95 and the like, then there is no harm.
I have my Athlon 64 3000+ running at 2.2 gHz up from the stock of 1.8. That's the speed of a 3500+ which at the time of purchase cost $170AU more. Do I need that extra speed? No. Is it handy? Yes. Games run smoother. Compilation is quicker. More research for folding@home is acheived.
Give it a go. It's plain old geeky fun.
I may be a pacifist but even I can recognise that nukes have done more for peace than any negotiations. Without the US, the peace would still be kept by other nations with nuclear weapons. Officially australia has no nuclear arsenal. If america didn't exist I am sure we would develop one.
A sufficient amount of nuclear warheads and delivery systems would be enough to defend ourselves from invasion by another country. Without the need to defend against an entire nation we would only need a small military.
For these reasons an american military presence in space is frightening. We all know their goal is a space based missle defense system. If such a system was successfully developed it would affect world peace considerably. Some would argue that there are currently no plans to develop a system capable of intercepting an arsenal as big as russia's. That argument is nearsighted.
Yes, but why should any have to die? America and it's allies invaded Iraq on false pretences. There were no WMDs. Liberating the people of Iraq, while a noble goal, was also not the reason. It was about oil.
For all you Americans out there imagine that China or another country openly proposed space based weapons. Imagine your reaction at that. That is exactly how the rest of the world is reacting to this news. George Bush is liked because he seems "like a regular joe". Your president is a moron and you are celebrating that fact. I do not approve of my prime minister, John Howard, but at least he is intelligent.
"Space superiority is not our birthright, but it is our destiny" -General Lord, FTA. I cannot believe this stamement was even made. This is not the language a General should be using. These are the people who control the weapons, and they speak of destiny rather than goals and objectives.
People of america I implore you, please, for your own sake and for ours hold your government and military to higher standards. Make informed decisions. Judge policies, not personalities. Then vote.
My understanding is it's not reasonable to leave loaded guns lying around either. Crazy americans.
Translation: I, for one, welcome our new MPAA overlords.
In my experience they(centrelink) don't do anything but hand you over to a private company who is the one supposed to be finding you an appropriate job. These companies then get commisions if they get you off the dole. The commision for short term unemployed people is small. They spend most of their resources trying to get the long term unemployed (1 year+) a job, because then they get big bonuses.
It is an option. You can still meet your obligation by applying for so many jobs a week. The catch is if you get offered a job, you HAVE to take it, else you lose your benefits.
Centrelink: so what jobs have you applied for in the last two weeks?
You: None, but i've been working on CommunityCode.org doing OSS development.
Centrelink: what?
You: I've been doing free software work to get experience and stay a productive member of society.
Centrelink: That's all well and good but I've got a job available at a chicken slaughterhouse I think you should apply for.
Groan.
Lisp is mainly used for AI and other tasks that involve processing large, nested lists. Such tasks naturally lend themselves to recursion. Other proceedural and object oriented languages (C++, Java etc) are used for a much wider range of tasks (GUIs, TCP/IP communications, automation etc). Such tasks generally do not benefit from recursion as much as list processing does. Therefore it is safe to assume that recursion is used more often in Lisp than in these languages.
Incidentally, Lisp, in its original incarnation, did not even have iterative operators. Recursion was the only way to perform a loop.
How did you arrive at this conclusion? In my previous comment I did little more than use the word recursion. I did not explain what it meant or provide an example. There is simply not enough information in my comment to determine whether or not I understand recursion.
Proper recursion can always be rewritten as a loop
Doing so will result in lengthier code. My comment was written in response to the statement that having less lines of code makes things easier to understand and maintain.
Recursion is Lisp's natural computational mechanism; the primary programming activity is the creation of (potentially) recursive definitions.
You were saying?
Anderson was trying to teach a lesson with his stories. Not only is that lesson missing from the disney version, but a contrary lesson is enforced. Anderson would be rolling in his grave.