Most laptop batteries could easily be used to form a shaped charge with very minor modifications that wouldn't show up until after you slipped a film around the battery itself - and the separated components, combined with your seat tray table, can easily defeat the air cabin door.
At least, based on my memories of my first two Army combat field engineer courses.
Well, I kind of like Einstein. He carried my mom's books once when my grandma worked at Princeton, so I'm kind of partial to him.
I'm all for expanding legal immigration to include more highly-skilled English-speaking tech workers, quite frankly. I'm more concerned with industry's attempts to use H1-B, L-1 and L-2 for cheap labor, as opposed to fill in skills we actually have in short supply.
The problem is that free viral videos sell more music songs than killing off the viral vids, just as free viral social apps like Scrabilicious sell more Scrabble games for the licensors than kill off the free social app will.
Don't kill off the goose that lays the golden eggs...
Depends, the battery packs are fairly large, so doing a system swap after 10 years would still be cheaper than a new battery, regardless. Many electronics systems tend to give out in the 10-20 year range, which is always expensive, but the battery packs are very expensive, so doing a system swap might make sense.
The reality is that it will take quite a few years to test such systems for pollution, crash resistance, flexibility, and so on if used on the quantity levels required to power plug-in hybrid 100 plus mpg vehicles.
During this time, it would be logical to buy one of the 2009 or 2010 model year plug-in hybrids that will be on the market - and then ten years down the road see if a battery pack replacement using this capacitor technology is on the market and cheap enough due to large scale production to implement.
Do now. Not ten years in the future.
(p.s. a cure for half of all cancers is being tested in the UK right now, but it takes almost a decade to do the trials before it comes to market)
When you look at the kickback rate for patent licensing, the payoff for this is fairly minimal, if they can kill off the competition.
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We go in phases, with complexities and add-ons, and complex rules piling on, and then a renaissance where people like Steve Jackson et al strip away all the chrome and get back to simplistic gaming.
MMO gaming has an ability to do this, but to add chrome in a way that it doesn't get in the way of play, by such things as a special sheen to armor (that you only get if you purchased the Platinum Knight expansion and paid an extra $5 a year for), or a special magic effect like Dragon Breath that really is the same as another attack but has prettier colors.
What bothers people is when only the ultra-rich can get the premium content, and there is no path to "skills" or "magic" or "items" that they can achieve through normal game play.
I don't know for sure about the other states/province but they've been trying to get tax writeoffs (aka bribes of tax dollars) to build more server farms here in Washington State.
And supposedly, the other states - Oregon and Idaho.
British Columbia, which has most of the dams (and is building two Columbia River treaty dams now near Revelstoke BC and Trail BC) provides most of the power, so I presume they may also be included in these attempts to get tax subsidies plus cheap power.
I haven't owned a cell phone since I gave away my analog cell phone to a women's shelter way back when!
How will I make urgent phone calls in bathrooms in a loud voice?
How else can I convince people I'm not crazy when I'm sitting on a bus talking so loudly everyone knows what color my undies are as I describe them in detail!
I know there's a Windows version too, but since it's shipping full versions for the Mac, I was thinking of ditching the Win version and just using my Wii to play Spore creatures designed on my Mac Mini.
I have works on file in both the US Library of Congress and the Canadian equivalent, and the reality is that most of the world has a much shorter period of copyright, and looser terms, than that proclaimed in the US.
It's not just the length of copyright, it's the interpretation of survivor rights, the fair use, use for parody, and other elements that are vastly distorted in US copyright "law" which don't conform to world practices of copyright.
So, it's not that Canadians violate copyright, it's that Americans think their misinterpretation of copyright holds sway in other countries.
The more important point is that they would be giving up British sex. From what I hear, it's not nearly as good as regular sex.:-P
Oh.
Well, the thing is, if we send Canucks and French on a lend-lease program to the UK, I'm sure they'd be willing to show British women how much more fun it is to have sex if you don't do it British style...
Reminds me of the film Love, Actually, where the Brit goes to the US to get laid, since his accent is "cute" there.
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It's not like this stops anything.
Most laptop batteries could easily be used to form a shaped charge with very minor modifications that wouldn't show up until after you slipped a film around the battery itself - and the separated components, combined with your seat tray table, can easily defeat the air cabin door.
At least, based on my memories of my first two Army combat field engineer courses.
Why are we as a society wasting our time on this?
Well, I kind of like Einstein. He carried my mom's books once when my grandma worked at Princeton, so I'm kind of partial to him.
I'm all for expanding legal immigration to include more highly-skilled English-speaking tech workers, quite frankly. I'm more concerned with industry's attempts to use H1-B, L-1 and L-2 for cheap labor, as opposed to fill in skills we actually have in short supply.
But then, the industry is about to sabotage those poor CS grads with L-1 and L-2 visa holders ...
When can I create my Night Elf Mohawk?
And how come there are no Frostsabers?
I have a Mac, not a PC. My other computer is Linux.
Windows PC Scrabble games do nothing for me.
Yeah, Facebook Scrabble works.
The problem is that free viral videos sell more music songs than killing off the viral vids, just as free viral social apps like Scrabilicious sell more Scrabble games for the licensors than kill off the free social app will.
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Don't kill off the goose that lays the golden eggs
Depends, the battery packs are fairly large, so doing a system swap after 10 years would still be cheaper than a new battery, regardless. Many electronics systems tend to give out in the 10-20 year range, which is always expensive, but the battery packs are very expensive, so doing a system swap might make sense.
The reality is that it will take quite a few years to test such systems for pollution, crash resistance, flexibility, and so on if used on the quantity levels required to power plug-in hybrid 100 plus mpg vehicles.
During this time, it would be logical to buy one of the 2009 or 2010 model year plug-in hybrids that will be on the market - and then ten years down the road see if a battery pack replacement using this capacitor technology is on the market and cheap enough due to large scale production to implement.
Do now. Not ten years in the future.
(p.s. a cure for half of all cancers is being tested in the UK right now, but it takes almost a decade to do the trials before it comes to market)
And if I upgrade to WinServer 08, my wish will be fulfilled!
When you look at the kickback rate for patent licensing, the payoff for this is fairly minimal, if they can kill off the competition.
We go in phases, with complexities and add-ons, and complex rules piling on, and then a renaissance where people like Steve Jackson et al strip away all the chrome and get back to simplistic gaming.
MMO gaming has an ability to do this, but to add chrome in a way that it doesn't get in the way of play, by such things as a special sheen to armor (that you only get if you purchased the Platinum Knight expansion and paid an extra $5 a year for), or a special magic effect like Dragon Breath that really is the same as another attack but has prettier colors.
What bothers people is when only the ultra-rich can get the premium content, and there is no path to "skills" or "magic" or "items" that they can achieve through normal game play.
And now electronic publication of all legal rulings online is mine!
My, the USPTO is gullible.
I don't know for sure about the other states/province but they've been trying to get tax writeoffs (aka bribes of tax dollars) to build more server farms here in Washington State.
And supposedly, the other states - Oregon and Idaho.
British Columbia, which has most of the dams (and is building two Columbia River treaty dams now near Revelstoke BC and Trail BC) provides most of the power, so I presume they may also be included in these attempts to get tax subsidies plus cheap power.
No, but my TV is analog too!
AAAAAH!
I hear they're sending capons in the mail for that, but if I cook them, how will a TV dinner help me get HDTV on my 12 inch Sony black and white tube?
I haven't owned a cell phone since I gave away my analog cell phone to a women's shelter way back when!
How will I make urgent phone calls in bathrooms in a loud voice?
How else can I convince people I'm not crazy when I'm sitting on a bus talking so loudly everyone knows what color my undies are as I describe them in detail!
What will I do in movie theaters?
And maybe it would be nice if my OS didn't take twice as long to accomplish the same basic task while you're at it ...
Like Goofy, or Donald Duck, or Mickey and Minnie Mouse?
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And then use the solid printer to "print" the resulting 3D creatures?
Remember, the only reason copyright is longer than 25 years in the USA is that Disney wanted it that way
I know there's a Windows version too, but since it's shipping full versions for the Mac, I was thinking of ditching the Win version and just using my Wii to play Spore creatures designed on my Mac Mini.
Or is that hard to do?
I have works on file in both the US Library of Congress and the Canadian equivalent, and the reality is that most of the world has a much shorter period of copyright, and looser terms, than that proclaimed in the US.
It's not just the length of copyright, it's the interpretation of survivor rights, the fair use, use for parody, and other elements that are vastly distorted in US copyright "law" which don't conform to world practices of copyright.
So, it's not that Canadians violate copyright, it's that Americans think their misinterpretation of copyright holds sway in other countries.
According to Variety and other sources, most popular TV shows that are returning won't broadcast until March 13th or thereabouts.
Which gives us another month to ignore the Tube and level up for WoW's latest expansion set!
I never said they weren't complicated.
But, once again, when it mattered, Obama voted correctly at the key point, and Clinton didn't and then tried to find excuses for it.
It's not THAT complicated.
I used to get the bill list for fun and draw up amendments for my State Senators (I had 2 for a while, redistricting) and Reps to shove thru.
After a few years of that, and knowing what happens in committees (Rules R001Z!), you know how it flows.
Only 26 US Senators stood up and voted to put a hold on this legislation, including both of Washington State's US Senators and Senator Barack Obama.
... not present.
Senator Clinton was
Well, guess that answers who's tech-friendly.
And think that a Wii-enabled Light Saber Dueling League is not far behind.
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Is this gaming? Sure.
Is it FPS? Usually not.
Is it about time? Yes.
Now excuse me while I use my Wii light saber to chop the head off of the guy who keeps stealing my team's bowling ball bags
*bzzzt* *thud*
that was why I was suggesting we send Canadian and French men to help out the British women.
The more important point is that they would be giving up British sex. From what I hear, it's not nearly as good as regular sex. :-P
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Oh.
Well, the thing is, if we send Canucks and French on a lend-lease program to the UK, I'm sure they'd be willing to show British women how much more fun it is to have sex if you don't do it British style
Reminds me of the film Love, Actually, where the Brit goes to the US to get laid, since his accent is "cute" there.