Unless they are using a very unusual metal I doubt they can beat liquid nitrogen..
Lower temp means less resistance and less noise.
Hmm, I really think this is a red herring.
MG
'It sounds like you would deny this man his Consitutional right to a patent.'
It is a sad thing that any written rule should take precedence over actual needs of the society.
Things change, and the right to change, I believe, is the basic right of any human being, and of any really free society.
... leave IT decisions to engineers, not the managers!
Once upon a time, intelligent people were responsible for computers and IT.
Now, it's either a manager, or a bunch of kids ("web developers") who don't know what they are playing with.
Of course there are plenty of exploits waiting to be discovered that WILL get those documents off your web server.. UNLESS you are smart enough to keep them elsewhere.
I realize this is a flamebait as good as they get - but please understand that I will just duck. It was not intended as such.
Yeah, I can understand Wine, W1nd0ws over Linux,
but I have a certain difficulty understanding the reverse.
It is like trying to sell a car:
W: But I don't need a car, I walk to where I work.
S: That's true, but think of what other places you can go to with it!
W: But walking is healthy, and it's free... and I'm not feeding the Bin Ladens by using it.
S: No, wait! I just happen to have a thing for you - a car with a built-in treadmill, so you can exercise all while the robo-driven intelli-car is driving you to work! Isn't that great?
W: But my work is only 30 minutes walking, that is 5 minutes with a car.. I won't get enough exercise..
S:..plus, you get a free workout while going to work.. You can always drive in circles until you've had enough!!
W: Yeah, I guess, but what about the price.. isnt it expensive..
S: Just for you - we have a special sale now!! 50% off - what do you say?
So my old idea of implementing TCP/IP over African jungle drums to connect the deep rainforest places to the internet is not so crazily retro after all;)
Just imagine what you could do to mobile phones and VoIP, and to the African employment levels.
Not only would it be a much needed resource for manned exploration, but it also would greatly increase the chances of life existing there.
Regrettably, the two are mutually exclusive.. isn't it interesting - the more Earth-like the conditions, less likely it is that we will explore the place anytime soon, not to 'spoil' it?
We are basically doomed to not go to places we'd REALLY like to go, and to dig in the Moon dirt at best.
This has not yet been confirmed, therefore there could be less than 42 known Mersenne primes.
Hovewer, according to MathWorld, there is a chance that it is not the 42nd Mersenne prime at all for another reason:
"However, note that the region between the 39th and 40th known Mersenne primes has not been completely searched, so it is not known if M20,996,011 is actually the 40th Mersenne prime.."
Looks like the big math guys don't exactly know how to count at all;)
COOL! Now I can enable that Matsushita-patented help icon in my web app again!
I do not have to worry about checking the patent laws before creating a new C++ class!
I no longer have to watch out for MIB while fiddling with the improvements for my image sharpening code!
I am no more nervous about how many patents will infringe upon me today just because I have a lot of code to write coz' I'm a little behind the schedule!
I am PROUD to be an EU citizen for the first time in my life!!
Looks like the term 'Commies' might get a new angle with the power of the allmighty EU commissionaries. OTOH, let them pass the patent laws, then let's patent bureaucracy and get rich.. or at least a 'software method for storage and retrieval of EU software patent documentation'. Anybody wants to invest?
Do you have anything to back that up, or is it just another Civilization player speaking up?
It is another informed civilization player speaking up, and i hope there are more.
As for backing up - I was thinking about classic DAT tape, but how do you go about backing up an entire civilization is beyond me..
And I suspect that intelligence isn't additive, but stupidity is.
... a pundit on the BBC suggested that with Kyoto compliance it would take the UK until 2056 to achieve the same level of prosperity it would otherwise attain in 2053.
I don't know the level our civilization will achieve, ignoring global pollution, by 2056, but I'm pretty much sure about the 2500 civilization level - It will be extremely low, perhaps bedrock low.
Slashdot Mirror
You're right, but most metals are ten times heavier than water, so while specific heat of metal per kg is smaller, it is greater per liter.
// Dire Straits, On Every Street
If you wanna run cool, you gotta run on heavy heavy fuel
Unless they are using a very unusual metal I doubt they can beat liquid nitrogen..
Lower temp means less resistance and less noise.
Hmm, I really think this is a red herring. MG
'It sounds like you would deny this man his Consitutional right to a patent.'
It is a sad thing that any written rule should take precedence over actual needs of the society.
Things change, and the right to change, I believe, is the basic right of any human being, and of any really free society.
MaGogue
I think we are better off investing in larger TV sets, larger armchairs, and lager beer. They are proven techology.
And, of course, in dirtier P0rn, faster FPS, soapier shows, funnier politicians, richer megasatans. They are also proven techology.
Ah, the only way they are getting my bucks is to lanch some nice piece of @ss, why not start the whole zero-G-spot industry?
Everything else is nonessential and TOO RISKY and UNINTERESTING.
Okay, maybe a bomb or two to kick some ass (**not mine ahem**).
... leave IT decisions to engineers, not the managers!
Once upon a time, intelligent people were responsible for computers and IT.
Now, it's either a manager, or a bunch of kids ("web developers") who don't know what they are playing with.
Of course there are plenty of exploits waiting to be discovered that WILL get those documents off your web server.. UNLESS you are smart enough to keep them elsewhere.
I realize this is a flamebait as good as they get - but please understand that I will just duck. It was not intended as such.
Yeah, I can understand Wine, W1nd0ws over Linux, but I have a certain difficulty understanding the reverse.
It is like trying to sell a car:
W: But I don't need a car, I walk to where I work.
S: That's true, but think of what other places you can go to with it!
W: But walking is healthy, and it's free... and I'm not feeding the Bin Ladens by using it. S: No, wait! I just happen to have a thing for you - a car with a built-in treadmill, so you can exercise all while the robo-driven intelli-car is driving you to work! Isn't that great?
W: But my work is only 30 minutes walking, that is 5 minutes with a car.. I won't get enough exercise..
S:
W: Yeah, I guess, but what about the price.. isnt it expensive..
S: Just for you - we have a special sale now!! 50% off - what do you say?
It's plain stupid.
So my old idea of implementing TCP/IP over African jungle drums to connect the deep rainforest places to the internet is not so crazily retro after all ;)
Just imagine what you could do to mobile phones and VoIP, and to the African employment levels.
Not only would it be a much needed resource for manned exploration, but it also would greatly increase the chances of life existing there.
Regrettably, the two are mutually exclusive.. isn't it interesting - the more Earth-like the conditions, less likely it is that we will explore the place anytime soon, not to 'spoil' it?
We are basically doomed to not go to places we'd REALLY like to go, and to dig in the Moon dirt at best.
This has not yet been confirmed, therefore there could be less than 42 known Mersenne primes.
Hovewer, according to MathWorld, there is a chance that it is not the 42nd Mersenne prime at all for another reason
"However, note that the region between the 39th and 40th known Mersenne primes has not been completely searched, so it is not known if M20,996,011 is actually the 40th Mersenne prime.."
Looks like the big math guys don't exactly know how to count at all
Google is becoming Goougly ..
COOL! Now I can enable that Matsushita-patented help icon in my web app again!
I do not have to worry about checking the patent laws before creating a new C++ class!
I no longer have to watch out for MIB while fiddling with the improvements for my image sharpening code!
I am no more nervous about how many patents will infringe upon me today just because I have a lot of code to write coz' I'm a little behind the schedule!
I am PROUD to be an EU citizen for the first time in my life!!
Looks like the term 'Commies' might get a new angle with the power of the allmighty EU commissionaries. .. or at least a 'software method for storage and retrieval of EU software patent documentation'.
OTOH, let them pass the patent laws, then let's patent bureaucracy and get rich
Anybody wants to invest?
Do you have anything to back that up, or is it just another Civilization player speaking up?
It is another informed civilization player speaking up, and i hope there are more.
As for backing up - I was thinking about classic DAT tape, but how do you go about backing up an entire civilization is beyond me.. And I suspect that intelligence isn't additive, but stupidity is.
... a pundit on the BBC suggested that with Kyoto compliance it would take the UK until 2056 to achieve the same level of prosperity it would otherwise attain in 2053.
I don't know the level our civilization will achieve, ignoring global pollution, by 2056, but I'm pretty much sure about the 2500 civilization level - It will be extremely low, perhaps bedrock low.