I'm pretty sure we don't yet have equipment capable of measuring the gravitational lensing effect of planet-sized masses....please correct if I'm mistaken.
It's too bad that the only planets we can reliably locate at this time are the freaky-deeky ones that are too massive, too close to their primary, or are in orbits far too elliptical to give life a decent chance...each new system looks like a good example of how not to design a solar system capable of sustaining life. Hopefully, this will change when the interferometer goes up around 2015.
I for one cannot agree with you enough here, Strom. Sadly, the epidemic of poor spelling/grammar is not confined to the tech world, but is pervasive throughout just about every aspect of American culture. I was raised and educated to believe that spelling and grammar counted...that the coherent presentation of your information was at least as important as the information itself. I don't know exactly when we as a society decided that coherence was no longer important...sometime in the mid-eighties, I'd guess.
I will agree with you, however, that this problem is especially apparent in the tech world. I've known many techs that not only didn't care about the rules of the English language, they actually regarded their ignorance of such rules as a perverse badge of honor, as if mastering the intricacies of the language was somehow beneath them. I've always found it intriguing that a programmer who could master several arcane computer languages (especially since computers are notably intolerant of errors), could fail so utterly to master his own native human language.
I kind of hope they're holding him in secret right now and torturing him....
References to torture aside (we're not supposed to be doing that...we're the good guys...aren't we?), if we did in fact have Osama in custody, do you honestly think the current administration would keep it a secret? Dubya would have hourly announcements going out about his latest 'victory' in his demented little 'war on terror'.
Sure, I'm bitter. You'd be too, if you knew what I know.
I found a possible low-cost solution to your problem here. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it could be tailored to help out in your situation, particularly if you choose to monitor a HDD with low utilization, and set the warning temp at just a few degrees above the highest temp it normally hits when the AC is operational.
Hope this helps....I'm thinking I might hit up my supervisor for this software as well...there's certainly no harm in being careful.
It would be interesting to see how much money this saved the movie industry - errr, I mean cost the rest of us (i.e. taxpayers) to fund this joint venture.
Exactly. I'm so glad that we got to foot the bill for this ridiculous little witch hunt.
I wonder how difficult it would be to learn Sweedish, anyway...although I believe that they speak English in Sealand.
Authorities also seized hundreds of computers in raids in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Hmm....mabye that's why I haven't been able to telnet into my server at home all day... ^_^
Seriously, though, Sweeden is conspicuously absent from the 11-nation 'coalition of the willing' listed above, which means that The Pirate Bay will be staying up, at least... =P
Reuters is reporting that AMD is claiming damages against Intel K.K. in Japan, over the Japan Fair Trade Commission's recommendation that Intel has violated Japan's Antimonopoloy Act.
This litigation follows a recent ruling from the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC), which found that Intel abused its monopoly power to exclude fair and open competition, violating Section 3 of Japan's Antimonopoly Act. These findings reveal that Intel deliberately engaged in illegal business practices to stop AMD's increasing market share by imposing limitations on Japanese PC manufacturers. Intel did not contest these charges.
So let me get this straight...in its attempt to 'catch Google' (one of the most beloved companies in the business), Microsoft is persuing the acquisition of Claria (formerly Gator, one of the most reviled companies in the business).
I wonder if Steve Ballmer has any extra pot he can sell me...
Actually, in a few minutes, I'll be going over to my fiancee's place of employment, to surprise her with flowers and take her out to dinner (it's her birthday), so I won't be posting much during that time.
This whole Jedi religion dreck has now officially gone too far. To those misguided simpletons out there who insist on calling themselves 'Jedi knights', I offer you this chance to prove yourselves:
Just build a lightsaber. A real one. That's all.
What's that...you can't? Don't have suitable raw materials, you say? OK...that's fair...how about this, then:
Force choke me. From where you are right now. Go ahead...it's OK.
There must be some kind of algorithm that generates morale, I suggested, a moralgorithm -- and my team's was off.
Setting aside for a moment the sheer loser-ness of this statement....right up there with 'my controller isn't working' and 'I wasn't ready', it seems that Josh is attempting to coin a new term for the gaming lexicon. It's a pretty heavy-handed attempt...the word 'moralgorithm' shows up seven times in the article (including the title).
Please, do your part for the gaming community and never use this 'word'...let's try to give this thing a clean, quick death.
What if Frodo Baggins, instead of confronting the evil empire in "The Lord of the Rings," just got himself a lawyer and sued?
Well, that's a silly question...between 'professional courtesy' and 'conflict of interest', no lawyer would ever take the case against the evil empire.... ^_^
AMD needs an air tight case, they can't afford to loose
Well...AMD didn't lose in Japan...a court there has already rendered a verdict in favor of AMD...
From TFA:
This litigation follows a recent ruling from the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC), which found that Intel abused its monopoly power to exclude fair and open competition, violating Section 3 of Japan's Antimonopoly Act. These findings reveal that Intel deliberately engaged in illegal business practices to stop AMD's increasing market share by imposing limitations on Japanese PC manufacturers. Intel did not contest these charges.
The European Commission has stated that it is pursuing an investigation against Intel for similar possible antitrust violations and is cooperating with the Japanese authorities.
OK...now you must be joking. Before you condemn AMD's business practices, you might want to look into Intel's....particularly since similar allegations have already been proven in a Japanese court.
AMD is not engaging in frivolous lawsuits here...this is real. Make sure you've looked into the facts before you start spouting off about 'morality'.
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I'm pretty sure we don't yet have equipment capable of measuring the gravitational lensing effect of planet-sized masses....please correct if I'm mistaken.
It's too bad that the only planets we can reliably locate at this time are the freaky-deeky ones that are too massive, too close to their primary, or are in orbits far too elliptical to give life a decent chance...each new system looks like a good example of how not to design a solar system capable of sustaining life.
Hopefully, this will change when the interferometer goes up around 2015.
And we should just allow people to pick and use whatever IP address they want too.
With IPv6, that may not be so far-fetched.
And I want a pony
Now that's far-fetched. We've already had this discussion...every pony I get for you dies. No more ponies until you learn some responsibility!
Can...open...worms... everywhere.
I for one cannot agree with you enough here, Strom. Sadly, the epidemic of poor spelling/grammar is not confined to the tech world, but is pervasive throughout just about every aspect of American culture. I was raised and educated to believe that spelling and grammar counted...that the coherent presentation of your information was at least as important as the information itself. I don't know exactly when we as a society decided that coherence was no longer important...sometime in the mid-eighties, I'd guess.
I will agree with you, however, that this problem is especially apparent in the tech world. I've known many techs that not only didn't care about the rules of the English language, they actually regarded their ignorance of such rules as a perverse badge of honor, as if mastering the intricacies of the language was somehow beneath them. I've always found it intriguing that a programmer who could master several arcane computer languages (especially since computers are notably intolerant of errors), could fail so utterly to master his own native human language.
I kind of hope they're holding him in secret right now and torturing him....
References to torture aside (we're not supposed to be doing that...we're the good guys...aren't we?), if we did in fact have Osama in custody, do you honestly think the current administration would keep it a secret? Dubya would have hourly announcements going out about his latest 'victory' in his demented little 'war on terror'.
Sure, I'm bitter. You'd be too, if you knew what I know.
They were just down for system maintenance. The blurb saying that they were shut down permanently was a joke.
'elite sites' ? what is this, 1997 ?
No shit...I think they prepared for this operation by watching this informative and compelling docudrama. ^_^
I found a possible low-cost solution to your problem here. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it could be tailored to help out in your situation, particularly if you choose to monitor a HDD with low utilization, and set the warning temp at just a few degrees above the highest temp it normally hits when the AC is operational.
Hope this helps....I'm thinking I might hit up my supervisor for this software as well...there's certainly no harm in being careful.
It would be interesting to see how much money this saved the movie industry - errr, I mean cost the rest of us (i.e. taxpayers) to fund this joint venture.
Exactly. I'm so glad that we got to foot the bill for this ridiculous little witch hunt.
I wonder how difficult it would be to learn Sweedish, anyway...although I believe that they speak English in Sealand.
Authorities also seized hundreds of computers in raids in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Hmm....mabye that's why I haven't been able to telnet into my server at home all day... ^_^
Seriously, though, Sweeden is conspicuously absent from the 11-nation 'coalition of the willing' listed above, which means that The Pirate Bay will be staying up, at least... =P
From TFS: Um...how is this news? From the Groklaw article referenced in Tuesday's Slashdot article: New day...old news.
Of course it's Flambait. More and more mods on here don't have:
a) a sense of humor
b) an understanding of what sarcasm is
c) any idea of what they're doing
You forgot:
d) 10% of their brain cells functioning, as a result of their crippling crack addiction.
So let me get this straight...in its attempt to 'catch Google' (one of the most beloved companies in the business), Microsoft is persuing the acquisition of Claria (formerly Gator, one of the most reviled companies in the business).
I wonder if Steve Ballmer has any extra pot he can sell me...
Anakin's mom: "I'm not dead yet."
Anakin: "Shut up...you'll be stone dead in a moment..."
It's not like they're likely to go do some kooky thing like stick their fingers in somebody's wounds.
Naaah...they'll just chop off their kids' hands.
Do you do anything other than post on slashdot?
Actually, in a few minutes, I'll be going over to my fiancee's place of employment, to surprise her with flowers and take her out to dinner (it's her birthday), so I won't be posting much during that time.
Thanks for caring, though.
Hey! As a Discordian, I find that offensive.
Or mabye I dont.
This isn't offtopic; it's an obscure reference to Star Wars ep. IV
It's hardly obscure...it's probably the most heavily quoted/referenced line from episode IV.
Don't blame the mods...they're on crack...they really can't help themselves.
This whole Jedi religion dreck has now officially gone too far. To those misguided simpletons out there who insist on calling themselves 'Jedi knights', I offer you this chance to prove yourselves:
What's that...you can't? Don't have suitable raw materials, you say?
OK...that's fair...how about this, then:
Are you doing it? I'm not feeling anything...
From TFA:
Setting aside for a moment the sheer loser-ness of this statement....right up there with 'my controller isn't working' and 'I wasn't ready', it seems that Josh is attempting to coin a new term for the gaming lexicon. It's a pretty heavy-handed attempt...the word 'moralgorithm' shows up seven times in the article (including the title).
Please, do your part for the gaming community and never use this 'word'...let's try to give this thing a clean, quick death.
"Nassty New Line Cinemas...we hates them!"
"I told you they were tricksy...I told you they were false..."
^_^
From TFA:
Well, that's a silly question...between 'professional courtesy' and 'conflict of interest', no lawyer would ever take the case against the evil empire.... ^_^
AMD needs an air tight case, they can't afford to loose
Well...AMD didn't lose in Japan...a court there has already rendered a verdict in favor of AMD...
From TFA:
It's a matter of principle (and morality).
OK...now you must be joking.
Before you condemn AMD's business practices, you might want to look into Intel's....particularly since similar allegations have already been proven in a Japanese court.
AMD is not engaging in frivolous lawsuits here...this is real. Make sure you've looked into the facts before you start spouting off about 'morality'.
So you've chosen the company who extorts its marketshare higher, instead.
Nice.