This is exactly why some conferences don't allow the press to attend (although I don't know if that's what happened here). I've been to some conferences where you have Scientific American or other science writers from news orginazations sit in the audience and ask some questions where it's clear they are making some huge leaps in what the results imply. Even after they are told they are way off base they will go write a sensational article and the researchers are put in a position of defending their work when they never said the work was suggesting something in the first place. It's really hard to judge this work without seeing the actual paper. A summary of the work by a journalist is meaningless.
On top of that, conferences are usually meant to be forums where you report recent and ongoing research. Much of the work presented is 'in-progress' and there is much left to do. In fields where funding isn't cut-throat you can actually get useful input from other researchers and opportunities for collaboration (perhaps looking at areas the researcher doesn't have the facilities or time to examine). If you expect 'complete' research you will want to look more at the journal submissions. However, by the time it reaches that point it can be years old.
Yeah, it seems like the only thing that is going to happen is a rise in the pressure of the fluid. If that's true, the use of a breathable fluid like the previous poster mentioned might actually allow humans to withstand some very high G's. Although having to endure a launch procedure that involves using a breathable fluid sure makes the idea of going into space a lot less desirable to me.:)
You're correct, but the more I think about it....what does the body feel if it is accelerated while submerged in a tank of water? If I think about a neutrally boyant sphere placed in a tank, it won't travel to one of the tank walls when the entire system is accelerated. Anyone want to chime in on their thoughts? I'm actually curious.
Actually, if you have proper saftey procedures in place, there should be a tube of Ca-gluconate cream close by so you can apply it after you wash the exposed area. That will supply a nice source of Ca for any remaining HF. Of course that's just the 'band-aid' you use for the trip to the hospital. As previous posters have mentioned....you're not going to know if it was a lethal exposure until it's too late.
I haven't seen anything on consoles that even compairs to a decent gaming PC setup in terms of graphics. People must be comparing $400 bare bone Dell systems when they come to that conclusion...
Actually, and unfortunately, I'm very familar with the smell of ozone (some of the equipment I work with produces it). Definitely not that - I wouldn't be so worried. It's more the smell you get when you fry an electical component. I assume the source is burning epoxy from some of the component packaging or the PCB it's mounted on.
I also had replaced every bulb I could with a CFL a while back. However, I've been around when 3 of them have failed and it was not a very comforting experience. They started making an electrical snapping sound and let out a lot of the awful "burned electronics" smell and smoke - and that was in the time it took me to find a switch to turn the power off. I imagine they have been throughly tested for saftey, but I'm not sure I'd like the idea of one failing in a ceiling mount while I wasn't around. Anyway I've been slowly replacing them with the GE Reveal incandesent blubs too. I like the quality of the light much more, however my electric bill has definately increased.
No kidding, for a program I use once a month (to transfer audio books to my ipod), it sure makes a nuisance of itself. I wish apple would understand that not everyone that has an ipod believes their pc is nothing more than an iTunes interface. I actually do real work on mine and would appreciate the option to only load those drivers when I start their program.
Yep, I've had a DVD player in my PC for years yet the very first game I've purchased that came on a DVD was Oblivion (last month). I'm sure software developers ship both CD and DVD versions, but everything I pick up from BestBuy/Circuit City/Frys seems to come with a stack of CD's. Sometimes I feel like I'm back in 1988 doing a multipe 5.25" disk install of the Kings Quest series.... Something tells me the PC gaming crowd isn't going to decide anything in the format wars.
Being able to ignore "news" isn't always a bad thing. I don't feel the need to waste my time and sit through the 578th Natalee Holloway, Scott Peterson, Duke lacrosse team, or Michael Jackson story. I can learn all I need/want to know about those in 1 60 second setting. They will spend 30 minutes a day for months on those things, yet things like Space Ship 1 first flight gets a 3 minute blurb on the day of the flight (and live video - you know, just in case it crashes).....then back to the non-stop trial coverage. I just don't understand.
Exactly, the claim in the study is trusted, not accurate or fair and balanced. I'll give Fox credit in that they will make a point of making corrections when there are errors in a previously reported story. And, they will do it in the middle of "prime time", Brit Hume is very good about this. I rarely, if ever, see other news organizations do that. On the rare occation they do, it's only mentioned in passing - never given the same amount of attention the original story was. I give them a couple points for journalistic integrity there.
I'll 2nd the comment about Matrox sticking to industrial cards. I made one of the early purchases of the AGP Parhelia card when they made all these great claims about how they were going to take over the world with "surround gaming". Fast forward one year and the user base was having to make their own mods to the software just to get the latest games to run. Matrox completely dropped any gaming support (and fired most of the staff responsible for it) for the card - pretty sad when it wouldn't even run World of Warcraft on a single monitor without crashing - after 9 months they still didn't have a solution and I haven't checked back since (yes 9 months and they kept saying they were "looking into it" - are you kidding me!!!). Sure makes me feel warm and fuzzy about spending almost $500 on a card. They just don't have the resources to really give the level of support needed for gaming markets.
Agreed, how can you not post an image demonstrating the display in operation? Is it that bad? Also, I'd say it's more "deck of cards size" instead of matchbook..
There's more to it than just keeping a spaceship flying or maintaining the basic science. The space program plays an important role as the "carrot" to inspire young engineers and scientists. The thought of one day going into space or living on the moon drives a lot of 8 years olds down the path of math and science. Most never end up working in the space program, but if all future engineers think they have to look forward to is designing braking systems at Ford (not that there's anything wrong with that) even fewer students are going to head in that direction. Throwing a few dollars at hungry people isn't going to fix the problem (especially when the problem generally isn't lack of dollars but 3rd world corruption). It's the ranks of future engineers and scientists that will increase food production and find cures for diseases...
I've heard people claim that Apple doesn't add the FM tuners to the iPod because, in general, the receivers aren't great quality and they don't want the complaints about less than ideal radio reception. It's the only explaination I can see as to why they won't add a 15cent chip to a $400 player....
There are already cheaper alternatives on the market that work almost as well. If iPod's (and other consumer products) aren't already using the alternatives, I doubt they will be using this in the near future. Economics just can't justify replacing a $0.03 part with a $5-10 part (even if you can eventually bring the price down to $1).
Yep, I'm addicted too. I've been listening to 2+ books a month for 4-5 years now. I'd give up cable tv and maybe even home internet access before I give up my Audible.com subscription. I almost look forward to the daily commute now.
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This is exactly why some conferences don't allow the press to attend (although I don't know if that's what happened here). I've been to some conferences where you have Scientific American or other science writers from news orginazations sit in the audience and ask some questions where it's clear they are making some huge leaps in what the results imply. Even after they are told they are way off base they will go write a sensational article and the researchers are put in a position of defending their work when they never said the work was suggesting something in the first place. It's really hard to judge this work without seeing the actual paper. A summary of the work by a journalist is meaningless. On top of that, conferences are usually meant to be forums where you report recent and ongoing research. Much of the work presented is 'in-progress' and there is much left to do. In fields where funding isn't cut-throat you can actually get useful input from other researchers and opportunities for collaboration (perhaps looking at areas the researcher doesn't have the facilities or time to examine). If you expect 'complete' research you will want to look more at the journal submissions. However, by the time it reaches that point it can be years old.
Come on, modding me offtopic?
Yeah, it seems like the only thing that is going to happen is a rise in the pressure of the fluid. If that's true, the use of a breathable fluid like the previous poster mentioned might actually allow humans to withstand some very high G's. Although having to endure a launch procedure that involves using a breathable fluid sure makes the idea of going into space a lot less desirable to me. :)
You're correct, but the more I think about it....what does the body feel if it is accelerated while submerged in a tank of water? If I think about a neutrally boyant sphere placed in a tank, it won't travel to one of the tank walls when the entire system is accelerated. Anyone want to chime in on their thoughts? I'm actually curious.
Actually, if you have proper saftey procedures in place, there should be a tube of Ca-gluconate cream close by so you can apply it after you wash the exposed area. That will supply a nice source of Ca for any remaining HF. Of course that's just the 'band-aid' you use for the trip to the hospital. As previous posters have mentioned....you're not going to know if it was a lethal exposure until it's too late.
I haven't seen anything on consoles that even compairs to a decent gaming PC setup in terms of graphics. People must be comparing $400 bare bone Dell systems when they come to that conclusion...
Actually, and unfortunately, I'm very familar with the smell of ozone (some of the equipment I work with produces it). Definitely not that - I wouldn't be so worried. It's more the smell you get when you fry an electical component. I assume the source is burning epoxy from some of the component packaging or the PCB it's mounted on.
I also had replaced every bulb I could with a CFL a while back. However, I've been around when 3 of them have failed and it was not a very comforting experience. They started making an electrical snapping sound and let out a lot of the awful "burned electronics" smell and smoke - and that was in the time it took me to find a switch to turn the power off. I imagine they have been throughly tested for saftey, but I'm not sure I'd like the idea of one failing in a ceiling mount while I wasn't around. Anyway I've been slowly replacing them with the GE Reveal incandesent blubs too. I like the quality of the light much more, however my electric bill has definately increased.
Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't E.T. held from release on VHS until it's 15th or so anniversary in 1996? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6304143184/103-85 28752-9792644?v=glance&n=404272 In that case, it probably didn't sell too many VHS players...
No kidding, for a program I use once a month (to transfer audio books to my ipod), it sure makes a nuisance of itself. I wish apple would understand that not everyone that has an ipod believes their pc is nothing more than an iTunes interface. I actually do real work on mine and would appreciate the option to only load those drivers when I start their program.
Can anyone else imagine the smell in the auction room with lots of nervous Star Trek fans?
Yep, I've had a DVD player in my PC for years yet the very first game I've purchased that came on a DVD was Oblivion (last month). I'm sure software developers ship both CD and DVD versions, but everything I pick up from BestBuy/Circuit City/Frys seems to come with a stack of CD's. Sometimes I feel like I'm back in 1988 doing a multipe 5.25" disk install of the Kings Quest series.... Something tells me the PC gaming crowd isn't going to decide anything in the format wars.
Being able to ignore "news" isn't always a bad thing. I don't feel the need to waste my time and sit through the 578th Natalee Holloway, Scott Peterson, Duke lacrosse team, or Michael Jackson story. I can learn all I need/want to know about those in 1 60 second setting. They will spend 30 minutes a day for months on those things, yet things like Space Ship 1 first flight gets a 3 minute blurb on the day of the flight (and live video - you know, just in case it crashes).....then back to the non-stop trial coverage. I just don't understand.
Exactly, the claim in the study is trusted, not accurate or fair and balanced. I'll give Fox credit in that they will make a point of making corrections when there are errors in a previously reported story. And, they will do it in the middle of "prime time", Brit Hume is very good about this. I rarely, if ever, see other news organizations do that. On the rare occation they do, it's only mentioned in passing - never given the same amount of attention the original story was. I give them a couple points for journalistic integrity there.
I'll 2nd the comment about Matrox sticking to industrial cards. I made one of the early purchases of the AGP Parhelia card when they made all these great claims about how they were going to take over the world with "surround gaming". Fast forward one year and the user base was having to make their own mods to the software just to get the latest games to run. Matrox completely dropped any gaming support (and fired most of the staff responsible for it) for the card - pretty sad when it wouldn't even run World of Warcraft on a single monitor without crashing - after 9 months they still didn't have a solution and I haven't checked back since (yes 9 months and they kept saying they were "looking into it" - are you kidding me!!!). Sure makes me feel warm and fuzzy about spending almost $500 on a card. They just don't have the resources to really give the level of support needed for gaming markets.
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Well, the better way to do this is to use turner cards that do onboard video compression instead of using the CPU. That way you can make almost any computer work. http://www.snapstream.com/Community/articles/pvs_s ervice/ ...and you can then add tons of tuners that will record all at once without really taxing a modest system...
http://www.snapstream.com/Community/Articles/medus a/default.asp
Agreed, how can you not post an image demonstrating the display in operation? Is it that bad? Also, I'd say it's more "deck of cards size" instead of matchbook..
There's more to it than just keeping a spaceship flying or maintaining the basic science. The space program plays an important role as the "carrot" to inspire young engineers and scientists. The thought of one day going into space or living on the moon drives a lot of 8 years olds down the path of math and science. Most never end up working in the space program, but if all future engineers think they have to look forward to is designing braking systems at Ford (not that there's anything wrong with that) even fewer students are going to head in that direction. Throwing a few dollars at hungry people isn't going to fix the problem (especially when the problem generally isn't lack of dollars but 3rd world corruption). It's the ranks of future engineers and scientists that will increase food production and find cures for diseases...
I've heard people claim that Apple doesn't add the FM tuners to the iPod because, in general, the receivers aren't great quality and they don't want the complaints about less than ideal radio reception. It's the only explaination I can see as to why they won't add a 15cent chip to a $400 player....
Considering the $50+ price tag of new games, is the console price really that important?
Actually one state to the right would be Missouri, and last time I checked they are still in CST. http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa12.php
There are already cheaper alternatives on the market that work almost as well. If iPod's (and other consumer products) aren't already using the alternatives, I doubt they will be using this in the near future. Economics just can't justify replacing a $0.03 part with a $5-10 part (even if you can eventually bring the price down to $1).
Yep, I'm addicted too. I've been listening to 2+ books a month for 4-5 years now. I'd give up cable tv and maybe even home internet access before I give up my Audible.com subscription. I almost look forward to the daily commute now.
Why build a 2 channel system when for $1200 you could build a 6 tuner stand alone 24x7 system? What's Tivo's price for one of those?
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http://www.snapstream.com/Community/Articles/medu