But Edison invented the motion picture camera, which allowed for the creation of porn. Which is clearly much more important to the success of the internet.
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Yes wind resistance increases with increased speed. So does rpm. Older cars had much less efficient engines. The inefficiency increased (still increases) the further you are from peak torque. And at cruising you are no where near demanding the available torque, so the engine isn't very efficient. Having a carb compounds these problems because - in software terms a carb is a dirty hack - it works pretty well most of the time, but it falls down (in terms of fuel efficiency) when you ask it to do something unusual, like like operate in a region it isn't tuned for, like 75 on a highway with a 3-speed.
So in summary in the 70's at 75mph, you're using a fraction of the available power, at a rpm beyond peak torque, with a crappy rich fuel-air mixture.
Modern cars are better at 75mph (though still not as efficient as at 65 - but it is a pretty small difference) because their 4 or 5 or even 6 speed transitions keep the engine operating close to peak torque, and the fuel injectors supply an almost ideal fuel-air mixture.
So yes, engines make a difference, and it has everything to do with physics, the question is which physics.
If I could take what I pay into SS and blow it on hookers and booze I'd still come out better in the end. Glory of glories if I could stuff it under my mattress.
But nobody would know whether or not the site did or did not get slashdotted if nobody looked at it. Once the first slashdotter looks at the site he may or may not be responsible for the servers melting or not melting.
Science has almost never led technology. In almost all cases someone builds a cool black box that does something neat, then science gets a hold of it figures it out, then we build a better (less black) box that does even cooler things.
The notable exceptions where theory predates practice/observation are: Einstein with black holes and relativity, and Boolean logic.
Settling out of court doesn't set a precedence, so there would be no benefit for apple to cave unless they think they are going to lose and can get away paying less.
There are sensible internet laws, and they don't have to be internationally enforceable to be that way. The problems are that you have to prosecute the receiver, not the supplier of information. In most cases this makes laws unenforceable because we're not willing to devote the effort necessary to prosecute individual internet gamblers (for example), or we're not comfortable with sentences harsh enough to be an adequate deterrent e.g. p2p and warez.
An example where we are willing to invest the man power and are comfortable with deterrent penalties is child porn laws. Note, that you don't really need a specific "on the internet" type law here, but you certainly can regulate online behavior in such a manner.
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If you drive between 55 and 60 you'll get better fuel economy if you're driving a 70s era car with a carburetor... Since the invention of fuel injectors this is much less true.
While I see where you're coming from, you contradict yourself a bit. If we're going to set speedlimits for driver experience and vehicle capability, how fast could a experienced state trouper in a late model SUV drive?
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I'm with you. I'm originally from Ohio, and while the cops are bigger pricks there than most other places at least the staties are mostly consistent - do 75+ and your getting pulled over if they see you.
See that's the thing, if I knew how fast I could drive without getting pulled over that is the speed that I'd drive. But since we all know that you will almost never get pulled over for doing 5+ (except in New Rome, but I digress) everyone does it, then everyone drives 7+, and pretty soon the speed limit is meaningless, and the cop just picks the first (or darkest) person rolling by.
Now I'm living in Delaware, and drive on I95 twice a day. The speed limit for the entire 15 mile or so length that is in Delaware is 55. No one, and I mean no one drives 55. Driving 55 on I95 in DE is dangerous. The de facto speed limit is somewhere around 70. I regularly do 80+. I have never been pulled over. Not that I mind cutting the 15 seconds or so from my commute from doing 85, but this state could really use some consistent enforcement.
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You know one of the most dangerous things on the highway is vehicles traveling at different speeds i.e. we'd probably be safer with everyone doing 75-80 than cars doing 65 and trucks doing 55. Your proposal might work fine in rural TX, but fails miserably anywhere there is traffic.
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This is precisely why they don't even bother pulling over speed bikes in many places. That and they figure they'll learn the lesson the hard way soon enough.
An when he says, "according to the news," he really means, "according to me, on the news..." I know of no other nutjob who uses the phrase "killing simulator."
I agree that the sexual taboo almost certainly stems from religion, and while I'm with you that Paul was a misogynist, I think you're being a little over the top cynical (but hey this is slashdot right?). The reason the church has been against sex is because sex makes babies and babies don't take care of themselves. In a world without reliable birth control the only responsible thing to do is to abstain from sex until you are in a situation where the child will be cared for - namely marriage. Now things went a bit far in the middle ages, but sex is taboo for a good reason. They were thinking of the children.
Oh, there are defiantly people who want to have sex with kids out there. They are rare however and the chances of having your kid abducted for sex are absolutely minuscule
All of this is very true and relevant to the story. The part that is apparently missing is that pedophiles AREN'T a vanishingly small minority - there ARE a significant number of them. Your kid isn't likely to be abducted by a pedophile because pedophiles who abduct children ARE vanishingly rare. The vast majority of pedophiles know their victims. The vast majority of pedophiles are fathers, step-fathers, uncles, priests, little league coaches and piano teachers. Guess what. A credit card is only very rarely going to be the tip off for these people.
So while a similar sting might catch pedophiles, they are targeting only a very small percentage of the pedophile population, and are therefore bound to fail at decreasing pedophilia in any meaningful way.
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But Edison was the first person to hook a live wire to an elephant.
But Edison invented the motion picture camera, which allowed for the creation of porn. Which is clearly much more important to the success of the internet.
Yes wind resistance increases with increased speed. So does rpm. Older cars had much less efficient engines. The inefficiency increased (still increases) the further you are from peak torque. And at cruising you are no where near demanding the available torque, so the engine isn't very efficient. Having a carb compounds these problems because - in software terms a carb is a dirty hack - it works pretty well most of the time, but it falls down (in terms of fuel efficiency) when you ask it to do something unusual, like like operate in a region it isn't tuned for, like 75 on a highway with a 3-speed.
So in summary in the 70's at 75mph, you're using a fraction of the available power, at a rpm beyond peak torque, with a crappy rich fuel-air mixture.
Modern cars are better at 75mph (though still not as efficient as at 65 - but it is a pretty small difference) because their 4 or 5 or even 6 speed transitions keep the engine operating close to peak torque, and the fuel injectors supply an almost ideal fuel-air mixture.
So yes, engines make a difference, and it has everything to do with physics, the question is which physics.
If I could take what I pay into SS and blow it on hookers and booze I'd still come out better in the end. Glory of glories if I could stuff it under my mattress.
Charlie's cousin.
Slashdot is a great prognosticator after something has happened, Duh. Haven't you been paying attention.
Shit I knew this conversation was going to happen.
Clearly it is in the trolls best interest to be paid by Apple (or anyone for that matter).
Apple only gains a benefit if a precedence is set, and $200MM and a judgment is a lot to pay a troll for maybe damaging the competition.
Apple won't settle out of court unless they think they're going to lose.
But nobody would know whether or not the site did or did not get slashdotted if nobody looked at it. Once the first slashdotter looks at the site he may or may not be responsible for the servers melting or not melting.
Science has almost never led technology. In almost all cases someone builds a cool black box that does something neat, then science gets a hold of it figures it out, then we build a better (less black) box that does even cooler things.
The notable exceptions where theory predates practice/observation are: Einstein with black holes and relativity, and Boolean logic.
Settling out of court doesn't set a precedence, so there would be no benefit for apple to cave unless they think they are going to lose and can get away paying less.
Didn't we try that once?
There are sensible internet laws, and they don't have to be internationally enforceable to be that way. The problems are that you have to prosecute the receiver, not the supplier of information. In most cases this makes laws unenforceable because we're not willing to devote the effort necessary to prosecute individual internet gamblers (for example), or we're not comfortable with sentences harsh enough to be an adequate deterrent e.g. p2p and warez.
An example where we are willing to invest the man power and are comfortable with deterrent penalties is child porn laws. Note, that you don't really need a specific "on the internet" type law here, but you certainly can regulate online behavior in such a manner.
If you drive between 55 and 60 you'll get better fuel economy if you're driving a 70s era car with a carburetor... Since the invention of fuel injectors this is much less true.
While I see where you're coming from, you contradict yourself a bit. If we're going to set speedlimits for driver experience and vehicle capability, how fast could a experienced state trouper in a late model SUV drive?
I'm with you. I'm originally from Ohio, and while the cops are bigger pricks there than most other places at least the staties are mostly consistent - do 75+ and your getting pulled over if they see you.
See that's the thing, if I knew how fast I could drive without getting pulled over that is the speed that I'd drive. But since we all know that you will almost never get pulled over for doing 5+ (except in New Rome, but I digress) everyone does it, then everyone drives 7+, and pretty soon the speed limit is meaningless, and the cop just picks the first (or darkest) person rolling by.
Now I'm living in Delaware, and drive on I95 twice a day. The speed limit for the entire 15 mile or so length that is in Delaware is 55. No one, and I mean no one drives 55. Driving 55 on I95 in DE is dangerous. The de facto speed limit is somewhere around 70. I regularly do 80+. I have never been pulled over. Not that I mind cutting the 15 seconds or so from my commute from doing 85, but this state could really use some consistent enforcement.
You know one of the most dangerous things on the highway is vehicles traveling at different speeds i.e. we'd probably be safer with everyone doing 75-80 than cars doing 65 and trucks doing 55. Your proposal might work fine in rural TX, but fails miserably anywhere there is traffic.
This is precisely why they don't even bother pulling over speed bikes in many places. That and they figure they'll learn the lesson the hard way soon enough.
An when he says, "according to the news," he really means, "according to me, on the news..." I know of no other nutjob who uses the phrase "killing simulator."
I also noticed that they quoted Isaiah Triforce Johnson in the fine article linked by parent.
Wow the tags are great.
because it is self defeating. If you clean up a computer, you no longer have access to a computer that would clean up other computers.
I agree that the sexual taboo almost certainly stems from religion, and while I'm with you that Paul was a misogynist, I think you're being a little over the top cynical (but hey this is slashdot right?). The reason the church has been against sex is because sex makes babies and babies don't take care of themselves. In a world without reliable birth control the only responsible thing to do is to abstain from sex until you are in a situation where the child will be cared for - namely marriage. Now things went a bit far in the middle ages, but sex is taboo for a good reason. They were thinking of the children.
All of this is very true and relevant to the story. The part that is apparently missing is that pedophiles AREN'T a vanishingly small minority - there ARE a significant number of them. Your kid isn't likely to be abducted by a pedophile because pedophiles who abduct children ARE vanishingly rare. The vast majority of pedophiles know their victims. The vast majority of pedophiles are fathers, step-fathers, uncles, priests, little league coaches and piano teachers. Guess what. A credit card is only very rarely going to be the tip off for these people.
So while a similar sting might catch pedophiles, they are targeting only a very small percentage of the pedophile population, and are therefore bound to fail at decreasing pedophilia in any meaningful way.