Certain techniques can strengthen bones. What you speak of, stress-testing them, is a common way of building bone mass among martial artists. Actually they don't have to work at it, it just happens. Bones are an interconnected calcium (among other things) mesh. In between these connections, there are lots of miniature bubbles and air pockets. When the fighter repeatedly hits an object with enough force, the pressure in the bones breaks the weakest parts of the mesh. Later these get built back. But this time they are much stronger, and can withstand more force.
Since the centrifugal machine is sustained force and not an impulse, I doubt would inherently make your bones stonger. As far as making organs tougher, there are other ways to do that. Having a friend drop a medicine ball on your stomach while you tense it is a great way to toughen your abdomen.
I think Soccer would have been a better test of his "physical genius." Baseball wasn't at all related to basketball, at least not in the way soccer is. I think he would have been happier with soccer; he could play the same games he did in the court, but in a whole new atmosphere.
Good. Then the people wishing to have a life and a family can still be competetive. Requiring them to match the level of work of the more "productive" workers (the ones spending more of their life on work) isn't fair to the ones who can't. I simply don't care if the guys want to spend more life working; they're not only endangering other people by toting their information everywhere, they're making it harder for people unable to work so much to stay attractive to their employer.
Tell you what, I'm your banker. How about I take your debit information with me everywhere I go? Don't worry, I'm doing it so that I can make sure your account is balanced and accurate. I won't lose it, and my friend won't get to see it, even though its on my unencrypted USB key that might fall off my keychain like my last one did.
The issue here isn't productivity; that's work done per amount time. What you were speaking of was simply an increase in time spent working. I don't care if Joe Government gets payed more money because he's working long hours, he's endangering my information. Am I get compensated any for this? He's not cutting me an some of the surplus on his paycheck. Were he doing so, I wouldn't be so inclined to say "tough."
I don't see a problem in calling it GNU/Linux. It's not like Linux was a giant collaboration of software all by itself. It started as a kernel, and it fit into the GNU group of software. All the GNU group needed was a kernel. And Linux filled that need. So whats the problem? Why do people fuss about him calling it GNU/Linux? Either change over yourself and call it GNU/Linux, or don't and just keep your opinion to yourself. People don't care if you think it should be called Linux, just like people don't care that RMS thinks it should be called "GNU/Linux". Theres sufficient argument for both sides. So I say just let the man toot his "GNU/Linux" topic.
There's a reason we take care of our parents when they get old, regardless of what they mumble about: they took care of us when we were young. I think we at least owe this to RMS, regardless of whether or not he is right.
Is there any way MS could pull the rug out from under Apple if Apple goes further than MS likes? You know, oops, Windows won't activate on Macs anymore. I'm sure the EULA retains MS's right to revoke a license any time they see fit.
Supercritical water is NOTHING new to power systems. Its used all the time in conventional steam-powered coal power plants. They heat the steam to what they call "dry steam" (supercritical) and then run it pressurized through massive turbines. These spin and create electricity. Doesn't sound exotic to me.
This is rediculous. All the leftists spraying lies left and right hoping that one will take root. In their minds, its _always_ Bush's fault.
This was the fault of the governer. HE knew that there was going to be a problem, HE knew there were busses that could drive the people to another city, but HE didn't do anything about it. The governer should have done his job.
Thats actually a very good idea. Perhaps someone with some knowhow in this area could write out likely scenarios, with 5-7 different things to say, and an explanation of why you should say this one, or not that one. Then someone could code the frontend and we'd have a chance next Friday night!
It's been speculated that theres as much oil in Canadian beaches as there was in the middle east. Yes, yes, I know; its not economic to refine it. Only when the price is under $30/barrel. What are we at now? $55? $60?
Its very possible that we've got plenty of oil left to consume. Its also been speculated that only 25% of the oil in some fields was actually mined. As the price increases, it will become economically feasible to mine this oil as well. I'd say we're good for at least 25 years, maybe up to 100. But the way things are going, we're acting like we've got all the time and oil in the world, which is NOT TRUE. We need better energy policies. I'm not one to "beat around the Bush" [dual meaning intended] on most topics (yes, what we are doing in Iraq IS going to have a positive benefit, its just going to take a lot of time. But it could have been planned better, instead of this rushing in thing. See: having more troops, planning for difficult-to-deal-with-insurgence.), but slashing funding to research into renewable energies is NOT acceptable. Problem is that our 4-year term presidential ordeal forces those campaigning to push for whatever will whip up the majority of the public's opinion into the frothiest emotionaly frenzy in the quickest time. But if I recall correctly, we do have the republicans to blame for this energy-funding-slashing.
We desperately need a committed effort to sustain budget spending on researching renewable energy sources. We _could_ be on our last 30 years of oil.
But we ARE only a few more generations from hitting a rather thick wall: at the 5nm, electrons begin jumping _through_ the insulators to a nearby circuit. So while we're far away from the molecular level, we're still getting closer and closer every day to a very real limit. We should be able to push it down to 4nm with a little extra engineering....but as far a I know, thats going to be it. Anyone else want to comment?
Most people laugh when they read this because its got big words that they don't understand. Sounds full of jargon. We laugh because we _do_ understand.
So HE is the clever guy designing all the sexy gadgets. I swear, between their computadora cases, laptops, and most definately the Ipod (Gen 4), Apple's got the best looking set of hardware. Why so sexy? I think its simply the golden ratio. Its why bodies look good. 1:1.6 is everywhere. The best looking body has 1:1.6 ratio in forarm to arm, waste to shoulders, thighs to calfs, calf and knee girth to ankle girth. Plus, for a side profile (on women) breast to waist width, and (on all, a side profile still) buttocks to thigh width.
So it only makes sense to put this ratio in every product: it makes it inherently more attractive, just because. And thats what this guy did. Width to height, scroll wheel width to Ipod width, etc. Ingenious, really. Its also the reason why I expect the video Ipod and the Nano to not sell nearly as well as their previous incarnations (Gen 4 and Ipod Mini). The Nano and Ipod Video are lacking in the 1:1.6 ratio department.
Lately I've been wondering how great Google really is, and whether its deserving of the love I give it. Sure, I think the company Google is full of geniuses coming up with some of the best ideas since bread & butter.
But then I ask myself how much time I've spent trying to find things online. I've been finding Google to be increasingly less useful. When was the last time you googled, looking for information, and found nothing related? When was the last time you had to rephrase your search query not once, not twice, not three times, but four or five times? Now, when was the last time you googled for something besides Wikipedia (or any other well known site) and found what you wanted on the first page? I can tell you that for me, the times I've been able to check off "found in under 15 seconds" have become scarcer and scarcer. Since, I've increased results to 20 per page. That's helped a bit. But most of the time I'm having to rephrase my search query multiple times. After 5 or 6 tries, I usually find what I want halfway down the page. Why is this?
I've had several thoughts on this issue lately. Google could be filling up with spam - pages optimized just to get a high pagerank. Or perhaps I'm asking Google to find me increasingly complex and niche information. Being a GT student, its entirely possible I'm simply asking it for things most other people don't find useful. But I didn't have these problems until, at most, two months ago. Or perhaps what I fear is becoming a reality: Google's IPO has turned the company in a different direction. Maybe their slogan is changing from a "do no evil" to a "do less good" stance? Am I crazy? Or are we blind, and is what I say true? Are we loving Google only because they're giving Microsoft a run for their money?
Don't get me wrong, Google has plenty of wonderful services: Google Earth, Gmail, the new click-a-button-and-have-that-company-phone-me service, etc. But is it possible that they're beginning to sell out the top results in their searches? Consider the evidence: I've been spending more time than ever finding quality links. Google's IPO was but a few months ago. Also, in talks with AOL, Google now plans to offer not only specialized AOL ads, but also FLASHier adsense ads. So is it probable that Google is selling a place in their top results? I'm very inclined to think so. And so, just recently, I've come to question my devotion to Google.
Am I the only one wasting search time? I think its time we re-evaluate Google's search engine, and think twice before we offer our praise.
They won't send paper in the mail as that is too expensive...and too easy for me to throw away. They won't call my cell phone because I'm on the do not call list and will file a claim if they do. They can send email but Thunderbird's got a great spam filter. I fail to see what the problem is besides a bit of inconvenience?
I think the important question that would solve all this is "What is the chocolate cake?" What exactly can they do with this information? Granted I don't want them to have it, but what can they do with it that really would hurt me? Our country is pretty far away from Hong Kong (on the Orwellian map), where you get 10 years prison for spitting gum out on the sidewalk. I don't see collecting information to be a chocolate cake. Maybe one my mom baked, but certainly nothing appetizing at all. It might look nice on the outside, having all those names and numbers and addresses, but it would take a lot of digestion energy to do something useful with it.
What you say is simply not acceptable. If we say we'll embrace MS as soon as they release their Open format, then they instantly have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Simple thought process for Microsoft: "Hm...seems like a win/win for us. We do everything we can to get people to accept our monopoly, and if they don't, we'll change, apologize, and then they'll accept us. Either way we win without a gamble."
But wait, theres more! People who use computers can afford computers, and people with cars know how to drive them! We'll be back with this breaking news after the break.
I know that by my ID number I'm not a "seasoned veteran", but just thought I'd add my two cents. I'll still be at Slashdot because I don't have to search through n00b postings to see the decent ones. Theres nothing better than browsing at 4.
As far as this article goes, it would be even cooler to paint glowinthedark-glue on the heads. Then disable the top platter (if this is even possible) and install a row of LED's perpendicular to the circle. You could display the time, the latest slashdot heading, etc...
Yeah theres plenty of like minded people, and we've started petitions on their forums and everything. Some petitions got up to several hundred posts/signatures. But no update.
As far as the setting, it may be different on your player, but on the Touch, the "sensitivity" setting only changes the speedscroll speed (how fast it scrolls when you hold your finger down at the top or bottom of the pad). It does nothing to change the ratio of the number of songs scrolled to the distance the thumb has travelled. If there were a setting that said "for moving your thumb from the top to the bottom of the pad, scroll number of songs", then the problem would be solved. How hard would it be for Creative to add this? If the drivers were Open Source (theres another petition we made), I could have added that setting in 30 minutes.
You're lucky to have bought the Micro; I've used it, and it doesn't suffer these same problems. But who was treated worse? The guy who bought the "hip" product (nothing against you) or the guy who bought the "serious" product (I obviously was planning on using this more because I got the 40GB version) and payed the serious price? I got the "serious" product, and have put this thing through some serious use...but have been treated worse than the "hip" crowd. I can't think of a better way to ensure they lose customers. Not only did they lose me, they lost everyone else that I warned who was going to get a media player and was open to alternatives to the Ipod. I advised all them to get an Ipod, because the entire package is simply better. It scrolls perfectly, it has ok battery life, it syncs effortlessly (can't say anywhere near the same about the Creative MediaSource program I have to use to sync with my Touch), its got decent audio, and it plays MP3. And best of all, its Apple, and they never leave you out to dry (with exception maybe of the battery issues); they've got the best customer service ever.
The grass is definately greener on the other side from where I'm standing.
How do they tape it? Tapes only hold an hour of audio.
All issues aside, conventional radio still has a chance. They should be switching to digital as well. You'll still be able to listen to the same frequency with your analog radio, but digital radios will get added quality. I see this as the only thing that will protect them from XM.
As soon as WiMAX becomes readily available, or some other wireless service, I won't have any incentive to get XM. The main station I'm interested in listening to is available in 192kbps at
etn.fm. Just mouse over to the Trance or Progressive 192 streams for free quality music.
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Certain techniques can strengthen bones. What you speak of, stress-testing them, is a common way of building bone mass among martial artists. Actually they don't have to work at it, it just happens. Bones are an interconnected calcium (among other things) mesh. In between these connections, there are lots of miniature bubbles and air pockets. When the fighter repeatedly hits an object with enough force, the pressure in the bones breaks the weakest parts of the mesh. Later these get built back. But this time they are much stronger, and can withstand more force.
Since the centrifugal machine is sustained force and not an impulse, I doubt would inherently make your bones stonger. As far as making organs tougher, there are other ways to do that. Having a friend drop a medicine ball on your stomach while you tense it is a great way to toughen your abdomen.
I think Soccer would have been a better test of his "physical genius." Baseball wasn't at all related to basketball, at least not in the way soccer is. I think he would have been happier with soccer; he could play the same games he did in the court, but in a whole new atmosphere.
I think the fear is when they start "patching" the "flaw" where your computer doesn't send Microsoft [insert your sensitive data here].
Until then, this is fine. (But when is then?)
Good. Then the people wishing to have a life and a family can still be competetive. Requiring them to match the level of work of the more "productive" workers (the ones spending more of their life on work) isn't fair to the ones who can't. I simply don't care if the guys want to spend more life working; they're not only endangering other people by toting their information everywhere, they're making it harder for people unable to work so much to stay attractive to their employer.
Tell you what, I'm your banker. How about I take your debit information with me everywhere I go? Don't worry, I'm doing it so that I can make sure your account is balanced and accurate. I won't lose it, and my friend won't get to see it, even though its on my unencrypted USB key that might fall off my keychain like my last one did.
The issue here isn't productivity; that's work done per amount time. What you were speaking of was simply an increase in time spent working. I don't care if Joe Government gets payed more money because he's working long hours, he's endangering my information. Am I get compensated any for this? He's not cutting me an some of the surplus on his paycheck. Were he doing so, I wouldn't be so inclined to say "tough."
I don't see a problem in calling it GNU/Linux. It's not like Linux was a giant collaboration of software all by itself. It started as a kernel, and it fit into the GNU group of software. All the GNU group needed was a kernel. And Linux filled that need. So whats the problem? Why do people fuss about him calling it GNU/Linux? Either change over yourself and call it GNU/Linux, or don't and just keep your opinion to yourself. People don't care if you think it should be called Linux, just like people don't care that RMS thinks it should be called "GNU/Linux". Theres sufficient argument for both sides. So I say just let the man toot his "GNU/Linux" topic.
There's a reason we take care of our parents when they get old, regardless of what they mumble about: they took care of us when we were young. I think we at least owe this to RMS, regardless of whether or not he is right.
Is there any way MS could pull the rug out from under Apple if Apple goes further than MS likes? You know, oops, Windows won't activate on Macs anymore. I'm sure the EULA retains MS's right to revoke a license any time they see fit.
Supercritical water is NOTHING new to power systems. Its used all the time in conventional steam-powered coal power plants. They heat the steam to what they call "dry steam" (supercritical) and then run it pressurized through massive turbines. These spin and create electricity. Doesn't sound exotic to me.
This is rediculous. All the leftists spraying lies left and right hoping that one will take root. In their minds, its _always_ Bush's fault.
This was the fault of the governer. HE knew that there was going to be a problem, HE knew there were busses that could drive the people to another city, but HE didn't do anything about it. The governer should have done his job.
Thats actually a very good idea. Perhaps someone with some knowhow in this area could write out likely scenarios, with 5-7 different things to say, and an explanation of why you should say this one, or not that one. Then someone could code the frontend and we'd have a chance next Friday night!
It's been speculated that theres as much oil in Canadian beaches as there was in the middle east. Yes, yes, I know; its not economic to refine it. Only when the price is under $30/barrel. What are we at now? $55? $60?
Its very possible that we've got plenty of oil left to consume. Its also been speculated that only 25% of the oil in some fields was actually mined. As the price increases, it will become economically feasible to mine this oil as well. I'd say we're good for at least 25 years, maybe up to 100. But the way things are going, we're acting like we've got all the time and oil in the world, which is NOT TRUE. We need better energy policies. I'm not one to "beat around the Bush" [dual meaning intended] on most topics (yes, what we are doing in Iraq IS going to have a positive benefit, its just going to take a lot of time. But it could have been planned better, instead of this rushing in thing. See: having more troops, planning for difficult-to-deal-with-insurgence.), but slashing funding to research into renewable energies is NOT acceptable. Problem is that our 4-year term presidential ordeal forces those campaigning to push for whatever will whip up the majority of the public's opinion into the frothiest emotionaly frenzy in the quickest time. But if I recall correctly, we do have the republicans to blame for this energy-funding-slashing.
We desperately need a committed effort to sustain budget spending on researching renewable energy sources. We _could_ be on our last 30 years of oil.
Does this mean sex is better when you are thirsty?
From one molecule thick? We're far from that.
But we ARE only a few more generations from hitting a rather thick wall: at the 5nm, electrons begin jumping _through_ the insulators to a nearby circuit. So while we're far away from the molecular level, we're still getting closer and closer every day to a very real limit. We should be able to push it down to 4nm with a little extra engineering....but as far a I know, thats going to be it. Anyone else want to comment?
"Most people don't know what an eyeball is, so why should they care if they lose theirs?"
Most people laugh when they read this because its got big words that they don't understand. Sounds full of jargon. We laugh because we _do_ understand.
Just like my **** on a Friday night. Oh wait, that is to be expected isn't it.
Apple's products have always had the lowest or second lowest failure rate. Apple has always had the highest customer support satisfaction.
Taken from Consumer Reports, THE reviewing company you can trust.
So HE is the clever guy designing all the sexy gadgets. I swear, between their computadora cases, laptops, and most definately the Ipod (Gen 4), Apple's got the best looking set of hardware. Why so sexy? I think its simply the golden ratio. Its why bodies look good. 1:1.6 is everywhere. The best looking body has 1:1.6 ratio in forarm to arm, waste to shoulders, thighs to calfs, calf and knee girth to ankle girth. Plus, for a side profile (on women) breast to waist width, and (on all, a side profile still) buttocks to thigh width.
So it only makes sense to put this ratio in every product: it makes it inherently more attractive, just because. And thats what this guy did. Width to height, scroll wheel width to Ipod width, etc. Ingenious, really. Its also the reason why I expect the video Ipod and the Nano to not sell nearly as well as their previous incarnations (Gen 4 and Ipod Mini). The Nano and Ipod Video are lacking in the 1:1.6 ratio department.
Lately I've been wondering how great Google really is, and whether its deserving of the love I give it. Sure, I think the company Google is full of geniuses coming up with some of the best ideas since bread & butter.
But then I ask myself how much time I've spent trying to find things online. I've been finding Google to be increasingly less useful. When was the last time you googled, looking for information, and found nothing related? When was the last time you had to rephrase your search query not once, not twice, not three times, but four or five times? Now, when was the last time you googled for something besides Wikipedia (or any other well known site) and found what you wanted on the first page? I can tell you that for me, the times I've been able to check off "found in under 15 seconds" have become scarcer and scarcer. Since, I've increased results to 20 per page. That's helped a bit. But most of the time I'm having to rephrase my search query multiple times. After 5 or 6 tries, I usually find what I want halfway down the page. Why is this?
I've had several thoughts on this issue lately. Google could be filling up with spam - pages optimized just to get a high pagerank. Or perhaps I'm asking Google to find me increasingly complex and niche information. Being a GT student, its entirely possible I'm simply asking it for things most other people don't find useful. But I didn't have these problems until, at most, two months ago. Or perhaps what I fear is becoming a reality: Google's IPO has turned the company in a different direction. Maybe their slogan is changing from a "do no evil" to a "do less good" stance? Am I crazy? Or are we blind, and is what I say true? Are we loving Google only because they're giving Microsoft a run for their money?
Don't get me wrong, Google has plenty of wonderful services: Google Earth, Gmail, the new click-a-button-and-have-that-company-phone-me service, etc. But is it possible that they're beginning to sell out the top results in their searches? Consider the evidence: I've been spending more time than ever finding quality links. Google's IPO was but a few months ago. Also, in talks with AOL, Google now plans to offer not only specialized AOL ads, but also FLASHier adsense ads. So is it probable that Google is selling a place in their top results? I'm very inclined to think so. And so, just recently, I've come to question my devotion to Google.
Am I the only one wasting search time? I think its time we re-evaluate Google's search engine, and think twice before we offer our praise.
They won't send paper in the mail as that is too expensive...and too easy for me to throw away. They won't call my cell phone because I'm on the do not call list and will file a claim if they do. They can send email but Thunderbird's got a great spam filter. I fail to see what the problem is besides a bit of inconvenience?
I think the important question that would solve all this is "What is the chocolate cake?" What exactly can they do with this information? Granted I don't want them to have it, but what can they do with it that really would hurt me? Our country is pretty far away from Hong Kong (on the Orwellian map), where you get 10 years prison for spitting gum out on the sidewalk. I don't see collecting information to be a chocolate cake. Maybe one my mom baked, but certainly nothing appetizing at all. It might look nice on the outside, having all those names and numbers and addresses, but it would take a lot of digestion energy to do something useful with it.
What you say is simply not acceptable. If we say we'll embrace MS as soon as they release their Open format, then they instantly have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Simple thought process for Microsoft: "Hm...seems like a win/win for us. We do everything we can to get people to accept our monopoly, and if they don't, we'll change, apologize, and then they'll accept us. Either way we win without a gamble."
But wait, theres more! People who use computers can afford computers, and people with cars know how to drive them! We'll be back with this breaking news after the break.
I know that by my ID number I'm not a "seasoned veteran", but just thought I'd add my two cents. I'll still be at Slashdot because I don't have to search through n00b postings to see the decent ones. Theres nothing better than browsing at 4.
As far as this article goes, it would be even cooler to paint glowinthedark-glue on the heads. Then disable the top platter (if this is even possible) and install a row of LED's perpendicular to the circle. You could display the time, the latest slashdot heading, etc...
Yeah theres plenty of like minded people, and we've started petitions on their forums and everything. Some petitions got up to several hundred posts/signatures. But no update.
As far as the setting, it may be different on your player, but on the Touch, the "sensitivity" setting only changes the speedscroll speed (how fast it scrolls when you hold your finger down at the top or bottom of the pad). It does nothing to change the ratio of the number of songs scrolled to the distance the thumb has travelled. If there were a setting that said "for moving your thumb from the top to the bottom of the pad, scroll number of songs", then the problem would be solved. How hard would it be for Creative to add this? If the drivers were Open Source (theres another petition we made), I could have added that setting in 30 minutes.
You're lucky to have bought the Micro; I've used it, and it doesn't suffer these same problems. But who was treated worse? The guy who bought the "hip" product (nothing against you) or the guy who bought the "serious" product (I obviously was planning on using this more because I got the 40GB version) and payed the serious price? I got the "serious" product, and have put this thing through some serious use...but have been treated worse than the "hip" crowd. I can't think of a better way to ensure they lose customers. Not only did they lose me, they lost everyone else that I warned who was going to get a media player and was open to alternatives to the Ipod. I advised all them to get an Ipod, because the entire package is simply better. It scrolls perfectly, it has ok battery life, it syncs effortlessly (can't say anywhere near the same about the Creative MediaSource program I have to use to sync with my Touch), its got decent audio, and it plays MP3. And best of all, its Apple, and they never leave you out to dry (with exception maybe of the battery issues); they've got the best customer service ever.
The grass is definately greener on the other side from where I'm standing.
All issues aside, conventional radio still has a chance. They should be switching to digital as well. You'll still be able to listen to the same frequency with your analog radio, but digital radios will get added quality. I see this as the only thing that will protect them from XM.
As soon as WiMAX becomes readily available, or some other wireless service, I won't have any incentive to get XM. The main station I'm interested in listening to is available in 192kbps at
etn.fm. Just mouse over to the Trance or Progressive 192 streams for free quality music.