Penrose conjectured that there must be some physical principle -- a 'cosmic censor' -- that forbids singularity nakedness...
Which is why the DVDs "Physicists Gone Wild" were never really successful. Although the LHC did turn up as the hottest collider in Europe, so far still no naked singularities.
"Embrace, extend and extinguish," also known as "Embrace, extend, and exterminate," is a phrase that the U.S. Department of Justice alleged was used internally by Microsoft to describe their strategy for entering product categories involving widely used standards, extending those standards with proprietary capabilities, and then using those differences to disadvantage its competitors.
I find that positive reinforcement works best. The trick is finding an appropriate reward for the bacteria when they do something correctly. I'd start with "Who's a good little bacteria? You are! Yes you are!" and work up to some kind of snack...
In all other hybrids (on the market in the US today), the ICE is connected to the transmission and provides power to the wheels directly, in concert with the battery.
True, but I believe I read that ICE are more efficient at highway speeds than the electric motors, while the inverse is true in the city -- especially as the vehicles get bigger and the size of the electrics get even larger. I believe this gap may be narrowing as the electric drivetrains get better though.
This is the main difference between the Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyota Prius drivetrains. The Prius can operate in combinations of gas/electric/both, where the Civic always uses the ICE above a certain speed (say 5 mph) and uses the electric motor as an assist. Even so, the Civic has a better Air Pollution Score on www.fueleconomy.gov -- 2008 models (2009 aren't available yet).
The Chevy Volt uses an IC engine to recharge the battery when necessary - like all other hybrids (though Chevy calls it a "range extender"). Plugging it in overnight simply pre-charges it. I guess that's a bit cleaner, but that would really depend on your local power plant. I don't know if pre-charging the battery via the grid is cheaper than using petrol on the go -- if not, why bother.
Calling the car an electric w/range extender, rather than simply hybrid (or series-hybrid) is marketing speak.
You do realize that Clinton got deferments to attend College, just as Dick Cheney got four deferments to attend College then a hardship exemption when his wife got pregnant. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney#Vietnam_War_draft
When Cheney became eligible for the draft, he was a supporter of the Vietnam War but did not serve in the military. Instead, he applied for and received five draft deferments. In 1989, The Washington Post writer, George C. Wilson, interviewed Cheney as the next Secretary of Defense; when asked about his deferments, Cheney reportedly said, "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."[15] Cheney testified during his confirmation hearings in 1989 that he received deferments to finish a college career that lasted six years rather than four, owing to sub par academic performance and the need to work to pay for his education. Initially, he was not called up because the Selective Service System was only taking older men. When he became eligible for the draft, he applied for four deferments in sequence. He applied for his fifth exemption on January 19, 1966, when his wife was about 10 weeks pregnant. He was granted 3-A status, the "hardship" exemption, which excluded men with children or dependent parents. In January 1967, Cheney turned 26 and was no longer eligible for the draft.
That Bill Clinton went to great lengths to avoid the Vietnam-era draft, that he used political connections to obtain special favors, and that he made promises and commitments which he later failed to honor, are all beyond dispute. However, the timeline quoted above jumps the tracks when it labels Clinton a "felon," because none of his actions, no matter how unethical or morally reprehensible, were illegal....
Solaris is dying, but it's because of the hardware. The "big iron" sparc hardware is simply obsolete.
In addition to what "ducomputergeek" said above, I would suggest that you're not looking at the appropriate hardware. Check out the enterprise-class systems (Sun and other vendors, like HP) and you'll see a difference. You can reallocate (or sometimes replace) hardware on the fly. Ever tried hot-swapping an I/O board on Linux? As for other vendors, HP makes systems with redundant, hot-swap everything (or damn-near everything).
Linix is appropriate for certain audiences / environments, but not others.
Will the Solaris product remain as a niche even after this happens?
Niche? This really depends on the audience. Step into a production datacenter for a large corporation running payroll, financial services, or tele-communications and I think you'll find Linux (and BSD) the niche players in many cases. Most of the systems will be enterprise Solaris, HP-UX / MPE, MVS, Tandom, etc... systems that can have almost zero downtime - ever. Of course, these cost $$$$, but their uptime is important.
Also, most UNIX apps are developed for Linux and later ported to Solaris, not the other way around...
There was a time, actually not all that long ago, that Sun (SunOS and Solaris) was the development platform of choice (coming from its BSD roots). In fact, GCC was first developed for the VAX and Sun circa 1988.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 87 10:56:56 EST From: rms (Richard M. Stallman)
The GNU C compiler is now available for ftp from the file /u2/emacs/gcc.tar on prep.ai.mit.edu. This includes machine descriptions for vax and sun, 60 pages of documentation on writing machine descriptions (internals.texinfo, internals.dvi and Info file internals).
In addition, the definition of "most UNIX apps" depends on the target audience; most mission-critical apps are NOT developed first on Linux, but rather enterprise Solaris, HP-UX / MPE or similar class systems.
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Never send a boy to code a man's regexp.
Ya, once Perl is used in a few more places, it'll have critical mass.
Vibrator sales would seem to indicate that some segment of the population is smart enough to tell the difference...
I thought it was the fact that one could down(um, rather)up-grade to XP :-)
Too busy paying for lip-service in the Men's room.
Ust-jay se-uay ode-cay.
Which is why the DVDs "Physicists Gone Wild" were never really successful. Although the LHC did turn up as the hottest collider in Europe, so far still no naked singularities.
Can't we just implant a real eel? You know like the Jaffa have on Stargate.
I can't really think of any downside, oh wait...
We might have listened to you, but the people at UniverseToday have been staying at a Holiday Inn Express, so they're much better informed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
I find that positive reinforcement works best. The trick is finding an appropriate reward for the bacteria when they do something correctly. I'd start with "Who's a good little bacteria? You are! Yes you are!" and work up to some kind of snack ...
True, but I believe I read that ICE are more efficient at highway speeds than the electric motors, while the inverse is true in the city -- especially as the vehicles get bigger and the size of the electrics get even larger. I believe this gap may be narrowing as the electric drivetrains get better though.
This is the main difference between the Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyota Prius drivetrains. The Prius can operate in combinations of gas/electric/both, where the Civic always uses the ICE above a certain speed (say 5 mph) and uses the electric motor as an assist. Even so, the Civic has a better Air Pollution Score on www.fueleconomy.gov -- 2008 models (2009 aren't available yet).
Calling the car an electric w/range extender, rather than simply hybrid (or series-hybrid) is marketing speak.
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You do realize that Clinton got deferments to attend College, just as Dick Cheney got four deferments to attend College then a hardship exemption when his wife got pregnant. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney#Vietnam_War_draft
What's good for the Goose is good for the Gander...
From: http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/felon.asp
I guess it depends on what the meaning of "is" is...
Does she own a blue dress?
Or a Cray-2 with little plastic fish floating around, but the Fluorinert would probably bankrupt you :-)
In addition to what "ducomputergeek" said above, I would suggest that you're not looking at the appropriate hardware. Check out the enterprise-class systems (Sun and other vendors, like HP) and you'll see a difference. You can reallocate (or sometimes replace) hardware on the fly. Ever tried hot-swapping an I/O board on Linux? As for other vendors, HP makes systems with redundant, hot-swap everything (or damn-near everything).
Linix is appropriate for certain audiences / environments, but not others.
Niche? This really depends on the audience. Step into a production datacenter for a large corporation running payroll, financial services, or tele-communications and I think you'll find Linux (and BSD) the niche players in many cases. Most of the systems will be enterprise Solaris, HP-UX / MPE, MVS, Tandom, etc... systems that can have almost zero downtime - ever. Of course, these cost $$$$, but their uptime is important.
There was a time, actually not all that long ago, that Sun (SunOS and Solaris) was the development platform of choice (coming from its BSD roots). In fact, GCC was first developed for the VAX and Sun circa 1988.
From: A Brief History of GCC
In addition, the definition of "most UNIX apps" depends on the target audience; most mission-critical apps are NOT developed first on Linux, but rather enterprise Solaris, HP-UX / MPE or similar class systems.
stop saying "netizens".
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