If I was Elon Musk, I'm not sure that I would be gloating that the Model S cars that my car company is producing will be completely obsolete just three years from now.
Well, if we take into consideration that Tesla motor upgraded the range of all Tesla Roster for free and got one of the best customer service avalaible, I can safely guess that people that buy model S now will now be left in the dark after that new 1000km model came out.
Is it just me or this is the 3rd or 4th time NASA confirm water on Mars? Or is it the fact that it's "flowing" water? Wasn't that already confirmed already?
First question that come into my mind, why the hell aliens would send encrypted message in the galaxy? If I wanted to send a message to Aliens, my first reflex would write it in so many different way so that any aliens will know it's a message for them. The only reason it should be encrypted is to hide it from someone they know and odds are thar they a far more advanced than us and that some random communication wont reach anyone esle than the disignated targed let alone leaving their solar system.
Ok, so I've got a huge interest in fusion research. But as a lot of people in/., I don't have enough knowledge to understand how big of a deal it is.
First, 5ms look kinda small, especially when we got no reference as comparison. What was the precedent record? What was the longest fusion was kept "stable" before? Or is it the first time fusion are reached something that could be called a "stable" stabe for "x" time?
That "4000$ lost per car", does it take into account all the R&D expense for the other product Tesla's working on? Because, AFAIK, it cannot make 4000$ lost per unit on their "only" product if the company was profitable last year.
Omg....your comment is wrong on so many level I'm not even sure if it's Troll or not
There's absolutely nothing special about internal hard drives. Mac Pro doesn't have them, it has an embedded SSD module. Hard drives are external on Mac Pro.
We're in 2015 right? So SSD didn't conquer the world...right?
Do you know how incredibility frail hard drive are? My mother lost 10 years of picture because they accidentally bumped their external hard drive while it was writing something. Sure you can but it on the personal network far from any harm, but it's not something "parents" do by themselves.
You can attach any graphics card, or really any PCI or PCIe card supported by OS X via thunderbolt. Get an external card cage and enjoy.
Yeah.....what a great option.....upgrading my graphic card in 2 years with an external card cage...why are we even still buying desktop nowadays?
If the PSU fails, you have Apple replace it. If the logic board fails, you have Apple replace it.
......really? Do you honestly believe that Apple will replace my PSU or motherboard free of charge in 5-10 years if it ever fail? You know that with desktop, I can diagnosis the problem and replace the broken part in less than a day right?
The Mac Pro is plenty modular. Just plug in Thunderbolt modules.
...you're kidding right?
What if the I want to upgrade the graphic card or the CPU? Add a new "internal" hard drive. What if the PSU or the motherboard fail? I'm not talking about connecting a printer.
Why the fuck would I want a desktop with Intel Xeon E5 and dual AMD FirePro, 4 USB port (my desktop have 8 and I have to use a splitter) at 3K$ for my home?
This is merely the result of Apple being primarily a hardware company and Microsoft being primarily a software company.
So? AFAIK Acer is also a Hardware company and their laptop update just fine.
If Apple want to goes on with the crapwagon that OS X is it's their decision, but it doesn't excuse them. The fact that WINE exist and installed on 90% MAC (the other 10% simply boot in Windows) is proof enough that Apple shoot themselves in the foot. If they created a "Windows ready" desktop that is modular (looking at you Mac Pro) they have the power and the money to buy hardware at super discount and wipe most competition. If the Mac Pro didn't have it's flaw, was equipped with "Windows Ready" driver and costed 20%-30% less than the same PC with equivalent specs I would have took one hands down.
Basically, this satellite need to joint the orbit and velocity of it's target. It seem a lot of energy to remove "one" debris. If something need to be done, wouldn't a freaking big net or something be better?
C'mon I'm not killing any buzz. I love that map and I've even added it to my bookmark.
And I know how dangerous those debris are. Some of those debris top 10 km/s (36 000 km/h) and if're you're heading the other way...well you get the picture.
My point was about the misconception of space pollution. Normal folk imagine we're going to end up like that scene in Wall-E where a rocket have to pass through a wall of debris to leave earth orbit. It's a huge additional challenge for all space mission but we're handling it quite well so far. Moreover, if we're more careful about making debris for the next decade, most of them will disappear by themselves (IFAIK, orbit need to be over 2000 km to be considered completely stable, but maybe there's a glitch in my memory)
As I said, the map is awesome and really useful. Sadly, my point is that most of the people that are going to check will do so only to see how "polluted" space is.
While the map is quite awesome, I'm quite sure we'll see a lot of "news" bashing about how "polluted" our space is. After all, if I show this screenshot to anyone, most people will assume our space is really polluted (Wall-E style) : http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-...
Truth is, the dot on the map are far from accurate in size (if it was the case, the "debris" would be ~100km in size). Furthermore, most of those debris will eventually deorbit and reenter the earth atmosphere in the next decade.
$17 Billion per year currently spent by the US on the Nasa space program
$4.8 Billion per year currently spent by the US on cancer research
And the US spends $1000 Billion+ on a plane, designed to kill. Imagine, if you can, a world without war, it's easy if you try.
Yeah...fascinating world really. But it's not how things works.
You don't have to look far in history to see that. before the US became the clear world leader, it was a time of war and conflict almost everywhere in the world. In fact, just in the last decade, with less than 5% of the world population in conflict, we are living during the most peaceful time in history (counter-intuitive, I know).
Maybe, one time, the humanity will change enough so all armies will be dismantled. But, for now, we need hat the US stay the clear leader for a little more longer.
Who said it had anything to do with efficiency? Of course you'd rather stand off and shoot them down with a missile but that's not always possible. Rules of engagement and emergent situations in war sometimes result in the fight getting close and ugly.
I'm quite sure the military said the same thing to Churchill when they showed him the plan for the HMS Prince of Wales and as I said, in the past battleship were equipped for powerful close encounter that worked well...until a new technology (aircraft carrier) make them irrelevant. You don't see much battleship these day.
My point is, even if we may see a few dogfight if a war erupt, will it still be a relevant factor in that conflict? Because, as for now, the Dogfighting capability of fighters seem to be less than 0.01% of total uses.
They've been saying that since Vietnam and there is a reason fighters still have cannons.
Yeah....I've saw the Vietnam example time and time again...but it's closest to WW2 than today (1954-1975). It's already 40 years ago.
The closest Dogfighting recorded is in 1999 during the Balkans conflict, but it was 5 untrained pilot from Yugoslav Air Force again the US. Not what I would consider a decent reference.
If a war were to break up, is Dogfighting really "the" efficient way to take care of fighter? With all new modern weaponry (AAM, SAM, laser etc.) I'm not completely sure if this feature is still relevant in modern time.
I mean, the british may had the most advanced battleship of its time during WW2, they still got utterly destroyed by aircraft carrier.
They have had kits that do not require a 3d printer for that for a long time now. There are a few different companies offering it. Here are a couple that I know of.
And I there there is a clone a willy kit somewhere but cannot remember the URL for it. All of these options are much cheaper than a 3d printer and you can put vibrators in them as well as glow in the dark colors and even lights. Lots of fun- just don't make a bunch of them and hand them out in the secret Santa at work next year. Trust me, it's not as fun or funny as you might think.
It's....interesting how...well informed you are in the matter
I'm surprised that you summarize this awesome game like this. Except for a few small and open map, you can't really use this strategy (and it's easily countered by any equally skilled player).
My personal favorite was always a map called Drake's Ravine (http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Drake%27s_Ravine). Basically two elevated base separated by a huge ravine that favour defense and where you need to control that ravine and it's resource to gain an edge. Again a skilled player the game almost always reach end-game where the one with the most nuke and huge experimental killer machine wins.
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If I was Elon Musk, I'm not sure that I would be gloating that the Model S cars that my car company is producing will be completely obsolete just three years from now.
Well, if we take into consideration that Tesla motor upgraded the range of all Tesla Roster for free and got one of the best customer service avalaible, I can safely guess that people that buy model S now will now be left in the dark after that new 1000km model came out.
Is it just me or this is the 3rd or 4th time NASA confirm water on Mars? Or is it the fact that it's "flowing" water? Wasn't that already confirmed already?
First question that come into my mind, why the hell aliens would send encrypted message in the galaxy? If I wanted to send a message to Aliens, my first reflex would write it in so many different way so that any aliens will know it's a message for them. The only reason it should be encrypted is to hide it from someone they know and odds are thar they a far more advanced than us and that some random communication wont reach anyone esle than the disignated targed let alone leaving their solar system.
Why would you want to switch neuron off? On a medical standpoint I mean.
Look like they didn't only copied the spect of the Surface pro 3, they also copied the price.
That's the sort of science that I like!
Ok, so I've got a huge interest in fusion research. But as a lot of people in /., I don't have enough knowledge to understand how big of a deal it is.
First, 5ms look kinda small, especially when we got no reference as comparison. What was the precedent record? What was the longest fusion was kept "stable" before? Or is it the first time fusion are reached something that could be called a "stable" stabe for "x" time?
Why not both?!
Yeah I was wondering the same thing...
That "4000$ lost per car", does it take into account all the R&D expense for the other product Tesla's working on? Because, AFAIK, it cannot make 4000$ lost per unit on their "only" product if the company was profitable last year.
Omg....your comment is wrong on so many level I'm not even sure if it's Troll or not
There's absolutely nothing special about internal hard drives. Mac Pro doesn't have them, it has an embedded SSD module. Hard drives are external on Mac Pro.
We're in 2015 right? So SSD didn't conquer the world...right?
Do you know how incredibility frail hard drive are? My mother lost 10 years of picture because they accidentally bumped their external hard drive while it was writing something. Sure you can but it on the personal network far from any harm, but it's not something "parents" do by themselves.
You can attach any graphics card, or really any PCI or PCIe card supported by OS X via thunderbolt. Get an external card cage and enjoy.
Yeah.....what a great option.....upgrading my graphic card in 2 years with an external card cage...why are we even still buying desktop nowadays?
If the PSU fails, you have Apple replace it. If the logic board fails, you have Apple replace it.
......really? Do you honestly believe that Apple will replace my PSU or motherboard free of charge in 5-10 years if it ever fail? You know that with desktop, I can diagnosis the problem and replace the broken part in less than a day right?
2 time the gravity thought...
The Mac Pro is plenty modular. Just plug in Thunderbolt modules.
...you're kidding right?
What if the I want to upgrade the graphic card or the CPU? Add a new "internal" hard drive. What if the PSU or the motherboard fail? I'm not talking about connecting a printer.
Then take one. A December 2013 story breaks down what it'd cost to build an equivalent Windows PC. Add the price of labor and support, and it might actually be 30 percent more than a comparable Mac Pro.
Again...you're kidding right?
Why the fuck would I want a desktop with Intel Xeon E5 and dual AMD FirePro, 4 USB port (my desktop have 8 and I have to use a splitter) at 3K$ for my home?
This is merely the result of Apple being primarily a hardware company and Microsoft being primarily a software company.
So? AFAIK Acer is also a Hardware company and their laptop update just fine.
If Apple want to goes on with the crapwagon that OS X is it's their decision, but it doesn't excuse them. The fact that WINE exist and installed on 90% MAC (the other 10% simply boot in Windows) is proof enough that Apple shoot themselves in the foot. If they created a "Windows ready" desktop that is modular (looking at you Mac Pro) they have the power and the money to buy hardware at super discount and wipe most competition. If the Mac Pro didn't have it's flaw, was equipped with "Windows Ready" driver and costed 20%-30% less than the same PC with equivalent specs I would have took one hands down.
Basically, this satellite need to joint the orbit and velocity of it's target. It seem a lot of energy to remove "one" debris. If something need to be done, wouldn't a freaking big net or something be better?
Sure it's still very polluted. But to be honest, any pollution is "too much" pollution don't you agree?
C'mon I'm not killing any buzz. I love that map and I've even added it to my bookmark.
And I know how dangerous those debris are. Some of those debris top 10 km/s (36 000 km/h) and if're you're heading the other way...well you get the picture.
My point was about the misconception of space pollution. Normal folk imagine we're going to end up like that scene in Wall-E where a rocket have to pass through a wall of debris to leave earth orbit. It's a huge additional challenge for all space mission but we're handling it quite well so far. Moreover, if we're more careful about making debris for the next decade, most of them will disappear by themselves (IFAIK, orbit need to be over 2000 km to be considered completely stable, but maybe there's a glitch in my memory)
Of course.
As I said, the map is awesome and really useful. Sadly, my point is that most of the people that are going to check will do so only to see how "polluted" space is.
While the map is quite awesome, I'm quite sure we'll see a lot of "news" bashing about how "polluted" our space is. After all, if I show this screenshot to anyone, most people will assume our space is really polluted (Wall-E style) : http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-...
Truth is, the dot on the map are far from accurate in size (if it was the case, the "debris" would be ~100km in size). Furthermore, most of those debris will eventually deorbit and reenter the earth atmosphere in the next decade.
And the US spends $1000 Billion+ on a plane, designed to kill. Imagine, if you can, a world without war, it's easy if you try.
Yeah...fascinating world really. But it's not how things works.
You don't have to look far in history to see that. before the US became the clear world leader, it was a time of war and conflict almost everywhere in the world. In fact, just in the last decade, with less than 5% of the world population in conflict, we are living during the most peaceful time in history (counter-intuitive, I know).
Maybe, one time, the humanity will change enough so all armies will be dismantled. But, for now, we need hat the US stay the clear leader for a little more longer.
Who said it had anything to do with efficiency? Of course you'd rather stand off and shoot them down with a missile but that's not always possible. Rules of engagement and emergent situations in war sometimes result in the fight getting close and ugly.
I'm quite sure the military said the same thing to Churchill when they showed him the plan for the HMS Prince of Wales and as I said, in the past battleship were equipped for powerful close encounter that worked well...until a new technology (aircraft carrier) make them irrelevant. You don't see much battleship these day.
My point is, even if we may see a few dogfight if a war erupt, will it still be a relevant factor in that conflict? Because, as for now, the Dogfighting capability of fighters seem to be less than 0.01% of total uses.
They've been saying that since Vietnam and there is a reason fighters still have cannons.
Yeah....I've saw the Vietnam example time and time again...but it's closest to WW2 than today (1954-1975). It's already 40 years ago.
The closest Dogfighting recorded is in 1999 during the Balkans conflict, but it was 5 untrained pilot from Yugoslav Air Force again the US. Not what I would consider a decent reference.
Unlike Fallout's motto, war changes.
If a war were to break up, is Dogfighting really "the" efficient way to take care of fighter? With all new modern weaponry (AAM, SAM, laser etc.) I'm not completely sure if this feature is still relevant in modern time.
I mean, the british may had the most advanced battleship of its time during WW2, they still got utterly destroyed by aircraft carrier.
I'm interested and curious since this was modded 4-Insightful. How exactly the falcon 1 "sucked hard"? Can you elaborate?
They have had kits that do not require a 3d printer for that for a long time now. There are a few different companies offering it. Here are a couple that I know of.
http://www.willykit.com/
http://www.createamate.com/
And I there there is a clone a willy kit somewhere but cannot remember the URL for it. All of these options are much cheaper than a 3d printer and you can put vibrators in them as well as glow in the dark colors and even lights. Lots of fun- just don't make a bunch of them and hand them out in the secret Santa at work next year. Trust me, it's not as fun or funny as you might think.
It's....interesting how...well informed you are in the matter
Literally, your _own_ - by scanning in pictures of your junk.
Yeah...I was thinking about doing the same thing but nah, too big, might kill someone.
I'm surprised that you summarize this awesome game like this. Except for a few small and open map, you can't really use this strategy (and it's easily countered by any equally skilled player).
My personal favorite was always a map called Drake's Ravine (http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Drake%27s_Ravine). Basically two elevated base separated by a huge ravine that favour defense and where you need to control that ravine and it's resource to gain an edge. Again a skilled player the game almost always reach end-game where the one with the most nuke and huge experimental killer machine wins.