For anyone interested check out the link above. There is a time-lapse photo of multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by a Peacekeeper missile near the Marshall Islands. Awesome photo.
Sometimes proprietary code is the result of lots of hard work which gives you a competitive advantage. When you have a good product sometimes your competitors will go to great lengths to copy your product. Not necessarily true in this case however.
You're right, the moko name is bad. It would be nice, when considering names for a product that could potentially be sold to none english speaking people, to run the phonetic spelling through a bad name checker of some sort. I always thought that Chevy's Nova (no va) was a nice one for spanish speaking people ; )
This is one of those stories that doesn't deserve to be read but folks comments are about it are pretty funny. There are far too many of these kinds of articles on/.
such a device already exists. It's called a thermoelectric generator. Here are some good links:
http://www.peltier-info.com/manufacturers.html
They're not very efficient, but are very reliable.
Don't know about the rest of the suite but I think TextMaker is an excellent product. I don't see anything in TFA about powerpoint files, a database, or programming, so it's definitely not a replacement for the entire productivity suites mentioned in TFA.
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For anyone interested check out the link above. There is a time-lapse photo of multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by a Peacekeeper missile near the Marshall Islands. Awesome photo.
My response to you is: Duh! You should mod it insightful.
Translates to: "look at me, I'm smart too".
So why is this moddes funny?
Because of your post I've read a whole bunch of seinfeld scripts. Very funny. Thanks.
Did bombers attack ships before this type of weapon?
2.6.18 is antique?
#yum update Yeah that one was real tough.
This guy has a good BS detector.
It's "You're an arrogant clueless fool" ;)
you forgot: "I for one welcome our variable wave speed overlords".
Sometimes proprietary code is the result of lots of hard work which gives you a competitive advantage. When you have a good product sometimes your competitors will go to great lengths to copy your product. Not necessarily true in this case however.
http://www.tinaja.com/patnt01.asp
lol. I'd mod-up if I had points.
The U.S. has more air conditioners ; )
You're right, the moko name is bad. It would be nice, when considering names for a product that could potentially be sold to none english speaking people, to run the phonetic spelling through a bad name checker of some sort. I always thought that Chevy's Nova (no va) was a nice one for spanish speaking people ; )
This is one of those stories that doesn't deserve to be read but folks comments are about it are pretty funny. There are far too many of these kinds of articles on /.
lol - I regret I have no mod points, but that's mighty funny.
I agree. We need a ./ BS filter. Oh yeah, that's the moderators job.
I remembered reading about this Stirling powered sub sometime back: http://www.kockums.se/Submarines/aipstirling.html
Here are some interesting thermoelectric generator apps: http://www.hi-z.com/Hi-Z.Brochure.2006.pdf
such a device already exists. It's called a thermoelectric generator. Here are some good links: http://www.peltier-info.com/manufacturers.html They're not very efficient, but are very reliable.
I just reported this thread to The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Dead Horses.
Don't know about the rest of the suite but I think TextMaker is an excellent product. I don't see anything in TFA about powerpoint files, a database, or programming, so it's definitely not a replacement for the entire productivity suites mentioned in TFA.
I think the big news is that, contrary to popular /. thought, MS does innovate ; )