" I've actually had liquid nitrogen poured on me[hand] before... but nothing happened because your body heat is enough to vaporize the nitrogen about an inch before it touches you."
More like a millimeter, unless your body temp is 120 degrees.
"It is NOT your choice what laws you are going to follow and which you are going to ignore."
I get your point, but that statement is wrong. Of course it is my choice to choose which laws to ignore, and it is the government's choice to put me in Pound-Me-In-The-Ass prison for doing so.
The same scientist made the anouncment 2 years ago, although one of the articles gets his name backwards. At the BBC they call him Autumn Kellar, and at CNN they call him Kellar Autumn. I don't know which way is backwards.
I think you missed the point. It isn't that money wouldn't go to the Jedi, it is that it would. Thereby diverting money from a "real" religion, over to a joke religion.
Are their any custom keyboards out there for programmers, such that you don't have to hit shift for common characters like *()#! , or ctrl for cutting and pasting?
I think the subset approach is the best given the current market. Programmers are everywhere. The market is flooded. Employers can be very choosy, and it is to their benefit to be that way.
if you are really interested in this, pick up a book. I really liked this one: "Relativity: The Special and General Theory", written by the man himself, Albert Einstein. The ISBN 0-517-88441-0.
The wording is a little strange in places, because I think it was written originally in german. It's a great book. Very easy to understand, given the subject matter. The theories are explained through a narrative, and the math and derivations are left out when practical.
Amazon has 34 sample pages.
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Almost all your points were good--labor costs, restrictive labor laws, etc... But one thing America doesn't have is high taxes.
In the end, I think all the garbage that leads manufacturing jobs to go outside the US is a good thing. It leads to a true globalization of the economy. Instead of a a bunch of isolated, self contained countries, we have global interaction. The fact that China or whomever can manufacture stuff cheaper leads American corporations to move their manufacturing plants to that country (When the US government doesn't interfere), and that is capitalism on a global scale.
I admit to knowing next to nothing about quantum computers or quantum computing. Well, actually I guess it is nothing.
However something seems wrong about using the term "megahertz" in regards to a quantum computer. I didn't think quantum computing had anything in common with a typical synchronous design. Can anyone clarify this for me?
This evolution claim is so much bullshit. The robot already had wings, and was given the instructions on how to move them. A more accurate comparison would be when a bird finally decides to leave the nest--how long does it take to figure out how to fly then? Certainly not 3 million years. I don't know exactly how long it takes, but I'd guess that a bird does in a matter of hours what this machine did.
If the scientists threw together a bunch of spare parts, and watched as a robot magically constructs itself, decides a useful thing to do would be learning to fly, and then takes off--well that could be compared to millions of years of evolution. And you know what? It'd never happen. Not without some "divine" intervention on the part of the scientists.
There are firewire adapters that look just like the serial ata adapters shown on toms hardware. small box, plugs directly into the back of your hard drive.
Instant firewire drive. although I'm not aware of any PCs that can boot over firewire. And the adapters are something like $80.
I'm a hardware developer, but we don't just mold this stuff out of silly putty. The tools I run to develop asics require a pretty beefy setup. I've got a nice computer-- 1 gig of ram, two 21inch monitors, pentium 4 xeon (which doesn't seem much different than a regular pentium 4).
I just went to my boss and said I'd like a new computer. He ordered this one without blinking... it cost them about $4k. My only regret was that I didn't ask for 2 gigs of ram. As it is, each of the tools I use in hardware development consumes 500-1000 megs, so I can usually just keep one open at a time.
Can you really have your own equipment do pan and scan? How does it know what part of the picture to look at?
On a related note, I personally think that LCD projectors are going to improve to the point that people will want to go back to that method instead of a projection TV. I know I am almost to that point.
Has anyone else noticed that most recent movies are being released with an aspect ratio of 2.35 instead of 1.85? this means all those beautiful 16:9 TVs will have to letterbox the 2.35s if you don't want to streatch the picture out vertically.
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Wow. You are awesome. I never would have been able to read that on my own.
" I've actually had liquid nitrogen poured on me[hand] before... but nothing happened because your body heat is enough to vaporize the nitrogen about an inch before it touches you."
More like a millimeter, unless your body temp is 120 degrees.
"It is NOT your choice what laws you are going to follow and which you are going to ignore."
I get your point, but that statement is wrong. Of course it is my choice to choose which laws to ignore, and it is the government's choice to put me in Pound-Me-In-The-Ass prison for doing so.
If I try to fast forward I'll get a similar 'operation prohibited' type message, but the chapter skip works. I've got an old Sony DVP-S550D.
The same scientist made the anouncment 2 years ago, although one of the articles gets his name backwards. At the BBC they call him Autumn Kellar, and at CNN they call him Kellar Autumn. I don't know which way is backwards.
I have not once had trouble skipping the warnings. While I can't fast forward, I can do a chapter skip, which is even better.
I think you missed the point. It isn't that money wouldn't go to the Jedi, it is that it would. Thereby diverting money from a "real" religion, over to a joke religion.
Are their any custom keyboards out there for programmers, such that you don't have to hit shift for common characters like *()#! , or ctrl for cutting and pasting?
I think the subset approach is the best given the current market. Programmers are everywhere. The market is flooded. Employers can be very choosy, and it is to their benefit to be that way.
That was outrageously funny. Thanks.
if you are really interested in this, pick up a book. I really liked this one: "Relativity: The Special and General Theory", written by the man himself, Albert Einstein. The ISBN 0-517-88441-0.
The wording is a little strange in places, because I think it was written originally in german. It's a great book. Very easy to understand, given the subject matter. The theories are explained through a narrative, and the math and derivations are left out when practical.
Amazon has 34 sample pages.
--Cheese
Almost all your points were good--labor costs, restrictive labor laws, etc... But one thing America doesn't have is high taxes.
In the end, I think all the garbage that leads manufacturing jobs to go outside the US is a good thing. It leads to a true globalization of the economy. Instead of a a bunch of isolated, self contained countries, we have global interaction. The fact that China or whomever can manufacture stuff cheaper leads American corporations to move their manufacturing plants to that country (When the US government doesn't interfere), and that is capitalism on a global scale.
I admit to knowing next to nothing about quantum computers or quantum computing. Well, actually I guess it is nothing.
However something seems wrong about using the term "megahertz" in regards to a quantum computer. I didn't think quantum computing had anything in common with a typical synchronous design. Can anyone clarify this for me?
Thank you. I didn't think anyone would see or get it.
"Then you might consider changing your signature, or do you have _tolerance_ for people who make stupid typos (while trying to be arrogant)?"
That was a joke. Apparently you have no sence of humor.
I don't think it is possible to "try" to be arrogant. You either are, or you are not, there is no try.
This evolution claim is so much bullshit. The robot already had wings, and was given the instructions on how to move them. A more accurate comparison would be when a bird finally decides to leave the nest--how long does it take to figure out how to fly then? Certainly not 3 million years. I don't know exactly how long it takes, but I'd guess that a bird does in a matter of hours what this machine did.
If the scientists threw together a bunch of spare parts, and watched as a robot magically constructs itself, decides a useful thing to do would be learning to fly, and then takes off--well that could be compared to millions of years of evolution. And you know what? It'd never happen. Not without some "divine" intervention on the part of the scientists.
How much did the cochlear implant cost, and how do you pronounce cochlear?
Earliest reference I could find that seemed like it *might* be related to the quote was 1986.
searched on google for: 640k bill gates
limited results to 1987 and earlier.
here is the link
"I've seen people get their hands to do 3 beats at once"
Sexual jokes aside, I'd call that a total lack of rhythm.
That post just made my day. granted it's 10:56pm here, but still, it was worth it.
There are firewire adapters that look just like the serial ata adapters shown on toms hardware. small box, plugs directly into the back of your hard drive.
Instant firewire drive. although I'm not aware of any PCs that can boot over firewire. And the adapters are something like $80.
I'm a hardware developer, but we don't just mold this stuff out of silly putty. The tools I run to develop asics require a pretty beefy setup. I've got a nice computer-- 1 gig of ram, two 21inch monitors, pentium 4 xeon (which doesn't seem much different than a regular pentium 4).
I just went to my boss and said I'd like a new computer. He ordered this one without blinking... it cost them about $4k. My only regret was that I didn't ask for 2 gigs of ram. As it is, each of the tools I use in hardware development consumes 500-1000 megs, so I can usually just keep one open at a time.
Can you really have your own equipment do pan and scan? How does it know what part of the picture to look at?
On a related note, I personally think that LCD projectors are going to improve to the point that people will want to go back to that method instead of a projection TV. I know I am almost to that point.
You're probably right about pan and scan on vhs... I haven't rented a video in years though, and don't have any complaints about their dvd selection.
Has anyone else noticed that most recent movies are being released with an aspect ratio of 2.35 instead of 1.85? this means all those beautiful 16:9 TVs will have to letterbox the 2.35s if you don't want to streatch the picture out vertically.
I think that kind of sucks.