Yes, only rich people should have kids. If only the rich have kids, there wouldn't be any poor people in a few generations! Excellent, now I understand where he's coming from.
Please refer to a medical dictionary for the applicable definition of intoxication. Medical intoxication is the state of having enough intoxicating agent (poison) in your system to have an effect -- regardless of how severe that effect is.
Delirium is not necessary for medical intoxication. Nor is a general online dictionary a good source for legal definitions. Here's a better online dictionary for legal definitions.
The difference between intoxication and drunkenness, however, depends on the situation, and the terms are not completely analogous.
"It just shows you Bush's comtempt for the rule of law. They couldn't do what they wanted to do legally, so they just went ahead and did it anyway."
And this is a problem on Slashdot? Where most users habitually break the law by illegally filesharing?
This is not a troll, I'm just making a point that respect for the rule of law is disregarded constantly by the public in general; why are we outraged when the Great Leader (tm) does it?
PS. I also understand that there is a difference in scale and in effect, and also that we hold our leaders to greater standards than we hold ourselves. I just wanted to point out that his attitude is in no means outside the normal range.
"3. Understand that raising a child means having one parent at home."
No it doesn't. Raising a child means providing for the needs and growth of the child, be they physical, emotional, or mental.
This can be done without having one parent stay at home.
Your blanket assumption that one parent has to stay at home for this to happen is old-fashioned BS. Extended families, etc, are often better means of child care than having one parent stay at home when there is not enough money.
"If your blood alcohol concentration is above certain limits set by law, typically 0.08% these days, then you are defined by law to be drunk, whatever your state of reflexes, ability to concentrate, et cetera."
Only with respect to driving. 'Drunk in public' offenses require behavioral evidence of drunkenness.
And while most people call them 'drunk-driving' laws, the BAC limits for DUI or DWI reflect not drunkenness, but intoxication, which is different, IMO.
Bah, much easier to just do yesterday's puzzle today (since the answers to yesterday's puzzle are in today's paper). This was a bar trick used extensively by a couple friends of mine.
Good point. Although, the algae produced could be potentially used for other things, too -- like landfill, etc, if it were baked to sterilization. Carbon sequestration is probably not the best use for it, though.
"Spraying will maximize the surface area exposed to the exhaust and reduce the system's energy use"
The idea is not to maximize exposure of the algae to CO2, but to maximize the exposure of CO2 to the algae. Also, bubbling the exhaust through is passive, spraying requires energy input, as well as a more complicated mechanism.
"A cool-stage sprayer injects living alga mix into the cooled water-saturated exhaust stream."
For new plants, maybe. But for existing plants (especially since few new plants are being built), the idea is to be able to cap an exhaust stack with a fermenting tank. Lower initial costs.
I do like the spray idea, however, if the intent is to maximize energy production from the algae.
"I suspect this is just another set of plans talking about how we could remove CO2 using algae rather than an in depth costing to see if it is actually worth it."
Rather than just bring it up, why not add something to the discussion by spending two minutes with google looking for cost-effectiveness studies of similar projects?
Or how about realizing that an in-depth cost study is impossible until the tech is refined?
I understand what you are saying, and I agree in effect. It's just semantics we're discussing.
"There's nothing preventing you from writing the illegible code in Perl, whereas there is in Python."
That doesn't mean it's harder to write legible code in Perl. It just means it's harder to write illegible code in Python. The net effect though, as you point out, is that you'll see more illegible code in Perl than in Python.
"I wish I had a nickel for every "So and so scientist at so-and-so university has come up with such-and-such alternative to gasoline" story I've seen over the last 30 years."
Wish I had a penny for every knee-jerk post made by someone who didn't even bother reading TFS, let alon TFA.
This isn't about alternative energy supply (mostly). This is about waste mediation, particularly CO2. The generation of usable fuels by the algae is just a nice little benefit, kind of like using an afterburner to generate extra power while reducing particulate emissions.
Not to many choices to make plot-wise, but Def Jam Fight for NY kinda fits the bill here. I happen to like the gameplay very much, though I get laughed at by fans of other fighting games...
There's also the issue of publicity. Lesser-known, less-hyped original titles often will have significantly more sales in the 2nd iteration. The article is mainly looking at titles that were hyped and well-marketed for consoles.
The other issue, when comparing PC and console titles, is hardware capabilities. Even with the same engine, Doom II could have much better graphics than Doom I, just because the hardware imporvements in PCs are not so much a step function. With consoles, once you've released your sequel, there's generally only so much further you can go with presentation, until you hit the next gen -- and then you have to rebuild your engine anyway.
"Baldur's Gate: DA was pretty good. Its still pretty good. The sequel is horrible (bad player classes, ugly texturing and modeling, very poor color palette, and very bad level design, etc)."
That's why I treat CoN as a sequel to BG:DA (Same engine IIRC, even if different franchise, slightly different gameplay -- this is how sequels should work, IMO).
I've never played Hunter, so no idea on that one -- but I'm sure you can Google sales figures.
It's not just sequels -- it's repetitive sequels. X-Men Legends II was little more than extra boards for Legends I.
Ditto for Baldur's Gate: DA and Champions of Norrath.
When you have a sequel that uses the same engine, and has very similar graphics and gameplay, of course it will sell fewer copies -- for many people, playing the first iteration or two is enough. The upside to this is that dev costs are lower, so reduced sales are still profitable.
The problem occurs when you develop a sequel for a next-gen system without making big changes to gameplay.
Then you still have high dev costs, but are still struggling with sluggish sales due to repetition.
This is a lesson learned early and applied well to the FF series -- ever notice that the gameplay (especially combat/item systems) changes with every sequel?
"Usually the average quality of comments on such stories is not very good, since there are few people, outside of maybe some storage researchers, who can contribute very useful comments on it."
That's what the moderation system is for. I find the hardware articles that don't get posted to the main page tend to have more useful comments.
"The gaming stories that I don't like are stories about how console X has just gained 3% market share more than console Y -- it's guaranteed to generate nothing but a very predictable flamewar."
The problem is that a lot of slashdotters like to participate in these flamewars. Good for them, they can do that if they want. I'll just ignore the entire article, or maybe scan the threads once, quickly, to see if there is anything valuable.
I think there's sufficient quantity of articles that there's something for everyone on slashdot, it's just a question of how much filtering we have to do on our own...
Also, finally, I gotta say that while this likely does not apply to you: Anyone upset at the article selection who doesn't submit articles they would want to see can shove it. It's like non-voters complaining about elected local officials.
Understanding comes from observation. This was the major meme of the Enlightenment, and almost all science we do today is predicated on the discoveries of that era.
My point remains that the ability to observe (in this case, to model and observe) can lead to greater understanding. Further, the ability to model phoase changes may lead to better understanding of other things (like how to optimize fuel cell storage, for example).
Just because this particular breakthrough doesn't directly lead to some immediate increased understanding doesn't mean that it won't do so at a later time. The critical slowdown has been problematic for researchers for some time, all those projects dependent upon phase change modeling may lead to greater understanding.
310316400000000 km is the last leg of the journey?
FYI, that's 2,074,335.22 Astronomical Units, or 32.8 Lightyears, or about the distance from Sol to the Cepheids. Dang.
Too bad they don't specify how far out (radially) from the event horizon the last leg starts. Or even loosely define what 'last leg' means in this case.
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"I'm in favor of whatever the law deems appropriate. If that's impeachment, then fine, I don't want a criminal for a President."
Impeachment is just bringing up charges, it does not imply guilt. It's like a trial.
So, if we want to legally determine whether POTUS is guilty, we've got to impeach him.
Yes, only rich people should have kids. If only the rich have kids, there wouldn't be any poor people in a few generations! Excellent, now I understand where he's coming from.
/Anarchocapitalism at it's finest.
Please refer to a medical dictionary for the applicable definition of intoxication. Medical intoxication is the state of having enough intoxicating agent (poison) in your system to have an effect -- regardless of how severe that effect is.
Delirium is not necessary for medical intoxication. Nor is a general online dictionary a good source for legal definitions. Here's a better online dictionary for legal definitions.
The difference between intoxication and drunkenness, however, depends on the situation, and the terms are not completely analogous.
"It just shows you Bush's comtempt for the rule of law. They couldn't do what they wanted to do legally, so they just went ahead and did it anyway."
And this is a problem on Slashdot? Where most users habitually break the law by illegally filesharing?
This is not a troll, I'm just making a point that respect for the rule of law is disregarded constantly by the public in general; why are we outraged when the Great Leader (tm) does it?
PS. I also understand that there is a difference in scale and in effect, and also that we hold our leaders to greater standards than we hold ourselves. I just wanted to point out that his attitude is in no means outside the normal range.
"3. Understand that raising a child means having one parent at home."
No it doesn't. Raising a child means providing for the needs and growth of the child, be they physical, emotional, or mental.
This can be done without having one parent stay at home.
Your blanket assumption that one parent has to stay at home for this to happen is old-fashioned BS. Extended families, etc, are often better means of child care than having one parent stay at home when there is not enough money.
"If your blood alcohol concentration is above certain limits set by law, typically 0.08% these days, then you are defined by law to be drunk, whatever your state of reflexes, ability to concentrate, et cetera."
Only with respect to driving. 'Drunk in public' offenses require behavioral evidence of drunkenness.
And while most people call them 'drunk-driving' laws, the BAC limits for DUI or DWI reflect not drunkenness, but intoxication, which is different, IMO.
Bah, much easier to just do yesterday's puzzle today (since the answers to yesterday's puzzle are in today's paper). This was a bar trick used extensively by a couple friends of mine.
Good point. Although, the algae produced could be potentially used for other things, too -- like landfill, etc, if it were baked to sterilization. Carbon sequestration is probably not the best use for it, though.
"Spraying will maximize the surface area exposed to the exhaust and reduce the system's energy use"
The idea is not to maximize exposure of the algae to CO2, but to maximize the exposure of CO2 to the algae. Also, bubbling the exhaust through is passive, spraying requires energy input, as well as a more complicated mechanism.
"A cool-stage sprayer injects living alga mix into the cooled water-saturated exhaust stream."
For new plants, maybe. But for existing plants (especially since few new plants are being built), the idea is to be able to cap an exhaust stack with a fermenting tank. Lower initial costs.
I do like the spray idea, however, if the intent is to maximize energy production from the algae.
"Solar power has been coming down in price exponentially for years"
Exponentially: I do not think this means what you think it means. I think you mean the decrease in cost has been increasing logarithmically.
" I haven't read the article yet (naturally)"
Then please refrain from commenting.
"I suspect this is just another set of plans talking about how we could remove CO2 using algae rather than an in depth costing to see if it is actually worth it."
Rather than just bring it up, why not add something to the discussion by spending two minutes with google looking for cost-effectiveness studies of similar projects?
Or how about realizing that an in-depth cost study is impossible until the tech is refined?
I understand what you are saying, and I agree in effect. It's just semantics we're discussing.
"There's nothing preventing you from writing the illegible code in Perl, whereas there is in Python."
That doesn't mean it's harder to write legible code in Perl. It just means it's harder to write illegible code in Python. The net effect though, as you point out, is that you'll see more illegible code in Perl than in Python.
"Doesn't that just release the stored CO2 and Nitrogen Oxides back into the atmosphere, or am I missing something here? "
Sure it does. But you've gained more useable energy per unit of pollution. You've also gained more useable energy per unit of your original fuel.
The idea is that you are recycling the C and N, rather than releasing it into the atmosphere. It's just bio-solar power.
"I wish I had a nickel for every "So and so scientist at so-and-so university has come up with such-and-such alternative to gasoline" story I've seen over the last 30 years."
Wish I had a penny for every knee-jerk post made by someone who didn't even bother reading TFS, let alon TFA.
This isn't about alternative energy supply (mostly). This is about waste mediation, particularly CO2. The generation of usable fuels by the algae is just a nice little benefit, kind of like using an afterburner to generate extra power while reducing particulate emissions.
"I would argue that this fact makes it harder to write legible code in perl than in python."
;)
Not harder, just less likely. Unless remembering to write legibly really taxes your brain
Not to many choices to make plot-wise, but Def Jam Fight for NY kinda fits the bill here. I happen to like the gameplay very much, though I get laughed at by fans of other fighting games...
There's also the issue of publicity. Lesser-known, less-hyped original titles often will have significantly more sales in the 2nd iteration. The article is mainly looking at titles that were hyped and well-marketed for consoles.
The other issue, when comparing PC and console titles, is hardware capabilities. Even with the same engine, Doom II could have much better graphics than Doom I, just because the hardware imporvements in PCs are not so much a step function. With consoles, once you've released your sequel, there's generally only so much further you can go with presentation, until you hit the next gen -- and then you have to rebuild your engine anyway.
"Baldur's Gate: DA was pretty good. Its still pretty good. The sequel is horrible (bad player classes, ugly texturing and modeling, very poor color palette, and very bad level design, etc)."
That's why I treat CoN as a sequel to BG:DA (Same engine IIRC, even if different franchise, slightly different gameplay -- this is how sequels should work, IMO).
I've never played Hunter, so no idea on that one -- but I'm sure you can Google sales figures.
It's not just sequels -- it's repetitive sequels. X-Men Legends II was little more than extra boards for Legends I.
Ditto for Baldur's Gate: DA and Champions of Norrath.
When you have a sequel that uses the same engine, and has very similar graphics and gameplay, of course it will sell fewer copies -- for many people, playing the first iteration or two is enough. The upside to this is that dev costs are lower, so reduced sales are still profitable.
The problem occurs when you develop a sequel for a next-gen system without making big changes to gameplay.
Then you still have high dev costs, but are still struggling with sluggish sales due to repetition.
This is a lesson learned early and applied well to the FF series -- ever notice that the gameplay (especially combat/item systems) changes with every sequel?
"Usually the average quality of comments on such stories is not very good, since there are few people, outside of maybe some storage researchers, who can contribute very useful comments on it."
That's what the moderation system is for. I find the hardware articles that don't get posted to the main page tend to have more useful comments.
"The gaming stories that I don't like are stories about how console X has just gained 3% market share more than console Y -- it's guaranteed to generate nothing but a very predictable flamewar."
The problem is that a lot of slashdotters like to participate in these flamewars. Good for them, they can do that if they want. I'll just ignore the entire article, or maybe scan the threads once, quickly, to see if there is anything valuable.
I think there's sufficient quantity of articles that there's something for everyone on slashdot, it's just a question of how much filtering we have to do on our own...
Also, finally, I gotta say that while this likely does not apply to you: Anyone upset at the article selection who doesn't submit articles they would want to see can shove it. It's like non-voters complaining about elected local officials.
Understanding comes from observation. This was the major meme of the Enlightenment, and almost all science we do today is predicated on the discoveries of that era.
My point remains that the ability to observe (in this case, to model and observe) can lead to greater understanding. Further, the ability to model phoase changes may lead to better understanding of other things (like how to optimize fuel cell storage, for example).
Just because this particular breakthrough doesn't directly lead to some immediate increased understanding doesn't mean that it won't do so at a later time. The critical slowdown has been problematic for researchers for some time, all those projects dependent upon phase change modeling may lead to greater understanding.
Of course, but I'm still curious what absolute distance the 'last leg' covers.
Oops. That's what I get for posting hours past my bedtime.
310316400000000 km is the last leg of the journey?
FYI, that's 2,074,335.22 Astronomical Units, or 32.8 Lightyears, or about the distance from Sol to the Cepheids. Dang.
Too bad they don't specify how far out (radially) from the event horizon the last leg starts. Or even loosely define what 'last leg' means in this case.
"When was the last time you got paid to do a crossword?"
Started and finished the NYTimes Friday crossword on a NJT train. Guy next to me gave me a business card, said to call him on Monday morning.
On the next Wednesday I accepted a job offer at 70% more than my then-current salary.