you pose a rather valid question. Now, i can understand some businesses 'requiring' bills smaller than 20, because they don't want to keep enough cash in the till to make change for several 100's or 50's, that way if they get robbed, they don't lose as much. however, most of these places *will* take a 100, it just takes 10 minutes for them to make the change because they have to get the manager, etc. Places that refuse cash on the other hand, trouble me.
yes of course, lets worry deeply about detecting (from light years upon light years away) a form of life that has only be theorized to be possible, and if exists is most likely in an environment that is totally incompatible with ours, thus making any contact with such life forms extremely difficult at best..
or you know, we could figure out how to detect life forms similar to our own, then try and branch out from that knowledge base once we accomplish that.
not really, I'm just going for that whole 'optimism' thing. Of course, this is/. where over engineering (and decent articles) would have been a virtue, if laziness hadn't won out.
the actual press release from the people that *made* the thing. It has better math, as well as a couple fancy graphs. Perhaps this is what should have been posted to/. instead of a 3rd party report?
what does it mean if you *don't* hear a beat? thats what i want to know. because I noticed that on a few of the files i found, i could tell the sound from each earphone was different, but it did not produce a beat in my brain. it was just two annoying sounds.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
the part where it is an annoying damn sound, *that does not really do anything to you*
go look at the wikipedia page for samples, its bull.
that was the first thing i thought when i saw this during his TED talk. "godamn it we are not the zerg, take your meat house and get the hell off my lawn" what is worse is the fact that he tacked this meat house onto this talk about growing homes from trees that are guided into the shapes we need, so your house is a living plant, *and he tried to make the meat house sound like a better idea than the tree house*
the explanation that i was given for hot water freezing faster (and i'll admit that i am not a hydrologist of whatever so work with me here) that hot water froze faster because the water molecules where in a more energetic state, which allowed them to assemble into crystalline structures more readily.
retrospectively, that does sort of sound like bullshit.
so i'll admit, the hot water example was a extremely bad one based on anecdotal evidence. But hey! my grandmother used anecdotal evidence all the time, and she lived to be... well she's still alive.
it seems that the basic idea is things like levers to apply force and all that force is concentrated to the point of a diamond that is well, pointy, and very small. kinda along the lines of '3mph ain't bad when its a pillow to the face, but it really sucks when its the tip of a sword'
replying to myself to explain better. the chips need to be run at 85 C, (185F) and the water is about 60C (140F) this means the water is cooler than the chips, and will remove heat from them, and then, as i said above, it dissipates that heat quickly because of its high temperature. (along the lines of that whole "hot water freezes faster" thing)
There is a video in the article, as well as a diagram that seems to explain how this works. (the long and short of it is, the hot water cools off quickly towards the lower atmospheric temperature (which allows passive coolers), but is cool enough to remove heat from the chips.
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i think i get the gist of why thats illegal, but could you elaborate a bit?
you pose a rather valid question. Now, i can understand some businesses 'requiring' bills smaller than 20, because they don't want to keep enough cash in the till to make change for several 100's or 50's, that way if they get robbed, they don't lose as much. however, most of these places *will* take a 100, it just takes 10 minutes for them to make the change because they have to get the manager, etc. Places that refuse cash on the other hand, trouble me.
yes of course, lets worry deeply about detecting (from light years upon light years away) a form of life that has only be theorized to be possible, and if exists is most likely in an environment that is totally incompatible with ours, thus making any contact with such life forms extremely difficult at best..
or you know, we could figure out how to detect life forms similar to our own, then try and branch out from that knowledge base once we accomplish that.
well, not per fortnight, the time scale is unitized. the press release is still far more informative than the linked article in the /. story.
not really, I'm just going for that whole 'optimism' thing. Of course, this is /. where over engineering (and decent articles) would have been a virtue, if laziness hadn't won out.
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/07/20100709_ikaros_e.html
/. instead of a 3rd party report?
the actual press release from the people that *made* the thing. It has better math, as well as a couple fancy graphs. Perhaps this is what should have been posted to
what does it mean if you *don't* hear a beat? thats what i want to know. because I noticed that on a few of the files i found, i could tell the sound from each earphone was different, but it did not produce a beat in my brain. it was just two annoying sounds.
so long as you don't mind annoying high pitched tones.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
the part where it is an annoying damn sound, *that does not really do anything to you*
go look at the wikipedia page for samples, its bull.
my browser manages it fine thank you very much. (safari, fully updated)
Way to make assumptions there champ.
mod this one up.
didn't even work for me, you could move the ship, but not fire, and there was no sound. maybe a little more work.
maybe, but that game is so hackable, its a joke.
"oh hey what happened to bob?" "his wife dropped the blow dryer in the tub and his house crushed him."
while still disturbing on several levels, your idea is far less disgusting than the meat house.
that was the first thing i thought when i saw this during his TED talk. "godamn it we are not the zerg, take your meat house and get the hell off my lawn" what is worse is the fact that he tacked this meat house onto this talk about growing homes from trees that are guided into the shapes we need, so your house is a living plant, *and he tried to make the meat house sound like a better idea than the tree house*
bwahahahaha.
hoo boy, is he gonna get a lot of junk mail, crank calls, and general misery from this.
however, if you paint your party balloons with thermite...
Holy Balls.
/. for promoting terrorism.
aaaaand then the FBI, NSA, and department of homeland security shut down
the explanation that i was given for hot water freezing faster (and i'll admit that i am not a hydrologist of whatever so work with me here) that hot water froze faster because the water molecules where in a more energetic state, which allowed them to assemble into crystalline structures more readily.
retrospectively, that does sort of sound like bullshit.
so i'll admit, the hot water example was a extremely bad one based on anecdotal evidence. But hey! my grandmother used anecdotal evidence all the time, and she lived to be... well she's still alive.
thats what i was trying to say, thank you for clarifying.
even if i missed the /sarcasm tag, you do realize that the thing they made was far smaller than a grain of rice.....
apparently, its not that bad, because the tool they did it with would fit on your desk with room for your laptop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell
it seems that the basic idea is things like levers to apply force and all that force is concentrated to the point of a diamond that is well, pointy, and very small. kinda along the lines of '3mph ain't bad when its a pillow to the face, but it really sucks when its the tip of a sword'
replying to myself to explain better. the chips need to be run at 85 C, (185F) and the water is about 60C (140F) this means the water is cooler than the chips, and will remove heat from them, and then, as i said above, it dissipates that heat quickly because of its high temperature. (along the lines of that whole "hot water freezes faster" thing)
There is a video in the article, as well as a diagram that seems to explain how this works. (the long and short of it is, the hot water cools off quickly towards the lower atmospheric temperature (which allows passive coolers), but is cool enough to remove heat from the chips.
first?