Photons, from what I have heard, ALWAYS travel at c. Light seems to travel slower when matter is present, because the photons are absorbed by atoms and re-emitted a miniscule fraction of a second later (which is a LONG time for something travelling at c).
If this had come out 14 years ago, it would have been a sure-fire hit, but now I am not so sure. It seems that VR stuff is nowhere near as popular as it used to be. Also, I think that theme parks may have seen a decline in recent years with the rise of online amusements (I heard that Yellowstone National Park has seen a decline in tourists because people are content to look at photos of all the wildlife on Yellowstone's web site). Also, amusement parks generally appeal to young children, and Mario might not be as popular with kids today as he was when I was young (14 years ago).
Let's see. "Fucking Jews; they are responsible for all the wars in the world."
Hmm. The filters must be down or something.
If I say N*gro, will my comment be deleted? I think it will; most sites have moderators, and it makes sense.
I think the word you are looking for is 'Nigger', and it has never stopped the GNAA from using it here. The difference is that Slashdot is a privately owned site, and they can place whatever restrictions they want (within reason) on their servers. If you do not like Slashdot's moderation, you are free to start your own site with whatever rules YOU want. In India, the GOVERNMENT is placing the restrictions, and you cannot just 'go someplace else' (without leaving the country). It all comes back to who is allowed to decide. I do not like the idea of professional censors, because they always end up abusing their powers to benefit themselves (censoring people who disagree with them, etc.).
Jobs is not a vegetarian or vegan as is often claimed. Although he does not eat mammalian meat, he reportedly eats fish from time to time. This is known as pescetarianism.
When I look at my mother's house, I can think of several things that have lasted over 10 years (my house for instance). My mom's washer and dryer lasted for at least 14 years before being replaced; her refrigerator may be older than I am (it does not even have an ice maker). The two cars that I have driven (hand-me downs from my grandparents) are a 1993 Toyota Camry (which is on its last legs, sadly) and a 1998 Nissan Altima (which is still in good shape). My mom still uses my first TV (a TV/VCR combo that I got when I was seven); however, the vertical sync is off a bit.
Anyway, gadgets did last longer 30-50 years ago, but they were also more expensive. Western Electric phones were designed like tanks because AT&T rented phones (at $5 per month), and it was cheaper to design a long-lasting phone than to constantly replace broken ones. Also, from what I have heard, automobiles are designed so that they do not break down as often as they broke down twenty years ago.
The reason NASA launches rockets from Florida is because rockets launched near the equator travelling east gain an ENORMOUS speed boost from the Earth's rotation. Also, if the rocket breaks up, it will break up over water. The Soviet Union is a tad farther north than Florida, so the rocket would require more fuel. Rockets have traditionally been a very NIH enterprise, so countries are relunctant to depend on others for their orbital needs.
For instance 'Trice Upon a Time' by James P. Hogan gives a good illustration of communication with the past. Unfortunaly you won't be able to find this one on Amazon as he experimented with just such a device, the writer accidentally wiped himself from existance.
So how in the hell do you know about him? Have you read the book?
FOSS is to the Information Age as the printing press was the the Enlightenment.
Uh, I think you meant the 'Renaissance'; the Enlightenment came several centuries later. Anyway, I do not think it is an accurate comparison. Operating Systems, Easy-to-use interfaces, such as the GUI, easy-to-learn programming languages, such as Python, comprehensive libraries, and the Internet are more similar to the printing press than FOSS. The printing press allowed the wide dissemination of information, and freed students from the complex tasks of massive memorization, thereby allowing them to focus on other interests (exploring the natural world, etc.). The Internet allows for the wide dissemination of information, and the other items listed have freed programmers from low-level details.
In the year 2001 Larry Sanger helped to lift the free on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia from the cradle. To the conference "he presented now a competition project to Wizards OF OS "in Berlin: "The Citizendium "should be more reliable and more correct than the large model. The free on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia is a success project: Straight ago times Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger drew up the web page, in which each Internet user could take part - in illusory hope to five years that from the web page an encyclopedia would become.
According to Wikipedia, Square has sold 9.72 million copies worldwide. If I remember correctly, the commercials SOLELY featured the 'good' CGI cut scenes (i.e. not the ones with the blocky-character models from normal, non-battle gameplay). Granted, FF VII was billed as a 'cinematic experience' (with the commercials stating 'the cinematic experience of the year will not be in theaters; it will only be on Playstation).
I heard that XBL allows you to download content (like Horse Armor), so I am sure Bethesda could release an entire expansion pack for a little extra. Failing that, they would still make money just by releasing the expansion pack for the PC (and a year or two down the road re-release Oblivion for the Xbox 360 with all the expansions and mods added in).
Covered entity can refer to an employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee, and is generally an employer engaged in interstate commerce and having 15 or more workers.
Anti-social behavior is often seen as public behavior that lacks judgement and consideration for others and may cause them or their property damage. It may be intentional, as with vandalism or graffiti, or the result of negligence. In common parlance, antisocial often has a significantly different meaning and is used to describe those who perceived to be excessively introverted. Though technically an incorrect definition of the antisocial behavior, this use has become increasingly common.
I was reading the article on the Poincaré conjecture, and went to another tab, and when I came back, I thought I was still on the Perelman page. I am sorry about that.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Henri Poincaré was working on the foundations of topology -- what would later be called combinatorial topology and then algebraic topology. He was particularly interested in what topological properties characterized a sphere.
Excel - a presentation showing how great Microsoft is? Outlook - something that allows me to look on other people's computers? Outlook Express - a faster version of Outlook? Exchange - a money transit tool? Passport - a program that allows me to easily get a passport? Access - a program that allows other people to access my computer? This is where those virus-thingies must be coming from. PowerPoint - a program to make my mouse more powerful? How does it do that? QuickTime - a clock?
Slashdot Mirror
then the buzzworld would be iWaste.
Photons, from what I have heard, ALWAYS travel at c. Light seems to travel slower when matter is present, because the photons are absorbed by atoms and re-emitted a miniscule fraction of a second later (which is a LONG time for something travelling at c).
If this had come out 14 years ago, it would have been a sure-fire hit, but now I am not so sure. It seems that VR stuff is nowhere near as popular as it used to be. Also, I think that theme parks may have seen a decline in recent years with the rise of online amusements (I heard that Yellowstone National Park has seen a decline in tourists because people are content to look at photos of all the wildlife on Yellowstone's web site). Also, amusement parks generally appeal to young children, and Mario might not be as popular with kids today as he was when I was young (14 years ago).
Let's see. "Fucking Jews; they are responsible for all the wars in the world."
Hmm. The filters must be down or something.
I think the word you are looking for is 'Nigger', and it has never stopped the GNAA from using it here. The difference is that Slashdot is a privately owned site, and they can place whatever restrictions they want (within reason) on their servers. If you do not like Slashdot's moderation, you are free to start your own site with whatever rules YOU want. In India, the GOVERNMENT is placing the restrictions, and you cannot just 'go someplace else' (without leaving the country). It all comes back to who is allowed to decide. I do not like the idea of professional censors, because they always end up abusing their powers to benefit themselves (censoring people who disagree with them, etc.).
When I look at my mother's house, I can think of several things that have lasted over 10 years (my house for instance). My mom's washer and dryer lasted for at least 14 years before being replaced; her refrigerator may be older than I am (it does not even have an ice maker). The two cars that I have driven (hand-me downs from my grandparents) are a 1993 Toyota Camry (which is on its last legs, sadly) and a 1998 Nissan Altima (which is still in good shape). My mom still uses my first TV (a TV/VCR combo that I got when I was seven); however, the vertical sync is off a bit.
Anyway, gadgets did last longer 30-50 years ago, but they were also more expensive. Western Electric phones were designed like tanks because AT&T rented phones (at $5 per month), and it was cheaper to design a long-lasting phone than to constantly replace broken ones. Also, from what I have heard, automobiles are designed so that they do not break down as often as they broke down twenty years ago.
You might be interested in some products by this company.
NOTE: I have never used any of these products, but I do know that some of them support Ogg, and they should work
with any OS that supports USB.
The reason NASA launches rockets from Florida is because rockets launched near the equator travelling east gain an ENORMOUS speed boost from the Earth's rotation. Also, if the rocket breaks up, it will break up over water. The Soviet Union is a tad farther north than Florida, so the rocket would require more fuel. Rockets have traditionally been a very NIH enterprise, so countries are relunctant to depend on others for their orbital needs.
So how in the hell do you know about him? Have you read the book?
Uh, I think you meant the 'Renaissance'; the Enlightenment came several centuries later. Anyway, I do not think it is an accurate comparison. Operating Systems, Easy-to-use interfaces, such as the GUI, easy-to-learn programming languages, such as Python, comprehensive libraries, and the Internet are more similar to the printing press than FOSS. The printing press allowed the wide dissemination of information, and freed students from the complex tasks of massive memorization, thereby allowing them to focus on other interests (exploring the natural world, etc.). The Internet allows for the wide dissemination of information, and the other items listed have freed programmers from low-level details.
According to Wikipedia, Square has sold 9.72 million copies worldwide. If I remember correctly, the commercials SOLELY featured the 'good' CGI cut scenes (i.e. not the ones with the blocky-character models from normal, non-battle gameplay). Granted, FF VII was billed as a 'cinematic experience' (with the commercials stating 'the cinematic experience of the year will not be in theaters; it will only be on Playstation).
sounds like a vmware problem
He said "the last time I tried to install it on real hardware", so it was likely not a Vmware issue.
I heard that XBL allows you to download content (like Horse Armor), so I am sure Bethesda could release an entire expansion pack for a little extra. Failing that, they would still make money just by releasing the expansion pack for the PC (and a year or two down the road re-release Oblivion for the Xbox 360 with all the expansions and mods added in).
Jee, I sure hope the guerilla's don't use jamming devices!
So install it using the Failsafe (I think that is the term) option. It boots into an ncurses menu program, just like Debian.
But think of the improvements in Ford and General Motors cars!
Well, it will get better.
Did clothing manufacturers start making clothes from dark matter without telling anybody? No wonder there are so many emo's around!
I was reading the article on the Poincaré conjecture, and went to another tab, and when I came back, I thought I was still on the Perelman page. I am sorry about that.
Damn! He is OLD!
Excel - a presentation showing how great Microsoft is?
Outlook - something that allows me to look on other people's computers?
Outlook Express - a faster version of Outlook?
Exchange - a money transit tool?
Passport - a program that allows me to easily get a passport?
Access - a program that allows other people to access my computer? This is where those virus-thingies must be coming from.
PowerPoint - a program to make my mouse more powerful? How does it do that?
QuickTime - a clock?
but I would like a $2000 paperweight.