Correct. Also, it's important to point out that the Mach number of a vehicle is a local measure of vehicle speed. As the speed of sound varies with temperature, and thus altitude, you'll find that two vehicles having the same trace ground speed but that are flying different altitudes will be at different Mach numbers. Acoustics and aerodynamics are fun.
Here is an even more obscure privacy setting. If you read through the privacy page here...
http://www.apple.com/privacy/
You'll notice about halfway down the page in the "cookies and other technology" section a discussion of interest based advertising, which is basically iAd's targeted at you based on your usage habits. The only way to opt out of this "feature" on an iOS device is to click on the link in that paragraph to http://oo.apple.com/ from Safari on your iOS device, which will bring you to a settings page that will allow you to disable "interest based iAds". I have not found a way to get to this setting page through the settings App (queue up the people who will promptly correct me).
Many may already know this, but I thought I would post anyways... if you want to make greater use of gestures while browsing, and use Firefox, see the article here...
There are assignable gestures hidden in about:config, and browsing is so much better once you find some customized combinations that you like.
Here are the ones that I have altered and find helpful:
Swipe down: new tab
Swipe up: go home
Pinch in: close tab
Pinch out: toggle between full screen/not full screen
Rotate right: reload
Rotate left: undo close tab (for those times you accidentally pinch in)
Instructions to view the subject solar flare: select browse by date range, enter 2011-06-07 00:00:00 as the beginning and 2011-06-07 12:00:00 as the end dates, select movie as the display, select resolution 1024x1024, and set nth = 1, submit and enjoy. Also, you can play with the different telescopes.
Hopefully people will realize how important the space program is, but something tells me that it won't be soon, and it won't be until we get something inspiring. Deep space voyages, while important, won't inspire anyone. Landing on the Moon or Mars? That will.
The biggest impediment to that PR vision is keeping the spam in the can alive to both land on the surface of Mars, in particular, and return to earth. Looking over the historical evidence, http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/log/, it does not give a sense that we have a good handle on how to manage risk associated with unmanned science missions to Mars, let alone a manned missions which will require much more complexity. About half of all missions to Mars that have been attempted have failed. Killing people en route or crashing people on the surface of Mars does absolutely no good, and will likely yield the opposite of the desired PR outcome. I, for one, would like to see much better accounting for, and management of, the risk associated with both current unmanned Mars missions before attempting a simple PR stunt involving people. Science for the sake of science has it's place, and one is risk mitigation. And since everyone knows the moon is made of cheese http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/granddayout/, so there is no need to go back there:)
Realize, though, the population densities are much, much higher in the Asian countries you mentioned (>300 people/km^2) as compared to the US (31 people/km^2), which likely makes it much, much more cost effective to connect all of those people together at high rates. I, for one, would rather have slow internet than 10 more people per every one person who already lives in the square km around me (I live in a suburban area).
Love newegg also, use them frequently. Have also used these two occasionally with good success...
http://www.atacom.com/ http://www.thenerds.net/
Although, I will admit it has been about two years since I have used either of those two, so YMMV.
Your comment made me think about this article posted a while ago about a material with the lowest reflectivity ever measured....
"the researchers deposited silica nanorods at an angle of precisely 45 degrees on top of a thin film of aluminum nitride, which is a semiconducting material used in advanced light-emitting diodes (LEDs). From the side, the films look much like the cross section of a piece of lawn turf with the blades slightly flattened."
Dear IRS,
I have always wondered, how do you legitimately report criminal proceeds on a 1040 without going to jail? Or is this just a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation?
Regards,
No One
Slashdot Mirror
I mean when will this ever end?
"How it plays out will determine who has control over your smartphone."
I consider my smartphone to be essentially an extension of my penis. Does that mean that this will determine who has control of my penis?
GOTO 01
"How it plays out will determine who has control over your smartphone."
Guaranteed it won't be me.
You have great incite.
Your comment reminded me of this classic SNL skit...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4156
Did it? I'm not so sure...
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/03/18/1641221/41-months-in-prison-for-man-who-leaked-att-ipad-email-addresses
...you should have stated it in terms of a car analogy! Your mistake.
...was not a hybrid Ferrari going past.
Correct. Also, it's important to point out that the Mach number of a vehicle is a local measure of vehicle speed. As the speed of sound varies with temperature, and thus altitude, you'll find that two vehicles having the same trace ground speed but that are flying different altitudes will be at different Mach numbers. Acoustics and aerodynamics are fun.
Here is an even more obscure privacy setting. If you read through the privacy page here...
http://www.apple.com/privacy/
You'll notice about halfway down the page in the "cookies and other technology" section a discussion of interest based advertising, which is basically iAd's targeted at you based on your usage habits. The only way to opt out of this "feature" on an iOS device is to click on the link in that paragraph to http://oo.apple.com/ from Safari on your iOS device, which will bring you to a settings page that will allow you to disable "interest based iAds". I have not found a way to get to this setting page through the settings App (queue up the people who will promptly correct me).
... If happy fun ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/happy-fun-ball/229058/
This is worth a watch...
http://vimeo.com/41038445
Enjoy!
Many may already know this, but I thought I would post anyways... if you want to make greater use of gestures while browsing, and use Firefox, see the article here...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=737074
There are assignable gestures hidden in about:config, and browsing is so much better once you find some customized combinations that you like. Here are the ones that I have altered and find helpful:
Swipe down: new tab
Swipe up: go home
Pinch in: close tab
Pinch out: toggle between full screen/not full screen
Rotate right: reload
Rotate left: undo close tab (for those times you accidentally pinch in)
Go here and you can view animations of the sun using all the different telescopes on SDO...
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/rangeform.php
Instructions to view the subject solar flare: select browse by date range, enter 2011-06-07 00:00:00 as the beginning and 2011-06-07 12:00:00 as the end dates, select movie as the display, select resolution 1024x1024, and set nth = 1, submit and enjoy. Also, you can play with the different telescopes.
The legs.
There, I've increased your productivity by a factor of 5!
Only a slashdotter would finish that sentence with the word bicycles.
The biggest impediment to that PR vision is keeping the spam in the can alive to both land on the surface of Mars, in particular, and return to earth. Looking over the historical evidence, http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/log/, it does not give a sense that we have a good handle on how to manage risk associated with unmanned science missions to Mars, let alone a manned missions which will require much more complexity. About half of all missions to Mars that have been attempted have failed. Killing people en route or crashing people on the surface of Mars does absolutely no good, and will likely yield the opposite of the desired PR outcome. I, for one, would like to see much better accounting for, and management of, the risk associated with both current unmanned Mars missions before attempting a simple PR stunt involving people. Science for the sake of science has it's place, and one is risk mitigation. And since everyone knows the moon is made of cheese http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/granddayout/, so there is no need to go back there :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRlFsYmkeY
Don't forget to add to your list... water vapor is a greenhouse gas.
Realize, though, the population densities are much, much higher in the Asian countries you mentioned (>300 people/km^2) as compared to the US (31 people/km^2), which likely makes it much, much more cost effective to connect all of those people together at high rates. I, for one, would rather have slow internet than 10 more people per every one person who already lives in the square km around me (I live in a suburban area).
Love newegg also, use them frequently. Have also used these two occasionally with good success...
http://www.atacom.com/
http://www.thenerds.net/
Although, I will admit it has been about two years since I have used either of those two, so YMMV.
Your comment made me think about this article posted a while ago about a material with the lowest reflectivity ever measured....
"the researchers deposited silica nanorods at an angle of precisely 45 degrees on top of a thin film of aluminum nitride, which is a semiconducting material used in advanced light-emitting diodes (LEDs). From the side, the films look much like the cross section of a piece of lawn turf with the blades slightly flattened."
Dear IRS, I have always wondered, how do you legitimately report criminal proceeds on a 1040 without going to jail? Or is this just a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation? Regards, No One
Everyone keeps spelling it wrong. It's spelled arse not Rs folks.
General paranoia