No it's not. I've was born and raised in France, moved in the US at 23, 4 years ago. The only unit I'm still uncomfortable with is F (also one of the stupidest) I have no problem thinking in inches, miles, gallons, ounces without converting.
Yeah, Farads are pretty big... it might be easier to think in terms of uF!;)
(I put a mu in there originally, but Slashdot didn't like it.)
True, but you also have weaker gravity, which will allow pressure from a rocket motor to have a greater effect than on earth
Pressure? I thought we were talking about a vacuum.
Disclaimer - Sorry, for being so nitpicky, but several years of Physics with Space Technology will do that to you.
Then you should know that the lack of pressure in a vacuum will either require a greater expansion ratio or result in an over-expanded exhaust flow. A rocket most definitely has pressure in the combustion chamber, and maintains some pressure in a supersonic exhaust. Although that admittedly doesn't have anything to do with gravity, as posited by the GP.
Google is old hat - everyone who is anyone uses Wolfram Alpha. Alpha-ing "cost of keyboard" gives a price of $47.87 - although if it has a "market cap" (is that anything like caps lock?) the price skyrockets to $21.2 billion.
Just be glad you're looking at the cost of a keyboard instead of the actual value - according to Wolfram Alpha, the value of a keyboard is U+2328. Although I'm not sure what that is in US dollars, because "convert U+2328 to US dollars" doesn't seem to give anything helpful.
Dude, Alpha is so old school... these days we "bing" things... get with the times!
What is thy bidding, my Master?ping www.bing.com
PING a134.g.akamai.net (207.114.197.81): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=129.300 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=127.930 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=183.672 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=3 ttl=61 time=176.953 ms/code)
Ahh... so it wasn't that Linux wasn't ready for the desktop, but that your desktop wasn't ready for Linux.
That's all well and good, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter whether Linux doesn't run on your hardware or your hardware doesn't run Linux... if Windows works and Linux doesn't, you're going to use Windows.
Unfortunately, we used a Java-based version control system where I work. You click, and it takes about 5 seconds to become responsive. Somehow, though, it still manages to be faster than Visual Studio 2005!
Well, at least in Facebook's case, it's there so you can make comments and other Facebooky stuff from the site. Nevertheless, I would rather go to the site, then come back and make my comments.
Absolutely love this on today's BBC article on Windows 7.
"We were able to shave 400 milliseconds off the shutdown time by slightly trimming the WAV file shutdown music.
"It's indicative of really the level and detail and scrutiny on Windows 7."
WTF? Why don't they multi-thread so they shut down while the sound plays?
It's only free if you don't value bug fixes, security updates, product support and potentially all manner of issues installing software that will be released for Windows 7 RTM on a pre-release version no-one will have done significant product testing on and won't care to help you with if you run into problems.
No way should you ever do this. If it's worth doing then it's worth getting paid for doing it. And for each McMurry out there there is one less paid job at Verizon.
Exactly! I've heard there are even idiots who will write and support entire computer programs for free! No wonder we're in an economic crisis...
Exactly! These guys are literally stealing food from the mouths of Indians to whom these jobs could have been outsourced!
Copyright law is preserving the right of the artist to attempt to profit from their work without the active interference of others.
And what exactly do you base this naive belief on?
Please, thrill us with your legal history skills.
Cause the rest of us are over here clinging to beliefs like copyright is supposed to exist to encourage people to create works that they otherwise would not..
They're essentially the same thing... ability to profit provides the incentive to encourage people to create new works.
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Safari 4 on Mac does it, too.
Whoa... I never even noticed that before! (Currently observed w/ Safari 4.0)
No it's not. I've was born and raised in France, moved in the US at 23, 4 years ago. The only unit I'm still uncomfortable with is F (also one of the stupidest) I have no problem thinking in inches, miles, gallons, ounces without converting.
Yeah, Farads are pretty big... it might be easier to think in terms of uF! ;)
(I put a mu in there originally, but Slashdot didn't like it.)
True genius is making the complicated seem trivial. This means writing as clearly as possible rather than trying for the highest scrabble word score.
There's a time and a place for "waxing loquacious": Academic papers of predefined arbitrary lengths.
Not normal conversation.
Sometimes a single longer word contains more meaningful connotations and overtones than a string of short words.
True, but you also have weaker gravity, which will allow pressure from a rocket motor to have a greater effect than on earth
Pressure? I thought we were talking about a vacuum.
Disclaimer - Sorry, for being so nitpicky, but several years of Physics with Space Technology will do that to you.
Then you should know that the lack of pressure in a vacuum will either require a greater expansion ratio or result in an over-expanded exhaust flow. A rocket most definitely has pressure in the combustion chamber, and maintains some pressure in a supersonic exhaust. Although that admittedly doesn't have anything to do with gravity, as posited by the GP.
But they aren't... SEPARATED INTO PROCESSES!
Check out Stainless for Leopard... it's still lacking a few features, but it's coming together quite well.
Google is old hat - everyone who is anyone uses Wolfram Alpha. Alpha-ing "cost of keyboard" gives a price of $47.87 - although if it has a "market cap" (is that anything like caps lock?) the price skyrockets to $21.2 billion.
Just be glad you're looking at the cost of a keyboard instead of the actual value - according to Wolfram Alpha, the value of a keyboard is U+2328. Although I'm not sure what that is in US dollars, because "convert U+2328 to US dollars" doesn't seem to give anything helpful.
Dude, Alpha is so old school... these days we "bing" things... get with the times!
What is thy bidding, my Master?ping www.bing.com /code)
PING a134.g.akamai.net (207.114.197.81): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=129.300 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=127.930 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=183.672 ms
64 bytes from 207.114.197.81: icmp_seq=3 ttl=61 time=176.953 ms
Small claims court...
Ahh... so it wasn't that Linux wasn't ready for the desktop, but that your desktop wasn't ready for Linux.
That's all well and good, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter whether Linux doesn't run on your hardware or your hardware doesn't run Linux... if Windows works and Linux doesn't, you're going to use Windows.
It's alright, though... they close the beach when there's too much E. Coli!
Sup dawg, I herd you liek cars, so I stuck a car analogy in your car thread so you can talk about cars while you're talking about cars!
Unfortunately, we used a Java-based version control system where I work. You click, and it takes about 5 seconds to become responsive. Somehow, though, it still manages to be faster than Visual Studio 2005!
ED is the standard...
I've heard Vi@gra can help you with that... ;)
Ah, but the blogs will link back to the paid news sources.
Well, at least in Facebook's case, it's there so you can make comments and other Facebooky stuff from the site. Nevertheless, I would rather go to the site, then come back and make my comments.
Absolutely love this on today's BBC article on Windows 7. "We were able to shave 400 milliseconds off the shutdown time by slightly trimming the WAV file shutdown music. "It's indicative of really the level and detail and scrutiny on Windows 7."
WTF? Why don't they multi-thread so they shut down while the sound plays?
It's only free if you don't value bug fixes, security updates, product support and potentially all manner of issues installing software that will be released for Windows 7 RTM on a pre-release version no-one will have done significant product testing on and won't care to help you with if you run into problems.
So... it's basically like Linux, then? ;)
Flame on...
Why bother? Apple's already done it with Safari... I just checked myself, running beta 4 for Mac and Windows and both scored 100.
He prolly means "probably"...
No way should you ever do this. If it's worth doing then it's worth getting paid for doing it. And for each McMurry out there there is one less paid job at Verizon.
Exactly! I've heard there are even idiots who will write and support entire computer programs for free! No wonder we're in an economic crisis...
Exactly! These guys are literally stealing food from the mouths of Indians to whom these jobs could have been outsourced!
F the USA built that many, it would cut power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 30%, or the equivalent of nearly a million windmills.
Can you give that to me in units of iPods?
Copyright law is preserving the right of the artist to attempt to profit from their work without the active interference of others.
And what exactly do you base this naive belief on?
Please, thrill us with your legal history skills.
Cause the rest of us are over here clinging to beliefs like copyright is supposed to exist to encourage people to create works that they otherwise would not..
They're essentially the same thing... ability to profit provides the incentive to encourage people to create new works.
The dude should have told the police he put all his illegal files on his roommate's computer.
And it's the same for GUI applications on any OS. But if you're using OS X as a server, you don't need to mess with these things, anyway.