I believe the dupe is a psyop by the Department of Galactic Security.
Also, be very careful and keep an eye on your cubicle. I've read your post and I believe someone is moving the keys around on your keyboard. I'd put up a cam to catch the culprit if I were you.
Generation whine, with their "jargon files" and all and their epods and blobs and whotubes and "oh we have to save the planet" and damn it, the word is "porn" not "pr0n". Why in my day we have perfectly crumulent words like "groovy" and "far out" and "stick it to the man" wasn't an invitation for gay sex.
It's alright, many of the/. readers today don't really know the term "Borked" and those that come up and post to say they do will have run to Wikipedia first to find out what it means.
On a side note: Many of the things that/.er's complain about the government gettting mixed up in would have been slammed hard by Robert Bork. If he were on the court today he'd be telling Bush and Congress that neither have the authority to do a lot of what they have done.
I think the use of the term "Borked" in the headline is misguided, though. The story doesn't fit the meaning. Again, another symptom of people who don't really know it, its just a fun word they heard and were looking for a reason to use it.
I know you wanted to refute, but you failed. Keep in mind, I was refering to alternative fuel vehicles as a class, not individually.
inexpensive as traditional vehicles: $29K
Considering the styling, capacity, and common features of the vehicles, the competing class is "Econo".
Price range: Econo 9k to 18k. If you want to look at the hybrid SUV's against traditional SUV's, try it.
range - the plug-in hybrid can go coast-to-coast
Single fill up = Single charge. Therefor, my 300 mile range versus 50 to 100 for the plug-ins, hybrids get more range.
capacity - 2 1/2 seats... in between roadsters and a 4-seater
I carpool, I have in my econo commuter 4 seats, 3 are used. 2.5 seats is not going to work. And, the extra weight in a plug-in puts extra duty on the charge and lessens my range.
quick refuel capability - Runs on gas
Again, only if you consider the hybrid. Plug-ins, well forget about it.
Non-fossil fuel vehicles will start selling when they are made as inexpensively as traditional vehicles. And, when they have the range, capacity, and easy and quick refuel capabilities.
Until this point is reached, they don't stand a chance in the American system.
Speaking as a former USAF Avionics Specialist, who worked on C-5's, C-141's, and C-130's, and who personally saw a parked C-141 burst into flames on the ramp because of a fuel probe maintenance accident, let me explain things simply.
Design considerations:
There are many fuel tanks on an air craft.
The criticality of accurate fuel readings in any attitude is much higher than with any other vehicle on the planet.
Large tanks have many 8+ fuel probes running into them. Some have 12+.
The criticality of fuel quality readings in the tank is very high.
Weight and simplicity are a vital factor.
The system has to work in extreme temperatures.
The system has to work in extreame teperature changes over short periods of time.
JP4, the fuel that makes most jets run, is difficult to ignite. It needs a heat source. You could run a bare wire into a full tank and not have a problem. However, heat that wire up, and get the fuel/air mixture just right, and you have a problem. Big Boomba Problem, to quote JJB.
The big problem is the mostly empty tank and exposed heat sources. The C-5 has a nitrogen purging system. Basically, as fuel empties from a tank, it is replaced by nitrogen. The only way that wing is going to explode is if something other than a bare wire acts on it. Then, you've got bigger problems.
The big problem comes when you open the tank for maintenance. So, there are massive safety considerations. The C-141 that exploded in the mid-90's at Travis AFB in California blew because a jackass tech did not follow lockout/tag out procedures. The 141 doesn't have the nitrogen purge, but the tanks were open anyway. Two senior specialists were standing on top of the aircraft when the wing blew. Several others were in the cargo box. Luckily, aside from bumped elbows and bruised body parts, everyone got out o.k. We towed nearby aircraft to safer distances. There was precious little left of the burnt aircraft that identified it as such.
Most amatuers could make a good guess at a practical design for fuel sensors, but most of the solutions developed as such will end up being to costly, too heavy, will introduce other problems such as high maint., or simply won't work in 3-d, or extreme temperatures.
Are you planning on installing it on a production machine?
Are you planning on installing it on your home machine?
The answer is: Don't!. But, if you do, don't come complaining that it broke your system and that's why MS sucks. It's a release candidate.
Are you planning on installing it on a test system and documenting any issues to see how things go so you can plan on how the install will go when it is in RTM?
O.k., go ahead, that's what a release candidate is for. Especially if you plan on providing the feedback on major issues.
Anyone who installs "beta", "community technology preview", or "release candidate" software on their systems and then complains about the experience and how it sucks should be branded with a big ol' "D U M B A S S" on their short-bus-riding-tuckus.
Now, if you install the RC on your test system, provide feedback on you major error, and then the RTM has the same problem, you can complain.
It's clear that some of you never do your own laundry:
This material is self-sizing (which explains all of the future-worlds where everyone wears the same thing).....the bigger you get (stretching the cloth), the more it expands (so that it fits).
Definition: Sizing is used to make ironing garments [easier]. Sizing is also designed to create shape and dirt resistance. Sizing and Fabric Finishes come in a spray form.
...Is the game as bad as he said? Is this guy dead on with his review?
Game reviewers are like movie reviewers. There are the ones you trust. Then there are the ones you don't. Is this guy an asshat reviewer like Harry Knowles or Michael Medved? Or is he generally right on about the games?
Here in the Seattle area, we have local movie reviewers and game reviewers that I trust a hell of a lot more than some of the national ones. I only wish they'd get national attention, but maybe national publication brings with it the risk of being coopted by the purse string holders.
Actually, on the contrary this may be a move by Verizon to put a hurt on AT&T's monopoly over the iPhone. I wouldn't be surprised if they designed this with the iPhone specifically in mind.
Unless Apple reworks the iPhone to work on Verizon, the iPhone will not work. However, this move encourages other manufacturers to venture into an iPhone like device without being exclusive to Verizon, or being otherwise contracted to Verizon. It opens the device market to some of the more advanced thinking taking place in Japan and Korea. It even allows for the development of open platforms similar to openMoko.
Apple will do best if they buy out the remainder of the AT&T contract, or they will be sent packing as the first-to-market-last-to-respond-to-changes device.
O.K. if I encode the opening chords of Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" into a barcode and have it tatooed on my schlong, then sleep around, and then the RIAA comes after me, do I have a leg to stand on? Do I have a shot? Will they cut me off? Am I in violation? Can I be infected by a rootkit? Does taking viagra count as intent to mass distribute?
How about releasing the DVD at the same time as the movie, so people didn't have to download it if they wanted to watch it at home.
And 20 minutes after the first one is sold, it is in the wild being downloaded by every jerk that didn't want to pay $19.95 for the disc, or pay $7.50 for the matinee, or $3.00 for the rental.
And, you made it easier, now pirates don't have to sit in the theater with hand held cameras. You made it easier, because now you don't have to make a deal with some guy in post production to give you a dump of the film. You made it easier because the pirates don't have to get their projectionist buddy to slip them the film over night.
What? WTF!!??! Is there some sort of invisiotext that I am missing in the article? What were the entertaining parts? What were the parts that actually had the connect to the headline? It's like we all walked in on the middle of someones hallway conversation and we are being told it is funny but we weren't even aware there was a joke involved.
In other words...
TACO, you nerfherder, give us the mother****ing C O N T E X T!!!!
So, if I understand the "article", the rookie students got caught with their pants down on bad coding practices and should have used any of tools, free or not, to profile their app and find the problems before going to production.
Can you imagine the folks at Red Gate trying to convince them:
"Hey, we'd like you to expose how big an idiot farm your programmer team is, but at the same time, we'd like to post it as an avertspamicle. We'll even put your pictures on the "article" and post it to a well read tech board, and even get it submitted to a even more well read tech site. Everyone in the WORLD will know about your short-comings. Sounds good to you?"
Lessons learned, but I hope every employer will keep their picture handy, in case they get a resume from anyone on the team.
Slashdot is a blog not a news source. I wish more people would realize that.
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News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
O.K., I'll bite, what part of that line do you not understand? If/. billed itself as a "blog" then I'd understand your point. However,/. is a corporate based, self-billed "News" site. Whether reader submission driven or not, it is a news site. You are wrong. But, thanks for your thoughts.
It'd be interesting to add a few Einsteins to the world
The problem with clones is that to get an exact duplicate, they'd have to give them and exact life experience. Won't happen.
Clone Einstein, and you're most likely to get my brother-in-law. He is a genius. Smart. But the laziest son-of-a-bitch you are likely to meet. He was tested early, school came easy, everyone treated him like a prodigy. As a result, he coasted through life. Ended up NOT going to college and becoming a half-rate photographer. Without the formal higher education, he is still good. He can read science journals and expound upon the theory behind the articles and hold his own with some laser physicists I know. But, he lacks the drive and the imagination to really put that brain to work.
The Einstein that we had was a unique individual, the sum of all his experiences. Clone him now, give him an XBox 360 Mark V with Quantum Interface and he'll play Halo 10 all day long and never amount to anything.
Besides, cloning takes the fun out of reproduction. I heartily recommend it to those of you who haven't tried the real thing, yet.
I'm not going to post this anonymously to protect my karma. You did need to be told you were way off base.
The poppy isn't well known for Veterans Day in the US.
WTF are you talking about? Just because you are a kid? From the early 60's until recently, every Nov. 11th, you would find a veteran of WWI standing in front of a grocery or department store, or at the mall, selling little paper poppies.
I say "until recently" because most of the veterans have now died. But, the poppy has become a lasting symbol of the veteran. Bet if you would pop your head up away from your insular little world and pay attention, you would have known this.
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Directly editing files in the back up set would appear to be very, very stupid. Anyone who does this is an idiot.
On the other hand, Microsoft allowing the files to be accessed in that manner is not so hot either.
I believe the dupe is a psyop by the Department of Galactic Security.
Also, be very careful and keep an eye on your cubicle. I've read your post and I believe someone is moving the keys around on your keyboard. I'd put up a cam to catch the culprit if I were you.
You mean petroleum-on-the-hoof?
Damn kids, get off my lawn!
Generation whine, with their "jargon files" and all and their epods and blobs and whotubes and "oh we have to save the planet" and damn it, the word is "porn" not "pr0n". Why in my day we have perfectly crumulent words like "groovy" and "far out" and "stick it to the man" wasn't an invitation for gay sex.
Congrats for getting that. Interestingly, the article never uses the word. The submitter is the dolt.
It's alright, many of the /. readers today don't really know the term "Borked" and those that come up and post to say they do will have run to Wikipedia first to find out what it means.
On a side note: Many of the things that /.er's complain about the government gettting mixed up in would have been slammed hard by Robert Bork. If he were on the court today he'd be telling Bush and Congress that neither have the authority to do a lot of what they have done.
I think the use of the term "Borked" in the headline is misguided, though. The story doesn't fit the meaning. Again, another symptom of people who don't really know it, its just a fun word they heard and were looking for a reason to use it.
Kids, these days.
Now, get off my lawn!
I know you wanted to refute, but you failed. Keep in mind, I was refering to alternative fuel vehicles as a class, not individually.
Considering the styling, capacity, and common features of the vehicles, the competing class is "Econo". Price range: Econo 9k to 18k. If you want to look at the hybrid SUV's against traditional SUV's, try it.
Single fill up = Single charge. Therefor, my 300 mile range versus 50 to 100 for the plug-ins, hybrids get more range.
I carpool, I have in my econo commuter 4 seats, 3 are used. 2.5 seats is not going to work. And, the extra weight in a plug-in puts extra duty on the charge and lessens my range.
Again, only if you consider the hybrid. Plug-ins, well forget about it.
Where's my flying car?
Non-fossil fuel vehicles will start selling when they are made as inexpensively as traditional vehicles. And, when they have the range, capacity, and easy and quick refuel capabilities.
Until this point is reached, they don't stand a chance in the American system.
Speaking as a former USAF Avionics Specialist, who worked on C-5's, C-141's, and C-130's, and who personally saw a parked C-141 burst into flames on the ramp because of a fuel probe maintenance accident, let me explain things simply.
Design considerations:
JP4, the fuel that makes most jets run, is difficult to ignite. It needs a heat source. You could run a bare wire into a full tank and not have a problem. However, heat that wire up, and get the fuel/air mixture just right, and you have a problem. Big Boomba Problem, to quote JJB.
The big problem is the mostly empty tank and exposed heat sources. The C-5 has a nitrogen purging system. Basically, as fuel empties from a tank, it is replaced by nitrogen. The only way that wing is going to explode is if something other than a bare wire acts on it. Then, you've got bigger problems.
The big problem comes when you open the tank for maintenance. So, there are massive safety considerations. The C-141 that exploded in the mid-90's at Travis AFB in California blew because a jackass tech did not follow lockout/tag out procedures. The 141 doesn't have the nitrogen purge, but the tanks were open anyway. Two senior specialists were standing on top of the aircraft when the wing blew. Several others were in the cargo box. Luckily, aside from bumped elbows and bruised body parts, everyone got out o.k. We towed nearby aircraft to safer distances. There was precious little left of the burnt aircraft that identified it as such.
Most amatuers could make a good guess at a practical design for fuel sensors, but most of the solutions developed as such will end up being to costly, too heavy, will introduce other problems such as high maint., or simply won't work in 3-d, or extreme temperatures.
Are you planning on installing it on a production machine?
Are you planning on installing it on your home machine?
The answer is: Don't!. But, if you do, don't come complaining that it broke your system and that's why MS sucks. It's a release candidate.
Are you planning on installing it on a test system and documenting any issues to see how things go so you can plan on how the install will go when it is in RTM?
O.k., go ahead, that's what a release candidate is for. Especially if you plan on providing the feedback on major issues.
Anyone who installs "beta", "community technology preview", or "release candidate" software on their systems and then complains about the experience and how it sucks should be branded with a big ol' "D U M B A S S" on their short-bus-riding-tuckus.
Now, if you install the RC on your test system, provide feedback on you major error, and then the RTM has the same problem, you can complain.
What about space herpes?
Do you think that we could all chip in and get Taco some gene therapy to cure /. dupes?
It's clear that some of you never do your own laundry:
From About:
Definition: Sizing is used to make ironing garments [easier]. Sizing is also designed to create shape and dirt resistance. Sizing and Fabric Finishes come in a spray form.
Unless, of course, you were on /., then you could get a lot of it because everyone knows that computer geeks are masters of just about every science.
...Is the game as bad as he said? Is this guy dead on with his review?
Game reviewers are like movie reviewers. There are the ones you trust. Then there are the ones you don't. Is this guy an asshat reviewer like Harry Knowles or Michael Medved? Or is he generally right on about the games?
Here in the Seattle area, we have local movie reviewers and game reviewers that I trust a hell of a lot more than some of the national ones. I only wish they'd get national attention, but maybe national publication brings with it the risk of being coopted by the purse string holders.
Unless Apple reworks the iPhone to work on Verizon, the iPhone will not work. However, this move encourages other manufacturers to venture into an iPhone like device without being exclusive to Verizon, or being otherwise contracted to Verizon. It opens the device market to some of the more advanced thinking taking place in Japan and Korea. It even allows for the development of open platforms similar to openMoko.
Apple will do best if they buy out the remainder of the AT&T contract, or they will be sent packing as the first-to-market-last-to-respond-to-changes device.
O.K. if I encode the opening chords of Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" into a barcode and have it tatooed on my schlong, then sleep around, and then the RIAA comes after me, do I have a leg to stand on? Do I have a shot? Will they cut me off? Am I in violation? Can I be infected by a rootkit? Does taking viagra count as intent to mass distribute?
And 20 minutes after the first one is sold, it is in the wild being downloaded by every jerk that didn't want to pay $19.95 for the disc, or pay $7.50 for the matinee, or $3.00 for the rental.
And, you made it easier, now pirates don't have to sit in the theater with hand held cameras. You made it easier, because now you don't have to make a deal with some guy in post production to give you a dump of the film. You made it easier because the pirates don't have to get their projectionist buddy to slip them the film over night.
O.k., you solved what problem again?
Well, back to Mexico with you.
What? Oh. There's a difference?
What were we talking about then?
What? WTF!!??! Is there some sort of invisiotext that I am missing in the article? What were the entertaining parts? What were the parts that actually had the connect to the headline? It's like we all walked in on the middle of someones hallway conversation and we are being told it is funny but we weren't even aware there was a joke involved.
In other words...
TACO, you nerfherder, give us the mother****ing C O N T E X T!!!!
O.k., too much coffee.
I was wondering if I was the only one that came in in the middle of the story, as well. So, dear editor, mind filling us in on the inside joke?
So, if I understand the "article", the rookie students got caught with their pants down on bad coding practices and should have used any of tools, free or not, to profile their app and find the problems before going to production.
Can you imagine the folks at Red Gate trying to convince them:
Lessons learned, but I hope every employer will keep their picture handy, in case they get a resume from anyone on the team.
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O.K., I'll bite, what part of that line do you not understand? If /. billed itself as a "blog" then I'd understand your point. However, /. is a corporate based, self-billed "News" site. Whether reader submission driven or not, it is a news site. You are wrong. But, thanks for your thoughts.
The problem with clones is that to get an exact duplicate, they'd have to give them and exact life experience. Won't happen.
Clone Einstein, and you're most likely to get my brother-in-law. He is a genius. Smart. But the laziest son-of-a-bitch you are likely to meet. He was tested early, school came easy, everyone treated him like a prodigy. As a result, he coasted through life. Ended up NOT going to college and becoming a half-rate photographer. Without the formal higher education, he is still good. He can read science journals and expound upon the theory behind the articles and hold his own with some laser physicists I know. But, he lacks the drive and the imagination to really put that brain to work.
The Einstein that we had was a unique individual, the sum of all his experiences. Clone him now, give him an XBox 360 Mark V with Quantum Interface and he'll play Halo 10 all day long and never amount to anything.
Besides, cloning takes the fun out of reproduction. I heartily recommend it to those of you who haven't tried the real thing, yet.
I'm not going to post this anonymously to protect my karma. You did need to be told you were way off base.
WTF are you talking about? Just because you are a kid? From the early 60's until recently, every Nov. 11th, you would find a veteran of WWI standing in front of a grocery or department store, or at the mall, selling little paper poppies.
I say "until recently" because most of the veterans have now died. But, the poppy has become a lasting symbol of the veteran. Bet if you would pop your head up away from your insular little world and pay attention, you would have known this.