Uh you forgot hydrogen + oxygen which is perfectly green (when burned at least). Higher specific impulse but bigger volume and more difficult to handle.
There are alternative networks for PC games (I just saw GameRanger for one). I imagine this only happens for games that you don't have to pay extra to play online, and/or are pretty old. Do the game makers just not sue because they don't get revenue from online play?
Your networks argument got me curious. What if someone built another network besides Sony's that any Playstation users could play on? Would this be illegal? I don't see why. They bought the hardware, there is no risk to Sony's network. So is the only roadblock to someone doing this due to convenience and interoperability issues (ignoring competitive feasibility)?
As a wilderness backpacker, I use iodine tablets and whatever other kinds there are (forgot the names) on trips. They are mainly a backup to our water purifiers but we'll use them overnight sometimes since it's easier than purifying but there is a time delay before use. They are a no brainer to bring because they basically have no weight or space penalty.
A couple weeks ago I was picking up a prescription at Walgreens and a kid got in the next line and asked for some Sudafed. As I left I saw him get in the passenger side of a car and take off. It dawned on me then what probably happened. Wish I saw their license plate.
The term "core" has about lost its meaning so this is all useless arguing. Funny that you tried to use how the chip "behaves" as definition for how many cores it has. Is that a better way? Come on.
I believe you just built a strawman. "Daytime running lights help other drivers see you" magically turned into "if a driver can't see your car in full daylight, they are a safe enough driver to be on the road". Indeed, the second one sounds bad doesn't it, but it's not the argument.
It's been pretty obvious to me, as a driver, that it is easier to see people if they have daytime running lights on. And this improves safety. I have actually noticed this on specific occasions several times. I remember because I was anti-daytime running light as well just for aesthetics. I've noticed it especially in situations where the low sun is shining in your eyes and when it's just generally low light. At these bad lighting times the car may look the same "color" as everything else, but the headlights are dead giveaways. Keep a look out and you might notice it yourself as I did.
Ah geez. Thanks. So I thought the gas engine was basically sitting in the trunk. I wonder why they decided to do that. Or was it that way all along and they lied?
So this is just for Facebook Connect? Like if you post a comment to an article on a 3rd party site that allows you to post via your Facebook account?
I figured it was search engine usable, after all it is public. But it is good for people to be aware all the same that someone searching your name on Google will be seeing your posted comments very quickly if you used Facebook to post it (depending on your name). Using Facebook Connect to do that does a lot more than just let you post a comment.
Wait, wikipedia doesn't agree with you- "The Volt operates as a pure battery electric vehicle until its plug-in battery capacity is depleted; at which point its gasoline engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range."
it's so overpriced that I might as well buy the same size car (civic) and pay for gas because the price difference is the gas cost for 10 years of driving.
This is the same as the Prius and those seem to sell pretty well.
Almost nobody buys a car to be "green"
Prius? Last I checked they still cost too much to make it up in gas savings over time.
Yes that is better. I'll have to wait for that until my current phone (iphone 4) dies I guess. You do have to hit the one button though, right? Ah, you hold down the home button, so that's good. No looking for the button on the screen required.
"I can now take calls and make texts just by using my one hand"
I used to be able to do this, back when my phone had raised buttons. I didn't even have to look. Hold one button down for speed dial. I could text without looking since I had the keys memorized, which was great for driving. I don't even try to do that now. A glass touchscreen and more functionality is nice but it's less specialized as a result and not an improvement on older phones in every way.
Ok how about Titan. We should build (train?) a Peregrine Falcon ship big enough to fly down to Titan and scoop up a crap-ton of hydrocarbons. Then fly it back to Earth and park it at a refinery and profit! I think it should take only about 900,000 falcons plus a few thousand for attrition.
To me it's really worth it to help out Blue Origin a bit just to know if their approach can be done right now because it would be a game changer. Smoking craters are to be expected and don't bother me.
Have you tried it? I have no issue at all on my ~13Mbps with about 12 playing Call of Duty online in the same game with some other people. Pleasantly surprised.
You could use a new computer:) I have an iphone 4 and my computer is faster than it in every way really. Where the mobile device wins is in convenience - well more specifically mobile convenience since I consider my desktop more convenient for most things, power usage... I think that's it.
Things are moving this way and for a lot of people their mobile device can be enough. But computers are a lot quieter, less power hungry, less crash prone (none), and faster than they were. Also on price, you can get a solid laptop for just a little more than an iphone including the discount you get with a new mobile plan.
If they came out with an ipad size tablet that worked like a "real" computer and I could bring along a mouse and keyboard when I wanted, then you can probably sign me up. Things will get there eventually.
Agreed. There is no place to draw a line and there will eventually be devices in every shade of gray from "general-purpose PCs" to "entertainment devices" if there aren't already. If that's the EU law then it's obsolete.
Another question - were PowerPC Macs "general-purpose PCs" or "entertainment devices"? Could you install Windows on them? Anti-competitive!
Anybody ever heard of Foldera? It sounded like it was going to be great (collaborative workspace software-as-a-service) until they never actually made a public release, oops:)
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You've got to be kidding. He Rush Limbaughed that? What a humongous douchebag.
Uh you forgot hydrogen + oxygen which is perfectly green (when burned at least). Higher specific impulse but bigger volume and more difficult to handle.
Something tells me the blue laser method wouldn't help much for the disk in the third image on page 1 of their PDF.
There are alternative networks for PC games (I just saw GameRanger for one). I imagine this only happens for games that you don't have to pay extra to play online, and/or are pretty old. Do the game makers just not sue because they don't get revenue from online play?
Your networks argument got me curious. What if someone built another network besides Sony's that any Playstation users could play on? Would this be illegal? I don't see why. They bought the hardware, there is no risk to Sony's network. So is the only roadblock to someone doing this due to convenience and interoperability issues (ignoring competitive feasibility)?
As a wilderness backpacker, I use iodine tablets and whatever other kinds there are (forgot the names) on trips. They are mainly a backup to our water purifiers but we'll use them overnight sometimes since it's easier than purifying but there is a time delay before use. They are a no brainer to bring because they basically have no weight or space penalty.
A couple weeks ago I was picking up a prescription at Walgreens and a kid got in the next line and asked for some Sudafed. As I left I saw him get in the passenger side of a car and take off. It dawned on me then what probably happened. Wish I saw their license plate.
Not bad, but I think the car analogies aren't quite up to traditional slashdot standards in this one.
The term "core" has about lost its meaning so this is all useless arguing. Funny that you tried to use how the chip "behaves" as definition for how many cores it has. Is that a better way? Come on.
I believe you just built a strawman. "Daytime running lights help other drivers see you" magically turned into "if a driver can't see your car in full daylight, they are a safe enough driver to be on the road". Indeed, the second one sounds bad doesn't it, but it's not the argument.
It's been pretty obvious to me, as a driver, that it is easier to see people if they have daytime running lights on. And this improves safety. I have actually noticed this on specific occasions several times. I remember because I was anti-daytime running light as well just for aesthetics. I've noticed it especially in situations where the low sun is shining in your eyes and when it's just generally low light. At these bad lighting times the car may look the same "color" as everything else, but the headlights are dead giveaways. Keep a look out and you might notice it yourself as I did.
Ah geez. Thanks. So I thought the gas engine was basically sitting in the trunk.
I wonder why they decided to do that. Or was it that way all along and they lied?
Hmm more info - http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/shocker-chevy-says-volts-gas-engine-can-power-the-wheels-its/
So this is just for Facebook Connect? Like if you post a comment to an article on a 3rd party site that allows you to post via your Facebook account?
I figured it was search engine usable, after all it is public. But it is good for people to be aware all the same that someone searching your name on Google will be seeing your posted comments very quickly if you used Facebook to post it (depending on your name). Using Facebook Connect to do that does a lot more than just let you post a comment.
Wait, wikipedia doesn't agree with you-
"The Volt operates as a pure battery electric vehicle until its plug-in battery capacity is depleted; at which point its gasoline engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range."
Holy cow, you're kidding. The gas motor isn't just a disconnected generator for the battery like I've always read? wtf
it's so overpriced that I might as well buy the same size car (civic) and pay for gas because the price difference is the gas cost for 10 years of driving.
This is the same as the Prius and those seem to sell pretty well.
Almost nobody buys a car to be "green"
Prius? Last I checked they still cost too much to make it up in gas savings over time.
Yes that is better. I'll have to wait for that until my current phone (iphone 4) dies I guess. You do have to hit the one button though, right? Ah, you hold down the home button, so that's good. No looking for the button on the screen required.
"I can now take calls and make texts just by using my one hand"
I used to be able to do this, back when my phone had raised buttons. I didn't even have to look. Hold one button down for speed dial. I could text without looking since I had the keys memorized, which was great for driving. I don't even try to do that now. A glass touchscreen and more functionality is nice but it's less specialized as a result and not an improvement on older phones in every way.
Ok how about Titan. We should build (train?) a Peregrine Falcon ship big enough to fly down to Titan and scoop up a crap-ton of hydrocarbons. Then fly it back to Earth and park it at a refinery and profit! I think it should take only about 900,000 falcons plus a few thousand for attrition.
Newton-fucious say, there is no pulling, only pushing. There is no cold, only lack of heat.
To me it's really worth it to help out Blue Origin a bit just to know if their approach can be done right now because it would be a game changer. Smoking craters are to be expected and don't bother me.
Thank you, that's awesome.
Have you tried it? I have no issue at all on my ~13Mbps with about 12 playing Call of Duty online in the same game with some other people. Pleasantly surprised.
You could use a new computer :) I have an iphone 4 and my computer is faster than it in every way really. Where the mobile device wins is in convenience - well more specifically mobile convenience since I consider my desktop more convenient for most things, power usage... I think that's it.
Things are moving this way and for a lot of people their mobile device can be enough. But computers are a lot quieter, less power hungry, less crash prone (none), and faster than they were. Also on price, you can get a solid laptop for just a little more than an iphone including the discount you get with a new mobile plan.
If they came out with an ipad size tablet that worked like a "real" computer and I could bring along a mouse and keyboard when I wanted, then you can probably sign me up. Things will get there eventually.
Agreed. There is no place to draw a line and there will eventually be devices in every shade of gray from "general-purpose PCs" to "entertainment devices" if there aren't already. If that's the EU law then it's obsolete.
Another question - were PowerPC Macs "general-purpose PCs" or "entertainment devices"? Could you install Windows on them? Anti-competitive!
What about NetBeans and MySQL Workbench? :)
Anybody ever heard of Foldera? It sounded like it was going to be great (collaborative workspace software-as-a-service) until they never actually made a public release, oops :)