Wonder how no one thought of it. But, if you could manipulate reflective liquid surfaces like, say, mercury, you could create a really huge mirror..
I had read an article once about mirrors being made from liquids using centrifuges, but this could be a more accurate process.
Macroscopic life exists because it works.
I think the original poster's point was, Microscopic life works better. It has survived longer, it can work independently of us, and not the other way round.
Moreover, some believe that planets do get pollinated with microscopic life through comets and other cosmic debris, and this is how Mother Earth was perhaps impregnated.
Though, I agree with you, that the planetary pollination has a better chance if macroscopic life attempts it. Yay, to sex!
Well, don't know about Windows and it's registry. But it sure would be fun to use on my Linux box, as my root partition.
Ofcourse, I would still use a normal HDD for/tmp,/home,/var where I "dirty the carpet" often. But my root partition rarely gets modified. Moreover, this is where most installed programs reside. A flash drive would fit-in perfectly.
Emacs, or for that matter, any editor, doesn't attempt to actually understand the code, while Eclipse has a builtin compiler and knows what the code is about.
I have tried it with java, and for development it is far far superior than what a general editor can hope to be
Windows was originally developed by Americans. Look where it has got us:)
But, seriously, it doesn't prove anything.
Businesses, don't browse the shelf to buy Indians, or Chineese. They buy resources with sufficient capabilities for a job.
Human resources are a product, like any other in a free market. Businesses "buy" these products because there is a value, or atleast a perceived value, derived from them. If a product is over qualified, then the cost may not be justifiable. I don't see anything shameful or unethical here.
Aside, about the colonisation topic, unfair globalisation can be termed "colonisation". Foreign governments are bullied/bribed into opening up their economies, while domestic markets are fiercely protected. Have you been reading up on the recent WTO developments?
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Wonder how no one thought of it. But, if you could manipulate reflective liquid surfaces like, say, mercury, you could create a really huge mirror.. I had read an article once about mirrors being made from liquids using centrifuges, but this could be a more accurate process.
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Is embedded systems a worth dominion for open source projects?
Unlike the desktop space, the embedded systems space has a multitude of vendors, and a huge variety of configurations to choose from.
There is hardly any motivation to build upon embedded linux.
Macroscopic life exists because it works. I think the original poster's point was, Microscopic life works better. It has survived longer, it can work independently of us, and not the other way round. Moreover, some believe that planets do get pollinated with microscopic life through comets and other cosmic debris, and this is how Mother Earth was perhaps impregnated. Though, I agree with you, that the planetary pollination has a better chance if macroscopic life attempts it. Yay, to sex!
Well, don't know about Windows and it's registry. But it sure would be fun to use on my Linux box, as my root partition.
/tmp, /home, /var where I "dirty the carpet" often. But my root partition rarely gets modified. Moreover, this is where most installed programs reside. A flash drive would fit-in perfectly.
Ofcourse, I would still use a normal HDD for
Actually it's a 45 nautical mile ship!
And using the latest in ship fabrication, it is made of asbestos instead of silicon.
Emacs, or for that matter, any editor, doesn't attempt to actually understand the code, while Eclipse has a builtin compiler and knows what the code is about.
I have tried it with java, and for development it is far far superior than what a general editor can hope to be
Now, I don't mind mixing Beer and coffee.
Windows was originally developed by Americans. Look where it has got us :)
But, seriously, it doesn't prove anything.
Businesses, don't browse the shelf to buy Indians, or Chineese. They buy resources with sufficient capabilities for a job.
Human resources are a product, like any other in a free market. Businesses "buy" these products because there is a value, or atleast a perceived value, derived from them. If a product is over qualified, then the cost may not be justifiable. I don't see anything shameful or unethical here.
Aside, about the colonisation topic, unfair globalisation can be termed "colonisation". Foreign governments are bullied/bribed into opening up their economies, while domestic markets are fiercely protected. Have you been reading up on the recent WTO developments?