Among other things: The Mars Climate Orbiter.
This was "just" a $655M mishap, but things like this happen all the time. Not to mention that imperial calculations are just f'd up for scientific and engineering purposes.
Incorrect. Check the download link, and select more options.
You can select your architecture there, be it 32 or 64 bit. I've been running on 64-bit for quite some time already.
It's been like this for at least as long as I can remember. As a toddler we used to fill up in Germany because that was a lot cheaper. That was about 30 years ago.
You clearly don't live in the Netherlands or surrounding countries.
There is no cheap fuel to get in NL. It wouldn't surprise me if we'd have the most expensive fuel in the world even. Dutch people already go to Germany and Belgium to get cheaper fuel.
I'm afraid you don't get it at all.
1: Most people will simply not open a command line. They are, in a sense, afraid of it.
2: Where will they "get" this pgp? A google search does not supply a single clear answer.
3: The command you entered doesn't do much to integrate it in outlook, or whatever email client they use. How would they go about doing that. More importantly, if they actually do manage to run that command, how would they know it's not actually set up in outlook? They installed the program, didn't they? So it should work.
And the following are of particular importance:
4: How do you mean email is insecure?
5: Who would be interested in my email anyway?
6: How does this make my email more secure? No one I know uses this GPP or whatsitcalled (and why the feck can't they name it something normal)
Really, this might be very logical to you, easy to grasp and interesting, but about 99% of the people using email, do not share your view. They are simply computer users and if something isn't completely installed through an official looking installer like InstallShield or Wise Installer where they only have to press [continue] and maybe enter their name in a box, it's impossible to grasp for them. This isn't strange. Computers don't work as regular machines do, where you can see how they work through gears, cogs and belts, and even then most people don't understand those machines. Computers are like... "geeky stuff". They don't understand it, and they don't care to understand and that's okay because as a user it's not your job to understand. That's the programmer's job. You don't need to know how to build, calculate and design a car to be able to drive it. You just need to be able to use it. It's GM's job to design and construct the car in such a way that it's usable and that the airbags only deploys when it's needed.
The other way around, you would probably not be interested in learning a lot of stuff about fashion, how the industry works and how certain fabrics can be used in combination with colors, shapes, filler materials and everything that comes with it. I wouldn't blame you. You also don't expect this knowledge to be necessary to walk into the nearest clothing store to buy a few T's and jeans. Perhaps you would be interested in how to calculate astrology signs for people? In a similar way that those might be subjects you wouldn't be interested in, they aren't interested in the workings of a computer.
As a closing:
You cannot change all the people in the world. Don't try to, because you will only get frustrated. You can however learn how most people think. Learn about ergonomics, learn about 95th or 98th percentile thinking patterns. See what people are willing to do, and most importantly, what they are not. Apply this knowledge to your programs and projects, and always remember, if anything in your area of expertise or interest is clear and logical to you, it most likely isn't to anyone who doesn't share this expertise or interest.
PGP is a good system, and yeah, got a key but try get your family to generate a key and get PGP working. Or even companies you regularly have to communicate with concerning their classified or sensitive information.
PGP is only as helpful as its implementation, and that's very scattered at best.
You do know that whatever email solution you choose, unless you use full encryption in all your email messages, outbound and inbound (good luck with that) it's still pretty much in the open, and anyone who knows what they're doing in the intermittant path, especially your internet provider, can intercept and read (parts of) those emails?
At least google has proven their worth with standing up to the US gov't in stead of just bending over and giving them all plus some extra as some others have.
What's your point? Those are two entirely different things.
Some appliances can handle a firehose spraying directly at them, but break when subjected to water vapor.. Just as related, actually, no even more related.
Well, I have no idea how many murders you've got annually, but on a country of 16.7 million inhabitants, we had the following numbers of murders from 2010 to 2005: 170 / 178 / 161 / 143 / 149 / 201 so that's not too bad I think:)
Well, not knowing where you're from, but compared to most countries I've visited, we just don't have the same crime rate. Really, the worst areas in the Netherlands aren't even close to shady areas I've seen in Paris, New York, Philadelphia or.. where-ever really, apart from Denmark and Sweden. Be prepared to pay a decent dime for housing though. Real estate isn't cheap at all in the NL..
That would be correct. I'm getting 40/4 mbit from cable, and if I go for a subscription that's €15 more expensive I could get 120/10 mbit. There isn't any version or provider of dsl that gets me over 4/.5 mbit here.
Yes, there are a lot of different media types, and I could've listed them all in the order I think they scale, but that is out of the scope of the post I'm replying to. The articles is talking about games. PolygamousRanchKid (1290638) was talking about a particular TV show. If someone asks you how to boil an egg, would you start by explaining how to take care of fowl?
I never said that media types are responsible for plunging our society into the 30 year violence lows as you so enthusiastically start your post with. I actually commented against that. I do however think games, TV, and even books and newspapers will be a factor in tipping someone who is already on the edge, over, and immersive media moreso.
There are actual phobia treatments available that use immersive media to help people get over their fears. Those people know very well that what they see isn't real, and is a product of a computer program displaying spiders or whatever on their desks. Knowing very well that what they see isn't real, they still get the fight or flight phobia response. By desensitizing people this way, they are able to achieve great results. This is actual reprogramming of the brain using immersive media.
If it can be used in this way, do you have any doubt that immersive media, even though knowing very well that the people you kill in a first person shooter are only digital data in RAM, can have an effect on the psyche?
Again, I'm not saying that media is the root cause. I still think factors like predispositions to crime, bad parenting, low income, and lack of social security like sufficient unemployment pay are root causes depending on the person committing the crimes, however I do think that games and other media could play a role in tipping someone over the edge by desensitizing them to violence.
There is a very real difference between an observed media type like TV, and a immersive media type like computer games. With one you're only looking at a scene. In the other, you're actually participating, and that's psychologically a completely different ballgame.
I wouldn't go as far as pointing to video games as a direct cause of turning someone in a murderer, but I can imagine, given an already unstable personality, that a video game could tip him (or her for that matter) over the edge while a TV show would not. That would only make it a factor though, of which parental upbringing and guidance and predisposition to violence would be a far greater factor.
That is only true if you use batteries for UPS systems. There are a multitude of other ways to store energy in a system, besides batteries. You could use for instance Supercaps, a flywheel or gravitational potential energy.
Of course, it is more common to use batteries, which they also mention using in the article.
Not so smart. Take away their surplus money and luxury items, but don't saddle them up with an overdue debt.
Okay, so you're just out of jail and all you ever knew about making money was through crime. Now Uncle Sam has just placed a huge debt on you, which you have to pay off. How are you going to do that?
Sure, you can say, "Well, sucks to be him. Should've thought of that before he committed the crime" but that doesn't mitigate the problem of a criminal who, even if he wants to stay on the righteous track, only knows crime as a way of life. Setting him up with a debt is a sure-fire way to herd him back to criminality.
Besides you not knowing anything about me, about my education or success, you assume that I am a burger flipper at White Castle or something. You presume that my spelling and grammatical errors are indicative of my intelligence. Well, believe what you want, but by the time your skills in Dutch, German, French and English are as good as mine, please, be free to comment on my grammatical errors. You see, not everyone comes from the land of fatties and diabetics and has English as their paternal language. I do believe that if I tried and cared enough to spend time on it, I could out-correct you on a random person's English prose. However this is a forum, neither a scientific paper nor a publisher's office.
You are utterly wrong in your assumption that those that make it out there, are the ones that pay heed to those details. The ones that actually are successful are not those that nitpick about details as mentioned above in a summary clearly not intended for the scientific public. There is absolutely nothing unique about being able to be accurate. There is however power in being able to perform this accuracy and being able to describe the processes and actions you have performed to your non-scientific managers and/or clients in such a way that they are actually able to comprehend why you took a month for a "simple calculation". A potential client cares not about the difference between a product being 200% as efficient or 200% more efficient. All he sees is that that product will be better. Learn this social aspect, and you'll be successful. Choose to remain in your scientific ignorance and you'll might be popular and successful with your peers, but the general public will find you utterly annoying for all the unasked for corrections.
two times less massive: 1/2 * m
ten times less massive: 1/10 * m
Really, if you want to make it in the world out there, you've gotta get off of your high pedestal, and accept that the scientific world is only a small percentage of the "regular folk" out there. Theoretically, you're right, but practically, noone cares about theory so you're screwed.
P.S.
Elsevier had an edition of 130 842 in 2009, at a subscription price of €4,01 per magazine, so that's a turnover of € 524 676.42 weekly, going by the 2009 numbers. Looking at the economy, their edition might have gone up a bit.
About every dutch person speaks English, so just write them an email saying you own the copyright to that image and would like to be payed a _reasonable_ amount for the usage of your photo. The Netherlands isn't some backwash country where they don't respect copyright. We don't always respect patents, when it comes to software patents, but we do with copyright, although not with the same absurd duration.
Also, Elsevier is a politically right-wing magazine, and although I don't know their specific view on copyright, the political right tend to favor longer and stricter copyright terms. Perhaps that could be an advantage here.
Also, don't start threatening with any legal action in the first email. That'll only incite a counter-attack. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all.
how the h*ll do you know what type of person (s)he is and whether or not (s)he has a handsfree kit. The only thing I can deduce from his or her name is that he/she either really likes Porsches or spicy foods.
Ohw, going by his or her profile, likes RnB music (but so it seems does 80% of the youth nowadays) and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Among other things: The Mars Climate Orbiter. This was "just" a $655M mishap, but things like this happen all the time. Not to mention that imperial calculations are just f'd up for scientific and engineering purposes.
Incorrect. Check the download link, and select more options.
You can select your architecture there, be it 32 or 64 bit. I've been running on 64-bit for quite some time already.
Unless you want to repeat randomness...
It's been like this for at least as long as I can remember. As a toddler we used to fill up in Germany because that was a lot cheaper. That was about 30 years ago.
You clearly don't live in the Netherlands or surrounding countries.
There is no cheap fuel to get in NL. It wouldn't surprise me if we'd have the most expensive fuel in the world even. Dutch people already go to Germany and Belgium to get cheaper fuel.
I'm afraid you don't get it at all.
1: Most people will simply not open a command line. They are, in a sense, afraid of it.
2: Where will they "get" this pgp? A google search does not supply a single clear answer.
3: The command you entered doesn't do much to integrate it in outlook, or whatever email client they use. How would they go about doing that. More importantly, if they actually do manage to run that command, how would they know it's not actually set up in outlook? They installed the program, didn't they? So it should work.
And the following are of particular importance:
4: How do you mean email is insecure?
5: Who would be interested in my email anyway?
6: How does this make my email more secure? No one I know uses this GPP or whatsitcalled (and why the feck can't they name it something normal)
Really, this might be very logical to you, easy to grasp and interesting, but about 99% of the people using email, do not share your view. They are simply computer users and if something isn't completely installed through an official looking installer like InstallShield or Wise Installer where they only have to press [continue] and maybe enter their name in a box, it's impossible to grasp for them. This isn't strange. Computers don't work as regular machines do, where you can see how they work through gears, cogs and belts, and even then most people don't understand those machines. Computers are like... "geeky stuff". They don't understand it, and they don't care to understand and that's okay because as a user it's not your job to understand. That's the programmer's job. You don't need to know how to build, calculate and design a car to be able to drive it. You just need to be able to use it. It's GM's job to design and construct the car in such a way that it's usable and that the airbags only deploys when it's needed.
The other way around, you would probably not be interested in learning a lot of stuff about fashion, how the industry works and how certain fabrics can be used in combination with colors, shapes, filler materials and everything that comes with it. I wouldn't blame you. You also don't expect this knowledge to be necessary to walk into the nearest clothing store to buy a few T's and jeans. Perhaps you would be interested in how to calculate astrology signs for people? In a similar way that those might be subjects you wouldn't be interested in, they aren't interested in the workings of a computer.
As a closing:
You cannot change all the people in the world. Don't try to, because you will only get frustrated. You can however learn how most people think. Learn about ergonomics, learn about 95th or 98th percentile thinking patterns. See what people are willing to do, and most importantly, what they are not. Apply this knowledge to your programs and projects, and always remember, if anything in your area of expertise or interest is clear and logical to you, it most likely isn't to anyone who doesn't share this expertise or interest.
PGP is a good system, and yeah, got a key but try get your family to generate a key and get PGP working. Or even companies you regularly have to communicate with concerning their classified or sensitive information.
PGP is only as helpful as its implementation, and that's very scattered at best.
You do know that whatever email solution you choose, unless you use full encryption in all your email messages, outbound and inbound (good luck with that) it's still pretty much in the open, and anyone who knows what they're doing in the intermittant path, especially your internet provider, can intercept and read (parts of) those emails?
At least google has proven their worth with standing up to the US gov't in stead of just bending over and giving them all plus some extra as some others have.
What's your point? Those are two entirely different things.
Some appliances can handle a firehose spraying directly at them, but break when subjected to water vapor.. Just as related, actually, no even more related.
Well, I have no idea how many murders you've got annually, but on a country of 16.7 million inhabitants, we had the following numbers of murders from 2010 to 2005: 170 / 178 / 161 / 143 / 149 / 201 so that's not too bad I think :)
Well, not knowing where you're from, but compared to most countries I've visited, we just don't have the same crime rate. Really, the worst areas in the Netherlands aren't even close to shady areas I've seen in Paris, New York, Philadelphia or.. where-ever really, apart from Denmark and Sweden. Be prepared to pay a decent dime for housing though. Real estate isn't cheap at all in the NL..
That would be correct. I'm getting 40/4 mbit from cable, and if I go for a subscription that's €15 more expensive I could get 120/10 mbit. There isn't any version or provider of dsl that gets me over 4/.5 mbit here.
Yes, and it's completely possible to drive from New York City to Philadelphia via Seattle, but why would you.
Yes, there are a lot of different media types, and I could've listed them all in the order I think they scale, but that is out of the scope of the post I'm replying to. The articles is talking about games. PolygamousRanchKid (1290638) was talking about a particular TV show. If someone asks you how to boil an egg, would you start by explaining how to take care of fowl?
I never said that media types are responsible for plunging our society into the 30 year violence lows as you so enthusiastically start your post with. I actually commented against that. I do however think games, TV, and even books and newspapers will be a factor in tipping someone who is already on the edge, over, and immersive media moreso.
There are actual phobia treatments available that use immersive media to help people get over their fears. Those people know very well that what they see isn't real, and is a product of a computer program displaying spiders or whatever on their desks. Knowing very well that what they see isn't real, they still get the fight or flight phobia response. By desensitizing people this way, they are able to achieve great results. This is actual reprogramming of the brain using immersive media.
If it can be used in this way, do you have any doubt that immersive media, even though knowing very well that the people you kill in a first person shooter are only digital data in RAM, can have an effect on the psyche?
Again, I'm not saying that media is the root cause. I still think factors like predispositions to crime, bad parenting, low income, and lack of social security like sufficient unemployment pay are root causes depending on the person committing the crimes, however I do think that games and other media could play a role in tipping someone over the edge by desensitizing them to violence.
There is a very real difference between an observed media type like TV, and a immersive media type like computer games. With one you're only looking at a scene. In the other, you're actually participating, and that's psychologically a completely different ballgame.
I wouldn't go as far as pointing to video games as a direct cause of turning someone in a murderer, but I can imagine, given an already unstable personality, that a video game could tip him (or her for that matter) over the edge while a TV show would not. That would only make it a factor though, of which parental upbringing and guidance and predisposition to violence would be a far greater factor.
[citation needed]
That is only true if you use batteries for UPS systems. There are a multitude of other ways to store energy in a system, besides batteries. You could use for instance Supercaps, a flywheel or gravitational potential energy.
Of course, it is more common to use batteries, which they also mention using in the article.
You do know that DC is used a lot in intercontinental and long distance high voltage power transmissions, right?
For more information: HVDC
Not so smart. Take away their surplus money and luxury items, but don't saddle them up with an overdue debt. Okay, so you're just out of jail and all you ever knew about making money was through crime. Now Uncle Sam has just placed a huge debt on you, which you have to pay off. How are you going to do that? Sure, you can say, "Well, sucks to be him. Should've thought of that before he committed the crime" but that doesn't mitigate the problem of a criminal who, even if he wants to stay on the righteous track, only knows crime as a way of life. Setting him up with a debt is a sure-fire way to herd him back to criminality.
Hahahaha, you're funny!
Besides you not knowing anything about me, about my education or success, you assume that I am a burger flipper at White Castle or something. You presume that my spelling and grammatical errors are indicative of my intelligence. Well, believe what you want, but by the time your skills in Dutch, German, French and English are as good as mine, please, be free to comment on my grammatical errors. You see, not everyone comes from the land of fatties and diabetics and has English as their paternal language. I do believe that if I tried and cared enough to spend time on it, I could out-correct you on a random person's English prose. However this is a forum, neither a scientific paper nor a publisher's office.
You are utterly wrong in your assumption that those that make it out there, are the ones that pay heed to those details. The ones that actually are successful are not those that nitpick about details as mentioned above in a summary clearly not intended for the scientific public. There is absolutely nothing unique about being able to be accurate. There is however power in being able to perform this accuracy and being able to describe the processes and actions you have performed to your non-scientific managers and/or clients in such a way that they are actually able to comprehend why you took a month for a "simple calculation". A potential client cares not about the difference between a product being 200% as efficient or 200% more efficient. All he sees is that that product will be better. Learn this social aspect, and you'll be successful. Choose to remain in your scientific ignorance and you'll might be popular and successful with your peers, but the general public will find you utterly annoying for all the unasked for corrections.
two times less massive: 1/2 * m
ten times less massive: 1/10 * m
Really, if you want to make it in the world out there, you've gotta get off of your high pedestal, and accept that the scientific world is only a small percentage of the "regular folk" out there. Theoretically, you're right, but practically, noone cares about theory so you're screwed.
P.S. Elsevier had an edition of 130 842 in 2009, at a subscription price of €4,01 per magazine, so that's a turnover of € 524 676.42 weekly, going by the 2009 numbers. Looking at the economy, their edition might have gone up a bit.
About every dutch person speaks English, so just write them an email saying you own the copyright to that image and would like to be payed a _reasonable_ amount for the usage of your photo. The Netherlands isn't some backwash country where they don't respect copyright. We don't always respect patents, when it comes to software patents, but we do with copyright, although not with the same absurd duration. Also, Elsevier is a politically right-wing magazine, and although I don't know their specific view on copyright, the political right tend to favor longer and stricter copyright terms. Perhaps that could be an advantage here. Also, don't start threatening with any legal action in the first email. That'll only incite a counter-attack. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar and all.
No, you weren't... http://www.zdnet.be/zd_images/2010/48/opera11.jpg
how the h*ll do you know what type of person (s)he is and whether or not (s)he has a handsfree kit. The only thing I can deduce from his or her name is that he/she either really likes Porsches or spicy foods.
Ohw, going by his or her profile, likes RnB music (but so it seems does 80% of the youth nowadays) and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.