So when are they going to make a version of Totem that doesn't suck? Seriously, I've never used a worse media player. Is there a media player on Linux that's similar to, or at least as easy to use/reliable, as MPC on windows?
One of my main pet peeves is the inability to search for anything with non alphanumeric characters in it. Google just strips them out. When I enter in something in quotes, I'd like to search for exactly what I entered. I've also found their language filters to be spotty at best, turning up sites that given the search options shouldn't be on the list. Another thing that would be nice but I won't hold my breath for would be the option to search only sites that aren't selling anything. Froogle is fine and good, but a lot of times it's hard to wade through all the vendors when looking for information.
I wish there were a good alternative to Google, as there are some things I really dislike about their search engine, especially the lack of decent advanced options when searching. Unfortunately, all the others I've tried have been abysmal. How hard can it really be to create a decent search engine? Not stellar, maybe, but at least somewhat decent? Is that too much to ask?
What, you get what you pay for? Lucky bastard. I usually don't get more than 30KBps out of the 6Mbps I pay for. Tops maybe I'll dl at 120KBps, but that's in the dead of night only.
It's impressive how slow those pitches were. There wasn't a single hard question among them, and the interviewer clearly spelled out the answers he wanted to hear (and knew Romney was going to give).
On another note, his idea of alternate and sustainable energy seems to be coal liquefaction and "maybe even" nuclear. Forward thinking guy much?
My point wasn't that he had total freedom to grow as much wheat as he wanted for his own personal use - I don't know whether or not that was allowed. My point was that they weren't completely disallowing him from growing wheat for himself. That's how it was being made out by GGP.
Cars rarely kill from bad maintenance. More likely they pollute more and use more gas. This isn't too dissimilar from spamming and using more bandwidth. The point is, if people don't have an incentive to fix their computers, they won't. My post showed the similarity between the two situations. No joke.
That's a bit disingenuous. If you read that article, the farmer got fined because the total amount of wheat he grew was in excess of the limits set by the gov't to stabilize prices of wheat. The issue was that he felt that his personal wheat should be exempted from that limit, whereas the supreme court ruled that it shouldn't. He was free to grow his own wheat, so long as he didn't exceed the total limit.
Thanks, I was hoping someone would post this typical elitist BS. Your attitude is that drivers who aren't mech-savvy enough to prevent things like this from happening deserve to suffer -- and like it's going to help Jiffy Lube's bottom line if they lose a customer permanently because he's outraged that they charged him $300 without (from his perspective) warning, and possibly lose some other customers because this one guy convinces them Jiffy Lube sucks, and engender loads of ill will.
The fact is there are a lot of people who are intelligent and not mech-savvy, either because they grew up too late and are stuck in a pre-auto mindset, or just don't have the aptitude for mechanics; but these people still have plenty to contribute, and cutting them off from driving just because you think they're "lusers" is foolish and short-sighted.
It's also telling that your primary interest is in the experience of "we mechanic types" rather than wanting the roads to be a vast, open place; and you didn't even consider the possibility of other inspection schemes that don't just kick people off because they're not as geeky as you.
I find it hard to believe that so many of these deaths can be accidental. How the hell do so many people "not realize the gun was actually loaded"? It boggles the mind, or there are more murderers about than we think.
Yes. You do it in a lower orbit so that the debris deorbits within a matter of months from atmospheric friction. That's unlike the Chinese, who did it in a higher orbit so that the debris is going to stay up there for a hundred years.
They even have a guy in their space program to make sure things like this don't happen, but that's what happens when random bigwigs are allowed to press buttons, I guess.
The article has lots of speculation about who wants what, but it doesn't mention whether Congress is trying to intervene on behalf of the telcos and such, or against them. Kind of makes a big difference.
The clay also allows differential heat treating. Depending on the design of the sword, it may still have high-carbon steel toward the back, so the clay allows that to cool more slowly than the cutting edge when quenching so that it's tougher than it otherwise would be. The clay does also, of course, make a pretty temper line, but that's not its sole purpose.
No, what he's saying is that while there are effects today, it's too late for us to affect these effects now. What's not too late is to affect the effects 50 or 100 years down the line if we change what we're doing now.
You say "heat engine efficiency being what it is", but of course different thermodynamic cycles have different efficiencies. The Otto cycle (standard non-diesel car engine) has one maximum efficiency, Diesel has another, and Brayton (jet engines and starrotor engine) has yet another. So it's not just the difference in parts, but also the different cycles that allow increases in efficiency. The Otto cycle is pretty bad, being less efficient than the Diesel in general. The Brayton cycle, as I understand it, has the capability to outstrip them both.
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Two million? Try about 1/3 to 2/3 of the population of Europe in the 14th century outbreak, to say nothing of the other parts of the world.
So when are they going to make a version of Totem that doesn't suck? Seriously, I've never used a worse media player. Is there a media player on Linux that's similar to, or at least as easy to use/reliable, as MPC on windows?
I wonder if they'll be hiring in a few years.
It's due to the difference between gigadollars and gibidollars. Blame the hard disk manufacturers.
One of my main pet peeves is the inability to search for anything with non alphanumeric characters in it. Google just strips them out. When I enter in something in quotes, I'd like to search for exactly what I entered. I've also found their language filters to be spotty at best, turning up sites that given the search options shouldn't be on the list. Another thing that would be nice but I won't hold my breath for would be the option to search only sites that aren't selling anything. Froogle is fine and good, but a lot of times it's hard to wade through all the vendors when looking for information.
I wish there were a good alternative to Google, as there are some things I really dislike about their search engine, especially the lack of decent advanced options when searching. Unfortunately, all the others I've tried have been abysmal. How hard can it really be to create a decent search engine? Not stellar, maybe, but at least somewhat decent? Is that too much to ask?
What, you get what you pay for? Lucky bastard. I usually don't get more than 30KBps out of the 6Mbps I pay for. Tops maybe I'll dl at 120KBps, but that's in the dead of night only.
They should be (and some are - my girlfriend for example (see standard /. joke about girlfriends, har har)).
It's impressive how slow those pitches were. There wasn't a single hard question among them, and the interviewer clearly spelled out the answers he wanted to hear (and knew Romney was going to give).
On another note, his idea of alternate and sustainable energy seems to be coal liquefaction and "maybe even" nuclear. Forward thinking guy much?
...of which he only has to actually spend a tiny fraction each year.
My point wasn't that he had total freedom to grow as much wheat as he wanted for his own personal use - I don't know whether or not that was allowed. My point was that they weren't completely disallowing him from growing wheat for himself. That's how it was being made out by GGP.
Cars rarely kill from bad maintenance. More likely they pollute more and use more gas. This isn't too dissimilar from spamming and using more bandwidth. The point is, if people don't have an incentive to fix their computers, they won't. My post showed the similarity between the two situations. No joke.
That's a bit disingenuous. If you read that article, the farmer got fined because the total amount of wheat he grew was in excess of the limits set by the gov't to stabilize prices of wheat. The issue was that he felt that his personal wheat should be exempted from that limit, whereas the supreme court ruled that it shouldn't. He was free to grow his own wheat, so long as he didn't exceed the total limit.
Thanks, I was hoping someone would post this typical elitist BS. Your attitude is that drivers who aren't mech-savvy enough to prevent things like this from happening deserve to suffer -- and like it's going to help Jiffy Lube's bottom line if they lose a customer permanently because he's outraged that they charged him $300 without (from his perspective) warning, and possibly lose some other customers because this one guy convinces them Jiffy Lube sucks, and engender loads of ill will.
The fact is there are a lot of people who are intelligent and not mech-savvy, either because they grew up too late and are stuck in a pre-auto mindset, or just don't have the aptitude for mechanics; but these people still have plenty to contribute, and cutting them off from driving just because you think they're "lusers" is foolish and short-sighted.
It's also telling that your primary interest is in the experience of "we mechanic types" rather than wanting the roads to be a vast, open place; and you didn't even consider the possibility of other inspection schemes that don't just kick people off because they're not as geeky as you.
I find it hard to believe that so many of these deaths can be accidental. How the hell do so many people "not realize the gun was actually loaded"? It boggles the mind, or there are more murderers about than we think.
Yes. You do it in a lower orbit so that the debris deorbits within a matter of months from atmospheric friction. That's unlike the Chinese, who did it in a higher orbit so that the debris is going to stay up there for a hundred years.
They even have a guy in their space program to make sure things like this don't happen, but that's what happens when random bigwigs are allowed to press buttons, I guess.
The article has lots of speculation about who wants what, but it doesn't mention whether Congress is trying to intervene on behalf of the telcos and such, or against them. Kind of makes a big difference.
Morality is changeable, ethics isn't.
Truly, the US is the Utah of the world.
The clay also allows differential heat treating. Depending on the design of the sword, it may still have high-carbon steel toward the back, so the clay allows that to cool more slowly than the cutting edge when quenching so that it's tougher than it otherwise would be. The clay does also, of course, make a pretty temper line, but that's not its sole purpose.
In that case the term you're looking for is mark down.
No, what he's saying is that while there are effects today, it's too late for us to affect these effects now. What's not too late is to affect the effects 50 or 100 years down the line if we change what we're doing now.
Stephen Hawking specifically claims it's pronounced like "kwork", though I don't know how his voice box says it.
What the hell is that site? Asshat's been spamming that in every story lately.
You say "heat engine efficiency being what it is", but of course different thermodynamic cycles have different efficiencies. The Otto cycle (standard non-diesel car engine) has one maximum efficiency, Diesel has another, and Brayton (jet engines and starrotor engine) has yet another. So it's not just the difference in parts, but also the different cycles that allow increases in efficiency. The Otto cycle is pretty bad, being less efficient than the Diesel in general. The Brayton cycle, as I understand it, has the capability to outstrip them both.