I don't understand why stars should rotate as planets do. In our system there are 8 small (relative to the sun) planets scattered across several billion miles. In a galaxy there are 100 billion stars rotating -- so wouldn't the gravitational effect of one star on the next be substantial? In the extreme density case of a rotating solid object, all parts of the object rotate at the same speed. Aren't a galaxy's stars "more solid" than our solar system's planets?
I propose Floyd's Blindingly Obvious Law of Chip Economics: .
For every doubling of chip density, power efficiency or reliability, double the money needs to be thrown at the problem.
So the next time you are having a hard time imagining something 16 times more reliable, just imagine what could happen if 16 times as much money was thrown at the problem.
I worked on MAATS, the Military version of CAATS (PDF). I used a $50,000 network simulation tool to test load the control tower networks to ensure they could handle the maximum load. Some towers were spec'd to use 10Mbps Ethernet, others were to use 100Mbps Token Ring. Surprise, surprise, in simulation after simulation, the 10Mbps networks couldn't handle the load.
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My (and my CAATS predecessor's) results were not what the PHBs wanted to hear. They shaved down traffic loads and tried everything they could. Eventually, using loads not at all like what was planned, they got a number they could have a good night's sleep with.
This went on for many many months. I found others in other parts of the project with similar stories -- one was a bug finder who reported bugs that were never fixed in future versions of the program.
One day my PHB was at a meeting with his peers and they asked him a question he couldn't answer. He ran out and got me. I went to the meeting, answered the question and then flatly stated that the network spec'd could not handle the loads. This brought quite a reaction, with one "expert" (on conference call) immediately disagreeing. The only insightful remark made was from the top guy at the meeting who practically whispered "Why wasn't I told about this?"
BTW, part of the network spec was that all design documentation be available for reading and printing. Many of the manuals were not text but scanned images (who knows why, but it gives you some idea how backward big companies can be). One day, at lunch time, I decided I want to print 2 or 3 documents. The next thing you know I get a call from an excited network administrator asking what was I doing, I was saturating the network! A 10Mbps network.
I watched two new Ryan Gosling movies last night. The first, "Drive", was a Sony release. The second, "Crazy, Stupid, Love." was a Warner release. .
The first DVD had approximately 12 things that I had to skip or FFwd past (when skip was blocked). The second had one block of trailers that was banished in a few seconds by FFwding at 100x speed.
Guess which company's DVD rubbed me the wrong way.
For those who think I am exaggerating the annoyance of a Sony DVD, each trailer requires its own skip (FFwd would also work but would be required for each trailer). After 6 or so trailers I get to the menu. Hitting play does not take me to the movie, it takes me to FBI blue screen, red WARNING, red espanol same, commentary disclaimer, commentary disclaimer en espanol, etc. Then the movie appears to start but no it is some ridiculously elaborate "splash" for a previously unknown movie making company. And every one of those things is a separate read from the DVD, adding perhaps 3 seconds of overhead insult each time. .
Frankly it has gotten dangerous for my SO to sit next to me while a Sony DVD loads.
I don't know how old our Broksonic combo VCR-TV was when we bought it, but we have used it daily for 7 or 8 years now and it is going strong. It is used in the kitchen where there is little space, and to record TV shows to watch later -- recycled VHS tapes work great for that. Old tech is the best tech.
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I just popped over to broksonic.com (for the first time) and they are still selling all kinds of "combo" products. Given how ridiculously reliable our $15 garage sale purchase has been, I've got half a mind to get another Broksonic product.
Such a long comment, so much memory available/wasted (16GB!), 5 mentions of Chrome and yet still so much suffering. I guess you are stuck without a solution.
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the more dense the material or higher energy (frequency) of the X=rays, the less they will penetrate.
That should be:
"the more dense the material or LOWER energy (frequency) of the X=rays"
In other words, to penetrate further they just bump up the/frequency (i.e.energy). Or to stop more x-rays of a given energy, they need to thicken the material the x-rays are trying to pass through.
You can take a picture of a celebrity walking down the street and sell it to a tabloid. You can't take a picture of a celebrity *performing* and sell it. The difference is in whether the celebrity is doing something that is arguably creative. Copyright protects *creative* acts.
Now I understand why celebrities give photographers the finger -- by doing this they are performing a creative act and the press is not allowed to freely publish that. I knew there was a reason!
Liquids are nearly incompressible so the gallon is a gallon no matter the temperature. In conrast, from room temperature to freezing, air compresses about 10%.
The problem is that one big company might be affected by what another big company is doing. Can't you see how serious that is for us, the ones who can do nothing about it?
This might be a great talking point for those flying the friendly skies: "Gee, I've heard you guys have to wear dosimeters now. Are they still trying to tell you it is safe for you to operate this 40 hours per week? I don't envy your situation...heh, are you guys unionized?"
Isn't this the real point. Consolidation has allowed just two companies to control everything, including prices. I bet these two have two or three times the capacity needed, but wouldn't dream of messing with the windfall this "extended" natural "disaster" has brought.
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$10,000 behind in fact
I don't understand why stars should rotate as planets do. In our system there are 8 small (relative to the sun) planets scattered across several billion miles. In a galaxy there are 100 billion stars rotating -- so wouldn't the gravitational effect of one star on the next be substantial? In the extreme density case of a rotating solid object, all parts of the object rotate at the same speed. Aren't a galaxy's stars "more solid" than our solar system's planets?
You forgot "false flag"
If you take it every night the effects will wear off. I take it two nights a week, same dose for a year now and all is well.
This post, posted 2 hours before your's, says that ddg.gg will get you to the same place.
Your main point is as wrong as your signature.
For every doubling of chip density, power efficiency or reliability, double the money needs to be thrown at the problem.
So the next time you are having a hard time imagining something 16 times more reliable, just imagine what could happen if 16 times as much money was thrown at the problem.
Since it was obviously compromised, I mean designed, by one.
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My (and my CAATS predecessor's) results were not what the PHBs wanted to hear. They shaved down traffic loads and tried everything they could. Eventually, using loads not at all like what was planned, they got a number they could have a good night's sleep with.
This went on for many many months. I found others in other parts of the project with similar stories -- one was a bug finder who reported bugs that were never fixed in future versions of the program.
One day my PHB was at a meeting with his peers and they asked him a question he couldn't answer. He ran out and got me. I went to the meeting, answered the question and then flatly stated that the network spec'd could not handle the loads. This brought quite a reaction, with one "expert" (on conference call) immediately disagreeing. The only insightful remark made was from the top guy at the meeting who practically whispered "Why wasn't I told about this?"
BTW, part of the network spec was that all design documentation be available for reading and printing. Many of the manuals were not text but scanned images (who knows why, but it gives you some idea how backward big companies can be). One day, at lunch time, I decided I want to print 2 or 3 documents. The next thing you know I get a call from an excited network administrator asking what was I doing, I was saturating the network! A 10Mbps network.
The first DVD had approximately 12 things that I had to skip or FFwd past (when skip was blocked). The second had one block of trailers that was banished in a few seconds by FFwding at 100x speed.
Guess which company's DVD rubbed me the wrong way.
For those who think I am exaggerating the annoyance of a Sony DVD, each trailer requires its own skip (FFwd would also work but would be required for each trailer). After 6 or so trailers I get to the menu. Hitting play does not take me to the movie, it takes me to FBI blue screen, red WARNING, red espanol same, commentary disclaimer, commentary disclaimer en espanol, etc. Then the movie appears to start but no it is some ridiculously elaborate "splash" for a previously unknown movie making company. And every one of those things is a separate read from the DVD, adding perhaps 3 seconds of overhead insult each time.
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Frankly it has gotten dangerous for my SO to sit next to me while a Sony DVD loads.
Who will be the one who pops this McCarthyistic bubble? This witch hunt.
Whatever happened to using the full form, with the abbreviation in brackets before using the abbreviated form?
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I just popped over to broksonic.com (for the first time) and they are still selling all kinds of "combo" products. Given how ridiculously reliable our $15 garage sale purchase has been, I've got half a mind to get another Broksonic product.
Such a long comment, so much memory available/wasted (16GB!), 5 mentions of Chrome and yet still so much suffering. I guess you are stuck without a solution.
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This post written in Opera
That should be:
"the more dense the material or LOWER energy (frequency) of the X=rays"
In other words, to penetrate further they just bump up the /frequency (i.e.energy). Or to stop more x-rays of a given energy, they need to thicken the material the x-rays are trying to pass through.
Now I understand why celebrities give photographers the finger -- by doing this they are performing a creative act and the press is not allowed to freely publish that. I knew there was a reason!
Liquids are nearly incompressible so the gallon is a gallon no matter the temperature. In conrast, from room temperature to freezing, air compresses about 10%.
The problem is that one big company might be affected by what another big company is doing. Can't you see how serious that is for us, the ones who can do nothing about it?
Sandusky's judge recommends The Second Mile.
This might be a great talking point for those flying the friendly skies: "Gee, I've heard you guys have to wear dosimeters now. Are they still trying to tell you it is safe for you to operate this 40 hours per week? I don't envy your situation...heh, are you guys unionized?"
Isn't this the real point. Consolidation has allowed just two companies to control everything, including prices. I bet these two have two or three times the capacity needed, but wouldn't dream of messing with the windfall this "extended" natural "disaster" has brought.
Yeah well you are telling us where the Ubuntu word comes from!1!
More like a "rule of thumb" then.
Seems the Roku is now the size of a USB dongle.
And then the few main issues become the figure heads to massive omnibus bills that ram through everything they wanted that we didn't.