gravity is a force. it produces acceleration. Using
F=ma,
where the mass of earth is 5.9742 × 10^24 kilograms, in order to get an acceleration of 1 meter per second squared toward these black holes (now this black hole), they would need to exert a gravitational pull of
5.97 x 10^24 meters per second squared, or very roughly 10^24 times earth's gravity.
This rough calculation does not include the (small amount of) friction present in space, or opposite gravitational pulls from other objects. Plus, when referring to a wave of gravity, the article would be referring to a temporary gravitational pull resulting from this merger, so chances are the force wouldn't ever get the Earth to move at all. If it did, we'd probably never notice it.
Well, in that case you have the right to remain silent.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if a hypothetical bothunter 'stole' the IP addresses of the bots on the botnet, and uninstalled the bot software at a given time, such as 9:27 am on October 28th 2001. Undetectable until that date and then *boom* the botnet disappears.
I'm sure that EVENTUALLY with media centers and portable tablet/handhelds getting move advanced it might become a reasonable notion, but until we're all walking around with Star Trek-esque super computers the size of a notepad, I'm not sure I see any obvious reason for the desktop to disappear anytime soon.
from my perspective, there still are problems with other technologies:
LAPTOPS: There is a power and convenience vs. size and heat tradeoff. I personally don't like fast laptops for several reasons. They run hot. This means that if you put it on your lap, it will hurt. I like a big screen and that adds bulk. And third, laptops have this innate ability to (through no fault of the user) fall on the ground and break. I prefer to have at least one computer that sits solidly on a table and never moves.
MEDIA CENTERS: There is a reason why people like working with a screen less than 2 feet away from them. If I had to work with a plasma TV for a monitor, I'd go nuts.It's very convenient to type stuff on a screen that's roughly the size of a piece of paper, and not roughly the size of a wall.
PDAs/PHONES: It is very annoying to have to scroll around all over the place to view a document. PDAs and phones simply don't have the screen space to do much other than display appointments and phone numbers
WHY NOT USE EVERYTHING BUT? So why not get rid of the desktop and browse the web on the media center, check mail on the pda and write documents on the laptop? Two reasons. 1) it's awfully nice to have everything in one place. If I 'm surfing the web and I want to email someone, I don't have to whip out my pda to do it. 2) If I were to synchronize the pda, phone, laptop and media center, I'd have to remember to do it (which would be an issue with at least me), and it would take a long time. Plus, how would I sync? Web? FireWire? Or are we going to switch to an external interface that copies data as fast as IDE or SATA?
TIME SYNC: If I don't have the administrative know-how to make and run file synchronization scripts on all my devices, I'll have to raw-copy my entire laptop to my media center every day. With several devices to keep in sync, I'd be trying to get data from one device to the other for most of the day. I'd rather be fishing.
Finally, and this especially applies if I'm not a computer geek, it's much cheaper to buy a cheap desktop and do my computing there. $1000 for a desktop plus $200 for a cheap TV plus a $50/month cell phone and a pad of paper, and I can do anything I need to do without worrying about system administration (which, remember, I've never heard of). I think desktops will be around for a while yet.
And that doesn't even touch on modding. Ever heard of a water-cooled laptop?
"DUDE! I overclocked my laptop so fast that it's now a dual function machine! it plays Quake and it fries eggs!"
vista will come in yet a few more versions, in addition to Vista Ultimate:
Vista Penultimate
and
Vista Antepenultimate
In addition, Microsoft will offerVista Aspire for free download. This will be crippleware which displays the above-mentioned red screen of death with a dialog that says "A fatal exception has occured. Please click OK to continue." This will be followed by a dialog that says "Click OK to lose data." And another that says "Are you sure you want to lose data?" If you click OK, you get the black screen of death.
I think it's sick that a few extremists can get away with so much in the name of religion. Because some people didn't like a cartoon, they
A) incite people to riot and terrorize cities and
B) get CNN dragging some poor Islamic onto camera to bully him until he explains part A to CNN's satisfaction (happened a couple nights after the stink first got on the news). Can't we just get along? I am a pretty devout Christian and I've never felt the need to riot about any event that I find offensive...
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does anyone have the actual quote (in context) from JPII? I kind of find it hard to believe...
what do you feed them?
or freebird
shut up unless you want your salary to drop!
gravity is a force. it produces acceleration. Using
F=ma,
where the mass of earth is 5.9742 × 10^24 kilograms, in order to get an acceleration of 1 meter per second squared toward these black holes (now this black hole), they would need to exert a gravitational pull of
5.97 x 10^24 meters per second squared, or very roughly 10^24 times earth's gravity.
This rough calculation does not include the (small amount of) friction present in space, or opposite gravitational pulls from other objects. Plus, when referring to a wave of gravity, the article would be referring to a temporary gravitational pull resulting from this merger, so chances are the force wouldn't ever get the Earth to move at all. If it did, we'd probably never notice it.
don't light a match!
the link has been /. effect-ed
a whole day of bad jokes...oh dear...
you have me worried that flowers will sprout out of my compy.
your inner fruit.
IF this isn't a joke (which it is) at least change the color of the headlines so they show up against the pink
Well, in that case you have the right to remain silent.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if a hypothetical bothunter 'stole' the IP addresses of the bots on the botnet, and uninstalled the bot software at a given time, such as 9:27 am on October 28th 2001. Undetectable until that date and then *boom* the botnet disappears.
Who needs security? Oh. Everyone except MS users. I forgot.
I'm sure that EVENTUALLY with media centers and portable tablet/handhelds getting move advanced it might become a reasonable notion, but until we're all walking around with Star Trek-esque super computers the size of a notepad, I'm not sure I see any obvious reason for the desktop to disappear anytime soon.
from my perspective, there still are problems with other technologies:
LAPTOPS: There is a power and convenience vs. size and heat tradeoff. I personally don't like fast laptops for several reasons. They run hot. This means that if you put it on your lap, it will hurt. I like a big screen and that adds bulk. And third, laptops have this innate ability to (through no fault of the user) fall on the ground and break. I prefer to have at least one computer that sits solidly on a table and never moves.
MEDIA CENTERS: There is a reason why people like working with a screen less than 2 feet away from them. If I had to work with a plasma TV for a monitor, I'd go nuts.It's very convenient to type stuff on a screen that's roughly the size of a piece of paper, and not roughly the size of a wall.
PDAs/PHONES: It is very annoying to have to scroll around all over the place to view a document. PDAs and phones simply don't have the screen space to do much other than display appointments and phone numbers
WHY NOT USE EVERYTHING BUT? So why not get rid of the desktop and browse the web on the media center, check mail on the pda and write documents on the laptop? Two reasons. 1) it's awfully nice to have everything in one place. If I 'm surfing the web and I want to email someone, I don't have to whip out my pda to do it. 2) If I were to synchronize the pda, phone, laptop and media center, I'd have to remember to do it (which would be an issue with at least me), and it would take a long time. Plus, how would I sync? Web? FireWire? Or are we going to switch to an external interface that copies data as fast as IDE or SATA?
TIME SYNC: If I don't have the administrative know-how to make and run file synchronization scripts on all my devices, I'll have to raw-copy my entire laptop to my media center every day. With several devices to keep in sync, I'd be trying to get data from one device to the other for most of the day. I'd rather be fishing.
Finally, and this especially applies if I'm not a computer geek, it's much cheaper to buy a cheap desktop and do my computing there. $1000 for a desktop plus $200 for a cheap TV plus a $50/month cell phone and a pad of paper, and I can do anything I need to do without worrying about system administration (which, remember, I've never heard of). I think desktops will be around for a while yet.
And that doesn't even touch on modding. Ever heard of a water-cooled laptop?
"DUDE! I overclocked my laptop so fast that it's now a dual function machine! it plays Quake and it fries eggs!"
thay, are you thure about that monolith thing? It'th dthust dthupiter.
vista will come in yet a few more versions, in addition to Vista Ultimate:
Vista Penultimate
and
Vista Antepenultimate
In addition, Microsoft will offerVista Aspire for free download. This will be crippleware which displays the above-mentioned red screen of death with a dialog that says "A fatal exception has occured. Please click OK to continue." This will be followed by a dialog that says "Click OK to lose data." And another that says "Are you sure you want to lose data?" If you click OK, you get the black screen of death.
It's a USB paper shredder
Cheney: Killing small animals and Iraqis for fun and profit. ...and hunting buddies?
I think it's sick that a few extremists can get away with so much in the name of religion. Because some people didn't like a cartoon, they A) incite people to riot and terrorize cities and B) get CNN dragging some poor Islamic onto camera to bully him until he explains part A to CNN's satisfaction (happened a couple nights after the stink first got on the news). Can't we just get along? I am a pretty devout Christian and I've never felt the need to riot about any event that I find offensive...