I haven't read the article yet, but I can tell you that they wouldn't use the wave power station to make H2. If they could do that, then they would probably just power the island with wave power and skip the middle step.
Cmdr Taco likes networks. Cmdr Taco likes Lain. Cmdr Taco is some kind of nexus here, and Slashdot is but the cat 5 patch cord that connect us to that great Cisco router known as Cmdr Taco's brain stem.
I'm with you brother! I'd like to add that if the Swiss had the right to have a gun in their house, then they wouldn't be suffering under the tyranny of e-mail storage. Thank God we've got our guns here in the US of A.
(do I REALLY need to mention that this is sarchasm?)
Yes, I did read the article, and the author draws the wrong conclusion from the facts that he presents in his own article.
He points out that memory effect is hard to reproduce, and it's seen on spacecraft with fixed discharge cycles. He even points out that a bigger problem is reversing a cell during a deep discharge.
Yes, the memory effect is real, but will the average person run into it frequently? No. The average user will kill the battery pack through deep discharge way before a memory effect can be noticed. Show me a dead battery pack, and I bet it was severely overcharged, charged when it was too hot, or had cells driven in reverse because of a deep discharge.
I also thought that Buran was a name like Soyuz or Apollo - applied to all ships of the class. That's different that our shuttles, which have unique names.
The analogy does not apply universally, so there's no reason to assume that it would apply to free software. For example, one might give the excuse that farmer Joe's daughter was an "attractive nusiance" but that would not be an excuse for much.
At Michigan State in the late 1980's I did a lot of coursework on buster, a Sun 4 I think. The sun3 it replaced was named galaxy, but they decided to call the new one buster after it fell of the truck.
http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Battery.html This FAQ explains the whole thing.
The REAL thing to watch out for is completely discharging a pack. The first cell that goes dead will be driven in reverse by the other cells. That's bad news, and it kills that cell.
Apparently NiMH batteries are even MORE sensitive to this than the NiCd batteries.
So, charge your phone often. Don't let it run all the way down.
I may not always say GNU/Linux, in fact I hardly say it. I just say Linux. But when I tell people about Linux, I always point out the fact that it wouldn't exist without Stallman and the GNU project.
When I write code for myself, I always put the GPL on it. At work I use Linux. I agree with his philosophy of openness in systems and software source. I am indebted to him.
RMS might become irrelevant to some, but never will he be irrelevant to me.
We, the chemist (I am a chemist), tell you there is such a thing in the college freshman chemistry classes (and anything below that level), but in reality, carbon dioxide really disolves in water, not forming carbonic acid.
Do you lie to students in order to make them better chemists?
Frankly, I'm a little disturbed by this. I recall that my teachers and professors did NOT lie to us about carbolic acid. And nothing bad happened to me. So why exactly do you do this?
I got headbutted by accident once, and it broke my nose! Definitely dangerous if someone does it intentionally multiple times.
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I'll post another dissenting view! I used Monster.com in the past and had great luck. The first time I did it I was clueless - thought I'd end up in a permanent position. I didn't though, a man from Ciber called me up and talked to me. Ciber is a fairly large body shop company. I'd never been a contract programmer before, but I joined them. They gave me a job at a high rate of pay, and since then I've stayed as a contract programmer. I've enjoyed every minute of it, finding that type of work much more suitable to my interests and personality. As a permanent employee I never did interesting things. Mostly a lot of word documents and power point presentations, with some grunt programming in the middle. Now I do nothing but programming, even Linux kernel hacking now and then. So, I had a good experience with Monster.com and contract programming.
There is a parallel here with free speech I think. It seems that the restriction was against people who did research in the forest for the purpose of making money, but not against those who wanted to do basic research. But the restriction backfired, and now everyone is finding it difficult to get into the forest at all for any reason.
Seems like speech is the same way. Restrict it for some purposes, and before you know it, nobody can speak freely.
If you block the P2P software and make it the official policy that it should not be used, document that thoroughly. Make sure that it's expressly for the purpose of keeping unlicensed software out of your system. Then, insist that everyone show their licenses for their software. Put up big posters explaining that you are doing this because it's important to comply with the law. Become the biggest pain in the butt to everyone who opposes you.
Then, just before you think they've all had enough of you and can fire you, call the BSA on yourself. When that phone call from the BSA comes, you can point at all your policies and say that all along you were just trying to avoid that exact situation. Suddenly all the babies who were crying because you took away their Kazaa will be viewed as the real problem in the organization. You will have achieved Total Management Support (TM).
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Hey! I just read the article, and it appears that I was flat out wrong! Oops.
I haven't read the article yet, but I can tell you that they wouldn't use the wave power station to make H2. If they could do that, then they would probably just power the island with wave power and skip the middle step.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the WAR ROOM!
No, magic is quite real, it's just not done the way you might imagine it's done. Once you figure out how the trick is done, it's not magic anymore.
I'm patenting WAR. I will either get rich, or we'll have peace in our time.
Actually that's because at about age 26 geeks start getting promoted into management.
Cmdr Taco likes networks. Cmdr Taco likes Lain. Cmdr Taco is some kind of nexus here, and Slashdot is but the cat 5 patch cord that connect us to that great Cisco router known as Cmdr Taco's brain stem.
I'm with you brother! I'd like to add that if the Swiss had the right to have a gun in their house, then they wouldn't be suffering under the tyranny of e-mail storage. Thank God we've got our guns here in the US of A.
(do I REALLY need to mention that this is sarchasm?)
Yes, I did read the article, and the author draws the wrong conclusion from the facts that he presents in his own article.
He points out that memory effect is hard to reproduce, and it's seen on spacecraft with fixed discharge cycles. He even points out that a bigger problem is reversing a cell during a deep discharge.
Yes, the memory effect is real, but will the average person run into it frequently? No. The average user will kill the battery pack through deep discharge way before a memory effect can be noticed. Show me a dead battery pack, and I bet it was severely overcharged, charged when it was too hot, or had cells driven in reverse because of a deep discharge.
But, the third one is consistently referred to as "the third Buran".
Your search didn't turn up this?
I also thought that Buran was a name like Soyuz or Apollo - applied to all ships of the class. That's different that our shuttles, which have unique names.
The analogy does not apply universally, so there's no reason to assume that it would apply to free software. For example, one might give the excuse that farmer Joe's daughter was an "attractive nusiance" but that would not be an excuse for much.
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At Michigan State in the late 1980's I did a lot of coursework on buster, a Sun 4 I think. The sun3 it replaced was named galaxy, but they decided to call the new one buster after it fell of the truck.
Or so they say...
http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Battery.html
This FAQ explains the whole thing.
The REAL thing to watch out for is completely discharging a pack. The first cell that goes dead will be driven in reverse by the other cells. That's bad news, and it kills that cell.
Apparently NiMH batteries are even MORE sensitive to this than the NiCd batteries.
So, charge your phone often. Don't let it run all the way down.
What is the most common failure mode of aluminum heatsinks?
Temporary suspension of the black body radiation law.
I may not always say GNU/Linux, in fact I hardly say it. I just say Linux. But when I tell people about Linux, I always point out the fact that it wouldn't exist without Stallman and the GNU project.
When I write code for myself, I always put the GPL on it. At work I use Linux. I agree with his philosophy of openness in systems and software source. I am indebted to him.
RMS might become irrelevant to some, but never will he be irrelevant to me.
Crap. CARBONIC. I typed carbolic by accident. Carbolic acid is different.
We, the chemist (I am a chemist), tell you there is such a thing in the college freshman chemistry classes (and anything below that level), but in reality, carbon dioxide really disolves in water, not forming carbonic acid.
Do you lie to students in order to make them better chemists?
Frankly, I'm a little disturbed by this. I recall that my teachers and professors did NOT lie to us about carbolic acid. And nothing bad happened to me. So why exactly do you do this?
Roblimo is my favorite editor. He did a sweet job on one of my favorite pet peeves. Mod me down, but that man is a real jornalist IMHO.
I got headbutted by accident once, and it broke my nose! Definitely dangerous if someone does it intentionally multiple times.
I'll post another dissenting view! I used Monster.com in the past and had great luck. The first time I did it I was clueless - thought I'd end up in a permanent position. I didn't though, a man from Ciber called me up and talked to me. Ciber is a fairly large body shop company. I'd never been a contract programmer before, but I joined them. They gave me a job at a high rate of pay, and since then I've stayed as a contract programmer. I've enjoyed every minute of it, finding that type of work much more suitable to my interests and personality. As a permanent employee I never did interesting things. Mostly a lot of word documents and power point presentations, with some grunt programming in the middle. Now I do nothing but programming, even Linux kernel hacking now and then. So, I had a good experience with Monster.com and contract programming.
There is a parallel here with free speech I think. It seems that the restriction was against people who did research in the forest for the purpose of making money, but not against those who wanted to do basic research. But the restriction backfired, and now everyone is finding it difficult to get into the forest at all for any reason.
Seems like speech is the same way. Restrict it for some purposes, and before you know it, nobody can speak freely.
If you block the P2P software and make it the official policy that it should not be used, document that thoroughly. Make sure that it's expressly for the purpose of keeping unlicensed software out of your system. Then, insist that everyone show their licenses for their software. Put up big posters explaining that you are doing this because it's important to comply with the law. Become the biggest pain in the butt to everyone who opposes you.
Then, just before you think they've all had enough of you and can fire you, call the BSA on yourself. When that phone call from the BSA comes, you can point at all your policies and say that all along you were just trying to avoid that exact situation. Suddenly all the babies who were crying because you took away their Kazaa will be viewed as the real problem in the organization. You will have achieved Total Management Support (TM).
He unrolled the loop.