Yes, the real world is the only place that performance matters. If I date myself and go back to my first desktop and laptop I bought with my own money, I had a AMD 450 and an P166 respectively. Certain programs (like Firefox for example because i still both occasionally) load faster on the Pentium laptop, others the desktop. It's all about how the code is written and how it integrates with the hardware. With that said, the only real benckmark involves the software and other hardware you will be using. If we could all just buy five or six sets of hardware and return the five that don't do the job...
Everyone knows that to get a real increase in performance, you need to paint the case red and put a big flame decal on the side. And fins, lots of fins to reduce drag.
I'd imagine that, although the scale is wrong, an automotive style thermostat would work perfectly. The valve opens and closes using a spring made from two different metals laminated together which expand and contract at different rates. As the fluid temperature increases, the valve opens wider and flow is increased and heat is dissapated faster because a larger volume of fluid moves of the cooling apparatus.
I agree with you that creating embryos simply for the purpose of harvesting stem-cells is morally ambiguous at best. I also think that as long as abortion is legal, those stem-cells should be put to the best medical/scientific use possible instead of simply tossing them away. If I am murdered (which definitly is illegal), it doesn't make any sense to toss all my organs in the furnace just because someone's decision to end my life was wrong.
I don't really see that as a benefit. If I'm only drinking beer for the flavour, then I'm just as happy with non-alcoholic beer. If I'm drinking beer for the alcohol, then stem-cell enhanced alcohol resistance is not my friend; the ability to repair liver damage however....
You're right of course: a "non-tangle" cord is no such thing. However, cables so-labelled are usually sheathed in some kind of semi-rigid plastic instead of a soft flexable rubber or plastic. As a result, it is *slightly* less likely to tangle than normal but more importantly, the cable slides against itself far easier than a softer surfaced material. Try tying a plastic zip tie and a comperably sized rubber band in knots and try to untie each and you'll see what i mean.
And BTW the whole thing is pointless unless you unplug your mouse and coil it up in a cardboard box with the x-mas lights after each use.
More importantly: what would be the function of regionalizing the internet? Why is it important to someone that I cannot access information from overseas? Who is the someone trying to block my access to this information? If the answer to any of the above questions involves a level of government than it is no different than the PRC's attempts to limit its citizens' access to the internet. And to look at it from another angle: it's too late. Once people have been exposed to freedom, there are always going to be those who will not abide later restrictions on that freedom.
Exactly, Magellan's voyage resulted in the loss of most of his ships, crew and even his own life. Despite this the voyage still turned enough profit to cover its costs and generate a nice surplus.
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Yes, the real world is the only place that performance matters. If I date myself and go back to my first desktop and laptop I bought with my own money, I had a AMD 450 and an P166 respectively. Certain programs (like Firefox for example because i still both occasionally) load faster on the Pentium laptop, others the desktop. It's all about how the code is written and how it integrates with the hardware. With that said, the only real benckmark involves the software and other hardware you will be using. If we could all just buy five or six sets of hardware and return the five that don't do the job...
Everyone knows that to get a real increase in performance, you need to paint the case red and put a big flame decal on the side. And fins, lots of fins to reduce drag.
I'd imagine that, although the scale is wrong, an automotive style thermostat would work perfectly. The valve opens and closes using a spring made from two different metals laminated together which expand and contract at different rates. As the fluid temperature increases, the valve opens wider and flow is increased and heat is dissapated faster because a larger volume of fluid moves of the cooling apparatus.
I agree with you that creating embryos simply for the purpose of harvesting stem-cells is morally ambiguous at best. I also think that as long as abortion is legal, those stem-cells should be put to the best medical/scientific use possible instead of simply tossing them away. If I am murdered (which definitly is illegal), it doesn't make any sense to toss all my organs in the furnace just because someone's decision to end my life was wrong.
I don't really see that as a benefit. If I'm only drinking beer for the flavour, then I'm just as happy with non-alcoholic beer. If I'm drinking beer for the alcohol, then stem-cell enhanced alcohol resistance is not my friend; the ability to repair liver damage however....
You're right of course: a "non-tangle" cord is no such thing. However, cables so-labelled are usually sheathed in some kind of semi-rigid plastic instead of a soft flexable rubber or plastic. As a result, it is *slightly* less likely to tangle than normal but more importantly, the cable slides against itself far easier than a softer surfaced material. Try tying a plastic zip tie and a comperably sized rubber band in knots and try to untie each and you'll see what i mean. And BTW the whole thing is pointless unless you unplug your mouse and coil it up in a cardboard box with the x-mas lights after each use.
More importantly: what would be the function of regionalizing the internet? Why is it important to someone that I cannot access information from overseas? Who is the someone trying to block my access to this information? If the answer to any of the above questions involves a level of government than it is no different than the PRC's attempts to limit its citizens' access to the internet. And to look at it from another angle: it's too late. Once people have been exposed to freedom, there are always going to be those who will not abide later restrictions on that freedom.
Let's send the MS Office paper clip with the hope that it'll finally turn out to have a use.
Exactly, Magellan's voyage resulted in the loss of most of his ships, crew and even his own life. Despite this the voyage still turned enough profit to cover its costs and generate a nice surplus.