What's next? If I tell you to turn off the sound, will you up the volume to maximum and play a recording of "SHUTTING SOUND OFF NOW!" in a really whiny voice?
For the love of god, stop putting ideas in their heads!
I have no idea what the overheads might be for their "handprinting" algorithms, or how effective they are. But I've wondered in the past whether something vaguely similar could be achieved by for example hashing each stream and headers separately in audio and video files, or each file within an archive. The same could apply to any container format. That would certainly deal with e.g. the same mp3 with different ID3 tags, and the overheads might be lower. Could get messy though, I guess.
Well, I think Brian Herbert needs to learn the difference between "character" and "caricature". I admit I did read *all* of the BH Dune books nevertheless, because I'm a sucker, but Frank Herbert's most offhand scribbles are worth more than that crap.
IMHO, yes. There are few subjects where the layman (that's me) can't at least be given an idea of what the subject is about, if the material is written well. I hold up books such as Hyperspace by Michio Kaku as examples of how to convey complex subject matter to the layman, in a very readable and comprehensible way.
It may be selfish, but I kind of wish people wouldn't mention those too often. If they get too widely used, it will just mean more annoying, unavoidable ads. Like those ones that make you visit an ad page in order to then get the link to the actual article. Those piss me off.
The MAFIAA, come to think of it, reminds me of a gaggle of wives obfuscating their pudenda; it decommoditizes tits and vag, in the end, to obfuscate them with clothes.
And then along comes Britney Spears to commoditize again. Although in her case I say decommoditization is the way forward.
Late reply, but maybe it will help somebody. The article is crap, and it's not surprising that all the other replies have misunderstood what it's about. The engine is not used for launch, it is only used for maneuvering the satellite once in orbit. It's not that it takes 40% less fuel to launch the satellite, rather that 40% less fuel needs to be carried for subsequent orbital maneuvering/adjustment due to the efficiency of this engine.
With every update, I find myself asking, "This can't be for real. Nobody is dumb enough to be $2.2M in debt, unemployed, penniless, and sign up for $52/year roadside assistance just because the offer showed up in the mail."
Which would you rather be: a) $2,200,000 in debt, and broken down in the middle of nowhere with no breakdown cover b) $2,000,052 in debt, having a cold one while your car gets recovered
I quite often see items where the bid goes above the price the item would cost new retail, or at the "buy it now" price from another seller. Now I have a pretty low opinion of Joe Public's intelligence, but that's pushing it. Surely most people have enough sense to check what things are actually worth before bidding, in which case a lot of those overly high bids must be this kind of fraud?
They mostly have DRM so they can segway that iPod purchase into some iTunes purchases
I was going to correct your spelling (segue), but actually considering the very low percentage of songs on most peoples iPods that are actually bought from iTunes, I think you've coined a useful and appropriate new verb.
v. segway - to segway: to vastly underperform based on high initial expectations
Errr, the same thing stopping them doing that sort of thing with the current pirate bay servers. Terrorism and murder is pretty much illegal everywhere.
That didn't stop French Intelligence from blowing up a Greenpeace ship, now did it? And I'm pretty sure that French Intelligence are pussies compared to the **AA.
Yes, that is a rehtorical question because if you read/. you know why. I've learned many things on slashdot. That is not one of them.
The real question is, how would an average person know? Most look like they are made of plastic which is of course microwave safe. If the average person doesn't know that pretty much every electronic device contains metals, then he's even dumber than I thought.
How can we make it obvious that this is a bad idea? Or better yet, how can we make it possible that no damage will occur to either device then this happens? While you're in the business of pandering to morons, why don't you figure out how to make gasoline that doesn't burn, knives that don't cut, etc? Or maybe, just maybe, we should assume that the average person isn't a complete dumbass, eh?
How do you make your products work well, be bulletproof, be easy to use, do what the customer needs doing, and yet not cost a fortune. The phrase you're looking for is "idiot-proof", however I grant you that bulletproof is synonymous with that a lot more often than one might expect.
According to TFA, "To make a superfluid you must cool helium down to a couple of a degrees below zero - not one to try at home."
Now I'm no physicist, but I'm pretty sure a couple of degrees below absolute zero isn't possible, and on any other scale I can think of, it's a bit warm for superfluids. I guess he meant "above zero", although a unit would still have been useful. Funnily enough, I was just bitching about scientific faux pas in the mainstream media, but New Scientist?
Unfortunately as far as celebrities go, I don't think it's realistic to expect them not to mouth off on any given subject that comes up - it's what they do. What I would like to see is an improvement in the quality of science reporting by the mainstream media - I don't expect Melinda Messenger to know what day it is, but I expect the science reporters of the main TV/radio/newspaper organizations to make a lot fewer scientific faux pas than they do.
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Here you go, these links came from linuxtracker, they are definitely the final releases, not the beta.
CD - ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
DVD - feisty-dvd-i386.iso.torrent
For the love of god, stop putting ideas in their heads!
Maybe he meant it's good news because the experiment yielded a useful result, and nothing blew up?
I have no idea what the overheads might be for their "handprinting" algorithms, or how effective they are. But I've wondered in the past whether something vaguely similar could be achieved by for example hashing each stream and headers separately in audio and video files, or each file within an archive. The same could apply to any container format. That would certainly deal with e.g. the same mp3 with different ID3 tags, and the overheads might be lower. Could get messy though, I guess.
Fermilab - USA. CERN - Europe. You guys did use metric units this time, right? ;)
So am I going to get /. banned from Thailand? If I say "Hey Thailand! Your king is a doody-head!"? Will that do it?
Well, I think Brian Herbert needs to learn the difference between "character" and "caricature". I admit I did read *all* of the BH Dune books nevertheless, because I'm a sucker, but Frank Herbert's most offhand scribbles are worth more than that crap.
IMHO, yes. There are few subjects where the layman (that's me) can't at least be given an idea of what the subject is about, if the material is written well. I hold up books such as Hyperspace by Michio Kaku as examples of how to convey complex subject matter to the layman, in a very readable and comprehensible way.
Which segues nicely into the obligatory joke...
In Soviet Russia, the computers thoughts control YOU!
Ok, I'll go now.
It may be selfish, but I kind of wish people wouldn't mention those too often. If they get too widely used, it will just mean more annoying, unavoidable ads. Like those ones that make you visit an ad page in order to then get the link to the actual article. Those piss me off.
Post pics or STFU
And then along comes Britney Spears to commoditize again. Although in her case I say decommoditization is the way forward.
Late reply, but maybe it will help somebody. The article is crap, and it's not surprising that all the other replies have misunderstood what it's about. The engine is not used for launch, it is only used for maneuvering the satellite once in orbit. It's not that it takes 40% less fuel to launch the satellite, rather that 40% less fuel needs to be carried for subsequent orbital maneuvering/adjustment due to the efficiency of this engine.
The Georgia Tech press release is slightly less misleading than the various summaries derived from it.
With every update, I find myself asking, "This can't be for real. Nobody is dumb enough to be $2.2M in debt, unemployed, penniless, and sign up for $52/year roadside assistance just because the offer showed up in the mail."
;)
Which would you rather be:
a) $2,200,000 in debt, and broken down in the middle of nowhere with no breakdown cover
b) $2,000,052 in debt, having a cold one while your car gets recovered
See, he's not so dumb
I quite often see items where the bid goes above the price the item would cost new retail, or at the "buy it now" price from another seller. Now I have a pretty low opinion of Joe Public's intelligence, but that's pushing it. Surely most people have enough sense to check what things are actually worth before bidding, in which case a lot of those overly high bids must be this kind of fraud?
Well, it's not like we weren't warned about Dihydrogen Monoxide! Who knew, the stuff actually can kill you after all.
Warning on telescope - "Do not view the sun with remaining eye".
They mostly have DRM so they can segway that iPod purchase into some iTunes purchases
I was going to correct your spelling (segue), but actually considering the very low percentage of songs on most peoples iPods that are actually bought from iTunes, I think you've coined a useful and appropriate new verb.
v. segway - to segway: to vastly underperform based on high initial expectations
Errr, the same thing stopping them doing that sort of thing with the current pirate bay servers. Terrorism and murder is pretty much illegal everywhere.
That didn't stop French Intelligence from blowing up a Greenpeace ship, now did it? And I'm pretty sure that French Intelligence are pussies compared to the **AA.
I wonder what a 3d model of dark matter around a black hole would look like?
Maybe I've just been around here for too long, but the parent post reads like goatse.cx meets GNAA.
Yes, that is a rehtorical question because if you read /. you know why.
I've learned many things on slashdot. That is not one of them.
The real question is, how would an average person know? Most look like they are made of plastic which is of course microwave safe.
If the average person doesn't know that pretty much every electronic device contains metals, then he's even dumber than I thought.
How can we make it obvious that this is a bad idea? Or better yet, how can we make it possible that no damage will occur to either device then this happens?
While you're in the business of pandering to morons, why don't you figure out how to make gasoline that doesn't burn, knives that don't cut, etc? Or maybe, just maybe, we should assume that the average person isn't a complete dumbass, eh?
How do you make your products work well, be bulletproof, be easy to use, do what the customer needs doing, and yet not cost a fortune.
The phrase you're looking for is "idiot-proof", however I grant you that bulletproof is synonymous with that a lot more often than one might expect.
According to TFA, "To make a superfluid you must cool helium down to a couple of a degrees below zero - not one to try at home."
Now I'm no physicist, but I'm pretty sure a couple of degrees below absolute zero isn't possible, and on any other scale I can think of, it's a bit warm for superfluids. I guess he meant "above zero", although a unit would still have been useful. Funnily enough, I was just bitching about scientific faux pas in the mainstream media, but New Scientist?
Unfortunately as far as celebrities go, I don't think it's realistic to expect them not to mouth off on any given subject that comes up - it's what they do. What I would like to see is an improvement in the quality of science reporting by the mainstream media - I don't expect Melinda Messenger to know what day it is, but I expect the science reporters of the main TV/radio/newspaper organizations to make a lot fewer scientific faux pas than they do.
...the article also encourage slashdot posters not to reply without first reading the article!
:s
Well, it might say that, I haven't read it yet
No. It's either "one of the best", or it's "by far the best", it can't be both. Make up your mind and get back to us.