WTF??? From TFA "A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser printer...". Her favorite CHILDHOOD TOY WAS A LASER PRINTER??? Here's a dime, go buy a life (and see if you can rent a real childhood while you're at it).
...and wins big. The same thing happened to me. I tried to sell a legitimate, legal, uncopied, in-the-box copy of ACAD2000 and had the sale pulled by Ebay. Ebay threatened to pull my account if I ever tried listing AutoDesk software for sale again. I thought about auctioning a drafting pencil and giving away a copy of ACAD2000, but never did it.
*SIGH* Back to Intro Poli Sci 101. The Constitution and its Ammendments apply ONLY to the regulation of the behavior of the US Federal Government and the actions of the States. Individuals (including corporations) are held to a much looser set of rules. And with the actions of the SOCTUS relating to so-called "poison fruit" testamony and evidence, the 4th Ammendment is on its way out too.
The point of the lawsuit against the BATFE is not whether they should regulate explosives or conduct background checks. The point is that APCP is NOT AN EXPLOSIVE and SHOULD NOTT BE REGULATED AS SUCH.
...Methods of enrichment? Well, shit...I guess the Calutron has to go back into the closet. Since it was used long before there were any reactors, and uses low tech methods, Iraq would never use one.
A friend recently refinished his wooden floors. When it came time to put the final polish and wax on, he bought several dozen terrycloth socks in various sizes and invited every one over for a skateing party. If you have spills to clean up, get a dog or a cat.
...With the likes of Diane Feinstein among their ranks. She and her husband have had close economic ties with China for years, megabucks involved. She never passes up an opportunity to suck up to them. One despicable came in 2001 when China tried to shoot down an unarmed survelience plane (yeah, a spy plane). See the article on World Net Daily.
The patent number in the article is incorrect. The correct number is 20060015812.
The abstract is as follows -
"A method and system for generating a displayable icon or emoticon form that indicates the mood or emotion of a user of the mobile station. A user of a device, such as a mobile phone, is provided with a dedicated key or shared dedicated key option that the user may select to insert an emoticon onto a display or other medium. The selection of the key or shared dedicated key may result in the insertion of the emoticon, or may also result in the display of a collection of emoticons that the user may then select from using, for example, a key mapping or navigation technique."
I hereby claim ownership and IP rights to the symbol indicating the decimal point, and symbols indicating the numbers one through five, inclusive. Any derivative or combinatorial works are also covered under this IP. Reasonable licensing use and non-exclusive distribution rights are available.
As I've mentioned in previous/. postings, I did work on powered prosthetics back in the mid-late 70's. The two big holdbacks were power and feedback control. They seem to be making progress with the development of nickel-metal hydyide and lithium battery packs. Feedback: kinesthetics (the intuative ability to know where your body parts are), and balance will continue to be challanges. It takes a human being up to several years to be able to walk. Even longer to develop agility for complex tasks such as throwing a ball. Perhaps self-modifying programs capable of "learning", so-called genetic algorythms would be helpfull. Development of robots like Honda's Asimo face similar developmental problems and great progress has been made.
From TFA " The software, available for download, will also search computers for music and movies and remove any illegal copies, the group said."So how does it know the copies of songs/movies on a computer are "illegal"?. And, not having seen the EULA, I bet there's a clause absolving them from any damages that result from the program's use.
It's not the hand, or motor/servo, or interface that needs improving, it's the Power Source! Without long-lasting (much better than iPod!) batteries, this technology will go nowhere. I did research in prosthetics back in '75 and won quite a few awards and acclaim for the work, but had the same problem. One solution that was presented back then, but not much work has been done on it since, is a blood-powered fuel cell. It is implanted in the body and derives power from sugar and oxygen. Next best thing would be a pee-powered battery (grin).
Read TFA! They were NOT busted for spam! They were drug dealers, caught illegally selling narcotics. Spam was how they advertised, but they are getting NO punishment for it.
I got dialup service from Highstream.net for my mother. It was about the only dialup service available in her town. She didn't use the service for more than a year (she was scared off the internet by all the horror stories of viruses, zombies, and spam). I tried to cancel the service. I sent e-mail, snail-mail, and made phone calls. I complained to my credit card company. Highstream denied any knowledge. I sent them copies of the e-mail with headers, and the return receipts from the registered mail, and forwarded copies to the credit card compny. Only after threatening lawsuits did they cancel the billings. I deleted all traces of the dial-up info from the computer so no mistakes could be made and incure additional charges. Sad that they have to do business this way.
Combustion in air, of almost any fuel, produces nitrous oxides (NOx). Air contains mostly nitrogen, which although nonreactive at room temps, will react at elevated temperatures. It is responsible for elemrnts in photochemical smog. One reason for catalytic converters on modern cars.
Well, the name "Mars" is the name of the Roman god of war, and associayed with Sol 4, the red planet. Terran aurora are named "Borealis" and "Australis", associated with the North ans South poles respectively. Since the Martian auroras are not associated specificly with poles, they could be refered to as: Arean, Angarean, Artagnean, Mirikhan, Pyroeian, Lohitangan, Mustabarrunian, Verethragnan, Salbatanun, Urbarran, Nirgalan, or my favorite, Nabunian, after the Babylonian/ Sumarian/ Chaldean god Nabu.
Throwing out data that doesn't fit is old news. In reviewing his original notes, one sees that Millikan threw out data points that didn't seem to fit in with the rest of his data in his famous "oil drop" experiment to discover the value of the charge of the electron. Had he kept these data points and used them in his calculations, his calculated value would have ben much closer to the modern value.
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WTF??? From TFA "A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser printer...". Her favorite CHILDHOOD TOY WAS A LASER PRINTER??? Here's a dime, go buy a life (and see if you can rent a real childhood while you're at it).
...and wins big. The same thing happened to me. I tried to sell a legitimate, legal, uncopied, in-the-box copy of ACAD2000 and had the sale pulled by Ebay. Ebay threatened to pull my account if I ever tried listing AutoDesk software for sale again. I thought about auctioning a drafting pencil and giving away a copy of ACAD2000, but never did it.
*see references at bottom of page spintronics
*SIGH* Back to Intro Poli Sci 101. The Constitution and its Ammendments apply ONLY to the regulation of the behavior of the US Federal Government and the actions of the States. Individuals (including corporations) are held to a much looser set of rules. And with the actions of the SOCTUS relating to so-called "poison fruit" testamony and evidence, the 4th Ammendment is on its way out too.
The point of the lawsuit against the BATFE is not whether they should regulate explosives or conduct background checks. The point is that APCP is NOT AN EXPLOSIVE and SHOULD NOTT BE REGULATED AS SUCH.
...Methods of enrichment? Well, shit...I guess the Calutron has to go back into the closet. Since it was used long before there were any reactors, and uses low tech methods, Iraq would never use one.
Surely you mean a Faraday cage ? Wilipedia
A friend recently refinished his wooden floors. When it came time to put the final polish and wax on, he bought several dozen terrycloth socks in various sizes and invited every one over for a skateing party. If you have spills to clean up, get a dog or a cat.
...With the likes of Diane Feinstein among their ranks. She and her husband have had close economic ties with China for years, megabucks involved. She never passes up an opportunity to suck up to them. One despicable came in 2001 when China tried to shoot down an unarmed survelience plane (yeah, a spy plane). See the article on World Net Daily.
DISGUSTING
I hereby claim ownership and IP rights to the symbol indicating the decimal point, and symbols indicating the numbers one through five, inclusive. Any derivative or combinatorial works are also covered under this IP. Reasonable licensing use and non-exclusive distribution rights are available.
Driving test question: What do you do when you come up to a yellow light?
whispered reply: slow down
What....do...you...do...when...you...come...up.. .to...a...yellow...light?
slow down!
What............do...........you............do.. ..........when.........you............come........ .......up
"You fart Helium?"
As I've mentioned in previous /. postings, I did work on powered prosthetics back in the mid-late 70's. The two big holdbacks were power and feedback control. They seem to be making progress with the development of nickel-metal hydyide and lithium battery packs. Feedback: kinesthetics (the intuative ability to know where your body parts are), and balance will continue to be challanges. It takes a human being up to several years to be able to walk. Even longer to develop agility for complex tasks such as throwing a ball. Perhaps self-modifying programs capable of "learning", so-called genetic algorythms would be helpfull. Development of robots like Honda's Asimo face similar developmental problems and great progress has been made.
From TFA " The software, available for download, will also search computers for music and movies and remove any illegal copies, the group said." So how does it know the copies of songs/movies on a computer are "illegal"?. And, not having seen the EULA, I bet there's a clause absolving them from any damages that result from the program's use.
It's not the hand, or motor/servo, or interface that needs improving, it's the Power Source ! Without long-lasting (much better than iPod!) batteries, this technology will go nowhere. I did research in prosthetics back in '75 and won quite a few awards and acclaim for the work, but had the same problem. One solution that was presented back then, but not much work has been done on it since, is a blood-powered fuel cell. It is implanted in the body and derives power from sugar and oxygen. Next best thing would be a pee-powered battery (grin).
Read TFA! They were NOT busted for spam! They were drug dealers, caught illegally selling narcotics. Spam was how they advertised, but they are getting NO punishment for it.
I got dialup service from Highstream.net for my mother. It was about the only dialup service available in her town. She didn't use the service for more than a year (she was scared off the internet by all the horror stories of viruses, zombies, and spam). I tried to cancel the service. I sent e-mail, snail-mail, and made phone calls. I complained to my credit card company. Highstream denied any knowledge. I sent them copies of the e-mail with headers, and the return receipts from the registered mail, and forwarded copies to the credit card compny. Only after threatening lawsuits did they cancel the billings. I deleted all traces of the dial-up info from the computer so no mistakes could be made and incure additional charges. Sad that they have to do business this way.
This reminds me of s scene from the second Hitchhiker book "Resteraunt ar the End of the Universe", where the group meets the "Dish of the Day".
Combustion in air, of almost any fuel, produces nitrous oxides (NOx). Air contains mostly nitrogen, which although nonreactive at room temps, will react at elevated temperatures. It is responsible for elemrnts in photochemical smog. One reason for catalytic converters on modern cars.
Ha! My MP5 was made in 1985, that makes it TWENTY years old, and it *still* likes to rock 'n roll!
REAL researchers use C-band. And 100KW of power! See my web page or the "official" web page.
Well, the name "Mars" is the name of the Roman god of war, and associayed with Sol 4, the red planet. Terran aurora are named "Borealis" and "Australis", associated with the North ans South poles respectively. Since the Martian auroras are not associated specificly with poles, they could be refered to as:
Arean, Angarean, Artagnean, Mirikhan, Pyroeian, Lohitangan, Mustabarrunian, Verethragnan, Salbatanun, Urbarran, Nirgalan, or my favorite, Nabunian, after the Babylonian/ Sumarian/ Chaldean god Nabu.
That's nothing, every time my cordless phone rings, my new mouse clicks on pr0n! (is that a *bad* thing?)
Throwing out data that doesn't fit is old news. In reviewing his original notes, one sees that Millikan threw out data points that didn't seem to fit in with the rest of his data in his famous "oil drop" experiment to discover the value of the charge of the electron. Had he kept these data points and used them in his calculations, his calculated value would have ben much closer to the modern value.