The summary said this was between microwaves and x-rays. Both of which have been considered cancer concerns. Of course, visible light, approximately between 350 and 700 nm is also in that range.
Much of the cancer worry has to do with intensity and duration of exposure. Higher frequency light only reduces the amount needed to cause problems. I would think that if exposure to this weapon caused blisters and pain, the beam would have to be fairly intense.
You may also note that in the summary, it was going really well until the editor started writing. Even the title was correct!
harajukboy writes Businessweek.com shows us how the famous LEGO bricks are made. Among the new facts I picked up was that LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world, and that the process is so air tight that only 18 of 1 million pieces are considered defective.
I knew I was getting old when I first realized that these kids today with their modern legos have it to easy, what with all those crazy custom pieces. Why, when I was a kid, we had to use our imagination to build stuff.
These days whenever I'm playing a video game, I'm standing up swinging my arms, or shadowboxing. If I didn't I'd just look like a toolbox.
Wiiiiiiiiiiii!
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Ravi was kind enough to provide a book review for slashdot. It is only common curtesy to give him a little attention.
Also, without that little explanation on who Ravi is, I would have no idea. The fact that he writes about linux (even though it's a blog), and has written other reviews makes the entire review a little more credible.
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I pressed the submit button too early. I forgot a comma, and I used bad punctuation in conjuction with my quotation marks.
I hate making grammatical errors when talking about grammar!
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I'm not saying that I support what this guy did. In fact, I most certainly don't support it. I didn't state my opinions on what he did, because they are irrelevant to my point.
I was hoping that before you all attacked this teacher, you might pause for a moment to consider where he was coming from.
Teaching in public school is one of the hardest jobs I can think of for a christian.
We as christians are often taught that Jesus is to be in control of our entire lives. So, what happens when you're in a position to teach people who don't have the same beliefs? What is the ethical/moral thing to do? Do you follow the pressure of religion, or the pressure of society at large?
It's not even as bad for politicians, because if they spout something like this, it's ok. Even though they make the rules, they're put there by the people the rules affect. The people that don't like it can vote for someone else later. A politician will just get ridiculed, when a teacher will get fired/suspended, and have a black mark on his proffessional career for the rest of his life.
When the electricity is sent through the device, it simply moves the heat over from one spo to another. At least, that's how I understood it after reading part of the article.
You have ONE model M keyboard that's working. There are many model M's that have died.
You talked about 2 cases of rubber dome keyboards failing. There are many cases of rubber dome keyboards not failing so dramatically. I myself have never had a keyboard fail due to the switches.
Anecdotal evidence is mostly useless in discussions like this. In order to make a good point, we need contro studies looking at: how many units have been produced vs. how many have failed; What level & type of abuse do they undergo; etc.
Saying that the components in a dome keyboard are flimsy, compared to the steel in old keyboards is also rather pointless, because steel and rubber have very different physical properties. For one thing, rubber can withstand more fatigue, and higher strains than steel (and most other metals). Maybe you need to stop using your sledge hammer to type on the keyboard.
All that being said, I have no information on which type of keyboard is better. I stick to my cheep wired keyboards that come with the computer, because I don't care enough about it to buy an expensive one. I like the feel of domes, because they require very little pressure, and I can tell whether or not I've pressed a key just fine (without a loud sound telling me everytime).
Sony wants you to keep using the system and buying games too. The most recent information I heard is that sony looses $300 on every system. They won't be happy unless people keep buying games.
The people reselling systems are artificially inflating the price. On one hand sony isn't making as much money as they could (by increasing the price), on the other hand, sony gets some great press out of it (look, we aren't charging way to much for a console, people are willing to spend more than $3000 for it!).
Whether or not capitalism has morality doesn't matter to this discussion. The point was that the 'ugly' practice of hiring someone to stay in line for you is not uglier than reselling the system.
While capitalism can be ugly, I don't think this practice is as bad as the reselling that's going on.
The people who are hiring are purchasing a luxury service, it's like buying a preorder. The people that stand in line make a little money for standing somewhere. The cost to get the system is only increased for the person buying the system.
In reselling the system, the same thing is essentially happening, except someone on his own commission profits by taking the opportunity to purchase the system away from someone else.
It's similar to paying someone to pick up tickets for you, compared to a scalper buying all the tickets, and selling them at a ridiculous margin.
It's actually more a case of the companies choosing not to drill.
Here in Canada, we have a lot of oil. Alberta is very rich, because it got the money from oil profits, and there's a rule that unless you start harvesting oil within 5 (not sure about the number) years of finding it, other companies are allowed to harvest it.
Newfoundland just recently managed to get the federal government to give them the same profit deal as Alberta, but they don't have the second law. This is currently a point of contention. So, in NF, companies can discover oil and just sit on it without using it, then drill their oil elsewhere, and NF doesn't get its fair share in the profits.
Maybe you should read the interview more closely (I know that this is slashdot).
The point has been addressed: 1. There are tools out there (this technology is old). 2. Several other companies have had tools for a while, but his method uses waveletts instead of fourier transforms.
The whole Photoshop plug-in thing is missing the point, because procedural graphics are very different from bitmaps. Photoshop does bitmaps. Also, converting a procedural texture to a bitmap defeats the purpose.
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The summary said this was between microwaves and x-rays. Both of which have been considered cancer concerns. Of course, visible light, approximately between 350 and 700 nm is also in that range.
Much of the cancer worry has to do with intensity and duration of exposure. Higher frequency light only reduces the amount needed to cause problems. I would think that if exposure to this weapon caused blisters and pain, the beam would have to be fairly intense.
Too bad it was clearly written by those 55+ year old women you think it discriminates against.
Or perhaps you say it discriminates against men who want to work at a yarn store with women twice their age?
Check out what was written for Justin Hartwell, Yarn Lady. It's in the last paragraph.
That's definitely my favourite sysadmin on the list.
No, but the Honorable Mentions get a case of Bawls Soda.
Because it's much easier to clean a flat surface rather than a keyboard, or even a mouse.
I knew I was getting old when I first realized that these kids today with their modern legos have it to easy, what with all those crazy custom pieces. Why, when I was a kid, we had to use our imagination to build stuff.
The paragraph said they use a scanning transmission x-ray telescope to read the gyrations (I think).
I doubt these quantum vortex cores can be used for storage without another way of detecting them.
These days whenever I'm playing a video game, I'm standing up swinging my arms, or shadowboxing. If I didn't I'd just look like a toolbox.
Wiiiiiiiiiiii!
Ravi was kind enough to provide a book review for slashdot. It is only common curtesy to give him a little attention.
Also, without that little explanation on who Ravi is, I would have no idea. The fact that he writes about linux (even though it's a blog), and has written other reviews makes the entire review a little more credible.
I pressed the submit button too early. I forgot a comma, and I used bad punctuation in conjuction with my quotation marks.
I hate making grammatical errors when talking about grammar!
Hey at least the correct form of "its".
Ok, I just want to clear something up here.
I'm not saying that I support what this guy did. In fact, I most certainly don't support it. I didn't state my opinions on what he did, because they are irrelevant to my point.
I was hoping that before you all attacked this teacher, you might pause for a moment to consider where he was coming from.
Teaching in public school is one of the hardest jobs I can think of for a christian.
We as christians are often taught that Jesus is to be in control of our entire lives. So, what happens when you're in a position to teach people who don't have the same beliefs? What is the ethical/moral thing to do? Do you follow the pressure of religion, or the pressure of society at large?
It's not even as bad for politicians, because if they spout something like this, it's ok. Even though they make the rules, they're put there by the people the rules affect. The people that don't like it can vote for someone else later. A politician will just get ridiculed, when a teacher will get fired/suspended, and have a black mark on his proffessional career for the rest of his life.
When the electricity is sent through the device, it simply moves the heat over from one spo to another. At least, that's how I understood it after reading part of the article.
Anecdotal evidence is not a full argument.
You have ONE model M keyboard that's working. There are many model M's that have died.
You talked about 2 cases of rubber dome keyboards failing. There are many cases of rubber dome keyboards not failing so dramatically. I myself have never had a keyboard fail due to the switches.
Anecdotal evidence is mostly useless in discussions like this. In order to make a good point, we need contro studies looking at: how many units have been produced vs. how many have failed; What level & type of abuse do they undergo; etc.
Saying that the components in a dome keyboard are flimsy, compared to the steel in old keyboards is also rather pointless, because steel and rubber have very different physical properties. For one thing, rubber can withstand more fatigue, and higher strains than steel (and most other metals). Maybe you need to stop using your sledge hammer to type on the keyboard.
All that being said, I have no information on which type of keyboard is better. I stick to my cheep wired keyboards that come with the computer, because I don't care enough about it to buy an expensive one. I like the feel of domes, because they require very little pressure, and I can tell whether or not I've pressed a key just fine (without a loud sound telling me everytime).
Sony wants you to keep using the system and buying games too. The most recent information I heard is that sony looses $300 on every system. They won't be happy unless people keep buying games.
The people reselling systems are artificially inflating the price. On one hand sony isn't making as much money as they could (by increasing the price), on the other hand, sony gets some great press out of it (look, we aren't charging way to much for a console, people are willing to spend more than $3000 for it!).
Whether or not capitalism has morality doesn't matter to this discussion. The point was that the 'ugly' practice of hiring someone to stay in line for you is not uglier than reselling the system.
While capitalism can be ugly, I don't think this practice is as bad as the reselling that's going on.
The people who are hiring are purchasing a luxury service, it's like buying a preorder. The people that stand in line make a little money for standing somewhere. The cost to get the system is only increased for the person buying the system.
In reselling the system, the same thing is essentially happening, except someone on his own commission profits by taking the opportunity to purchase the system away from someone else.
It's similar to paying someone to pick up tickets for you, compared to a scalper buying all the tickets, and selling them at a ridiculous margin.
I wish your comment had line breaks, because it is really insightful!
I suggest people mod it up anyway.
I've always heard it just takes 10 seconds, but I'm too lazy to find the information for that.
It's actually more a case of the companies choosing not to drill.
Here in Canada, we have a lot of oil. Alberta is very rich, because it got the money from oil profits, and there's a rule that unless you start harvesting oil within 5 (not sure about the number) years of finding it, other companies are allowed to harvest it.
Newfoundland just recently managed to get the federal government to give them the same profit deal as Alberta, but they don't have the second law. This is currently a point of contention. So, in NF, companies can discover oil and just sit on it without using it, then drill their oil elsewhere, and NF doesn't get its fair share in the profits.
Lynx?
How do you play games on a text based web program?
If the PS3 plays Blu-Ray the same way PS2 played DVD, you would need a seperate player.
Many times, having multiple tools to do the job of one tool is more efficient and more useful.
I've also played Mario Kart (DS) online. I didn't like it as much as being in the same room.
Have you ever tried running actual windows based programs on later versions of the OS?
It was not a fun experience for me.
Maybe you should read the interview more closely (I know that this is slashdot).
The point has been addressed:
1. There are tools out there (this technology is old).
2. Several other companies have had tools for a while, but his method uses waveletts instead of fourier transforms.
The whole Photoshop plug-in thing is missing the point, because procedural graphics are very different from bitmaps. Photoshop does bitmaps. Also, converting a procedural texture to a bitmap defeats the purpose.