"The amount of energy will come from the wearer. Which means more food and oxygen."
It actually won't mean more food and oxygen; the astronauts wouldn't be expected to move around a lot to generate electricity to power the entire shuttle, just as much as they normally moved around. When you move, most of your energy is converted to thermal energy and lost -- I recall a physics textbook that suggested the human body was only 20% energy efficient when moving.
The point of recollecting expended energy is to make the space mission more energy-efficient; not power the entire mission!
America is totally despicable, but really, the entire human race is at fault for war. War has been waged for thousands of years between all races of people for all kinds of stupid reasons (Catholic church in the medieval ages, anyone?)
You can't blame me for planning on the worst case scenario, considering human history.
I'm all for a standardized system of rating games, but the problem is that games are just TOO LONG to view entirely. Lawmakers from older generations must not understand this. A movie can easily be viewed in entirety because it is only about 2 hours long -- a game can be upwards of 80 hours and beyond!
A potential solution is to retain the system of viewing a developer-prepared reel, but to make this reel publicly available at the time it is sent to the ESRB. Also establish laws that hold the developers financially liable if a game is found to have more graphic content than represented by the original reel -- if lying to the ESRB can sink your company into debt, then it simply won't happen. As it is right now, most people don't have a clue about what sort of arcane methodology the ESRB employs, and there's basically no culpability for error; legally establishing who is liable and making the methodology transparent to the public will fix the ratings issue without requiring the significant expenditure of time and money required to view all games in entirety, a hoop that could potentially damage the industry.
Additionally, lawmakers need to understand that the nature of most PC games is that they are "editable" -- through modifications, mods. You all know that, but honestly, sometimes I think that some people don't, and this is for them. If I mod The Sims 2 to show all of the women topless, that's not a feature that was included with the game that the developer should be liable for -- the equivalent of this is to buy a movie, take it home, and use video-editing software to make it appear as though all of the actresses are topless. Should the producers of the movie be liable if I do that to a PG-13 film? Holding developers liable for the explicit content contained in mods will sink the industry -- and it's an industry a lot of voters care about!
In the US, the TI-89 is explicitly allowed on tests administered by the college board
The college board is just the organization that administers the SAT. This is a college entrance exam.
This doesn't necessarily mean the calculator is allowed in college tests administered by a university; they make their own policies. The parent poster said he wasn't able to use his calculator during his first year of college, not on an entrance exam.
At Oregon State University (where I am an undergraduate student) a number of classes will allow scientific calculators on tests, but will not allow graphing calculators (on the basis that a graphing calculator is versatile enough to simply solve equations related to the concepts that the class is designed to teach). Some classes don't have such restrictions.
Whether or not a certain calculator will be allowed in your college classes or not is uncertain; it will depend on the university and the class. I have two -- a TI-82plus and a TI-30X (graphing and scientific respectively).
"On the customer satisfaction front, only 18.8 percent reported having a 'good' or 'very good' experience with Google Checkout, while 81.2 percent indicated a fair to poor experience customer experience compared to PayPal's 44.2 percent reporting good experiences."
Consider that PayPal has had a longer period of time to accumulate their 44.2 percent -- they have had far more total customers than Google Checkout, which gives their customer satisfaction data a more representative sample of the population.
Google Checkout just launched and may require a little trial-and-error to optimize/debug. As another poster pointed out, it also launched during the holiday season, when customer expectations are high. Think about it -- if your online order is a week late in March, are you more or less likely to give Google Checkout a poor satisfaction rating than if your order is a week late in December?
Give Google Checkout some time and it will probably improve dramatically, along with its satisfaction ratings, as more consumers try it. (Incidentally, this/. post was the first time I've heard of Google Checkout, and for $20 off, now I wish I'd used it to purchase the $80 collector's edition copy of The Burning Crusade =P).
There used to be these little cards that you could leave on top of your tip that said "This money is a gift, and not a tip". But I don't think they work:)
I delivered pizza for a while and didn't report any of my cash tips, so that they wouldn't be taxed -- the only way for the IRS to keep track of cash tips is through the business's self-reporting. Obviously, different businesses will handle the reporting of tips differently, but I think you can rest assured that there are a lot of service workers out there who are getting their tips tax-free.
But this brings up another point...if all they're doing is pulling the trigger since they can't sight targets...why not just let them loose in a room with some ambient forest noises, some animal noise sound board (complete with death sounds) and a fan or 2 to simulate wind and let them loose with a gun loaded with blanks?
This would make great reality television. We'll call it "The Hunter."
It will be all about the perceived triumphs of these blind people who think they're hunting, but really aren't. There will be interview recordings that show the blind person getting excited about hunting, how glad he is that he can finally do this thing, followed by the video of him wandering around a plastic dome with trees and animal noises, shooting nothing at nothing.
Then you and I will go to hell with the rest of the reality television masterminds.
I experience a lot when I sleep. In my experience, if something is troubling me emotionally, I can "sleep through it" -- in the morning, things just never seem as bad. I've always inferred that I am subconsciously resolving my "waking issues" through dreaming.
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Is it really immoral to cooperate with the police in a criminal investigation?
I bet you think Rockefeller was a saint, too.
"probably written down somewhere at home instead of memorized"
Looks like your biometrics just made your password less secure. Zounds!
I think he meant the condom needed healing.
Not that that's much better O.o
"The amount of energy will come from the wearer. Which means more food and oxygen."
It actually won't mean more food and oxygen; the astronauts wouldn't be expected to move around a lot to generate electricity to power the entire shuttle, just as much as they normally moved around. When you move, most of your energy is converted to thermal energy and lost -- I recall a physics textbook that suggested the human body was only 20% energy efficient when moving.
The point of recollecting expended energy is to make the space mission more energy-efficient; not power the entire mission!
America is totally despicable, but really, the entire human race is at fault for war. War has been waged for thousands of years between all races of people for all kinds of stupid reasons (Catholic church in the medieval ages, anyone?)
You can't blame me for planning on the worst case scenario, considering human history.
I'm all for a standardized system of rating games, but the problem is that games are just TOO LONG to view entirely. Lawmakers from older generations must not understand this. A movie can easily be viewed in entirety because it is only about 2 hours long -- a game can be upwards of 80 hours and beyond! A potential solution is to retain the system of viewing a developer-prepared reel, but to make this reel publicly available at the time it is sent to the ESRB. Also establish laws that hold the developers financially liable if a game is found to have more graphic content than represented by the original reel -- if lying to the ESRB can sink your company into debt, then it simply won't happen. As it is right now, most people don't have a clue about what sort of arcane methodology the ESRB employs, and there's basically no culpability for error; legally establishing who is liable and making the methodology transparent to the public will fix the ratings issue without requiring the significant expenditure of time and money required to view all games in entirety, a hoop that could potentially damage the industry. Additionally, lawmakers need to understand that the nature of most PC games is that they are "editable" -- through modifications, mods. You all know that, but honestly, sometimes I think that some people don't, and this is for them. If I mod The Sims 2 to show all of the women topless, that's not a feature that was included with the game that the developer should be liable for -- the equivalent of this is to buy a movie, take it home, and use video-editing software to make it appear as though all of the actresses are topless. Should the producers of the movie be liable if I do that to a PG-13 film? Holding developers liable for the explicit content contained in mods will sink the industry -- and it's an industry a lot of voters care about!
mod parent funny.
So long and thanks for confirming the obvious.
So long and thanks for all the fish?
a multi-megabuck Pentagon project
What are megabucks? Is this a gameshow?
If you're one of the survivors of the apocalypse, you want to go to an armory first, and THEN the seed bank.
Otherwise you'll show up at the seed bank and meet the guys who had the foresight to bring guns.
Is this actually just a study on whether or not that assumption is correct, or has someone really made that assumption and is expecting success?
Sounds like what you've got there is a good open, untackled problem.
Paragraphs, man, paragraphs!
In the US, the TI-89 is explicitly allowed on tests administered by the college board
The college board is just the organization that administers the SAT. This is a college entrance exam.
This doesn't necessarily mean the calculator is allowed in college tests administered by a university; they make their own policies. The parent poster said he wasn't able to use his calculator during his first year of college, not on an entrance exam.
At Oregon State University (where I am an undergraduate student) a number of classes will allow scientific calculators on tests, but will not allow graphing calculators (on the basis that a graphing calculator is versatile enough to simply solve equations related to the concepts that the class is designed to teach). Some classes don't have such restrictions.
Whether or not a certain calculator will be allowed in your college classes or not is uncertain; it will depend on the university and the class. I have two -- a TI-82plus and a TI-30X (graphing and scientific respectively).
"On the customer satisfaction front, only 18.8 percent reported having a 'good' or 'very good' experience with Google Checkout, while 81.2 percent indicated a fair to poor experience customer experience compared to PayPal's 44.2 percent reporting good experiences."
Consider that PayPal has had a longer period of time to accumulate their 44.2 percent -- they have had far more total customers than Google Checkout, which gives their customer satisfaction data a more representative sample of the population.
Google Checkout just launched and may require a little trial-and-error to optimize/debug. As another poster pointed out, it also launched during the holiday season, when customer expectations are high. Think about it -- if your online order is a week late in March, are you more or less likely to give Google Checkout a poor satisfaction rating than if your order is a week late in December?
Give Google Checkout some time and it will probably improve dramatically, along with its satisfaction ratings, as more consumers try it. (Incidentally, this /. post was the first time I've heard of Google Checkout, and for $20 off, now I wish I'd used it to purchase the $80 collector's edition copy of The Burning Crusade =P).
I know all about this.
demons, dead bodies, swords and magic and all that good stuff!
Actually, WoW has all of that.
"I don't see any reason to think that this kid didn't download something illegal."
Yeah, but do you see a reason to think that he did?
There used to be these little cards that you could leave on top of your tip that said "This money is a gift, and not a tip". But I don't think they work :)
I delivered pizza for a while and didn't report any of my cash tips, so that they wouldn't be taxed -- the only way for the IRS to keep track of cash tips is through the business's self-reporting. Obviously, different businesses will handle the reporting of tips differently, but I think you can rest assured that there are a lot of service workers out there who are getting their tips tax-free.
But this brings up another point...if all they're doing is pulling the trigger since they can't sight targets...why not just let them loose in a room with some ambient forest noises, some animal noise sound board (complete with death sounds) and a fan or 2 to simulate wind and let them loose with a gun loaded with blanks?
This would make great reality television. We'll call it "The Hunter."
It will be all about the perceived triumphs of these blind people who think they're hunting, but really aren't. There will be interview recordings that show the blind person getting excited about hunting, how glad he is that he can finally do this thing, followed by the video of him wandering around a plastic dome with trees and animal noises, shooting nothing at nothing.
Then you and I will go to hell with the rest of the reality television masterminds.
I use Yahoo! video search because GoogleVideo won't archive porn.
Or meet them in real-life in a bar or something to beat them up for grief killing your 10th level character with their 60th level character.
I experience a lot when I sleep. In my experience, if something is troubling me emotionally, I can "sleep through it" -- in the morning, things just never seem as bad. I've always inferred that I am subconsciously resolving my "waking issues" through dreaming.
I only use Yahoo! video search because googlevideo won't archive porn.
Is specialized vocational training really a degradation, or is it just more specialized?