Posts by allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

He'll be lucky if he gets a $5 iTunes gift voucher out of this.

Re: How old?

What is it with you and monorails? Done properly, they work like a treat. Operating since 1901-03-01. Not a typo.

Including voting / giving points?

Re: <with more "person-to-person interaction," >

And, of course "Genuine People Personalities".

Re: 1950's redux / A 380

Also, you'd need a lot of sick bags for the passengers. If you want to exploit the aerodynamics of a flying wing to the max, a lot of people are sitting relatively far from the centre of gravity and relatively close to the wingtips. That makes for lively roller coaster rides ad every turn - which isn't everybody's cup of tea. Also, very few window seats. The aerodynamics are superb, but the sheer geometry involved comes with some drawbacks re practical use. Which is sad, because I'd book a flight in something like this.

Re: Ha ha / keywords

Keywords to look for: "unity.... continuity....stability...." in reality: "non-entity....inability.....incredulity....inept"

So, in other words, a lowest common denominator with legs?

Re: I guess it's good then that I'm a citizen and not a visitor....

"No FB, no Twitter, etc.... They'd think I was lying by saying that and put me back on the plane."

My thoughts exactly, but from the viewpoint of a potential visitor. Ah well, maybe I'll set up an account with XING, just to have something to show them.

Why are the lunatics in charge of running the asylum?

Re: In the long run, my money is on Mandarin.

Satsuma?

Re: buzz killington spoiler

Imagine someone doing something similar, but at a larger scale - dropping asteroids on continents...

But I digress. As I probably won't fully understand the initial paper, does anyone here know about the resolution (if that is the correct term in this context) and the iteration cycles? In other words, how big is the smallest element? How much virtual time lies between each iterational step?

@Doctor Syntax

"I'm hoping someone turns it into a vineyard."

Go for it yourself. You can ask jake for a couple of pointers.

Re: Lumps?

"Eddies in the time-space-continuum."

"So this is his sofa, then?"

I like the approach of modelling the universe as a fluid. From what I dimly remember about fluid dynamics this kinda feels right. Not in the sense of 'yes, that's it, this is how the universe works', but in the sense of 'it might bring us closer to understand just a little bit more'. Sometimes you change the way of looking at things just ever so slightly, and suddenly things fall into place.

Re: Erm, ok, Lenovo,

Either some consultant sold the idea to senior management. Or worse, the CEO's nephew came up with it.

When whoever came up with the idea finally realised that they couldn't deliver, they outsourced it.

Something along those lines.

Re: zero synergy

... good name for a band.

Re: 'EU' -> 'UK' -> 'K'

Anglia.

Book tip: England, England by Julian Barnes

Re: So how long before ...

"@AndrueC - The fuel in the pumps now, that you are buying now, has taken between 4 and 12 weeks from its purchase time to reach those pumps. The movement of the pound NOW won't affect pump prices for weeks."

You still don't know how capitalism works?

Re: Whew!

If.

Re: What IS digital ?

Sorry, can't really help you there - but locking a few CIOs and CTOs in a room sounds like a good start!

Re: Modifying T cells

A lot. But given the possibilities I think it's well worth the risks.

Just label everything properly and legible, and don't drop stuff, mmmhkay?

"Any PROPER tender analysis looks waaaay beyond the number at the bottom of the first page ... "

This.

Works quite good IF you are willing and able (and allowed) to put in the work that's necessary. Which starts a long, long time before you even ask for tenders.

"Unless it's aliens switching on hopelessly out of date TV sets..."

Yes! That makes for a nice wacky conspiracy theory: the x-rays are emitted by the gigantic CRT displays surrounding our solar system, simulating the rest of the universe which is in fact totally different from what we are led to believe! Because, uh, reasons!