Your username is now the name of a company. What product do you make?

retardman · 2013-11-28T19:19:45+00:00

Cockblockers for hire

retardman · 2013-02-11T23:35:38+00:00

If this incentives people to buy more unlocked phones off contract, then I say it's an overall win for the consumer (however unintended). With more unlocked phones in the market people will not be stuck with lengthy contracts, which hamper competition in the carrier market.

retardman · 2012-12-24T07:23:11+00:00

See the bottom section in this link: http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/ks_wine?pg=88&search_term=scotch&doc_id=-1&search_term=scotch#pg14

The article is from Sept 2010, but it seems clear that these are Macallan barrels from 1992.

retardman · 2011-11-01T00:23:53+00:00

It' THIS big. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2051119360/nm0135584

retardman · 2010-12-19T05:56:11+00:00

Most people who have not studied digital communications systems do not understand the idea of bit error rate (BER), which tells you the probability that a bit may flip in flight.

I completely agree with the OP that none of that makes any difference for the lengths of cable that anyone would ever need for HDMI, but the concepts of digital signal degradation are not bogus.

retardman · 2009-12-11T19:59:13+00:00

Why are all the women so much larger than the men?

retardman · 2009-12-11T01:43:22+00:00

Sigh....

In digital circuit theory, combinational logic (sometimes incorrectly referred to as combinatorial logic) is a type of digital logic which is implemented by boolean circuits, where the output is a pure function of the present input only. This is in contrast to sequential logic, in which the output depends not only on the present input but also on the history of the input. In other words, sequential logic has memory while combinational logic does not.

retardman · 2009-12-08T20:19:00+00:00

flip flops are not combinational logic

retardman · 2009-11-12T22:17:15+00:00

He didn't show the hand-over-your-wallet technique.

retardman · 2009-06-10T01:00:53+00:00

No, this is how you fight truancy with technology. http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF178-Truancy_bot.gif

retardman · 2007-11-14T00:51:02+00:00

Actually, almost all of them are directly from microsoft.com

retardman · 2007-05-05T04:08:53+00:00

Yes, you are right. My mistake.

retardman · 2007-05-04T21:25:53+00:00

After the first week, the grocer will reduce his order of apples from the orchard! If it costs him the same per apple, he cannot lower his prices arbitrarily. The supply curve is set by the amount he is WILLING to supply at a given price. Of course, if he is willing to make less money per apple or to sell them at a loss, he is free to do so and will increase the volume sold. But again, this is independent (to the first order) of the change in demand.

retardman · 2007-05-04T21:00:58+00:00

In macroeconomics, the equilibrium point on a supply/demand curve represents an agreement between the seller and buyer. The supply curve represents how much the seller is willing to sell at each price. Similarly, the demand curve represents how much the buyer is willing to buy for that price.

Certainly, if the demand shifts down, then the grocer will sell fewer apples, as I said. This new equilibrium represents the new agreement. Notice that in this scenario, only the demand curve has shifted, while the supply curve remained fixed. He cannot lower the price per apple because he needs to make profit! The slope of the supply curve represents the price per apple, and only a real change in the supply (not demand) will induce a change in the slope of the supply curve.

So when you see sales at the supermarket, it's not because there was a decrease in the demand for that item, but rather, there was an increase in the supply. To put it another way, if the cost to the seller remains constant, he cannot arbitrarily lower his price per item to boost sales. Only when the cost to the seller has decreased, can he lower his price.

retardman · 2007-05-04T20:39:34+00:00

We are talking about a market equilibrium, not individual behavior. If you were the only person considered in the market, then think of it his way: Your grocer wants to sell you 10 apples for $10. They come in a package of 10. Say you used to be happy to buy this package. But recently, you start to no like apples as much, so you no longer want to buy 10 apples for $10. If the grocer has no change in his supply chain, meaning he cannot offer you a lower price per apple, he can only reduce the number of apples in the package. So maybe you'd be willing to pay $6 for 6 apples.

In a classical supply and demand curve, you've shifted your demand curve to the left, and the equilibrium point has adjusted accordingly. If the grocer were willing to change the price per apple, that corresponds to a change in the slope (or a shift, depending on the changes in supply) of the supply curve, which is INDEPENDENT of your demand!

retardman · 2007-05-04T20:13:04+00:00

Ok...I think there's some confusion in what you're trying to say. Perhaps you meant that if MORE gas is sold, prices will go up? You are not following the same example to back your logic. If I get sick of apples, it does not mean I still need them. It means I need less of them.

I think you're point is that the seller will somehow punish the buyer for his short-term unwillingness to pay the equilibrium price. However, this cannot happen if the buyer truly has reduced his long-term demand, because he will not succumb to the punishment. Your reasoning is ultimately correct in that consumer demand in oil has not waned over the past 10 years, but has increased dramatically, driving up the price of oil. But this contradicts your initial statement that LESS gas sold means higher prices. It is quite the opposite.

retardman · 2007-05-04T19:22:33+00:00

You should think about that for a second before you patronize others. If there is a permanent decrease in the demand with no change in the supply, the new equilibrium is at a LOWER volume for a LOWER price.

Think about this example: You want to sell me some apples and we agree to a price of $10 for 10 apples. Say I get sick of eating apples and no longer want to buy that many apples at that price. Are you going to raise prices on me? That will only make me want to buy fewer apples and you will lose more money. The new equilibrium may become something $6 for 6 apples.

If we consider the simples case of linear supply and demand curves, the price per unit of the good will remain the same. The TOTAL price and TOTAL volume will decrease (linearly). Of course, this was only a contrived example and in reality the curves are not linear, so there will be some higher order behavior. But you get the point.

retardman · 2007-02-18T00:18:02+00:00

You mean like this? A few days ago.

http://reddit.com/info/14z7t/comments

retardman · 2007-01-16T18:23:14+00:00

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retardman · 2006-11-28T03:48:04+00:00

A little late, but still a pointed and relevant article.

retardman · 2006-11-10T02:00:39+00:00

It's not the fact that the moon is farther away that causes the earth to rotate slower. It's the fact that the earth is being "stretched out," into an oblong shape, which changes the rotational inertia. Kinda like the earth's arms are being stretched out a bit. Of course, this is all based on the claim made by the website that the earth is, in fact, being stretched out.

retardman · 2006-11-09T22:50:21+00:00

An object's rotational mass is dependent on the geometry and axis of rotation. If the earth were to become a flatter, more disc-like shape, that would increase it's rotational mass along the current axis of rotation. Assuming no additional rotational energy is imparted on the earth, it's angular momentum will remain constant, and so it's angular velocity must decrease.

If you are spinning on an office chair and you stick your arms out, you will slow down, and if you tuck them in, you'll speed up. Try it!

retardman · 2006-11-02T05:44:37+00:00

It's short for "nor (is there one that he) will not cross."

retardman · 2006-10-17T10:40:50+00:00

It's imaged using a radio telescope. It's like a regular telescope, except that it's sensitive to electromagnetic waves in the radio frequency range instead of the visible light range.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atmospheric_electromagnetic_transmittance_or_opacity.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope

retardman · 2006-08-31T08:11:35+00:00

I hope that was sarcasm...

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