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8y ago
Unfortunately Springer wants 120€ for the ebook version of that title....
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Right, but container ships are stacked with containers higher than the top deck. So maybe this only makes sense for tankers and bulk carriers, or any large cargo vessel that is not a container ship.
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This led me to wonder how important height was a restriction on ships. Turns out "air draft" is reported for major ports. Some interesting findings: The Panama Canal has an air draft of 201 ft imposed by the Bridge of the Americas
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Thanks.
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Can anyone comment on how common it is for social psychology research to rely on surveys completed by Turkers?
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The discussion of how to denote the bounds of a sequence may be missing one consideration: Intuition from language. When speaking we articulate a range by stating the first and last permissible value. E.g. "Pick a number between one an
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The "Findings" section of the report indicates 45 minutes elapsed before authorities were aware of the capsizing. In this case, a beacon may have cut that time down. In a location where hypothermia is a risk, this is important. &g
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How do you handle assemblies efficiently? I found the assembly workbench to be a major weakness of FreeCad when compared to Solidworks or Inventor.
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From the Hitchiker's Guide: A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub-etha radio wave bands for news of himself. The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had be
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This makes sense. Presently my database lives on dropbox and is not in view of the public.
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Anybody have thoughts about where to store the encrypted database for backup? Would it be foolish to keep the database somewhere publicly accessible?
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Retailers like Toys R Us usually lease their stores.
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The Federal Election Commission would have something to say: "The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) prohibits any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local electio
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