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NASA Still Trying to Verify Anti-Gravity Claims

uncoda writes "The L.A. Times has an article about NASA research into a phenomenon in which the effect of gravity is supposedly reduced. It sounds like cold fusion or polywater to me, but who knows?" We've posted two previous stories about Podkletnov's research: one from a couple of years ago and another more recently.

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  1. Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know that you linux zealots will flame this post but I don't care, you will prove me right as usual.

    1. Linux installation sucks when you don't have the latest hardware.
    I had to recompile the kernel for that stupid ISA Ethernet card to be seen by Redhad.

    2. Startup trouble shooting sucks it is cryptic compared to windows and others.

    3. Applications are rare, I cannot find lots of things that I enjoy on Windows.
    I don't want to play games on Linux.

    4. Sendmail sucks.

    Any mail server on Windows even the freeware ones are as easy as 123 to configure without the scripting bullshit of send mail and compiling it again to support new modules.

    5. Applications and user interface are so amatuerish that it is not funny at all.

    6. No proper support for USB, it is still a hack and cannot have support to most of the USB hardware that I have.

    7. Smaba sucks, installing it and configuring it takes hours.

    8. The Whole attitude of the linux users proves that it is a plague, no help, no asistance, everyone is using it just to show off, just bunch of high school zealots with computers.

    9. Javas support sucks.

    10. No decent browser.
    No I'm not willing to pay $49.99 for Opera, I have Internet Explorer on my Windows box and it is fantastic.

    11. No decent account and home fininance package.

    I could go on forever on this.

    For servers it may be OK, but who cares, us home users don't need it, never will.

    Flame on, linux zealots.

    1. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Actually, you are 100% correct except for that last bit about Linux being OK for servers. No wait, it is OK for servers. Just OK. For desktop use, let's just say the often repeated market share figure of 0.24% is downright generous when it isnt in perilous decline.

      The truth hurts, Mr. Linux, I know, but you should have learnt that fact of life the first time she laughed at you.

    2. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Would you actually pay money for linux? No, I didn't think so. They are giving the shit away with sauce code and it still has like 2% market share.

      Millions of people are willing to pay money for windows, therefor windows must be better!

    3. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Opera is free. So was your mom last night, by the way.

    4. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Don't get too "cocky". The first 10 times are free but then she jacks up the price. Damn slut/whore.

    5. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow, you're in serious need of a hug.

      {{{ YOU }}}

      hth

    6. Re:Why Linux Sucks by Donny+Smith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      >Flame on, linux zealots.

      First, lemme make it clear - I don't particularly like Linux, but I sell it. Definitively not a Linux zealot; use Windows 2000 as desktop, etc.

      Second, I have 30 mins to kill and although I planned to check out today's Uh-Oh.com Thumbails, now I'll instead respond to you, agent provocateur.

      >1. Linux installation sucks when you don't have the latest hardware. I had to recompile the kernel for that stupid ISA Ethernet card to be seen by Redhad.

      Maybe something/someone else is stupid? Ok, no insults, here's a counter-argument: would you use Windows on a machine with ISA card?

      >3. Applications are rare, I cannot find lots of things that I enjoy on Windows. I don't want to play games on Linux.

      Buy Win4Lin (www.netraverse.com) or VMWare (www.vmware.com) and use both Windows and Linux at the same time.

      >4. Sendmail sucks.

      Agree. Use qmail or postfix.

      Another thing: what the fuck is sendmail doing here - a while ago you mention ISA cards (obviously you want to use aged hardware), then you want to play games (don't tell me you want to do that using your high-end ISA hardware) and now you're suddenly into servers (perhaps you have ISA 10Mbps NIC?).

      >Any mail server on Windows even the freeware ones are as easy as 123 to configure without the scripting bullshit of send mail and compiling it again to support new modules.

      Sure, nobody said you have to use Linux if you don't want to or have lost the ability to learn. You have at least 3 choices:

      a) Learn Linux (free, not hard)

      b) Use commercial (easy) Linux software (better performance than Windows)

      c) Use Windows (pay)

      >5. Applications and user interface are so amatuerish that it is not funny at all.

      Actually it's the opposite. Any good Linux sysadmin can do things faster in console than any good Windows admin can do in GUI. Besides, console is less resource intensive and faster too boot up.

      >6. No proper support for USB, it is still a hack and cannot have support to most of the USB hardware that I have.

      Like what? You have 27 USB mice and 173 USB printers? Be precise. I have a Microsoft USB optical mouse, works fine with both Mandrake 8.1 and RedHat 7.2.

      >7. Smaba sucks, installing it and configuring it takes hours.

      To you, maybe.

      >8. The Whole attitude of the linux users proves that it is a plague, no help, no asistance, everyone is using it just to show off, just bunch of high school zealots with computers.

      Hahaha, I have no other comment here. Today I installed a Linux HA solution at the local Stock Exchange. They have eight Linux servers in production....

      >9. Javas support sucks.

      Fuck Java and fuck those Sun morons. On all platforms. And stupid Macromedial Flash too.

      >10. No decent browser.

      Personally I prefer indecency but when it comes to browsers, Mozilla is now semi-decent.

      >No I'm not willing to pay $49.99 for Opera, I have Internet Explorer on my Windows box and it is fantastic.

      Well you paid for Windows. Mozilla is good enough.

      >11. No decent account and home fininance package.

      True. Then again, who cares?

      >I could go on forever on this.

      We know.

      >For servers it may be OK, but who cares, us home users don't need it, never will.

      AFAIK, I don't give a shit about Linux @home. Linux is great for servers and, to me, semi-decent as client. I use Linux at home to learn and I use Windows at work because I'm more productive (MS IE, Eudora, PowerPoint, Excel). If you don't like Linux, use Windows.

  2. First LOTR LOST post! by 20721 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    20721
  3. WHERE ARE THE FLYING CARS@?!? by waspleg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i want my flying delorean minus michael j fox

    and some of those (nanotech?) self healing/cleaning/drying nikes and clothes

  4. Lord Of The Rings upset by green+pizza · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ARgh! How can the academy be that stupid!?!

    1. Re:Lord Of The Rings upset by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      lord of the rings was good, but not that good

    2. Re:Lord Of The Rings upset by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      it's the MPAA man, they are WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOM!

      (I agree it sucked. LOTR should have won.)

    3. Re:Lord Of The Rings upset by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      upset? practically all its nominations were technical, and it only won 4 of those. it is a sad fantasy film for young teens. it probably took last place in the voting.

    4. Re:Lord Of The Rings upset by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It'll take this next one to get into the swing of things. I'm more along the lines of thinking that awards will come to LOTR because the academy can put it off. LOTR will get credit as an epic soon. Ian deserves recognition, as does splatter.

  5. Scotty! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  6. Scotty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh,
    I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave!

    Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again.

    Love ya babe,

    Teddy

  7. I was promised flying cars! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    We don't have flying cars because of IBM.

    Bastards.

  8. w00t w00t Scotty p00 p00 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  9. Scotty W00tty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  10. Viagra by XBL · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This could finally be some competition to Viagra.

  11. aTTTN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you t0ld me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  12. Attn Scotty Plz Respond! Thnx! :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670, the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we - well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  13. Re:TROLLS WHERE ARE ALL THE TROLLS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scotty, my little Vladdie-pooh, I'm a bit confused about which phone number to call you at. Am I still supposed to use (815) 727-0670 the mission apartment? Remember, that was the first place where we -- well, y'know. Tee hee! I thought you weren't living there anymore; you said you got kicked out when they found out about... us. Am I supposed to call you at your In-Laws, at (815) 723-4796, like you told me a couple weeks ago? When I called there and talked to your mom-in-law, she said you didn't live there. She sounded mad that I called her so late! Oh, behave! Scotty, I'm worried because it sounds like you're trying to avoid me. Please call me back. I need to hear your high girlish voice again. Love ya babe, Teddy

  14. off topic: out of places to ask red hat 7.2 prob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is very off topic but im new to linux and dont know where else to ask ive tried 2 newsgroups irc and 2 forums and havent got an answer yet and i really need one

    before installing red hat 7.2 i had wxp pro installed on the first primary partition c. i also had 1 extended partition that had 1 logical drive d. i just installed red hat 7.2. it made 3 more logical drives in the extended partition the boot / and swap. now when i got into wxp pro i started partition magic. the error partition magic give me is "error 116 starting at sector 17251920 on disk 1 the starting lba value is 17251920 and the chs value is 15482879 the lba and chs values must be equal" what caused the problem? i searched google and only found a few results and none were helpful. one said something about this error possibly causing data corruption or something? is this true? if so what could have been lost? i went ahead and let pm fix the problem. still didnt notice anything wrong i have now deleted the 3 linux partitions and am ready to reinstall but what i want to know is after reinstalling should i let pm fix the problems and could i have damaged any data on the c and d partition by letting pm fix the problem before?

    thanks

  15. Hello moderators!!!! by phunhippy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok i'll probably be modded down...but i gotta know!!! whats insightful about that post?? eh?? help me here please... hell the insightful moderation is funnier than the post!