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Go be something! Simon Gauvin writes "As a follow up to your article on Gobe Productive, beunited.org is setting up a donation site to allow people to donate for the purchase of the source to make it open. You can check out the comments here. And our announcement on our main page."
Thinner is better. Factomatic writes "The The New York Times reports that a new polymer by Xerox can be used to make organic transistors on a plastic substrate, which can then be used to inexpensively make light, flexible flat-panel displays for computers, laptops and mobile phones. The material, polythiophene, has achieved performance on electronics benchmarks that is an order of magnitude greater than current polymer materials. It would be used in a new manufacturing process that Xerox is experimenting with to imprint circuits using inkjets." You may remember this story about a company called Rolltronics' research into printable circuitry.
What about reviving The A-Team? Julio Ojeda-Zapata points to his Update: 12/10 01:25 GMT by T : [Errr, not "her" -- sorry about that.] "in-depth article on the Save Farscape movement. Though I have an obvious bias, I believe this is the most comprehensive article on the subject you'll find anywhere. Predictably, I've been deluged by mail from Scapers. I can't say I wasn't warned about that :-)"
Soon, every Thomas Aquinas, Dickinson and Harvard will have one of their own ... Amadaeus writes with news of another all-campus wireless blanketing. "The new University of Ontario Institute of Technology is offering new students an IBM laptop, included with tuition, that is wired with 802.11b access. The reason behind that is the entire campus (read: cafeterias, stairwells, washrooms, "special areas") is covered with the university wireless network hubs. In fact, the university campus itself is designed with charging outlets for every seat in the classroom and ergonomic seating for computer usage for all students.
Either they're trying to improve wireless education or promote in-class LAN parties and all-night wireless hack-o-thons, UOIT is on the right track to some sort of wireless educational future."
Wireless Weapons: A mini-Howitzer or a Liberator. We've run several stories on 802.11 antenna projects that require more time, more esoteric parts, or a bigger budget, and some that don't take much at all. Daniel Marsh writes with another one in this last category: "If you thought Pringles were fun, check out the Cookie Cantenna. Several have been built and tested by Seattle Wireless members and they blow Pringles cans out of the water, as well as taste better."
On the other hand, if convenience is more importance than raw power, you might find this commercialized alternative attractive. The Cantenna is inexpensive (19.95 by itself, plus the cost of a pigtail) and means you don't have to touch a soldering iron, glue, or anything besides a shipping container.
An electrical antenna is pluralized "antennas".
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Many many months ago... Of course, the story was rejected, but, hey, that's Slashdot. Anyway, here's a story on it from (ironically) Wired. Makes me kinda wish I still went there... well, maybe not.
Save Farscaper scape
Farscape.wdsection.com has moved to www.savefarscape.com.
You will be redirected in 3 seconds.
Description: Headquarters of a fan-based effort to save the show. Includes news and contact information.
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Save Farscape
... Sci-Fi Network vs. Scapers 12-08-02 - Save Farscape Campaign in the St. Paul Pioneer ... The Save Farscape TV Spot Fan funded, fan produced, TV history. ...
Press,
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SAVE FARSCAPE!
... Update: The Save Farscape Petition is now the first link in the Featured Petitions ... SAVE FARSCAPE! ...
section of ipetitions.com's homepage. Thanks, ipetitions.com!
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SaveFarscapeCentral.com ...
This is the home for #farscape's Save Farscape, Never Say
Die, Cracker's Do Matter, Scapers Unite Not Fight.
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Help Save Farscape! - Farscape World ... TRANSCRIPT. [CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST SAVE ...
Help Save Farscape! Note
FARSCAPE NEWS] Click here to read Sci Fi's Cancellation FAQ.
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FarscapeWeekly Farscape CANCELLED
... [19:47] <Barbarella> also they'd like an address to write to to try to Save Farscape ...
[19:47] <FrooniumRicky> We have ideas and stuff, sure, but right now we're
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have a home at SFX --the Save Farscape fan table!!! We
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Save Our Show - Save Farscape - links - petitions, information on how to save
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Save Farscape!
... Scapers Sanctuary > Save Farscape!! ... Save Farscape Cyber Party: From November 11-17th ...
there will be an on-line convention hosted on the SciFi Farscape BBoard!
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I used Andrew Clapps designasa starting point for my 'improved collector'802.11b PVC antenna. And unlike the pringles can, this one is weather-tight.
It's at this link.
Blatant self promotion over.
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Nah, Face was just, uhm, Face. He never really did anything except for the odd con-job. He did drive a wicked-cool vette, tho, so he's not completely without merit.
Hannibal liked to act in monster flicks. Remember the opening scene when he's in the lizard costume?
There were a couple episodes that centered around Universal Studios, where Hannibal had some ridiculous role in a movie.
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I just want to know that I just finished rubbing off at your site when I saw this comment. Thanks for brightening my day :-)
Ray Cross has an exellent program for designing helix antennas, using a spreadsheet for generating the segments, and then the ASAP antenna simulator for seeing the resulting pattern. His website is at home.att.net/~ray.l.cross/asap/index
If you are really into this stuff, check out the Python ASAP code on my site. Rob.
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Farscape was removed from the air so they can afford Taken. You can spend all the money you like, but if Taken is a hit, there will be no Farscape.
Now I know what your thinking, they could air both, unfortuantly do to the half ass way sci-fi does there financing, they just can't afford to run both. They would hzve to renegotiate with all there advetisers for more money.
Perhaps if some avertiser said, sure you can charge us twice the amount we contracted for, then it would happen. that ain't going to happen.
Now how are you being used? if taken fails, then farscape will be back, and the execs will spin it that they are just swell people who listen to there viewers.
OTOH, if you can get a campaign to stop people from wating taken, Farscape might be back.
the good news is, you can still go to sci-fi to watch some guys "speak with the dead".
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
We are not so concerned with the RIAA and MPAA as we are with reality. We have limited pipes to the net, and when legitimate (ie. work and academic related) traffic can not get through becuase 500 students are downloading MP3's and MPG's, where do you suggest we cut? X11 traffic (0.001%), ssh traffic (1%), http (20%), p2p (70%), misc (9%)?
It'd be nice not to have limitations. As is, netpd and the annoying letters from the MPAA are just jokes, but the upstream pipe we have is a reality that needs to be managed.
I think Taken is a 10-episode miniseries. It may have taken budget from Farscape, but it's not taking its time slot.
Well, hey, I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.