There is nothing in the universe more solid than a damn DEC/Alpha running Oracle. Those boxes don't go down for anything.
Except when you plug a VT terminal into the console port using some "mystery wire" that fit into both connectors. Ooops. I didnt do it. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
V was fanastic. It had the whole Nazi vs Resistance thing going in it. (Look at the symbol of the Vistors). So it wasn't original, but then again, much of human experience is the same shit over and over. V has two seasons of shows, plus a number of made for tv movies (some mini-series type stuff). I need to dig out the old VHS tapes.
Who can forget the toys? THEY were awesome. But I have to admit, that whole star-child Elizabeth thing was pretty lame. Especially since she went from infant to 18 in a month. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Remember when Murdock from the A-Team went through the transporter and became super-smart. They diagnosed him as possible being messed up by some mess up in the transporter.
Riker said it was not possible, as there hasnt been a reported case since _______ .
SOrry but my memory is crap. But it did happen! Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Louisville Sluggers (unless you're a licensed MLB player)
broken bottles
fire
water
cars
air
words (they can hurt and kill after all)
I recognize that giving up these things "for the children" (sorry, obligatory), will be hard for some, but if we save just 1, just one life, won't be it worth it?
Let's live in the nerf (tm) society where none of can get hurt, ever. The government can do it better (tm).
For the children!!!! Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Look into some of Tesla's patents. A search on google will return a bevy of information.
One of his patent's was for an "electricity pump" that would pump power into the ground, and to access it, stick a wire into the ground.
Some of his stuff is pretty far out (for me maybe), I suppose, but he was a genious.
If he could send electricity through the earth, why not some data. It would be the "next step"... Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
If you have 1000s of hours of labor involved in the project, at a conservative $10/hr, that is still a pile added on.
If your site is an e-commerce site of some sort, you need to factor that in as well. If your site is a/. sort of meeting place, I can't imagine that would be worth as much as something that has a tangible product.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
It maybe $10,000/lb from earth. But not from the moon. With 1/6 the gravity, it would tremendously easier to send mined material back to earth.
How much support staff does a shuttle launch need? That's why it so expensive. How much does an ESA launch cost? How about the Chinese? Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Nah, I don't think I contradicted myself. 1) Iridium is a sign to VCs that space is expensive, and financing an industry in space which returns little is a colossal waste of money. 2) If there is a big return on investements (like huge ore deposits), missions there would have bigger justification.
Look at oil for example. In the Alaskan Arctic. It's wildly expensive to build all that infrastructure, they fly employees up there daily from Anchorage, they needed to build more of less self-sufficient complexes, then they needed to build a 4' diameter pipe for 800 miles to get the oil to an ice free harbor. Untold billions of dollars were spent building it. But the rewards have been HUGE. 10 billon barrels of oil so far. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Unfortunately, the Iridium project will be looked at by future venture capitalists as evidence of failed non-governmental space ventures. It would be spectacular to get a small craft back to the moon. If we found the suspected ore-deposits there, rest assured, everyone and their mother would line up to get there. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Guy1: "I need to kill guy3. I see Guy2 has his window open, maybe he has somethign I can use" Guy1 hops into Guy2's house and takes gun,knife,baseball bat, or CAT5 (for choking).
Guy2 discovers that he's been burglerized, but doesnt know when.
Guy3 was already killed. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
(AP)-Kitty Hawk, NC Wright Brothers invent vehicle capable of overcoming earth's gravitational attraction to objects on and near it. Scientists have confirmed that indeed, this vehicle has mysteriously levitated for the length of 100 yards on a North Carolina beach. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
Maybe some school districts should start teaching correct English. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design:-)
A: Most satellites are in geostationary orbit, so that they have a 24 hour orbital period. (Meaning it will stay over the same point on earth in it's orbit). It's 35,786 kms up.
Speed of light = 3e8 m/s, 35K x 2 = 70K. 70/300 =.23 seconds to go up and back. Not counting switching.
Here's another thing. Look at places like China over 1,000,000,000 people and hardly any Chrisitans and I don't see their country going to pot. In fact it's doing pretty damn well. Care to explain that one away?
Except for the fact that they have no rights to freedom of expresssion or religion, their internet access is severely restricted, the 3 Gorges dam is destroying some beautiful terrain, human rights violations abound.
There will always be somebody trying to screw us. We should always do whatever we can to screw others before they screw us.
That is brilliant, and I agree 110%.
I am just troubled by the union of government and industry in this way. If a company wants to spy on another, fine... Goverment spying on another country's company then passing information to our own companies (which most are multi-national anyway)... that is troubling.
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Except when you plug a VT terminal into the console port using some "mystery wire" that fit into both connectors. Ooops. :-)
I didnt do it.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
V has two seasons of shows, plus a number of made for tv movies (some mini-series type stuff). I need to dig out the old VHS tapes.
Who can forget the toys? THEY were awesome. :-)
But I have to admit, that whole star-child Elizabeth thing was pretty lame. Especially since she went from infant to 18 in a month.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Riker said it was not possible, as there hasnt been a reported case since _______ .
SOrry but my memory is crap. But it did happen! :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
This is so subtle, yet so brilliant.
Good work! :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Seriously, outside of Operating Systems 101, who uses Minix? :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
How disappointing. :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
I recognize that giving up these things "for the children" (sorry, obligatory), will be hard for some, but if we save just 1, just one life, won't be it worth it?
Let's live in the nerf (tm) society where none of can get hurt, ever. The government can do it better (tm).
For the children!!!! :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
One of his patent's was for an "electricity pump" that would pump power into the ground, and to access it, stick a wire into the ground.
Some of his stuff is pretty far out (for me maybe), I suppose, but he was a genious.
If he could send electricity through the earth, why not some data. It would be the "next step"... :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
If your site is an e-commerce site of some sort, you need to factor that in as well. If your site is a /. sort of meeting place, I can't imagine that would be worth as much as something that has a tangible product.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
How much support staff does a shuttle launch need? That's why it so expensive. How much does an ESA launch cost? How about the Chinese? :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
1) Iridium is a sign to VCs that space is expensive, and financing an industry in space which returns little is a colossal waste of money. 2) If there is a big return on investements (like huge ore deposits), missions there would have bigger justification.
Look at oil for example. In the Alaskan Arctic. It's wildly expensive to build all that infrastructure, they fly employees up there daily from Anchorage, they needed to build more of less self-sufficient complexes, then they needed to build a 4' diameter pipe for 800 miles to get the oil to an ice free harbor. Untold billions of dollars were spent building it. But the rewards have been HUGE. 10 billon barrels of oil so far. :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Unfortunately, the Iridium project will be looked at by future venture capitalists as evidence of failed non-governmental space ventures. :-)
It would be spectacular to get a small craft back to the moon. If we found the suspected ore-deposits there, rest assured, everyone and their mother would line up to get there.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Guy2 discovers that he's been burglerized, but doesnt know when.
Guy3 was already killed. :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
(AP)-Kitty Hawk, NC :-)
Wright Brothers invent vehicle capable of overcoming earth's gravitational attraction to objects on and near it.
Scientists have confirmed that indeed, this vehicle has mysteriously levitated for the length of 100 yards on a North Carolina beach.
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
Maybe some school districts should start teaching correct English. :-)
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design
shit. Winter 2K...maybe i should have ready Timothy's spiel a little closer, instead of the article.. :)
Up to 50 Gb in HD, 600 Mhz and 100 mb LAN connection.
I didnt see a release date though.
I remember my dad's stacks of Byte magazines when I was growing up.
Last time I was home, i dug through some.
10 Mb MFM Hard Disk for your PC-XT.... $2500 bucks!
That's brilliant man. Are there any Open-projects like this going on? I realize MUD's maybe...
I wish 1) I had more time 2) better programming skills. I would love to work on something like this.
Anyone else? I can't be the only one dreaming...
Speed of light = 3e8 m/s, .23 seconds to go up and back. Not counting switching.
35K x 2 = 70K. 70/300 =
From the release it looks like it will be Win95/98 or NT4.0 only. This is going to be a good thing. I can't wait.
Except for the fact that they have no rights to freedom of expresssion or religion, their internet access is severely restricted, the 3 Gorges dam is destroying some beautiful terrain, human rights violations abound.
Other than that, they're doing pretty well.
It's not VMS. VMS is in ALOT of places and has been for a LONG time.
OS/9 or Concurrent maybe?
That is brilliant, and I agree 110%.
I am just troubled by the union of government and industry in this way. If a company wants to spy on another, fine... Goverment spying on another country's company then passing information to our own companies (which most are multi-national anyway)... that is troubling.