If Comcast has any sense they will try to hire the guys rather than drag them through the courts. We need people like this looking for and fixing flaws rather than exploiting them. I couldn't disagree with you more. From reading the Wired article, it seems that these guys are just a bunch of scrip kiddies who got lucky. If Wired managed to track them down so quickly (through MySpace no less) than anyone can, including the FBI. If these guys were hired by Comcast they would spend their days getting paid to smoke their bongs, and nothing more. Comcast should be extremely embarrassed to be hacked by these two clowns.
When I was an undergrad for mechanical engineering, the engineering department reached a compromise with the university that a course in computer programing could be substituted for the core requirement of philosophy of logic. This substitution was allowed for students in any college in the university, but most non-engineers took the logic course because it was rumored to be much easier. Computer programing was required for engineers; I don't know if it was required in any other sciences.
I was taught MATLAB for a semester and then given a conversion sheet for functions in other languages. I found that I can understand most programing languages, but am only good at writing code in BASIC or similar. The only one that I have a real problem with is JAVA (that I'm aware of, I haven't tried Perl or Python). I also found that MATLAB is widely used in my field in industry (thermo).
I also had a thermo class in which our professor decided to challenge the grad students in the class by having them write their simulations in a different language each time. They constantly wined that it was a class in thermo and not programing. I tend to agree with them, but part of me also thinks that they are much better engineers because of it.
How do you keep the concentrated beam of light from starting a fire? Aim it at someone in Sales? Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Put a large lens on the roof to focus a large amount of sun light and pipe it through the building. Split the beam along the way to distribute light to different areas.
Irises can be installed in various places to control intensity depending on user preferences and how intense the sun is at the moment. The irises can be controlled automatically and it will still be more efficient than using electric lights.
How do you keep the concentrated beam of light from starting a fire?
The main departure that seems to be drawing the ire of play testers is the absense of Bo. I was about to ask if Bo was still invincible in the new version, and am sad to find out he will not be included in the game.
I tried cygwin on my old laptop once. The program was massive. I didn't even have any programs installed on it and it took up at least a gig. My machine only had a 20 gig HD. I ended up removing it because running Linux software on Windows wasn't worth that much space at the time.
This reminds me of the story of a man who found himself in possession of tickets to the World Series. Instead of auctioning them off, he decided to sell them for $150 each to the first person to send him an email to his corporate account at 2:17 pm. He printed flyers and handed them out to everyone he knew. At the stroke of 2:17, guess what happened? The corporate email server went down after receiving over 800 emails in less than one second.
My first reaction (and I am sure other peoples too) was what if an astronaut gets diarrhhea or gastroenteritis? There have been severalarticles lately about food in space. One reason this makes headlines is because the diets of the astronauts is carefully controlled to avoid those conditions. Most people never think about it, but having a little gas could cause serious problems when you are doing things that involve rapidly changing air pressure.
I'm not talking about full body exposure to space. I was thinking of the fact that in the glove example I noted above, the body doesn't have any openings in the hand (other than sweat glands). If a male were to relieve himself in a similar fashion in space there would be a pressure differential across internal organs, not just the skin. The muscles that control the bladder could probably hold back the pressure differential. However, to relive oneself, those muscles must relax. Your torso works on a principle of equal pressure, if your diaphragm isn't strong enough the air in your lungs could expand and force your bladder out the tiny hole, or if other muscles aren't strong enough, air could enter other orifices with similar consequences.
I am not a doctor, nor a biologist, but I think the chances of these things happening are unlikely. However, I wouldn't want to try it.
Now I have to start a convenience store that only accepts Euros for payment. Unless of course, you eat the candy bar before you try to buy it, in which case I would have to accept dollars since its a debt.
Congratulations genius, you referenced a movie so obscure nobody on Slashdot has seen it. It may have been terrible, and filled with scientific inaccuracies, but at it was better than that other film. Maybe people would have gotten your joke if it wasn't made after MST3k went off the air.
The experiment of exposing an unpressurized hand to near vacuum for a significant time while the pilot went about his business occurred in real life on Aug. 16, 1960. Joe Kittinger, during his ascent to 102,800 ft (19.5 miles) in an open gondola, lost pressurization of his right hand. He decided to continue the mission, and the hand became painful and useless as you would expect. However, once back to lower altitudes following his record-breaking parachute jump, the hand returned to normal.
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There you have it, you don't explode in space. Your skin is actually very air tight. I think the worst thing that could happen is your bladder would become inverted. Think about it. Ouch!
Landers such as the Phoenix use thrusters to come to a safe, soft landing. Don't these thrusters blow away a lot of the useful sand and soil they are trying to collect?
That is the true advantage of Spirit and Opportunity, not only did they use airbags instead of rockets, they could drive away from the disturbed landing site.
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The blue laser is the hard part. Fortunately, all you have to do is take it out of your, now worthless, HD-DVD player.
1. How much does all of this equipment weigh?
2. If it detects a terrorist attack, what can anyone do about it while the plane is in the air?
When I was an undergrad for mechanical engineering, the engineering department reached a compromise with the university that a course in computer programing could be substituted for the core requirement of philosophy of logic. This substitution was allowed for students in any college in the university, but most non-engineers took the logic course because it was rumored to be much easier. Computer programing was required for engineers; I don't know if it was required in any other sciences.
I was taught MATLAB for a semester and then given a conversion sheet for functions in other languages. I found that I can understand most programing languages, but am only good at writing code in BASIC or similar. The only one that I have a real problem with is JAVA (that I'm aware of, I haven't tried Perl or Python). I also found that MATLAB is widely used in my field in industry (thermo).
I also had a thermo class in which our professor decided to challenge the grad students in the class by having them write their simulations in a different language each time. They constantly wined that it was a class in thermo and not programing. I tend to agree with them, but part of me also thinks that they are much better engineers because of it.
It was the Slowskys.
Right, I forgot to mention that part. I was actually worried about the fire starting after it was concentrated and before it was diffused.
exactly what I was thinking.
Put a large lens on the roof to focus a large amount of sun light and pipe it through the building. Split the beam along the way to distribute light to different areas.
Irises can be installed in various places to control intensity depending on user preferences and how intense the sun is at the moment. The irises can be controlled automatically and it will still be more efficient than using electric lights.
How do you keep the concentrated beam of light from starting a fire?
P.S. you misspelled "absence"
I'll give you a hint: What competing web browser is gets downloaded on Patch Tuesday?
I'll give you another one: It has the letters "I" and "E" in it's name.
I doubt Mozilla will count Linux or even Mac downloads because they don't see them as direct competition.
I tried cygwin on my old laptop once. The program was massive. I didn't even have any programs installed on it and it took up at least a gig. My machine only had a 20 gig HD. I ended up removing it because running Linux software on Windows wasn't worth that much space at the time.
I should note that the 800 emails were just to him.
So, are this frog's claws present at birth, or are they a side effect of an experiment involving adamantium?
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This reminds me of the story of a man who found himself in possession of tickets to the World Series. Instead of auctioning them off, he decided to sell them for $150 each to the first person to send him an email to his corporate account at 2:17 pm. He printed flyers and handed them out to everyone he knew. At the stroke of 2:17, guess what happened? The corporate email server went down after receiving over 800 emails in less than one second.
I'm not talking about full body exposure to space. I was thinking of the fact that in the glove example I noted above, the body doesn't have any openings in the hand (other than sweat glands). If a male were to relieve himself in a similar fashion in space there would be a pressure differential across internal organs, not just the skin. The muscles that control the bladder could probably hold back the pressure differential. However, to relive oneself, those muscles must relax. Your torso works on a principle of equal pressure, if your diaphragm isn't strong enough the air in your lungs could expand and force your bladder out the tiny hole, or if other muscles aren't strong enough, air could enter other orifices with similar consequences.
I am not a doctor, nor a biologist, but I think the chances of these things happening are unlikely. However, I wouldn't want to try it.
Now I have to start a convenience store that only accepts Euros for payment. Unless of course, you eat the candy bar before you try to buy it, in which case I would have to accept dollars since its a debt.
He had to use fake names and addresses. Could you imagine how much junk mail he would receive if he didn't?
I have used similar services in the past. They always remove the money after the transaction. How did this guy prevent that from happening?
Congratulations genius, you referenced a movie so obscure nobody on Slashdot has seen it. It may have been terrible, and filled with scientific inaccuracies, but at it was better than that other film. Maybe people would have gotten your joke if it wasn't made after MST3k went off the air.
There you have it, you don't explode in space. Your skin is actually very air tight. I think the worst thing that could happen is your bladder would become inverted. Think about it. Ouch!
Landers such as the Phoenix use thrusters to come to a safe, soft landing. Don't these thrusters blow away a lot of the useful sand and soil they are trying to collect?
That is the true advantage of Spirit and Opportunity, not only did they use airbags instead of rockets, they could drive away from the disturbed landing site.
how much does a licensed plumber charge for a service call to low earth orbit?
This could blow the budget for both the Moon and Mars!