It was my impression that "unlimited" meant you could connect all the time, compared to previous
hour-limited contracts. It never meant unlimited up/downloading bytes.
A few months ago the educational supplement of the New York Times had a article saying some high school teachers were accepting PowerPoint presentations instead of term papers.
I think competence in both are necessary for a successful high school graduate.
High school kids have been doing DNA projects in science fairs for a decade now as the technology trickles down. You dont even need access to a scientist's relative lab anymore.
mixed solar and lunar cycles
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The moon and its tides repeat on a 24 hour 48 minute periodicty. That could explain the 25 hour period in absence of light.
Its biologically useful to have multiple clocks.
This spreads out activity cycles, so that short period disaster, e.g. predator, wont wipe out everyone.
seashore living has daily tidal time delay
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The moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, and the tides occur later too. A few jobs that depend on the tides- fishing, seashore activities, walking across Venice without getting wet, etc.- will notice this change. Dont have to changew your sleep patterns like on Mars.
OT: low tech spam on Mexican beach
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Advertising everywhere, all the time, reminded me of my experience at a Mexican beach last week. While a sitting on the beach admiring the natural and human scenery, hundreds of [ licensed ] vendors walk by every few seconds pushing everything from blankets, artwork, tatoos, food, sexual partners, etc. 99.9% of the interactions are "not interested", but they keep on coming all day. Its much like the MS TV commercial why the Blubberfly boots the salesmen.
His widow published the original SISL manuscript which was about 30% longer than the 1960s version. There is a section at the beginning about MArtian society which is interesting. Unfortantely the blowhard character Jubal has longer speeches too.
There could be advertisements personalized to our name and consumer characteristics triggered by RFIDs. Just like in Minority Report. Although they used biometrics rather than RFIDs.
At the begining of the current Iraq war, the US feared GPS jamming by inexpensive, widely available devices. Much of the military uses GPS. However, ground-based jamming is rather localized compared to the space-based GPS platform. You basically need jamming in space, which the US already has.
UNIX is a philosophy about how to present computing resources to the programmer and user. Some components include hierarchial files, I.O devices are files, pipes of simple applications, and so on. AT7T, BSD, Linux, etc. follow this pretty closely, even if the underlying code is different.
A medical claims subcontractor in Pakistan already threatened to post Social Security numbers on the internet unless the hospital paid her because her contractor stiffed her. A folowup article estimated that at least 20% of medical records work is outsourced abroad threw subcontrating chains. Important identity info is rampant in medical records.
Just take the three extended DVDs and rearrange their content for your pleasure. Maybe you can do a better job than Jackson. Star Wars fans have been doing this for years.
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I was wondering if one had copied the other, since both he Hobbit and Snow White have silly darves. However, they both came out in 1937.
Both thtese guys are sponsoring other x-prize contestants according to a popular science article.
Too costly.
Same acronymn as SETI, except replace ET with slashdot.
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Still looking
Try Knuth Vol 3.
Thaddeus Gore, Al Gore's great father describes how he made the first sustained powered flight in 1899 in Tennesee.
The founders of these companies are funding several of the x-prize attempts. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviation/article/0,12 543,458589,00.html
I'm involved in a court case where they charge $2.35 per page per copy. The court fees add up quickly if you want to find out anything.
It was my impression that "unlimited" meant you could connect all the time, compared to previous hour-limited contracts. It never meant unlimited up/downloading bytes.
The world rarely needs more than 2-3 operating systems. Windows, Linux, and MacOS more than fill this market.
Quadrupled RAM prices circa 2001 due to lost time and a damaged packaging factory.
A few months ago the educational supplement of the New York Times had a article saying some high school teachers were accepting PowerPoint presentations instead of term papers.
I think competence in both are necessary for a successful high school graduate.
He graduated from MIT.
I recall a service called "NetCenter" for commercial ISP hosting.
High school kids have been doing DNA projects in science fairs for a decade now as the technology trickles down. You dont even need access to a scientist's relative lab anymore.
The moon and its tides repeat on a 24 hour 48 minute periodicty. That could explain the 25 hour period in absence of light.
Its biologically useful to have multiple clocks. This spreads out activity cycles, so that short period disaster, e.g. predator, wont wipe out everyone.
The moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, and the tides occur later too. A few jobs that depend on the tides- fishing, seashore activities, walking across Venice without getting wet, etc.- will notice this change. Dont have to changew your sleep patterns like on Mars.
Advertising everywhere, all the time, reminded me of my experience at a Mexican beach last week. While a sitting on the beach admiring the natural and human scenery, hundreds of [ licensed ] vendors walk by every few seconds pushing everything from blankets, artwork, tatoos, food, sexual partners, etc. 99.9% of the interactions are "not interested", but they keep on coming all day. Its much like the MS TV commercial why the Blubberfly boots the salesmen.
His widow published the original SISL manuscript which was about 30% longer than the 1960s version. There is a section at the beginning about MArtian society which is interesting. Unfortantely the blowhard character Jubal has longer speeches too.
The term "windows" was part of software systems names long before microsoft co-opted it. Xwindows in 1985, Xerox Windows in 1979, and probably others.
There could be advertisements personalized to our name and consumer characteristics triggered by RFIDs. Just like in Minority Report. Although they used biometrics rather than RFIDs.
At the begining of the current Iraq war, the US feared GPS jamming by inexpensive, widely available devices. Much of the military uses GPS. However, ground-based jamming is rather localized compared to the space-based GPS platform. You basically need jamming in space, which the US already has.
UNIX is a philosophy about how to present computing resources to the programmer and user. Some components include hierarchial files, I.O devices are files, pipes of simple applications, and so on. AT7T, BSD, Linux, etc. follow this pretty closely, even if the underlying code is different.
A medical claims subcontractor in Pakistan already threatened to post Social Security numbers on the internet unless the hospital paid her because her contractor stiffed her. A folowup article estimated that at least 20% of medical records work is outsourced abroad threw subcontrating chains. Important identity info is rampant in medical records.
Just take the three extended DVDs and rearrange their content for your pleasure. Maybe you can do a better job than Jackson. Star Wars fans have been doing this for years.