This topic is getting posted on the tail end of the 11 day farscape marathon that the Sci-Fi channel just finished. That was better news for me, as I was (mostly) able to catch up on the series by Tivo'ing the episodes.
This is not a waste of time. Even without the goal of acheiving space flight, the research involved in this (and related) projects for the X-prize has done much to advance our understanding of aircraft design, use of composite materials, proof of concepts for lauching space-faring vehicles, etc...
Its not "our" money to use, this is a private venture. No government programs are directly impacted by the SpaceshipOne project. If anything a few got paid from what national resources (use of airports, airspace and regulatory agencies) the project makes use of.
Osama still had contacts in-country and access to millions in funding to divert to Al-Queda, even if his family had severed ties.
The Saudis are still considered one of the more politically oppressive regimes in the region.
And he didn't even mention North Korea
The USSR still had to go thru many years of political unrest to get to the point where we considered them as allies, and that's with the moniker of "the evil empire" from the Regean
If human rights violations and non-compliance with the UN were the only sole justifications for invasion, then there are a couple dozen other countries we should be looking to send forces to; including the U.S. itself.
Chirs Pirillo is an old gray-haired gent with a collection of classic recording equipment?
No. The clip the parent poster mentioned is available around the net, and clearly shows it was the gentleman who brought the old phonograph cylinder on to the show that broke it.
He didn't so much drop it, as it shattered in his hands, while he was discussing how fragile those cylinders become with age.
I'd think there are Windows developers who took it personally when some hole was found in "legacy" code that could be traced back to their work. The current security posture MS seems to be taking should help make it easier for those developers to take responsibility(or be handed the same) for flaws in their code going forward. Even if that does not go all the way to cover OS installation that they no longer find it profitable to support.
However, if Linus had provided a patch for a hole in an older kernel, and gotten the word out to the community to apply it; I think he would be equally be insulted if he later got flak from people who did not apply the patch and then had their systems compromised as a result.
MS has more work to do in gaining general users trust enough to make the desire to patch as much a no-brainer for Windows users as it is for linux enthusiasts. But we can extend them at least a modicum of credit for acknowledging the need.
My understanding (IIRC) was that MS bought a competing company (DoubleDisk?) and incorporated their technology into DOS (version 6) as "Doublespace" compression.
DoubleDisk apparently had copied parts of Stac technology which made MS liable in turn for patent infringment.
"But it definitely was so that there would be no remaining
reason to buy from Stac, thus destroying them."
Yeah, that's why the first version of Doublespace was so crappy that it sent users in droves back to Stacker or Superstor programs as a safer alternative.
After MS lost the suit, they brought out a newer version of compression branded as "Drivespace" which fixed internal bugs and removed infringing code.
The countersuit was for patent infringement on Stac's part, who had used the code that allowed the compression engine to load as part of the boot process, instead of later as a system driver.
The last I heard of Stac, they had gone back to using their compression technology in tape backup compression, where it had come from in the first place.
The move by MS to include drive compression was to "add value" to DOS and compete with a then growing segment of the user market (those preferring the use of compression over the cost of newer hard drives back then).
I don't recall that the courts determined (or cared) whether MS was aware of where the Doublespace code came from when they bought DoubleDisk. The fact that they had the code (motive or no) was sufficient to find against them.
B: For stealing a game idea before he had a chance to license the character from American Greetings.
IMO, the funniest thing about the SS parody was; in an age when Grand Theft Auto and Postal 2 can generate interest among gamers, a naughty Strawberry Shortcake might actually sell.
I won't go into all the reasons, but one of PA main draws is its irreverent attitude towards the (console/PC) gaming industry, and the associated gamer/geek culture. That the main characters carry that attitude over into almost everything else the strip focuses on is a staple of the site; and what can make it consistently funny/unfunny for its readers.
As an AC pointed out in a reply above, they did not invoke Godwin, you do by bringing up "Godwin's Law" in reference to a Nazi comment.
>> Remember, with SATA it's only one device per channel, unlike parallel ATA.
AFAIR, you can design SATA to have more than one device per channel. (albeit the devices would then share the bandwidth from that channel).
It is only the current design strategies that are forcing the one device limit.
I think that when SATA-2 starts to get more notice (higher bandwidth and better switching between devices), then there will be more encouragement to place multiple devices on a single channel.
>> Although the rendering of Martian daylight is >> not, perhaps, very realistic (Mars is going to >> get a lot less light than Earth, even if it's >> massively terraformed...),
Actually the reason for that is implied, if not directly explained in the context of the series.
The Hyperspace gateways that were created to allow ships to travel between the planets (and facilitate the migration from earth after the great Gate accident) are also used to pipe sunlight from near-earth orbit to the other colonies.
It was a convienient vehicle used to give the other planets consistent conditions without having to nit-pick too much on other physical differences between Earth, Mars, Venus, Ganymede and a few other spots.
Half the fun of watching anime is trying to figure out what the hell the creators were thinking when they came up with scenarios like that.
Here's a case of felony conviction for a man found growing
over 100 pot plants as allowed under California's Medicinal Marijuana
statutes.
The only right that appears to have been infringed here is that of the defendant
to evidence favoring the defense, and that of
the state to its own standard of
citizens rights lawfully voted into place.
---- And not to take a poke at the
parent post, but I'm surprised that "efelony" has not gotten
picked up as a buzzword for the new media so far.
I've had the opposite experience in Colorado Springs. I've gone from what seemed like several calls a day to what now seems like a couple of calls a week.
My view is fairly subjective, I admit, but I know that the calls I answer now are far more likely to be from people or companies that I actually have past dealings with or have made an open contact with for the solicitation.
I have recieved very few cold calls since the number has become active on the NCL. Keeping in mind that it can take up to a couple of months from when you register for the callers to actually have to take your number off their lists... so they may all be trying to get one last shot in before the deadline.
It is possible that the actions of that caller could be considered a criminal offense in some jurisdictions.
Falsely representing as a pollster would constitute fraud, and be severly frowned upon for causing precisely the reaction you had; which could be considered a chilling effect on the effectiveness of actual poll calls.
Yes, it would have been a waste of more of your time, but at least you have alerted others to be on the lookout for this kind of caller.
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This topic is getting posted on the tail end of the 11 day farscape marathon that the
Sci-Fi channel just finished. That was better news for me, as I was (mostly) able
to catch up on the series by Tivo'ing the episodes.
I know you're just trolling, but...
This is not a waste of time. Even without the goal of acheiving space flight,
the research involved in this (and related) projects for the X-prize has done
much to advance our understanding of aircraft design, use of composite materials,
proof of concepts for lauching space-faring vehicles, etc...
Its not "our" money to use, this is a private venture. No government
programs are directly impacted by the SpaceshipOne project. If anything
a few got paid from what national resources (use of airports, airspace
and regulatory agencies) the project makes use of.
Osama still had contacts in-country and access to millions in funding to divert to Al-Queda, even
if his family had severed ties.
The Saudis are still considered one of the more
politically oppressive regimes in the region.
And he didn't even mention North Korea
The USSR still had to go thru many years of political unrest to get to the point where we
considered them as allies, and that's with
the moniker of "the evil empire" from the Regean
If human rights violations and non-compliance with
the UN were the only sole justifications for invasion, then there are a couple dozen other
countries we should be looking to send forces to;
including the U.S. itself.
Chirs Pirillo is an old gray-haired gent with
a collection of classic recording equipment?
No. The clip the parent poster mentioned is
available around the net, and clearly shows
it was the gentleman who brought the old
phonograph cylinder on to the show that broke it.
He didn't so much drop it, as it shattered in
his hands, while he was discussing how fragile
those cylinders become with age.
That's what you get when you don't sit thru
the credits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law
As I once heard it stated, there was an additional part of the quote where the effect was
"No two people can agree what that 90% signifies"
I'd think there are Windows developers who took it personally
when some hole was found in "legacy" code that could be traced
back to their work. The current security posture MS seems to be
taking should help make it easier for those developers to take
responsibility(or be handed the same) for flaws in their code
going forward. Even if that does not go all the way to cover
OS installation that they no longer find it profitable to support.
However, if Linus had provided a patch for a hole in an older kernel,
and gotten the word out to the community to apply it; I think he
would be equally be insulted if he later got flak from people
who did not apply the patch and then had their systems compromised
as a result.
MS has more work to do in gaining general users trust enough to
make the desire to patch as much a no-brainer for Windows users
as it is for linux enthusiasts. But we can extend them at least
a modicum of credit for acknowledging the need.
My understanding (IIRC) was that MS bought a competing
company (DoubleDisk?) and incorporated their technology
into DOS (version 6) as "Doublespace" compression.
DoubleDisk apparently had copied parts of Stac technology
which made MS liable in turn for patent infringment.
"But it definitely was so that there would be no remaining
reason to buy from Stac, thus destroying them."
Yeah, that's why the first version of Doublespace was so crappy that it
sent users in droves back to Stacker or Superstor programs as a safer
alternative.
After MS lost the suit, they brought out a newer version of compression
branded as "Drivespace" which fixed internal bugs and removed infringing
code.
The countersuit was for patent infringement on Stac's part, who had
used the code that allowed the compression engine to load as part of
the boot process, instead of later as a system driver.
The last I heard of Stac, they had gone back to using their compression
technology in tape backup compression, where it had come from in the
first place.
The move by MS to include drive compression was to "add value"
to DOS and compete with a then growing segment of the user market
(those preferring the use of compression over the cost of newer
hard drives back then).
I don't recall that the courts determined (or cared) whether MS
was aware of where the Doublespace code came from when they bought
DoubleDisk. The fact that they had the code (motive or no) was
sufficient to find against them.
I can only hope to see a hall-full of thousands of her fans, booing
"what the fuck do you think you're doing" over any attmpted song at a concert.
I'd be surprised if it hasn't already started showing up as a riff in house/techno mixes.
The simpler answer is you just didn't notice
previously; this is not a late development.
HP supported +RW, and gained -RW when they
bought out Compaq's inventory.
Sony supported -RW from the start (on some PC
lines), and +RW as retail and OEM drives. And
they were the first to promote the cross format
drives.
TDK sells media, they stand to make a profit
either way. (Sony may also in this regard).
Probably he saw Thunderbirds first:
http://www.thunderbirdsonline.co.uk
Interestingly enough Gerry Anderson later used similar
Super-Marionation techniques for those other series:
http://www.tvcentury21.com/personnel/c21-con-sat-e xhibition.html
Google cached Here
> A: because then american mcgee would sue them.
B: For stealing a game idea before he had a chance
to license the character from American Greetings.
IMO, the funniest thing about the SS parody was;
in an age when Grand Theft Auto and Postal 2 can
generate interest among gamers, a naughty
Strawberry Shortcake might actually sell.
I won't go into all the reasons, but one of PA
main draws is its irreverent attitude towards
the (console/PC) gaming industry, and the
associated gamer/geek culture. That the main
characters carry that attitude over into almost
everything else the strip focuses on is a staple
of the site; and what can make it consistently
funny/unfunny for its readers.
As an AC pointed out in a reply above, they did
not invoke Godwin, you do by bringing up
"Godwin's Law" in reference to a Nazi comment.
>> Remember, with SATA it's only one device per channel, unlike parallel ATA.
AFAIR, you can design SATA to have more than one device per channel.
(albeit the devices would then share the bandwidth from that channel).
It is only the current design strategies that are forcing the one device limit.
I think that when SATA-2 starts to get more notice (higher bandwidth and
better switching between devices), then there will be more encouragement
to place multiple devices on a single channel.
>> Although the rendering of Martian daylight is
>> not, perhaps, very realistic (Mars is going to
>> get a lot less light than Earth, even if it's
>> massively terraformed...),
Actually the reason for that is implied, if not
directly explained in the context of the series.
The Hyperspace gateways that were created to allow ships
to travel between the planets (and facilitate the migration
from earth after the great Gate accident) are also used
to pipe sunlight from near-earth orbit to the other colonies.
It was a convienient vehicle used to give the other planets
consistent conditions without having to nit-pick too much
on other physical differences between Earth, Mars, Venus, Ganymede
and a few other spots.
Half the fun of watching anime is trying to figure out what the
hell the creators were thinking when they came up with scenarios
like that.
Not on any (US-local) base that I'm aware of.
I was in the service when they closed up the
last few 3.2 bars around to comply with state
statutes.
Things may have changed since I was discharged,
but not that I'm aware of.
I'm surprised that has not been adopted by
clubs in America (at least the franchised
ones).
It would seem an even better encouragement for
patrons to have disposable cash on hand than the
in-house ATMs so many have adopted.
The low-tech solution could be to put a
treated section on the back of
the card where the user can simply write
the amount left on the card.
illegal activites that do have an impact on the rights of others.
So there is some debate on "dope dealing" in general; however...
http://www.redding.com/news/state/past/20030201sta te059.shtml
Here's a case of felony conviction for a man found growing
over 100 pot plants as allowed under California's Medicinal Marijuana
statutes.
The only right that appears to have been infringed here is that of the defendant
to evidence favoring the defense, and that of the state to its own standard of
citizens rights lawfully voted into place.
----
And not to take a poke at the parent post, but I'm surprised that "efelony" has not
gotten picked up as a buzzword for the new media so far.
I've had the opposite experience in Colorado Springs. I've gone from what seemed like several
calls a day to what now seems like a couple of
calls a week.
My view is fairly subjective, I admit, but I
know that the calls I answer now are far more
likely to be from people or companies that I
actually have past dealings with or have made an
open contact with for the solicitation.
I have recieved very few cold calls since the
number has become active on the NCL. Keeping
in mind that it can take up to a couple of
months from when you register for the callers
to actually have to take your number off their
lists... so they may all be trying to get one
last shot in before the deadline.
It is possible that the actions of that caller
could be considered a criminal offense in some
jurisdictions.
Falsely representing as a pollster would constitute fraud, and be severly frowned upon
for causing precisely the reaction you had;
which could be considered a chilling effect on
the effectiveness of actual poll calls.
Yes, it would have been a waste of more of your
time, but at least you have alerted others to
be on the lookout for this kind of caller.
Slight correction...
AFAIK, Nevada allows it in any county that
has a population below a certain threshold.
There were a couple other counties in NV with
brothels, but they are far enough away from
Las Vegas that they don't get as much notice.
> it is for all intents and purposes illegal in
> this country... Fair enough?
Not really, since a single exception is often
enough to undermine a point of argument, attempts
to dismiss it notwithstanding.
Garbage In, Garbage Out...
Especially since it was in theatrical release
several months before Spirited Away.