As mentioned earlier, New Zealand is interested in a free-trade agreement with the USA. The government of the day was probably trying to look harsh on IP laws so that the USA would look favourably on them. In the event of the law not passing they could always say that they had tried but had failed. There is always the chance of a less extreme law being passed that is almost as bad.
nasaspaceflight.com is reporting that the debris was a "yo weight".
"The debris object is called a "yo weight" - which was originally part of a Delta PAM-D stage - used to launch GPS 37 in 1993. The yo weight is a small mass attached to a 1-meter-long cable, used to tumble the stage after separation from the payload so it doesn't recontact. Although it would have a mass less than 1kg, travelling at 17,500 mph makes even the smallest object a serious threat."
Years ago when the ISS was being designed they were saying that it would be visible even in daylight. That was before it was severely downsized, so I don't know if that is still the case. Anyone here who can estimate what adding an extra solar panel to the 3 already there will do to its luminosity? Will it make any significant difference?
We had a long stretch of rainy and cloudy weather in my city a while back. I came out one morning to a brilliantly blue clear sky and the first thought that popped into my mind was "What planet am I on?"
Same problem here. I tried to upgrade on Knoppix 5.1 and just gave up eventually. Same story with trying to install VLC. Ironically, I easily installed Firefox 2 and VLC on my old Windows ME computer. Is there no way to have the libaries to be self-contained like on Windows? How do we expect Joe Sixpack to upgrade his Linux applications if we computer people have trouble ourselves.
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As mentioned earlier, New Zealand is interested in a free-trade agreement with the USA. The government of the day was probably trying to look harsh on IP laws so that the USA would look favourably on them. In the event of the law not passing they could always say that they had tried but had failed. There is always the chance of a less extreme law being passed that is almost as bad.
nasaspaceflight.com is reporting that the debris was a "yo weight". "The debris object is called a "yo weight" - which was originally part of a Delta PAM-D stage - used to launch GPS 37 in 1993. The yo weight is a small mass attached to a 1-meter-long cable, used to tumble the stage after separation from the payload so it doesn't recontact. Although it would have a mass less than 1kg, travelling at 17,500 mph makes even the smallest object a serious threat."
Years ago when the ISS was being designed they were saying that it would be visible even in daylight. That was before it was severely downsized, so I don't know if that is still the case. Anyone here who can estimate what adding an extra solar panel to the 3 already there will do to its luminosity? Will it make any significant difference?
We had a long stretch of rainy and cloudy weather in my city a while back. I came out one morning to a brilliantly blue clear sky and the first thought that popped into my mind was "What planet am I on?"
When I saw the heading I thought it was referring to something like Cherry 2000, not like we /.'s are going to get a REAL girlfriend.
Until a few months ago I was using ME on an 800x600 CRT screen, it actually was sharper than on my new LCD screen.
I am surprised that noone has mentioned the sexy android in the cult scifi movie "Cherry 2000"
I am surprised that noone has mentioned the cult sci-fi movie "Cherry 2000" about an android partner.
Same problem here. I tried to upgrade on Knoppix 5.1 and just gave up eventually. Same story with trying to install VLC. Ironically, I easily installed Firefox 2 and VLC on my old Windows ME computer. Is there no way to have the libaries to be self-contained like on Windows? How do we expect Joe Sixpack to upgrade his Linux applications if we computer people have trouble ourselves.