Cthulhu sleeps under an island (Pohnpei) in the South Pacific. Off http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com:
"Co-ordinates of S. Latitude 47 9, W. Longitude 126 43 have been stated by Lovecraft but never investigated. August Derleth used the co-ordinates of S. Latitude 49 51, W. Longitude 128 34 in his own writings. The latter also places it about a day's journey from Pohnpei, an actual island of the area, which consequently plays a central part in the Cthulhu Mythos."
Also noted "The island is notable for the prevalence of the extreme form of color blindness. Maskun is a medical condition (also called achromatopsia) characterized by the inability to perceive any colors, a severe and rare form of color blindness. It is caused by the lack of any functioning cone cells in the retina; these are the light receptors responsible for color perception. It is endemic on Pohnpei and was described by Oliver Sacks in Island of the Colorblind. Sacks went there with a Dane who had maskun, and the book narrates his experiences on the island. Maskun is relatively rare in humans but often shows up in communities with small gene-pools.
I would assume it's some of the same tech, really. IT's probably been tested in prisons, or at elast the company making it probably has a backgruond in this in another industry anyway.
This http://www.geindustrial.com/cwc/products/ge-interl ogix?pnlid=9&famid=67&catid=1432&id=pers&lang=en_U S is by GE, and the website of the home itself doesn't mention the new deployment.
My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks But it was obsolete before I opened the box You say you've had your desktop for over a week? Throw that junk away, man, it's an antique Your laptop is a month old? Well that's great If you could use a nice, heavy paperweight
Something your missing is that you are taking food away from the resturaunt. Something physical is leaving the store because your being an asshat. However, copying an electronic file does not deprive the original owner of their original product in anwyay. You know that a CD doesn't disappear somewhere because someone ripped on in China.
So...your analogy is false. So is part of your arguement. When you record a CAM, your not stealing electricity or popcorn from the theator. Your taking photons and recording sound waves. Or, just making a copy off a DVD, especially a pre-screener.
Furthermore, how much of your payment is going back to the RIAA? How much goes to the artist? Perhaps you would be better off ordering a t-shirt, as they usually get more profit off thoses.
We've tried a few times to implement a PKI system, but the tech wasn't quite there yet. We've been looking into it again, but haven't done much research beyond package avalibility.
That movement has been on the net before there was a net, but formally formed several years ago. They like to call themselves "cypherpunks" who beleive encryption is the ultimate form of being anon.
Yes, if everyone did it then it would work. The problem is the hardware needed on the ends to do it in the general consumer market isn't there (like common in cell phones and Outlook Express for example), so the majority of users won't use it because they are too busy to be bothered with the hassel.
I personally peg myself as a Christian Gnostic. I tell interested people about it...it's funny yet annoying how many people think I'm saying agnostic. I explain the origin of the word, and some of them get it. They ask me for more info and I hand them VALIS. bwahahahaha.
If I ever had mod points I'd mod this up. This is almost poetry in it's high level of ranting. Wow. I can almost hear this being shouted out at an open mike night in a coffee house...very intense.
It's actually good they caught him. In the article it says: The Bureau got a search warrant for Tereshchuk's home, where they found evidence of his campaign against MicroPatent, as well as the components for hand grenades and the formula and ingredients necessary for making Ricin, according to prosecutors, who say the FBI is still investigating some aspects of the case.
Looks like the was getting ready to carry through on his extortion threats. He should have been looking out for the cops as he should figure that they are ALWAYS on to you, especially when the scam has been going on awhile like that.
"Providing me with a carbon copy I will take it as both notification that you have sent the letter and your consent to circulate copies as might be appropriate. If you click at the end of each email address above and press the space bar, they should activate as a link."
Um, that does nothing but put a space in the hyperlink. You have to hold down ctrl then click. Opps.
Look here for a list of NWS contacts: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/contact.htm. It has a name, address, phone and email for each office.
My reply:
From: busted Email: myersb@accuweather.com "An anonymous reader writes "The National Weather Service wants to update a 1991 policy that limits what data it can put on the Internet. The proposed new policy makes putting free data on the Internet official. The Private Weather Sector wants NWS to provide its new digital forecasts only in specialized data formats and would like NWS to shut down new XML data feeds. Barry Myers (MS Word doc), president of Accuweather wants you to have pay before using Kweather and other similar tools. Myers is asking friends to comment against the new NWS policy by June 30. Should we have to pay twice to get weather forecasts?""
Actually, I think the idea to ban them is more about the Kassam rocket idea than anything. I think the idea behind it is to reduce the possiblity of easily getting ahold of rocket delivery systems that might be used in a terrorist attack.
Of course, most off-the-shelf model rockets can barely deliver a hard-boiled egg, much less a threatening explosive warhead. An E size rocket engine (the largest of Estes's regular model rocket line) can only launch up to 425 grams. I'm no rocket scientist (haha, bad joke), but the engine itself ways 37.2 grams. Their biggest rocket weighs 6.6 oz, or 187 grams. This leaves you able to deliver a 200 gram payload up to 350 feet for around $40-$50. Of course, the ATF is talking about real rockets, not model rockets. I don't know any statistics for them.
Various explosive receipies are all over the net. You could just go to a gun store and buy gunpowder, and put a bunch of tack nails in it. It wouldn't do much to troops in body armour, but would cause much damage in a crowd. Get fancy with a barometric switch to explode ten feet above your target...ouch.
You could probably modify the $35 rocket to hold multiple engines, and boost the delivery/payload somewhat. I doubt you could get it to increase a magnitude though.
I have to disagree somewhat on the network policy. You need role-basaed access, period. Your tech people need to install and test things. However, give total freedom to the secratary and you end up with Bonzi Buddy, CWS, Kazaa, Felix the Cat, and a whole host of other issues that make the support cost rise. I've worked in enterprise-level helpdesk, and having to unistall these items (such as someone who installs every chat program known to man, and every damn Comet Cursor popup) is a nightmare.
Yes, there is software-based systems to prevent installing some things, but the majority of them get through. It might not even affect their work immediatly until they complain that their system is running slow because they have a dozen programs running that do not facilitate work. If your company allows IM, then install Trillian so your users can use the three major IM systems without each having a seperate client and so on.
Another idea would be to go to the local political party conventions. I went to the Democratic convetions and gave some reporters an earfull on my opinions of Ashcroft. It ended up both on TV and in a local newspaper. Local news loves to hear something new from someone who knows what their talking about, especially if it's controversial.
Riiiiight. Here's my latest email to my represenative (and their reply). Basically, he said "um, indeed":
I have emailed your office several times in the past, and have been quite pleased with your staff's response. Normally my emails are around technical matters and bills. However, this strikes fear deep into my heart, and I feel I must speak out on this bill to you.
What is the idea behind H.R. 3920? "To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court." Why not just abolish SCOTUS and get it over with? If this bill passes, Mr. Lewis and friends might as well have their next bill to just disband the rest of out checks and balances as well, such as the Congress and the Senate. This is pure insanity. And middle school child can tell you that this would basically destroy the entire idea behind the idea.
I plan to pass this bill to everyone I know. How could anyone even think about this? Our founding fathers are shaking their heads in complete shame and sadness over this. Please do whatever is needed to kill this before the entire structure is dismantled.
Dear Mr. Hunt:
Thank you for your recent correspondence. As your voice in Washington, I appreciate being made aware of your views.
The legislation about which you have contacted me regarding H.R. 3920, the Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004, is presently pending in the House of Representatives. While I do not actively work with House bills that have not been passed, I do find it useful to receive input on such matters. A House bill, if passed, would come to the Senate and could become law. Also, House bills can be precursors to Senate bills.
In any case, the matter with which this legislation deals is important. I believe we should look closely at this. It is crucial that the decisions we make be informed and forward-thinking. If Senators or Representatives ignore issues, either because they are addressed only by legislation in the other house or otherwise, they shirk part of their responsibility, which is to be attentive to the needs of all of their constituents.
Again, thank you for your comments. Please do not hesitate to contact me again.
I could easily bring down the 918 arae code with a chainsaw. The bulk of the trunks run under a bridge in Tulsa...I just d/led the maps when I worked at MCI. I'm betting that a single dedicated person could easily gather the information, and then have about 5-10 people across the nation cut the lines in each LATA. Then move on to the various grid substations while everyone is freaking out about the loss of connectivity. You could also strike at the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific junctions, as there aren't many of them.
Have chainsaw, will travel.
Of course, I don't own a chainsaw and I would go insane without my net connection and electricity....but it could be done.
There was this old sci-fi book that had something similar, but it actually moved the various particles themselves out to the other side, depending on their angle of impact.
That's actually kinda funny, especially given that I'm part Jewish myself and a student of kabala (amongst other things). People automatically assume I'm anti-semetic without even understand wtf we're talking about.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Westley: Yes. Vizzini: Morons.
I like the original short story much better. Of course, there wasn't nearly the amount of combat in it. But the "fake" police station was cool, and the story about WHY everyone was really leaving earth could have been better stated in the movie.
My company is in at the beta stage of our ODB II software reader, and we are looking for our next gen product to be able to reprogram the cars via our software. It took quite a bit to get all the ODB II codes in the first place...
Now we are trying to secure the codes to reprogram the ECU. The product we currently sell is the same price as the scantool itself, and we want to keep the cost of the next-gen down under $500. We are hoping this bill makes it through before ODB III becomes the standard.
BTW, if anyone is interested in beta testing, drop me a line. You'll have to purchase the hardware (at about a 40% discount) for around $60, but we'll send you the beta and 1.0 final for free for beta testing.
The outer Limits would be something for this. They had one where the sun had a massive solar flare, and it followed this astronomer who knew what was going on but no one else did. They thought the sun had gone nova, but realized in the end (after it was bad but not That Bad) it hadn't. Had cool CG when the atronomer described to his lady friend what was currently happening on the other side of the world...as dawn came it burned up everything in it's path, and then would have liquidated the planet as the radiation rose.
Instead, it just vaporized the oceans on part of the planet and caused massive flooding where he was at. He said there would be other problems too (potential loss of atmosphere, etc) but the story ended before that.
I read a short story about this once. Humans had just started seriously exploring intra-solar system space, and didn't yet have much of a presense on any other planets except research facilities. There was a total of five or so "space ships" capable of inter-system travel. They somehow got caught off guard by a planet-killer (I don't really remember that part of the story).
There was a good description of one of the ships that happened to be entering the earths atmosphere at the same time the asteroid hit. The captian gave a run-down as he watched the wall of fire, the surface becoming liquid in some areas, and the massive debris shooting up. That was about it for him, as the ship was destroyed by the debris.
The rest of the story was about this outpost on some moon of somehing (Jupiter or Saturn), where there was only three or four people. They still communicated with the other research centers on Mars, the Moon, and maybe one other moon of another nearby gas giant. The ship was never coming for them, because there was no off-planet infrustructure to refuel, retrofit, new crew, etc. They kept doing research because they had nothing else to do except die. They ended up finding some weird lifeform, but it took months to even figure out it was trying to communicate. The story pretty much ended there.
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Cthulhu sleeps under an island (Pohnpei) in the South Pacific. Off http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com:
"Co-ordinates of S. Latitude 47 9, W. Longitude 126 43 have been stated by Lovecraft but never investigated. August Derleth used the co-ordinates of S. Latitude 49 51, W. Longitude 128 34 in his own writings. The latter also places it about a day's journey from Pohnpei, an actual island of the area, which consequently plays a central part in the Cthulhu Mythos."
Also noted "The island is notable for the prevalence of the extreme form of color blindness. Maskun is a medical condition (also called achromatopsia) characterized by the inability to perceive any colors, a severe and rare form of color blindness. It is caused by the lack of any functioning cone cells in the retina; these are the light receptors responsible for color perception. It is endemic on Pohnpei and was described by Oliver Sacks in Island of the Colorblind. Sacks went there with a Dane who had maskun, and the book narrates his experiences on the island. Maskun is relatively rare in humans but often shows up in communities with small gene-pools.
Strange stuff no doubt.
I would assume it's some of the same tech, really. IT's probably been tested in prisons, or at elast the company making it probably has a backgruond in this in another industry anyway.
l ogix?pnlid=9&famid=67&catid=1432&id=pers&lang=en_U S
This http://www.geindustrial.com/cwc/products/ge-inter
is by GE, and the website of the home itself doesn't mention the new deployment.
My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box
You say you've had your desktop for over a week?
Throw that junk away, man, it's an antique
Your laptop is a month old? Well that's great
If you could use a nice, heavy paperweight
Weird Al, "All About the Pentiums".
Something your missing is that you are taking food away from the resturaunt. Something physical is leaving the store because your being an asshat. However, copying an electronic file does not deprive the original owner of their original product in anwyay. You know that a CD doesn't disappear somewhere because someone ripped on in China.
So...your analogy is false. So is part of your arguement. When you record a CAM, your not stealing electricity or popcorn from the theator. Your taking photons and recording sound waves. Or, just making a copy off a DVD, especially a pre-screener.
Furthermore, how much of your payment is going back to the RIAA? How much goes to the artist? Perhaps you would be better off ordering a t-shirt, as they usually get more profit off thoses.
I'll stop here in my rant.
We've tried a few times to implement a PKI system, but the tech wasn't quite there yet. We've been looking into it again, but haven't done much research beyond package avalibility.
That movement has been on the net before there was a net, but formally formed several years ago. They like to call themselves "cypherpunks" who beleive encryption is the ultimate form of being anon.
Yes, if everyone did it then it would work. The problem is the hardware needed on the ends to do it in the general consumer market isn't there (like common in cell phones and Outlook Express for example), so the majority of users won't use it because they are too busy to be bothered with the hassel.
I personally peg myself as a Christian Gnostic. I tell interested people about it...it's funny yet annoying how many people think I'm saying agnostic. I explain the origin of the word, and some of them get it. They ask me for more info and I hand them VALIS. bwahahahaha.
Because God is crazy, and so it everything else.
If I ever had mod points I'd mod this up. This is almost poetry in it's high level of ranting. Wow. I can almost hear this being shouted out at an open mike night in a coffee house...very intense.
It's actually good they caught him. In the article it says:
The Bureau got a search warrant for Tereshchuk's home, where they found evidence of his campaign against MicroPatent, as well as the components for hand grenades and the formula and ingredients necessary for making Ricin, according to prosecutors, who say the FBI is still investigating some aspects of the case.
Looks like the was getting ready to carry through on his extortion threats. He should have been looking out for the cops as he should figure that they are ALWAYS on to you, especially when the scam has been going on awhile like that.
"Providing me with a carbon copy I will take it as both notification that you have sent the letter and your consent to circulate copies as might be appropriate. If you click at the end of each email address above and press the space bar, they should activate as a link."
Um, that does nothing but put a space in the hyperlink. You have to hold down ctrl then click. Opps.
Look here for a list of NWS contacts: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/contact.htm. It has a name, address, phone and email for each office.
My reply:
From: busted
Email: myersb@accuweather.com
"An anonymous reader writes "The National Weather Service wants to update a 1991 policy that limits what data it can put on the Internet. The proposed new policy makes putting free data on the Internet official. The Private Weather Sector wants NWS to provide its new digital forecasts only in specialized data formats and would like NWS to shut down new XML data feeds. Barry Myers (MS Word doc), president of Accuweather wants you to have pay before using Kweather and other similar tools. Myers is asking friends to comment against the new NWS policy by June 30. Should we have to pay twice to get weather forecasts?""
Actually, I think the idea to ban them is more about the Kassam rocket idea than anything. I think the idea behind it is to reduce the possiblity of easily getting ahold of rocket delivery systems that might be used in a terrorist attack.
Of course, most off-the-shelf model rockets can barely deliver a hard-boiled egg, much less a threatening explosive warhead. An E size rocket engine (the largest of Estes's regular model rocket line) can only launch up to 425 grams. I'm no rocket scientist (haha, bad joke), but the engine itself ways 37.2 grams. Their biggest rocket weighs 6.6 oz, or 187 grams. This leaves you able to deliver a 200 gram payload up to 350 feet for around $40-$50. Of course, the ATF is talking about real rockets, not model rockets. I don't know any statistics for them.
Various explosive receipies are all over the net. You could just go to a gun store and buy gunpowder, and put a bunch of tack nails in it. It wouldn't do much to troops in body armour, but would cause much damage in a crowd. Get fancy with a barometric switch to explode ten feet above your target...ouch.
You could probably modify the $35 rocket to hold multiple engines, and boost the delivery/payload somewhat. I doubt you could get it to increase a magnitude though.
As if that's any different than now?
I have to disagree somewhat on the network policy. You need role-basaed access, period. Your tech people need to install and test things. However, give total freedom to the secratary and you end up with Bonzi Buddy, CWS, Kazaa, Felix the Cat, and a whole host of other issues that make the support cost rise. I've worked in enterprise-level helpdesk, and having to unistall these items (such as someone who installs every chat program known to man, and every damn Comet Cursor popup) is a nightmare.
Yes, there is software-based systems to prevent installing some things, but the majority of them get through. It might not even affect their work immediatly until they complain that their system is running slow because they have a dozen programs running that do not facilitate work. If your company allows IM, then install Trillian so your users can use the three major IM systems without each having a seperate client and so on.
Another idea would be to go to the local political party conventions. I went to the Democratic convetions and gave some reporters an earfull on my opinions of Ashcroft. It ended up both on TV and in a local newspaper. Local news loves to hear something new from someone who knows what their talking about, especially if it's controversial.
Riiiiight. Here's my latest email to my represenative (and their reply). Basically, he said "um, indeed":
I have emailed your office several times in the past, and have been quite pleased with your staff's response. Normally my emails are around technical matters and bills. However, this strikes fear deep into my heart, and I feel I must speak out on this bill to you.
What is the idea behind H.R. 3920? "To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court." Why not just abolish SCOTUS and get it over with? If this bill passes, Mr. Lewis and friends might as well have their next bill to just disband the rest of out checks and balances as well, such as the Congress and the Senate. This is pure insanity. And middle school child can tell you that this would basically destroy the entire idea behind the idea.
I plan to pass this bill to everyone I know. How could anyone even think about this? Our founding fathers are shaking their heads in complete shame and sadness over this. Please do whatever is needed to kill this before the entire structure is dismantled.
Dear Mr. Hunt:
Thank you for your recent correspondence. As your voice in Washington, I appreciate being made aware of your views.
The legislation about which you have contacted me regarding H.R. 3920, the Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004, is presently pending in the House of Representatives. While I do not actively work with House bills that have not been passed, I do find it useful to receive input on such matters. A House bill, if passed, would come to the Senate and could become law. Also, House bills can be precursors to Senate bills.
In any case, the matter with which this legislation deals is important. I believe we should look closely at this. It is crucial that the decisions we make be informed and forward-thinking. If Senators or Representatives ignore issues, either because they are addressed only by legislation in the other house or otherwise, they shirk part of their responsibility, which is to be attentive to the needs of all of their constituents.
Again, thank you for your comments. Please do not hesitate to contact me again.
I could easily bring down the 918 arae code with a chainsaw. The bulk of the trunks run under a bridge in Tulsa...I just d/led the maps when I worked at MCI. I'm betting that a single dedicated person could easily gather the information, and then have about 5-10 people across the nation cut the lines in each LATA. Then move on to the various grid substations while everyone is freaking out about the loss of connectivity. You could also strike at the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific junctions, as there aren't many of them.
Have chainsaw, will travel.
Of course, I don't own a chainsaw and I would go insane without my net connection and electricity....but it could be done.
There was this old sci-fi book that had something similar, but it actually moved the various particles themselves out to the other side, depending on their angle of impact.
That's actually kinda funny, especially given that I'm part Jewish myself and a student of kabala (amongst other things). People automatically assume I'm anti-semetic without even understand wtf we're talking about.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Westley: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
Only if he's jewish.
I like the original short story much better. Of course, there wasn't nearly the amount of combat in it. But the "fake" police station was cool, and the story about WHY everyone was really leaving earth could have been better stated in the movie.
I wasn't sure of your email address...lol
There is a U*ix version in the works. We have a USB connector avalible. email us at aa-beta@gencomplabs for more information.
My company is in at the beta stage of our ODB II software reader, and we are looking for our next gen product to be able to reprogram the cars via our software. It took quite a bit to get all the ODB II codes in the first place...
Now we are trying to secure the codes to reprogram the ECU. The product we currently sell is the same price as the scantool itself, and we want to keep the cost of the next-gen down under $500. We are hoping this bill makes it through before ODB III becomes the standard.
BTW, if anyone is interested in beta testing, drop me a line. You'll have to purchase the hardware (at about a 40% discount) for around $60, but we'll send you the beta and 1.0 final for free for beta testing.
Or Parasite Eve for that matter.
The outer Limits would be something for this. They had one where the sun had a massive solar flare, and it followed this astronomer who knew what was going on but no one else did. They thought the sun had gone nova, but realized in the end (after it was bad but not That Bad) it hadn't. Had cool CG when the atronomer described to his lady friend what was currently happening on the other side of the world...as dawn came it burned up everything in it's path, and then would have liquidated the planet as the radiation rose.
Instead, it just vaporized the oceans on part of the planet and caused massive flooding where he was at. He said there would be other problems too (potential loss of atmosphere, etc) but the story ended before that.
I read a short story about this once. Humans had just started seriously exploring intra-solar system space, and didn't yet have much of a presense on any other planets except research facilities. There was a total of five or so "space ships" capable of inter-system travel. They somehow got caught off guard by a planet-killer (I don't really remember that part of the story).
There was a good description of one of the ships that happened to be entering the earths atmosphere at the same time the asteroid hit. The captian gave a run-down as he watched the wall of fire, the surface becoming liquid in some areas, and the massive debris shooting up. That was about it for him, as the ship was destroyed by the debris.
The rest of the story was about this outpost on some moon of somehing (Jupiter or Saturn), where there was only three or four people. They still communicated with the other research centers on Mars, the Moon, and maybe one other moon of another nearby gas giant. The ship was never coming for them, because there was no off-planet infrustructure to refuel, retrofit, new crew, etc. They kept doing research because they had nothing else to do except die. They ended up finding some weird lifeform, but it took months to even figure out it was trying to communicate. The story pretty much ended there.