Ah yes, Eazel. That had a successful business model. I have no doubt that Flock's business model will be just as successful... in throwing other people's money down the toilet.
The transition layer where you switch from using altitude (based on the mean sea level pressure at the aerodrome, or lowest regional mean sea level pressure if using a regional QNH) to using flight levels (altimeter set to 1013mb or 1013hPa or 29.92inMg) in the UK is from 3000ft to 3500 ft. So the lowest flight level available is FL35. Technically, due to airspace limitations, the lowest one I've ever been able to use is FL55, and I had to go quite a way from base to use that.
Let's face it, the last thing a government in the pockets of the bastard fundamentalists wants is to increase people's knowledge about the universe. They'd be a lot happier if we all believed the stars were just lights in the sky hung there by god.
Douglas Adams didn't write all of the original series either. John Lloyd wrote a few episodes. This is why the Haggunenons only appear in the Radio Series, they were the creation of John Lloyd.
So is it better at importing Outlook address books? I'm trying to make it the standard mail app at work, but our support staff won't budge from Outlook unless we can succesfully import 500+ contacts into the Thunderbird address book - including all notes held in Outlook's address book. (Mind you, even then it'll be an uphill task, despite the company having 14 Linux servers handling all our mission critical stuff, our tech. support guys are diehard Microsoft fans who are afraid of anything not by Microsoft!)
Do you realize that "faggot" used to refer to a bundle of sticks And of course there are Mr. Brain's Faggots. Don't forget to check out the Faggot Family link...!
That would be 'Leicester, the Beagle has landed' - the whole thing is being controlled from the National Space Centre in Leicester, where you can actually go and watch the control centre in action.
Although actually it's going to announce itself by playing a tune by Blur, as well as using a Damien Hirst painting to calibrate the cameras.
So when are they going to start selling them to people who want ever more spurious gadgets for their mobile phones?
You can already get toy cars you control from your phone using Bluetooth, I'm sure you could also sell toy helicopters. You can just see people flying these things around the office!
I know this is offtopic, but I'm disappointed that William Gibson uses a Mac, not as opposed to a PC running Linux, BSD, Windows or whatever, but that that he doesn't have a machine with which he can just patch the 'trodes to his head, and you know, jack in. Yet another disillusioning realization...
Next you'll be telling us you don't know he wrote Neuromancer on a manual typewriter!
think they were having fun and in passing they were showing the Rest of The World that scientists are not a bunch of freaks holed up in a lab somewhere doing weird stuff.
Instead they were showing the rest of the world that they're a bunch of sad trekkies.
I'll bet that Burt Rutan knows. He's designed some of the most impressive light aircraft in the world, some of them jet propelled.
In the last few years, there's been a rocket-powered Long-EZ (Rutan designed canard plane) going around the airshows. It was a testbed for the kind of rocket technology Rutan is using on SpaceShip One.
Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; Second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and Third, for creating the Association of Dead People.
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Note: In Australia, 'thongs' are footwear, not underwear!
Like sandals.
Ah yes, Eazel. That had a successful business model. I have no doubt that Flock's business model will be just as successful... in throwing other people's money down the toilet.
The transition layer where you switch from using altitude (based on the mean sea level pressure at the aerodrome, or lowest regional mean sea level pressure if using a regional QNH) to using flight levels (altimeter set to 1013mb or 1013hPa or 29.92inMg) in the UK is from 3000ft to 3500 ft. So the lowest flight level available is FL35.
Technically, due to airspace limitations, the lowest one I've ever been able to use is FL55, and I had to go quite a way from base to use that.
That's the UK version, anyway.
Let's face it, the last thing a government in the pockets of the bastard fundamentalists wants is to increase people's knowledge about the universe. They'd be a lot happier if we all believed the stars were just lights in the sky hung there by god.
Remember kids, BoingBoing is NOT a reputable source of news. It IS however a good source of complete and utter bollocks.
Because there are suckers out there who'll do the work for them at a fraction of the cost of hiring programmers.
Douglas Adams didn't write all of the original series either. John Lloyd wrote a few episodes.
This is why the Haggunenons only appear in the Radio Series, they were the creation of John Lloyd.
So is it better at importing Outlook address books? I'm trying to make it the standard mail app at work, but our support staff won't budge from Outlook unless we can succesfully import 500+ contacts into the Thunderbird address book - including all notes held in Outlook's address book.
(Mind you, even then it'll be an uphill task, despite the company having 14 Linux servers handling all our mission critical stuff, our tech. support guys are diehard Microsoft fans who are afraid of anything not by Microsoft!)
Science fiction fans may be dismayed to learn that "Mutant X" and "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" have been cancelled.
Well I'm a science fiction fan, and my thought was "About bloody time!". They were both bollocks.
Do you realize that "faggot" used to refer to a bundle of sticks
And of course there are Mr. Brain's Faggots.
Don't forget to check out the Faggot Family link...!
X-Plane.
Less pretty, but more realistic. And you can design your own aeroplane, so the kids could learn about aerodynamics.
Ahem.
I think you'll find the word you're looking for there is Cavalry.
Calvary is one of the names for the place where Christ was crucified (allegedly, if you believe that stuff anyway, which I don't).
Not to be confused with Calgary, where I hear they have a stampede problem.
That would be 'Leicester, the Beagle has landed' - the whole thing is being controlled from the National Space Centre in Leicester, where you can actually go and watch the control centre in action.
Although actually it's going to announce itself by playing a tune by Blur, as well as using a Damien Hirst painting to calibrate the cameras.
The Write Brothers...
You ignorant FUCK. There is no excuse for such ignorance.
The WRIGHT Brothers.
I'll show you again.
The WRIGHT Brothers.
Privatization is a huge step in the evolution of any technology
Yes. The railway system in the UK has improved massively since it was privatised.
By the way. I'm being sarcastic....
Most Ultimate Shit, in fact...
Come ON people, why let SHIT like this get on Slashdot? Have you no sense?
I don't know about anyone else, but at a glance I always seem to read "Master Chief" as "Master Chef" - which would be a whole different game...
So when are they going to start selling them to people who want ever more spurious gadgets for their mobile phones?
You can already get toy cars you control from your phone using Bluetooth, I'm sure you could also sell toy helicopters. You can just see people flying these things around the office!
I'd prefer a system without the concept of money with people working because of the intellectual challenges.
So, what EXACTLY are the intellectual challenges of refuse collection, to give one example.
I know this is offtopic, but I'm disappointed that William Gibson uses a Mac, not as opposed to a PC running Linux, BSD, Windows or whatever, but that that he doesn't have a machine with which he can just patch the 'trodes to his head, and you know, jack in. Yet another disillusioning realization ...
Next you'll be telling us you don't know he wrote Neuromancer on a manual typewriter!
Instead they were showing the rest of the world that they're a bunch of sad trekkies.
I'll bet that Burt Rutan knows. He's designed some of the most impressive light aircraft in the world, some of them jet propelled.
In the last few years, there's been a rocket-powered Long-EZ (Rutan designed canard plane) going around the airshows. It was a testbed for the kind of rocket technology Rutan is using on SpaceShip One.
Humph! All this about pens and not one mention of Veet Voojagig. I'm disappointed in you!
Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; Second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and Third, for creating the Association of Dead People.
It's the Indian version of Reg Shoe!
I rather suspect a lot of the people who will want to wear that won't mind, as it'll have a long way to go to overcome their body odour...