UPN announced today that it will change its previously announced Friday night line-up for the upcoming 2004-2005 season. Star Trek: Enterprise will now air Fridays from 8:00-9:00PM, and rebroadcasts of the latest cycle of America's Next Top Model will air Fridays from 9:00-10:00 PM. http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file= article&sid=5273
I watched Enterprise the first couple of seasons, let my tivo season pass fall down the list on the third and missed a few episodes and just plain didn't care this season.
I wasn't all that excited about Galactica the miniseries when it came out but watched it again when it aired before the series' first episode and I have to say I'm hooked. If it were a choice between Archer or Adama, I wouldn't lose any sleep over missing Enterprise.
The plot element of Cylons that are indistinguishable from humans and at least one of them is programed to think they are human is pretty entertaining, IMO. I want to see what happens when Boomer starts to realize she isn't human.
Plus, Baltar seeing 6 standing there talking to him while he's in a meeting with Adama and the President is pretty funny. He is supposed to be developing a Cylon detection system, but he doesn't seem to realize all you have to do is have sex with one and see if their spine glows red.
Seems like that would be perfect for Dr. G. Baltar:
I've devised a Cylon detection protocol, it requires me to fuck the ever-lovin shit out of every hot babe in the fleet. I'll start with her -- at the rate of three a day, it should take me, ooh, aaahh... three years to screen everyone. Someone get me some KY, please and some scented oil and I'll get started right away!
Ah yes, the LNP debacle. I did hear about this now that you mention it. Thanks for the reply.
Siebel is a piece of shit, from what I hear. AWS took away the number management piece from us when they implemented LNP and I did hear they had major failures. By that time, I had moved out of that area of the business supporting that customer directly, so I didn't get to experience any of the fallout first-hand.
It will be interesting to see what Cingular does to pull the former AWS' collective heads out of their asses. You are correct, IMO -- they have been doing a slow circle around the drainhole for years.
I'm not challenging you, I really want to know. I work for one of the companies that provides outsourced customer care and billing for them and I'm interested to find out what you're talking about. We're likely going to be one of the providers that gets phased out over the next couple years as they consolidate their operations, and I'm curious to know what business software replacement you're talking about.
One of the stories was a couple diving on a wreck in probably pretty shallow water not too far off shore. They said the were swept out by a strong, turbulent current that left them not knowing which way was up. They had no idea what was happening and were scared out of their minds, although they did have presence of mind enough to do an emergency ascent.
It wasn't until they got back in the boat and headed in that it became pretty obvious that some kind of disaster had struck.
The wife said something to the effect that they left paradise in the morning to go out and dive and returned to hell.
I would imagine if you were out far enough and deep enough, yes, you might not notice much of anything. People diving within a couple miles of the shore would almost have certainly felt strong currents sweeping aout at first, then back in as the wave came towards shore, no?
NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth January 10, 2005
NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. The earthquake that created the huge tsunami also changed the Earth's rotation.
The earthquake also changed the speed at with the earth spins.
>That battle will occur seven years after the believers are taken away....so, we've got some time. Just have to keep an eye on W -- when he vanishes along with most of the MM that voted for him, we'll know they were right afterall and we can stop printing calendars that go beyond 2012.;-)
Claimed by Denmark in 1380, Greenland is geographically considered part of the North American continent, and is the world's largest (non-continent) island, approximately 85% of it covered with ice.
by comparison, Antarctica is 13,209,000 sq km, 5,100,021 sq miles
>it's not made of floating ice, either
doesn't that make it worse? If floating ice melts, the level of the surrounding water shouldn't go up (water expands when it freezes).
OTOH, when ice that is not floating (ie glacier over land) melts, it would eventually add to the volume of water in the sea (fozen or otherwise).
Not saying that all the ice on greenland melting is going to make the sea level on the earth rise by 100 feet, but still...
well, then 'lines' would be pretty meaningless as a measure of code complexity/simlicity. When I hear about how many 'lines of code', I might reasonably assume one 'statement' (whatever that is) to occupy one or more lines, not how many statements one can cram on together before a cr/lf without any whitespace within a given screen width.
Hey, I like compact perl scripts as much as the next guy. I've done some fun things in "one line", and part of the appeal is having someone look at it for a couple minutes before going "ah, I see. slick". But I can't see taking something that would be on the order of 30 lines or so of reasonably formatted script and taking out all the white space to fit as much as possible into an 80 column display and claiming it is 3 lines. That doesn't impart any useful information about how compact the code is relative to the task it performs.
The "Taj Mahal" conjures up images of lavish surroundings.
To people the world over, the Taj Mahal, mausoleum of the mughal Empress Mumtaz Mahal, is synonymous with India. Its curving, gently swelling dome and the square base upon which its rests so lightly is a familiar image from hundreds of brochures and travel books. The Taj is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular buildings of the world. Renowned for its architectural magnificence and aesthetic beauty, it counts among man's proudest creations and is invariably included in the list of the world's foremost wonders. As a tomb, it has no match upon earth, for mortal remains have never been housed in greater grandeur.
Yeah, I had no idea some dead empress chick was buried there.;-)
Even so, the "Taj Mahal of oursourcing" reeks of 20 minutes to deadline and story finished but still needing some "pizazz & punching-up".
hmmm, reminds me of the story years ago where a couple guys with nothing better to do decided to head down to the freeway to drop chunks of concrete from an overpass onto oncoming cars. One chunk dropped right through a windshield and killed a 34 year old woman (her two kids in the backseat were "unharmed").
These guys were caught and charged with manslaughter. Reportedly, they were asked if they had intended to kill someone by dropping a 20 pound chunk of concrete down onto a car travelling 60 mph. No, of course they didn't mean to kill anyone, they were just bored and looking for a little excitement. They hadn't even thought about what would happen if the concrete hit a car. Anyone with two brain cells would have to realize the potential for severe injury or death -- but they didn't stop to think.
not sure what you were responding to, but that was a Harry Potter reference and "he who must not be named" was the evil wizard Voldemort.
Everyone is so scared shitless of the "Dark Lord" that they dare not speak his name. He basically went around, along with his followers, casting spells on people to control, torture or kill them.
hmmm, wasn't there a story about how the value of iraq's pre-war (Saddam) currency was holding or even increasing after the war even though there was no Saddam regime backing the money anymore?
I've googled a couple minutes and can't find it though...
well, obviously I wasn't suggesting that we start monkeying with the thing before we know what is going on, I was responding to the idea that we can't do anything for a long time because it is 25 years away.
my contention is that the thing is probably on an eccentric orbit that brings it inside the earth's orbital path, probably at least a couple times before the predicted near miss.
if this is the case, certainly we would have a chance to observe and refine the predicted path of this object and decide if there is any case for attempting to alter its orbit so it misses that time and any in the future.
>"Speeding it up or slowing it down" _is_ changing its orbit.
yes of course you're right -- when I think "change its orbit" in this context, I guess I was thinking about the difference between trying to 'divert' the object by changing its path/vector vs avoiding a collision by affecting the time it crosses earth's path by changing its velocity.
> I would suspect that would mean it is pretty far away.
can't see the article either, but would not assume the rock is coming at us in a straight line over the next 25 years.
more likely it is on some eliptical orbit that may cross earth's orbit now and again, with a potential impact when earth and this asteroid's orbits intersect.
in that kind of situation, a possible solution might be to change the time at which it crosses the earth's orbital path by speeding it up or slowing it down (rather than trying to change its orbit or blowing it up)?
that seems a little more likely to me that this object is in an eccentric orbit around the sun that will bring it dangerously close to us instead of just some big rock that is passing through our solarsystem heading straight for us.
c'mon that is easily solved by slingshotting around the moon at 9 g's or something.
'course, that assumes that the object happens to be coming at us from _exactly_ the right angle to coincide with a lunar slingshot...
oh, and you will have to modify two space shuttles to be able to carry enough fuel for a lunar trajectory...
oh, and they will have to refuel at some orbiting space station that happens to carry a large supply of liquid oxygen for no apparent reason (plenty of oxidizer, you need to bring the propellant yourself, though)
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yes, I know -- I was trying to be a dick (and I think I succeeded!)
>there's room for more than one good sci-fi show on TV you know
;-)
Yeah, but I can only record one show from 8-9 on Friday
>Are they airing at the same time or something?
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UPN announced today that it will change its previously announced Friday night line-up for the upcoming 2004-2005 season. Star Trek: Enterprise will now air Fridays from 8:00-9:00PM, and rebroadcasts of the latest cycle of America's Next Top Model will air Fridays from 9:00-10:00 PM.
http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file
I watched Enterprise the first couple of seasons, let my tivo season pass fall down the list on the third and missed a few episodes and just plain didn't care this season.
I wasn't all that excited about Galactica the miniseries when it came out but watched it again when it aired before the series' first episode and I have to say I'm hooked. If it were a choice between Archer or Adama, I wouldn't lose any sleep over missing Enterprise.
The plot element of Cylons that are indistinguishable from humans and at least one of them is programed to think they are human is pretty entertaining, IMO. I want to see what happens when Boomer starts to realize she isn't human.
Plus, Baltar seeing 6 standing there talking to him while he's in a meeting with Adama and the President is pretty funny. He is supposed to be developing a Cylon detection system, but he doesn't seem to realize all you have to do is have sex with one and see if their spine glows red.
Seems like that would be perfect for Dr. G. Baltar:
I've devised a Cylon detection protocol, it requires me to fuck the ever-lovin shit out of every hot babe in the fleet. I'll start with her -- at the rate of three a day, it should take me, ooh, aaahh... three years to screen everyone. Someone get me some KY, please and some scented oil and I'll get started right away!
Ah yes, the LNP debacle. I did hear about this now that you mention it. Thanks for the reply.
Siebel is a piece of shit, from what I hear. AWS took away the number management piece from us when they implemented LNP and I did hear they had major failures. By that time, I had moved out of that area of the business supporting that customer directly, so I didn't get to experience any of the fallout first-hand.
It will be interesting to see what Cingular does to pull the former AWS' collective heads out of their asses. You are correct, IMO -- they have been doing a slow circle around the drainhole for years.
Really? What software was this?
I'm not challenging you, I really want to know. I work for one of the companies that provides outsourced customer care and billing for them and I'm interested to find out what you're talking about. We're likely going to be one of the providers that gets phased out over the next couple years as they consolidate their operations, and I'm curious to know what business software replacement you're talking about.
liquid oxygen, nigrogen, metane....
;-P
yeah, obviously once they reach the point where they condense into liquid they are no longer a gas, but I knew what he meant
One of the stories was a couple diving on a wreck in probably pretty shallow water not too far off shore. They said the were swept out by a strong, turbulent current that left them not knowing which way was up. They had no idea what was happening and were scared out of their minds, although they did have presence of mind enough to do an emergency ascent.
It wasn't until they got back in the boat and headed in that it became pretty obvious that some kind of disaster had struck.
The wife said something to the effect that they left paradise in the morning to go out and dive and returned to hell.
I would imagine if you were out far enough and deep enough, yes, you might not notice much of anything. People diving within a couple miles of the shore would almost have certainly felt strong currents sweeping aout at first, then back in as the wave came towards shore, no?
actually, that's what's in the article:
NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth
January 10, 2005
NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, and shifted the North Pole by centimeters. The earthquake that created the huge tsunami also changed the Earth's rotation.
The earthquake also changed the speed at with the earth spins.
>That battle will occur seven years after the believers are taken away. ...so, we've got some time. Just have to keep an eye on W -- when he vanishes along with most of the MM that voted for him, we'll know they were right afterall and we can stop printing calendars that go beyond 2012. ;-)
chastity belt? :-)
man, I hate it when the wife gets 'rooted' by the (pool|mail|ups)guy!
> ??? I am slightly confused
He is commenting on the fact you said you were from texas and didn't care about the environment, kinda like someone else...
except was George isn't a natural born Texan:
Birth: July 6, 1946 at New Haven, Connecticut
>Greenland ain't that big.
g l.htm
Land Area 2,166,086 sq km (839,999 sq miles)
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/
Claimed by Denmark in 1380, Greenland is geographically considered part of the North American continent, and is the world's largest (non-continent) island, approximately 85% of it covered with ice.
by comparison, Antarctica is 13,209,000 sq km, 5,100,021 sq miles
>it's not made of floating ice, either
doesn't that make it worse? If floating ice melts, the level of the surrounding water shouldn't go up (water expands when it freezes).
OTOH, when ice that is not floating (ie glacier over land) melts, it would eventually add to the volume of water in the sea (fozen or otherwise).
Not saying that all the ice on greenland melting is going to make the sea level on the earth rise by 100 feet, but still...
well, then 'lines' would be pretty meaningless as a measure of code complexity/simlicity. When I hear about how many 'lines of code', I might reasonably assume one 'statement' (whatever that is) to occupy one or more lines, not how many statements one can cram on together before a cr/lf without any whitespace within a given screen width.
Hey, I like compact perl scripts as much as the next guy. I've done some fun things in "one line", and part of the appeal is having someone look at it for a couple minutes before going "ah, I see. slick". But I can't see taking something that would be on the order of 30 lines or so of reasonably formatted script and taking out all the white space to fit as much as possible into an 80 column display and claiming it is 3 lines. That doesn't impart any useful information about how compact the code is relative to the task it performs.
interesting,
;-)
The "Taj Mahal" conjures up images of lavish surroundings.
To people the world over, the Taj Mahal, mausoleum of the mughal Empress Mumtaz Mahal, is synonymous with India. Its curving, gently swelling dome and the square base upon which its rests so lightly is a familiar image from hundreds of brochures and travel books. The Taj is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular buildings of the world. Renowned for its architectural magnificence and aesthetic beauty, it counts among man's proudest creations and is invariably included in the list of the world's foremost wonders. As a tomb, it has no match upon earth, for mortal remains have never been housed in greater grandeur.
Yeah, I had no idea some dead empress chick was buried there.
Even so, the "Taj Mahal of oursourcing" reeks of 20 minutes to deadline and story finished but still needing some "pizazz & punching-up".
hmmm, reminds me of the story years ago where a couple guys with nothing better to do decided to head down to the freeway to drop chunks of concrete from an overpass onto oncoming cars. One chunk dropped right through a windshield and killed a 34 year old woman (her two kids in the backseat were "unharmed").
These guys were caught and charged with manslaughter. Reportedly, they were asked if they had intended to kill someone by dropping a 20 pound chunk of concrete down onto a car travelling 60 mph. No, of course they didn't mean to kill anyone, they were just bored and looking for a little excitement. They hadn't even thought about what would happen if the concrete hit a car. Anyone with two brain cells would have to realize the potential for severe injury or death -- but they didn't stop to think.
not sure what you were responding to, but that was a Harry Potter reference and "he who must not be named" was the evil wizard Voldemort.
Everyone is so scared shitless of the "Dark Lord" that they dare not speak his name. He basically went around, along with his followers, casting spells on people to control, torture or kill them.
afterall, he-who-must-not-be-named did great things -- terrible, yes -- but great.
"was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor!?"
earlier today the odds were about even
Impact Probability: 0.5
50.000000000% chance of Earth impact
or
1 in 2.0 chance
or
50.00000000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth
what, it's going to back up and try a second time?
hmmm, wasn't there a story about how the value of iraq's pre-war (Saddam) currency was holding or even increasing after the war even though there was no Saddam regime backing the money anymore?
I've googled a couple minutes and can't find it though...
well, obviously I wasn't suggesting that we start monkeying with the thing before we know what is going on, I was responding to the idea that we can't do anything for a long time because it is 25 years away.
my contention is that the thing is probably on an eccentric orbit that brings it inside the earth's orbital path, probably at least a couple times before the predicted near miss.
if this is the case, certainly we would have a chance to observe and refine the predicted path of this object and decide if there is any case for attempting to alter its orbit so it misses that time and any in the future.
>"Speeding it up or slowing it down" _is_ changing its orbit.
yes of course you're right -- when I think "change its orbit" in this context, I guess I was thinking about the difference between trying to 'divert' the object by changing its path/vector vs avoiding a collision by affecting the time it crosses earth's path by changing its velocity.
> I would suspect that would mean it is pretty far away.
can't see the article either, but would not assume the rock is coming at us in a straight line over the next 25 years.
more likely it is on some eliptical orbit that may cross earth's orbit now and again, with a potential impact when earth and this asteroid's orbits intersect.
in that kind of situation, a possible solution might be to change the time at which it crosses the earth's orbital path by speeding it up or slowing it down (rather than trying to change its orbit or blowing it up)?
that seems a little more likely to me that this object is in an eccentric orbit around the sun that will bring it dangerously close to us instead of just some big rock that is passing through our solarsystem heading straight for us.
c'mon that is easily solved by slingshotting around the moon at 9 g's or something.
'course, that assumes that the object happens to be coming at us from _exactly_ the right angle to coincide with a lunar slingshot...
oh, and you will have to modify two space shuttles to be able to carry enough fuel for a lunar trajectory...
oh, and they will have to refuel at some orbiting space station that happens to carry a large supply of liquid oxygen for no apparent reason (plenty of oxidizer, you need to bring the propellant yourself, though)
oh, and... nevermind