According to wikipedia some particles far exceed escape velocity. If life exists there then it may have been 'exploring' for a long time if only as spores... good sf story here!
Absolutely. Plus we can reread them in 5yrs, 10yrs... And they are still there in the event of power failure and other tech failures. Not that we don't need ebooks. Both is better.
How does an observer tell the difference between AI-controlled and human-controlled device? May be armed, may not. May have passengers, may not. How can an observer know for sure? Control may be switched between human and AI.
Desk phones (in small businesses) and home phones are in serious need of a digital upgrade. The copper line is still a major asset in most places for use by DSL so why not upgrade the phone to a digital device which can offer many of the services offered by cheap cell phones such as text messages? Much could be done even without additional power. Options like a wireless hub could be added etc etc. Why do telcos not push this as standard? It would surely make better use of their resources. What am I missing here?
Makes legal sense? Don't know enough to comment BUT I support the principle that political leaders must be accountable for their actions... and ignoring / downplaying global warming is a serious action in my book.
How about a fairly accessible mandatory wipe option being required in new models? Might require SIM to be taken out first. Not too hard surely. Probably easier to do in Europe though... cell phone companies would need pushing.
May be I will have to wait for a smart phone to get a headphone socket. One that works when the TV is mute. Why do I want one - - so my daughter can watch TV late without waking me - so I can hear the TV during loud conversations - so I can hear when the CD sound track is lousy
May be finding no signals means we are using the wrong communications technology. Radio has only been around 100 years or so. In a thousand years we may be using methods yet unknown which are far more efficient which are standard for advanced civilisations.
However radio is a possible method that we know about and we have to try. It only take one positive result. Keep it up SETI!!
Some UNDP programs have been promoting Linux in developing countries for nearly ten years e.g. the Sustainable Development Networking Programme which has tailed off now but worked diligently and quietly in some 30 countries. Many organisations came out of this which are still promoting open source. See http://www.sdnp.undp.org http://www.sdnp.und p.org/rc/areas/tech/linux/ (Note link to slashdot... and to older technologies)
Seems not to be well known that Beal may be launching from Guyana - a small English-speaking country in South America just south of Venezuela. We are just 5 deg N of the equator and the site they have been testing would allow lauches N and E over open sea. Manufacturing would take place elsewhere. Would be great for us here in my opinion. They seem willing to help develop local talent where feasible - not many rocket engineers here right now...;) For the eco-concerned there is a functioning EPA here & there will be an EIA etc. Has been quite a bit of discussion in the local press. The identified area is a small part of a large area of sparsely inhabited swamp. For links to local press see: http://www.sdnp.org.gy/guylinks.html If the pages are a bit slow have patience with us - we only came on the net in 1996.
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According to wikipedia some particles far exceed escape velocity. If life exists there then it may have been 'exploring' for a long time if only as spores... good sf story here!
Absolutely. Plus we can reread them in 5yrs, 10yrs... And they are still there in the event of power failure and other tech failures.
Not that we don't need ebooks. Both is better.
How does an observer tell the difference between AI-controlled and human-controlled device? May be armed, may not. May have passengers, may not. How can an observer know for sure? Control may be switched between human and AI.
Want to be able to specific more about the source e.g. newspapers only, blogs only, academic only, published in 2007 and so on. Ads I can ignore.
Exactly. Our home PC runs Linux most of the time so all guests use that. Some do not know the difference between Linux and Windows anyhow... :)
So why not dump POTS and route it all via DSL to the exchange?
Desk phones (in small businesses) and home phones are in serious need of a digital upgrade. The copper line is still a major asset in most places for use by DSL so why not upgrade the phone to a digital device which can offer many of the services offered by cheap cell phones such as text messages? Much could be done even without additional power. Options like a wireless hub could be added etc etc. Why do telcos not push this as standard? It would surely make better use of their resources. What am I missing here?
Makes legal sense? Don't know enough to comment BUT I support the principle that political leaders must be accountable for their actions... and ignoring / downplaying global warming is a serious action in my book.
How about a fairly accessible mandatory wipe option being required in new models? Might require SIM to be taken out first. Not too hard surely. Probably easier to do in Europe though ... cell phone companies would need pushing.
Make a whole lot of sense to me... could use more of the same in other areas.
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May be I will have to wait for a smart phone to get a headphone socket. One that works when the TV is mute.
Why do I want one -
- so my daughter can watch TV late without waking me
- so I can hear the TV during loud conversations
- so I can hear when the CD sound track is lousy
Beats long cables.
Let me ask an obvious question - on a Linux box is root access required in order to write to the BIOS? If so that is some protection.
No comment re windows boxes.
May be finding no signals means we are using the wrong communications technology. Radio has only been around 100 years or so. In a thousand years we may be using methods yet unknown which are far more efficient which are standard for advanced civilisations.
However radio is a possible method that we know about and we have to try. It only take one positive result. Keep it up SETI!!
The price of the only DSL in Guyana is to be found at:
http://www.gtt.co.gy/dsl.html
It starts at US$65. It is SHARED bandwidth. No minimum. Sometimes slow...
Some UNDP programs have been promoting Linux in developing countries for nearly ten years e.g. the Sustainable Development Networking Programme which has tailed off now but worked diligently and quietly in some 30 countries. Many organisations came out of this which are still promoting open source. Seed p.org/rc/areas/tech/linux/
http://www.sdnp.undp.org
http://www.sdnp.un
(Note link to slashdot... and to older technologies)
Seems not to be well known that Beal may be launching from Guyana - a small English-speaking country in South America just south of Venezuela. We are just 5 deg N of the equator and the site they have been testing would allow lauches N and E over open sea. Manufacturing would take place elsewhere. Would be great for us here in my opinion. They seem willing to help develop local talent where feasible - not many rocket engineers here right now... ;) For the eco-concerned there is a functioning EPA here & there will be an EIA etc. Has been quite a bit of discussion in the local press. The identified area is a small part of a large area of sparsely inhabited swamp. For links to local press see: http://www.sdnp.org.gy/guylinks.html If the pages are a bit slow have patience with us - we only came on the net in 1996.