I don't know the same things you don't know. I don't know... I just, don't know. It's a great big place full of nothin' but space, and it's my happy place!
Longer version: But it may be more difficult to do nowadays; I don't know. About 7 years ago a family member had a computer with a lot of photos that were, sadly, not backed up. The Maxtor drive had suddenly quit. I was able to eBay another drive with the same model number and swap the boards, and voila! We had a working drive with all of the photos (and other data) intact.
Again, I have no idea how easy that would be to do nowadays... It was hard enough to change boards with my clumsy fingers on a 3.5" drive, let alone a mobile drive.
As someone else posted, an engine cut-off just before launch happened several times during the Shuttle program. There was even a case where a main engine shut down during flight, forcing an abort to orbit (ATO) - do a Youtube search for the launch of Challenger mission STS-51F.
One of my favourite space-related quotes came from STS-41D (Discovery), which had a main engine cut off at T-6s. Apparently the situation was rather...tense, with a fire starting after the engines shut down. One of the crewmen broke the tension: "Gee, I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!" (Main Engine Cut-Off).
Thanks so much for your reflections, everyone. I've been coming here since 1998 (and, like many, registered far too late to get a cool, low UID). What's amazed me is the nature of the community and the discussion that happens here. Certainly, there are the usual trolls but more often than not I see really good, even deep discussion on here. This is a testament to the people who come here and - especially - to the great moderation and meta-mod system that's encourages that type of discussion. When I compare the discourse here to that on most news sites,/. is consistently far ahead of what exists elsewhere.
So thanks for that, Rob! We'll miss you. And I saw that you were musing about writing a book. Please do so! I, for one, would be very interested to read about your time in/. from your own perspective.
That rocked! I can't believe I'm the first to say that.
I have to agree. I know I took a while to reply... about 45 minutes, actually... after I had watched the video, spellbound by what I was seeing.
Wow.
Even as a Youtube video, the views and detail was amazing. If the people who put this video together happen to read this thread, thank you for creating this. If you could upload it as a high quality version and/or make a DVD available, that would be even better! But as it is, I'm simply amazed at what I saw and loved the explanations along the way.
Agree with Commander Keen! Smooth scrolling on an 8088/CGA machine? That was incredible back in the day.
The other game that took many, many, many hours from me was the original Wing Commander. That game was incredible for it's time, from the graphics, music, and storyline. It put my old Adlib card to good use. Many, many fun times!
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I'd really like to try a double-blind test to see if I can tell 120Hz vs moreHz.
I'd be interested in finding out how to do a double-blind, visual test.;-)
FWIW, I fully agree with you and the GP about higher frame rates. I remember back in the day when I had the latest Need for Speed game (I think it was NFS III, which ran at 640x480x256 colours), and the original, EGA graphics IndyCar game from Papyrus (320x200x16 colours). The graphics quality was much lower in IndyCar, but my computer ran it at a much higher frame rate than NFS III. As a result I found IndyCar much more playable.
Felis catus, is your taxonomic nomenclature, An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature; Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, A singular development of cat communications That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion, It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
Nah. It's all about power. Factor in the amount of money going down the drain for these campaigns and the source of said funds, it's likely that the candidate with the highest cash flow will break through the gate of the White House.
But maybe, just maybe, one of the candidates really means what they're saying and will work to transform the system.
Failing that, I guess we just need to solder on and live our everyday lives.
If a security guard would help make you / your guests feel safer, it may be worth checking around for reputable companies in your area. We've used them at our church for services after hours and found them to be well worth the cost for the piece of mind they bring to people (usually in the $200 range for a night).
Heh... this is the first thing I thought of when I read the headline. First Contact was a great movie...
Data: Captain, I believe I am feeling... anxiety. It is an intriguing sensation. A most distracting... Picard: Data, I'm sure it's a fascinating experience, but perhaps you should deactivate your emotion chip for now. Data: Good idea, sir. [beep] Data: Done. Picard: Data, there are times that I envy you.
"That's odd. Maybe it's just me, but I thought the Enterprise-E was a 100% digital effects model? Why would they bother creating a physical model if they're only shooting the digital set? The only thing I can think of is a rough model to prototype the design before making a digital version."
<geek_mode> From the Star Trek The Next Generation Companion, the First Contact movie used minatures for most of the space scenes, including a 10 foot model of the Enterprise-E. I'm assuming this was the one sold here. Part of the saucer section was also built in minature for the crash sequence in Nemesis. </geek_mode>
Looks like J.J. Abrams has a couple of people from "Lost" helping him out as producers on Star Trek XI, so I remain hopeful. There's a great interview of J.J. from mid-July on Variety.com:
(excerpt) "'Star Trek' to me was always about infinite possibility and the incredible imagination that Gene Rodenberry brought to that core of characters," he says. "It was a show about purpose, about faith vs. logic, about science vs. emotion, about us vs. them. It was its own world, and yet it was our world."
[. ..]
"We absolutely feel beholden to the fans, but at the same time, we have to recognize that you can't only go out and make a movie or TV shows for a group of people that live and breathe a show," Abrams says.
His goal: to make a pic that "simultaneously speaks to the people who hold 'Star Trek' close to their heart and at the same time tell a story that resonates" with new fans.
It wasn't mentioned, but does the cycling of propellants due to aborted launch attempts add significant additional strain to the foam?
From the interview, near the top of the page:
Orlando Sentinel: What is the exact mechanism [for foam loss] that you now think you understand?
Griffin: Cycling of the tanks with cryogenic propellants - in fact, [super-cold] liquid hydrogen, because we dont see this problem with liquid oxygen causes or exacerbates voids in the bond between the foam insulation and the tank and produces cracks in the foam. If and when those cracks propagate to the surface, with a crack connecting a void to the surface, then you have a mechanism for cryopumping. When the tank is cold, air is ingested. It liquefies and goes into the voids. Then as the tank empties and the [air] warms up and evaporates, the resulting pressure blows the foam off.
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But they have rocks and trees and rocks and rocks and trees and... WATER!!!
Why would they need Internet access!? pfffttt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Sadly it doesn't look like there are too many Arrogant Worms fans on /. That's unfortunate, as they are pretty much awesome. :-)
I don't know the same things you don't know.
I don't know... I just, don't know.
It's a great big place
full of nothin' but space,
and it's my happy place!
What's to hate about the CFL? 3 downs, longer/wider field, 12 players per side, cold, winter, ice, the Grey Cup (woohoo! Major Riders fan here!)
Oh wait.... *that* CFL... ;-)
Ditto. My 4S has had no problems with iOS 6.1. In fact, my battery life seems better than it was before.
One word: Yes.
Longer version: But it may be more difficult to do nowadays; I don't know. About 7 years ago a family member had a computer with a lot of photos that were, sadly, not backed up. The Maxtor drive had suddenly quit. I was able to eBay another drive with the same model number and swap the boards, and voila! We had a working drive with all of the photos (and other data) intact.
Again, I have no idea how easy that would be to do nowadays... It was hard enough to change boards with my clumsy fingers on a 3.5" drive, let alone a mobile drive.
As someone else posted, an engine cut-off just before launch happened several times during the Shuttle program. There was even a case where a main engine shut down during flight, forcing an abort to orbit (ATO) - do a Youtube search for the launch of Challenger mission STS-51F.
One of my favourite space-related quotes came from STS-41D (Discovery), which had a main engine cut off at T-6s. Apparently the situation was rather...tense, with a fire starting after the engines shut down. One of the crewmen broke the tension: "Gee, I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!" (Main Engine Cut-Off).
Thanks so much for your reflections, everyone. I've been coming here since 1998 (and, like many, registered far too late to get a cool, low UID). What's amazed me is the nature of the community and the discussion that happens here. Certainly, there are the usual trolls but more often than not I see really good, even deep discussion on here. This is a testament to the people who come here and - especially - to the great moderation and meta-mod system that's encourages that type of discussion. When I compare the discourse here to that on most news sites, /. is consistently far ahead of what exists elsewhere.
So thanks for that, Rob! We'll miss you. And I saw that you were musing about writing a book. Please do so! I, for one, would be very interested to read about your time in /. from your own perspective.
That rocked! I can't believe I'm the first to say that.
I have to agree. I know I took a while to reply... about 45 minutes, actually... after I had watched the video, spellbound by what I was seeing.
Wow.
Even as a Youtube video, the views and detail was amazing. If the people who put this video together happen to read this thread, thank you for creating this. If you could upload it as a high quality version and/or make a DVD available, that would be even better! But as it is, I'm simply amazed at what I saw and loved the explanations along the way.
Would this lead to science fictions "Inertial Dampeners"?
Not only that, but if we can establish a low-level warp field around the station, then we can move it to the mouth of the wormhole really quickly.
Agree with Commander Keen! Smooth scrolling on an 8088/CGA machine? That was incredible back in the day.
The other game that took many, many, many hours from me was the original Wing Commander. That game was incredible for it's time, from the graphics, music, and storyline. It put my old Adlib card to good use. Many, many fun times!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzioZBTUIU
I'd really like to try a double-blind test to see if I can tell 120Hz vs moreHz.
I'd be interested in finding out how to do a double-blind, visual test. ;-)
FWIW, I fully agree with you and the GP about higher frame rates. I remember back in the day when I had the latest Need for Speed game (I think it was NFS III, which ran at 640x480x256 colours), and the original, EGA graphics IndyCar game from Papyrus (320x200x16 colours). The graphics quality was much lower in IndyCar, but my computer ran it at a much higher frame rate than NFS III. As a result I found IndyCar much more playable.
Hehe... that's good. I like this as well:
Felis catus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
What do you think about maybe we need some human beings as psychiatrists every now and then?
</drsbaitso>
Windows 7, Windows 8, How long do we have to wait untill Windows 2000?
They'll need to get to 95 first...
Well, you could say "Dennis."
And I'm 37; I'm not old!
Nah. It's all about power. Factor in the amount of money going down the drain for these campaigns and the source of said funds, it's likely that the candidate with the highest cash flow will break through the gate of the White House.
But maybe, just maybe, one of the candidates really means what they're saying and will work to transform the system.
Failing that, I guess we just need to solder on and live our everyday lives.
If a security guard would help make you / your guests feel safer, it may be worth checking around for reputable companies in your area. We've used them at our church for services after hours and found them to be well worth the cost for the piece of mind they bring to people (usually in the $200 range for a night).
It'd be even better if they all looked like Jeffrey Combs with larger ears.
Get Strong Bad to take it...
"Hold on tight, The Cheat -- we're blastin' offa TO THE MOOOOOOOON!"
It can be used to land planes, too!
(Obligatory Dilbert)
Heh... this is the first thing I thought of when I read the headline. First Contact was a great movie...
Data: Captain, I believe I am feeling... anxiety. It is an intriguing sensation. A most distracting...
Picard: Data, I'm sure it's a fascinating experience, but perhaps you should deactivate your emotion chip for now.
Data: Good idea, sir.
[beep]
Data: Done.
Picard: Data, there are times that I envy you.
"That's odd. Maybe it's just me, but I thought the Enterprise-E was a 100% digital effects model? Why would they bother creating a physical model if they're only shooting the digital set? The only thing I can think of is a rough model to prototype the design before making a digital version."
<geek_mode>
From the Star Trek The Next Generation Companion, the First Contact movie used minatures for most of the space scenes, including a 10 foot model of the Enterprise-E. I'm assuming this was the one sold here. Part of the saucer section was also built in minature for the crash sequence in Nemesis.
</geek_mode>
(Yes, I am moved out of my parents' basement.)
This person sounds a bit too... canned, short. Sentences. To be. Real.
:-)
When did William Shatner become an Apple spokesperson?
Full interview here.
From the interview, near the top of the page: