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Re:Where exactly are the Lagrange Points???
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I answered my own question. There is a great diagram of all the Lagrange points here:
http://www.asi.org/adb/m/03/12/lagrange-points.h tm l
L1 is indeed between the Earth and Sun.
Where exactly are the Lagrange Points???
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Can someone update me on this? I thought the Lagrange points were ahead and behind the Earth on its orbit, but this would give just a half lit view of the earth. The article claims that the satellite would be between the Earth and the Sun. Am I just completely mistaken?? I also saw an article about this in Scientific American which also confused me.
Can someone please try to clear this up for all of us? I could not easily find any information about this on the web.
Now that is a feat!
> We hired a crack team of crafty crack monkeys
> that were able to modify the Apache source code > and reduce it down to a 25k text file that runs > under the BASIC interpreter native to the Tandy > TRS-80 Model 100. Those were some smart monkeys.
I would love to see that code.
Thats great, but what happens when I want to change my password? Will Mozilla happily change ALL the passwords it remembers? Automatically contact all those sites and say: please change the password to xxxxx?
This is what the "non-technical" folks want - show me a list of all the sites for which I signed up, and make sure all the passwords are correct, and by the way, sign off from any I have not used for a year.... How do we accomplish this in the open source domain?
"We'll have a pretty aggressive rollout," Red Hat Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said during a conference call with financial analysts Tuesday, after Red Hat's announcement of break-even quarterly earnings. The software, likely called Red Hat Database, will be announced Monday, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Thompson said in an interview.
The article does not mention where they are getting the code. It is probably too big a job to start from scratch - so their only real choice is probably Postgres. Are there any other open source databases they can start with besides MySQL?
Here is the trailer from the WinZip website:
WinZip is a registered trademark of WinZip Computing, Inc
By the way, did you know that Phil Katz died a few months ago?
This scheme would also work in linking together multiple terrestrial networks. There are lots of internal Intranets that are not connected to the Internet. This protocol could make it easier to connect Intranets to the Internet and to each other while still maintaining security. There are many reasons why some people don't want to be on the Internet but still need its resources. The people that work at the CIA for example have to have two computers on their desks - one connected to the internal network, and one connected to the Internet. Maybe this scheme coule be used to securely bridge the two?
I agree - email is better because you have to think a little more about what you are going to say, the same way that punched cards were better because you had to get it right or wait till the next day to try again.
HOWEVER, I don't always want to be deep and meaningful, I just want to say somehting quick, and that's when IM is so incredibly useful. It is much more like an informal conversation than it is like writing a letter.
Oh, and IRC is great, but it does not have the same one-one one feel as IM.
I agree that IM is not the ultimate communication tool, but it definitely has its niche.
Yes, the TOS sucks, but what about the benefits?
- How fast is it exactly (they claim 50x) - is that 1.4MB?
- What technology are they using?
- What is installed in your house? Is it a dish, or an antenna. Where does it have to be, line of sight?
- Where are they transmitting from - cell towers? What kind of bandwidth do they have going to the cell towers?
- What density will this thing support? Does it have the same problems as cable modems - once all your neighbors get one will it slow down?
- What would it take to set up a similar service with a better TOS?
I used Ricochet from Metricom for 3 years before I got my cable modem. It was only 28.8, but shared out the access to all five computers in my house and the internet access was adequate. I liked it better than dial up connections because it is an always on service. It was slow, but did the job well. In all that time, the wireless modem worked perfectly and the service almost never went down. The cost was less than $30 per month.
Of course my cable modem blows Ricochet it away, but if I traveled a lot I would have kept it.
They are now upgrading to 128K service, and if it is as consistent and stable as the 28.8 service, it should serve it's customers well in the future.
The problem with all backup media is they can degrade or be lost. There are dozens of free on-line backup services like Xdrive, Freeback, Yahoo Briefcase, etc. All are pretty reliable and secure, and give access to your data from wherever you happen to be.
The only problem is none of them give you a huge amount of space, but it is always lots more than a floppy disc. It should certainly be enough for university environments.
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This is great news! There are so many web resources that are becoming non-free or full of ads. I was sorry to see Encyclopedia Britannica go back to a pay only service. Slashdot is taking steps towards adding more advertising. The ads in Yahoo mail get bigger every day. I salute those that provide quality free services on the web and hope to see the trend continue.
http://www.asi.org/adb/m/03/12/lagrange-points.h tm l
L1 is indeed between the Earth and Sun.
Can someone please try to clear this up for all of us? I could not easily find any information about this on the web.
Now that is a feat! > We hired a crack team of crafty crack monkeys > that were able to modify the Apache source code > and reduce it down to a 25k text file that runs > under the BASIC interpreter native to the Tandy > TRS-80 Model 100. Those were some smart monkeys. I would love to see that code.
This is what the "non-technical" folks want - show me a list of all the sites for which I signed up, and make sure all the passwords are correct, and by the way, sign off from any I have not used for a year.... How do we accomplish this in the open source domain?
The article does not mention where they are getting the code. It is probably too big a job to start from scratch - so their only real choice is probably Postgres. Are there any other open source databases they can start with besides MySQL?
However, the way the market is in the Washington, DC area, by the time the house makes it up to Realtor.com, it is usually already long gone.
I really like the ipix pictures of home interiors with the 360 degree views.
Here is the trailer from the WinZip website: WinZip is a registered trademark of WinZip Computing, Inc By the way, did you know that Phil Katz died a few months ago?
This scheme would also work in linking together multiple terrestrial networks. There are lots of internal Intranets that are not connected to the Internet. This protocol could make it easier to connect Intranets to the Internet and to each other while still maintaining security. There are many reasons why some people don't want to be on the Internet but still need its resources. The people that work at the CIA for example have to have two computers on their desks - one connected to the internal network, and one connected to the Internet. Maybe this scheme coule be used to securely bridge the two?
Decelleration will put you in a HIGHER orbit - you must Accelerate to go lower. How about Big Station, Orbit Descending?
Um, GE has the largest Market Cap
GM has the highest Revenues
GE has the highest profits
WalMart has the most employees
So what has microsoft got?
That really is Job 1 for us
On the other, they say
Microsoft thinks Linux is doomed, and predicts that many Linux businesses will falter and fail before the end of the year
So which is it? If it is irrelevant, how can it be their #1 threat?
HOWEVER, I don't always want to be deep and meaningful, I just want to say somehting quick, and that's when IM is so incredibly useful. It is much more like an informal conversation than it is like writing a letter.
Oh, and IRC is great, but it does not have the same one-one one feel as IM.
I agree that IM is not the ultimate communication tool, but it definitely has its niche.
Are we going to have a party when we reach this milestone?
So, how do you write Hello World (or its equivalent) in GEML?
I am sorry, but I just asked my 4 year old daughter, and she says 2x3=6, but 2x4=8. So why isn't it 4x instead of 3x?
Yes, the TOS sucks, but what about the benefits? - How fast is it exactly (they claim 50x) - is that 1.4MB? - What technology are they using? - What is installed in your house? Is it a dish, or an antenna. Where does it have to be, line of sight? - Where are they transmitting from - cell towers? What kind of bandwidth do they have going to the cell towers? - What density will this thing support? Does it have the same problems as cable modems - once all your neighbors get one will it slow down? - What would it take to set up a similar service with a better TOS?
Of course my cable modem blows Ricochet it away, but if I traveled a lot I would have kept it.
They are now upgrading to 128K service, and if it is as consistent and stable as the 28.8 service, it should serve it's customers well in the future.
The problem with all backup media is they can degrade or be lost. There are dozens of free on-line backup services like Xdrive, Freeback, Yahoo Briefcase, etc. All are pretty reliable and secure, and give access to your data from wherever you happen to be.
The only problem is none of them give you a huge amount of space, but it is always lots more than a floppy disc. It should certainly be enough for university environments.
Here is the link to the original story: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/30/0314255.shtm l