At the old company that I used to work for. They had no server room yet so the servers just sat in the corner. One day I was working late and the cleaning staff came in. The first thing that they did was to plug the vaccuum cleaner into the UPS that the main server was hooked up to.
The RIAA and MPAA have sponsored new legislation to make images illegal on the internet in the United States. Images have been known to carry illegal circumvention devices such as DECSS. Thus images in themselves are also potential circumvention devices under the DMCA.
Eventually lead could be a solution for future space stations but it would only be practical if it came from a shallower gravity well than the earth.
Mine it on the moon and ship it up with a rail gun. For better radiation shielding find an asteroid that can be manouvered into position and hollow it out by mining it. It's former interior can be used as reaction mass to get it into position in the first place, and can be used as raw material for other construction and manufacturing projects.
Unfortunately, we cannot do anything of the sort yet. We need to make do with less adequate space stations untill the infrastructure is available to build really livable homes in space.
Of course, if you still really insist on using lead as radition shielding in the earlier stages of space exploitation then their is possibly a practical way to do it. First send up the initial inflatable habitat. Preferrably it would be sausage shaped or better yet several sausages linked into a doughnut that could be spun to gererate artificial gravity. With every subsequent mission to the station a certain amount of launch mass would be allocated to a roll of lead foil. This would be unwound over the sausges just like a gauze bandage is unwound over a wounded arm. One other thing to consider, lead has a fairly low melting point and the temperature fluctuations in space can be fairly extream. Another material or a roll of various other materials layered would probably be more effective and provide more protection from other hazards such as particles of rock and junk travelling at high velocity.
Now, to change the subject.
I do not believe that NASA as a US Gov't funded organization will ever be capable of going where humans NEED to go in space. There needs to be a new organization that receives worldwide funding from governments, industries, people in general, and even slashdotters. Such a centralized organization with more encompassing funding than NASA and other private space efforts would have a much more likely chance of getting us on the road to the effective usage of space than an underfunded government beauracracy and a few small companies competing for a paltry X Prize or quick revenue from pay TV/phone satelite launches.
Oh, just one more thing.
To quote Arthur C. Clarke(possibly not exactly) "The dinasaurs became extinct because they did not have a space program."
I have an NEC MultiSync LCD 1700v in front of me. I have noticed no problems with either movies or games. Also the viewable area is almost as good as the 19" ViewSonic Monster that sits beside it.
All I get from the link is sorry these pages are only for viewing in the US or something like that. (My redirection limit has been exceeded so I can't go back and give the exact text).
What exactly is Odessey 5?
And why is it such a security risk that us subversive Canadians must be kept from it
The above two posts do definitely explain the processor speed of the machine at my new job. I believe I will be more efficient if I BYOH.(Bring Your Own Hardware)
{hemos} Amoritized costs for 30 servers additional hardware costs then travel expenses and all that.
{CmdrTaco} Hemos knows what "Amoritized Costs" are:)
{hemos} Heh.15:46 Amortized Costs: When a business buys a computer it pays the cost up front
What is the generally accepted amortization period for computer hardware?. Do you go by Moores Law (18 Months for processor speed to double) or Gates Law (12 Months for software speed to halve)?
What? You mean there is no such thing as an HDTV resolution camera. Then what is the point of buying a HDTV if there is no such thing as camera that can take a picture for it?
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At the old company that I used to work for. They had no server room yet so the servers just sat in the corner. One day I was working late and the cleaning staff came in. The first thing that they did was to plug the vaccuum cleaner into the UPS that the main server was hooked up to.
It seems they had always been doing that!
Terrorists could beat out messages on drums and other musical instruments. They could even use this method to co-ordinate attacks.
Music should be banned.
This would also solve all our problems with the RIAA.
The RIAA and MPAA have sponsored new legislation to make images illegal on the internet in the United States. Images have been known to carry illegal circumvention devices such as DECSS. Thus images in themselves are also potential circumvention devices under the DMCA.
Eventually lead could be a solution for future space stations but it would only be practical if it came from a shallower gravity well than the earth.
Mine it on the moon and ship it up with a rail gun. For better radiation shielding find an asteroid that can be manouvered into position and hollow it out by mining it. It's former interior can be used as reaction mass to get it into position in the first place, and can be used as raw material for other construction and manufacturing projects.
Unfortunately, we cannot do anything of the sort yet. We need to make do with less adequate space stations untill the infrastructure is available to build really livable homes in space.
Of course, if you still really insist on using lead as radition shielding in the earlier stages of space exploitation then their is possibly a practical way to do it. First send up the initial inflatable habitat. Preferrably it would be sausage shaped or better yet several sausages linked into a doughnut that could be spun to gererate artificial gravity. With every subsequent mission to the station a certain amount of launch mass would be allocated to a roll of lead foil. This would be unwound over the sausges just like a gauze bandage is unwound over a wounded arm. One other thing to consider, lead has a fairly low melting point and the temperature fluctuations in space can be fairly extream. Another material or a roll of various other materials layered would probably be more effective and provide more protection from other hazards such as particles of rock and junk travelling at high velocity.
Now, to change the subject.
I do not believe that NASA as a US Gov't funded organization will ever be capable of going where humans NEED to go in space. There needs to be a new organization that receives worldwide funding from governments, industries, people in general, and even slashdotters. Such a centralized organization with more encompassing funding than NASA and other private space efforts would have a much more likely chance of getting us on the road to the effective usage of space than an underfunded government beauracracy and a few small companies competing for a paltry X Prize or quick revenue from pay TV/phone satelite launches.
Oh, just one more thing.
To quote Arthur C. Clarke(possibly not exactly) "The dinasaurs became extinct because they did not have a space program."
I have an NEC MultiSync LCD 1700v in front of me. I have noticed no problems with either movies or games. Also the viewable area is almost as good as the 19" ViewSonic Monster that sits beside it.
I'm going to patent closing up shop in the US and moving operations out of the country.
But, seriously, if enough tax revenue starts leaving the country the US gov't may start to consider patent reform.
The results of the fuel economy studies are under review
It seems that something might have beem fishy.
The next release of Tux Racer will have improved front and rear crumple zones, wing mounted side airbags, and will meet California emission standards.
If we create a modchip which might slightly reduce the number of copies of MS Office sold.
Then:
1. Get scared about a modchip which might slightly reduce number of Office copies sold.
2. Withdraw Windows.
3. ???
4. Profit!!
When they are done we will be able to see the prices for the communication protocols. Probably only a soul or two.
and it's /.ed
We must be the blocking system they are talking about
Those involved in dreaming up this Palladium scheme are surely corporate spies from Apple.
Why do I picture a large cat on a treadmill turning a generator in a cage on the cart I tow behind me powering my cell phone?
Try take a 1.5v D cell and run steel wool accross the terminals. We used to start campfires that way back in my scouting days.
I wonder if you could do an emergencey ethanol refill using an airline vodka bottle?
for weapons manufacturers.
Is my bus going to have to wait .5 sec everytime it tries to read from the HD just so it can send a request to shitty.idea.microsoft.com?
Five seconds with luck
My credit card is over
It dies horribly
All I get from the link is sorry these pages are only for viewing in the US or something like that. (My redirection limit has been exceeded so I can't go back and give the exact text).
What exactly is Odessey 5?
And why is it such a security risk that us subversive Canadians must be kept from it
I am going to file a patent on patenting prior art and taking legal action.
I'm going to be rich!
Of course if that doesn't work I can write a book
HOWTO: File a patent on prior art and take legal action.
The above two posts do definitely explain the processor speed of the machine at my new job.
I believe I will be more efficient if I BYOH.(Bring Your Own Hardware)
{hemos} Amoritized costs for 30 servers
:)
additional hardware costs
then travel expenses and all that.
{CmdrTaco} Hemos knows what "Amoritized Costs" are
{hemos} Heh.15:46
Amortized Costs:
When a business buys a computer it pays the cost up front
What is the generally accepted amortization period for computer hardware?. Do you go by Moores Law (18 Months for processor speed to double) or Gates Law (12 Months for software speed to halve)?
What? You mean there is no such thing as an HDTV resolution camera. Then what is the point of buying a HDTV if there is no such thing as camera that can take a picture for it?
You could always place a camera in front of an HDTV.
In the picture on the main web site the spacecraft looks very much like the main part of it is a Furby. Now that's a hack!
To make sure that you are not injured in a fire you should stand in the bucket with the adaptor.