I think someone needs to help out Norway with a good backup strategy. Obviously important information stored at one site? Only a single person knowing how to get into the archive?
The same for the cell phone service industry
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My lazy friend was with Voicestream and didn't like the phone and service. He switched over to Nextel but never discontinued his Voicestream service. When I was over his apartment for his birthday, I found his phone and found he was making payments on two cell bills a month and called up support to kill Voicestream.
They kept me on hold for a little bit before I spoke with a CSR who I explained my lazy friend's situation. They asked "Are you sure? Would you like to transfer service to someone else?". They couldn't actually terminate the service so I was put on hold again for a few minutes and transferred me to someone else who wanted to give me a few months free service and a new phone. I took ~20 minutes but I finally got my friend's Voicestream phone disconnected.
If you do not wish to support Amazon for one reason or another (like you think they'll be the first up against the wall when revolution comes), the set is also available at Ken Crane's now DVD Planet. The DVDs+shipping at dvdplanet would equal just what amazon is charging for the DVDs. I can't wait so I'm going to Best Buy!!
Gee, we've never been able to communicate underwater, have we? The hydrobots could talk to each other via sound/sonar. Water is actually conductive to radio waves, but it depends on the frequency. Our submarines get messages via ELF and VLF (extra low frequencies and very low frequencies) bands.
It does sound complex, but I have faith the intelligence can be coded. I don't think it can be too hard to program one hydrobot to take pictures while the other calculates how the light should best illuminate the subject matter.
A bunch of projects have been stopped so funding can be directed into the Europa Orbiter. There is no more Pluto-Kuiper Express and other probes. NASA wants Europa yo! Start your own space program if you're just going to keep quacking like a duck.
The delay they are speaking of is the distance between Europa and Earth. It's probably over an hour delay between Jupiter and Earth. It would be like controlling remote control cars in a race track with a rather bad reaction time.
NASA is already making sure that they do not contaminate Mars/Europa/etc with probes. In fact, they have been thinking about that since 1999. Check out http://centauri.larc.nasa.gov/outerplanets/Europa_ PPR.pdf for a rather laborious read.
The gravitational field probe on Galileo measured Europa to be "mostly rock, with an outer shell of water about 60 miles thick." Other instruments gave readings that supported oceans under Europa's surface. The near-IR spectrometer found evidence of salts and sulfuric acid that came out of cracks on the ice. The magnetometer reported changes in Europa's magnetic field which scientists say to resemble a salty liquid ocean.
In 2008, NASA is currently planning to launch a probe to the Jupiter system called the Europa Orbiter. Its objectives are to determine the presence of or the absence of an Europan subsurface ocean, to find out where exactly is this ocean and to understand how the surface features formed. The Europa Orbiter will also find candidate-landing sites for missions to Europa's surface.
Laws to Punish Insecure Software Vendors? When I first read the title I thought it was talking about software vendors that lacked self-confidence and that couldn't talk to girls and s
My IT department frequently goes to a local gun range and shoots small caliber firearms at targets. I want to put up our used targets on the outside wall of the server-room door, but we don't want people to be afraid of us...
I like the idea that Honda is researching different areas besides cars. They've done research on solar powered cars too. It makes me wonder if Nissan and Toyota put their R&D dollars towards things other than vehicle refinements. What makes Honda so special? If Nissan and Toyota do do other things, why don't we hear about them as much as Honda?
I wonder if it can pick grapes and open eggs withouth squishing them?
to Honda/Acura of North America: Give us back the 5 door Integra!!!
I suspect a fair number of people never try Linux or one of the BSDs because they're moderately happy with AOL as an ISP, and switching OSes would mean switching ISPs at the same time. A shame that AOL doesn't make this kind of information more easily available.
Probably very few people using AOL would consider playing with *nix. If you're playing with other operating systems, you've probably already outgrown AOL. You're not burning ISOs from Redhat that you downloaded via AOL/dialup. If you're on AOL, you're happy and content and most probably don't want to be switching ISPs or playing with a new OS. Besides, just because you're on a new OS, doesn't mean you have to get rid of your M$ partition and AOL as your dialup. People can explore the goodness of *nix on that old computer in the closet they feel bad about donating to the Salvation Army.
The AOL protocal was a nice reverse engineering hack. Nice work fellows. AOL didn't make it more freely available because it was a proprietary technology. They'd prefer to keep it to themselves or license it out.. otherwise they would have used a published standard.
In their study, published in the Oct. 4 issue of Nature, the researchers mapped a strain of plague that killed a veterinarian in the United States in 1992. He contracted the disease after an infected cat sneezed on him.
lyrics.ch was a great tool. I'm a poet (of sorts) and a musical artist. Not giving my audience access to my material doesn't make sense. Artists produce art to be enjoyed by others and to get themselves off.
By making the art harder to obtain keeps the audience from enjoying the art. It doesn't make sense. It's too ironic. It's not like the artist is going to be making much money selling song books and lyric books.
I know of one artist group that publishes their lyrics via the web, www.beastieboys.com. Let us support and rejoice in the Beastie Boys.
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http://www.funky49.com/music.html#hh If you like nerdcore.. give a listen to my songs "Never Going Back (to dialup" and "TCPIP Ho"! -funky49
Will Heather Graham tell me she's better off her feet?
I think someone needs to help out Norway with a good backup strategy. Obviously important information stored at one site? Only a single person knowing how to get into the archive?
My lazy friend was with Voicestream and didn't like the phone and service. He switched over to Nextel but never discontinued his Voicestream service. When I was over his apartment for his birthday, I found his phone and found he was making payments on two cell bills a month and called up support to kill Voicestream.
They kept me on hold for a little bit before I spoke with a CSR who I explained my lazy friend's situation. They asked "Are you sure? Would you like to transfer service to someone else?". They couldn't actually terminate the service so I was put on hold again for a few minutes and transferred me to someone else who wanted to give me a few months free service and a new phone. I took ~20 minutes but I finally got my friend's Voicestream phone disconnected.
I like my Voicestream service and Nokia phone.
If you do not wish to support Amazon for one reason or another (like you think they'll be the first up against the wall when revolution comes), the set is also available at Ken Crane's now DVD Planet. The DVDs+shipping at dvdplanet would equal just what amazon is charging for the DVDs. I can't wait so I'm going to Best Buy!!
The hydrobots could save the video and then transmit any info to the Europa Orbiter for transmission to Earth.
Gee, we've never been able to communicate underwater, have we? The hydrobots could talk to each other via sound/sonar. Water is actually conductive to radio waves, but it depends on the frequency. Our submarines get messages via ELF and VLF (extra low frequencies and very low frequencies) bands.
It does sound complex, but I have faith the intelligence can be coded. I don't think it can be too hard to program one hydrobot to take pictures while the other calculates how the light should best illuminate the subject matter.
A bunch of projects have been stopped so funding can be directed into the Europa Orbiter. There is no more Pluto-Kuiper Express and other probes. NASA wants Europa yo! Start your own space program if you're just going to keep quacking like a duck.
The delay they are speaking of is the distance between Europa and Earth. It's probably over an hour delay between Jupiter and Earth. It would be like controlling remote control cars in a race track with a rather bad reaction time.
NASA is already making sure that they do not contaminate Mars/Europa/etc with probes. In fact, they have been thinking about that since 1999. Check out http://centauri.larc.nasa.gov/outerplanets/Europa_ PPR.pdf for a rather laborious read.
The gravitational field probe on Galileo measured Europa to be "mostly rock, with an outer shell of water about 60 miles thick." Other instruments gave readings that supported oceans under Europa's surface. The near-IR spectrometer found evidence of salts and sulfuric acid that came out of cracks on the ice. The magnetometer reported changes in Europa's magnetic field which scientists say to resemble a salty liquid ocean.
In 2008, NASA is currently planning to launch a probe to the Jupiter system called the Europa Orbiter. Its objectives are to determine the presence of or the absence of an Europan subsurface ocean, to find out where exactly is this ocean and to understand how the surface features formed. The Europa Orbiter will also find candidate-landing sites for missions to Europa's surface.
Laws to Punish Insecure Software Vendors? When I first read the title I thought it was talking about software vendors that lacked self-confidence and that couldn't talk to girls and s
I think the big thing with nuclear waste isn't the small amount of fuel waste, but he mid to low grade wastes like gloves and whatnot.
steve
My IT department frequently goes to a local gun range and shoots small caliber firearms at targets. I want to put up our used targets on the outside wall of the server-room door, but we don't want people to be afraid of us...
The threashhold for your hearing is around 120dB. Around there you start feeling pain.
www.funky49.com
Seriously guys - what will all those pretty but stupid chicks do if robots get all the cushy receptionists jobs??
Two words: Human Resources
Wouldn't it be ironic to have a robot work in the HR department?
I like the idea that Honda is researching different areas besides cars. They've done research on solar powered cars too. It makes me wonder if Nissan and Toyota put their R&D dollars towards things other than vehicle refinements. What makes Honda so special? If Nissan and Toyota do do other things, why don't we hear about them as much as Honda?
I wonder if it can pick grapes and open eggs withouth squishing them?
to Honda/Acura of North America: Give us back the 5 door Integra!!!
I suspect a fair number of people never try Linux or one of the BSDs because they're moderately happy with AOL as an ISP, and switching OSes would mean switching ISPs at the same time. A shame that AOL doesn't make this kind of information more easily available.
Probably very few people using AOL would consider playing with *nix. If you're playing with other operating systems, you've probably already outgrown AOL. You're not burning ISOs from Redhat that you downloaded via AOL/dialup. If you're on AOL, you're happy and content and most probably don't want to be switching ISPs or playing with a new OS. Besides, just because you're on a new OS, doesn't mean you have to get rid of your M$ partition and AOL as your dialup. People can explore the goodness of *nix on that old computer in the closet they feel bad about donating to the Salvation Army.
The AOL protocal was a nice reverse engineering hack. Nice work fellows. AOL didn't make it more freely available because it was a proprietary technology. They'd prefer to keep it to themselves or license it out.. otherwise they would have used a published standard.
=steve
telnet://villagebbs.dhs.org
I'd like to remind everyone that the Village BBs is still up and running at telnet://villagebbs.dhs.org ! woooo!!
telnet://villagebbs.dhs.org
funk
aka Nittany Lion from 813
telnet://villagebbs.dhs.org
In their study, published in the Oct. 4 issue of Nature, the researchers mapped a strain of plague that killed a veterinarian in the United States in 1992. He contracted the disease after an infected cat sneezed on him.
Don't let cats sneeze on you!!
=steve
According to some people.. never. Let's lament about death forever and never ever have fun or good times again!
lyrics.ch was a great tool. I'm a poet (of sorts) and a musical artist. Not giving my audience access to my material doesn't make sense. Artists produce art to be enjoyed by others and to get themselves off.
By making the art harder to obtain keeps the audience from enjoying the art. It doesn't make sense. It's too ironic. It's not like the artist is going to be making much money selling song books and lyric books.
I know of one artist group that publishes their lyrics via the web, www.beastieboys.com. Let us support and rejoice in the Beastie Boys.
funk
You have a right to dwell in the past, but please do not inflict this insanity on others.
It's not Tuesday morning anymore. It's not Tuesday afternoon anymore. Thank God its not Thursday because I could never get the hang of Thursdays.
steve
Come on guys.. If you are going to make Sci-Fi... make Sci-Fi... Don't give in and try and make it a "family hour" type show.
or, if you're going to make pr0n, make pr0n. Don't give in and try to make it a Skinimax type show.
steve