Yes. It needs periodic 'lifting' to boost it back into the proper orbit. In fact, the new ESA ATV just did that today according to space.com (European Cargo Ship Boosts Space Station's Orbit ):
Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo supply ship has successfully raised the International Space Station into a higher orbit... additionally:
Russia's unmanned Progress supply vessels are also is capable of boosting the station's orbit, as are the U.S. space shuttles of NASA. It is in good hands in that regard.
They are a bit pricey at $25/yr, but they are very flexible in their domain, dns, mail, etc management. I happily pay the extra money to never have a problem.
An article on Space.com, explains that the measurements were made "... using radio waves bounced off the craft" as they flew past the Earth. So they weren't really that far away - relatively:-)
NASA just released a press statement from Mike Griffin (NASA Administrator) regarding the pilot survey:
RELEASE: 07-230
Statement by NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on Pilot Survey
WASHINGTON - Since becoming NASA administrator, I have been an advocate for openness and transparency in the pursuit of NASA research and analysis. As a general practice, I believe that NASA research and data should be widely available and subject to review and scrutiny.
I have just been made aware of the issue involving information from a NASA survey of airline pilots regarding safety issues being withheld under the Freedom of Information Act.
I am reviewing this Freedom of Information Act request to determine what, if any, of this information may legally be made public. NASA should focus on how we can provide information to the public -- not on how we can withhold it. Therefore, I am asking NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research, Lisa Porter, to look into this situation, including ensuring that all survey data are preserved, and report to me as soon as possible.
And this thread is why I love slashdot. Where else can you start reading about RIAA lawsuits and end up with a full-on discussion about shaving? Good stuff.
I couldn't believe it the other day when I got a letter from them telling me my price plan was a dollar cheaper ($17.99 to $16.99/mo). I don't think that has any historical precedence. I'm used to the Comcast letters saying "hey, remember your already outrageous price? Why don't you send us another $10/mo. Thanks. And be quick about it."
Set up a session directory (session directive in the config file.. check the man page) and it will cache all that info. If it doesn't exit cleanly it will still have to rehash though. There are some scripts on the website for starting rtorrent using init, and likewise, shutting it down via init so you always get a clean shutdown. Both of these are covered on the Common Tasks section of the website, great resource: http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentCommonT asks
You can name any address, without using the silly 'Saved Locations' link. Just type the name in parentheses after the address. That address can now be easily called up later using the name. As a bonus it will use that name as a label for the address balloon. For example, say I wanted to save the address for the Dogfish Head brewery (try the 90-minute IPA, and the Chickory Stout in the winter) in Delaware. I would search for "424 Chestnut St., Milton, DE 19968 (dogfishhead brewery)"
Voila. Anytime I need to get to dogfishhead, I can just type in any part of that name, including just 'brew'.. very useful if you save a bunch of breweries:-)
Really? I used to use naim exclusively. Run it behind a screen session and you can just ssh into the server, resume and pick right back up. Feature-rich and easily extended. Granted, I haven't used it in a few years, so things may have changed, but I used to love it.
My system has been running more or less rock-solid (I have some occasional disk-contention issues when recording 2 hd streams and watching another) for about 6 months (when I built it). But my uptime is rarely more than a couple of hours. Using the ACPI wakeup 'feature' the backend turns on about 5 minutes before a scheduled recording, and shuts down when commflagging and/or transcoding is complete. The only slight annoyance with this is that I have to turn on the machine (manually, I am still trying to scheme a way to turn it on with the remote) and wait about 30 seconds before I can watch tv/recordings/movies. Not a bad tradeoff IMO.
I used to have a 15" Thinkpad, and I recently purchased a 14" widescreen Asus. I didn't notice the size difference very much. That isn't to say there isn't one, but the overall increase in the resolution of the display makes the perceived desktop size about the same.. to me at least. I would recommend going to a besy buy, or whoever else in your area has widescreen laptops on display. Look at the sizes. I think you will be more than happy with the 15" widescreen.
Most of the stations in my area seem to have moved to mostly talk or comedy. They still play music, but not nearly as much as they used to. I chalk it up to portable media devices. People can listen to the music they want, whenever they want. But you still have to turn on the radio to hear that talk show, or to catch the next funny thing on the drive to work.
Agreed. I get wireless broadband from a local provider (Believe Wireless). Aside from not having bandwidth restrictions, customer service is awesome. After having Comcast for a few years, I had forgotten what that was like.
I had a similar problem with my Asus W3J laptop. The (K)Ubuntu Live CD didn't really detect a whole lot. But after the install, everything worked very well with almost no tweaking (I had to install the binary ATI driver to get better 3D, but that is expected). It seems that the Live CD environment is pretty basic. If you are only interested in a live cd, I suggest giving Knoppix a try. It has superb hardware support, and there is even a dvd edition that has everything you can imagine installed.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets With the Google Docs & Spreadsheets feature enabled in the Google Toolbar, you can open most popular file types right in your browser. Google Docs & Spreadsheets will display these files in a new browser window when you either drag the file icon into your browser, click a link to a file on a web page, or double-click on a file icon. Enable this feature from the "Options" menu of your Toolbar.
A very quiet dual-core system will easily fit into a home-theatre system (I use an antec fusion). It is inaudible more than five feet away. Plus, since the system is usually behind a door in a cabinet, with other things making much more noise (speakers), ultra-quiet isn't as important as you would think.
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According to the privacy settings help page, you can do just that:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=136650
Doesn't look like you can do that per-contact though.
--Glenn
I am a big fan of easydns.com
They are a bit pricey at $25/yr, but they are very flexible in their domain, dns, mail, etc management. I happily pay the extra money to never have a problem.
--Glenn
An article on Space.com, explains that the measurements were made "... using radio waves bounced off the craft" as they flew past the Earth. So they weren't really that far away - relatively :-)
NASA just released a press statement from Mike Griffin (NASA Administrator) regarding the pilot survey:
RELEASE: 07-230
Statement by NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on Pilot Survey
WASHINGTON - Since becoming NASA administrator, I have been an advocate for openness and transparency in the pursuit of NASA research and analysis. As a general practice, I believe that NASA research and data should be widely available and subject to review and scrutiny.
I have just been made aware of the issue involving information from a NASA survey of airline pilots regarding safety issues being withheld under the Freedom of Information Act.
I am reviewing this Freedom of Information Act request to determine what, if any, of this information may legally be made public. NASA should focus on how we can provide information to the public -- not on how we can withhold it. Therefore, I am asking NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research, Lisa Porter, to look into this situation, including ensuring that all survey data are preserved, and report to me as soon as possible.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_07230_Griffin_NOAMS_statement.html
And this thread is why I love slashdot. Where else can you start reading about RIAA lawsuits and end up with a full-on discussion about shaving? Good stuff.
--Glenn
I couldn't believe it the other day when I got a letter from them telling me my price plan was a dollar cheaper ($17.99 to $16.99/mo). I don't think that has any historical precedence. I'm used to the Comcast letters saying "hey, remember your already outrageous price? Why don't you send us another $10/mo. Thanks. And be quick about it."
--Glenn
Set up a session directory (session directive in the config file.. check the man page) and it will cache all that info. If it doesn't exit cleanly it will still have to rehash though.T asks
There are some scripts on the website for starting rtorrent using init, and likewise, shutting it down via init so you always get a clean shutdown.
Both of these are covered on the Common Tasks section of the website, great resource:
http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/wiki/RTorrentCommon
--Glenn
--Glenn
If only I had mod points. Informative, and funny. Good stuff.
You can name any address, without using the silly 'Saved Locations' link.
.. very useful if you save a bunch of breweries :-)
Just type the name in parentheses after the address. That address can now be easily called up later using the name. As a bonus it will use that name as a label for the address balloon.
For example, say I wanted to save the address for the Dogfish Head brewery (try the 90-minute IPA, and the Chickory Stout in the winter) in Delaware. I would search for
"424 Chestnut St., Milton, DE 19968 (dogfishhead brewery)"
Voila. Anytime I need to get to dogfishhead, I can just type in any part of that name, including just 'brew'
--Glenn
Breast implants.
For future reference, the Urban Dictionary is a good, well, reference for slang terms.
--Glenn
Thank you. I wish I had mod points.
--Glenn
Really? I used to use naim exclusively. Run it behind a screen session and you can just ssh into the server, resume and pick right back up. Feature-rich and easily extended. Granted, I haven't used it in a few years, so things may have changed, but I used to love it.
--Glenn
My system has been running more or less rock-solid (I have some occasional disk-contention issues when recording 2 hd streams and watching another) for about 6 months (when I built it). But my uptime is rarely more than a couple of hours.
Using the ACPI wakeup 'feature' the backend turns on about 5 minutes before a scheduled recording, and shuts down when commflagging and/or transcoding is complete. The only slight annoyance with this is that I have to turn on the machine (manually, I am still trying to scheme a way to turn it on with the remote) and wait about 30 seconds before I can watch tv/recordings/movies. Not a bad tradeoff IMO.
--Glenn
I used to have a 15" Thinkpad, and I recently purchased a 14" widescreen Asus. I didn't notice the size difference very much. That isn't to say there isn't one, but the overall increase in the resolution of the display makes the perceived desktop size about the same.. to me at least.
I would recommend going to a besy buy, or whoever else in your area has widescreen laptops on display. Look at the sizes. I think you will be more than happy with the 15" widescreen.
--Glenn
Most of the stations in my area seem to have moved to mostly talk or comedy. They still play music, but not nearly as much as they used to. I chalk it up to portable media devices. People can listen to the music they want, whenever they want. But you still have to turn on the radio to hear that talk show, or to catch the next funny thing on the drive to work.
--Glenn
Like feathers!
Agreed. I get wireless broadband from a local provider (Believe Wireless). Aside from not having bandwidth restrictions, customer service is awesome. After having Comcast for a few years, I had forgotten what that was like.
--Glenn
I always wash my whore gloves.
Ouch, You should look into the auto-shutdown/startup feature :-)
--Glenn
I had a similar problem with my Asus W3J laptop. The (K)Ubuntu Live CD didn't really detect a whole lot. But after the install, everything worked very well with almost no tweaking (I had to install the binary ATI driver to get better 3D, but that is expected).
It seems that the Live CD environment is pretty basic.
If you are only interested in a live cd, I suggest giving Knoppix a try. It has superb hardware support, and there is even a dvd edition that has everything you can imagine installed.
Good luck!
--Glenn
If you use Firefox and the Google Firefox Toolbar Version 3, you can:
--Glenn
A very quiet dual-core system will easily fit into a home-theatre system (I use an antec fusion). It is inaudible more than five feet away. Plus, since the system is usually behind a door in a cabinet, with other things making much more noise (speakers), ultra-quiet isn't as important as you would think.
--Glenn
Nah, they just run the other os in a virtual machine.