100kph? What century do you live in? I get upto about 150kph every day in the taxi home from work, or about 130kph on the train into work. Of course on long trips upto a hunderd miles or so I hit 200kph, and of course getting on for 1000kph when I fly every few months.
I'd kill people to get a 512k ADSL line, but I'm just not able to
Try using a car. Find a handy pavement (sidewalk) with a few people on and mow them down. For best results remove your number plate and ditch the car afterwards. Report it stolen too.
That is because engineers figured out smart ways to reduce and mitigate risks. This is no different. If the space elevator were to collapse with some form of sideways momentum, it could leave a scar that traversed an entire continent.
Fud. We're talking about something that would fall like a sheet of tickertape, and would only fall below the severing point (e.g. 30,000' if a plane managed to hit it). The bulk (above severing zone) would "fall" upwards.
We're also talking about a target arround 1m wide - pretty hard to hit.
Go ahead and look down your nose at the US all you like. Nobody's launched a serious successful terrorist attack against us from the outside since the British burned down the white house, and that was during war, when we were expecting that sort of thing
Well yes, Pearl Harbour wasn't America-proper at the time.
As for this grudge you feel I have, it's all in your imagination. Sure you're cry babies with limited knowlege of other countries, but then that's the same about most people. 90% of Europeans have never traveled outside the EU. The only reason we have more passports per capita is because it's easier to get to other countries (France for the afternoon? No problem!)
If you really visted PAris, you'd appreciate it's a stinking shithole, not as bad as London, but pretty bad.
Erm, no. The electino was pretty much forgone before the attack, as anyone with any inkling of the Spanish population knows. Besides, as I'm sure you enlightened Americans know, ETA had nothing to do with that attack, and that attack hasn't affected tourism.
I was thinking of going outside, but some whack-job will try to kill me:-( So I stay in my basement. Trouble is it's in a city, so some whack-job might try to blow up a CBRN bomb near me. Perhaps I'll move to nepal.
If your attitude is that of the rest of the U.S. Your status as world leader ended on September 11th.
Do people stop going to Spain on holiday cause of ETA? Did people avoid British cities, train stations, and Norther n Ireland, while the IRA were busy murdering people? Do you avoid driving as you might die (afterall, more americans died in 2001 from car accidents then terrorism)?
Yes, lets ban trucks too cause they can be packed with C4 and blow up bridges.
The rest of the world has lived with terrorism for years, you dont suddenly stop because some wankers give you a bloody nose.
Mid air collisions and drunk drivers are problems, but saying someone can change their plane into a missile is ludicrous. They can do that now perfectly well anyway.
But the fun now isn't in shouting "WE'RE ALL DOOMED, THE END IS NIGH!!", but it's guessing the cause of our end. Asteroids, Aliens, Super Volcanos, Landsliding islands, Runaway Computer Viruses, Bad Holywood Movies, Global Warming, POTUS, run over by a bus, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
I understand a "spam firewall" to close the connection as soon as it recognises spam, rather then let the whole email download. In the case of those "Windows service pack" emails, you can save a lot of bandwidth.
Fine, have the unsecured link over the link, but have it secured at the northern end. The only way to access the link would be to use VPN or ssh to the machine at the uplink place.
I distinctly remember BAS wanting a database admin for 3 years, including wintering, at Halley and Rothera. Those bases are much smaller then Amundsen-Scott. I'm pretty sure there was an opening for an IT support person there too, also wintering.
Timed recordings onto computer? Tetronix profiles and various addons like Columbus have been doing that a lot longer then Tivo's been arround. All tivo did was intergrate the EPG (same as many other digital TV suppliers that have been on the market for years) and add a pretty GUI. It's not innovative.
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100kph? What century do you live in? I get upto about 150kph every day in the taxi home from work, or about 130kph on the train into work. Of course on long trips upto a hunderd miles or so I hit 200kph, and of course getting on for 1000kph when I fly every few months.
But Ensign Ricky lives in the end
I'd kill people to get a 512k ADSL line, but I'm just not able to
Try using a car. Find a handy pavement (sidewalk) with a few people on and mow them down. For best results remove your number plate and ditch the car afterwards. Report it stolen too.
That is because engineers figured out smart ways to reduce and mitigate risks. This is no different. If the space elevator were to collapse with some form of sideways momentum, it could leave a scar that traversed an entire continent.
Fud. We're talking about something that would fall like a sheet of tickertape, and would only fall below the severing point (e.g. 30,000' if a plane managed to hit it). The bulk (above severing zone) would "fall" upwards.
We're also talking about a target arround 1m wide - pretty hard to hit.
Go ahead and look down your nose at the US all you like. Nobody's launched a serious successful terrorist attack against us from the outside since the British burned down the white house, and that was during war, when we were expecting that sort of thing
Well yes, Pearl Harbour wasn't America-proper at the time.
As for this grudge you feel I have, it's all in your imagination. Sure you're cry babies with limited knowlege of other countries, but then that's the same about most people. 90% of Europeans have never traveled outside the EU. The only reason we have more passports per capita is because it's easier to get to other countries (France for the afternoon? No problem!)
If you really visted PAris, you'd appreciate it's a stinking shithole, not as bad as London, but pretty bad.
Yeah, I want 10ms latency to Australia! There's no reason I cant have it!
"I've always like this idea, but I bet some whack-job will try and bomb the thing. :-("
That but implies its a good idea on paper, but the problem is someone will try to blow it up.
Erm, no. The electino was pretty much forgone before the attack, as anyone with any inkling of the Spanish population knows. Besides, as I'm sure you enlightened Americans know, ETA had nothing to do with that attack, and that attack hasn't affected tourism.
I was thinking of going outside, but some whack-job will try to kill me :-( So I stay in my basement. Trouble is it's in a city, so some whack-job might try to blow up a CBRN bomb near me. Perhaps I'll move to nepal.
If your attitude is that of the rest of the U.S. Your status as world leader ended on September 11th.
Do people stop going to Spain on holiday cause of ETA? Did people avoid British cities, train stations, and Norther n Ireland, while the IRA were busy murdering people? Do you avoid driving as you might die (afterall, more americans died in 2001 from car accidents then terrorism)?
Yes, lets ban trucks too cause they can be packed with C4 and blow up bridges.
The rest of the world has lived with terrorism for years, you dont suddenly stop because some wankers give you a bloody nose.
Mid air collisions and drunk drivers are problems, but saying someone can change their plane into a missile is ludicrous. They can do that now perfectly well anyway.
I don't really know of anyone who is "terrorized" by defaced web sites and high lag times, but I could be wrong.
Last time I had a power cut and my internet access went down, I huddled under my bed and hoped for the best.
Last time "real" terrorism affected me, I wrote about it on slashdot
But the fun now isn't in shouting "WE'RE ALL DOOMED, THE END IS NIGH!!", but it's guessing the cause of our end. Asteroids, Aliens, Super Volcanos, Landsliding islands, Runaway Computer Viruses, Bad Holywood Movies, Global Warming, POTUS, run over by a bus, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
Drop the mail the first few times, then blacklist the IP to reject via SMTP.
American Pint of beer = 473ml
European standard beer = 500ml
British Pint of beer = 568ml
Which prooves that Europe is better then America, and the UK trouces you all!
(Apart from Germany that regularly have 1l (34 fluid ounce) glasses)
how to make my workplace happier got rejected
Make your chair happier by not sitting on it. Let it sit on you occasionally.
I understand a "spam firewall" to close the connection as soon as it recognises spam, rather then let the whole email download. In the case of those "Windows service pack" emails, you can save a lot of bandwidth.
Half Life 2? Man, I've not bought any new game since Duke Nukem Forever
No, Mcdonalds invented fat
Fine, have the unsecured link over the link, but have it secured at the northern end. The only way to access the link would be to use VPN or ssh to the machine at the uplink place.
I distinctly remember BAS wanting a database admin for 3 years, including wintering, at Halley and Rothera. Those bases are much smaller then Amundsen-Scott. I'm pretty sure there was an opening for an IT support person there too, also wintering.
Ahh, now the rubber band's on the other claw! It's typically the rest of the world that misses out.
quantity broadcast by the BBC
That's arround 80 hours of TV a day (UK only stuff, not including BBC world, Prime, America etc), and hundereds of hours of radio.
Not for trees
Timed recordings onto computer? Tetronix profiles and various addons like Columbus have been doing that a lot longer then Tivo's been arround. All tivo did was intergrate the EPG (same as many other digital TV suppliers that have been on the market for years) and add a pretty GUI. It's not innovative.
Netscape simply rebrands Mozilla, and that obviously takes time to do
s/Mozilla/Netscape/g
Why is this news, I thought everyone here used Linux. Or is it just me and you're all laughing behind my back?