Utah is quite different from the rest of the US. Unwritten rules of many kinds are of far greater importance than the first amendment there.
Although the University of Utah is rather open-minded compared to, say, BYU, I'm not at all surprised that this site got shut down.
Aren't the Iridium satellites in geosynchronous orbit ? that's 36000Km * 2 = 72000Km each a packet has to travel to go from the ground back to the ground, which introduces a lag of 240ms. So the ping time will be 240ms * 2 = 480ms, not counting the routing on the ground before the uplink and after the downlink.
So in the very best case, the ping time will be *at least* half a second, and I suspect probably closer to a second in reality. Forget playing Quake in Antartica...
Unless NV maintains a fingerprint database, how can they determine who's a minor and who's not ? they'd have to ask those who want to gamble online to come to an authorized "fingerprinting bureau" in Nevada to register and give their fingerprints. I can't see that being a practical solution.
Or maybe they want to detect dirty fingers to identify teenagers...
Don't they run into cooling issues if they have a method to cram more transistors/cells into a given volume ?
My understanding is that modern processors use diamond to conduct heat outside the processor core : did they also create an orthogonal diamond layer to conduct the heat out ?
Everybody knows immortals carry big-ass swords around, chop off other immortals' heads in a thunder of lightning and don't wear silly rings.
But what really gives this guy away is that "there can be only one" [immortal] and everybody knows Connor McLeod has already won, so the guy must be a phoney.
I bet he is, or Connor would've kicked his butt long ago. I reckon...
... "Based at Fort Meade in Maryland, and at Government Communications HQ (GCHQ) at Cheltenham in Britain, the network was set up in 1948 by the U.S., Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia."...
Them Brits should never have been allowed to become a US state...
What if I administer a network full of Windoze 95/98/whatever boxes without security upgrades or service packs of any kind,... and the whole thing is firewalled by a Linux box, or a FreeBSD box ? do I get charged 15% more or not ?
Sounds like a good discreet way of making a pr0n site without your wife knowing anything about it
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Warp drive silliness : somebody skipped math 101
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... "It's premise, that the Voyager had been thrown 70k light years into the Delta Quadrant by "The Caretaker" and that it would take 75 years to return, was in my mind contrived and inconsistent with the model of physics that the Franchise had embraced. (There is no way it would have taken that long to return using high warp,"...
Hmm, let's see : 70000 light years, 75 years to return, 70000/75 ~= 933.4 times the speed of light == warp 933.4 in the Star Trek model of "physics". Even assuming Voyager can go faster than warp 9-point-something, it's awfully faster than any conventional ST vessel.
It seems to me there is no way it would have taken that *short* to return using high warp:-)
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I hope everything is well in the city of [censored] square : are the [censored] still [censored] while [censored] [censored] for freedom ?
Here in the United [censored], we are deeply [censored] about those who remained back [censored].
Oh, by the way, it's your father's birthday. Don't forget to give him a call on Sunday. Our number on holiday is [censored].
Truly yours,
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"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
According to David L. Kitts, well-known specialist of God's Divine Number, the phrase "Lord of Hosts" appears 245 times in the King James version of the Bible.
Furthermore, 245 is divisible by 7, and everybody knows 7 is God's Divine Number.
Don't you understand ? 245 times == kernel version 2.4.5 ??? It's OBVIOUS : God has decided that this version of Linux will be Lord of Hosts, therefore making NT and Solaris server looking like toys for pagans !
Many thanks to Michael and Slashdot for reporting such a CRUCIAL event in the history of Humanity !
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Phoenix Software International has a security software product that recognizes keyboard typing patterns as well as the passwords typed for access control.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
The RIAA is going to hurt itself
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Have you ever noticed that dogs who have no other dogs to chase eventually end up chasing their own tail ?
Well, when the RIAA people are done suing the rest of the world, do you think they'll sue themselves ?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
They could advance the technology even further
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When the "gesture control" program will be able to recognize more than 26 "gestures", they'll be able
to create a very nifty "letter gesturing" control.
This will be groundbreaking ! I suggest that we call this new feature "handwriting recognition". My friend next to me, always very creative, suggests that we call is "grafiti", but somehow I can't imagine that a company would be so misguided as to use such a silly name.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Because I could not find a replacement for my favorite model (the TrackMan Marble FX) : it looks like it has been discontinued in favor of the new model (the cordless TrackMan FX), which is virtually identical in shape, apart that it's cordless.
The wireless thing doesn't bother me, I just find it silly.
I bought a Logitech Cordless TrackMan FX the other day : this thing is a *cordless* trackball ! I understand the need for a cordless mouse, to avoid dragging a cord around, but a cordless trackball ?? that's about as useful as a cordless telephone pole...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
For a measly $2505, museums can get an Aibo ($2500) and a sign asking visitors to squint real hard to see the dinosaur ($5).
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I don't trust Linux benchmarks anymore ...
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Since the impartial independent lab test from Mindcraft, Inc., everybody knows that Microsoft Windows NT server 4.0 is 2.5 times faster than Linux as a file server and 3.7 times faster as a webserver.
Who does Mr. Galli thinks he's fooling. I mean, come on...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Wow, so they have this great long power line in a pipe surrounded by liquid nitrogen : how about building a giant linear sperm bank at the same time ? they could install a miniature conveyor belt in the cooling pipe to store the test tubes.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually the wrong side of" - Ogden Nask
Microsoft making better products than Palm is fine by me. But think about it : why is Microsoft better than Palm ? because they have enormous amounts of cash to fund devices such as the PocketPC with WinCE. So yes, Microsoft is better than Palm, just because Palm can't fork off that kind of money to do just as good.
My point is, Microsoft is so entrenched in the industry, and so aggressive, that they squelch competitors, whether it's by buying them or outspending them. End result : Microsoft becomes a monopoly on a new market once more and makes products that might be good but certainly aren't fantastic. That's what monopolies do.
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Utah is quite different from the rest of the US. Unwritten rules of many kinds are of far greater importance than the first amendment there.
Although the University of Utah is rather open-minded compared to, say, BYU, I'm not at all surprised that this site got shut down.
So in the very best case, the ping time will be *at least* half a second, and I suspect probably closer to a second in reality. Forget playing Quake in Antartica ...
Or maybe they want to detect dirty fingers to identify teenagers ...
My understanding is that modern processors use diamond to conduct heat outside the processor core : did they also create an orthogonal diamond layer to conduct the heat out ?
Everybody knows Linux is so fast it can execute an endless loop in 5 seconds flat.
But what really gives this guy away is that "there can be only one" [immortal] and everybody knows Connor McLeod has already won, so the guy must be a phoney. ...
I bet he is, or Connor would've kicked his butt long ago. I reckon
Them Brits should never have been allowed to become a US state ...
What if I administer a network full of Windoze 95/98/whatever boxes without security upgrades or service packs of any kind, ... and the whole thing is firewalled by a Linux box, or a FreeBSD box ? do I get charged 15% more or not ?
216.136.171.196:80 * Novell Netware TCP/IP
Coincidence ?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Hmm, let's see : 70000 light years, 75 years to return, 70000/75 ~= 933.4 times the speed of light == warp 933.4 in the Star Trek model of "physics". Even assuming Voyager can go faster than warp 9-point-something, it's awfully faster than any conventional ST vessel.
It seems to me there is no way it would have taken that *short* to return using high warp :-)
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I hope everything is well in the city of [censored] square : are the [censored] still [censored] while [censored] [censored] for freedom ?
Here in the United [censored], we are deeply [censored] about those who remained back [censored].
Oh, by the way, it's your father's birthday. Don't forget to give him a call on Sunday. Our number on holiday is [censored].
Truly yours,
[censored]
----- Thanks for not having the choice to choose AOLChina -----
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Furthermore, 245 is divisible by 7, and everybody knows 7 is God's Divine Number.
Don't you understand ? 245 times == kernel version 2.4.5 ??? It's OBVIOUS : God has decided that this version of Linux will be Lord of Hosts, therefore making NT and Solaris server looking like toys for pagans !
Many thanks to Michael and Slashdot for reporting such a CRUCIAL event in the history of Humanity !
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Well, when the RIAA people are done suing the rest of the world, do you think they'll sue themselves ?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
This will be groundbreaking ! I suggest that we call this new feature "handwriting recognition". My friend next to me, always very creative, suggests that we call is "grafiti", but somehow I can't imagine that a company would be so misguided as to use such a silly name.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
The wireless thing doesn't bother me, I just find it silly.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Who does Mr. Galli thinks he's fooling. I mean, come on ...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"A door is what a dog is perpetually the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"A door is what a dog is perpetually the wrong side of" - Ogden Nask
Anybody remember that cheesy mid-eighties serie ? :-)
"A door is what a dog is perpetually the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Microsoft making better products than Palm is fine by me. But think about it : why is Microsoft better than Palm ? because they have enormous amounts of cash to fund devices such as the PocketPC with WinCE. So yes, Microsoft is better than Palm, just because Palm can't fork off that kind of money to do just as good.
My point is, Microsoft is so entrenched in the industry, and so aggressive, that they squelch competitors, whether it's by buying them or outspending them. End result : Microsoft becomes a monopoly on a new market once more and makes products that might be good but certainly aren't fantastic. That's what monopolies do.
And sure enough, they'll capture and sterilize yet another market ...sigh...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash