That's the problem. Seismometers haven't recorded it. Nuclear explosions, however, have a very distinct *thud* on the seismographs. Only one seismometer shows anything in the Pacific NW within the last two days.
Look up seismology during the demolition of the Seattle Dome, for example, there's a massive amount of data collected from dozens of miles away. Same goes for the WTC attacks. The WTC amounted to approximately a 1 kiloton blast when the towers fell.
Now on the other hand, there's S. Korea, China, and Japan, all have extensive seismic networks in operation. They should have shown *something* by now.
While I don't have a degree in geophysics, I wonder if the mushroom cloud was volcanic in nature? N. Korea *is* close enough to the ring of fire that it could, perhaps in a fluke, have experienced a volcanic eruption, resulting in both a crater, and a miles wide mushroom cloud.
If I remember correctly, Mt. St. Helens wasn't expected to erupt either, except by geophysicists, and in comparison was a relatively unprecedented event (being that the only volconoes to erupt in a US territory within recent history were in Hawaii).
See this button? Don't touch it !! It's the History Eraser Button, you fool!
--so what'll happen ?
That's just it! We don't know. Maybe something bad, maybe something good. I guess we'll never know. Cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?
Oh, how long can trusty Cadet Stimpy hold out? How can he possibly resist the diabolical urge to push the button that could erase his very existence?
Will his tortured mind give in to it's uncontrollable desires? Can he withstand the temptation to push the button, that even now, beckons him ever closer?
Will he succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate history, at the mere push of a single button?
How long til someone makes a patch to reenable XP's functionality? It probably involves all of about 10 Mb worth of DLLs and EXEs.
Of course, if MS *really* wants to make a lite version, they could strip the device drivers directory down to bare essentials, rather than pay whatever royalties the hardware vendors demand. The added benefit is that they wouldn't clog the end user's HD with unnessesary and unwanted drivers (somewhere around 300-400Mb worth).
I ask you then, what of the so called "Swift Vets For Truth"?
They were exposed just days ago as schills, paid for by a major Republican contributor. Why, in you and yours delusion of "liberal media", hasn't this appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, et al?
(1) Heavy attempts at mixing "Chariots of the Gods" with Mormonism.
(2) Death of a loved one causing the hero to rise up against the baddies, or as I called it 20 years ago, "Larson's Disease". It's happened on BG, Buck Rogers, Knight Rider and Magnum P.I.. Nothing worst than a director who's derivative of his own works.
(3) Everyone in *THE FUTURRRRRE!!!* listens to disco.
(4) Rampant T&A. Every show Larson has done featured some measure of blatant tits and ass, plain and simple.
Frankly, the only thing that made BG good, was creative costuming, special effects, and soundtrack. Otherwise it was just another bit of Universal "Originality? Whazzat?" hackwork.
As for the geek squadrons, do you REALLY want to support the movie company that made Jack Valenti what he is today?
All forms of exploration have long since stagnated, since all have been done to a degree. It's boring to the masses because once you saw the same visit to a planetary body, you've seen them all. It's boring to the intellectuals because, honestly, they've done it already.
How about everyone around the world move beyond "the first" and instead focus on being "the best"? Exploration, at least for our species, has always depended on competition. Competition, however, obviously does not depend on a series of "firsts".
Has anyone noticed that much of what people considered as revolutionary in "futuristic cars" almost 75-100 years ago, is still considered as revolutionary today? Especially when you consider that some of these things are still in development to this date.
Sorry Detroit, but y'all have been chasing your tail for nigh on a century, yet only delivered on 1/100th of your concepts and promises. How about researching proven technologies for just a year, instead of wasting money and passing the expense onto consumers?
But I held back, since/. apparently doesn't like any of my submissions.
Anyhoo, I don't know if consumer electronics count (though it should), I recycled a couple of nifty pieces just a couple of days ago, a Sony FDL-PT22 and D-CJ506CK, Watchman and MP3 Discman. Both of which had the most ridiculously simple repairable flaws, cases on both were moderately damaged (broken hinge on the discman, and misaligned case on the watchman).
Fixed the discman hinge with a generous application of quick set epoxy, fixed the watchman by disassembling the case, snapping the circuit boards back in place, then popping the case back together (it was a screwless design, so that was a snap, literally).
Both units, new, retail for $89 and $159 respectively. Not bad, considering. It's amazing what people will throw away because they're too stupid or lazy to try fixing it.
Viruses started as a proof of concept "automatic system updater" way back in the mid-late 80s. When it was realized that it could be used to trash as much as fix, it went on to being used to do so.
Hmmm, okay, judging from the "demo" it's a touch sensitive screen that allows you to drag objects around using your thumbs? Sorry folks, PDAs have been doing that for *years*. It's called a touchscreen.
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Hey, I'm on Chopper Four! I can see through fog!
It's a Mac. It'll NEVER play the latest/greatest games, everybody knows that.
That's the problem. Seismometers haven't recorded it. Nuclear explosions, however, have a very distinct *thud* on the seismographs. Only one seismometer shows anything in the Pacific NW within the last two days.
Look up seismology during the demolition of the Seattle Dome, for example, there's a massive amount of data collected from dozens of miles away. Same goes for the WTC attacks. The WTC amounted to approximately a 1 kiloton blast when the towers fell.
Now on the other hand, there's S. Korea, China, and Japan, all have extensive seismic networks in operation. They should have shown *something* by now.
_IF_ it is, Hulk want more gamma rays!!!
While I don't have a degree in geophysics, I wonder if the mushroom cloud was volcanic in nature? N. Korea *is* close enough to the ring of fire that it could, perhaps in a fluke, have experienced a volcanic eruption, resulting in both a crater, and a miles wide mushroom cloud.
If I remember correctly, Mt. St. Helens wasn't expected to erupt either, except by geophysicists, and in comparison was a relatively unprecedented event (being that the only volconoes to erupt in a US territory within recent history were in Hawaii).
See this button? Don't touch it !! It's the History Eraser Button, you fool!
--so what'll happen ?
That's just it! We don't know. Maybe something bad, maybe something good. I guess we'll never know. Cause you're going to guard it. You won't touch it, will you?
Oh, how long can trusty Cadet Stimpy hold out?
How can he possibly resist the diabolical urge to push the button that could erase his very existence?
Will his tortured mind give in to it's uncontrollable desires? Can he withstand the temptation to push the button, that even now, beckons him ever closer?
Will he succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate history, at the mere push of a single button?
The beautiful shiny button!
The jolly candy-like button!
Will he hold out, folks?
Can he hold out?
That's nothing, I submitted a story back in November, only to find it posted 9 months later, and under a different name altogether.
I submitted this damnned story to /. almost 10 months ago, and it's still pending.
2003-11-24 07:19:32 Hamsters as an Alternative Power source (Index,It's funny. Laugh.) (pending)
They display RGB all the time.
How long til someone makes a patch to reenable XP's functionality? It probably involves all of about 10 Mb worth of DLLs and EXEs.
Of course, if MS *really* wants to make a lite version, they could strip the device drivers directory down to bare essentials, rather than pay whatever royalties the hardware vendors demand. The added benefit is that they wouldn't clog the end user's HD with unnessesary and unwanted drivers (somewhere around 300-400Mb worth).
I ask you then, what of the so called "Swift Vets For Truth"?
They were exposed just days ago as schills, paid for by a major Republican contributor. Why, in you and yours delusion of "liberal media", hasn't this appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, et al?
They're a MAJOR, and I mean billions of dollars, contributer to the Republican party.
Every penny that goes into Dell's pockets goes into Orrin Hatch's campaign fund, along with Bush, Ashcroft, et al.
Ummm, sorry, BG was late 70s, specifically 1978-1979. Cancelled, then brought back as the incredibly awful Battlestar Galactica 1980.
Some of us are still trepanning our skulls to try and erase the horrible horrible memories.
Oh c'mon...
Did anyone else watch the original series?
(1) Heavy attempts at mixing "Chariots of the Gods" with Mormonism.
(2) Death of a loved one causing the hero to rise up against the baddies, or as I called it 20 years ago, "Larson's Disease". It's happened on BG, Buck Rogers, Knight Rider and Magnum P.I.. Nothing worst than a director who's derivative of his own works.
(3) Everyone in *THE FUTURRRRRE!!!* listens to disco.
(4) Rampant T&A. Every show Larson has done featured some measure of blatant tits and ass, plain and simple.
Frankly, the only thing that made BG good, was creative costuming, special effects, and soundtrack. Otherwise it was just another bit of Universal "Originality? Whazzat?" hackwork.
As for the geek squadrons, do you REALLY want to support the movie company that made Jack Valenti what he is today?
There *is* a new Farscape miniseries coming out, called "The Peacekeeper Wars".
What, am I the ONLY one who watches Sci-Fi Network these days? They've been running ads for these shows for the last month or so.
All forms of exploration have long since stagnated, since all have been done to a degree. It's boring to the masses because once you saw the same visit to a planetary body, you've seen them all. It's boring to the intellectuals because, honestly, they've done it already.
How about everyone around the world move beyond "the first" and instead focus on being "the best"? Exploration, at least for our species, has always depended on competition. Competition, however, obviously does not depend on a series of "firsts".
First we had to put up with banner ads and spam from online casinos, now we have to put up with online casino ads in space.
Are you sure it wasn't the Gossamer Albatross? That plane actually made it across the English Channel, back in 1979.
e r- Albatross
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Gossam
Has anyone noticed that much of what people considered as revolutionary in "futuristic cars" almost 75-100 years ago, is still considered as revolutionary today? Especially when you consider that some of these things are still in development to this date.
Sorry Detroit, but y'all have been chasing your tail for nigh on a century, yet only delivered on 1/100th of your concepts and promises. How about researching proven technologies for just a year, instead of wasting money and passing the expense onto consumers?
But I held back, since /. apparently doesn't like any of my submissions.
Anyhoo, I don't know if consumer electronics count (though it should), I recycled a couple of nifty pieces just a couple of days ago, a Sony FDL-PT22 and D-CJ506CK, Watchman and MP3 Discman. Both of which had the most ridiculously simple repairable flaws, cases on both were moderately damaged (broken hinge on the discman, and misaligned case on the watchman).
Fixed the discman hinge with a generous application of quick set epoxy, fixed the watchman by disassembling the case, snapping the circuit boards back in place, then popping the case back together (it was a screwless design, so that was a snap, literally).
Both units, new, retail for $89 and $159 respectively. Not bad, considering. It's amazing what people will throw away because they're too stupid or lazy to try fixing it.
Viruses started as a proof of concept "automatic system updater" way back in the mid-late 80s. When it was realized that it could be used to trash as much as fix, it went on to being used to do so.
When some newbie visits the site, when he starts running around and flailing his arms because he thinks he's gotten a computer virus.
Best Buy/CompUSA are gonna love that.
Then in 20 years, you can enjoy your cheap plastic replacements.
None of us are really here, we're just figments of someone's imagination. We're ajahgdju*-
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Hmmm, okay, judging from the "demo" it's a touch sensitive screen that allows you to drag objects around using your thumbs? Sorry folks, PDAs have been doing that for *years*. It's called a touchscreen.