Considering this also encompasses casino gaming (such as video poker/slots), forget about the 800 lb gorillas coming down on these guys, they best keep an eye out for several 800 lb gorillas name of Tony, Luigi, and Guido.
Would the recent solar eruption have anything to do with Spirit's shutdown? No matter the data speed involved in the transmission, a solar flare and multiple sunspots would generate quite a bit of noise. Especially when you take into account that Mars doesn't have much of, if any magnetosphere to deflect ionizing particles.
Probably not. Deimos and Phobos are fairly small (and considered by some as asteroids that were captured in Mars orbit).
I'd wager that at night, you have almost perfect conditions for astronomy, that Earth and Venus appear to be bright stars that travel across the night sky roughly 1/2 the speed that Mars travels through ours. Jupiter (or is it Saturn? I always mix those two up) is a very bright and large star.
Case in point, Windows 2000, AKA NT 5. When in its original development, it was being built on Windows NT 4.0 technology. When they realized that this "upgrade" added more problems than it solved, and subsequently was unable to keep up with newly emerging technologies and standards, they decided to scrap it and start from scratch.
Similarly, this is why Windows XP is 5.11.2600 (if I recall correctly), because it was built on NT 5.
As opposed to Win 9x which was just a modded kernel and added dll clutter.
It isn't that bad a price, really. If you consider removable media, CD-R media runs about 50 cents per GB (prices may vary), and DVD-R media runs about $1.25 per GB.
Also, take into account the drive's specs. If it's good, it'll have a higher buffer than the usual el cheapo (such as Maxtor) drive's 2MB buffer. When you go with the better drives, for example, the Caviar Deluxe (7200 RPM, ATA133, 8MB buffer, 120GB for around $130-$140), you're paying more like $1.50-$2 per GB.
Then there's also the space constraints to take into account. Imagine doing a RAID with terabyte drives, for instance.
What if the "Magic Carpet" already existed, albeit buried under a relatively thin layer of dust? Clays and other sediments have a tendacy to retain their shapes after several thousand to millions of years of their formation (such as in the forms of terrestrial slate), especially if in a freeze drying environment such as Mars.
The stones which appeared to have been dragged through the "mud" actually may have done so hundreds of thousands (to millions) of years ago, due to water flow within the crater, were trapped by the eventual drying and solidifying process, and briefly unearthed from their dust covering by the airbag.
Heh. For that matter, while everyone is outsourcing jobs to India and Asia, why not just outsource the evidence collection? That way the experienced coders, et al, can keep their jobs, while outsourced employees do the basic grunt work making sure that there's no infringing code.
Not quite. Since Linux is open source and all, the primary designers were all dabbling with code in their spare time, or making "free as in beer" add-ons for it.
Those add-ons qualify as an extension on an operating system that SCO claims is in violation as well, being that one would need a familiarity with a "stolen" product. If anyone profits from it, then by the standards set by the BSA and DMCA, they're guilty.
Needless to say, however, most of these developers make enough to live (relatively comfortably) on, but not enough to buy a new 100' yacht for their respective lawyers, if they can afford lawyers at all. That, IMO, is why Intel and IBM are tossing in the $10 million. Technology tends to run on the trickledown theory, hence, if Linux loses, IBM loses, and if IBM loses, Intel loses. IBM, especially, has a lot to lose, considering how they fumbled the ball when OS/2 Warp was released at the same time as Windows 95. Eventually they do learn their lessons.
SCO, however, lives for market numbers, and whoever is crazy enough to invest in them (such as Microsoft). They aren't fighting for their livelihood, make no mistake in that. Most of their CEOs and whatnot have already cashed in their stocks, with a couple hundred residual stocks to collect any likely profits if they can.
Technically, both were concieved of years before the shows they're accused of ripping off were ever made.
Go-Bots were originally a Takara toy line from around 1983 (whereas Transformers was jointly created by Hasbro/Bandai in 1984).
BSG was originally concieved as "Adam's Ark", Larson's idea for a wagon train in space, back around 1967 or 68. Since the effects were done by SW allumni John Dyksra and the designs by Ralph McQuarrie, there's naturally a high resemblance.
It's kinda like the whole thing where people call Digimon a ripoff of Pokemon, despite the fact that Digimon was created as a ripoff of the Tamagotchi craze in the mid 90s, years before Pokemon really caught on.
If it was me, I'd have written it so that prior to settling on Kobol, humans were enslaved by the reptilian Cylons. To keep control over the humans, the Cylons created the familiar robots as enforcers. Somehow (vis a vis a revolt or civil war) the humans escaped and settled Kobol, biding their time while they developed their civilization and technology. Eventually, the robotic Cylons wiped their creators out (since the initial purpose of their inception was lost temporarily, they followed their basic programming or simply malfunctioned, choosing to decimate their reptilian masters instead).
That would fall much more in line with the whole 13 tribes deal, since, with a bit of Mormon embellishment, they represented the freed Jewish tribes who escaped from Egypt, if memory serves correctly. It would also explain why Kobol was set as the "birthplace" of humanity, remaining safely hidden in a magnetic void, free of Cylon attack. It also would explain why there was a war with the Cylons, since the moment they left Kobol to explore and colonize the other worlds, as they were no longer safe from their enemies. It could explain, as well, why Kobol was largely desolate, despite their having access to high technology and interplanetary travel capabilities. Sure, the stone pyramids would last thousands of years more, but there would still be *something* remaining of their civilization (the electric torches, for example, still holding power and still operational after thousands of years).
Barring a remake of BSG, that would actually make a kickass origin/backstory, now that I think of it.
Now try to find a team of lawyers that can successfully prosecute such a case in Romania, China or Russia!
These sorts of scams generally do not originate in places like the US or UK."
However, since the cards would be used in what qualifies as interstate cable fraud, those crimes would put them under the auspices of the FBI. Since it would obviously also be used internationally, it would fall under Interpol's jurisdiction.
Sure, a bunch of well paid lawyers wouldn't nessesarily intimidate these spammers, the local law enforcement and their tendacy to use rubber hose and jumper cables to extract information WOULD. In which case, the spammers would beg for extradition in order to face charges in the US.
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Considering this also encompasses casino gaming (such as video poker/slots), forget about the 800 lb gorillas coming down on these guys, they best keep an eye out for several 800 lb gorillas name of Tony, Luigi, and Guido.
Would the recent solar eruption have anything to do with Spirit's shutdown? No matter the data speed involved in the transmission, a solar flare and multiple sunspots would generate quite a bit of noise. Especially when you take into account that Mars doesn't have much of, if any magnetosphere to deflect ionizing particles.
Probably not. Deimos and Phobos are fairly small (and considered by some as asteroids that were captured in Mars orbit).
I'd wager that at night, you have almost perfect conditions for astronomy, that Earth and Venus appear to be bright stars that travel across the night sky roughly 1/2 the speed that Mars travels through ours. Jupiter (or is it Saturn? I always mix those two up) is a very bright and large star.
I am not a number, I am a free man!
Two words: Virtual Boy (from the "What the Hell were they thinking?" department).
I disagree.
Case in point, Windows 2000, AKA NT 5. When in its original development, it was being built on Windows NT 4.0 technology. When they realized that this "upgrade" added more problems than it solved, and subsequently was unable to keep up with newly emerging technologies and standards, they decided to scrap it and start from scratch.
Similarly, this is why Windows XP is 5.11.2600 (if I recall correctly), because it was built on NT 5.
As opposed to Win 9x which was just a modded kernel and added dll clutter.
All the guys at JPL have to do is fake some soil sample results from Spirit, claim to have found oil, and we'll be landing on Mars within 5 years.
It isn't that bad a price, really. If you consider removable media, CD-R media runs about 50 cents per GB (prices may vary), and DVD-R media runs about $1.25 per GB.
Also, take into account the drive's specs. If it's good, it'll have a higher buffer than the usual el cheapo (such as Maxtor) drive's 2MB buffer. When you go with the better drives, for example, the Caviar Deluxe (7200 RPM, ATA133, 8MB buffer, 120GB for around $130-$140), you're paying more like $1.50-$2 per GB.
Then there's also the space constraints to take into account. Imagine doing a RAID with terabyte drives, for instance.
What if the "Magic Carpet" already existed, albeit buried under a relatively thin layer of dust? Clays and other sediments have a tendacy to retain their shapes after several thousand to millions of years of their formation (such as in the forms of terrestrial slate), especially if in a freeze drying environment such as Mars.
The stones which appeared to have been dragged through the "mud" actually may have done so hundreds of thousands (to millions) of years ago, due to water flow within the crater, were trapped by the eventual drying and solidifying process, and briefly unearthed from their dust covering by the airbag.
Heh. For that matter, while everyone is outsourcing jobs to India and Asia, why not just outsource the evidence collection? That way the experienced coders, et al, can keep their jobs, while outsourced employees do the basic grunt work making sure that there's no infringing code.
Not quite. Since Linux is open source and all, the primary designers were all dabbling with code in their spare time, or making "free as in beer" add-ons for it.
Those add-ons qualify as an extension on an operating system that SCO claims is in violation as well, being that one would need a familiarity with a "stolen" product. If anyone profits from it, then by the standards set by the BSA and DMCA, they're guilty.
Needless to say, however, most of these developers make enough to live (relatively comfortably) on, but not enough to buy a new 100' yacht for their respective lawyers, if they can afford lawyers at all. That, IMO, is why Intel and IBM are tossing in the $10 million. Technology tends to run on the trickledown theory, hence, if Linux loses, IBM loses, and if IBM loses, Intel loses. IBM, especially, has a lot to lose, considering how they fumbled the ball when OS/2 Warp was released at the same time as Windows 95. Eventually they do learn their lessons.
SCO, however, lives for market numbers, and whoever is crazy enough to invest in them (such as Microsoft). They aren't fighting for their livelihood, make no mistake in that. Most of their CEOs and whatnot have already cashed in their stocks, with a couple hundred residual stocks to collect any likely profits if they can.
Quick! Somebody call Red Green!
Back in the ol' Apollo days, NASA's lunar rover operated in exactly the same fashion, if I recall correctly.
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I got a new tire for my car, and bought a replacement pump housing so I could repair the dishwasher for my mom.
Kind of the adult equivilent of socks and underwear for Xmas.
Bizarro breast implants, maybe.
"You hate me implants, me not think cubist, me make smaller for you, hello!"
Hmmm, from my MU* and IRC experience, that stands for "For No Apparent Reason". Sneaky!
They could have gone for a Pinky and the Brain angle though, and just called it "NARF".
We went in because he was involved in 9/11- Whoops, nevermind.
We went in because he has weapons of mass- Damn. Nevermind.
We went in because he's really bad, okay? Just wave your plastic American flag, citizen, go back to bed. All is well. The monitors are your friends.
Better yet, sell raffle tickets and run it on pay-per-view. Then easily buy out Microsoft with enough money remaining to do the same to Gates.
Wouldn't that be "Drunken Denial of Service"?
I think it has something to do with what Yoda was smokin' on Dagobah.
How else do you explain his cackling almost nonstop through SW:TESB's Dagobah scenes?
They'll do ANYTHING to recoup the costs from Gighli, won't they?
Technically, both were concieved of years before the shows they're accused of ripping off were ever made.
Go-Bots were originally a Takara toy line from around 1983 (whereas Transformers was jointly created by Hasbro/Bandai in 1984).
BSG was originally concieved as "Adam's Ark", Larson's idea for a wagon train in space, back around 1967 or 68. Since the effects were done by SW allumni John Dyksra and the designs by Ralph McQuarrie, there's naturally a high resemblance.
It's kinda like the whole thing where people call Digimon a ripoff of Pokemon, despite the fact that Digimon was created as a ripoff of the Tamagotchi craze in the mid 90s, years before Pokemon really caught on.
If it was me, I'd have written it so that prior to settling on Kobol, humans
were enslaved by the reptilian Cylons. To keep control over the humans, the
Cylons created the familiar robots as enforcers. Somehow (vis a vis a revolt
or civil war) the humans escaped and settled Kobol, biding their time while
they developed their civilization and technology. Eventually, the robotic
Cylons wiped their creators out (since the initial purpose of their
inception was lost temporarily, they followed their basic programming or
simply malfunctioned, choosing to decimate their reptilian masters instead).
That would fall much more in line with the whole 13 tribes deal, since, with
a bit of Mormon embellishment, they represented the freed Jewish tribes who
escaped from Egypt, if memory serves correctly. It would also explain why
Kobol was set as the "birthplace" of humanity, remaining safely hidden in a
magnetic void, free of Cylon attack. It also would explain why there was a
war with the Cylons, since the moment they left Kobol to explore and
colonize the other worlds, as they were no longer safe from their enemies.
It could explain, as well, why Kobol was largely desolate, despite their
having access to high technology and interplanetary travel capabilities.
Sure, the stone pyramids would last thousands of years more, but there would
still be *something* remaining of their civilization (the electric torches,
for example, still holding power and still operational after thousands of
years).
Barring a remake of BSG, that would actually make a kickass
origin/backstory, now that I think of it.
It's "Nukular", the F is silent, Lois.
"Great idea!
Now try to find a team of lawyers that can successfully prosecute such a case in Romania, China or Russia!
These sorts of scams generally do not originate in places like the US or UK."
However, since the cards would be used in what qualifies as interstate cable fraud, those crimes would put them under the auspices of the FBI. Since it would obviously also be used internationally, it would fall under Interpol's jurisdiction.
Sure, a bunch of well paid lawyers wouldn't nessesarily intimidate these spammers, the local law enforcement and their tendacy to use rubber hose and jumper cables to extract information WOULD. In which case, the spammers would beg for extradition in order to face charges in the US.