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  1. Re:I'll fly, as a cyberthalamus! on Congress Plans Space Tourism Regulation · · Score: 1


    Yep, the 9/11 guys ruined it for all the "normal" hijackers, who just want to trade hostages for their buddies in jail.
    </SEMI-JOKE>

  2. Re:Hastalavista California... on NASA Quakesim Predicts 15 Out of 16 CA Quakes · · Score: 1

    Separated from the rest of the US by the San Fernando Sea? And then Snake Plesskin will have to go out there to recover some satellite control (and the First Daughter)...

  3. Re:resolv.conf on Ask Unix Co-Creator Rob Pike · · Score: 2, Informative

    14 letter. Each directory entry was 16 bytes -- 2 bytes for inode, 14 for filename.

  4. Re:Best epitaph from "The Right Stuff" on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 1

    He was the last American, don't know when the last Vostok flight was.

    However, the parent to my post had mentioned SS1 as the newest Americans to go into space alone, so I thought I'd mention the X-15.

  5. Re:Best epitaph from "The Right Stuff" on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 1
    According to astronautix.com, the pilot on the following flights was awarded astronaut wings under the FAI definition:

    19 July 1963 X-15 Flight 90

    22 August 1963 X-15 Flight 91.
    Both those flights were after Cooper, so there was one other American who went into space alone (both flights were by Joseph Walker).

    In addition, there were 10 other flights which were awarded wings under the USAF definition, but not under the FAI definition of 100km.

  6. Re:Hey, this is highly amusing on Review: Juvenile Felis Catus · · Score: 1

    This kitten was highly incompatible with the already installed old-blind-dog system.

    I have a similar incompatibility problem. The older model cat tends to invade the dog's address space, causing the dog to emit error messages.

    The cat tries to issue a kill syscall on the dog. Luckily, it has insufficient power and privilige to do so.

  7. Re:The problem is... on After the X Prize · · Score: 1

    Me too. Why do you think I posted that comment?

  8. Re:The problem is... on After the X Prize · · Score: 1

    \i{I saw the idea with the baloon, but I think that only reached 25% of the required height.}

    Incidentally, I wonder if the DaVinci team took their inspiration from William Gibson's "Red Star, Winter Orbit".

  9. All these worlds are yours... on Virgin Atlantic Licensing SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1

    But not Europa. We'll attempt no landings there

    But then how will we get the mile-long diamonds?

  10. Re:A mortgage payment!!!???? on Affordable Modern Graphics Cards · · Score: 1

    Well, the $700K is for a broken down 5 bedroom in a lousy part of town.

  11. Re:Most polar? on Interview with Tom Lord of Arch Revision System · · Score: 1

    Don't know about that... You ever use Perforce?

  12. Re:A mortgage payment!!!???? on Affordable Modern Graphics Cards · · Score: 2, Informative

    In SoCal, you're talking about US$400K to US$500K for a 3 bedroom starter house. For a five bedroom, you're talking aboug $700K.

  13. Re:The job of the fantasy writer on Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell · · Score: 1

    No, that only happens in GE appliance commercials.

  14. Re:So, question for the crowd... on HP Terminates Itanium Workstations · · Score: 2, Informative

    You forgot the long ago and unlamented iAPX432.

    Attempts to get away from x86:

    iAPX432
    i860
    i960 (still viable in the embedded market)
    IA-64.

  15. Re:So, question for the crowd... on HP Terminates Itanium Workstations · · Score: 1

    I think Intel was trying to emulate Apple, and their switch from 68K to PPC.

    Unfortunately for Intel, they forgot that Apple also provided the system software. Intel provided the chips, but the (mass market) software wasn't forthcoming.

    In addition, Apple did the switch back when a 50MHz speed diffential meant something. Intel has to do several hundred MHz difference, and the Itanium came out with a *SLOWER* clock speed than the mainstream PIII of the day.

    Put both of these factors together and you have a recipe for disaster.

  16. Re:should the gov decide who has the right to marr on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    Straw Man.

    See the key words: "BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS".

    I doubt that the victims of serial killers, rapists, etc... consented.

    Nice try though.

  17. Re:For those of you under the age of 30... on Less Might Be More · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, that's a VT320.

    THIS is a VT100.

  18. Re:For those of you under the age of 30... on Less Might Be More · · Score: 1

    We used to use those at UCSantaCruz back in the '82-'84 era.

    The 3a was OK, but the adm12 was a very nice terminal.

  19. Re:Alex, I'll take Level 6 for $200 on "Levels" of Computers the Future? · · Score: 1

    But the Eye of Larn is only on level 15!

  20. Re:direct ancestor? on Source Code for CTSS released · · Score: 1

    No, you're wrong. Linux was written by Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

  21. Re:old school on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 1

    Ugly green transparent plastic 64MB Prolific CigarDrive. OK, so its only a year old...

    I need to get a new one, though... it's physically too big -- blocks the second USB port on my 1U rackservers.

  22. Re:Servers? on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not to mention that if you're a dev with a bigger than 2-way SMP box (say 4 CPUs, for example), you *MUST* have W2KServer or better. XPPro and 2KPro support only 2 CPUs.

  23. Re:Election complexity higher .... on More Diebold E-Voting Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1
    In my precint in California, there's often somewhere in the vicinity of 40 or more decisions on the ballot.

    President (or Governor, they're on different cycles)

    Senator

    Representative

    Statewide offices

    Statewide initiatives

    Local offices

    Local initiatives

    Local measures requiring a vote (usually tax related)

    Plus, don't forget the infamous CA recall election, which had 135 listed candidates for one office.

  24. Re:But DON'T get into the habit of using reboot. on Windows Upgrade, FAA Error Cause LAX Shutdown · · Score: 1

    IIRC, the ODT2 sync command waited until the data flushed.

    SCO's own docs said to do that in certain cases.

  25. Re:But DON'T get into the habit of using reboot. on Windows Upgrade, FAA Error Cause LAX Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the good old "sync; sync;sync; reboot" or "sync;sync;sync;haltsys" We wrote a script to do that on a (highly customized) ODT2 system. The user never saw a command prompt, we had given an button in our app to "Shut Down".