Perhaps this means that they're finally waking up, smelling the coffee, and realizing that Linux isn't something they are able to deal with in their usual terms.
Watch for the FUD factor from M$ sources increase.
Back in the days of the old SCSI based Syquest drives, we had a number of cases in which some luser tried to plug his printer into the SCSI port on the back of the system. Trouble was, this was the old type of SCSI port, a DB25 female, which looks remarkably like a parallel port. What happens? The SCSI ribbon cable acts like a fuse, and there's not much left of one particular wire when the system is shut down. I can't remember if there was any damage to the motherboard, but the SCSI card and the Syquest were pretty much pooched. That, for me, ranks up there with the CDROM coffee cup holder, (which I have seen)!
Indian #1: Thank you. I just wish Ben and Hoss and Little Joe and Hop Sing and Sheriff Roy and all your favorites could be alive today to see this wonderful turnout.
Indian #2: You know, on the series, we were always trying to kill the Cartwrights. [audience boos] But it looks like Father Time took care of that for us, right? [pause] Am I right, folks?
[the audience doesn't respond, so the two Indians motion for the theme song to play again, which they dance to]
I was going to add, also, that, if you think about the technology used for covert surveillance, a golfball sized mike and transmitter of reasonable range and longevity should be quite feasible, plus there's still all the other things I mentioned in my original post relating to the plastic outer shell being enhanced visually.
I did read the article, and gathered that fact. But think about it...something like a baseball is actually quite a logical thing to stick a wireless mike into for the purpose of dropping down a hole...it's compact, durable, and ROUND, so it can roll down a pipe or a trench. But a golfball is more so in all these respects, so with the exception of any complications concerning battery power, it's probably a better go than the baseball. As for durability, I don't think it's going to suffer anything like the shock of a baseball hit, but even so, think about the typical force exerted on a golfball at tee-off, and that isn't anything to sneeze at.
>> * learn a smattering of some creole half-french language, move to Montreal or Quebec, and claim to be culturally oppressed. This is the hardest because you have to learn at least 3 french words, but it may be the only way to get in and get on the dole if you are a war criminal or genocidist.
>> If you don't speak perfect "Quebecois" french, the Quebeckers will fucking kill you.
Fortunately, Quebecois is so riddled with Americanisms, thanks to commercial TV, that this is no longer difficult. I was posted there for three years, and IMHO, Quebecois society has far more to fear from creeming Americanism than from anything the Rest of Canada can muster up.
I wonder why they picked baseballs, as opposed to something smaller. If there's something een more indestructible than a baseball, it's a golfball. One of these would also be able to be put into a smaller space, and with a suitable plastic shell, could be made to glow in the dark so that somebody in a deep hole could actually find one!
No idea! How did they do it way back when during the Apollo years, with Vietnam raging in the background? The cash flowed a whole lot more freely then, plus there was tons of needed technology that had to be invented, or at least modified.
The military designation of the 707 is C137, not C135. The C135 is the original jet refueller, internally known at Boeing as the Model 717, (until they absorbed McDonnell Douglas and redesignated what used to be the DC-9/MD-80), and is actually smaller than the 707.
The E-3 is based on the C137, not the C135.
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I remember when the 747 was first introduced...all the plans for first class bars upstairs, mimicking the same thin on the old Stratocruisers of the 50's. While the airlines did this for a while, I suspect that now, most of them just jam them full of seats, (which is why Boeing stretched the upper decks for Series 300 and 400 Jumbos). It probably won't be all that long until the operators ditch bowling alleys, casinos, gyms and swimming pools (ever see "The Big Bus"?), in favour of creating an A380 that will carry something like 800 pax!
Maby what they need to be doing, (and probably will down the road), is to build a Beluga variant out of something like the four engined A340, (A340-600ST, perhaps?), which is their biggest aircraft to date. The current Beluga is based on their original A300, designated the A300-600ST, and is only a twin engine.
The other thing they might be able to do is to build a couple of AN225 Dream aircraft, stuff the wings inside and put the fuselage on the roofrack originally intended for the Soviet shuttle.
<stands back, waits for obligatory Soviet Russia comment>
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Perhaps this means that they're finally waking up, smelling the coffee, and realizing that Linux isn't something they are able to deal with in their usual terms.
Watch for the FUD factor from M$ sources increase.
You sure that's not the right site for Hooty Linux?
Hooty rules! Ninnle sucks!
...and apparetnly there's an ENIAC emulator somewhere out there, but I haven't managed to dig it up yet.
I knew there was!
http://www.ee.upenn.edu/~jan/eniacproj.html
Wasn't there a project a few years back to create ENIAC-on-a-chip as part of some sort of anniversary celebration?
Sorry...couldn't resist!
In Soviet Russia...
Woohoo!
Ninnleninnleninnle!
BATMAN!
Yeah, but it won't be Colicos.
Back in the days of the old SCSI based Syquest drives, we had a number of cases in which some luser tried to plug his printer into the SCSI port on the back of the system. Trouble was, this was the old type of SCSI port, a DB25 female, which looks remarkably like a parallel port. What happens? The SCSI ribbon cable acts like a fuse, and there's not much left of one particular wire when the system is shut down. I can't remember if there was any damage to the motherboard, but the SCSI card and the Syquest were pretty much pooched. That, for me, ranks up there with the CDROM coffee cup holder, (which I have seen)!
>> Never force stuff into place. If you have to force something, you're doing it wrong.
You're completely wrong!
It goes like this...
If it won't go, force it! If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!
I remember the MAD parody having the title "Cattlecar Galaxative".
Indian #1: Thank you. I just wish Ben and Hoss and Little Joe and Hop Sing and Sheriff Roy and all your favorites could be alive today to see this wonderful turnout.
Indian #2: You know, on the series, we were always trying to kill the Cartwrights. [audience boos] But it looks like Father Time took care of that for us, right? [pause] Am I right, folks?
[the audience doesn't respond, so the two Indians motion for the theme song to play again, which they dance to]
Bart: Oh, this sucks.
Marge: Weren't there three Indians last year?
Not the Voice of Canada...he was known as the Voice of Doom!
...besides that fscking robot dog...
*Cylons with Vocoder voices
*Too much use of the Viper launch sequence
*The same Cylon attack sequences over and over
*70's hairstyles
*Baltar holding that light to his chin for that "sinister" look
*Flying motorcycles
*Helmets with lights inside
*Ridiculous sounding units of measurement
Gotta be other cheesy 70's claptrap. Thoughts, anybody?
Oh, and kill that annoying kid off, too!
I was going to add, also, that, if you think about the technology used for covert surveillance, a golfball sized mike and transmitter of reasonable range and longevity should be quite feasible, plus there's still all the other things I mentioned in my original post relating to the plastic outer shell being enhanced visually.
I did read the article, and gathered that fact. But think about it...something like a baseball is actually quite a logical thing to stick a wireless mike into for the purpose of dropping down a hole...it's compact, durable, and ROUND, so it can roll down a pipe or a trench. But a golfball is more so in all these respects, so with the exception of any complications concerning battery power, it's probably a better go than the baseball. As for durability, I don't think it's going to suffer anything like the shock of a baseball hit, but even so, think about the typical force exerted on a golfball at tee-off, and that isn't anything to sneeze at.
>> * learn a smattering of some creole half-french language, move to Montreal or Quebec, and claim to be culturally oppressed. This is the hardest because you have to learn at least 3 french words, but it may be the only way to get in and get on the dole if you are a war criminal or genocidist.
>> If you don't speak perfect "Quebecois" french, the Quebeckers will fucking kill you.
Fortunately, Quebecois is so riddled with Americanisms, thanks to commercial TV, that this is no longer difficult. I was posted there for three years, and IMHO, Quebecois society has far more to fear from creeming Americanism than from anything the Rest of Canada can muster up.
I wonder why they picked baseballs, as opposed to something smaller. If there's something een more indestructible than a baseball, it's a golfball. One of these would also be able to be put into a smaller space, and with a suitable plastic shell, could be made to glow in the dark so that somebody in a deep hole could actually find one!
Hell, why not both, depending on the situation?
...if he was dabbling in alchemy!
Probably Pb poisoning too!
No idea! How did they do it way back when during the Apollo years, with Vietnam raging in the background? The cash flowed a whole lot more freely then, plus there was tons of needed technology that had to be invented, or at least modified.
>> If/when the EU gets their military procurement shit together and buys an A380 tanker, we'll talk.
Can you imagine the KABOOM when one of those things hits a mountain somewhere?
>> The 707 (known to the USAF as the C-135)
The military designation of the 707 is C137, not C135. The C135 is the original jet refueller, internally known at Boeing as the Model 717, (until they absorbed McDonnell Douglas and redesignated what used to be the DC-9/MD-80), and is actually smaller than the 707.
The E-3 is based on the C137, not the C135.
I remember when the 747 was first introduced...all the plans for first class bars upstairs, mimicking the same thin on the old Stratocruisers of the 50's. While the airlines did this for a while, I suspect that now, most of them just jam them full of seats, (which is why Boeing stretched the upper decks for Series 300 and 400 Jumbos). It probably won't be all that long until the operators ditch bowling alleys, casinos, gyms and swimming pools (ever see "The Big Bus"?), in favour of creating an A380 that will carry something like 800 pax!
>> Can it transport 160 metric tonnes of polystyrene foam?
That depends...what would they pack it in?
Maby what they need to be doing, (and probably will down the road), is to build a Beluga variant out of something like the four engined A340, (A340-600ST, perhaps?), which is their biggest aircraft to date. The current Beluga is based on their original A300, designated the A300-600ST, and is only a twin engine.
The other thing they might be able to do is to build a couple of AN225 Dream aircraft, stuff the wings inside and put the fuselage on the roofrack originally intended for the Soviet shuttle.
<stands back, waits for obligatory Soviet Russia comment>