The following software versions or editions are affected. Versions or editions that are not listed are either past their support life cycle or are not affected.
XP and 2000 certainly fall into one of those categories...
The dark matter is currently 5000 light-years (50 000 million million kilometers) behind the galaxy —
it would take NASA’s Voyager spacecraft 90 million years to travel that far.
Right. Would it? Okay. How is that supposed to help me imagine 5000 light years? I already know it's a bloody long way. You might as well have told me it was the length of x football pitches or y times the length of the Amazon river.
A comparison with the diameter of the galaxy in question would have been more useful.
I think the ultimate goal is to delete the barge and land on land - they're using the barge because they can put it somewhere uniquely devoid of anything that anyone cares about.
I thought they were using the barge because that's where rockets generally end up if you fire them sideways from land - over the ocean.
Well, it was a close run thing. I don't know whether Deep Blue analysed any of Kasparov's games or not, but I'd be surprised if a computer now couldn't beat any player even if that player's game were excluded from any analysis.
In fact, is past game analysis even a requirement for a chess computer to beat top human players these days?
I noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition, which was strange
Why would that be strange? I'd think it was stranger if he visited a different one each time, pausing to consider his options as he enters. "Now, I tried number 3 last time, but I reckon number 1 could be a winner..."
I seem to recall a pair of young siblings who (in league with their dad, I think) had a few people fooled with their telepathy act, which turned out to involve high pitched sounds which adults couldn't hear.
That's right, an orbit around low-Earth. That's exactly what I meant. No, it's not ironic that I wrote that while complaining about how badly written the article was, because I meant to write that and it's not a silly typo. Shut up.
its first espresso making machine into space [comma] letting astronauts onboard the International Space Station brew coffee
for those long space days.
Err, for those what? The only thing you can remotely call a "day" on the ISS is about 90 minutes long.
making the water heat
Or "heating the water" as we say in English...
And then getting it into a “cup,” well that’s nearly impossible in gravity-free space.
And writing an article in proper journalistic English, well that's nearly impossible if you insist on writing down words as if you were speaking them out loud and don't bother editing them afterwards.
Also low-Earth orbit is not "gravity-free."
Can we please not link to articles that appear to have been written by a well-read LOLcat?
Slashdot Mirror
I wouldn't count on that logic:
The following software versions or editions are affected. Versions or editions that are not listed are either past their support life cycle or are not affected.
XP and 2000 certainly fall into one of those categories...
Yeah, alright, you've talked me into it.
The dark matter is currently 5000 light-years (50 000 million million kilometers) behind the galaxy —
it would take NASA’s Voyager spacecraft 90 million years to travel that far.
Right. Would it? Okay. How is that supposed to help me imagine 5000 light years? I already know it's a bloody long way. You might as well have told me it was the length of x football pitches or y times the length of the Amazon river.
A comparison with the diameter of the galaxy in question would have been more useful.
...to bang the rocks together, guys.
I think the ultimate goal is to delete the barge and land on land - they're using the barge because they can put it somewhere uniquely devoid of anything that anyone cares about.
I thought they were using the barge because that's where rockets generally end up if you fire them sideways from land - over the ocean.
Enhance!
Everything from assault, to child pornography, to murder.
Hey, you know who else commits those crimes? Human beings!
In terms of this kind of activities detailed in this story...
Well, yes, that is obviously reprehensible and my comment above should in no way be taken to be trivialising such a disgusting abuse of power.
Someone needs to develop the Robogroper(tm).
Well, it was a close run thing. I don't know whether Deep Blue analysed any of Kasparov's games or not, but I'd be surprised if a computer now couldn't beat any player even if that player's game were excluded from any analysis.
In fact, is past game analysis even a requirement for a chess computer to beat top human players these days?
I noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition, which was strange
Why would that be strange? I'd think it was stranger if he visited a different one each time, pausing to consider his options as he enters. "Now, I tried number 3 last time, but I reckon number 1 could be a winner..."
I seem to recall a pair of young siblings who (in league with their dad, I think) had a few people fooled with their telepathy act, which turned out to involve high pitched sounds which adults couldn't hear.
The use of "demands" with little context to determine at that point whether it was a verb or a noun probably didn't help.
Capitalisation might be to blame.
Title case for news headlines is a ridiculous tradition that deserves to die.
You know that saying about how when an elderly, distinguished professor says something is impossible, he's probably wrong?
Imagine what that means for an AC on Slashdot when he does the same thing.
this is going to mean a *big* hump for everyone
Giggity.
Why is there no aspirin in the jungle?
Because no-one's been able to establish a viable consumer base.
low-Earth orbit
That's right, an orbit around low-Earth. That's exactly what I meant. No, it's not ironic that I wrote that while complaining about how badly written the article was, because I meant to write that and it's not a silly typo. Shut up.
NASA this week
Eh. Try "This week, NASA..."
will be send
Ahem.
its first espresso making machine into space [comma] letting astronauts onboard the International Space Station brew coffee
for those long space days.
Err, for those what? The only thing you can remotely call a "day" on the ISS is about 90 minutes long.
making the water heat
Or "heating the water" as we say in English...
And then getting it into a “cup,” well that’s nearly impossible in gravity-free space.
And writing an article in proper journalistic English, well that's nearly impossible if you insist on writing down words as if you were speaking them out loud and don't bother editing them afterwards.
Also low-Earth orbit is not "gravity-free."
Can we please not link to articles that appear to have been written by a well-read LOLcat?
What's misleading is the use of the present tense in the headline.
For the curious, attached-anvil clouds are also known as cumulonimbus clouds.
What are they known as if you're not curious? Not that I care...
Where does it say so?
SpaceX Launches CRS-6 Resupply Rocket and Tries Drone Ship Recovery
That'll teach you to use the present tense for something that hasn't happened yet.
Cancelled due to weather (anvil clouds) at T-00:03:07.
Working fine for me.
I thought I heard the commentator mention a one second launch window. Did I hear that right?
Elon Musk insists on all his employees working 7 seconds in the past so he can feel like he's living in the future.
I for one welcome our new giant, transforming, radioactive robotic overlords.
FTFY.