Use the LiveJournal servers, but syndicate the RSS feed into your own blog.
This way, you can get the best of both worlds, allowing you to intergrate the blog into your own site while using all of LJ's kickass features such as the huge array of WYSIWIG clients availible. It cannot be beaten.
Thanks to your tax dollars, something similar is being used at the National Ignition Facility which is a HUGE facility dedicated to starting a fusion reaction by throwing as much energy into a central chamber as possible (all using lasers of course)
From what I see, they are not using fresnel lenses, but, rather, some sort of synthetic-diamond prism.
Remember that fresnel lenses aren't all they're hyped up to be. They are large, thin, and cheap. Those are the advantages which come primarily at the expense of optical quality. A conventional lens this size would need to be several feet thick, effectively weighing a couple thousand pounds.
Also, imagine polishing such a beast into the proper parabolic shape (not semicircular). It would take several years and millions of dollars. Most telescopes (the hubble included) don't have lenses that thick (alright.. . the hubble has a mirror - convex/concave lenses and mirrors are quite similar optically)
You bring up an interesting point.... how exactly do the X-Prize folks judge this?
I dobut that they rely on the instruments on board the craft, as it could be prone to cheating (I'm not even sure if an altimeter would work at that elevation...).
If not, then how do they do it? (Also keep in mind that the craft travels MUCH more than 200,000 feet. AFAIK, it does not fly at a 90 degree angle to the earth -- it would be foolish for it to do so.
Most of the codecs are 'optimized' for 128kbps. I remember reading somewhere that the WMA codec sucks above 128kbps. In addition, it's one of the most popular formats for distributing music (iTMS, etc...), and is the default setting on most encoders. Apple reccomends that all AAC files be encoded at 128kbps (although users are allowed to select any bitrate they wish with a few clicks of the mouse)
How is it not insightful? The horrifying thing is that what they're showing on the news is real. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot that they aren't showing.
They use a system like this in upstate new york. Last year, I went on a 7-day canoe trek. Before the trek, we logged our travel plans with the ranger. Along the trek, at a few of the campsites and during the portages, there were similar logbooks. Of course, you don't have to log your plans with the ranger in advance, but the logbooks are an excellent idea. Very cheap. No privacy concerns. Protects safety.
Honestly, I don't think many hikers are concerned about their privacy while hiking. I'd much rather divulge my name in a logbook than be stranded in the woods for days on end. Simply put, there are too many things that can happen to you in the woods. If something happens, peopple need to be able to find you FAST.
I believe that back in the 50s, the president of IBM enthusastically proclaimed that there was potentially a worldwide market for four, possibly even five computers. And this was good news.
So don't laugh!
(I'm sure there are PLENTY of organizations which could use this type of storage. The IRS and NASA being among them)
Sheepshaver can't run OS X. AFAIK, it won't boot anything over OS 8.6. The x86 port was not done by Chris Bauer (the original author of SheepShaver and Basilisk II), but rather done by Gwenolé Beauchesne who has made numerous contributions to both projects in spare time. In fact, the x86 port was VERY recent.
As you can probably tell, the Mac emulation scene is pretty much dead.
The Librarian is librarian at Unseen University (for wizards). After a freak magical accident, among other things, the librarian was transformed into an oranguatan. The librarian decided that he liked being an ape better than being a human, and decided to stay that way. He likes bananas.
Now, personally, I'd perfer to see The Luggage as the next clippy. It would somehow be fitting....
I really like the trend in indie gaming twoards non-photorealism. These games are supposed to look GOOD, but not REAL. This allows developers to focus more on gameplay. The retro kick makes it even cooler.
Two freeware examples of surrealist games (which are a hell of a lot of fun) that come instantly to mind are: Noiz2sa (OS X Port) RRootage (OS X Port)
Yes. I'm using one now. My only other 2-button USB mouse wore out. The joke was that the OS would be ridiculously easy to use, execpt that you'd need to go through some sort of arbirtrary sequence to click on anything. But the mouse would look REALLY slick. Some might call it 'lickable'.
Honestly.... how many people actually USE the Apple Pro mouse? It's optical recognition's not nearly as good as it could be, it's not incredibly ergonomic (though better than most), and lacks the ever-important right button.
Of course, I've learned to begin control-clicking, though it's incredibly annoying. And I scroll with my PowerMate. But seriously, what did the right button ever do to Jobs?
On the other hand, on my PC (which I use less and less each week), I've got an old logitech trackball which is quite possibly the best pointing device in the world. The one i've got is different from the one on the site now, though it's mainly the same (sans USB). It's lasted me 6 years, showing no signs of wear whatsoever. I know of no mice which could stand up to that kind of use and abuse. I'd get one for my Mac, but I'm just too cheap
Maybe I'll spring for the wireless one someday.......
On the other hand, by the time longhorn comes around...
Mac OS will still be more technically advanced than Longhorn. The new apple PCs will only run at 3ghz or so, but will continue to completely school anything from Intel/Microsoft. The OS will still comfortably run on an 800mhz G4 Steve jobs will manage to create a pointing device with no buttons at all. Mac users will claim this to be a revolutionary feature.
Actually, the stock performance of the two companies over the past 5 years is VERY VERY similar, though AMD didn't see a huge surge in their stock prices until the dot-com boom was nearly over (which is irrelevant,as that was over 5 years ago).
If we're going to have DRM, we might as well standardize it. From what it looks like, it seems as though DRM is going to play a huge role in the future of the internet.
All we need is some sort of STANDARD DRM container for all formats. Look at the mess apple's DRM has caused because so few portable MP3 players support it.
DRM may be evil. But it's also a necessary evil, and we need a standardized DRM format to allow content-providers to be able to set their own terms. Janus looks like the closest thing to that... as much as I like apple, the iTunes DRM is too closed.
AFAIK, everything modern uses the BSD stack. Windows uses the BSD stack for crying out loud (a little known fact). As OS X is heavily based upon BSD, it too uses the BSD stack.
Not sure about linux, though. I wouldn't dobut that their stack is BSD-based (at least the parts that weren't stolen from SCO)
Do not use the review pictues as a judge as to how bright the keys are.
Unless the author provided some sort of refrence-point or a reading from a light-meter, the photographs are complete rubbish. All you can infer from them is that the keyboard lights up blue (unless his white-balance is off. for the author's sake, I'll assume it's not).
If I leave the shutter of my camera open long enough, I can make --My alarm clock look like a glowing bar of some radioactive substance --The bottom of my mouse look like HAL --My monitor look like it's about to explode --The moon as bright as the sun --And the list goes on. How do you think the hubble manages to get good photographs of stars so dim and so far away. I believe it's a fairly normal practice for the hubble to leave its shutter open for hours on end.
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It would have been so much more classy to give out SCO's address...
Even better...
Use the LiveJournal servers, but syndicate the RSS feed into your own blog.
This way, you can get the best of both worlds, allowing you to intergrate the blog into your own site while using all of LJ's kickass features such as the huge array of WYSIWIG clients availible. It cannot be beaten.
Thanks to your tax dollars, something similar is being used at the National Ignition Facility which is a HUGE facility dedicated to starting a fusion reaction by throwing as much energy into a central chamber as possible (all using lasers of course)
From what I see, they are not using fresnel lenses, but, rather, some sort of synthetic-diamond prism.
Remember that fresnel lenses aren't all they're hyped up to be. They are large, thin, and cheap. Those are the advantages which come primarily at the expense of optical quality. A conventional lens this size would need to be several feet thick, effectively weighing a couple thousand pounds.
Also, imagine polishing such a beast into the proper parabolic shape (not semicircular). It would take several years and millions of dollars. Most telescopes (the hubble included) don't have lenses that thick (alright.. . the hubble has a mirror - convex/concave lenses and mirrors are quite similar optically)
That's why we have mod points
Please don't tell me they forgot to convert from Yen (or Euro) to USD.
Not that NASA would be so stupid as to forget to convert units....
You bring up an interesting point.... how exactly do the X-Prize folks judge this?
I dobut that they rely on the instruments on board the craft, as it could be prone to cheating (I'm not even sure if an altimeter would work at that elevation...).
If not, then how do they do it? (Also keep in mind that the craft travels MUCH more than 200,000 feet. AFAIK, it does not fly at a 90 degree angle to the earth -- it would be foolish for it to do so.
Most of the codecs are 'optimized' for 128kbps. I remember reading somewhere that the WMA codec sucks above 128kbps. In addition, it's one of the most popular formats for distributing music (iTMS, etc...), and is the default setting on most encoders. Apple reccomends that all AAC files be encoded at 128kbps (although users are allowed to select any bitrate they wish with a few clicks of the mouse)
Yes. Only microsoft would combine the worst elements of C and BASIC to write a bot...
(Explination -- in the parent post, his code is mostly BASIC, although the semicolon and kill function call are all C (or C++) syntax)
Ah. Finally found it. Thanks for the Pop. Mechanics refrence!
It was in 1943.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson of IBM
You, my friend, have clearly have not been watching the news lately.
How is it not insightful? The horrifying thing is that what they're showing on the news is real. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot that they aren't showing.
Actually, this is done in several places.
They use a system like this in upstate new york. Last year, I went on a 7-day canoe trek. Before the trek, we logged our travel plans with the ranger. Along the trek, at a few of the campsites and during the portages, there were similar logbooks. Of course, you don't have to log your plans with the ranger in advance, but the logbooks are an excellent idea. Very cheap. No privacy concerns. Protects safety.
Honestly, I don't think many hikers are concerned about their privacy while hiking. I'd much rather divulge my name in a logbook than be stranded in the woods for days on end. Simply put, there are too many things that can happen to you in the woods. If something happens, peopple need to be able to find you FAST.
I believe that back in the 50s, the president of IBM enthusastically proclaimed that there was potentially a worldwide market for four, possibly even five computers. And this was good news.
So don't laugh!
(I'm sure there are PLENTY of organizations which could use this type of storage. The IRS and NASA being among them)
It's sort of hard for an OS to die which wasn't really alive to begin with.
That being said, I remember using the last BeOS Personal Edition (the one that ran on top of FAT32).
It was incredibly cool. There's definitely something to be said for an OS which boots almost instantaneously.
The inability to print was somewhat of a drawback...
Sheepshaver can't run OS X. AFAIK, it won't boot anything over OS 8.6. The x86 port was not done by Chris Bauer (the original author of SheepShaver and Basilisk II), but rather done by Gwenolé Beauchesne who has made numerous contributions to both projects in spare time. In fact, the x86 port was VERY recent.
As you can probably tell, the Mac emulation scene is pretty much dead.
Does breathing count?
For those of you not familiar, The Librarian is a character in several Terry Pratchett novels.
The Librarian is librarian at Unseen University (for wizards). After a freak magical accident, among other things, the librarian was transformed into an oranguatan. The librarian decided that he liked being an ape better than being a human, and decided to stay that way. He likes bananas.
Now, personally, I'd perfer to see The Luggage as the next clippy. It would somehow be fitting....
Getting it down the second time would be the hard part :)
You also failed to use the words 'safely' or 'converting all measurments to metric'
I really like the trend in indie gaming twoards non-photorealism. These games are supposed to look GOOD, but not REAL. This allows developers to focus more on gameplay. The retro kick makes it even cooler.
:
Two freeware examples of surrealist games (which are a hell of a lot of fun) that come instantly to mind are
Noiz2sa (OS X Port)
RRootage (OS X Port)
Yes. I'm using one now. My only other 2-button USB mouse wore out. The joke was that the OS would be ridiculously easy to use, execpt that you'd need to go through some sort of arbirtrary sequence to click on anything. But the mouse would look REALLY slick. Some might call it 'lickable'.
Honestly.... how many people actually USE the Apple Pro mouse? It's optical recognition's not nearly as good as it could be, it's not incredibly ergonomic (though better than most), and lacks the ever-important right button.
Of course, I've learned to begin control-clicking, though it's incredibly annoying. And I scroll with my PowerMate. But seriously, what did the right button ever do to Jobs?
On the other hand, on my PC (which I use less and less each week), I've got an old logitech trackball which is quite possibly the best pointing device in the world. The one i've got is different from the one on the site now, though it's mainly the same (sans USB). It's lasted me 6 years, showing no signs of wear whatsoever. I know of no mice which could stand up to that kind of use and abuse. I'd get one for my Mac, but I'm just too cheap
Maybe I'll spring for the wireless one someday.......
On the other hand, by the time longhorn comes around...
Mac OS will still be more technically advanced than Longhorn.
The new apple PCs will only run at 3ghz or so, but will continue to completely school anything from Intel/Microsoft.
The OS will still comfortably run on an 800mhz G4
Steve jobs will manage to create a pointing device with no buttons at all. Mac users will claim this to be a revolutionary feature.
That's odd... the WOPR has been around since the 80's. While it was certainly impressive in the day, I'm sure today's computers can surpass it.
It's nice to see Microsoft supporting old hardware. One question --- does this mean they'll finally include tic-tac-toe with the OS?
Actually, the stock performance of the two companies over the past 5 years is VERY VERY similar, though AMD didn't see a huge surge in their stock prices until the dot-com boom was nearly over (which is irrelevant,as that was over 5 years ago).
Intel's 5-year graph
Amd's 5 year graph
If we're going to have DRM, we might as well standardize it. From what it looks like, it seems as though DRM is going to play a huge role in the future of the internet.
All we need is some sort of STANDARD DRM container for all formats. Look at the mess apple's DRM has caused because so few portable MP3 players support it.
DRM may be evil. But it's also a necessary evil, and we need a standardized DRM format to allow content-providers to be able to set their own terms. Janus looks like the closest thing to that... as much as I like apple, the iTunes DRM is too closed.
AFAIK, everything modern uses the BSD stack. Windows uses the BSD stack for crying out loud (a little known fact). As OS X is heavily based upon BSD, it too uses the BSD stack.
Not sure about linux, though. I wouldn't dobut that their stack is BSD-based (at least the parts that weren't stolen from SCO)
Do not use the review pictues as a judge as to how bright the keys are.
Unless the author provided some sort of refrence-point or a reading from a light-meter, the photographs are complete rubbish. All you can infer from them is that the keyboard lights up blue (unless his white-balance is off. for the author's sake, I'll assume it's not).
If I leave the shutter of my camera open long enough, I can make
--My alarm clock look like a glowing bar of some radioactive substance
--The bottom of my mouse look like HAL
--My monitor look like it's about to explode
--The moon as bright as the sun
--And the list goes on. How do you think the hubble manages to get good photographs of stars so dim and so far away. I believe it's a fairly normal practice for the hubble to leave its shutter open for hours on end.