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  1. Re:Conservation on the moon on Could The Moon Power Earth? · · Score: 1
    If you're going to worry about the long run, you must get fuel from the Moon.
    • Short term: Use fuel from the Moon to improve Earth and build our infrastructure in space.
    • Medium term: Harvest H3 directly from the solar wind. The Moon only captures a miniscule fraction of it. We can make many huge collectors which are designed for the job.
    • Long term: Harvest H3 from the galactic wind, the atoms floating between stars. Deuterium is blowing into the center of the galaxy, and stars are leaking H3 between there and here.
    • At some point we'll figure out another power source -- right here we have the Sun with most of the solar system's mass in it and a lot of wasted energy coming out.
  2. Re:Do the Freakin' MATH on Could The Moon Power Earth? · · Score: 1

    While you're doing the math, don't forget to include in your formula that the vast majority of the Earth's greenhouse effect is caused by water vapor.

  3. Re:GUIs are at a limit. on GUI Research - Is it Still Being Done? · · Score: 1

    How about killing Unix processes with a gun in DoomAdmin?

  4. Re:aussie on Australian National InstallFest Season · · Score: 1

    The hard part is throwing away the Australian edition of MS-Windows. The bloody things go up, go down, and come back for no apparent reason.

  5. Re:SpecWeb 2000 --- real world? on Linux Beats Win2000 In SpecWeb 2000 · · Score: 1
    How close it is depends upon your world. If your web site uses most of the things tested in SpecWeb, it is closer to your world than a static page server.

    Notice this is a speed-with-certain-capabilities test. Other real world factors such as stability are not tested -- if your server crashed during a test, it's not a valid SpecWeb test and does not count at all. See the rules, where several requirements are defined which a crashed system will violate.

  6. But He's Supporting Globalization on Happy Independence Day, Jose · · Score: 1
    This does not make sense. Eliminating import duties favors globalization. Fewer import or export restrictions makes it easier for companies to move goods around the globe.

    So why are the anti-globalization people supporting him? He's actually trying to globalize his business further. And he's too lazy to travel to the real source of his problem to protest properly -- he instead trashes an unrelated business which happens to be more convenient.

  7. Re:Europa on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 1
    "Water is extracted into a sterile vessel, and shot back up and sent to earth for examination."

    "Mommy, make it put me down! Mommy? Mommy!"

  8. Re:Important question for everybody! on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 1

    Now we know. Cockroaches fly to the Indian Ocean during winter.

  9. Re:All species are potentially lethal on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 1

    Yes, dinosaurs had nuclear bombs. You'll find them referred to in their literature as "anti-personnel grenades".

  10. Re:microbes in space on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 2

    The difference is that a crash on one of the moons would probably involve actual physical impacts with various pieces surviving. Drifting into the atmosphere of Jupiter at orbital speeds would cause incineration of most of the ship and heating the rest past any survival temperature for our life forms.

  11. Hi, Mom on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 2

    My Mother wishes to point out that we mitochondria are proof that not all life forms which invade another creature are harmful. Thank you.

  12. Re:Deja-vu ? on NRC Recommends NASA Galileo Crash · · Score: 1

    The hard part of being "Planetary Protection Officer" is keeping the finger over the DESTRUCT button for ten years, ready to serve and protect.

  13. Re:Not again on Who Controls The Linux Media ? · · Score: 1
    Well, if you go to OpenSSH.Org there is a link right there you can read.

    Don't confuse this with the SSLeay.Org situation, where the old links to the encryption info on the original SSLeay site became invalid when someone else registered the site.

  14. Re:Accounting and Goodwill on Failed Dot-Coms Selling Private Info · · Score: 1
    Sometimes goodwill is not "written off", as the new company may use the names of the old companies in ways which preserve the goodwill value. Often both names are merged, but sometimes the name with the most value is chosen despite the original names and investments.

    You mentioned the eternal Amiga name. You might remember that U.S. Robotics reappeared recently.

    Sometimes it's even more obtuse -- some years ago a bank in New York was acquired by a much larger bank. Well, it was attempted. But someone realized that the original charter of the ancient smaller bank had a clause that required it never be sold. So the whole deal was restructured such that the smaller bank "acquired" the larger bank.

  15. It's About Encryption, Stupid on Colleges Urged To Ban Telnet And FTP · · Score: 1
    The expert is complaining about both privacy and unencrypted passwords. Both Telnet and FTP use unencrypted passwords. Yes, you should use SSH and SFTP instead.

    Banning incoming Telnet does seem reasonable anyway, as that blocks simple system-access attempts. Sure, pinholes will be needed for systems which need the service -- such as the Telnet library info which some facilities use.

  16. Re:Software Patch for Hardware? Maybe this... on Memory Problems (And Fixes) For Palm-OS Devices · · Score: 1

    Maybe the patch is a soft pad of Post-It Notes to use as replacement memory...

  17. Re:Shannon's law: beaten severely on How Many Frequency Bands Are There? · · Score: 1

    There is an upper limit. When you are pumping so much energy through an area and you can't see through the glowing gas molecules in what used to be your atmosphere, you've reached your limit.

  18. "Only" geosynchronous satellites? on India Plans Moon Mission In 2005 · · Score: 1
    Getting satellites in geosynchronous orbit is not easy. I'm certain if you replaced half the mass of such a bird with extra fuel, it could easily get to the Moon with proper perigee burns.

    For that matter, there is a lot of info out there already, such as this Easy Low-Cost Lunar Explorer student project.

  19. Re:palm os compatible..Not on A Palm-Compatible PDA for $100? · · Score: 1
    The discussion in PDABuzz indicates that it is not running a Palm OS. It's using the PPSM with another layer on top. The processor is similar to a Palm, although I didn't see whether the memory modules are compatible nor how to reflash the OS with something else.

    I have an old PDA for which only a few apps were produced, and I have no use for the games and few specialized apps for it. I'll be getting either a Palm or a Linux handheld.

  20. Inktomi used on Corporate Yahoo on Yahoo Will Use Google Instead Of Inktomi · · Score: 2

    Hmm. Today Inktomi announced they will provide search services for Corporate Yahoo [I'd put a link there, but my nslookup seems to not be finding it].

  21. Re:Off topic: how come gas giants? on Nine Hundred Asteroids in Near-Earth Orbits · · Score: 1
    I know there's still argument, but I'm obviously unaware of any significant evidence. I agree that Earth has too thin a layer of light elements, and the Moon has too few heavy elements, so the Moon is probably the top layers of Earth.

    Well, the current status of the theory is that it still seems the best one. You might be thinking of the early 1997 research which is mentioned near the bottom.

  22. Re:That's TWO Maps on Human Genome Mapping Completion TBA · · Score: 1
    One news report today (Monday) did mention that they are two identical maps. I'll call that a rumor, but anyone who is really involved will know the details and all this chatter doesn't matter.

    I'm just having trouble figuring out "Where I Was When I Heard The Genome Was Mapped".

  23. Re:Is MS-Proxy really refusing to route? on Non-Windows Clients Working Behind MS Proxy? · · Score: 3
    Yes, the usual problem with non-MS tools and MS Proxy is the NT Challenge/Response (NTLM) authentication, which is on by default. IE knows how to deal with it, but not others.

    The MS Support KB articles Q245237 and Q218484 try to describe how to change configuration settings to allow Netscape to work with MS Proxy (I'd give links, but the MS KB web format has broken links in the past -- and even the MS Home Page doesn't have the correct link to the current MS Support home page).

  24. Video In? on Fast Random Number Generation For Encrypted FS? · · Score: 2
    Well, how fast can you grab input from video boards? A 1/4 screen 320*240 stream of 8-bit bytes is 76KB. Feed it an often-changing channel or "snow" on an unused channel. Or several channels on several video cards, mixed together.

    This is of course fast and merely somewhat random. There are a lot of similarities between consecutive frames. An unused channel is also particularly susceptible to intential attack by a nearby transmitter.

    For more randomness, this can be run through further randomizing algorithms. The obvious example is the SGI LavaRand.

  25. We aren't done yet on Human Genome Mapping Completion TBA · · Score: 2

    Early next year you can start by gett ing your own genetic profile. Mail in a few cells and see what you're made of.