To determine how turtles respond to magnetic fields that exist in different parts of the ocean or to magnetic field elements (such as inclination and intensity) that they encounter while migrating, each hatchling was placed into a nylon-Lycra harness as shown below. [empaphis mine]
Seriously...do you really think China wouldn't be thrilled to capture Australia and New Zealand if they thought they could get away with it?
*sigh*
Don't you know that in this part of the world you're supposed to use the Indonesians as the bogeyman?
Using China as the bogeyman is sooooooo 1990's
Anybody who thinks that you don't need a strong military to survive on this planet is either a) delusional or b) willing to let America do their dirty work.
or c) Not pursuing expensive wars of agression against countries that pose no threat to them.
Perhaps the new zealanders don't need such a large military budget as they don't pursue wars of agression against countries that pose no threat to them?
Lucky buggers, I wish my government had the sort of balls Helen Clark does.
However, if you ask the same advocate why s/he wants a particular patent invalidated, it's usually to copy a patented algorithm and incorporate it into an open source product.
No - its usually because she has already implemented the algorithm independently and want to be able to continue to use it.
*snip* but with 3-d printers and related technology, the day may not be far off when we see such a thing *snip* that either all patents are valid (including software), or none are
The day where anything can be trivially copied is further away then you think.
How about we keep ideas and devices separate until that time comes hey?
Re:What about the 'rest of world' category?
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The Lyrids Are Coming!
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· Score: 4, Informative
Hehe, I usually try to stay away... but RTFA!
Except the FAIW
The shower is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere
From the
The Lyrids are a northern shower, but can be observed by most mainland Australians. The best time to observe the Lyrids is in the morning between 2.00-5.00 am. However, the Lyrids low rates, combined with their closeness to the horizon, mean that few meteors are likely to be seen. To see the Lyrids, look to the north in the morning sky. About two handspans above the northern horizon is the bright, blue-white star alpha Lyra, the brightest star near the northern horizon. The Lyrid radiant is just above it and to the left by around a handspan.
It is possible to preserve anonymity and have votes accessible online.
Have the voting machine print you a receipt with a unique ID on it.If you are so inclined, you can look up the UID on the net and ensure your vote was tallied correctly.
If you are concerned about your privacy, simply leave your receipt in the polling station and your vote is untraceable.
And there you have it - a simple, user auditable system for e-voting that preserves privacy.
Americans are the leaders in this technology, have been for years, we won the space race.
Shamelessly ripping off the Wikipedia Space Race page: - first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 (1957, USSR) - first animal in orbit - Laika - Sputnik 2 (1957, USSR) - first spacecraft on moon - Luna 2 (1959, USSR) - first human in space - Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1 (1961, USSR) - first orbital flight - Vostok 1 (as above) - first dual flight (1962, USSR) - first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova (1963, USSR) - first flight with more than one crew member - Voskhod 1 (1964, USSR) - first spacewalk - Aleksei Leonov on Voskhod 2 (1965, USSR) - first space rendezvous - Gemini 6/Gemini 7 (1965, USA) - first space docking - Gemini 8 (1966, USA) - first human orbital flight of moon - Apollo 8 (1968, USA) - first human landing on moon - Apollo 11 (1969, USA) - first space station - Salyut 1 (1971, USSR)
GSM and CDMA networks cover up to 97.5 per cent of the Australian population and 13.7 per cent of the Australian landmass. This is expected to increase to more than 98 per cent coverage of the population and around 18 per cent coverage of the landmass upon completion of the rollout of Commonwealth funded infrastructure under various targeted funding initiatives.
Satellite mobile phone services cover 100 per cent of the population and landmass, including the external territories.
Which has a copy of the microsoft licesne the fonts were obtained under: Reproduction and Distribution. You may reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT; provided that each copy shall be a true and complete copy, including all copyright and trademark notices.....
Did they take the site offline to protest the jailing and torture in china....
Did they take the site offline to protest the actions of the goverment of iran to....
No? Why not?
Perhaps because they have no control over what happens in those countries?
Perhaps because they feel more responsible for the atrocities being committed by their government and corporations?
To be honest, I don't think its a particularly effective form of protest, but do you really believe that to have a 'right' to protest something being committed by your government in your name that you have some measure of control over you have to protest about every bad thing that happens in the world that you have no responsibility for and cannot exert any influence over?
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Um Hello? +4 interesting? I was going for funny here
It's a turtle in a LYCRA BIKINI
*mutters* its funny dammnit
Could they have possibly picked a more random animal for that example?
For some reason this made me curious about turtles & magnetism- a little research turned up this guy's page about turtle migration at UNC.
It includes this gem:
To determine how turtles respond to magnetic fields that exist in different parts of the ocean or to magnetic field elements (such as inclination and intensity) that they encounter while migrating, each hatchling was placed into a nylon-Lycra harness as shown below. [empaphis mine]
Image is here
Seriously...do you really think China wouldn't be thrilled to capture Australia and New Zealand if they thought they could get away with it?
*sigh*
Don't you know that in this part of the world you're supposed to use the Indonesians as the bogeyman?
Using China as the bogeyman is sooooooo 1990's
Anybody who thinks that you don't need a strong military to survive on this planet is either a) delusional or b) willing to let America do their dirty work.
or c) Not pursuing expensive wars of agression against countries that pose no threat to them.
Perhaps the new zealanders don't need such a large military budget as they don't pursue wars of agression against countries that pose no threat to them?
Lucky buggers, I wish my government had the sort of balls Helen Clark does.
hat New Zealand doesn't pull it's weight in the ANZUS alliance. Give me proof, ANY proof, that we spend less on defense PER CAPITA than the majority
From nation master's Military: Expenditures - dollar figure (per capita) page.
No 3: United States $953.01 per person
No 14. Australia $577.23 per person
No 39. New Zealand $153.29 per person
Frankly tho' (speaking as an australian) you should be proud that your country spends so little on its military.
Yeah...but does he run linux?
However, if you ask the same advocate why s/he wants a particular patent invalidated, it's usually to copy a patented algorithm and incorporate it into an open source product.
No - its usually because she has already implemented the algorithm independently and want to be able to continue to use it.
*snip*
but with 3-d printers and related technology, the day may not be far off when we see such a thing
*snip*
that either all patents are valid (including software), or none are
The day where anything can be trivially copied is further away then you think.
How about we keep ideas and devices separate until that time comes hey?
Okay, random test. Search for "fisherman":
Sorry, no results were found containing "fishermen"
C'mon...I mean copying and pasting isn't that hard now is it?
He must work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Surely you mean the DRD Department?
Bah. Not Slackware X, not Slackware XP.
;)
C'mon! Where's the marketing, folks?
Moderation +4
50% Interesting
30% Underrated
20% Funny
50% Interesting?
Weird...how could anyone find that interesting?
Current death toll from Amnesty International's actions in Nepal: 9000
You want to give us the slightest shred of evidence for that?
I hate unsubstative, emotional, unable to be backed up sigs. Especially stupid ones.
Informative? You're talking about a different record.
Your link was about the number of SMSs sent.
The story is about the number of SMSs sent to (and handled by) a single SMS server.
And how do you know the machine doesn't store your real vote for diisplay but doesn't actually count it?
Because you can count everyone's votes online.
Everyone's vote is online anonymously. So they can be independantly counted (by anyone with the inclination).
Individuals can check to ensure that their vote was recorded correctly.
Pretty foolproof I think.
Ahem! That should've read:
From the excellent Southern Skywatch Page
Forgot to close the link (doh!)
Hehe, I usually try to stay away... but RTFA!
Except the FAIW
The shower is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere
From the
The Lyrids are a northern shower, but can be observed by most mainland Australians. The best time to observe the Lyrids is in the morning between 2.00-5.00 am. However, the Lyrids low rates, combined with their closeness to the horizon, mean that few meteors are likely to be seen. To see the Lyrids, look to the north in the morning sky. About two handspans above the northern horizon is the bright, blue-white star alpha Lyra, the brightest star near the northern horizon. The Lyrid radiant is just above it and to the left by around a handspan.
It is possible to preserve anonymity and have votes accessible online.
Have the voting machine print you a receipt with a unique ID on it.If you are so inclined, you can look up the UID on the net and ensure your vote was tallied correctly.
If you are concerned about your privacy, simply leave your receipt in the polling station and your vote is untraceable.
And there you have it - a simple, user auditable system for e-voting that preserves privacy.
Did you look at the website?
This game is nothing like geocaching.
Shamelessly ripping off the Wikipedia Space Race page:
- first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 (1957, USSR)
- first animal in orbit - Laika - Sputnik 2 (1957, USSR)
- first spacecraft on moon - Luna 2 (1959, USSR)
- first human in space - Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1 (1961, USSR)
- first orbital flight - Vostok 1 (as above)
- first dual flight (1962, USSR)
- first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova (1963, USSR)
- first flight with more than one crew member - Voskhod 1 (1964, USSR)
- first spacewalk - Aleksei Leonov on Voskhod 2 (1965, USSR)
- first space rendezvous - Gemini 6/Gemini 7 (1965, USA)
- first space docking - Gemini 8 (1966, USA)
- first human orbital flight of moon - Apollo 8 (1968, USA)
- first human landing on moon - Apollo 11 (1969, USA)
- first space station - Salyut 1 (1971, USSR)
Depends what you mean by space and race.
LOSE is the opposite of WIN
LOOSE is the opposite of TIGHT
Only loosers point that out
Loved your post tho'...But personally I''d like to see:
Gere: "green elf is about to die"
But where would the automobile be if it were not for mass production?
So what?
He said invent, not popularise.
I am well aware that the U.S. is good at industrialising other counties inventions.
Just like telephone networks, automobiles and transistors the internet will follow the usual pattern of: 1. US Invents it
Except the US did not invent the autombile.
The most significant contribution the US has made to automobile engineering is the cup holder.
(and something like 99% coverage for mobiles)
From the Department of Communications, etc's website:
3. How much mobile coverage is there?
GSM and CDMA networks cover up to 97.5 per cent of the Australian population and 13.7 per cent of the Australian landmass. This is expected to increase to more than 98 per cent coverage of the population and around 18 per cent coverage of the landmass upon completion of the rollout of Commonwealth funded infrastructure under various targeted funding initiatives.
Satellite mobile phone services cover 100 per cent of the population and landmass, including the external territories.
My God you are a useless troll.
You say:
a step by step procedure for stealing the Microsoft fonts and installing them on Linux....
Then you link to http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
Which has a copy of the microsoft licesne the fonts were obtained under:
Reproduction and Distribution. You may reproduce and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT; provided that each copy shall be a true and complete copy, including all copyright and trademark notices.....
Mod sholden up - pretty much summed up what I wrote later in the thread, only better.
Did they take the site offline to protest the actions of the goverment of iran to....
No? Why not?
Perhaps because they have no control over what happens in those countries?
Perhaps because they feel more responsible for the atrocities being committed by their government and corporations?
To be honest, I don't think its a particularly effective form of protest, but do you really believe that to have a 'right' to protest something being committed by your government in your name that you have some measure of control over you have to protest about every bad thing that happens in the world that you have no responsibility for and cannot exert any influence over?