Or perhaps the fact that if this did ever occur, the same people lambasting the procurement of the anti-missile systems would be screaming why they weren't installed? I agree with you that the loss of life is disproportionate to the extreme but also the damage such a strike would give to the confidence of our air system could render half the airlines bankrupt.
Too much is driven by "how it appears" but the same people would be screaming if we did nothing and it occured, and if we did everything and nothing ever happened.
A good book on the subject is "The Coming Global Superstorm", which was the original basis for "The Day After Tomorrow'. In it, they described the most likely attempt to correct our climate changes is the restoration of the ocean currents as it was long ago, (I forget the timeframe) by creating a 50 mile wide (to begin with) canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in Panama. Before this land bridge appeared, the severity of weather (hurricanes and the like) were rare if they appeared at all. This restoration might reverse the cimatic changes to the point that we might avoid this climate shift.
Although I am no expert in the area, I have studied it avidly since that book was published. I'll post again once I have some time to rest. (Been at my office since Monday morning with very little sleep - damned deadlines!)
Too bad they don't allow comments on the blogs on that site, not only would we succeed in some much needed "WTF!?!" but they might actually get some valuable input that they seem to have a shortage of at the *AA's.
This is incredible in theory, but what time frame are we talking about in humans once this gene is injected? Will it adversely affect human cells? I read it targets a cancer specific enzyme but am I missing anything? Could this be a cure, after the fact? (Bio-Medical newbie here).
It doesn't require a three button mouse. I use a two button and it's fine. I can even use a one button (as they use to teach on the learning DVDs) and I can get by quite quickly.
Shows runoff channels (like Earth's river drainage systems). Pretty cool though extremely low res at the moment (243 x 159 Pixels).
One point I'd like to bring up: They say this is the first image from Huygens but the title of the file is "landing_03_H.jpg", am I the only one to find this odd?
They actually came up with theis mission at the same time the movie was being filmed. The name has nothing to do with the film, contrary to everyone's speculation.:)
Oi... if only mod points were as proliferate as the morons in my daily life (LA Drivers);).
Obviously this wasn't a failure to check the article (random guesswork) - though it could have been, but rather a simple typo. Not even the machines that run the Slashdot editors are perfect:P
It has nothing to do with the Last Supper... it's been attributed to that, to the betrayal of the Knight's Templar on a "Friday of 13", the trickster Loki crashing a banquet of 12 Norse revelers in Valhalla, as well as some references to Friday being unlucky in Geoffrey Chaucer's time (14th century: "And on a Friday fell all this mischance". In fact, there is no reliable reference to the unluckiness of Friday the 13'th, before the 1800s.
Friday the 13th is considered unlucky only in Western, Christian-dominated cultures: there is no such superstition in Asia or the Islamic world. And most other cultures consider it a very lucky number.
Odder yet, since in the Gregorian calendar, the 13th is slightly more likely to fall on a Friday than on any other day of the week, and any month beginning on a Sunday will by default have a Friday the 13th.
Still, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, (fear of Friday the 13th) seems common enough to moronically influence our lives and behavior (why most buildings have no 13'th floor and Room 13 so often disappears).
But we live in America and as recent events continue to demonstrate, seem extraordinarily naive.
This was performed (not to this great an extent I admit) back in 2001/2002. I would post more details in comparison but we seem to have/.'d the macmod site and Google's Cache is having issues...
I know, I know, Mac OS X isn't the same "open-source" we all talk about, though it's encouraging to see RAND (http//www.rand.org) "the mother" of US think tanks, in Santa Monica, CA., have almost exclusively chosen XServes and G5s for the research stations (PCs with Winblows for administration/ Alumni/ etc) using Mac OS X. Though I don't know what X11 software they use in addition to the OS X native software, it's a nice trend that I'd like to see continue and grow. And for those of you who don't know of RAND, check the above link and remember that in Washington/ Political/ Military circles, RAND is often called "the West Coast Pentagon".
James "All that we have to decide, is what to do with the time that is given us." - Mithrandir
Reminds me of when at a tech meeting I stated I was an Apple Certified Technician, I was asked what the hell I do, help people color coordinate their mac purchases?
Last time I looked, most geeks don't have hundreds of thousands to shell out a month (I have no idea on the numbers) for hosting. We're talking.. say you sell 11 million songs a month (just a bit better than Apple currently) and let's guesstimate the average per song is 4.5 MB. Their library has 500,000 songs so a group of geeks can financially maintain and support 2.25 TB of storage for the songs, 200GB for the previews, and a WHOPPING 49.5 TB of bandwidth usage per month (that's just factoring song downloads- not browsing and previewing). Now remember you can't have just one array with all the storage cause thousands if not more users will be browsing/previewing/downloading at the same time. And that ten cents a song? a tiny 1.1 Million (don't get me wrong, I'd love it!) a month in income. I don't think so. (by the way if my math is off, sorry- too tired and no caffeine!)
the opening dogfighting scenes in Lost in Space the Movie were fun! Though not vast in scale, it qas quite easy to get caught up in it and you were on a rollercoaster!
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Or perhaps the fact that if this did ever occur, the same people lambasting the procurement of the anti-missile systems would be screaming why they weren't installed?
I agree with you that the loss of life is disproportionate to the extreme but also the damage such a strike would give to the confidence of our air system could render half the airlines bankrupt.
Too much is driven by "how it appears" but the same people would be screaming if we did nothing and it occured, and if we did everything and nothing ever happened.
A good book on the subject is "The Coming Global Superstorm", which was the original basis for "The Day After Tomorrow'. In it, they described the most likely attempt to correct our climate changes is the restoration of the ocean currents as it was long ago, (I forget the timeframe) by creating a 50 mile wide (to begin with) canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in Panama. Before this land bridge appeared, the severity of weather (hurricanes and the like) were rare if they appeared at all. This restoration might reverse the cimatic changes to the point that we might avoid this climate shift.
Although I am no expert in the area, I have studied it avidly since that book was published. I'll post again once I have some time to rest. (Been at my office since Monday morning with very little sleep - damned deadlines!)
James
Too bad they don't allow comments on the blogs on that site, not only would we succeed in some much needed "WTF!?!" but they might actually get some valuable input that they seem to have a shortage of at the *AA's.
The post date from donga is April 3'rd. That's the more important one I belive, though I'd like to hear more about it.
This is incredible in theory, but what time frame are we talking about in humans once this gene is injected? Will it adversely affect human cells? I read it targets a cancer specific enzyme but am I missing anything? Could this be a cure, after the fact? (Bio-Medical newbie here).
The time to buy Apple stock was 7 years ago at $12.00 before the split :P
You know this is a crappy TV Disaster Movie waiting to happen.
It doesn't require a three button mouse. I use a two button and it's fine. I can even use a one button (as they use to teach on the learning DVDs) and I can get by quite quickly.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMCXM 71Y3E_1.html
Shows runoff channels (like Earth's river drainage systems). Pretty cool though extremely low res at the moment (243 x 159 Pixels).
One point I'd like to bring up: They say this is the first image from Huygens but the title of the file is "landing_03_H.jpg", am I the only one to find this odd?
They actually came up with theis mission at the same time the movie was being filmed. The name has nothing to do with the film, contrary to everyone's speculation. :)
It's Ctrl-Click. Just FYI :).
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Oi... if only mod points were as proliferate as the morons in my daily life (LA Drivers) ;).
:P
Obviously this wasn't a failure to check the article (random guesswork) - though it could have been, but rather a simple typo. Not even the machines that run the Slashdot editors are perfect
Yeah, posted it a bit higher on the page. Is there a place to submit corrections for te actual headline story text?
Heh, if you have a webcam that can withstand solar radiation, temperature extremes, and run for 7 years with no problems, I'd ebay it :P
The Huygens plunge is January 14'th, not the 24'th :) 2 Weeks is hard enough to wait for! :)
It has nothing to do with the Last Supper... it's been attributed to that, to the betrayal of the Knight's Templar on a "Friday of 13", the trickster Loki crashing a banquet of 12 Norse revelers in Valhalla, as well as some references to Friday being unlucky in Geoffrey Chaucer's time (14th century: "And on a Friday fell all this mischance". In fact, there is no reliable reference to the unluckiness of Friday the 13'th, before the 1800s.
Friday the 13th is considered unlucky only in Western, Christian-dominated cultures: there is no such superstition in Asia or the Islamic world. And most other cultures consider it a very lucky number.
Odder yet, since in the Gregorian calendar, the 13th is slightly more likely to fall on a Friday than on any other day of the week, and any month beginning on a Sunday will by default have a Friday the 13th.
Still, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, (fear of Friday the 13th) seems common enough to moronically influence our lives and behavior (why most buildings have no 13'th floor and Room 13 so often disappears).
But we live in America and as recent events continue to demonstrate, seem extraordinarily naive.
James
Bah, Too early to be posting on a Sunday, here's the other URL direct to more inf oand pics of the 2002 Clamshell iBook.
The Link(TM)
This was performed (not to this great an extent I admit) back in 2001/2002. I would post more details in comparison but we seem to have /.'d the macmod site and Google's Cache is having issues...
The link
Be True, Unbeliever
Anyone look at one of these displays yet? Any comments or ratings on its usefulness/ effectiveness?
I know, I know, Mac OS X isn't the same "open-source" we all talk about, though it's encouraging to see RAND (http//www.rand.org) "the mother" of US think tanks, in Santa Monica, CA., have almost exclusively chosen XServes and G5s for the research stations (PCs with Winblows for administration/ Alumni/ etc) using Mac OS X. Though I don't know what X11 software they use in addition to the OS X native software, it's a nice trend that I'd like to see continue and grow. And for those of you who don't know of RAND, check the above link and remember that in Washington/ Political/ Military circles, RAND is often called "the West Coast Pentagon".
James
"All that we have to decide, is what to do with the time that is given us." - Mithrandir
Surprised none of you mentioned AdAware and AdWatch...
James
Reminds me of when at a tech meeting I stated I was an Apple Certified Technician, I was asked what the hell I do, help people color coordinate their mac purchases?
Last time I looked, most geeks don't have hundreds of thousands to shell out a month (I have no idea on the numbers) for hosting. We're talking.. say you sell 11 million songs a month (just a bit better than Apple currently) and let's guesstimate the average per song is 4.5 MB. Their library has 500,000 songs so a group of geeks can financially maintain and support 2.25 TB of storage for the songs, 200GB for the previews, and a WHOPPING 49.5 TB of bandwidth usage per month (that's just factoring song downloads- not browsing and previewing). Now remember you can't have just one array with all the storage cause thousands if not more users will be browsing/previewing/downloading at the same time. And that ten cents a song? a tiny 1.1 Million (don't get me wrong, I'd love it!) a month in income. I don't think so. (by the way if my math is off, sorry- too tired and no caffeine!)
the opening dogfighting scenes in Lost in Space the Movie were fun! Though not vast in scale, it qas quite easy to get caught up in it and you were on a rollercoaster!