Apple's mouse (and Apple systems on the whole, for that matter) are simply for people who can't handle more that one option or more than one way of doing things.
Herr Jobs: "Ve Vill haft ONE MOUZE BUTTONZ, ANDT ONLY ONE MOUZE BUTTONZ"
Apple Employee: "Steve-o - what's with the narrow moustache?"
Why should I have to hold a key down (that suspiciously looks like a cubist-drawn four-leaf "lucky" clover) on my keyboard when clicking on an object in order to have more options available for the object I'm clicking?
Apple obviously tried to have an ambidextrous mouse (one button) to appeal to the widest margin of users - without giving them OPTIONS or CHOICES.
And now you wonder why there are no MAC cases at ColorCase.
Finally, one group of security experts who has a conscience and doesn't feed the "crooks, social deviants, malcontents and crackers" with the info they need to wreak havoc on the Web.
I'd be curious how many/.'ers take pause to reflect who *really* is using the Web, population-sample-wize? The large majority have never heard of SSH, OSDN, PHP or Gentoo and probably think of Lucy VanPelt's little brother when they hear the word "Linux" and think of condoms, ancient history or USC when they hear the word "trojan". They are the masses, and they don't give a rat's ass about GNU, RMS, the Debian.vs RedHat discussions or which filesystem is better than the other; all they want to do is shop for Hummel figurines on eBay, share cookie recipies via email and get pictures from relatives. They don't want their experience on the Internet to be clogged-up by 1-byte GIFs, browser hijackers, trojan programs or buffer underflow/overflow.
It's too bad that the rest of the so-called "security experts" are more interested in getting their ya-yas off by telling the world how to make everyone's experience on the Internet a living hell instead of following PivX's lead and taking the higher-ground. I think it would be very comical to have these yutzes's systems compromized by the same idiots they pander to when they make these exploits readily available - too bad that no one is up to THAT challenge and willing to give these security-whores a taste of their own medicine.
To the moderators: If you think this is flamebait, by all means rate it as such, because i'm just getting started on this issue.
FWIW: eEye and the rest of these publicity-grubbing slimeballs can kiss my hairy butt.
ScottKin - mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!
Because, freeweed, before there was this thing called the Internet there were LANs and Networks and Database programs and Desktop Software that was used for BUSINESS, not for looking for your favorite brand of pr0n.
Port 135 & 139 were used to verify that a user had certain & specific access rights to LAN resources based on User Authentication. *NIX did this a different way, and yes it worked better - but when the Internet started becoming what it is today, Microsoft didn't see the need to change it's network protocols for LANs.
Don't blame Microsoft for not changing their LAN Software because of established LAN protocols - blame the ISPs that don't block those ports at their routers. No one needs those ports open across the Internet, and if they need access to remote services & resources on their employer's LAN, then provide them by some other protocol like SSH, PPTP (which, unfortunately, has it's own problems) and/or IPSec.
And to respond to your lame dig at Microsoft - Yes, it's the exploit-writer's fault. When someone breaks into my house using a lockpick is it the building contractor's fault or the lock manufacturer's fault? NO, you moron - it's the person who illegally gave or provided the lockpicks or used them to gain illegal access - that's why it's a felony to possess lockpicks if you're not a licenced locksmith.
Now, the other side of the coin: Windows Users - please go and download the Windows Baseline Security Analyzer and run it on every machine you have to make sure that your systems are at least reasonably secure from attack.
Remember: Windows-haters want to try to destroy Windows and Microsoft so that they (Linux-lovers) can grab a bigger share of the market - too bad they can't play fair!
Wake up!
ScottKin - laughing at those who THINK they know it all.
You do nothing but give lip-service to/. - the most over-rated, self-serving BLOG for penguin-fetishists, RMS-o-philes and OSDN-shills in existence.
When will the rest of the visitors here and this community wake up from it's self-enduced coma and look at who supports/. - A Developer's Network (if you could call it that) for Open Source Software: OSDN. Why are we suprised of the consistant, pro-*NIX, anti-Microsoft rhetoric and propaganda produced by this onanistic collection of obviously-pubescent posters? Maybe because so many of the posters and readers are still hooked-up to the liberal-brainwashing system called THE US EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM and have yet to venture out into the Real World that they are easily swayed by all of the *NIX evangelists planted by anti-Corporate/pro-socialist organizations like OSDN - and if you think for a moment that OSDN cares about the economy or indusry or corporations, think about how companies are going to make any REAL money from selling software that can be downloaded for FREE?
Posters here who attack pro-Microsoft organizations who are in some way supported by Microsft are nothing but uninformed hypocrites, since/. is supported and partially funded by OSDN.
Nothing like the pot calling the kettle "black".
ScottKin - Whom has used "su" more times than he can remember.
Leave it to an Anonymous Putz to try to twist the topic of a post.
My point, Mr. Anonymous Moron, was to point out that/. would rather post a inane fondle-fest over Hollwood's adoption of Linux over breaking news about a hacker's arrest./. is slowly sliding into the selv-serving morass - but since it's supported by another self-serving morass (OSDN), I'm not supprised.
Well, it looks like this lame-ass article about Linux and Hollywood beats-out a much more important article that the Content Nazis at/. rejected:
2003-09-30 17:05:55 ForensicTec President Arrested for break-ins (articles,news) (rejected)
I included a nice article about the arrest from The Register, along with some background info from WashPost - but since my article submission was nixed by the all-knowing, all-powerfull Content Nazis at/. you get to read a fluff-article about Linux & Hollywood instead of learning how NOT you get your ass in a sling when you hack into GOVERNMNET networks and systems.
Weclome to Slashdot - the new brand of yellow journalism.
ScottKin
P.S. Mod me down as off-topic - I don't care. Deal with the facts and move on.
Actually, the in-flight tests of 1/2 (bisected) of a scale model of the X-33 that was mounted on NASA's SR-71 at Edwards/Dryden were not totally successfull.
Static tests are good - flight testing is a different matter all together
I'm sorry, but StarFleet's Ex Planitia Shipyards orbiting Mars are not quite complete yet - we're waiting for the Systems Development group to finalize their design for the Matter/Antimatter Containment System, Mark 6 Computer Systems, Anti-matter injectors, Warp Drive, Transporters and the other cool technologies that will remove the need for old-fashioned chemical-based combusion systems.
If you can wait until the 24th Century, I think we'll have things pretty well nailed-down. In order to wait until that time, have you considered Cryogenic Storage of your body?
I stand corrected. The only failures/trouble that I'm familiar with were the problems encountered when they mounted the single-side scale model to the SR-71 at Edwards/Dryden for Mach 3+ aerial testing.
The Tests at Stennis were, I believe, of a single unit of the entire X-33 Linear cluster, and not the entire 8-engine cluster that was originally spec'ed for the X-33.
Hybrid rocket motors are a very interesting subject - Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites will be using a Hybrid engine design in their "Spaceship One" X-Prize contest entry.
Per their Spaceship One FAQ that their solid-fuel component of the engine will consist of HTPB (basically, rubber) for the fuel and Nitrous Oxide (N2O) for the oxidizer - a very safe combination, because they will not directly combust when in close proximity to each other and that both are fairly easy to handle individually and do not require any real special care in handling beyond the normal care given to N20 bottles.
The downside to Hybrid and solid-fuel rockets is the same; there is no provision to "throttle" the engines, so it's either "Full-on" or nothing. The only other difference is that Hybrid engines can be shut-off, since the oxidizer is provided by the N2O and is not imbedded into the solid fuel compound like other solid-fuel rocket engines (think "Estes Model Rockets" or the Shuttle's Solid-Fuel boosters)
Mr. Icke is a psychotic, raving lunatic who preys on people's naivete`, and makes money on it with his particular brand of "bovine fecal excrement" stuffed into books.
Sources say that Mr. Icke's major source of information for his books can be found in the alt.conspiracy newsgroups.
Nothing like cutting of your face, despite your nose.
Cheering on China's "support" of Linux is like cheering for Osama bin-Laden when another brainwashed Palestinian kid walks onto an Israeli buss and does the "human cato" trick - no one wins
(for the uninformed, the term "cato" is used in rocketry circles to describe a catastrophic engine failure - which usually leads to a big explosion)
ScottKin - who is really enjoying all of the in-fighting in the OSS/*nix world, especially when RMS starts acting like he's the modern-day equivalent of Ghengis Khan.
You know, I was going to make a similar point, but I think that my comments would have fallen on deaf ears due to the obvious leftist-slant that/. has always taken.
Open Source Software = Socialist Software.
Look - everyone contributes, everyone benefits - regardless of the fact that no one can feed themsevles. If Open Source ideology and rhetoric encroaches any further on Commercial/Capitalist Software, we should just nuke the....oh, wait...we can't do that, because we would hurt the poor script-kiddies who use their |337 Linux Boxen to attack the regular, hard-working American Microsoft Operating System Users.
The Cold War never ended - it just shifted focus to the Electronic World, with Socialistas like RMS and Torvalds as the Lenin & Marx of the Computer Industry, and Uncle Bill in Redmond (nearly the geographical opposite of Washington, DC in relation to the US Geography) as the new Uncle Sam.
Deal with it, shut your pie-hole and start using American-Made software, not software by someone from a pacifist/leftists nation like Finnland.
ScottKin - who thinks it would be an awesome thing to have a small American Flag with the words "Made in The USA" on the corner of every Software Program produced in the USA to show our patriotism - and if you don't like that, Deal with that, too!
The system in Capt. Bridger's quarters WAS a reality - it was not some CGI sequence, it WAS a projection system using a vertically-descending fog-screen/curtain, held vertically in position by the laminar-flow effect of an air-curtain. The only "scifi" element was the autonomous AI construct displayed on the fog-screen.
It is NOT new. Leave it to the Finns to name something already used and seen by millions over 10 years ago as "new"....oh, wait - didn't Linus Torvalds already do that with Linux?
The Finns are like the Japanese with Technology - only that the The Finns are stuck in a temporal rift in the Time/Space Continuum that perpetually locks them into a 10-years-ago timeframe.
Isn't it interesting how some people become clairvoyant. Were you there at the hearing?
Being that I live in a city close to Portland - where all of this is taking place - we get to hear some things that probably didn't make it to the national media outlets, but reporters said that the Judge in the case, Judge Robert Jones, asked Hawash if he indeed was guilty of the crimes he is entering the "guilty" plea on, and Hawash answered that he was guilty - doesn't sound like the man who sits dejected in a court hearing.
As to the "secret warrant" and "secret evidence", because they're proceeding with the indictments agains the now "Portland Six" with Hawash's assistance the rest of the proceedings should provide some insight to the Government's Case.
Yes, this was a plea-bargain, and yes, he will be providing testimony in court against the other defendants. The Evidence shown in court concerning Hawash is as follows:
"-- Meeting October Lewis and Jeffrey Leon Battle to discuss plans to travel to Kashgar, China. From there, they would cross into Pakistan and make their way to Afghanistan.
-- Taking suspects Patrice Lumumba Ford, Ahmed Ibraham Bilal and Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal to Portland International Airport on Oct. 21, 2001. Hawash provided cash to the two from an unidentified source, according to court papers.
-- Leaving the U.S. for Afghanistan on Oct. 24, 2001 and meeting Ford and Battle at the Hong Kong airport.
-- Obtaining a visa in Hong Kong for China. Hawash then traveled with Battle, Ford, Ahmed Bilal, Muhammad Bilal and Al Saoub into China. They flew to Urumqi, in western China, and took a train to Kashgar. After spending several days trying unsuccessfully to enter Pakistan, the group took a train to Beijing.
"Defendants Hawash and Al Saoub went to the Pakistani Embassy to obtain visa for Pakistan but were turned down," the plea agreement papers said. "After it became clear that the group would not be able to obtain entry into Pakistan, defendant Hawash returned to the United States."
-- Providing cash to all members of the group except Battle. After returning to the U.S., "Hawash arranged to send an additional $2,000 to Al-Saoub, who was still in China," the papers said. (Sources: www.kgw.com KGW Newschannel 8, Portland Oregon - Associated Press) (Link:http://www.kgw.com/news-local/storie s/kgw_08 0603_news_hawash_plea.100dc7597.html)
more from the above article:
""He is determined to cooperate and completely and truthfully with the government," said defense attorney Stephen Houze after Wednesday's proceedings. "...I'm confident he will do so."
The court papers also detail how Hawash gave money to and attempted to cross into Afghanistan via Pakistan with five members of the so-called "Portland Seven," a group of local Muslims who face similar charges from federal authorities.
A noticeably relaxed Hawash, dressed in blue prison uniform and shackled at the ankles, waived his right to appeal and trial by jury before federal judge Robert Jones.
"You understand this plea of guilty is locked in. You can't withdraw it," Jones said.
"Yes, sir," Hawash said.
(END)
A PDF of the Affidavit to support Hawash's arrest and charges being filed is available at:
http://www.freemikehawash.org/hawashaff.pdf
Oh, and Mr. Anonymous Coward - the usage fits your commentary perfectly. Whether you know it or not, we (The USA) is in a state of WAR, and some things done in times of War to protect National Security are better-off than the bleeding-heart liberal/pinko demands of "full disclosure". These are not "local" charges, the arests were not by police. They are FEDERAL Grand Jury charges, and the arrests were made by Oregon State Police Officers under the direction of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
Are you proud of showing us how much of a mental midget you are?
The page mentioned shows a diagram at what appears to be in picoangstroms, since the waveguide vector is scaled in p/a.
Note that the ability to "bend" light in such a medium with a "planned" defect is nearly the same as bending fiber optic strands, but at a microscopic level. The characteristic "bunching-up" of the waveguide shown is analogous to fiber bends - it appears that what is really happening is a shear movement in the waveguide, causing a series of distortions in the crystaline structure of the waveguid, creating microbends in the optical waveguide at a femtoangstrom or nanometric levels; it would be interesting to find out what polarization or orientation the crystaline structure of the waveguide has in relation to the laser input. In the picoangstrom domain, wavelengths are particulary susceptable to refraction and diffraction. It may *appear* as if light is being bent, but I suspect that it's more a case of light passing-through a bunch of tiny refractions defined by the distorion of the waveguide.
My concern would be the reflection of the photons contained in such a medium when the 90-degree angle is induced - Yes, it would appear that the lightwave would be "turned" at 90-degrees, but would the reflections coming after the bend make the photons "disorganized"? A continuous coherent laser-light would be fine, but what about one that is being switched on-and-off so quickly that reflections from the semi-perpendicular wall provided at the 90-degree turn would cause whatever switching intelligence?
Also, bear-in-mind that this is also based on a particular wavelength of laser energy, and might not work for all wavelengths, or if the 90-degree bend would induce some kind of resonant feedback or interference.
90-degree turns *are* possible; however, using the same switching-mirror capabilities found in DLP Projectors or the new breed of Optical Switches - DLP mirrors are on the micron-scale - you can achieve the same results with virtually no refraction/diffraction loss if reflection of the wave is done on the 2nd order harmonic (coincidentally,~90 degrees). Other than that, a very interesting topic on that page.
ummmm...I think you're confused with the NATURAL gravitational effect of the Sun to light coming from distant stars. It is *not* caused by Solar Eclipses!
It's always there - we just need a Solar Eclipse to actually view the phenomenon...that is, unless you want to take a peek right at the Sun with my Telescope...here...have a look!
And I thought that most people who posted on/. have a little bit of intelligence!
Partially correct on this kind of exploit - but you must have two, very important requirements:
1) Physical Access to the fiber
or
2) Physical Access to the FODU (Fiber Optic Distribution Unit) Cabinet
There may be older fiber installs which might provide easy phy-access to the fiber, but most fiber installs done today are fairly secure (steel conduit/panduit/pipe) and are specifically designed to prevent tampering.
If such a hacker was ever able to log-on to the aformentioned equipment, then it's the fault of the CSO/CIO who approved lame security.
Actually, it would be *very* difficult for a hacker who wasn't actually connected to a system that had rlogin (or equivalent) access to the individual nodes on a UPSR/BLSR ring to do such damage, since most DWDM/SONET hardware communicates to the nodes on the ring via the TOH segments of a SONET frame that an average hacker would not be able to reach or fiddle/twiddle with - not to mention that mose IP-accessable SONET Network equipment is *usually* carried on a totally separate network from the Internet.
Hence, such activity would have to be totally done internally, within the provider's network - which would then again rest squareely on the shoulders and buttocks of the CSO/CIO or Operations Director.
Actually, I think there is more of a threat from untrained or simply lazy techs who still think it's ok to clean fibers with their pants-leg or shirt than there is from bent or microbent fibers - similar light/power levels as discussed in the article would severely damage the fiber-end of a scratched or contaminated fiber connector to the point of having it totally unusablebut, and that's why you *should* have your fiber network configured as a BLSR ring - redundancy on spare fibers is what BLSR was designed for, and if you're not running a BLSR (sorry...Bi-directional Line Switched Ring versus UPSR - Unidirectional Path Switched Ring) SONET ring for fiber to prevent ring collapse or a wrapped ring, then you deserve every LOS you get for going with the cheaper-but-less-robust UPSR.
I figure that "getting prepared" means to intentionaly forget personal hygene items in deferrence to as much gold and silver glitter as you can, and articles of clothing that are able to be removed under 2 seconds.
Sorry, folks - but TBM reminds me too much of Sodom & Gommorah; pleasure for the sake of pleasure and self-gratification.
Instead of doing something onanistic, how about spending that time helping-out in homeless shelters or food programs for the homeless? Do something that actually BENEFITS another human being than indulging in the self-gratifying mind-orgy that TBM is.
If your "roots" include Neanderthal Man, then The Burning Man is your ticket.
If you walk upright, don't have a huge brow and don't drag your knuckles when you walk, then try something more civilized like a road trip that includes daily stops at a Ramada Inn/Holiday Inn, lots of fast food/drive ins, visits to national historic sites (not hysterical sights like the fools in the middle of the desert who make some bizzare claim that the "tribal experience" of TBM makes them a better human being - it doesn't), take lots of pictures or digi-images or take lots of video of the trip and make sure that you stop at least twice at a place where you *might* actually learn something you didn't know (beyond how to triple-pierce any body part or 101 ways to remove sand from your butt-crack).
The Burning Man is nothing more than "A Ship Of Fools Who Went To Find Their Boat In The Middle Of The Frickin` Desert".
Slashdot Mirror
Herr Jobs: "Ve Vill haft ONE MOUZE BUTTONZ, ANDT ONLY ONE MOUZE BUTTONZ"
Apple Employee: "Steve-o - what's with the narrow moustache?"
Why should I have to hold a key down (that suspiciously looks like a cubist-drawn four-leaf "lucky" clover) on my keyboard when clicking on an object in order to have more options available for the object I'm clicking?
Apple obviously tried to have an ambidextrous mouse (one button) to appeal to the widest margin of users - without giving them OPTIONS or CHOICES.
And now you wonder why there are no MAC cases at ColorCase.
ScottKin
I'd be curious how many /.'ers take pause to reflect who *really* is using the Web, population-sample-wize? The large majority have never heard of SSH, OSDN, PHP or Gentoo and probably think of Lucy VanPelt's little brother when they hear the word "Linux" and think of condoms, ancient history or USC when they hear the word "trojan". They are the masses, and they don't give a rat's ass about GNU, RMS, the Debian .vs RedHat discussions or which filesystem is better than the other; all they want to do is shop for Hummel figurines on eBay, share cookie recipies via email and get pictures from relatives. They don't want their experience on the Internet to be clogged-up by 1-byte GIFs, browser hijackers, trojan programs or buffer underflow/overflow.
It's too bad that the rest of the so-called "security experts" are more interested in getting their ya-yas off by telling the world how to make everyone's experience on the Internet a living hell instead of following PivX's lead and taking the higher-ground. I think it would be very comical to have these yutzes's systems compromized by the same idiots they pander to when they make these exploits readily available - too bad that no one is up to THAT challenge and willing to give these security-whores a taste of their own medicine.
To the moderators: If you think this is flamebait, by all means rate it as such, because i'm just getting started on this issue.
FWIW: eEye and the rest of these publicity-grubbing slimeballs can kiss my hairy butt.
ScottKin - mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!
Port 135 & 139 were used to verify that a user had certain & specific access rights to LAN resources based on User Authentication. *NIX did this a different way, and yes it worked better - but when the Internet started becoming what it is today, Microsoft didn't see the need to change it's network protocols for LANs.
Don't blame Microsoft for not changing their LAN Software because of established LAN protocols - blame the ISPs that don't block those ports at their routers. No one needs those ports open across the Internet, and if they need access to remote services & resources on their employer's LAN, then provide them by some other protocol like SSH, PPTP (which, unfortunately, has it's own problems) and/or IPSec.
And to respond to your lame dig at Microsoft - Yes, it's the exploit-writer's fault. When someone breaks into my house using a lockpick is it the building contractor's fault or the lock manufacturer's fault? NO, you moron - it's the person who illegally gave or provided the lockpicks or used them to gain illegal access - that's why it's a felony to possess lockpicks if you're not a licenced locksmith.
Now, the other side of the coin: Windows Users - please go and download the Windows Baseline Security Analyzer and run it on every machine you have to make sure that your systems are at least reasonably secure from attack.
Remember: Windows-haters want to try to destroy Windows and Microsoft so that they (Linux-lovers) can grab a bigger share of the market - too bad they can't play fair!
Wake up!
ScottKin - laughing at those who THINK they know it all.
To answer your question:
/. - the most over-rated, self-serving BLOG for penguin-fetishists, RMS-o-philes and OSDN-shills in existence.
/. - A Developer's Network (if you could call it that) for Open Source Software: OSDN. Why are we suprised of the consistant, pro-*NIX, anti-Microsoft rhetoric and propaganda produced by this onanistic collection of obviously-pubescent posters? Maybe because so many of the posters and readers are still hooked-up to the liberal-brainwashing system called THE US EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM and have yet to venture out into the Real World that they are easily swayed by all of the *NIX evangelists planted by anti-Corporate/pro-socialist organizations like OSDN - and if you think for a moment that OSDN cares about the economy or indusry or corporations, think about how companies are going to make any REAL money from selling software that can be downloaded for FREE?
/. is supported and partially funded by OSDN.
One too many.
You do nothing but give lip-service to
When will the rest of the visitors here and this community wake up from it's self-enduced coma and look at who supports
Posters here who attack pro-Microsoft organizations who are in some way supported by Microsft are nothing but uninformed hypocrites, since
Nothing like the pot calling the kettle "black".
ScottKin - Whom has used "su" more times than he can remember.
Leave it to an Anonymous Putz to try to twist the topic of a post.
/. would rather post a inane fondle-fest over Hollwood's adoption of Linux over breaking news about a hacker's arrest. /. is slowly sliding into the selv-serving morass - but since it's supported by another self-serving morass (OSDN), I'm not supprised.
My point, Mr. Anonymous Moron, was to point out that
ScottKin.
Well, it looks like this lame-ass article about Linux and Hollywood beats-out a much more important article that the Content Nazis at /. rejected:
/. you get to read a fluff-article about Linux & Hollywood instead of learning how NOT you get your ass in a sling when you hack into GOVERNMNET networks and systems.
2003-09-30 17:05:55 ForensicTec President Arrested for break-ins (articles,news) (rejected)
I included a nice article about the arrest from The Register, along with some background info from WashPost - but since my article submission was nixed by the all-knowing, all-powerfull Content Nazis at
Weclome to Slashdot - the new brand of yellow journalism.
ScottKin
P.S. Mod me down as off-topic - I don't care. Deal with the facts and move on.
Actually, the in-flight tests of 1/2 (bisected) of a scale model of the X-33 that was mounted on NASA's SR-71 at Edwards/Dryden were not totally successfull.
Static tests are good - flight testing is a different matter all together
I'm sorry, but StarFleet's Ex Planitia Shipyards orbiting Mars are not quite complete yet - we're waiting for the Systems Development group to finalize their design for the Matter/Antimatter Containment System, Mark 6 Computer Systems, Anti-matter injectors, Warp Drive, Transporters and the other cool technologies that will remove the need for old-fashioned chemical-based combusion systems.
If you can wait until the 24th Century, I think we'll have things pretty well nailed-down. In order to wait until that time, have you considered Cryogenic Storage of your body?
I stand corrected. The only failures/trouble that I'm familiar with were the problems encountered when they mounted the single-side scale model to the SR-71 at Edwards/Dryden for Mach 3+ aerial testing.
The Tests at Stennis were, I believe, of a single unit of the entire X-33 Linear cluster, and not the entire 8-engine cluster that was originally spec'ed for the X-33.
Per their Spaceship One FAQ that their solid-fuel component of the engine will consist of HTPB (basically, rubber) for the fuel and Nitrous Oxide (N2O) for the oxidizer - a very safe combination, because they will not directly combust when in close proximity to each other and that both are fairly easy to handle individually and do not require any real special care in handling beyond the normal care given to N20 bottles. The downside to Hybrid and solid-fuel rockets is the same; there is no provision to "throttle" the engines, so it's either "Full-on" or nothing. The only other difference is that Hybrid engines can be shut-off, since the oxidizer is provided by the N2O and is not imbedded into the solid fuel compound like other solid-fuel rocket engines (think "Estes Model Rockets" or the Shuttle's Solid-Fuel boosters)
Timothy Leary did the same thing - look where it got him.
Treat your mind as the most valuable Server resource at work, and use the most powerfull firewall in existence - CONSCIENCE!!!
ScottKin
David Icke? You must be joking.
Mr. Icke is a psychotic, raving lunatic who preys on people's naivete`, and makes money on it with his particular brand of "bovine fecal excrement" stuffed into books.
Sources say that Mr. Icke's major source of information for his books can be found in the alt.conspiracy newsgroups.
ScottKin
Remember Cyrano DeBergerac?
Nothing like cutting of your face, despite your nose.
Cheering on China's "support" of Linux is like cheering for Osama bin-Laden when another brainwashed Palestinian kid walks onto an Israeli buss and does the "human cato" trick - no one wins
(for the uninformed, the term "cato" is used in rocketry circles to describe a catastrophic engine failure - which usually leads to a big explosion)
ScottKin - who is really enjoying all of the in-fighting in the OSS/*nix world, especially when RMS starts acting like he's the modern-day equivalent of Ghengis Khan.
(Yes, this is a flame - so frickin` sue me!)
Chello-phane?
Mellow-plain?
Sell-a-phone?
You know, I was going to make a similar point, but I think that my comments would have fallen on deaf ears due to the obvious leftist-slant that /. has always taken.
Open Source Software = Socialist Software.
Look - everyone contributes, everyone benefits - regardless of the fact that no one can feed themsevles. If Open Source ideology and rhetoric encroaches any further on Commercial/Capitalist Software, we should just nuke the....oh, wait...we can't do that, because we would hurt the poor script-kiddies who use their |337 Linux Boxen to attack the regular, hard-working American Microsoft Operating System Users.
The Cold War never ended - it just shifted focus to the Electronic World, with Socialistas like RMS and Torvalds as the Lenin & Marx of the Computer Industry, and Uncle Bill in Redmond (nearly the geographical opposite of Washington, DC in relation to the US Geography) as the new Uncle Sam.
Deal with it, shut your pie-hole and start using American-Made software, not software by someone from a pacifist/leftists nation like Finnland.
ScottKin - who thinks it would be an awesome thing to have a small American Flag with the words "Made in The USA" on the corner of every Software Program produced in the USA to show our patriotism - and if you don't like that, Deal with that, too!
Excuse me?
The system in Capt. Bridger's quarters WAS a reality - it was not some CGI sequence, it WAS a projection system using a vertically-descending fog-screen/curtain, held vertically in position by the laminar-flow effect of an air-curtain. The only "scifi" element was the autonomous AI construct displayed on the fog-screen.
It is NOT new. Leave it to the Finns to name something already used and seen by millions over 10 years ago as "new"....oh, wait - didn't Linus Torvalds already do that with Linux?
The Finns are like the Japanese with Technology - only that the The Finns are stuck in a temporal rift in the Time/Space Continuum that perpetually locks them into a 10-years-ago timeframe.
ScottKin
Isn't it interesting how some people become clairvoyant. Were you there at the hearing?
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Being that I live in a city close to Portland - where all of this is taking place - we get to hear some things that probably didn't make it to the national media outlets, but reporters said that the Judge in the case, Judge Robert Jones, asked Hawash if he indeed was guilty of the crimes he is entering the "guilty" plea on, and Hawash answered that he was guilty - doesn't sound like the man who sits dejected in a court hearing.
As to the "secret warrant" and "secret evidence", because they're proceeding with the indictments agains the now "Portland Six" with Hawash's assistance the rest of the proceedings should provide some insight to the Government's Case.
Yes, this was a plea-bargain, and yes, he will be providing testimony in court against the other defendants. The Evidence shown in court concerning Hawash is as follows:
"-- Meeting October Lewis and Jeffrey Leon Battle to discuss plans to travel to Kashgar, China. From there, they would cross into Pakistan and make their way to Afghanistan.
-- Taking suspects Patrice Lumumba Ford, Ahmed Ibraham Bilal and Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal to Portland International Airport on Oct. 21, 2001. Hawash provided cash to the two from an unidentified source, according to court papers.
-- Leaving the U.S. for Afghanistan on Oct. 24, 2001 and meeting Ford and Battle at the Hong Kong airport.
-- Obtaining a visa in Hong Kong for China. Hawash then traveled with Battle, Ford, Ahmed Bilal, Muhammad Bilal and Al Saoub into China. They flew to Urumqi, in western China, and took a train to Kashgar. After spending several days trying unsuccessfully to enter Pakistan, the group took a train to Beijing.
"Defendants Hawash and Al Saoub went to the Pakistani Embassy to obtain visa for Pakistan but were turned down," the plea agreement papers said. "After it became clear that the group would not be able to obtain entry into Pakistan, defendant Hawash returned to the United States."
-- Providing cash to all members of the group except Battle. After returning to the U.S., "Hawash arranged to send an additional $2,000 to Al-Saoub, who was still in China," the papers said.
(Sources: www.kgw.com KGW Newschannel 8, Portland Oregon - Associated Press)
(Link:http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stori
more from the above article:
""He is determined to cooperate and completely and truthfully with the government," said defense attorney Stephen Houze after Wednesday's proceedings. "...I'm confident he will do so."
The court papers also detail how Hawash gave money to and attempted to cross into Afghanistan via Pakistan with five members of the so-called "Portland Seven," a group of local Muslims who face similar charges from federal authorities.
A noticeably relaxed Hawash, dressed in blue prison uniform and shackled at the ankles, waived his right to appeal and trial by jury before federal judge Robert Jones.
"You understand this plea of guilty is locked in. You can't withdraw it," Jones said.
"Yes, sir," Hawash said.
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A PDF of the Affidavit to support Hawash's arrest and charges being filed is available at:
http://www.freemikehawash.org/hawashaff.pdf
Oh, and Mr. Anonymous Coward - the usage fits your commentary perfectly. Whether you know it or not, we (The USA) is in a state of WAR, and some things done in times of War to protect National Security are better-off than the bleeding-heart liberal/pinko demands of "full disclosure". These are not "local" charges, the arests were not by police. They are FEDERAL Grand Jury charges, and the arrests were made by Oregon State Police Officers under the direction of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
Are you proud of showing us how much of a mental midget you are?
ScottKin
Hmmmm...got one small problem for you:
The page mentioned shows a diagram at what appears to be in picoangstroms, since the waveguide vector is scaled in p/a.
Note that the ability to "bend" light in such a medium with a "planned" defect is nearly the same as bending fiber optic strands, but at a microscopic level. The characteristic "bunching-up" of the waveguide shown is analogous to fiber bends - it appears that what is really happening is a shear movement in the waveguide, causing a series of distortions in the crystaline structure of the waveguid, creating microbends in the optical waveguide at a femtoangstrom or nanometric levels; it would be interesting to find out what polarization or orientation the crystaline structure of the waveguide has in relation to the laser input. In the picoangstrom domain, wavelengths are particulary susceptable to refraction and diffraction. It may *appear* as if light is being bent, but I suspect that it's more a case of light passing-through a bunch of tiny refractions defined by the distorion of the waveguide.
My concern would be the reflection of the photons contained in such a medium when the 90-degree angle is induced - Yes, it would appear that the lightwave would be "turned" at 90-degrees, but would the reflections coming after the bend make the photons "disorganized"? A continuous coherent laser-light would be fine, but what about one that is being switched on-and-off so quickly that reflections from the semi-perpendicular wall provided at the 90-degree turn would cause whatever switching intelligence?
Also, bear-in-mind that this is also based on a particular wavelength of laser energy, and might not work for all wavelengths, or if the 90-degree bend would induce some kind of resonant feedback or interference.
90-degree turns *are* possible; however, using the same switching-mirror capabilities found in DLP Projectors or the new breed of Optical Switches - DLP mirrors are on the micron-scale - you can achieve the same results with virtually no refraction/diffraction loss if reflection of the wave is done on the 2nd order harmonic (coincidentally,~90 degrees). Other than that, a very interesting topic on that page.
ScottKin
ummmm...I think you're confused with the NATURAL gravitational effect of the Sun to light coming from distant stars. It is *not* caused by Solar Eclipses!
/. have a little bit of intelligence!
It's always there - we just need a Solar Eclipse to actually view the phenomenon...that is, unless you want to take a peek right at the Sun with my Telescope...here...have a look!
And I thought that most people who posted on
ScottKin
Partially correct on this kind of exploit - but you must have two, very important requirements:
1) Physical Access to the fiber
or
2) Physical Access to the FODU (Fiber Optic Distribution Unit) Cabinet
There may be older fiber installs which might provide easy phy-access to the fiber, but most fiber installs done today are fairly secure (steel conduit/panduit/pipe) and are specifically designed to prevent tampering.
ScottKin
If such a hacker was ever able to log-on to the aformentioned equipment, then it's the fault of the CSO/CIO who approved lame security.
Actually, it would be *very* difficult for a hacker who wasn't actually connected to a system that had rlogin (or equivalent) access to the individual nodes on a UPSR/BLSR ring to do such damage, since most DWDM/SONET hardware communicates to the nodes on the ring via the TOH segments of a SONET frame that an average hacker would not be able to reach or fiddle/twiddle with - not to mention that mose IP-accessable SONET Network equipment is *usually* carried on a totally separate network from the Internet.
Hence, such activity would have to be totally done internally, within the provider's network - which would then again rest squareely on the shoulders and buttocks of the CSO/CIO or Operations Director.
Actually, I think there is more of a threat from untrained or simply lazy techs who still think it's ok to clean fibers with their pants-leg or shirt than there is from bent or microbent fibers - similar light/power levels as discussed in the article would severely damage the fiber-end of a scratched or contaminated fiber connector to the point of having it totally unusablebut, and that's why you *should* have your fiber network configured as a BLSR ring - redundancy on spare fibers is what BLSR was designed for, and if you're not running a BLSR (sorry...Bi-directional Line Switched Ring versus UPSR - Unidirectional Path Switched Ring) SONET ring for fiber to prevent ring collapse or a wrapped ring, then you deserve every LOS you get for going with the cheaper-but-less-robust UPSR.
ScottKin.
Did you miss your "minimum daily requirement" of pseudo-science brought to you by Star Trek?
You need to get out of the house more often, dood.
Grok THIS!
ScottKin
"...getting prepared..."?
I figure that "getting prepared" means to intentionaly forget personal hygene items in deferrence to as much gold and silver glitter as you can, and articles of clothing that are able to be removed under 2 seconds.
Sorry, folks - but TBM reminds me too much of Sodom & Gommorah; pleasure for the sake of pleasure and self-gratification.
Instead of doing something onanistic, how about spending that time helping-out in homeless shelters or food programs for the homeless? Do something that actually BENEFITS another human being than indulging in the self-gratifying mind-orgy that TBM is.
ScottKin
If your "roots" include Neanderthal Man, then The Burning Man is your ticket.
If you walk upright, don't have a huge brow and don't drag your knuckles when you walk, then try something more civilized like a road trip that includes daily stops at a Ramada Inn/Holiday Inn, lots of fast food/drive ins, visits to national historic sites (not hysterical sights like the fools in the middle of the desert who make some bizzare claim that the "tribal experience" of TBM makes them a better human being - it doesn't), take lots of pictures or digi-images or take lots of video of the trip and make sure that you stop at least twice at a place where you *might* actually learn something you didn't know (beyond how to triple-pierce any body part or 101 ways to remove sand from your butt-crack).
The Burning Man is nothing more than "A Ship Of Fools Who Went To Find Their Boat In The Middle Of The Frickin` Desert".
ScottKin
Actually, it's something more fundamental in the UNIX world that's missing:
EASE OF USE!!!!
ScottKin