Good point, however, the question would then be, is the "longer than 17 days" problem worth keeping the ISS operational as a scientific research station (with all of the appropriate overhead for such an experiment), or is this something which could be done on a specifically-built, standalone unit (or, less realistically, an experiment which could be passed from shuttle mission to shuttle mission)?
I guess this brings up questions like: how 'long-term' is a long-term microgravity experiment? What is the practical aim of the 'long-term'ness (meaning, let's make sure it's within a reasonably short/long amount of time without either being either unsafe or ridiculously academic). Also, what is the general weight (pun!) of microgravity in the list of considerations surrounding space travel?
As a docking facility/point-of-departure, the ISS is a great (if premature) idea. As a ground-breaking testing lab for space-related sciences, it was a dud from it's conception; is there anything they can/could do on the ISS (aside from the ol' "how long can someone stay in space" trick) that couldn't/hasn't been done on any one of the NASA/Russian orbital missions?
To put it very briefly - as I already have (puts on fireproof suit) - the sooner we focus on the exploration of space, the sooner we retain the excitement and imagination of exploring, which is what we do best.
Come on pal...at least give it a better try than that. A couple of measly paragraphs, half of which are dedicated to other people's reviews?
Similar to Apocalypse Now? How many movies have you seen if that's the closest comparative illustration you can come up with? Although I don't expect that he'd seen the Tarkovsky version (if you think 90 minutes is long...), it would've helped...in fact, anything would have helped, and it's a bit of a shame that no one else was able to submit their review before this one.
Quote: "All it does is find horribly contrived situations in which to demonstrate his super intellect which half the time doesn't even make sense, what does leg length and shoe size have to do with a theoretical maximum sprint speed?!?"
Would you like to go back in time, think for three seconds, and re-type that?
Am I the only one secretly wishing all of those butterfly-clad idiots were magically transported to some impoverished shanty-town (like in Bangladesh or Brazil) so they could convince all of the people who are drinking raw sewage in their water how wonderful the benefits of MSN 8 will be?
That's precisely why I'm not going to use it: waiting. Waiting 8 hours for the bloody thing to compile KDE, because it "seems" to run faster...no thanks.
In case this wasn't posted yet, there are two major forks from Sorceror: Lunar (which I believe kept the main contributor of Sorceror), and SourceMage. SourceMage (who keep the nerdy witchcraft shtick happening) is approaching 1.0, which I believe is due for a Halloween release.
Link: http://www.sourcemage.org/
Sorceror was a cult-hit when it first hit the attention of Slashdot (late last year?). Many people raved about it, so I'm happy to see that both prongs on the fork are following the same tradition.
Check this out. I wrote it for linux.ca (when their site is renovated, it'll hopefully get posted there). It'll give a general overview of the major distros: http://members.rogers.com/m-cahill/so_linux-rev3.h tml
You might already know this by now, but the Mandrake version of apt-get is 'urpmi'. So long as you have sources set up in MandrakeUpdate/rpmdrake, you can launch urpmi at any time to update any package.
FYI...not preaching or anything. If you'd like more info on urpmi, feel free to contact me (taking a look at my spam-free email address first of course).
Though I generally don't have any issues with Linux and Main (aside from some rather storm-in-a-teacup editorials), when was the last time you saw a breaking news story and saw L&M as the source?
Some progress there. Voy 1 will likely confuse even modern earthlings-- much less ET. Case in point: In 2002, can we understand that 70's show, when the Polish greeting memorialized as "Welcome, creatures from beyond the outer world"? Unlike those ET creatures we meet daily from the inner world?"
If the lack of grammar and comprehension checks implied by the acceptance of this submission is any indication, then yes, the aliens will have trouble understanding us.
(Who appointed Microsoft as the regulatory agency for the computer industry anyway?)
We did. MS took advantage of public ignorance/apathy a long time ago, just as they took advantage of IBM and many other companies. I just hope we haven't awakened too late.
I was reading through the replies when I realised: what just a sec...! People are giving advice 2nd-hand from their girlfriends! Girlfriends?? That means they're in Relationships! This can't be Slashdot!!
Firstly, I'm not sure what an "NVN" client is (Nevervinter Nights?...for our German guests?), secondly there *is* a webpage, thirdly, go to www.tuxgames.com and see the DEVELOPER-GIVEN release date: Nov 16.
Don't talk to me about *facts* until you read the bloody article. Isn't there a movie out there you should be boycotting?
A very salient point. I've been using OpenOffice on Windows and Linux since pre-1.0, and quite frankly it's not ready for primetime business use (tinkering, sure...where the hell do you think I'm writing this from?). There are some graphics bugs in their Excel-clone that, to me, would be show-stoppers if implemented in our busy office (column headers and recently-changed data simply disappear). I think we should throw our support behind these open-source Office suites, but squarely behind the development. The deployment can wait, at least until I don't have to worry about getting fired for implementing software that hasn't been solidly debugged.
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Good point, however, the question would then be, is the "longer than 17 days" problem worth keeping the ISS operational as a scientific research station (with all of the appropriate overhead for such an experiment), or is this something which could be done on a specifically-built, standalone unit (or, less realistically, an experiment which could be passed from shuttle mission to shuttle mission)?
I guess this brings up questions like: how 'long-term' is a long-term microgravity experiment? What is the practical aim of the 'long-term'ness (meaning, let's make sure it's within a reasonably short/long amount of time without either being either unsafe or ridiculously academic). Also, what is the general weight (pun!) of microgravity in the list of considerations surrounding space travel?
It's not really excitement that's needed. The sooner we focus on the exploitation of space, the sooner we will have a sustainable space program.
The neccessary capital will not be there untill there is obvious potential for profit.
Thank you for demonstrating a future without humanity.
As a docking facility/point-of-departure, the ISS is a great (if premature) idea. As a ground-breaking testing lab for space-related sciences, it was a dud from it's conception; is there anything they can/could do on the ISS (aside from the ol' "how long can someone stay in space" trick) that couldn't/hasn't been done on any one of the NASA/Russian orbital missions?
To put it very briefly - as I already have (puts on fireproof suit) - the sooner we focus on the exploration of space, the sooner we retain the excitement and imagination of exploring, which is what we do best.
Come on pal...at least give it a better try than that. A couple of measly paragraphs, half of which are dedicated to other people's reviews?
Similar to Apocalypse Now? How many movies have you seen if that's the closest comparative illustration you can come up with? Although I don't expect that he'd seen the Tarkovsky version (if you think 90 minutes is long...), it would've helped...in fact, anything would have helped, and it's a bit of a shame that no one else was able to submit their review before this one.
Quote: "All it does is find horribly contrived situations in which to demonstrate his super intellect which half the time doesn't even make sense, what does leg length and shoe size have to do with a theoretical maximum sprint speed?!?"
Would you like to go back in time, think for three seconds, and re-type that?
Am I the only one secretly wishing all of those butterfly-clad idiots were magically transported to some impoverished shanty-town (like in Bangladesh or Brazil) so they could convince all of the people who are drinking raw sewage in their water how wonderful the benefits of MSN 8 will be?
Quote: ...so what are you waiting for?
That's precisely why I'm not going to use it: waiting. Waiting 8 hours for the bloody thing to compile KDE, because it "seems" to run faster...no thanks.
...and they give it a name only a Scrabble enthusiast could love.
Thanks for taking their attention from my meagre attempt :)
In case this wasn't posted yet, there are two major forks from Sorceror: Lunar (which I believe kept the main contributor of Sorceror), and SourceMage. SourceMage (who keep the nerdy witchcraft shtick happening) is approaching 1.0, which I believe is due for a Halloween release.
Link: http://www.sourcemage.org/
Sorceror was a cult-hit when it first hit the attention of Slashdot (late last year?). Many people raved about it, so I'm happy to see that both prongs on the fork are following the same tradition.
Why is it that on the Slashdot mainpage, his name is "Ga?l", but on the story page, it's "Gaël"?
...sorry, there's an accidental space in the address I posted. Just click here.
Check this out. I wrote it for linux.ca (when their site is renovated, it'll hopefully get posted there). It'll give a general overview of the major distros: http://members.rogers.com/m-cahill/so_linux-rev3.h tml
What do you think about Linux on the desktop?
You might already know this by now, but the Mandrake version of apt-get is 'urpmi'. So long as you have sources set up in MandrakeUpdate/rpmdrake, you can launch urpmi at any time to update any package.
FYI...not preaching or anything. If you'd like more info on urpmi, feel free to contact me (taking a look at my spam-free email address first of course).
Though I generally don't have any issues with Linux and Main (aside from some rather storm-in-a-teacup editorials), when was the last time you saw a breaking news story and saw L&M as the source?
Some progress there. Voy 1 will likely confuse even modern earthlings-- much less ET. Case in point: In 2002, can we understand that 70's show, when the Polish greeting memorialized as "Welcome, creatures from beyond the outer world"? Unlike those ET creatures we meet daily from the inner world?"
If the lack of grammar and comprehension checks implied by the acceptance of this submission is any indication, then yes, the aliens will have trouble understanding us.
At least they'll have Glenn Gould.
...it was Mrs. Plum...in the library...with a candlestick.
I'll wait for MS Diploma SE...that always happens.
(Who appointed Microsoft as the regulatory agency for the computer industry anyway?)
We did. MS took advantage of public ignorance/apathy a long time ago, just as they took advantage of IBM and many other companies. I just hope we haven't awakened too late.
...and I was hoping Dell would cave-in to MS, but revolt by slipping razor blades into the Windows CD sleeve.
"Ouch! What the-? Razor blades?! I'll never use Windows again!"
I was reading through the replies when I realised: what just a sec...! People are giving advice 2nd-hand from their girlfriends! Girlfriends?? That means they're in Relationships! This can't be Slashdot!!
Firstly, I'm not sure what an "NVN" client is (Nevervinter Nights?...for our German guests?), secondly there *is* a webpage, thirdly, go to www.tuxgames.com and see the DEVELOPER-GIVEN release date: Nov 16.
Don't talk to me about *facts* until you read the bloody article. Isn't there a movie out there you should be boycotting?
A very salient point. I've been using OpenOffice on Windows and Linux since pre-1.0, and quite frankly it's not ready for primetime business use (tinkering, sure...where the hell do you think I'm writing this from?). There are some graphics bugs in their Excel-clone that, to me, would be show-stoppers if implemented in our busy office (column headers and recently-changed data simply disappear).
I think we should throw our support behind these open-source Office suites, but squarely behind the development. The deployment can wait, at least until I don't have to worry about getting fired for implementing software that hasn't been solidly debugged.
Anyone whose conditions for a place to meet includes the availability of Guinness, is a genius and must be modded-up considerably.