So let me get this straight. Since the U.S. was the first to land there, we own the moon?
TransOrbital, Inc. has become the first private company in the history of space flight to win approval from the U.S. government to explore, photograph, and land on the moon. The company expects to launch its Trailblazer Mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan within the next 9-12 months.
The approvals and licensing by U.S. State Department and The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) position TransOrbital as only company presently authorized by the U.S. Government to return to the moon.
The moon travels all around the world and has since before we existed, IIRC. It also affects the tides of oceans that don't "belong" to any country (can you say "international waters"?) - so does that mean that the U.S. "owns" these oceans now?
The thought that someone needs the U.S.'s permission to go there is repulsive. The only thing that should be considered is the fact that a missile/rocket will be launched from the other side of the world, and DoD needs to know it's friendly.
Big Deal. Seems whenever someone rushes to do something, they'll forget to doublecheck things. It's common. Sounds like they only alluded to have automagically opted users into the list.
After all, (so far:) we're only human. Hell, when I go to make a beer run, sometimes I get to the store only to find I've left my wallet 3 miles away. Hate when that happens.
In other news, Burger King (sporting a new logo) sues Hungry Jack's (a sponsor for the new solar car) for trademark violations - it seems they also have retained rights to their old logo.
A spinoff of KPIG is RadioParadise which is run by Bill Goldsmith, whom I believe is or was instrumental in KPIG's avoiding the AFTRA bullshit that cropped up a year or so ago. You know, commercials being billed at terrible rates because of the webcast and "personalities" being compensated much like the RIAA labels strive for. Kinda shames me, as my father was a member of AFTRA, part of a television show out of Detroit in the 60s/70s. He was never that greedy.
They are donation based, commercial free, and are also up against CARP, but seem to be hangin' in there.
The official billing for this streaming station is "eclectic intelligent rock" which pretty much fits my listening needs. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to listen to music - it's not pissed anyone off in my office, so far;-)). Oh, and support them if you can - they are the future, IMHO.
Although I saw references to Star Trek inspired games, there's one missing I think deserves mention - even though it only supported a one-to-one modem or null-modem connection.
Trek 2.8 (google-able as trek28.zip) has roots in CP/M; born a character-based two-player game with separate galaxies. It was re-written for DOS (1987?) and used a 4 color CGA graphics mode - very snappy response at 9600 baud - still playable at 1200 baud.
Countless hours with my sons over a 50 foot serial cable, as well as late nights / early mornings over local and long-distance modem connections with geek buddies...anyone else remember that old gem?
Alrighty then. I appreciate the insight. I've checked the mounts as best as I could, and the car has 130k on it, so you have confirmed my shade tree analysis.
Since the car was free, I guess I shouldn't complain about putting some $$$ into the exhaust. She's a runner, and just needs a little TLC:)
That's cool. Knowing me, I'll keep patching it in a resistance effort against the current choices I have for replacing the exhaust system. I'm sure I could push that for a couple of years.
To be serious, it's a design defect I think I'm up against...the flexible Stainless Steel coupling thing coming off the manifold seems to have deteriorated. I consider that to be sub-standard, however, maybe it was an attempt to eliminate vibrations being transferred to the chassis. It might have been stuffed with asbestos, for all I know.
The engine likes to run fast - like 6,500 redline - and coming close to that's gotta spell high heat at that juncture.
'90 Jetta Wolfsburg Edition. I need everything from the manifold back. I'll gladly be your alpha/beta tester...
:-))
BTW, if you want me to test a revolutionary new header design, I'm game. I just want the lil' car to be quiet enough to hear the tunes - it could be ballsy yet quiet, right?
Building a laptop/notebook...quite a bit harder than *slightly* - but you are correct. My little contribution was referring to desktops...which may have been offtopic, but it still stinks of coercion.
Having to pick a server platform to get an OS-free box will probably not be an option in the near future. I've even wasted time in the last 2 years getting on the phone with sales reps to see if any of the major players would ship any non-server box this way.
So far, the answer is "I'm sorry, that's against or policy." or whatever. What's this world coming to?
The option for WinXP or Win2k are slimming (we didn't see that coming?) and it's even harder to buy a machine, IMHO.
While trying to research what was available for a neighbor ready to buy a new system, I made a call to Dell with a question. The salesperson insisted that I create an account just to ask if a certain Dimension series used a friggin' FlexATX MoBo.
I was incensed by the attitude. My neighbor and I tried the website...but specs weren't available. She bought one anyway, the next day. Her sales rep worked diligently to sell her everything he could to inflate her budget by about 25%.
This is +5 Interesting? I agree with the other replies to this. Redundant (copied from an earlier post), and certainly not "Interesting".
It would be blatantly "Offtopic" if chrisd hadn't included that line at the end of the submission. I'm somewhat disgusted, I must say. Slashdot needs to concentrate less on getting one front page story an hour out, and more on some psuedo-AI method of checking the moderators' intelligence factor.
Yes, I said that - meaning something better than metamoderation...like a cross-check with a little icon saying that "this exact phrase has been posted already, and moderators should take note!".
FYI: KPIG was a pioneer in getting around AFTRA's successful plot to undermine Internet radio. They replaced national ads with little excepts of Leo Kottke, etc., thereby no having to pay the exorbitant fees imposed by the "artists" whose voices were used.
Further, a spin-off of KPIG is what I listen to all day: Radio Paradise. It has no commercials; mainly funded by donations, but gets a small kickback from CDs sold by referral to CDNow.
As a bonus - when their stream (from shoutcast) is interrupted, I know that some route is screwed up on the web - and I can quickly check to see if ATTBI is screwing up again...which seems to be 20% of the time a route is down.
I remember the saying you quoted...my baby bottle was warmed by the fins of a Stinson's engine on a trip to Beaver Island (in Lake Michigan), and I'd often make trips to Detroit with my Dad in his Cessna 180 for him to appear weekly on a TV show called "Michigan Outdoors".
He was a Certified Flight Instructor who taught many to fly at the local airport under the G.I. Bill during the late 40s and through the 50s. He would roll over in his grave to think of the un-licensed pilots you mention.
He almost worshipped his weather radios, and was known to not fly if he'd had as much as a Bromo-Seltzer.
Thanks for the info, though. If I'm ever lucky enough to vacation in your fair state, I'll be sure to validate the pilot's credentials:)
That's a good point. I had forgotten about the effect the sheer presence of the mountains as well as the arctic climate can have on seat-of-the pants navigation. Probably it could make an altimeter nearly useless, depending on the average elevation of the surrounding peaks.
I did a google for images of Wrangell, and I'm not surprised now to hear your account of the helicopter. I would guess that the sheer size of your state could also make turning back a no-win decision with a fixed-wing aircraft, as well.
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And the modder to the parent is a verified asshole. This was a quote from a rather well known source. SHAME!
When a magazine offer came in saying "Free Subscription" I would accept the offer, then mail the "cancel" request taped to a postage-free postcard.
Since Peter didn't seem to know Paul, the suggestion to cancel didn't take so awful quickly.
Don't even get me started on how I'd use two modems to pester Rush Limbaugh's 800 lines to saturate them every 10 seconds...
Alrighty then. I didn't bother to google the name, I just used my RAM^H^H^Hmemory :))!
John DeLorean, IIRC.
Thanks!
TransOrbital, Inc. has become the first private company in the history of space flight to win approval from the U.S. government to explore, photograph, and land on the moon. The company expects to launch its Trailblazer Mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan within the next 9-12 months.
The approvals and licensing by U.S. State Department and The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) position TransOrbital as only company presently authorized by the U.S. Government to return to the moon.
The moon travels all around the world and has since before we existed, IIRC. It also affects the tides of oceans that don't "belong" to any country (can you say "international waters"?) - so does that mean that the U.S. "owns" these oceans now?
The thought that someone needs the U.S.'s permission to go there is repulsive. The only thing that should be considered is the fact that a missile/rocket will be launched from the other side of the world, and DoD needs to know it's friendly.
After all, (so far :) we're only human. Hell, when I go to make a beer run, sometimes I get to the store only to find I've left my wallet 3 miles away. Hate when that happens.
Somebody mod this thing up...
But, imagine trying to "cowtrail" with panels spanning about 20x the footprint of the bike? BTW, I'm your neighbor almost, here in W. Michigan...:)
Now, back to the bonfire! Happy holiday!
Did I mention I was trying to be funny?
whoops! I just noted the similarity, and posted as a knee-jerk. Ouch, but thanks for the info :_)
Or is it the other way around?
...but then they'd have to shoot me :(
They are donation based, commercial free, and are also up against CARP, but seem to be hangin' in there.
The official billing for this streaming station is "eclectic intelligent rock" which pretty much fits my listening needs. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to listen to music - it's not pissed anyone off in my office, so far ;-)). Oh, and support them if you can - they are the future, IMHO.
Trek 2.8 (google-able as trek28.zip) has roots in CP/M; born a character-based two-player game with separate galaxies. It was re-written for DOS (1987?) and used a 4 color CGA graphics mode - very snappy response at 9600 baud - still playable at 1200 baud.
Countless hours with my sons over a 50 foot serial cable, as well as late nights / early mornings over local and long-distance modem connections with geek buddies...anyone else remember that old gem?
Since the car was free, I guess I shouldn't complain about putting some $$$ into the exhaust. She's a runner, and just needs a little TLC :)
To be serious, it's a design defect I think I'm up against...the flexible Stainless Steel coupling thing coming off the manifold seems to have deteriorated. I consider that to be sub-standard, however, maybe it was an attempt to eliminate vibrations being transferred to the chassis. It might have been stuffed with asbestos, for all I know.
The engine likes to run fast - like 6,500 redline - and coming close to that's gotta spell high heat at that juncture.
BTW, if you want me to test a revolutionary new header design, I'm game. I just want the lil' car to be quiet enough to hear the tunes - it could be ballsy yet quiet, right?
Having to pick a server platform to get an OS-free box will probably not be an option in the near future. I've even wasted time in the last 2 years getting on the phone with sales reps to see if any of the major players would ship any non-server box this way.
So far, the answer is "I'm sorry, that's against or policy." or whatever. What's this world coming to?
While trying to research what was available for a neighbor ready to buy a new system, I made a call to Dell with a question. The salesperson insisted that I create an account just to ask if a certain Dimension series used a friggin' FlexATX MoBo.
I was incensed by the attitude. My neighbor and I tried the website...but specs weren't available. She bought one anyway, the next day. Her sales rep worked diligently to sell her everything he could to inflate her budget by about 25%.
I'm about to go back to building boxes. Dammit.
This is +5 Interesting? I agree with the other replies to this. Redundant (copied from an earlier post), and certainly not "Interesting".
It would be blatantly "Offtopic" if chrisd hadn't included that line at the end of the submission. I'm somewhat disgusted, I must say. Slashdot needs to concentrate less on getting one front page story an hour out, and more on some psuedo-AI method of checking the moderators' intelligence factor.
Yes, I said that - meaning something better than metamoderation...like a cross-check with a little icon saying that "this exact phrase has been posted already, and moderators should take note!".
Further, a spin-off of KPIG is what I listen to all day: Radio Paradise. It has no commercials; mainly funded by donations, but gets a small kickback from CDs sold by referral to CDNow.
As a bonus - when their stream (from shoutcast) is interrupted, I know that some route is screwed up on the web - and I can quickly check to see if ATTBI is screwing up again...which seems to be 20% of the time a route is down.
He was a Certified Flight Instructor who taught many to fly at the local airport under the G.I. Bill during the late 40s and through the 50s. He would roll over in his grave to think of the un-licensed pilots you mention.
He almost worshipped his weather radios, and was known to not fly if he'd had as much as a Bromo-Seltzer.
Thanks for the info, though. If I'm ever lucky enough to vacation in your fair state, I'll be sure to validate the pilot's credentials :)
I did a google for images of Wrangell, and I'm not surprised now to hear your account of the helicopter. I would guess that the sheer size of your state could also make turning back a no-win decision with a fixed-wing aircraft, as well.