First off, the "Ottawa Citizen" claims that the IP address of the VicToews30 comes from a block used by Parliament. The newspaper alleges that it sent a web link to the twitter account and monitored the IP of who looked at it.
I wouldn't be surprised if somebody didn't do a Google search on "spoof ip address" and thought it would be funny/in their best interests to put in a Government of Canada IP address - again, another Google search on "parliament of canada ip address" yielded 192.197.82.0 – 192.197.82.255
So, it could be interesting to see our various political parties, the RCMP, CSIS, Ottawa police chase their tails looking for somebody that actually lives in Bumfuque Saskatchewan and is laughing his ass off.
Regardless, Mr. Toews is an absolute hypocrite (just in case you forgot, he's the guy who said that anybody who was against our version of SOPA is in league with pedaphiles), all while dealing with the fallout of a divorce because he got his babysitter knocked up (who may have been underage when the affair started). So, there's a good chance that we will see his resignation come Monday morning as part of the Harper Government's damage control.
But you don't seem to be able to buy a printer without an integrated scanner.
At home, I have a regular printer (with a scanner), a large format printer (with a scanner) and a photograph printer (with a scanner).
It would be nice to be able to get a cheap printer without a scanner attachment - I'd even be willing to pay the same amount if the quality (and longevity) of the printer was improved!
Check out the quote: "We've fixed Alzheimer's in mice lots of times, so we need to move forward expeditiously but cautiously."
So, would it be safe to say that Alzheimer's in mice is different from that in humans (on some level) so you might want to wait a bit before overdosing on Skin Cancer meds?
I'm sorry I don't have any points to mod you up - when I saw it (and it is located in multiple locations of the document) I really thought it said it all.
I don't know if zinc oxide nanowires and titanium dioxide sponges can be manufactured for pennies per square metre (which is what will be required to use this technology in developing countries) - but I suspect that along with improving the output efficiency of the solar cells, there is a lot of work to do to improve the cost efficiency as well.
Agreed - although I would call it a design feature (and not a "hack").
I haven't read much on the Dragon, does this mean that the proposed return process is: 1. Re-entry using traditional heat shields, 2. Braking parachutes to reduce speed from supersonic to a few kmhs, 3. SuperDracos for soft touchdown?
I can see that would minimize the damage to the spacecraft significantly compared to a water/ground landing and allow it to be reused much more cheaply and quickly.
I know this is facetious, but a statement like the claim "that a Dragon capsule so-equipped will be able to land on "any surface" in the solar system" leads me to wonder about Jupiter and the other gas giants.
Probably a more important capability would be to not only be able to land on any surface in the solar system but to also take off and return to orbit. Has there been any talk about this?
...but for movies/TV, there's far and away too many directors, writers, technical people who are versed in 2D to fully grasp using 3D to its potential and, like Steven Spielberg, go for the "WOW!" scene.
I don't know how you feel about it, but I would rate Avatar as being the perfect example of your quote. While there are a number of 3D scenes in the movie that really add to it, there are probably an equal number (or even more) that were just frankly annoying (leaves falling in the forest) and distracting.
The film I felt used 3D to best effect was the last Harry Potter, I found it really enhanced the experience without distracting from the movie.
You young people have it so easy now adays; why in my day we used to huggle together as a family around an 8" TV watching Jack Benny and arguing who was Jack and who was Rochester.
Your first point was one of the things that came to mind - not only are military pilots exposed to things like (explosive) decompression, hypoxia, etc., they are continually tested in these environments. Similarly regarding the issue of "speed" - it shouldn't matter how fast your going to access a control or instrument.
As for your second point, I think that you are disregarding the issues of restrictive flight gear (straps, ejection seat tethers, anti-G vests and so on) coupled with poor placement of the ring which could make it impossible for a fully oxygenated person to engage the system.
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It's sad, but look for early works of any of these three as they're largely forgotten.
Keep an eye out for:
Asimov, "The Foundation Trilogy", "The Caves of Steel" and "The Naked Sun"
Clarke, "Childhood's End", "Tales of the White Hart" (short stories), "A Fall of Moondust"
Heinlein, "Have Spacesuit, will travel" (kids book, but still good), "Orphans of the sky", "The Puppet Masters", "Farmer in the Sky"
Wow, getting nostalgic and thinking about re-reading many of these.
myke
I'd love to find more of his stuff.
Look for "The Weapon Shops of Isher".
myke
It is an interesting step for you (and The Post).
myke
r0ball,
I (and just about everybody else) got the joke.
Interesting how history repeats itself.
Many of the bombers in the 1930s & 1940s started life as airliners and many airliners came out of bombers.
Look at the Boeing 307, Avro York, Boeing 377, Ju-52, etc.
myke
Rumblefish owns that as well.
And you know you're going to have to pay through the nose on that one!
myke
Uhhmmm... Apparently Lucas is working on the screenplay to #5.
Indiana's death has been somewhat exaggerated...
myke
First off, the "Ottawa Citizen" claims that the IP address of the VicToews30 comes from a block used by Parliament. The newspaper alleges that it sent a web link to the twitter account and monitored the IP of who looked at it.
I wouldn't be surprised if somebody didn't do a Google search on "spoof ip address" and thought it would be funny/in their best interests to put in a Government of Canada IP address - again, another Google search on "parliament of canada ip address" yielded 192.197.82.0 – 192.197.82.255
So, it could be interesting to see our various political parties, the RCMP, CSIS, Ottawa police chase their tails looking for somebody that actually lives in Bumfuque Saskatchewan and is laughing his ass off.
Regardless, Mr. Toews is an absolute hypocrite (just in case you forgot, he's the guy who said that anybody who was against our version of SOPA is in league with pedaphiles), all while dealing with the fallout of a divorce because he got his babysitter knocked up (who may have been underage when the affair started). So, there's a good chance that we will see his resignation come Monday morning as part of the Harper Government's damage control.
myke
LOL.
Actually, I am hoping that he isn't in a management position.
The need for that level of detail could get a man killed!
myke
Well, not completely.
But you don't seem to be able to buy a printer without an integrated scanner.
At home, I have a regular printer (with a scanner), a large format printer (with a scanner) and a photograph printer (with a scanner).
It would be nice to be able to get a cheap printer without a scanner attachment - I'd even be willing to pay the same amount if the quality (and longevity) of the printer was improved!
myke
Lots of outlets are publishing this, one of the more interesting ones was CNN's: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/health/us-cancer-drug-alzheimers/index.html?hpt=he_c2
Check out the quote: "We've fixed Alzheimer's in mice lots of times, so we need to move forward expeditiously but cautiously."
So, would it be safe to say that Alzheimer's in mice is different from that in humans (on some level) so you might want to wait a bit before overdosing on Skin Cancer meds?
myke
I'm sorry I don't have any points to mod you up - when I saw it (and it is located in multiple locations of the document) I really thought it said it all.
myke
I thought exactly that when I RTFA.
I don't know if zinc oxide nanowires and titanium dioxide sponges can be manufactured for pennies per square metre (which is what will be required to use this technology in developing countries) - but I suspect that along with improving the output efficiency of the solar cells, there is a lot of work to do to improve the cost efficiency as well.
It all comes down to marketing hype.
myke
Agreed - although I would call it a design feature (and not a "hack").
I haven't read much on the Dragon, does this mean that the proposed return process is:
1. Re-entry using traditional heat shields,
2. Braking parachutes to reduce speed from supersonic to a few kmhs,
3. SuperDracos for soft touchdown?
I can see that would minimize the damage to the spacecraft significantly compared to a water/ground landing and allow it to be reused much more cheaply and quickly.
myke
I know this is facetious, but a statement like the claim "that a Dragon capsule so-equipped will be able to land on "any surface" in the solar system" leads me to wonder about Jupiter and the other gas giants.
Probably a more important capability would be to not only be able to land on any surface in the solar system but to also take off and return to orbit. Has there been any talk about this?
myke
That's nothing compared to a life size, 3D version of...
Goats.ex
My wife is still tramautized by the first time she saw *that*.
myke
Big, Big laugh.
Thank you!
You make it sound like for 300 bucks, you should get your own shark in space, with a frickin' laser on it no less!
100 years from now, Linux will be 5 years from taking over the desktop.
myke
...but for movies/TV, there's far and away too many directors, writers, technical people who are versed in 2D to fully grasp using 3D to its potential and, like Steven Spielberg, go for the "WOW!" scene.
I don't know how you feel about it, but I would rate Avatar as being the perfect example of your quote. While there are a number of 3D scenes in the movie that really add to it, there are probably an equal number (or even more) that were just frankly annoying (leaves falling in the forest) and distracting.
The film I felt used 3D to best effect was the last Harry Potter, I found it really enhanced the experience without distracting from the movie.
YMMV.
myke
A 'tiny 52"' tv?
You young people have it so easy now adays; why in my day we used to huggle together as a family around an 8" TV watching Jack Benny and arguing who was Jack and who was Rochester.
myke
Hey you kids, get off my lawn!
When I saw that in the summary, the first thing that came to mind is that a number of people would like put hackers on the moon.
It might rank number two after putting hackers in a blender but it's definitely in the top five.
myke
Shoten,
Your first point was one of the things that came to mind - not only are military pilots exposed to things like (explosive) decompression, hypoxia, etc., they are continually tested in these environments. Similarly regarding the issue of "speed" - it shouldn't matter how fast your going to access a control or instrument.
As for your second point, I think that you are disregarding the issues of restrictive flight gear (straps, ejection seat tethers, anti-G vests and so on) coupled with poor placement of the ring which could make it impossible for a fully oxygenated person to engage the system.
myke
Argghhh... Mucked up the reference.
Thanx Graham for getting it right.
I know, let's tell them that the Earth is about to be destroyed and put them on a SpaceShip.
We could call it the "Ark 2".