U of M is my alma mater as well. Unless I am completely mistaken, this was *not* the system telnet was running on. There was a farm of unix-based computers running there from the late 80's (or earlier) until I left Winnipeg in 1999. Those were the 'telnet' computers.
The mainframe in the article was the old computer that ran "JCL" (Job Control Language) and was used by a lot of geeks (me being one) in the Chemistry department (among others) for large, long calculations.
At least that's the computer I think they're talking about!
If they really want to bring aliens in for KFC, they'll have to figure a way to get the *smell* of KFC to disseminate more widely through the solar system;-)
Isn't hyphenation, or the lack thereof, a wonderful thing?
That sentence says that God is playing "doctors"... which, if I recall how one plays Doctors from my early teen years, involves a bit of exploration of the anatomy of a "patient", preferably in private and without your mother finding out;-)
I can't imagine most people who believe in God welcoming him playing doctors!
ITYM: I, for one, welcome our God-playing doctors.
I like this. After seeing how that flux moves, all they have to do is figure out how to store the flux energy... in some kind of flux capacitor... then, *bingo*, instant time travel!;-)
-Jim
and in case that was too off the wall, have a look at:
Here is an excerpt from the MSDS (material data safety sheet) for water:
Primary Route of Exposure Eye X Skin X Inhalation X Ingestion
Effects of Overexposure Acute:
Inhalation: Vapors or mist, in excess of permissible concentrations, or in unusually high concentrations generated from spraying, heating the material or as from exposure in poorly ventilated areas or confined spaces, may cause irritation of the nose and throat, headache, nausea, and drowsiness.
Skin: May cause irritation with discomfort, and seen as local redness and possible swelling. Prolonged contact may cause more severe irritation and discomfort.
Other than the potential skin irritation effects noted above, acute (short term) adverse effects are not expected from brief skin contact; see other effects, below, and Section 11 for
Eyes: May cause irritation, experienced as discomfort or pain, and seen as excess redness and swelling of the eye, and possible injury to the cornea.
Ingestion: If more than several mouthfuls are swallowed, abdominal discomfort, nausea, and diarrhea may occur. Aspiration may occur during swallowing or vomiting resulting in lung damage. May cause irritation with discomfort, and seen as local redness and possible swelling.
Because that's how all colour cameras work! The only difference is in how the three images (R, G and B) are acquired.
Handycams and consumer digital colour cameras use a CCD that is actually made up of three different types of detectors (red, green and blue, not surprisingly;-). They then use each type of detector to generate a separate picture then put it all together in a digital 24-bit format that we use to print, display, etc.
Using separate filters in front of a monochrome camera gives much better spatial resolution and allows them to use a much better CCD than the cheap 8-bit ones used in most digital colour cams.
I'm very glad to see multispectral imaging getting so much press, though, as it is what I do for a living (see www.jmansfield.com)
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The funny part is the math! I believe that when a number is in a bracket, you need to treat it differently ;-)
2009 - (500 + 6) = 2009 - 500 *-* 6 = 1503
But given that the original article say 400 years, that brings it to 1603, when he was actually alive.
U of M is my alma mater as well. Unless I am completely mistaken, this was *not* the system telnet was running on. There was a farm of unix-based computers running there from the late 80's (or earlier) until I left Winnipeg in 1999. Those were the 'telnet' computers.
The mainframe in the article was the old computer that ran "JCL" (Job Control Language) and was used by a lot of geeks (me being one) in the Chemistry department (among others) for large, long calculations.
At least that's the computer I think they're talking about!
-Jim
If they really want to bring aliens in for KFC, they'll have to figure a way to get the *smell* of KFC to disseminate more widely through the solar system ;-)
Isn't hyphenation, or the lack thereof, a wonderful thing?
... which, if I recall how one plays Doctors from my early teen years, involves a bit of exploration of the anatomy of a "patient", preferably in private and without your mother finding out ;-)
That sentence says that God is playing "doctors"
I can't imagine most people who believe in God welcoming him playing doctors!
ITYM: I, for one, welcome our God-playing doctors.
-Jim
a *man*?
I like this. After seeing how that flux moves, all they have to do is figure out how to store the flux energy ... in some kind of flux capacitor ... then, *bingo*, instant time travel! ;-)
2 0c apacitor
-Jim
and in case that was too off the wall, have a look at:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Flux%
Unless of course the original poster was refering to something like a fat, well-endowed lady undoing her bra during exercise classes ;-)
-Jim
Here is an excerpt from the MSDS (material data safety sheet) for water:
Primary Route of Exposure
Eye X Skin X Inhalation X Ingestion
Effects of Overexposure
Acute:
Inhalation: Vapors or mist, in excess of permissible concentrations, or in unusually high concentrations generated from spraying, heating the material or as from exposure in poorly ventilated areas or confined spaces, may cause irritation of the nose and throat, headache, nausea, and drowsiness.
Skin: May cause irritation with discomfort, and seen as local redness and possible swelling.
Prolonged contact may cause more severe irritation and discomfort.
Other than the potential skin irritation effects noted above, acute (short term) adverse effects
are not expected from brief skin contact; see other effects, below, and Section 11 for
Eyes: May cause irritation, experienced as discomfort or pain, and seen as excess redness and
swelling of the eye, and possible injury to the cornea.
Ingestion: If more than several mouthfuls are swallowed, abdominal discomfort, nausea, and diarrhea may occur. Aspiration may occur during swallowing or vomiting resulting in lung damage.
May cause irritation with discomfort, and seen as local redness and possible swelling.
Scary!
(see http://www.msdsonline.com)
Because that's how all colour cameras work! The only difference is in how the three images (R, G and B) are acquired.
;-). They then use each type of detector to generate a separate picture then put it all together in a digital 24-bit format that we use to print, display, etc.
Handycams and consumer digital colour cameras use a CCD that is actually made up of three different types of detectors (red, green and blue, not surprisingly
Using separate filters in front of a monochrome camera gives much better spatial resolution and allows them to use a much better CCD than the cheap 8-bit ones used in most digital colour cams.
I'm very glad to see multispectral imaging getting so much press, though, as it is what I do for a living (see www.jmansfield.com)
-Jim
Well, if the Martian day is 39 minutes longer, that comes to 24.65 days, which rounded to 3 sig figs comes out to 24.7 ...
;-)
Easy fix, then: just change the slash to a period in all instances of the slogan
-Jim