Hubble is a multi billion dollar project. multiple ones would never get sent up, also Hubble is so low in orbit that it heats up. To git it to any Lx stable point would take probably a disposable rocket, such as the ones made by Boeing
You could get a mac. I have had absolutly no problems with itunes.....AND you can digitize from an analogue input. So output on a standard CD player, then digitize........
Now, if I remember correctly, we have the right to make backup copies of media, right?
Has this simple little fact gotten lost among all the complexities of the DRM stuff? So, tell me, where is the class-action lawsuit for consumers? Damn, now I sound like a troll, oh well
Apple should continue providing the tools to use and manipulate media, after all, isn't thatr what the mac is? a desktop multimedia machine. I hope they don't kill the functionality of the system. They are finally recovering from the Scully years, and gaining market share.
If they do go the way of the evil empire, I suppose Linux will have to do.....hopefully functional media programs like Nuendo and Maya will be ported sometime....
Do any underground cafes exist? Why not disguise a satellite under some bamboo or something, then creat a small 802.11x network. I know it would cost a lot, but it would get the human rights and media connected.
this might be offtopic, but why can't the RAM on graphics cards be modular, like the stuff we stick in computers? Is it a card manufacture conspiracy? a different type of RAM? I would be willing to buy a high end Graphics card if I could eventually stick 256, or 384 MB on the card.
Washinton DC has a similar system eg "5 minutes until next train". It is flawed, but they do not use GPS, as it is a subway. They use magnetic relays to monitor train positions. The relays were first put in to only determine when the switches activate.
Why not use similar track sensing technology? I am sure some of it is already in place, and it would work for all track-based transportation. GPS would work for the busses, but as we know from the yro section, they can now triangulate a person's location with cell towers. why not use Europe's more advanced cell network to accomplish this? The boats are a more difficult thing though, GPS would have to be used, as LORAN isn't quite accurate enough
There are several reasons a person might just hurt you
a, they see you as a threat to their survival b, you have threatened their survival c, you fundimentally disagree with them d, you have done severe damage to them. e, you look weak or vulnerable Think not of the terrorists, but of the african kid who is trying to survive.
But what does it matter? we will all die in 100 years anyways, and the universe as we know it will end in 10 billion, so lets be existentialists and enjoy the moment.
We theorize that the majority of stars become black holes when they collapse. They then start to 'eat' all particulate matter and light energy that comes close to them. They are also exxtremely dense, and have extreme gravitational fields, much like that pinhead of matter had before the universe started. So, as black holes run out of things to absorb, might they start absorbing eachother? Then, they would all become one again. One infinantly dense pinhead which would become unstable due to its' own excessive gravitational field and explode again, to create a new universe.
we would end up enslaving them, but we would have to wait billions of years for life to develop. Either that or we could bio-engineer our own race of slave labor and RULE the universe. Reminds me....God I love being American, I can be such an asshole
My favorite for out-of-body experiances remains MDMA. Shame it was banned, many psychiatrists found valid use for it
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This coing from a guy who has done 16. 16 handoff jumps. what a way to die. He must have a deathwish.
As for the greyhound. The 20,000 pound chutes the army has aren't strong enough for a greyhound. any info on parachut clusters big enough for a greyhound. Also, they need a C5 to drop the bus from. any civilian operators out there?
dumbass moderators. This actually gets to the root of the problem. it even might inspire congress to pass some strong anti-spam legislation (interfering with government operations). I would be curious to know a categorical breakdown of the different email they recieve, eg spam, letters from constituents, pettitions, letters from non-constituants, etc.
Interesting. Not mountain waves. That is ridge lift. WAVE soaring is using high altitude (20000 feet) lift and sink that forms from ocean phenomina. And gliders are proven airplanes. A Shweitzer 2-33 is a common glider that has worked for 45 years (I learned in one). And gliding is far less risky then driving every day. Ridge, wave, and thermal soaring are all quite safe.
As for the glider advantage: 1) They do not vibrate 2)They do not use fuel, so 14+ hour flights are possible 3) Maintenence is lower (no engine) 4) They are cool.
hmmm......but I would ponder the fact that Ray Linsky and other glider pilots have done 8 hour flights, and given that Wave soaring is not daytime/nighttime tempature change depandant, mission durations of a day could be possible with 2 pilots and an O2 tank.
The link is included at the start of the article. I respect the guy for NOT using/. for free advretising.
now, I am sure this guy has a family, girlfriend, senile grandparent, etc that he has to support. Much as I love free software, it doesn't pay the bills. Oh well. Perhaps he could look into a government contract as well. As the gov't likes its own "custom" versions of software, and is probably interested in email filters
A Publisher is a publisher, no more. DO NOT let the publisher buy your product, merely let them shave off whatever percentage they need to. But keep the rights to your creation, as many small companies have found when getting bought out by Microsoft, Oracle, Intuit, or the other big ones.
Are gamma rays specific to an atmospheric location? or can several of these be used for overall measuring of gamma radiation in the atmosphere?
Also, it should be possible to find unstable radioactive isotopes that react to gamma rays. One could measure the change in these isotopes when gamma rays hit them, thus measuring the gamma rays. Has anyone played with this? I suppose it would only be possible in space, before the gamma radiation is filtered by the atmosphere
try twice that actually. Steve Fosset of presious baloon fame is trying to make it to 100,000 in a glider. Gliders can handle small pieces of equipment. Anyone know of scientific applications for that platform?
Can someone conferm if this is one version of the so called Barbie pill?
If I recall, 2 versions were being developed. One for tanning (its original purpose) and one version as a both-gender viagra pill (side effect found out during testing)
hmmm, if it is, I wonder if they got rid of the side effect?
Actually, there is a niche market. Not mass dialing, but you could do telemarketing work for a big iron company, or a very specialised services company. Some major corporations are actually open to pitches that way
yes. one can stop them. here is what you do, you need to find out what the 3-tone sequence is for "number out of service". So, call a number you know doesn't work, record the tones it makes, then re-record the tones at the beginning of your answering machine message. The computer then thinks the number is out of service.
this isn't a troll. Unix has always worked better for heavy research. Wintel, and the architecture was developed by International BUISNESS Machines. Wintel is good for spreadsheets, etc.
Ask Detroit, or the Japanese auto makers, their aerodynamics and CAD programs all run on Unix Iron. The Nuclear weapons simulators all run on Unix. In the 1970's and 80's, a scientist had to know Unix and FORTRAN to do ANY computerized research. Unix remains the Big Iron of Operating Systems.
Set it up as an Internet cafe/LAN party/ Training area. As said above, this will help fill the chairs. Just make sure it is CLEAN before the suits come in....I don't think they like jolt-drenched chairs. Another option: set up a summer/spring-break computer camp. Call it educational, and teach some simple apps, along with Zingo-Lingo, and Math-Blaster. Let the kids on the games for a little every day too. It keeps the seats filled
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Hubble is a multi billion dollar project. multiple ones would never get sent up, also Hubble is so low in orbit that it heats up. To git it to any Lx stable point would take probably a disposable rocket, such as the ones made by Boeing
You could get a mac. I have had absolutly no problems with itunes.....AND you can digitize from an analogue input. So output on a standard CD player, then digitize........
Now, if I remember correctly, we have the right to make backup copies of media, right?
Has this simple little fact gotten lost among all the complexities of the DRM stuff? So, tell me, where is the class-action lawsuit for consumers?
Damn, now I sound like a troll, oh well
Apple should continue providing the tools to use and manipulate media, after all, isn't thatr what the mac is? a desktop multimedia machine. I hope they don't kill the functionality of the system. They are finally recovering from the Scully years, and gaining market share.
If they do go the way of the evil empire, I suppose Linux will have to do.....hopefully functional media programs like Nuendo and Maya will be ported sometime....
Do any underground cafes exist? Why not disguise a satellite under some bamboo or something, then creat a small 802.11x network. I know it would cost a lot, but it would get the human rights and media connected.
this might be offtopic, but why can't the RAM on graphics cards be modular, like the stuff we stick in computers? Is it a card manufacture conspiracy? a different type of RAM? I would be willing to buy a high end Graphics card if I could eventually stick 256, or 384 MB on the card.
Washinton DC has a similar system eg "5 minutes until next train". It is flawed, but they do not use GPS, as it is a subway. They use magnetic relays to monitor train positions. The relays were first put in to only determine when the switches activate.
Why not use similar track sensing technology? I am sure some of it is already in place, and it would work for all track-based transportation. GPS would work for the busses, but as we know from the yro section, they can now triangulate a person's location with cell towers. why not use Europe's more advanced cell network to accomplish this? The boats are a more difficult thing though, GPS would have to be used, as LORAN isn't quite accurate enough
damn moderator didn't want to face reality.
There are several reasons a person might just hurt you
a, they see you as a threat to their survival
b, you have threatened their survival
c, you fundimentally disagree with them
d, you have done severe damage to them.
e, you look weak or vulnerable
Think not of the terrorists, but of the african kid who is trying to survive.
But what does it matter? we will all die in 100 years anyways, and the universe as we know it will end in 10 billion, so lets be existentialists and enjoy the moment.
In layman's terms:
We theorize that the majority of stars become black holes when they collapse. They then start to 'eat' all particulate matter and light energy that comes close to them. They are also exxtremely dense, and have extreme gravitational fields, much like that pinhead of matter had before the universe started. So, as black holes run out of things to absorb, might they start absorbing eachother? Then, they would all become one again. One infinantly dense pinhead which would become unstable due to its' own excessive gravitational field and explode again, to create a new universe.
we would end up enslaving them, but we would have to wait billions of years for life to develop. Either that or we could bio-engineer our own race of slave labor and RULE the universe. Reminds me....God I love being American, I can be such an asshole
My favorite for out-of-body experiances remains MDMA. Shame it was banned, many psychiatrists found valid use for it
This coing from a guy who has done 16. 16 handoff jumps. what a way to die. He must have a deathwish.
As for the greyhound. The 20,000 pound chutes the army has aren't strong enough for a greyhound. any info on parachut clusters big enough for a greyhound. Also, they need a C5 to drop the bus from. any civilian operators out there?
dumbass moderators. This actually gets to the root of the problem. it even might inspire congress to pass some strong anti-spam legislation (interfering with government operations). I would be curious to know a categorical breakdown of the different email they recieve, eg spam, letters from constituents, pettitions, letters from non-constituants, etc.
Remember those rats on /. a while ago? perhaps those. we could stear them up the shaft with a camera.
Interesting. Not mountain waves. That is ridge lift. WAVE soaring is using high altitude (20000 feet) lift and sink that forms from ocean phenomina. And gliders are proven airplanes. A Shweitzer 2-33 is a common glider that has worked for 45 years (I learned in one). And gliding is far less risky then driving every day. Ridge, wave, and thermal soaring are all quite safe.
As for the glider advantage:
1) They do not vibrate
2)They do not use fuel, so 14+ hour flights are possible
3) Maintenence is lower (no engine)
4) They are cool.
hmmm......but I would ponder the fact that Ray Linsky and other glider pilots have done 8 hour flights, and given that Wave soaring is not daytime/nighttime tempature change depandant, mission durations of a day could be possible with 2 pilots and an O2 tank.
Atmospheric research would be neat in a glider
The link is included at the start of the article. I respect the guy for NOT using /. for free advretising.
now, I am sure this guy has a family, girlfriend, senile grandparent, etc that he has to support. Much as I love free software, it doesn't pay the bills. Oh well. Perhaps he could look into a government contract as well. As the gov't likes its own "custom" versions of software, and is probably interested in email filters
A Publisher is a publisher, no more. DO NOT let the publisher buy your product, merely let them shave off whatever percentage they need to. But keep the rights to your creation, as many small companies have found when getting bought out by Microsoft, Oracle, Intuit, or the other big ones.
Are gamma rays specific to an atmospheric location? or can several of these be used for overall measuring of gamma radiation in the atmosphere?
Also, it should be possible to find unstable radioactive isotopes that react to gamma rays. One could measure the change in these isotopes when gamma rays hit them, thus measuring the gamma rays. Has anyone played with this? I suppose it would only be possible in space, before the gamma radiation is filtered by the atmosphere
try twice that actually. Steve Fosset of presious baloon fame is trying to make it to 100,000 in a glider. Gliders can handle small pieces of equipment. Anyone know of scientific applications for that platform?
Can someone conferm if this is one version of the so called Barbie pill?
If I recall, 2 versions were being developed. One for tanning (its original purpose) and one version as a both-gender viagra pill (side effect found out during testing)
hmmm, if it is, I wonder if they got rid of the side effect?
Actually, there is a niche market. Not mass dialing, but you could do telemarketing work for a big iron company, or a very specialised services company. Some major corporations are actually open to pitches that way
yes. one can stop them. here is what you do, you need to find out what the 3-tone sequence is for "number out of service". So, call a number you know doesn't work, record the tones it makes, then re-record the tones at the beginning of your answering machine message. The computer then thinks the number is out of service.
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this isn't a troll. Unix has always worked better for heavy research. Wintel, and the architecture was developed by International BUISNESS Machines. Wintel is good for spreadsheets, etc.
Ask Detroit, or the Japanese auto makers, their aerodynamics and CAD programs all run on Unix Iron. The Nuclear weapons simulators all run on Unix. In the 1970's and 80's, a scientist had to know Unix and FORTRAN to do ANY computerized research. Unix remains the Big Iron of Operating Systems.
Set it up as an Internet cafe/LAN party/ Training area. As said above, this will help fill the chairs. Just make sure it is CLEAN before the suits come in....I don't think they like jolt-drenched chairs. Another option: set up a summer/spring-break computer camp. Call it educational, and teach some simple apps, along with Zingo-Lingo, and Math-Blaster. Let the kids on the games for a little every day too. It keeps the seats filled