Potential competition from HD-DVD helped keep prices low to attract consumers. HD-DVD has lost so there is less incentive to keep the prices low. Once there are more manufacturers producing Blu-ray players then prices will start to drop again. Market forces at work
Seriously, we had some console that basically had variations on pong, plus a pistol/rifle attachment that you could do clay pigeon shooting with. I don't remember the name Man I'd forgotten about that one. My aunt and uncle had one too. Spent hours playing tennis against my cousin on a fuzzy b&w tv:-)
but Wairakei here in NZ is a geothermal power generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairakei It uses the natural geothermal activity local to the region.
You know that's probably one of the most insightful things I've read in comparing science, religion and philosophy. I never really studied science past high school. But do have a BA in religion and philosophy. The more I studied the more I came to the realisation that all three are on the same side of the coin.
Once quote I remember from a systematic theology paper is 'God gave us the gifts of reason and wonder. Would he/she have given them to us if he/she didn't want us to explore and investigate our universe?'
On the flip side of the aforementioned coin are apathy, ignorance and blind faith.
Homeland Security = Homeland Insecurity So that would be Homeland !Security then?
As a matter of interest how often have CIA, NSA, FBI, etc systems been 'hacked' in comparison? If those agencies can keep their houses relatively secure why can't DHS?
Or we could collapse it into a black hole, grab control of the eye of harmony and build ourselves a TARDIS Maybe even get those 12 regenerations too;)
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They can source the rabbits here in NZ. I'm pretty sure the Central Otago and Southland farmers will give you all the assistance you need in trapping the bastards.
There are the cute liddle bunnies in the petshop. Then there are the crop/pasture eating pests that lay waste to arable land.
Less bunnies == more crop production == more starch == possible fuel source
Perhaps they could join forces with Wikipedia. I could see that as a potential boon for primary school kids in doing geography. Research a location on Wikipedia with a link to Google Earth for a look see and a hint of what it would be like to be there. Or perhaps research on Orangutans with a link to a map of their native habitat and listen to what they sound like. Many kids have a a wonderful imagination. This could help expand it and their knowledge.
I'm not sure about the man made sounds though, can't really see any potential benefit unless perhaps a map of the Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven's 9th, or [insert your favourite venue/band here]
I switched our users to the Community Edition of Zimbra late last year (my plan is to move to a corporate edition if I can get funding approved). We have multiple email domains which integrate nicely together in the Global Address List. Installation is pretty straight forward - just install the OS, run install, answer a few questions and away you go. Adding in domains, user accounts, etc can be done manually via the cli, web interface or scripting. Administration is straight forward via the web interface admin console (a few bugs with moving between fields with the TAB key but they are being worked on and have improved since earlier versions).
I'd like to see better integration with Evolution, and there is no real backup solution for the Community Edition (there are hacks though. And the corporate editions do have integrated backup methods). All in all however my experience has been quite positive. I don't believe they're out to build an Exchange killer - just a better online collaboration tool to enhance user experience.
The European Space Agency plans for the ExoMars rover to grind samples of Martian soil to fine powder and deliver them to a suite of analytical instruments, including Urey, that will search for signs of life. Each sample will be a spoonful of material dug from underground by a robotic drill. Meanwhile beneath the surface of Mars...
"This is an emergency broadcast by the MBC. The city of Xrg'kht is being evacuted due to a strange mechanical object that has appeared from above. Citizens in it's path are being sucked into it and ground into dust. We urge everyone not to panic and quickly make your way to the outskirts of the city where you will be transported to safety. Message repeats... This is an..."
Many of well known locations already have plenty of pics floating around. Perhaps they use stock photos. TFA gives the impression that businesses can add their own pics also
From TFA
To reduce camera thickness but retain good light collection and high-resolution capabilities, Tremblay and colleagues replaced the traditional lens with a "folded" optical system that is based on an extension of conventional astronomical telescopes that employed mirrors, such as the Cassegrain telescope, which was developed in 1672. More here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassegrain_reflector
From TFA
"This type of miniature camera is very promising for applications where you want high resolution images and a short exposure time. This describes what cell phone cameras want to be when they grow up," said Ford. "Today's cell phone cameras are pretty good for wide angle shots, but because space constraints require short focal length lenses, when you zoom them in, they're terrible. They're blurry, dark, and low contrast." Great! Now we'll actually be able see the detail in the bloodshot eyes and puke dribbling down the side of the mouth of the clowns posting their latest drunken nightly outing on Flikr & YouTube. Those dark blurry images really put me off.
And don't get me started on the quality of the Britney/Paris upskirt pics....
I prefer to call the 3 1/2 ones "stiffies" Will have to remember that one. But 3.5" were never floppy disks - the correct term was hard disk. Which is not to be confused with the mass IDE/SCSI storage devices in the box properly called 'Fixed Disks'
Common usage made the hard 'stiffie' into a floppy - which only goes to show that too much use will wear it out
So will A: and B: become directly usable by other storage devices under MS based OS's? I'd like to see USB storage devices mount to one or the other by default. Particularly under XP if E: is mapped to a network share and a USB is put in it also mounts to E: meaning the share has to be unmapped for the USB to be accessible.
Or is MS's next (post vista) OS going to finally do away with the letter system altogether
And if you live outside the US then perhaps send a similar message to your Foreign Minister (or local equiv) alerting them to the situation and request that they lobby the US to not interfere with legitimate business affairs in a Sovereign State.
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So that would be Beowulf squared?
Potential competition from HD-DVD helped keep prices low to attract consumers. HD-DVD has lost so there is less incentive to keep the prices low. Once there are more manufacturers producing Blu-ray players then prices will start to drop again.
Market forces at work
maybe from the explosion of a large moonish looking space station in a galaxy far, far away?
but Wairakei here in NZ is a geothermal power generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairakei
It uses the natural geothermal activity local to the region.
Btw: Anyone available to help me dump an old roll of carpet?
You know that's probably one of the most insightful things I've read in comparing science, religion and philosophy. I never really studied science past high school. But do have a BA in religion and philosophy. The more I studied the more I came to the realisation that all three are on the same side of the coin.
Once quote I remember from a systematic theology paper is 'God gave us the gifts of reason and wonder. Would he/she have given them to us if he/she didn't want us to explore and investigate our universe?'
On the flip side of the aforementioned coin are apathy, ignorance and blind faith.
As a matter of interest how often have CIA, NSA, FBI, etc systems been 'hacked' in comparison? If those agencies can keep their houses relatively secure why can't DHS?
Or we could collapse it into a black hole, grab control of the eye of harmony and build ourselves a TARDIS ;)
Maybe even get those 12 regenerations too
They can source the rabbits here in NZ. I'm pretty sure the Central Otago and Southland farmers will give you all the assistance you need in trapping the bastards.
There are the cute liddle bunnies in the petshop. Then there are the crop/pasture eating pests that lay waste to arable land.
Less bunnies == more crop production == more starch == possible fuel source
Bout time the little buggers did something useful
Perhaps they could join forces with Wikipedia. I could see that as a potential boon for primary school kids in doing geography.
Research a location on Wikipedia with a link to Google Earth for a look see and a hint of what it would be like to be there.
Or perhaps research on Orangutans with a link to a map of their native habitat and listen to what they sound like. Many kids have a a wonderful imagination. This could help expand it and their knowledge.
I'm not sure about the man made sounds though, can't really see any potential benefit unless perhaps a map of the Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven's 9th, or [insert your favourite venue/band here]
I switched our users to the Community Edition of Zimbra late last year (my plan is to move to a corporate edition if I can get funding approved). We have multiple email domains which integrate nicely together in the Global Address List.
Installation is pretty straight forward - just install the OS, run install, answer a few questions and away you go.
Adding in domains, user accounts, etc can be done manually via the cli, web interface or scripting.
Administration is straight forward via the web interface admin console (a few bugs with moving between fields with the TAB key but they are being worked on and have improved since earlier versions).
I'd like to see better integration with Evolution, and there is no real backup solution for the Community Edition (there are hacks though. And the corporate editions do have integrated backup methods). All in all however my experience has been quite positive. I don't believe they're out to build an Exchange killer - just a better online collaboration tool to enhance user experience.
you forgot...
In Soviet Russia Nano Fibers light YOU
1. Develop light emitting nano fibers
2. License tech to advertisers & t-shirt manufacturers
3. ?????
4. Profit!
the phrase 'drunk with power'
There that's better
Providing they don't fight back with superior weapons...
"Where's the Ka-Boom!? There was supposed to be an earth shattering Ka-Boom!"
"This is an emergency broadcast by the MBC. The city of Xrg'kht is being evacuted due to a strange mechanical object that has appeared from above. Citizens in it's path are being sucked into it and ground into dust. We urge everyone not to panic and quickly make your way to the outskirts of the city where you will be transported to safety. Message repeats... This is an
Many of well known locations already have plenty of pics floating around. Perhaps they use stock photos. TFA gives the impression that businesses can add their own pics also
And don't get me started on the quality of the Britney/Paris upskirt pics....
That's where the common usage came from. Not the original terminology
But 3.5" were never floppy disks - the correct term was hard disk. Which is not to be confused with the mass IDE/SCSI storage devices in the box properly called 'Fixed Disks'
Common usage made the hard 'stiffie' into a floppy - which only goes to show that too much use will wear it out
So will A: and B: become directly usable by other storage devices under MS based OS's?
I'd like to see USB storage devices mount to one or the other by default. Particularly under XP if E: is mapped to a network share and a USB is put in it also mounts to E: meaning the share has to be unmapped for the USB to be accessible.
Or is MS's next (post vista) OS going to finally do away with the letter system altogether
If it weren't for IE and its shoddy standards the web would be a whole different experience
And if you live outside the US then perhaps send a similar message to your Foreign Minister (or local equiv) alerting them to the situation and request that they lobby the US to not interfere with legitimate business affairs in a Sovereign State.