Couple of years ago there was a TV-program on the German TV, where a camera was mounted on a train. This train drove through different countries and sceneries.
This programm was broadcasted at night, and was the best ever sleeping-drug I could imagine. Watching it after a busy day, it took only like 10 minutes before I fell in a deep sleep.
BTW you don't need a car and a VCR to create movies like this. If you live next to water where boats go by, or a busy road, or construction-works, it's very easy to create a timelapse-movie with only a webcam and webcam-software. Just make a pic every second, and use a tool to stitch all those pics to 1 movie afterwards. I did this a lot with cloudy skies, and it much fun to watch afterwards.
Just out of curiousity: The pics show that the rings cast shadows on the surface of Saturn. I wonder what it would look like if you were on the surface of Saturn, and would be in an area covered by ring-shadow. Is the light just more dim, or would it be completely dark? And would the rings be visible through the atmosphere (in both shadow or light)?
There's Dutch party running in the elections for the European Parliament, called Europa Transparant.
I already reservated my voted for PvB, and so is my family and friends and my families friends etc. Too bad they were originally not included in Stemwijzer.nl (English version available) where people can decide, by answering several political-related questions, on what party to vote at the EU-elections. I heard they have added them lately though.
I did that once with my iBook/600Mhz, because the harddisk had died. Be prepared to the fact that de iBook is made up out of A LOT of plastic, and damage is done easily! Disassembling is very difficult compared to other laptops.
What I used was the iBook Upgrade website. But be aware that there is a lot of difference between the 12" and 14" versions, so screws are not always on the same location as shown on the pics!
When I am on a skiing-holiday in Austria, I mostly stay in small villages somewhere far down the valley. If I am lucky, those towns only have a crappy expensive ISDN-connection. It would be awesome if I could just use my laptop with WiFi-card in my chalet or hotel, en put my skiing-pictures online, check my email or find out the weatherconditions for the next day.
Will the solution mentioned in the article also work in an area with high mountains and deep valleys, where there's only a few small villages with a small number of inhabitants?
Fully agree that it should not be +5. It was never my intenstion too. And troll? Perhaps you're a native speaker. Well, I am not, and I might read it different than others.:-)
OK, I am not going to reply to some anonymous cowards who use the F-word gainst me (to them: GFY).
Perhaps I should have left off the "Thank you" statement. Sorry for that people!!! All I wanted to say was that I had seen this news when the item about earth being visible from Mars was posted.
Modding me with Trolls is really nonsense. It was NOT meant to be like that.
" The news coverage of the exciting explots of these plucky extra-terrestrial rovers seems to have diminished."
When the press-conference of NASA was given about their revolutionairy findings, CNN was the only channel (at least here in The Netherlands) that paid attention to it. But as soon as it became clear that they had found indications for water, and NOT little green man, they immediately switched to other news. I think they only showed about 4 minutes of the press-conference. That shows how much (or lack of) interest the press and most of the public have in this mission. And I think it's sad, looking at the importance of it all.
As a European, I love Wisconsin. I visited Madison last year, and I think it's a very Europe-like city. I love the people I met in Wisconsin (I travelled along the shores of the lakes Michigan and Superior), and I think they are very liberal. IMHO the original poster really should re-consider his/her decision.;-)
This is my biggest complaint against the whole EU as we know it: Citizens have nothing to tell about what happens in the EU. The EU is being led by politicians who often have a bad reputation in the countries were they had a local position. Like friends the old politicians point influencial posts to eachother. And these politicians often make decisions that will profit themselves, and damage the rights of regular citizens.
As a European citizen I thought I could be proud on a real democracy, as opposed to the model that is used in the USA (and which IMHO is NOT a democracy). Unfortunately, we are the playing field of politicians who are the puppets of big companies, just like the US is.
Me too, but at this very moment US-authorities are still investigating my fingerprints, creditcard-payments and medical info. After that, I can... oh wait...
I wonder if local authorities will allow non-official parties to enter your house without official government permission. The EU can decide this, but local authorities can still overrule it, AFAIK. But, IANAL.
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Welcome. You arrived late at the party. After 3 posts it was already gone.
http://www.nats.co.uk/services/index.html
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http://www.nats.co.uk/news/news_stories/2004_06_03 .html
Told you so! At the year 19804 it just HAD to go wrong....
This programm was broadcasted at night, and was the best ever sleeping-drug I could imagine. Watching it after a busy day, it took only like 10 minutes before I fell in a deep sleep.
BTW you don't need a car and a VCR to create movies like this. If you live next to water where boats go by, or a busy road, or construction-works, it's very easy to create a timelapse-movie with only a webcam and webcam-software. Just make a pic every second, and use a tool to stitch all those pics to 1 movie afterwards. I did this a lot with cloudy skies, and it much fun to watch afterwards.
Hmmm how about an artist-impression of that... :-)
You had too much coffee today kids, it was just a joke....
Hmm, did the toothfairy whisper this in his ear last night?
I already reservated my voted for PvB, and so is my family and friends and my families friends etc. Too bad they were originally not included in Stemwijzer.nl (English version available) where people can decide, by answering several political-related questions, on what party to vote at the EU-elections. I heard they have added them lately though.
Developers: Vote!!
What I used was the iBook Upgrade website. But be aware that there is a lot of difference between the 12" and 14" versions, so screws are not always on the same location as shown on the pics!
Wow, that thing must be the biggest vibrator in the world! Eat your heart out, Harley-Davidson!
In case one gets confused: I am talking about Austria and NOT Australia. There are no kangaroos in Austria.
Will the solution mentioned in the article also work in an area with high mountains and deep valleys, where there's only a few small villages with a small number of inhabitants?
Fully agree that it should not be +5. It was never my intenstion too. And troll? Perhaps you're a native speaker. Well, I am not, and I might read it different than others. :-)
Drop it on an iPod. A height of 3ft should be sufficient. Looking at the specs, it will kill the iPod instantly and effectively.
Perhaps I should have left off the "Thank you" statement. Sorry for that people!!! All I wanted to say was that I had seen this news when the item about earth being visible from Mars was posted.
Modding me with Trolls is really nonsense. It was NOT meant to be like that.
Thank you.
When the press-conference of NASA was given about their revolutionairy findings, CNN was the only channel (at least here in The Netherlands) that paid attention to it. But as soon as it became clear that they had found indications for water, and NOT little green man, they immediately switched to other news. I think they only showed about 4 minutes of the press-conference. That shows how much (or lack of) interest the press and most of the public have in this mission. And I think it's sad, looking at the importance of it all.
Although I don't expect the NASA-servers to go down that easily. ;-)
I think that's even more interesting, and might draw people's interest as well.
And if you take a close look at the background of the Bonneville crater, you can actually see an empty can of Coke blinking in the sunlight.
As a European, I love Wisconsin. I visited Madison last year, and I think it's a very Europe-like city. I love the people I met in Wisconsin (I travelled along the shores of the lakes Michigan and Superior), and I think they are very liberal. IMHO the original poster really should re-consider his/her decision. ;-)
There's a greater possibility that Microsoft will pay him to STFU.
As a European citizen I thought I could be proud on a real democracy, as opposed to the model that is used in the USA (and which IMHO is NOT a democracy). Unfortunately, we are the playing field of politicians who are the puppets of big companies, just like the US is.
Me too, but at this very moment US-authorities are still investigating my fingerprints, creditcard-payments and medical info. After that, I can... oh wait...
I wonder if local authorities will allow non-official parties to enter your house without official government permission. The EU can decide this, but local authorities can still overrule it, AFAIK. But, IANAL.