I test software that runs on (among other platforms) HPUX. I'm likely to hit areas that touch on functional faults in HPUX a bit harder as a result of this. If it is percieved to be not worth the effort, we'll simply drop the platform. They're not that important, in the UNIX world. Unix platforms that aren't supported by vendors tend to atrophy and go into stasis (there will always be a market for a Unix platform in the geek-history market, but no business will buy a platform for which certain critical applications don't exist)
I'm more than willing to get a bit subversive in my resistance to their tactics. Oh and I submit my bugs internally. My loyalty is to my employer, not HP. Before they squash knowledge of something I report, there will be close to 100 people, all at least as adept at spreading the word as me, with that knowledge. I don't work for a tiny startup that they can intimidate, either...
Not really sure why they're making a fuss over Tru64 anyhow. My impression was that they were killing that line in favor of HPUX anyhow...
As a matter of fact, I have a single floppy drive amongst my PCs and it uses the USB port. For the past few years all the motherboards I was buying had "Boot from USB Floppy" or some variant on that option. It finally dawned on me that if I shell out for ONE of those I could stop putting dedicated floppies in for the off occasion that I needed to boot from floppy. It's also worked for sneaker netting files to machines that aren't ready to talk to my network yet.
Exactly, voiding the warranty is the manufacturer's ONLY recourse.
And technically, you can add a "fart pipe" if you want. You just can't operate the vehicle if that would mean you would violate a noise ordinance. It's not the modification that gets the fine, it's the violation of the noise ordinance.
Same thing with the chip. You can install it. you can use it for legitimate purposes (backups, imports) you just can't play pirated stiff with it.
GM does not sell you a license to the car. They sell you the vehicle. Sony's arguement is that you dont' own the software, only a license. Fine, then the license is not the media, and the media must be replaced at reasonable cost without requiring re-purchase of a new license.
Except that if you change your batteries during the break, you're a thief, according to Turner Broadcasting. You're supposed to watch the commercials, and change the batteries during the show.
This is TNT. By all means, let them try it. I stopped watching TNN when they started the "squish the picture and put an ad crawl at the bottom" apart from WWE, which they dont' do that to. There's no compelling content that Turner et al have that I can't live without. Guaranteed their competitors will see Turner's ratings drop (yes I know they're owned by Time Warner/AOL) and decline to run the popups. Can you imagine the credibility hit that CNN will take when it starts with the popup advertising? No one will take them fucking seriously as a news outlet ever again.
Sounds like you have a virus of some sort, ace. I'm using RR in Orlando and have no problem. Not getting a context right-click menu for 7 seconds smacks of a java script (you should block those for any site you don't trust with your wallet, you know) preventing you from LEGAL operations. I'd get a virus scan done ASAP.... probably too late though. If RR tried to force scripts that blocked functionality of software that I was using, I'd sue in a heartbeat. They dont' have a right to interfere with my private systems. In fact, since I frequently work at home in addition to my regular schedule, they'd likely be sued by my employer (yes my employer is big enough to take on Time Warner in court.)
"What to do with the glycerin though, that's the main Q"
Simple, process the glycerin and the Nitrous Oxide somehow into Nitroglycerin (an excercise best left to someone who knows what he's talking about, that ain't me).
Then use the Nitroglycerin as a propellant in the manner of the hypothetical Atomic Drive models that relied on ejecting a bomb behind the (in this case spacecraft) where it would detonate, and the explosion would push against a specially shaped shield and push the vehicle forward.
I cancelled my Asherons Call accounts when I found out they were going to Passport. The Zone update system was broken enough as it was (would take days sometimes to be able to get it to patch correctly.)
I had 3 accounts and played on Frostfell, and had been playing since retail (albeit not very often in the months before I cancelled). As a matter of fact, I just remembered that my main character name in that game is the same as my Slashdot nick (not my Zone name, mind you. I wasn't one of the ignorant folk that gave out their zone name and got hacked through yet another exploit)
I will NEVER buy or play another game that requires the Zone and/or Passport.
I have no faith that Passport can ever be any more reliable or stable than the Zone ever was.
I think a good place for them to spell it out would be on prominent banners and lit crawl signs in front of every single one of their offices and agencies. They should be able to tell clearly what customer opinion of this tactic is then...
They must have insurance... every car owner in Florida has to have insurance, that should be mandated for rental companies too.
Using common sense in who you rent to is a good idea as well. Stop this politically correct nonsense that says that obvious criminals and miscreants shouldn't be scrutinized before the rental occurs and I'm sure all of their problems will evaporate without any sattelite tracking.
Any problems that remain should be easily resolvable through the regular legal system, no tracking necessary.
I demand a right to privacy at all times. Am I not allowed privacy in my own home because I rent it? That's rediculous.
The pest control guy that works my complex made the mistake of trying to get me in trouble because ONE Friday that he came through I had dishes in my sink (I run a clean house, but I had an emergency that day and dishes were not a priority).
My attourney confered with the complex management, and Mr Bug killer has been informed that if he doesn't mind his own business, he'll be out a job. (and sued into refrigerator box residency)
Now if I was smearing Shit on the walls, there'd be a reason for my landlord to be concerned, but it still wouldn't be any of his damned business to talk about it. If there's a criminal investigation and he's asked, he can say, otherwise he has to shut the fuck up. Same thing with rented cars, IMHO.
Currently, NASA's Genesis spacecraft, the first mission to collect and return samples of the solar wind, is continuing its trek toward the sun. Liquidmetal alloy based solar wind collector tiles, about the size of a coffee cup lid, will play a key role in the collection process. The mission is designed to measure the composition of isotopes in solar matter. The spacecraft, with its onboard experiments, is scheduled to return to earth in 2003. "
So it's already being used in spacecraft. Definitely not "new" then, but still interesting nonetheless.
Wait, if this is the same metal as the "liquid metal golf" clubs, I remember seeing this advertised quite a while ago. I suppose that wouldn't make it a "new" alloy.
Still interesting, as I had blown off those clubs as another marketing gimmick.
The headline simply says that the new alloy is stronger than Fe and Ti. I wouldn't infer from that that either was an alloy, only that they were the measure of strength against which the alloy was being measured...
IIRC though, there are actually a couple of those Russian Energia boosters at Baikonur that they were going to use for their shuttle program before the old Soyuz Sovietski fell apart. Probably not in great shape, but they were an impressive design from what I remember.
The original Energia (pre-Buran modifications) could be quite useful. I'd still recommend building NEW ones rather than relying on boosters that have been in storage for ~20 years, but it might be better than trying to rebuild Saturn V designs.
The 9th Federal Circuit court has jurisdiction over 15 states and (I think) Guam (and maybe the micronesian territories, if we still own them). It's not like they JUST server San Francisco...
I didn't bother to respond. I just added him to my "moron" (foe) list with all the other herd animals like him in the thread and was going to move on, but figured I'd mention it in your wake... or something.
Actually, in many cases kids who do not participate will be _made_ to feel bad by peers who are offspring of fundies. Children can be cruel to those that are different to them. Events like Columbine indicate it might be best that we dont' give them any more opportunities to excercise that trait than necessary...
Gah, and I used my very first 5 mod points 3 hours ago. That's the most insightful post I've seen in a long while. Suddenly I feel the urge to go fishing...
I can, however, see various bleeding-heart organizations protesting that the poor Zimbabweans (sp?) have been cut off from the internet, placing their children at a disadvantage in the global market/sarcasm(oh won't someone think of the children?)/!sarcasm
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I test software that runs on (among other platforms) HPUX. I'm likely to hit areas that touch on functional faults in HPUX a bit harder as a result of this. If it is percieved to be not worth the effort, we'll simply drop the platform. They're not that important, in the UNIX world. Unix platforms that aren't supported by vendors tend to atrophy and go into stasis (there will always be a market for a Unix platform in the geek-history market, but no business will buy a platform for which certain critical applications don't exist)
I'm more than willing to get a bit subversive in my resistance to their tactics. Oh and I submit my bugs internally. My loyalty is to my employer, not HP. Before they squash knowledge of something I report, there will be close to 100 people, all at least as adept at spreading the word as me, with that knowledge. I don't work for a tiny startup that they can intimidate, either...
Not really sure why they're making a fuss over Tru64 anyhow. My impression was that they were killing that line in favor of HPUX anyhow...
As a matter of fact, I have a single floppy drive amongst my PCs and it uses the USB port. For the past few years all the motherboards I was buying had "Boot from USB Floppy" or some variant on that option. It finally dawned on me that if I shell out for ONE of those I could stop putting dedicated floppies in for the off occasion that I needed to boot from floppy. It's also worked for sneaker netting files to machines that aren't ready to talk to my network yet.
Exactly, voiding the warranty is the manufacturer's ONLY recourse.
And technically, you can add a "fart pipe" if you want. You just can't operate the vehicle if that would mean you would violate a noise ordinance. It's not the modification that gets the fine, it's the violation of the noise ordinance.
Same thing with the chip. You can install it. you can use it for legitimate purposes (backups, imports) you just can't play pirated stiff with it.
GM does not sell you a license to the car. They sell you the vehicle. Sony's arguement is that you dont' own the software, only a license. Fine, then the license is not the media, and the media must be replaced at reasonable cost without requiring re-purchase of a new license.
Except that if you change your batteries during the break, you're a thief, according to Turner Broadcasting. You're supposed to watch the commercials, and change the batteries during the show.
This is TNT. By all means, let them try it. I stopped watching TNN when they started the "squish the picture and put an ad crawl at the bottom" apart from WWE, which they dont' do that to. There's no compelling content that Turner et al have that I can't live without. Guaranteed their competitors will see Turner's ratings drop (yes I know they're owned by Time Warner/AOL) and decline to run the popups. Can you imagine the credibility hit that CNN will take when it starts with the popup advertising? No one will take them fucking seriously as a news outlet ever again.
Sounds like you have a virus of some sort, ace. I'm using RR in Orlando and have no problem. Not getting a context right-click menu for 7 seconds smacks of a java script (you should block those for any site you don't trust with your wallet, you know) preventing you from LEGAL operations. I'd get a virus scan done ASAP.... probably too late though. If RR tried to force scripts that blocked functionality of software that I was using, I'd sue in a heartbeat. They dont' have a right to interfere with my private systems. In fact, since I frequently work at home in addition to my regular schedule, they'd likely be sued by my employer (yes my employer is big enough to take on Time Warner in court.)
"What to do with the glycerin though, that's the main Q"
Simple, process the glycerin and the Nitrous Oxide somehow into Nitroglycerin (an excercise best left to someone who knows what he's talking about, that ain't me).
Then use the Nitroglycerin as a propellant in the manner of the hypothetical Atomic Drive models that relied on ejecting a bomb behind the (in this case spacecraft) where it would detonate, and the explosion would push against a specially shaped shield and push the vehicle forward.
This would also tend to deter tail-gaters...
Hey I learned all my physics from cartoons.
I cancelled my Asherons Call accounts when I found out they were going to Passport. The Zone update system was broken enough as it was (would take days sometimes to be able to get it to patch correctly.)
I had 3 accounts and played on Frostfell, and had been playing since retail (albeit not very often in the months before I cancelled). As a matter of fact, I just remembered that my main character name in that game is the same as my Slashdot nick (not my Zone name, mind you. I wasn't one of the ignorant folk that gave out their zone name and got hacked through yet another exploit)
I will NEVER buy or play another game that requires the Zone and/or Passport.
I have no faith that Passport can ever be any more reliable or stable than the Zone ever was.
I think a good place for them to spell it out would be on prominent banners and lit crawl signs in front of every single one of their offices and agencies. They should be able to tell clearly what customer opinion of this tactic is then...
They must have insurance... every car owner in Florida has to have insurance, that should be mandated for rental companies too.
Using common sense in who you rent to is a good idea as well. Stop this politically correct nonsense that says that obvious criminals and miscreants shouldn't be scrutinized before the rental occurs and I'm sure all of their problems will evaporate without any sattelite tracking.
Any problems that remain should be easily resolvable through the regular legal system, no tracking necessary.
I demand a right to privacy at all times. Am I not allowed privacy in my own home because I rent it? That's rediculous.
The pest control guy that works my complex made the mistake of trying to get me in trouble because ONE Friday that he came through I had dishes in my sink (I run a clean house, but I had an emergency that day and dishes were not a priority).
My attourney confered with the complex management, and Mr Bug killer has been informed that if he doesn't mind his own business, he'll be out a job. (and sued into refrigerator box residency)
Now if I was smearing Shit on the walls, there'd be a reason for my landlord to be concerned, but it still wouldn't be any of his damned business to talk about it. If there's a criminal investigation and he's asked, he can say, otherwise he has to shut the fuck up. Same thing with rented cars, IMHO.
I also found this interesting:
"
Currently, NASA's Genesis spacecraft, the first mission to collect and return samples of the solar wind, is continuing its trek toward the sun. Liquidmetal alloy based solar wind collector tiles, about the size of a coffee cup lid, will play a key role in the collection process. The mission is designed to measure the composition of isotopes in solar matter. The spacecraft, with its onboard experiments, is scheduled to return to earth in 2003. "
So it's already being used in spacecraft. Definitely not "new" then, but still interesting nonetheless.
Wait, if this is the same metal as the "liquid metal golf" clubs, I remember seeing this advertised quite a while ago. I suppose that wouldn't make it a "new" alloy.
Still interesting, as I had blown off those clubs as another marketing gimmick.
The headline simply says that the new alloy is stronger than Fe and Ti. I wouldn't infer from that that either was an alloy, only that they were the measure of strength against which the alloy was being measured...
You forgot
5. Develop Illudium Q36 Space Modulator
6. BOOM! There's supposed to be a Magnificent BOOM!
IIRC though, there are actually a couple of those Russian Energia boosters at Baikonur that they were going to use for their shuttle program before the old Soyuz Sovietski fell apart. Probably not in great shape, but they were an impressive design from what I remember.
The original Energia (pre-Buran modifications) could be quite useful. I'd still recommend building NEW ones rather than relying on boosters that have been in storage for ~20 years, but it might be better than trying to rebuild Saturn V designs.
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5. PROFIT!!!
That would be one of the signs of the apocalypse, wouldn't it? Next thing you know, people will stop having wars over religious differences...
/me ducks
The 9th Federal Circuit court has jurisdiction over 15 states and (I think) Guam (and maybe the micronesian territories, if we still own them). It's not like they JUST server San Francisco...
I didn't bother to respond. I just added him to my "moron" (foe) list with all the other herd animals like him in the thread and was going to move on, but figured I'd mention it in your wake... or something.
Actually, in many cases kids who do not participate will be _made_ to feel bad by peers who are offspring of fundies. Children can be cruel to those that are different to them. Events like Columbine indicate it might be best that we dont' give them any more opportunities to excercise that trait than necessary...
Point of order. The past tense of shit is "shat", as in "Shatner"
:) )
(trekkers, put down the phasers... please?
Gah, and I used my very first 5 mod points 3 hours ago. That's the most insightful post I've seen in a long while. Suddenly I feel the urge to go fishing...
Thanks, Wee
Hopefully it will work out as you describe.
/sarcasm(oh won't someone think of the children?) /!sarcasm
I can, however, see various bleeding-heart organizations protesting that the poor Zimbabweans (sp?) have been cut off from the internet, placing their children at a disadvantage in the global market