Question for you astronomers out there....
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The image shown is pretty sharp and detailed considering the light from that image has been traveling for 20,000 years. If we know that light can be saturated out from other sources and that even gravity has some small effect, it's hard to imagine no signal degradation after such a vast transmission distance.
So, my questions is, should I be amazed or skeptical that we are able to get such a good image under these conditions?
I just got a new PDA actually - a Tungsten E. I don't really need all the "bells and whistles" of some of the multi-media PDA's and converged cell-phone/PDA's out there right now. What I needed was new calculator. For a bit more than what a good calculator cost, the Tungsten E also provides the following: - A way for me to keep a material/hardware reference commonly used in my industry right on hand via SD card (FAA document MMPDS-01 in case your wondering). - A "lightweight" Octave (LyME) for more complex calculations (I use NeoCal otherwise). - An organizer that's independant of my office scheduler so I can integrate my personal and work schedules without storing personal information on my office computer. - A means to check my home e-mail without storing personal data on my work machine. (although I could use the web). - A way to securely store my ever increasing number of passwords, pin #'s, etc. (yes, my handheld is password protected). - So, for me, it works out. I thought about getting a converged phone/PDA, but I take my phone places I'd never take my PDA. A phone can be replaced, the data I have stored on my PDA would be a much more severe loss. - - Anyway, my 2 cents.
I've always wanted to learn a second language and I've tried when I was younger. However, growing up in a small town in the mid-west, I'd have to travel hundreds of miles to find someone who spoke the language natively. So sure, I could memorize words, syntax, etc., but, without the ability to use that knowledge on a regular basis, the memory fades. . To me, this sounds like a way to make it possible for people that don't have regular opportunities to use the language they are trying to learn a new way to get there from here.
The only caveat I can think of is that relative anonymity seems to bring out the a-hole in a lot of us. That is to say, there might be a lot of jerks entering the sim that would try to ruin it for the rest of us just for the amusement of doing so. I guess the sim-world will probably need a cover charge to keep out the riff-raff.
So many people are worried about George Lucas ruining thier childhoods because his latest work is not up to thier expectations. It's a horrible burden to bear. So, as my good dead for the day, I'll just ruin everyone's childhood right here and now... . {ahem} . [to the tune of "Christopher Robin"] . Christopher Robin and I ran along under shell-burst from our M-16's Blowing up hephalumps, owl and eeore, for the pleasure of hearing them scream but we've wandered much further today than we should and Christopher's hit in the back pretty good so . help me if you can, I've got to get back to that rut of cold-blooded killing you've no idea what mayhem I'd bring burning a village for kicks flaying the natives with sticks ohhh, back in the trenches with Christopher Robin and Pooh..... . Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do, he's got napalm all over his clothes so he came to me asking help and advice, so I shot him before he go close. but Christopher would try to help his poor bear, so they both went up in a bright orange flare so, . help me if you can, I've got to get back to that rut of cold-blooded killing you've no idea what mayhem I'd bring burning a village for kicks flaying the natives with sticks ohhh back in the trenches with Christopher Robin.... watching a flare, that is Christopher Robin...... Warming my hands over Christopher Robin.... and cooking s'mores over Pooh..... .
My four year old son has a Dreamcast and his cousins stopped by with one of the NAMCO controllers that you just plug into the TV. Anyway, he was loving Ms. PacMan and Pole Position. In fact, I just purchased "Namco Museum" for the Dreamcast because he liked the games so much.
"...and lo, a woman-child child shall be born, and she shall wear a head-dress of round plasic globes on her head as a child....upon the maturation of this child, when the platic globes are removed from her head and become infused in her chest....the end of the world shall surely be near...."
I'm parphrasing...but it's something like that I'm sure:)
Light one candle english-boy...
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*then* we might be willing to give your statement more creedance rather *than* assuming you're just an intellectualist-snob
BTW - I was tempted to intentionally mix up "your" and "you're" just to see if you could lay off griping about that one as well.
criticism is constructive when it provides something useful. Simply stating you're wrong is not constructive, often, it just appears arrogant.
has to be Barbera Streisand's frenetic in-your-face version of Jingle Bells that always makes my eyeballs bleed whenever I hear it.....but your taste may vary...
I'm sure internet will be limited, at least initially, to first and business class. It might actually make it worth upgrading, especially on an international flight, so you could get some work done and collaborate in real time.
This could be good news for me in particular since I generally approve the structual engineering for mods like this for a living. Yes, I'm from the FAA and I'm here to help you;) (well, a civilian representative of the FAA anyways).
As for cellphones,....I'll just say I'm looking forward to reading the public comments on that one.
I've often thought that the basic concept of a time based prison sentance was flawed. Other than opportunity for parole, there's really no incentive for rehabilitation with this system. I just breaks down to managing the prison population until it's time to release them back into society.
What if, instead of a time based prison system, we could incorporate a level based system? The further within the system you go, the less priveledges you would have. Instead of years within the system, it would be levels within the system that you must earn your way out of in order to be released. This would also have the effect of causing similar types of criminals to be populated together. The very top level could be something like a "half way house" that would replace the concept of parole. To ultimately earn your freedom, you'd have to have demonstrated your ability to function as a law abiding citizen.
White collar criminals, like our spammer, could also have thier assets taken while they are in prison to make restitution for monetary damages.
The idea needs development I realize, but I think it would emphasize rehabilitation more than a time based system would.
I also recently got the downloadable personal ISO of SuSE just to see what a "polished" commercial distribution looked like. For the most part, I was very impressed. However, I have been seeing some of the issues you mention. The Kmenu editor wasn't quite working right, but downloading some fresh kde libraries seems to have fixed that. I also can't set passwordless login for my children (you know, the "no password required for" checkboxes under the convenience tab). As it stands right now, I've just deleted thier passwords in/etc/shadow - which is a real bad solution, but's the only thing I've gotten to work (my children are 2 1/2 and almost 4).
I'm tempted to get some old laptop and install Slackware just to tinker with it in the hopes that it will enhance my understanding of Linux in general.
FYI - science fiction is loaded with instances where someone's raw imagination actually hit surprisingly close to home. Doesn't necessarily make them geniuses or visionaries, just law of averages really. OTOH - Jules Verne seemed to hit close to the mark more than his fair share of times.
It would appear that you have read far too much into my obervation of a "basic causal connection" than you should have. . ....try just doing some F##king reading for a change.
The cartoon link pretty much nailed it. Star Wars was never "high-literature" OK?. It's an enjoyable little Sci-Fi yarn chok full of eye-candy and action scenes. They had lazer crossbows for crissakes!!!
All of you who need to rip on how George Lucas ruined your childhood need to just sit down and shut up so the rest of us can enjoy the movie.
...that's what I'd be saying if I knew where I bitorrent file was located, but I just had to take this opportunity to tell you about the wonderful world of Arghway products. From the Orange-marmalaid and tomato paste shoe brightening products, to thier soy toothpaste/hemmeroid cream (yes, now you can eliminate the worry of getting those to products confused early in the morning).
{at this point an angry mob begins to form around StressGuy} . .....yea, I know, your pissed....but I just lost all my karma;)
I've been tinkering off and on with Linux for a while now and I'm by no means an expert. About a year or so ago, I got the Knoppix liveCD and did a hard install with it, making it essentially a mixture of Debian stable/testing/SID. Anyway, one day I fire up Quake and, instead of the normal music, it's playing this "We are the Animals" crap. The startup script even says, "This version of Quake has been hacked". I try to install Bastille but can't quite get it to work on this mixed-Debian install. I also can't un-install it.
So, now I'm using SuSE - mainly because it has built in security functions and is easier to configure. I kinda wish I could just go with something like Slackware and set all of it up myself, but I have limited tinkering time these days.
I suspect that a growing population on non-expert Linux users could be a potential security vulnerability.
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The image shown is pretty sharp and detailed considering the light from that image has been traveling for 20,000 years. If we know that light can be saturated out from other sources and that even gravity has some small effect, it's hard to imagine no signal degradation after such a vast transmission distance.
So, my questions is, should I be amazed or skeptical that we are able to get such a good image under these conditions?
I have a VX4400 as well...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vx4400support/
Good luck,
I just got a new PDA actually - a Tungsten E. I don't really need all the "bells and whistles" of some of the multi-media PDA's and converged cell-phone/PDA's out there right now. What I needed was new calculator. For a bit more than what a good calculator cost, the Tungsten E also provides the following:
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A way for me to keep a material/hardware reference commonly used in my industry right on hand via SD card (FAA document MMPDS-01 in case your wondering).
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A "lightweight" Octave (LyME) for more complex calculations (I use NeoCal otherwise).
-
An organizer that's independant of my office scheduler so I can integrate my personal and work schedules without storing personal information on my office computer.
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A means to check my home e-mail without storing personal data on my work machine. (although I could use the web).
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A way to securely store my ever increasing number of passwords, pin #'s, etc. (yes, my handheld is password protected).
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So, for me, it works out. I thought about getting a converged phone/PDA, but I take my phone places I'd never take my PDA. A phone can be replaced, the data I have stored on my PDA would be a much more severe loss.
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Anyway, my 2 cents.
Colin Powell...
That's all I'm going to say....I'm sure you can all write your own jokes....
Build it into a loafer thus having a genuine "Maxwell Smart" shoe phone.
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Hey, one good dated reference deserves another..
All I got was a pouch full of seeds and a squid.
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You must have got the revised edition.
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your post looks almost like it came from the church of the sub-genius.
I've always wanted to learn a second language and I've tried when I was younger. However, growing up in a small town in the mid-west, I'd have to travel hundreds of miles to find someone who spoke the language natively. So sure, I could memorize words, syntax, etc., but, without the ability to use that knowledge on a regular basis, the memory fades.
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To me, this sounds like a way to make it possible for people that don't have regular opportunities to use the language they are trying to learn a new way to get there from here.
The only caveat I can think of is that relative anonymity seems to bring out the a-hole in a lot of us. That is to say, there might be a lot of jerks entering the sim that would try to ruin it for the rest of us just for the amusement of doing so. I guess the sim-world will probably need a cover charge to keep out the riff-raff.
So many people are worried about George Lucas ruining thier childhoods because his latest work is not up to thier expectations. It's a horrible burden to bear. So, as my good dead for the day, I'll just ruin everyone's childhood right here and now...
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{ahem}
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[to the tune of "Christopher Robin"]
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Christopher Robin and I ran along under shell-burst from our M-16's
Blowing up hephalumps, owl and eeore, for the pleasure of hearing them scream
but we've wandered much further today than we should
and Christopher's hit in the back pretty good so
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help me if you can, I've got to get back to that rut of cold-blooded killing
you've no idea what mayhem I'd bring
burning a village for kicks
flaying the natives with sticks
ohhh, back in the trenches with Christopher Robin and Pooh.....
.
Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do, he's got napalm all over his clothes
so he came to me asking help and advice, so I shot him before he go close.
but Christopher would try to help his poor bear, so they both went up in a bright orange flare so,
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help me if you can, I've got to get back to that rut of cold-blooded killing
you've no idea what mayhem I'd bring
burning a village for kicks
flaying the natives with sticks
ohhh back in the trenches with Christopher Robin....
watching a flare, that is Christopher Robin......
Warming my hands over Christopher Robin....
and cooking s'mores over Pooh.....
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My four year old son has a Dreamcast and his cousins stopped by with one of the NAMCO controllers that you just plug into the TV. Anyway, he was loving Ms. PacMan and Pole Position. In fact, I just purchased "Namco Museum" for the Dreamcast because he liked the games so much.
"...and lo, a woman-child child shall be born, and she shall wear a head-dress of round plasic globes on her head as a child....upon the maturation of this child, when the platic globes are removed from her head and become infused in her chest....the end of the world shall surely be near...."
:)
I'm parphrasing...but it's something like that I'm sure
*then* we might be willing to give your statement more creedance rather *than* assuming you're just an intellectualist-snob
BTW - I was tempted to intentionally mix up "your" and "you're" just to see if you could lay off griping about that one as well.
criticism is constructive when it provides something useful. Simply stating you're wrong is not constructive, often, it just appears arrogant.
Should what you suggest actually happen, it will most likely be traceable to a failure in the Clinton Administration.
[*ducks*]
Ok...put your rocks down...I'm registered independant, that means I can take shots at both sides of the aisle.
has to be Barbera Streisand's frenetic in-your-face version of Jingle Bells that always makes my eyeballs bleed whenever I hear it. ....but your taste may vary...
Singapore Airlines for one...there are others.
;) (well, a civilian representative of the FAA anyways).
....I'll just say I'm looking forward to reading the public comments on that one.
I'm sure internet will be limited, at least initially, to first and business class. It might actually make it worth upgrading, especially on an international flight, so you could get some work done and collaborate in real time.
This could be good news for me in particular since I generally approve the structual engineering for mods like this for a living. Yes, I'm from the FAA and I'm here to help you
As for cellphones,
Perhaps more like Dante's purgatory, but yeah, it's the basic idea I suppose.
...then again, telescoping action, 30 KHz, and, or course, ribbed for her pleasure....perhaps it's after becomming Darth after all...
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I've often thought that the basic concept of a time based prison sentance was flawed. Other than opportunity for parole, there's really no incentive for rehabilitation with this system. I just breaks down to managing the prison population until it's time to release them back into society.
What if, instead of a time based prison system, we could incorporate a level based system? The further within the system you go, the less priveledges you would have. Instead of years within the system, it would be levels within the system that you must earn your way out of in order to be released. This would also have the effect of causing similar types of criminals to be populated together. The very top level could be something like a "half way house" that would replace the concept of parole. To ultimately earn your freedom, you'd have to have demonstrated your ability to function as a law abiding citizen.
White collar criminals, like our spammer, could also have thier assets taken while they are in prison to make restitution for monetary damages.
The idea needs development I realize, but I think it would emphasize rehabilitation more than a time based system would.
I also recently got the downloadable personal ISO of SuSE just to see what a "polished" commercial distribution looked like. For the most part, I was very impressed. However, I have been seeing some of the issues you mention. The Kmenu editor wasn't quite working right, but downloading some fresh kde libraries seems to have fixed that. I also can't set passwordless login for my children (you know, the "no password required for" checkboxes under the convenience tab). As it stands right now, I've just deleted thier passwords in /etc/shadow - which is a real bad solution, but's the only thing I've gotten to work (my children are 2 1/2 and almost 4).
I'm tempted to get some old laptop and install Slackware just to tinker with it in the hopes that it will enhance my understanding of Linux in general.
Maybe, as you say, Novell is on the right track.
Doesn't take much to piss you off does it?
...try just doing some F##king reading for a change.
FYI - science fiction is loaded with instances where someone's raw imagination actually hit surprisingly close to home. Doesn't necessarily make them geniuses or visionaries, just law of averages really. OTOH - Jules Verne seemed to hit close to the mark more than his fair share of times.
It would appear that you have read far too much into my obervation of a "basic causal connection" than you should have.
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intriguing. while I don't have much background in quantum anything, I do have some background in chaos theory. So, I kinda get the idea.
Still, my mind kept turning to the Star Wars plot device of mideoclorines (or whatever they are).
I can't help but think it would be just a bit mind blowing to discover that George Lucas was kinda on the right track...
The cartoon link pretty much nailed it. Star Wars was never "high-literature" OK?. It's an enjoyable little Sci-Fi yarn chok full of eye-candy and action scenes. They had lazer crossbows for crissakes!!!
All of you who need to rip on how George Lucas ruined your childhood need to just sit down and shut up so the rest of us can enjoy the movie.
thank you and goodnight...
...that's what I'd be saying if I knew where I bitorrent file was located, but I just had to take this opportunity to tell you about the wonderful world of Arghway products. From the Orange-marmalaid and tomato paste shoe brightening products, to thier soy toothpaste/hemmeroid cream (yes, now you can eliminate the worry of getting those to products confused early in the morning).
....yea, I know, your pissed....but I just lost all my karma ;)
{at this point an angry mob begins to form around StressGuy}
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I've been tinkering off and on with Linux for a while now and I'm by no means an expert. About a year or so ago, I got the Knoppix liveCD and did a hard install with it, making it essentially a mixture of Debian stable/testing/SID. Anyway, one day I fire up Quake and, instead of the normal music, it's playing this "We are the Animals" crap. The startup script even says, "This version of Quake has been hacked". I try to install Bastille but can't quite get it to work on this mixed-Debian install. I also can't un-install it.
So, now I'm using SuSE - mainly because it has built in security functions and is easier to configure. I kinda wish I could just go with something like Slackware and set all of it up myself, but I have limited tinkering time these days.
I suspect that a growing population on non-expert Linux users could be a potential security vulnerability.
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