Man, I wish I had mod points. I can just imagine Aunt Beru, (or however it's spelled... NOT a grammar Nazi) sitting little Luke down and telling him about the Evil Empire from another galaxy...
The security implications for this are mind boggling. Especially a wireless version. Add in a second female jack, or a punch board, and you have a device that can be installed in a local network wall jack without detection. If one were to load in a proprietary (non-802.11)wireless protocol, like K2 or a Mesh variant, (which won't take up a whole lot more space on a ROM chip than a standard 802.11 protocol) the wireless signal would not show up on most wireless detection software, (netstumbler, etc.) You got yourself a pretty scary little device there, or a fun one, depending on what end of this thing you're looking at.
Not neccesarily. Plenty of other functions use randomly occuring ports, once they establish an initial handshake. So, if Vonage could set it up so that a VOIP call originated on port 80, it could then be redirected to whatever port they wanted. They key difference here is that generally VOIP traffic is relegated to a specific port. My proposal is to undo that idea somehow, if possible.
I agree. If an ISP provides any sort of Spam blocking protection, they are voluntarily providing a service which would generally be considered A Good Thing, even though it would fall under the same symptoms as what we are discussing now. The only difference is that now it is an unwanted feature. Furthermore, I have yet to see an ISP that gives you a choice as to whether you want to use their spam services or not, assuming you use the program that provides email through the ISP. I suppose in that instance, to choose not to use the ISP-supplied email service on the basis that you want to be free of their oppressive spam protection is one's possible way of voicing protest over the ISP's ability to block traffic at will. Getting back to the point at hand, there is no equivalent statement you could make, short of not using the ISP altogether. My point is this: When you sign up with an ISP, you are limited to the terms and restrictions you are required to initial prior to use. Should the ISP decide to change those terms, or enact a new policy based on the interpretation of those policies, your choice is to either gut it out, or pack it up. It's a crappy ultamatim, but is the nature of most large communications (phones, internet, etc) companies. The difference here is, as I believe has been made in an earlier post, is that this is not coming from the government. Ergo, while you are able to disconnec your service in protest of such a policy, which is not truly censorship by definition, but feels close to it, you may not really do the same if the government decided to enact a law to violate your liberties. That is, unless you are of the same mind as about 51% of the rest of your constituents, but even then, the process must wait until the next election. Summary: The ISP's can do whatever they want. IT's their picnic. If you don't like it, leave. If enoug people leave, they may rethink their decision to cut off certain services. But this is in no way censorship. This is a big business protecting it's own interests, which is not quite the same thing, due mostly in part to your ability to choose to go to another provider, (from cable to DSL, etc.)
I'm no VOIP expert, but who's to say various comapnies couldn't just pick random ports to pass along traffic, if you want to get really tricky, predestined by some sort of timing software or some such thing? Wouldn't it be terribly easy to get around port blocking like this? If you wrote it into the software, you wouldn't have to worry about losing the non-tech customer base. Anyone know why this wouldn't work?
You know, that never occured to me until I read your post. Damn. Ewan McGreggor worked like hell to pick up Alec Guiness' accent. There is definitely a large gap between Hayden Christianson's diction and that of James Earl Jones. JEJ definitely sounds much more upper crust, well educated, while HC sounds like a whiny street rat. And by the way, all credit to the way the character was written, I saw "Life As A House." He's a whiny bitch in all his movies. I wonder why it is that they spent so much time working on Ewan McGreggor, but apparently none on Hayden Christianson.
How close is MSH to Redmond? Is there any chance of burying Micro$oft in lava or ash? I remember reading a story in junior high about a boy chasing after his dog in Pompeii when the volcano erupted, and they showed a picture of the boy, preserved by the ash, with his dog, (which now brings flashbacks from a certain Futurama episode). How cool would it be to A.) be rid of Microsoft for a few thousand years, and B.) have every Windoes OS preserved in ash; fossilized for when our (welcomed) alien overlords unearth them in the future?!? We could be looking at the means of our liberation when the Evil Aliens try to load Windows 3.1 and are brought to their knees by millenia-old crappily written code! Who's with me?!?
Nice post. +5 insightful if I had the points to give. I fully agree that Java is a great language if you don't want to put your higher thought processes to work. You can get away with looking at a spec sheet and punching out a "plug in the code to meet the specs" scenario. There is no, "let's Make A and B work, and in doing so, supercede the need to put in C" and make it better, with less code, better reliability, and less common errors.
You mean like a bunch of Hobbits whose while lifestyle revolves around a simple hedonistic society that end up travelling accross the land, joining in wars, and killing nasty beastseses? Or maybe a ranger who has abandoned his birthright, and ends up going back in the direction that would make him King? Or maybe on a shorter scale, like Boromir, who learns to trust non-humans, as well as give his life for a cause he scoffed at at the first appearance of his character? I may be a while out from high school literature class, but there sounds like there might be a touch of character development in this series.
Or did you mean physical/ability development, as it pertains to a game chracter, like a hobbit learning to wield a sword, or a wizard changing his colors and becoming more powerful?
Yeah. You're right. No development whatsoever.
Yeah. I'm not a big fan of Dunst either. I'll tell you what though, as far as GOOD actresses with sex apeal goes, this makes me wonder what Claire Forlani would look like with red hair... Rawr! She'd be an amazing Mary Jane! She plays off this sort of humble, quietly stunning character so well in some of her movies. I was watching the director's comments for Mallrats a while ago, and they were showing some of the outtakes where she let her outrageous British accent bleed through. I didn't even know she was British! Since then, I'll hear it every once in a while in her lines. Kind of like the droopy eye thing, I guess. You don't notice it till it's pointed out, then you can't avoid it. Still, I would KILL to see her as Mary Jane.
Speaking of other notable Anime, you guys all have heard of Appleseed right? By God, if you haven't git yer butt over to the trailer and check it out. Can anyone who reads Japanses tell me where they are sitting with this movie? This seems like it might be the be all, end all of anime movies.
I think I understand what he's getting at. Is it possible to slowly obtain a higher than necessary altitude, then use that height and the pull of gravity to accelerate to the appopriate speed, or would you run out of gravity when achieving the necessary height?
I agree. I'm in the RF industry, and I can tell you from first hand experience that, while the FCC has many negative attributes, it carries some crucial resposibilities. The FCC governs the wireless spectrum; everything from defining bands for various devices, to ensuring the safety of the public. Look at Nigeria. As far as I have been informed, there is either no governmental regulation on RF, or the public doesn't pay any heed, (neither would surprise me, as the country rates in the top 5 as most corrupted countries). In Nigeria, the broadband spectrums, (2.4, 5.8GHz) are so unorganized that they are building long distance, high power links right on top of each other. Instead of working with an agency like the FCC to coordinate different company interests, they simply turn up the volume. Almost every piece of wireless broadband equipment has an amplifier on it, even those reaching only a few hundred yards, to say nothing of the ones going 10-20 miles.
The FCC not only organizes this effort, but also enforces it. Sure, we frown on them for coming down like a ton of bricks on Janet's boob, (who wouldn't - frown I mean.:) but on the other hand, when someone acts up, and puts up a pirate radio station, or causes interference into a legitimate channel, the FCC is generally there to bite them in the butt.
I agree that the FCC is slowing our technological progress down, but they also provide crucial services. I suppose my suggestion might be to melt them down and start over, creating, (immediately) an organization who can administer the airwaves, (and phone lines, etc.) and then figure out what else NEEDS to be included, without giving them free reign over all things communication related.
Am I the only one who sees what's going on here? This is a message directly from the founder of the site. Asking the/. community to boycott his own site. What's the first thing/. viewers are going to do? Visit the site! We've seen this sort of shameless, subversive plugging on/. before. He's clever, because he made M$ and his owners look like the bad guys, but the end result is a quick spike of about 50,000 hits.
Pringles cans are a adaptation of a directional antenna. The way a typical radio is built, it can only handle one RF input, thus, stringing together multiple antennas would not be possible without building in multiple RF ports, (and extra processing power) into the radio. Why not just splice the wires? Well, you could, but the signal would get so overrun with collisions and FCS errors, that it would defeat the purpose. Best to use a high gain omni. He's using an 8db, which isn't bad, but, for as much bulk as it would add, I would have got with a 9 or a 12, as long as you don't mind pissing off anyone else who is sharing that same RF channel.
I'm not exactly sure how I got modded down as a troll, and Moraelin got praised as insightful, but look: I'm not sure where this became a debate about my employer's product shortcomings. What I was trying to impart, is that if a user doesn't have the sense and decency to RTFM, then I have absolutely no pity for him. Any product in the market will have steps to set up encryption within an AP listed in their documentation. Also, I happen to work for a company that puts out a proprietary, high end business to business form of wireless, so, while I still get the occasional idjit, most of the people I deal with are carrying quite a few initials after thir name, relating directly to what I'm talking to them on the phone about. So, being as how I don't work for a Wifi company, I cannot say for sure, but I would guess that there would also be available documentation that explains how, while you are utilaizing a full 11MB pipe, your usable bandwidth is much lower. It's just the nature of the protocol. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you send a letter to the IEEE, and CC the FCC, as they would be the ones responsible.
As I said before, the media chastizes the manufacturers for catering to the lowest common denominator, which means keeping the encryption off by default. If these users read the manual, they would know this, and there wouldn't be a problem. However, if I were a Wifi company exec, and I receieved word of an angry customer who had vital information stolen off his/her unprotected network, I can't imagine how that users unwillingness to learn about the product they just bought with their own money is in any way my responsibility. Will I help them when they call in? Absolutely. Will I criticize them for not RTFM? Absolutely not. Will I think less of them in my heart of hearts because they are holding me responsible for something that is their fault? You betcha.
You know what? I work in the wireless industry, for a manufacturer, doing tech support. This will probably sound like a typical tech support statement, but if an AP user can't figure out how to secure (I use that term loosly, given the nature of WEP) their systems, then they have only themselves to blame. I'm not really sure why the media is chastizing the AP manufacturer for not turning on encryption by default. First of all, it would require added initial setup time and expertise, neither of which does the end user tend to tolerate very well, and second, because at some point, some of the higher-end luser/users are going to realize that adding encryption to their wireless protocol just cut their bandwidth down considerably. That will result in customers accusing the manufacturers of "being dishonest/misleading about actual throughput." This is a touchy subject in the industry, since the protocol is clearly listed as 11MB, but average throughput for most wireless devices measures in the neighborhood of 1-2MBPS on Wifi, and up to 6MBPS on some other, more expensive wireless gear. You have to take inot account the overhead caused by dropped/delayed packets, FCS errors, interference, hidden nodes, etc. Most people think multipath is something you learn about in Boy Scouts.
Anyway, I digress. My point is, if they are too ignorant to know they need to encrypt their network, then they deserve to reap the results. These are the same people that put up a computer behind a cable modem without thinking to add a firewall. Hello?!?
Now I can finally live my dream of never having to touch anything in public ever again. I can use my cell phone to book my flights, control my computer, and open doors! I won't ever have to come into contact with Evil Germs ever again!
I would tend to agree that Intel needs to concentrate on lower voltage chips. Lower voltage=lower heat. I have a P4 3GHz 800FSB chip running in my room, and if I leave it on all day with my door closed, I will come in at night and be welcomed by no less than a 5-10 degree difference in temperature from the rest of my apartment. Didn't have that problem with my P3 500Mhz. I am not going to be in the market for a new chip for a while, but someday I hope to have a computer that doesn't affect my home heating/cooling budget.
Just got done reading that "article." I didn't realize they gave jobs to people who were that bad at journalism. ""Can you tell us why the police were here a couple of weeks ago?" "I have no idea, I wasn't here." "Did you have child porn on your web site?" What the hell? They don't list his response to the last question in the article. What kind of a statement is that? The whole article reads like a nosy neighbor telling all about someone she called the cops on. I live in a small town in FL, but here, when they do a "investigative report," it is at the very least somewhat legitimate. They show you pictures of flies on hamburger about to be cooked and served, or something like that. Do these guys advertise as a news channel or a tabloid show?
This may be a little offtopic, but, I seem to remember at some point reading an article about a proposition to add a "Space Exploration Tax" to the sale of most Science Fiction merchandise. I also seem to remember a lot of people thinking this wasn't such a bad idea. I, for one, wouldn't mind A.)having a very personal and very direct way to contribute to the space program, B.) coughing a couple extra bucks up for my Firefly DVD set, or Star Wars novel. I don't know what the figure is for the $ amount spent on Scince fiction stuff, but I imagine it's in the tens of millions, at the very least. I think it would be very noble for the people that care about the space program the most to possibly contribute MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to the space program. Does anyone know where I can find out more about this? Or should I start a crusade of my own to get this going?
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Man, I wish I had mod points. I can just imagine Aunt Beru, (or however it's spelled... NOT a grammar Nazi) sitting little Luke down and telling him about the Evil Empire from another galaxy...
The security implications for this are mind boggling. Especially a wireless version. Add in a second female jack, or a punch board, and you have a device that can be installed in a local network wall jack without detection. If one were to load in a proprietary (non-802.11)wireless protocol, like K2 or a Mesh variant, (which won't take up a whole lot more space on a ROM chip than a standard 802.11 protocol) the wireless signal would not show up on most wireless detection software, (netstumbler, etc.) You got yourself a pretty scary little device there, or a fun one, depending on what end of this thing you're looking at.
Not neccesarily. Plenty of other functions use randomly occuring ports, once they establish an initial handshake. So, if Vonage could set it up so that a VOIP call originated on port 80, it could then be redirected to whatever port they wanted. They key difference here is that generally VOIP traffic is relegated to a specific port. My proposal is to undo that idea somehow, if possible.
I agree. If an ISP provides any sort of Spam blocking protection, they are voluntarily providing a service which would generally be considered A Good Thing, even though it would fall under the same symptoms as what we are discussing now. The only difference is that now it is an unwanted feature. Furthermore, I have yet to see an ISP that gives you a choice as to whether you want to use their spam services or not, assuming you use the program that provides email through the ISP. I suppose in that instance, to choose not to use the ISP-supplied email service on the basis that you want to be free of their oppressive spam protection is one's possible way of voicing protest over the ISP's ability to block traffic at will. Getting back to the point at hand, there is no equivalent statement you could make, short of not using the ISP altogether. My point is this: When you sign up with an ISP, you are limited to the terms and restrictions you are required to initial prior to use. Should the ISP decide to change those terms, or enact a new policy based on the interpretation of those policies, your choice is to either gut it out, or pack it up. It's a crappy ultamatim, but is the nature of most large communications (phones, internet, etc) companies. The difference here is, as I believe has been made in an earlier post, is that this is not coming from the government. Ergo, while you are able to disconnec your service in protest of such a policy, which is not truly censorship by definition, but feels close to it, you may not really do the same if the government decided to enact a law to violate your liberties. That is, unless you are of the same mind as about 51% of the rest of your constituents, but even then, the process must wait until the next election. Summary: The ISP's can do whatever they want. IT's their picnic. If you don't like it, leave. If enoug people leave, they may rethink their decision to cut off certain services. But this is in no way censorship. This is a big business protecting it's own interests, which is not quite the same thing, due mostly in part to your ability to choose to go to another provider, (from cable to DSL, etc.)
I'm no VOIP expert, but who's to say various comapnies couldn't just pick random ports to pass along traffic, if you want to get really tricky, predestined by some sort of timing software or some such thing? Wouldn't it be terribly easy to get around port blocking like this? If you wrote it into the software, you wouldn't have to worry about losing the non-tech customer base. Anyone know why this wouldn't work?
You know, that never occured to me until I read your post. Damn. Ewan McGreggor worked like hell to pick up Alec Guiness' accent. There is definitely a large gap between Hayden Christianson's diction and that of James Earl Jones. JEJ definitely sounds much more upper crust, well educated, while HC sounds like a whiny street rat. And by the way, all credit to the way the character was written, I saw "Life As A House." He's a whiny bitch in all his movies.
I wonder why it is that they spent so much time working on Ewan McGreggor, but apparently none on Hayden Christianson.
How close is MSH to Redmond? Is there any chance of burying Micro$oft in lava or ash? I remember reading a story in junior high about a boy chasing after his dog in Pompeii when the volcano erupted, and they showed a picture of the boy, preserved by the ash, with his dog, (which now brings flashbacks from a certain Futurama episode). How cool would it be to A.) be rid of Microsoft for a few thousand years, and B.) have every Windoes OS preserved in ash; fossilized for when our (welcomed) alien overlords unearth them in the future?!? We could be looking at the means of our liberation when the Evil Aliens try to load Windows 3.1 and are brought to their knees by millenia-old crappily written code! Who's with me?!?
Nice post. +5 insightful if I had the points to give. I fully agree that Java is a great language if you don't want to put your higher thought processes to work. You can get away with looking at a spec sheet and punching out a "plug in the code to meet the specs" scenario. There is no, "let's Make A and B work, and in doing so, supercede the need to put in C" and make it better, with less code, better reliability, and less common errors.
You mean like a bunch of Hobbits whose while lifestyle revolves around a simple hedonistic society that end up travelling accross the land, joining in wars, and killing nasty beastseses? Or maybe a ranger who has abandoned his birthright, and ends up going back in the direction that would make him King? Or maybe on a shorter scale, like Boromir, who learns to trust non-humans, as well as give his life for a cause he scoffed at at the first appearance of his character? I may be a while out from high school literature class, but there sounds like there might be a touch of character development in this series.
Or did you mean physical/ability development, as it pertains to a game chracter, like a hobbit learning to wield a sword, or a wizard changing his colors and becoming more powerful?
Yeah. You're right. No development whatsoever.
And on that note, I'm starting a new acronym:
SDCOM
Sprayed Diet Coke Over Monitor.
Nice one.
Yeah. I'm not a big fan of Dunst either. I'll tell you what though, as far as GOOD actresses with sex apeal goes, this makes me wonder what Claire Forlani would look like with red hair... Rawr! She'd be an amazing Mary Jane! She plays off this sort of humble, quietly stunning character so well in some of her movies. I was watching the director's comments for Mallrats a while ago, and they were showing some of the outtakes where she let her outrageous British accent bleed through. I didn't even know she was British! Since then, I'll hear it every once in a while in her lines. Kind of like the droopy eye thing, I guess. You don't notice it till it's pointed out, then you can't avoid it. Still, I would KILL to see her as Mary Jane.
Speaking of other notable Anime, you guys all have heard of Appleseed right? By God, if you haven't git yer butt over to the trailer and check it out. Can anyone who reads Japanses tell me where they are sitting with this movie? This seems like it might be the be all, end all of anime movies.
I think I understand what he's getting at. Is it possible to slowly obtain a higher than necessary altitude, then use that height and the pull of gravity to accelerate to the appopriate speed, or would you run out of gravity when achieving the necessary height?
I agree. I'm in the RF industry, and I can tell you from first hand experience that, while the FCC has many negative attributes, it carries some crucial resposibilities. The FCC governs the wireless spectrum; everything from defining bands for various devices, to ensuring the safety of the public. Look at Nigeria. As far as I have been informed, there is either no governmental regulation on RF, or the public doesn't pay any heed, (neither would surprise me, as the country rates in the top 5 as most corrupted countries). In Nigeria, the broadband spectrums, (2.4, 5.8GHz) are so unorganized that they are building long distance, high power links right on top of each other. Instead of working with an agency like the FCC to coordinate different company interests, they simply turn up the volume. Almost every piece of wireless broadband equipment has an amplifier on it, even those reaching only a few hundred yards, to say nothing of the ones going 10-20 miles. :) but on the other hand, when someone acts up, and puts up a pirate radio station, or causes interference into a legitimate channel, the FCC is generally there to bite them in the butt.
The FCC not only organizes this effort, but also enforces it. Sure, we frown on them for coming down like a ton of bricks on Janet's boob, (who wouldn't - frown I mean.
I agree that the FCC is slowing our technological progress down, but they also provide crucial services. I suppose my suggestion might be to melt them down and start over, creating, (immediately) an organization who can administer the airwaves, (and phone lines, etc.) and then figure out what else NEEDS to be included, without giving them free reign over all things communication related.
Am I the only one who sees what's going on here? This is a message directly from the founder of the site. Asking the /. community to boycott his own site. What's the first thing /. viewers are going to do? Visit the site! We've seen this sort of shameless, subversive plugging on /. before. He's clever, because he made M$ and his owners look like the bad guys, but the end result is a quick spike of about 50,000 hits.
Pringles cans are a adaptation of a directional antenna. The way a typical radio is built, it can only handle one RF input, thus, stringing together multiple antennas would not be possible without building in multiple RF ports, (and extra processing power) into the radio. Why not just splice the wires? Well, you could, but the signal would get so overrun with collisions and FCS errors, that it would defeat the purpose. Best to use a high gain omni. He's using an 8db, which isn't bad, but, for as much bulk as it would add, I would have got with a 9 or a 12, as long as you don't mind pissing off anyone else who is sharing that same RF channel.
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I'm not exactly sure how I got modded down as a troll, and Moraelin got praised as insightful, but look:
I'm not sure where this became a debate about my employer's product shortcomings. What I was trying to impart, is that if a user doesn't have the sense and decency to RTFM, then I have absolutely no pity for him. Any product in the market will have steps to set up encryption within an AP listed in their documentation. Also, I happen to work for a company that puts out a proprietary, high end business to business form of wireless, so, while I still get the occasional idjit, most of the people I deal with are carrying quite a few initials after thir name, relating directly to what I'm talking to them on the phone about. So, being as how I don't work for a Wifi company, I cannot say for sure, but I would guess that there would also be available documentation that explains how, while you are utilaizing a full 11MB pipe, your usable bandwidth is much lower. It's just the nature of the protocol. If you have an issue with that, I suggest you send a letter to the IEEE, and CC the FCC, as they would be the ones responsible.
As I said before, the media chastizes the manufacturers for catering to the lowest common denominator, which means keeping the encryption off by default. If these users read the manual, they would know this, and there wouldn't be a problem. However, if I were a Wifi company exec, and I receieved word of an angry customer who had vital information stolen off his/her unprotected network, I can't imagine how that users unwillingness to learn about the product they just bought with their own money is in any way my responsibility. Will I help them when they call in? Absolutely. Will I criticize them for not RTFM? Absolutely not. Will I think less of them in my heart of hearts because they are holding me responsible for something that is their fault? You betcha.
You know what? I work in the wireless industry, for a manufacturer, doing tech support. This will probably sound like a typical tech support statement, but if an AP user can't figure out how to secure (I use that term loosly, given the nature of WEP) their systems, then they have only themselves to blame. I'm not really sure why the media is chastizing the AP manufacturer for not turning on encryption by default. First of all, it would require added initial setup time and expertise, neither of which does the end user tend to tolerate very well, and second, because at some point, some of the higher-end luser/users are going to realize that adding encryption to their wireless protocol just cut their bandwidth down considerably. That will result in customers accusing the manufacturers of "being dishonest/misleading about actual throughput." This is a touchy subject in the industry, since the protocol is clearly listed as 11MB, but average throughput for most wireless devices measures in the neighborhood of 1-2MBPS on Wifi, and up to 6MBPS on some other, more expensive wireless gear. You have to take inot account the overhead caused by dropped/delayed packets, FCS errors, interference, hidden nodes, etc. Most people think multipath is something you learn about in Boy Scouts.
Anyway, I digress. My point is, if they are too ignorant to know they need to encrypt their network, then they deserve to reap the results. These are the same people that put up a computer behind a cable modem without thinking to add a firewall. Hello?!?
Now I can finally live my dream of never having to touch anything in public ever again. I can use my cell phone to book my flights, control my computer, and open doors! I won't ever have to come into contact with Evil Germs ever again!
I would tend to agree that Intel needs to concentrate on lower voltage chips. Lower voltage=lower heat. I have a P4 3GHz 800FSB chip running in my room, and if I leave it on all day with my door closed, I will come in at night and be welcomed by no less than a 5-10 degree difference in temperature from the rest of my apartment. Didn't have that problem with my P3 500Mhz. I am not going to be in the market for a new chip for a while, but someday I hope to have a computer that doesn't affect my home heating/cooling budget.
Just got done reading that "article."
I didn't realize they gave jobs to people who were that bad at journalism.
""Can you tell us why the police were here a couple of weeks ago?"
"I have no idea, I wasn't here."
"Did you have child porn on your web site?"
What the hell? They don't list his response to the last question in the article. What kind of a statement is that? The whole article reads like a nosy neighbor telling all about someone she called the cops on. I live in a small town in FL, but here, when they do a "investigative report," it is at the very least somewhat legitimate. They show you pictures of flies on hamburger about to be cooked and served, or something like that. Do these guys advertise as a news channel or a tabloid show?
Unfortunately for us, if satellites can more precisely measure this rise of the Earth's temperature, they cannot cure this fever
Well. THAT was a profound observation. You mean satelites can't cure all of the world's problems? Damn! I put all my money in the wrong stocks!
Anyone know where I can find an online (Java/Flash/Shockwave) version of Joust? I miss that game...
This may be a little offtopic, but, I seem to remember at some point reading an article about a proposition to add a "Space Exploration Tax" to the sale of most Science Fiction merchandise. I also seem to remember a lot of people thinking this wasn't such a bad idea. I, for one, wouldn't mind A.)having a very personal and very direct way to contribute to the space program, B.) coughing a couple extra bucks up for my Firefly DVD set, or Star Wars novel. I don't know what the figure is for the $ amount spent on Scince fiction stuff, but I imagine it's in the tens of millions, at the very least. I think it would be very noble for the people that care about the space program the most to possibly contribute MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to the space program. Does anyone know where I can find out more about this? Or should I start a crusade of my own to get this going?