Don't be in a hurry, this will take time. How long depends on what kind of
surgery you need. Orthoscopic is the least damaging, but any surgery pretty
much knocks out your quads and weakens your calf for many weeks. Age and
physical condition going into surgery should make a difference. I was 38
when I had mine, and had been riding only about 80 miles/week prior to the
injury (I was a grad student, not racing, but riding for fitness). In my
twenties I was a cat 2, training about 300 miles per week. So although I
didn't return to racing following surgery, my experience may at least give
you some idea what you're in for.
After a crash on campus (slipped on an oil patch), I had orthroscopic
surgery on my right knee for what the surgeon thought was a torn ACL..
Turned out the ACL was intact, but there was meniscus damage and "a lot of
junk and blood in there" that needed to be cleaned up, said the surgeon. I
was on crutches for about a week. I used a knee brace for about 9 weeks,
during which I was doing physical therapy that included electro-stimulus,
stretching, weights, stationary bike, and work with a computerized
resistance machine. I was using a turbo trainer 3x a week after two weeks,
and was doing short road rides after about a month. Still, even with
continued physical therapy and riding, it was a good 3 months before my knee
was feeling stable enough, and my quads strong enough, for extended out of
the saddle efforts. (I should mention I was off the bike between week 10 and
13 while doing field work in Panama, during which I was hiking up and down
hills in the rainforest, so I was still getting a work out.) After 6 months,
my leg felt about 85% recovered. 90% after 8 mos. 100% at 12 mos.
If you're younger and have been training, you'll probably recover faster.
But my guess is it will still take months to get back to pre-surgery form.
A trivia point, for those interested. Helium was named for the sun,
helios, first discovered when spectroscopy was very young. This element
was not yet discovered on the earth and was thought only to be a
"heavenly" element. That is until some researcher was told that if a
piece of pitchblende was placed underwater, bubbles would form. He
collected these gas bubbles in an inverted flask and analyzed them with
the new spectroscope and found it to be helium.
Helium today mostly comes from mines. They are called mines and not
wells because they produce a mineral but are essentially just like
natural gas wells. This gas comes from radioactive decay which produces
alpha particles---helium ions---which then capture electrons from its
surrounding and becomes helium gas.
I stopped by Best Buy today to check out
the Compaq's as I can get a hands on and I found them very clean. The
keyboard was very comfortable and the touchpad is much nicer than the nipple
that IBM and Toshiba have.
XCOR is doing it just right. I've always felt that the way to space is paved with a market - a REAL market
not platimum mining fairy tales - a small group, and a small, non-gold
plated start. Equipment that's simple, tough, reliable, not cutting
edge.
I'll bet there is a market for Me-163 and X-1 replicas. Maybe not a
huge market but a market nevertheless.
There was a business in Texas building Me-262 replicas, full size,
exact in the airframe but using modern engines and avionics. They had
orders in hand, deposits, and airframes well under way. I stopped
following them some time ago and don't know if they delivered: last I
heard there were problems.
Get more people flying rockets - even if it's in the atmosphere at
subsonic speeds - and you've taken the first crucial step.
Congratulations to XCOR! Smart, hard working, visionary people.
Now the major problem is the FCC Certs that we must acquire for our
antennas. Most of the manufactures will help get the FCC Cert for the
Linksys AP, but, when they do it raises the cost by 75-125%. This Cert
is mandatory for installation by the end users, due to the current FCC
Part 15B rules. As a professional you may have forgotten about this
effect. We and several other manufactures are working on getting the
FCC to expand the "Certified Components" rule that was made for
computer to cover the wLAN antennas. Till they do, the cost isn't
going down much.
The antennas you are thinking about are Directional. The antennas
needed for access points are omni-directional. We have tried to use
small yagis and other semi-directional antennas to only moderate
success. The only true good results have been from using GOOD
omni-directional antennas. Also, the RP-SMA wont fit on most APs, but,
I'm sure we can get the RP-TNC on them cheaper, its a matter of
demand. The omni antenna set for the Linksys is a new product, if
demand goes up, we can lower prices, if demand stays where it is, the
prices stay where they are.
That cute little yagi that Telex makes will make a great client
antenna for indoors...
Now, we have been able to acquire a contract with MaxRad to make
antennas for us with RP-TNC connectors, FCC Cert, up to 5dbi that will
screw onto the back of the access point. This will make a nicer and
**cheaper** antenna, but it will not be as good as the dual 6 and 8
sets, but it will make an acceptable "consumer" grade antenna. Don't
think we don't evolve, the main reason we started making the Linksys
config is due to consumer demand. The Linksys specials are only about
3 weeks old, it takes a little time to get the certs shoved through
the FCC! For now, whoever needs a legal antenna set for end user
install, we have the commercial grade Linksys antenna sets.
We have been making commercial grade antenna kits and wLAN hardware
for some time now. Soon, the 802.11 standard for 5.8ghz will hit the
streets, This is going to put most of the consumer gear @ 2.4ghz and
the commercial gear @ 5.8ghz, which will have the effect of causing
the 2.4ghz antenna prices to go way down.
Another problem is that no matter how cheep we get these antennas,
they are always going to be a niche market. Economy of scale isn't
going to hit till over 100/week antennas are made, which is an amount
almost = to the production of the linksys WAP11.
As a professional, you posted links to antenna sites with antennas
ment only for instlation by professionals. You really need to warn
people about the FCC issues with this, as most dont even know the
diffrence. Big fines await the unknowledgeable...
Iraq has Internet, but only for the military. It is illegal to even
own a modem in Iraq. Faxes, copiers, typewriters, etc. have to be
registered. Satellite dishes are banned, although people do assemble
and camouflage them. Foreign magazines coming into the country are
censored, often arriving with certain pages torn out. The government
keeps very tight control of any news coming into the country. The
internet would be harder to control, so it is banned. Saddam recently
declared that the internet is a sinister tool used by governments for
brainwashing people and spreading pornography.
Nizar Hamdoun, Iraq's retiring UN ambassador, in a recent interview,
said that when he returns to Iraq, he will try to open internet access
to the country. He thinks the internet is very useful, and would like
Iraqi kids to enjoy the benefits. Hamdoun designed the Iraqi UN
mission's web site.
Iraq has international telephone access, which is also often
monitored. The network was targeted and damaged during the Gulf War
and the recent bombing. So service is sporadic.
Actually, while the destruction of the cats in the Middle ages may have
contributed to (or even allowed) the huge increase in the rat population
leading to the "Black Plague", I do feel a need to point out something
regarding *current* problems with bubonic plague. One of the major problems
with the plague is that the fleas that carry it do not live *exclusively* on
rats. Domestic animals such as dogs and cats, can get them too.
According to my source at the Coconino County Health Department in
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, there have been less than 60 cases state wide, since
the first recorded one in 1950, of what we commonly refer to as "bubonic
plague". Bubonic plague is actually descriptive of a symptom, not the
disease itself which is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis.
Yersinia pestis is, as mentioned in the earlier post, carried by fleas.
The fleas of rats, mice, prairie dogs, squirrels, chipmunks and even rabbits
can all carry Y. pestis. If your dog or cat is out running around free and
catches or picks up a dead animal with infected fleas, your dog or cat can
get those fleas. Once your pet has those fleas on him or her, they can be
brought into your home and you can get the plague. However, this is
apparently a very rare happening.
In 1995 there were 5 cases of Plague (Y. pestis) in Arizona. 2 of these
were in Coconino county. One of these was in a woman who apparently was
infected while visiting relatives in Maricopa County. The other was a man
who had been out shooting prairie dogs and had handled several of the
carcasses, getting fleas from them. The person at the Coconino County Health
Dept. did say it was much more likely to get the aforementioned fleas from a
carcass that a dog or cat brought home than directly from your dog or cat,
though that was certainly possible and is believed to have happened in the
past.
The point being, that while in the 14th century the "Black Death" (which is
only assumed to be the same disease as Y. pestis) may or may not have been
triggered by the decimation of the cat populations in Europe, we aren't
living in the 1300's anymore. Now days, if you let your cat or dog run free
he/she is liable to bring you a present that could cost you your life.
And don't even get me started about Hanta virus....
The RIAA is going to try to sue Sunken Kursk, according to this story. Internal
memos from within the RIAA outline the record label's findings and strategy going ahead. Great story. Hilary Rosen
begging executives to talk about the issue and the RIAA issuing the lamest statement ever. From slashdot.org.
Amos Amaker was a wrastling fool,
He used to wrastle alligators on his way to school.
He'd stroke 'em on the belly, a throw 'em in a sack,
Then he'd run on into school with the gators on his back.
Teacher saw him comin' and she stood up on her chair.
Hollered out to Amos that she didn't want him there.
Amos said politely as he settled in his seat,
Better mind your manners, 'cause my gators want some meat.
Born in the backwoods and raised by a bear,
Two coats of jawbone, double coat of hair.
Tamed him down with a big pine board,
He's a mean Ema-Nema, he's a gator by lord.
1 Platoon, A CO., 3/5 INF., 193rd INF. BDE (Panama) Jody Calls, Ist ed.
Osama Bin Laden was sitting in his cave wondering who to terrorize next when his telephone rang. "Hallo! Mr. Bin Laden," a heavily accented voice said. "This is Dubya down in Texas, USA. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"
"Well, Dubya," Osama replied, "This is indeed important news! Tell me, how big is your army?"
"At this moment in time," said Dubya after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, my cousin Jacob, my next door neighbor William, and the entire rodeo team from the pub -- that makes 8!"
Osama sighed. "I must tell you Dubya that I have 1 million men in my army waiting to move on my command."
"Hollyshit!", said Dubya, "I'll have to ring you back!"
Sure enough, the next day Dubya rang back. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be, Dubya?" Osama asked.
"Well, we have 2 combine harvesters, a bulldozer and Murphy's tractor from the farm."
Once more Osama sighed. "I must tell you, Dubya, that I have 16 thousand tanks, 14 thousand armored personnel carriers, and my army has increased to 1 and a half million since we last spoke."
"Really?!" said Dubya "I'll have to ring you back!"
Sure enough, Dubya rang again the next day. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Ted's ultra-light with a couple of rifles in the cockpit and the bridge team has joined us as well!"
Osama was silent for a minute, then sighed. "I must tell you Dubya that I have 10 thousand bombers, 20 thousand MiG 19 attack planes, my military complex is surrounded by laser-guided surface-to-air missile sites, and since we last spoke, my army has increased to 2 million."
"Jesus fucking Christ!", said Dubya, "I'll have to ring you back."
Sure enough, Dubya called again the next day. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."
"I'm sorry to hear that" said Osama. "Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Well," said Dubya "We've all had a chat, and there's no way we can feed 2 million prisoners."
That's goatshit and you know it. The growth of the internet was going well way before commercial fucks took over it.
What are you doing as a hobby, beside your job, that earns you money? I've never seen people covering their car or house with banner ads either. Why not stick ads on the forehead of your kids while you're at it.
Ever noticed the 30 minutes of ads at the beginning of every movies, despite the fact that you paid for your ticket. Or the ads on each pages of your favorite magazine, dispite your monthly subscription fees. That's greed, quit kidding yourself, there's no reasonable excuse. People are accepting it more and more like the slaves they are.
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Don't be in a hurry, this will take time. How long depends on what kind of surgery you need. Orthoscopic is the least damaging, but any surgery pretty much knocks out your quads and weakens your calf for many weeks. Age and physical condition going into surgery should make a difference. I was 38 when I had mine, and had been riding only about 80 miles/week prior to the injury (I was a grad student, not racing, but riding for fitness). In my twenties I was a cat 2, training about 300 miles per week. So although I didn't return to racing following surgery, my experience may at least give you some idea what you're in for.
After a crash on campus (slipped on an oil patch), I had orthroscopic surgery on my right knee for what the surgeon thought was a torn ACL.. Turned out the ACL was intact, but there was meniscus damage and "a lot of junk and blood in there" that needed to be cleaned up, said the surgeon. I was on crutches for about a week. I used a knee brace for about 9 weeks, during which I was doing physical therapy that included electro-stimulus, stretching, weights, stationary bike, and work with a computerized resistance machine. I was using a turbo trainer 3x a week after two weeks, and was doing short road rides after about a month. Still, even with continued physical therapy and riding, it was a good 3 months before my knee was feeling stable enough, and my quads strong enough, for extended out of the saddle efforts. (I should mention I was off the bike between week 10 and 13 while doing field work in Panama, during which I was hiking up and down hills in the rainforest, so I was still getting a work out.) After 6 months, my leg felt about 85% recovered. 90% after 8 mos. 100% at 12 mos.
If you're younger and have been training, you'll probably recover faster. But my guess is it will still take months to get back to pre-surgery form.
A trivia point, for those interested. Helium was named for the sun, helios, first discovered when spectroscopy was very young. This element was not yet discovered on the earth and was thought only to be a "heavenly" element. That is until some researcher was told that if a piece of pitchblende was placed underwater, bubbles would form. He collected these gas bubbles in an inverted flask and analyzed them with the new spectroscope and found it to be helium.
Helium today mostly comes from mines. They are called mines and not wells because they produce a mineral but are essentially just like natural gas wells. This gas comes from radioactive decay which produces alpha particles---helium ions---which then capture electrons from its surrounding and becomes helium gas.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I stopped by Best Buy today to check out the Compaq's as I can get a hands on and I found them very clean. The keyboard was very comfortable and the touchpad is much nicer than the nipple that IBM and Toshiba have.
If your main parachute doesn't open, how long do you have to deploy your reserve? The whole rest of your life.
XCOR is doing it just right. I've always felt that the way to space is paved with a market - a REAL market not platimum mining fairy tales - a small group, and a small, non-gold plated start. Equipment that's simple, tough, reliable, not cutting edge.
I'll bet there is a market for Me-163 and X-1 replicas. Maybe not a huge market but a market nevertheless.
There was a business in Texas building Me-262 replicas, full size, exact in the airframe but using modern engines and avionics. They had orders in hand, deposits, and airframes well under way. I stopped following them some time ago and don't know if they delivered: last I heard there were problems.
Get more people flying rockets - even if it's in the atmosphere at subsonic speeds - and you've taken the first crucial step.
Congratulations to XCOR! Smart, hard working, visionary people.
Now the major problem is the FCC Certs that we must acquire for our antennas. Most of the manufactures will help get the FCC Cert for the Linksys AP, but, when they do it raises the cost by 75-125%. This Cert is mandatory for installation by the end users, due to the current FCC Part 15B rules. As a professional you may have forgotten about this effect. We and several other manufactures are working on getting the FCC to expand the "Certified Components" rule that was made for computer to cover the wLAN antennas. Till they do, the cost isn't going down much.
The antennas you are thinking about are Directional. The antennas needed for access points are omni-directional. We have tried to use small yagis and other semi-directional antennas to only moderate success. The only true good results have been from using GOOD omni-directional antennas. Also, the RP-SMA wont fit on most APs, but, I'm sure we can get the RP-TNC on them cheaper, its a matter of demand. The omni antenna set for the Linksys is a new product, if demand goes up, we can lower prices, if demand stays where it is, the prices stay where they are.
That cute little yagi that Telex makes will make a great client antenna for indoors...
Now, we have been able to acquire a contract with MaxRad to make antennas for us with RP-TNC connectors, FCC Cert, up to 5dbi that will screw onto the back of the access point. This will make a nicer and **cheaper** antenna, but it will not be as good as the dual 6 and 8 sets, but it will make an acceptable "consumer" grade antenna. Don't think we don't evolve, the main reason we started making the Linksys config is due to consumer demand. The Linksys specials are only about 3 weeks old, it takes a little time to get the certs shoved through the FCC! For now, whoever needs a legal antenna set for end user install, we have the commercial grade Linksys antenna sets.
We have been making commercial grade antenna kits and wLAN hardware for some time now. Soon, the 802.11 standard for 5.8ghz will hit the streets, This is going to put most of the consumer gear @ 2.4ghz and the commercial gear @ 5.8ghz, which will have the effect of causing the 2.4ghz antenna prices to go way down.
Another problem is that no matter how cheep we get these antennas, they are always going to be a niche market. Economy of scale isn't going to hit till over 100/week antennas are made, which is an amount almost = to the production of the linksys WAP11.
As a professional, you posted links to antenna sites with antennas ment only for instlation by professionals. You really need to warn people about the FCC issues with this, as most dont even know the diffrence. Big fines await the unknowledgeable...
Iraq has Internet, but only for the military. It is illegal to even own a modem in Iraq. Faxes, copiers, typewriters, etc. have to be registered. Satellite dishes are banned, although people do assemble and camouflage them. Foreign magazines coming into the country are censored, often arriving with certain pages torn out. The government keeps very tight control of any news coming into the country. The internet would be harder to control, so it is banned. Saddam recently declared that the internet is a sinister tool used by governments for brainwashing people and spreading pornography.
Nizar Hamdoun, Iraq's retiring UN ambassador, in a recent interview, said that when he returns to Iraq, he will try to open internet access to the country. He thinks the internet is very useful, and would like Iraqi kids to enjoy the benefits. Hamdoun designed the Iraqi UN mission's web site.
Iraq has international telephone access, which is also often monitored. The network was targeted and damaged during the Gulf War and the recent bombing. So service is sporadic.
Actually, while the destruction of the cats in the Middle ages may have contributed to (or even allowed) the huge increase in the rat population leading to the "Black Plague", I do feel a need to point out something regarding *current* problems with bubonic plague. One of the major problems with the plague is that the fleas that carry it do not live *exclusively* on rats. Domestic animals such as dogs and cats, can get them too.
According to my source at the Coconino County Health Department in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, there have been less than 60 cases state wide, since the first recorded one in 1950, of what we commonly refer to as "bubonic plague". Bubonic plague is actually descriptive of a symptom, not the disease itself which is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is, as mentioned in the earlier post, carried by fleas.
The fleas of rats, mice, prairie dogs, squirrels, chipmunks and even rabbits can all carry Y. pestis. If your dog or cat is out running around free and catches or picks up a dead animal with infected fleas, your dog or cat can get those fleas. Once your pet has those fleas on him or her, they can be brought into your home and you can get the plague. However, this is apparently a very rare happening.
In 1995 there were 5 cases of Plague (Y. pestis) in Arizona. 2 of these were in Coconino county. One of these was in a woman who apparently was infected while visiting relatives in Maricopa County. The other was a man who had been out shooting prairie dogs and had handled several of the carcasses, getting fleas from them. The person at the Coconino County Health Dept. did say it was much more likely to get the aforementioned fleas from a carcass that a dog or cat brought home than directly from your dog or cat, though that was certainly possible and is believed to have happened in the past.
The point being, that while in the 14th century the "Black Death" (which is only assumed to be the same disease as Y. pestis) may or may not have been triggered by the decimation of the cat populations in Europe, we aren't living in the 1300's anymore. Now days, if you let your cat or dog run free he/she is liable to bring you a present that could cost you your life.
And don't even get me started about Hanta virus....
First, I would like to get to know you. Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
I can finally build my own embedded Linux dildo butt plug.
The RIAA is going to try to sue Sunken Kursk, according to this story. Internal memos from within the RIAA outline the record label's findings and strategy going ahead. Great story. Hilary Rosen begging executives to talk about the issue and the RIAA issuing the lamest statement ever. From slashdot.org.
Sorry, no abla spinach.
Lache pas le patate. Mon tarbanack?
Bambi was baby deer,
No time for whiskey, does or beer.
I like Bambi, a wimp he ain't,
He's just trying to make E-8.
SFC Noel W. Fox, Riedsville, Georgia.
Amos Amaker was a wrastling fool,
He used to wrastle alligators on his way to school.
He'd stroke 'em on the belly, a throw 'em in a sack,
Then he'd run on into school with the gators on his back.
Teacher saw him comin' and she stood up on her chair.
Hollered out to Amos that she didn't want him there.
Amos said politely as he settled in his seat,
Better mind your manners, 'cause my gators want some meat.
Born in the backwoods and raised by a bear,
Two coats of jawbone, double coat of hair.
Tamed him down with a big pine board,
He's a mean Ema-Nema, he's a gator by lord.
1 Platoon, A CO., 3/5 INF., 193rd INF. BDE (Panama) Jody Calls, Ist ed.
Osama Bin Laden was sitting in his cave wondering who to terrorize next when his telephone rang. "Hallo! Mr. Bin Laden," a heavily accented voice said. "This is Dubya down in Texas, USA. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"
"Well, Dubya," Osama replied, "This is indeed important news! Tell me, how big is your army?"
"At this moment in time," said Dubya after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, my cousin Jacob, my next door neighbor William, and the entire rodeo team from the pub -- that makes 8!"
Osama sighed. "I must tell you Dubya that I have 1 million men in my army waiting to move on my command."
"Hollyshit!", said Dubya, "I'll have to ring you back!"
Sure enough, the next day Dubya rang back. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some equipment!"
"And what equipment would that be, Dubya?" Osama asked.
"Well, we have 2 combine harvesters, a bulldozer and Murphy's tractor from the farm."
Once more Osama sighed. "I must tell you, Dubya, that I have 16 thousand tanks, 14 thousand armored personnel carriers, and my army has increased to 1 and a half million since we last spoke."
"Really?!" said Dubya "I'll have to ring you back!"
Sure enough, Dubya rang again the next day. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Ted's ultra-light with a couple of rifles in the cockpit and the bridge team has joined us as well!"
Osama was silent for a minute, then sighed. "I must tell you Dubya that I have 10 thousand bombers, 20 thousand MiG 19 attack planes, my military complex is surrounded by laser-guided surface-to-air missile sites, and since we last spoke, my army has increased to 2 million."
"Jesus fucking Christ!", said Dubya, "I'll have to ring you back."
Sure enough, Dubya called again the next day. "Right Mr. Bin Laden, I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."
"I'm sorry to hear that" said Osama. "Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Well," said Dubya "We've all had a chat, and there's no way we can feed 2 million prisoners."
The real question is, am I wearing pants at the moment?
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Well, according to our sattellite pictures, Vlad aka Hemos doesn't hang out onto rooftops.
MPAA would like to interrupt your DVD recording to inform you that your media will autodestruct in 3, 2, 1...
Crime can pay very well, don't get caugh.
The guy comitted a crime, then pled guilty. That's so outrageous. Our freedom is endangered.
That's goatshit and you know it. The growth of the internet was going well way before commercial fucks took over it.
What are you doing as a hobby, beside your job, that earns you money? I've never seen people covering their car or house with banner ads either. Why not stick ads on the forehead of your kids while you're at it.
Ever noticed the 30 minutes of ads at the beginning of every movies, despite the fact that you paid for your ticket. Or the ads on each pages of your favorite magazine, dispite your monthly subscription fees. That's greed, quit kidding yourself, there's no reasonable excuse. People are accepting it more and more like the slaves they are.
What's an idiot?
Yep, the second I turn my back those tiny dwarfs hiding in my monitor are messing up my desktop, fucking bastards.