Here some calculations I made via the Earth Impact Effects Program.
My Parameters: Diameter 390m, Density 3000kg/m^3, Impact Velocity 11 km/s, Angle 45 degrees, Distance from Impact 25 km (sounds acceptably close but not "hey, it hit me on the head" close - if you are closer than that... though luck.)
If it hits Rock:
Final Crater Diameter: 4.87 km = 3.02 miles
The major seismic shaking will arrive at approximately 5 seconds. Richter Scale Magnitude: 6.6
But watch for the air blast... Max wind velocity: 186 m/s = 416 mph - Multistory wall-bearing buildings will collapse.
If you are at least 100 km away, you will still feel the earth shake and hear the air blast, but little damage will be done.
To sum it up, sorry, nope, humanity won't get extinct if this one hits us, and you won't be too affected unless you are rather close to it (100km) or if it hits water (Tsunami anyone) and you live nearby on the coast.
I wonder if the shutdown won't just result in a bigger problem for MPAA & co.
Until now they had basically all torrents at one site, but now they are spread up - except that divide and conquer doesn't work when sqashing pirates. Kill one pirate site and two grow back to replace it.
Kinda reminds me of that old horror movie with the black stones that grew when hit with water, until they broke, then the pieces grew again - "Monolith" I think it was called.
I applaud the judge for his great insight - giving a Computer Science student a computer ban.
And 200k of damages? Er, did he delete research papers or something? (If he did, to make room for his movies, he does deserve it, though).
Sounds more like 200k to finally get their asses moving to fix some security holes, which were there in the first place. He went into my house, through the big holes in my fence, climed through my dried-up moat, opened the door with the broken lock, and then stole my potted plant. It cost me a fortune to replace the lock, refill the moat and fix the fence.
Not really new I think.
They already use this technique to churn out new Boybands and Reality TV shows - at least that's the only way I can explain them.:)
Hmmm, interesting scenario.
The US attac^H^H^H^H^H performs preventive retaliation on some 3rd world country again, because "they have weapons of mass destruction".
Only this time China feels pissed off, cuz its in their "sphere of influence" and since the brave heroes at the Pentagon don't know the word "Diplomacy", China would send troops into the poor 3rd world country too, "to protect its interests".
In turn the USA scrambles their GPS and demands Galileo to be shut down there, so the evil Chinese can't use it against the US troops.
Turns out Europa had enough of the US's "old world" and muscle flexing, and says "No, only if the UN says so" - which of course is deadlocked.
So the great USA shoots down European satellites, which many European countries see as an great provacation and insult...
World War 3, here we come...
No luck searching for analogy or cockpit.
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Tried searching for analogy and cockpit.
Google suggest must have a very dirty mind (and lacks the option to turn off the "adult" filter
Well, I too doubt that it will have any larger effect, BUT first of all, a small effort is better than no effort. And this really might make it easier to get more effective programs under way.
... though personally I doubt it.
In the Kyoto Protocol, signed 1996, the many countries agreed to reduce their Co2 output below 95% of the output in the year 1990.
However, the biggest Co2 producer was among the countries that decided not to ratify the Protocol - the USA - while resposible for 25% of the Co2 produced worldwide, they decided that protecting the environment of the entire world was not an important issue.
Brief update: a few weeks ago Russia ratified the Protocol - way to go USA, even Russia has a higher priority on clima protection than you.
Hmmm...
Perhaps they might catch the odd Script Kiddie (provided their "press button to h4X0r" tool doesn't download Nmap automatically, and if they do know that Nmap exists).
But on the large, they won't catch any serious hacker - first of all, they gonna run through anonymous proxies, secondly they already know the URL (probably in a txt file or something), and thirdly, if they use some kind of tool to help them, self-made or not, it will have a "get Nmap or similar" button.
All in all, nice try, no cigar though.
I might have actually bought a copy of HL 2.
Now I hear about all the fuck you have to endure to be able to play it, ONCE you BOUGHT and PAID for it.
Now I guess I'll sit back, wait to see whoever releases the game first (Perhaps, Hoodlum or Money or perhaps Reloaded - I haven't heard from Razor, Fairlights and Deviance for quite a while) and get it this way, without all this "you need to be online to unlock and to play" bullshit.
And in a couple of months, after HL 2 dropped to perhaps 29.99 or 19.99 and Valve brought out the patch that removes that forced online activation, I'll grab it and play it once more.
Sorry Valve, great game, but I don't like the way you are staring at my ass.;)
Hmmm....
I wonder if it will include Binky, the Helpful Paperclip... "Hi Buddy, looks like you are watching Porn - do you want me to inform all people you know?
Press [YES] to confirm or [YES] to continue
... and why do I curse them?
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... and why do I curse them?
Cuz now I either need to wait for a working X-Box emulator - or need to buy or rent an actual X-Box to play the game ^^;
Curse this ILoveBees ARG...
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Kudoz to the makers of the ILoveBees ARG (= Halo 2 grassroots marketing campaign).
They presented the story incredibly well (and managed to get FOUR times on slashdot)
Well, I hope they improved the AI.
In Halo (at least in the PC version) the enemies were only - somewhat - decent, while your marine buddies were cannonfodder for the most time. Oh well, since you loose them all from mission to mission, over and over again, it probably doesn't matter.;)
The French version of Halo 2 got leaked
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The French version of Halo 2 was leaked a couple of days ago (joining Doom 3 in the "pirated before it hits the shelves" section).
Don't worry dear Americans, they are only there to make sure you'll be governed by the president you elect i.e. the presidential candidate that gets the majority of votes in the majority of states. ;)
A 100% detection (at least in tests) of false signatures? Great!
How hard did they try to create a false signature?
And how often were legit signatures rejected? (I can create an algorithm that filters out 100% of the false signatures, guaranteed - it simply rejects all signatures it gets)
How about Captain Copyright?
See how the dauntless Captain Copyright sells out its friend to the BSA for talking about copying software.
Laught when Captain Copyright battles with the fearsom Product Pirates (and see how they get locked up for 30 years for running an illegal copy of Windows XP).
Be fascinated how Captian Copyright bribes and lobbies the Congress to introduce capital punishment for product theft.
Well, of course if you don't break the law you don't have to worry about anything... except maybe your privacy.
I'm sure you don't mind of some weird techician stumbles about you have phone-xxx with your GF or you talking to your doctor about [emberassing disease XYZ]. And I'm sure that NEVER EVER might one of them be tempted to record your emberrasing conversation and post it on the internet...
To spell it out: Invasion in your privacy is BAD. And this is a serious invasion in your privacy.
Alient Information stored in cells?
It might sound far fetched at first, but when you look at some cell parts like Mitochondria it might be possible. (For those too lazy to click the link: Mitochondria are basically the powerplants of our cells, and posses their own DNA - which indicates that they might have been seperate entities at the beginning)
Another examples is as far as know Chlorophyll. So it could be possible to insert an DNS encoded message in cells.
Tell me you didn't do that. I mean, ok, we are here on./, most of us are geeks and pretty desperate, but there are limits, k.
Try getting a dog (or perhaps a pig - whatever you prefer). I heared that can help (ok, it might still not be great, but better than... your breakfast)
Or best of all - get a girlfriend - that should prevent the entire situation.
So again - please don't throw away your breakfast, just cuz it looks suspicious, either feed it to your pets or get a girlfriend who will make sure that you'll use the milk etc. before it reaches the best-until date.
(PS: Anybody who thought about something else here - shame on you:p)
Yup, Lion King is actally a rip-off too.
They compied almost all from (in the asian are popular and well-known) Tezuka's "Kimba the White Lion"
That alone would not be that bad, but Disney simply refuses to acknowledge the deed. A simple "based upon the works of" or "inspired by" would have acknowledged the original creators work, and cost Disney only about... nothing.
More info here: http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm
Yes, while thousands of fans (i.e. all that remain) celebrate Starwars III: Revenge of the Sh^Hith, truely enlightened fans prepear for the upcoming SEQUEL - Starwars VII Return of the Revenge of the Son of Jar-Jar (Part II) (Part I will be show as a Perquel at a later point)
Follow the exiting, universe-spaning adventures of the Clone of Jar-Jar's illegimate Son, trying to find his true destiny - and possibly a souvenier shop that gives credit.
Cry in emotion with him when he finally discovers that he truly is the Son of Jar-Jar and Luke Skywalker (rumors say, the heart-moving background story will be shown in Part I)
Feel joy when you leave the cineman and finally be sure - SW:Episode 1 and Clone Wars are no longer the worst movies in the SW universe.
Coming to a theater near you:Starwars VII Return of the Revenge of the Son of Jar-Jar (Part II)
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Here some calculations I made via the Earth Impact Effects Program.
My Parameters: Diameter 390m, Density 3000kg/m^3, Impact Velocity 11 km/s, Angle 45 degrees, Distance from Impact 25 km (sounds acceptably close but not "hey, it hit me on the head" close - if you are closer than that... though luck.)
If it hits Rock:
Final Crater Diameter: 4.87 km = 3.02 miles
The major seismic shaking will arrive at approximately 5 seconds. Richter Scale Magnitude: 6.6
But watch for the air blast... Max wind velocity: 186 m/s = 416 mph - Multistory wall-bearing buildings will collapse.
If you are at least 100 km away, you will still feel the earth shake and hear the air blast, but little damage will be done.
To sum it up, sorry, nope, humanity won't get extinct if this one hits us, and you won't be too affected unless you are rather close to it (100km) or if it hits water (Tsunami anyone) and you live nearby on the coast.
I wonder if the shutdown won't just result in a bigger problem for MPAA & co.
Until now they had basically all torrents at one site, but now they are spread up - except that divide and conquer doesn't work when sqashing pirates. Kill one pirate site and two grow back to replace it.
Kinda reminds me of that old horror movie with the black stones that grew when hit with water, until they broke, then the pieces grew again - "Monolith" I think it was called.
I applaud the judge for his great insight - giving a Computer Science student a computer ban.
And 200k of damages? Er, did he delete research papers or something? (If he did, to make room for his movies, he does deserve it, though).
Sounds more like 200k to finally get their asses moving to fix some security holes, which were there in the first place.
He went into my house, through the big holes in my fence, climed through my dried-up moat, opened the door with the broken lock, and then stole my potted plant. It cost me a fortune to replace the lock, refill the moat and fix the fence.
Not really new I think. :)
They already use this technique to churn out new Boybands and Reality TV shows - at least that's the only way I can explain them.
I for one greet our new Christmas-song listening computerized Overlords.
Hmmm, interesting scenario.
The US attac^H^H^H^H^H performs preventive retaliation on some 3rd world country again, because "they have weapons of mass destruction". Only this time China feels pissed off, cuz its in their "sphere of influence" and since the brave heroes at the Pentagon don't know the word "Diplomacy", China would send troops into the poor 3rd world country too, "to protect its interests".
In turn the USA scrambles their GPS and demands Galileo to be shut down there, so the evil Chinese can't use it against the US troops.
Turns out Europa had enough of the US's "old world" and muscle flexing, and says "No, only if the UN says so" - which of course is deadlocked.
So the great USA shoots down European satellites, which many European countries see as an great provacation and insult...
World War 3, here we come...
Tried searching for analogy and cockpit.
Google suggest must have a very dirty mind (and lacks the option to turn off the "adult" filter
Well, I too doubt that it will have any larger effect, BUT first of all, a small effort is better than no effort. And this really might make it easier to get more effective programs under way.
... though personally I doubt it.
In the Kyoto Protocol, signed 1996, the many countries agreed to reduce their Co2 output below 95% of the output in the year 1990.
However, the biggest Co2 producer was among the countries that decided not to ratify the Protocol - the USA - while resposible for 25% of the Co2 produced worldwide, they decided that protecting the environment of the entire world was not an important issue.
Brief update: a few weeks ago Russia ratified the Protocol - way to go USA, even Russia has a higher priority on clima protection than you.
Hmmm...
Perhaps they might catch the odd Script Kiddie (provided their "press button to h4X0r" tool doesn't download Nmap automatically, and if they do know that Nmap exists).
But on the large, they won't catch any serious hacker - first of all, they gonna run through anonymous proxies, secondly they already know the URL (probably in a txt file or something), and thirdly, if they use some kind of tool to help them, self-made or not, it will have a "get Nmap or similar" button.
All in all, nice try, no cigar though.
I might have actually bought a copy of HL 2. ;)
Now I hear about all the fuck you have to endure to be able to play it, ONCE you BOUGHT and PAID for it.
Now I guess I'll sit back, wait to see whoever releases the game first (Perhaps, Hoodlum or Money or perhaps Reloaded - I haven't heard from Razor, Fairlights and Deviance for quite a while) and get it this way, without all this "you need to be online to unlock and to play" bullshit.
And in a couple of months, after HL 2 dropped to perhaps 29.99 or 19.99 and Valve brought out the patch that removes that forced online activation, I'll grab it and play it once more.
Sorry Valve, great game, but I don't like the way you are staring at my ass.
Hmmm....
I wonder if it will include Binky, the Helpful Paperclip...
"Hi Buddy, looks like you are watching Porn - do you want me to inform all people you know?
Press [YES] to confirm or [YES] to continue
... and why do I curse them?
Cuz now I either need to wait for a working X-Box emulator - or need to buy or rent an actual X-Box to play the game ^^;
Kudoz to the makers of the ILoveBees ARG (= Halo 2 grassroots marketing campaign).
They presented the story incredibly well (and managed to get F O U R times on slashdot)
Well, I hope they improved the AI. ;)
In Halo (at least in the PC version) the enemies were only - somewhat - decent, while your marine buddies were cannonfodder for the most time. Oh well, since you loose them all from mission to mission, over and over again, it probably doesn't matter.
The French version of Halo 2 was leaked a couple of days ago (joining Doom 3 in the "pirated before it hits the shelves" section).
Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?
Don't worry dear Americans, they are only there to make sure you'll be governed by the president you elect i.e. the presidential candidate that gets the majority of votes in the majority of states.
;)
A 100% detection (at least in tests) of false signatures? Great!
How hard did they try to create a false signature?
And how often were legit signatures rejected? (I can create an algorithm that filters out 100% of the false signatures, guaranteed - it simply rejects all signatures it gets)
How about Captain Copyright?
See how the dauntless Captain Copyright sells out its friend to the BSA for talking about copying software.
Laught when Captain Copyright battles with the fearsom Product Pirates (and see how they get locked up for 30 years for running an illegal copy of Windows XP).
Be fascinated how Captian Copyright bribes and lobbies the Congress to introduce capital punishment for product theft.
Well, of course if you don't break the law you don't have to worry about anything... except maybe your privacy.
I'm sure you don't mind of some weird techician stumbles about you have phone-xxx with your GF or you talking to your doctor about [emberassing disease XYZ]. And I'm sure that NEVER EVER might one of them be tempted to record your emberrasing conversation and post it on the internet...
To spell it out: Invasion in your privacy is BAD. And this is a serious invasion in your privacy.
Alient Information stored in cells?
It might sound far fetched at first, but when you look at some cell parts like Mitochondria it might be possible. (For those too lazy to click the link: Mitochondria are basically the powerplants of our cells, and posses their own DNA - which indicates that they might have been seperate entities at the beginning)
Another examples is as far as know Chlorophyll. So it could be possible to insert an DNS encoded message in cells.
you ... your breakfast.?
./, most of us are geeks and pretty desperate, but there are limits, k .
... your breakfast)
:p)
Tell me you didn't do that. I mean, ok, we are here on
Try getting a dog (or perhaps a pig - whatever you prefer). I heared that can help (ok, it might still not be great, but better than
Or best of all - get a girlfriend - that should prevent the entire situation.
So again - please don't throw away your breakfast, just cuz it looks suspicious, either feed it to your pets or get a girlfriend who will make sure that you'll use the milk etc. before it reaches the best-until date.
(PS: Anybody who thought about something else here - shame on you
Yup, Lion King is actally a rip-off too.
They compied almost all from (in the asian are popular and well-known) Tezuka's "Kimba the White Lion"
That alone would not be that bad, but Disney simply refuses to acknowledge the deed. A simple "based upon the works of" or "inspired by" would have acknowledged the original creators work, and cost Disney only about... nothing.
More info here: http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm
Yes, while thousands of fans (i.e. all that remain) celebrate Starwars III: Revenge of the Sh^Hith, truely enlightened fans prepear for the upcoming SEQUEL - Starwars VII Return of the Revenge of the Son of Jar-Jar (Part II) (Part I will be show as a Perquel at a later point)
Follow the exiting, universe-spaning adventures of the Clone of Jar-Jar's illegimate Son, trying to find his true destiny - and possibly a souvenier shop that gives credit.
Cry in emotion with him when he finally discovers that he truly is the Son of Jar-Jar and Luke Skywalker (rumors say, the heart-moving background story will be shown in Part I)
Feel joy when you leave the cineman and finally be sure - SW:Episode 1 and Clone Wars are no longer the worst movies in the SW universe.
Coming to a theater near you:Starwars VII Return of the Revenge of the Son of Jar-Jar (Part II)