Is it just me, or does anyone else fail to see the difference between Wired's rating system and Josh Calder's, on which it's "based". Might "copped" be a better word?
Wired: Adrenaline, Vision, and Precision
Calder: Futurism, Entertainment, Plausibility
Just struck me as a bunch of synonymous words, shuffled around a little bit.
I noticed that one post made mention of some ELF towers in Annapolis. Since I live in Annapolis, and had never heard of this, I got rather curious.
After a quick Google search, I came up with a few interesting things:
Although not as old as NAA, NSS is still in operation on VLF. In fact, it is the oldest continuously operating very low frequency station in the entire world! NSS is located on the small peninsula known as Greenbury Point on the northeastern shore of the Severn River, directly across from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Found on http://members.aol.com/k6dc/history.htm. Check this link out for some good info and pics!
LF (Low Frequency) and VLF (Very Low Frequency) antennas there are no longer used by the Navy and were made available for some experiments by AMRAD... The Antenna, approximately 400 ft long, is suspended between two towers approximately 300 ft high. Found at http://www.amrad.org/projects/lf/March1999NSS/. More good pics of antennae and info on this link.
28. "ELF Communications System Isn't Needed, Might Not Work, GAO Says," Aerospace Daily, March 22, 1979, 107 (cites GAO classified report, The Navy's Strategic Communications System, PSAD-79-48); Seafarer ELF Communications System Final Evaluation Impact Statement for Site Selection and Test Operation (Washington, DC: Dept. of the Navy, December 1977). Found on http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/milgeo/milgeoch4n.ht ml
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone
covering all waters within a 2,000 foot radius of each of three Very
Low Frequency (VLF) towers located between Greenbury Point and Possum
Point, near Annapolis, Maryland. Potts and Callahan, Inc. will be
demolishing the three towers with explosives. This safety zone is
intended to restrict maritime traffic in order to protect mariners from
the hazards associated with the demolition.
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/Novemb er/Day-29/i30882.htm This was in December, 1999.
So it looks like the Navy did, in fact, have a rather groundbreaking ELF setup back in the day. Unfortunately those antennae seem to be gone now, but hey, technology marches on. Now that I'm reading some of these articles I know exactly which antennae they're talking about, and I do remember noticing that there seemed to suddenly be fewer of them a couple years ago...
Would someone please tell me how in the hell the parent of this post got modded as Off-Topic?!? Latin is an old language that's forgotten by almost everyone. A small group of people, however, use it on an everyday basis, e.g. scientists and other similar professions. That would seem to me to be a perfect example of a "language long forgotten that is still used in the real world"!
Just cause it's not a computer language doesn't make it off topic. Honestly, I'd say it's the bset answer on here so far, and it's funny to boot. Yeesh...I hate to use the cliche, but think outside the box!
Alright, I saw this movie last night and thought it was awesome! Some people have been saying that it wasn't groundbreaking or that it wasn't up to par with Toy Story, etc. Personally, I don't really care too much about that - I went into the movie looking for a few laughs and got much more than I expected.
1) The voice acting was great. John Goodman's character (Sully) was hilarious. He had that gentle giant quality about him, due in large part to Goodman's voice presence. This is not to take anything away from Billy Crystal's and Steve Buschemi's characters, but Goodman really carried this film as far as personality.
2) The animation was good. From a strictly technical point of view, the fur/hair systems were excellent, and the rest of the CG was right up to par with what I was expecting from Pixar. While it didn't really break new ground, I don't know that it really needed to. The graphics were good enough that I really didn't notice them after the first few minutes of the movie.
3) There is some great cinematography in the movie. The door-riding roller coaster scene was absa-frickin-lutely crazy. I was actually tense watching them hang on and jump from door to door. Various other scenes in the movie make very effective, though less noticable, use of camera angles and colors and composition to give a great sense of feel to the scene.
4) As was noted in another post, the movie touched on some ethical/moral issues in a very light-hearted, kid-accessible kind of way. That was nice to see.
5) The animated short, 'For the Birds', at the beginning of the movie had me and my friends rolling. Pixar has a snippet of it up on their web site, but you really should see the whole thing. If you go see this movie, definitely get there in time for the previews. I would pay a couple bucks out of my ticket price just to see that short again. BTW, the snippet is here on the Pixar site.
Okay, this is getting rather lengthy, so let me stop while I'm ahead. Long story short, I would recommend this movie to anyone with a sense of humor, especially those with kids.
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I think they'd feel a little bit different if we were to "only probe the ports on [their] computer that [they] have made public".
Is it just me, or does anyone else fail to see the difference between Wired's rating system and Josh Calder's, on which it's "based". Might "copped" be a better word?
Wired: Adrenaline, Vision, and Precision
Calder: Futurism, Entertainment, Plausibility
Just struck me as a bunch of synonymous words, shuffled around a little bit.
I noticed that one post made mention of some ELF towers in Annapolis. Since I live in Annapolis, and had never heard of this, I got rather curious. After a quick Google search, I came up with a few interesting things:
So it looks like the Navy did, in fact, have a rather groundbreaking ELF setup back in the day. Unfortunately those antennae seem to be gone now, but hey, technology marches on. Now that I'm reading some of these articles I know exactly which antennae they're talking about, and I do remember noticing that there seemed to suddenly be fewer of them a couple years ago...
Would someone please tell me how in the hell the parent of this post got modded as Off-Topic?!? Latin is an old language that's forgotten by almost everyone. A small group of people, however, use it on an everyday basis, e.g. scientists and other similar professions. That would seem to me to be a perfect example of a "language long forgotten that is still used in the real world"!
Just cause it's not a computer language doesn't make it off topic. Honestly, I'd say it's the bset answer on here so far, and it's funny to boot. Yeesh...I hate to use the cliche, but think outside the box!
Alright, I saw this movie last night and thought it was awesome! Some people have been saying that it wasn't groundbreaking or that it wasn't up to par with Toy Story, etc. Personally, I don't really care too much about that - I went into the movie looking for a few laughs and got much more than I expected.
1) The voice acting was great. John Goodman's character (Sully) was hilarious. He had that gentle giant quality about him, due in large part to Goodman's voice presence. This is not to take anything away from Billy Crystal's and Steve Buschemi's characters, but Goodman really carried this film as far as personality.
2) The animation was good. From a strictly technical point of view, the fur/hair systems were excellent, and the rest of the CG was right up to par with what I was expecting from Pixar. While it didn't really break new ground, I don't know that it really needed to. The graphics were good enough that I really didn't notice them after the first few minutes of the movie.
3) There is some great cinematography in the movie. The door-riding roller coaster scene was absa-frickin-lutely crazy. I was actually tense watching them hang on and jump from door to door. Various other scenes in the movie make very effective, though less noticable, use of camera angles and colors and composition to give a great sense of feel to the scene.
4) As was noted in another post, the movie touched on some ethical/moral issues in a very light-hearted, kid-accessible kind of way. That was nice to see.
5) The animated short, 'For the Birds', at the beginning of the movie had me and my friends rolling. Pixar has a snippet of it up on their web site, but you really should see the whole thing. If you go see this movie, definitely get there in time for the previews. I would pay a couple bucks out of my ticket price just to see that short again. BTW, the snippet is here on the Pixar site.
Okay, this is getting rather lengthy, so let me stop while I'm ahead. Long story short, I would recommend this movie to anyone with a sense of humor, especially those with kids.