Damn right. I seriously try not to drive, or even go outside within a couple hours of sunset (the sun drops really slow this far north). I can't see a damned thing if I'm facing within 90 degrees of the sun. My eyes are way too light sensitive (not that that's the only thing wrong with them, they're about as close to uncorrectable as possible...)
Thinkgeek makes a point of saying they won't ship it out of the country, and that image is completely illegible, so they're safe. Of course, its not their fault if you happen to be wearing it when you cross a border...
Christ, you should come up to Edmonton. I think the local Chrysler dealers managed to get way more than their fair share. I see at least one every day, and have seen at least 6 different ones with various businesses logos and whatnot on them. I'm seeing more of them than beetles in the last couple of weeks.
Well, those problematic biosphere projects instigated a fair amount of the current "reduced calorie diet" (god I love euphamisms...) research that's going on these days.
I think an Apollo13 type problem wouldn't even get to the comms blackout stage, just because of transmission delays (assuming they're at least close to the destination already).
As far watching them die slowly, I don't think the public would actually get to watch the vid feeds of slowly starving and/or asphixiating(sp?) astronauts. There'd be lots of coverage, but no way NASA lets us watch people in the process of dying...
I'm not too interested in being one of the "first hundred" (not that I've any skills to contribute to such a group, but I digress), but I'd definately want to be in the first million or so. Anyplace where I'm never blinded by the sun (seriously, I can't see anything when the sun is within 20 degrees of the horizon, its just too bright for my poor eyes), the bloody temperature doesn't go up to thirty odd degrees for months at a time (cold, I can live with, more heat is easy to accomplish, less is hard), not surrounded by crowds (I'm practically an ochlophobe), merit truly matters beyond prejudices, where the society and culture aren't too ingrained to be massively changes without violent revolution, is somewhere I'd like to be...
Okay, I can see why an arctic desert environment is useful for simulating marsian terrain and temperature, but shouldn't we be considering the gravity difference in designing rovers and other large engineering projects that are meant for use on Mars? I realise that the Mars Society's contest is "an Operational, rather than an Engineering test-bed", but this still seems like a waste of time, especially considering the use of internal combustion and lack of pressurizing, on top of having to engineer it for Earth gravity...
Nice images, the exterior could really use something to give it scale though. I wonder about the wisdom of loose chairs, especially with wheels if this thing is supposed to be doing any signifigant crater & boulder navigating (and the rules say it should).
Oh well, don't mind me, I'm just cynical about the Mars Society. They come across as kids playing spaceman, all hoping they can get involved in the real thing, if they can just get anyone else to care.
What the hell is so revolutionary about one-click shopping that it deserves a patent? What the hell is so revolutionary about *insert idiotic patent of choice* that it deserves a patent?
If there's one thing people should've noticed in the last year, its that the patent system is not working properly. (and that's assuming you agree with its original intent)
Well, actually, I don't know anyone who buys blank tapes for anything at all. I know lots of people who buy blank discs though (including me), and I don't know of any of them using them to copy music discs.
Well, I don't steal much music. (I won't deny that there are about a dozen songs in my mp3 folder that I don't have on disc somewhere) I also don't buy a hell of a lot of music. At Cdn $16-$19 for most current discs (add Cdn $5 or more if its more than 6 months old), I just can't justify spending the money, especially when I don't know what most of the music sounds like. $5 CD's would be very likely to increase my purchases (probably beyond the total amount I spend now), but I suppose I'd still go and get the occasional single to see what it sounds like, or just for convience. (I wanted to know what Madonna's American Pie sounded like. I do. I wanted to beable to listen to all along the watchtower. I can. At the same time, I bought Play because I really like Flower)
So? You can't argue that everyone buying blank tapes and discs will be doing anything with other peoples IP either, but there's still a charge put on them to recoup "losses" on them.
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fall on his own sword? I'd say its more we're going to run him through with his own sword, then arrange the body to suggest that he might have done it himself...
side of head, or side of tub, either way, the effect is similar I suspect one would be considerable more bloody.
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You know, I hadn't realized that the slow motion in every single action scene was why I was _bored_ halfway through MI:2! (I caught myself wondering when it would be over already before they got to Australia...) Everything was very artistic and nice to watch, but I really didn't care much about what was going on...
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The only two opinions I heard about Titan before I saw (and enjoyed) it were: I thought the visuals were incredible; and: I don't go in for this mixing of cg and drawn animation.
I don't know. I took my little sister (she's 12) to Fantasia 2000, and she enjoyed it just fine. I'll admit, _I_ enjoyed it more than she did, but she was glad we went.
They're still free, the ISP isn't getting the money that the call costs, the telco is. I'm trying to find an Edmonton area free isp (anyone want to send me some ideas? I don't think my email is hard to fix...) for my mother. She'll wind up with long distance charges on her phone bill, but that doesn't change the nature of the isp...
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While 50 degrees is impressive, I assume that's with the tanks full. How stable is it when you're nearly out of fuel?
Damn right. I seriously try not to drive, or even go outside within a couple hours of sunset (the sun drops really slow this far north). I can't see a damned thing if I'm facing within 90 degrees of the sun. My eyes are way too light sensitive (not that that's the only thing wrong with them, they're about as close to uncorrectable as possible...)
I've still been metamoding every night. If I don't get a new link tonight, I'll let you know...
Thinkgeek makes a point of saying they won't ship it out of the country, and that image is completely illegible, so they're safe. Of course, its not their fault if you happen to be wearing it when you cross a border...
Well, on his behalf, it is hard to tell them apart, they act pretty much the same way.
Christ, you should come up to Edmonton. I think the local Chrysler dealers managed to get way more than their fair share. I see at least one every day, and have seen at least 6 different ones with various businesses logos and whatnot on them. I'm seeing more of them than beetles in the last couple of weeks.
Always, always be part of the group that's throwing the planet-killer asteroids around...
Well, those problematic biosphere projects instigated a fair amount of the current "reduced calorie diet" (god I love euphamisms...) research that's going on these days.
I think an Apollo13 type problem wouldn't even get to the comms blackout stage, just because of transmission delays (assuming they're at least close to the destination already).
As far watching them die slowly, I don't think the public would actually get to watch the vid feeds of slowly starving and/or asphixiating(sp?) astronauts. There'd be lots of coverage, but no way NASA lets us watch people in the process of dying...
I'm not too interested in being one of the "first hundred" (not that I've any skills to contribute to such a group, but I digress), but I'd definately want to be in the first million or so. Anyplace where I'm never blinded by the sun (seriously, I can't see anything when the sun is within 20 degrees of the horizon, its just too bright for my poor eyes), the bloody temperature doesn't go up to thirty odd degrees for months at a time (cold, I can live with, more heat is easy to accomplish, less is hard), not surrounded by crowds (I'm practically an ochlophobe), merit truly matters beyond prejudices, where the society and culture aren't too ingrained to be massively changes without violent revolution, is somewhere I'd like to be...
Okay, I can see why an arctic desert environment is useful for simulating marsian terrain and temperature, but shouldn't we be considering the gravity difference in designing rovers and other large engineering projects that are meant for use on Mars? I realise that the Mars Society's contest is "an Operational, rather than an Engineering test-bed", but this still seems like a waste of time, especially considering the use of internal combustion and lack of pressurizing, on top of having to engineer it for Earth gravity...
Nice images, the exterior could really use something to give it scale though. I wonder about the wisdom of loose chairs, especially with wheels if this thing is supposed to be doing any signifigant crater & boulder navigating (and the rules say it should).
Oh well, don't mind me, I'm just cynical about the Mars Society. They come across as kids playing spaceman, all hoping they can get involved in the real thing, if they can just get anyone else to care.
What the hell is so revolutionary about one-click shopping that it deserves a patent?
What the hell is so revolutionary about *insert idiotic patent of choice* that it deserves a patent?
If there's one thing people should've noticed in the last year, its that the patent system is not working properly. (and that's assuming you agree with its original intent)
Well, actually, I don't know anyone who buys blank tapes for anything at all. I know lots of people who buy blank discs though (including me), and I don't know of any of them using them to copy music discs.
Well, I don't steal much music. (I won't deny that there are about a dozen songs in my mp3 folder that I don't have on disc somewhere) I also don't buy a hell of a lot of music. At Cdn $16-$19 for most current discs (add Cdn $5 or more if its more than 6 months old), I just can't justify spending the money, especially when I don't know what most of the music sounds like. $5 CD's would be very likely to increase my purchases (probably beyond the total amount I spend now), but I suppose I'd still go and get the occasional single to see what it sounds like, or just for convience. (I wanted to know what Madonna's American Pie sounded like. I do. I wanted to beable to listen to all along the watchtower. I can. At the same time, I bought Play because I really like Flower)
So? You can't argue that everyone buying blank tapes and discs will be doing anything with other peoples IP either, but there's still a charge put on them to recoup "losses" on them.
fall on his own sword? I'd say its more we're going to run him through with his own sword, then arrange the body to suggest that he might have done it himself...
Some manner of reverse class action? Big evil corporate type sues multitudes?
Well maybe, but we're talking about a lone zealot who's already dead here. Who exactly are the imperials going to come down on?
I remember seeing a tape someone made of ET with a video cam in a theatre. Why would anyone want such a horrible viewing experience?
Doesn't matter anyhow. I got a +1 elsewhere at the same time, so my karma didn't change...
side of head, or side of tub, either way, the effect is similar
I suspect one would be considerable more bloody.
You know, I hadn't realized that the slow motion in every single action scene was why I was _bored_ halfway through MI:2! (I caught myself wondering when it would be over already before they got to Australia...) Everything was very artistic and nice to watch, but I really didn't care much about what was going on...
The only two opinions I heard about Titan before I saw (and enjoyed) it were: I thought the visuals were incredible; and: I don't go in for this mixing of cg and drawn animation.
I thought the characters and plot were just as good as any other Hollywood movie. Predictable enough, but absolutely bloody gorgeous.
I don't know. I took my little sister (she's 12) to Fantasia 2000, and she enjoyed it just fine. I'll admit, _I_ enjoyed it more than she did, but she was glad we went.
They're still free, the ISP isn't getting the money that the call costs, the telco is. I'm trying to find an Edmonton area free isp (anyone want to send me some ideas? I don't think my email is hard to fix...) for my mother. She'll wind up with long distance charges on her phone bill, but that doesn't change the nature of the isp...