Not only is it an urban legend. Fact of the matter is it is more wise to use pressurized pens in space. That's because pencils contain 'graphite' with is conductive. If graphite dust infiltrated sensitive electronics, it could be disastrous.
We are drilling in Prudhoe bay, about 50 miles from ANWR. Is there a "destruction of habitat" there? Nope. The wildlife is actually doing better there.
Really? I seem to recall this little incident in Prudhoe Bay not long ago. Lets just say there was a major pipeline leak that caused some environmental damage due to some penny pinching by 'Big Oil' men who wanted to maximize their profit over doing routine pipeline maintenance. ANWR isn't going to solve our problem and the reserves aren't even enough to last us 5 years. We could drill ANWR out, completely ruin the habitat and only have to revert to importing foreign oil after 5 years. Where the hell would that get us? Exactly no-where, minus a Wildlife Preserve and we would be back in the same exact position we are today.
The moon has an abundance of hydrogen isotopes on the surface, mostly because it scoops up all of the hydrogen 'ash' from the solar wind. It would be perfect for jump starting our 'Hydrogen economy'
Plus I'm sure there is an abundance of other materials that could be mined from the moon that would benefit humanity.
Hmmm I find it funny that it took me only two hours to set up a SuSE 9.1 / WinXP dual boot system. Additionally I can right click to change my screen resolution in KDE. I think you're just spreading misinformation. . .
I think his point is, if you are on an infected windows box and ssh or telnet into a *nix machine it will keylog the user name and password typed in for that session. Not that Korgo can infect *nix machines as well. ..
No Tito and Shuttleworth were the first 'paying' space tourist. There is a major distinction. Congressional and Senate memebers obviously were non-paying.
Apparently you know nothing of the ISS orbital inclination. It's orbit is high enough that it is at the absolutely upper limit that the shuttle can reach.
You're a motard. ..the state of california just ONE MONTH AGO, required all gasoline to contain ethanol. It's a hell of a lot better than the alternative MTBE which causes CANCER.
Additionally, if you did an non-biased research, you would have found out that ethanol burns extremely clean. Almost as clean as natural gas.
I think he meant 'shared network' as in on a network segment that is not a vlan or switched. Because if you are on a switched/vlan network you can't easily sniff traffic being broadcasted across other network nodes.
I might be risking my karma here, but how can you say that the people in China have the ability to choose the government they want?
I might be mistaken, but isn't their government COMMUNIST. The people of China have no say in how their government is run, they can only cower and hope that they don't say something that displeases a government official enough to throw them in a prison. You need a clue pal.
Also shame on the dope who moded his comments up as insightful.
Most WISP's use 900mhz where there is a substantial amount of tree cover. 900mhz can penetrate the tree canopy much easier than 2.4ghz because of the wavelength.
2.4ghz has a problem with dense water, and in tree leaves their is significant amount to cause multipath reflection. Multipath reflection is caused when the wavelength of any given radio signal is short enough to be relected by the water molecules.
At 900mhz the wavelength is much greater than 2.4ghz so it doesn't have as much difficulty.
Well this is what they have done in the past. During the height of Napster they claimed they had been losing sales but the truth was that they had more CD purchases than ever.
Another funny thing I would like to mention is that the Information Minister in a press conference stated that the supposed Iraqi Scud missile attacks were 'impossible' because Iraq does not have Scud missiles. However, our Patriot missiles have found and destroyed two of them mid air.
I completely agree. ..working for a small ISP that has reselled SBC DSL packages in the past, I can vouch for this. SBC is the primary reason for all of the telecommunication industry's problems. I have DTV service myself, but if this goes through I will be canceling.
And another tidbit of information SBC Pacbell in California is canceling it's DSL reseller program. That shows what scum they are, and now the FCC has authorized them to sell their own long distance service. SBC is evolving backwards to the day of pre-baby bell break ups. And they are proving every day that they want to put small and mid size independent ISP's out of business, as illustrated by them canceling the DSL reseller program.
As an ISP employee I can also vouch for the various billing problems we have had with SBC previously, including being TRIPLE charged for T1 lines, being TRIPLE charged for local loop fees, etc. That's why I fear this situation, if SBC owns DTV then they will a) up the rates and b) over charge their customers c) provide a really crappy service. I will go back to the cable co. in my area. Now its turning out that the ILEC's are a lot more anti-competitive than the Cable companies!
At least the cable companies do not try to shoot down satellites, SBC PURPOSFULLY provisions DSL lines incorrectly, pushes back due dates AND closes trouble tickets WITH OUT RESOLUTION. SBC has proven with it's track record that it can not be trusted with our basic telecomm services so WHY should they be trusted with satellite tv service?
Additionally, when you complain about their 'fraudulent' billing practices they will put your whole account on hold, so you AND your customers suffer for their ineptness. Then they take their time with the billing investigation.
Some might think these 'charges' are pulled out of thin air, but I have had first hand experience with their provisioning and support departments. I have had customers that eventually left because of all the issues SBC has thrown towards my employer, and then they sign up for SBC dsl directly and they never experience any issues with the due dates or provisioning aforementioned. I believe this illustrates SBC's clear intent of anti-competitive tatics.
I would beg to differ. Most schools I have seen have already migrated away from floppies and use other magnetic media like Zip disks. And to counter your size arguement, you can buy 8cm CDRW disks for nearly the same price as floppies in bulk so that is a null point.
Floppies are almost the last piece for legacy hardware that exists in PC's today. We need to move on and most would agree.
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Not only is it an urban legend. Fact of the matter is it is more wise to use pressurized pens in space. That's because pencils contain 'graphite' with is conductive. If graphite dust infiltrated sensitive electronics, it could be disastrous.
We are drilling in Prudhoe bay, about 50 miles from ANWR. Is there a "destruction of habitat" there? Nope. The wildlife is actually doing better there.
Really? I seem to recall this little incident in Prudhoe Bay not long ago. Lets just say there was a major pipeline leak that caused some environmental damage due to some penny pinching by 'Big Oil' men who wanted to maximize their profit over doing routine pipeline maintenance. ANWR isn't going to solve our problem and the reserves aren't even enough to last us 5 years. We could drill ANWR out, completely ruin the habitat and only have to revert to importing foreign oil after 5 years. Where the hell would that get us? Exactly no-where, minus a Wildlife Preserve and we would be back in the same exact position we are today.
DiDiot, would you prefer if I called at 2am? Okay then.
Seems like CBS has said a lot about Dick and Bush lately. SOMEONE CALL THE FCC!!!!111
Errr. WRONG. Allen & Rutan did not spend $200 million to develop/build SS1. Allen invested $25 million which was enough to complete the project.
The moon has an abundance of hydrogen isotopes on the surface, mostly because it scoops up all of the hydrogen 'ash' from the solar wind. It would be perfect for jump starting our 'Hydrogen economy'
Plus I'm sure there is an abundance of other materials that could be mined from the moon that would benefit humanity.
Hmmm I find it funny that it took me only two hours to set up a SuSE 9.1 / WinXP dual boot system. Additionally I can right click to change my screen resolution in KDE. I think you're just spreading misinformation. . .
I think his point is, if you are on an infected windows box and ssh or telnet into a *nix machine it will keylog the user name and password typed in for that session. Not that Korgo can infect *nix machines as well. . .
No Tito and Shuttleworth were the first 'paying' space tourist. There is a major distinction. Congressional and Senate memebers obviously were non-paying.
Apparently you know nothing of the ISS orbital inclination. It's orbit is high enough that it is at the absolutely upper limit that the shuttle can reach.
OC stands for Optical Connection. All OC lines are fiber.
You're a motard. . .the state of california just ONE MONTH AGO, required all gasoline to contain ethanol. It's a hell of a lot better than the alternative MTBE which causes CANCER.
Additionally, if you did an non-biased research, you would have found out that ethanol burns extremely clean. Almost as clean as natural gas.
I think he meant 'shared network' as in on a network segment that is not a vlan or switched. Because if you are on a switched/vlan network you can't easily sniff traffic being broadcasted across other network nodes.
I might be risking my karma here, but how can you say that the people in China have the ability to choose the government they want?
I might be mistaken, but isn't their government COMMUNIST. The people of China have no say in how their government is run, they can only cower and hope that they don't say something that displeases a government official enough to throw them in a prison. You need a clue pal.
Also shame on the dope who moded his comments up as insightful.
Burning retros on the way down is the way to go.
This show how ignorant you are. . .the Polar lander in '99 used retros and it still crashed. Get a clue.
No, Torvalds lives in Sunnyvale,CA.
Where are they then? Ya stupid commie! lol
Most WISP's use 900mhz where there is a substantial amount of tree cover. 900mhz can penetrate the tree canopy much easier than 2.4ghz because of the wavelength.
2.4ghz has a problem with dense water, and in tree leaves their is significant amount to cause multipath reflection. Multipath reflection is caused when the wavelength of any given radio signal is short enough to be relected by the water molecules.
At 900mhz the wavelength is much greater than 2.4ghz so it doesn't have as much difficulty.
Well this is what they have done in the past. During the height of Napster they claimed they had been losing sales but the truth was that they had more CD purchases than ever.
I think he was refering to clicks as in distance.
Another funny thing I would like to mention is that the Information Minister in a press conference stated that the supposed Iraqi Scud missile attacks were 'impossible' because Iraq does not have Scud missiles. However, our Patriot missiles have found and destroyed two of them mid air.
LOL well yea leave it to the gov't and they will take care of that.
I completely agree. . .working for a small ISP that has reselled SBC DSL packages in the past, I can vouch for this. SBC is the primary reason for all of the telecommunication industry's problems. I have DTV service myself, but if this goes through I will be canceling.
And another tidbit of information SBC Pacbell in California is canceling it's DSL reseller program. That shows what scum they are, and now the FCC has authorized them to sell their own long distance service. SBC is evolving backwards to the day of pre-baby bell break ups. And they are proving every day that they want to put small and mid size independent ISP's out of business, as illustrated by them canceling the DSL reseller program.
As an ISP employee I can also vouch for the various billing problems we have had with SBC previously, including being TRIPLE charged for T1 lines, being TRIPLE charged for local loop fees, etc. That's why I fear this situation, if SBC owns DTV then they will a) up the rates and b) over charge their customers c) provide a really crappy service. I will go back to the cable co. in my area. Now its turning out that the ILEC's are a lot more anti-competitive than the Cable companies!
At least the cable companies do not try to shoot down satellites, SBC PURPOSFULLY provisions DSL lines incorrectly, pushes back due dates AND closes trouble tickets WITH OUT RESOLUTION. SBC has proven with it's track record that it can not be trusted with our basic telecomm services so WHY should they be trusted with satellite tv service?
Additionally, when you complain about their 'fraudulent' billing practices they will put your whole account on hold, so you AND your customers suffer for their ineptness. Then they take their time with the billing investigation.
Some might think these 'charges' are pulled out of thin air, but I have had first hand experience with their provisioning and support departments. I have had customers that eventually left because of all the issues SBC has thrown towards my employer, and then they sign up for SBC dsl directly and they never experience any issues with the due dates or provisioning aforementioned. I believe this illustrates SBC's clear intent of anti-competitive tatics.
I would beg to differ. Most schools I have seen have already migrated away from floppies and use other magnetic media like Zip disks. And to counter your size arguement, you can buy 8cm CDRW disks for nearly the same price as floppies in bulk so that is a null point.
Floppies are almost the last piece for legacy hardware that exists in PC's today. We need to move on and most would agree.
Ahh come on Hemos, this page is really old. And besides I've seen 802.11b links work at 12 miles full throttle at 11 mbps. This is nothing!
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