There was a British (and possibly with later backing and involvement from ESA) project in (iirc) the late 80's early 90's called Hotal, it was a low orbit space plane, mainly focused on passenger travel. It didn't get much beyond the drawing board) As the Skylon project is from ESA I wouldn't be surprised if Hotal had an influence on this.
Firstly it's not 9 faces at the top, it's the Advisary board which is independant.
Actually it looks like a good move. My disolving the board NASA and govenment can change the authority and responsability of the board without having to pander to people already inplace. And when done the board can be reformed with members better suited to it's revised role.
Will it allow me to fix my problems with scrolling and mouse-overs
Does allow us to descibe the evolutionary process of the Ball less mouse, or the mouse wheel.
After the first use of the Gutenberg printing press, the engravers and church are in uproar.
The engravers guild said 'If people could buy books for 2 farthings the engravers would be but out of business.'
A spokesman for the chruch said 'This is against Gods Will and only degrades the sanctaty of the written word and circumvent the correct and proper process of distribution that ensures only books go to the rightful gentry who can read them.'
The church later release imposed a law in which they asked the govenment to ensure all books are produced with a hook and chain allowing printed books to be chained up and so restrict access to only those who are just or just rich. Chained library
But the key word when discussing distros is is distribution
It's what you get 'given' from the company, different distros have different focuses, easy of use, stability, performance, leading edge, business, developers, etc.
There are also file, location and library differences, which appear to be driven by the distros above aims, installing red hat packages on SuSE can be a nightmare! Though this should be aliviated through the Linux Standard Base
Once you start downloading other packages your out of the distro.
And don't forget that the footage for the live show was being beamed from the moon.
I'm sure that one wouldn't have been lost on the Russians.
'I'm sorry comrade general all the only tv program I can get from the moon is "I love lucy"'
Maybe I should just set my email server to bounce anything from any countries govenment agency??
List those email addresses.
Or how about adding them to the email black hole!!
I tried a track down once.
Had a nice hotmail account, no numbers!!
Eventually the amount of spam outweighed the useful content. So I got active.
I don't know what went wrong, either a idiot sysadm got one of my replies or I got targeted by one of the spammers, but hotmail closed my account.
They would only tell me that 'sending of unsolicitated email was against their usage policy' then refused to reply to any further emails from me!! Idiot's just didn't understand.
Glad I did it from hotmail, I could have lost my ISP account!
After canceling its own efforts in September 2000, NASA last November chose a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to design, build and operate a reconnaissance mission to Pluto at a cost of $546 million, including projected inflation. Continuing on to explore a Kuiper Belt object would cost an additional $73 million.
After spending $546 mil they've got to spend the $73 mil to look at the Kuiper Belt. I mean I need to know if it will go with my suit!
Not only is the survey still open for another day (I think still can get my head out of GMT:), but I doubt they've even had time to study the results. The survey (NASA Asks the Public For Advice On Goals)was run not by NASA but by The Planetary Society so IMHO there would have been any time for handover yet.
While I like to think we can make a difference, not this quickly.
How can I define the legality of laws which should be used in the internet community!? I'm just a single person. Law enforcement and legallity is a community definied issue, the community defines the need and the how. But common sense must prevail, if 'inappropriate action' must be taken there must be checks and balances, else lies the way to eventual anarchy or dictatorship. IMHO breaking email accounts or obtaining highly personal data should require the similar procedures to that of a 'search warrant'. This doesn't mean that we go to the courts, but maybe an (s)elected few of the internet, who can judge the issues and grant approval (a little like the mods and meta mods of slashdot;), and another set with the ability, power and recognised authority to carry out the will of the 'court'.
The real truth is that we could do this if enough people really cared, but if we fail to take action to protect the rights of the individual, the govenments of the world will find their own ways to enforce their own laws. And I know we will not like them.
I know this sounds a bit utopian and fuzzy, but imagine trying to explain law and enforcement to cavemen.
I remember watching a show where the mic for the security was in the earpiece, it worked by listen to the vibrations up the jaw bone. No background noise. (Can't get to the main page maybe removed here's the google cache BBC Online - Tomorrow's World - Stories)
What about throat mic's again no background noise.
I do think that Nokia have got a good solution with the predictive spelling on their cellphones.
I agree, the lengths these people finally went to were OTT. We must either (legally) police our own internet community or we'll end up getting even more restrictive laws.
I'd like to see ISP's and sites like eBay taking more responsiblity over their members. 30 days before taking action!
I think Arther C. Clarke was the first to 'theorise' on this.
There's a problem with it though
Anything in motion inside the space station will be subject to what is called "coriolis forces", which would not be experienced due to gravitational forces. The direction of the force is always perpendicular both to the axis of the space station, and the direction of motion. The faster the station rotates, the more the effect will be. So, one should try to make the station larger to minimize coriolis effects.
In 1999, the US balked at Iter's $10bn price tag. Since it left the project, Iter scientists have revised the project and the expected cost now stands at about $4.5bn.
Sounds like my company and estimating a quote for a user. "Hmmm, it's gonna cost 15bn. I know they won't go for that so we'll tell them 10bn." "Oh my god, they didn't go for it. Okay let's try 4.5bn"
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There was a British (and possibly with later backing and involvement from ESA) project in (iirc) the late 80's early 90's called Hotal, it was a low orbit space plane, mainly focused on passenger travel. It didn't get much beyond the drawing board) As the Skylon project is from ESA I wouldn't be surprised if Hotal had an influence on this.
If the reward system is good enough to make the user 'want' to comply, purchase and share on a crediting system it could just work.
I agree with the parent post, it could be very interesting seeing the RIAA work with technology.
If there was any negative representation it was minor, and only while the character was establishing himself.
At least one Lethal Weapon features blacks in gang situations. (Doesn't on kid get mowed down by an uzi after messing around with a gang?)
And predator 2 had a gang on columbian (?) drug dealers.
So these can't be used as a purer than pure situation.
The only person every to go into parliament with the right idea.
Firstly it's not 9 faces at the top, it's the Advisary board which is independant. Actually it looks like a good move. My disolving the board NASA and govenment can change the authority and responsability of the board without having to pander to people already inplace. And when done the board can be reformed with members better suited to it's revised role.
Both these factors should shorten it's reintroduction time.
Will it allow me to fix my problems with scrolling and mouse-overs
Does allow us to descibe the evolutionary process of the Ball less mouse, or the mouse wheel.
After the first use of the Gutenberg printing press, the engravers and church are in uproar.
The engravers guild said 'If people could buy books for 2 farthings the engravers would be but out of business.'
A spokesman for the chruch said 'This is against Gods Will and only degrades the sanctaty of the written word and circumvent the correct and proper process of distribution that ensures only books go to the rightful gentry who can read them.'
The church later release imposed a law in which they asked the govenment to ensure all books are produced with a hook and chain allowing printed books to be chained up and so restrict access to only those who are just or just rich. Chained library
It's what you get 'given' from the company, different distros have different focuses, easy of use, stability, performance, leading edge, business, developers, etc.
There are also file, location and library differences, which appear to be driven by the distros above aims, installing red hat packages on SuSE can be a nightmare! Though this should be aliviated through the Linux Standard Base
Once you start downloading other packages your out of the distro.
I'm sure that one wouldn't have been lost on the Russians.
'I'm sorry comrade general all the only tv program I can get from the moon is "I love lucy"'
Still considered truth by some people
Flat Earth Society
Why the suprise? So many time I find that the best solution to a problem is a compromise between two or more extreme solutions.
Maybe I should just set my email server to bounce anything from any countries govenment agency?? List those email addresses. Or how about adding them to the email black hole!!
I tried a track down once. Had a nice hotmail account, no numbers!! Eventually the amount of spam outweighed the useful content. So I got active. I don't know what went wrong, either a idiot sysadm got one of my replies or I got targeted by one of the spammers, but hotmail closed my account. They would only tell me that 'sending of unsolicitated email was against their usage policy' then refused to reply to any further emails from me!! Idiot's just didn't understand. Glad I did it from hotmail, I could have lost my ISP account!
I don't think using advanced tech would be a good idea, for a mission transit of 10 years you've got to use something reliable and proven.
And with the Mars mission problems you know NASA want to avoid the egg.
After canceling its own efforts in September 2000, NASA last November chose a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to design, build and operate a reconnaissance mission to Pluto at a cost of $546 million, including projected inflation. Continuing on to explore a Kuiper Belt object would cost an additional $73 million.
After spending $546 mil they've got to spend the $73 mil to look at the Kuiper Belt. I mean I need to know if it will go with my suit!
I doubt it.
Not only is the survey still open for another day (I think still can get my head out of GMT:), but I doubt they've even had time to study the results. The survey (NASA Asks the Public For Advice On Goals)was run not by NASA but by The Planetary Society so IMHO there would have been any time for handover yet.
While I like to think we can make a difference, not this quickly.
At least this shows that there are some sensible people involved in making legal juddements in this world, and not being lead by the corporations.
Now we just need to see the judgement for the BT/Prodigy hyperlink case. British Telecom's Hyperlink Claims To Reach U.S. Court
How can I define the legality of laws which should be used in the internet community!? I'm just a single person. ;), and another set with the ability, power and recognised authority to carry out the will of the 'court'.
Law enforcement and legallity is a community definied issue, the community defines the need and the how. But common sense must prevail, if 'inappropriate action' must be taken there must be checks and balances, else lies the way to eventual anarchy or dictatorship.
IMHO breaking email accounts or obtaining highly personal data should require the similar procedures to that of a 'search warrant'. This doesn't mean that we go to the courts, but maybe an (s)elected few of the internet, who can judge the issues and grant approval (a little like the mods and meta mods of slashdot
The real truth is that we could do this if enough people really cared, but if we fail to take action to protect the rights of the individual, the govenments of the world will find their own ways to enforce their own laws. And I know we will not like them.
I know this sounds a bit utopian and fuzzy, but imagine trying to explain law and enforcement to cavemen.
I remember watching a show where the mic for the security was in the earpiece, it worked by listen to the vibrations up the jaw bone. No background noise. (Can't get to the main page maybe removed here's the google cache BBC Online - Tomorrow's World - Stories)
What about throat mic's again no background noise.
I do think that Nokia have got a good solution with the predictive spelling on their cellphones.
I agree, the lengths these people finally went to were OTT.
We must either (legally) police our own internet community or we'll end up getting even more restrictive laws.
I'd like to see ISP's and sites like eBay taking more responsiblity over their members. 30 days before taking action!
I think Arther C. Clarke was the first to 'theorise' on this.
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There's a problem with it though
Anything in motion inside the space station will be subject to what is called "coriolis forces", which would not be experienced due to gravitational forces. The direction of the force is always perpendicular both to the axis of the space station, and the direction of motion. The faster the station rotates, the more the effect will be. So, one should try to make the station larger to minimize coriolis effects.
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae20
So, I can tell one of your govenment agencies what to I'd like them to do, and you the have to pay from your tax. Neat.
Is there anything like this for the CIA?
In 1999, the US balked at Iter's $10bn price tag. Since it left the project, Iter scientists have revised the project and the expected cost now stands at about $4.5bn.
Sounds like my company and estimating a quote for a user. "Hmmm, it's gonna cost 15bn. I know they won't go for that so we'll tell them 10bn."
"Oh my god, they didn't go for it. Okay let's try 4.5bn"