OH HELL NO. I can't believe they'd use a video game to force that anti-Oswald bullshit on us! EVERYONE knows it was the mafia in concert with cuban dictator Fidel Castro, Local 502 - Circus Clown Union, and the Jews, always the Jews....
For those who are confused: Just a while ago there was this book review. "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" By George Dyson. Looks like an interesting read, I'll have to pick it up next time I'm at the library.
Good job moderators [/sarcas], but if you really want to get in, just remeber the NYT Random Login Generator. It won't work directly from the website anymore because the Times has blocked all requests from his site, but just download and run it from your machine, click the button, refresh once and you're in. Works like a charm.
As the Sydney Herald article points out (*reading* the articles! who does that anymore?), It is most likely a Kuiper-belt object, part of the very large belt of asteroids 30 AU to 50 AU from the Sun, containing many trans-Neptunian asteroid-like objects.
I've never been much for PDAs, mostly because I don't need one, but I'd spirng for one in a minute if it was cheap. That's why I'm looking into Palm's new Zire... only $100 and it looks decent enough. But this new PDA looks excellent, I code a little Java, so it would be a fun little thing to fool around on. And this is encouraging:
The state of the Art and very aggressive Power Management system to ensure battery life of at least TWICE that of any PocketPC available today.
Hell, for $200-B&W or $300-Color and decent battery life I'd jump for that.
I looked past it the story three times on the front page because I was looking at earlier stories, etc. and I swear each of those 3 times I saw the story title as "Declaring The Death of Maytags".
Don't you people see the commercials? Those repairmen don't have anything to do at all, how can you declare the death of something that never breaks?!
While Martinez-Frias said he was far from certain as to why the ice meteors formed, he said they were neither hoaxes nor blocks of ice falling from the bars or bathrooms of passing aircraft, as skeptics have suggested.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.... you can give me some karma now please.
The person also made a further explanation, saying that China used the US chip in the past. Information security constitutes the first and foremost line in national defence. However, the line was built on the foreign technology and completed with materials from a foreign country, and so we cannot but be worried about it.
You can't tell me that I was the only person who did a double-take when I read that. That must be why the P4 requires so much power, IT'S GOT A SECRET GOVERNMENT TRANSMITTER INSIDE OF IT. Good thing I wrap my case in the same thick tin foil I used for my hats. And to think that my neighbors call me crazy! At least my data isn't being uploaded to a secret government satellite!
You're my new hero, this program rocks! But they still have the mir space station set as a sattelite for Earth.:P Oh well, they should code into it the days leading up to it's ultimate demise so you can go back in time and watch it slowly disintegrate on reentry... hahaha! Oh yeah, and some of those textures for the planets are kind of uhhh, i don't know, low res, I'd like to be able to see a little more detail, but it's still a great program, thanks for the link.
Don't forget that in _Engines of Creation_, K. Eric Drexler devotes a whole chapter (i think, it's been awhile) to protein folding and how it may lead to the first 'nano-machines' in a sense. If we know how certain proteins fold perhaps we can get them to fold im just the right way to make the first crude nano-assembler. Although the book *was* written quite a bit ago (1987 I belive), so I'm not sure if the nanotech community still looks to protein folding as a possible method for building assemblers.
And yes, I run a F@H client on my box damn near 24/7. I like how it's very conservative with it's use of resources when I run other app's. I can play Counter-Strike or UT2K2 and not even have to terminate it.
If anyone is interested in this stuff, mostly Glenn Curtiss stuff, I'd reccommend the Discovery Wings channel. I was never much for planes until I got that channel when we ordered digital cable. It's great stuff, I love watching the pieces on the modern technology as much as I love watching all of the historical stuff. I've seen 3 or 4 different shows (3 shows a day, an hour a piece, repeated more or less continuously for an entire day) on Glenn Curtiss and it helps you put a human face on early aviation, makes it more interesting when it's not just planes and dates. I don't think I've seen a show on yet devoted to patent fights over airplanes, but it has been mentioned several times in passing. Discovery Wings channel and the Discovery Science channel are reason enough to your average nerd to get digital cable. (Disclaimer, i don't work for any of the cable companies or the discovery channel.:P)
I totally agree with you, I already emailed them about this. I basically said they should try doing it like BBC News, with different subsections for various parts of the world (middle east, europe, south asia, the americas, etc.). Along the same lines, I can't believe the Sci./Tech section. They definently need do something to allow for a higher degree of specificity. Micrsoft buying Rare and Phillip Morris being suing online cigarette sellers is all well and good, but maybe I'd like to see just space stories, or just computer stories. If they set it up so Sci./Tech had different subsections (the internet, space, computers, video games, etc.) it would be a lot more user-friendly.
It's sad but true. Last night I was on IRC and a net-buddy was bemoaning that there wasn't anyone on any of the CS/DoD servers he frequents, saying that it being a Saturday night the servers should be packed. I said, if we were normal people that would be totally backwards, we'd all be out on dates. But since we're geeks, yeah that sounds about right. Then my brother walked in and said something funny about how he could cook an egg on his overclocked Athlon, and I in response I said, "Lol," instead of chuckling.
Amazon goofed up, there's actually no new news regarding segways and when they'll be available.
Amazon.com blamed its email robot for the error. "A small number of customers were e-mailed in error by one of our automated e-mailing systems today. In actuality there is no new information about Segway availability. We of course will let that small number of customers know that they should disregard the e-mail."
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twajs....
Couldn't stand waiting a few stories to slashdot another Microsoft related site? ;p
For those who are confused: Just a while ago there was this book review. "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" By George Dyson. Looks like an interesting read, I'll have to pick it up next time I'm at the library.
I want to be just like this guy when I grow up. :D
Good job moderators [/sarcas], but if you really want to get in, just remeber the NYT Random Login Generator. It won't work directly from the website anymore because the Times has blocked all requests from his site, but just download and run it from your machine, click the button, refresh once and you're in. Works like a charm.
As the Sydney Herald article points out (*reading* the articles! who does that anymore?), It is most likely a Kuiper-belt object, part of the very large belt of asteroids 30 AU to 50 AU from the Sun, containing many trans-Neptunian asteroid-like objects.
Ooh! Ooh! What is karma whoring, Alex?
Don't you people see the commercials? Those repairmen don't have anything to do at all, how can you declare the death of something that never breaks?!
MIR is no longer in orbit, it was brought down in March of 2001. Remember? Fiery blaze over the South Pacific? Free tacos for every American?
Am I wrong in thinking that an LCD screen would not cause him such problems? Or what exactly is the problem when he looks at computer screens?
Hogwash. General statements like that are just FUD. ;P
You're my new hero, this program rocks! But they still have the mir space station set as a sattelite for Earth. :P Oh well, they should code into it the days leading up to it's ultimate demise so you can go back in time and watch it slowly disintegrate on reentry... hahaha! Oh yeah, and some of those textures for the planets are kind of uhhh, i don't know, low res, I'd like to be able to see a little more detail, but it's still a great program, thanks for the link.
Dude! You're getting some karma!
And yes, I run a F@H client on my box damn near 24/7. I like how it's very conservative with it's use of resources when I run other app's. I can play Counter-Strike or UT2K2 and not even have to terminate it.
If anyone is interested in this stuff, mostly Glenn Curtiss stuff, I'd reccommend the Discovery Wings channel. I was never much for planes until I got that channel when we ordered digital cable. It's great stuff, I love watching the pieces on the modern technology as much as I love watching all of the historical stuff. I've seen 3 or 4 different shows (3 shows a day, an hour a piece, repeated more or less continuously for an entire day) on Glenn Curtiss and it helps you put a human face on early aviation, makes it more interesting when it's not just planes and dates. I don't think I've seen a show on yet devoted to patent fights over airplanes, but it has been mentioned several times in passing. Discovery Wings channel and the Discovery Science channel are reason enough to your average nerd to get digital cable. (Disclaimer, i don't work for any of the cable companies or the discovery channel. :P)
They already did make a second video, sadly there were no lego animation. :*(
I totally agree with you, I already emailed them about this. I basically said they should try doing it like BBC News, with different subsections for various parts of the world (middle east, europe, south asia, the americas, etc.). Along the same lines, I can't believe the Sci./Tech section. They definently need do something to allow for a higher degree of specificity. Micrsoft buying Rare and Phillip Morris being suing online cigarette sellers is all well and good, but maybe I'd like to see just space stories, or just computer stories. If they set it up so Sci./Tech had different subsections (the internet, space, computers, video games, etc.) it would be a lot more user-friendly.
Dear god I need to get out more. :P
Better yet, why not fill those Progres ships with Pepsi? :P
Try the U.S. If you didn't catch that, I'm guessing you're either not in the US, were out to lunch, or you voted for Bush.
Amazon goofed up, there's actually no new news regarding segways and when they'll be available.