Any internal combustion engine burns O2 with some fuel, be it gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, methane, or whatever. O2 levels world wide are way down from earlier centuries, and it's not getting better. We need to start using fuels that don't use up our oxygen (Nuclear, wind, tidal, geothemal) and get away from carbon all together (CO2 byproduct), and start replanting forests world wide to replensih our O2.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0058530/
Seriously, though, I think a one way trip is a great idea. Crew of about 6 and the supplies to create a self sustaining colony, rather than a stupid return trip. Get the colony established and the next explorers can bring a return stage for the first crew, about like the Space Station is doing now with rotating crews. If you build a colony the landing stage can be your backup habitat if an emergency arises.
It's far easier to grow into management in a place you know with people who respect you than trying to come in and earn respect and learn a new environment at the same time as a first time manager.
Let your manager know you are interested in that growth path, take classes (at work and a local college, maybe MBA if you are industrious) and you'll get there eventually.
Personally I find both Kindle and Sony's reader too large. I use a Toshiba E805 PocketPC with VGA (640x480) to read books with either EReader.com's free reader or Mobipocket. The price is equivalent, about $400, but you can do far more with the PDA, it will surf the web decently, show movies, play games, play music, etc. You can even get a phone PDA that will let you download books and all kinds of other stuff over the air. I have a T-Mobile Dash and although small the screen is definately good enough to read books on too.
When is this pop-sci trend of anytime something about space comes into the news the tagline has to be 'may contain life'. It's a poor excuse becuase it's sheer speculation. What we DO know is that there is water there. There is also loads of hard radiation and no visible cities, green belts, or anything else remotely indicating that there is life.
Get a life folks. Do science for science's sake, if someday in the far future we actually encounter life, celebrate then, but until then find a different reason for exploration.
Anyone found the link on the AT&T side? I am in the old SWB area (Texas) and the Bell South page doesn't work for me (isn't it supposed to be all one big happy Ma Bell again?).
I remember when I worked at TI in the 80s and the 99/4a came out, I refused to buy it because it was not an open platform. All my friends at work couldn't understand that, but I was happy working on my Atari 800 and CPM, completely open platforms, down to being able to modify or change out the OS.
I think Apple has a chance to make a huge impact on the market. I'm still not sure of the useability of the iPhone (how do you type on it?), but even if it's awesome, only being able to run apps under the Safari browser stinks. Someone will hack it soon and it will become an open platform though.
Don't forget, no more Rome either, although they did wrap that one up in a kind of lame way, but it was a pretty decent series.
I sort of liked John from Cincinatti, we will see how it develops.
My Alienware laptop has the Alien head with 3 color LED eyes. You can make them rotate colors, or the way I have it, green means plugged in, red unplugged, and blue on standby.
I PAID for the privledge of having this. If you don't like the LEDs on a gadget, buy a different one. VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS!
Personally, my own beef is with with movies, I've stopped giving my $8.50 for movies that are remakes, sequels, rip offs, and such. Hollywood used to be creative, now it's just ripping off it's heritage. Look to Bollywood and China for good quality movies.
I agree that this is a very speculative article, but I thought it was Interesting, so I passed it on word for word to/. who rewrote it a bit. Take it with a grain of salt, I just thought ya'll might be interested in it. Since it's not even released yet it's premature to try to do peer review on it, so let's revisit it on May 15.
The mass reconstruction of CL0024+17 obtained in such a way is remarkable. It reveals a ring-like dark matter substructure at r 75" surrounding a soft, dense core at r
Back in the 70's when I worked in the IT department at TI Austin we had a fairly large computer room with a Big Red Button, and no clear box. We also had no UPS and power outages were a regular part of life (cheap bastards wouldn't listen), so as sysadmin I would deal with these outages. I was getting sick of it, so one day when I had just gotten done rebooting 55 systems from the front panel (7 words of 16 bit binary switches for each) and then read cards in to do the boot on the servers my boss was watching me go through the motions. When I was done and everything was up we talked for a few minutes, I walked out of the room and as I passed the door, right above the Big Red Button there was a light switch. I turned it off and you could hear him gasp. I grinned and turned it back on. They still wouldn't buy a UPS.
Get a cell phone with a nice bright display that will work outdoors for you. Also, make sure and get one with a vibrate mode, so you will 'hear' it ring or signal a message arrival.
Also, get one with Bluetooth, and I bet you can find a hearing aid that supports bluetooth!
Marc
There is another issue here, both Cable and DSL are "Internet Connections" where a T1 is a point to point connection, not tied to an ISP. The T1 (T3, SONET, etc) is a telco service, which in many cases is used internally in a business not tied to the Internet at all.
That said, most telcos are now running ATM backbones, and all the traffic, be it voice, data or Internet flows through that backbone. You have many choices for connections now.
BTW, I have fiber in my house, from the days when I ran an ISP. I had T1, ATM DS3, and lots of analog lines. Bell installed a large blue cabinet to run a SONET to support the ATM DS3 over SONET on fiber.
First, as other responders have mentioned, a laptop might be a big liability for you as a backpacker, as it'll have to stay on you at all times. Even the smallest MacBook is bulky, and you will also need a charger and adapters.
A lot depends on what you want to do. If you are a writer, by all means take a full size keyboard laptop. But if you are doing this you might want to consider a Toughbook, one of the waterproof, really rugged ones. Also, laptops with solid state drives (including a Mac) appear to be right on the horizon, and will greatly decrease the likelyhood of you loosing a lot of work if you drop it or the hard drive craters.
Some manufacturers offer an extended warranty that can be used worldwide. You'll have to deal with shipping, import/export taxes and such if you are really out in the wilds, but in many countries you could get it repaired.
Now, as to a list of what to take, here's my own personal thoughts:
Digital camera with HUGE memory (say 8-32gb), USB cable and charger. Addition smaller memory as available for backup.
Laptop, preferably a Toughbook, charger, GPS CF card, some CD/DVR-R media for burning pictures and such, and a solar charger.
OR
High end PDA with external Bluetooth keyboard, charger, solar charger, and some extra batteries (make sure and get one that has removable batteries). As much memory as you can get in it, preferably the same kind your camera uses. GPS CF/SD card.
Lastly, here's a site that may be of interest: http://www.strikingviking.net/ , he went around the world on a motorcycle, documenting his progress via an online journal, and he took a laptop, but on a motorcycle you have a lot more ability to lug stuff around.
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Any internal combustion engine burns O2 with some fuel, be it gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, methane, or whatever. O2 levels world wide are way down from earlier centuries, and it's not getting better. We need to start using fuels that don't use up our oxygen (Nuclear, wind, tidal, geothemal) and get away from carbon all together (CO2 byproduct), and start replanting forests world wide to replensih our O2.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0058530/ Seriously, though, I think a one way trip is a great idea. Crew of about 6 and the supplies to create a self sustaining colony, rather than a stupid return trip. Get the colony established and the next explorers can bring a return stage for the first crew, about like the Space Station is doing now with rotating crews. If you build a colony the landing stage can be your backup habitat if an emergency arises.
Sorry, meant Pioneer not Viking. NASA's hugely successfull spacecraft that went past Jupiter. Saturn, Uranis and Neptune. The
NASA should concentrate on using nuclear energy. Much superior to solar, as Viking has proved, and the ISS has not.
It's far easier to grow into management in a place you know with people who respect you than trying to come in and earn respect and learn a new environment at the same time as a first time manager. Let your manager know you are interested in that growth path, take classes (at work and a local college, maybe MBA if you are industrious) and you'll get there eventually.
Personally I find both Kindle and Sony's reader too large. I use a Toshiba E805 PocketPC with VGA (640x480) to read books with either EReader.com's free reader or Mobipocket. The price is equivalent, about $400, but you can do far more with the PDA, it will surf the web decently, show movies, play games, play music, etc. You can even get a phone PDA that will let you download books and all kinds of other stuff over the air. I have a T-Mobile Dash and although small the screen is definately good enough to read books on too.
I can beat that, I have a bunch of BSDI licenses.
I've got boxes of old SCO licenses and manuals. ODT 3.0 and later. If anyone wants them let me know.
When is this pop-sci trend of anytime something about space comes into the news the tagline has to be 'may contain life'. It's a poor excuse becuase it's sheer speculation. What we DO know is that there is water there. There is also loads of hard radiation and no visible cities, green belts, or anything else remotely indicating that there is life. Get a life folks. Do science for science's sake, if someday in the far future we actually encounter life, celebrate then, but until then find a different reason for exploration.
Now, if they would only move the servers to Linux or Unix they'd be in good shape. 2 crashes yesterday. Marc
Anyone found the link on the AT&T side? I am in the old SWB area (Texas) and the Bell South page doesn't work for me (isn't it supposed to be all one big happy Ma Bell again?).
I think Apple has a chance to make a huge impact on the market. I'm still not sure of the useability of the iPhone (how do you type on it?), but even if it's awesome, only being able to run apps under the Safari browser stinks. Someone will hack it soon and it will become an open platform though.
Don't forget, no more Rome either, although they did wrap that one up in a kind of lame way, but it was a pretty decent series. I sort of liked John from Cincinatti, we will see how it develops.
I PAID for the privledge of having this. If you don't like the LEDs on a gadget, buy a different one. VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS!
Personally, my own beef is with with movies, I've stopped giving my $8.50 for movies that are remakes, sequels, rip offs, and such. Hollywood used to be creative, now it's just ripping off it's heritage. Look to Bollywood and China for good quality movies.
I agree that this is a very speculative article, but I thought it was Interesting, so I passed it on word for word to /. who rewrote it a bit. Take it with a grain of salt, I just thought ya'll might be interested in it. Since it's not even released yet it's premature to try to do peer review on it, so let's revisit it on May 15.
MMMMM! Sounds like a delicious chewy center!
Back in the 70's when I worked in the IT department at TI Austin we had a fairly large computer room with a Big Red Button, and no clear box. We also had no UPS and power outages were a regular part of life (cheap bastards wouldn't listen), so as sysadmin I would deal with these outages. I was getting sick of it, so one day when I had just gotten done rebooting 55 systems from the front panel (7 words of 16 bit binary switches for each) and then read cards in to do the boot on the servers my boss was watching me go through the motions. When I was done and everything was up we talked for a few minutes, I walked out of the room and as I passed the door, right above the Big Red Button there was a light switch. I turned it off and you could hear him gasp. I grinned and turned it back on. They still wouldn't buy a UPS.
So I guess John Carpenter created the universe? http://imdb.com/title/tt0069945/
Slashdot editors shouldn't let lame speculative BS like this get posted in the first place. There is not a serious response.
Get a cell phone with a nice bright display that will work outdoors for you. Also, make sure and get one with a vibrate mode, so you will 'hear' it ring or signal a message arrival. Also, get one with Bluetooth, and I bet you can find a hearing aid that supports bluetooth! Marc
Market cap for YHOO is 44.99 billion, so $50b is in line, 10% or so premium.
There is another issue here, both Cable and DSL are "Internet Connections" where a T1 is a point to point connection, not tied to an ISP. The T1 (T3, SONET, etc) is a telco service, which in many cases is used internally in a business not tied to the Internet at all. That said, most telcos are now running ATM backbones, and all the traffic, be it voice, data or Internet flows through that backbone. You have many choices for connections now. BTW, I have fiber in my house, from the days when I ran an ISP. I had T1, ATM DS3, and lots of analog lines. Bell installed a large blue cabinet to run a SONET to support the ATM DS3 over SONET on fiber.
I want to run the Marathon from my Wii.
Yeah, let them know at http://www.whitehouse.com/ .
First, as other responders have mentioned, a laptop might be a big liability for you as a backpacker, as it'll have to stay on you at all times. Even the smallest MacBook is bulky, and you will also need a charger and adapters. A lot depends on what you want to do. If you are a writer, by all means take a full size keyboard laptop. But if you are doing this you might want to consider a Toughbook, one of the waterproof, really rugged ones. Also, laptops with solid state drives (including a Mac) appear to be right on the horizon, and will greatly decrease the likelyhood of you loosing a lot of work if you drop it or the hard drive craters. Some manufacturers offer an extended warranty that can be used worldwide. You'll have to deal with shipping, import/export taxes and such if you are really out in the wilds, but in many countries you could get it repaired. Now, as to a list of what to take, here's my own personal thoughts: Digital camera with HUGE memory (say 8-32gb), USB cable and charger. Addition smaller memory as available for backup. Laptop, preferably a Toughbook, charger, GPS CF card, some CD/DVR-R media for burning pictures and such, and a solar charger. OR High end PDA with external Bluetooth keyboard, charger, solar charger, and some extra batteries (make sure and get one that has removable batteries). As much memory as you can get in it, preferably the same kind your camera uses. GPS CF/SD card. Lastly, here's a site that may be of interest: http://www.strikingviking.net/ , he went around the world on a motorcycle, documenting his progress via an online journal, and he took a laptop, but on a motorcycle you have a lot more ability to lug stuff around.