The MBTA stop is in downtown Framingham. The GC16 (now AMC16) on Flutie Pass, the road that connects the Natick Mall in Natick to Shopper's World in Framingham.
There is the LIFT bus service that will get you from downtown to either the mall or Shopper's World, and then you can walk to the theatre.
Of course, tickets will sell out 2-3 weeks in advance. And you'll have to be careful as they'll no doubt be showing Clones on 3-4 screens, but they have (IIRK) only 1 digital projection setup (in the Premium Theatre).
There's no "felony or penal code violation". That's obviously from someone who doesn't understand.
I'm a member of CMASS, a NAR section in New England. In the past, I've been responsible for doing the regulatory paperwork needed to have a high power rocket launch.
(speaking of which, we have a launch coming up on April 20 in Amesbury, MA -- see our launch schedule)
So, while in most states there are usually no additional local restrictions (California is a notable exception). The states usually adopt the NFPA codes 1122 and 1127 as their regulations. These are what actually limit the amount of structural metal (and that's only on a high power rocket).
However there are FAA regulations that restrict the weight, altitude, and amount or propellant that a model rocket can use. Generalizing (see the schedule link above for a more detailed table), and assuming you meet the other restrictions outlined in FAR 101 (i.e., not within 5 miles of an airport):
A rocket under 1lb and with up to a "G" motor can be launched with no altitude restriction.
A rocket under 3.3lbs and with up to a G motor is only a large model rocket; it requires no approval from the FAA, but it does require a LMR notification prior to the flight
A rocket over 3.3lbs of rocket or over 125g of propellant requires an FAA waiver to allow the launch.
So, depending upon the weight of the concrete rocket (I didn't see that offhand on their page), they could have been fine with their launch, especially since they only launched on an Aerotech "E" (which is generally under 20g of propellant).
That all being said:
Because we are a university we have to have our own safety procedures and are not required to follow NAR rules... As a university we are immune of the laws regarding model rocketry when used for experimentation
None of the FAA regulations have provisions for such blanket immunity of universities; I think you are mistaken here. You should check into this.
And, let me point out that none of this applies to amateur rocketry. As said above by someone else, that has it's own, more complex rules.
Outside of all that, there is ongoing litigation with the BATF about their attempts to regulate the hobby. See the information at the NAR (National Association of Rocketry
On close examination, it turns out to be a downscaled version of Buran. No it doesn't. There are plenty of good pictures of the Buran Orbiter, as well as the experimental and prototype vehicles that preceeded it, at the NPO Molniya web page.
I have had an I300 since December. It is just great - I don't think I'd want a different device.
However, the color LCD on it pales in comparision with the newest Ipaq, which is just crisp, clear, and much higher resolution. But, the iPaq doesn't have the same level of phone integration - yet. Still, ssh on the iPaq is much more usable than ssh on my I300.
I do things like my no-ads.pac for my own use and for the pleasure of seeing others use them. That's a common reason for much free software. How do you stop someone from stealing your free work and... giving it away for free?
There are lots of "developers" out there that take other people's work and include it in their own project, without keeping the license and/or without giving due credit. This happens all the time.
The only way to police this -- and stop it -- is to go public with the problem. But that has it's own problem -- most no one will care about the problem.
Notice that Fink went public with these infringements 3 weeks ago.
It takes making the "public" is glaring away -- via a front page posting at/. That will get the infringement dealt with.
This will work for big projects like Fink. That means that little projects will get their work stolen from without any real means to fight back.
I know all too well.
I worked up what I consider a really clever kludge for blocking banner ads via the Proxy Auto Config mechanism built into Netscape (since 2.0) and IE (since 4.0). http://www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/ I made this kludge right around Netscape 2.02, Spring 1996. (That was my JavaScript hacking days)
The PAC file I make available has been mentioned by me/. and by others on memepool and metafilter. I release it under a simple license: you may use it or distribute it as much as you like, as long as you don't charge, keep my copyright, the notice that I wrote it stays intact.
I do this for the fun of it, after all.
Last year I read in the 5/28 "Gearhead" column in Network World Fusion where he talks about this a spyware blocking software. He mentions that it can also generate proxy auto config files to block web sites with ads.
Hmmmm, I think.
I download the software. Yup, there's my stuff inside his package. I go to the author's webpage. His documentation on Proxy Auto Config files turns out to be identical to the my documentation in my PAC file.
My copyright notice is gone. There is no mention that the PAC file was (originally) written by me. There is no indication the package in question contains works by anyone other than the author of the package.
I mentioned this in email to the author of the package. I mentioned this in his forum. I mentioned this to the author of the "Gearhead" column.
This person is still using my ideas, my code, and my documentation in his tool, and still isn't giving credit (or my copyright notice).
His attitude is: "I got it off some web site, so I can do whatever I want with it.".
As mentioned, it's just a teaser. Except that it isn't much of a teaser, either.
There isn't much of anything shown. Most of the teaser is "fade in from black, show something for 2 seconds, fade out to black".
In fact, it was a large let down. If you go to the effort to download it, you'll just be sorry. Even a diehard fan of the series should agree with that!
We saw the teaser with Monsters, Inc. Now, that rocked!
Of the 4 trailers attached to it, Clones was the most second most forgettable; the other being some lame computer animated movie called Ice Age about a band of prehistoric animals saving a human child from the ice age. Lame.
Two good things were shown with Monsters, Inc.
- the trailer for Fellowship of the Ring. While I can't wait for this, I felt the trailer did not do the story justice. (and I'd already downloaded this, too)
- the Pixar short For The Birds. This is hilarious! If you feel like downloading something, then go to http://www.pixar.com/shorts/ftb/index.html and see the first half of it. You won't be sorry!
Here's his key points in the thread (and the points that he was responding to)
> > 2.2.20pre11
> > o Security fixes
> > | Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA
>
> Care to elaborate?
On a list that reaches US citizens - no. File permissions and userids may
constitute and be used for rights management.
> Are you saying that we can't divulge security problems in our own software
> anymore for fear of being sued by affected parties?
Not even affected parties - the government can do it too without anyone else
and indeed even if their are contractual agreements between parties
permitting the data to be released..
I hope to have the security stuff up on a non US citizen accessible site in
time for 2.2.20 final
> Putting pressure on US people to have them influence their
> legislation? Aka. every people have the rulers they deserve? Won't work
> out.
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after
they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."
> Seriously, are you kidding?
The current interpretation of the DMCA is as lunatic as it sounds. With luck
the Sklyarov case will see that overturned on constitutional grounds. Until
then US citizens will have to guess about security issues.
> This would then presumably lead to password protected access for US kernel
> developers that need to know? And some kind of NDA?
US kernel developers cannot be told. Period.
> 'IANAL', and neither are you, are you sure this sillyness is necessary?
Where I live is cut off from the world. My neighborhood is served by a RT with a DLC; the RT is 18000' from us, and the RT is 18000' from the CO. This means (1) we're out of range for DSL (2) we can't get modem connections better than 28,800, and (3) no one cares about us. We also are without modem cable, so no cable modems.
[we can get IDSL; 128kbps for $80/mo; I have this now]
I've been looking at this for a while. My thoughts are share the costs of a fractional T1 and somehow wire the neighborhood.
As it ends up, I can get a full T1 (with SLA) for $800/mo; split over 20 houses, that would be $50 each. That's on pare (or better, bandwidth-wise) with most DSL and Cable offerings in the area.
In fact, the T1 provider in fact has no problem with sharing the circuit (a portion of their TOS allows such); they only care that there is a single responsible party.
My problem is figuring out the actually costs of building and deploying a NAN. 802.11a is almost perfect; most of the area is open and has good line of sight.
The key is "most". My house isn't in line of sight with the rest of the neighborhood; I have a barrier of about 400' of forest to cross.
I'm looking for pointers to people with experience in building something like this. Or, companies that sell such gear that can tell me what is likely to work.
Don't forget, the Martians have an excellent track record of taking out our spacecraft. I wonder if they'll let this one into orbit, or take it out the way they did the Mars Observer in 92 or the Russian Phobos missions.
Actually, Adobe was a relatively dead investment, hovering between $5-$9/share (split adjusted) for most of the 90s. In fact, the 2 year chart shows where they started to rise (partially based on value) and then fall (mostly based on tech crash).
Slashdot Mirror
I read the whole article. His writing is atrocious. It doesnt't take much to be a "journalist" these days.
NASA's Flying Wing Breaks 2 Records (Aug'01)
NASA Send One Up... (July'01)
I have the Samsung I300 Smartphone - color palm + phone. Like the Kyocera 6035, it's already obsolete. But, I love it.
/ m01/10206/69730_1.html R I=102483&CAI=2107
Interesting enough, while Samsung is about to release a new smartphone (the I330) that is much like the I300, they have an even newer palm/phone coming out later that is a flip phone like the new Kyocera. Pics here
http://www.pconline.com.cn/digital/textlib/mobile
and here
http://www.mobilmania.cz/Mobilnitelefony/Ar.asp?A
The MBTA stop is in downtown Framingham. The GC16 (now AMC16) on Flutie Pass, the road that connects the Natick Mall in Natick to Shopper's World in Framingham.
There is the LIFT bus service that will get you from downtown to either the mall or Shopper's World, and then you can walk to the theatre.
Of course, tickets will sell out 2-3 weeks in advance. And you'll have to be careful as they'll no doubt be showing Clones on 3-4 screens, but they have (IIRK) only 1 digital projection setup (in the Premium Theatre).
I'm a member of CMASS, a NAR section in New England. In the past, I've been responsible for doing the regulatory paperwork needed to have a high power rocket launch.
(speaking of which, we have a launch coming up on April 20 in Amesbury, MA -- see our launch schedule)
So, while in most states there are usually no additional local restrictions (California is a notable exception). The states usually adopt the NFPA codes 1122 and 1127 as their regulations. These are what actually limit the amount of structural metal (and that's only on a high power rocket).
However there are FAA regulations that restrict the weight, altitude, and amount or propellant that a model rocket can use. Generalizing (see the schedule link above for a more detailed table), and assuming you meet the other restrictions outlined in FAR 101 (i.e., not within 5 miles of an airport):
- A rocket under 1lb and with up to a "G" motor can be launched with no altitude restriction.
- A rocket under 3.3lbs and with up to a G motor is only a large model rocket; it requires no approval from the FAA, but it does require a LMR notification prior to the flight
- A rocket over 3.3lbs of rocket or over 125g of propellant requires an FAA waiver to allow the launch.
So, depending upon the weight of the concrete rocket (I didn't see that offhand on their page), they could have been fine with their launch, especially since they only launched on an Aerotech "E" (which is generally under 20g of propellant).That all being said:
None of the FAA regulations have provisions for such blanket immunity of universities; I think you are mistaken here. You should check into this.
And, let me point out that none of this applies to amateur rocketry. As said above by someone else, that has it's own, more complex rules.
Outside of all that, there is ongoing litigation with the BATF about their attempts to regulate the hobby. See the information at the NAR (National Association of Rocketry
On close examination, it turns out to be a downscaled version of Buran.
No it doesn't. There are plenty of good pictures of the Buran Orbiter, as well as the experimental and prototype vehicles that preceeded it, at the NPO Molniya web page.
They have a nice set of web pages there, BTW. Some are in English, but most are in Cyrillic. I particularly like the Buran/Shuttle comparison and the clicking diagram of the full Buran/Energia stack.
Growing up in the 70s, I had a poster almost exactly like this on my bedroom wall, 'cept it was of the Shuttle, but Buran.
Darn. I has a about 1000 uid and lost the password to it, so I started a new one. Had I known they'd be worth something some day...
The copy of the page I got from Google's cache says "Offer expires 2/28/02".
Oh, that's a riot.
It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the SiByte SB1, which a MIPS64 instruction set SOC with two cores.
I have had an I300 since December. It is just great - I don't think I'd want a different device.
However, the color LCD on it pales in comparision with the newest Ipaq, which is just crisp, clear, and much higher resolution. But, the iPaq doesn't have the same level of phone integration - yet. Still, ssh on the iPaq is much more usable than ssh on my I300.
I forgot to add:
... giving it away for free?
I do things like my no-ads.pac for my own use and for the pleasure of seeing others use them. That's a common reason for much free software. How do you stop someone from stealing your free work and
There are lots of "developers" out there that take other people's work and include it in their own project, without keeping the license and/or without giving due credit. This happens all the time.
/. That will get the infringement dealt with.
/. and by others on memepool and metafilter. I release it under a simple license: you may use it or distribute it as much as you like, as long as you don't charge, keep my copyright, the notice that I wrote it stays intact.
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The only way to police this -- and stop it -- is to go public with the problem. But that has it's own problem -- most no one will care about the problem.
Notice that Fink went public with these infringements 3 weeks ago.
It takes making the "public" is glaring away -- via a front page posting at
This will work for big projects like Fink. That means that little projects will get their work stolen from without any real means to fight back.
I know all too well.
I worked up what I consider a really clever kludge for blocking banner ads via the Proxy Auto Config mechanism built into Netscape (since 2.0) and IE (since 4.0). http://www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/ I made this kludge right around Netscape 2.02, Spring 1996. (That was my JavaScript hacking days)
The PAC file I make available has been mentioned by me
I do this for the fun of it, after all.
Last year I read in the 5/28 "Gearhead" column in Network World Fusion where he talks about this a spyware blocking software. He mentions that it can also generate proxy auto config files to block web sites with ads.
Hmmmm, I think.
I download the software. Yup, there's my stuff inside his package. I go to the author's webpage. His documentation on Proxy Auto Config files turns out to be identical to the my documentation in my PAC file.
My copyright notice is gone. There is no mention that the PAC file was (originally) written by me. There is no indication the package in question contains works by anyone other than the author of the package.
I mentioned this in email to the author of the package. I mentioned this in his forum. I mentioned this to the author of the "Gearhead" column.
This person is still using my ideas, my code, and my documentation in his tool, and still isn't giving credit (or my copyright notice).
His attitude is: "I got it off some web site, so I can do whatever I want with it.".
Here's my post to his message board: http://www.morelerbe.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimate
(psst: don't use his software: he's a plagerist!)
that you have to have faith in what has come before
Faith in what comes before? Not in science. If it isn't demonstrable and reproducable, it isn't accepted.
Do you mean Opium is the religion of the masses?
As mentioned, it's just a teaser. Except that it isn't much of a teaser, either.
There isn't much of anything shown. Most of the teaser is "fade in from black, show something for 2 seconds, fade out to black".
In fact, it was a large let down. If you go to the effort to download it, you'll just be sorry. Even a diehard fan of the series should agree with that!
We saw the teaser with Monsters, Inc. Now, that rocked!
Of the 4 trailers attached to it, Clones was the most second most forgettable; the other being some lame computer animated movie called Ice Age about a band of prehistoric animals saving a human child from the ice age. Lame.
Two good things were shown with Monsters, Inc.
- the trailer for Fellowship of the Ring. While I can't wait for this, I felt the trailer did not do the story justice. (and I'd already downloaded this, too)
- the Pixar short For The Birds. This is hilarious! If you feel like downloading something, then go to http://www.pixar.com/shorts/ftb/index.html and see the first half of it. You won't be sorry!
It doesn't matter, the thread goes on and on and on. If you really want to read it, find an alternate archive for linux-kernel. HINT: try google
I stopped reading at this point.
Where I live is cut off from the world. My neighborhood is served by a RT with a DLC; the RT is 18000' from us, and the RT is 18000' from the CO. This means (1) we're out of range for DSL (2) we can't get modem connections better than 28,800, and (3) no one cares about us. We also are without modem cable, so no cable modems.
[we can get IDSL; 128kbps for $80/mo; I have this now]
I've been looking at this for a while. My thoughts are share the costs of a fractional T1 and somehow wire the neighborhood.
As it ends up, I can get a full T1 (with SLA) for $800/mo; split over 20 houses, that would be $50 each. That's on pare (or better, bandwidth-wise) with most DSL and Cable offerings in the area.
In fact, the T1 provider in fact has no problem with sharing the circuit (a portion of their TOS allows such); they only care that there is a single responsible party.
My problem is figuring out the actually costs of building and deploying a NAN. 802.11a is almost perfect; most of the area is open and has good line of sight.
The key is "most". My house isn't in line of sight with the rest of the neighborhood; I have a barrier of about 400' of forest to cross.
I'm looking for pointers to people with experience in building something like this. Or, companies that sell such gear that can tell me what is likely to work.
Any help?
Has anyone actually rents a bunch of POTS and wired houses together?
Don't forget, the Martians have an excellent track record of taking out our spacecraft. I wonder if they'll let this one into orbit, or take it out the way they did the Mars Observer in 92 or the Russian Phobos missions.
Try "xbill" then...
"direct numerical simulations (DNS)"
Just what we need, another computing related meaning for that already popular TLA.
Actually, Adobe was a relatively dead investment, hovering between $5-$9/share (split adjusted) for most of the 90s. In fact, the 2 year chart shows where they started to rise (partially based on value) and then fall (mostly based on tech crash).
Sorry, here's links http://www.tripoli.org/Photos/TMT/TMT3.jpg
Next high power launch in Massachusetts: July 7. Free and open to the public. See my club's website: http://www.cmass.org.
Our field normally has an FAA waiver that goes to 7000' AGL; we can only launch up to 'K'-class motors.
Maybe you didn't know, but Aero-Tech now builds reloads for the Kosdon casings.
FWIW, here's a picture of an Aero-Tech M1419 in a test stand: http://www.tripoli.org/Photos/TMT/TMT3.jpg
Next high power launch in Massachusetts: July 7. Free and open to the public. See my club's website: http://www.cmass.org/