"....around 30,000 feet...at that altitude...temperatures of 140 degrees below freezing would kill passengers within minutes."
The above, from the article, doesn't sound right. 140 degrees below freezing (assuming fahrenheit) equals a temperature of -108F(-77C), which might be a valid temperature for the tropopause over the tropics, at 50,000ft. But, at 30,000ft, it's more likely that the temperature would be about -50F(-45C), or about 80 degrees below freezing.
I was pretty close to rebooting my computer to win95 just so I can listen to the show. Been having problems listening to those asx/wma streams for a while, and haven't listened to the show because of it. Now I can listen to those maniacal laughs again:)
(probably just a coincidence) I followed their delete-your-account link from that email they sent out (i.e. https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user). After that page loaded up, my computer locked-up. Only thing that responded was the mouse. I was using Opera 7.21 on Debian. Anybody else have this problem? irritating.
I still use ARC's Dance of the Planets, which I bought back in 1993. It's still very useful DOS software. But, I have to admit I don't use it that much, since I have to boot back into W95 to use it. Kstars doesn't help either;)
bike to work, and watch calorie intake at the office chair; you'll need to spend a few bucks at first for bike gear, but in the long run, besides the obvious, you will save $. and munch on low calorie snacks/meals if you know you'll be breaking-in your office chair the whole day. works for me.
It may decrease sales of the magazine, but all a magazine publisher need do is envelope the mag. in plastic (like some others already have been doing).
Or maybe, they could just start making a restaurant-menu-style magazine with brief summaries of the current month's articles; the consumer views that menu at the magazine aisle, then receives the actual magazine after purchasing it from the cashier.
...this comparison of sales is silly, when one knows that she/he can buy a GNU/Linux (btw, the article can't even explain the history of Linux right) CD from Cheapbytes or LSL for a couple of bucks or download it for free, and the other company is a crook.
I've launched radiosondes from ships before; we used 100 gram latex balloons. But, I have to admit, the balloons barely make it off the steel beach when the ship is going 25+ knots. Another note, we considered a height of 500mb (18,000ft in midlats) to be an acceptable balloon launch, since one could still obtain quite a bit of info from it (e.g. LCL, CCL, Showalter, positive/negative energy areas, etc).
to counter these mal-scripts, I suppose one could create a program/script that would search these text files for certain commands, and check to see how they're used. If it finds, for example, "rm" being used with the "-rf" options, the program/script would warn the user of a potentially damaging script.
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"....around 30,000 feet...at that altitude...temperatures of 140 degrees below freezing would kill passengers within minutes." The above, from the article, doesn't sound right. 140 degrees below freezing (assuming fahrenheit) equals a temperature of -108F(-77C), which might be a valid temperature for the tropopause over the tropics, at 50,000ft. But, at 30,000ft, it's more likely that the temperature would be about -50F(-45C), or about 80 degrees below freezing.
Yep, good point guys. Forgot about the density difference :)
70mph is almost enough to push a mobile home off its foundation. I imagine it'll push a rover out of the way, or a dough-boy-looking human.
This is a good time to thank the EFF folks by making a donation. Yes, I did.
I was pretty close to rebooting my computer to win95 just so I can listen to the show. Been having problems listening to those asx/wma streams for a while, and haven't listened to the show because of it. Now I can listen to those maniacal laughs again :)
Has anyone seen Yogi and Scooby Doo? harhar. I wonder what's the naming convention this time?
I think this problem was mentioned before. hmmm?
Avi Player works; but since that site uses mms links, I had to paste the *asf urls to the command line.
(probably just a coincidence) I followed their delete-your-account link from that email they sent out (i.e. https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user). After that page loaded up, my computer locked-up. Only thing that responded was the mouse. I was using Opera 7.21 on Debian. Anybody else have this problem? irritating.
I still use ARC's Dance of the Planets, which I bought back in 1993. It's still very useful DOS software. But, I have to admit I don't use it that much, since I have to boot back into W95 to use it. Kstars doesn't help either ;)
The northerly winds over southwest England show a considerable decrease through tomorrow as high pressure builds over the area.
bike to work, and watch calorie intake at the office chair; you'll need to spend a few bucks at first for bike gear, but in the long run, besides the obvious, you will save $. and munch on low calorie snacks/meals if you know you'll be breaking-in your office chair the whole day. works for me.
It may decrease sales of the magazine, but all a magazine publisher need do is envelope the mag. in plastic (like some others already have been doing).
Or maybe, they could just start making a restaurant-menu-style magazine with brief summaries of the current month's articles; the consumer views that menu at the magazine aisle, then receives the actual magazine after purchasing it from the cashier.
Jefe: We have stuffed many pinatas for your birthday celebration!
El Guapo: How many pinatas?
Jefe: Many pinatas, many!
El Guapo: Jefe, would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe: Yes, El Guapo. You have a plethora.
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?
sort of like tetris, but with an urge to go out, and buy a bag of candy corn. ahhh, candy corn.
hehe.
Memory retention is proportional to how much a past event meant to oneself. imho.
How about "Big Bird"!
I always thought Guinea was located in it's occipital lobe. :-)
....just ride a rollercoaster to feel what it's like, according to the AHA. (choose the rollercaster link mid-way down page)
...this comparison of sales is silly, when one knows that she/he can buy a GNU/Linux (btw, the article can't even explain the history of Linux right) CD from Cheapbytes or LSL for a couple of bucks or download it for free, and the other company is a crook.
I've launched radiosondes from ships before; we used 100 gram latex balloons. But, I have to admit, the balloons barely make it off the steel beach when the ship is going 25+ knots. Another note, we considered a height of 500mb (18,000ft in midlats) to be an acceptable balloon launch, since one could still obtain quite a bit of info from it (e.g. LCL, CCL, Showalter, positive/negative energy areas, etc).
to counter these mal-scripts, I suppose one could create a program/script that would search these text files for certain commands, and check to see how they're used. If it finds, for example, "rm" being used with the "-rf" options, the program/script would warn the user of a potentially damaging script.