What makes you think, gstoddart (321705) Alter Relationship on Friday August 29, @06:02AM (#24792607) Homepage that we don't know your parents' basement address?
"It wasn't just an interest in little green men and flying saucers," said Mr McKinnon. "I believe that there are spacecraft, or there have been craft, flying around that the public doesn't know about."
Mr McKinnon further explained that he believes the US military has reverse engineered an anti-gravity propulsion system from recovered alien spacecraft, and that this propulsion system is being kept a secret.
In that sense, Mr McKinnon said he sees his own hacking as "humanitarian." He said he only wanted to find evidence of a UFO cover-up and expose it. He called the alleged anti-gravity propulsion system "extra-terrestrial technology we should have access to".
With that type of excuse, one could get away with almost anything short of violently assaulting people in public, don't you think?
Many people seem to have outspoken opinions on power generation these days but few know what they're talking about. Once the screeching about "sustainability and greenishness" attains a certain volume the politicos (similarly ignorant) will step in and legislate a solution. Then the shysters step in, grab their money and leave someone else holding the bag.
Check out NASA's safety guidelines [64.233.167.104] for dealing with hydrogen to get an idea of how much of a pain it is to handle.
Leaking LH2 (because it's so cold at -425 F) will also liquefy the atmospheric air that surrounds it into pools of liquid air, which then will separate into N2 and O2. All LH2 facilities forbid asphalt potential contact surfaces in storage and transfer areas and often feature underslung (suspended from the piping) stainless steel channels to direct possible liquid leaks to a safe disposal area.
The mystery is not "solved", because there is no way to test the hypothesis. It's "commonly believed to be true" is a more accurate description. Ref: Global warming, global cooling, global climate change or whatever the grant-getters/carbon traders/chicken littles are calling it today.
I have a Razr (original model) and find it annoying that it's far too easy to unintentionally change settings when picking the thing out of its holster. More than once I've accidentally turned off the ringer or enabled speakerphone - grrr.
The Samsung Instinct looks interesting and has a vibration feature to acknowledge button-presses, but that's got to be hard on the battery life.
Marketing guys run software divisions? Holy crap, I guess I'm lucky in that only engineers and experienced tech people make it to the top in my field. Even then, there are some boneheads, but not many, and they are out-numbered.
I hear the executives talk the talk about how their industry must transform, but my brief experience indicated that they don't have clue one on how to do it.
Perhaps this is because many executives today are MBA graduates that get the job based on pedigree rather than for having relevant experience and innovative thinking. The "it's always all about the bottom line" people have only one focus, and that's usually squeezing every last red cent out of everything, damn the consequences.
The transition from drafting table to computer 15 years ago was a difficult one for me. I'm still not convinced that the change is less expensive, more efficient or produces a better quality result for what I do (process plant design).
In many ways it makes things more complicated and enables less qualified people to get into the industry.
I'm in Calgary, and just recently noticed that the +15 system actually uses touchscreens so that people can figure out where they are. Pretty nifty, but I don't know how widespread this technology has been impemented in the city.
When I first saw it, it was like, "Hmmm...what's this?"
A touchscreen provided for the average schmoe? But there it is.
a small team of skilled people "bond" and form a fast moving and smooth team. A huge team lends itself to infighting, argument, one-upsmanship, face saving, and general worthless behavior.
Coincidentally, I did a quick check yesterday and found a 53-1 ratio (i.e., 53 people in the building as "customers"), but that's dependent on whether a similarly-skilled friend is available to help out.
Most "customers" are very reasonable, but those that aren't, well...I'm not up to making it BOFH time.
[I decided to move into this role after almost 30 years as a designer and now I'm appreciating what admins have to deal with]
Critical to the performance of parachutes is the folding of the fabric. Why did they not take advantage of distributed computing and use folding @ home?
The problem is that they went and hired younger, cheaper engineers with no experience in spaceflight
But that's OK, 'cause younger, cheaper engineers with no experience had computers and software instead of sliderules, pencils and paper! Problem solved.
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What makes you think, gstoddart (321705) Alter Relationship on Friday August 29, @06:02AM (#24792607) Homepage that we don't know your parents' basement address?
Fuck you, you fucking fuckers!
"It wasn't just an interest in little green men and flying saucers," said Mr McKinnon. "I believe that there are spacecraft, or there have been craft, flying around that the public doesn't know about." Mr McKinnon further explained that he believes the US military has reverse engineered an anti-gravity propulsion system from recovered alien spacecraft, and that this propulsion system is being kept a secret. In that sense, Mr McKinnon said he sees his own hacking as "humanitarian." He said he only wanted to find evidence of a UFO cover-up and expose it. He called the alleged anti-gravity propulsion system "extra-terrestrial technology we should have access to".
With that type of excuse, one could get away with almost anything short of violently assaulting people in public, don't you think?
Are those the guys that make MonsterCable?
You clearly don't understand the complexities of/problems with transmitting cryogenic fluids over distances longer than, say 1000 metres.
Many people seem to have outspoken opinions on power generation these days but few know what they're talking about. Once the screeching about "sustainability and greenishness" attains a certain volume the politicos (similarly ignorant) will step in and legislate a solution. Then the shysters step in, grab their money and leave someone else holding the bag.
Fill the container with an inert gas.
I hadn't heard that scammers, spammers, and those who give them shelter constituted a race.
If they are a race, is it then OK to wipe this "race" out?
If the cows are eating the fish
Comma missing?
"He"? Dude, I'm never drinking 2% milk again. *shUDDER*
Fixed.
Check out NASA's safety guidelines [64.233.167.104] for dealing with hydrogen to get an idea of how much of a pain it is to handle.
Leaking LH2 (because it's so cold at -425 F) will also liquefy the atmospheric air that surrounds it into pools of liquid air, which then will separate into N2 and O2. All LH2 facilities forbid asphalt potential contact surfaces in storage and transfer areas and often feature underslung (suspended from the piping) stainless steel channels to direct possible liquid leaks to a safe disposal area.
Parent is correct regarding H2 production. Please mod up myth24601 post.
something without numerous lawyers attached
Were you talking about boat anchors?
The mystery is not "solved", because there is no way to test the hypothesis. It's "commonly believed to be true" is a more accurate description. Ref: Global warming, global cooling, global climate change or whatever the grant-getters/carbon traders/chicken littles are calling it today.
I have a Razr (original model) and find it annoying that it's far too easy to unintentionally change settings when picking the thing out of its holster. More than once I've accidentally turned off the ringer or enabled speakerphone - grrr.
The Samsung Instinct looks interesting and has a vibration feature to acknowledge button-presses, but that's got to be hard on the battery life.
Marketing guys run software divisions? Holy crap, I guess I'm lucky in that only engineers and experienced tech people make it to the top in my field. Even then, there are some boneheads, but not many, and they are out-numbered.
Not to mention the John Edwards affair.
I hear the executives talk the talk about how their industry must transform, but my brief experience indicated that they don't have clue one on how to do it.
Perhaps this is because many executives today are MBA graduates that get the job based on pedigree rather than for having relevant experience and innovative thinking. The "it's always all about the bottom line" people have only one focus, and that's usually squeezing every last red cent out of everything, damn the consequences.
May I be first in line for a brain transplant?
The transition from drafting table to computer 15 years ago was a difficult one for me. I'm still not convinced that the change is less expensive, more efficient or produces a better quality result for what I do (process plant design).
In many ways it makes things more complicated and enables less qualified people to get into the industry.
I'm in Calgary, and just recently noticed that the +15 system actually uses touchscreens so that people can figure out where they are. Pretty nifty, but I don't know how widespread this technology has been impemented in the city.
When I first saw it, it was like, "Hmmm...what's this?"
A touchscreen provided for the average schmoe? But there it is.
Paper ballots is the way it has to be for voting.
a small team of skilled people "bond" and form a fast moving and smooth team. A huge team lends itself to infighting, argument, one-upsmanship, face saving, and general worthless behavior.
Bingo.
Coincidentally, I did a quick check yesterday and found a 53-1 ratio (i.e., 53 people in the building as "customers"), but that's dependent on whether a similarly-skilled friend is available to help out.
Most "customers" are very reasonable, but those that aren't, well...I'm not up to making it BOFH time.
[I decided to move into this role after almost 30 years as a designer and now I'm appreciating what admins have to deal with]
Critical to the performance of parachutes is the folding of the fabric. Why did they not take advantage of distributed computing and use folding @ home?
The problem is that they went and hired younger, cheaper engineers with no experience in spaceflight
But that's OK, 'cause younger, cheaper engineers with no experience had computers and software instead of sliderules, pencils and paper! Problem solved.