Interesting you mention this: There are literally hundreds of stones all around northern Europe/Asia which clearly is covered with some sort of writing. On the other hand, no one knows how to read it.
One crazypot was claiming that he could read one in Finland in old Turkish (which is streching the truth a little bit but hey!), he was claiming that these stones were erected by Hun/Turk tribe leaders around the world, noting down what they've done etc.
On the other hand, there are stuff already like these mail archives and at least this one was encrypted finally in 1893.
I live an apartment. Interestingly enough the people who live in houses around my apartment have a spacial bin from the council where you can put your green waste in and they will compost it for you. For this service I can let them have the money they earn froms elling the compost (if it covers their costs). This was fine when I lived in a house. I year ago I moved out of that place and moved into this one. I share a closed enclosure for my rubbish and there is no way of binning the green waste properly. I don't produce much (a single geek can produce so much kitchen waste) and my habit of eating these days is reasonably healthy (lots of salads and stuff). I hardly have to empty my bin in a week (I don't produce a lot of unrecycleable stuff either, cans get recycled as does glass).
I can't handle the idea of worms in my kitchen either. It is a good idea to have for people like me.
Science should not be commercial. If you allow that then you will find out that only the science that actually creates a profit will get funded and only the type of science that favours a business. As a result no more research on causes of lung cancer (against Tobacco lobby) or alternatives to painkillers (against drug manufacturers lobby) and you will never ever get research for the basic stuff like General Relavitivy and the stuff that matters.
Probably most of the cost is because of accounting reasons like paying for 'already built and subsidised' Deep Space Network, computers already bought and sitting on people's desks, network connections already plugged in and only using electricity as a cost etc. No way it would cost for anyone to run something where they listen to and collect data from only a couple of days a year. It's the beancounters' way of calculating things. Most of the stuff won't be freed because they can't use for anything else, some stuff has more 'value' like DSN time but that is virtual money, it costs NASA exactly the same amount of money regardless what it is used for.
Erm, you don't join to the Israeli army, you get drafted in. It's not a matter of they want you or not, if you live in Israel and a Jew, you will end up in the army and will keep rank and title for the rest of your life, as a reserve.
It is sad that the publishing house is not a decent one but Baen... When was the last time I read a good Baen book? I have to sit here and think a while, go and grab a cup of coffee, this might take some time.
You almost have to. SuSE SLES9 comes with 2.6 kernel. Oracle 9i and 10g are supported on it. Oracle actively frowns upon SLES8 these days and it is pretty certain that the next version of Oracle DB won't be certified on SLES8.
This means if you are a SuSE+Oracle user, you are stuffed, you have to upgrade.
Why would you do that, so down the line? Obvious time to test is when you finish building the equipment, still in the manufacturer's lab, before shipping it out. This makes sense especially if the rest of the rover is not going to affect it. Once you have the pieces on the bench, you install them, run through the health checklist and you are done. if some poor sod mixes the boxes, though. Shit happens. It is no big deal because nothing is compromised. Once you run your perl scripts to re-parse the calculations you are done.
BBC does and can continue producing both sides of the spectrum. A lot of stuff coming out of BBC would be at home in other channels but I don't see a commercial broadcaster replacing Today or PM on radio 4.
There are a couple of talk-based DAB channels but I hardly tune to them. The reason is not I don't tune to them because they are crap, the fact is BBC is better. Commercial companies must compete to produce intelligent programs, you can't achieve that by destroying BBC.
For the masses, who cares? Make a six hours of football and six hours of soap channel and you're done!
I used to but I can't see the point anymore. There are no decent SF shows, nor I heard of any new and decent comedies. I never liked The Office either so I haven't found the need of downloading anything.
Any Top Gear with whathisname is not advertisement. Every time he bollocks a car and unless it is a big penis extension he never likes it. damn. I can't remember any TV celebrity names today, it's been too long without a TV. On the other hand I am spared of Big Brother, can I complain?
I listen to world band radio regularly and listen to BBC World over DAB and world band. I even listen to Voice of Moscow but last three years I never found VOA on the radio. I must be very unlucky. The Moscow one always feels somewhat funny, every time I expect a voice going 'good night comrades, communism will prevail' or such rubbish.:)
The one before IDS is quite funny, what's his name... Argh.. Can't remember. He sometimes appear in news quiz shows and seems to be a pretty decent guy. I wonder why I never thought that about him when he was leading (leading??) Tories. I remember something vauge, but not hisname.
The problem is, the commercial broadcasters can't do better. When I used to watch TV I was always suprised with the shit they were coming up with. Channel 4 and ITV are a joke.
I never paid Murdoch and I don't want to in the future. As a result I can't comment on the satellite channels.
BBC is being destroyed so that commercial channels can have a chance. No one watches/listens to them.
Correct. Not only the comedies, ethics&history departments create pretty good stuff as well. Today there's Material World and In Our Time. Especially the latter is always quite interesting.
I don't own a TV and I regularly (approx every 6 months) get one of these. Every time I have to spend a stamp to send a reply to them. I might ask for a refund of the cost of the stamp next time.
It annoys me, I am not breaking the law and no idiot should assume because I am not the norm, I am breaking the law.
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One crazypot was claiming that he could read one in Finland in old Turkish (which is streching the truth a little bit but hey!), he was claiming that these stones were erected by Hun/Turk tribe leaders around the world, noting down what they've done etc.
On the other hand, there are stuff already like these mail archives and at least this one was encrypted finally in 1893.
I can't handle the idea of worms in my kitchen either. It is a good idea to have for people like me.
I live in an apatment and don't have a garden, you insensitive clod!
Ecerything ? Maybe you should beta-test your posts? :)
Science should not be commercial. If you allow that then you will find out that only the science that actually creates a profit will get funded and only the type of science that favours a business. As a result no more research on causes of lung cancer (against Tobacco lobby) or alternatives to painkillers (against drug manufacturers lobby) and you will never ever get research for the basic stuff like General Relavitivy and the stuff that matters.
Probably most of the cost is because of accounting reasons like paying for 'already built and subsidised' Deep Space Network, computers already bought and sitting on people's desks, network connections already plugged in and only using electricity as a cost etc. No way it would cost for anyone to run something where they listen to and collect data from only a couple of days a year. It's the beancounters' way of calculating things. Most of the stuff won't be freed because they can't use for anything else, some stuff has more 'value' like DSN time but that is virtual money, it costs NASA exactly the same amount of money regardless what it is used for.
Erm, you don't join to the Israeli army, you get drafted in. It's not a matter of they want you or not, if you live in Israel and a Jew, you will end up in the army and will keep rank and title for the rest of your life, as a reserve.
7zip? Unmature? It is perfectly usable. I finally deleted my licensed copy of Winzip because 7zip does its work better. 'nuff said.
Bastard. Death is too good for him. You americans are too lenient against such people. Killing him? That's doing a favour.
It is sad that the publishing house is not a decent one but Baen... When was the last time I read a good Baen book? I have to sit here and think a while, go and grab a cup of coffee, this might take some time.
This means if you are a SuSE+Oracle user, you are stuffed, you have to upgrade.
Why would you do that, so down the line? Obvious time to test is when you finish building the equipment, still in the manufacturer's lab, before shipping it out. This makes sense especially if the rest of the rover is not going to affect it. Once you have the pieces on the bench, you install them, run through the health checklist and you are done. if some poor sod mixes the boxes, though. Shit happens. It is no big deal because nothing is compromised. Once you run your perl scripts to re-parse the calculations you are done.
Erm.. Did I reply to the wrong thread. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
That's him. He is funny. I like the way he rubbishes the cars. I watched his history of British Cars, it was quite a thing.
There are a couple of talk-based DAB channels but I hardly tune to them. The reason is not I don't tune to them because they are crap, the fact is BBC is better. Commercial companies must compete to produce intelligent programs, you can't achieve that by destroying BBC.
For the masses, who cares? Make a six hours of football and six hours of soap channel and you're done!
I used to but I can't see the point anymore. There are no decent SF shows, nor I heard of any new and decent comedies. I never liked The Office either so I haven't found the need of downloading anything.
On the other hand I can't imagine something like Coupling on any other channel. It would have been written by a commitee and would suck.
Any Top Gear with whathisname is not advertisement. Every time he bollocks a car and unless it is a big penis extension he never likes it. damn. I can't remember any TV celebrity names today, it's been too long without a TV. On the other hand I am spared of Big Brother, can I complain?
I listen to world band radio regularly and listen to BBC World over DAB and world band. I even listen to Voice of Moscow but last three years I never found VOA on the radio. I must be very unlucky. The Moscow one always feels somewhat funny, every time I expect a voice going 'good night comrades, communism will prevail' or such rubbish. :)
How convenient that is... The only guy who can solve the whole problem promptly kills himself, decent chap.
The one before IDS is quite funny, what's his name... Argh.. Can't remember. He sometimes appear in news quiz shows and seems to be a pretty decent guy. I wonder why I never thought that about him when he was leading (leading??) Tories. I remember something vauge, but not hisname.
I never paid Murdoch and I don't want to in the future. As a result I can't comment on the satellite channels.
BBC is being destroyed so that commercial channels can have a chance. No one watches/listens to them.
Correct. Not only the comedies, ethics&history departments create pretty good stuff as well. Today there's Material World and In Our Time. Especially the latter is always quite interesting.
It annoys me, I am not breaking the law and no idiot should assume because I am not the norm, I am breaking the law.
ayk, sorry, 64bit.