My company recently bought some nice 40GB IDE drives for our desktop upgrades to XP. For ease of use with one particular product (Ghost) we have typically formatted our drives FAT32. I found however that XP will not see FAT32 drives larger than 38GB because of some nonspecified (at least to my quick research) problem with nonspecified applications.
I understand this drive is intended for servers and not workstations, but I have to wonder if this is some effort by drive manufacturers to deal with this odd XP issue.
I love ion thrusters too. I think you'll be seeing more and more of them. Dr. Mark Raymond of JPL kept up a mission log on the Deep Space 1 mission which used Ion propulsion to meet and dramatically exceed its design criteria. Some great photos of that Ion engine are here.
"We've grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we've only just begun, I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave."
Ronald Reagan, Jan. 28, 1986
I'm only going to address one issue from your post. That the movie companies are or should be capable of keeping a movie secret until release.
I have one question, how? Do you know how many people it takes to make a huge release, to market, publicize, distribute it? All of those people need to see a film in advance. I guess it's sorta like that old saw about "if more than one person knows a secret it isn't a secret anymore."
Studios make huge efforts to keep films secret, but it only takes one ticked off Assistant to the Exec VP to wreak havoc.
It was reported locally here in NYC that a police officer who had a radioactive agent injected as part of an imaging study set off detectors entering NYC Police HQ, but detectors in the subways?
I've seen no evidence of this whatsoever. Has anyone else who rides the NYC subways seen anything that could be a detector?
Does anyone know how large a device it would take to adequately monitor an underground space like a subway station and/or how much radiation is received in an imaging test? I believe they use barium for some of these tests.
Yes but in Sweden you get Health Care and Old Age Pension with your expensive hard drive purchase. Of course, you still have to drive to Denmark for your booze. How sad.
You certainly should not be modded down. The Mutter is a fantastic museum for anyone interested in science. When I visited in the late 1980's there were no guides, no attendants. Just a lonely suggested donation box. My friend and I had the place to ourselves for hours. There is a book on the Mutter that was just published and has some amazing photos.
It was a NEWER rocket that can put BIGGER things into SPACE. BIG things in space are IMPORTANT to adults.
This was the FIRST time this type of rocket had been launched. SOMETIMES rockets blow up when they are launched, instead of going into space.
An UNTESTED version of this rocket will be able to lift almost as much as the SPACE SHUTTLE, at a LOWER cost. This was an important MILESTONE in space technology.
and I was building a new colony in this Thinkpad, and, uh, like someone put a floppy disk in and it was like, beep boop bop, and our colony was, like, gone...
PC games and console games usually appeal to different markets, albeit with some significant crossover. I have very little experience with console gaming but much on the PC side. The two console ports I've played (GTAIII and Resident Evil)were decent games but lacked a certain richness and immersion that a good PC game can provide.
For Blizzard to succeed with a console game they are going to need to draw on more than just the Starcraft name. They are going to need to design something that is unique yet appealing to console gamers. A pretty big task if you ask me.
I don't think PC games are going anywhere soon. Consoles are sold at a loss, many games don't cross the platforms and even hard-core console gamers really can't run out and slap the newest video card in their system for an instant boost in graphics.
Fire Ice by Clive Cussler/Paul Kemprecos is an adventure novel that uses the mining of undersea solid methane as a plot device. Kemprecos has some oceanographic expertise that brings some depth to the story. The Amazon review can be found here http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399 149074/qid=1031772683/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-075806 2-2822450?v=glance&s=books
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I understand this drive is intended for servers and not workstations, but I have to wonder if this is some effort by drive manufacturers to deal with this odd XP issue.
I love ion thrusters too. I think you'll be seeing more and more of them. Dr. Mark Raymond of JPL kept up a mission log on the Deep Space 1 mission which used Ion propulsion to meet and dramatically exceed its design criteria. Some great photos of that Ion engine are here.
"We've grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we've only just begun, I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave." Ronald Reagan, Jan. 28, 1986
Last I heard the FAA wasn't anywhere close to approving these things.
I have one question, how? Do you know how many people it takes to make a huge release, to market, publicize, distribute it? All of those people need to see a film in advance. I guess it's sorta like that old saw about "if more than one person knows a secret it isn't a secret anymore."
Studios make huge efforts to keep films secret, but it only takes one ticked off Assistant to the Exec VP to wreak havoc.
I've seen no evidence of this whatsoever. Has anyone else who rides the NYC subways seen anything that could be a detector?
Does anyone know how large a device it would take to adequately monitor an underground space like a subway station and/or how much radiation is received in an imaging test? I believe they use barium for some of these tests.
Yes but in Sweden you get Health Care and Old Age Pension with your expensive hard drive purchase. Of course, you still have to drive to Denmark for your booze. How sad.
You certainly should not be modded down. The Mutter is a fantastic museum for anyone interested in science. When I visited in the late 1980's there were no guides, no attendants. Just a lonely suggested donation box. My friend and I had the place to ourselves for hours. There is a book on the Mutter that was just published and has some amazing photos.
This was the FIRST time this type of rocket had been launched. SOMETIMES rockets blow up when they are launched, instead of going into space.
An UNTESTED version of this rocket will be able to lift almost as much as the SPACE SHUTTLE, at a LOWER cost. This was an important MILESTONE in space technology.
I like the new Thunderbird. It reminds me of the late Fifties models.
and I was building a new colony in this Thinkpad, and, uh, like someone put a floppy disk in and it was like, beep boop bop, and our colony was, like, gone...
I would like to announce my immediate and unconditional surrender to our new robot masters.
Isn't "e" a vowel? I mean, you do have to pay for it on "Wheel of Fortune" don't you?
PC games and console games usually appeal to different markets, albeit with some significant crossover. I have very little experience with console gaming but much on the PC side. The two console ports I've played (GTAIII and Resident Evil)were decent games but lacked a certain richness and immersion that a good PC game can provide. For Blizzard to succeed with a console game they are going to need to draw on more than just the Starcraft name. They are going to need to design something that is unique yet appealing to console gamers. A pretty big task if you ask me. I don't think PC games are going anywhere soon. Consoles are sold at a loss, many games don't cross the platforms and even hard-core console gamers really can't run out and slap the newest video card in their system for an instant boost in graphics.
Fire Ice by Clive Cussler/Paul Kemprecos is an adventure novel that uses the mining of undersea solid methane as a plot device. Kemprecos has some oceanographic expertise that brings some depth to the story. The Amazon review can be found here http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399 149074/qid=1031772683/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-075806 2-2822450?v=glance&s=books