Just from my own experience, current HP business laptops that my company has purchased (6910p is the one I'm looking at right now, I know we have more recent) have infrared built in.
I once put my atm card into a machine in Chicago which promptly rebooted, giving me a lovely view of the OS/2 boot process.
I can't tell you how happy I was when it finished booting and spit out my card...
drop a window cover on roughly the same place that doomed Columbia
Are you really that misinformed?
Columbia was structurally comprimised by a hole in the leading edge of the wing.
This lightweight panel struck the OMS pod, which lies at the base of the rudder very close to the SSMEs. We're talking a completely different area of the Orbiter.
This is ridiculous, they are outdated and fragile garbage scows. Put the old birds in a museum
Before you try to tell NASA what they should do with their 'scows', at least familiarize yourself with how they work.
I'm not a rocket scientist, but I do know what those windows are pretty damn thick, and weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-80 pounds a piece. If one of those fell then yes, I'd be worried.
But if you read the article, you'll notice it is a window *cover*, not an actual window. They keep them covered (to keep them clean??) up until just before the launch.
I'm pretty sure the coast guard and navy keep the area around the cape free of civilians. You can *see* the launch from anywhere in Florida, but I recommend purchasing tickets to view the launch from Kennedy Space Center.
My advice is this: Before you even THINK about hooking your computer into the network, make damned sure you have a firewall in place and your anti-viral software is up to date. Depending on the size of the school you'll have anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 computers on the network, and the odds are better than average that they will have virii on them.
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Just from my own experience, current HP business laptops that my company has purchased (6910p is the one I'm looking at right now, I know we have more recent) have infrared built in.
I once put my atm card into a machine in Chicago which promptly rebooted, giving me a lovely view of the OS/2 boot process. I can't tell you how happy I was when it finished booting and spit out my card...
For more profit you need more business, right?
Maybe they'd get more business if they LOWERED THEIR DAMN PRICES!
drop a window cover on roughly the same place that doomed Columbia
Are you really that misinformed?
Columbia was structurally comprimised by a hole in the leading edge of the wing.
This lightweight panel struck the OMS pod, which lies at the base of the rudder very close to the SSMEs. We're talking a completely different area of the Orbiter.
This is ridiculous, they are outdated and fragile garbage scows. Put the old birds in a museum
Before you try to tell NASA what they should do with their 'scows', at least familiarize yourself with how they work.
I'm not a rocket scientist, but I do know what those windows are pretty damn thick, and weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-80 pounds a piece. If one of those fell then yes, I'd be worried.
But if you read the article, you'll notice it is a window *cover*, not an actual window. They keep them covered (to keep them clean??) up until just before the launch.
I'm pretty sure the coast guard and navy keep the area around the cape free of civilians. You can *see* the launch from anywhere in Florida, but I recommend purchasing tickets to view the launch from Kennedy Space Center.
My advice is this: Before you even THINK about hooking your computer into the network, make damned sure you have a firewall in place and your anti-viral software is up to date. Depending on the size of the school you'll have anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 computers on the network, and the odds are better than average that they will have virii on them.
Sorry, try again. :)
The peoplemover at disney is magnetically propelled, true (up to 40mph if memory serves), but it is NOT a mag*lev* system... it still has wheels.
I mean, yeah, this sounds like a great suit and all, but what if....
Enemy soldier: Sweet! I got the American's root password... watch this!!
*American soldier suddenly falls to the ground as *ALL* tourniquets in his suit tighten*
go me!!
+1 Gross +1 Disturbing