Plastic is DEFINITELY the way to go. Most saline-environment equipment (in many industries) is built of FRP (fiberglass-reinforced plastic).
You COULD go stainless steel, and in that case I recommend checking out some of NIDI's (NIckel Development Institute, www.nidi.org) free publications on saline resistances of many grades of stainless. But aluminum would be FAR cheaper, as high-saline resistance costs a lot in steels.
Personally, would like to hear what opinions of internet connection possibilities are for a situation like this.
Why is more downstream capability available than upstream? On cable systems, I can kind of understand because they had to lay new cable to accommodate upstream traffic, and that cable is $$$. But what about DSL? I've been making as many calls as I received on my phone for ages. Anybody know the answer to this?
Used to live near Waukegan, IL. Got cable modem in fall '00. Supposedly was 1500/128. I'd sometimes see 5000/128 over Napster. That's right, 5000! But never more than 128 on the up.
Now I'm in east bay, CA. PacBell = 1500/128, pretty much as advertised for $50 or whatever. I'd pay more for 768/768, honestly. I didn't install that pole in my bedroom for nothing!
Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard. The landing party is growing restless and resorting to odd behavior. I have developed talents that must be seen to be believed.
Not only that, but the RIAA is an organization that has a far more powerful "arsenal" at its disposal for sticking it to the individual citizen than anything we might possess. DoS'ing them rather than relying on words alone is still like bringing a knife to a gunfight instead of simply your fists.
.NET may be all you say, but it INCLUDES Passport in its portfolio now. And if Passport does not work properly people will be tempted to judge that failure as partially.NET's fault.
I can tell you.NET Passport will not allow me to sign into my Hotmail account from a WinXP computer. NT4 and 9x machines have no difficulty, however.
"It's hard to picture myself executing government provided software on my workstation"
Don't worry. They'll grant Forgent a patent on all pictures of you NOT executing the government code, for security purposes. You will only be allowed to picture the above-mentioned process as all other pictures of you will be proprietary. A security recall will be necessary so you can have the new jpeg-filtration chip installed in your head, but the government is confident in their ability to perform this surgery due to the recent rallying of public monies and support for increased security projects.
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Plastic is DEFINITELY the way to go. Most saline-environment equipment (in many industries) is built of FRP (fiberglass-reinforced plastic).
You COULD go stainless steel, and in that case I recommend checking out some of NIDI's (NIckel Development Institute, www.nidi.org) free publications on saline resistances of many grades of stainless. But aluminum would be FAR cheaper, as high-saline resistance costs a lot in steels.
Personally, would like to hear what opinions of internet connection possibilities are for a situation like this.
Why is more downstream capability available than upstream? On cable systems, I can kind of understand because they had to lay new cable to accommodate upstream traffic, and that cable is $$$. But what about DSL? I've been making as many calls as I received on my phone for ages. Anybody know the answer to this?
Used to live near Waukegan, IL. Got cable modem in fall '00. Supposedly was 1500/128. I'd sometimes see 5000/128 over Napster. That's right, 5000! But never more than 128 on the up. Now I'm in east bay, CA. PacBell = 1500/128, pretty much as advertised for $50 or whatever. I'd pay more for 768/768, honestly. I didn't install that pole in my bedroom for nothing!
Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard. The landing party is growing restless and resorting to odd behavior. I have developed talents that must be seen to be believed.
Not only that, but the RIAA is an organization that has a far more powerful "arsenal" at its disposal for sticking it to the individual citizen than anything we might possess.
DoS'ing them rather than relying on words alone is still like bringing a knife to a gunfight instead of simply your fists.
.NET may be all you say, but it INCLUDES Passport in its portfolio now. And if Passport does not work properly people will be tempted to judge that failure as partially .NET's fault.
.NET Passport will not allow me to sign into my Hotmail account from a WinXP computer. NT4 and 9x machines have no difficulty, however.
I can tell you
PS/2. Now THAT's funny.
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"It's hard to picture myself executing government provided software on my workstation"
Don't worry. They'll grant Forgent a patent on all pictures of you NOT executing the government code, for security purposes. You will only be allowed to picture the above-mentioned process as all other pictures of you will be proprietary.
A security recall will be necessary so you can have the new jpeg-filtration chip installed in your head, but the government is confident in their ability to perform this surgery due to the recent rallying of public monies and support for increased security projects.