The time it takes to fly is dependant upon the non-flying time.
I'm guessing you haven't left your own continent much, right? 14+ hour flights bite. Bring that to six hours and I'll pay twice as much without batting an eyelid.
You can't fly the concord at full speed over the continental united states (pretty much squashing SST in America).
Once these jets are no longer French, that law will change. Some may consider this a troll, but it'll happen, mark my words. If Boeing had come up with the SST, things would be very different.
The "controversy" surrounding the original makes for an interesting story, there are a few documentaries covering it. As usual, it's more politics than science.
Power was out... The phone lines were down... The cell towers were down... The wind was too fierce to send smoke signals. Amateur radio operators were just about the only method of communication.
And if BPL comes to town, there goes amateur radio.
Small flaw in your argument; if the power goes down, the radios will work again...;-)
It's not any more difficult to support a full sync of your email, contact, tasks and calendar to Kontact in KDE than Outlook on Windows XP, but the phone/pda manufacturers are choosing to support the most common setup.
I'd agree with you there. My point still stands however, there isn't a better alternative, OSS or otherwise.
He would be the perfect person to study the health effects of long term space travel.
Wow, you should email them this and suggest it! They'll have never thought of studying the long term effects of zero-g on someone who has been in space for a long term, specifically for the purpose of testing the long term effects of space.;-)
I have absolutely no idea why anyone would use Outlook unless their company runs Exchange, it's a completely useless atrocity in my opinion.
Useless? Tell my auto-syncing mobile phone that. Keeps my calendar, tasks & contacts in sync with zero effort, I use IMAP for the mail. It "just works" and I've yet to see anything better from anyone else. Oh, and the same setup keeps by work and home PCs in sync, using the same phone. Lose/break the phone? Back to usuable in less than five minutes on fresh device. Show me a Linux setup that does half this and I'll consider it.
Outlook has had some huge security holes for sure, but the fact is that nothing else really does the same thing. That's what this topic is about FFS! Calling it "useless" shows that you have no clue to what you are talking about.
*without* IMAP support. Believe me, I've begged for it, it's not happening.
Probably because you came across as an elitist arsehole in the meeting.
Tell the sales dept that some people (like me) are turned off by the lack of pricing information.
Yup, I evaluate expensive software suites now and then, and if you have a "contact us" on the pricing page, it's a negative mark. If I am looking at e.g. 20 different packages, I'll only trial 3 maybe 4 of them. If you have too many negative marks, then you get binned early.
Go ask your HR department how they deal with CV's and job openings. Same process; you have to get the list to a managable size.
Centripetal-force-generated artificial gravity systems, like those envitioned by Arthur C. Clarke shown in the film 2001, have been studied by NASA
One thing I've always wondered about these; if the entire crew went to the same spot (throwing it off balance), would the station de-orbit with the off-axis wobble?
I think we'll figure out how to make artificial gravity before we get the centripetal force gremlims sorted out.
seems to be "Delete! Delete!" which is really stupid (it's a lot wiser IMO to keep it in its current state, noting the controversy over the creation of the entry).
Absolutely. If you delete it, someone will just recreate it. However, changing a factual page that is already there has a higher moral threshold. Changing an existing page is clearly more "vandalistic" than simply throwing up a false one.
Of course, this only works if it's a campaign like this one. I'm sure the wiki world has it's fair share of trolls and a lot of their stuff would be valid for outright deletion. This on the other hand does relate to an actual event, and that in itself is worth of a mention, as is the involvment in wikipedia in this story.
When you are talking about significantly large amounts of data (hundreds of GBs to TBs) it is actually faster and cheaper to put it on a hard drive
That was my first thought as well. I know people who regularly carry their D: or/ext drive to friends houses. No ESD bags, kid gloves or any special treatment, just pop the drive in the pocket. I mention the latter part just to show that these folk are not geeks, some are very much "Joe Sixpack".
Will be interesting once thumb-drives get up to decent capacity.
I mean just look at the terrificly terrible job they've done with the Xbox
Terrible? Every single exploit requires physical access to the box and the creation of false data on the filesystem. It's a pretty good system actually, no one has broken it yet. I can't think of any OS that is secure if you have access to the box and can hook up hacked hardware (e.g. USB card readers). All bets are off under those circumstances.
You will find a lot of drivers over here will travel at 80-100mph when conditions allow
Get your speedometer calibrated and I think you'll be surprised. Most folk really do 70, however in every car I've checked via GPS, the speedo has read 80 at that point. I was very surprised to find this out, as I always assumed 80 was the average speed as well.
Likewise, when it says I'm doing 30mph, it's nearer 25. I wonder if this is in some way intentional, in my experience all cars have been the same but that's completely anecdotal.
More likely... Manufacturers will circumvent the protections and make compatible items anyway like with the original NES.
That was pre-DMCA however; laws have changed now. If the new xbox was some sort of "trusted computing" device, they could argue that the entire system used the same protection and this was breaking it. Might not be a credible case legally or technically, but the threat can be enough to make some manufacturers back out of the market. It's all risk assesment.
If they were to sue for some of these more recent laws, it may backfire and have some of the laws repealed/modified when everyone realises how sneaky it is. Which would be nice.
If only drugs were legalized, this whole multi-billion industry could be kept out of the hands of criminals.
Preaching to the choir there, however what does worry me somewhat is what will the traditional supply routes turn to? The markup is due to the risk, so if there was zero risk the commercial carriers would take over and the illegitimate supply lines would run dry. Coming from a country with hardly any firearms and one of the highest illicit drug consumers around, it's kinda obvious where some of them would make money.:-\
You should check out some of the other player software. My favourite is Mortplayer (free as in beer); it treats folders as playlists so it's pretty easy to use when you change your music often. Plus, it has a feature to disable the screen while playing, saving battery and accidental pressing. Miles better than the built in player.
Still no joy on the pPod thing; found it on p2p so just waiting on that to come through. Seems Apple must be aggressively nuking all links to it, never seen so many 404's for a google search! It's likely they'll stumble on this one day. Hello guys! Don't you know your efforts only made me want it more?:-)
Drug smugglers don't need things like subs. The illegal drugs trade is the third biggest industry on the planet. That is, there are more drugs entering your country each week than many other consumables e.g. livestock, clothing. They aren't getting smuggled in under toupees or in people stomachs to satify those volumes. Just need to know a "supportive" customs official or intelligence agent, who will allow the cargo through unchecked. Makes a lot of money and helps you fund terrorist groups in countries where you feel you could make a little more money in other industries with a change of goverment!;-)
Got any sources of this? Looks as though Apple sued it into oblivion and I can't find it. The official site is long gone...:
Due to legal pressure from Apple we are no longer able to distribute this application.
Yeah, cos a potential iPod owner is going to change their mind and get a Pocket PC instead. Jeez, they are completely different markets; Pocket PC is your gadget lover, while iPod is "trendy" consumer. An gadget lover would avoid the iPod due to the superiour alternatives, unless they were a bit of an Apple fan to begin with that is (in which case Apple get the sale). Either way, pointless litigation at the end of the day.
The idea of rebooting as a solution essentially started with Windows as far as I can see.
Did you miss the period of home computing where rebooting was required to exit applications? Before multitasking etc, it used to be the only way.
Somehow, thanks to Microsoft (IMHO) CTRL-ALT-DELETE is thought of as a means of fixing a problem.
Actually, it came about because what I describe. It used to be a big secret until helpdesks started using it in their telephone-scripts [e.g. 1) insert floppy, 2) ctrl-alt-delete, 3) install]. The autoexec.bat method was a lot easier than having to explain "type A:\install.bat" to a customer. The guy behind it once talked about the history of it, and he covered this. He also thanked Bill Gates (who was present) for making it uber-famous. There's an mpg of this interview floating about somewhere, Bill was not amused at the blue-screen dig tho!
How can Al Qaeada be a list of allies against the Soviets when it wasn't formed until after the Soviets left Afganistan?
Because that's where the name came from, the CIA. They liked it and later adopted it themselves.
the makeup of the organization is hardly exclusive to that crowd. A few minutes of research would reveal that to you.
I never said that. I only said that Afganistan was the origins of this particular "group".
It's a rarity amoung terrorist organizations in terms of its international striking power
No it's not. There are and have been much larger groups. The problem is that everyone has been attributing responsibility to Bin Laden things that not even he claims to be behind. He is milking the publicity. He's practically a media whore. And while thousands around the world shared similar views, he only became powerful because WE martyred him. Prior to 2001, he was a nobody, tolerated by other groups (not his) because of his wealth and connections. His power here is perceived but not real. He doesn't have a vast network of terror cells, it's just nonsense. All sides benefit from this status quo, and none are about to change it any time soon. It's not a big conspiricy, everyone is just playing their little part for their own benefit, the media, our leaders, "teh enemy".
The fact that there is a "secret" organization masterminding the whole thing makes them feel special or part of a group.
That's a lie. There is no "global terror network". Just a bunch of asshats, some of whom bump into each other. There is a great BBC documentary on this lie, called "The Power Of Nightmares". Seems Donald R did the same scare bullshit with the commies in the 80s. Having an common enemy gives politicians appeal and power, as well as a reason for us to vote for them.
Al Qaeda is nothing more than the name of a Microsoft Access database in the CIA headquarters. The name means "The Network" and it was originally a list of allies against the Soviets. The idea that Osama is masterminding a hoard of minions is 100% Goldstein.
See those videos where Bin Laden is larging it up with his fellow terrorists? They were mecinaries, paid for just that one day, to appear in the videos. They were told to bring their own weapons and clothing. Bin Laden is lapping up the bogeyman image, as it furthers his goals. But other than that, other terrorists only tolerate him as he's rich. He's the fat kid that is allowed to play because he has a ball. Just because he's an Arab doesn't mean that he does not know how to play the western PR game.
I frequently make a call to india using Reliance and they have excellent service and the charge is only $0.129 using their toll free number.
Here in the UK, there's a company offering much better. You can use your network bundled minutes on your mobile phone to call a gateway, which then allows you to dial out globally. All for the cost of a local call, which (if I'm within my bundle limit) is completely free.
Any new startup looking to make money out of voice calls really should look into their competitors a bit more. It's my belief that within 5 years, voice will be mostly free to anywhere civilized. You won't see me investing in any company that intends to make money that isn't there to begin with!
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I think the highest it was at any one time was +4. Currently +1. Was down at 0 once I think.
Fair enough, but your claim stands as unproven.
What claim? That I've had this discussion before, or that people moderate based on their own beliefs? I think neither of them "stands as unproven" round these parts.
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Speed is still in use today, e.g. by the air force where it has been blamed for many friendly fire incidents.
I just hope the wiki readers note the +5 funny....
I'm guessing you haven't left your own continent much, right? 14+ hour flights bite. Bring that to six hours and I'll pay twice as much without batting an eyelid.
Once these jets are no longer French, that law will change. Some may consider this a troll, but it'll happen, mark my words. If Boeing had come up with the SST, things would be very different.
The "controversy" surrounding the original makes for an interesting story, there are a few documentaries covering it. As usual, it's more politics than science.
And if BPL comes to town, there goes amateur radio.
Small flaw in your argument; if the power goes down, the radios will work again... ;-)
I'd agree with you there. My point still stands however, there isn't a better alternative, OSS or otherwise.
Wow, you should email them this and suggest it! They'll have never thought of studying the long term effects of zero-g on someone who has been in space for a long term, specifically for the purpose of testing the long term effects of space. ;-)
Useless? Tell my auto-syncing mobile phone that. Keeps my calendar, tasks & contacts in sync with zero effort, I use IMAP for the mail. It "just works" and I've yet to see anything better from anyone else. Oh, and the same setup keeps by work and home PCs in sync, using the same phone. Lose/break the phone? Back to usuable in less than five minutes on fresh device. Show me a Linux setup that does half this and I'll consider it.
Outlook has had some huge security holes for sure, but the fact is that nothing else really does the same thing. That's what this topic is about FFS! Calling it "useless" shows that you have no clue to what you are talking about.
*without* IMAP support. Believe me, I've begged for it, it's not happening.
Probably because you came across as an elitist arsehole in the meeting.
Yup, I evaluate expensive software suites now and then, and if you have a "contact us" on the pricing page, it's a negative mark. If I am looking at e.g. 20 different packages, I'll only trial 3 maybe 4 of them. If you have too many negative marks, then you get binned early.
Go ask your HR department how they deal with CV's and job openings. Same process; you have to get the list to a managable size.
One thing I've always wondered about these; if the entire crew went to the same spot (throwing it off balance), would the station de-orbit with the off-axis wobble?
I think we'll figure out how to make artificial gravity before we get the centripetal force gremlims sorted out.
Absolutely. If you delete it, someone will just recreate it. However, changing a factual page that is already there has a higher moral threshold. Changing an existing page is clearly more "vandalistic" than simply throwing up a false one.
Of course, this only works if it's a campaign like this one. I'm sure the wiki world has it's fair share of trolls and a lot of their stuff would be valid for outright deletion. This on the other hand does relate to an actual event, and that in itself is worth of a mention, as is the involvment in wikipedia in this story.
That was my first thought as well. I know people who regularly carry their D: or /ext drive to friends houses. No ESD bags, kid gloves or any special treatment, just pop the drive in the pocket. I mention the latter part just to show that these folk are not geeks, some are very much "Joe Sixpack".
Will be interesting once thumb-drives get up to decent capacity.
Terrible? Every single exploit requires physical access to the box and the creation of false data on the filesystem. It's a pretty good system actually, no one has broken it yet. I can't think of any OS that is secure if you have access to the box and can hook up hacked hardware (e.g. USB card readers). All bets are off under those circumstances.
Get your speedometer calibrated and I think you'll be surprised. Most folk really do 70, however in every car I've checked via GPS, the speedo has read 80 at that point. I was very surprised to find this out, as I always assumed 80 was the average speed as well.
Likewise, when it says I'm doing 30mph, it's nearer 25. I wonder if this is in some way intentional, in my experience all cars have been the same but that's completely anecdotal.
That was pre-DMCA however; laws have changed now. If the new xbox was some sort of "trusted computing" device, they could argue that the entire system used the same protection and this was breaking it. Might not be a credible case legally or technically, but the threat can be enough to make some manufacturers back out of the market. It's all risk assesment.
If they were to sue for some of these more recent laws, it may backfire and have some of the laws repealed/modified when everyone realises how sneaky it is. Which would be nice.
Preaching to the choir there, however what does worry me somewhat is what will the traditional supply routes turn to? The markup is due to the risk, so if there was zero risk the commercial carriers would take over and the illegitimate supply lines would run dry. Coming from a country with hardly any firearms and one of the highest illicit drug consumers around, it's kinda obvious where some of them would make money. :-\
Not that it'll even happen anyway.
Still no joy on the pPod thing; found it on p2p so just waiting on that to come through. Seems Apple must be aggressively nuking all links to it, never seen so many 404's for a google search! It's likely they'll stumble on this one day. Hello guys! Don't you know your efforts only made me want it more? :-)
Drug smugglers don't need things like subs. The illegal drugs trade is the third biggest industry on the planet. That is, there are more drugs entering your country each week than many other consumables e.g. livestock, clothing. They aren't getting smuggled in under toupees or in people stomachs to satify those volumes. Just need to know a "supportive" customs official or intelligence agent, who will allow the cargo through unchecked. Makes a lot of money and helps you fund terrorist groups in countries where you feel you could make a little more money in other industries with a change of goverment! ;-)
Yeah, cos a potential iPod owner is going to change their mind and get a Pocket PC instead. Jeez, they are completely different markets; Pocket PC is your gadget lover, while iPod is "trendy" consumer. An gadget lover would avoid the iPod due to the superiour alternatives, unless they were a bit of an Apple fan to begin with that is (in which case Apple get the sale). Either way, pointless litigation at the end of the day.
Did you miss the period of home computing where rebooting was required to exit applications? Before multitasking etc, it used to be the only way.
Somehow, thanks to Microsoft (IMHO) CTRL-ALT-DELETE is thought of as a means of fixing a problem.
Actually, it came about because what I describe. It used to be a big secret until helpdesks started using it in their telephone-scripts [e.g. 1) insert floppy, 2) ctrl-alt-delete, 3) install]. The autoexec.bat method was a lot easier than having to explain "type A:\install.bat" to a customer. The guy behind it once talked about the history of it, and he covered this. He also thanked Bill Gates (who was present) for making it uber-famous. There's an mpg of this interview floating about somewhere, Bill was not amused at the blue-screen dig tho!
Because that's where the name came from, the CIA. They liked it and later adopted it themselves.
the makeup of the organization is hardly exclusive to that crowd. A few minutes of research would reveal that to you.
I never said that. I only said that Afganistan was the origins of this particular "group".
It's a rarity amoung terrorist organizations in terms of its international striking power
No it's not. There are and have been much larger groups. The problem is that everyone has been attributing responsibility to Bin Laden things that not even he claims to be behind. He is milking the publicity. He's practically a media whore. And while thousands around the world shared similar views, he only became powerful because WE martyred him. Prior to 2001, he was a nobody, tolerated by other groups (not his) because of his wealth and connections. His power here is perceived but not real. He doesn't have a vast network of terror cells, it's just nonsense. All sides benefit from this status quo, and none are about to change it any time soon. It's not a big conspiricy, everyone is just playing their little part for their own benefit, the media, our leaders, "teh enemy".
That's a lie. There is no "global terror network". Just a bunch of asshats, some of whom bump into each other. There is a great BBC documentary on this lie, called "The Power Of Nightmares". Seems Donald R did the same scare bullshit with the commies in the 80s. Having an common enemy gives politicians appeal and power, as well as a reason for us to vote for them.
Al Qaeda is nothing more than the name of a Microsoft Access database in the CIA headquarters. The name means "The Network" and it was originally a list of allies against the Soviets. The idea that Osama is masterminding a hoard of minions is 100% Goldstein.
See those videos where Bin Laden is larging it up with his fellow terrorists? They were mecinaries, paid for just that one day, to appear in the videos. They were told to bring their own weapons and clothing. Bin Laden is lapping up the bogeyman image, as it furthers his goals. But other than that, other terrorists only tolerate him as he's rich. He's the fat kid that is allowed to play because he has a ball. Just because he's an Arab doesn't mean that he does not know how to play the western PR game.
Because it got the article green-lighted. Submitters can karma-whore as well you know...
Here in the UK, there's a company offering much better. You can use your network bundled minutes on your mobile phone to call a gateway, which then allows you to dial out globally. All for the cost of a local call, which (if I'm within my bundle limit) is completely free.
Any new startup looking to make money out of voice calls really should look into their competitors a bit more. It's my belief that within 5 years, voice will be mostly free to anywhere civilized. You won't see me investing in any company that intends to make money that isn't there to begin with!
I think the highest it was at any one time was +4. Currently +1. Was down at 0 once I think.
Fair enough, but your claim stands as unproven.
What claim? That I've had this discussion before, or that people moderate based on their own beliefs? I think neither of them "stands as unproven" round these parts.