The question now is whether the government will attempt a plea deal and put him to work like we've seen in other cases. With jails full, it seems rather silly to put such useful talent behind bars when he really isn't a threat to society. Plus, he could be our secret weapon against those vicious North Koreans. He's got to be worth at least 100 NK's if he's the "biggest in the world, right?"
...interesting to note how the new Linksys products continue to look more and more like Cisco products.
Hmmm...well, I hope Linksys products don't start to be priced like Cisco products. They can make Cisco and Linksys boxes look as similar as they please, but I like the consumer-friendly Linksys pricing much better, thank you very much.
(I'll take the Cisco firmware and software for the Linksys price, though.;-)
The onboard computer was supposed to send commands to release a clamp, open the lid and begin transmission. Four, petal-like solar panels were to initiate charging of the batteries.
Well, apparently this was supposed to be automatic. It seems as though the reports earlier put a bit more of a gloom and doom spin on things than necessary.
A little Google Newsing reveals a number of conflicts regarding our little friend's batteries.
The most recent BBC Article seems to have the illustrious Professor Colin assuming the best:
"We need to get Beagle 2 into a period when it can broadcast for a much longer period," said Professor Colin Pillinger.
"This will happen around the 4 January after the spacecraft has experienced a sufficient number of communication failures to switch to automatic transmission mode."
This means Beagle will then be transmitting permanently during daylight hours. And, by then, Mars Express will be in prime position to listen for its "baby".
The Beagle's got a 42-cell Lithium Ion power source, so assuming that was previously charged (why wouldn't it be?!) then it should last for some decent amount of time. That being said, transmitting continuously for 12+ hours a day doesn't bode well if the probe never got the message to unfold its solar panels (shouldn't that have been the next step after the airbags deflated?!)!
It seems as though Apple used the opportunity of re-releasing 10.2.8 to throw in some extra goodies for the G5, since it shows up as "10.2.8(G5)" in Software Update, and I managed to install the original 10.2.8 before they pulled it...
The 10.2.8 (G5) Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, services and technologies: AirPort, Bluetooth, LDAP, and FireWire and USB device compatibility.
The update also provides updated security services and includes the latest Security Updates.
We all know that Apple is slow to respond, they like to take their time and make sure it is the right decision before they do anything drastic.
How about no longer installing floppy drives in any shipping computer and moving to USB (where they almost single-handedly jump-started a stagnant product market)? Ever seen a mainstream PC without a floppy drive?
What about phasing out serial ports and ADB with the introduction of USB? PC's still ship with serial ports and two PS/2 ports standard, even though they have USB & Firewire (an Apple innovation itself).
They also junked 20 years of OS development & refinement in order to give everyone the most beautiful *nix (or non-*nix) GUI anyone has ever seen! (Not to mention the inherent power of Darwin & everything else on top of it.) Let's see Microsoft junk Windows and produce "McNix," or whatever they decide to call it. Pigs will fly first!
Cocoa, OS X's "standard" API. Cocoa is basically a newer version of NeXTStep with a new name. It consists of an extremely elegant object-oriented GUI application API sitting on top of POSIX. This is what Apple wants people to program new applications in.
Can't find the technical document to back this up right now, but I'm pretty sure what you mean here is Rhapsody (the former NeXTStep). This was also originally referred to as the "Blue Box".
Cocoa is the new name for the Yellow Box, aka Java.
Just thought I'd clarify that, esp. since the post is so highly moderated & does clearly describe things, as long as the name substitutions are made.
Bitstream's Thunderhawk is a Mozilla-based browser which one-ups Opera by using a server-based compression algorithm to speed the downloading of pages by a factor of 3, usually more. Not only is the display slick and very fast, but combined with the compression, you're saving money by using less bandwidth at the same time you download the page in less time.
It's been available publicly for 6 months, and was fairly widespread in beta for the same period of time before its official release.
Granted, it only runs on Pocket PC right now, but that's because the proprietary font which makes the small text so readable requires a sufficiently sharp display. They're beta testing a version to run on the Clie now, and other clients are coming as well.
I posted to/. when Thunderhawk was publicly released, but didn't make the frontpage. (It's a great program that I thought deserved some press.) How come Opera has enough celebrity power to make it to the top, but Thunderhawk and other similar products don't?
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The question now is whether the government will attempt a plea deal and put him to work like we've seen in other cases. With jails full, it seems rather silly to put such useful talent behind bars when he really isn't a threat to society. Plus, he could be our secret weapon against those vicious North Koreans. He's got to be worth at least 100 NK's if he's the "biggest in the world, right?"
(I'll take the Cisco firmware and software for the Linksys price, though.
The most recent BBC Article seems to have the illustrious Professor Colin assuming the best: The Beagle's got a 42-cell Lithium Ion power source, so assuming that was previously charged (why wouldn't it be?!) then it should last for some decent amount of time. That being said, transmitting continuously for 12+ hours a day doesn't bode well if the probe never got the message to unfold its solar panels (shouldn't that have been the next step after the airbags deflated?!)!
We all know that Apple is slow to respond, they like to take their time and make sure it is the right decision before they do anything drastic.
How about no longer installing floppy drives in any shipping computer and moving to USB (where they almost single-handedly jump-started a stagnant product market)? Ever seen a mainstream PC without a floppy drive?
What about phasing out serial ports and ADB with the introduction of USB? PC's still ship with serial ports and two PS/2 ports standard, even though they have USB & Firewire (an Apple innovation itself).
They also junked 20 years of OS development & refinement in order to give everyone the most beautiful *nix (or non-*nix) GUI anyone has ever seen! (Not to mention the inherent power of Darwin & everything else on top of it.) Let's see Microsoft junk Windows and produce "McNix," or whatever they decide to call it. Pigs will fly first!
Nah, no history of drastic action at all...
Trying to sound smart on Slashdot, should have just shut my mouth. Damn I hate feeling stupid...
Cocoa, OS X's "standard" API. Cocoa is basically a newer version of NeXTStep with a new name. It consists of an extremely elegant object-oriented GUI application API sitting on top of POSIX. This is what Apple wants people to program new applications in.
Can't find the technical document to back this up right now, but I'm pretty sure what you mean here is Rhapsody (the former NeXTStep). This was also originally referred to as the "Blue Box".
Cocoa is the new name for the Yellow Box, aka Java.
Just thought I'd clarify that, esp. since the post is so highly moderated & does clearly describe things, as long as the name substitutions are made.
Bitstream's Thunderhawk is a Mozilla-based browser which one-ups Opera by using a server-based compression algorithm to speed the downloading of pages by a factor of 3, usually more. Not only is the display slick and very fast, but combined with the compression, you're saving money by using less bandwidth at the same time you download the page in less time.
/. when Thunderhawk was publicly released, but didn't make the frontpage. (It's a great program that I thought deserved some press.) How come Opera has enough celebrity power to make it to the top, but Thunderhawk and other similar products don't?
It's been available publicly for 6 months, and was fairly widespread in beta for the same period of time before its official release.
Granted, it only runs on Pocket PC right now, but that's because the proprietary font which makes the small text so readable requires a sufficiently sharp display. They're beta testing a version to run on the Clie now, and other clients are coming as well.
I posted to