>> little rubber stamp with this pattern on it so that you can copy-proof any document you want (do you want the IRS photocopying your 1040? Nah!)
Yeah, but you can bet that the IRS, Police, FBI, Military, and every other government agency will have copiers and scanners that don't look for the symbol.
Looking at this picture(small)(Large), I see what looks to be 3 high areas that seem to have their tops sliced off. They look to be flat, almost like what you'd see here on Earth, like Devil's Tower.
I'm wondering if these features were caused by similiar forces. Given the apparent size of the features on Mars, I'm thinking that whatever happened, it must've been big. Or maybe it was just gravity, given that these features are part of the canyon wall.
I'm no geologist, or rocket scientist by any means. However it looks pretty interesting to me.
NASA said it used the information to investigate whether "data mining" of the records could improve assessments of threats posed by passengers, according to the agency's written responses to questions. At the time the agency also was exploring other possible projects aimed at improving air security...
Interesting how a seemingly unrelated government entity can become part of the story. Whether or not this experiment panned out, the decision to do this does show some creative thinking. Cool.
But then again, NASA is a military resouce at times, so maybe this isn't such a suprising development.
>>Hate is easy. It takes NO time or effort to not think or not to care about others who are forigen or to let someone else think for you.
Maybe for you. Myself, I need a reason to dislike someone, and a lot of really good reasons to HATE someone.
Peace is easy. "Good morning, how are you today?" comes more naturally to me than "Oh, Hello. What do you want?" or "I don't wish to talk to you, please leave".
But I kind of like moderating once a week. It's nice to read the threads and help 'push up' good posts.
I've probably got enough Karma now that an undeserved mod down like that won't affect me too badly. But I still look at it like this: if someone steals $1 from me, it still pisses me off, not because of the value of the money, but because someone got over on me.
Whatever. Anyway, it's cool 'meeting' you. Have a good one.
>> Or for $50.00 per incident talk to someone from India.
You know, this is off topic, but this India crap has to stop soon. It's totally out of control. Maybe one day I'll wake up from this nightmare, and all our jobs will be back here in the US of A.
I've been thinking about the daemon lately. He's calling me.
This Redhat thing may have just pushed me over the edge. My thinking is that this is a good opportunity to make a clean break.
Maybe it's time for me to finally give BSD a spin on one of my test boxes instead of switching LINUX distros. I have to learn a whole new setup procedure and distribution ens and outs, I may as well leanr a whle new OS while I'm at it.
Now would that be Free BSD, Open BSD or Net BSD? Hmmmmm..
>>The rumors (see earlier post in this topic) say he will be seen celebrating on Naboo after the Empire is overthrown at the end of the movie. Sorry to disappoint those who would love to see Jar-Jar get whacked!
I forgot about that rumor. You're right.
But it would still be a cool scene, looking up at the Death Star from the planet surface.
My guess is that Jar Jar is destined to die on Alderaan.
I'd love to see an extra scene in Episode 4 where Jar Jar looks to the heavens and sees the Death Star. And just as the laser fires his last words are "Mesa thinks this is very bom-bad".
>>What if the launch did fail, and scattered radioactive material all over your house?
NASA launches stuff over the Atlantic Ocean. So while it's bad that a failed launch would do environmental damage to part of the ocean, it's not as horrific as a rocket exploding over a populated area.
I don't agree than they make bad film, but I agree that it's consumer grade.
I'm not a pro by any means. Just an ameteur who likes to play with his SLR's. However, I do like Kodak film. Their generic 100 & 200 speed film seems to be OK for my photos.
Colors are bright and well represented. I find that bad results have to do with my lack of skill rather than the film itself. No real difference from when I shoot with Fuji, or even the rare occasion when I can find Agfa.
So I guess that 'consumer grade' film isn't such a bad thing.
And yeah, I do see a difference between my results and professional work. I suppose that if I did this for a living, I'd use the 'better' stuff.
>>What good is that when somebody spams you for Gen3r@c v|agar@?
True, but let me ask you this: Who in their right mind would buy something based on an Email with such horrendus spelling?
The spammers can't go too far with this stuff because they'd eventually start to stifle their sales.
What I mean is that good consumer instincts should kick in and tell the reader that something is very wrong with the sender because of the junk like appearance of the advertisemet.
But then again, Joe Sixpack and Jane Astrology aren't all that smart.......
I had one as a kid. In like 1975 or something. I remember it breaking and I was pretty upset for a while.
Anyway, who cares it they stop selling cameras? Just as long as they keep selling film. If, in the future, they stop producing 35mm film, they're only going to hurt themselves. I'm sure that someone like the guys at Fuji will be smart enough to continue to make it, and in turn will suck up all Kodak's old business.
I really like digital photography, but I don't think that it's a suitable replacement for traditional 35mm. And forget about full format, digital can't touch this yet.
I have a 1998 era laptop I bought from the now out of business Quantex.
I was able to find out that the manufacturer is a company out of Taiwan named Compal.
I'm finding myself in need of a new keyboard, touchpad assembly(buttons), and I'd like to pick up a second hard disk sleeve.
I emailed their support desk 3 times between November and December 2003 asking for parts information. To date these emails have been ignored.
I've been to local shops and looked on Ebay, but I can't find the parts I need. Well, in truth I found the drive sleeve, but they wanted $50.00 for it. Way too much for $2.00 worth of plastic...
I get the sense that these compaies don't really care about the consumer, even if we're willing to spend money for parts. It's a shame.
I've even tried Dell, who at the time marketed the same model laptop as an Inspiron. Their service department wants nothing to do with Quantex laptops, even though the parts are exactly the same.
I'm all for going back to the old fashioned generic sets. Ever notice that you run out of certain parts, like wheels or specialty bricks?
What LEGO should do, IMHO, is allow you to buy individual bricks. Maybe from their website or something. I've seen various 'lego warehouses' on the net that do this, but it'd be nice to see LEGO themselves offer this service.
BTW, I don't think they should completely kill off the licensed sets. Some of that stuff, especially the bigger Star Wars sets are kind of cool.
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>> little rubber stamp with this pattern on it so that you can copy-proof any document you want (do you want the IRS photocopying your 1040? Nah!)
Yeah, but you can bet that the IRS, Police, FBI, Military, and every other government agency will have copiers and scanners that don't look for the symbol.
wbs.
Looking at this picture(small) (Large), I see what looks to be 3 high areas that seem to have their tops sliced off. They look to be flat, almost like what you'd see here on Earth, like Devil's Tower.
I'm wondering if these features were caused by similiar forces. Given the apparent size of the features on Mars, I'm thinking that whatever happened, it must've been big. Or maybe it was just gravity, given that these features are part of the canyon wall.
I'm no geologist, or rocket scientist by any means. However it looks pretty interesting to me.
wbs.
From the article:
NASA said it used the information to investigate whether "data mining" of the records could improve assessments of threats posed by passengers, according to the agency's written responses to questions. At the time the agency also was exploring other possible projects aimed at improving air security...
Interesting how a seemingly unrelated government entity can become part of the story. Whether or not this experiment panned out, the decision to do this does show some creative thinking. Cool.
But then again, NASA is a military resouce at times, so maybe this isn't such a suprising development.
wbs.
>>Hate is easy. It takes NO time or effort to not think or not to care about others who are forigen or to let someone else think for you.
Maybe for you. Myself, I need a reason to dislike someone, and a lot of really good reasons to HATE someone.
Peace is easy. "Good morning, how are you today?" comes more naturally to me than "Oh, Hello. What do you want?" or "I don't wish to talk to you, please leave".
wbs.
Sure. I'd rather pay someone here.
I'm not joking.
True.
But I kind of like moderating once a week. It's nice to read the threads and help 'push up' good posts.
I've probably got enough Karma now that an undeserved mod down like that won't affect me too badly. But I still look at it like this: if someone steals $1 from me, it still pisses me off, not because of the value of the money, but because someone got over on me.
Whatever. Anyway, it's cool 'meeting' you. Have a good one.
wbs.
I'm downloading Free BSD 4.9 iso's right now. :)
My plan is to attempt to install this in place of Redhat 8 on one of my home machines. It's gonna' be a fun weekend.
wbs.
>> Or for $50.00 per incident talk to someone from India.
You know, this is off topic, but this India crap has to stop soon. It's totally out of control. Maybe one day I'll wake up from this nightmare, and all our jobs will be back here in the US of A.
I've been thinking about the daemon lately. He's calling me.
This Redhat thing may have just pushed me over the edge. My thinking is that this is a good opportunity to make a clean break.
Maybe it's time for me to finally give BSD a spin on one of my test boxes instead of switching LINUX distros. I have to learn a whole new setup procedure and distribution ens and outs, I may as well leanr a whle new OS while I'm at it.
Now would that be Free BSD, Open BSD or Net BSD? Hmmmmm..
Dude,
:)
That has to be the greatest sig ever! I'm grinning even as I type this.
wbs.
>>He can do what he wants with them. Vote with your wallet.
Please mod parent as insightful.
>>The rumors (see earlier post in this topic) say he will be seen celebrating on Naboo after the Empire is overthrown at the end of the movie. Sorry to disappoint those who would love to see Jar-Jar get whacked!
I forgot about that rumor. You're right.
But it would still be a cool scene, looking up at the Death Star from the planet surface.
wbs.
My guess is that Jar Jar is destined to die on Alderaan.
I'd love to see an extra scene in Episode 4 where Jar Jar looks to the heavens and sees the Death Star. And just as the laser fires his last words are "Mesa thinks this is very bom-bad".
(earth shattering)KABOOM!!
wbs.
I'll believe this when I see the contract for myself.
I know that this is common knowledge, but Lucas has said repeatedly in recent years that he has not intention of doing the 'sequel' episodes.
Though I do clearly remember several magazine interviews in 1977 and 78 where he mentioned doing all 9 stories.
Maybe GL has had a change of heart(developed more greed?) and his PR team hasn't figured out the right time to make an announcement yet.
Who knows?
wbs.
>>What if the launch did fail, and scattered radioactive material all over your house?
NASA launches stuff over the Atlantic Ocean. So while it's bad that a failed launch would do environmental damage to part of the ocean, it's not as horrific as a rocket exploding over a populated area.
wbs.
XP (both home and pro) are based upon the NT kernel.
AFAIK the Win 9x code base is dead.
wbs.
>>Electrodes on your nipples?
:)
Powered by your very own solar panels. No sense wasting taxpayer money on electricity.
I don't agree than they make bad film, but I agree that it's consumer grade.
I'm not a pro by any means. Just an ameteur who likes to play with his SLR's. However, I do like Kodak film. Their generic 100 & 200 speed film seems to be OK for my photos.
Colors are bright and well represented. I find that bad results have to do with my lack of skill rather than the film itself. No real difference from when I shoot with Fuji, or even the rare occasion when I can find Agfa.
So I guess that 'consumer grade' film isn't such a bad thing.
And yeah, I do see a difference between my results and professional work. I suppose that if I did this for a living, I'd use the 'better' stuff.
wbs.
>>What good is that when somebody spams you for Gen3r@c v|agar@?
True, but let me ask you this: Who in their right mind would buy something based on an Email with such horrendus spelling?
The spammers can't go too far with this stuff because they'd eventually start to stifle their sales.
What I mean is that good consumer instincts should kick in and tell the reader that something is very wrong with the sender because of the junk like appearance of the advertisemet.
But then again, Joe Sixpack and Jane Astrology aren't all that smart.......
wbs.
I had one as a kid. In like 1975 or something. I remember it breaking and I was pretty upset for a while.
Anyway, who cares it they stop selling cameras? Just as long as they keep selling film. If, in the future, they stop producing 35mm film, they're only going to hurt themselves. I'm sure that someone like the guys at Fuji will be smart enough to continue to make it, and in turn will suck up all Kodak's old business.
I really like digital photography, but I don't think that it's a suitable replacement for traditional 35mm. And forget about full format, digital can't touch this yet.
wbs.
I wonder if this study could also lead into the devlopment of a better Teflon.
wbs.
I have a 1998 era laptop I bought from the now out of business Quantex.
I was able to find out that the manufacturer is a company out of Taiwan named Compal.
I'm finding myself in need of a new keyboard, touchpad assembly(buttons), and I'd like to pick up a second hard disk sleeve.
I emailed their support desk 3 times between November and December 2003 asking for parts information. To date these emails have been ignored.
I've been to local shops and looked on Ebay, but I can't find the parts I need. Well, in truth I found the drive sleeve, but they wanted $50.00 for it. Way too much for $2.00 worth of plastic...
I get the sense that these compaies don't really care about the consumer, even if we're willing to spend money for parts. It's a shame.
I've even tried Dell, who at the time marketed the same model laptop as an Inspiron. Their service department wants nothing to do with Quantex laptops, even though the parts are exactly the same.
wbs.
I hope someone mods you up as informative. Thanks for the links.
wbs.
I'm all for going back to the old fashioned generic sets. Ever notice that you run out of certain parts, like wheels or specialty bricks?
What LEGO should do, IMHO, is allow you to buy individual bricks. Maybe from their website or something. I've seen various 'lego warehouses' on the net that do this, but it'd be nice to see LEGO themselves offer this service.
BTW, I don't think they should completely kill off the licensed sets. Some of that stuff, especially the bigger Star Wars sets are kind of cool.
wbs.
Anyone know what they blocked out in the socket picture?
What could possibly be there that they wouldn't want us to see? Or is is that they're not allowed to show us?