Contrast this with a hard-drive-based storage solutions which are comparatively extremely fragile. Now, this isn't to say that I'm not going to purchase a HD-based device for a month-long trip this summer, but the cards are vastly more durable, just not as big or as cheap/GB.
If I were to go traveling without my laptop, I'd go for a standalone photo CD burner, say... (/Google: photo CD burner/)... the
Apacer CP200 Combo Photo CD Burner I'd make two copys of my photos, double check the burn and probably post one copy home.
With my laptop I normally make a CD copy and when possible upload the data to my Home PC
(free wireless at hotels is drifting towards the norm)
Not sure on this, but I don't think there's even been a space flight that has done this with a one person crew. Don't have the patience to search it, I'm at the in-laws this weekend...slow dialup.
I think a chap called Yuri Gagarin may qualify, and if he does not another Russian or one of the Mercury pilots definatly will
It may come as a suprise to you, but it is possible to store information in this thing called a brain
Wrong. GenBank aligns submissions against existing data and requires submitters to validate any possibly errors.
Clearly GenBank must have rigorously aligned this sequence
CO792603 against the know data, and, you know what they got a match!!
Never beleve data/clones/cultures has been checked, check it your self,
I've know too many people who, after 6 months hard slog, find there working on the wrong sequence/clone
>>How else are we supposed to get access to all these works in 150
>>years time (or 50 in some countries) when the copyright expires on them.
>Uhhh... Public... Domain?
If the encryption were unbreakable and the keys lost,
it would not be a lot of use
Why not put a fucking cat5 jack in the back of every seat?
creating a Airplane LAN
weight, wires are heavy, it costs fuel to lug the extra weight
and fuel costs money (probably quite a lot of money, I recall one airline
(in fun) worked out they could save ~$200,000 a year just be getting the crew to
not wear shoes
installation, wires cost money to run round an airframe (probably a lot of money as it
would have to conform to aviation standards)
overkill, most of thoes wires will not be used as most passengers will
not want to browse the internet (!)
Refitting, if the airline wants to change the seating plan they will have
to change the network layout
WiFi by contrast could cover the whole plane with, at most, three small boxes
who's installation involves screwing them to a shelf and plugging into the power
I rather like the Specialty parts they add a much needed extra level of detail,
if you think there not reuseable, you need your imagination serviced or
to watch a child playing with them.
When Libera requested the LEGOs from the company's Warsaw representative, he planned to create sets for a prison and a hospital, but the project evolved into a concentration camp. According to a press release issued by the LEGO Group, "If the had described his ultimate project to us in advance, he naturally would not have received a single LEGO element from us!" The sets were on display in March at the Galleri Faurschou in Copenhagen.
and
The display is so unsettling in its playful simplicity that the Lego Group, which sponsors Lego art contests and donates thousands of plastic pieces to artists around the world, tried to persuade Libera to withdraw it from public view. Only when lawyers became involved did the company give up.
"It is a theme that is so sensitive to so many people in so many countries," said Peter Ambeck-Madsen, Lego's director of public relations at the company headquarters in Billund, Denmark. "If we had known before what he was going to do, we never would have given him the bricks. But we talked about it and decided [that] to make a big thing about it now would only draw more attention."
and
He acknowledges that Lego officials were left in the dark about his intentions, but he said company representatives in Poland rebuffed his early efforts to let them review sketches of his ideas. In a bid to avoid any possible legal entanglements, Libera said, he has sold the seven-piece concentration camp set--plus two copies of the works--to the Galleri Faurschou and an agent in Chicago for about $7,500 each.
Before anyone comes up with theories about manic collectors being behind of it all - there isn't a single case in history where a stolen painting was found in the basement of an art aficionado. It's mostly about blackmailing the insurance company in charge - it makes sense for them to pay 2 millions to the thief instead of paying 10 millions for the loss.
Apparently another motive for stealing Art, is that "organized crime" use them
as security on intergang loans etc
Terriffic! and whats more impressive (at least according to Google) original!!!
when I next have mod points I'll track down one of your posts and mod it up!.
It's like somebody is stealing your bike just to take it for a service.
Would you like that?
One of my Dad's friends had a very muddy bike, he was very proud of it because the mud had come from every county in the UK. Then a friend cleaned it for him... he was not pleased.
Ok what about 9.1 lbs motors taped together? Is it still big?
big, but more or less useless as a rocket motor getting all ten motors
to fire at the same time and give exactly the same thrust (ie stopping the rocket
doing the mad spirals thing) is rather hard
Sure, I see two possibilities. First, you could bludgeon someone to death with the motor. Put it in a sock for extra leverage. Second. some knucklehead might want to rig up a remote fired "Katyusha" type of assembly. Guess which one I think is more likely?
If I was spook, I would be thinking about option 3, radioactive payload
Cobalt-60 or cesium-137 are 'quite easy' to get hold of. and a bursting charge is
easy enough to rig up..... OTHO If I was a terrorist I'd be inclined to use
fireworks to scatter the radioactives around town (probably use a lead lined
Katyusha on a truck) the amounts of radioactives released would be pretty trivial
but the cleanup operation would take weeks, cost quite a lot and the civic
disruption would be huge.
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Contrast this with a hard-drive-based storage solutions which are comparatively extremely fragile. Now, this isn't to say that I'm not going to purchase a HD-based device for a month-long trip this summer, but the cards are vastly more durable, just not as big or as cheap/GB.
If I were to go traveling without my laptop, I'd go for a standalone photo CD burner, say... (/Google: photo CD burner/)... the Apacer CP200 Combo Photo CD Burner I'd make two copys of my photos, double check the burn and probably post one copy home.
With my laptop I normally make a CD copy and when possible upload the data to my Home PC (free wireless at hotels is drifting towards the norm)
<Microsoft>Thats not a bug its a feature</Microsoft>
I think a chap called Yuri Gagarin may qualify, and if he does not another Russian or one of the Mercury pilots definatly will
It may come as a suprise to you, but it is possible to store information in this thing called a brain
Clearly GenBank must have rigorously aligned this sequence CO792603 against the know data, and, you know what they got a match!!
Never beleve data/clones/cultures has been checked, check it your self, I've know too many people who, after 6 months hard slog, find there working on the wrong sequence/clone
And: The GPS coordinates of many lighthouses.
Wow! Hold the front page! Lighthouses have Latitude and Longiturde coordinates!!
>>How else are we supposed to get access to all these works in 150
>>years time (or 50 in some countries) when the copyright expires on them.
>Uhhh... Public... Domain?
If the encryption were unbreakable and the keys lost, it would not be a lot of use
So you are saying that you don't want vast amounts of energy... in your pants?
I did specify not in my back pocket!!!! I night on the Chillie beans can produce more than enough energy there
Not In My Back Pocket!!!!
subject says it all really
creating a Airplane LAN
WiFi by contrast could cover the whole plane with, at most, three small boxes who's installation involves screwing them to a shelf and plugging into the power
So what is the best childrens toy?
I rather like the Specialty parts they add a much needed extra level of detail, if you think there not reuseable, you need your imagination serviced or to watch a child playing with them.
It appears to be more of a change in focus and remembering they have classic lines as well as story based lines, the press release is Here
RTFM
quotesWhen Libera requested the LEGOs from the company's Warsaw representative, he planned to create sets for a prison and a hospital, but the project evolved into a concentration camp. According to a press release issued by the LEGO Group, "If the had described his ultimate project to us in advance, he naturally would not have received a single LEGO element from us!" The sets were on display in March at the Galleri Faurschou in Copenhagen.
andThe display is so unsettling in its playful simplicity that the Lego Group, which sponsors Lego art contests and donates thousands of plastic pieces to artists around the world, tried to persuade Libera to withdraw it from public view. Only when lawyers became involved did the company give up.
"It is a theme that is so sensitive to so many people in so many countries," said Peter Ambeck-Madsen, Lego's director of public relations at the company headquarters in Billund, Denmark. "If we had known before what he was going to do, we never would have given him the bricks. But we talked about it and decided [that] to make a big thing about it now would only draw more attention."
andHe acknowledges that Lego officials were left in the dark about his intentions, but he said company representatives in Poland rebuffed his early efforts to let them review sketches of his ideas. In a bid to avoid any possible legal entanglements, Libera said, he has sold the seven-piece concentration camp set--plus two copies of the works--to the Galleri Faurschou and an agent in Chicago for about $7,500 each.
In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man in regarded as insane
Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCING CONSORTIUM
Link to summary
link to pdf
New Laptop bag ~ mugger magnet. Any suggestions how I can pre-distress a new bag. (I've seen a few stealth laptop bags but never seen one I liked)
Apparently another motive for stealing Art, is that "organized crime" use them as security on intergang loans etc
Put a corner reflector mirror on the dash board, that will stop anyone trying to zap the cockpit :-)
Thats Gates Law: Every 18 months the speed of software halfs.
The Beeb know about mplayer -dumpstream, however 95%+ of the userbase have not. From the beeb's POV a partial solution is better than none at all
<Slowly as if to a small Anonymous Coward>
Its a car, cars can be driven to an area with no neighbors.
</Slowly as if to a small Anonymous Coward>
Terriffic! and whats more impressive (at least according to Google) original!!! when I next have mod points I'll track down one of your posts and mod it up!.
Would you like that?
One of my Dad's friends had a very muddy bike, he was very proud of it because the mud had come from every county in the UK. Then a friend cleaned it for him... he was not pleased.
big, but more or less useless as a rocket motor getting all ten motors to fire at the same time and give exactly the same thrust (ie stopping the rocket doing the mad spirals thing) is rather hard
If I was spook, I would be thinking about option 3, radioactive payload Cobalt-60 or cesium-137 are 'quite easy' to get hold of. and a bursting charge is easy enough to rig up..... OTHO If I was a terrorist I'd be inclined to use fireworks to scatter the radioactives around town (probably use a lead lined Katyusha on a truck) the amounts of radioactives released would be pretty trivial but the cleanup operation would take weeks, cost quite a lot and the civic disruption would be huge.